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How DO you access the 16gigs internal on PC?

I'm a Nexus One owner, previously G1/MyTouch3G also, so I'm no n00b.
With all Androids, if you have a microSD card, you just plug in the USB and you can mount the microSD card as a drive and copy stuff to it. Which is necessary since we have stupid small ass internal storage. Also it's where we copy pictures/mp3s to it.
So now, with the Samsung Galaxy S series of phones with 16 GIGS of internal storage, how do we ACCESS this storage from the PC so we can copy pictures/mp3s to the internal storage? Is there a way to MOUNT the internal storage?
I haven't read a SINGLE thing about this.
It would REALLY suck if we had to manually do it: Mount microSD, copy stuff to it, unmount, use a file explorer on the phone itself and manually move the files into internal storage.
Yeah there's probably root apps and such that you can ssh in, or use adb to transfer, but that's NOT ideal.
Would be nice is the internal storage auto mounts when mounting microSD like Garmin GPS systems. Garmin GPS systems have SD card slot, when you plug it in, you can see the INTERNAL Garmin memory as well as whatever is on the SD card. (You'll see 2 removable storage devices mounting in Windows).

I think when it's plugged in, the normal notice pops up in the notification bar. But instead of just asking you to mount, it asks if you want to mount internal or the sd card.

nxt said:
I'm a Nexus One owner, previously G1/MyTouch3G also, so I'm no n00b.
With all Androids, if you have a microSD card, you just plug in the USB and you can mount the microSD card as a drive and copy stuff to it. Which is necessary since we have stupid small ass internal storage. Also it's where we copy pictures/mp3s to it.
So now, with the Samsung Galaxy S series of phones with 16 GIGS of internal storage, how do we ACCESS this storage from the PC so we can copy pictures/mp3s to the internal storage? Is there a way to MOUNT the internal storage?
I haven't read a SINGLE thing about this.
It would REALLY suck if we had to manually do it: Mount microSD, copy stuff to it, unmount, use a file explorer on the phone itself and manually move the files into internal storage.
Yeah there's probably root apps and such that you can ssh in, or use adb to transfer, but that's NOT ideal.
Would be nice is the internal storage auto mounts when mounting microSD like Garmin GPS systems. Garmin GPS systems have SD card slot, when you plug it in, you can see the INTERNAL Garmin memory as well as whatever is on the SD card. (You'll see 2 removable storage devices mounting in Windows).
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No luck accessing internal RAM from me either (and I think other reviewers on CNET had the same bad luck)...Just got mine on Friday, and it is great except for connecting to the PC (64bit Vista) looping through MTP mode (the device keeps flashing back and forth between main screen and MTP mode, and the PC keeps trying to install the right driver to access the device as a USB mass storage device). Multiple restarts and messing with the device in Device Manager yielded no results, so I just used removable SD card to add files to the device. That obviously works fine, but is irritating.
Anyone else having trouble accessing Captivate as Mass Storage Device?
Best wishes to all.

I can't tell if you're using the Captivate driver located here.
Loosely related...I'm curious as to whether all the work going on in the Modaco SGS forums to optimize I/O (such as this) is applicable at all to the Captivate...anyone know?

I installed the driver on my Win7 machine.
I set up the USB to ask when I plug it in. I select Mass Storage. Two drives show up in the list of drivers, but when I click either one, it says "Please insert a disk in the removable disk".
What am I missing?
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Hang on, there was a window behind my windows with a message about install failure, device unplugged. Trying again.
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Installed again. Didn't get error. Using same method as above, still no go.
So then I select PC Internet the next time I plugged in the USB cable, and it then gave the Windows POPUP saying Installing Drivers, and finished with Ready to Use. But, now I don't see the drives in Explorer. So I launched Windows Mobile Device Center...didn't see anything.

In settings goto Applications > USB Settings > select "Mass Storage" and viola!

moosefist said:
In settings goto Applications > USB Settings > select "Mass Storage" and viola!
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I have the popup set to ask, and as noted in my post, I did select Mass Storage first couple times. It does show drives, but but when I click either one, it says "Please insert a disk in the removable disk".
Thanks for the suggestion though.

