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This can't be right.
I am playing music and plug the desire into my work pc to charge at the same time and it tells me it can't because the SD card is being used for data storage. I have checked the connection type. The flag comes up offering options and I chose Charge Only. It even says that on the statusbar. But it refuses to play. Can someone try on theirs?
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Same happens via my laptop. Play music, then insert USB; flag comes up "choose a connection type" - choose "charge only"; it shows on status bar; the music stops message says "SD Card is unavailable because it is being used as USB storage." No SD/USB management app is installed to interfere unless Astro does.
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Astro uninstalled, makes no difference. Please someone try to do the same and let me know what happens.
PPPS Manual says
Disk drive
This mode is available only when you have installed a microSD card on your phone. Select this mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb drive, and copy files between your phone’s storage card and your computer. When Disk Drive mode is enabled while your phone is connected to the computer, you will not be able to run applications that use the storage card, such as Music or Photos.
But it isn't enabled!!!!
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Is it because the PC recognises the connection as data regardless of the setting on the phone? eg the standard flag comes up on the PC and laptop. Even if I hit "no action" on it, it still refuses
Damn it. Factory reset? It also refuses to do anything if music is playing, eg won't download an app ("download paused")
What OS are you running on your PC's?
Now I am incandescent.
I backed up the apps, factory reset, and the apps I downloaded are all gone, including the ones I paid for. What gives????
Windows XP on both.
OK, I get it, apps back by installing Astro again.
Bastard is now fixed! Plugged in and plays music. But what happens when I unplug and plug in again? Here goes...
It works!
What a palaver
Got all the apps back except the one that cleans caches - can anyone remind me of the name please?
You can set up your Desire on how to act when you plug it into the USB port:
- Charge only
- HTC Sync
- Disk drive
- Internet sharing
I guess yours was set to be Disk drive by default...
No it wasn't. I checked, had selected charge only when offered the option and the status bar said charge only. Just a weird glitch I guess.
I am on T-Mobile UK and ever since an update was sent out about a month ago each time I plug my phone into the computer using USB it automatically connects as a hard disk. The default setting is for Charge Only.
The only way in which I can get it back to charge only is to move in the menu to something else and then move back to charge only....I then get the preparing SD card message.
Anyone else had the same issue....Anyone got a fix?
Cheers
Aidan
This happens to me all the time, just swipe down the notification bar and press the connection type option, choose Charge Only again and tap Done from the list and it will make the SD card available. For some reason even if you select charge only when you're first asked the SD card automatically becomes locked out.
Glad someone else is having the issue. Really looking to find out how to fix this. It causes me issues as it makes the SD card inaccessible and if the phone rings then my ringtone changes back to a default one...
I tend to use my laptop to charge my phone and each time I the phone use it I need to remember to click down though the usb menu.
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I am having issues when I try to transfer files larger than 8 GB to my phone OR my sdcard. I have NO idea what is going on but it will freeze and MTP will FC on my phone and then I have to restart. Anyone use anything else to transfer at a normal speed?
My Samsung Galaxy S3 is doing the same thing. It's very annoying!!! Especially now that the sdcard is full and I'm trying to free up space I don't want to do one file at a time. Uugh. Why did they have to remove USB Mass Storage mode?? WHY??!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY DAMNIT!
Optimizer said:
I am having issues when I try to transfer files larger than 8 GB to my phone OR my sdcard. I have NO idea what is going on but it will freeze and MTP will FC on my phone and then I have to restart. Anyone use anything else to transfer at a normal speed?
