Hi,
I just got a Huawei G330 (Android 4.0.4, Kernal 3.0.21). Every time I connect it to the computer it is aking me to switch to mass storage modus. I thought since Android 4 there is the so called Media Transfer Protocoll (MTP) where the phone is connected as a device and not as a storage which makes it possible to tranfer files without disabling the SD-Card in Android.
But I couldn't find any option to enable MTP - not in the developers settings and there is no USB menu.
Can anybody help me?
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Is there anyway to get the X10mini pro to show up in windows as a standard USB mass storage device, like my camera or MP3 player? I want to be able to simply copy files over to the phone without using Sony’s software etc. Is there an app I can download for this?
when i connne it shows up as long as there is a memory card not sure if need to select mount usb on the phone menu , if you want the phone memory im not sure its possible to view but as its not that big i guess ur just looking for the memory card
how do you select mount usb on the phone menu? I am still unable to connect this phone as a usb mass storage device and upload files to the card without the Sony Software
marada2 said:
how do you select mount usb on the phone menu? I am still unable to connect this phone as a usb mass storage device and upload files to the card without the Sony Software
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When you plug in the USB cable from the PC to the phone, are you greeted with this menu (see attached image)
Thanks I am familiar with that screen, however I can't get the phone to be treated as a USB mass storage device. I just want to be able to browse the memory card like on an MP3 player, camera etc without having to use the Sony software. Is there anyway I can do this natively in windows or linux?
marada2 said:
Thanks I am familiar with that screen, however I can't get the phone to be treated as a USB mass storage device. I just want to be able to browse the memory card like on an MP3 player, camera etc without having to use the Sony software. Is there anyway I can do this natively in windows or linux?
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When that screen pops up, just select "Connect my phone", and it'll mount it in mass storage mode. Works perfectly fine for me on PCs without the software installed. Haven't tried it on linux, but it works on my car's stereo that plays mp3s off a connected usb device, so I can't see why it wouldn't
My phone works like that but only with the phone drivers installed. I treid this before I installed the phone drivers but windows just said the drive was unreadable. Also you can't browse the entire directory structure.
Very odd. My Windows XP SP2 has no drivers in it for the phone but manages to read the memory card
Works fine here as regular usb mass storage in Mac OS X.
Sent from my U20a using XDA App
Ive just suddenly had a brainwave: asking for drivers? That to me sounds like its in USB debugging mode. Switch that off and it should be ok
Hi Guys,
I need a small help. I am having a Xperia S smart phone. This device has only MTP (Media Transfer) mode, Mass Storage option is not available. I have to do a virus scan in this device, but since the device is not getting detected as a separate mass storage drive, I am not able to do the same currently. Can anybody please suggest me a work around???? Thanks in advance!!!!
I frequently synchronize media files from my Windows 8.1 desktop to my Android 4.4.2 devices and I find MTP to be very unreliable. After much reading it seems there are no fixes available to make MTP more reliable.
I am therefore exploring all other options including FTP, WebDAV, and Samba but I prefer UMS (USB Mass Storage) for its simplicity, performance, and compatibility with my desktop media synchronization tools.
I understand the problems that UMS can cause because of its need for exclusive access to the storage media.
I am wondering if there might be a different approach to having access to UMS on my devices?
I would like to shutdown Android and boot into something else that turns my device into a simple USB flash drive which I can then connect to my desktop for adding/deleting files on the ex-FAT external SDcard in my device. When done I would shutdown UMS and boot back into standard Android.
Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
I'm sorry if this has already been answered (I couldn't find it) but I am having trouble finding USB mass storage mode on cyanogenmod 12. I get MTP and PTP but not Mass storage mode.
Any ideas?
lorenz32 said:
I'm sorry if this has already been answered (I couldn't find it) but I am having trouble finding USB mass storage mode on cyanogenmod 12. I get MTP and PTP but not Mass storage mode.
Any ideas?
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MTP is essentially USB mass storage that's what you should be using.
Google is your friend look what i found in 2 seconds http://www.howtogeek.com/192732/android-usb-connections-explained-mtp-ptp-and-usb-mass-storage/
lorenz32 said:
I'm sorry if this has already been answered (I couldn't find it) but I am having trouble finding USB mass storage mode on cyanogenmod 12. I get MTP and PTP but not Mass storage mode.
Any ideas?
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IreshS said:
MTP is essentially USB mass storage that's what you should be using.
Google is your friend look what i found in 2 seconds http://www.howtogeek.com/192732/android-usb-connections-explained-mtp-ptp-and-usb-mass-storage/
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last CM12 nightly i tried had usb mass host broken so check cmxlog and see if and when if they have fixed.
Previously i was able to connect my phone with my TV via USB MASS STORAGE (TV was able to detect my phone as a storage device), i could access the videos & songs after connecting it through but now i can't do that.
What i think is USB Mass Storage has been disabled on core Android/CyanogenMod in favor of MTP and PTP as there is a problem with the way mass storage works. When you connecte the device to the computer then mass storage method needs exclusive access of the storage (intarnal extarnal sd card) and so it disconnects totally from the Android operating system running on the device. Any files or apps stored on the SD card or USB storage would be unavailable to android os when it was connected to the computer so to make Android os running smooth during that pc connection but I can't appreciate this as mass storage is really essential to connect it to inferior devices like TVs and car music player.
Anyone know a way to activate mass storage in Android? Running on Android 5.0.2/Cyanogen 12
Came to this thread because I'm looking for the same thing, yet for my Xperia ZL. I've found MTP mode unstable on my device (even with stock ROM) and using it as Mass Storage Device is the only reliable way to access my 64GB SDCard. So IMO +1 on MTP/PTP not being the only available USB modes out there!
any update on this issue???
MTP option not open CM12
Hi,
I have lenovo A6000 Plus mobile and cynogenmode12 os in it. I am not able to open the MTP option it. Pls help me for the same.
Thnkas in advance
Hello guys, i have version MIUI 8.1.3 stable, is there any way to enable usb mass storage so that when i connect my phone to my pc i can see it as usb and not this bull**** MTP stuff? MTP is so slow and it always gets stuck when i try to make folders or move files within the phone.
Thank you very much!