Can anyone tell me why when I connect in Media Transfer Mode, my SD Card reads as blank in Windows. Windows detects the phone AND the memory card but it is blank. You can create folder, files etc on the blank card but they dissapear also.
However, if you connect the phone in Mass Storage Mode or remove the card and plug it into PC, everything works fine. The card also works fine in the phone.
Windows 7. 16GB Card that came with the Play.
ps. the card data usage is reading as correct even though I can't see anything on it in Media Transfer Mode.
reinstall pc companion check my thread about mtp app it should explain everything on how to bring back everything
The blank problem is because the driver are not correctly installed.
Ok, thankyou.
Weird, followed your excellent thread and done a reinstall but still blank.
yeah weird... you are sure that everything is available on mass storage mode ?
if it's the case then maybe your data are hidden on the device...
Check if there is folder without a dot at the start of the name (non hidden folder)
put new files and see what happen
Run a chkdisk on your SDcard with windows on mass storage mode
get andexplorer and check if everything is available through this app
windows might be infected by a virus that put your SD in a weird state
do a virus check...
Last if nothing above works: media transfer mode on your xplay> go to printer and other device on PC > right click > properties > hardware tab > properties > driver > uninstall driver > follow mtp app guide again to reinstall the driver
after that report back here
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yeah weird... you are sure that everything is available on mass storage mode ?
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Yep, all there. Phone is also detected fine in Media Transfer Mode in PC Companion (as R800).
Will do the rest when I get a moment, thanks for the help.
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Check if there is folder without a dot at the start of the name (non hidden folder)
put new files and see what happen
- I did this in Mass Storage mode and it works normally.
Run a chkdisk on your SDcard with windows on mass storage mode
get andexplorer and check if everything is available through this app
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- Done, it is fine. I used Astro and all is there.
windows might be infected by a virus that put your SD in a weird state
do a virus check...
- Clean.
Last if nothing above works: media transfer mode on your xplay> go to printer and other device on PC > right click > properties > hardware tab > properties > driver > uninstall driver > follow mtp app guide again to reinstall the driver
after that report back here
- Done this, the driver reinstalled but still blank SD card in Media Transfer Mode.
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I'm doomed to use Mass Storage Mode!
Why doomed?
You want to get files from your PC or laptop to your Play, right?
That's what mass storage mode is for. That's what I use.
The only time I need to be in media transfer mode is to communicate with the Play with adb, having nothing to do with the SD card.
What exactly do you want here??
Maybe he didn't figure out how to mount the sd card to after choosing mass storage mode.
Remember you need to mount SD for accessing the file on the computer after setting mass storage mode
Ok, I guess it is not that big of a deal. Was just curious to getting it working as it should. It's not really gonna impact me.
Thanks for all your help kenshindono, your info and posts are very helpful.
Unlike DeadlyDazza who seems continuously rude and obnoxious.
Not really, i could understand if you had a crippling problem which prevented you from connecting your device for transfers.
But that's what mass storage mode is for, as far as I know, media transfer mode is for pushing with adb & using SE's media transfer PC software.
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Hello! (first post , have been reading for a while though)
I can't connect the phone to my PC (win7 64bit), not as a mass storage device or with Kies (it worked fine before with my home PC and an XP machine at work).
It stopped working after the PC said "Device drivers installed properly" (or something like that) when I connected it, after that I have'nt been able to make it work as mass storage device on any computer..
Very strange and very annoying!
I'm thinking I might factory reset the phone (would very anti-nice though to loose all apps and stuff), so I thought I'd ask here first if there are any possible solutions..
Thx!
if you open device manager in Win7 x64 do you see it listed as GT-I9000 in Portable Devices ?
that's what it shows in mine, and i'm on x64 Win7
it automatically opens in Mass Storage also works in Kies
WEE!! Got it to work just now!!
Rebooted the phone (as I do every day) and connected it to charge over night, and windows popped up with the "installing device driver blabla dialogue" and suddenly it works!?!
This after not working for at least a week on any computer...
I have no idea what might have caused it, but I'm just happy it works again
Still, very strange...
It shows up in the device manager now, it did'nt before.. Thx for the reply!
On Win XP
is there a certain driver i have to download before using USB Mass Storage option.
all i get are two removable drives icon. but they can't be opened
you should only have 1 removeable device icon, 2 if you have a micro SD card inserted.
if you configure the phone to ask you what to do with the usb during connection, then you can select Kies or Mass Storage
regardless both works fine
i do have two removable drives because of the addition of the sd card
its set on Mass Storage. but it still won't open. im not sure if Windows installed it properly though
the driver details:
driver files- system32\drivers\USBSTOR.sys
does it shows in device manager, as mentioned above ?
