I can only get MTP to work on Windows 7, installed LG drivers, tried all USB modes.
How can I connect the device as simple external storage device?
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Adir544 said:
I can only get MTP to work on Windows 7, installed LG drivers, tried all USB modes.
How can I connect the device as simple external storage device?
BTW rooted and unlocked, The Base 0.7.3
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i am on a Mac and could'nt get it either, but I used "Android File Transfer", It worked for Mac I think they have it for windows also.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think its possible with stock ROM, not even sure if current crop of custom ROMs supports it.
Yeah I'm pretty sure mtp is the only officially supported mode of transfer. Unless of course there's a third party app that does the trick, or if its a kernel thing.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure mtp is the only officially supported mode of transfer. Unless of course there's a third party app that does the trick, or if its a kernel thing.
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Yes, USB Mass Storage is not supported on this device. The problem with USB mass storage is that you have to unmount sdcard in phone to allow mounting it on your PC.
Internal sdcard(/sdcard) on this device is actually located in /data partition (/data/media/0) and is emulated as /sdcard so it cannot be shared with PC using USB Mass Storage protocol.
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Yes, USB Mass Storage is not supported on this device. The problem with USB mass storage is that you have to unmount sdcard in phone to allow mounting it on your PC.
Internal sdcard(/sdcard) on this device is actually located in /data partition (/data/media/0) and is emulated as /sdcard so it cannot be shared with PC using USB Mass Storage protocol.
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Is it a problem to unmount and share the sdcard2(external as card)?
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UMS 100% works on our phones just install any terminal emulator from the Google Play Store. I spent a long time with everyone not having a single clue.
SIMPLY TYPE THE BELOW TEXT IN TERMINAL EMULATOR AND YOUR GOLDEN... UMS works great but has some issues, though the issues are more with the phone than UMS. It also ONLY works on External MicroSD cards.
su
setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage,adb
Just a nano bump from above edited post. It's works just fine with UMS. I found though MTP seemed to be the proper option. Because of the insanity partition configuration on this phone UMS just didn't suit too well with roms and what not.
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My PC running windows7 mounts the Transformer Prime just fine and I can access its internal storage without Issue.
At work, we are forced to use Macs running OSX lion 10.72, however my Prime does not mount on the Mac's for some reason, and I cannot see the internal storage on the Mac's.
Did anyone else try mounting the TP internal storage on a Mac running 10.72?
Does it work for you? Does the prime use a standard EXT3 or NTFS partition?
Is it formatted in such a way that Mac's don't recognize or is something wrong?
The mac can however be accessed wirelessly by enabling SMB file sharing for windows.
File Manager HD now see's the mac just the same. I just can't seem to mount the TP storage with a physical connection to a MAC over usb... hmm
You need Android File Transfer installed on your Mac.
http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
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Or check out this bad ass app called AirDroid
tformed said:
You need Android File Transfer installed on your Mac.
http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
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Hey Thanks!!!! I had NO IDEA I needed to install this for USB over OSX- It works great now over USB.. I can mount all internal storage to the Mac Via USB!
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Or check out this bad ass app called AirDroid
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Thanks! - I will check this one out for sure-
so far, I have been using WiFi File Explorer pro v1.5x to transfer files wirelessly via HTTP and port 8000- and it has worked great...
I am planning to use wireless for most of my file transfers from PC's to the tablet, but I still mentally needed to know it works via USB hardwired.
Thanks for the tips!
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You need Android File Transfer installed on your Mac.
http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
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I didn't know about this too! Thanks!
Still want to mount as drive...
I like the File Transfer Manager on OSX, but I'd still like to mount it as a drive so I can create image backups of the internal storage without buying another 32 GB SD card...
Thoughts?
teknomar7 said:
I like the File Transfer Manager on OSX, but I'd still like to mount it as a drive so I can create image backups of the internal storage without buying another 32 GB SD card...
Thoughts?
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you can't mount it as a drive as it uses MTP not USB mass storage
if i recall the the way ICS works is the internal storage is mounted as MTP however external storage such as microsd is mounted via USB Mass Storage...thats the reason that the GNex has no usb mass storage support and only mtp, since the gnex has no external memory slot.
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you can't mount it as a drive as it uses MTP not USB mass storage
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Ah. Not familiar with MTP. I just got this thing. Android file transfer doesn't always stay connected. It freezes on me on my Mac sometimes. When I try to start over and just rewrite over files I copied, it will give me **** about not being able to copy a file and drop off. Doesn't seem reliable. Could be the tablet though.