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turn on usb debugging
amzi said:
turn on usb debugging
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That won't do anything, I just had that problem too I ended up buying a new usb cable that is shorter then the cheap stock cable. There is also an app in the themes and apps section that lets you enable usb mass storage
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So i hadn't noticed until just now. But for whatever reason. After flashing to ICS when i hook my phone up to my pc via supplied Sony cable, My Ion notifies me that "internal and Sd card mounted" well.. thats fine and dandy however, I'm not seeing EITHER on my PC. I've restarted the phone multiple times, as well as the PC. What i'm finding to be even more odd is that Normally when I would click on the notification it would take me to some settings page for mounting etc etc... that doesn't happen.. actually nothing happens when i select the notification..EVEN stranger than that... imo... is that when I turn off USB debugging I now get a "portable devices" section under My computer where i'd normally see the removable drives pop up. Under this section I now see Xperia Ion with a lil thumbnail of the phone and "portable media player" underneath it... WTF [email protected]! Now when i click that i'm presented with my internal storage and SD card... this was so confusing that I thought i'd at least share my experience and frustrations for others.. Clearly everything is working.. just hadn't noticed this change until just now... WEIRD!
le sigh.....I LIED!
so while it does show Internal Storage and SD Card under Portable media Player... however... i'm unable to see ext_card <which is where all my video files from the camera are under DICM... i'm so confused...
when I re-enable USB debugging... the Xperia ION Portable Meida Player icon disappears... even though my phone still says "internal and SD connected to pc"
anyone else noticing this? or perhaps found a workaorund just curious if i'm the only having this issue? mayb due to flashing ICS over stock ATT without wipes?
this was not like this in GB. that i recall
I saw "le" and stopped reading
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I saw "le" and stopped reading
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Not sure why it's happening but on gb I sometimes have the same problem, if I'm lazy I just let it sit there for awhile and eventually my ext card will pop up or I just restart my computer ( unplug first)
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but ur saying a pc restart fixes the error for you and your able to see ext_card after restart? b/c i'm not...
another interesting side note to this dilemma is that I can clearly see the folder I want to access via my PC has not been mounted by simply opening any file manager on my ION while it is connected > ext_card what i mean is .. this folder is clearly NOT being mounted when it should be.. correct?
this is quite annoying to have to turn off my ion open the back cover and take out the micro sd and put it in an adapter and put it in my PC rather than just hooking up the cable... really wanna get to the bottom of this as i'm constantly taking videos <large ones at that> and moving them to my PC... this is a must have function for me...
I had this problem after rooting. All you have to do is unmount using your phone - take it out and put it back in. All problems went away.
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I don't think that's the case in my situation. I've removed and reinserted the card multiple times and the situation is the same for me.
edit: just tried as u suggested. plugged phone in. = no ext_card. left phone plugged in. unmounted card on phone. removed from phone. put back in phone. re-mounted. STILL no ext_card on PC.
interesting this is happening across multiple OS's
some with root some without...
i know this wasn't like this when i had GB but now that i think about it. i only used it once mayb twice before flashing to ICS....
i'm at a loss for what could be causing the issue
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Sorry mate, wouldn't know the solution to that. The only thing I did different was unmount while unplugged. However I doubted that would fix.
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Both cards show up up on Windows(yuck) but they don't on Linux. ADB will mount them but they will not show in home folder or desktop. IDK.
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Oh yeah, rooted ICS here.
Bump. Still having this issue. Anyone else?
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Bump. Still having this issue. Anyone else?
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Ok... If USB Debugging is turned on, Windows 7 glitches and will NOT properly read both internal and external cards at the same time... At least for me. To get the internal storage to show up, I just simply turned off USB debugging.
Goto Settings > Xperia > USB connection mode
If "MTP" (Media Transfer Mode) is selected, you "should" see both the internal and external SD cards upon plugging to your PC. This is under the assumption that USB Debugging is turned off. Like I said before, if it's on, I have experienced issues with Windows 7.
If "MSC" (Mass Storage Mode) is selected, regardless of if USB Debugging is selected, your PC should only allow your external SD card to attach to PC. (You can still use ADB commands to access internal storage)
Also, I personally went and uninstalled PC companion, and now block it from install completely. Check the settings mentioned, and see if you possibly missed something. If they all match perfect to what I said, maybe a reflash?
Just to chime in, this is not just a problem with ICS, but a problem in 2.3 as well.
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Ok... If USB Debugging is turned on, Windows 7 glitches and will NOT properly read both internal and external cards at the same time... At least for me. To get the internal storage to show up, I just simply turned off USB debugging.
