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[Q] Can't connect to PC as a disk drive, only as Portable Device - is this normal?

I've had my HTC One X for 2 days and I want to ask if this is a normal behavior or something is wrong. When I connect the phone to PC via USB I can access the files only using Windows Explorer. It appears there under "Portable Devices" as "HTC One X". When I double-click there is folder called "Internal Storage" with my files in it. But, is it possible to mount the phone as a regular disk drive (with disk letter assigned, for example E:\), so I can browse the files using Total Commander? I've tried different USB ports but without success. I believe my drivers are working fine.
I've been looking over similar topics here but everyone was talking about looking into "Connect to PC" option in Settings. But I don't have such an option in my Settings! Is it normal? My old Desire had it and I could choose Charge Only/Disk Drive/USB Tethering etc.
When I plug my One X to the computer, the "USB Connected" notification pops up. But when I click on the notification, there are only Hotspot, USB network and Bluetooth options. Nothing related to connection type. See troll.sk/random/scr_usb.png
I've tried turning on/off the USB debugging, but it's still the same.
Is this normal behavior of Jelly Bean 4.1.1?
Edit: when I access Clockwork mod there is an option to mount the USB Drive. When I select this option the internal storage of the phone magically appears in my computer as a regular disk drive just as I wanted. But it's possible only in recovery mod, never happens in normal interface.

Yes... It has been changed after jb update.

Jakkub00 said:
I've had my HTC One X for 2 days and I want to ask if this is a normal behavior or something is wrong. When I connect the phone to PC via USB I can access the files only using Windows Explorer. It appears there under "Portable Devices" as "HTC One X". When I double-click there is folder called "Internal Storage" with my files in it. But, is it possible to mount the phone as a regular disk drive (with disk letter assigned, for example E:\), so I can browse the files using Total Commander? I've tried different USB ports but without success. I believe my drivers are working fine.
I've been looking over similar topics here but everyone was talking about looking into "Connect to PC" option in Settings. But I don't have such an option in my Settings! Is it normal? My old Desire had it and I could choose Charge Only/Disk Drive/USB Tethering etc.
When I plug my One X to the computer, the "USB Connected" notification pops up. But when I click on the notification, there are only Hotspot, USB network and Bluetooth options. Nothing related to connection type. See troll.sk/random/scr_usb.png
I've tried turning on/off the USB debugging, but it's still the same.
Is this normal behavior of Jelly Bean 4.1.1?
Edit: when I access Clockwork mod there is an option to mount the USB Drive. When I select this option the internal storage of the phone magically appears in my computer as a regular disk drive just as I wanted. But it's possible only in recovery mod, never happens in normal interface.
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Yep this is normal. Google is changing the way that device storage is handled, and as a result this new way has been rolled out by HTC in their JB update. The device will be mounted as a MTP/FTP device instead of the traditional USB storage method.
There is no way that you can mount your device as an USB storage (as E:\ drive, etc.)
BUT, there are a few other ways that you can do this:
1] If you have rooted your phone, you can mount your phone as a USB storage via clockworkmod recovery.
2] If you have NOT rooted your phone, you can download an application called AIRDROID from the market. This will wirelessly allow you to mount your phones USB storage.(But works ONLY on wifi)

anks257 said:
Yep this is normal. Google is changing the way that device storage is handled, and as a result this new way has been rolled out by HTC in their JB update. The device will be mounted as a MTP/FTP device instead of the traditional USB storage method.
There is no way that you can mount your device as an USB storage (as E:\ drive, etc.)
BUT, there are a few other ways that you can do this:
1] If you have rooted your phone, you can mount your phone as a USB storage via clockworkmod recovery.
2] If you have NOT rooted your phone, you can download an application called AIRDROID from the market. This will wirelessly allow you to mount your phones USB storage.(But works ONLY on wifi)
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4] or just using Bluetooth

[Q] HTC One X not seen as disk after JB 4.1 OTA

Hi,
I have a rooted One X on which I was running Team Venom viperX rom and few days ago I recovered the stock nand backup (original ICS rom) and then updated my HOX with the JB 4.1 OTA that was released few time ago... now, when I connect the phone to my mac, it is not seen anymore as a disk and it doesn't ask me if I wan to simply charge or mount as a disk... on windows I noticed that it doesn't ask too, but is used as a disk by default (allowing me to see sdcard content both on windows and on the phone with a file manager, which I find very strange..)...
Any idea about how to re-enable the feature that asked me to mount or not to mount the phone as a disk? It only shows me a disc with a link to HTC Sync download page and even after installing it on my MAC, nothing changed.
Any suggestion would be really appreciated!

