Those who are better advanced using MTP please advice...
Issue I am coming from a VZW Thunderbolt my old SD card is in the S3. It still seems to pickup ringtones, videos, pictures from the ext. sdcard. As we know we cannot see the ext card or save to the external card. So I am a bit lost how to manage myself since the S3 pulls in some files from the ext sdcard but I cannot save or see that card using the S3.... Do I still add certain files to the MTP space and drop using the ext. sdcard or try to figure out what the MTP can see and manage both storage areas?
How do you handle data that is on the ext. sdcard with the built-in storage MTP?
If I go all MTP...is there a way to back that up to say the ext. sdcard via from the S3?
When I do a Clockworks backup I assume that goes to the MTP space?
Thx fam any input is helpful...
I don't like using MTP because it always seems unreliable when copying multiple files. I prefer to install SwiFTP on the phone and run that as an FTP site while connecting to it from Filezilla on my computer. Then you can transfer files wirelessly via FTP. I find it to be more reliable when copying lots of files.
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Ok so I have downloaded a few files onto my phone. However, when I go to access them from my laptop via mass storage they do not appear. I was wondering if this is because the phone is automatically saving stuff to the internal storage or if it is because I have multiple SD partitions from multiple other Android phones.
If it is because the files are being saved to internal storage how can I change that to have them automatically saved to my SD? If it is an issue with multiple SD partitions should I just wipe my card and repartition specifically for this phone?
Thank you in advance!
Well if you notice most of the legacy and current apps when they try to store something to anywhere else other than the internal memory it would always look for the /sdcard/ location which in our case is the internal memory.
Our micro sdcard is now mounted in /sdcard/ext_sd/ which makes it a chore for us to keep tabs on what we want stored there because we have to move it manually.
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When I browse my files using ES File explorer I see 2 folders. One is labeled SDCard and one is labeled SDCard2. Is the first one my internal memory? If so, is there any way to automate the transfer of files from the first folder to the second one so that I can see them via mass storage? If not then I may have to write a script to do such a thing. Because that is annoying as hell.
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When i connect USB cable to my SGS3 to access content of external SD card I see multiple duplicates of folders on the root of the card. There are 3-5 instances of all folders on root of the card with exactly the same names. Some folders are empty, some of them have files without extensions, some of them seem to be real folders with real content in them.
I have tried to checkdisk with error fixing on my PC for this card in a card reader. It didn't help. The folders, when card is used in a card reader are OK, they aren't having any duplicates. I have tried to format SD card for a few times already and then transfer my data from PC to card again, it didn't help and was getting worse after each such try as the number of folder duplicates was just increasing then.
ES File Explorer isn't showing any duplicates.
This thing is really annoying and makes me mad.
Please suggest me any cure for that. Thanks in advance
MTP mode is heavily flawed, hopefully an update fixes it.
If you're rooted you can use Easy UMS Apk (see General section) to mount the external Sd in Mass storage mode on your computer
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Thanks, it seems to work
I have several videos i want to transfer from sd card back to my computer.
But everytime i try it just cuts of the transfer and doesnt move any files.
With my old phone it was read as removable device and with teracopy i could move all that i wantd.
But with S3 it mounts my device as "GT-I9300 Portable Media Player" not as SD card.
I would use a sd card adaptor but my sd card is encrypted so will only work with phone.
Is there a way around this and mount the phone as a removable device or are there programs to manage the file transfer from phone to pc?
wbb1 said:
I have several videos i want to transfer from sd card back to my computer.
But everytime i try it just cuts of the transfer and doesnt move any files.
With my old phone it was read as removable device and with teracopy i could move all that i wantd.
But with S3 it mounts my device as "GT-I9300 Portable Media Player" not as SD card.
I would use a sd card adaptor but my sd card is encrypted so will only work with phone.
Is there a way around this and mount the phone as a removable device or are there programs to manage the file transfer from phone to pc?
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WiFi file transfer Pro is my suggestion. It doesn't require a cable - you just connect to the same wifi network as your comp. and then type an adress in the url bar and then download/upload as you please to both internal and external sd.
Thanks for your reply.
Wifi file transfer pro is a paid app, if there a way to do this using the transfer cable as i usually move several gigs over from my phone to computer and back and prefer to use a reliable connection.
Also i am unable to use teracopy to transfer my files like before i am limited to just move and when try moving several files it makes the next set copy across instead of moving.
Use Airdroid
It's free & it's actually the dogs nuts. It's on every pc, laptop & phone I own.
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Has anybody got any tips on how to copy a largish file to the INTERNAL card, A you know MTP almost ALWAYS fails near the end. And I can't find anyway to mount the internal card as UMS. the only way so far is to copy to external car (using easy UMS or just taking card out and putting it into PC). I've never had these problems with my LG Optimus 2X or Optimus 4X. I thought the S3 was a slight step up from my 4X but after using it for a week I'm getting the feeling its a fair step down
ADB? Haven't tried such large files and didn't know there was a problem. Can you save it to external and then transfer it?
yes can save it to external and transfer it just like I already said in my first post. Seems a bit strange to have to spend so much time doing something most other phones can do. I was looking for a way just to transfer large files from PC to internal.