Goto Settings > Xperia > USB connection mode
If "MTP" (Media Transfer Mode) is selected, you "should" see both the internal and external SD cards upon plugging to your PC. This is under the assumption that USB Debugging is turned off. Like I said before, if it's on, I have experienced issues with Windows 7.
If "MSC" (Mass Storage Mode) is selected, regardless of if USB Debugging is selected, your PC should only allow your external SD card to attach to PC. (You can still use ADB commands to access internal storage)
Also, I personally went and uninstalled PC companion, and now block it from install completely. Check the settings mentioned, and see if you possibly missed something. If they all match perfect to what I said, maybe a reflash?
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yes as i mentioned in my first post. with usb debugging off. internal and SD card show up under xperia ion in my computer. HOWEVER, when i click on SD card... there is no folder EXT_CARD... which is where my videos are located... so what u are experiencing sounds exactly like what i'm experiencing as well
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yes as i mentioned in my first post. with usb debugging off. internal and SD card show up under xperia ion in my computer. HOWEVER, when i click on SD card... there is no folder EXT_CARD... which is where my videos are located... so what u are experiencing sounds exactly like what i'm experiencing as well
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Any update to this? I think the MS MTP protocol is meant to work only with Media player, or something like that.
For me, it doesn't matter whether I have UDB on or not, the only thing that changes the access is changing from MTP to MSC, and then the internal memory isn't accessible. This whole thing is pretty ridiculous.
What I've found to work, so far in Windows, is Android Commander. See's both internal and external memory and allows full access, so far.
Get a file manager app copy the video folder to the root of your SD card. Ext_card is just how the phone differentiates between internal and external and if I'm not mistaken when you plug your phone in and turn on mtm just your phone comes up then inside that should be two folders. That's how it was for me but once I'm out of class ill double check and give you my details for it. What I did notice just as a side note, some stuff I coppied off my SD card from my i777 like pics and vids and pdf files wont show up in the phone. I reformated the card before I put my ion stuff on it and then the old files. Doesn't matter about that though just tossing it out there.
Also debug mode might cause issues. That is under settings> applications >development
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I cant seem to replicate this. I have had zero issue with mounting or reading. I plug my phone in and get a separate directory for my Ion. Once I open it I have my two cards showing. I just went in and pulled a video off the internal storage and copied it to my computer with no issue. I have not installed PC companion.
One thing I do like about this device is it cuts out the step of mounting from the phone. You just plug it in and go which is kinda nice.
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Get a file manager app copy the video folder to the root of your SD card. Ext_card is just how the phone differentiates between internal and external and if I'm not mistaken when you plug your phone in and turn on mtm just your phone comes up then inside that should be two folders. That's how it was for me but once I'm out of class ill double check and give you my details for it. What I did notice just as a side note, some stuff I coppied off my SD card from my i777 like pics and vids and pdf files wont show up in the phone. I reformated the card before I put my ion stuff on it and then the old files. Doesn't matter about that though just tossing it out there.
Also debug mode might cause issues. That is under settings> applications >development
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Let me clarify, both internal and external memory is visible, but not editable with MTP.
I want to be able to drag and drop between the two in windows explorer but you can't.
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OK, I have auto turn on mcs turned on and I plugged in my phone. Under my computer I have Lt28at under portable devices and then under devices with multiple storage I have removable disk k my SD card and I can drag and drop. Make sure you're not connected through the Hdmi port
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OK, I have auto turn on mcs turned on and I plugged in my phone. Under my computer I have Lt28at under portable devices and then under devices with multiple storage I have removable disk k my SD card and I can drag and drop. Make sure you're not connected through the Hdmi port
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I don't know about connecting through HDMI port, USB to USB I think it what we're all talking about.
If I turn on MSC, then the External card is visible and editable, but the internal memory become unavailable. When you switch the connectivity over to MSC, it evens tells you this will happen.
So are you saying that in MSC mode, you can access and edit both internal and external memory on your LT28?
