Timeline for How to use "USB Mass Storage Mode" on Android 4.3+
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| Jun 24, 2021 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAndroid/status/1407851052435742724 | ||
| Dec 17, 2020 at 15:15 | comment | added | Irfan Latif | Related: Why can't I see Android storage as a partition on PC? | |
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| Mar 20, 2019 at 1:36 | comment | added | neverMind9 | Thank you for clarifying why MTP is bogus. I understand it's benefits, but it's useability is close to none. | |
| Jan 26, 2018 at 20:10 | history | edited | LateralTerminal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 26, 2018 at 19:35 | answer | added | xavier_fakerat | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:35 | history | edited | LateralTerminal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:33 | comment | added | LateralTerminal | @eldarerathis I understand. I agree it has benefits. Thank you for elaborating on google's decision. I'd still like a solution though to use USB storage. | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:29 | history | edited | LateralTerminal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:11 | comment | added | eldarerathis | I'm not claiming that MTP is all roses, I'm merely pointing out what Google's rationale was since you've asserted that it was some kind of pressure from elsewhere (whereas Google - or at least their developers - have explicitly outlined the reason). There seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding this decision, and there has been for a long time, but they actually did have what they perceived to be a good reason (in reality, whether or not the pros outweigh the cons lies in the eyes of the beholder generally). | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:05 | comment | added | eldarerathis | Also, the answers here are probably applicable: How can I use my Galaxy Nexus as an external USB storage drive? | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:04 | comment | added | LateralTerminal | @eldarerathis I'm aware of why they think its a good idea. It has it's down side though. For example usage in Windows. I'm sick of it warning me every time I copy a file that it's format isnt compatible format for my phone and that I should convert it when it's fine. Also it's just slower and you can't multitask copy operations. I have an older android phone that I like to use just because it has USB Mass Storage Mode. Well I don't want to be forced to just use that forever for my needs. | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:02 | comment | added | eldarerathis | Here's the explanation from one of Google's engineers, BTW, which is the original source for my description: reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/… | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 20:59 | comment | added | eldarerathis | The reason this was changed is because it allows the storage to be accessed by the PC while still mounted on the phone, whereas MSC required the SD card piece to be fully relinquished to the PC when attached. That caused issues where phones would have to have a partition boundary for the external storage space, meaning it could not be used for apps (so a 16 GB phone may only allow 2 GB of apps, and 14 GB of "files", and no way to alter that without re-partitioning). I assume it also would have caused problems for the adoptable storage feature added later on. | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 19:39 | answer | added | Morrison Chang | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 19:15 | history | asked | LateralTerminal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |