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Help - Evo not visible as usb drive

I've tried this on 2 different pc's now (both Win7 x64) and installed HTC sync to get the driver as well. On the phone I choose 'connect as usb drive'. The phone shows up as a drive letter but with no media detected.
The phone is rooted and running Myn's WarmZ.

Go into your recovery and try enabling it from there
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Crossrocker said:
Go into your recovery and try enabling it from there
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Do you mean usb-ms toggle? When I enable it I get a prompt 'usb enable. Press power to disable and return to menu', and there's no way to go back without disabling it again. This is with Amon Ra 2.3.
I thought that was only for transferring files while in recovery?

Its the same as mounting the sd while the phone is booted. Do your files show up when u mount in recovery?

Yeah. You're trying to transfer files.. right? Use HTC sync provided on your sdcard somewhere
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This happened to me once, a long time ago. Apparently, the phone doesn't like it when you change the name of the SD card. If you did something similar, change it back.
That's about the one thing I can think of off the top of my head.

[Q] Cannot copy folders from phone to PC.

As the title says; all of a sudden I cannot drag & drop folders from phone to PC. It starts transferring and it either stops without anything moving over or stops after 2-3 folders. Need to make a back-up of CWM & TiBu so I can format everything and do a new, fresh install but, nada..

I had this problem as well. My fix was to turning off and on debugging sometimes helps as well as changing the modes for the USB connection from MTP to PTP and let the drivers install then change back to MTP and finaly keep awake in the dev options on the settings menu.
After all did all that mine hasn't had a problem again yet. I've also herd that you should plug it into a USB port that's not a hub/extra port on the case go for one of the USB ports on the back of your PC that are directly on the mobo.
Good luck.

same my problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460152
try reboot phone and transfer again

I have the same problem but it is only within clockworkmod folder. Any other folder or file copies with no issues over to my PC. Windows explorer crashes every time i attempt to move one of my nandroids over to my PC. I am rooted with the correct drivers.
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~SonkuB~ said:
same my problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460152
try reboot phone and transfer again
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Must have eventually done the trick, I managed to transfer the 4-5 folders I needed. Now fresh start of everything, I nuked it.
4u2nvinmtl said:
I had this problem as well. My fix was to turning off and on debugging sometimes helps as well as changing the modes for the USB connection from MTP to PTP and let the drivers install then change back to MTP and finaly keep awake in the dev options on the settings menu.
After all did all that mine hasn't had a problem again yet. I've also herd that you should plug it into a USB port that's not a hub/extra port on the case go for one of the USB ports on the back of your PC that are directly on the mobo.
Good luck.
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Thanks guys!

Droid_Junky said:
I have the same problem but it is only within clockworkmod folder. Any other folder or file copies with no issues over to my PC. Windows explorer crashes every time i attempt to move one of my nandroids over to my PC. I am rooted with the correct drivers.
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Try rebooting the phone a couple of times, did it eventually for me. At least I think that's what it was..

Cant Connect S3 to PC via USB- HELP!!!

i'm unable to connect my S3 to my PC via USB. even though i installed the samsung USB driver, i get an error on my PC that says it had a problem installing the Samsung Mobile MTP Device. i also get a pop up error on my phone saying i need to install Windows Media Player 10. i got XP on my laptop.. do i really need Windows Media Player 10 to connect my S3 to the PC via USB? how do i fix this?

I haven't used XP in years but you may need to install this.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19153
And have you seen this thread?
http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/28807

Airdroid

Did you try setting phone to the PTP mode which is like a camera just to transfer files? You could rename a tar to jpg
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Are you using the factory cable? I was using a cheap Micousb and it wouldnt work. Pulled out the original plugged it in and connected to Kies instantly.

1SiK1500 said:
Are you using the factory cable? I was using a cheap Micousb and it wouldnt work. Pulled out the original plugged it in and connected to Kies instantly.
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This..