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i do have two removable drives because of the addition of the sd card
its set on Mass Storage. but it still won't open. im not sure if Windows installed it properly though
the driver details:
driver files- system32\drivers\USBSTOR.sys
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i do have two removable drives because of the addition of the sd card
its set on Mass Storage. but it still won't open. im not sure if Windows installed it properly though
the driver details:
driver files- system32\drivers\USBSTOR.sys
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After connecting the phone via USB, did tell the phone to Mount the drives?
anyone else encountered this issue?
Is anyone else having trouble connecting their Galaxy to a PC? I don't know whether mine is faulty or not. Downloaded the Samsung Kies software but when I plug in the Galaxy Windows is unable to find a MTP USB device driver and the phone refuses to connect. This happens Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Also the Galaxy has a complete fit and keeps flashing between the home screen and MTP application screen while it's connected (wxw.youtube.com/watch?v=R9hdpJPCP-k). And I don't get the usual Android option to mount for file transfer. Am I missing something?
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finally managed to fix tis stupid kies connection problem...if anyone encountering the same issue jus do a factory restore n format ur internal sd card
I'm the only one having problems with usb mass storage? With all builds from all chef and all kernels it happens the same. I can read from the pc what is on the SD, but if I copy a file Android dont see it , the file size is 0. And new files created in android can't be readed by windows either (I can only read the files that were written on the SD before the last android boot)
I missing something? I tryied dismounting the SD from android with same results
Are you using it in the same way USB MASS STORAGE in WM6.5 ???
I use USB storage all the time and in every andrioid build I've used(about 20) I've never had any problems. There are many people like me that also have no problems, but there are also many like you that have plenty of problems. I'm not sure that anyone really knows why.
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I use USB storage all the time and in every andrioid build I've used(about 20) I've never had any problems. There are many people like me that also have no problems, but there are also many like you that have plenty of problems. I'm not sure that anyone really knows why.
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Thanks for answering. Do you have 2 partitions on the sd ?
Just want to check a few things:
1: you plug in via usb and select "disk drive"
2: you are not still connected via usb when trying to read the items on the sd card?
3: When you disconnect the usb, you use the usual method (right click the icon in the taskbar and select "safely remove hardware") then wait for the SD card to be prepared by android before accessing it?
Also, how are you accessing the files in Android?
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Just want to check a few things:
1: you plug in via usb and select "disk drive"
2: you are not still connected via usb when trying to read the items on the sd card?
3: When you disconnect the usb, you use the usual method (right click the icon in the taskbar and select "safely remove hardware") then wait for the SD card to be prepared by android before accessing it?
Also, how are you accessing the files in Android?
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1 & 2: Yes. Windows assing the drive letter and can read it fine.
3: I connect Android to pc, choose USB MASS STORAGE, in windows access the new drive letter, rename a file , choose "safele remove hardware", disconnect the cable, wait for Android to "prepare the sd" , go to the file and it has the old name!!! the weird thing is that if I connect to the pc again, I see in the pc the new name!
Is like Android is working with his own FAT32 table IN MEMORY and not refreshing it.
I tried Ghost Commander/ES file manager/Root Explorer, all with the same results.
PD: I found something else... If I DISMOUNT the SD from Android Im still able to access it with ES File Manager,etc. So its not really dismounting it Why can this be happening with all builds/roms?
I have the same problem. Strange thing is it worked fine fore the first couple of days. Anybody have a solution?
Try using "Rescan Media" app after you copy your files to the SD
Still nothing. I have to boot back into winMo to transfer files to my SD card! This is really annoying,
Plenty of other tools provide media scan as well, like Optimize toolbox, Switch pro widget and more. they all worked for me.
[edit] sorry, optimize toolbox doesn't offer it, it just clears the cache :/
power control plus however has this function as well.
ok i runing Oxygen and everithing is just fine,but i have one smaal problem: i can't use USB Mass storage mode.
Lets say the phone is turned absolutley off , when i turn it on and try to get in recovery mode the computer detects it and it shows it like CD Drive(empty), ok i tried some of the options of recovery- i mount/unmount, format , fix .. etc. still appear like CD Drive.
Ok i turned on the phone, and then i choose the android option to use the phone like USB flash drive, again it appeared like CD Drive , wich automaticly means only read but not write on memory card, and now every time i have to remove the card from the phone put it in SD card reader and upload on it some music, photos etc ...
Anyone with a solution?
1) First try another sd-card to see if the sd-card has a problem.
2) Either your ROM has a problem or it is your computer. Please try it again with another computer just to make sure that yours is not the cause for this behaviour.
