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[Q] how to activate USB mass storage ?

can anyone tell me how to activate USB utility option on my P3100 ?

May be try this app (not confirmed to work) then reboot and see
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389375
Sent from Galaxy S2 or Galaxy Tab2

MY previous device was Galaxy R and it does ve a USB utility Option......

What ROM are you using ?

Sean_Seany said:
What ROM are you using ?
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Tried Stock, CM10, now on AOKP-JB built 3

So you are running AOKP , so i assume you are not just talking about moving files from your PC to your tab , after installing the correct drivers from Samsung ( either via Kies or Windows update).
So what exactly do you want to do ? Am i right in saying that you want full access from your PC to your tab via USB ? From what I have worked out it doesn't work like that with our tabs as the set permissions wont let you. Or have it got it wrong ?
Have you read this thread by ChainFire? ( he IS the man ! ).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493325

Sean_Seany said:
So you are running AOKP , so i assume you are not just talking about moving files from your PC to your tab , after installing the correct drivers from Samsung ( either via Kies or Windows update).
So what exactly do you want to do ? Am i right in saying that you want full access from your PC to your tab via USB ? From what I have worked out it doesn't work like that with our tabs as the set permissions wont let you. Or have it got it wrong ?
Have you read this thread by ChainFire? ( he IS the man ! ).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493325
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dude i can transfer file by using portable media player..... but i need Usb utility option that we can connect like USB pendrives......
it look exactly like this

gearbox87x said:
dude i can transfer file by using portable media player..... but i need Usb utility option that we can connect like USB pendrives......
it look exactly like this
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same happpens to me but i noticed tihs:
in device manager i hae a dvice thats named MAS STORAGE CONTROLLER and my windows cant find driver with tab on or off, naybe thats what we need

arana1 said:
same happpens to me but i noticed tihs:
in device manager i hae a dvice thats named MAS STORAGE CONTROLLER and my windows cant find driver with tab on or off, naybe thats what we need
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Same issue :crying:

gearbox87x said:
dude i can transfer file by using portable media player..... but i need Usb utility option that we can connect like USB pendrives......
it look exactly like this
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Excuse my ignorance, but what will you be able to do with that ability?

feralicious said:
Excuse my ignorance, but what will you be able to do with that ability?
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MTP vs MSC mode... We don't like MTP, it's very very very better MSC aka USA Mass Storage Mode

PYCON said:
MTP vs MSC mode... We don't like MTP, it's very very very better MSC aka USA Mass Storage Mode
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Sorry, I don't understand why it's better. I just bought a Tab 2 and when I hooked it up to my pc I could see the folders and files and copy music and videos to it. I was going to hook it up again now to see if it's about getting into system files or something, but I'm exchanging it later today and I already did a factory reset.
Is it something to do with modding system files, rooting and flashing files that's easier with it? Sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm new to the Tab and rooting and flashing on my phone (Rezound) is so completely different than this, I'm still absorbing everything and trying to understand it all before I do anything with a Tab.

feralicious said:
Sorry, I don't understand why it's better. I just bought a Tab 2 and when I hooked it up to my pc I could see the folders and files and copy music and videos to it. I was going to hook it up again now to see if it's about getting into system files or something, but I'm exchanging it later today and I already did a factory reset.
Is it something to do with modding system files, rooting and flashing files that's easier with it? Sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm new to the Tab and rooting and flashing on my phone (Rezound) is so completely different than this, I'm still absorbing everything and trying to understand it all before I do anything with a Tab.
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Simple... MTP permits u to copy to / from video, music, photo... files. Finish.
USB Mass Storage gives u the total permission of copying files but also... format partition, defrag, open files directly from the device, etc etc.

PYCON said:
Simple... MTP permits u to copy to / from video, music, photo... files. Finish.
USB Mass Storage gives u the total permission of copying files but also... format partition, defrag, open files directly from the device, etc etc.
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And it is much!!!! faster than MTP!

badJester said:
And it is much!!!! faster than MTP!
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Oh ye, of course :highfive:

'Connect to PC' issue.

I've been facing this weird issue for past one week.
Whenever I connect my phone to PC, nothing happens(except charging).
The dialog box with options such as disk drive, HTC sync, Internet pass through doesn't appear. I tried different cables and different USB ports but problem is there.
What should I do?
I use Sense4 modded by bulletproof.
PS:Mounted as USB from TWRP and it works. What could be wrong then?

