ok i thought it was like on gingerbread to get to usb storage, but, with ics didnt seem to be the same, connect cable pull down notification bar click usb options.
this takes me to MTP AND PTP but never mounts.
so here is how i did it.
make sure the usb cable is not connected before you start doing this since it will ask you to remove it,
settings/more/usb utilities/ pressed connect storage to pc, pop up asked me to connect cable and last clicked on the turn on usb storage ,confirm clicked ok , voila..
didnt see it somewhere else and since this is a new version "FB17"some of you might think usb storage does not work...
at least to me it wont work the oldway...
usb works for me
it does works for me as well just not the oldway , maybe i need some new drivers? cus its keeps searching for some drivers which i think have to do with ics but they never seem to finish just searching for the last hour , but i thinks is cus of that MTP,PTP options since i didnt have that on gingerbread..
idk u might need new driver my work right away i loading music on it now
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idk u might need new driver my work right away i loading music on it now
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might be , i just never had a problem with gingerbread but , ics might just need some extra, will search for some, thanks for the heads up ur is working..
The likely culprit of this is the change in how UMS (USB Mass Storage) behaves in ICS vs how it used to in versions prior to Honeycomb.
If you want a fairly indepth overview of this change from a google engineer head here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
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thanks i didnt know that , will read now, cant click thanks button since i reached my limit...
Works, only need to perform task once
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ok i thought it was like on gingerbread to get to usb storage, but, with ics didnt seem to be the same, connect cable pull down notification bar click usb options.
this takes me to MTP AND PTP but never mounts.
so here is how i did it.
make sure the usb cable is not connected before you start doing this since it will ask you to remove it,
settings/more/usb utilities/ pressed connect storage to pc, pop up asked me to connect cable and last clicked on the turn on usb storage ,confirm clicked ok , voila..
didnt see it somewhere else and since this is a new version "FB17"some of you might think usb storage does not work...
at least to me it wont work the oldway...
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Thanks! Only thing you didn't mention is that you only have to perform this sequence one time. After that, simply pull down the "old way" and click "Turn on USB storage."
Only dif we'll all see (until we get root) is that we can't see both internal and external storage.
Glenn
unmount sd card to use MTP
weltwon said:
Thanks! Only thing you didn't mention is that you only have to perform this sequence one time. After that, simply pull down the "old way" and click "Turn on USB storage."
Only dif we'll all see (until we get root) is that we can't see both internal and external storage.
Glenn
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Ahh Glen, long time no see
weltwon said:
Thanks! Only thing you didn't mention is that you only have to perform this sequence one time. After that, simply pull down the "old way" and click "Turn on USB storage."
Only dif we'll all see (until we get root) is that we can't see both internal and external storage.
Glenn
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actually i have to do it again, have you rebooted and try it? seem to me after i reboot it reset it , i know earlier i didnt have to do it and didnt mess with it again,but, i just tried it and didnt seem to work without doing all over again...
stang04 said:
ok i thought it was like on gingerbread to get to usb storage, but, with ics didnt seem to be the same, connect cable pull down notification bar click usb options.
this takes me to MTP AND PTP but never mounts.
so here is how i did it.
make sure the usb cable is not connected before you start doing this since it will ask you to remove it,
settings/more/usb utilities/ pressed connect storage to pc, pop up asked me to connect cable and last clicked on the turn on usb storage ,confirm clicked ok , voila..
didnt see it somewhere else and since this is a new version "FB17"some of you might think usb storage does not work...
at least to me it wont work the oldway...
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Were do you see usb utilities????
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Were do you see usb utilities????
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menu/settings/more/usb utilities
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hi all,
when ever i connect my DHD via usb, it reads charge only, but still mounts my sd. I've connected my friends DHD too and also reads charge only but doesn't mount his sd (i thought it would be an issue since im using mac, but doesn't seem so). However, whilst connected, if i change it to disk drive and then back to charge only, it unmounts my sd from the pc and i can access once more from my phone.
Has anyone had this problem before, or any ideas on how to actually change it to charge only once connected to a pc?
thanks
Never had that sort of problem on the PC, might be a setting that you have to change like USB debugging. Don't see why though, never heard of this problem to be honest. I'd contact the place i got the phone from if you have tried all settings.
I've tried with both usb debugging on and off but still have the same problem. I've tried all that i could think of...just can't figure it out :/
i have the same problem!
got tha same problem, since i got 2 DHDs at the moment ill check that out later.
