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I picked up my tab this morning and have had a hell of a time mounting it as USB storage to transfer movies and pics ect... but I figured it out so I thought I'd share with the XDA community simply because there really isnt anything out there that I could find on Google.
1. download USB drivers from samsung: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/ga...eration+-+10.1+Tab_Galaxy+Tab_galaxy+tab+10.1
2. install drivers
3. reboot pc
4. turn off usb debugging... VERY IMPORTANT AS IT IS ENABLED BY DEFAULT
5. plug in via usb
6. enjoy!!
If it works for you please hit the "thanks" button
Worked like a charm for me bro. . Thanks!
jhild352 said:
4. turn off usb debugging... VERY IMPORTANT AS IT IS ENABLED BY DEFAULT
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worked for me. USB debugging. Who would have thought?
Freaking TouchWiz... With stock android you can use debugging AND mass storage mode. STOP IT SAMSUNG!
Still didnt work for me. Found issue with hardware error from windwos :/. This is such a pain.
ObsidianX said:
Freaking TouchWiz... With stock android you can use debugging AND mass storage mode. STOP IT SAMSUNG!
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hate to break it to you big guy, there is no touchwiz loaded on the 10.1 yet
not sure why this is such an issue getting this thing connected to the PC
Works to transfer "recognized" files extensions. However things like .mkv or .mpg make windows explorer crash. When I transferred an avi file it wanted to convert it. Seriously, WTF samsung? I loved your stuff but this is a bit much. I should be able to treat it like an SD card.
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Works to transfer "recognized" files extensions. However things like .mkv or .mpg make windows explorer crash. When I transferred an avi file it wanted to convert it. Seriously, WTF samsung? I loved your stuff but this is a bit much. I should be able to treat it like an SD card.
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Been having the same problem. Transferring .wmv or .mov files makes my pc crash. Although I was able to plug it into a different pc and it was automatically recognized as USB and worked fine. I wonder if it has anything to do with my galaxy s drivers.
It works, but not as a removable storage device. It sees it as a portable device, which isn't as good.
This is pretty useless.. it's treated like Apple treats their devices... as some kind of media device and not just a regular drive.
Looks like a large oversight on Samsung's side.. can be easily fixed, luckily.
What are you lot talking about?
You do, unfortunately, need latest version of kies installed, USB debugging switched off, plug the thing in and is recognised as a removable drive... you don't need to use kies but is just active in the background and displayed on screen of tab...
All files transfer no problem including .mkv .AVI etc. If your explorer crashes it is a problem with explorer... sometimes caused by other software that is integrated into explorer contextual menus...ie if you have a bootcamp Mac with macdrive installed the explorer pane ( tree listing) will always crash explorer if you try to copy and paste from there... you have to do it from the large pane on right...
Hope this helps
Forgot to say if you're having driver problems the latest is here
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/GT-P7510UWVXAB
Install drivers from executable file downloaded from above...
When you connect your tab Best way to ensure satisfactory installation is to ignore " found new hardware blah blah, search for drivers blah blah" go to device manager find the non installed Samsung, right click and select update drivers, browse... the above installed drivers are in program files, Samsung, usb drivers... select USB drivers folder, validate et voila
Hi jhild352!
Honeycomb tablet cannot be mounted as mass storage, for the simple reason there is no more real sdcard formated in Fat32.
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /efs ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/fuse /mnt/sdcard fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
Everything is in Ext4, and sdcard is "emulated" via fuse.
That's why Honeycomb tablets use MTP instead, which I agree sucks.
Wonder if anyone's figured out a way to get this ****er mounted in Mac.
Sorry for the potty mouth, I'm just annoyed @ Samsung, haha.
hehe
Yes this is true... my bad for wording it the wrong way. I simply ment that you could plug it into a PC and transfer pics/movies/song ect
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Kies works well for music, photos, and movies, but how would I go about putting a book on it without using dropbox? Why couldn't they just make it to where we could mount it as a drive like with an sdcard?! Samsung, you make everything overly difficult!
jhild352 said:
I picked up my tab this morning and have had a hell of a time mounting it as USB storage to transfer movies and pics ect... but I figured it out so I thought I'd share with the XDA community simply because there really isnt anything out there that I could find on Google.
1. download USB drivers from samsung: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/ga...eration+-+10.1+Tab_Galaxy+Tab_galaxy+tab+10.1
2. install drivers
3. reboot pc
4. turn off usb debugging... VERY IMPORTANT AS IT IS ENABLED BY DEFAULT
5. plug in via usb
6. enjoy!!