1SiK1500 said:
Are you using the factory cable? I was using a cheap Micousb and it wouldnt work. Pulled out the original plugged it in and connected to Kies instantly.
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i'll try it.. but do i need root to view files from my sd card on my PC while my phone is connected to my PC via USB? if not, then how do i view files from the sd card on my PC when i connect my phone to my PC without being rooted?

obla1 said:
i'll try it.. but do i need root to view files from my sd card on my PC while my phone is connected to my PC via USB? if not, then how do i view files from the sd card on my PC when i connect my phone to my PC without being rooted?
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It should automatically prompt you to view internal and external sd cards on your pc. Are you rooted?
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i have this problem on XP sometimes too, even with the drivers installed.
Try changing it from MTP to PTP. Let the computer find it again, then switch it back to MTP. Works for me every time

chrisram88 said:
It should automatically prompt you to view internal and external sd cards on your pc. Are you rooted?
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hi chrisram... it doesnt prompt me for anything. i installed the snapdragon toolkit. i got xp and when i go into windows explorer, i see files on the phone, but not on the sd card. i tried also to install samsung driver 1.4.6.0 and i get a "MTP was not installed" error. and on the phone i get a pop up saying that i need windows media player 10 or higher, which i have installed.
and to answer your question, i am not rooted. DO I HAVE TO BE ROOTED TO VIEW FILES ON THE SD CARD ON MY PC VIA USB? please help because i'm on the verge on stomping on this galaxy s3. thanks,

You don't need root to view files in your phone. Did you put an SD card in there?

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hi chrisram... it doesnt prompt me for anything. i installed the snapdragon toolkit. i got xp and when i go into windows explorer, i see files on the phone, but not on the sd card. i tried also to install samsung driver 1.4.6.0 and i get a "MTP was not installed" error. and on the phone i get a pop up saying that i need windows media player 10 or higher, which i have installed.
and to answer your question, i am not rooted. DO I HAVE TO BE ROOTED TO VIEW FILES ON THE SD CARD ON MY PC VIA USB? please help because i'm on the verge on stomping on this galaxy s3. thanks,
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On your phone go to menu >settings >development >usb debugging
Make sure it is selected. Hit me up on gtalk if you like same as xda name
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chrisram88 said:
On your phone go to menu >settings >development >usb debugging
Make sure it is selected. Hit me up on gtalk if you like same as xda name
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hi cristianram.. i get an error that says: "there was a problem installing this hardware.. MTP. An error occurred during installation of the device. A service installation section in this INF is invalid."
i'm really tired of this phone.. i really feel like breaking it or throwing it away now.

Or like I already said.. Just use airdroid.

psykhotic said:
Or like I already said.. Just use airdroid.
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Yea try what the user suggested. That might work, use airdroid and report back. Your not the first one with this problem man. Don't worry we will get it solved.
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Yea try what the user suggested. That might work, use airdroid and report back. Your not the first one with this problem man. Don't worry we will get it solved.
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i seriously dont want to use airdroid.. i need to move heavy files and i dont want to spend years by my PC waiting for my phone to finish transferring files over the air.. i want to be able to see my sd card via usb.
thanks for the encouragement.. i know i'll get a solution with your help..

Fair enough. What if you do install windows media player 11 and see what that does?
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Um the sdcard can only write at about say max 80Mbps sustained. WLAN will be fast enough at 40.. what is USB2.0?
Anyways if you are putting lots of files, leave them on external, and don't have to worry about copying again. No good reason to have then on sdcard vs external.
You can just copy to ext then use any file mgr program to copy it using the phone.
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I use N so it's 100mbps and fast enough to not notice any difference. I'm guessing your problem is that XP is old as F. A simple solution is to just plug the sd card into your computer. But as it was pointed out the sd card is slower than wifi so it really doesn't matter.
Oh and I'd just like to point out you could have moved the files 10000 times by now. With airdroid you can move around the house while files are transferring. So you can relax and still use the phone instead of being tethered to the computer. And if you have splashtop you'd never even have to touch your PC.

