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Phone Portal/USB Mass Storage not working

I searched for this specific problem and couldn't find anything that helped.
1.) Phone Portal: I've used it before and after trying (unsuccessfully) to use it today I keep getting this error message:
"You have received an invalid certificate. Please contact the server administrator or email correspondent and give them the following information:
Your certificate contains the same serial number as another certificate issued by the certificate authority. Please get a new certificate containing a unique serial number.
(Error code: sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial)"
Any ideas?
2.) USB Mass Storage: I did read a few threads about this issue and I guess it's just something that is a known problem with the Atrix 2??
With the issues with this phone (and it being my first "smart" phone...), I'm contemplating just returning it. There's gotta be something more stable/reliable than this.

Ive run in to issues where my phone just doesnt get recognized by the program. Only way I have fixed it is to do a factory wipe

Trying to not do that. Really shouldn't have to keep "factory resetting" the phone. Kinda irritating...

I use a mac so the connection is flakey at best, but I've found AirDroid to be a great resource for this.

voodoomurphy said:
I use a mac so the connection is flakey at best, but I've found AirDroid to be a great resource for this.
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As do I. But everything has previously worked fine. I haven't done anything different to the phone (completely stock, plus a few apps).
EDIT: Ok, so I may have found the solution. I just re-installed the certificates to my computer and it's connecting now.

After connecting your phone to your computer change the usn connection type to charge only and see if you can connect with adb. If so it is a problem with the crappy moto phone portal app
.. I have this issue on my mac book pro often.
You have to uninstall it and make sure it does not leave any thing in your preferences or library directories. Then reinstall the app on the mac.
If you can't connect with adb (make sure debugging is enabled in settings under applications first), return the phone and get an exchange for another atrix 2.
Jim
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium

jimbridgman said:
After connecting your phone to your computer change the usn connection type to charge only and see if you can connect with adb. If so it is a problem with the crappy moto phone portal app
.. I have this issue on my mac book pro often.
You have to uninstall it and make sure it does not leave any thing in your preferences or library directories. Then reinstall the app on the mac.
If you can't connect with adb (make sure debugging is enabled in settings under applications first), return the phone and get an exchange for another atrix 2.
Jim
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium
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So far it's working again.
And I'm still on OS 10.4.*...so I can't use the adb commands yet. Working on fixing my optical drive so I can upgrade to 10.5-10.8.

As for the USB Mass Storage Device problems, you CAN NOT have ANY apps on the SD card. Sometimes apps install themselves automatically on the SD card, you just have to go back to Manage Applications->On SD Card->Click on all the ones with a green check mark and select "move to phone."

cogeary said:
As for the USB Mass Storage Device problems, you CAN NOT have ANY apps on the SD card. Sometimes apps install themselves automatically on the SD card, you just have to go back to Manage Applications->On SD Card->Click on all the ones with a green check mark and select "move to phone."
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Just want to make sure on something here. Even if you move apps from the SD card to the phone memory, some app data still remains on the SD card right? And this setup will still have no problems with missing apps?

[Q] MTP problems

Hey guys, I'm trying to connect my Nexus 5 to my Windows 7 laptop via MTP. However, it never shows up in the "My computer" directory.
I let it install default adb drivers, I've even tried the "naked drivers" from the Nexus 5 forum. It just never shows up. Any help?

MTP Problems with linux
I have run into MTP connection problems while copying my old phones (GNex) contents on to my new Nexus 5 with my laptop running Fedora 19. Loading my old GNex contents on the laptop via MTP was smooth. Then I switched the phones. The Nexus 5 connects as expected and i can access the "sdcard" folder tree in gnome. But during the copying process (> 1000 files, mostly photos, some app-data) the connection constantly resets after 20-100 files. The phone states "process.media stopped" or something similar and the file-copy halted. I needed to unplug and plug the phone back in several times and restart the copying from the beginning. Quite annoying - thank god i rarely need to copy such an amount of files.
Anyone experiencing similar problems?