Actually when you connect your phone to the pc the sd card cannot be mounted on the phone even if you choose charge only ... i saw some app on the market the other day which allows your sd card to be mounted both on the pc and the phone .... cant quite remember the name .. I am sure it will come up if you do a google
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Actually when you connect your phone to the pc the sd card cannot be mounted on the phone even if you choose charge only ... i saw some app on the market the other day which allows your sd card to be mounted both on the pc and the phone .... cant quite remember the name .. I am sure it will come up if you do a google
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i thought that if you connect the phone to pc and is set on charge only, one could use the sd from the phone(ex. one can view pics taken from camera or use an app that is saved on the sd)...I'm pretty sure that that is the case when my friend connects his DHD to a pc...but ill take a look and check if there is an app like the one mentioned above, thanks
kavallier said:
i thought that if you connect the phone to pc and is set on charge only, one could use the sd from the phone(ex. one can view pics taken from camera or use an app that is saved on the sd)...I'm pretty sure that that is the case when my friend connects his DHD to a pc...but ill take a look and check if there is an app like the one mentioned above, thanks
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Simple fact the SD card should not mount straight away that is why you get the option if you do not choose one it goes to charge only as default if your SD card is mounting without request there possible hardware fault and you are right with if your phone plugged in and set as charge only you can use as normal with full access to your pics and apps saved on SD anyone tells you different they are wrong
From England with leedroid dhd techo!
leith51 said:
Simple fact the SD card should not mount straight away that is why you get the option if you do not choose one it goes to charge only as default if your SD card is mounting without request there possible hardware fault and you are right with if your phone plugged in and set as charge only you can use as normal with full access to your pics and apps saved on SD anyone tells you different they are wrong
From England with leedroid dhd techo!
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the prob is that its mounting without request and even though its set at charge only as default, it still mounts :/
I had this issue when I got mine, it went after applying the first HTC OTA.
andyharney said:
I had this issue when I got mine, it went after applying the first HTC OTA.
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did you figure out a way on how to solve it?
ok so i dropped my phone and the screen is completely shattered. it turns on and the 4 buttons on the bottom light up but the screen doesn't. i'm gonna be without a phone for a minute since sprint now wants the $100 deductible upfront versus putting it on your bill and we just don't have the $$ right now. anyways i have a question when i used to hook up my phone to the computer and access the usb it would always have 2 drives: one said SD Card and the other said Phone. some of my stuff for some reason was automatically shows up on the phone drive when its hooked up even though it was stuffed that was always on my sd card. now they don't show up on my sd card so i'm assuming its on the phone drive. is there a way to access this drive again without going through the settings, usb/connect usb way? like i said i can't see anything on my screen...its completely blacked out. thanks in advance
Phone's internal memory is mapped to /sdcard, so click "Phone" to get anything off of there. "Card" is mapped to /sdcard/external_sd (your MicroSD card if inserted). If you're not sure you can always drop into adb and check for the files - this doesn't require the display (assuming you had USB debugging enabled before the drop.)
Hope this helps!
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Phone's internal memory is mapped to /sdcard, so click "Phone" to get anything off of there. "Card" is mapped to /sdcard/external_sd (your MicroSD card if inserted). If you're not sure you can always drop into adb and check for the files - this doesn't require the display (assuming you had USB debugging enabled before the drop.)
Hope this helps!
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thanks but that didn't help because i can't access my screen and enable/connect the usb through the menu because my screen is out
MBM7881 said:
thanks but that didn't help because i can't access my screen and enable/connect the usb through the menu because my screen is out
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If you were getting Phone/Card then that should mean you were running off of ICS, which also means the USB connection ran in MTP mode instead of USB mass storage. Short of physical damage (beyond the screen) it should recognize and allow you to pull files.
Do you get anything when you plug it in to the USB port?
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If you were getting Phone/Card then that should mean you were running off of ICS, which also means the USB connection ran in MTP mode instead of USB mass storage. Short of physical damage (beyond the screen) it should recognize and allow you to pull files.
Do you get anything when you plug it in to the USB port?
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no but with some more research and tinkering i was able to get all my stuff saved on the internal/phone card using kies and i wish i had ICS but nope my phone was gingerbread and all vanilla aka no root or any custom ROMS. i'm too scared to try that stuff with my phone lol
MBM7881 said:
no but with some more research and tinkering i was able to get all my stuff saved on the internal/phone card using kies and i wish i had ICS but nope my phone was gingerbread and all vanilla aka no root or any custom ROMS. i'm too scared to try that stuff with my phone lol
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In the end that's all that matters - devices can be replaced, the data's not as easy (if at all possible)...
garwynn said:
In the end that's all that matters - devices can be replaced, the data's not as easy (if at all possible)...