Put Linux on a flash drive and use that?

Mounting SDcard on OSX

With windows, you can mount the SD card and transfer files to it normally. On OS x, we have to use the htc sync manager. Is there anyway to mount the SD card without it?

Xdpker06 said:
With windows, you can mount the SD card and transfer files to it normally. On OS x, we have to use the htc sync manager. Is there anyway to mount the SD card without it?
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The HTC Sync is horribly slow. I took the SD card out, put it in the adapter, and popped it in my MBP. It worked flawlessly.

Moostafa29 said:
The HTC Sync is horribly slow. I took the SD card out, put it in the adapter, and popped it in my MBP. It worked flawlessly.
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Yeah I didn't even bother it's useless. I want to drag and drop the files myself. Taking the sd card out is an option but it's a hassle since you need a pin all the time. I'm trying some apps in the play store but no luck so far. Kind of dumb how they're forcing htc sync on us

You will need ROOT and app called "DriveDroid"
Download Android File Manager - http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
Open DriveDroid app, give it root access and under its settings, change USB or Permanent USB mode to "Mass Storage Android Debugging"
Connect to OSX and open the Android File Manager app on OSX... next time you wont need to open it manually, it will open everytime you connect the phone.
This might break connection to HTC Sync though
(I use the above for my iMac)

v-b-n said:
You will need ROOT and app called "DriveDroid"
Download Android File Manager - http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
Open DriveDroid app, give it root access and under its settings, change USB or Permanent USB mode to "Mass Storage Android Debugging"
Connect to OSX and open the Android File Manager app on OSX... next time you wont need to open it manually, it will open everytime you connect the phone.
This might break connection to HTC Sync though
(I use the above for my iMac)
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Thank you! I will try this out.

v-b-n said:
You will need ROOT and app called "DriveDroid"
Download Android File Manager - http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
Open DriveDroid app, give it root access and under its settings, change USB or Permanent USB mode to "Mass Storage Android Debugging"
Connect to OSX and open the Android File Manager app on OSX... next time you wont need to open it manually, it will open everytime you connect the phone.
This might break connection to HTC Sync though
(I use the above for my iMac)
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Do you have to reboot your Mac every time you want to mount the Android device? I am having issues getting the device to mount to an already running OSX computer.

What I don't get is why we need extra software. My old htc one s mounts the sd card just fine with no extra software
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cmascatello said:
Do you have to reboot your Mac every time you want to mount the Android device? I am having issues getting the device to mount to an already running OSX computer.
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The solution is uninstall HTC Sync Manager and using DriveDroid change to Manually change permanent Mode to MTP.

Is there a way though to force the internal storage and SD card to be directly mounted onto OSX, rather than having to use another 3rd party app (android file transfer)?

captainreynolds said:
Is there a way though to force the internal storage and SD card to be directly mounted onto OSX, rather than having to use another 3rd party app (android file transfer)?
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Its not 3rd party ... its from Google
And the answer is no to your question, unless you run a SMB server on the phone over your wifi network, then your phone will popup in Finder as a network device. I have tried 3rd party phone apps that do this but the connection is unreliable and transfer speed slow.

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Its not 3rd party ... its from Google
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True, technically :silly:
v-b-n said:
Its not 3rd party ... its from Google
And the answer is no to your question, unless you run a SMB server on the phone over your wifi network, then your phone will popup in Finder as a network device. I have tried 3rd party phone apps that do this but the connection is unreliable and transfer speed slow.
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Hm, too bad. Guess I'll have to wait and see if anyone builds this functionality!

v-b-n said:
Its not 3rd party ... its from Google
And the answer is no to your question, unless you run a SMB server on the phone over your wifi network, then your phone will popup in Finder as a network device. I have tried 3rd party phone apps that do this but the connection is unreliable and transfer speed slow.
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Do custom roms normally add USB mass storage functionality?

