i bought myself a galaxy spica for christmas and i haven't been able to sync it to my computer via usb so i cant put any music on it and its killing me! The os is cupcake 1.5 and the phone is in mass storage mode, i have installed and uninstalled the pc software countless number of times but nothing seems to work
any help would be much appreciated!
What OS are you using? I'm on Windows 7 and when I plug it in and mount the SD card through the notification screen it comes up as a removable disk on My computer as normal
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You can put SD card to PC but firstly you should update your system to 2.1...
you can upgrade your android 2.1
and you must installed PC Studio / KIES...
I work it on windows XP
To able to use USB device, you have to upgrade your OS to 2.1 (eclair)
download a 2.1 rom from samsung frimwares + odin + ops file and flash ur fone...
tutorial available at samsung firmwares...
Okay so first of all, i am very happy with my galaxy s4. i used to have galaxy s (very first one) and the galaxy s3 for a month but returned due to random reboot issues. anyways, what bugs me the most is the lack of USB Mass Storage Mode. I know MTP has some benefits, that for example you can listen to your music on the phone while you mess around on the file system through MTP. But still, the disadvantages are worse in my opinion.
so first of all, copying to my s4 with mtp is slower than copying to my s1 with ums.
whenever i try to copy a video file, windows always asks me if i really want to do that because my device won't be able to play it (wtf?)
and some other minor quirks but still, enough for me to want to go back to ums
So things I tried (of course my devide is rooted):
SGS3 easy UMS, didn't work
sadly, su, setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage, reboot didnt work either
so any other ideas would be very helpful
BlueEyes99 said:
Okay so first of all, i am very happy with my galaxy s4. i used to have galaxy s (very first one) and the galaxy s3 for a month but returned due to random reboot issues. anyways, what bugs me the most is the lack of USB Mass Storage Mode. I know MTP has some benefits, that for example you can listen to your music on the phone while you mess around on the file system through MTP. But still, the disadvantages are worse in my opinion.
so first of all, copying to my s4 with mtp is slower than copying to my s1 with ums.
whenever i try to copy a video file, windows always asks me if i really want to do that because my device won't be able to play it (wtf?)
and some other minor quirks but still, enough for me to want to go back to ums
So things I tried (of course my devide is rooted):
SGS3 easy UMS, didn't work
sadly, su, setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage, reboot didnt work either
so any other ideas would be very helpful
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Sorry Cant help - but I too am really keen to know the answer as its the only way I think I cna get it to work with my Audi Music System.
Stuart
helping with usb storage
BlueEyes99 said:
Okay so first of all, i am very happy with my galaxy s4. i used to have galaxy s (very first one) and the galaxy s3 for a month but returned due to random reboot issues. anyways, what bugs me the most is the lack of USB Mass Storage Mode. I know MTP has some benefits, that for example you can listen to your music on the phone while you mess around on the file system through MTP. But still, the disadvantages are worse in my opinion.
so first of all, copying to my s4 with mtp is slower than copying to my s1 with ums.
whenever i try to copy a video file, windows always asks me if i really want to do that because my device won't be able to play it (wtf?)
and some other minor quirks but still, enough for me to want to go back to ums
So things I tried (of course my devide is rooted):
SGS3 easy UMS, didn't work
sadly, su, setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage, reboot didnt work either
so any other ideas would be very helpful
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if you go into the app store there is usb mode switches which allow you to do exactly what your talking about, your phone needs to be rooted but that is not a problem as you said ur is rooted, just type in usb in the search bar as there are literally hundreds, i have not tried these yet because i have not yet rooted my S4 as am not sure which is suitable for my version, hope this helps a little maybe ?
geordie8t1 said:
if you go into the app store there is usb mode switches which allow you to do exactly what your talking about, your phone needs to be rooted but that is not a problem as you said ur is rooted, just type in usb in the search bar as there are literally hundreds, i have not tried these yet because i have not yet rooted my S4 as am not sure which is suitable for my version, hope this helps a little maybe ?
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I have tested all of the USB Mass Storage programs from the Play Store. But none of them actually works.
I can get it to mount the microSD card though, but it's not possible with the internal memory atm.
Tom-Helge said:
I have tested all of the USB Mass Storage programs from the Play Store. But none of them actually works.
I can get it to mount the microSD card though, but it's not possible with the internal memory atm.
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Where you able to access the content of the microsd? If yes how did you do it? All i accomplished was to make drive appear in windows, but couldnt access the content
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Tom-Helge said:
I have tested all of the USB Mass Storage programs from the Play Store. But none of them actually works.
I can get it to mount the microSD card though, but it's not possible with the internal memory atm.
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really, that's a pain, have you tried the sgs3 easy ums apk. link below or is it the same thing, i always had usb mode enabled on my s3 but actually never really noticed about it only been for the micro sd and not for the internal storage.
this is what i used on my s3 but it is ok for other samsung models as well
http://tutznet.com/81-enable-mass-storage-mode-samsung-galaxy-s3/.