The windows 7 drivers for htc android phones are hosed in general for me. I have to use linux in a virtual machine to access ANY htc android phone.

once you hit mass storage, if you bring the notification bar down, you can click the "usb" setting and select mount. Perhaps that will work? (or is that for mac only?)

once you hit mass storage, if you bring the notification bar down, you can click the "usb" setting and select mount. Perhaps that will work? (or is that for mac only?)
yes, when you do this you will be able to access both drives without it asking you to insert a disk

I am new to android so I had this problem for a while. But you made my day madjsp. I have been trying to get this phone connected to my pc for the past 2 days, but with very little success. The kies software detected my phone only twice. But this connection was very erratic. Just to copy 200mb of photos the link showed a transfer time of 7 hours. The device would often disconnect itself after like 10 secs.
But until samsung fixes their software and drivers, the mass storage option works very reliably for transfering files between pc and (internal+external) sd cards.
My directions:
1) Choose the Mass storage option in USB settings of the device
2) Then connect to the comp.
3) There should be a message in the notification bar: "USB connected. Select to copy files to/from your computer" . Tap the notification and select mount from the popup.
Now you can view both sd cards from pc and transfer files to/fro w/ ease.
The last step is the most important one. For all those having the problem where clicking the drive in the pc reads "Insert a media into the drive", this should fix the problem. Maybe it is something android specific that I didn't know...

Same thing happen to me, i found drivers on this site and instead or hitting mass storage when it is connect to PC, I hit media PLAYER and it worked fine i was able to see the 16GB and my SD card, Loaded music and videos and pics with no problem, also remember only plug into the back of computer. you can find drivers on this site that will work on like pages 3-6

doomah69 said:
Same thing happen to me, i found drivers on this site and instead or hitting mass storage when it is connect to PC, I hit media PLAYER and it worked fine i was able to see the 16GB and my SD card, Loaded music and videos and pics with no problem, also remember only plug into the back of computer. you can find drivers on this site that will work on like pages 3-6
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Selecting Media player worked for me as well. I now can see and have access to both my internal and external / removable SD card. Good lookin' out!

[Q] Getting pics from phone to computer

Hi folks, please excuse my ignorance as I am not a regular user of my phone for anything other than calling home and asking my wife if I need to pic up anything from the store before I come home from work ect...
I have some pictures on my phone that I would like to put on my computer so I can print them out. I am using a Samsung Captivate. I am so unfamiliar with most of the terms used here I am not even sure what to look for under a search. Would someone mind helping me please? Thank you in advance and if you happen to have a problem with your air conditioner I can be of help with that in return.

Hi knownot,
you can connect your phone via USB cable to your Computer.
Fortunately, Android devices are considered (by computer) as external hard disks so you can easily browse folders and copy your pictures to your PC.
I apologise for my bad english

dublade said:
Hi knownot,
you can connect your phone via USB cable to your Computer.
Fortunately, Android devices are considered (by computer) as external hard disks so you can easily browse folders and copy your pictures to your PC.
I apologise for my bad english
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It views as an HDD? mine shows up as a camera

normally if you connect your phone to your computer there should be something in the statusbar of your phone like USB-connection. click on that and now you can choose to connect as hdd.

Once you have the phone connected as a drive, on my phone the pictures are in the dcim/camera folder. Find that and copy and paste to your computer.

Detected as camera probably fine too, it should offer an import option.
Alternatively there are apps like dropbox, that if you use them on your phone and on your computer, it will automaticly upload the pictures to your computer whenever your phone connects to your homes wifi.
Or just mail them to yourself, the access the mails from your computer.

You also might type into youtube "samsung captivate usb mount" and You will find a video tutorial.

Or you can use Samsung Kies. It's a program for Windows or Mac to sync your data.

