So, I have a bunch of MP3s in a folder called media my music player refuses to read. I also have a bunch of music copied over in a music folder, which play fine. Both appear to be on my internal storage. So, I tried to move the music from the media folder to the music folder, and they wont move. I renamed the folder using root explorer, and the name doesn't change on internal storage when I mount. I can find the renamed folder through ES file explorer. I don't get it. This MTP sucks, this shouldn't be an issue, I should just be able to copy over files, they should be there, and be playable. Starting to not like this phone so much.
Mtp is a bit of a pain in the arse sometimes. Try putting it into ptp instead, should show all folders then.
Or stop hassling with cables altogether and install something like WiFi File Explorer Pro from the market.
Valynor said:
Or stop hassling with cables altogether and install something like WiFi File Explorer Pro from the market.
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Believe it or not, not everyone has a router at home. Also, nothing beats drag and drop, much simpler and faster.
O.P try uninstalling the drivers and install the Samsung drivers before connecting the phone again. Or try PTP instead like 318vert said.
I had this problem with wallpapers in gallery.
I think I made the folder from the computer while it was connected. Then copied over. I did it a few times. Also try making the folder on your phone and try.
With music, I just put them in the already created music folder.
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Bluesnake01 said:
Believe it or not, not everyone has a router at home. Also, nothing beats drag and drop, much simpler and faster.
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Of course. But since the OP has problems with MTP, this is another way to get around it (disclaimer: only for those with a wifi router).
Plus you get around plugging cables, which I don't like.
OP: If you are running Win XP, make sure you have Windows MediaPlayer 11 installed. It's apparently tied to the MTP drivers somehow.
Might seem weird but I have no issues with it at all, but I have wondered what the "media" folder is, I don't put my media in there.
Example (Movies>(All movies here)TV> (All TV here) )
And for Music I just made a music folder and threw it all in there.
I think the media folder is for something else. Just try making a movies and music folder.
Files not showing up in windows explorer, even though they are visible on the phone? This may help...
MTP seems to be a service of Media Storage, which indexes your files (same app that used to make your pictures not show up in the gallery).
Downloading and running the app, SDrescan, does what it sounds: Forces a rescan of your media files. This apparently fixes the problem. You can actually watch explorer refreshing files. IF you have a LOT OF CRAP ON YOUR PHONE, IT COULD STILL TAKE SOME TIME.... you -are- rescanning; but, your files will be found.
In testing, i can open explorer; create a folder or file on the /sdcard; hit refresh and plug/unplug my usb cable till im blue in the face, the files won't show. run SDrescan, watch the folder/files appearing in explorer. Granted, i don't have alot of files currently so sdrescan runs much faster.
I am using latest samsung drivers on windows 7 64x
I figured i'd post this after i realized digging up a flamebait thread was a bad idea too late; sorry!
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Android Engineer Dan Morrill Interview Discussing Lack of USB Mass Storage: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
How long should it take? Its been on "Scanning SD Card...." for over an hour.
I can confirm that sdrescan does not work on ICS running on xoom..this thread is pointless
As of late, every time that I connect my phone via USB, I loose my play lists, and have to restore from a backup in order to get it back. Has anyone has this happen?
Also, since Sons Of Android doesn't seem to be getting an update anytime soon, can someone recommend a ROM?
Thanks
you might have USB debugging enabled and your playlist is probably saved on your external there for your playlist wipes for the moment but should always come back after disconnect of the USB am i wrong here just let me know bro ? and also i been running beanstalk coming from slimbean and i got to say both of these ROMs have got me set 1day battery life on either of them everything works for me might differ for others
I guess I should be more specific........I can connect to USB, and everything is fine IE charging, if I transfer files, that is when this happens.