Mass storage mode isn't available on jb sense roms yet.

nitrous² said:
Mass storage mode isn't available on jb sense roms yet.
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Tech support said it should be automatically detected by the PC, but this is not true at least on OSX platforms:
Code:
Thank you for contacting HTC.
With regards to your inquiry, kindly be informed that on android 4.1 the option to
choose what kind of connection you want between your PC and the phone has been
removed. This software support "Plug and Play" connection witch allows all those
options without being necessary to choose an option from phone's screen.
If you have any other inquiries, don’t hesitate to contact us again.
This is my reply:
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Hi, I understand that the option has been removed, but it is not true that it
works automatically, expecially on OSX platforms (like my MacBook pro).
So, you removed a useful feature for people like me that used to connect their
phones to a Mac laptop and this is not correct. I'd like to be able to choose
if I want to mount the storage or not when I connect the phone to my MacBook Pro.
They should definitely re-introduce the option to choose to mount or not to mount the storage as an external disk.

HTC:
Code:
If your connection is not done after update i suggest you to install on your PC
"HTC Sync manager" and "Android file Transfer (AFT)". when you done you
should be able to connect your phone to PC.
My reply:
Code:
Thank you for the quick reply. I'll try android file transfer, but this is not the
correct way of accomplishing this task. Before the upgrade I could mount
the phone as a disk, and this was one of the features that made me choose
this phone comparing to other ones, so it is not correct to remove such a
feature with a software upgrade. Even if HTC Sync Manager + Android File
Transfer solve this issue, I should install them on every platform on which I
connect the phone, such as my work laptop, and I'm simply not allowed to
install additional software. Is there any plan to re-introduce the possibility to
choose to mount or not to mount the storage as a disk?
HTC:
Code:
I am just give you the options for now, I am sure that our engineers will
come with an update for this connection.

The JB update enables Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) and disables the USB Mass Storage (UMS). One advantage of this is that both the phone and the computer can access the memory simultaneously. MTP has its pros and cons, but many newer phones have it, like the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Galaxy S3. The Galaxy S2 also had this enabled in its ICS update. Maybe in time the devs will find a way to reactivate UMS mode and probably even toggle between UMS and MTP, but I don't think anything of the sort is available now as JB is freshly out. One of the main cons of MTP is flaky compatibility on Linux and OSX.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

I am getting the same problem and tbh it is really pissing me off. Sometimes my windows 7 finds it, I start to transfer a file and then boom, connection goes. Previously I could just mount and be on my merry way. Totally unimpressed. If I had known this I would never have updated!
They say to do download HTC Sync Manager, why is it 107mb?!? I would expect it to be some sort of lightweight app but now, 107mb

USB to PC/Mac on JB

Hi all,
Going insane trying to get my One-X connected to my pc and mac as a USB drive. Seems to have lost the option since JB update i think.
Any ideas? Trying to dump some apk's, uccw widgets and other work files on phone for later use and don't seem to be able to anymore.
Help very much appreciated.

It works as MTP now, not Mass Storage.
Try Airdroid from the play store, it's pretty neat (it gives your phone a secure web interface).
Windows supports MTP quite well (if you have a very recent Media Player installed) but not so good on Mac and Linux, although not impossible.

BenPope said:
It works as MTP now, not Mass Storage.
Try Airdroid from the play store, it's pretty neat (it gives your phone a secure web interface).
Windows supports MTP quite well (if you have a very recent Media Player installed) but not so good on Mac and Linux, although not impossible.
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Thank you very much. Few extra steps to get files to phone but it works so i'm happy again. Seems crazy they removed an easy way to transfer files but airdroid did the job.
Cheers

Yeah, it's not ideal. I haven't managed to get MTP to work on Linux yet (not tried very hard).
The advantage of MTP over Mass Storage is that when you mount as USB, Android can't see the drive anymore, which means many apps can't run, and other weird behaviour like alarm tones revert if the tone used to be on the sd card.

Android File Transfer from Google makes MTP work in Mac OS X:
http://www.android.com/filetransfer/

[Q] For Mac Users

Hey,
I'm just having this amazing phone but i'm a little bit disappointed when I connect it on my mac because I can't use it without "LG PC SUITE"
I can't find it in my finder like an usb storage and so I find it not very practical to use.
Have you any tips to use it like an usb storage?

If u can't install LG PC sure on your mac then install windows on your mac... I am sure u can install windows on your mac

Just use Android transfer for mac from here
no need to install windows for copying files from phone to mac.

Cheers but I didn't say I had a problem to install LG PC SUITE, I have it on my mac... I would just use my phone like an usb storage or usb key when I connect it on my mac and that is the problem, it doesn't appear like a usb storage.

pr0de said:
Cheers but I didn't say I had a problem to install LG PC SUITE, I have it on my mac... I would just use my phone like an usb storage or usb key when I connect it on my mac and that is the problem, it doesn't appear like a usb storage.
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Don't think thats possible with Android on a Mac, Steve Jobs made sure of that. The link I posted above will let you copy/delete/rename stuff on your phone, both internal and external SD, other than that what exactly do you want to do with the phone ?

