Hello everybody,
is there any way to have full access to the SD-Card in the Galaxy SIII (the extcard, not the phone's memory card) over USB without having to root the phone? The UMS-workaround with easyUMS doesn't work unless the phone is rooted.
Thanks in advance
No you have to Root.
maklein said:
Hello everybody,
is there any way to have full access to the SD-Card in the Galaxy SIII (the extcard, not the phone's memory card) over USB without having to root the phone? The UMS-workaround with easyUMS doesn't work unless the phone is rooted.
Thanks in advance
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Plug it into PC via USB cable Windows Explorer PHONE open two drives one phone one ext sd card .
Right in front of my very eyes as i write .
jje
JJEgan said:
Plug it into PC via USB cable Windows Explorer PHONE open two drives one phone one ext sd card .
Right in front of my very eyes as i write .
jje
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That's right, but reading from the extsdcard is not the problem, only writing directly into files on it. Meaning, any file I open from there is opened read-only and this is annoying. Makes my wonder, what for do I have a card slot and a card, when I cannot use it as a mass storage?!
maklein said:
That's right, but reading from the extsdcard is not the problem, only writing directly into files on it. Meaning, any file I open from there is opened read-only and this is annoying. Makes my wonder, what for do I have a card slot and a card, when I cannot use it as a mass storage?!
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I can use the MTP option as a normal USB drive..no problem in reading or writing to the card..are you sure your drivers are correctly installed..
zoot1 said:
I can use the MTP option as a normal USB drive..no problem in reading or writing to the card..are you sure your drivers are correctly installed..
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yes, i am sure... how comes you can write on the card? We're talking about the extSdCard, right? I can write files on it, all right, I cannot write into the files, i.e. they are opened as read-only.
Yes, that is a restriction in the MTP protocol; it can only transfer whole files, not parts (updates, changes).
Some apps are not able to work with that and will report read-only.
The easiest fix is to use, e.g. SMB Fileshare (which unfortunately requires root) whcih allows you to even mount the phone as a (pseudo)real drive via Wifi network without the need of a USB cable.
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Hi all,
Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere; I did use the search tool, honest!
Anyway, a simple question with what I hope will be a simple answer: is there any way to only make the external SD card visible to a PC when connected through USB? I use Dropbox and Foldersync a lot on my S2, and it would be lovely to leave my phone connected to my laptop to use as a USB drive without crippling the apps that look for data on my internal SD (Spotify, etc).
Many thanks,
salexc
Connect in USB mass storage mode
Via settings wireless networking usb utilities
jje
salexc said:
Hi all,
is there any way to only make the external SD card visible to a PC when connected through USB?
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Not as far as I know. what I usually do: start a FTP server on your mobile, so it's accessible through windows explorer, no cable needed. Personally I use SwiFTP, but there are a few others, free in the marketplace.
JJEgan said:
Connect in USB mass storage mode
Via settings wireless networking usb utilities
jje
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This mounts both internal and external SD; I only want to mount the external SD.
Heimiko said:
Not as far as I know. what I usually do: start a FTP server on your mobile, so it's accessible through windows explorer, no cable needed. Personally I use SwiFTP, but there are a few others, free in the marketplace.
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Thanks, a good suggestion; I should have mentioned there's no Wi-Fi available in my office so I have to connect via USB.
S.
salexc said:
Thanks, a good suggestion; I should have mentioned there's no Wi-Fi available in my office so I have to connect via USB.
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maybe "Droid Explorer" is what you're looking for : http://de.codeplex.com/
connects through USB, without mass storage enabled (USB Debugging needs to be enabled on your device)
Heimiko said:
maybe "Droid Explorer" is what you're looking for : http://de.codeplex.com/
connects through USB, without mass storage enabled (USB Debugging needs to be enabled on your device)
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Ah, now *that* could be it...I shall have to have a play.
Thanks!
With Multi Mount SD-Card (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rafoid.multimountsdcard.widget) you can choose which card to mount, internal or external or both.
I tried it because I have problems with car stereo not recognizing my phone when connected in usb storage mode. Although it didn't solve that problem, you can mount only one sd-card at the time with it.
spaceKomet said:
With Multi Mount SD-Card (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rafoid.multimountsdcard.widget) you can choose which card to mount, internal or external or both.
