My best efforts at searching for a previous thread on this subject have failed me, so either I've come up with a new question or my search-fu is weak.
Whenever I plug my Vibrant into my PC to charge it (ie, every night) it pops up a screen over whatever I'm doing asking what I want to do. Overwhelmingly, what I want to do is nothing, but that's not an option. I so rarely want to do the Media Player or Samsung Kies options that it's no problem having to go to settings to enable them. I can always mount my phone as a flash drive from the notification bar. In other words, all the pop up screen does is annoy me. Is there a way to disable it, and basically set "do nothing" as the default action to take when I plug my phone into my PC?
Oh, I'm running TW's Bionix-V 1.3.1, but I couldn't find a way to do what I want to do in stock Froyo when I was using that.
Setting>applications>Development and tick USB debugging.
Alex9090 said:
Setting>applications>Development and tick USB debugging.
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Wow, I feel stupid. For some reason I thought that USB debugging disabled my ability to actually mount my phone as a flash drive. Well, 2 flash drives. It's not quite ideal (I'm not entirely happy with leaving USB debugging on all the time), but it's certainly less annoying than the stupid pop up screen, and I'm pretty sure my discomfort is not particularly rational.
Thanks!
If you don't want to turn on the usb debugging, then there's a usb setting under wireless and network where you can choose one of the settings you want.
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If you don't want to turn on the usb debugging, then there's a usb setting under wireless and network where you can choose one of the settings you want.
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Regrettably, the choice I want - "do nothing" - is not an option from that menu. Personal idiosyncrasy, I guess. I also turn off autoplay for my optical drives on my computer. USB debugging seems to do the trick the way I want, though.
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What kind of connection "type" does the sgs ii uses for connecting to a pc? sometimes my pc wont even recognize it, i have even tried hooking it up on some of my friends pcs but most of the times on the device it says "mtp" but i cant access through my pc i can even eject it using windows
If you just plug it in and it says MTP, you need the phone's drivers in order to use it.
but theres a much faster way, Just go to settings > apps > development and activate usb debugging.
this way, whenever you plug the phone, it shows up on the phone "USb plugged in"
then you press it, and you hit "load",
then you'll see your phone as a flash drive...and trasfer rate is at maximum
thats the best way, plus you dont need any drivers for doing it
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If you just plug it in and it says MTP, you need the phone's drivers in order to use it.
but theres a much faster way, Just go to settings > apps > development and activate usb debugging.
this way, whenever you plug the phone, it shows up on the phone "USb plugged in"
then you press it, and you hit "load",
then you'll see your phone as a flash drive...and trasfer rate is at maximum
thats the best way, plus you dont need any drivers for doing it
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mtp is kinda sucky as far as i can tell, trasnfers are slower :/ , i did what you said: but i get "conect to usb storage" instead of load , works great tough
Weird question, but with my Steak, I put in USB to computer and mount via the notification option. Now I have MHL connected (or something like that), but no option to mount. Goto settings and there is a USB mount option in there as well, but when I choose that option, it says to remove the cable. And the reason I don't want to is b/c it's my first full recharge after a full charge/discharge to condition the battery. Suggestions?
SmokinJohnny said:
Weird question, but with my Steak, I put in USB to computer and mount via the notification option. Now I have MHL connected (or something like that), but no option to mount. Goto settings and there is a USB mount option in there as well, but when I choose that option, it says to remove the cable. And the reason I don't want to is b/c it's my first full recharge after a full charge/discharge to condition the battery. Suggestions?
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Just doing a quick unplug/replug shouldn't mess your battery too much dude, I'd just go for it
Remove the cable. Turn on USB DEBUGGING in the Settings=>Applications=>Development menu. After enabling USB Debugging, whenever you plug your phone into the PC it will display an option in your status bar to enable it without having to go through Settings again.
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I am getting an MTP connection and my windows machine is just recognizing the phone as a Camera. I have no option to mount the phone as a USB drive. Am I missing something?
Mine does this too...i just drag and drop normally
girthfingers said:
I am getting an MTP connection and my windows machine is just recognizing the phone as a Camera. I have no option to mount the phone as a USB drive. Am I missing something?
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Menu, settings, wireless and network, usb utilities, click usb mass storage. Hit thank you if that helps
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Is there a way to get the phone to be recognized by the PC for drag'n drop functionality without using the on/off USB mass storage feature in the settings? I had this going for me when I intially bought the GNote where all I did was plug in the phone via USB and the PC saw it as a media device of some sort (I want to say it showed up as a camera or mp3 player). The phone also displayed "MFT" or something (not 100% sure) at the top left corner in the notification bar. After rooting and freezing some things, I have since lost this ability and now have to go into the settings and toggle the USB mass storage feature.
