Hello,
I did not find any answer for my question and I'm not sure wif this is the right place to ask it.
I'm looking for an android app, which enables an android device to acces to the internal memeory as well as the external SD of an Samsung Galaxy S III via USB without unmounting the external device, similiar to windows explorer.
Is there any app which can provide this function.
Best regards
Dietmar
there cannot, and will never be such an app.
internal storage can never be accessed via mass storage. and the external storage has to be unmounted
Glebun said:
there cannot, and will never be such an app.
internal storage can never be accessed via mass storage. and the external storage has to be unmounted
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I think you are wrong.
When i connect my SGS3 or my Samsung Galaxy Tab to a Windows PC via USB i get on the Samsung device the message "Connected as Mediadevice" The external SD as well as the interal memory are still acessable on the Samsung device. On the PC the Samsung will be shown as new folder in the foder "Computer" (in german langange pack) See attached image.
On the PC i can access both the internal memory and the external SD without unmounting the on the Samsung.
The Winows Mediaplayer can access both as well.
I'm looking for an android app, which can provide the same. If i connect the Samsung to an other android device which hast USB Host I get the mesaage on the Samsung, the there as no application on the connected device found which is able to use the Samsung as media server.
yeah, that's the MTP protocol, and you're asking for mass storage
Glebun said:
yeah, that's the MTP protocol, and you're asking for mass storage
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Thank you for your answer.
Is there an app which can handle the MTP protocol like windows is able?
I found a lot of apps, that can change the USB mode from MTP to mass storage, but this is not what I want. I'd prefer an app on the device wich is USB Host, that can handle the MTP protocol.
probably not. you can always search though
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description: During file transfer from my PC to my Diamond the process was stuck, then sot reset i have looked on my diamond and couldn't find Internal Storage via file explorer.
via memory manager there is a message of " Internal Storage: not installed".
i dont have backup of Internal storage and i don't want to format it. how i can safe my Diamond?
thx
Internal Storage disappears when you connect USB
Hi
When you connect USB, you get two options - Disk Drive and Active Sync. If you connect as Disk Drive, the PC takes over and it cannot be seen inside the explorer of Diamond. Better connect with Active Sync for transferring data.
this works try it. google htc diamond internal storage hot fix.
I also have the problem that the internals storage can not be found anymore. I tried everything including double hard reset,... - internal storage could not be formated because it was not found or "not installed". I can connect my Diamond to the PC via ActiveSync but not as a storage device (harddisc).
Cant`t install the sprint hotfix on my german Diamond either (wrong device message).
There is a chance that your internal storage is infected by some virus. The virus for windows desktop versions might not affect Windows mobile, certain times, it could block you from accessing your internal storage.
I had this issue with my Symbian phone (nokia N91), where i got infected by an autorun.inf file, and symbian was unable to access data from the builtin harddrive.
I had this problem last night. Here's how I fixed it:
Connect the phone via USB, and select Disk Drive.
Go into Windows Explorer and wait for the drive to show up. Don't try opening it!
Just right click the drive and wait... When I did this, this step took 10 minutes!
When the menu finally loads up, click Format.
You should be able to leave the defaults that come up. But here's the settings to the best of my memory.
Format: Fat 32, Allocation: 4032 (or something like that), check Quick Format then click Format. And wait some more...
For more info read: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=67255&highlight=lost+internal+storage
Post #7 was helpful.
Hi,
is MTP suppose to be faster for transfer of file to my micro sd card than when I mount my phone as usb mass storage?
I tried to transfer a 350mb file using MTP and it took about 25s while using usb mass storage it took about 1min 10s.
I also notice that for usb mass storage, the transfer speed is about 5MB/s which is half of my micro sd card rated speed.
I am currently using Criskelo v11.2 with speedmod k3-13. Thank you
shanex88 said:
Hi,
is MTP suppose to be faster for transfer of file to my micro sd card than when I mount my phone as usb mass storage?
I tried to transfer a 350mb file using MTP and it took about 25s while using usb mass storage it took about 1min 10s.
I also notice that for usb mass storage, the transfer speed is about 5MB/s which is half of my micro sd card rated speed.
