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As a newcomer to the world of android (I just migrated from iPhone 4), I must confess that the multitude of advice and recommendations from the advise givers are clouded with wrong advice and misleading recommendations.
I am very knowledgeable in computers, and was quite knowledgeable with the various iPhones I owned. but with the Galaxy S (Captivate) I just purchased I am ready to give up....
Is there anybody kind enough who can explain to me why is it that I am unable to access my phone from my computer (W7x64 nor from my MacBook).
I was able to root the phone and even flash it with the Froyo, Cognition 2.2 Beta 5.5, from the phone itself (using the online advice from the Cognition web site), but can not access the phone, thus unable to move files to the SDCARD root directory.
download the kies mini application from samsung.com
install it, which will install the drivers needed.
then go to settings->application->usb and select usb storage.
then go to touchwiz home screen only, and plug in your phone.
easy peasy...
if you have another launcher in place, turn on usb debugging under the development section of applications in settings and then plug it in... then pull down notification from top and select usb.. it will ask you to mount.
boom... done and done.
Semi wrong info is given above. For a mac(I also have a pro) you should just have to turn on usb debygging mode under application settings. You will not be able to control the phone as easily as with the iphone but you will have access to your sd card and internal memory.
No need for drives but you will need to mount it
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And on a pc, enable usb debugging in settings-applications-development. Then pull down the notification screen and press the option that says something like select to copy files. You can then access the internal and external sd cards as drives on your computer.
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mobius911 said:
And on a pc, enable usb debugging in settings-applications-development. Then pull down the notification screen and press the option that says something like select to copy files. You can then access the internal and external sd cards as drives on your computer.
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Actually, you don't need to enable USB debugging, you just select the option to "always ask" or "mass storage" and then you get the pull down option to mount the drive to copy files.
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Actually, you don't need to enable USB debugging, you just select the option to "always ask" or "mass storage" and then you get the pull down option to mount the drive to copy files.
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Interestingly that option stopped working for me many ROMs ago. Not sure why, bu the only way I could do it was using the debugging route. I am currently on Cognition 2.2Beta5.5, so I decided to check mass storage since I hadn't tried it in a while. It worked! So if anyway else out there can't do it using "always ask" or "mass storage", then the debugging method can be used as an alternate. Thanks for bringing this up.
And as a general comment on the original title of the post, things move fast. What was accurate for one person on his/her phone at one particular moment may not be the best or even the right way to do it on your phone, in your situation, with whatever ROM you are running. So if you want to hack your phone then expect to have to spend a lot of time reading and perhaps even making a few mistakes along the way.
When I connect to my Windows 7 64 machine, my internal SD shows up so does my external, however the external says insert disk. Is there a solution for this?
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when you plug your phone into your computer. the prompt comes up on your phones screen are u selecting mount usb storage on your phone?
I have a pre-release version and the build that was on it had some wonky driver or something - the SD card reader didn't work at all and I would get that same message when I plugged it in. A few weeks before the phone went retail they sent out an update that only changed 1 file and BOOM, it works now.
What is your build number?
Gingerbread UGKK1
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Yes. Getting two drive letters but the external 32GB content is not showing up.
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Try puting outing your micro sd in a sd card adapter and see if your coomputer will read it. Possibly damaged sd card
Had me concerned, followed your suggestion, since I moved directly from captivate into skyrocket. The minute I put in adapter computer read with no issues. Only thing I see is less than 10% available
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Mine actually did this earlier .....wouldnt read my sd card on my phone. I put in a different one it read it. Took it out and put the origional one in again and it read it again . So try that
colinatobajeun said:
When I connect to my Windows 7 64 machine, my internal SD shows up so does my external, however the external says insert disk. Is there a solution for this?
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Either you have done something to the phone or you have a defective unit. When you connect by USB, the connection notification would ask you if you want to connect your internal storage or not. If you choose to do so, then you will bet autoplay for two disks. So, if you install a weird built, you may just want to return to the original condition and move on from there.
