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I just recently installed the ICS 4.0.3 and now i can't seem to see my mass usb storage for both internal and external, while the drivers are installing it just fails after a while. can anyone help me?
did you even bother to read the OP of the rom you installed, to see what works and what doesn't??
wase4711 said:
did you even bother to read the OP of the rom you installed, to see what works and what doesn't??
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i looked in the forums and saw someone had the same issue but then fixed it but i can't post on the dev sub forums dued to my new member issue
To use mass USB storage, you have to go to Settings>More...>USB utilities>USB mass storage.
3meister said:
To use mass USB storage, you have to go to Settings>More...>USB utilities>USB mass storage.
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oh....sorry i feel very retarded now haha thanks though!
sorry but I have another issue, when I try to boot into cw recovery itboots into it but beforeitshows the options itcrashes back into regular boot
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You can actually get MTP mode working using the following method:
ssconceptz said:
To use USB MTP you have to unmount SD Card first then plug in.
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Credit goes to ssconceptz for the workaround
Try this for SD card access.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511347
ssconceptz said:
Try this for SD card access.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511347
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Thanks for the info.
I cant seem to find an option to use the Galaxy S4 as USB mass storage, only media device (MTP) or Camera (PTP) is available. Cannot find any USB options in the settings either.
How am I able to copy files from and to my SD card and/or phone HD?
I appreciate any helpful posts. Thank you!
crco said:
I cant seem to find an option to use the Galaxy S4 as USB mass storage, only media device (MTP) or Camera (PTP) is available. Cannot find any USB options in the settings either.
How am I able to copy files from and to my SD card and/or phone HD?
I appreciate any helpful posts. Thank you!
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You us MTP fyi usb mass storage has been gone for a while i know for a fact the gs3 & note2 used MTP
deeznutz1977 said:
You us MTP fyi usb mass storage has been gone for a while i know for a fact the gs3 & note2 used MTP
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with MTP my device doesnt show up in Mac, as well as my Sony TV or LG receiver. what to do?
Is there anyway to disable MTP and go back to mass storage? Also, is the SDCARD MTP as well?
Mass Storage is gone for good... and while it sounds bad, there's a good reason..
Using Mass Storage forces the storage partition (or external sdcard) to be unmounted by Android, so any data/apps/widgets on there are no longer available until you disconnect your device from your PC. Using MTP allows the data partition to remain mounted and available concurrently on both your device, and on your PC via USB.
1) No, you cannot get UMS back.
2) This belongs in Q&A.
3) For Macs, you will need this.
Questions go in Q&A
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The auto-unmount is ok...
pakraider said:
Mass Storage is gone for good... and while it sounds bad, there's a good reason..
Using Mass Storage forces the storage partition (or external sdcard) to be unmounted by Android, so any data/apps/widgets on there are no longer available until you disconnect your device from your PC. Using MTP allows the data partition to remain mounted and available concurrently on both your device, and on your PC via USB.
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"there's a good reason" is somewhat subjective. To me the great benefit to the more general usb mass storage option is so you can connect the phone to any device as if it were a usb flash drive. No driver issues, no worries about camera or MTP mode, no Mac issues, no linux issues, no Windows issues ... it's just a usd flash drive and can be treated as such. I am ok with the side affect of auto-unmounting the sdcard from Android when I connect the phone to another device to use as noted USB drive.
Is there in fact any way this will ever come back?
I can't get my phone to show up on my computer for nothing.have the correct drivers installed and everything.running Windows
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umlguy said:
"there's a good reason" is somewhat subjective. To me the great benefit to the more general usb mass storage option is so you can connect the phone to any device as if it were a usb flash drive. No driver issues, no worries about camera or MTP mode, no Mac issues, no linux issues, no Windows issues ... it's just a usd flash drive and can be treated as such. I am ok with the side affect of auto-unmounting the sdcard from Android when I connect the phone to another device to use as noted USB drive.
Is there in fact any way this will ever come back?
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There was an app someone made for the GS3 that did some filesystem trickery to expose the storage as UMS (needed root). I'm sure something like that will come around that works on the GS4 too.