MTP can only transfer one file at a time which is why many people don't like it, to only advantage it has is that it transfers files faster but I would much rather have the ability to transfer more than transfer slightly faster
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I'm not sure this is possible, but could you use an FTP client to send files to the tablet like FileZilla? Would that be faster / more reliable on a local network connection?
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I'm not sure this is possible, but could you use an FTP client to send files to the tablet like FileZilla? Would that be faster / more reliable on a local network connection?
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It's possible. You would need to install an FTP server on your tablet. There appear to be a number available on the market.
Is it correct that this mode is missing in S III?
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BTJ
xda890 said:
Is it correct that this mode is missing in S III?
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BTJ
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I think it was re-added to CM9 for the S2 so you just have to wait for CM9 to come out for the S3.
Why shouldn't it have it, it has an SD card slot.
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Why shouldn't it have it, it has an SD card slot.
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All I know with my S2 (ICS) is that it has MTP and when I plug it in it detects both internal and external sd with no issues.
My Note on the official ICS build actually has a mas storage mode, so this may be supported in the S3.
I just read it in one of the reviews...
BTJ
No mention on User manual..
User manual has several errors though, so may not be gospel. That said I follow a current user of the S3 on Twitter and he says the option for mass memory is not present on his, but it isn't a retail release version.
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All I know with my S2 (ICS) is that it has MTP and when I plug it in it detects both internal and external sd with no issues.
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Old fashioned UBS Mass Storage mode is still available on ICS.
http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/03/14/how-to-enable-usb-mass-storage-on-android-4-0-ics-samsung-galaxy-s2/
It might take a little while to load for the first time - mine did.
Cheers.
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Old fashioned UBS Mass Storage mode is still available on ICS.
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Problem is: "Is this option present in GS3?".
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All I know with my S2 (ICS) is that it has MTP and when I plug it in it detects both internal and external sd with no issues.
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eksasol said:
Why shouldn't it have it, it has an SD card slot.
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go to wireless and networks and there is usb storage mode my friend that was at the event said it was he was doing a detailed review for cnet
There is no USB menu item in settings!
Transfering Data via SwiFTP now...
USB Mass Storage apk is not working without root
i fear the end of mass storage mode especially for internal sd. if the whole internal sd is formatted as ext4 partition, there is no way for it to get detected in windows
Dropbox?
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You have MTP, PTP Mode in Notificationbar when plugged to USB.
You have "\\Phone\" with Internal+ExternalSD available, but not as a Driveletter.
Problem: Losing Timestamp when transfering files... i tried as ZIP but when extracting with AndroZip or TotalCommander, the Timestamp is not set to original.
Think Root+USB Mass Storage apk will help.
this seriously sux. why the hell would I want to set my phone to be on mtp/ptp mode with inferior file transfer speeds...
Thank goodness I bought myself the HTC One X and my Dad's the one stuck with the S3 =)
Yes, it is correct that there is no built-in USB mass storage mode in the stock firmware.
I have been looking for a way to enable it too.
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I reformatted my SD card to exFAT and then it was visible via USB, from windows explorer I see phone and SD Card
I'm not sure if it was because i reformated card or because it was exFAT format but its there and it now works!
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Didnt get it to work with UMS1.0.apk or MultiMountSD.
Just plug into computer
If you're intention is just to copy/paste from computer, just plug in your S3 mate to your computer.
That's what i do.
Hi
I bought an s3 today so I have my old stuff in my pc but I don't know how to mount the usb storage
Any idea
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It's not possible to mount it as a usb mass storage device. The device only supports MTP and PTP. Please make sure that your computer supports those transfer protocols.
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It is the same with stock Samsung on the i9100. Cannot mount the i9100 discs onto the PC to transfer files. Sucks.
I install another (non-Samsung) rom to make it work like CM.
Use Easy UMS.
Also, search next time.
i tried mounting ext sdcard in mounts/storage but the disk drive did not pop up on my mac's desktop. Does the S3 allow you to toggle USB in recovery? I think it would be a very important feature, especially if you can only boot into recovery.
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i tried mounting ext sdcard in mounts/storage but the disk drive did not pop up on my mac's desktop. Does the S3 allow you to toggle USB in recovery? I think it would be a very important feature, especially if you can only boot into recovery.