If it works for you please hit the "thanks" button
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Excatly the same way that it works on the Xoom, funny that has been such a big issue. (ok on the xoom it works also with the debugging on)
On the upside, the new ext4-based arrangement gives Honeycomb a unified internal storage, which is really great. Avoids the whole business of contention, and mounting internal storage that the device may be using for other things. Allows proper permissions to be applied. I don't particularly have an issue with MTP either, for media transfers. Obviously this isn't an issue with cloud-based ways of getting media onto the device, which is the way things are heading.
But I think this is why having an SD card slot is still valuable, and Sammy made a mistake not putting one in the Gtab10.1 - using SD card you can just pop some movies onto your tablet from your PC, or have multiple SD cards at the ready - same for having a blank SD at the ready for updates. It's a far better arrangement than mounting internal storage, IMHO.
I know its not really the solution to the issue but an obvious workaround would be wifi file explorer? I think I remember even using adhock and then using the PC browser to upload and download the files. Not ideal but atleast enables quick updates of media and such.
If its only got ext4 its never going to mount in dozzz no later the drivers/programs ect. I had a hell of a time trying to get some media of a popcornhour a-100.. long story short ended up just ftp'ing everything off. Hey what about andftp too?
Or a live Linux distro might do the trick.. lol six to one on any time savings but could work??
AFTERTHOUGHT: Hmm I'm wondering if android commander would cope? I'm sure I've used it on a ext4 ROM and pushed stuff into the system partition. Or is that trickery on its part? I'd have a crack... but I'm on my p1000 for a little longer... :-(
Also perhaps; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952456
thanks, now we just need a fix for mac!
I have been playing with the "Files" app on my new Droid Bionic but cannot figure out how to make it see files (i.e. documents) on my PC (Windows 7). When I go to Files => Shared folders => Add Server => Scan for server, it will show the IP addresses of all my networked computers. If I click on one of the IP addresses is will say "Server is not reachable". I was able to see the files on a networked printer that has a built-in card reader (with an SD card installed) so I know that it will work.
Any help would be great. I would love to be able to see and download documents from my PC to my Bionic without plugging in the USB.
Well one easy way is just add the folders to the zumocast app. Bam! Available anywhere anytime to view or download.
This problem has to do with how the stock file app accesses the network when trying to connect to windows 7 64bit.
The fix requires changing some line in your windows registry.
What I recommend is using estrongs, file manager or the astro file manager.
All of those 3 are after market apps that can access your PC just fine without you having to change anything in your registry.
If your away from home and your PC just happens to be online, I recommend using zumocast like the last user suggested.
You won't be able to copy files to your PC with it, but you can still access your files with no problem.
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Thanks for these suggestions. I had not gotten around to installing Zumocast because I thought it was just for streaming media which I can also do with DLNA. Zumocast does, indeed, work very well. It is great to have access to any files in my Documents folder. It would be rare for me to want to send a file to my computer but if I need to there is always Dropbox.
Thanks again for everyone's help.
Hi, I'm wandering how to mount USB drive on my brand new 4x.
I really need to sync my Handy Safe data with my PC, but even if I tried all the connection option available I wasn't able to sync them.
Any help really appreciated, thanks.
RRunner3 said:
Hi, I'm wandering how to mount USB drive on my brand new 4x.
I really need to sync my Handy Safe data with my PC, but even if I tried all the connection option available I wasn't able to sync them.
Any help really appreciated, thanks.
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No way???
I use android file transfer on my mac, in mtp mode works fine..
Its like an adb gui really with drag'n'drop..
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I think what he 'is looking for is a USB Host feature. I don't think that the 4xHD can do that out of the box...
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I think what he 'is looking for is a USB Host feature. I don't think that the 4xHD can do that out of the box...
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Yes, I have an application (Handy Safe, password/info secure storage) I used on symbian and on my 2x before.
You have a mobile apk and a desktop one, and you can sync the datas between them.
Normally I had no problem on changing phone (or ROM), just because I could sync back all my data from my desktop.
Now, on 4x, the desktop application can't sync data because he is not able to find the drive where the mobile database is!
I'm quite desperate about this, I had many many infos on that program, and I'll hate to digit those infos again on the phone...
I found a solution from the net if you still have problem, just copy the 3 files from epocware directory from pc to phones internal card where it is installed .Your data is transferred.
EDIT: Re-editing my post to remove the rant.
Basically, MTP ignores folders with .nomedia files in them... very short sighted.
Just wondering if there are any good alternatives out there, and what people prefer, other than just rebooting to recovery to mount USB?
