First big S3 annoyance

[Fudzy]

With my old Desire you could hook the device up to a PC and use it as a Mass Storage Device. Now they've gone all high-tech with MTP & PTP and taken the Mass Storage option away.

Saying that, there is a way around it but it involves installing the device driver and enabling USB Debugging. Not as straight forward or easy as just plugging the device in and choosing Storage mode.

That being said, I am hopefully going to find myself in less situations where this is an issue.

 

[AstroTurf]

With my old Desire you could hook the device up to a PC and use it as a Mass Storage Device. Now they've gone all high-tech with MTP & PTP and taken the Mass Storage option away.

Saying that, there is a way around it but it involves installing the device driver and enabling USB Debugging. Not as straight forward or easy as just plugging the device in and choosing Storage mode.

That being said, I am hopefully going to find myself in less situations where this is an issue.

Airdroid

 

[Fudzy]

Airdroid

Yeah but that won't help me when corporate wifi network won't let smartphones on it

 

[Enzo Matrix]

moaners gonna moan

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

moaners gonna moan

As a paying customer he's entitled to air his grievances. Some functions may not be important to you, but they are to others.

 

[Vegeta]

Does the HTC one X have the same issue? Anyone know?

 

[M@gn3t1c]

Go to Wireless and network settings, click more and click on USB utilities. Connect the phone to the pc and click connect.

 

[AstroTurf]

possibly your own wi-fi access point or usb wifi dongle?

 

[Fudzy]

Go to Wireless and network settings, click more and click on USB utilities. Connect the phone to the pc and click connect.

Not an option on the S3.

 

[AstroTurf]

Did some reading.

Fraid you have not got to many options.

 

[Fudzy]

Did some reading.

Fraid you have not got to many options.

Yeah Realising this. Oh well, hope I don't find myself in a situation where I need it.

 

[agentrfr]

Umm... why not install a samba app? Makes sharing/accessing the phone MUCH easier and it's done over the wifi, not the cable.

 

[AstroTurf]

Umm... why not install a samba app? Makes sharing/accessing the phone MUCH easier and it's done over the wifi, not the cable.

Same reason Airdroid is out...

 

[Masataka]

Does the HTC one X have the same issue? Anyone know?

No, the HTC One X doesn't have the same problem. It's simple plug and play, no need for additional software.

 

[Chevron]

With my old Desire you could hook the device up to a PC and use it as a Mass Storage Device. Now they've gone all high-tech with MTP & PTP and taken the Mass Storage option away.

Saying that, there is a way around it but it involves installing the device driver and enabling USB Debugging. Not as straight forward or easy as just plugging the device in and choosing Storage mode.

That being said, I am hopefully going to find myself in less situations where this is an issue.

Should have got a one X

 

[alternate]

What about the SD card?

 

[Fudzy]

Should have got a one X

What about the SD card?

Asked an answered Answered I now have 64GB on my phone, can't have that with the HTC One X afaik.

If I really get desperate for it I'm sure one of the ROM cookers will have this issues sorted in no time.

 

[Syphonx]

Why would they remove that? Silly Samsung, guess you'll just have to wait for a custom rom.

 

[xumwun]

It seems they've done the same thing on ICS for the S2

 

[kingrob]

It seems they've done the same thing on ICS for the S2

Not a big deal on the S2 with ICS.

You plug it in, it shows up in Explorer as GT9100, double-click on it and your SD card and internal storage shows up as two drives.

But I understand the gripe....if your work firewall blocks the installation of the driver and you can't see the phone in Explorer.