Sluggo_ said:
Hey guys, I'm trying to connect my Nexus 5 to my Windows 7 laptop via MTP. However, it never shows up in the "My computer" directory.
I let it install default adb drivers, I've even tried the "naked drivers" from the Nexus 5 forum. It just never shows up. Any help?
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I had the same problem too, on Windows 7. Here's what fixed it for me:
1. With the phone plugged in to USB, open up Device Manager
2. You should see an "Android" category, so expand that and right-click on whatever is in there (in my case, it said Google Nexus ADB Interface) and click Uninstall
3. In the confirm dialog that pops up, check the "Delete the driver software..." box, then click OK.
4. Once the driver is finished uninstalling, reboot your Nexus 5 while it's still connected to your PC (important that it is still plugged in!)
5. At some point during the phone reboot, Windows should say it's installing new drivers. The Nexus 5 should appear in My Computer shortly.

theproskater said:
I had the same problem too, on Windows 7. Here's what fixed it for me:
1. With the phone plugged in to USB, open up Device Manager
2. You should see an "Android" category, so expand that and right-click on whatever is in there (in my case, it said Google Nexus ADB Interface) and click Uninstall
3. In the confirm dialog that pops up, check the "Delete the driver software..." box, then click OK.
4. Once the driver is finished uninstalling, reboot your Nexus 5 while it's still connected to your PC (important that it is still plugged in!)
5. At some point during the phone reboot, Windows should say it's installing new drivers. The Nexus 5 should appear in My Computer shortly.
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This worked for me. Thanks proskater! :good:

sweet_anesthesia said:
I have run into MTP connection problems while copying my old phones (GNex) contents on to my new Nexus 5 with my laptop running Fedora 19. Loading my old GNex contents on the laptop via MTP was smooth. Then I switched the phones. The Nexus 5 connects as expected and i can access the "sdcard" folder tree in gnome. But during the copying process (> 1000 files, mostly photos, some app-data) the connection constantly resets after 20-100 files. The phone states "process.media stopped" or something similar and the file-copy halted. I needed to unplug and plug the phone back in several times and restart the copying from the beginning. Quite annoying - thank god i rarely need to copy such an amount of files.
Anyone experiencing similar problems?
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Exactly the same problem here... no way to copy my pics archive in the N4 after a reflash -___-
I've ""solved"" zipping the "camera" folder and then unzipping it through the N4....

Nexus5 USB Data Transfer Issue
sweet_anesthesia said:
I have run into MTP connection problems while copying my old phones (GNex) contents on to my new Nexus 5 with my laptop running Fedora 19. Loading my old GNex contents on the laptop via MTP was smooth. Then I switched the phones. The Nexus 5 connects as expected and i can access the "sdcard" folder tree in gnome. But during the copying process (> 1000 files, mostly photos, some app-data) the connection constantly resets after 20-100 files. The phone states "process.media stopped" or something similar and the file-copy halted. I needed to unplug and plug the phone back in several times and restart the copying from the beginning. Quite annoying - thank god i rarely need to copy such an amount of files.
Anyone experiencing similar problems?
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Raghu: I am also facing the very same problem. Factory Reset also didnt fix the issue.
copying of huge sized files works fine. copying of many files (such as image files) gets stuck after 20 or 100 files.
i faced this issue on a copying data from my Laptop with Windows7 OS to Nexus 5
I am also awaiting a fix for this.

sweet_anesthesia said:
I have run into MTP connection problems while copying my old phones (GNex) contents on to my new Nexus 5 with my laptop running Fedora 19. Loading my old GNex contents on the laptop via MTP was smooth. Then I switched the phones. The Nexus 5 connects as expected and i can access the "sdcard" folder tree in gnome. But during the copying process (> 1000 files, mostly photos, some app-data) the connection constantly resets after 20-100 files. The phone states "process.media stopped" or something similar and the file-copy halted. I needed to unplug and plug the phone back in several times and restart the copying from the beginning. Quite annoying - thank god i rarely need to copy such an amount of files.
Anyone experiencing similar problems?
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I have got the same issue. Any solution?

