Questions tagged [mtp]
The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is a protocol which purpose is to facilitate the transfer of media files and associated metadata to/from devices.
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Empty phone (Nothing phone 3a pro) storage while connected to windows 10
I'm using Nothing phone 3a pro, Android 15, it has USB 2.0. PC System: Windows 10 home edition with last update. Tried to connect it to usb 3.1, 3.0, 2.0, I see the storage of my phone, but when I go ...
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Copying music files to a Pixel
I've got 200GB of music files and a 512GB Pixel 8 Pro, and I'd like to copy all that music to /sdcard/Music. rsync would appear to be an ideal means to do this as it would allow syncing of any changes ...
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Revoking data access authorization to a specific computer on Samsung devices
I connected a Samsung smartphone to a Windows computer through a USB cable and had the usual pop-up: Allow access to phone data? The connected device will be able to access data on this phone. DENY ...
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How do I connect my rooted Android device to my PC as a USB Drive
I want to connect my phone to my pc and the pc detects the phone as a USB flash drive, only one partition, not as an MTP device, like it always does when switching USB modes from charging only to file ...
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How can I improve copy times between an Android phone and my home computer
How can I improve copy times between an Android phone and my home computer. It is a USB3 port which has faster transfer speeds than the USB 2.0 that is on the right side of my desktop computer. Direct ...
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How to see my Android partitions via Linux machine terminal?
When I connect my Android device via USB into a Linux machine (be it Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, etc.) I am unable to find any trace of the device or partitions using cmds fdisk -l, lsblk, etc. This is ...
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Is MTP only used for transferring media files?
Is MTP only used for transferring media files (image, video, and/or audio files), not files of any type, such as pdf files? Some said that MTP can be used for transferring files of any type, but it ...
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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 to make the USB connection default to file transfer on Android 14 (and newer)?
In the past, I could choose the default USB connection function on Android using Developer Options. Settings->Additional Settings->Developer Options->Default USB Configuration->File ...
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How to recover files from a healthy microSD card in Android?
I accidentally deleted important documents (about 100 PDFs) that weren't backed up yet from a 64 GB microSD card, which is used as the primary storage in my unrooted Android 9.0 smartphone. The ...
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Have the latest Android OS versions brought back the longstanding bug that files copied to the phone have the wrong modification time?
Once upon a time, you could plug an Android phone into a computer running one of the three major OS's (Linux, macOS, Windows), and it would present an interface to the computer that looked like a disk ...
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge USB MTP protocol not working
I'm trying to root my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, but I can't get the USB to work with MTP. I've enabled USB debugging and set the USB mode to MTP, but still won't be recognized by the computer. I've ...
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Is it possible to make Android Emulator appear as an USB device on my Linux machine?
I need to access both ADB and MTP from one emulated device. May be there is some ready-made solution that can emulate android device via usb device emulating? All that I found is an android kernel ...
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Can a user recover photos deleted from DCIM/Camera in Android files via USB-linked file move to Windows 10?
Yesterday, I connected my phone to my Windows 10 PC, and transferred all of my camera photos to a new Windows folder via Windows Explorer using the 'Move' function. I have since learned this was a bad ...
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How to disable MTP mode in an Android phone with a broken screen (USB debugging enabled)
The screen of my phone broke some months ago, but luckily I had already enabled USB debugging and I trusted my PC, so I could use the phone with a USB with Vysor (a free open-source app) and I've been ...
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