Hi,
I have some problem with files on my tablet.
When i connect my tablet to my computer with USB cable or with WiFi access i can't see some files/folders
For exemple i've recorded a video but i can't take it by exploring my tablet with my computer, i see the file with the files manager app in the tablet but not on my comp.
I've tried to reboot the tablet, nothing changed.
I'm really mad at this **** how i'm supposed to send files to my comp that's ridiculous!
I don't know if it's important but i'm on stock ROM i'm just rooted and unlocked BL.
You can only see files which are in the /sdcard subtree (=on the internal sdcard) and are not hidden files.
You can't see files outside of /sdcard.
hasenbein1966 said:
You can only see files which are in the /sdcard subtree (=on the internal sdcard) and are not hidden files.
You can't see files outside of /sdcard.
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I've found a solution, i use AirDroid and i can see all files.
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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 have an issue, I copied some files to the internal storage of the atrix, but for some reason I have gone to copy these back to PC, but can no longer locate the files, the folder they were in is still there, but not the files. If I look for the files on the phone, they are still there?...
I do not have encryption enabled. Is there a reason for this??... I cannot figure out why this is the case, I want to use my phone similar to a flash drive, just for convenience.....
Any ideas??
Thanks
Nevermind, got it, apparently under the motorola phone portal you cannot see the other files, need to change the USB connection on the phone to mass storage.
I am having an issue with files not showing up on my PC, that are in root explorer. I search the directory on my PC and and it doesn't come up.
By default, GS2 connects in MTP mode which only shows/transfers media files (videos and pictures). You will need to connect as Mass Storage mode in order to show everything. Go to Settings->Wireless and networking->USB->Enabled USB Mass Storage before you connect the USB. Then you connec the USB and hit the button screen to enable the storage. This way, the phone storage will show up as a external drive.
foxbat121 said:
By default, GS2 connects in MTP mode which only shows/transfers media files (videos and pictures). You will need to connect as Mass Storage mode in order to show everything. Go to Settings->Wireless and networking->USB->Enabled USB Mass Storage before you connect the USB. Then you connec the USB and hit the button screen to enable the storage. This way, the phone storage will show up as a external drive.
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Thanks I was able to view the files on the PC, I just can't see all the files. I am trying to access the directory. data/data/com.com.2us.HB3D to replace a comlib.dat file. I see this directory in root explorer, but on the PC I can only see /data/datacom.com.2us.HB3D and not any other files.
HTC Chris said:
Thanks I was able to view the files on the PC, I just can't see all the files. I am trying to access the directory. data/data/com.com.2us.HB3D to replace a comlib.dat file. I see this directory in root explorer, but on the PC I can only see /data/datacom.com.2us.HB3D and not any other files.
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maybe I'm wrong but I didnt think you can see all your files on sdcard due to security reasons. Only files that are in the "sdcard" folder, or whatever its named now
nyydynasty said:
maybe I'm wrong but I didnt think you can see all your files on sdcard due to security reasons. Only files that are in the "sdcard" folder, or whatever its named now
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Figured it out just now, a while ago when clicking SD card in root explorer, it would come up with "SD card not mounted". So what fox told me earlier did work! I transferred the file I needed to "USB Storage", then went to "SD Card" in root explorer and pasted the file over.
i guess i was wrong. glad to see you got it working, though.
Welcome
Yes, i have read about usbStorage weirdness. But still i hope to find solution to my problem.
1. I saved some files (photos) to the root of internal memory (/data/some_folder/)
2. While my phone was connected by USB to the PC, I moved these files from /data/some_folder/ to /mnt/sdcard/usbStorage (as I expected, that this will work like regular folder. Now i know, it does not).
3. moved files disappeared from /data/some_folder/ and also does not exists in /mnt/sdcard/usbStorage
What can i do about it?
a) if I want to undelete from /data/some_folder/ - programs for undelete does not recover from main memory of phone, specially from root.
b) if i try to undelete from usbStorage - no file is found.
c) i tried to connect to mobile a pendrive by OTG cable - no files are shown in usbStorage
I searched everywhere, but could not find a solution.
This is why i am asking here for help, as this forum probably gathers the best specialists.
Try to present a post better than the effort youve tried.You talk about "moving" files,then want to "undelete" them.
If I was you Id search each partition for photo files(jpeg or whatever).
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theunderling said:
Try to present a post better than the effort youve tried.You talk about "moving" files,then want to "undelete" them.
If I was you Id search each partition for photo files(jpeg or whatever).
