I cannot edit (ala save, rename, change) any file or folder from the internal or external sd on my laptop.
I can copy, past, move, or delete any file on it though. It has never been an issue on this computer for me before.
It works perfect on my home computer, but I need it to work on my laptop because that is where I downloaded my backup data using Kies.
The external sd card via an adapter will work on my laptop, so there's gotta be some technical issue between the phone and computer.
I reinstalled Kies and the drivers, but that has not helped. I also restored my laptop to an earlier date...still no luck.
Yesterday I deleted two nandroids using Nandroid Manager and Root Browser because they took all my internal memory.
I don't know if there is a correlation between the two, but I can't think of any other reason. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx
Try installing an app called airdroid it is in android market
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hey guys
I had a bunch of pics that I received via MMS and I needed to use, so I just long click on it and selected to save do sd card. But when I connect the phone to the pc on mass storage mode, I can't find them anywhere.
So I installed the app SaveMMS and saved all the pics to a folder with the same name. Still nothing showed up when I connect the phone to my PC.
Using ASTRO, I can see all the pictures on the download folder and I can also access the SaveMMS folder (and actually some other folders that I cant see from my PC).
I tried to copy to somewhere else and even that didnt work.
I ended up emailing myself the pics...
Any idea on whats happening?
I got root and im using opendesire with a partitioned sd card (and no, there's no pictures on the ext partition).
many thanks
Does any file names or folders on your phone look like, for example, this ".hello"
If so, get rid of the full stop at the start of the name via Astro, as it will not show up on your computer
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thanks for the reply
the first thing I checked was for hidden folders, and it wasnt that.
the folders ended up showing up on the desktop as well, out of nowhere.
but it just seemed some random, dont know what was the issue.
This is usually because you are using a2sd which makes the SD card do strange things. Changes are only actually saved to the card for the computer to see when restarting the phone
The problem is well documented, and a fix have been made which should fix it
Well, its really weird.
But better weird with A2SD than normal without it ;p
I've had no issues, and really no need, to USB connect for a while, until my partner wanted me to bulk upload a lot of pictures recently taken at a family event. So I plugged the USB into the phone and attached the PC, an option appeared on the phone to connect SD card and I chose media transfer, then nothing. No icon, no options on the PC to browse the SD card. I've checked the official help pages and done a few of the things they ask you to do - shut down the phone, battery pull, unmounted then mount SD, restore system settings - but none of that has worked. I have even un-installed and reinstalled PC Companion, as advised, so the PC could re download the drivers but still nothing. I'm all out of idea so hopefully some of the helpful users on her could offer some advice.
Thanks.
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I've had no issues, and really no need, to USB connect for a while, until my partner wanted me to bulk upload a lot of pictures recently taken at a family event. So I plugged the USB into the phone and attached the PC, an option appeared on the phone to connect SD card and I chose media transfer, then nothing. No icon, no options on the PC to browse the SD card. I've checked the official help pages and done a few of the things they ask you to do - shut down the phone, battery pull, unmounted then mount SD, restore system settings - but none of that has worked. I have even un-installed and reinstalled PC Companion, as advised, so the PC could re download the drivers but still nothing. I'm all out of idea so hopefully some of the helpful users on her could offer some advice.
Thanks.
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Just going to bump this. Not sure is this is breaking any "rules" but it's been a couple of days. Most forums suggest leaving a thread 24hrs. It's beyond that.
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Just going to bump this. Not sure is this is breaking any "rules" but it's been a couple of days. Most forums suggest leaving a thread 24hrs. It's beyond that.
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I read in another thread that somebody had a similar problem like you. He had frozen or deleted an app. Can't remember the app name though.
Link to thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257008
Regards Dousan...
I found that to search the sd card its hest to use 'connect phone sd card mode' because mtp doesnt like sd cards with a lot on for some reason. So to connect it in mtp mode I've given up on answers anf just accept that to connect it I have to unmount my sd card and then it works perfectly. I havn't tried re-mounting the sd card after a successful connect though to be fair so you could try that?
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Thanks to both of you. Tried unmounting and then connecting but it fails to install a driver, which is exactly the problem someone in the thread Dousan linked to. An MTP app? or some such. I'm not so techno savvy so im not sure if I would have deleted it in my haste for getting rid of things I don't use. Not sure if having that app would help.
Let me preface this post with a few of the background details.
using Windows 7 (64 bit)
all drivers are properly installed
currently using BAMF Paradigm v1.2
the issue that I sometimes experience has to do with recently created or deleted files. Let's say I delete a file, using Root Explorer. If I then plug the phone into my computer (connected via MTP, Windows will still show the deleted file. But of course, I can't copy it or manipulate it in any way, because the file has already been deleted.
