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So my mac wont recognize my devices internal or external memory card. Anyone else have any problems?
edit: started working for some reason.
Edit 2: I figured it out I had to install double twist and by default it enables auto mass storage mode with USB debugging enabled. You can not achieve this otherwise.

I have the same problem, and even have double twist installed. Still no luck, but I'm still looking. There have been several occurrences where Samsung devices of multiple types not communicating with OSX.

As the OP stated, I think you have to enable USB debugging as well. Did you do that?

barphotoguy said:
I have the same problem, and even have double twist installed. Still no luck, but I'm still looking. There have been several occurrences where Samsung devices of multiple types not communicating with OSX.
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goto settings, application, development, then usb debugging!

On the Captivate, prepare your phone by Settings > Applications > USB Settings > Ask On Connection. Also, Settings > Applications >> Development > USB Debugging needs to be turned on.
Then connect the USB cable to the Mac, and drag the notification bar on the phone. It'll say USB connected - choose that and then it'll ask to Mount. Once you mount the SD card(s), they'll be visible on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard).
At least, that's what I did. No need for doubletwist.

[Q] incosistent usb mass storage mounting.

I seem to be encountering a slight inconsistency in regards to mounting the phone unto my windows 7 box.
Essentially what happens is this: I plug my phone into the computer and the little dialogue box pops up onto my phone (Kies, Mass Storage, PC Internet etc). I push "Mass Storage" and ideally what is supposed to happen is that the phone mounts onto windows.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to mount.
What does happen is that the drive letter shows up, usually F:\ but it's not mounted.
When I pull down the settings menu, it says that USB is connected and that's about all.
I will unplug my phone, replug it back in again invoking the USB menu only this time, I will hit the "Home/House" button, or the "Back" button which will take me to the home screen.
I will drag down the settings menu like before, only this time under the USB box, when pressed it gives me the option to mount which if pressed, mounts the phone and gives me the ability to access it.
So whats the problem? It's very inconsistent. It doesn't always do that. Sometimes I have to unplug and replug my phone in to invoke the mount USB option.
My questions are these: Is anyone else having the same issue? Am I just not using this correctly? Is there any simple way to just "mount usb"? An app or perhaps a function that I'm not seeing?
Thanks!

Out of box, you always need to manually mount the drives once connected. It does not auto-mount. I was told there is an app that can auto-mount for you.
If you're running 2.1 firmware, the mount option is in notification area. If you're running 2.2 firmware, there will be a USB mass storage screen where you can click on the mount button.

That's fine manually mounting the drive, my question is: How do I mount the drive if there is no way (that I can find) that gives me the option except for the seemingly random "mount USB" box that comes up 7/10 times in the drop down settings dialogue?

It comes up 100% for me.
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Could you describe the process in which you do? Perhaps I am doing something wrong in the procedure.

It comes up randomly for me too. I didn't have this problem on 2.1 Eclair. It isn't anything crippling, but it is annoying. It happens half the time for me.

I should mention too, that i am running Eclair 2.1.

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Could you describe the process in which you do? Perhaps I am doing something wrong in the procedure.
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Nothing special. Plug in the USB cable and go to notification area to mount the USB drives. I do configure my phone to prompt for USB mode everytime I connect.
You may want to try different USB ports on your PC.

My buddy has a Captivate that mounts fine in mass storage mode, except it brings up the windows dialog box saying "no disk in drive: Retry?" every time. It doesn't fail to work or anything, the sd card is accessible without any problems. It just throws up that dialog every time. It's rather annoying. Anyone seen this before?

Change it to "ask" instead of be "Mass storage" every time. I bet it'll work.
You might find that then changing it back makes it work again. Otherwise just leave it at "ask".

i never had it work in ask on connection mode, and it annoyingly always wants to launch kies no matter what setting i use even after messing with the setting in windows. i have more success with the phone in debugging mode and mounting from the notification menu. it may be that the other options wont work in debugging mode and the computer isn't trying to mount it as an mtp device because of kies.
if i was still on eclair id test it to make sure, my memory gets alittle fuzzy. froyo seems to work better in that area.

Your saying you just get "USB connected" instead of the norm "USB connected, select here to copy files to/from your computer" in the blind menu?
Happens to me as well. Usually if I reboot both the computer and phone I'm good to go. I didn't have the problem on 2.1.

The method that has never failed for me is to turn on USB debugging. Then when I connect the USB, I always get the second notification in the pulldown screen with the text "Select to copy files...". Clicking that brings up a box to mount (or some less vague word choice in 2.2), and accepting that always works to show the 2 drives on my computer.
USB debugging completely circumvents the USB settings panel. You can either use one or the other, not both. I have always found the USB debugging approach to be totally reliable. Right now on Cog2.2 Beta6 both approaches work fine, but I usually leave USB debugging activated for other reasons so I use that method by default.

