Has anyone gotten this working on the S4 yet? I have root.
You mean the way it used to work and not the new multimedia device thing (MTP)? MTP mode works for me. Sometimes I have to hit the checkbox a couple of times, though.
I think the reference is to true UMS, which you can get via an app if rooted. The app works on some devices, but not all.
Are you talking about getting the phone to show up on a pc as mass storage, or getting the phone to recognize USB mass storage plugged into it through an adapter? Cause I tried the second one yesterday and it worked fine with no problems.
I don't think mass storage is the issue, but with my Note 2 setup in MTP mode I could browse the internal and external memory from my computer. When I plug my S4 in using MTP nothing pops up, but the installer for the Verizon software works.
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MTP is working ok. Coming from 2.3 there are a lot of changes.
I am also missing Charge Only mode, I would assume because there is no data it would be able to charge the phone a little faster. Charging over USB pluged into a computer feels futile, if I'm using the phone it still is losing power, prob not as fast, but losing never the less.
rushless said:
I think the reference is to true UMS, which you can get via an app if rooted. The app works on some devices, but not all.
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Which app?
I'm having two issues with mine:
- It wants to default to something called "connected as installer". I can set it to MTP mode, but I have to manually set it EVERY SINGLE TIME I plug it in, and it resets to the "installer" mode after a few minutes.
- MTP mode is annoying. The device shows up as a "portable device" in Win 7, and it's several clicks to be able to get to the SD card like an USB drive, and then Windows wants to treat it differently than a standard removable storage device.
So, here's what I want to do: configure "normal" mass storage mode instead of MTP, and set this as the default, or, better yet, enable "charge only" when I plug it in to my PC.
Thoughts?
beleynn said:
Which app?
I'm having two issues with mine:
- It wants to default to something called "connected as installer". I can set it to MTP mode, but I have to manually set it EVERY SINGLE TIME I plug it in, and it resets to the "installer" mode after a few minutes.
- MTP mode is annoying. The device shows up as a "portable device" in Win 7, and it's several clicks to be able to get to the SD card like an USB drive, and then Windows wants to treat it differently than a standard removable storage device.
So, here's what I want to do: configure "normal" mass storage mode instead of MTP, and set this as the default, or, better yet, enable "charge only" when I plug it in to my PC.
Thoughts?
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Forget it. USB mass storage is dead. Since Nexus devices do not have an external sdcard, there is no way to smoothly unmount it and mount it as mass storage. MTP allows the "internal" sdcard to remain mounted to Android and still be accessible to the PC.
Not saying MTP better...it tends to be slower and clumsier as noted above. It is what it is. I got to say its a lot better on the S4 than it is on the N7...its faster and mounts right up in Windows 7.
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Samsung fascinate
rooted
windows 7 with Samsung 64 bit drivers installed
back to stock DL01 and then OTA DL09 about five times today.
Here is the problem, when i mount my phone, intermittantly Windows 7 doesnt give me the pop up window that lets me view my sd card files. It gives me a pop up window with 2 choices:
Option # 1. View your files - this really doesnt let me view anything except 4 files one of them being a " Bootloader file "
Option # 2. Install Bootstrap Loader exe.
I have had my phone since september and rooted, rom"ed OTA"ed all of it and today this started happening.
When i look in Drives and Printers my phone is listed as a CD Drive and not a Mass Storage Drive.
Just curious if any one else has had this issue and what might have caused it to start happening.
I installed Samsung Kies earlier this afternoon but uninstalled it since it was pretty much worthless to fascinate owners and the U.S. isnt supported.
Any input would be appreciated. Thanks in advanced for any info.
have you tried re downloading the drivers from samsung.com? it worked for me.
This has been talked about in several places already. It is a common bug with DL09. The best solution is to flash one of adrynalyne's 1/18 test kernels found here. I hope this helps!
BTW: make sure it is one of the kernels with the cd fix
when im on 2.1 aosp, i have that same issue, to fix reboot with debugging enabled
Seems to be related to some new 'Media sync' option.
I did some playing around and the following seemed to let me 'mount'
the phones as before. ( But I dont like it. )
Hoping for some direction from Verizon tech on
a) what is media sync ?
b) how do I turn off permanently If I dont need or want to use it?
Unplug phone from usb cable.
Then on Phone... Menu...Settings..USB settings
Change to ' Ask on connection'.
then press home button.
Plug in USB cable.
When prompted...Press 'Mass storage'.
Now wait...wait..wait. Took about 30 to 45 seconds.
Annunciator bar should have usb symbol. Drag it open.
Press usb connected....Press Mount..
My laptop now recognized the SD card on E drive.
