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MTP transfer: "Your device might not be able to play or view this file"

Just got my GN (unlocked from Google Play) and trying to figure out this MTP thing, in partifuclar Windows gives a a warning: "Your device might not be able to play or view this file" *every time* I do a file transfer.
How do I transfer my audiobooks/music/movies without getting the warning?

Windows gives you this warning when it assumes your device (phone) can't open a file. For instance it doesn't know that the device, that it thinks is a music player, is actually is your phone and that it is capable of opening a pdf or mobile book or what ever. Just ignore the warning if you know you have the proper software on your phone to open the file.

Yeah I just bought myself a galaxy nexus too last night and was quite surprised with this message, just ignore it mate.

I ignored it and I have to wait for the rest of my life for just 1 file :crying:

ONe thing that happens to me is that when I try to copy a mkv (tried with several different ones), the explorer just crashes on Windows 8. If I change the extension to mp4 It copies just right. Weird.

Good thread
If any body can remove the alert, it would be better.
All android have this annoying alert.

ju1da said:
If any body can remove the alert, it would be better.
All android have this annoying alert.
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It's windows not android. Ubuntu has no alerts.

Sdobron said:
It's windows not android.
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I think he meant to say that the same warnings pop up while using multiple android devices.
Windows gives this warning for all MTP devices, unless you are transferring music files.
Is there anyone who has found out how to disable these warnings yet?

No you would have to complain to ms or edit whatever part of windows is necessary.

Some ROMs and some stock phones have an option for a phone to appear as a Media Device, or USB device. You may not get the error if you can tell your phone to not identify as an MTP device (but then you'll lose the ability to easily sync with Media Players)

usb mass storage
If you want connect your device to PC like usb MASS STORAGE, you can download app SG USB Mass Storage Enabler from play store. It should be woks with many smartphones, if not there are similar aplications

Got here from searching on Google and I found an answer on SuperUser.com. You'd have to do some command prompt tomfoolery with DLL files to remove the prompt, or use an application called ShellExView to disable it.
It's all here:
http://superuser.com/questions/402225/disable-prompt-to-convert-videos-copied-to-media-device

How to Get PC to See S3 w/o Windows Media Player??

the only way for my PC to see see my S3 phone via USB is opening up Windows Media Player. how can i get my PC to recognize my S3 without opening Windows Media Player?

When I first hooked up the usb I got an "installing driver" message, after it finished I found a heading titled SGH-T889 where the normal drive letters are shown in the Windows Explorer app. Clicking that displayed two folders, one for the internal memory and another for the sd card. File access seemed entirely normal for both. You can also access both folders and transfer files wirelessly between the phone and PC by getting the eShare or eFile app from the play store and downloading and installing Filezilla on your computer. The eFile app along with a linked app called eRay have become my favorite file and device managers. Eray gives a very nice interface to display and manipulate all sorts of data about your device, apps, and services. Efile does the same for your files.
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gatorrph said:
When I first hooked up I got an "installing driver" message, after it finished I found a heading titled SGH-T889 AQQ1+
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app
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ok . so what did you doi after this?

The first post was made away from home and I couldn't be sure of my recollection of details but now I'm back and just plugged in again to refresh. When I connect to the PC I get a message in the notification area of the phone that displays the USB icon and a statement "Connected as a media device". This happened the first time as well and after a few seconds I got a notification on the PC that a new device had been connected and drivers were being installed. After a few minutes I got the usual message saying the drivers had been successfully installed and the device was ready to use. Then and now If I click on the window Start symbol then go to the "Computer" button it brings up a window that lists info in 3 sections: Hard Disk Drives, Devices with Removable Storage, and Portable Devices. In the Portable Devices section there is a phone icon with a label "SGH-T889 portable media device". Clicking that area opens the file browser window with two hard drive icons, one labeled "Card" the other "Phone". Each label includes the usual information of how much total and available storage is available in each, i.e. 14.6 GB free of 14.8 GB and 7.5 free of 10.8. Clicking on one of these brings up a typical file tree of the files in the respective area of phone storage. I seem to be able to do everything with the files I can do with any other storage. Select, cut, copy, paste, rename, delete etc. are available options just like any other file in windows.
There have been a couple of times where the connection did not seem to be detected with an initial hook up of the USB. I simply moved the USB plug from one PC port to the next in those cases and the connection was recognized and every thing worked as described after that. I think the connection is only being recognized using the same port I initially hooked up with and from which the device driver was installed. You might try plugging into a different USB port to see if it makes a difference.
In short everything seemes to work like any other device I've ever installed on windows and works the same way any other portable storage device works with the Windows Explorer app. I Just noticed I stated "Internet Explorer" in my original post. Sorry for any confusion this caused, I was on the road carrying on a conversation while I made that entry. I will correct the original now to correctly state "Windows Explorer".
OK just noticed the OP was asking about an S3. I hope the answer based on my Note 2 works for him. I was in the car listening to my wife with one ear and to by grandson with the other and just assumed the question was for a Note 2 since it was in a Note 2 thread. Hope I didn't waste too many peoples time (other than my own) explaining something that was already working for everyone.

znari said:
the only way for my PC to see see my S3 phone via USB is opening up Windows Media Player. how can i get my PC to recognize my S3 without opening Windows Media Player?
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This isnt a galaxy s3 forum
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ssCISengineer said:
This isnt a galaxy s3 forum
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wow.. i thought this was a sam s3 forum.. my bad.

