Hi all, can anyone sort this -
When i connect via usb i choose 'disk drive' to transfer files/music etc to the phone. Everty time i try to transfer anything it says on the PC (windows xp) 'cannot copy xxxx - the path is too deep'
Has anyone else had any problems or does anyone have any ideas? Thanks
My first reaction is to say that wherever you're trying to copy from or too has a long pathname. Are you trying to copy individual files or whole folders, and where are you trying to copy from/to (e.g. My Documents)?
Dark Fire said:
My first reaction is to say that wherever you're trying to copy from or too has a long pathname. Are you trying to copy individual files or whole folders, and where are you trying to copy from/to (e.g. My Documents)?
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It doesn't matter how long the filename is it still says it. I've tries individual files and full folders but still the same. And i've tried copying from/to all sorts of different places but still no joy???
Hmmm. Maybe the way that Windows is transferring files is malfunctioning. This is definitely an advanced problem, which requires an expert.
*Waits for expert*
First of all, try another USB port. If that doesn't work, try this, in order. stop after the diamond works:
1- uninstall/reinstall activesync, then try accessing files with it.
2- Stop the Diamond usb drive by clicking the safely remove device icon. Then plug it again.
3- Uninstall all USB Root hub in your windows device manager, then reboot computer.
4- Hard Reset device.
5- Reinstall Windows
6- Return Device.
Can you try moving a file name with 8 chacters or less from your c:\ to the phone? Eg c:\song.mp3 to your phone
Also, what OS are you using? What file system does the phone 'disk' show up as in windows?
someone1234 said:
Can you try moving a file name with 8 chacters or less from your c:\ to the phone? Eg c:\song.mp3 to your phone
Also, what OS are you using? What file system does the phone 'disk' show up as in windows?
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It shows as fat32. ?
this simply means the files are under a folder tree with too deep or too long with characters. such as:
C:\My Documents and Settings\Andrew Loh\Documents\my structural folders\andrew loh\scanning\pdf\finanacial documents\banking stuff\hong kong bank\bank statement\date 2008-06-09\page 1\200806091211224412.pdf
Simpliest thing first.....take your diamond to another computer.....confirm if it's computer problem or diamond problem
andrewloh said:
this simply means the files are under a folder tree with too deep or too long with characters. such as:
C:\My Documents and Settings\Andrew Loh\Documents\my structural folders\andrew loh\scanning\pdf\finanacial documents\banking stuff\hong kong bank\bank statement\date 2008-06-09\page 1\200806091211224412.pdf
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Thats not the problem tho. I can't even transfer a file called pic1.jpg!
nokmond said:
Thats not the problem tho. I can't even transfer a file called pic1.jpg!
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It seems related to FAT system I guess.
Could you try to format the disk from PC when connected as DISK mode and try to copy file or folder again?
This might be helpful.
william_tai said:
It seems related to FAT system I guess.
Could you try to format the disk from PC when connected as DISK mode and try to copy file or folder again?
This might be helpful.
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Right - i've tried to transfer files from a different pc via 'disk mode' and it worked fine.
I can transfer stuff from mine via active sync but it takes ages transferring albums etc. It must be some setting on my computer causing the problem, although i don't have problems transferring things to sd cards etc. Any ideas?
For the love of God...
Hi All,
This seems like a very old problem but as far as I can tell, was never resolved or someone didn't share their solutions with the rest of us lovely newbies!
Unfortunately for me I am now having the same problem and after searching the forums it led me to this thread (along with two others that didn't have any difinitive answers either). When trying to copy anything that is within a folder from my comp (be it from a partitioned drive or the desktop of the root C: drive) I get the error "Cannot Copy ****ath is too deep".
After much trawling on the internet I found some third party software that should have solved the problem. No such luck , when using that I get a "semaphore timeout error". Next I try to direct extract from a .rar file to the internal memory and it tells me the reason it can't complete is that "the disk may be full".
As it stands now; I've formatted my phone's internal storage (and then had to transfer all programs one by one back over from my comp), enabled DMA transfer from the Device Manager in Windows XP and still no luck at all.