UK-Sense said:
Don't think thats possible with Android on a Mac, Steve Jobs made sure of that. The link I posted above will let you copy/delete/rename stuff on your phone, both internal and external SD, other than that what exactly do you want to do with the phone ?
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Ha damn it!
When I had my HTC Desire HD it worked like an usb storage and it was great 'cause I could have to do a lot of things but now I'm very pissed off to know it's not possible!!!
Anyway, thanks for your advise

Jiayu S3 3GB - Windows drivers

What USB drivers can I install to connect my Windows 10 laptop to my Jiayu S3?
Any help much appreciated!
Toby

tobym said:
What USB drivers can I install to connect my Windows 10 laptop to my Jiayu S3?
Any help much appreciated!
Toby
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Any clues, any one?

That´s a bit tricky. It depends what you are going to do and on what S3 Rom you are at the moment.
For KitKat Rom there are 2 USB Modi for the S3.
USB Storage : Direct connection to the SD card. Windows needs no driver.
MTP : Connection to internal S3 RAM and SD card. Windows needs driver. Look in optional drivers in Windows update for AyunOS driver.
This 2 modi can be chosed, when you connect the S3 viy USB wire.
For Lollipop ROM the USB Storage mode isn´t working right now.
For MTP you should find a driver in Windows update too, but i don´t use Win10.
Last but not least driver for SP Flashtool. SPF needs a special driver (VCOM-Driver). More tricky to install, but you can find information
and how-to on google and youtube.

1testi said:
That´s a bit tricky. It depends what you are going to do and on what S3 Rom you are at the moment.
For KitKat Rom there are 2 USB Modi for the S3.
USB Storage : Direct connection to the SD card. Windows needs no driver.
MTP : Connection to internal S3 RAM and SD card. Windows needs driver. Look in optional drivers in Windows update for AyunOS driver.
This 2 modi can be chosed, when you connect the S3 viy USB wire.
For Lollipop ROM the USB Storage mode isn´t working right now.
For MTP you should find a driver in Windows update too, but i don´t use Win10.
Last but not least driver for SP Flashtool. SPF needs a special driver (VCOM-Driver). More tricky to install, but you can find information
and how-to on google and youtube.
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Thanks for replying! I have the stock OS, KitKat, so it seems like I should be able to connect - I think there must be a problem with my laptop in that case, I will have a look in device manager and event viewer and see if I can figure out what's happening.
Out of interest, what is the status of Lollipop on the S3?
Thanks!

tobym said:
Thanks for replying! I have the stock OS, KitKat, so it seems like I should be able to connect - I think there must be a problem with my laptop in that case, I will have a look in device manager and event viewer and see if I can figure out what's happening.
Out of interest, what is the status of Lollipop on the S3?
Thanks!
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Do you hear the windows sound when connecting the S3? If not try a different USB port on the laptop.
There are 3 official Lollipop ROM right now. All 3 are good, with minor bugs. LL5.1 NewUI is for the chinese,
so a lot of chinese crap with it. I´m on Xtreme from TF right now for 3 days and pretty happy with it.
For more information read the last 20 pages of the monster thread above.

Ok, yes, I get the sound. Trying a different port does yield a slightly different result - if I connect in USB storage mode I see a new drive in Windows Explorer ("Removable Disk (E"), but if I try to open it Windows tells me to insert a disk. In MTP mode I see 'S3' in Explorer, and if I open that I see the phone memory and the SD card. This seems mostly ok, although it can get really slow.

tobym said:
Ok, yes, I get the sound. Trying a different port does yield a slightly different result - if I connect in USB storage mode I see a new drive in Windows Explorer ("Removable Disk (E"), but if I try to open it Windows tells me to insert a disk. In MTP mode I see 'S3' in Explorer, and if I open that I see the phone memory and the SD card. This seems mostly ok, although it can get really slow.
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Ok, MTP is working good. If it´s slow, then your SD is slow.
For USB Storage : What file system do you have on the SD?

I don't actually know, is there an easy way to find out?

tobym said:
I don't actually know, is there an easy way to find out?
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Jap, either you use an external partition manager or from windows "disk management".
Also you can left click the drive, right click -> properties -> also shows the type of partition.
If you don´t see a partition type under windows, chances are its a linux/android one.
Check it with Linux or download the app "aparted" from playstore, so you can check it
with the smartphone.

tobym said:
What USB drivers can I install to connect my Windows 10 laptop to my Jiayu S3?
Any help much appreciated!
Toby
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I didn't install any drivers on Win 10 laptop, S3 (on KK) connects without any problem either with MPT or USB (only mSD visible) selected...

frulex said:
I didn't install any drivers on Win 10 laptop, S3 (on KK) connects without any problem either with MPT or USB (only mSD visible) selected...
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I wonder if it's the file system type of my SD card, Windows Explorer shows nothing when I attach it via a USB adapter to my laptop?