As we all have observed, usb mass storage is not available anymore on our devices. This isn't a bad thing if you're using a computer but... I have a tablet and the plan is to access the phone using the usb otg. It's partially working since when I connect the phone 2 options show up: gallery and downloads, with downloads i can access all the files from the phone but I can't seem to find any file using anything else. The tablet is rooted, the phone isn't. With root explorer I can't find anywhere the phone and its contents. Why it is important to me? because i want to use the tablet as a media center in a car and if i had the option of usb mass storage as before i could have the music player play straight from the phone as it would be seen as an usb storage.
I posted this here because it has nothing to do with the device models and this applies to any 2 androids. (the tablet is a rooted galaxy s2 tablet and the phone is galaxy s8 snapdragon non rooted)
If i could find the location of the mount i could create a link-foldermount thing from the location of my phone's contents to the internal memory of the tablet so it would work as a wonder, the problem is that i can't find where the phone is mounted and yes i have tried mnt and storage folder-there is no usb folder as it would be for a normal flash drive.
Any ideas/suggestions?
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Is there anyway to get the X10mini pro to show up in windows as a standard USB mass storage device, like my camera or MP3 player? I want to be able to simply copy files over to the phone without using Sony’s software etc. Is there an app I can download for this?
when i connne it shows up as long as there is a memory card not sure if need to select mount usb on the phone menu , if you want the phone memory im not sure its possible to view but as its not that big i guess ur just looking for the memory card
how do you select mount usb on the phone menu? I am still unable to connect this phone as a usb mass storage device and upload files to the card without the Sony Software
marada2 said:
how do you select mount usb on the phone menu? I am still unable to connect this phone as a usb mass storage device and upload files to the card without the Sony Software
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When you plug in the USB cable from the PC to the phone, are you greeted with this menu (see attached image)
Thanks I am familiar with that screen, however I can't get the phone to be treated as a USB mass storage device. I just want to be able to browse the memory card like on an MP3 player, camera etc without having to use the Sony software. Is there anyway I can do this natively in windows or linux?
marada2 said:
Thanks I am familiar with that screen, however I can't get the phone to be treated as a USB mass storage device. I just want to be able to browse the memory card like on an MP3 player, camera etc without having to use the Sony software. Is there anyway I can do this natively in windows or linux?
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When that screen pops up, just select "Connect my phone", and it'll mount it in mass storage mode. Works perfectly fine for me on PCs without the software installed. Haven't tried it on linux, but it works on my car's stereo that plays mp3s off a connected usb device, so I can't see why it wouldn't
My phone works like that but only with the phone drivers installed. I treid this before I installed the phone drivers but windows just said the drive was unreadable. Also you can't browse the entire directory structure.
Very odd. My Windows XP SP2 has no drivers in it for the phone but manages to read the memory card
Works fine here as regular usb mass storage in Mac OS X.
Sent from my U20a using XDA App
Ive just suddenly had a brainwave: asking for drivers? That to me sounds like its in USB debugging mode. Switch that off and it should be ok
Quick question,
I currently have the Epic, which requires a driver installed on the computer before the SD card will mount properly on a windows PC.
I use my phone to upload things for work now and then, and this is a major hassle for me.
I'm thinking of moving to the Galaxy S2 when it comes out in the US, and I was wondering if the S2 mounts properly without a driver?
It's sad to be jealous of friends with HTC phones that mount properly and don't need drivers installed to simply connect to a pc.
If you set it to 'usb debug mode', it auto installs and will come up as 2 card readers.
It even works on my car's head unit so it is in usb mass storage mode.
Without debug mode it'll be detected as a phone but I'm not sure what it'll come up as since all the pc ive connected it to have samsung Kies.
Personally I use widget apps like 'multi mount sd' so I can still use the phone while the usb is accessible by the pc.
Anyone know how to mount a galaxy nexus to the transformer prime via USB so i can view files on my phone through my tablet? Any help would greatly be appreciated, pretty sure it has something to do with MTP.
Interesting.
With the appropriate cord, obviously, and you set the nexus into USB mode maybe....
Id love to know this too.
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I tried it with my Gnex as an MTP device with USB debugging both off and on and didn't get anywhere. I'd love to see that too.
it's kind of hilarious that google baked an MTP server into android but not the client.
in the meantime, try using the Samba Filesharing on your Nexus (requires root) in combination with ES File Explorer on your tablet over a shared wifi network. if you don't have a wifi network to put both devices on then this will work via a wifi hotspot running on either device. it won't be as fast as a direct MTP mount, but it will get the job done.
if you don't like samba or don't want to root your nexus then you can try using an SSH server like SSHDroid in combination with an SCP client like DroidSCP.
works for my htc sensation, no root on either of them.
just plug in to keyboard, select disk drive on phone, debug off on prime, wait a minute or two...use file manager, all data from sd card on phone is at your disposal
Mine shows it connected as a USB device (on the SGN) and charges the phone but using root explorer I cannot find the file system for the SGN. I find it odd that it says it is connected as a USB device but won't let you see the file system.