i can confirm this one works. finally i can use android file transfer with my m8 installed on maximus Rom
v-b-n said:
You will need ROOT and app called "DriveDroid"
Download Android File Manager - http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
Open DriveDroid app, give it root access and under its settings, change USB or Permanent USB mode to "Mass Storage Android Debugging"
Connect to OSX and open the Android File Manager app on OSX... next time you wont need to open it manually, it will open everytime you connect the phone.
This might break connection to HTC Sync though
(I use the above for my iMac)
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Hey, so I have rooted my phone and applied sdfix successfully. Restated my phone, but I still cannot write to the external sd card using airdroid. Do you know what is the problem? Thanks
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Yes you can.

andrewnelson said:
Yes you can.
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How? I get an error msg whenever I try.
*edit* more specifically "network error" uploading to the internal sd card works fine
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In http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54035979 I may provide a partial solution; depending on your exact need. Look for the post I sent a few minutes ago. More to come in the next days; I will test other apps, and report.

Does this allow bootable drives?
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Transfer Files from PC

I've been trying to transfer the files I took from my Galaxy S4 and saved them to my computer, to my G3. When I connect the G3 to my computer, I only see 2 files in the "Internal Storage". It won't recognize my SD Card either. Is there a setting I may be missing, that will allow me to see other folders? I can't copy and paste anything to my Internal Storage. Thanks for your help.

AnaMayShun said:
I've been trying to transfer the files I took from my Galaxy S4 and saved them to my computer, to my G3. When I connect the G3 to my computer, I only see 2 files in the "Internal Storage". It won't recognize my SD Card either. Is there a setting I may be missing, that will allow me to see other folders? I can't copy and paste anything to my Internal Storage. Thanks for your help.
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Try airdroid from play store

jaythenut said:
Try airdroid from play store
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Hmmm...I tried to upload the pics from my desktop and I get this message. "Failed to upload. No write permission on sd card."

I have to turn on the camera mode for it to transfer. It won't recognize anything in MTP mode. :/

I wish I could do all this without using AirDroid. It won't show the phone in MTP, but in PTP it will, but only 2 folders on the whole phone, no sdcard. And I can't directly put anything on the phone.

I had a problem with my D855 MTP mode as well. Folders are all there, but some files are either missing, or reduced in size. I cannot copy them out to PC. In these folders, I also cannot copy files into them. What I did to resolve the problem, is to reboot the phone with USB cable attached to the PC. Then, before the phone can complete its boot up sequence, I will have some time to copy the files in and out. It is really quite troublesome.

MTP troubles?
This is what's worked for me (D850/at&t):
Install LG United Mobile driver for ADB support
Enable USB debugging in developer options on phone
Verify MTP mode is selected
Connect USB and accept RSA signature on phone
I know that ADB isn't particularly necessary for MTP, but in my experience with roms on the old Nexus (for which I used Google's ADB driver), it was a sure bet every time. gl

crasher said:
I had a problem with my D855 MTP mode as well. Folders are all there, but some files are either missing, or reduced in size. I cannot copy them out to PC. In these folders, I also cannot copy files into them. What I did to resolve the problem, is to reboot the phone with USB cable attached to the PC. Then, before the phone can complete its boot up sequence, I will have some time to copy the files in and out. It is really quite troublesome.
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ae10u said:
This is what's worked for me (D850/at&t):
Install LG United Mobile driver for ADB support
Enable USB debugging in developer options on phone
Verify MTP mode is selected
Connect USB and accept RSA signature on phone
I know that ADB isn't particularly necessary for MTP, but in my experience with roms on the old Nexus (for which I used Google's ADB driver), it was a sure bet every time. gl
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. But it seems like my phone refuses to be recognized in MTP mode. And only partially recognized in PTP. I think I may have to do a hard reset this weekend. :/

I went back to Best Buy yesterday and returned my phone and got another one. And now my file transfers work. I guess I had a defective phone. I'm glad everything got back to normal.

I also had the problem that I didn't see my SDcard, but when I disabled debugging mode I suddenly could