I tried it because I have problems with car stereo not recognizing my phone when connected in usb storage mode. Although it didn't solve that problem, you can mount only one sd-card at the time with it.
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That might just be exactly what I'm looking for...
Good find, that man.
same problem i have but....
spaceKomet said:
With Multi Mount SD-Card you can choose which card to mount, internal or external or both.
I tried it because I have problems with car stereo not recognizing my phone when connected in usb storage mode. Although it didn't solve that problem, you can mount only one sd-card at the time with it.
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My stereo only recognizes my internal SD on my Droid 4 but i need it to read my
external SD. ive checked that app out and even purchased it but refunded the app because the app stops responding. My droid is flashed with CM9, any idea how to get it to work properly?
Thanks in advance
-Andrew
Hi!
I've intalled lightning rom v1.1 on my previously rooted SGS2. I first wiped cache, dev: cache and did factory reset. Then, I intalled it via odin and everything worked fine. But I cannot see the contents of "/sdcard/usbStorage" anymore, either through "my files" or "astro manager". I can still copy files to that folder from my PC but I can't access it from my phone.
I'm not sure it is a prblem or not.
Could someone plz help me?
Do you even have something plugging in via USB OTG? If not, what are you expecting to be there?
oinkylicious said:
Do you even have something plugging in via USB OTG? If not, what are you expecting to be there?
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Sorry, i'm a newbie and i don't get ur meaning.
I mean . . . I can see the files I put in that folder from PC, but from my device . . it is empty. It was not like that with my old official firmware.
If I put something into other folders rather than "usbStorage", I can browse them form SGS2. Sorry, if I confuse u.
Thanks
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Your confusing the USB storage folder with the external sd one.
Sent from my GT-I9100T
You're right. I was thinking of sdcard/usbdisk.
sxi200 said:
Your confusing the USB storage folder with the external sd one.
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You're right. I was thinking of sdcard/usbdisk.
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MB, I meant that the OP was confusing the 2, not you. From what I read you were spot on. The USB storage only shows files/folders when you connect a USB stick to the phone, otherwise it is empty.
What I think he's doing is connecting to the PC and connecting the 2 drives (int & ext). He then moves files to/from the external card. But then when he's exploring on the phone he sees the USB storage folder and thinks that's where the files are. But they are in external sd instead.
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MB, I meant that the OP was confusing the 2, not you. From what I read you were spot on. The USB storage only shows files/folders when you connect a USB stick to the phone, otherwise it is empty.
What I think he's doing is connecting to the PC and connecting the 2 drives (int & ext). He then moves files to/from the external card. But then when he's exploring on the phone he sees the USB storage folder and thinks that's where the files are. But they are in external sd instead.
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No, i'm not.
"/sdcard/usbStorage" folder totally lies in internal storage of phone(SGS2).
"/sdcard/external_sd" folder is where external card lies.
I used to put some documents in "usbStorage" folder(in internal storage) and opened it from my phone.(with old firmware)
But now, i can't open that folder from my phone anymore. I don't know if that folder is meant to be opened only from computer(in lightning rom). If it is so, its ok.
Otherwise, I fear whether I've made some mistakes during installing ROM.
zeyarz said:
No, i'm not.
"/sdcard/usbStorage" folder totally lies in internal storage of phone(SGS2).
"/sdcard/external_sd" folder is where external card lies.
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I don't know why you decided to ignore the other, correct replies, including my own, but /sdcard/usbStorage is only meant for USB OTG devices, nothing else. Stop trying to put things in there unless you're using USB OTG. If you do connect something via USB OTG, such as a memory card or hard disk, it will show up in that folder.
yep mate...in gb we can put file in that folder....but in ics it only for usb otg.....before when using gb i can mount it in cwm and transfer files but now it only for usb otg. live with it mate, its not a big deal.
How do I enable USB Mass storage mode instead of the stupid MTP og PTP?
Regards,
BTJ
Not sure if this works for the SGS3 but it worked for the SGS2:
Bring up Settings.
Click More… (under Wireless and network).
Then select USB utilities ~ Set USB cable connection mode.
Select Connect storage to PC then.
Connect USB cable from phone to PC.
Select Turn on USB storage.
That’s all.
Sorry, no such settings in SGS3, we are stuch with MTP or PTP... Don't understand the logic behind removing USB Mass storage mode!! Both MTP and PTP are slow as hell and there is no support for S3 in libmtp at the moment to make matters worse... If I had known this, I would have reconsidered my choice of buying a SGS3.....