Yes USB debugging is one, but the playlist never comes back, even after a reboot.
can you refresh the player you are using like if you was to be re-scanning media but this is just refreshing the playlist ....when you disconnect it from the PC hit refresh on music player if that does not work try and do your transferring without debugging see if you have the same results im out of ideas bro sorry
I've not got an Sd card in my swift so pictures are stored locally. I can see the picture files on the phone using astro file manager. The problem is when I connect to Pc via usb and set the connection to file transfer (or picture sync) windows doesn't see the folder so I can't transfer the pictures across. I can see they are in Dcim\camera using astro on the swift but that folder doesn't show in windows - I'm using windows 7. It can see whatapp/facebook images on the swift though. Drawing a blank as to what to do next. Anyone got any ideas. TIA
It won't solve the usb connection, but maybe you can work this around by uploading your photos to Google Photos or Drive from your phone, then downloading them from those websites on your PC.
Hope it helped (;
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I've not got an Sd card in my swift so pictures are stored locally. I can see the picture files on the phone using astro file manager. The problem is when I connect to Pc via usb and set the connection to file transfer (or picture sync) windows doesn't see the folder so I can't transfer the pictures across. I can see they are in Dcim\camera using astro on the swift but that folder doesn't show in windows - I'm using windows 7. It can see whatapp/facebook images on the swift though. Drawing a blank as to what to do next. Anyone got any ideas. TIA
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I have the same problem connecting a wileyfox swift mobike to a windows 10 laptop. It shows the wileyfox swift as an empty folder. I have tried Bluetooth successfully.
I had this problem also until I checked the following on my Swift:
Settings/Developer Options/Select USB Configuration
Mine was set to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). To transfer photos it must be set to PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol). When the phone is connected via USB to Windows 10 the icon showing in This PC should be a camera. The frustrating thing is that having selected PTP the phone seems to randomly change back to MTP or Charging on occasions so always, always check you have the appropriate configuration.
All I need to do now is figure out how to get the camera to save pictures on my SD card and not the internal memory in the first place. Can anyone help with that please?
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Just an update to my last reply:
I have found a quicker method of achieving this. When the phone is connected via usb swipe down from the top and the connectivity status is displayed. It is possible to change the connectivity status here instantly without the need to go into Settings. For some reason I can now transfer photos from either PTP or MTP. Perhaps in the past whenever I tried it was set to Charging and not MTP as I thought. (I did say it has a habit of randomly changing itself)
Thanks for this, just downloaded a thousand photos that I thought I'd only be able to get by emailing them to myself. Thanks again, Pete
I can no longer transfer mp3 files from my Windows computer to my P6P. I have moved plenty of music to internal storage, but now can no longer get anything over. Only the album folder shows up, but no contents. I believe I am doing everything correct with the USB cable, connecting and then selecting file transfer. This is a new development. Any suggestions? Very frustrated.
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I can no longer transfer mp3 files from my Windows computer to my P6P. I have moved plenty of music to internal storage, but now can no longer get anything over. Only the album folder shows up, but no contents. I believe I am doing everything correct with the USB cable, connecting and then selecting file transfer. This is a new development. Any suggestions? Very frustrated.
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Is it showing up under my my computer? Like as a drive "C, D, etc"
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Is it showing up under my my computer? Like as a drive "C, D, etc"
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Yes, I see the Pixel internal storage in file manager, and all the music folders already there. Now when I try to transfer an album the new folder shows up but none of the mp3 files. Even when I then try to transfer the files individually
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Yes, I see the Pixel internal storage in file manager, and all the music folders already there. Now when I try to transfer an album the new folder shows up but none of the mp3 files. Even when I then try to transfer the files individually
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Question, are you transferring then unplugging to check if they transferred? Sometimes windows and android have a hard time communicating...this is jokingly called the "middle school dance" where both see each other but both don't make the first move to update what has been done.
Sometimes I transfer stuff but windows explorer never updates what has actually transferred.
Absolutely what @Gytole said. And it's not just Windows' built-in File Explorer. Other programs like GPSoftware's Directory Opus also have the same problem with views of the phone's storage across MTP.
@gmfeld Have you checked on the phone itself if you can see the files that you think you copied recently?
Try rebooting - both the phone and the computer?
Yes I checked my phone after unplugging. Weird, the last time I tried 4 files transferred out of 20. I rebooted my phone I will try rebooting my computer
I've rebooted my phone and computer and have tried every way I can think of. Four out of 20 files were transferred to my phone internal storage and I cannot get the rest of the mp3 files of the same album to copy over. This must be new to me with the latest update.