Copy files as usual.
When done...Open Anunciator bar and 'Turn Off' USB storage.
Media Sync is a mode that allows programs such as Windows Media Player and Rhapsody to access your SD card and copy over DRM protected music.
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Thanks for this, it worked
not sure if it helps with the problems with 2.2 but whenever i had this issue on 2.1 this is what i did, turn off your phone with the usb cable in and turn it back on with the phone still plugged in. It always seemed to work for me
From your homescreen when you hit menu go to usb settings then make sure the little radio button for mass storage device is selected. That was my problem after the latest OTA from verizon. Also it takes like 15 seconds for it to all sync up.
i have searched these forums hi and low, googled, etc. still cant find an answer....
on djo5,dl09 i was able to plug my phone into the usb port in my car, then mount my sd card, and it would automatically connect and find my music and start playing it.
on either dl30, or eb01, i cannot get it to work.
it is very frustrating. everytime i try, (all different combinations debugging on/off mass storage/ ask on connect, etc.)
i get a "device connect failed" message.
does anyone else have this issue?
has anyone been able to get this to work?
Another fix when it shows up as a CD-ROM drive is to right click and eject. Seems to work every time for me.
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zparlet said:
not sure if it helps with the problems with 2.2 but whenever i had this issue on 2.1 this is what i did, turn off your phone with the usb cable in and turn it back on with the phone still plugged in. It always seemed to work for me
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Thanks your idea of reboot while still plugged in saved me. Tried every other idea with no cure.
Thanks for the post.
Just installed Superclean 2.6 and had issues. I tried ejecting the CD Rom device in Windows, but that didn't work. I changed the usb settings from Mass Storage to Ask On Connection and then tried it again. This time I received the Android guy asking to mount the drive. Yay! It worked! It does however show both a CD rom drive and the mass storage drive in Windows XP.
On another note, I found that if I plug in my phone without unlocking the password first it locks up the phone until I unplug the usb cable attached to the pc.
Make sure you are using a USB cable that has a good connection (like the original one). I bought some aftermarket cables, and while they are good enough for charging, I really think they fit too loose to keep a secure connection.
apnews said:
Seems to be related to some new 'Media sync' option.
I did some playing around and the following seemed to let me 'mount'
the phones as before. ( But I dont like it. )
Hoping for some direction from Verizon tech on
a) what is media sync ?
b) how do I turn off permanently If I dont need or want to use it?
Unplug phone from usb cable.
Then on Phone... Menu...Settings..USB settings
Change to ' Ask on connection'.
then press home button.
Plug in USB cable.
When prompted...Press 'Mass storage'.
Now wait...wait..wait. Took about 30 to 45 seconds.
Annunciator bar should have usb symbol. Drag it open.
Press usb connected....Press Mount..
My laptop now recognized the SD card on E drive.
Copy files as usual.
When done...Open Anunciator bar and 'Turn Off' USB storage.
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4GivenByChrist said:
Another fix when it shows up as a CD-ROM drive is to right click and eject. Seems to work every time for me.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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Thanks guys, this combination worked perfectly for me.
Just fyi, this is due to Verizon bloatware that has been inserted I to the kernel. Adrynalyne and company managed to flush it out of the Eclair kernel, but since we don't have kernel source code for the Froyo kernel yet, there's nothing that can be done at this time. When source is available, this will be fixed by our devs.
Sent from XDA Premium on my Super Clean Fascinate
When I plug in my USB cable, it brings up the window to choose a connection type, Charge Only or Disk Drive, Charge only is selected as default, but it will not allow me to select Disk Drive and after a few seconds, the screen closes and the status bar show "charge only" ALSO the phone locks up, it won't let me do anything, except put it in sleep mode. It won't allow me to unlock it or anything. It still receives messages and notifications, but I can't do anything. I have to unplug the USB cable to be able to use the phone
Only have it rooted, no rom's installed yet.
Any assist would be greatly appreciated
You say it's rooted. If you flashed recovery, go into recovery mode and scroll down to USB Storage Toggle.
At least you can mount it from there temporarily.
Mr. Moe said:
When I plug in my USB cable, it brings up the window to choose a connection type, Charge Only or Disk Drive, Charge only is selected as default, but it will not allow me to select Disk Drive and after a few seconds, the screen closes and the status bar show "charge only" ALSO the phone locks up, it won't let me do anything, except put it in sleep mode. It won't allow me to unlock it or anything. It still receives messages and notifications, but I can't do anything. I have to unplug the USB cable to be able to use the phone
Only have it rooted, no rom's installed yet.