BTJ
Like the Nexus, /sdcard is mounted at /data/media (IIRC, mount point could be different), meaning that internal data and the internal sdcard space share the space, rather than being split. UMS removes access to the device that is mounted from the phone, so it cannot be used when the sdcard is shared in this fashion.
I thought libmtp worked? I've been using adb and a GUI for shifting lots of files, qtadb
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Seems to be a problem with both SII and SIII... But I will check out qtadb, thx...
BTJ
So am I reading this right. You can't plug a USB cable in, the SD card appears then in explorer?
I have a sensation XE at moment and use this a lot for transferring files at work/home etc.
So can I not access my files normally now that I copy to SD card, eg docs etc?
Nope... But it sounds like you are using Windows so then MTP will work, kind of like you are used to...
BTJ
The idea about using MTP is it allows you to continue to use your phone without disruption, loading Mass Storage un-mounts the sd from your phone.
However I do think we should still be given a choice
Yes, I guess I understand the idea... What I don't understand is why they have removed the choice we used to have.... :-|
BTJ
I stil don't have an S3, but am a little confused on the MTP etc. Also I use a Mac and a Windows PC.
So when you plug in an S3 on a Windows PC, what does it do in MTP mode? just still allow you to drag/drop files? does the S3 come up as another drive or something in explore?
Also anyone with a Mac, how does this work?
cheers
This might give us some insight on why no USB Storage.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
fylim said:
This might give us some insight on why no USB Storage.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
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I think I got the jist of that article lol but does this mean android developement were looking for devices to have either internal storage or sd storage but because the SG3 has both its sort of screwed things up a bit?
So UMS might be released in a later patch to allow easier access to added SD storage? Or does the current setting allow access to both storage thru windows pc?
Soz if I come across as a noob I havent got sg3 yet but planning to get one in a few weeks for upgrade and Ive been trying to get the low down on positives and negatives before I get the phone
Keep things simple!
Please can someone answer this simply.
Can I plug in the device into my mac/pc and just transfer any file to the micro SD card whilst it is in the phone?
All I want to do is to be able to put avi files on it as samsung kies or doubletwist doesn't seem to suppor them...
A yes or a no with and explanation would be great ta!!
pow001 said:
Please can someone answer this simply.
Can I plug in the device into my mac/pc and just transfer any file to the micro SD card whilst it is in the phone?
All I want to do is to be able to put avi files on it as samsung kies or doubletwist doesn't seem to suppor them...
A yes or a no with and explanation would be great ta!!
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yes you can easily do that. No issues in that. Simply treat it as a normal pendrive in such a case.
sorted!
toxicthunder said:
yes you can easily do that. No issues in that. Simply treat it as a normal pendrive in such a case.
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Thanks for the help. Although I figure out what everyone was talking about.
This is how I did it (maybe this will help others noobs as well):
You will need the 'Android File Transfer program' --> google search it!
1.Connect phone to PC (you will see usb icon at the top of the screen)
2. Pull down the notification centre.
3. Touch the usb thing.
4. Click PTP mode
5. Open the file transfer program
BOOM! Rock on nerds!
Hi everyone,
I attached my Xperia Tablet S to my PC using the USB Cable but cannot see the SD Card in the directory.
I think it should be called 'sdcard2' but it is not there! I wanted, using the PC, to transfer some files between the internal storage and the external SD card.
Off to search more about this but any advice appreciated!!
Ofiaich
Won't show i'm afraid.
Alternatives would be an SDCard reader, or transfer the files to your tablet, then using the file transfer app, move them over to the SDcard.
Hi SWFlyerUK,
thanks for your reply!
I understand those options but what I had hoped to do was to have two windows open on my PC, one with the Xperia Tablets internal memory, and one with the SD Cards content. I could then drag multiple files from one window to the other!
I use an Android App file manager as well as Astro File Manager and use those to copy and paste.
Thanks again,
Ofiaich
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Won't show i'm afraid.
Alternatives would be an SDCard reader, or transfer the files to your tablet, then using the file transfer app, move them over to the SDcard.
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That sony 'File Transfer' app on the xperia tablet s sucks. There needs to be a direct way from the computer via a usb cable to access the external sdcard (sdcard2). Is this a dead end? Is anyone working on this? Maybe JellyBean will enable this? My Samsung can do it so I cant give up.
