Sony z1 compact usb(to transfer files only without charging) - Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I want to connect my Sony xperia z1 compact to laptop via usb cable (to transfer files only without charging).
My previous mobile (Htc) had some options that allow me to choose if I want to charge, transfer data etc.
Is possible to do the same with the Sony?
Thanks in advance.

LiOn_23 said:
I want to connect my Sony xperia z1 compact to laptop via usb cable (to transfer files only without charging).
My previous mobile (Htc) had some options that allow me to choose if I want to charge, transfer data etc.
Is possible to do the same with the Sony?
Thanks in advance.
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Not that I have found. Stock Sony ROM has an extra "Xperia" option to connect in Mass Storage (MSC) instead of MTP or as Camera (CTP). It makes it like your external SD Card is a regular USB drive. This is why I ditched all other ROMs because there was no proper file transfer mode.
Not sure about Internal system SD card access ... you might have to enable USB debugging for it to read the system SD Card. And perhaps depends on the ROM you are using too.

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[Q] SD card won't mount/show

So when I disconnected the usb cable from my phone to my laptop, I got an error saying that I didn't safely remove the phone. I have plenty experience properly removing my phone, idk why it didn't this time. But now my sd card won't mount at all, nor will it show at all on my phone or on my laptop when I connect my phone to the pc through usb. Anyone got any idea's ?
unplug the SD card and put it back, turn on debugging in your phone change it to or from mtp mode might work
that didn't work
Will the card work in a reader?
Unplug your phone from your pc, take put the sd card turn off your phone. Turn it back on let it fully load. Shut it off again and put your sd card back. Turn it on and restart your pc now plug it in to the computer
Also if you go to settings > storage there is an option to mount/unmount sd card
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You also may have corrupted it, if you did not safely remove it from the pc. In which case try an adaptor and connect directly to pc and windows may want to fix it. Do not fix with windows. I had a card be totally ruined like this. Click cancel and then open the card and backup all data then remove from pc connect to phone and format the sd card in settings. Reconnect to pc and restore.
Hopefully you don't need to do this. Good luck.
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life is too short for safe sd card removal =\
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[Q] Enable USB Charging Only

Hello Guys and girls,
Is there an option on the Huawei Ascend Mate wich allows you to charge the phone with the USB cable.
If I put the cable in my computer it always goes to my SD-card, HiSuite, Camera (PTP) or Media (MTP).
But I don't want to connect to the computer, but I want it charging.
It's still charging if it's connected, but all my music is on my SD card, wich isn't mounted at that time.
Da Phoenix said:
Hello Guys and girls,
Is there an option on the Huawei Ascend Mate wich allows you to charge the phone with the USB cable.
If I put the cable in my computer it always goes to my SD-card, HiSuite, Camera (PTP) or Media (MTP).
But I don't want to connect to the computer, but I want it charging.
It's still charging if it's connected, but all my music is on my SD card, wich isn't mounted at that time.
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Put it in HiSuite mode...ur sdcard will be accessible by the device and computer simultaneously (USB on the go feature)
svvv said:
Put it in HiSuite mode...ur sdcard will be accessible by the device and computer simultaneously (USB on the go feature)
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But there isn't a only charging function?
My Samsung had it.
No matter what USB mode, it still charges
hamdimo said:
No matter what USB mode, it still charges
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Yes I know it still charges.
But I don't want it to connect to my computer.
Like I said, my Samsung phone had that function.
Da Phoenix said:
Yes I know it still charges.
But I don't want it to connect to my computer.
Like I said, my Samsung phone had that function.
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Idk whats your problem if i put my USB cable in my HAM
it shows me this so i really dont know whats your problem.
Dont choose any and the SDcard will not be unmount.
And this isn't a Samdroung it's Huawei so don't compare
greez Gadlion
Gadlion^1 said:
Idk whats your problem if i put my USB cable in my HAM
it shows me this so i really dont know whats your problem.
Dont choose any and the SDcard will not be unmount.
And this isn't a Samdroung it's Huawei so don't compare
greez Gadlion
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My biggest problem is that I can't see your pic
Dayum,
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Gadlion^1 said:
Idk whats your problem if i put my USB cable in my HAM
it shows me this so i really dont know whats your problem.
Dont choose any and the SDcard will not be unmount.
And this isn't a Samdroung it's Huawei so don't compare
greez Gadlion
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mine automatically checks the last option...
so the sd card automatically unmounts and mounts to the pc.
it wont mount in pc unless one of the options is clicked. let it remain with the far bottom option 'remind me'...
if its mounted on pc, just disconnect from the icon in the pc taskbar (commonly in green color icon for usb connection)...it will simply mount back to the HAM automatically....
its one of a safety function in most of phones today without any option of "charge only"....sometimes the excess currents can effect the sdcard (there were some news before about it)...
and yes, its not samsung, its Huawei and this Huawei devices mostly lives longer than sammy...just my 2 cents..
theoppositeman said:
it wont mount in pc unless one of the options is clicked. let it remain with the far bottom option 'remind me'...
if its mounted on pc, just disconnect from the icon in the pc taskbar (commonly in green color icon for usb connection)...it will simply mount back to the HAM automatically....
its one of a safety function in most of phones today without any option of "charge only"....sometimes the excess currents can effect the sdcard (there were some news before about it)...
and yes, its not samsung, its Huawei and this Huawei devices mostly lives longer than sammy...just my 2 cents..
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On my Mate it always mounts as "USB Storage Device" even when the "Always prompt me" option is checked. I've also noticed that it no longer mounts the internal storage just the external SD card. When I look through the file manager on the phone I noticed that the internal storage used to be located at mnt/sdcard and the external SD card was located at mnt/sdcard2. But now both mnt/sdcard and mnt/sdcard2 point to the external SD card and the internal storage is now located at mnt/shell/emulated. Does anyone know how to fix this so internal storage mounts on my computer again? I'm using a Mac.
vastphoto said:
On my Mate it always mounts as "USB Storage Device" even when the "Always prompt me" option is checked. I've also noticed that it no longer mounts the internal storage just the external SD card. When I look through the file manager on the phone I noticed that the internal storage used to be located at mnt/sdcard and the external SD card was located at mnt/sdcard2. But now both mnt/sdcard and mnt/sdcard2 point to the external SD card and the internal storage is now located at mnt/shell/emulated. Does anyone know how to fix this so internal storage mounts on my computer again? I'm using a Mac.
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oh..Mac OS..if i had known better. sorry for that. havent used mac for such a time, but can you put HAM on MTP when connecting usb? if so, it will mount both internal and external as One Drive and when click (in pc) it will open into two drive internal and ext.
try to post this Q in the other forum,
-received my huawei mate or
- P6 Forum.
there're maybe some of our friends there can help. some might use Mac and maybe it'll help.