Could someone please shed some light on this as (as you could probably tell by the long winded post) I'm at my wit's end with this despite loving the phone in general!
Cheers in advance,
Night
I also have the same problem,
When i use activesync, big files like movies can only be put on the device itself, not the internal memory of 4g.
When i use the diskdrive option, the computer sees it als an usb storage, but files cannot be transferred, because of the "path is too deep" error.
in dutch it is called "pad is te lang", any options?
Also does someone know where to buy the official extended battery in Holland, because bol.com cannot deliver and other sites are way expensive.
Ok, just fixed it.
I turned off the activesync software in windows.
Connected the device to my usbconnector on the back of the pc (a 2.0 usbdrive)
Then it worked! Now 755 mb of .mp4 movie on the device...
i dont know if someone still got such a problem. I got it today and solved it with flashing an other rom on it from the Ruu.
nokmond said:
Hi all, can anyone sort this -
When i connect via usb i choose 'disk drive' to transfer files/music etc to the phone. Everty time i try to transfer anything it says on the PC (windows xp) 'cannot copy xxxx - the path is too deep'
Has anyone else had any problems or does anyone have any ideas? Thanks
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i had that problem too and nothing helped me...i fix that with easy solution----just try another usb port on your pc...that work for me
I installed nightly 2 some days prior...all working well..
From 6th nightly, file transfer is not possible to transfer files between pc and phone... (but previously only 1 time connected then also showed only some contents of sd card)
now on 7th nightly same problem and also voice search force closing and market telling msg, (no connection), even wifi is working better (after installing 7th nightly market worked for sometime, but after not working)
when connecting phone to windows pc, asking to install drivers...i am selecting and installing and clicking finish...but nothing is happening
plz check image 3 and 4...several times tried to install, but the same as image 3 & 4 (drivers not installing)
as my last attempt, I tried stock Gingerbread ROM...file transfer is perfectly working, but problem with this CM10
solution plz .. plz.. plz..
sekhar13515 said:
I installed nightly 2 some days prior...all working well..
From 6th nightly, file transfer is not possible to transfer files between pc and phone... (but previously only 1 time connected then also showed only some contents of sd card)
now on 7th nightly same problem and also voice search force closing and market telling msg, (no connection), even wifi is working better (after installing 7th nightly market worked for sometime, but after not working)
when connecting phone to windows pc, asking to install drivers...i am selecting and installing and clicking finish...but nothing is happening
plz check image 3 and 4...several times tried to install, but the same as image 3 & 4 (drivers not installing)
as my last attempt, I tried stock Gingerbread ROM...file transfer is perfectly working, but problem with this CM10
solution plz .. plz.. plz..
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oh my god...it is hard to change to a wireless connection?downlaod airdroid from google play and transfer files wireless,no such things like drivers or these ****s
I can't use Bluetooth on nightly 7
sorry for my bad English
I can't use Wi-Fi, due to extra cost
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Hi guys....if you had this problem ever...just disable ANDROID DEBUG option...then u can able to transfer files
And also another option for Windows users...install windows media player 10...u can connect the device to PC..
I solved my issue on own..by googling in XDA in Samsung Nexus thread...
My problem solved....moderators plz close this post
Hi guys I am here to ask for your help again. I am using tablet Asus MemoPad 7 ( ME176CX ) for two days and it's completely awesome. But I find one big issue. Why apps can't write on SD Card? I downloaded app called "Flud" and I tried to change download path to MicroSd/Downloads but app always says: "Selected directory is not writable." I can use only path MicroSD/Android/Data/... I didn't have this problem with my phone so I don't understand why I can't use my card. Second issue is similar. I bought USB OTG cable and I plugged my 16 gb usb in to the tablet. I was very disappointed when I found out that apps are unable to read usb storage. On Google Play I found only one app which works properly ( costs 4$) but it's still unable to write on directory. I wanted just change name of file but I can't . Is here anyone who can help me???