The phone itself reads the card, its when I connect to my laptop that the contents of that card do not show up. It says insert drive. Shows drive letter, but thinks there's no media
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if you use the stock Mount USB, from the status drop down, it should work
if not, then you might want to format your SD card to make it readable
if you use 3rd party Dual Mount or any USB mount widget, you will get the scenario you described in the opening message
Where's my storage??
I am seriously confused. I recently tried to install a 64 GB micro sd in my Skyrocket. When I pout it in the phone said it needed to be formatted. So, I let it format. Then, if I would go to settings it would show a slightly less than 60 GB external storage card was mounted. So when I tried to use file manager or link2sd, I don't see anything that looks like a 60 GB resource. So after much futzing around I removed it and installed a 32 GB microsd. Settings sees it as slightly less than a 30 GB sd card. Again, file manager and link2sd show nothing close to this. In fact, if I go to storage info in link2sd, it says the SD card has a total of 11.25GB, of which 11.2 GB is free. So, how do I straighten this out so I can use the full amount of my micro sd card for storing mp3 content?
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I am seriously confused. I recently tried to install a 64 GB micro sd in my Skyrocket. When I pout it in the phone said it needed to be formatted. So, I let it format. Then, if I would go to settings it would show a slightly less than 60 GB external storage card was mounted. So when I tried to use file manager or link2sd, I don't see anything that looks like a 60 GB resource. So after much futzing around I removed it and installed a 32 GB microsd. Settings sees it as slightly less than a 30 GB sd card. Again, file manager and link2sd show nothing close to this. In fact, if I go to storage info in link2sd, it says the SD card has a total of 11.25GB, of which 11.2 GB is free. So, how do I straighten this out so I can use the full amount of my micro sd card for storing mp3 content?
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Every SD card, hard drive, RAM, etc is like that.
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ShowMeMo said:
I am seriously confused. I recently tried to install a 64 GB micro sd in my Skyrocket. When I pout it in the phone said it needed to be formatted. So, I let it format. Then, if I would go to settings it would show a slightly less than 60 GB external storage card was mounted. So when I tried to use file manager or link2sd, I don't see anything that looks like a 60 GB resource. So after much futzing around I removed it and installed a 32 GB microsd. Settings sees it as slightly less than a 30 GB sd card. Again, file manager and link2sd show nothing close to this. In fact, if I go to storage info in link2sd, it says the SD card has a total of 11.25GB, of which 11.2 GB is free. So, how do I straighten this out so I can use the full amount of my micro sd card for storing mp3 content?
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Did you look at the date of the last post? This is from NOV. 2011.
It append to me today when using a long USB cable connected to a USB hub.
I took a short USB cable and plugged it directly in my computer.
It worked.
Hope it help
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colinatobajeun said:
Yes. Getting two drive letters but the external 32GB content is not showing up.
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Is this class 10? These are common symptoms with SOME manufacturer's of class 10 cards.
In this post, patriot acknowledges minor issues on class 10:
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1065520&mpage=1&print=true
I AM COPYING FROM THERE:
03-23-2011 10:32 PM
"We have found that there is an industry wide compatibility problem with the new Android based and Windows 7 phones working with 32GB class 10 micro SD cards. We have seen issues with the Samsung Focus, Motorola Driod/X, HTC Evo 4g. We are currently working on a solution for this compatibility issue. Google and Microsoft have stated that there are known compatibility issues with 32GB class 10 micro SD cards and are working on a solution as well.
We have found a fix that works in many cases, where you format the card in a Windows based PC, with FAT32, allocation size 32kb, and full format. This is not an official fix, but troubleshooting steps that has worked in many cases, we are still working on a permanent solution for this issue."
TomTommy, regardless of the date of the post prior to mine, I still have the issue. I see nothing in the thread that resolves my issue, but the thread appears to revolve around a part of my issue. So, here I am. Do you think I might find an answer to my issue in another thread?
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TomTommy, regardless of the date of the post prior to mine, I still have the issue. I see nothing in the thread that resolves my issue, but the thread appears to revolve around a part of my issue. So, here I am. Do you think I might find an answer to my issue in another thread?
