Mass storage mode

cjacks519 · Jun 30, 2012

Anyone come up with a solution yet for USB mass storage mode to access the external card?

I recently bought a 64gb microsd card and the SGS3 has no option for mass storage mode to access it. Trying to load lots of music files. Very frustrating

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

Sher The Love · Jun 30, 2012

You're not able to open windows explorer to drag and drop you music to the SD card? When you click on your phone in windows explorer, it should open up another page to choose between your internal and external storage.

teh roxxorz · Jun 30, 2012

If you mean when connected to a PC, select camera mode when connected, in case the drive isnr compatible with mtp. You should be set then.

cjacks519 · Jun 30, 2012

I can drag and drop. I was trying to use Double Twist program on my laptop to sync music so I have my itunes playlist intact. For whatever reason Double Twist doesn't recognize MTP or PTP connections on the sgs3.

I've run into a couple other situations with apps that don't recognize the external memory card. I think Quick Office Pro was another app I had trouble with as well.

I really miss the AOSP USB mass storage mode

JayFReaZy · Jun 30, 2012

Yes, not having UMS really sucks. I constantly have to switch between camera or media mode in order to transfer files. I'm 100% a custom ROM would fix this, but it should've been there out of the box. I wonder why samsung removed it.

mocsab · Jun 30, 2012

Can't find Externel SD Card on my PHOne

I installed a 32GB external SD Card on my phone - when I plug in my computer I can see it just fine - I see T999 and Card as, connected to my computer via USB - this looked really different from how I have seen the external SD Card presented on other phones???

Plus - when I open ROOT Explorer or ES File Explorer to try to manage files on the Ext SD Card - I can't seem to find it anywhere - I can see the "SD Card" - which is the internal SD Card that comes with the phone- I have music files I have already put on that along with a ROM and Kernel Zip File that I flashed recently - and which I added prior to getting the 32GB external SD Card.

FYI - On my phone, When I go to 'Settings" Storage - I can see there is an SD Card with 29.71GB of available space (I don't have any files on it yet) - So I know the phone can recognize it - I just can't find it using any of the file explorers - is there some setting I have neglected to turn on ?

when I installed an SD card on my wifes EVO LTE I see both internal and external SD Cards - with names like SD Card - EXT SD Card -and or SDCard2 all depending on what program I was using to locate them -

on my new GALAXY SIII, right now I only see SDCard and can;t locate th external SD Card - any suggestions? (I feel like a real noob)

siirus09 · Jun 30, 2012

cjacks519 said:
I can drag and drop. I was trying to use Double Twist program on my laptop to sync music so I have my itunes playlist intact. For whatever reason Double Twist doesn't recognize MTP or PTP connections on the sgs3.

I've run into a couple other situations with apps that don't recognize the external memory card. I think Quick Office Pro was another app I had trouble with as well.

I really miss the AOSP USB mass storage mode

Yeah I gave up using DoubleTwist because of the outdated/slow support like what you are having and how it doesnt work well with mp3s over 10 mb. I switched to Syncr to use iTunes as my playlist manager and it works perfect. Syncr had support for the S3 almost the next day.

plaut · Jun 30, 2012

mocsab said:
when I open ROOT Explorer or ES File Explorer to try to manage files on the Ext SD Card - I can't seem to find it anywhere

go to /mnt/extSdCard

Stryker1297 · Jun 30, 2012

cjacks519 said:
Anyone come up with a solution yet for USB mass storage mode to access the external card?

I recently bought a 64gb microsd card and the SGS3 has no option for mass storage mode to access it. Trying to load lots of music files. Very frustrating

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

have you downloaded the latest samsung drivers? also if you connect the phon to your laptop, shouldnt thepull-down notification now ask if you want to use mass storage?

JayFReaZy · Jun 30, 2012

Stryker1297 said:
have you downloaded the latest samsung drivers? also if you connect the phon to your laptop, shouldnt thepull-down notification now ask if you want to use mass storage?

Mass Storage mode has been removed. Samsung now uses multimedia transfer or camera transfer (or something close to that). Mass storage is no longer an option in the drop down menu.

mocsab · Jun 30, 2012

plaut said:
go to /mnt/extSdCard

Awesome - thanks - I feel like such a noob - and I should have been able to figure that out - it was just so different than other I had seen. By the do you know if CWM will recognize the External SD Card? (on my wife's EVO LTE I could choose which of the two SD Cards I wanted to flash with - is there any wayt to that with CWM and or does TWRP work with this phone?

Thanks for the help - it is appreciated

cjacks519 · Jun 30, 2012

siirus09 said:
Yeah I gave up using DoubleTwist because of the outdated/slow support like what you are having and how it doesnt work well with mp3s over 10 mb. I switched to Syncr to use iTunes as my playlist manager and it works perfect. Syncr had support for the S3 almost the next day.

Never heard of that program but it sounds like something I'll try out. I always used Double Twist in the past just because it imported iTunes playlist flawlessly. Sammy unfortunately takes away the AOSP mass storage mode. Sucks! :crying:

Thanks for this suggestion. I'll give it a go :good:

cjacks519 · Jun 30, 2012

Stryker1297 said:
have you downloaded the latest samsung drivers? also if you connect the phon to your laptop, shouldnt thepull-down notification now ask if you want to use mass storage?

I do have the latest samsung drivers, but unfortunately not all programs or apps recognize the MTP and PTP options that samsung forces us to use

cjacks519 · Jun 30, 2012

siirus09 said:
Yeah I gave up using DoubleTwist because of the outdated/slow support like what you are having and how it doesnt work well with mp3s over 10 mb. I switched to Syncr to use iTunes as my playlist manager and it works perfect. Syncr had support for the S3 almost the next day.

Is it "iSyncr" perhaps??? I tried a google search of just "syncr" and I'm having trouble finding it.

Stryker1297 · Jun 30, 2012

man that sucks... Looks like we have to wait for a port for a mod on the I9300 forums.

cjacks519 · Jun 30, 2012

found this thread in the i9300 forums:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1711009

Unfortunately it only works for the international version (already tried it). I would hope that something like this could be created/ported for the US variants. I'd do it myself, but this kind of stuff is way over my head

Maybe one of our great devs could make this happen???

plaut · Jul 1, 2012

mocsab said:
By the do you know if CWM will recognize the External SD Card?

yes, you can use CWM (ROM Manager) to flash ROMs on the external card (although I prefer booting into Recovery and flashing the zip files manually).

liquidreign · Jul 15, 2012

Root Explorer Problem

I am having a similar problem. My phone recognizes my external SD card (64 GB Sandisk Ultra).

I can transfer files from my computer to my ExtSD via usb.

When I go in to my my files on my phone it shows ExtSD Card and SD Card, but root explorer, ES file, and Astro will not show ExtSD.

I have been looking all over for a solution but have yet to find one.

I finally realized what going to mnt/extsdCard meant. Feel pretty dumb.

plaut · Jul 15, 2012

In case people haven't seen, there is now a way to mount the external card in mass storage mode for US/LTE variants of the SG3:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768752

Ov3rbyte · Jul 15, 2012

It won't let me see hidden folders in camera or media sharing mode. I hide folders with a "." in front of it, so like /.Wallpapers/ won't show up. Any way to fix this without renaming it?

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