For the last few weeks I haven't been able to get any PCs to see my phone (tried my personal, work, and one friend's, all running Windows 7). Previously it would mount as an external drive just fine (MTP) but now I really cannot get it to connect to any computers so I'm having to do all file transfers through Dropbox and stuff.
Tried a few apps like the SGS3 Easy UMS but nothing works. Does anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Thanks in advance for any advice.
I've been updating to the "last stable build" of CyanogenMod 10.1 and now 10.2 from the ApexQ team about once a week. Not that I really know what it means.
Did you try different cables?
Try downloading all drivers for our phone and using last 10.1 nightly. That's what I'm on currently on and just used 2 days ago and had no issues. Most importantly use cable that came with phone!
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Thanks for all the suggestions. Downgrading to the last stable 10.1 nightly seems to have done it. Same cables used throughout.
Xenobio said:
Thanks for all the suggestions. Downgrading to the last stable 10.1 nightly seems to have done it. Same cables used throughout.
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having issues with that too from time to time. reboot sometimes helps, shutdown, pull battery and wait a few secs then put it all back together always did.
may be related to the otg-driver they are fiddeling with atm. seems like the chip gets stuck in some mode which makes the device invisible (doesn't even show up in kernel logs as if it wasn't connected at all)
kilr00y said:
having issues with that too from time to time. reboot sometimes helps, shutdown, pull battery and wait a few secs then put it all back together always did.
may be related to the otg-driver they are fiddeling with atm. seems like the chip gets stuck in some mode which makes the device invisible (doesn't even show up in kernel logs as if it wasn't connected at all)
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we're just adjusting for a few differences in the 3.4 kernel (plus all the nutty caf patches d2 loves) and adding new features at the same time look for otg in a build near you soon. At this point it's not "does otg work" but "how can we best implement this in our shared kernel" and "can we also do usb aca" (otg + charging at the same time)
my phone's rooted, but i decided not to put CM on it.
anyway, MTP is pissing me off.
everything i try to put music on it from my computer, it doesn't recognize it and puts it in the LOST.DIR. What's worse is that I can't delete anything I put on the SD card. It says it's protected.
I've tried putting music on my sd card using another phone with usb mass storage and exchanging sd cards, but it gives me the same result.
anyone have a solution to this?
i've tried usb mass storage enabler, airdroid, and kies. none work.
any help is appreciated! thanks!
Sounds like your sd card. Try a different one.
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What is 'usb debugging' my unit is now going into this mode when connected via USB? stock, no idea..
and no USB debugging is not on in the development settings.
Amazing file system: It's created duplicates of just about everything in both SD drives.
OK this is really a toy as it's just buggy as hell.
I can see why Viewsonic is walking away from this.
So then I went in and activated debugging and then turned it off and then I could connect.
This is stock mind you. Maybe it's time for TNTlite.
Weird it disconnects the SDCARD2 with USB connected? Only internal memory?
Everyday it has a new personality.
OK that's confirmed it shuts off the SDCARD2 with USB connected.
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What is 'usb debugging' my unit is now going into this mode when connected via USB? stock, no idea..
and no USB debugging is not on in the development settings.
Amazing file system: It's created duplicates of just about everything in both SD drives.
OK this is really a toy as it's just buggy as hell.
I can see why Viewsonic is walking away from this.
So then I went in and activated debugging and then turned it off and then I could connect.
This is stock mind you. Maybe it's time for TNTlite.
Weird it disconnects the SDCARD2 with USB connected? Only internal memory?
Everyday it has a new personality.
OK that's confirmed it shuts off the SDCARD2 with USB connected.
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usb debugging is for adb (short for Android Debug Bridge) and its basically for accessing the file system (not file transfer...although it can) if you get adb setup on your computer there are some good managers that have very useful features like installing multiple apps at the same time (know as batch installing) removing apps, screen shot taking, file transfer and so on...the one that i use is called QtADB...now if you just want file transfer you have to enable usb transfer option in the notification pop up
as far as i know adb is a feature that come with every android phone
intech said:
What is 'usb debugging' my unit is now going into this mode when connected via USB? stock, no idea..
and no USB debugging is not on in the development settings.
Amazing file system: It's created duplicates of just about everything in both SD drives.
OK this is really a toy as it's just buggy as hell.
I can see why Viewsonic is walking away from this.
So then I went in and activated debugging and then turned it off and then I could connect.
This is stock mind you. Maybe it's time for TNTlite.
Weird it disconnects the SDCARD2 with USB connected? Only internal memory?
Everyday it has a new personality.
OK that's confirmed it shuts off the SDCARD2 with USB connected.
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Yes, when USB is connected I also cannot access SDcard2 from PC - I understood this to be normal. I use a folder on SDcard for staging and copy files and folders over ... or use dropbox, it is stupid easy.