3) If the problem persists try flashing your ROM again, but in recovery mode: Choose Wipe Data /Factory Reset, then go back to main menu. Choose Wipe Cache Partition, then go back to main menu. Go to Advanced and choose Wipe Dalvik Cache, then go back to main menu. This will delete all the data on the phone and make sure the ROM is installed properly.
Oxygen ROM do not allow to use Internal memory in usb mode, but sd card works 100% tested.
the worst thing for me is that, when im in recovery again appear like cd drive, so the phone for the computer from the begining is cd drive.
when i go in device manager it shows that HSUSB driver is not installed properly is it the same for you guys?
it only shows that my device is android usb device, but not mass stotage
THE same problem
stan40 said:
ok i runing Oxygen and everithing is just fine,but i have one smaal problem: i can't use USB Mass storage mode.
Lets say the phone is turned absolutley off , when i turn it on and try to get in recovery mode the computer detects it and it shows it like CD Drive(empty), ok i tried some of the options of recovery- i mount/unmount, format , fix .. etc. still appear like CD Drive.
Ok i turned on the phone, and then i choose the android option to use the phone like USB flash drive, again it appeared like CD Drive , wich automaticly means only read but not write on memory card, and now every time i have to remove the card from the phone put it in SD card reader and upload on it some music, photos etc ...
Anyone with a solution?
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THE same problem! How can you deal with it?
This thread is old...
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The god dam windows and drivers was the problem. Actualy i have a huawei USB modem for internet, and the drivers which i used for the modem messed with the drivers for the phone. The solution was to remove the USB Modem drivers and then reinstall them again and this time the computer discover the phone like mass storage.
Since the update to Android 6.0 marshmallow I can no longer access the microSD card when I connect my phone to my laptop. Even to see the internal memory storage I have to go into developer options and change the USB setting away from and back to MTP before I can see any drives listed under my device name in Windows Explorer.
drop down status bar click on .'USB FOR CHARGING' and select MTP. no need to go into developer options.
Thanks for the tip, that does make it easier. I solved the external sd card problem by formatting it in the device, after that it showed up as normal.
Dear All
I am not able to access phone internal storage and SD card of my phone from my laptop (Windows 8.1), after downgrading my Lenovo k4 note from MM to LP (A7010a48_S152_160302_ROW).
USB computer connection options of my phone when I am
1) connecting to Media device then -> it is showing CD drive of Lenovo suite, not able to see both internal and external storage in laptop
2) connecting to Camera (PTP) then -> laptop showing DCIM folder and another pic folder of both internal and external storage, but I can transfer only pics & video, still not able to see both storages.
I am not able to see both storages Int & SD card but able to see both internal and external storage of my phone to other PC like windows 7. But it is not visible on my laptop which is running on win 8.1. Earlier on LP version, I am able to see both storages on my PC.
I had not formatted my SD card at the time of downgrading to LP and removed sd card before downgrading may be it is the problem but other PC both storage are visible, then I tried again to downgrade again after formatting SD card, but did not get success.
Nothing happened when I was retrying to downgrade again LP version updated device, flash tool screen freeze when I clicked download button (I have chosen Firm ware upgrade and Download only both options. I have checked the logs please provide solutions.
11/30/16 21:14:47.101 BROM_DLL[4956][6060]: WARNING: EnumerateDevice(): Get friendly name failed! Err(13) (FlashToolLib/host/windows/com_enum.cpp:618)
11/30/16 21:19:32.884 BROM_DLL[4956][5488]: ComPortEnumerateByArg: NOT FOUND!! (FlashToolLib/host/windows/com_enum.cpp:514)
11/30/16 21:14:47.568 BROM_DLL[4956][5488]: ComPortEnumerateByArg: NOT FOUND!! (FlashToolLib/host/windows/com_enum.cpp:514)
install the software
I am not a senior member. But I have also faced the same problem. But after installing the software which is inside lenovo CD drive everything worked fine
I'm not a senior member, but i can answer this. Please follow these steps:
1. Connect your phone to PC screen unlocked.
2. Right Click on windows icon in task bar. Click on device manager. You'll see portable devices, expand it by clicking on it. You'll see Lenovo A7010a48 or your device name.
3. Right click on device name and click on update driver software-> Browse my computer for driver software-> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, now you may see two drivers
a. MTP Device
b. MTP USB Device
4. Click on MTP USB Device and click 'Next'.
5. Close the window.
6. Check whether your phone is detected or not.
Resolved By formatting SD card again and reinstalling MM
I am sorry for delayed reply
this problem was resolved By formatting SD card again and reinstalling MM.
Thanks all
Vishnu Mishra