[Q] File transfer using usb cable

Sorry if this has already been discussed, but I didn't found any answers regarding my issue.
So how can I transfer files from my pc using the pad's USB cable?
On my Sony phone with ics, it was enough to enable usb debugging mode and the pc sees it as a flash drive, using usb mass storage.
But here it seems there's no mass storage mode, only mtp and ptp which I don't like.
So what options do I have to actually see my 64 gb card when I connect the pad to the pc? Is it possible?
Cause even with debugging mode enabled it doesn't change anything, still have to use windows explorer and it's working very hard. Any help would be much appreciated.
Not sure I fully understand what's wrong with mtp option but I can fully see my 64GB card when connected to my pc via usb cable. I have successfully copied files to and from the SD this way with no issue. Explain what issue you may be seeing.
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gioni mnemonic said:
Sorry if this has already been discussed, but I didn't found any answers regarding my issue.
So how can I transfer files from my pc using the pad's USB cable?
On my Sony phone with ics, it was enough to enable usb debugging mode and the pc sees it as a flash drive, using usb mass storage.
But here it seems there's no mass storage mode, only mtp and ptp which I don't like.
So what options do I have to actually see my 64 gb card when I connect the pad to the pc? Is it possible?
Cause even with debugging mode enabled it doesn't change anything, still have to use windows explorer and it's working very hard. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Can not see why you have any problems when my G Pad is connected I can see it as a device in My Computer " Not Devices " and when I open it up I see two drives. Internal and external SD card
Make sure you have loaded the LG USB Drivers
Plus it should come up with a list of what you want to do when connected click Open and view files
Thank you for the replies, guys.
Not sure if i made myself clear. Yes, my pc can also see my g pad device in My Computer, but it is not listed as a removable flash drive or an external hdd, thus i cannot see sd card properties, format options and so on. I usually use total commander for transferring files, because windows explorer is way too slow in doing this.
For example, if i want to download a movie or some songs directly to my tablet, how can i do that? With my sony phone is easy, my pc sees it as a removable flash drive, thus is easy to save files directly to it.
But with the g pad that option is gone, or at least i cannot find it. I must first download the files to my pc and only after that transfer them to my pad using windows explorer, which is really working hard. Basically, i have to wait one hour for downloading something, than another hour to transfer the files to my tablet, instead of downloading directly to the tablet.
And all this i believe is the effect of usb mass storage mode missing.
So in the end, is there an option to satisfy my needs?
gioni mnemonic said:
So in the end, is there an option to satisfy my needs?
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In settings, go to "system", choose "PC connection", choose "media sync(MTP)".
MTP option does exactly what i was saying earlier, it only gives me the option to use windows explorer to transfer files.
It does not satisfy my needs, as i cannot save files directly to the tablet's SD card when downloading something, for example.
Can you people see the tablet's SD card as another DISK drive in your pc? With formatting options, sd card properties and stuff that you can do with a flash drive or an external hdd? This is my question, but i believe this is not possible.
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gioni mnemonic said:
MTP option does exactly what i was saying earlier, it only gives me the option to use windows explorer to transfer files.
It does not satisfy my needs, as i cannot save files directly to the tablet's SD card when downloading something, for example.
Can you people see the tablet's SD card as another DISK drive in your pc? With formatting options, sd card properties and stuff that you can do with a flash drive or an external hdd? This is my question, but i believe this is not possible.
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I have no problems it must be your USB drivers as mine sees it as a Device
I open mine up from my computer then open the SD card and transfer all my Movies and Pictures direct to the SD card I can open up files on Device or Card
Hi again, i've attached some print screens with the issue i'm trying to explain. The main thing that bothers me is the clearly slower speed for transferring files using windows explorer. With total commander it goes almost double the speed rate. Plus, why should i download a file to my pc instead of downloading it directly to g pad's sd card? Waste of time in my opinion.
But recently i did read somewhere that jelly bean does NOT support usb mass storage, so i guess that answers my question.

