Since I have installed this update I can no longer access the storage on my one via usb to pc? Before the update I would just plug the usb in and windows would ask if I wanted to open this mass storage device and I would just click yes and then I was in. Now there is nothing. I tried explorer but cant gain access that way either. Is there something I need to install or change in the phones settings now? Also what the hell is MTP mode? Running stock 4.3 now and was stock 4.2.2 before this update. Do I need to update a driver on my pc now to accommodate 4.3? I am drawing a blank now as to what the deal is??? Can someone please point me in the right direction? And yes I have tried different usb cables
MTP mode is what google uses since 4.2. basically instead of the phone dividing up the available memory for apps / storage it now puts all available storage together for you to use what you need it for. before you would get phones with 8gb storage and 1gb would be dedicated to apps, 7gb for storage. when you installed too many apps you would run out of room on the 1gb and start trying to figure out how you could move apps to sd-card to get more storage, etc... now with MTP you don't have that issue. there is no preset to how much storage can be used for what.
you should not need any additional drivers other than what windows will automatically install when a new device is plugged in. also, my phone shows as a device now in explorer and not as a drive letter.
is it possible when you plugged your phone in via usb cable that you accidentally cancelled the new device install? perhaps you can go to your device manager with the phone plugged in and see if there are any devices with an yellow ! point and then try to reinstall drivers for that device.
I don't understand. MTP mode is the only way that the HTC One ever interacted with a PC. To my knowledge, Google removed USB Mass Storage as of JB 4.1
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?
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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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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.
I have a WD My Passport 2TB USB drive. It WAS working fine, I plug it into my PC and my tablet and then yesterday afternoon I started getting the error "USB storage is blank or has unsupported filesystem". I might have unplugged it from android without clicking to safely remove it.
Key info:
-It works fine on my PC, and I did a tools and Error-checking on my PC on the drive and it found now errors. And I deleted files on the drive related to Android
-It's NTFS format.
-I have restarted the tablet, cleared the cache partition.
-Any other USB drive works fine on the tablet.
-IT DID WORK GREAT UNTIL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Any thoughts? are there any files within android related to a specific USB deviced that could be locked/corrupt I can delete that might clear this?
This had happened before on a different tablet/different USB device and power cycling the tablet cleared the problem.
Could there be a setting issue that has changed that is stopping the Passport from getting the power it needs?
No one had any thoughts on this?....
does all other ntfs drives don't read too?
does all other ntfs drives don't read too?
Per HTC support, the HTC One M9 has USB OTG features "suppressed". Is there any relatively easy way to get this phone to recognize and support a USB connected device via OTG cable (external hard drive, Flash Drive, Card Reader, etc.).
I have the Developer Options turned on and have also changed the USB setting in those options to MTP (it does seem to revert back to Charge Only periodically). I have also tried turning USB debugging on and off. Every device i've tried works just fine on other Android 6.0 devices (Samsung Tablet, friend's Samsung phone, etc.) and even on my wife's 3 yr old HTC phone, all without issues.
For the record, I'm just a newbie. I simply want to be able to move files to USB connected external storage and use a card reader to view pictures, etc.
I have ES File Explorer loaded. When I plug in a USB card reader or flashdrive it pops up ES File Explorer but then fails to open the USB drive. Also, under Storage - the USB device is never listed when plugged in.
Any guidance would be appreciated. It ticks me off that something so simple is not easily plug and play on this phone.
Thanks,
Scott
That's weird. I'm on 6.0 but I've got otg working fine with my SanDisk USB 3.0 otg drive and my portable hdd with a otg cable and I can transfer files just fine.
I want to be able to move documents between my Gemini and my laptop without emailing them to myself.
However, when I plug a USB drive into the Gemini it say's it's not formatted correctly, so can't access the memory.
Do I need to get a new USB-c thumb drive and plug it into the Gemini first? and if I do that, will it then say it's the wrong format to work with the laptop?
Solution?
Thanks!