I rarely use USB drag and drop. I mostly use Airdroid. http://bit.ly/umae1H
I'm not able to do wifi or bluetooth with this particular laptop.
Problem solved
Un-freezing "MTP application 1.0" solved the problem
BlackZenith said:
Un-freezing "MTP application 1.0" solved the problem
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I was going to suggest a new laptop. lol. Airdroid is real good.
kimtyson said:
I was going to suggest a new laptop. lol. Airdroid is real good.
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Ha! The laptop is actually decent, its just my company's and it is locked down pretty tight... Hence the reason why I don't need it showing up as a mass storage device when I plug it in
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Is there a way to get the phone to be recognized by the PC for drag'n drop functionality without using the on/off USB mass storage feature in the settings? I had this going for me when I intially bought the GNote where all I did was plug in the phone via USB and the PC saw it as a media device of some sort (I want to say it showed up as a camera or mp3 player). The phone also displayed "MFT" or something (not 100% sure) at the top left corner in the notification bar. After rooting and freezing some things, I have since lost this ability and now have to go into the settings and toggle the USB mass storage feature.
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I'm still able to do it after rooting. I used the mass storage once and by default it disables the USB debug option. Go into Settings-Location and Security and uncheck Disable USB debugging mode. That should bring it back.
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Settings > Wireless and Networks > USB utilities > "Connect storage to PC" button > plug in USB cable
This used to work perfectly up until today, now it just doesn't work anymore and the "Connect USB cable to use mass storage" popup keeps showing even after I plug it in. I've tried on multiple computers and I tried restarting my phone, but nothing works.
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Settings > Wireless and Networks > USB utilities > "Connect storage to PC" button > plug in USB cable
This used to work perfectly up until today, now it just doesn't work anymore and the "Connect USB cable to use mass storage" popup keeps showing even after I plug it in. I've tried on multiple computers and I tried restarting my phone, but nothing works.
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Thats one wierd proccess for getting USB storage man. most would just plug it in and pull the notification bar down to click the mass storage mode icon thing.
but if your not getting a connection, USB port could be toast.
Simple search would've showed that.
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Thats one wierd proccess for getting USB storage man. most would just plug it in and pull the notification bar down to click the mass storage mode icon thing.
but if your not getting a connection, USB port could be toast.
Simple search would've showed that.
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Oh wow you're right, I just plugged in the charger and it doesn't charge. So phone is useless, throw it away?
It's strange that it worked fine up until today and then suddenly decided to break, even though the phone has just been sitting on my desk in my room. And it's only a few months old.
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Oh wow you're right, I just plugged in the charger and it doesn't charge. So phone is useless, throw it away?
It's strange that it worked fine up until today and then suddenly decided to break, even though the phone has just been sitting on my desk in my room. And it's only a few months old.
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If you really have a fried USB port, send the phone back for a warranty replacement. If you don't have stock firmware on it, there are guides to return to stock - haven't specifically checked, but I believe it's possible to do this entirely without plugging in if you are already rooted.
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If you really have a fried USB port, send the phone back for a warranty replacement. If you don't have stock firmware on it, there are guides to return to stock - haven't specifically checked, but I believe it's possible to do this entirely without plugging in if you are already rooted.
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I bought the phone on ebay though, would it still have warranty?
Is there a part I can buy to replace it myself? It's definitely a problem with just the USB port, because if I fiddle with the charger it starts charging if I hold it at a funny angle.
Some people have had success cleaning the usb port with alcohol. That might help but not if a wire or solder joint is broken. If you do try alcohol, don't use regular rubbing alcohol (70%), too much water (30%), get the better (90%) or even better (99%).
If you don't feel like fixing it yourself, you can settle for finding a battery charging dock and get an extra battery. Also, if you need to place files on your phone, use dropbox, Kies wirelessly, or take out your SD card and use an adapter.
I bought a new USB connector and it's working now.
im on stock 4.0.3 ics stock rooted and i can't find mass usb storage mode when i plug usb to phone to computer i just get options mtp which i do not use as it always says wpd error etc and camera. were is the mass usb storage option? ps if i click on "more" in wireless network settings phone freezes up and i have to take out battery.
