Johnathan Burger
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Q: Android file transfer

Anyone else having issues with android file transfer app under mountain lion?

Know a fix?

iPad, Mac OS X (10.6.4), 4G iPhone-Mac Mini Core2 Duo 2Ghz; 2GB RAM Eyetv w/USB HYbrid

Posted on Jul 28, 2012 8:20 PM

by Meg St._Clair,Solvedanswer
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A:

Nope, it didn't detect my HTC Rezound. The phone and the SD card both appeared on the desktop and DropBox recognized it for photo syncing.

 

If you really feel the need for an app, I'd see if Marks Space's Mising Sync is updated for Mountain Lion. Not free but, when I've used it in the past, it's been excellent.

Posted on Jul 28, 2012 8:53 PM

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  • by platinum7919,

    platinum7919 platinum7919 Jul 30, 2012 8:21 AM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Jul 30, 2012 8:21 AM in response to Johnathan Burger

    I have the same problem with Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1

     

     

    It worked fine when I still had lion, but as soon as I upgrade to mountain lion, it no longe recogize the device

     

    On the Android device it keep blinking from "Connected as Media device" to "usb debug mode" and it keep repeating as long as the ubs cable is plugged in.

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Jul 30, 2012 5:35 PM in response to platinum7919
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    Jul 30, 2012 5:35 PM in response to platinum7919

    Those are made by Samsung also aren't they?

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Jul 30, 2012 6:40 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Jul 30, 2012 6:40 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    According to the phandroid forums,  some people are having trouble on windows also.

     

    Samsung mtp drivers failing,  device won't mount,  etc.

    Some are claiming faulty usb port on device,  bad cables,  etc.

  • by Seadooriderty,

    Seadooriderty Seadooriderty Jul 30, 2012 6:55 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Jul 30, 2012 6:55 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    I am having the same issue. I attempted to use Android File Transfer to get music onto my Samsung Galaxy S III, but after installing the app I plugged my phone in via USB like it said in the instructions, and my Macbook Pro with OS X mountain lion will not recognize the phone.

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Jul 30, 2012 11:11 PM in response to Seadooriderty
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    Jul 30, 2012 11:11 PM in response to Seadooriderty

    First time you try to sync, you have to manually open the file transfer app.

    Make sure the phone is in ptp mode(camera) and you have USB debugging on.

    I can connect and access the internal storage, I just can't access the external micro-sd card.

  • by Seadooriderty,

    Seadooriderty Seadooriderty Jul 31, 2012 2:19 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Jul 31, 2012 2:19 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    I did exactly as you described. I have my phone plugged in, debugging on, and in PTP mode, but the transfer file app does not recognize my phone. It says "No android device connected, please connect a device via USB to get started." 

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Jul 31, 2012 5:25 PM in response to Seadooriderty
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    Jul 31, 2012 5:25 PM in response to Seadooriderty

    Are you using the cable that came with the phone?

    Do you have a different cable you can try?

     

    I have had it work after unplugging and plugging it back in. 

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Aug 1, 2012 4:22 AM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 1, 2012 4:22 AM in response to Johnathan Burger

    Johnathan Burger wrote:

     

    First time you try to sync, you have to manually open the file transfer app.

    Make sure the phone is in ptp mode(camera) and you have USB debugging on.

    I can connect and access the internal storage, I just can't access the external micro-sd card.

    Sorry, I haven't been able to grab anyone's 3S at work to try this out. At least, with the microSD card, you can pop it into a card reader (I have one that's barely bigger than the card that I keep on my keychain). Bit of a pain if you're using a case, though.

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Aug 1, 2012 1:52 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Aug 1, 2012 1:52 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    That is the issue,  I have a hybrid silicon/hardshell case.

    Wifi transfer apps work and can access the sd card. 

  • by konjarts,

    konjarts konjarts Aug 4, 2012 6:43 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 4, 2012 6:43 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    I had the same issue. I finally got the Android File Transfer app to work and recognize the device by switching the phone from "Media device (MTP)" to "Camera (PTP)".

     

    The way you do this is the same as how you would normally connect the sd card -- from the pulldown notifications on the Samsung Galaxy S3, you have the USB options.

     

    I saw someone else had USB debugging on -- might need to switch that off too.

  • by EyeAmTJ,

    EyeAmTJ EyeAmTJ Aug 4, 2012 6:56 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 4, 2012 6:56 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    Samsung phones never did work on a Apple product

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Aug 5, 2012 4:49 PM in response to EyeAmTJ
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    Aug 5, 2012 4:49 PM in response to EyeAmTJ

    False.

    Android apparently use to use usb mass storage -plug it in and it mounted as a drive.

    Android now uses the mtp/ptp crud that Apple doesn't support natively.

     

    As I have posted-I can see my phone in the file transfer app,  I can access the internal sd card,  I cannot access the external sd card.

  • by elicik,

    elicik elicik Aug 11, 2012 6:44 AM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 11, 2012 6:44 AM in response to Johnathan Burger

    With my Nexus 7, which uses MTP and PTP, which means you must use the Android File Transfer app, it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. If it doesn't work, I just force quit the app and start it again.

  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger Aug 13, 2012 7:11 PM in response to elicik
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    Aug 13, 2012 7:11 PM in response to elicik

    My big issue is I cannot access the external sd, something Nexus users can't experience since you don't have one.

    I can get the internal one to mount using Android file transfer.

    It crashes every time I try to access external sd.

  • by elicik,

    elicik elicik Aug 13, 2012 7:20 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 13, 2012 7:20 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    Any device that has an external SD card should not use the Android file transfer app. It is only for android devices that don't have USB mount storage, and use MTP and PTP instead. Mac does not natively support MTP and PTP, so that's why the app was created

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