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Mass Storage On Mac

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.

Rooted and now mounting USB does not work!

I've been sideloading apps for awhile now non-rooted, and copying stuff to/from my phone by mounting the USB.
Today, I decide to root using the 1-click root method, and it works fine...
However, when I connect my phone via USB (debugging on of course) and then mount my USB my PC no longer recognizes the SD cards like it did before???
Can somebody help me?

I've had two of these phones already (first one had the auto tun off problem).
Both have had this problem when I initially got them. The previous one had it after rooted as well. Its not really a bug maybe. Just go into settings>applications>USB settings and choose anything other than "mass storage". Then exit out, plug in the usb, let it do its thing (it wont work). No unplug the USB cable and go back into settings and change it back to "mass storage". It should work then.
I think if you just select anything other than mass storage then choose mass storage again it should work too. Its a little finicky. Once it starts working, it won't stop though. Just that initial connection I guess.

Try changing usb plug at pc. There has been issues with usb ports on main board. Also update chipset drivers.
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[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.

boe_dye said:
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.

Charge isn't going into USB Mass Storage

It was working before I rooted.
I am using PBJ Voodoo Overclock Kernel with 1.8.5 Gummycharged and the SD card fix, before I flashed the kernel/rom/fix the mass storage was working fine, I could drag and drop but now (even though it's set to USB Mass Storage) whenever I plug it in the only thing detected is 'CD Drive (E: )'. Can anyone help? I'd really like to start putting my Music/Videos on my Charge. Thanks in advance :]

Try either:
Enabling USB debugging mode (Settings --> Applications --> Development)
OR
Setting the USB mode to ask on connection

aznxk3vi17 said:
Try either:
Enabling USB debugging mode (Settings --> Applications --> Development)
Setting the USB mode to ask on connection
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Debugging mode works as a temporary solution I guess, it causes alot of problems with my computer, it freezes it up and most of the time it can't finish the copy process, right now I'm just using my MicroSD USB reader, if that ever fails I could just put the SD card in my old phone which worked fine, thanks though

I am having the same issue. I got the phone yesterday and rooted last night and it won't connect either. It'll charge fine, but that's it. I am on my work PC so I cannot do much testing, but putting it in USB debugging mode at least made the PC recognize it.

I had to set it to ask on connection for it to work for me
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aznxk3vi17 said:
Try either:
Enabling USB debugging mode (Settings --> Applications --> Development)
OR
Setting the USB mode to ask on connection
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I did a quick reboot and enabled the debug and it seems to work now thanks. Seems like the sd fixed works afterall. Thanks everyone.

I cannot get phone to connect in mass storage either every time it loads it brings up a scan drive screen with quick fix or continue without scanning. Then opens as CD Drive, I am completely lost and getting no feedback, have yet to try SD Fix or where to get it or how to get it.

Have you done everything I told you? After you do all that, go to setting, USB Settings then check "ask on connection."

[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: