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[Q] Galaxy 10.1 USB connection kit problem, USB sticks

I've got an GT-P7500, and it will not read any USB Sticks.
Using the Samsung connection kit.
tried with 15 different USB sticks, all FAT32 formatted, all sizes 1-16gb.
A friend uses a 4gb stick in a GT-P7510, i tested that one, didn't work
Other things like usb mouse works, but not usb stick.
Anyone got any suggestions ?
Wonder if there is something wrong with it.

How do you know it isn't working? What directory are you looking at? What does the notification bar show? Which connector are you using? Is USB debugging on?
Also this is more a Q/A...

I'm hoping this thread is still alive because I am having the same problem. @ajnindlo I'm using the standard Samsung USB Connector with a 8gb usb stick. I've tried with USB Debugging on & off and I get the same message. "Damaged USB" and asked me to reformat.
I am using a Mac BUT I did format the stick as a ms-dos fat format.
Please help...
Thank you
PS. I know this is more of a q&a place, didn't know where else to post and didn't find any other with this problem but here. Please redirect to correct location if you know of a solution. Thank you

Just i hace received my USB kit and it works perfectly, my USB has 16 g and i haven't do anything to work, conected and work.
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I had a 32 GB sd card and it also wouldn't be detected by my Galaxy Tab. But, I plugged it into my phone, plugged my phone into the computer, formatted the sd card and when I put in my Gtab, it worked.

I got my connection kit today but its not working at all.
Got 2 adaptors 1 for sd card and 1 for usb connection they both dont work.
Got no status bar message or anything.
Do I miss something here?
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one catch that I have realized is that for proper identification of the USB Stick, the tablet must be in english language.
My friend had a hard time figuring out why his tablet won't show up any notification when a USB Stick was connected, whereas mine shows the "My Files" app showing the storage folder and all the contents of the stick, joking around I told him that was because my tablet was in english and his tablet was not.
Anyway, Astro file explorer doesn't work with USB Sticks, Use ES File Explorer instead and look in /mnt/ folder for usbdrive , there should be your content.

Nope still not working. No files found.
Feels like my device doesnt support usb host.
Is that possible?
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brieuwers said:
Nope still not working. No files found.
Feels like my device doesnt support usb host.
Is that possible?
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Connect the usb stick, open ES File explorer and go to /mnt/usbdrive folder, if you can't find the folder (which is not on the sdcard) you need to configure ES File explorer to get out of the sdcard directory, the usbdrive folder is always present even if you don't have any usb drive connected

I had similiar problems with my 16GB P7510. It would only recognize any of my Sandisk sticks and a brand new PNY only at 30% of the time. The only stick it was reliable with was an ancient 256MB stick I had. I worked fine with my camera.
I ended up returning it for a 32GB P7510 and have not had any problems with any of the sticks. At the time I didn't think the tablet was defective but it appears it was.
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Solution ???
drummerweed said:
I'm hoping this thread is still alive because I am having the same problem. @ajnindlo I'm using the standard Samsung USB Connector with a 8gb usb stick. I've tried with USB Debugging on & off and I get the same message. "Damaged USB" and asked me to reformat.
I am using a Mac BUT I did format the stick as a ms-dos fat format.
Please help...
Thank you
PS. I know this is more of a q&a place, didn't know where else to post and didn't find any other with this problem but here. Please redirect to correct location if you know of a solution. Thank you
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I have exact the same issue, but it's strange, some SD has this issue, some don't.
"Damaged USB"
I found a trick, but it solved my problem only once: format SD card by a digital camera (Canon powershot) , SD was now recognized by Tab10.1
Putting some extra files on it by PC ... insert SD to Tab10.1 ... same issue again :crying:
Have tried several SD formats & sizes ... notting helps
Did someone knows a solution to solve this problem
GT-P7510
Android 3.2
Rooted, TASK 14 Rom

Try to reboot, it worked for me.

bar_rodoy said:
Try to reboot, it worked for me.
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Correct ... but after a second or third time connecting same SD , issue returns
Have tried this, waiting for a while does helps time to time ... so I guess it's maybe "memory" or "kernel" (system) related.
It seems we have the same TASK14 ROM + Pershoot's kernel.
Strange things.

