I'm on dial-up at home.. is there any program or anything I can install on my Hero to download files onto its SD card (through HTTP or torrents) and then transfer them to my computer from there, without having to tether?
Simply put, yes this is quite possible. However, it's a multi-part answer.
From the browser/GMail app (among others) you can download certain file types. Other file types are supposedly not supported, but I'm sure there are ways around that. Perhaps the Dolphin browser would allow you to download any file type, but I'm not sure, I don't use it.
Once you've downloaded the files you want, simply plug in your Hero to your PC, then on your phone, drag the notification area down and click the "USB Connected" notification to turn on USB mode. This will essentially transform the phone and its SD card to a USB drive for your computer, so you can use Finder/Explorer/Nautilus to browse the SD card and copy any files you want. I believe the HTC browser puts files in /downloads/, other apps might use other locations.
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I have a few hundred apps on my SDCard from my MYTOUCH but I can't seem to find a way to put them n the SDCARD for my X10 using the SE PC Companion....I could just use the other SDCARD in my X10, but then the phone does not recognize my folder where my pictures are. I also have word documents on that SDCARd I would like to keep along with mybackup pro app back up files are there also.
Just mount the drive onto the PC so the computer sees your X10 as a removable drive. Then you can just stick the APK or whatever into the right folder through your PC. PC Companion is used for backup and restore for the most part. Not really transferring files, its not that efficient.
possible work around
you can't directly open files on the SD card, but you can use any file manager app from the android market to access the SD card and open files (APKs) from there
i personally use AndFTP which is also an ftp client
When I hook my tablet up to the PC via USB, I get a drive letter in Windows. When I open that drive, there are files in there- however, I can't find where these files are on the tablet when I look there. There are folders in the PC view like Android, data, DCIM, Download, kindle, LOST.DIR, media, and .android_Secure and .HuffPost. However, these are not folders on my SD card (which would be /sdcard2) or my internal /SDcard folder. I've tried hunting and pecking through the tablet file structure and doing searches on the files in the folders, but I can't find where the location I see on the PC is on the tablet.
Any help? Big thanks in advance. I successfully rooted the tablet using the TNT_Lite ROM, and haven't noticed any other problems.
debug mode....
I've found the same...sort of. Sometime I get that it is in debug mode and I can't access file, and other times it does mount fine and I can access the files.
It's not that. When USB Debugging is on, I can't see the tablet in Windows.
Just to ask while waiting for a better answer- when everyone here connects their G tablet via USB to their PC, what area do they connect to?
Not sure if this is any different from Vegan's setup but I'm assuming it isn't.
The files and folders you listed when you connect your tablet to your pc via usb are in the "/sdcard" directory. On vegan tab at least, it is set up so that your internal memory (the 16 gb or whatever it is that is built into the tablet) is accessed through the folder /sdcard. What you may be confusing this with is either the /sdcard2, which would be an external microsd card, or the root ("/") directory of your tablet.
All of You,
Here is a link to a post I did that should help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010943
Read this and post back if you have more questions.
Rev
I'm currently running vegan v1.0.0B5.1 Kernal verson is 2.6.32.9-dirty. This was done before I purchased my GTab by a tech guy on Amazon. Tablet is runni ng great but I can't for the life of me figure out how to transfer files from my 2gig thumb drive to the damn thing.
I'm no real techie.
Plug your usb into the tablets slot, open up root explorer or any other file manger, go to the folder usbdisk, locate your folders or files, long press & either choose move or copy & place them in the folder called sdcard (*internal) or sdcard2 (*external).
There are other ways to get your files onto your tablet but since you asked specifically about a usb flash drive, I'll stick with that.
You should make sure that USB Debugging is NOT checked. Go to Settings>Applications>Development to check on it. If it is checked (enabled) it will not find your USB drive.
I was having problems with it recognizing my thumb drive, and that was the problem. Found that after I unchecked USB Debugging I still had to reboot, then all was well.
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Has anyone else had problems accessing usbStorage since upgrading to ICS? Under Gingerbread i was happily able to connect the phone to a PC and drop music/video files into the usbStorage folder to carry around with me (I currently have no MicroSD card). I could access these from the phone with no problems.
Since upgrading to ICS, anything i drop into the folder on the PC dosen't show up within the phone (folder is blank) yet it still reports the space as decreased.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
Andrew
Upon using Astro to look at the usbStorage folder it appears to have the permissions "dr-" whereas all the others on the internal memory have "drw". Does anyone know if this has been locked down in ICS? I've wiped the storage area but still no joy.
I'm not 100% sure what you're asking.
Is there any particular reason for putting files in the /usbStorage folder?
The drive that this folder is located on is your Internal SD, meaning you can put files anywhere on there and they'll be visible in file explorers, and when you connect to your computer you can see the whole of the Internal SD, so there's no real reason to put stuff in that folder if it's causing issues.
I'm not quite sure why it exists in the first place to be honest, I assume it's a relic of a previous bind to another location (like a shortcut, in the same way as external_sd is a shortcut to the micro SD card in some ROMs).
If there's no particular reason for using that specific folder, I'd advise just creating your own home folder on the Internal SD, that's what I've done.
EDIT: When you put stuff in there on the PC, but then it doesn't show up on the phone even though the available space has decreased, does it still appear when you connect back to the PC and look in that folder?