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I don't know about connecting through HDMI port, USB to USB I think it what we're all talking about.
If I turn on MSC, then the External card is visible and editable, but the internal memory become unavailable. When you switch the connectivity over to MSC, it evens tells you this will happen.
So are you saying that in MSC mode, you can access and edit both internal and external memory on your LT28?
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Yes I took a pic off my SD card put it on my phone mem and the reverse. Any folders on my phone mem that show up as. .foldername wont show up on PC. And SD card isn't usable on your phone while its connected
Is there something you did you can tell me step by step so were on the same page so I see what you're attempting? Also of you get the app file manager you can just copy a folder and move it on the phone
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can any one help me and suggest a method to enable the mass storage mode in my note 2 , when connected to my laptop ?
Firstly why? MTP is better when you get it working as you don' t need to unmount anything from the phone first!
Secondly, it is likely to be possible yes probably very similar to how it was hacked to work on the s3, however it only worked for external sd and caused lots of corruptions to sd cards... so it is far from perfect.
My advice would be to get used to MTP.
i was need it to let my stereo car read mp3 files i solved by installing an s3 hack that can make the extsd a mass storage unit take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009 it worked for me i'm with omega v4 rom
Lennyuk said:
Firstly why? MTP is better when you get it working as you don' t need to unmount anything from the phone first!
Secondly, it is likely to be possible yes probably very similar to how it was hacked to work on the s3, however it only worked for external sd and caused lots of corruptions to sd cards... so it is far from perfect.
My advice would be to get used to MTP.
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I understand what you mean but. ..it becomes virtually impossible and frustrating to transfer stuff to internal memory or even external memory because it is slow. ..Very slow
External memory I can manage by taking out my card and using an adapter to plug it into my laptop card slot..
Is there a way to mount internal memory as usb mass storage? I don't mind if I have to turn my phone off or something
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Did you try Airdroid?
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try Kies over wifi...
it transfer data using local connection and transfers GBs of files in some minutes definitely MUCH faster than MTP and prefer it to AirDroid, but it hasnt been working lately (last time i checked was a week or two back)
This is a problem for those like me using Ubuntu. I never managed to make MTP work on it.
Wi-Fi transfer of files can be done with X-Link, but the lack of mass storage is a nuisance.
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Yes, MTP is a big problem on Ubuntu. I have tried 3 implementations of MTP protocol on 12.04 and 12.10, no dice.
i'm searching for an answer. worst thing with mtp is the fact that it hides directories from you! so you can't backup everything properly. annoying
bump! MTP is too/painfully slow. Reminds me of 1995. We need an alternative. Whoever put up this technology without due consideration and testing, before deploying it on these popular devices needs to be consider a different job.
looks like I wont be getting this phone until mass storage mode is added
harishdhandev said:
can any one help me and suggest a method to enable the mass storage mode in my note 2 , when connected to my laptop ?
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Unfortunately, there is no way to enable UMS mode without rooting the phone.
I had to find a solution for my car stereo be able to read mp3 files.
I just rooted the phone and install SGS3 easy UMS ( PlayStore ). Yes its working just perfect on NoteII.
I'm using Ubuntu at work and it works like a charm as well.
Don't forget to unmount the drive in Ubuntu before unplug, and stop the service on Windows.
Also, on the UMS app, switch back to MTP before unplug, to avoid files errors ( no problem if u are just reading, ie: car stereo)
fmpmuld said:
Unfortunately, there is no way to enable UMS mode without rooting the phone.
I had to find a solution for my car stereo be able to read mp3 files.
I just rooted the phone and install SGS3 easy UMS ( PlayStore ). Yes its working just perfect on NoteII.
I'm using Ubuntu at work and it works like a charm as well.
Don't forget to unmount the drive in Ubuntu before unplug, and stop the service on Windows.
Also, on the UMS app, switch back to MTP before unplug, to avoid files errors ( no problem if u are just reading, ie: car stereo)
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Hello,
one question - how to make two-way sync folders between my laptop and SGN2?