[Q] Setting xperia s to show physical drives on pc

I have just rooted my Sony xperia s thinking that this will help me in trying to recover files. However I am still having issues with this.
Thing is when you plug the device in it just shows as a media device and not an actual physical drive so any recovery software that I use can not pick up the individual drives.
What else can I do so that when the phone is plugged into the pc it is recognised as a physical drive and given a drove letter?
This would be a huge help as I have lost quite a few different files that I would like back.
Thanks
Karl
One way is to use Samba Filesharing over WiFi.
Once you have established a connection on your PC (NetBIOS Name) you can then map a drive.
This assumes you have root access on your phone and a WiFi LAN.
Well, there is this app which helps You Mount internal storage as usb storage on PC, but it is a paid app:
Xperia SDCARD Mounter
Edit : There seems to be a free version here: [APP][P] SD Mounter as Mass Storage V2.0

Transferring Files from PC to Phone

Anyone else having the issue where they can't transfer files from their Win 10 PC to the phone? I have it set to File Transfer mode when I plug it in via USB into the computer. When I pull it up in File Explorer, it says "Phone". Double clicking it shows my MicroSD card and the internal storage. Then when I try to click and drag or Ctrl-C Ctrl-V a file into either spots, nothing happens. I did try enabling USB Debugging mode, but that's not required for a simple file transfer. This is honestly kinda ridiculous. Also, when I'd take my MicroSD and move files from windows to it by connecting it to a USB adapter, the files transfer onto the card, but as soon as I plug it into the phone, all those files disappear in the file explorer and are replaced with a file or folder called System Volume Information. Anyone else having issues??
Nope have copied files from what's app for printing and copied my music to phone storage and external memory card as well,
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I had no issues using the steps you used. I just grabbed my USB-c to USB cable for charging my old oneplus, and it worked.
I used Bluetooth to transfer a few files from my PC to my phone. It worked great
Bluetooth works, plugging in phone (sd card formatted as internal storage), and Teamviewer works. I think I might use Teamviewer as it's similar to a ftp client program, makes it real easy.
What did you format the sd card as? Internal or external storage?
superostrich said:
I had no issues using the steps you used. I just grabbed my USB-c to USB cable for charging my old oneplus, and it worked.
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Same here.
For normal files and documents i just use Google Drive, i don't have huge important files i need to have when i am out and about so i am unable to test this as i haven't had a need to plug my phone into a pc for 2-3 years.
Bluetooth would work or an SD Card reader, as there are so many ways to get files between a pc and a phone without a cable its partly why ive not even bother to check the does my phone work with my pc step. Back in the days when you got Software and Drivers for your phone are a thing of the past.
I using wi-fi to transfer files you can easily find an app for that
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I using wi-fi to transfer files you can easily find an app for that
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Which app are you using?
Heya, chiming in here to suggest Airdroid...look it up, useful and needs no plugging in, just used your WiFi networks to do the transfer, very useful tool (I,d like to thank YouTubes Mr Mobile ((Michael Fisher)) for that)
No problem here also...I just use my GoPro5 Type-C Cable with my Razer, and Copy and Paste in Windows Explorer....easy. I recommend you try another cable
Using an anker "normal" usb to usb c cable works fine to transfer files. But I can only transfer files to the SD card, internal storage doesn't appear.
For transfer via WiFi I use es file explorer, it connects fine to windows shares even with needed auth

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