Any assist would be greatly appreciated
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Maybe it could possibly be an issue with your SD card, and it won't mount properly? As the other poster said, have you tried mounting as USB storage from within recovery? That's usually a sure fire way to get the sd card mounted. If that also fails, then try taking your card out of the phone and put it in your computer (need a card adapter), and check it for errors. I would probably also format the card to FAT32 and then try again. I've had sd card issues in the past, and formatting the card always seems to get rid of the issues.
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Well when I got home, I plugged in my phone to my laptop with a retractable usb cable and it mounted fine.
So I grabbed the cable that came with the Phone in the box and it again didn't allow me to select Disk Drive.
So I am taking from this that the cable that was sent with the Evo can only be used to charge the phone. Strange....
Hi, i am trying to mount my touchpad with usb mode but nothing. I hear the noise of the usb connection and can't see anything. I tried full restore but nothing. Any ideas?!?
You have to go to Settings>storage and at the top right, press the icon with three dots then "USB computer connection" and enable "Media device (MTP)" and it should show up.
I don't know if everyone is clear on the differences between mounting the TouchPad over USB in ICS vs. doing so in Gingerbread, so I'll provide some additional detail. In Gingerbread when you accessed the TouchPad over USB, it was accessed as a drive letter (in Windows); in ICS (and actually since Honeycomb), it's accessed as an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) device. I bring this up because many apps can't "see" the MTP device whereas all apps can access a drive letter.
For what it's worth, there's a nice free app called PureSync that can synchronize directories and files to/from MTP devices. If you want to do an incremental update of music, pictures, or other types of files, it's pretty invaluable.
Hope this helps preempt some questions and frustration with this change in behavior in ICS!
That is all correct assuming he is running CM9/ICS of some sort... If you are on webOS or a gingerbread based Android ROM then there may be some other issue. He didn't mention that in the OP.
telnet05 said:
Hi, i am trying to mount my touchpad with usb mode but nothing. I hear the noise of the usb connection and can't see anything. I tried full restore but nothing. Any ideas?!?
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I am running WebOS.
Is there an option in ICS settings to have Razr default to "Charge Only" when USB is plugged into PC? That's what the stock GB used to do. Now with ICS the Razr mounts two drive letters for sdcards and another as a cdrom device with motocast software that autoruns annoying web site with audio telling me to set up my motocast account. I spose I could do that, if it will shut the damn thing up, but I liked the charge only option so I could plug in and run adb, then if I needed to mount as usb storage I could select that.
ICS usb connection options are usb storage, media device and camera device. You can select more than one, but you can't select none. Is there a way to get back to charge only option with ICS?
Thanks!
It was removed because it didn't improve charge speed, so there was no point.
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It was removed because it didn't improve charge speed, so there was no point.
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Thanks for the response, TSON.
I get that maybe they didn't want to make charge only the default setting, but they could have left it as an option at least. One thing I notice is that with /sdcard and /sdcard-ext mounted as USB drives on my PC that I can't do anything with those directories with adb. For example when phone is plugged into PC via USB and I use adb shell and try to "cd /sdcard" I get permission denied. I assume that this is the same reason that ES File Explorer reports that sdcard is not mounted when it is plugged into PC. Prior to updating to ICS I could set USB mode to charge only and still was able to access files on sdcard with adb or file explorer.
There has to be some way around this, right?
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It was removed because it didn't improve charge speed, so there was no point.
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That's not the only reason to have charge only. You lose access to your sd card in the phone when it is in mass storage mode. When I am plugged in to my computer I can't access my music files or sd applications.
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Basically you can't do anything with phone when it's plugged in to your computer to charge. At least not anything that requires access to sdcard.
I'll have to try one of the other options, either camera device or media device. Not sure what they do. That might be the answer.
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OK. I selected Camera (PTP) instead of the default Mass Storage option and I get access to sdcard. I also get a pop up from my PC asking me what application I want to open to handle the camera connected to it, but I can dismiss that easily enough. So the quick answer is pick anything other than mass storage and then you don't have the sdcard restrictions that mounting the sdcard as mass storage imposes. I still would prefer to have a none of the above option for USB connect mode, but I can live with this.
Problem is it charges slower than it uses power in these modes. Needs to be a fix to this.
Astrobrewer said:
Now with ICS the Razr mounts two drive letters for sdcards and another as a cdrom device with motocast software that autoruns annoying web site with audio telling me to set up my motocast account. I spose I could do that, if it will shut the damn thing up
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It doesn't help. I set up my MotoCast account and it still pops up every time asking me to set it up.
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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.
rpimps said:
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.
MotoMudder77 said:
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.
rpimps said:
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.
dandrumheller said:
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.
ian619420 said:
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.