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I've rebooted my phone and computer and have tried every way I can think of. Four out of 20 files were transferred to my phone internal storage and I cannot get the rest of the mp3 files of the same album to copy over. This must be new to me with the latest update.
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I'll set a reminder for myself tomorrow to do some tests on my own Pixel 6 Pro. I've previously copied several hundred gigabytes of FLAC and MP3 files to my P6P, but that was many months ago.
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I'll set a reminder for myself tomorrow to do some tests on my own Pixel 6 Pro. I've previously copied several hundred gigabytes of FLAC and MP3 files to my P6P, but that was many months ago.
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Thanks. I also already have a lot on there, this is something new for me.
I've loaded mp3s on mine (through musicbee sync) on mays firmware so i don't think it's tied to that. Are you on May or one of the betas (june's or 13)
I also transfered boot to downloads via explorer but that was on april
I'm almost willing to bet it's a driver issue. Windows is NOTORIOUS for "Hey! I see you're working but let's go ahead and install a different driver cause I want to piss you off."
Legit happened to me after I updated Evo to version 3 yesterday. I went into the bootloader, updated the rom, and when I went to copy over the boot.img there was no "Picel 6 pro" in explorer...I had to open device manager and choose the middle MTP driver from the "choose from list" to get it to see my P6P again makes me wanna freakin hit a baby sometimes.
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Thanks. I also already have a lot on there, this is something new for me.
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I was about to do the test, but was having some problems with MTP seeing the contents of a very deep folder structure of some of my FLAC files (which already exist on my P6P's internal storage), and then I remembered that actually, when I copy large amounts of and/or large sizes of files, I do so through an intermediary - usually a MicroSD card through a simple non-powered USB-C hub (using X-Plore File Manager).
Now that I've reminded myself of that, I don't even want to attempt to do the same kind of thing through MTP. It's painful and actually takes longer than copying to a MicroSD card first. Figures, eh?
Maybe ADB pull command works better.
Edit. adb push
I just was about to test Xender - Share Music Transfer, but connecting wirelessly to a PC requires enabling a hotspot on the phone and connecting the PC to the hotspot. Still worth testing, but I'll have to do that from a PC that my constant internet connection isn't critical on - so sometime later when I have time to do that.
This seems to be more common when the stock USB C to USB C cable that was included with the phone is not used. Granted, very few people have a USB C port on their computer right now, haha.
Anyway, I would have issues making 60GB video file transfers onto my phone - not because the phone wasn't showing up - but because the file transfer process would just randomly close explorer.exe on Windows after transferring a few files. Once I started using the stock USB C to C cable, this issue stopped occuring (and the transfers were much faster).
But, of course, if Windows isn't even detecting your phone you may have to install the Google Pixel USB driver (and also be sure to enable file transfer on your phone when you connect it to the computer).
So it's not an issue with my phone, as I'm able to transfer mp3 files from my work Windows computer to my P6P using a stock (non-Google) cable. Could it be some setting on my home Windows computer?
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So it's not an issue with my phone, as I'm able to transfer mp3 files from my work Windows computer to my P6P using a stock (non-Google) cable. Could it be some setting on my home Windows computer?
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I wish I knew what to suggest. There are just too many variables to know.
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So it's not an issue with my phone, as I'm able to transfer mp3 files from my work Windows computer to my P6P using a stock (non-Google) cable. Could it be some setting on my home Windows computer?
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It's a driver issue on your computer. Remove the driver (uninstall it from device manager), restart computer and let it reinstall.
Don't install Google USB drivers since that's for USB debugging/fastboot. Let windows install the driver by itself.
If that doesn't work, there was a post someone made recently that shows how to reinstall the default windows driver, here.
Use Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, last FM, Pandora, YouTube music, apple music, etc etc
Mp3 files usually are ilegal
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Use Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, last FM, Pandora, YouTube music, apple music, etc etc
Mp3 files usually are ilegal
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I think you mean usually illegal, which is of course nonsense. I only use local file and get them from amazon (and formerly emusic). I hate streaming because the ads (though youtube music inserts those in local file too) and data required