is it possible to install windows on pc with vibrant external sd
Get a separate USB thumb drive and use that to make your bootable install drive. Life will be far easier that way
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is it possible to install windows on pc with vibrant external sd
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I don't think so because I don't believe it's possible to boot your pc from the phone's sd card... well, at least not without hard bricking your phone. You can create a bootable windows 7 installation on a standalone external flash drive though.
I think you could do it. Just set it up the same as you would a usb drive. There are tutorials for this. Then connect to computer, mount usb storage, and boot to usb device on your computer.
why you would want to do this is another question
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How do I enable USB Mass storage mode instead of the stupid MTP og PTP?
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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
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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!
I have a sprint s3 with 16gb internal and 16gb external and I want to completely back up both directly to my computers Hard drive. If I connect it via usb it either takes hours to copy all the folders and when it does work, I wont get everything in the storage. What is a good app to usb connect my phone and backup or copy and entire directory? WiFi is also and option, but not google drive or dropbox.. I have too much data for them anyways. Thanks
Hi, I am usign custom roms for my phone. I have a external 1tb external hard drive that I want to save all my backups into through TWRP. When the phone is on either AOSP or the Standard Touchwiz Rom, I am able to access the hard drive through Root Explorer and Change things whenever. When I go into TWRP, however, I am not able to acess that Hard Drive. I am on TWRP 2.7.0.1 right now. I was not able to check mark to mount the item and when I tried switching to OTG usb cable, it wouldnt acess the Hard Drive in TWRP. How is this possible? I was able to acess flash drives in TWRP (but their size is too small and its useless). I really want to use my big hard drive so I can get some extra space back on my phone again. Thanks for the help!!
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Hi, I am usign custom roms for my phone. I have a external 1tb external hard drive that I want to save all my backups into through TWRP. When the phone is on either AOSP or the Standard Touchwiz Rom, I am able to access the hard drive through Root Explorer and Change things whenever. When I go into TWRP, however, I am not able to acess that Hard Drive. I am on TWRP 2.7.0.1 right now. I was not able to check mark to mount the item and when I tried switching to OTG usb cable, it wouldnt acess the Hard Drive in TWRP. How is this possible? I was able to acess flash drives in TWRP (but their size is too small and its useless). I really want to use my big hard drive so I can get some extra space back on my phone again. Thanks for the help!!
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The 1TB hard drive is almost certainly formatted NTFS (or, less likely exFAT). TWRP is evidently not recognizing it.
You could reformat the external drive as FAT32, but it won't be able to handle large backup files (more than 4Gb).
Or, you could reformat it as Linux ext4.
I have a Galaxy Prime 3 which is basically a cheapo version of the Galaxy S5. On my old S5 I had TWRP installed which was extremely useful for mounting the SD card as a USB drive and then plugging it into a PC to boot from it with install iso or utility iso.
It is not possible to get TWRP on this J320A as far I as have found, and the only app purporting to do boot from sdcard over USB (drivedroid) did not work for me. Is there any way I can use my phone to boot a PC over USB cable? I know its much "simpler" to use a flash drive or burn a CD/DVD but I like hacking things to their fullest. Any suggestions?