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you're not lying lol...the thing that always bothers the most is the pictures
I have a spare black complete housing. Do you know how to chage it out? I would sell it to you pretty cheap (always willing to help out a fellow XDA member). If not, you could ship it to me, I could put the new housing on it, then send it back to you...
Let me know...
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I have a spare black complete housing. Do you know how to chage it out? I would sell it to you pretty cheap (always willing to help out a fellow XDA member). If not, you could ship it to me, I could put the new housing on it, then send it back to you...
Let me know...
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thanks i appreciate that but my phone is white and i already sent in for a replacement. thanks though
sooo, how are we supposed to transfer files? I finally have my phone working "the way it's supposed to" so the PC sees it and it shows up as an MTP device. I can open and delete files on it, but whenever I try to transfer files, it just says copying... and stays there indefinitely...
i've been having to email myself things, or remove the sd card, put things on it, then copy/paste to the internal card...what the heck does Samsung really want us to do?
i need some help with this please...
Max_Pain said:
sooo, how are we supposed to transfer files? I finally have my phone working "the way it's supposed to" so the PC sees it and it shows up as an MTP device. I can open and delete files on it, but whenever I try to transfer files, it just says copying... and stays there indefinitely...
i've been having to email myself things, or remove the sd card, put things on it, then copy/paste to the internal card...what the heck does Samsung really want us to do?
i need some help with this please...
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I feel ya. I HATE mtp with a passion. That being said, the indefinite copying could be the result of a bad cable and/or a crappy computer.(seen both) my recommendation, fu*k mtp and just push everything with adb. that's what I do. If ur unfamiliar with adb get something like android commander or QTADB. Way less of a headache for me
Max_Pain said:
sooo, how are we supposed to transfer files? I finally have my phone working "the way it's supposed to" so the PC sees it and it shows up as an MTP device. I can open and delete files on it, but whenever I try to transfer files, it just says copying... and stays there indefinitely...
i've been having to email myself things, or remove the sd card, put things on it, then copy/paste to the internal card...what the heck does Samsung really want us to do?
i need some help with this please...
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Copy hangs do to cable, try a different one. It happen to me with my old nexus s 4g cable.
ON BLAZER 1.7 /JELLYBOMB 9
Well I could be worse macs don't recognize mtp so I have to use the other mode
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i just tried with the stock samsung cable, this time got a message saying the device wasn't responding or was disconnected, and the copying stayed there as well.
to the poster who said it's about a crappy computer, that's not very good logic. I can transfer file between my tablets, other phones, portable hard drives, etc. I can play the latest games, use very intensive programs just fine. i just can't seem to transfer via MTP. ****ty computer, or ****ty transfer protocol? i think the latter.
Make sure you have the right driver installed. Here is a link to install it manually if need be.
I had that problem then I enabled usb debugging now my pc recognizes it as a mass storage device and transfers files flawlessly. I would try that.
My PC wont install the drivers. Im pretty much completely SOL. Ive tried multiple cables.
Air droid is a alternative method.
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Thanks for the replies I will try them when I get home...
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII on MetroPCS!
Max_Pain said:
i just tried with the stock samsung cable, this time got a message saying the device wasn't responding or was disconnected, and the copying stayed there as well.
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The stock cable is terrible. It's a Samsung tradition. I'd rule out that as the problem by using a quality one.
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MadFlava said:
My PC wont install the drivers. Im pretty much completely SOL. Ive tried multiple cables.
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You have to uninstall old drivers first and reboot then plug phone in. Also if you have wifi then you can transfer files back and forth without a cable ot mtp.
MajorCinema said:
Air droid is a alternative method.
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+1 on airdroid. Also, try downloading and installing the toolkit for SG3, it's in the dev section and stiky. Use it to download and install the most recent drivers.
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Max_Pain said:
sooo, how are we supposed to transfer files? I finally have my phone working "the way it's supposed to" so the PC sees it and it shows up as an MTP device. I can open and delete files on it, but whenever I try to transfer files, it just says copying... and stays there indefinitely...
i've been having to email myself things, or remove the sd card, put things on it, then copy/paste to the internal card...what the heck does Samsung really want us to do?
i need some help with this please...
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I completely agree with you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/favourite-tp-t2925508
Hello everybody.
This retarded phone..deleted all of my files that were in storage. That includes, photos,music. ebooks etc..i have no idea why it would do that ! it is not the first time this happens. the phone was connected to my computer, then i transferred some files to it, and after i disconnected i saw that my storage was empty sans the files i just transferred.
does anyone have an ideas why did it happen or how to prevent a situation like this in the future ?!