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1. Be nice
2. What he is saying is that thread died that long ago for a reason likely your answers lie somewhere within another thread perhaps Tom is a reputable and generally helpful figure here and really deserves a level of respect but I understand his response seemed harsh
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Chappatti, my card is class 6, not class 10. IN any case, I have tried formatting it in a Windows PC to the size it is supposed to be, but the results are the same. The settings measurment of the card shows the right value, but when I try to browse using link2sd or file manager I get the goofy readings.
So I know about the "11ext..." script that was created a long time ago, and I have been using it since I can remember. My problem is that sometimes my internal and external read the same and to fix it I need to run the script again. For some reason it is not sticking. I use s manager free version to run it. The problem with getting the same numbers on internal and external is that my gallery then reads the card twice and I get two of every album in there. The camera also tells me that I do not have sufficient space when this happens.
Is there another solution to swap the internal and external sd? Or is there some way I can make sure it will stick
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vdub2pt0 said:
So I know about the "11ext..." script that was created a long time ago, and I have been using it since I can remember. My problem is that sometimes my internal and external read the same and to fix it I need to run the script again. For some reason it is not sticking. I use s manager free version to run it. The problem with getting the same numbers on internal and external is that my gallery then reads the card twice and I get two of every album in there. The camera also tells me that I do not have sufficient space when this happens.
Is there another solution to swap the internal and external sd? Or is there some way I can make sure it will stick
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I haven't had this problem, just checked my phone and been running this for about a week.
OK, first thing I want to say that I HATE MTP. I read on another thread today that someone said it probably works well for allot of people but not for him - well not for me either!
So one of the things I immediately do when flashing etc. is switch to Mass Storage. Usually I do it with USB Switcher but it can also be done by going to Settings > Storage > [menu] >USB computer connection
With the N5 I tried USB Switcher, restarted, connected to my PC, and the phone is charging but not showing up (Win 8.1). When I look in the Storage settings it does not show Mass storage option any more (I mean compared to other devices on older Android versions) only MTP and PTP....
I went back to double check on my SGS2 and indeed there are three options shown, I think I am running a 4.2.2 AOSP build but may be 4.3 (unlikely, I think I tried and rolled back).
So what's the deal? no more mass storage?
I did do some googling and found this thread where someone said -
Mass Storage = storage in FAT fs = 4gb file limit...
It's better for Android being 100% ext4 fs, but Windows + Mass Storage in ext4 = not work.
It's funny because MTP + Linux = not work too (it's hard to make it works), in this case mass storage is better.
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Is this true? and if so... how do people deal with MTP? I find it to be the WORST protocol ever!
OryZ said:
OK, first thing I want to say that I HATE MTP. I read on another thread today that someone said it probably works well for allot of people but not for him - well not for me either!
So one of the things I immediately do when flashing etc. is switch to Mass Storage. Usually I do it with USB Switcher but it can also be done by going to Settings > Storage > [menu] >USB computer connection
With the N5 I tried USB Switcher, restarted, connected to my PC, and the phone is charging but not showing up (Win 8.1). When I look in the Storage settings it does not show Mass storage option any more (I mean compared to other devices on older Android versions) only MTP and PTP....
I went back to double check on my SGS2 and indeed there are three options shown, I think I am running a 4.2.2 AOSP build but may be 4.3 (unlikely, I think I tried and rolled back).
So what's the deal? no more mass storage?
I did do some googling and found this thread where someone said -
Is this true? and if so... how do people deal with MTP? I find it to be the WORST protocol ever!
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try using USB mass storage enabler from the Play Store.
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OryZ said:
OK, first thing I want to say that I HATE MTP. I read on another thread today that someone said it probably works well for allot of people but not for him - well not for me either!
So one of the things I immediately do when flashing etc. is switch to Mass Storage. Usually I do it with USB Switcher but it can also be done by going to Settings > Storage > [menu] >USB computer connection
With the N5 I tried USB Switcher, restarted, connected to my PC, and the phone is charging but not showing up (Win 8.1). When I look in the Storage settings it does not show Mass storage option any more (I mean compared to other devices on older Android versions) only MTP and PTP....
I went back to double check on my SGS2 and indeed there are three options shown, I think I am running a 4.2.2 AOSP build but may be 4.3 (unlikely, I think I tried and rolled back).
So what's the deal? no more mass storage?
I did do some googling and found this thread where someone said -
Is this true? and if so... how do people deal with MTP? I find it to be the WORST protocol ever!
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No mass storage as there is no sdcard and the storage is a unified storage. You can't mount something that is in use.
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Zepius said:
No mass storage as there is no sdcard and the storage is a unified storage. You can't mount something that is in use.
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The Play Store description says - "this will NOT work with your internal memory due to hardware and software limitations."
Zepius said:
No mass storage as there is no sdcard and the storage is a unified storage. You can't mount something that is in use.
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Interesting, I'm pretty sure with the SGS2 that it makes available both internal and external memory - why is that different?
OryZ said:
The Play Store description says - "this will NOT work with your internal memory due to hardware and software limitations."
Interesting, I'm pretty sure with the SGS2 that it makes available both internal and external memory - why is that different?
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When you mount the sdcard on the s2 it only mounts the external sdcard.
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Zepius said:
When you mount the sdcard on the s2 it only mounts the external sdcard.
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Sorry mate I don't think that's right... I can double double check when I get home but I am 99% sure that it shows both storages.
OryZ said:
Sorry mate I don't think that's right... I can double double check when I get home but I am 99% sure that it shows both storages.
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Because it was initially built with USB mass storage as an option. The storage on the S2 is not unified like on the Nexus 5. The userdata is not in use when you mount to a computer, whereas on the Nexus 5 the storage is unified, and the userdata is in use because the whole thing is considered one drive.
joshnichols189 said:
Because it was initially built with USB mass storage as an option. The storage on the S2 is not unified like on the Nexus 5. The userdata is not in use when you mount to a computer, whereas on the Nexus 5 the storage is unified, and the userdata is in use because the whole thing is considered one drive.
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Ah OK, that makes sense! thanks!
So only thing remaining is how to deal with MTP? Is anyone else suffering under it?
OryZ said:
Ah OK, that makes sense! thanks!
So only thing remaining is how to deal with MTP? Is anyone else suffering under it?
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You can try like airdroid to transfer over WiFi.
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This was exactly the same with the nexus 4 which I did a bit of research on.
I agree that mtp is turd.
Basically your sdcard is fused in the data partition
Meaning that it is formatted ext4 so even if you modify android sufficiently to Mount it, windows will not read it.
Now I'm not well versed in exactly how fusing works but as it's a scalable partition it's likely not going to play well with any attempt to Mount it anyway
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I don't like MTP either as you can't access the partition directly to open a doc or movie from it directly from your pc. but i don't think we have too much choices when you have internal storage only
I was having a similar thought process but not for the same reason. I'm also coming from the SGS2, where we have the 12GB internal storage and the external storage. Is it possible to partition/separate the 32GB storage into two partitions.
jayb222 said:
try using USB mass storage enabler from the Play Store.
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Are we 100% sure none of these work?
There's a few of them in the store...
.jond said:
Are we 100% sure none of these work?
There's a few of them in the store...
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I don't see why any would work, I suspect they all do the same thing.
jdesruisseaux said:
I was having a similar thought process but not for the same reason. I'm also coming from the SGS2, where we have the 12GB internal storage and the external storage. Is it possible to partition/separate the 32GB storage into two partitions.
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There is a lot of work.
You would need a rewritten bootloader (thinking back to the nexus one / HTC desire days when we used to be able to modify the partition sizes with a custom bootloader)
A rewritten recovery to use a physical /sdcard partition
Sufficiently modify android to use a physical /sdcard partition and allow ums mode
Probably more effort then most are willing to perform to take a step backwards in time
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I have moved an SDCard to a new phone with Android 4.4.
Since that time I cannot see the camera files when connected mass storage in a windows 7 machine. The files that are visible on the computer are from last year, before the move of the card to a new phone. They are all on the SDCard, removable. I removed the SDCard from the phone and all the old files are there.
The camera app is apparently saving new pictures to internal storage. Which does not mount USB.
I should say, a while ago my internal storage got full and I went through and selected "Move to SDCard" on most apps. I don't think that is related, but I am no expert.
I have two camera items in gallery. I can see all the files, new and old, and can send any of them with an SMS message. No problems. When I removed the SDCard gallery only had one camera item.