For me Unfortunately, MTP application has stopped problem is solved !!!
kissme99 said:
I have got the same issue. Any solution?
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Read my post #6, problem is solved !!! very minor point but we tend to overlook it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2547187
Do vote me Thanks if your problem is solved...:good:

theproskater said:
I had the same problem too, on Windows 7. Here's what fixed it for me:
1. With the phone plugged in to USB, open up Device Manager
2. You should see an "Android" category, so expand that and right-click on whatever is in there (in my case, it said Google Nexus ADB Interface) and click Uninstall
3. In the confirm dialog that pops up, check the "Delete the driver software..." box, then click OK.
4. Once the driver is finished uninstalling, reboot your Nexus 5 while it's still connected to your PC (important that it is still plugged in!)
5. At some point during the phone reboot, Windows should say it's installing new drivers. The Nexus 5 should appear in My Computer shortly.
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Works! Thanks :good:

I have a pair of new Nexus 5 phones (yes 2), now I can get the ADB driver if I enable android debugging to work, but I can not for anything get the phones to work in MTP mode so I can move files to them. I've tried everything I can find online. I see Nexus5 with a triangle next to it in device manger and no matter what driver I've tried it always says wrong driver. Nor does it automatically locate and install the proper driver, as it should even following the steps provided in this thread. Thus I have 2 phones and no way to access them at all currently.
I can not believe how much trouble just transferring files is, there is something very wrong with these phones when I have to waste over an hour to copy files to them.
ERIC

theproskater said:
2. You should see an "Android" category, so expand that and right-click on whatever is in there (in my case, it said Google Nexus ADB Interface) and click Uninstall
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For people cannot find above mentioned category, mine showed ACER ADB Interface under C before it was fixed. After fixing it, there is Nexus 5 under Portable Devices folder.

egandt said:
I have a pair of new Nexus 5 phones (yes 2), now I can get the ADB driver if I enable android debugging to work, but I can not for anything get the phones to work in MTP mode so I can move files to them. I've tried everything I can find online. I see Nexus5 with a triangle next to it in device manger and no matter what driver I've tried it always says wrong driver. Nor does it automatically locate and install the proper driver, as it should even following the steps provided in this thread. Thus I have 2 phones and no way to access them at all currently.
I can not believe how much trouble just transferring files is, there is something very wrong with these phones when I have to waste over an hour to copy files to them.
ERIC
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Figured out the issue, it was the fact that MTP requires the media feature pack if on Windows N, once the pack is installed and patched and rebooted (many times) it works.
ERIC

figured out the issue, it was the fact that mtp requires the media feature pack if on windows n, once the pack is installed and patched and rebooted (many times) it works.
Eric
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thank you you are my personal hero!!!!!!!!!! I was looking for this for a year!

theproskater said:
I had the same problem too, on Windows 7. Here's what fixed it for me:
1. With the phone plugged in to USB, open up Device Manager
2. You should see an "Android" category, so expand that and right-click on whatever is in there (in my case, it said Google Nexus ADB Interface) and click Uninstall
3. In the confirm dialog that pops up, check the "Delete the driver software..." box, then click OK.
4. Once the driver is finished uninstalling, reboot your Nexus 5 while it's still connected to your PC (important that it is still plugged in!)
5. At some point during the phone reboot, Windows should say it's installing new drivers. The Nexus 5 should appear in My Computer shortly.
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thank you so much man!

egandt said:
Figured out the issue, it was the fact that MTP requires the media feature pack if on Windows N, once the pack is installed and patched and rebooted (many times) it works.
ERIC
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To quote Paul Gimatti from Shoot 'Em Up, "**** me sideways". I've been pulling my hair out all day today because of this.