P.S, unrelated question. your s4 when you bought it,was it locked to a specific network? i mean like the firmware? do you have custom rom or new firmware on it? are you usa or uk or from other country, i am on "three" uk network, and am wanting to root and custom firmware but could do with advice about which roms can go on to a firmware specific phone.
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I JUST READ ON ANOTHER FORUM THAT THIS DOES EXACTLY THE SAME THING only mounts the sd card not the internal storage, Sorry
geordie8t1 said:
really, that's a pain, have you tried the sgs3 easy ums apk. link below or is it the same thing, i always had usb mode enabled on my s3 but actually never really noticed about it only been for the micro sd and not for the internal storage.
this is what i used on my s3 but it is ok for other samsung models as well
http://tutznet.com/81-enable-mass-storage-mode-samsung-galaxy-s3/.
P.S, unrelated question. your s4 when you bought it,was it locked to a specific network? i mean like the firmware? do you have custom rom or new firmware on it? are you usa or uk or from other country, i am on "three" uk network, and am wanting to root and custom firmware but could do with advice about which roms can go on to a firmware specific phone.
*UPDATE*
I JUST READ ON ANOTHER FORUM THAT THIS DOES EXACTLY THE SAME THING only mounts the sd card not the internal storage, Sorry
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The reason why the internal memory doesn't gets mounted is probably because the internal memory is located at /storage/emulated/0 or /storage/emulated/legacy now. And this is not the same location as it have been on the Galaxy Note / Note II and Galaxy S III.
So someone have to make a new USB mount program that mounts that location.
as I wrote in my first posting SGS3 easy UMS doesnt work at all for me. Not even the external Micro SD. Am I doing something wrong? External would be a big help. Internal I can do without it
I hope this gets sorted out because it's really annoying to click OK for warnings and wait a lot longer with MTP.
MTP is sux and SLOW ! , it changed file created date , I can't see Linux hidden files (names start with "point")
, at least External SD card should be with an option to use as USB Mass Storage !.
I rooted my phone just for this option, and even root didn't help
I have tried SGS3_Easy_UMS_v1.2beta2.apk and it doen't work well (PC can see disk , but not what inside disk)
All I can do is to remove external SD card and connect to card reader, but it's annoying !
also have tried some apk, nothing works...(I have I9500)
so i guess no news reagarding usb mass storage mode?
BlueEyes99 said:
so i guess no news reagarding usb mass storage mode?
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CyanogenMod 10.1?
With my SGS2 I used the program Android Commander on my pc to access the root files of my phone.
Somehow Android Commander doesn't recognize my rooted S4.
I am looking for a way to connect my rooted S4 to my pc and access the root files. Would anyone know how to do this?
Just plugged in a 32gb usb drive - it found it immediately on WanamLite rom and automatically opened My Files app. Never did try on stock rom, tho...
slonn said:
Just plugged in a 32gb usb drive - it found it immediately on WanamLite rom and automatically opened My Files app. Never did try on stock rom, tho...
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No you are talking about another issue,we are complaining about the slow MTP protocol whilst transfering files from pc to phone.
poochewer said:
No you are talking about another issue,we are complaining about the slow MTP protocol whilst transfering files from pc to phone.
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any of you seen this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
djfotizo said:
any of you seen this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
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This is also what I was planning to post.
You can find more info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297888
I have used it and it works flawless
Just wanted to confirm about S4 thay you can't plug in to USB and have the storage displayed. my s3 shows options to access phone and card when ive connected to pc but missus's s4 just shows the name of the phone and comes up with an error message. drivers aren't installing for it either so there may be other issues
cheers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
Install that. Then install busybox from the market. Then open BusyBox, click the install button within the app, now plug your phone in, go back to the UMS enabler and choose USB Mass Storage. Your micro sd card will now work.
BlueEyes99 said:
Okay so first of all, i am very happy with my galaxy s4. i used to have galaxy s (very first one) and the galaxy s3 for a month but returned due to random reboot issues. anyways, what bugs me the most is the lack of USB Mass Storage Mode. I know MTP has some benefits, that for example you can listen to your music on the phone while you mess around on the file system through MTP. But still, the disadvantages are worse in my opinion.
so first of all, copying to my s4 with mtp is slower than copying to my s1 with ums.
whenever i try to copy a video file, windows always asks me if i really want to do that because my device won't be able to play it (wtf?)
and some other minor quirks but still, enough for me to want to go back to ums
So things I tried (of course my devide is rooted):
SGS3 easy UMS, didn't work
sadly, su, setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage, reboot didnt work either
so any other ideas would be very helpful
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It is simple, you go to the USB icon in the status bar, and select Camer (PTP), it automatically unselects MTP modus.