If you are still running the stock Tab - you absolutely cannot judge it fairly. As everyone else here (and other places) acknowledges, the stock setup is craptastic.
Do yourself a favor and get CWM on, then VEGAnTab, do the market fix and install a few apps - THEN decide whether you like it or not. My money is on your opinion making a 180.
I've got CWM installed, dropbox and titanium backup, did the market fix but it's not much, just moving slowly and for the love of clowns I can't figure out which ROM to go with, TNTlite.. or this honeycream I hear of although that will be beta for awhile. Yeah I need to stop stalling. I'm just punishing myself with this stock configuration. Well this is good training for the big day., or night.
That USB nonsense just started. Turning debug on and off seems to have 'fixed' it but I don't know what kicked it on. Glad to know that about the SDCARD2, I can see it in the file explorer but I missed the USB part. I moved my music files over using the move as you suggested.
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Yes, when USB is connected I also cannot access SDcard2 from PC - I understood this to be normal. I use a folder on SDcard for staging and copy files and folders over ... or use dropbox, it is stupid easy.
If you are still running the stock Tab - you absolutely cannot judge it fairly. As everyone else here (and other places) acknowledges, the stock setup is craptastic.
Do yourself a favor and get CWM on, then VEGAnTab, do the market fix and install a few apps - THEN decide whether you like it or not. My money is on your opinion making a 180.
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installed TNTlite
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installed TNTlite
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I actually started with TnT Lite and ran it for about a week before making the move to VEGAnTab. Found I just liked the "look and feel" more.
Definitely going to flash Honeycream when a (fairly) stable ROM is available.
This is very funny as I installed TnTLite and I thought I was on the old ROM. Panic slowly going away as I read It's similarities to stock (lite did not give it away to me ). Yes VEGAnTab is what I was expecting although this new ROM is nice and fast. GTab seemed to become less heavy too Can I hold out for Honeycream (HoneyComb for those not in on the joke)? or weaken and go over to VEGAnTab First look at an almost full Android market has really excited me. I ran the market upgrade on stock and it worked but not much of anything was available. I'm already crumbling
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I actually started with TnT Lite and ran it for about a week before making the move to VEGAnTab. Found I just liked the "look and feel" more.
Definitely going to flash Honeycream when a (fairly) stable ROM is available.
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So I'm currently on cm9 using owain's rom.
I love it and its perfect, but I'm having a small problem that makes an even bigger problem.
My problem is - when i connect via usb to transfer files and what not its always stuck at discovering item and it never moves. eventually i feel like it doesn't respond.I can't seem to fix it, i can't transfer files even through recovery(mount usb). And when i use another g2x model which is running on the same rom and all it seems to work fine. When i can't transfer files it becomes a hassle getting it through another way onto my phone, which is why i said its a small problem but leads to a bigger problem.
Does anyone know if they can help me out? Please and thanks!
Try flashing. Harshes newest kernel. It may be: included in the rom but I've found all of the features don't always work unless flashed separately.
i tried that and it still doesn't work. pretty weird.
make sure you have a factory cable
Worse case scenario, get an SD card reader?
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i tried that and it still doesn't work. pretty weird.
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I also had this issue with HFS 1.8 when transferring files to the Mac via the android File Transfer App (It would connect/disconnect-not enable file transfers). There are several other functionalities still missing from the ICS build that will keep my on GB for now (HFP2.2).
Issue: When transferring files from sdcard to pc via usb, the process takes an incredible amount of time. For example, I attempted to transfer 3 pictures files at 2 megs each. It took well over 10 minutes to simply discover the files then another 10 to transfer the files. Additionally I've been having trouble with windows losing the mount after file transfer. I would then have to "safely" remove then unplug and replug for it to detect the mount again.
What I would like to know is if anyone else has experienced this issue and solved it? Would anyone know if it's on the phone side or the PC side? Note: I have tried multiple computers and it presents the same issue. So I'm inclined to believe that it's on the phone side.
Laptop: is an EliteBook 2560p by HP running Win 7 with 4 gigs of ram. I have installed HTC Sync Manager and all drivers, to my knowledge, are installed and functioning correctly.
HTC One S: is running the ViperOne S ROM. I'm unsure as to whether or not the ROM is the issue. I don't remember experiencing any issues prior to the installation of this ROM. However, it's the best ROM I've had so far therefore I've probably overlooked the issues until now. I'm going to change to that new "UnKnown_Retribution" to see if it's a ROM issue. However, I would still like some assistance in the event that doesn't fix the issue.
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Update: I just attempted to transfer the flash gui.apk file but I got this error message (see attached .png file).
Think you might have to format the sd and might be best if you get the phone to do it. If that don't work think it could be bad news for the phone.
