Hello all
I have had a Swift X for a week. So far so good...for the most part.
My usage habits are such that I frequently take photo's for my job and download them to my PC.
When I plug in with USB my PC recognises this and opens with a window "This PC > Swift 2 X" ... but I cannot access the internal drive...
...I then always have to go to the phone....tap "USB for charging; Touch for more options"...and then select "File Transfers"
...then at my PC a pop up appears with "Internal Memory" accessible.
Is there a way to shortcut this and make it a permanent setting?...I've tried but can't find the relevant option anywhere in the settings.
Thanks!
You can try unlocking the developer options in your device, then inside that menu, find the Networking / Select USB Configuration parameter and set it to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), although I think the value is ignored and overwritten by something else.
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You can try unlocking the developer options in your device, then inside that menu, find the Networking / Select USB Configuration parameter and set it to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), although I think the value is ignored and overwritten by something else.
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Hi...thanks for taking the time...yeah I've done that already...and in Developer Options it states "Select USB Configuration; MTP"....but it doesn't make a difference to my (& I assume every Swift owners) problem.
Yeah it resets itself every time. ?
My first post. This might be relevant. I have found that with my Swift 2+ I connect to the laptop with a usb cable but the laptop doesn't properly recognise the mobile filing system. It just shows an icon labelled with the phone's name but clicking on that gives an empty window.
Note that this happens on both Windows 10 and Ubuntu so I would assume that it is a problem with the mobile rather than the laptop's operating system.
Hint from another topic: A work around can be to have a cloud app on your phone, Dropbox frinstance. Copy the photo to that give time for it to upload and then use the downloaded file in the Dropbox application on your PC. I have tected this in the opposite direction, transferring music from PC to the phone. The disadvantage is that it is slow.
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Hey, as far as I can tell, this is standard Android behaviour since a few releases. You simply have to select MTP every time.
Probably for security reasons.
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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.
I have plugged the Note into my Mac and cannot get the sd card to show up as a drive so I can use Doubletwist to transfer iTunes music on my Mac. I have tried unmounting the card and no luck.
It says MTP mode on the device when connected.
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Prior to plugging it in, go to Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB utilities -> Connect storage to PC
If anybody knows of an easier way to do this, such as with a widget or something, I'd love to know, by the way.
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Thanks. That did it.
You're welcome, and to answer my own question:
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If anybody knows of an easier way to do this, such as with a widget or something, I'd love to know, by the way.
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Get "Any Cut" from the Market. It creates a new entry in the Shortcuts list in the "Add to home" menu. Select Any Cut, and then Activity, and then USB Utilities (at the very bottom of a long list of virtually everything). That'll make an home screen shortcut directly to the USB Utilities settings screen. I use USB storage all the time, so it should save the tip of my finger hundreds of screen impacts. (My poor finger!)
Enjoy!
access memory card
You can also download Kies by Samsung. it has the proper drivers supporting the Galaxy Note.
the device then shows up in the Computer window, and it shows both the built in memory, and any add-in card.
You can get it here;
http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
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Prior to plugging it in, go to Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB utilities -> Connect storage to PC
If anybody knows of an easier way to do this, such as with a widget or something, I'd love to know, by the way.
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Don't have my Note YET. but currently on Infuse and so with the Note you don't just plug in to PC then on the drop down noti bar hit connect?? Wow, if not then wonder why they burried it>>?
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Don't have my Note YET. but currently on Infuse and so with the Note you don't just plug in to PC then on the drop down noti bar hit connect?? Wow, if not then wonder why they burried it>>?
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It would be nice if it worked that way, but unfortunately all you get in the notifications panel is "USB connected / MTP connected" which, when clicked, does nothing.
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.
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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.
I just finished the install and signing in for AOSP Android "N". Thanks @mikeataol and @digixmax and, of course @amaces for this wonderfully bare-bones ROM! Too soon to tell much, but it looks good so far and installation went smoothly using the zipped TWRP recovery.
But...no MTP with my Windows 10 machine. Apparently you can't enable USB debugging AND have the MTP selection stick. I finally figured that out. I'd use MTP far more so that setting makes more sense as a default. I have no problems with a Windows 7 machine which recognized the tablet right away. No dice with Windows 10. I asked it to update the driver and it said there was an issue with the some specification in the INF for the driver. Well thanks, that's so helpful. I can't see the tablet under ANY settings with Win 1, or, more precisely, I can't see any files. It does know there is a Nook Tablet connected when in USB debugging mode as that shows in the "eject safely" area.
I know this is a headache issue with these tablets and PCs. I've been looking around but most info seems to be for pre-Win 10.
Any suggestions?
Afterthought: Win 10 does correctly identify the tablet as an Android Bridge Device when USB debugging is enabled, but that doesn't left you conveniently drag files back and forth from the SD card, for example.
When you connect the NT to your PC, do you get any notification icon (at top left or top right)?