Captivate will not connect to computer

I'm trying to unlock my dads old Captivate, but I need to connect it to the computer to do this. No matter what I do, this phone will not connect or be recognized by the computer. I plug it into the computer and it makes the little beep it makes when you connect, but thats it. No "USB Connected" on the top bar or anything.
I can connect my captivate fine, its just his. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and that wont work. Any ideas?

Do you have the drivers installed?
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Ye, the drivers are installed. Would it be a driver problem though if my one captivate works, but the other? That sounds like a phone problem to me.

Settings> applications>usb(something or other)> mass storage.
Also make sure usb debugging is enabled...
The froyo settings might be different...the usb options could be in "wireless and network" instead of applications.

studacris said:
Settings> applications>usb(something or other)> mass storage.
Also make sure usb debugging is enabled...
The froyo settings might be different...the usb options could be in "wireless and network" instead of applications.
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Nope, that doesnt work either. Its like its not even connected. Nothing showing up on my computer, nothing on the phone. The only thing that shows up when you plug it in is the charger icon comes on to let you know its charging.

i would recommend that you try another computer if that doesn't work, restore your phone to factory and if that doesn't work then you have two out of three possibilities that might lol, be seriously i think its not a drivers issue if the other phone is working. It might be a problem with the computer recognizing the port i really cant think of anything else..
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If it's not connecting to either captivate it's a driver issue. Make sure that USB debugging is on and that under the application usb setting you have it set to ask on connect. Try a different usb port on the pc, or another cable. I had a bad cable a while back that would charge but not connect, it was even the one that came with the phone.

Use a USB port off the back of the computer, coming DIRECTLY off the MB. There have been tons of issues with using remote USB ports. If it's beeping when it connects, it's being seen by the computer. Just that there's a problem with getting the proper info.

I get this problem sometimes too. This is how I solve it. Under USB settings select Samsung Kies and plug the USB cable into your computer and phone. See if your computer recognizes your phone. Mine won't recognize Mass Storage but will Kies. I don't have the program installed so windows will say Drivers Not Successfully Installed. Once you have done that, restart the computer and phone with USB cord unplugged. Once both come back on, switch your phone back to Mass Storage and plug in your USB cable to both the computer and phone and see if it will be detected by your computer. If not I would try a different USB cable. That is what works for me when I have that problem.
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Some cappies have issues with generic cables. Make its the original or a high quality one.
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Would be a good idea to check if the following
1. Settings- applications- USB settings : make it ask on connection.
2. Change the USB port which you connect

[Q] Samsung Galaxy Ace II - Disable MTP?

Hi all,
I've a proud owner of this I8160 phone. I'm glad of it, but the problem is that I can't access to the SD external's contents.
Firstly, I can get the USB working on PC by enabling it on "Settings -> Wireless networks -> USB settings". However, external SD (empty folders "external_sd" and "usbStorage" make me guessing about it) is not accessible, and I don't know how to get it.
I figured that "MTP connected" note on the phone has to be involved, so I tried to disable it. Searching in the web points to that USB debugging must be enabled; however, this won't perform anything new.
Hence, my question is, do you know how to disable the MTP connection on this phone? I want only USB mass storage, no kies at all!
Any ideas? Rooting may help?

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pacorrop said:
Hi all,
I've a proud owner of this I8160 phone. I'm glad of it, but the problem is that I can't access to the SD external's contents.
Firstly, I can get the USB working on PC by enabling it on "Settings -> Wireless networks -> USB settings". However, external SD (empty folders "external_sd" and "usbStorage" make me guessing about it) is not accessible, and I don't know how to get it.
I figured that "MTP connected" note on the phone has to be involved, so I tried to disable it. Searching in the web points to that USB debugging must be enabled; however, this won't perform anything new.
Hence, my question is, do you know how to disable the MTP connection on this phone? I want only USB mass storage, no kies at all!
Any ideas? Rooting may help?
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No need to root your phone if you just want to transfer files. I have the same issue as yours.
Here's what I did:
1. On your phone go to settings>wifi and networks>USB Utilities
2. Do not connect the cable to the pc yet, tap first the box on the phone saying connect to pc (something like that)
3. Then connect the cable from the phone to the pc, a green android will appear then
You can now transfer files from your pc to your phone, vice versa.:good:

USB connection problem, connection type screen does not appear

When i'm connecting my phone via usb, choose a connection type screen does not appear and i cant select the "disk drive" or "charge only" options. When i tap to change usb settings, it sends me to "portable hotspot & tethering"
Windows recognizes usb device
Phone is stock, some days ago updated to android 4.1

Try disabling usb debugging. On my Blade I have to do that if I want to mount it as usb storage.
My S and tablets doesnt need that though, but might be worth a shot.

Hmm interesting my phone turns usb debugging automaticaly on when i connect my device, tried hard reset, problem still remains

I see. I read about someone else having the same issue on JB. I guess its a bug or something.
I guess you either have to flash a custom rom or wait for an official update.
In the mean time, you could always use quick adb pusher. Much better than mounted usb storage (requires a working adb connection, which you should have if you have installed htc sync)