I made the test by unroot my device and went back to factory stock ... it look like the issue is solved for 90% ... it appears when you disconnect and reconnect to fast after the 1st disconnection .

usb not recognised
Nothing happens when i plug (several) usb sticks. /mnt/usbdrive is empty.
Any idea?

charging Problem
You must Check that Your usb Debugging is On or Not as it creates problems and this will be stopping You device from Accepting Usb Sticks..

I found that FAT 'sdCard's would mount , but that NONE of my NTFS sticks would mount
All my sticks are NTFS , so that was unacceptable.
rooted 7500 and 6800
Installed 'Paragon NTFS&FHS', from the AndroidMarket and all files now popup in 'MyFiles' when I insert the usb with the adaptor

I have the Samsung Connection Kit containing as USB and a SD adapter. The USB adapter works fine, but the SD adapter doesn't work at all. All it does is starting the TuneIn Radio app when it is connected. I uninstalled the app and now connecting the adapter has no effect at all. Any suggestions?

[Q]Mounting, Internal and SD card to PC ??

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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Auggy99 said:
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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killerskincanoe said:
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.

tribalartgod said:
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

killerskincanoe said:
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.

thanitos said:
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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thanitos said:
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?

jeriku said:
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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Computer not recognizing Note 2

Has anyone had a problem with this? The only way for me is to go into recovery and mount it. It's connected as a media device.
Thanks in advance!

GetPatriotized said:
Has anyone had a problem with this? The only way for me is to go into recovery and mount it. It's connected as a media device.
Thanks in advance!
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Ya I get the "Device ID not found" error. Kies and Samsung drivers are horrendous.
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Yea im having the same problem after putting CWM on mine
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Why is it so difficult with Samsung phones , had the same problem with the captivate and I can't eve transfer fjles .
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Sounds silly, but did you try rebooting your computer? I had to do this the other day when mine wasn't recognizing my phone. Rebooted computer, worked fine after.

Samung's drivers are awful. I had to install, reboot, remove, reboot ad nauseum until I finally got the drivers to work. I also found I had to connect the phone then wait a few minutes before the computer would acknowledge the phone.

specteA 187,
I've only ever had the issue if I've tried USB ports on the front of my machine. For some reason those ports can be a bit flaky.
Plugging USB into the back of my machine causes no issues. Weird.

For me, on Windows 8, I have to switch from MTP to PTP, and then back to MTP for it to mount. It sure is wonky.

P1 Wookie said:
Sounds silly, but did you try rebooting your computer? I had to do this the other day when mine wasn't recognizing my phone. Rebooted computer, worked fine after.
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Yup I tried everything. The only way that works perfectly is to mount the drives via recovery.

My phone doesn't even try to get into mtp mode :/

I have the same problem with galaxy note 2. Went to att store and ask for a new cable and the give me a new usb cable .and I have no problem connecting my note2 to my pc
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Try uninstalling the Samsung driver, restart PC, and install driver again. It worked for me

nerdrock said:
For me, on Windows 8, I have to switch from MTP to PTP, and then back to MTP for it to mount. It sure is wonky.
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I'm using windows 8 and this method works for me as well.

Att.Fan1982 said:
I'm using windows 8 and this method works for me as well.
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That is what I do to get it working under Windows 7.

GetPatriotized said:
Has anyone had a problem with this? The only way for me is to go into recovery and mount it. It's connected as a media device.
Thanks in advance!
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I found that if my computer doesn't recognize my phone, I put my phone into download mode then reboot back to normal and the computer will recognize it. Kind of a pain to have to reboot 2x but seems to work for me.

I've had 5 Samsung smartphones (Captivate, Infuse, GS2, SkyrocketGS2, and now the SGNote2) andI use an XPSP3 desktop computer and have never had any issues with computer recognizing phone until the Note2. Odin3 works like a champ on the Note2... it's the plug-n-play recognition for transferring files back and forth that's problematic. Yes, I've uninstalled/reinstalled drivers, Kies, etc, used back ports vs front port... I think it has to do with the MTP file transfer protocol now used. Here's what works for me with the Note2 and the PC:
Connect phone to PC... phone's "USB PC Connection" box opens and you have 2 options: MTP(media/files) or PTP (camera). If PC doesn't immediately recognize device, I do one of two things which always works:
1. toggle between MTP and PTP a few times... if that doesn't work,
2. unplug usb from PC port and reinsert (either same port or another)
Windows Explorer will then recognize device and add "SAMSUNG-SGH-I317" under "My Computer" and list it under "Other" devices in panel.

