I'm trying to format a usb so that I can copy files from my macbook to plug into my shield, why isnt this a simple task....omg.....secondly is there an app like appstofire that works for phone to shield....thankyou
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I must be doing something wrong. My previous Android phones, I plug into computer via USB and mount it and just drag and drop files. This one you plug it in and gives you the option of MTP and PTP and won't let me move over a lot of types of files. I need to be able to move zips like a ROM over to the phone and it says file type not supported or some such and give me the option to skip or cancel the transfer. So it gives me no option to transfer. What do I need to be doing? Thanks.
There's no USB Mass Storage, the Galaxy Nexus has 1 unpartitioned storage space and requires MTP to transfer. It cannot be mounted or changed to be mountable.
Most issues with transferring via MTP arise with people using improper drivers.
I use an FTP server app on my phone (SwiFTP, but I don't see it in the Play Store atm) and filezilla on my PC. It caan also be done via adb or various apps such as AirDroid.
I forgot I do have Wifi file explorer so I'm uploading that way now.
Let me precede this by saying, yes, I've plugged my phone into the USB port of my Windows 7 computer and yes I can see SAMSUNG-SM-N910V under Portal Devices on my computer, and it shows Portable Media Player right under it. I double click onto it, and I can Read/Write to the contents of the Phone and Card folders.
Using the app ES File Explorer on my phone, I see I basically have 3 root folders on my phone. Two of them are basically the same as Phone and Card, as mentioned above. The third one, is simply called "/". Is there a way to see this folder on my PC, or do I need root access on my phone to do so?
I am unlocked and rooted on my new OP3. I installed the oneplus drivers and have Vista on my laptop. I have USB debugging on and switched to File Transfer MTP mode after plugging in the phone cable.
I can view files on the phone in internal memory, delete files on the phone, and copy files from the phone to the PC using a windows explorer dual pane alternative, like xplorer2. But I cannot copy a file from the PC to the phone. The phone appears as a portable media player with the internal storage labeled as 'generic hierarchical'. I wonder if this has something to do with it. Maybe these dual pane explorers need to see the phone as NTFS format for this to work. Does anyone know: Is the phone supposed to appear as a portable media player in Windows? Or do I have a problem with having the wrong drivers?
The reason why it seems like the drivers are okay is that using the standard windows explorer, I can copy a file from the PC to the phone--just not with an explorer alternative.
I'm in such a habit of using a dual pane explorer, I'd like to try to fix this if possible. Has anyone else been able to copy files to the Oneplus 3 using a dual pane explorer? Does your phone appear as something other than a portable media player? Or do I need to resign myself to use the standard windows explorer?
I finally fixed it. Seems to be my network adapters were using google dns servers. So this fixed my issue: http://ecross.mvps.org/howto/enable-netbios-over-tcp-ip-with-windows.htm.
When plugging in the USB cable to the computer and selecting "Transfer Files" nothing happens, should I be able to move files back and forth this way or not?
Yes. It's works fine for me.
My config: MacBook Pro, removed the Samsung drivers+Software. Then installed Android File Transfer.
Plugging in, complained the phone was locked. Unlocked the phone and changed from Charging to Transfer Files on the notification bar.
Then on the laptop just browsed straight into the DCIM folder, copied a photo to the laptop. Renamed the file on the laptop and copied back. All fine.
Trying to copy files from my old phone to this new Mi 11 via PC, and it's like the PC doesn't have write access to the phone despite it being in USB File Transfer mode. If I try to copy files or create new ones like a test.txt file, it won't actually write anything. It's happened from both a Windows 10 and an Arch Linux computer so it seems to be isolated to the phone. I've tried toggling the USB File Transfer mode off and on but it didn't have any effect.
Can anyone advise how to fix this?
Is "USB File Transfer" MTP?
Have you tried just using adb push file somewhere
Are you trying to copy to /sdcard or are you trying to write to /data/data to restore app data?
It ended up working for no apparent reason, I'm not sure what happened or what fixed it, but it seems to be working now /shrug