USB isn't fully supported in sense 4 roms. Instead of creating a new thread, yu could find the same in the rom dev thread .
power the droid

Try to use Multi mount sdcard from playstore
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[Q] MTP Can't see files on computer

I switched over to ViperXL and so far it's running great. But I'm having a small problem where I can see the files on my phone just fine with ES File Explorer, and other file explorers, but when connected to the computer, I only see a few folders and the files I loaded just now to my phone. The connection is fine since I can move files in between, but I can't see the vast majority of my files. Was wondering if there was something like a quick refresh toggle I'm missing?
Thanks!

Solved, in case anyone else has this problem, this app did the trick:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bero.sdrescan&hl=en

U can also just go into recovery and mount usb. Windows auto play may ask u want u wanna do, click view files. Hmm files seen es should be same on pc for SD CARD location. Click show hidden files in your windows folders view option . You can also mount system files in recovery also ...
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PharaohsVizier said:
Solved, in case anyone else has this problem, this app did the trick:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bero.sdrescan&hl=en
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This app didn't work for me, the "preparing..." circle thing just kept turning FOREVER.

solution
this worked for me
go to Device manager on your control panel
look for your android phone driver
probably there is a yellow triangle
means there is a problem in the driver software
any way simply you Uninstall the driver ( right click > uninstall)
then reconnect your phone
it will download a new software for your phone driver
and it shall work fine
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Guaranteed working solution for windows XP+ is to uninstall any HTC drivers and HTC sync and then install the latest HTC Sync. It has the MTP drivers built in.
As the solution above will only work on versions of windows that have MTP device drivers Windows 7 or 8.. maybe vista?

[Q] Installed Viper, Missing Stock Messaging App

Hey All-
n00b question:
I installed ViperXL 3.2.7, and I'm missing the stock messaging app...how do I get it? I verified that my Voice (Phone) and Cellular Network are working.
Thanks.

quidmonkey said:
Hey All-
n00b question:
I installed ViperXL 3.2.7, and I'm missing the stock messaging app...how do I get it? I verified that my Voice (Phone) and Cellular Network are working.
Thanks.
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I would redownload, check md5 and reflash. It's not normal to be missing the stock messaging app.

quidmonkey said:
Hey All-
n00b question:
I installed ViperXL 3.2.7, and I'm missing the stock messaging app...how do I get it? I verified that my Voice (Phone) and Cellular Network are working.
Thanks.
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Did you check it in the installer to not install? If so, just go through the install again without wiping data except this time uncheck HTC Messages (I think that is what it is called) so it will install.

lauterm said:
Did you check it in the installer to not install? If so, just go through the install again without wiping data except this time uncheck HTC Messages (I think that is what it is called) so it will install.
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Cool. That did it. Another quick question: whenever I try to connect to my MacBook via USB, it keeps prompting me with HTC Sync Manager. When I unmount the drive, it'll try to mount the stock USB drive, but will sit there in loading limbo.
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To state this a bit more clearly: I don't want the shoddy HTC Sync Manager, all I want to do is mount my phone as a USB drive, but I can't do that because HTC Sync Manager takes over.

Don't know about Macs. Try to Google the drivers. And uninstall HTC sync. Isn't macs Unix based? It should pick it up.
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Herc08 said:
Don't know about Macs. Try to Google the drivers. And uninstall HTC sync. Isn't macs Unix based? It should pick it up.
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Thanks for the feedback.
I uninstalled the HtcSyncManager.apk via Root Explorer. My Notification bar shows the USB as connected, but my MacBook doesn't show my One X as mounted. It did mount the One X when I had HtcSyncManager installed, but didn't give me access to my internal storage; instead, it gave me a link to install the Sync Manager software. I had no issues with USB mounting with Sense prior to rooting and flashing ViperXL.

quidmonkey said:
Thanks for the feedback.
I uninstalled the HtcSyncManager.apk via Root Explorer. My Notification bar shows the USB as connected, but my MacBook doesn't show my One X as mounted. It did mount the One X when I had HtcSyncManager installed, but didn't give me access to my internal storage; instead, it gave me a link to install the Sync Manager software. I had no issues with USB mounting with Sense prior to rooting and flashing ViperXL.
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JB update removed the use of the generic mass storage device driver handling the one x drive mount. I remember someone mentioning it may be possible to change that? That is was some sort of setting. If I were to guess, I would say it would either be a setting within the viper tweaks or within Developer options. I'm not a sense user so I can't verify.
Can anyone that uses sense verify this?