I had the same issue until I installed Kies, no issues after that
TheAtheistOtaku said:
I can't get my phone to show up on my computer for nothing.have the correct drivers installed and everything.running Windows
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umlguy said:
"there's a good reason" is somewhat subjective. To me the great benefit to the more general usb mass storage option is so you can connect the phone to any device as if it were a usb flash drive. No driver issues, no worries about camera or MTP mode, no Mac issues, no linux issues, no Windows issues ... it's just a usd flash drive and can be treated as such. I am ok with the side affect of auto-unmounting the sdcard from Android when I connect the phone to another device to use as noted USB drive.
Is there in fact any way this will ever come back?
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How could anyone possibly know if it will come back, especially "in fact?" My guess is you would have to ask Samsung that question to get anything other than a guess or an opinion (which would be NO) but it's not "in fact" just "in an opinion."
I jumped from an S2 to the S4 and was also annoyed that USB mass storage wouldn't work either. Since I use Linux as my desktop, MTP is not an option "out-of-the-box". I therefor turned to an awesome app (that I heard about on this site!), Airdroid. Now I was able to quickly get an album/picture/book datastore onto a shiny new 32GB microSD! And yes, I know I could have put the microSD into a slot on my laptop, etc., but I shouldn't have to, just because I choose to use Linux!
I mean, its rather ironic not to be able to use Linux to connect to Linux (android), don't you think? If I'm completely wrong about this, please someone point me to the right path.
Thanks
There is a "hack" to allow the external to be read as UMS. Also, the internal sdcard is no longer yaffs2 its ext4 and only linux knows ext4. So if you were to use UMS, only a linux computer would "see" the sd card and nothing else.
elesbb said:
There is a "hack" to allow the external to be read as UMS. Also, the internal sdcard is no longer yaffs2 its ext4 and only linux knows ext4. So if you were to use UMS, only a linux computer would "see" the sd card and nothing else.
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elesbb,
That's awesome news! Thanks for the tip. I use opensuse (currently 12.3) with kde, will definitely make the necessary tweaks to get this going in dolphin.
Thanks again!
Ignore. Posted in wrong thread.
If you are rooted and busybox installed yes there are lot of apps on play store that can convert your externel SD Card to Mass storage.
Anybody have USB mass storage working? How about MTP? For the life of me can't find the answers. Tried the app on the play store 'SG USB MAS STORAGE ENABLER' but it only shows the sdcard as a CD drive and can't write to it.
Please help
mex2309 said:
Anybody have USB mass storage working? How about MTP? For the life of me can't find the answers. Tried the app on the play store 'SG USB MAS STORAGE ENABLER' but it only shows the sdcard as a CD drive and can't write to it.
Please help
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Assuming that you are trying to connect to a computer,
USB Mass Storage does not work.
MTP Works, if you are not seeing your device after connecting to computer , then might need to install required drivers, or install samsung kies and that should install the drivers for you...
I have a SanDisk 64G XC micro SD card. Writes and reads no problem
Also USB (female) to micro OTB cable that allows me to use my 128 GB thumb drive, but not all of them.
mex2309 said:
Anybody have USB mass storage working? How about MTP? For the life of me can't find the answers. Tried the app on the play store 'SG USB MAS STORAGE ENABLER' but it only shows the sdcard as a CD drive and can't write to it.
Please help
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Yes with my custom rom and kernel. I can connect any usb mass storage without a problem.
I think that OP asks about the option of connecting the device to PC in mass storage mode, i.e. just like normal pendrive, instead of the MTP/PTP protocols.
As far as i have found, it is possible only for the external storage, with help of dedicated app - there is a thread somewhere on xda, don't remember details, but hope it should be easy to find.
P.S. on Note 1 with Samsung stock ICS it was just a matter of running a startup script, don't know if it would work for Note 8
p107r0 said:
I think that OP asks about the option of connecting the device to PC in mass storage mode, i.e. just like normal pendrive, instead of the MTP/PTP protocols.
As far as i have found, it is possible only for the external storage, with help of dedicated app - there is a thread somewhere on xda, don't remember details, but hope it should be easy to find.
P.S. on Note 1 with Samsung stock ICS it was just a matter of running a startup script, don't know if it would work for Note 8
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My device is rooted, I'm not as concerned with USB mass storage. I just want MTP to work. I tried uninstalling all drivers and installing KIES.