[Q] USB File Transfer issue & Keyboard help

I have this very strange issue which I discovered on my month old Note 2. I never had this issue with my previous device which was a Nexus S.
I hook up the phone via USB to my PC. Select "camera PTP" mode. Then when I browse the folders via Computer\GT-N7100\Phone\DCIM\Camera I don't see any videos that I shot. However, when I browse the files through the default "my files" app in the phone I see them. Why is this?
Windows 8 detected the device and installed all drivers too. Because of this I am not able to move the videos shot with the phone to my PC. Any help?
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Secondly, when I type on the default Samsung keyboard and make typos, the keyboard suggests the right spelling which is nice. However, when I tap on space, the suggested right spelling is not used. However, the wrongly typed spelling which I typed is used. This was not the case with the default keyboard which came on the Nexus S, it automatically used the suggestion. Any way to configure the keyboard the right way?
Any help on these 2 , especially the first one will be greatly appreciated.

to transfer, try airdroid
-Wizzle

Mount as mtp not ptp for video and file transfers. Default keyboard doesn't autocorrect you'd have to use one of the modded stock keyboards from the themes and apps section
I like to break stuff!

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Mount as mtp not ptp for video and file transfers. Default keyboard doesn't autocorrect you'd have to use one of the modded stock keyboards from the themes and apps section
I like to break stuff!
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I mounted as mtp only. But still no luck. Is it something like large files are being ignored? Anybody else facing problem?
I finally used airdroid only to download the videos. But it’s not a straight forward fast process.

spikedsoda said:
I mounted as mtp only. But still no luck. Is it something like large files are being ignored? Anybody else facing problem?
I finally used airdroid only to download the videos. But it’s not a straight forward fast process.
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You can always use a file explorer and move them to your ext sd then pull it from the device and pop it in your PC to transfer them
I like to break stuff!

File transfer mode NOT media device mode?

Sorry for a kinda double post, as ive posted this in the noob thread, but I think its being overlooked.
When connecting to a PC, how can I get a normal file transfer mode?? the media mode is just too limiting, one file at a time, transfer with no ETA, cannot browse picture folders with image viewers.. "this file cannot be played are you sure you want to copy it" blah blah blah...
I'm sure on my old HTC sensation as well as media mode you had file mode.. but I cannot find it and I don't have usb 3.1 on my laptop only 3.0 so hopefully that's not the answer..
please help.. mostly after getting at my SD card without removing it from the phone as I can never find the "proddy thing".. not fussed if I need to install a third party app or other... but currently on stock EU rom non-rooted.

stupink said:
Sorry for a kinda double post, as ive posted this in the noob thread, but I think its being overlooked.
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... im not sure if i can help you really. What is the operating system you are using there? MTP works for me in Linux aswell as with Win 10.
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When connecting to a PC, how can I get a normal file transfer mode??
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When connecting to a PC it should pop up a question about how you want to use the connection. So select Filetransfer and trust it with "Yes". And that s it basically. You can also find this in the notification bar... eh about what to use USB for.
Also be sure to have suiting drivers. IIRC they should be installed with HTC Sync Manager. Maybe installing HTC Sync Manager would fix your issues already?
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I'm sure on my old HTC sensation as well as media mode you had file mode.. but I cannot find it
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How old? I think this special mode you refer to was removed some Android releases ago already. Nowadays theres MTP. By all this speed of that USB ports nowadays intention seems to be initially that you do not have to unmount it in order to get all that stuffs you knew from past. I remember when my ONE-S got a update suddenly in past where exactly this step to MTP happened. Since the USB2 hardware in this old phone was a bit older and worse it became slower than before. Many ppl had been looking for a fix for this, since you could not enable it like it was before. IIRC one solution was to use a custom ROM. I can not recommend using a custom ROM personally.
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and I don't have usb 3.1 on my laptop only 3.0 so hopefully that's not the answer..
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No it is not. I m also having a 3.0. Still at least with marshmellow you would have to enable the fast file transfer with 3.1 explicitly in the case you really have such port on your Computer. And still theres some influences and things to consider to get optimum bandwidth.
But a 3.0 connection is usually not as crappy as you describe it now. So i would sugguest you:
- I assume a driver bad.
- Or Faulty cable.
- Maybe some setting in your file browser on the computer?
- Is the preview disabled maybe?
- Latest drivers for the phone? (HTC Sync Manager)
At very first i would try to get latest HTC Sync Manager for HTC10 from HTC website. Or if you are in linux, check your packages, udev rules and that MTP gets rolling.
Hope this helps a bit.
PS.: Try connect your Phone to another computer with maybe Windows 10 and latest HTC Sync Manager. Just to exclude that your computer or its software might cause this issue.

