On Wednesday 28 October 2020 14:37:40 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Anno domini 2020 Wed, 28 Oct 17:30:24 -0400
BorgLabs - Kate Draven scripsit:
BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote:
I get this msg too. I use Android File Transfer and, sometimes,
gmtp.
Konq was better but suddenly stopped working. For now, the above should help.
Kate
I also think it was working before. Kate, what version of TDE are you using?
R14.0.8
Could it be that it's not necessarily the TDE version that is causing problems but the smartphone? I've never managed to get MTP working on my testobject "Samsung Note II + LinageOS".
nik
A couple years ago, I had to use a smartphone for work; I only recall that
it
was a Samsung, I forget what model. Anyway, just connected it to the USB
port
of my desktop (running TDE), and it worked, just like an external hard
drive,
no mess, no fuss.
My newer smartphone (another Samsung, somewhere I have the model) doesn't
work
like that at all.
I just looked through developer options, and I notice that under USB configuration I have several options: charging, MTP, PTP, RNDIS (USB Ethernet), audio source and MIDI. I wonder if RNDIS could be used?
Also, do you have developer options enabled? and/or Did you root your phone?
Bill ____________________________________________________
I have dev options enabled I did not root the phone.
USB Mass storage was removed a long time ago by google. They claim the other ftps are better. They just removed it because it's easier to track data transfers on MS and Apple that way.
I had an LG phone with USB MS and it never had a problem. Until it was run over by a pickup truck. It didn't work well after that. 0_o
Kate
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 05:55:07PM -0400, BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote:
USB Mass storage was removed a long time ago by google. They claim the other ftps are better. They just removed it because it's easier to track data transfers on MS and Apple that way.
I don't think that Android devices "phone home" to Google with information about your data transfers so Google can track them.
Under USB storage, the computer mounting it has exclusive access to the drive while it is mounted. That's a feature for USB external hard drives, but a disadvantage for phones and cameras where people expect to still be able to access their data even when the device is mounted on the computer.
More here:
https://www.howtogeek.com/192732/android-usb-connections-explained-mtp-ptp-a...
I had an LG phone with USB MS and it never had a problem. Until it was run over by a pickup truck. It didn't work well after that. 0_o
[nostalgia] The first external hard drive I ever purchased was 40 megabytes, the size of a phone directory, and literally armoured. The company selling them advertised it by driving a car over it to prove it could take just about anything.
40 whole megabytes. I thought I would never fill it. Back then I could fit the OS, a two dozen or more games, and data files on a single 800K floppy disk. [/nostalgia]
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