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I moved the files to usbStorage folder, because I expected them to be moved. Only after that I noticed weirdness of this folder. Moving operation, as you may know, contains from 2 parts: copying to new location and deleting from old. Since none was copied to new location (or at least I cannot see it) and in the same time all was deleted from old location, I was thinking to solve te problem by undeleting from old location.
Of course I have searched an entire memory for those files, but none found.
krzysio.mobile said:
Welcome
Yes, i have read about usbStorage weirdness. But still i hope to find solution to my problem.
1. I saved some files (photos) to the root of internal memory (/data/some_folder/)
2. While my phone was connected by USB to the PC, I moved these files from /data/some_folder/ to /mnt/sdcard/usbStorage (as I expected, that this will work like regular folder. Now i know, it does not).
3. moved files disappeared from /data/some_folder/ and also does not exists in /mnt/sdcard/usbStorage
What can i do about it?
a) if I want to undelete from /data/some_folder/ - programs for undelete does not recover from main memory of phone, specially from root.
b) if i try to undelete from usbStorage - no file is found.
c) i tried to connect to mobile a pendrive by OTG cable - no files are shown in usbStorage
I searched everywhere, but could not find a solution.
This is why i am asking here for help, as this forum probably gathers the best specialists.
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I do not really understand where (i.e. in which memory) you lost your files. However if this memory is accessible when you connect your phone by USB to a PC, then you could try PhotoRec to recover the photos.
fxrb said:
I do not really understand where (i.e. in which memory) you lost your files. However if this memory is accessible when you connect your phone by USB to a PC, then you could try PhotoRec to recover the photos.
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The folder lies in a root of main memory. The path is /data/some_folder/. It can be accessed by for example Total Commander or ES Explorer (on android, not on PC).
Hi everyone,
I attached my Xperia Tablet S to my PC using the USB Cable but cannot see the SD Card in the directory.
I think it should be called 'sdcard2' but it is not there! I wanted, using the PC, to transfer some files between the internal storage and the external SD card.
Off to search more about this but any advice appreciated!!
Ofiaich
Won't show i'm afraid.
Alternatives would be an SDCard reader, or transfer the files to your tablet, then using the file transfer app, move them over to the SDcard.
Hi SWFlyerUK,
thanks for your reply!
I understand those options but what I had hoped to do was to have two windows open on my PC, one with the Xperia Tablets internal memory, and one with the SD Cards content. I could then drag multiple files from one window to the other!
I use an Android App file manager as well as Astro File Manager and use those to copy and paste.
Thanks again,
Ofiaich
SWFlyerUK said:
Won't show i'm afraid.
Alternatives would be an SDCard reader, or transfer the files to your tablet, then using the file transfer app, move them over to the SDcard.
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That sony 'File Transfer' app on the xperia tablet s sucks. There needs to be a direct way from the computer via a usb cable to access the external sdcard (sdcard2). Is this a dead end? Is anyone working on this? Maybe JellyBean will enable this? My Samsung can do it so I cant give up.
Hey, if writing out to the sdcard2 can be solved then I'm sure this can be as well. Sony told me that it was impossible to write to the sdcard2 by any means other than the 'File Transfer' app and that was definitely wrong. So maybe not ever seeing the sdcard2 from the pc via a usb cable is wrong as well.
saf4xdadev said:
That sony 'File Transfer' app on the xperia tablet s sucks. There needs to be a direct way from the computer via a usb cable to access the external sdcard (sdcard2). Is this a dead end? Is anyone working on this? Maybe JellyBean will enable this? My Samsung can do it so I cant give up.
Hey, if writing out to the sdcard2 can be solved then I'm sure this can be as well. Sony told me that it was impossible to write to the sdcard2 by any means other than the 'File Transfer' app and that was definitely wrong. So maybe not ever seeing the sdcard2 from the pc via a usb cable is wrong as well.
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make an update to 6b, everythink is fine
flight727 said:
make an update to 6b, everythink is fine
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I'm a little behind I suppose.....
saf4xdadev said:
Really? when you say 'everything', could you elaborate please?
1- can you write to external sdcard2 from any type of app on the tablet, rooted or not?
2- can you see and read/write/transfer files to/from the external sdcard2 from a pc via usb cable, rooted or not?
Those two things would be huge to me......any corroboration from others on this? Thanks
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You can write media files to sdcard2
1- some apps are blocked to write to sdcsard2
2-from pc i can write to/from the external sdcard2
but when you use this option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050126
the tablet has rooted and firmware 6b