85gallon said:
Once you have the phone connected as a drive, on my phone the pictures are in the dcim/camera folder. Find that and copy and paste to your computer.
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First, use your USB cable to plug your phone into your computer. If you're not sure what the USB cable is, it's the black cord that came with your phone. It's probably plugged into your phone charger; unplug the cord from the charger and use that to plug the phone into the computer.
Then, on your phone, open the notifications menu at the top of the screen by swiping down. Click the button that says "USB connected" (or something similar) and choose the option that says "USB storage" (or something similar). Then your computer should say "Installing driver software" and then "Your device is ready to use."
An "Autoplay" window will probably pop up. You can choose "open folder to view files." Double click on the "DCIM" folder, double click on a folder inside there (it will probably be "Camera" or something), and you should see all of your pictures.

Google can be your friend, well for atleast the first 15 mins..

Often you have to select USB storage or something like that in order to enable your phone as a hd. that will mess with your apps when it is connected because it mounts the SD card etc on your PC, so it is usually not enabled by default.
Pull down the notifications bar, click on the USB connected link, select the appropriate action.
Enjoy.

Thanks for the tips folks. I am sure with your help I will finally figure this out. I had already tried sending my self an e-mail but I never got it. Tried connecting to computer with the cord and the notifications bar will not pull down. It just shows the connection thingy on the screen but I cant do anything with the phone while it is connected. Thanks again for your help. Its very much appreciated.

if it's not too many photos I usually just email them to myself and open it up on my computer

I did a google search and found this post showing step by step what to do as I don't have a captivate and each phone can differ.
forums.att.com/t5/Samsung/Samsung-Captivate-transferring-videos-and-photos-to-PC/td-p/2683255
Dave
Sent from my LG P920 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the input. Have tried your suggestions and have come to the conclusion there is something out of whack with the phone. Going by AT&T tomorrow to see about it. Thanks again!

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an alternative method is;
be sure that your photos are stored in SD card.
remove your SD card and connect it to your laptop's SD card reader (you should have a micro SD - SD adaptor).
copy them to your laptop.
I hope it helps.

[Q] Nexus 7 - backing up apps and game progress

My son has a Nexus 7 and twice I have had to replace it (due to lack of power charging problems) and twice he has lost his 'game progress'. The apps and games can be redownloaded but he loses all of his game progress. If I can't solve this problem, after this Nexus 7 goes (it's now having power charging problems and it is only 5 months old) he refuses to ever use a Nexus again and wants to go the iPad.
How can I backup games and their progress? I downloaded titanium but then realized there is no slot for a SD card or usb port to connect to my PC to backup. And I don't know how to use the cloud for this.
Suggestions?
Thanks
The Dad

You can connect your nexus 7 to your computer and view backup files / game files with 2 simple steps:
1) Configure MTP Connection by going to Settings -> Storage -> Menu button in upper-right side -> command USB Computer Connection -> MTP
2) Set USB debug mode- go to Settings-> About tablet -> tap the Build Number line for several times until
you get the 'you are now a developer!' message. go back -> Developer options -> Make sure that its on and you check 'USB debugging' box.
Thats it. when you use Titanium Backup, you should be able to see a folder named 'Titanium Backup" with all your backed up files when plugging the device to your pc. Note- If your game is pretty heavy, I suggest to backup the game's folder in Android->data->name of the game.
If it doesn't help- try to download USB drivers for your pc from Asus website: http://www.asus.com/Tablets_Mobile/Nexus_7/#support
Other alternative:
use BS file explorer to get to your need-to-backup folder- then by long pressing the folder you can choose to send it via your local shared network (wich can be configured by BS explorer) or, to zip it and then share it to a cloud service such as Google Drive or Dropbox.
Good luck!

Nexus 7 Backup games progress
REPLY........You say...."when plugging the device to your PC". I don't have a USB outlet (or any outlet other than power adapter) on my Nexus 7. So how can I plug the Nexus 7 into my PC ?