I had this same problem today on my new N2. Drivers would not install. All I wanted to do was to drag my pics and music onto my SD card. I worked around this of course by removing the SD card from the Note and putting it in the adapter and doing it that way. I still haven't gotten my drivers to install. I may just get the drivers off the Internet

+1, my ONLY complaint about this phone.
I gave up trying to find a fix after installing/un-installing/re-installing drivers/kies/odin3 about a bazillion times and only getting it to work a random few times.
Not even worth the effort...
Dropbox is my best alternative. Sure sux tho...

JdgM3NT4L said:
+1, my ONLY complaint about this phone.
I gave up trying to find a fix after installing/un-installing/re-installing drivers/kies/odin3 about a bazillion times and only getting it to work a random few times.
Not even worth the effort...
Dropbox is my best alternative. Sure sux tho...
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Try my method 2 posts above yours.

KEVK said:
Try my method 2 posts above yours.
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Thanks, Should've mentioned that I've tried all of the above methods. It may be that, since I work on so many Android devices, my pc is just too full of incompatible drivers and I've yet to clear them properly. Even If i did I'm fairly certain that I'll be working on more devices and will screw it up all over again. My network is pretty quick and Dropbox/esFile Explorer is convenient so I really shouldn't complain.

What I really really hate about this phone? No native USB support

The usb storage. MTS or whatever you call it . Very slow, terrible for navigating/editing multiple directories/windows at once. Frustrating. Can only find size of files by going in the directory and selecting all files. Anyone know of a good quick solution to this? I've played with the common game editor but don't really see it as encompassing the solution to all the problems of not having the classical USB mount

You think thats bad? Try having Mac. I can't even get it to recognize me phone lol. I'm forced to used my windows machine.
And I believe its a JB thing, not necessarily Samsung.
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g2tegg said:
You think thats bad? Try having Mac. I can't even get it to recognize me phone lol. I'm forced to used my windows machine.
And I believe its a JB thing, not necessarily Samsung.
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I had this problem too with my macbook pro then I found a solution tonight. Try this:
1. Install Kies if you haven't already, if you have make sure it's updated.
2. Connect your phone.
3. In Kies, click Tools, then Install Drivers (this will reinstall drivers
4. Download Android File Transfer.
Should work after this. Also make sure you have USB Debugging on and use PTP not MTP.

johnnyutah22 said:
I had this problem too with my macbook pro then I found a solution tonight. Try this:
1. Install Kies if you haven't already, if you have make sure it's updated.
2. Connect your phone.
3. In Kies, click Tools, then Install Drivers (this will reinstall drivers
4. Download Android File Transfer.
Should work after this. Also make sure you have USB Debugging on and use PTP not MTP.
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I will be sure to give this a shot tomorrow and send along an update. I rarely use Kies, updated it yesterday but never tried the drivers thing. Android file transfer never used to work but maybe the "install drivers" step is all that's needed.
And thats why I love it here on XDA. Thanks for the help brother!
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I agree... coming from a s2 skyrocket, I really miss UMS. Why bother having expandable storage when it takes hours to transfer to a class 10 32gb sd card? That is if I can get it to transfer at all.
I'm now resorting to unmounting sd card and putting it in the computer to transfer files...big PITA
SGS3 Easy UMS doesnt work either.
Edit: Actually, I'm using kies now... still miss drag and drop

Agreed. Always had driver problems with this phone. Sometimes it wouldn't connect because drivers failed to install or "bad hardware ID" pops up in the corner. Only way to get it to work was to restart comp. And it would only work until I disconnected it, then gotta restart again. -.-
I'm gonna switch back to linux once I get some free time. I recommend you do the same.

g2tegg said:
And I believe its a JB thing, not necessarily Samsung.
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It was a problem in ICS as well. I think the reason for that they went with MTP is that users would create a "messy" file structure when they randomly dragged and dropped files anywhere on both the internal and external card. Samsung can keep things organized when they encourage you to use Samsung Kies to add files to the device.
The mandate for MTP is also to reduce piracy of protected media files by ensuring the DRM is properly done. In the past, I could connect my phone directly to my Samsung SMART TV and play 720/1080p movies via UMS. This is now blocked with MTP.

