F16: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and MTP

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 13:59 +0000, James Hogarth wrote:
> >
> > Not sure it'll help, but in the case of you my Galaxy S2 smartphone, I
> > simply switched the phone to mass-storage mode.
> > (Settings->Applications->Development->USB debugging)
> > Once enabled, you can simply access the file-system on your device
> > like any other USB mass-storage device. (Disk-on-key, HDD, etc)
> >
> 
> It is a problem we'll have to face soon however - even if the current
> Galaxy Tab can be switch to mass storage...
> 
> The Galaxy Nexus (and thus reference for the next generation of
> android phones/tablets) does not have a USB mass storage mode since it
> does not have an SD card to unmount to present to the system. Rather
> MTP is being used so that both the phone and the connected system can
> have simultaneous access to the internal filesystem.
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actually, I think your declaration that there won't be a USB mass
storage mode in the next gen android phones/tablets is incorrect...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/21/ice-cream-sandwich-supports-usb-mass-storage-after-all-galaxy-n/

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> Right now we cannot say if future Samsung/Motorola/HTC/etc phones
> based on ICS and the GN reference will follow a similar pattern or
> not....
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It will be there as evidenced by the Asus Transformer Prime

Craig


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