there is a app in the latest viper xl rom called venom sd manager that can change it back to mass storage as to the link to install htc sync you can disable that in venom tweaks

jerrycoffman45 said:
there is a app in the latest viper xl rom called venom sd manager that can change it back to mass storage as to the link to install htc sync you can disable that in venom tweaks
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It does launch, but mass storage does not get mounted. One thing I've noticed is that USB debugging is enabled. I've tried disabling it, but it doesn't want to stay off.

quidmonkey said:
It does launch, but mass storage does not get mounted. One thing I've noticed is that USB debugging is enabled. I've tried disabling it, but it doesn't want to stay off.
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i think it is coded for usb debugging to stay on i have noticed this on the stock rom too as for the mounting i dont know what to tell you i know nothing about macs will it mount in recovery
edit i think when he said uninstall htc sync he was talking about on your computer not your phone

Looks like ICS moved away from mass storage to mtp. Here's a thread detailing the same issue I'm experiencing. That...kinda sucks.
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Looks like mtp doesn't play well with 'nix, which is kinda blowing my mind, because it does play well with Windows. For OSX, you need to install the Android File Transfer.

quidmonkey said:
Looks like ICS moved away from mass storage to mtp. Here's a thread detailing the same issue I'm experiencing. That...kinda sucks.
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Looks like mtp doesn't play well with 'nix, which is kinda blowing my mind, because it does play well with Windows. For OSX, you need to install the Android File Transfer.
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Thanks for posting your findings!
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Honor 6 plus & Android File Transfer Issues

Hello everyone,
I was using my Honor 6 plus and android fil transfer without any problem for the past month. But suddenly instead of having the all the files stocked in my phone available on the software window, i've an empty window (as shown in the picture below). With this i can transfer my files from my computer but i can't choose were to put them, and the most problematic is i can't transfer files from my phone (cause i can't access any).
I checked most of the developper options (the mtp is enable).
This issue starts after update to emui 4.0. Befor that i rooted my phone using kingroot.
The strange thing is when i try with my girlfriends phone (honor 5c emui 4.0) android file transfer work properly.
Dose someone have an idea ?
Cheers

zadigzidane said:
Hello everyone,
I was using my Honor 6 plus and android fil transfer without any problem for the past month. But suddenly instead of having the all the files stocked in my phone available on the software window, i've an empty window (as shown in the picture below). With this i can transfer my files from my computer but i can't choose were to put them, and the most problematic is i can't transfer files from my phone (cause i can't access any).
I checked most of the developper options (the mtp is enable).
This issue starts after update to emui 4.0. Befor that i rooted my phone using kingroot.
The strange thing is when i try with my girlfriends phone (honor 5c emui 4.0) android file transfer work properly.
Dose someone have an idea ?
Cheers
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I can't see a picture. Android file transfer? You're using a Mac then? Did you select files from the notification panel after connecting USB?

Hi,
I'm not able to publish external as i'm new to this forum. Yes i'm using à mac. Yes i selected file from the notification panel. The Android file transfert soft show à blank window. I checked all the program optionand i can just create a new folder and that's it !

Do you have same issue on a Windows computer? Reinstall Android file transfer.
Try with USB debugging enabled

goldfinv said:
Do you have same issue on a Windows computer? Reinstall Android file transfer.
Try with USB debugging enabled
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I tried with USB debugging enabled, reinstalled Android file transfer MANY times
I will try on a windows computer (hard to find around me)
thanks

zadigzidane said:
I tried with USB debugging enabled, reinstalled Android file transfer MANY times
I will try on a windows computer (hard to find around me)
thanks
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Looking like the phones fault. Try on Windows. Would not be cool to do a reset cos of USB connection problems

zadigzidane said:
I tried with USB debugging enabled, reinstalled Android file transfer MANY times
I will try on a windows computer (hard to find around me)
thanks
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Have you tried a factory reset after a nandroid backup?

windows the only solution . MAC sometimes can recognize MTP . . Some times only .

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-universal-mass-storage-enabler-beta-t3240097
This works for me

jkccl9 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-universal-mass-storage-enabler-beta-t3240097
This works for me
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Yes it does. Funny I forgot to mention and I use it always. Root required btw. Never liked MTP mode.

goldfinv said:
Yes it does. Funny I forgot to mention and I use it always. Root required btw. Never liked MTP mode.
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It sometimes screws up my SD card tho when it doesn't disconnect properly and you need to reboot phone to show the changes made. ?