Anonymously_Unknown said:
It was a problem in ICS as well. I think the reason for that they went with MTP is that users would create a "messy" file structure when they randomly dragged and dropped files anywhere on both the internal and external card. Samsung can keep things organized when they encourage you to use Samsung Kies to add files to the device.
The mandate for MTP is also to reduce piracy of protected media files by ensuring the DRM is properly done. In the past, I could connect my phone directly to my Samsung SMART TV and play 720/1080p movies via UMS. This is now blocked with MTP.
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Thanks I also noticed the slow data transfer speed when I upgraded my SII to S3. Thought it was something I was doing wrong. I've changed the default transfer to PTP and will check it out tonight.

seamus24 said:
I've changed the default transfer to PTP and will check it out tonight.
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Don't bother with PTP. PTP is just a camera. It's not like UMS so you might as well leave it on MTP

g2tegg said:
You think thats bad? Try having Mac. I can't even get it to recognize me phone lol. I'm forced to used my windows machine.
And I believe its a JB thing, not necessarily Samsung.
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I was annoyed by this as well. Now when I want to add something to my sd card I just take it out of the phone and put the sd card in my Mac and add files that way. It's a little annoying but its not that big of a deal.

I think the closest you'll get to a true UMS experience is using Samba Filesharing Server (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funkyfresh.samba). You can then treat it like a network shared drive.
Of course you'll be limited by your WiFi speed. I think a possibility would be a USB host adapter and a USB ethernet adapter. I'm not sure if Android has support for a USB ethernet adapter but if that works then you should be able to connect to a gigabit switch/adapter and just be limited by USB2 speed.

It's not just this phone in general. They're all going that way as of ICS (Honeycomb as well) and up. If you use Windows it's not terrible but it is still slower. And yeah trying to use it with my Mac or even my Linux box is just frustrating. The primary reasoning was to merge the data and application volumes to give more space for applications. This is a better explanation of it. I do miss USB storage mode though.

Yep, totally frustrating for me also.
I remove my microSD card when I need to do lots of file management. But it's a clumsy workaround.

[Q] I cant connect an S3 to my PC (beeps but doesn't recognise)

I cant connect an S3 to my PC (beeps but doesn't recognise as a device)
I have 2x S3
just bought an S5
looking to copy the files to the S5
Laptop with KIes (updated)
PC with samsung drivers
BOTH recognise one of My S3
BOTH dont recognise the other BAD S3 (they both used to before but i have rooted the bad S3 since - if that makes a difference?)
I plug the BAD S3 in, it beeps but does not give the USB task bar alert (to choose USB transfer mode)
The BAD S3 is not connected and not visible on the PC or Laptop
I tried taking battery and sim out and rebooting
I tried different drivers
I tried USB Degub mode
I tried different cables
Any Ideas on how to get the BAD S3 to connect to my PC?
Or is there an easy way to transfer files remotely?

How is it a "bad" S3??
Does it boot, is it bricked, what's wrong???
Can't help unless we have more detailed information.
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DocHoliday77 said:
How is it a "bad" S3??
Does it boot, is it bricked, what's wrong???
Can't help unless we have more detailed information.
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BAD S3 is working perfectly apart from it wont connect to PC using all the above methods
Any Ideas

Install an FTP Server app from the play store. (Or other wireless file transfer app). It'll allow you to copy files over the network.
Some will have root capabilities, but most are generally just for transferring to and from the internal/external sd cards.

You can also try Samsung's app Samsung smart switch mobile from the play store, you can transfer pretty much anything. Haven't tried it but should work

serio22 said:
You can also try Samsung's app Samsung smart switch mobile from the play store, you can transfer pretty much anything. Haven't tried it but should work
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yeah I've "WIFI direct" sent a few files over,
I might just get a memory card and copy them off (problem is both S3s destroy memory cards in a few hours)
Its a shame i can t get the PC to recognise it a s a device

galaxy44 said:
yeah I've "WIFI direct" sent a few files over,
I might just get a memory card and copy them off (problem is both S3s destroy memory cards in a few hours)
Its a shame i can t get the PC to recognise it a s a device
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It might be the type of memory cards you are using, I never had problems with memory cards but if you get some generic or fake cards they will break down pretty fast
Are you using a fast charging kernel? That may be why it's not recognizing it