The PC term is "phones with disabilities".
Reboot your phone and I bet it is working properly again. Something about mounting computer storage search blah rabble.
WiredPirate said:
The PC term is "phones with disabilities".
Reboot your phone and I bet it is working properly again. Something about mounting computer storage search blah rabble.
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Thanks for replying, but i don't think you understood me. the phone is working normally, and the storage is mounted properly and recognised by the computer. the problem is that all of my data that was on the device got deleted by itself, by the phone ! as absurd as this sounds..
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Thanks for replying, but i don't think you understood me. the phone is working normally, and the storage is mounted properly and recognised by the computer. the problem is that all of my data that was on the device got deleted by itself, by the phone ! as absurd as this sounds..
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I got that you were implying that, but I didn't think you seriously thought that was the case. Plus I've experienced the same thing when unmounting from the comp, a reboot fixes it. I mean if your storage isn't holding data you must have a hardware issue right? Or you keep your phone next to a powerful magnet or something. Your options are limited in that case. Warranty it or buy a new device. The only other thing I can think of is you recently updated to JB and are confused by the /0/ partition.
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I got that you were implying that, but I didn't think you seriously thought that was the case. Plus I've experienced the same thing when unmounting from the comp, a reboot fixes it. I mean if your storage isn't holding data you must have a hardware issue right? Or you keep your phone next to a powerful magnet or something. Your options are limited in that case. Warranty it or buy a new device. The only other thing I can think of is you recently updated to JB and are confused by the /0/ partition.
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Well, a reboot didn't work for me..the data is still deleted. you mentioned unmounting from the computer..in MTP mode there is no actual unmounting right ?! its just plug and play..
couldn't the problem be software wise ? this has happened both in android 4.1 and 4.2..
aschlon4 said:
Well, a reboot didn't work for me..the data is still deleted. you mentioned unmounting from the computer..in MTP mode there is no actual unmounting right ?! its just plug and play..
couldn't the problem be software wise ? this has happened both in android 4.1 and 4.2..
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I hope not! There shouldn't be any software that wipes your sdcard w/o you wanting it to. I mean, I guess for you I would hope that's the case since you wont be out the hardware, but personally I am unaware of any software that functions like that. Can you replicate it? If you download a song or a picture or something right now and plug your phone up to the comp, will everything be wiped again?
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I hope not! There shouldn't be any software that wipes your sdcard w/o you wanting it to. I mean, I guess for you I would hope that's the case since you wont be out the hardware, but personally I am unaware of any software that functions like that. Can you replicate it? If you download a song or a picture or something right now and plug your phone up to the comp, will everything be wiped again?
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No..it is totally random.
the only thing that i could possibly think about is that i sent an app to be installed from the Play Store while the phone was connected to the PC..maybe that caused some kind of interference ?!
I wish it was that easy sending the phone for repairs. it is still under warranty but i bought it abroad, which means i would be left without a phone for a month or two and will have to deal with customs.
Unfortunately, nobody but you seem to be able to help me. i appreciate you trying to help, thank you.
ok so today some bad news (( i broke my s3 screen but i would really like all my pictures and videos back. it was rooted with cyanmod 10.1 all im asking is there any app or something that would be able to access the storage on my s3 i have alot of important documents and pictures on there of my daughter.. anything would help thank you
Turn it on and plug it into a computer then copy everything out of both external and internal storage. The phone auto mounts to computers.
Also, you could use a hdmi cord with a compatible end to plug the phone into a tv, then while the screen is displaying on the tv do a factory reset
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ziggy46 said:
Turn it on and plug it into a computer then copy everything out of both external and internal storage. The phone auto mounts to computers.
Also, you could use a hdmi cord with a compatible end to plug the phone into a tv, then while the screen is displaying on the tv do a factory reset
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ok so i didnt know that it auto mounted haha. but for some reason when i click on my phone from my computer it shows up as empty folder
micky14x360 said:
ok so i didnt know that it auto mounted haha. but for some reason when i click on my phone from my computer it shows up as empty folder
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give it a couple minutes. mine does that every once and awhile but the contents eventually show up
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give it a couple minutes. mine does that every once and awhile but the contents eventually show up
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well its weird cuz it shows up as a different device. says portable device doesnt show up as like an sdcard would or whatever but im gonna try a different computer ill let u know if that works
i think the reason i cant see the files is because the screen is locked with a passcode. so is there anyway i could just use adb or something im no expert with that so i wouldt kno what to do. any help will help . im desperate to get back the memories i have from videos and pictures on my phone, maybe t mobile would be able to retieve files?