A good way to fix MTP driver problems in XP is unzip the Windows Media Player 11 (wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe) installer and run WindowsXP-MSCompPackV1-x86.exe or umdf.exe not sure which one fixes it. Then try update the MTP drivers.

exactly same as my case.
sweet_anesthesia said:
I have run into MTP connection problems while copying my old phones (GNex) contents on to my new Nexus 5 with my laptop running Fedora 19. Loading my old GNex contents on the laptop via MTP was smooth. Then I switched the phones. The Nexus 5 connects as expected and i can access the "sdcard" folder tree in gnome. But during the copying process (> 1000 files, mostly photos, some app-data) the connection constantly resets after 20-100 files. The phone states "process.media stopped" or something similar and the file-copy halted. I needed to unplug and plug the phone back in several times and restart the copying from the beginning. Quite annoying - thank god i rarely need to copy such an amount of files.
Anyone experiencing similar problems?
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i still cannot find a solution. would you please email me if you find a solution?

theproskater said:
I had the same problem too, on Windows 7. Here's what fixed it for me:
1. With the phone plugged in to USB, open up Device Manager
2. You should see an "Android" category, so expand that and right-click on whatever is in there (in my case, it said Google Nexus ADB Interface) and click Uninstall
3. In the confirm dialog that pops up, check the "Delete the driver software..." box, then click OK.
4. Once the driver is finished uninstalling, reboot your Nexus 5 while it's still connected to your PC (important that it is still plugged in!)
5. At some point during the phone reboot, Windows should say it's installing new drivers. The Nexus 5 should appear in My Computer shortly.
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you my friend deserve a medal

[Q] Transfer Photos Not Working

Hi all
Today I got my nexus 5, I am unable to copy my Photos from PC to my Nexus 5 using both options in the Nexus 5, whereas all the others files are being copied without any problem. It just gets stuck at some point while transfering the photos, and when the phone screen is on it gives error, unfortunatly storage/media stopped working and when the screen is on standby it just stops.. I checked both on PC with Windows8 and Laptop with Windows7.
please help me...
regards

I had a similar issue. How many pictures are you copying at once?
Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.1 (AT&T)
Unlocked Bootloader, Root, ART

mvelasquez87 said:
I had a similar issue. How many pictures are you copying at once?
Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.1 (AT&T)
Unlocked Bootloader, Root, ART
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actually many, more then 1.5 GB

I think I read somewhere that there is an issue so what I did was break if down to a few groups. This way if it fails I know where, unmount then mount and try again. I know it's a pain but sometimes it's necessary.
Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.1 (AT&T)
Unlocked Bootloader, Root, ART

ehalai said:
actually many, more then 1.5 GB
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I've had the same problem recently with both my Nexus 5 and S4. I just had to keep trying small groups until I got them all copied without error. I was using Windows 8.1 64 bit.
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mvelasquez87 said:
I think I read somewhere that there is an issue so what I did was break if down to a few groups. This way if it fails I know where, unmount then mount and try again. I know it's a pain but sometimes it's necessary.
Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.1 (AT&T)
Unlocked Bootloader, Root, ART
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so multiple issues with this gnikcuf phone...
> Wifi Speed Issues
> Hangouts Contacts Issue
> Photo Copying Issues
> and dont know what else will comes next...

I have no issue with the WiFi or hangouts. What the reported issue with hangouts?
Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.1 (AT&T)
Unlocked Bootloader, Root, ART

mvelasquez87 said:
I have no issue with the WiFi or hangouts. What the reported issue with hangouts?
Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.1 (AT&T)
Unlocked Bootloader, Root, ART
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doesnt show the contact name from the contact, shows the number only with international prefix only.

The photo transfer is an issue alot of us have dealt with. I can't either unless I break them down to small folders but thats a PITA.
i downloaded Airdroid instead. Dropped them in via the web. Worked very well

I have run in to this issue with windows, and linux. Even with different phones. Its the way Android handles the internal storage. MTP allows the phone and your computer access the storage at that same time. I tried a few different cables but didn't seem to matter. One trick that I used was to put the phone in to airplane mode on a fresh reboot. Start the copy from the computer and do not touch the phone.

dabbill said:
I have run in to this issue with windows, and linux. Even with different phones. Its the way Android handles the internal storage. MTP allows the phone and your computer access the storage at that same time. I tried a few different cables but didn't seem to matter. One trick that I used was to put the phone in to airplane mode on a fresh reboot. Start the copy from the computer and do not touch the phone.
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so this worked for you... and any work around for the hangout app(not showing the contact names and only showign the numbers?