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Mine shows it connected as a USB device (on the SGN) and charges the phone but using root explorer I cannot find the file system for the SGN. I find it odd that it says it is connected as a USB device but won't let you see the file system.
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click the folder icon next to where it says that in the bottom right of the screen.
Barff1984 said:
works for my htc sensation, no root on either of them.
just plug in to keyboard, select disk drive on phone, debug off on prime, wait a minute or two...use file manager, all data from sd card on phone is at your disposal
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your htc sensation is gingerbread, right?
in ICS google EOL'd usb direct drive mounting for internal storage. it's still supported for an SD card, but the galaxy nexus has no microSD memory slot (lame). that means the only way to access galaxy nexus storage over usb is MTP, which only has support built into newer versions of windows. macOS has a special application they have to install to connect via MTP. to my knowledge android doesn't have one at all. so, in his case it looks like he is SOL for USB transfer.
at least until an MTP android client comes along.
setting---> storage ---> mount external storage. Works for me.
Dam. I'm really hating this MTP mode. Been wondering this question for a while too. Hopefully one day the prime will get updated with MTP capabilities? *sigh*
SeaWaLK said:
setting---> storage ---> mount external storage. Works for me.
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Doesn't work for the Gnex as we don't have "external storage"
Barff1984 said:
works for my htc sensation, no root on either of them.
just plug in to keyboard, select disk drive on phone, debug off on prime, wait a minute or two...use file manager, all data from sd card on phone is at your disposal
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Thanks that worked a charm with my i9000, had to turn off debugging on both the phone and prime
SeaWaLK said:
setting---> storage ---> mount external storage. Works for me.
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exactly what i needed. thanks!
when I plug in my I717 via USB in my desktop, windows sees it as Samsung Android device, but when I go into windows explorer, there's nothing to see (the usb or sd storage isnt listed at all) and I do have mtp usb storage activated on the phone and usb debug. I am running gingerbread touchwiz rom. I can see the phone and transfer files wirelessly with ES file explorer, but I cant access the sd card or the phones internal storage through usb windows explorer connection even though device management shows Samsung android device. Windows Device manager shows the phone with no yellow flags. anyone had this happen and found solution to share? thanks
You can try rebooting the computer, using different usb ports, using a different cable. I don't know if this works on gingerbread but I have used it on jellybean roms before when I've had trouble connecting... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.zatta.USB_switch
Just thought of one other thing. You didn't say anything about Windows loading the device drivers so I gotta ask if you have installed the Samsung drivers?
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Just thought of one other thing. You didn't say anything about Windows loading the device drivers so I gotta ask if you have installed the Samsung drivers?
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yep..have samsung drivers. also, about the app you linked above, I'd like to try it out but google play says its not compatible with my device (probably because I'm still on gingerbread). anywhere else I can download the apk and try manual install?
I think your problem is that you are connecting via MTP (media transfer protocol). You need to connect via USB mass storage. With your Note not connected to your PC, go into Settings, under Wireless and network look for USB utilities. Follow the phone's instructions for connecting to USB storage to your PC. Wait for the Windows autostart to read the phone storage. (My PC is XP and takes a minute or so.) Then you should see two new drives show on Windows Explorer. One is phone internal storage and the other is the phone's external SD card. Hope this works for you. Good luck!
I believe sonebwood is on the right track on this. I remember when the Note first came out I had to change something to get windows to see the drives. Is there any particular reason you keep the phone on gingerbread? ICS was a lot better and you can update to JB through Kies.
On every single AOSP/AOKP rom I've used since rooting my phone almost 3 years ago, I haven't been able to use data transfering over USB cable. If I connect the phone to my PC, it starts charging like it should, but I never get a prompt on the phone to enable Mass Storage, and no removable storage/devices are visible in Explorer. Is this normal behaviour or am I doing something wrong, maybe some option I haven't enabled in Settings?
I'm currently running NeatRom.
Also, where can I find some modems/basebands for my phone, which are compatible with Android Kitkat 4.4.4.?
boki9999 said:
On every single AOSP/AOKP rom I've used since rooting my phone almost 3 years ago, I haven't been able to use data transfering over USB cable. If I connect the phone to my PC, it starts charging like it should, but I never get a prompt on the phone to enable Mass Storage, and no removable storage/devices are visible in Explorer. Is this normal behaviour or am I doing something wrong, maybe some option I haven't enabled in Settings?
I'm currently running NeatRom.
Also, where can I find some modems/basebands for my phone, which are compatible with Android Kitkat 4.4.4.?
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Are the correct drivers installed. Have you installed the samsung USB mobile drivers? Check in device manager to confirm if you have or haven't got the correct drivers. Is there a mount storage option in the rom? If not, try rebooting into recovery and it should auto-mount the storages and your pc should pick up your phone, if not, your phone'a micro USB port has a damaged pin.
Now I really do feel stupid. :/
All I had to do was go to Storage under Settings and select Mass Storage under "USB Computer Connection".
Thanks for the help!