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Think you might have to format the sd and might be best if you get the phone to do it. If that don't work think it could be bad news for the phone.
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Thanks for your assistance. It turns out that the cable was the issue.
With the latest (and unfortunate) update from HTC, I have come to the conclusion that MTP is not the best protocol to transfer files between 2 devices. Why? It's much slower plus less secure. Maybe I just wanted to charge my device when hooking it up to the PC. With normal USB file transfer, by default, the phone does not mount and show its files to the PC. With MTP it does; and there's no way to stop it. MTP is also less stable. I had freeze ups many times when transferring large files where my computer no longer recognized the device. I had to unplug and restart.
Is anyone else having issues? Or is it just me being on Windows 8? Anyone know of a way to disable MTP and use the traditional way of mounting to sync? Thanks.
Just got an option I'm going to try. I worked on other devices I'll try ours:
"Use system tuner app. Go to startup button. Check for mtp. Click on it and find the exclude button. Click on it. Restart your tab. Connect to your charger and see if it works. For me it does, but you probably have to repeat the step because mtp might appear in your startup again (i don`t know how to kill it once for all)."
Source:
http://www.askmefast.com/How_to_disable_MTP_mode_on_samsung_galaxy-qna1310615.html#q750233
Will report back. For all you's who don't mind MTP, disregard this thread
Em can you explain the 'less secure' bit? But ya it sucks lol.
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With the latest (and unfortunate) update from HTC, I have come to the conclusion that MTP is not the best protocol to transfer files between 2 devices. Why? It's much slower plus less secure. Maybe I just wanted to charge my device when hooking it up to the PC. With normal USB file transfer, by default, the phone does not mount and show its files to the PC. With MTP it does; and there's no way to stop it. MTP is also less stable. I had freeze ups many times when transferring large files where my computer no longer recognized the device. I had to unplug and restart.
Is anyone else having issues? Or is it just me being on Windows 8? Anyone know of a way to disable MTP and use the traditional way of mounting to sync? Thanks.
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in windows 8 it sucks like hell, im with you, but in windows 7 is working fine and super fast, i pass large files from my pc to my phone, and when i say large, they are really large. i use my phone for movies, and i download movies from 5 to 6 GB, and it take a couple of seconds to get from my pc to my phone. you need updated drivers for it to make it work right.
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in windows 8 it sucks like hell, im with you, but in windows 7 is working fine and super fast, i pass large files from my pc to my phone, and when i say large, they are really large. i use my phone for movies, and i download movies from 5 to 6 GB, and it take a couple of seconds to get from my pc to my phone. you need updated drivers for it to make it work right.
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Em what that just bs for a start the filesystem don't even support more the 4gb and then you got the fact there is no way it would copy over so fast that it puts my SSD drive to shame.
I always reboot to TWRP and use mount as old USB Mass Storage.
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I always reboot to TWRP and use mount as old USB Mass Storage.
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Ya I do this too since the only thing that get put on there is roms which I'm about to flash.
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... but in windows 7 is working fine and super fast
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Bull****.
MTP cant get over 2MB/sec even when using a high-end PC with SSD HDDs and USB3(yes i know the S doesnt support usb3, thats not the point), while USBMS easily do 10-15MB/sec, and ADB 5-6MB/sec.
MTP is worse than useless. Good thing I coded Quick ADB :silly:
MTP & the suck
I can agree on the initial frustration I had, trying to understand why my other android device allowed the copying of any file ext. onto the SD card. I bought a new phone with the same ICS os(phone did not come with a file manager), when I learned of MTP then what I learned now was that mass storage no longer exists . It is a more secure way the computer reads the device, so to avoid the blockade you'll need another device anything that has m-sd card capability so you can dump any one or more files onto it first off. Then goto googleplay and dl a good file manager program to use while accessing file in the phone. It should be simple from then in on to install any backed up .apk files or view any media(phone did not come with a versatile media player)files.
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With the latest (and unfortunate) update from HTC, I have come to the conclusion that MTP is not the best protocol to transfer files between 2 devices. Why? It's much slower plus less secure. Maybe I just wanted to charge my device when hooking it up to the PC. With normal USB file transfer, by default, the phone does not mount and show its files to the PC. With MTP it does; and there's no way to stop it. MTP is also less stable. I had freeze ups many times when transferring large files where my computer no longer recognized the device. I had to unplug and restart.
Is anyone else having issues? Or is it just me being on Windows 8? Anyone know of a way to disable MTP and use the traditional way of mounting to sync? Thanks.