And sometimes the opposite happens. Let's say I back up all my user apps with Titanium Backup. While I know that the internal SD partition isn't wiped when wiping data to install a new rom, I still like to have my Titanium Backups copied off the phone and onto my computer, for further redundancy. What I often do is use Root Explorer to make a zip file from the entire Titanium Backup folder, to make it so that I only have to copy one zip file over to the computer. But if I plug the phone into the computer immediately after making this zip file, it won't show up up in Windows. But I know that the file is there. I can see it in Root Explorer, and I can even pull it off the phone using the Gnex root toolkit (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871).
If I wait a day or so, then the files shown in Windows "catches up" with what is and what isn't actually on the phone. In general, this is something that I'm used to now, and I can live with it, because I don't actually need to plug my phone into my computer very often.
My question is, why does it behave like this? I've seen this on 3 different computers (all Win 7 64 bit, and all with properly installed drivers), and across multiple ROMs. So I'm assuming that the issue is with the MTP transfer method?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
I've noticed something similar. Happened to me on:
CDMA 4.0.2 stock ROM, rooted & CWM installed
Windows 7 32-bit
All Drivers (FastBoot, ADB, etc) working properly
I noticed when I installed CWM, made a few backups I could see the folder and files using Root Explorer or any File Explorer (ES for instance) from the Market. Still wouldn't show when connected to the PC through MTP.
After a phone reboot, they appeared.
also happens on Galaxy Tab 7.7
only a reboot will fix it
hey guys,
My issue is that when I plug my s3 into the computer. When I access the SD card from the file explorer on the computer, it comes up with duplicate folders. Just wanted to see if anyone else is having this issue. However if i browse the files through astro on my phone it looks just fine. I'm running AOKP Build 4.
So I saw this & hoped there was some extra infoon tthis topic cause I had the exact same issue. It was agrivating because I didn't know which folder to save to. Some of the folders had different data in them
My solution? I put the sd card in a multi reader & poof - no duplicate files.
BAD NEWS
Now my phone doesn't know where to find the sd card. Oh, it reads & writes just fine. I can see it in SUFBS & Astro file manager, copy files to/from with ease. But go to the gallery & I only see the phone memory. Ring tones are only found in phone memory. Downloading from any Web browser & it only goes to internal storage & I can't point to ext sd, but sms backup & restore saves to it just fine. My friend thinks the drive letter got changed but I have no idea how to find or change that in the phone. I's sad.
Sgs T-999
Cm10 nightly 10062012
Ive never seen this myself. But i only connect to my computer via usb when using Odin. For file transfers i use SwiFTP wireless transfer.
Search for sgs3 easy ums here on xda. Itll let you mount external sd as UMS rather than MTP which is probably whats causing it (maybe because you are non stock?).
Also you may have to reformat the card at this point. Not really sure about that though.
Sorry i dont have more for you, but in the future try those two apps i mentioned. Find Swiftp bt searching the themes and apps section.
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Hello,
Today I was trying to copy some files to my Xperia S via USB from my WinXP PC. When trying to copy the files, I got the message "the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected" with the option to skip or cancel. This happened several times, and I plugged and unplugged the cable between tries.
After giving it up, I went to the phone and found out that all my files were gone. The folders disappeared and I can't find any pictures or media files (as well as any of the files that existed before - and I have show hidden files enabled in Android File Manager app). In Settings > Storage > Internal it says that I have 25 GB free (when I should have only 2 or 3 GBs left). The current folder structure viewable in the app is probably the folders for apps that after restart, recreated the folders.
However, if I connect to PC again, I can see the old folder structure in Internal Storage and the listing of the files inside it (the photos, etc). If I try to copy inside the SDCARD or to the PC I get the same message "the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected" and I can't open any kind of file.
I think the data is still in the SD Card, but not accessible anymore. Has anyone experienced this before and can help me?
Thanks,
andré
is your phone rooted?
mharckk said:
is your phone rooted?
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No, mharckk
Me Too
nariz said:
Hello,
After giving it up, I went to the phone and found out that all my files were gone. The folders disappeared
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I too have this problem with my Game ROMs folder with my SNES and Genesis games. I'll run the emulator and then when I go to find a game the folder has disappeared. I have them saved on my PC so I just copy it over but an actual solution would be nice. My phone is rooted and ROMed.
Oh and I tried Titanium Backups but they sometimes disappear as well. I've never had that app work for me anyways always freezes and the backup is never restored.
It seems to me large folders and files not involved in the phones dedicated folder structure seem to disappear.
The best thing for you to do would be to root your phone and try the SD card mounting app which mounts the SD card in mass storage mode. MTP mode always gives such problem so and is unreliable..
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abcdjdj said:
The best thing for you to do would be to root your phone and try the SD card mounting app which mounts the SD card in mass storage mode. MTP mode always gives such problem so and is unreliable..
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Exactly. MTP has lots of problem.
I don't understand why Android use it.