My phone wont mount to PS3!

lviv73

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My laptop died and i downloaded some movies on bittorent to my gs3 but when i connect the phone to ps3 it says "unknown usb device" and wont mount my phone.My Epic and Epic Touch still mounts but they are on Gingerbread,is it ics or gs3 issue?Im on Sprint gs3.
 

cloud92

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My laptop died and i downloaded some movies on bittorent to my gs3 but when i connect the phone to ps3 it says "unknown usb device" and wont mount my phone.My Epic and Epic Touch still mounts but they are on Gingerbread,is it ics or gs3 issue?Im on Sprint gs3.
My understanding is that this is an issue that many newer ICS devices no longer have support for "Mass Storage mode" which is what you're referring to when you say "mount." The S3 uses what's called MTP which is music transfer protocol. It IMO sucks by comparison. They changed it for all the "special" people who think that voicing a button to mount a drive is too much work. The best way I've found is to stream it (which is a whole other ball of wax) or to just take out your memory card and put it in a usb micro sd drive. If anyone else knows a way to get mass storage mode (OTHER than using a custom kernel ) please let me know too!

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msd24200

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Try to install media server on your phone, I've not tried it and no longer have a ps3

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lviv73

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Try to install media server on your phone, I've not tried it and no longer have a ps3

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Which one? I tryed two and they were garbage.
I dont like installing and deleting too many things because it slows down your phone like windows.
 

cloud92

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Ok,any good way to stream mkv to jailbroken ps3?Or any good way to copy a file to ps3 without usb?
Itryed two upn apps and they were really slow.
With DivX plus codec software on a windows 7 pc you can stream it directly. You have to make sure your pc can see the ps3. I had to fiddle around a LOT to do it. My friend did it easily. I don't know why mine was so hard lol. Just MY luck. But my advice is to unload your video on your pc. Then stream it. Converting or encoding mkv takes forever. If you root your device. And install busybox there's a thread here on xda onshore to get back Mass Storage mode. I've been reading it after your post.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009&page=5

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