Thanks for the reply, my "old" htc was probably 6+years ago.. I think it was my first android phone, Recently I have been using LG G3 running cyanogenmod, so have always had a proper "file mode".. it was just like plugging in an external hard drive. I did not realise this was not a feature anymore in standard android.
The main problem I dislike is not being able to view pictures... If I open one picture from my phone or SDcard, then my picture browswer says viewing picture 1/1 even if the folder has 200 pictures in it, I cannot space/tab through the pictures, I have to close that one, then open the next.... I do find it frustrating only being able to copy one file at a time, and constantly having to tell it that I do want to copy the file despite not being able to play it, but those things I can live with.
I already have tried installing extra software and on windows 7, (I am running W10) but no luck
It just sounds like they want you to remove the SD card.. shame they make it so impossible to do.. I'll continue to hunt for a solution without custom rom.. and post any findings.

stupink said:
cyanogenmod, so have always had a proper "file mode".. it was just like plugging in an external hard drive. I did not realise this was not a feature anymore in standard android.
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Yes! I think this i why they kept (keep) it alive.
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The main problem I dislike is not being able to view pictures... If I open one picture from my phone or SDcard, then my picture browswer says viewing picture 1/1 even if the folder has 200 pictures in it, I cannot space/tab through the pictures, I have to close that one, then open the next.... I do find it frustrating only being able to copy one file at a time, and constantly having to tell it that I do want to copy the file despite not being able to play it, but those things I can live with.
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How is it. How do you think about an alternative way to transfer data like e.g. from playstore Air Droid using WLAN.
Did you try another data cable, by all ports and operating systems?
And just in case. Do both of your computers feature the same USB drivers and hub? Maybe a driver issue.
I noticed one thing recently. When i connect with MTP and copy lets say: "400 MB pictures" taken with my old phone, spread on 97 files to the SD card it does not take long. But what takes long like 20 seconds after copying is done is that it shows previews. I have to really wait until it is done transferring.
So could it be maybe the case your phone does not finish somehow?
And yes the Windows Photo thingie does not see it as folder to slide through.
Meaning: i can not deny your issues fully.
Honestly what i totally love is an Plasma Desktop for linux is an software which called KDE Connect. You get WLAN connection to your phone and can even control the mouse. Do simple file transfers. And what i totally love about it is, is that it almost seemingless integrates into the Desktop. On the other End i think WIN10 does not feature such service (stock). Air Droid is one of those tools in this way which you can expand the computer expirience with. The preview and copying over WLAN is blazing fast. Plus you do not have to connect the cable.
But it requires a client/server and permissions on both ends. And thats what i dislike about the Windows side. It is not so seemless. And it is in the way of one of those extra services, running.
Also the speed of the SD card does in fact matter. Is it maybe one of the older generations you inserted?
The new SD's from this year are much faster and bigger.
E.g. read about SD card speed classes SDXC class U1, U2 and U3
Even if you can push 1 GiB /s through a cable.... if the SD only takes 96 mib/s...... lol
Maybe interesting to have a look at what about capacity / price is happening in 6 years.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10315/market-views-hdd-shipments-down-q1-2016/3
So lets say you was using a 6 years old SD.
Your phone is worth (lets say 600 $) but the SD is not worth any cent. In case the SD was so old.

This is how Android now is.
What you're looking for is USB Mass Storage mode. They removed that because it was a wide security hole where someone could just plug your phone into a computer and copy all your storage and mess things up at will. Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is all Android has now. Your phone memory doesn't just have your photos and music on it; it also has your apps, logins, systems files, etc.
The "file cannot be played" prompt that bothers you can be disabled in Windows. Just do a Google search on that. As for transfer speed, I'll bet you that it's a bad cable and nothing more. MTP isn't slower than UMS.
Good luck.

Thanks also.
I didn't mean to imply it's slow transfer. By limiting I mean it's holding me back. I like to transferr a 20GB video, and while it's doing it, go to my pics and view+sort them etc. But now I cannot. One at a time. Zzzzz..
It sounds like I will either need to investigate lineage again. (I'm unsure at this stage what I loose if I do, camera apps, mirror cast etc). Or perhaps buy a hand full of "proddy things" so I can more easily remove the SD card. I can never find it when I need it.
Thanks for helping me get my head around this alien tech/systems. I feel I understand now what's happening and why.

Can't transfer camera pictures to PC

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