It sounds like it might be an active bind to another directory which is currently empty. I think that when you connect to a PC, folders that are acting as binds/shortcuts don't act as such in terms of how the PC sees them. So basically, when you put something in there on the PC it actually puts it in the /usbStorage folder, but when you navigate there on your phone, it sends you to where the bind/shortcut leads, meaning you can't actually look at what's inside the folder.
I'm likely to be corrected by someone who understands binds better than me, or who knows what the /usbStorage folder is actually for, this is just me guessing based on the things I've learned about binds over the past few days.
The usbStorage folder is only for use with USB OTG devices. Stop sticking stuff in it if you're not using USB OTG.
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The usbStorage folder is only for use with USB OTG devices. Stop sticking stuff in it if you're not using USB OTG.
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Ha, I was right, enter the more knowledgeable amongst this forum's users. Thanks for setting me straight.
Out of interest, is this folder working as a bind, or does USB OTG work in its own, slightly different way?
@OP: I'd still suggest just creating your own home folder on the root of the Internal SD. This way you can name it whatever you want, and I've filled mine with a bunch of useful subfolders for separating music/video/docs etc. like your home folder on a PC. Many file managers will let you create a shortcut to it on your home screen or set it as the default location when you open the file manager. This means you can avoid trudging through the often crowded root of your internal SD (since so many apps seem to dump their crap there, many without good reason) in day to day use.
Thanks guys, I believe I got everything confused right from the beginning.
When I first had my phone I saw the folder /external_sd/ for a microSD and then incorrectly assumed /usb_storage/ was for the internal 16GB, so used it to store stuff. I could access over MTP when plugged in and could files from within the phone.
Since ICS /usbStorage/ now appears to function differently and acts as a mount point for when the phone is set to USB mass storage mode (Settings > More > USB utilities > USB mass storage). Any space claimed by files dropped in via the PC is not available to the phone.
Does that sound right?
I too have had this problem since I've upgraded to ICS , I use to be able to plug my Garmin GPS device via OTG cable and browse and update files.
Now with ICS installed , the phone doesn't seem to enable USB storage or mount my device.
I see a bunch of error messages in the log related to USB
Code:
E/DataRouter( 1832): DrReadUsbStatus returns false USB is offline
E/DataRouter( 1832): DrReadUsbStatus returns false USB is offline
E/DataRouter( 1832): DrReadUsbStatus returns false USB is offline
E/DataRouter( 1832): DrReadUsbStatus returns false USB is offline
note it used to mount as /mnt/sdcard/usbStorage/sda/
Hi. I have Android 4.1.2, which is stock on my Virgin Mobile ZTE N9810 phone that is 4gLTE. It is also called Sprint Vital on Sprint. On the Android 4.1.2--when I hook it up to the PC via USB; it does not show folders like the app ES Explorer does on the phone. My problem is that older versions of Androids showed all files and folders on my Windows 7 H.E. PC. This version does not. I need to access the download folder on the sd card but can't. On the PC in Windows Explorer, it does not show all folders on SD card, including the folder "Download." I have a video on there that i need to transfer to my PC, but because it's not showing that folder, I cannot transfer the file. I can work around that, but don't want to. I want access to the Download folder. Tried searching in Windows Explorer too and it comes up empty. Don't understand why this is so different than older Android versions. Also tried to get to it from the Phone folder verse SD Card folder. Still no luck and cannot find mnt folder either with Android 4.1.2. Even tried changing the USB connection option, like "Install Driver", "Connect to PC Software," and "Media Device (MTP)"-default option.
Note: If I go to Phone/Download, images and pdf files are there-even though they are on sd card-, but this folder with a video is not. Also, I have Show hidden files and folders checked in windows explorer.
So in summary, I need to access the SD Card download folder on my PC from my phone through USB, but it is missing and folders do not show the same in Windows Explorer as they do in ES Explorer on the phone. It is almost like the phone chooses what to displayon my pc.
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Hi. I have Android 4.1.2, which is stock on my Virgin Mobile ZTE N9810 phone that is 4gLTE. It is also called Sprint Vital on Sprint. On the Android 4.1.2--when I hook it up to the PC via USB; it does not show folders like the app ES Explorer does on the phone. My problem is that older versions of Androids showed all files and folders on my Windows 7 H.E. PC. This version does not. I need to access the download folder on the sd card but can't. On the PC in Windows Explorer, it does not show all folders on SD card, including the folder "Download." I have a video on there that i need to transfer to my PC, but because it's not showing that folder, I cannot transfer the file. I can work around that, but don't want to. I want access to the Download folder. Tried searching in Windows Explorer too and it comes up empty. Don't understand why this is so different than older Android versions. Also tried to get to it from the Phone folder verse SD Card folder. Still no luck and cannot find mnt folder either with Android 4.1.2. Even tried changing the USB connection option, like "Install Driver", "Connect to PC Software," and "Media Device (MTP)"-default option.
Note: If I go to Phone/Download, images and pdf files are there-even though they are on sd card-, but this folder with a video is not. Also, I have Show hidden files and folders checked in windows explorer.
So in summary, I need to access the SD Card download folder on my PC from my phone through USB, but it is missing and folders do not show the same in Windows Explorer as they do in ES Explorer on the phone. It is almost like the phone chooses what to displayon my pc.
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