Now your S4 acts as a storage, you can access phone and SD card from the PC
Edit: I was too quick, I can see folders but not all files.... sorry, just got my S4 today
tried wifi file transfer and airdroid to transfer files from PC to my note 3. could see the folders and files from my note 3 on PC but when copying files fro pc to note 3 aborts. what could be the problem (any firewall changes on pc or note 3?). no issues with note 2 and the same pc. is that because of kitkat update?
consultjai said:
tried wifi file transfer and airdroid to transfer files from PC to my note 3. could see the folders and files from my note 3 on PC but when copying files fro pc to note 3 aborts. what could be the problem (any firewall changes on pc or note 3?). no issues with note 2 and the same pc. is that because of kitkat update?
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Its possible if you don't have a folder from that app on your external sd card and are using stock... KK doesn't allow any app to write to the external card unless it has it's own folder. It's a "security feature" Google put in....
Only thing it does is make using the external sd card harder and drive people to use cloud storage which is what Google wants....
making sense!! thanks ultramag69
ultramag69 said:
Its possible if you don't have a folder from that app on your external sd card and are using stock... KK doesn't allow any app to write to the external card unless it has it's own folder. It's a "security feature" Google put in....
Only thing it does is make using the external sd card harder and drive people to use cloud storage which is what Google wants....
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One other thing it does is stop people updating their firmware! - stay on 4.3 DO NOT upgrade if you want to continue having full access to your sd Card.
Barneyabz said:
One other thing it does is stop people updating their firmware! - stay on 4.3 DO NOT upgrade if you want to continue having full access to your sd Card.
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At some point you will be forced to use their software, whether its a security update pushed to 4.3 or until you get a new phone... Sooner or later you will be assimilated....
Not necessarily. Should that happen I'll root and"fix" what Google broke!
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I rooted my S4 l702 to the Google Play edition rom i9505. I didn't have any major problems besides wifi not working. This supposedly can be fixed by installing the newest version of agot. I didn't care and never installed because I was using my main device the nexus 5. I went on vacation and deactivated my line go avoid any chance of roaming charges. I come back and reactivate my lines but the Samsung won't reactivate. I'm not too worried because I figure that it's a Problem with my rom. I was going to back up my pictures from my vacation and restore to factory rom. I spent hours trying to get Windows and OSX to 1) recognize the device and 2) let me transfer photos. I tried using android file transfer and Kies on OSX. I then tried using my desktop running windows. I plugged the device in and Microsoft tries installing drivers. I let Microsoft instal drivers and it still won't let me transfer photos. It continues to search for MTP and never finds it. I them uninstalled the drivers and installed the i9505 drivers from samsung. Same thing 2 of the drivers are there but MTP fAils. I then try Kies which is constantly searching or telling me that my device isn't supported. I really don't know how to get my photos and would appreciate any help! Please ask any questions! Also now windows doesn't even try to instal drivers but it still appears under device manager.
Why don't you just install a newer version first? Or if that doesnt work use a different rom/return to stock? Your internal sd won't get wiped.
Throunk from
Lennyz1988 said:
Why don't you just install a newer version first? Or if that doesnt work use a different rom/return to stock? Your internal sd won't get wiped.
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I thought about that but I with pure android saving to SD cards isn't supported. I thought you had to wipe the phone prior to restoring or instal a new Rom. Thanks for the reply.
Lennyz1988 said:
Why don't you just install a newer version first? Or if that doesnt work use a different rom/return to stock? Your internal sd won't get wiped.
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I thought about that but pure android doesn't support micro SD cards and my vacation photos are on the phones internal memory. I could be wrong but I thought you had to wipe the phone prior to installing a new ROM. Thanks for the reply
Did you try to mount it as PTP (Camera) to get your photos?
When connected to USB, pul down the notification pannel and open "Connected as media device". Then select PTP.
It WILL work.
Karakatnica said:
Did you try to mount it as PTP (Camera) to get your photos?
When connected to USB, pul down the notification pannel and open "Connected as media device". Then select PTP.
It WILL work.
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Yeah, I tried that too. Windows was having problems finding camera drivers or something. I'll try again in the morning and let you know exactly what happens.
No custom recovery will wipe your internal sd card by default. You have to manually select it if you want to wipe your internal sd.
When trying to use OTP windows is stuck looking for ore configured drivers.
As it says in the title i have a s4 with cm13 and want to Connect it to my pc but with cm13 kies doesnt work are there any other programs/ways to transfer zip files from PC to phone?
Eliboyi said:
As it says in the title i have a s4 with cm13 and want to Connect it to my pc but with cm13 kies doesnt work are there any other programs/ways to transfer zip files from PC to phone?
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You can use something like Airdrop if you got wifi.
There is no need to use Kies to transfer files. Can you set the USB connection to MTP?
You can also use wifi or data to download gapps from the gapps website. You could also copy the gapps to a micro SD card and put the card in the phone.
Samsung drivers can also be downloaded separately, if that's your concern.