(Weird, I thought that Nexus 7 power adapter and cable are separated units...)
Any standard micro usb cable will do: https://www.modmypi.com/image/cache/data/raspberry-pi-accessories/microUSB-800x800.jpg
most electronic devices come with this kind of cable. just plug it into your nexus and pc.
(If you don't have any- it only costs about 1$)

amirTor said:
(Weird, I thought that Nexus 7 power adapter and cable are separated units...)
My Nexus 7 only has a power adapter (a hole) for connecting the power cord. There is NO other hole on the Nexus to plug in anything else. That's the issue. Thanks
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Is your nexus 7 power adapter hole looks like this? http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nexus-7-bottom-sticker.jpg
than its multi-functional connection that operates as power adapter and a data port.
you just need to plug the cable shown at my previous post.
Maybe this will make things clearer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YiFmkMULuA

The charging cable is a micro usb to usb cable. Plug the micro usb into the charging port on your tablet and the other end, instead of plugging it into the wall plug, plug it into a usb port on your computer.
The tablet should install drivers onto the computer and then you should be able to see the internal storage on the tablet (photos, music, videos etc).
This will however not help you in backing up the games and their data.
Look in the Playstore for Backup apps, specifically ones that DO NOT need root, there are a couple. They should be able to help.

Nexus7Question said:
My son has a Nexus 7 and twice I have had to replace it (due to lack of power charging problems) and twice he has lost his 'game progress'. The apps and games can be redownloaded but he loses all of his game progress. If I can't solve this problem, after this Nexus 7 goes (it's now having power charging problems and it is only 5 months old) he refuses to ever use a Nexus again and wants to go the iPad.
How can I backup games and their progress? I downloaded titanium but then realized there is no slot for a SD card or usb port to connect to my PC to backup. And I don't know how to use the cloud for this.
Suggestions?
Thanks
The Dad
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I guess the first question I have is; is the device rooted? If so, this makes backing up a bit simpler. You already have Titanium Backup, so just tap the button that looks like a square with a check mark. Then push the 'run' button that's in the "Backup all user apps + system data" (Third item in the backup section). Let this run. Once complete, you can upload the whole folder that TB put the files in (found by tapping 'menu' > Preferences > Backup folder laction) and upload it to a cloud service like Dropbox.
If you're not rooted (works with rooted devices too), we will need a Windows computer. This process can take a bit to explain, so sorry for the long post.
First, you’ll need to install Oracle’s Java Development Kit, which the Android SDK requires. Download and install the 32-bit version. The Android SDK wants the 32-bit version, even if you’re using a 64-bit version of Windows.
Next, download the Android SDK from Google. Extract the .zip folder to a location of your choosing, but remember where you put it. If you have the option to open extracted contents in a new window, do so.
Okay, now open the Android SDK Manager (you may have to open a subfolder or two) with administrative rights. You do this by right clicking on the .exe and choosing the option "Run as administror". A window will pop up, click yes, and after a small wait, the SDK Manager will open.
Now within the SDK Manger, under the tools section, check the box for Android SDK Platform-tools and click Install. This can take some time depending on your Internet connection. Once installed, go back to the open window where you cliked the SDK Manager .exe and navigate to the folder named "Platform Tools". If you're unsure where this is, the SDK Manager has the path of install located near the top.
Now let's get the tablet ready. If you can, charge your device to its fullest. Now go into the settings, scroll down to 'development options'. Near the top of this menu, make sure the toggle switch is in the 'on' position. Now scroll down to USB debugging, and tick the box. Tap "OK" when the message shows up. Now plug the smaller end of the USB cable (preferably the one that came with your Nexus) into the bottom of the tablet and the other into an open USB port of your computer. It's best to use a 2.0 USB port (no blue end) and if on a desktop, a port located in the rear.
If your computer starts installing any drivers, let it do this. Once that's finished, go to the window with the Platform Tools folder open. You should see a few files, two named "ADB" and another "Fastboot". Now hold your Shift key, right click in an open area, and choose the option "Open command window here". You may release the shift key at this time.
We're almost done. To make sure your tablet is seen by the computer type:
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adb devices
One device should be listed. If you see no devices, adb can’t communicate with your device because its driver isn’t installed properly. In this case, go back to the SDK Manager and download the USB drivers. You may also need to restart your computer.
Assuming you're up and working, type:
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adb backup -apk -shared -all -f C:\backup.ab
This backs up all the installed apps (APK files) and shared storage (SD card) data to the C:\backup.ab file on your computer.
After running this command, you’ll have to agree to the backup on the device. You can also encrypt the backup with a password here, if you like (leave it blank if you don't want encryption). Depending on how much data there is to back up, this can take some time. The device will letyou know when it's done.
Now for the restoration process:
On the new device, make sure USB debugging is enabled. On the computer, follow the same steps for opening the adb command window. Ensure adb can see the device, then type:
Code:
adb restore C:\backup.ab
On the device, you will need to confirm you want to do a full restore. If you encrypted the backup, enter in the password, then hit "Restore my data". If you didn't add encryption, then leave that area blank. Once the restoration is done, you're good to go.
Hopes this helps you (^^) Oh and if you need further explanation or screenshots, just let me know.

