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I just upgraded? to the Samsung Galaxy S III today and have been very happy for the most part. However...
I am EXTREMELY disappointed that the only options to transfer files to the phone/SD Card are to use the MTP and Photo protocols. I always loved my Android phone...built off of open source software...and using open standards (things like USB Mass Storage). It is incredibly useful to be able to plug my phone into almost any PC, running any OS, and be able to transfer files to and fro.
Where is the rest of the uproar? When are we going to demand that one of the most useful features on our phone be put back. It was already there...it was already working...and has been dropped for lame, limited use protocols... Why? Who is getting paid off? Why?
Bring back USB Mass Storage Mode!!!!
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The Samsung Galaxy S3 uses the MTP protocol for connecting to the computer. There is documentation on the Web describing why Google switched to that protocol starting with Android 4.0 and higher.
I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.
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It is always a good idea to do some research... I have followed your suggestion and found that Google has two reasons for using MTP instead of USB Mass Storage. They are:
1) “A main reason for using MTP rather than for example the USB mass-storage device class (MSC) is that the latter operates at the granularity of a mass storage device block (usually in practice, a FAT block), rather than at the logical file level. In other words, the USB mass storage class is designed to give a host computer undifferentiated access to bulk mass storage, such as compact flash, rather than to a file system, which might be safely shared with the target device (except for specific files which the host might be modifying/accessing). In practice, therefore, when a USB host computer has mounted an MSC partition, it assumes absolute control of the storage, which then may not be safely modified by the device without risk of data corruption until the host computer has severed the connection.“ -sombody from Google
--My Response - "I am totally OK with the SD card not being safe to be mounted. During the time I choose to be connected (only when transferring files)...I DO want the PC and not the phone to be in complete control of the SD card."
2) “MTP is a big improvement over USB mass storage — for devices with lots of internal memory, a manufacturer no longer needs to come up with some hard partition between the USB mass storage and internal storage. Instead, they are all in one partition, with MTP providing access to the directory of media files that would normally be available through USB mass storage. This means there is no longer a need for apps on SD card for such devices, because what used to be the ‘internal SD card’ is in the same partition as where applications are stored. The storage on your device can be used for either applications or media, depending on what you want to put on it. You aren’t stuck with how much space the manufacturer decided to leave for the two areas." -somebody else from Google
--My Response - "I am completely OK with the removable SD card being treated separately. That is EXACTLY what I want. I want to keep MY DATA separate and only on the removable SD card. And all of the stuff that I don't care about...that can be easily reinstalled (apps and such) on the internal memory. It is a good design. The phone has enough internal memory that I don't have any trouble with space for Apps (so not a conern at all)."
--My Overall Response - "The loss of flexibility, portability, and usefullness does NOT come close to justifying removal of the USB Mass Storage protocol. I am still VERY disappointed."
Where is the THUMBS DOWN... and INCORRECT ANSWER?
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And Ann... I am in no way ranting at you...just in my general disappointment in the decision GOOGLE has made. Thank you very much for your reply. Sorry for the tone of my last response...I'm just very frustrated at the loss of one of the most useful features of my phone
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I felt the same way about the phone and was just taking the sd card out and using a reader to transfer things...then I tried the kies program on the phone and as long as you have a Wi-Fi connection it works great ...better than mass storage imo
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I would love to try it out. However, I am a Linux user exclusively at home, and almost exclusively at work. Running it under an emulator seems to be full of bugs (from reading the blogs).
Given that Android is derrived from Linux...Google uses it for the majority of their servers...and many of their developers use it for their development platform... I continue to be dismayed that it is the OS that they now do not provide a single supported solution.
I can't speak from experience on this one...because I do not have a Windows system to test Kies on...but several blogs mentioned having serious problems with it. Again...I don't understand the choice. I have used USB Mass Storage on Linux, Windows, and Mac and have never onc had a problem.
The only solution that works for me at home now is to remove the SD card and use an external reader. I would be completely OK with that solution EXCEPT that the cheap plastic clasps on the the cover of my S III are obviously not made to withstand very many open/close cycles. Given that I have to make this phone lastfor my 2 year contract...I just don't see that as a good option. Again, sad face 😞
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I completely agree I miss mass storage...being you seem computer savvy and use an emulator my suggestion if you really want it is to look on xda forums, there are ways to enable it...May void your warranty though...look there and you can get all sorts of info about it