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Has anybody got any tips on how to copy a largish file to the INTERNAL card, A you know MTP almost ALWAYS fails near the end. And I can't find anyway to mount the internal card as UMS. the only way so far is to copy to external car (using easy UMS or just taking card out and putting it into PC). I've never had these problems with my LG Optimus 2X or Optimus 4X. I thought the S3 was a slight step up from my 4X but after using it for a week I'm getting the feeling its a fair step down
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I use FTP - FileZilla on the lappy and EFS file manager on the galaxy.
stevvie said:
Has anybody got any tips on how to copy a largish file to the INTERNAL card, A you know MTP almost ALWAYS fails near the end.
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I have transferred close to hundred of times files larger than 700MB (of which probably 30+ times files over 1.2GB) to the INTERNAL card by MTP and I NEVER had a single problem. NOT ONCE, NOT A SINGLE ONE!
stevvie said:
Has anybody got any tips on how to copy a largish file to the INTERNAL card, A you know MTP almost ALWAYS fails near the end. And I can't find anyway to mount the internal card as UMS. the only way so far is to copy to external car (using easy UMS or just taking card out and putting it into PC). I've never had these problems with my LG Optimus 2X or Optimus 4X. I thought the S3 was a slight step up from my 4X but after using it for a week I'm getting the feeling its a fair step down
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the fact u say the card works for other devices with large files, rules out the card being the problem, maybe re-install your mtp drivers? "delete - plug phone - re-install?
ive sent a few game data folders to the sd using standard mtp transfer and only twice it froze, and i mean froze my pc and the phone, only way to get either to respond was to unplug the usb
One : use card reader to copy files into external and then move it to internal.
Two: reboot into custom recovery and mount external as USB, copy and move
Three : something in theme section I don't exactly remember its name, mount external as USB mass storage device
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Guys I can transfer EVERY time to EXTERNAL then move to INTERNAL. I have NO problem transfering to EXTERNAL at all. I was just looking to see if anybody has fixed the samsung problem with the INTERNAL card like I did say in my first post I have no problem with the EXTERNAL card just when being forced to use MTP for internal transfers they seem to fail more often than not. If I mount my EXTERNAL card as mass storage I have NEVER had a failed transfer.
squ89r97 Thaks for the advice, i'm gonna try FTP.
Yep squ89r97's way just works EVERY time. no longer do i think will mtp lockup or will mtp just fail.
Not-so-short background:
I deleted "storage" folder in internal storage while connected to my laptop via MTP. I did this to free-up storage space on Xperia Z Ultra. Not knowing that deleting the seemingly empty and useless folder would be a huge mistake, I went ahead and deleted it casually. Needless to say, it did free-up storage space. It wiped both my internal and SD card.
I managed to recover the contents of my SD card with the help of Recuva after changing the USB connection option to mass storage mode. But this process is not applicable on the phone's internal storage. Most of my recent vacation photos and special occasion videos for the last 5 months are saved in my phone's internal storage. This is one of those moments when you realize the importance of backing up your files online or at least on a different storage device.
I already tried several recovery applications available in Google's Play Store as well as Windows software. They only seem to recover media files I've browsed over the internet and Facebook but not the actual pictures and videos I captured with my phone's camera. Now, I've TRIED to follow guides that help you generate raw file of your entire internal storage, mount it using virtual drives then proceed with using Recuva on it. The thing is, I'm not so much technical as you guys when it comes to installing ADB and advanced Linux stuff that is required to successfully pull it off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
Question:
Is there an easy way to have my Xperia Z Ultra's internal storage be connected to a computer much like a traditional external storage devices and get a drive letter assigned to it? In this way, I can run Recuva once Windows 7 can detect it as a drive.
I hope someone can help me accomplish this. If you have other procedure on how to recover my files on my internal storage, feel free to suggest.
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Not-so-short background:
I deleted "storage" folder in internal storage while connected to my laptop via MTP. I did this to free-up storage space on Xperia Z Ultra. Not knowing that deleting the seemingly empty and useless folder would be a huge mistake, I went ahead and deleted it casually. Needless to say, it did free-up storage space. It wiped both my internal and SD card.
I managed to recover the contents of my SD card with the help of Recuva after changing the USB connection option to mass storage mode. But this process is not applicable on the phone's internal storage. Most of my recent vacation photos and special occasion videos for the last 5 months are saved in my phone's internal storage. This is one of those moments when you realize the importance of backing up your files online or at least on a different storage device.
I already tried several recovery applications available in Google's Play Store as well as Windows software. They only seem to recover media files I've browsed over the internet and Facebook but not the actual pictures and videos I captured with my phone's camera. Now, I've TRIED to follow guides that help you generate raw file of your entire internal storage, mount it using virtual drives then proceed with using Recuva on it. The thing is, I'm not so much technical as you guys when it comes to installing ADB and advanced Linux stuff that is required to successfully pull it off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
Question:
Is there an easy way to have my Xperia Z Ultra's internal storage be connected to a computer much like a traditional external storage devices and get a drive letter assigned to it? In this way, I can run Recuva once Windows 7 can detect it as a drive.
I hope someone can help me accomplish this. If you have other procedure on how to recover my files on my internal storage, feel free to suggest.
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Sounds like you completely wiped your phone xD
I would suggest flashing a stock ftf with flashtool and you'll lose all internal memory but no ext SD files.