Thanks for the detailed response!! if my Nexus is not rooted, and before I go down this rather complex path I want to mention that I just read that "Helium" can be used instead of Titanium if the Nexus is not rooted. Would that be a simpler approach?
Also when I plug in the Nexus to PC cord my PC does not recognize the Nexus with a drive letter. I gave it 5 minutes. Any suggestions on that?
Thanks
Mark

Yes Helium is a good app. Are you using Windows 8? It doesn't like unsigned drivers being installed.
There is a guide here about installing drivers on your pc for nexus devices.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/nexus-7-2013-drivers-installation-guide/

killall said:
Yes Helium is a good app. Are you using Windows 8? It doesn't like unsigned drivers being installed.
I'm using Windows 7.
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OK try the link I just posted.

Bricked Alcatel One Touch Evo 2, need help

So, I was attempting to put music onto my external micro SD and put my phone into "mass storage" connection. When attempting to access the drive that appeared it threw up a "This drive must be formatted to "blank" format to be used." I agreed to the format and put the music into the drive present and the phone was still running. I looked at the music player but there was no music so I checked my storage in settings to see what was up. It told me that the storage was empty so I tried unmounting to remount it. It then said there was no SD card inserted so I made the decision to restart the phone. This was today and since that point I have been looking at a brick. No display will show up, no vibrations when mechanical buttons are pressed, no safe mode, no recovery. The only thing the phone will do is repeatedly connect and disconnect from my pc when plugged in through usb, and the light in the upper right corner will come on when it is plugged into either an outlet or pc.
I have already attempted to see if I couldn't use "Mobile Upgrade S 4.2.7" from alcatel or ODIN. The prior throws up an internal read error and asks me to try again, the latter can't even detect the phone. While the phone is connected all it shows "MTK USB Port" in device manager and the adb drivers are not recognizing it for me to attempt more. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to them. Phone model is 4037T.

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Transfer Files on PC

I can plug my OnePlus One into my PC USB port and transfer files without issue.
However, my OnePlus 7 Pro acts as Read-Only when I plug it in.
I noticed there is a folder in the OnePlus 7 Pro that has a Driver executable, but I've never needed to run those in the past for other devices.
Does anyone know exactly what steps need to be performed to Read-Write when plugged into a PC?

You should be able to freely copy files over as long as you've unlocked your device (i.e. entered your pin/pattern)
Are you sure you're not just seeing the partition that gets mounted with the device drivers? There should be 2 drives shown for the phone, one will be labelled with the device/model number, the other will show the OnePlus logo with "OnePlus Drivers".
When you plug it in, check the "Android system" row in the notification tray and change it so it says "File Transfer", then you'll probably see your phone appear correctly.
Unlike other phones, OnePlus devices automatically give you a drive with device drivers to install, that's probably what you're seeing, that mounted drive is not writable.

When connected to your PC, swipe down on notifications and tap on Android System. Now in SETTINGS/USB PREFERENCES, tap on File Transfer. You'll here a sound on your PC and will then be able to access/transfer files. Just drag and drop which works in both directions, no command line needed