I tried uninstalling all USB devices and restarting windows 7 to install them back. I tried downloading the using the Note 8 tool kit to install them and NO success installing the MTP drivers. I tried a different computer and it works!
Any suggestions to getting it work on my computer???
mex2309 said:
My device is rooted, I'm not as concerned with USB mass storage. I just want MTP to work. I tried uninstalling all drivers and installing KIES.
I tried uninstalling all USB devices and restarting windows 7 to install them back. I tried downloading the using the Note 8 tool kit to install them and NO success installing the MTP drivers. I tried a different computer and it works!
Any suggestions to getting it work on my computer???
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Seems i missed a well. I'm afraid I can't help much with MTP problem, the only two suggestions that come to mind are: try on another PC to make sure it's not a device, secondly - on my Note MTP started to behave only after I installed the latest Samsung USB drivers (probably found somewhere on xda).
can anyone please tell me how to mount storage as mass storage. I tried stick mount app but it does not work too.please help...
Ameer Shimoga said:
can anyone please tell me how to mount storage as mass storage. I tried stick mount app but it does not work too.please help...
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You must have root to use Stickmount, without root your only hope is Nexus Media Importer, and it does not really mount so much as access.
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You must have root to use Stickmount, without root your only hope is Nexus Media Importer, and it does not really mount so much as access.
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I am rooted. when I press the mount as mass storage it says that I am not connected with any system.
Ameer Shimoga said:
I am rooted. when I press the mount as mass storage it says that I am not connected with any system.
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Hard reboot your device then try this testing app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homesoft.otgtroubshooter&hl=en
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Hard reboot your device then try this testing app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homesoft.otgtroubshooter&hl=en
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I not asking about otg cable connection. I can do that with any custom from.I'm asking about the tablet's internal memory to be connected has mass storage
Ameer Shimoga said:
I not asking about otg cable connection. I can do that with any custom from.I'm asking about the tablet's internal memory to be connected has mass storage
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Then why were you trying to use stickmount? That has nothing to do with what you are doing, it is used for otg.
Just plug the tablet in, install the drivers, and that's all there is to it. If that's not working, then you either have a driver issue, or usb ppt or cable issue.
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Then why were you trying to use stickmount? That has nothing to do with what you are doing, it is used for otg.
Just plug the tablet in, install the drivers, and that's all there is to it. If that's not working, then you either have a driver issue, or usb ppt or cable issue.
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MTP is working fine. but I want to mount my internal memory has mass storage you know for faster file transfer.
Ameer Shimoga said:
MTP is working fine. but I want to mount my internal memory has mass storage you know for faster file transfer.
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If you mean mount the internal at / to your PC, I think what you're wanting was removed, you may have to find an alternate method. You can also use adb push/pull.
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If you mean mount the internal at / to your PC, I think what you're wanting was removed, you may have to find an alternate method. You can also use adb push/pull.
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Thanks for your reply by the way
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Thanks for your reply by the way
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No worries.
downloaded it from the play store and installed it on my I747.
When I open it its saying it needs to be installed on my device. I click install and the only thing ive been seeing for the past 5 minutes is Busybox is installing...
Maybe it needs a rooted rom??
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Maybe it needs a rooted rom??
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My ROM is already Rooted with SuperSU installed....
Its just a stock rooted ROM....
mrnapolean1 said:
My ROM is already Rooted with SuperSU installed....
Its just a stock rooted ROM....
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Have you gone into Settings > Security and checked Unknown Sources to allow installation of apps from sources other than play store?
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Have you gone into Settings > Security and checked Unknown Sources to allow installation of apps from sources other than play store?
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Yes.
What Im trying to do is to get my external 32GB SD card to connect to my PC via Mass storage because my PC does not fully support the MTP connection method.
It doesn't support PTP at all.
So I am trying to connect my external storage as Mass storage (kinda like a flash drive.)
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What Im trying to do is to get my external 32GB SD card to connect to my PC via Mass storage because my PC does not fully support the MTP connection method.
It doesn't support PTP at all.
So I am trying to connect my external storage as Mass storage (kinda like a flash drive.)
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Okay, I have not had trouble with that, so no experience in connecting. (My linux laptops and desktops have always automagically detected the internal and external sdcards.) I asked what I did above because the Busybox installer by Stericson that I use will not install w/o allowing Unknown Sources, but that's not your issue.