ehalai said:
so this worked for you... and any work around for the hangout app(not showing the contact names and only showign the numbers?
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I have not ran in to an issue with hangouts not showing the name of a contact i have in my phone book.

broken android screen, some limited remote access, need data backup

Hi guys
Due to unforeseen consequences during a holiday, a beer bottle got dropped on my phone and it cracked the screen. Now I want to take a backup of my photos before I send for repairs and I will appreciate any help I can get! Here are the details:
Phone: Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
Firmware: Stock Sony Kitkat, non rooted
Screen: Cracked, funny colours cannot see anything on the screen and touch does not work
USB Debugging Mode: Off
Wifi: On
Resources Available: OTG cable, AndroidLost is installed (its for finding your lost phone with a multitude of other useful features as well - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlost), MHL cable ordered online and on the way...
So firstly, I plugged in the phone to my laptop and could not open the Internal Storage as I had a pattern lock set up. But thankfully, using Androidlost I could unlock the phone remotely (it resets and disables the lock). Once it opened I could see that my internal storage was full (around 11 gigs) and I could browse all my files. I didn't have the time to transfer my files at the time so I thought I will do it later and switched everything off. This happened once more when I accessed it from another laptop but again got interrupted and decided to back it up later.
Now strangely, the third time I tried this (and on multiple laptops now), the Internal Storage is only showing 7.5gb of 11gb used, and when I open it most folders are missing and most files are missing from the folders which are present. It may be some weird issue of MTP or MSC mode or something, not sure.
I've ordered an MHL cable so I can plug in to my TV and see if the files are present if I browse through the phone. Its really weird though, wonder how the files disappeared if they have.
I also tried to access my phone through an Ubuntu machine but was not successful in mounting it.
And I also tried to put in an SD card and browse that through a laptop, and I could do that but the internal storage remained the same.
One path I was following - using Android Lost I can open any app on my phone remotely. I can install any app using Google Play store on a browser. I can figure out the LAN IP address through my router/netscan. Is there any app you think I can install to remotely make my phone an FTP server or something so I can browse my files that way? The only problem is I cannot click 'Start' or anything which most such apps require so once the app is launched everything else must be remote-doable.
Thanks for taking out the time to read this!

ishaang said:
Hi guys
Due to unforeseen consequences during a holiday, a beer bottle got dropped on my phone and it cracked the screen. Now I want to take a backup of my photos before I send for repairs and I will appreciate any help I can get! Here are the details:
Phone: Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
Firmware: Stock Sony Kitkat, non rooted
Screen: Cracked, funny colours cannot see anything on the screen and touch does not work
USB Debugging Mode: Off
Wifi: On
Resources Available: OTG cable, AndroidLost is installed (its for finding your lost phone with a multitude of other useful features as well - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlost), MHL cable ordered online and on the way...
So firstly, I plugged in the phone to my laptop and could not open the Internal Storage as I had a pattern lock set up. But thankfully, using Androidlost I could unlock the phone remotely (it resets and disables the lock). Once it opened I could see that my internal storage was full (around 11 gigs) and I could browse all my files. I didn't have the time to transfer my files at the time so I thought I will do it later and switched everything off. This happened once more when I accessed it from another laptop but again got interrupted and decided to back it up later.
Now strangely, the third time I tried this (and on multiple laptops now), the Internal Storage is only showing 7.5gb of 11gb used, and when I open it most folders are missing and most files are missing from the folders which are present. It may be some weird issue of MTP or MSC mode or something, not sure.
I've ordered an MHL cable so I can plug in to my TV and see if the files are present if I browse through the phone. Its really weird though, wonder how the files disappeared if they have.
I also tried to access my phone through an Ubuntu machine but was not successful in mounting it.
And I also tried to put in an SD card and browse that through a laptop, and I could do that but the internal storage remained the same.
One path I was following - using Android Lost I can open any app on my phone remotely. I can install any app using Google Play store on a browser. I can figure out the LAN IP address through my router/netscan. Is there any app you think I can install to remotely make my phone an FTP server or something so I can browse my files that way? The only problem is I cannot click 'Start' or anything which most such apps require so once the app is launched everything else must be remote-doable.
Thanks for taking out the time to read this!
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Very lengthy question.
So you want to make your phone an FTP server. I have a great solution for that
Install the legendary ES File Explorer from the Play Store
Select Remote Manager from the option, it will turn on WIFI hotspot and also give a FTP address. Just connect your PC with wifi and enter the addresss in any web browser you want
That's all
Hit thanks if helped