So to troubleshoot, I have downloaded ESFileExplorer. That can see all the files.
But when I connect to USB and enable USB storage, I can only see the removable card. To test I removed the SDCard from the phone and installed it in a card reader, I can see all the files now.
I do notice one difference now, when I connect the phone to USB with no SDCard installed I get the usual message to enable USB storage, and I click the button, it chuggs, and goes back eventually to the same message, and the USB storage is indeed not mounted. So the stock phone with no SDCard will not mount USB storage, though it offers to.
I have two notifications in the notification pane, one "USB connected" with the robot and the button "turn on usb storage".
I also have a different notification "connected as mass storage" which when selected has four entries, SDCard, which is selected, and PTP, MTP and Charging.
But it seems even though SDCard in checked, it's not actually mounted for some reason.
Any ideas, or is the idea of putting an SDCard in an android phone now a bad idea because of this?
My reading indicates this might be a problem introduced with the permissions changes with KitKat. If so, they really need to fix that. But judging on all the fighting on security issues on Bugzilla which results is just plain wrong development decisions, well, I get it. But I just had to ask you guys who probably actually know.
Firstly, try to be more concise when have problems, post the things you have tried in numbers or columns so somebody who might want to help can quickly know what you have tried and suggest something.
I did not read past your 2nd paragraph.
Secondly, I had a problem with my own sdcard, a kingston 16gb, in the past. Long story short, it became unreadable in my phone. Try to connect it to a PC, if you have an adapter, and back your files there.
The only solution for me was formatting it in my PC. After the format, it works for now.
I also switched phones, formerly a phone running CM11, now a phone running stock Sony 4.4 firmware.
Lastly, it might have to do with the fact that, whatever phone you switched to, some folder naming causes issue for the OS to read.
Again, back your files up, format the SD card.
shadowcore said:
Firstly, try to be more concise when have problems, post the things you have tried in numbers or columns so somebody who might want to help can quickly know what you have tried and suggest something.
I did not read past your 2nd paragraph..
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Hmm.. Well, then thanks for the response.
shadowcore said:
Secondly, I had a problem with my own sdcard, a kingston 16gb, in the past. Long story short, it became unreadable in my phone. Try to connect it to a PC, if you have an adapter, and back your files there.
The only solution for me was formatting it in my PC. After the format, it works for now.
I also switched phones, formerly a phone running CM11, now a phone running stock Sony 4.4 firmware.
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As I said, the card is readable on a pc, and on the phone. It's hard for me to think that is the answer. I did all that, and posted it.
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Lastly, it might have to do with the fact that, whatever phone you switched to, some folder naming causes issue for the OS to read.
Again, back your files up, format the SD card.
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Now that's an idea.
Before I try that I will see if anyone else has any ideas.
But that doesn't explain why the USB storage does not mount when I connect USB with the SDCard removed from the phone. It tries but never mounts. I think that is a clue.
I was gonna post a link to esr's "how to ask questions the smart way", but I don't have enough rep to post the outside link to catb.org.
I do try to follow that approach, and though I am new here I am NOT new to forums. I have been doing this, well, longer by far than most. A lot.
Well, still no change. I may just get another SDCard, put that in and see if that one exhibits the problem.
Virtual?
I did get another SDCARD, no difference.
I need to find the issue here.
I noticed I have two camera items in gallary, one has a camera icon and one has a folder icon.
The one with the camera icon only contains old pictures, from before migration.
The one with a file folder icon contains current pictures, taken by this phone.
When I plug into a computer as USB storage, only the old one mounts, the one with the camera icon. The new pictures (folder icon in gallery) do not mount.
Clearly this seems like a virtual filesystem that has it's pointers slightly wrong.
The camera app is saving it's photos in a directory that is not mounted when USB storage is used. It's not in the SDCARD, but it is in the internal memory.
The camera subdir that is a folder icon should be the one mounting as USB storage, and the other folder should be virtualized as a part of that.
I guess the problem is Kitkat does not save camera pictures on the SDCARD if available, as previous android versions did.
Can anyone suggest steps to isolate this problem?