I always did it with GoodSync, but now it is impossible...
thx
Haha isn't this a cool icon? ---->
Gah.... I was hoping there was a way to USB mass storage on this phone. I guess I should have done more research on the phone before I bought it. I'm still in my 2 week return it period, but that's not THAT much of a deal breaker. Just really stupid... Why can't I have it all?? I mean we finally got USB host (OTG or whatever; same same) from a stock phone, only to lose USB Mass Storage! Oh the frustrations!
Dramatics aside, will a custom ROM allow something different? I'm not clear on what layer this MTP mode is operating at. I did think it was funny that it popped up as a camera type device in Windows. Right now I'm only using internal flash. Usually I want to browse pics on the phone from the PC, and in this case, if I use IrfanView to open one on the device, it copies it local and then opens it, so I can't scroll through them. Silly, and mildly frustrating. :-/
I'm going to look into some networking options to see if those work (Kies, AirDroid, maybe FTP). Actually, Dropbox might solve this particular problem for me now that I think of it.
I saw the thread for mounting external SD as USB mass storage. I take it there's no way to co-mount the internal storage as a USB mass storage device?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
AllanonMage said:
Gah.... I was hoping there was a way to USB mass storage on this phone. I guess I should have done more research on the phone before I bought it. I'm still in my 2 week return it period, but that's not THAT much of a deal breaker. Just really stupid... Why can't I have it all?? I mean we finally got USB host (OTG or whatever; same same) from a stock phone, only to lose USB Mass Storage! Oh the frustrations!
Dramatics aside, will a custom ROM allow something different? I'm not clear on what layer this MTP mode is operating at. I did think it was funny that it popped up as a camera type device in Windows. Right now I'm only using internal flash. Usually I want to browse pics on the phone from the PC, and in this case, if I use IrfanView to open one on the device, it copies it local and then opens it, so I can't scroll through them. Silly, and mildly frustrating. :-/
I'm going to look into some networking options to see if those work (Kies, AirDroid, maybe FTP). Actually, Dropbox might solve this particular problem for me now that I think of it.
I saw the thread for mounting external SD as USB mass storage. I take it there's no way to co-mount the internal storage as a USB mass storage device?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
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Well, Samsung turned off the USB Mass Storage for obvious reasons. But anyway, I can access both memories from my computers, using MS Windows.
On windows, there's no problem at all as you can manage all the files directly from explorer.
On Other systems, the problem is different. For some reasons, like with all other systems (ie car stereo or media player...), the galaxy will not be recognized because MTP needs drivers. Then, you have to use UMS and the only way to install and use it is to root the phone. But keep in mind UMS will only permit access to external memory card.
Well, if I have to transfer files from internal memory through UMS, I copy the files I need to external memory before using it..... That's not a big problem , is it ? And because your phone is rooted, you can even find a script to copy some folders automatically.
Hope I'm clear enough and it helps.
Hello, I installed yesterday Paranoid Android for Galaxy Nexus but I have one big problem.. When I plug usb in my notebook I don't know how to choose option for Mass storage, not charge only. Can you help me?
There is no mass storage on GN, it uses MTP.
i still dont understand how people still dont realize that there is no mass storage on the GN. it boggles my mind.
^^^ +1 to that ^^^^
just plug in your phone and maybe check again?
Hello, may be I didn't expressed properly, I'm sorry for that. I mean how can I get option to mount hdd because I want to upload files? I want this option, not charge only, how to get it?
pipp0o said:
hello, may be i didn't expressed properly, i'm sorry for that. I mean how can i get option to mount hdd because i want to upload files? I want this option, not charge only, how to get it?
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YOU CAN'T MOUNT AS A HDD. End of story.
the only thing you can use is MTP.
if your kernel has fast charge on, turn it off.
Under setting, storage, bring up the menu (•••),USB computer connection, select the media check box.
If it's not there, then the ROM doesn't support it.
Another method is to use Wi-Fi to transfer files over network:
Use ES file explorer app.
slide down the notification panel..