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You do not have a USB mount option in sgs3..you have a mtp transfer protocol..look for devices under the attached devices option in your pc ..
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im not too fond about the mtp/ptp feature on the s3. atleast allow the disk drive feature in recovery. if recovery was the only option after a bad rom flash. for example bootloop, u can put in a new rom flash file into the sdcard thru recovery.
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im not too fond about the mtp/ptp feature on the s3. atleast allow the disk drive feature in recovery. if recovery was the only option after a bad rom flash. for example bootloop, u can put in a new rom flash file into the sdcard thru recovery.
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Or you can just adb push it through recovery, just as easy!
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atleast allow the disk drive feature in recovery.
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The feature not being there is not based on some sort of sadism but technological constraints.
The internal storage is one big block, so you'd mount access to the phone's system partition too. However that is only a minor problem compared to the issue that the phone uses the Linux-filesystem EXT4 which neither OsX/BSD nor Windows are capable to access.
For the external storage, it's possible if the corresponding features exist in the kernel, Easy UMS is such an application.
I reckon you can do it manually though the based shell commands (I published them somewhere here, Easy UMS links to the thread)
if you want mass storage in recovery.
Hey
I have done my share of search on the issue I have and I'm starting this thread only because I was not able to find anything similar. I've come to know that /storage/sdcard0 is a way of handling multiple user account in 4.2 JB. The problem is that my photos are here and there. Some bits are in /sdcard0/DCIM/Camera and some of them are in the normal internal memory.
All I wanted to do was to know how to access the /storage/sdcard0 path from PC. Connecting the CM10.1 running i9100 through USB to the PC didn't help because it doesnt show the sdcard0 folder. It does but the DCIM folder in sdcard0 in inaccessible. I wanted to have an universal solution (today its just a bunch of photos but tomorrow it might be something more important!) tot this problem and went ahead and installed "Android Commander" - a file explorer for Android in PC.
That gave raise to a new problem. My device was not recognised. I tried everything they have mentioned in the FAQs (which was not helpful at all) but to no avail! I uninstalled Samsung's USB Driver for Mobiles and installed a new copy of the ABD Driver through an installer. Now that its partially recognising, I'm not satisfied yet. I am able to give an IP for Wifi connection to Android Commander but it doesnt display the mobile files in its UI.
There are possibly two solutions for this problem. There should be a way to access it through USB like we do all the files that are in the internal memory and not in /sdcard0.
The other being finding a way to connect my device through Android Commander. (which says that I have to reboot the device to be able to connect and I have done that a million times from last night!)
Currently, I took those photos that are in /storage/sdcard0 by uploading to my Drive account and then downloading it to my PC. For someone who is from India where the internet is not so fast and there are limits on data usage, this is definitely not a long term solution.
It will be of great help if someone can sort this out. Cheers!!
UPDATE:
Just now found that there are a lot of files that have stuck in sdcard0 and they are not showing up when I connect it to my PC through USB!
So your phone recognizes the internal memory but Your PC can't see all the files?
If so then mount the storage normally, not as this mtp application. It should be recognized as external storage on your PC, not as GT-I9100.
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jakuburban said:
So your phone recognizes the internal memory but Your PC can't see all the files?
If so then mount the storage normally, not as this mtp application. It should be recognized as external storage on your PC, not as GT-I9100.
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The file manager that comes along with CyanogenMod recognises /sdcard0 alright. The MTP thing you mentioned doesnt show these files. And I tried connecting it as a Mass Storage Device and it didn't work. Only after that I came here
I thought somebody would help :'(
Just now found that there are a lot of files in stuck in sdcard0 that I can't access through PC!
I also tried connecting the phone to my PC as a Mass Storage Device but that doesn't work (it tells me to insert a disk in the drive letter it just showed up - like I didn't).
[b][size="7"]problem solved !!![/size][/b]
jakuburban said:
So your phone recognizes the internal memory but Your PC can't see all the files?
If so then mount the storage normally, not as this mtp application. It should be recognized as external storage on your PC, not as GT-I9100.
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I just did what you said. I had screwed up a bit in the middle and that's why it didn't recognise. Now it does! Thanks, mate!
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
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I just did what you said. I had screwed up a bit in the middle and that's why it didn't recognise. Now it does! Thanks, mate!
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
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Please add [ SOLVED ] to the title of ur post so that other members can get help too.
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