Questions tagged [usb-mass-storage]
USB Mass Storage is a modus your Android device might present some of its file systems to your computer.
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What protocols are involved in the modes of USB connection from an Android phone to a computer?
When I link a phone (HarmonyOS 2.0.0, Honor 10) to a Linux laptop, the phone pops up the following options:
transfer photos,
transfer files,
charge only,
reverse charge,
input MIDI.
When I link a ...
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How could I open a hidden partition on a USB driver from an Android tablet?
There is a USB GPT driver. One partition is hidden. How could I open that partition on an Android tablet?
I know I can unhide that partition on Windows system. But can I open it on Android?
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Why does USB Mountr cause two drives to appear?
When I mount an image in USB Mountr on Android 6 and use an OTG cable to connect the device to a Windows PC, two devices appear and two drives appear in File Explorer with the first one non-functional ...
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LineageOS 18 -> USB storage is not being attached
I am using Raspberry Pi with installed LineageOS 18 and basically all works well. The only issue I do have is that when I put an USB stick (storage) it is not visible in the GUI. I tried several USB ...
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make android work as if it's a real physical USB drive [duplicate]
It would be cool to make android behave as if it's a real USB drive when connecting the device to TV and PC(s). So we don't get things like "Unsupported" and make many things possible. I ...
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Phone apps crashing [duplicate]
My apps won't start up if they do its not long enough to use them. Either they just close as soon as i open them or a message reading (app name) has stopped responding and its even apps that I haven't ...
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How to record calls and store on a central server?
Not sure if this should be asked on Software Recs Stack or not, but here goes nothing....
One of my coworkers needs to record calls whenever a call comes through on his premise cell phone. The issue ...
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How to read ext4 filesystem without mounting on a non-rooted device?
I perfectly know it is not possible to mount an ext4 partition from a USB key without root.
But in my case, I just need to read a password inside a .txt file (I don't have a PC right now and in the ...
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Where is the mount point for a USB stick on Android 9?
I am working on IMX8QM with Android 9. I needs to configure usb stick on static mount point.
Once USB stick detected,
create sda1, after check I got:
mek_8q:/sdcard # df
Filesystem 1K-...
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Why can't I see Android storage as a partition on PC?
I'm trying to recover an accidentally deleted video from Huawei P10. I use Ubuntu, so I tried to recover it using photorec. The problem is that I can't see the mobile's internal storage or SD card ...
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How to mount an SMB share as a removable media?
Is it possible to mount an SMB share to a folder that Android thinks is a removable media (external SD card or USB storage)?
Currently. I am using the following command to mount the share to Android'...
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How to prevent Android from creating "Android" and "Lost.dir" folders on external OTG storage?
If I either connect my camera using a USB cable via OTG or insert the SD card in an OTG reader connected to the phone, Android creates automatically two folders: an Android folder and a Lost.Dir ...
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How to enable USB mass storage feature on newer Android devices?
As a Linux user, it sometimes gets too tedious to get MTP working. So I want the USB mass storage feature back. The main reason is that my TV doesn't support MTP. I used to watch movies and videos ...
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How top copy files from Android (8) to PC, when large number of files in folder?
I recently bought a NAS to store family photos, and I've just realised that my phone (Pixel XL) no longer supports USB Mass Storage, but just MTP.
I've got about 7400 files in my DCIM folder, and it ...
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How to fix USB Mass Storage not recognized by PC?
I have tried many things but can't make my Samsung Galaxy mini 2 S6500 USB Mass Storage to be simply recognized by my PC. Why is such a simple thing so hard?
Does anyone know the solution to this ...
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