I am currently using Criskelo v11.2 with speedmod k3-13. Thank you
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Yes while using MTP you will feel the difference it is far superior than Mass storage mode. Read/Writes Faster
sahilarora2003 said:
Yes while using MTP you will feel the difference it is far superior than Mass storage mode. Read/Writes Faster
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sahil, i wanted to ask about a problem im having, when i connect to pc and want to transfer big files theres a message on my Note saying synchronising . It goes on endlessly. It kind of freezes the phone and if I want to transfer a file the pc says N7000 is busy. I think this is in MTP. I can delete / transfer small files but not big winzip rom files from sd card !
what should i do ?
sahilarora2003 said:
Yes while using MTP you will feel the difference it is far superior than Mass storage mode. Read/Writes Faster
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Oic. Thank you for the reply. I keep getting the impression that mass storage mode suppose to be faster.
rraaka said:
sahil, i wanted to ask about a problem im having, when i connect to pc and want to transfer big files theres a message on my Note saying synchronising . It goes on endlessly. It kind of freezes the phone and if I want to transfer a file the pc says N7000 is busy. I think this is in MTP. I can delete / transfer small files but not big winzip rom files from sd card !
what should i do ?
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In external SD card?
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In external SD card?
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yes , i was trying that
In any case int/ext mass storage mode should be fast, if you start time from copy command to finish paste. Basically mtp initiation is slow.Though difference varies with number of files as well size of files.
Mtp - android handles input output, while mass.storage - works from block level. u can access just like partition of os.
MTP i think still not wotks with Linux.
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hi, i have a samsung captivate running android 2.1, i finally managed to root it with a update package, though, this phone is old, and does not clockwork mod (free version) in the market . therefore, im trying to sideload the free version of clockwork mod with android sideload wonder machine ( AT&T blocked installation of unknown services on this device) , though whenever i mount my external SD my computer wont recognize it( nothing pops up and i cant find the SD card on the computer). any advice/ tips? im using the orginal cable, installed driver many times and restarted many times thanks!
Guys! please help!
I highly recommend you update to at least stock Gingerbread; that way you will be able to sideload apps without any hassle, plus you'll be up to date in general. When you activate USB mass storage from the device, you don't need to mount the external sd separately. They should appear on your computer as 2 removable drives, or sometimes Samsung likes to hide the external sd in a folder called "external-sd" that shows up on your internal.
agree, re recommendation to go GB or at least froyo. is the external_sd folder visible in the phone and does it see the real card?
even when my phone was new, running froyo stock unrooted, and I had never put an external sd in the device, the folder existed, but it was only a placeholder for mounting an sd card.
you can check settings, sd storage, to see if the phone mounted the external sd properly.
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korockinout13 said:
I highly recommend you update to at least stock Gingerbread; that way you will be able to sideload apps without any hassle, plus you'll be up to date in general. When you activate USB mass storage from the device, you don't need to mount the external sd separately. They should appear on your computer as 2 removable drives, or sometimes Samsung likes to hide the external sd in a folder called "external-sd" that shows up on your internal.
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i cant update though, the computer wont recognize my device nothing shows up on the computer when i plug it in, it only charges the phone
try a different usb port on the computer?
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Hi.
I installed in my tablet SAmsung Tab S2 t-815 the recovery TWRP and I have done ROOT. I have also backed up my original ROM and the entire system inside the internal memory by not having SD card.
The issue is that now since I installed the recovery when I connect the tablet to Windows 7 I do not recognize the mass storage or internal memory. What I can do? Is there any way for windows to still recognize usb mass storage after having the TWRP? For me it is very important to exchange files between the tablet and windows almost daily and now I can not.
Thank you very much!!!!!!!
jormami said:
Hi.
I installed in my tablet SAmsung Tab S2 t-815 the recovery TWRP and I have done ROOT. I have also backed up my original ROM and the entire system inside the internal memory by not having SD card.
The issue is that now since I installed the recovery when I connect the tablet to Windows 7 I do not recognize the mass storage or internal memory. What I can do? Is there any way for windows to still recognize usb mass storage after having the TWRP? For me it is very important to exchange files between the tablet and windows almost daily and now I can not.
Thank you very much!!!!!!!
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Not TWRP related. Your issue is likely drivers. Check you have the Samsung USB drivers installed and MTP enabled on your device. Also check the driver the driver being used in Device manager when the device is connected. It should be MTP not ADB.
Hi.
I have a problem with enabling mass storage in my HTC One mini 2
I Used UMS Enabler but it didn't work at all.
Is there anyway to Enable it??
I believe you are talking about enabling mass storage for PC to transfer between devices, correct me if wrong.
Once the HTC drivers are installed, and phone connected to PC it should automatically enable mass storage.
tryllz said:
I believe you are talking about enabling mass storage for PC to transfer between devices, correct me if wrong.
Once the HTC drivers are installed, and phone connected to PC it should automatically enable mass storage.
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I want to enable it for minitool partition (for Link2SD).
The Drivers are installed. I can use it as MTP but i can not use it as mass storage
Sorry, I'm not familiar with this..