serious_man said:
Hi guys I am here to ask for your help again. I am using tablet Asus MemoPad 7 ( ME176CX ) for two days and it's completely awesome. But I find one big issue. Why apps can't write on SD Card? I downloaded app called "Flud" and I tried to change download path to MicroSd/Downloads but app always says: "Selected directory is not writable." I can use only path MicroSD/Android/Data/... I didn't have this problem with my phone so I don't understand why I can't use my card. Second issue is similar. I bought USB OTG cable and I plugged my 16 gb usb in to the tablet. I was very disappointed when I found out that apps are unable to read usb storage. On Google Play I found only one app which works properly ( costs 4$) but it's still unable to write on directory. I wanted just change name of file but I can't . Is here anyone who can help me???
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Which version of Android do you have on it? I heard certain versions only allow writing to the SD card. I love flud! You have great taste!
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I am using Android 4.4.2 (Asus released Lolipop version for this tablet but it has a lot of bugs so I am waiting with 4.4.2) and Flud is awesome :3 I used to use uTorent but Flud is way better.
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Most of explorer app can drive to external store. you can try "es explorer"
If this still troubles one way its factory reset your tab.
NOTE: you needed to update your tab firmware version to 182 at less. I have the same problem like you when I buy this tab, but after update its the installation going very well. no more trouble about external store
Use an app called: "SDFix: Kitkat Writable MocroSD", it changes some internal settings to enable external card. This needs root.
Hi recently i have update my motorola g2 to mashmello from lollipop after that i am facing some issues...
1.when i connect my g2 to my pc its show my external memory card but when i open it. Its shows empty folder on other side the phone memory works fine and when i open es explorer or any other file manger its shows my. External memory files there but not in pc..
2.whenever i plug my otg its shows that my pendrive has mount but when i open es Explorer or any other file manager it dosnt show my pendrive.. From the top when i select explorer my pendrive show all files but any others file manger cannot access it..
Plz help me to fix all this..
Sorry for bad English
1. After plugging your phone to your pc, scroll down your notifications, you will see usb for charging, you have to touch that for more options and then select transfer files (MTP)
2. Not sure about this one . hopefully someone else can help you out.
Note : I use an otg cable for sandisk flash drive and asus file manager detects it no problem.
Not working.
none of your solution are working for me as u say to select MTP from notification and still it shows only blank memory card and second i have installer asus filemanger but no luck with otg..thanks for your reply..
I use "Use USB for Marshmallow" Xposed module. Works like a dream, couldn't live without it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-usb-marshmallow-1-0-t3272072
I just got the Prime R1 HD 16gb today and did TWRP and root. The only issue I've had is for some reason if I move a file onto the phone from my PC with a USB cable, it wont show up. E.G. If I move a file to my downloads folder, it wont be there, but if I download the same file through the phone from the internet it works. I can still see the files I've moved onto the phone from the PC if I use a file explorer, but it wont let me do anything with them. I tried going into the TWRP menu and switched the system off of read only thinking that may help, but it seems to have not done a thing. Complete beginner when it comes to this kind of thing if it isn't obvious. Any ideas?
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I just got the Prime R1 HD 16gb today and did TWRP and root. The only issue I've had is for some reason if I move a file onto the phone from my PC with a USB cable, it wont show up. E.G. If I move a file to my downloads folder, it wont be there, but if I download the same file through the phone from the internet it works. I can still see the files I've moved onto the phone from the PC if I use a file explorer, but it wont let me do anything with them. I tried going into the TWRP menu and switched the system off of read only thinking that may help, but it seems to have not done a thing. Complete beginner when it comes to this kind of thing if it isn't obvious. Any ideas?
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That sounds familiar to the mtp "bug" Android has had for years.
The media storage database does not update when files are added from mtp.
Some work around that are listed are to use USB transfer instead. (Not used that one before)
Disconnect usb cable clear the data if the media storage app and force close it, then reconnect usb is should rescan the media and rebuild database.
Or just a reboot(I have done this and it usually works)