Sushant Rohan said:
Very lengthy question.
So you want to make your phone an FTP server. I have a great solution for that
Install the legendary ES File Explorer from the Play Store
Select Remote Manager from the option, it will turn on WIFI hotspot and also give a FTP address. Just connect your PC with wifi and enter the addresss in any web browser you want
That's all
Hit thanks if helped
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Hi Sushant,
thanks for reading the whole thing and for your suggestion.
I can install ES File Explorer. I can start the app remotely using Android Lost. Problem is, I cannot use my screen so I cannot go to the options and select remote manager.

ishaang said:
Hi Sushant,
thanks for reading the whole thing and for your suggestion.
I can install ES File Explorer. I can start the app remotely using Android Lost. Problem is, I cannot use my screen so I cannot go to the options and select remote manager.
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i really really want to help OP but i cant think of the name of the app. its something like vlc, vhc, vcl, the point is. you can control the screen remotly over the same wifi network. i think if you could install the app remotly and install it on your computer, you would be able to unclock it remotly because you can see the screen on your computer.
if i remember the name i will post it for you. good luck OP!

Thank you Phurkus! I think you may be referring to VNC.
I found an app called 'VNC Server' that you can connect to using Real VNC on your computer. But after launching this app, it needs me to tap 'On' before it starts so again, no-go.
I'll search around for an app that uses VNC that doesn't require any set up on the android side besides just being installed and launched. Thanks again!

[SOLVED] Can't Connect To Shares On My PC

For the last several months, I can download and upload to my shared folders on my Windows 10 Pro PC, with no problems at all using FX Explorer, via SMB2. Never a glitz or slowdown, no problems whatso ever, no matter what ROM I happened to be running at the time.
The problem I am now having started yesterday, when I installed the new Windows 10 Pro x64 Fall Creators Update on my PC. I did a clean install, and set up the system from scratch. I did all my Network settings for sharing, just like before, and I set the Share permissions on 2 folders that I use for my OPO, just like before. Made sure that SMB2 protocol is enabled on the PC also.
I created a new LAN connection in FX Explorer to the new Windows OS, and tried to connect. Well, it sort of does connect, but mostly does not. When I try to access the shared folder on my PC, I can see the 2 folders in the Explorer list-view on my phone, but when I try to enter either one of the folders, all I get is a spinning circle for about a minute, and then get a report in big red letters that there was a "Network Error".
Well, that's a first on the OPO, for sure! To double check that I had set up the new Windows OS correctly, I connected to the shared folders using a laptop via WiFi, and it connects and reads the contents perfectly fine. I then gave it a go with a second PC in the house, and that PC also was able to read/write great to the shared folders.
OK.... so, the folders on the main PC are in fact, being shared, and other PCs can access them, but my OPO cannot, no matter what I try. Like I said, it sees the shared folders, but when I try to enter either one of them, it just craps out. I've tried 3 different file managers, all with the same results. I've tried anonymous connect, and password connect, both with the same result.
I even disabled the firewall on my PC to see if that was the problem (which I did not do for the 2 PCs that did connect) , and tried again with my OPO, but no joy, once again..
I am totally baffled. I have spent probably the better part of 6 hours on the net searching for solutions and answers, including this forum, but again, no joy, and then trying all things I could think of to do. Does anyone have any idea what can be causing this issue all the sudden? Any ideas at all as to why this is happening? You have no idea how much I would appreciate a solution to this problem. I even went so far as to restore a complete backup image I had made just before upgrading the PC, and with the old image installed on the PC, my OPO would once again connect to the shares perfect. So, not a hardware issue with my OPO either..
Thanks for reading this long post!!