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did not work for me, mtp still loaded!
i hate mtp, every time i copy a image file or video from my phone, it is corrupted, windows 7 or xp.
sometimes my wallpapers get corrupted just using es file explorer or just what seems randomly.
this is on my verizon note 2, running stock JB 4.1.2
anyone find a real solution yet?
if i have to root to get this solved, so be it, but i am about to do so any way since i miss having more control over my device.
turns out after testing, my sd card is a faked 64gb class 10, transfer rate suggests class 4 and 4gb of data was verified, good news is i can still get my money back and my friend who sold it to me may not have known it was a faked card.
MTP is completely retarded. UMS is a tried-and-tested protocol, this is the biggest sh*t sandwich Google has handed Android users so far.
MTP crashes every single time I try to use it. Try opening a folder that contains a large number of files. Explorer will freeze. Furthermore, MTP requres a device-specific driver, whereas UMS uses a standard driver. Oh this sucks so much!
Guys, I don't understand you really... In every ROM I've flashed lately being it AOSP or Sense based, there's an option to switch from MTP to the "old" UMS mode. In AOSP based ROMs it is usually located in Settings - Storage and you should open the menu there and you have USB Computer Connection where you can choose whatever you like. It is an option like any other options, you can use it or not
And yes I agree with you...it sucks
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Guys, I don't understand you really... In every ROM I've flashed lately being it AOSP or Sense based, there's an option to switch from MTP to the "old" UMS mode. In AOSP based ROMs it is usually located in Settings - Storage and you should open the menu there and you have USB Computer Connection where you can choose whatever you like. It is an option like any other options, you can use it or not
And yes I agree with you...it sucks
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I am on a rooted S4 MINI using the original stock ROM. Other than this small niggle, after removing all the crapware I am pretty happy with what I have, although if there is a compatible ROM that would bring UMS to the table I'd be happy to try it. I just find it very annoying that earlier Samsung phones used to have the UMS option but recently they decided to get rid of it. That's as stupid as it can possibly get: a tried and tested, working feature that was already in place... WTF not just leave it there??
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I am on a rooted S4 MINI using the original stock ROM. Other than this small niggle, after removing all the crapware I am pretty happy with what I have, although if there is a compatible ROM that would bring UMS to the table I'd be happy to try it. I just find it very annoying that earlier Samsung phones used to have the UMS option but recently they decided to get rid of it. That's as stupid as it can possibly get: a tried and tested, working feature that was already in place... WTF not just leave it there??
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I know CM11 has the option included and I'm sure you have either an official or a CM11 port available for S4 mini
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I know CM11 has the option included and I'm sure you have either an official or a CM11 port available for S4 mini
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I'll definitely look at it, thanks!
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I'll definitely look at it, thanks!
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Thx
usb debugging is checked in developer options, phone appears as photon q and mot composite ADB interface in device manager and windows explorer. i have tried 3 usb 2.0 cables and a usb 1 cable. 2 of them were labled as "data cables" and have worked in the past. i have installed the Motorola software previously. only internal storage DCIM and pictures folders are viewable through explorer. i suspect the phone is recognized as being in camera mode but since there is no notification i cant change this. i do have an sd card in the device that is recognised by the operating system. so whats the next step?
Have you tried the original Moto cable?
Have you tried clicking on the notification from the shade and changing the mode?
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Have you tried the original Moto cable?
Have you tried clicking on the notification from the shade and changing the mode?
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yes i tried the moto cable and what mode toggle? the network one from off to on yes, and i tried the lte off and on, even reset apn's. the only thing that seems to work is a reboot which only works for the first 3 mins or so. issues started after i flashed nightly. im gonna attempt to do a clean install of nightly. if that doesnt work i might have to stick with rc2
edit: im going to have to call the carrier and see which apn they recommend because i have 5 for sprint
did a factory reset and reinstalled pacman rc2 running smoooooth. wish i could have rc3 though :/
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did a factory reset and reinstalled pacman rc2 running smoooooth. wish i could have rc3 though :/
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I guess you're good then?
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I guess you're good then?
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nah now my sd card isnt recognised and i dont have a spare or another device to test if its the card. no mount options in the menu. i also figured out that theres a way to change mtp and ptp via the three dots in the storage menu if anyone gets this problem. also i have no service, idk if theres a way to improve reception from the phone.
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nah now my sd card isnt recognised and i dont have a spare or another device to test if its the card. no mount options in the menu. i also figured out that theres a way to change mtp and ptp via the three dots in the storage menu if anyone gets this problem. also i have no service, idk if theres a way to improve reception from the phone.
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You seem to have an unending fountain of issues. Try flashing stock and seeing if they persist. You may have a hardware issue.
You should have some sort of way to plug the SD card into your computer - IE a converter card or a USB-to-microSD key. I guess I always make sure the card comes with one kind or another so I have a few laying around... You can buy one pretty cheap too, especially if you have a MicroCenter near you.