In the newer Android and CM versions, MTP mounting is no longer automatic. On my HD+ running LN14.1 the battery power indicator icon on the top right would change and if pulled down would expand into a menu giving me the choices of a) charging device (default), b) transfer files (MTP), c) transfer photo (PTP). Same behavior but slightly different menu on my Samsung G900A phone running Android 6.0.1.
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When you connect the NT to your PC, do you get any notification icon (at top left or top right)?
In the newer Android and CM versions, MTP mounting is no longer automatic. On my HD+ running LN14.1 the battery power indicator icon on the top right would change and if pulled down would expand into a menu giving me the choices of a) charging device (default), b) transfer files (MTP), c) transfer photo (PTP). Same behavior but slightly different menu on my Samsung G900A phone running Android 6.0.1.
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I have had more time to observe this and it just gets more complex. But as soon as I saw your question I realized there was something I had never seen. I had seen the indicator on the top left that said USB debugging was enabled, tap, blah-blah. That always led me to the Settings which seemed to interfere with each other. I would see the MTP device in Windows Explorer but there were no files and no SD card.
When I found the little menu you mentioned I chose the fire transfer option (it started as "charging"). Voila, the entire tablet shows up now, SD card and all on Windows 10.
Now to disconnect......and reconnect.....OK, so it went back to "charging" and when I selected "transfer files" it all showed up again.
Now if I enable USB debugging....I can still see everything. Now disconnect...and reconnect...I'm back to the MTP device with no files, and yes, there is the additional menu option I had not noticed before.
Thank you!!
Still a lot to do......
I have my USB Config set to MTP and USB Debugging ON under Developer Options. However, whenever I connect a USB device, it always resets itself to Charge only and I have to switch it back to File or Photo transfer in order to connect to PC, AA, etc.
Any ideas on how to make the USB setting 'stick' with what I set in DO?
Is there an ADB command? Other setting I should be looking for? Any help is appreciated.
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I have my USB Config set to MTP and USB Debugging ON under Developer Options. However, whenever I connect a USB device, it always resets itself to Charge only and I have to switch it back to File or Photo transfer in order to connect to PC, AA, etc.
Any ideas on how to make the USB setting 'stick' with what I set in DO?
Is there an ADB command? Other setting I should be looking for? Any help is appreciated.
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Strange, I *know* that mine 'used to' stay at whatever setting it was left at before. I just tried it now, and it still stays on whatever it was last set to, BUT... It automatically toggles the 'allow debugging over USB' to OFF every time I plug my phone into my computer. Now I know it didn't do this before, I wonder if it has something to do with 'always trust this connection' being set? Also, it really seems like this stuff is behaving just a wee bit different since I unlocked my bootloader. Hmm, could it be they have set a flag where USB debugging always turns off when the device is connected to something, IF the bootloader is unlocked?
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I have my USB Config set to MTP and USB Debugging ON under Developer Options. However, whenever I connect a USB device, it always resets itself to Charge only and I have to switch it back to File or Photo transfer in order to connect to PC, AA, etc.
Any ideas on how to make the USB setting 'stick' with what I set in DO?
Is there an ADB command? Other setting I should be looking for? Any help is appreciated.
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I can confirm that this happens on mine too, really annoying, but I think this is not something a lot of people are facing, as there are literally NO other references to this that I can find. The reason why I think this is a very specific issue is that I recently got a Mate 20 X, which is essentially the same phone, and noticed that when I plug in the USB to a PC, I get a dialog pop up at the bottom of the screen asking if I want to transfer photos, files or to charge only. I NEVER saw this on the Mate 20 Pro, but that might be because I messed something up. I did do a lot of fiddling over ADB when the phone was new (mostly disabling apps) and giving permissions to apps like lightning launcher and System UI tuner and I'm wondering if this what has caused the issue.
Obviously even before I did this, I necessarily must have connected to the thing via USB, but strangely, I don't remember seeing this dialog... Having to go into developer mode to change this setting can't be how it's set up normally, as then basically no-one will be able to get connected via MTP (I suspect everyone on XDA knows about this setting, but suspect none of the average Joes even knows the option exists).
So the question is, what did we do wrong and how do we get this diaglog back because I have found that Developer mode is not accessible for other Users set up on the phone so I can't access the phone at all via USB now when the other user is using it...
I'm hoping we can work together to find out what we did wrong!
PS: I find like kaibosh99 that the USB debugging also toggles back to off. I am not rooted or bootloader unlocked
After a lot of faffing and looking into it some more, I don't get the pop-up dialog but have discovered that it is in the notification menu where it shows
USB icon . Charging via USB
Expanding that notification and tapping on it, gives the option to choose file transfer and a load of other stuff. It's a pity that a pop-up dialog doesn't open like on the Mate 20 X, you can see what I mean here
https://uk.community.huawei.com/mat...tried-usb-debugging-and-all-that-already-6786
Much easier than having to go into the notification menu!