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im on stock 4.0.3 ics stock rooted and i can't find mass usb storage mode when i plug usb to phone to computer i just get options mtp which i do not use as it always says wpd error etc and camera. were is the mass usb storage option? ps if i click on "more" in wireless network settings phone freezes up and i have to take out battery.
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In Android 4.0x systems (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above, Google introduced a new file transfer protocol called Media Transfer Protocol (MTP), which may be set by default. The problem with MTP is that, while Windows explorer can see it, there is no drive letter assigned, so programs like Pimlical can not see the phone's sdcard. The Android operating system still has the capability of USB Mass Storage protocol, which does assign drive letters, as has been the norm in all previous operating systems. It may be possible to set the phone to USB Mass Storage through phone settings. If it is not possible to set the phone to USB Mass Storage through phone settings, then it is possible to force USB Mass Storage.
This behavior is governed by the system property /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config. This is a text file containing a single string. The settings are "mass_storage,adb" or "mtp,adb". Since this is a system file, it is necessary for the phone to be rooted, and then this file can be edited using a root file explorer. Change the text in the file to mass_storage,adb (without spaces), save the file, and reboot the phone.
I have my USB Config set to MTP and USB Debugging ON under Developer Options. However, whenever I connect a USB device, it always resets itself to Charge only and I have to switch it back to File or Photo transfer in order to connect to PC, AA, etc.
Any ideas on how to make the USB setting 'stick' with what I set in DO?
Is there an ADB command? Other setting I should be looking for? Any help is appreciated.
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I have my USB Config set to MTP and USB Debugging ON under Developer Options. However, whenever I connect a USB device, it always resets itself to Charge only and I have to switch it back to File or Photo transfer in order to connect to PC, AA, etc.
Any ideas on how to make the USB setting 'stick' with what I set in DO?
Is there an ADB command? Other setting I should be looking for? Any help is appreciated.
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Strange, I *know* that mine 'used to' stay at whatever setting it was left at before. I just tried it now, and it still stays on whatever it was last set to, BUT... It automatically toggles the 'allow debugging over USB' to OFF every time I plug my phone into my computer. Now I know it didn't do this before, I wonder if it has something to do with 'always trust this connection' being set? Also, it really seems like this stuff is behaving just a wee bit different since I unlocked my bootloader. Hmm, could it be they have set a flag where USB debugging always turns off when the device is connected to something, IF the bootloader is unlocked?
bilottag said:
I have my USB Config set to MTP and USB Debugging ON under Developer Options. However, whenever I connect a USB device, it always resets itself to Charge only and I have to switch it back to File or Photo transfer in order to connect to PC, AA, etc.
Any ideas on how to make the USB setting 'stick' with what I set in DO?
Is there an ADB command? Other setting I should be looking for? Any help is appreciated.
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I can confirm that this happens on mine too, really annoying, but I think this is not something a lot of people are facing, as there are literally NO other references to this that I can find. The reason why I think this is a very specific issue is that I recently got a Mate 20 X, which is essentially the same phone, and noticed that when I plug in the USB to a PC, I get a dialog pop up at the bottom of the screen asking if I want to transfer photos, files or to charge only. I NEVER saw this on the Mate 20 Pro, but that might be because I messed something up. I did do a lot of fiddling over ADB when the phone was new (mostly disabling apps) and giving permissions to apps like lightning launcher and System UI tuner and I'm wondering if this what has caused the issue.
Obviously even before I did this, I necessarily must have connected to the thing via USB, but strangely, I don't remember seeing this dialog... Having to go into developer mode to change this setting can't be how it's set up normally, as then basically no-one will be able to get connected via MTP (I suspect everyone on XDA knows about this setting, but suspect none of the average Joes even knows the option exists).
So the question is, what did we do wrong and how do we get this diaglog back because I have found that Developer mode is not accessible for other Users set up on the phone so I can't access the phone at all via USB now when the other user is using it...
I'm hoping we can work together to find out what we did wrong!
PS: I find like kaibosh99 that the USB debugging also toggles back to off. I am not rooted or bootloader unlocked
After a lot of faffing and looking into it some more, I don't get the pop-up dialog but have discovered that it is in the notification menu where it shows
USB icon . Charging via USB
Expanding that notification and tapping on it, gives the option to choose file transfer and a load of other stuff. It's a pity that a pop-up dialog doesn't open like on the Mate 20 X, you can see what I mean here
https://uk.community.huawei.com/mat...tried-usb-debugging-and-all-that-already-6786
Much easier than having to go into the notification menu!