I use wireless transfer apps like Samba. You can set it up on your network and browse the touchpad just like another directory.
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-SGA- said:
I use wireless transfer apps like Samba. You can set it up on your network and browse the touchpad just like another directory.
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True, that does work. I have been using Android Commander, which freezes sometimes... and doesn't like to connect over USB, so I have to use WiFi.
I guess what I'm hoping for is something that will work over USB which is a little faster for transfers than WiFi, which can be pretty slow for larger files.
The reason MTP ignores other files is because it stands for Media Transfer Protocol.
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The reason MTP ignores other files is because it stands for Media Transfer Protocol.
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Yeah, I think I'm smart enough to figure that out.
Don't care. It is insufficient, because it makes it very difficult to manage the SD Card as a filesystem, forcing use of 3rd party utilities. I've heard all of Google's excuses for ending support of USB Mass Storage mode, but in the end, they did not give us a workable alternative.
The reason I use a .nomedia file is because I'd rather not have thousands of images from manga/comics, etc, show up in my Gallery app.
lotherius said:
Yeah, I think I'm smart enough to figure that out.
Don't care. It is insufficient, because it makes it very difficult to manage the SD Card as a filesystem, forcing use of 3rd party utilities. I've heard all of Google's excuses for ending support of USB Mass Storage mode, but in the end, they did not give us a workable alternative.
The reason I use a .nomedia file is because I'd rather not have thousands of images from manga/comics, etc, show up in my Gallery app.
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Well i don't know how smart you are and was just trying to be helpful ,its not often I get told for trying . I will try to be more careful/refrain before offering any advice in the future.
I use FTP to transfer files from PC to my touchpad vise versa first install ES file explorer from Play Store, go to settings> remote settings> turn on remote manage> set the parameters
Use filezilla on your PC to enter the IP add of your touchpad>quick connect and you can access your tablet files
I use Android Sync Manager over WiFi (Free in the Play Store and a free download for the PC) which lets me transfer back & forth over a WiFi network connection.
OK I will try again there is an app called USB Mass Storage Watcher. I have just installed it and put a tick in Mount mass storage automatically. Now when I connect to my PC although the tablet says connected as media device when I open the USB SD card on my computer I am able to see all files and tested by transferring a 1.3 g backup file to my desktop.
Maybe this helps ?
Hi, I am trying to transfer a video from phone to Mac. Both ways fail.
1. Whilst I can open Android File Transfer on my Mac and can transfer files, I cannot get into the DCIM>Camera folder. I see a spinning cursor then the app closes with the error:
Can't access device storage
Make sure your device is unlocked and "File Transfer" or "MTP" mode is enabled
My device is unlocked and file transfer is enabled.
2. Using MTP mode (by pulling down the phone notification and choosing "Transfer images" the phone appears in Apple Photos as "SM-N950U1". However the photo section is blank, despite my having many on the phone.
Great camera but I can't access the videos for editing. Please note I'm not looking for other cloud methods, I want to do it via USB cable as it is MUCH faster.
Thank you.
this is a MAC issue more than a phone issue i would think.
Are your files on sd card or local storage?
if on internal storage, try to copy one of the videos in an other location. maybe in the download folder? (using phones file manager)
there are also good wifi/http server file sharing apps, if computer and phone are on same LAN, you create an http site via an app and simply use a browser on your mac to access phone via LAN ip adress. it is acctualy quite convenient.
bober10113 said:
this is a MAC issue more than a phone issue i would think.
Are your files on sd card or local storage?
if on internal storage, try to copy one of the videos in an other location. maybe in the download folder? (using phones file manager)
there are also good wifi/http server file sharing apps, if computer and phone are on same LAN, you create an http site via an app and simply use a browser on your mac to access phone via LAN ip adress. it is acctualy quite convenient.
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Thanks. Turns out there were too many files for the file transfer to load the folder. I cleaned some out and it worked.
Still can't access in image transfer mode though, which would be ideal.
They're in local storage.
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CJSnet said:
Thanks. Turns out there were too many files for the file transfer to load the folder. I cleaned some out and it worked.
Still can't access in image transfer mode though, which would be ideal.
They're in local storage.
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videos will never be available in PTP(picture transfer protocol)
this is normal hence the name.
bober10113 said:
videos will never be available in PTP(picture transfer protocol)
this is normal hence the name.
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Oh. It says "media" on the drop down. I'm pretty sure I've seen videos there before. Either way, I don't even see my pictures there now.
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mtp should show everything but ptp will only yeild pictures. but as you said, seeing nothing dosent make sense.