Hey, if writing out to the sdcard2 can be solved then I'm sure this can be as well. Sony told me that it was impossible to write to the sdcard2 by any means other than the 'File Transfer' app and that was definitely wrong. So maybe not ever seeing the sdcard2 from the pc via a usb cable is wrong as well.
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That sony 'File Transfer' app on the xperia tablet s sucks. There needs to be a direct way from the computer via a usb cable to access the external sdcard (sdcard2). Is this a dead end? Is anyone working on this? Maybe JellyBean will enable this? My Samsung can do it so I cant give up.
Hey, if writing out to the sdcard2 can be solved then I'm sure this can be as well. Sony told me that it was impossible to write to the sdcard2 by any means other than the 'File Transfer' app and that was definitely wrong. So maybe not ever seeing the sdcard2 from the pc via a usb cable is wrong as well.
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make an update to 6b, everythink is fine
flight727 said:
make an update to 6b, everythink is fine
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I'm a little behind I suppose.....
saf4xdadev said:
Really? when you say 'everything', could you elaborate please?
1- can you write to external sdcard2 from any type of app on the tablet, rooted or not?
2- can you see and read/write/transfer files to/from the external sdcard2 from a pc via usb cable, rooted or not?
Those two things would be huge to me......any corroboration from others on this? Thanks
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You can write media files to sdcard2
1- some apps are blocked to write to sdcsard2
2-from pc i can write to/from the external sdcard2
but when you use this option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050126
the tablet has rooted and firmware 6b
Hello,
When I updated my S3 to 4.3 from 4.1.2, it was terrible. It was very laggy, my screen didn't show when pressing the Power Button or the Home Button, and I thought that resetting to factory might fix it. Well, I was so desperate to make my phone work better that I didn't realize that all my files were on the internal storage, I don't have an SD Card. So, I've lost everything.
Now, I'm trying to recover some photos, but I can't connect my phone as USB mass storage to use a recovery soft on Windows 8. I rooted my phone, installed USB Mass Storage Enabler app, but it shows two drives (H: and I, but I can't access those. It gives me "Please insert a disk into Removable Drive (LETTER"
Please help, I did everything I found on forums, but still nothing. Those files might be lost, but now I have another battle.. Making my phone available in Mass Storage.
And by the way, it still works terrible with 4.3. Hate it so much!
Have you installed USB drivers ???
Have you read the stickied storage/ recovery thread ??
bughy said:
Hello,
When I updated my S3 to 4.3 from 4.1.2, it was terrible. It was very laggy, my screen didn't show when pressing the Power Button or the Home Button, and I thought that resetting to factory might fix it. Well, I was so desperate to make my phone work better that I didn't realize that all my files were on the internal storage, I don't have an SD Card. So, I've lost everything.
Now, I'm trying to recover some photos, but I can't connect my phone as USB mass storage to use a recovery soft on Windows 8. I rooted my phone, installed USB Mass Storage Enabler app, but it shows two drives (H: and I, but I can't access those. It gives me "Please insert a disk into Removable Drive (LETTER"
Please help, I did everything I found on forums, but still nothing. Those files might be lost, but now I have another battle.. Making my phone available in Mass Storage.
And by the way, it still works terrible with 4.3. Hate it so much!
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Unfortunately I think USB Mass Storage in the way it is implemented in 4.x for the moment can only share the external SD, the internal one is never visible.
IMHO the only approach to recover "something" is to get an external microSD larger than the internal partition and create a block copy (with dd under adb in CWM/Philz recovery for instance) of the entire "internal SD" partition - that one will be an EXT4 (Linux) partition) and there is a very, very small chance that you might recover some stuff from it (I doubt but who knows).
Yes, i have the Samsung USB Driver for mobile phone (1.5.29.0)
No, didn't read the storage/recovery thread.
Oh well...
Such error happens if transfer breaks unexpectedly. Think what file did you send lastly and delete it, it should fix your issue.
If you can't remember or it did not, formatting your external sd card will fix it for sure.
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If you can't remember or it did not, formatting your external sd card will fix it for sure.
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I don't have a sd card.
bughy said:
I don't have a sd card.
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Ah, you're talking about internal one.
Well, then your magic program doesn't work properly. Perhaps you could try boeffla kernel and it's UMS.