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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] truwire:
I have to agree with everyone else. I have not had any issues transferring from PC to my phone. It seems as fast as any other phone I have ever used.

Are you transferring via MTP or PTP? Are you using a USB 1.1 or 2.0 port?

As for copying music...are you transferring music via sync in lets say Windows Media Player so you can keep playlists, etc? Bear in mind that this will not work properly in PTP mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EchoVelocity:
I sometimes get an issue where copying a file to my phone from my computer doesn't show up on the phone. As far as it is aware there has been no change. Generally works after a phone reboot though. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wilsonlam97:
Turn off USB debugging.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GibMcFragger:
Try Wifi File Explorer. I use it all the time to transfer files. It saves me all the MTP (which I agree is crap) headaches.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pitflyer:
Interesting that there are definitely people in both camps. Put me in the closer to MTP sucks camp.. it has been a lot slower for me and I have weird issues where files do not randomly copy.. and I can never dismount MTP device (not sure if that's designed or not). And I do miss having an assigned drive letter.

Not terrible but not a fan either. Wish they would have left regular USB as an option too, but I guess the 'one storage' model made that impossible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
1. I've never had an issue with MTP. It transfers files just as fast as my DINC using USB 2.0

2. READ MY SIGNATURE.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] husme2000:
and another bad point for MTP

you can’t recover your lost files because all recover programs can’t recognize the phone!!

i wonder if any of the developer can write some sort of script to solve this issue@@
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ceribaen:
The no mounting/unmounting from my understanding is because that's done on the device, rather than the host so it is by design.

But as the person above me asks, and I'll ask again - Is there a way that might make it possible for the phone to simulate a mass storage mode? The major difference I've read between Mass Storage and MTP is that USB Mass Storage requires partitions for application and media space (which, I'm not sure I understand the difference there - bits are bits, and you can run applications off of thumb drives no problem?), and therefore the argument was that this way you can make use of all the space that vendors were pre-allocating and wasting because you couldn't get at it.

But considering the bulk of devices you'd connect your phone to don't actually support MTP out of the box. Seems an odd choice to forgo any type of Mass Storage option.

My main thing is I can't use music via usb in the car... so I still need my ipod as well. Bluetooth is an okay option, but not every car has bluetooth and in my one experience with one with it... you still need to use phone controls to navigate playlists.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
They use mtp because there is no separate sdcard partition.

That is just all there is to it. If we want UMS, we need a separate sdcard partition. Imagine what would happen to your device if your entire /data partition went AWOL when UMS was enabled...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ZeroBarrier:
How dare you make any sense in this thread! /s
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miketoasty:
If by lost files you mean "deleted" then either keep a backup or don't delete the wrong file in the first place...

If a developer could/would want to do it, I'm sure it would have been done by now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ceribaen:
So you keep a system partition separate (yeah yeah, I know, not a single storage... but the space used in that partition is going to be relatively static anyway.

Just seems like MTP is more headache than its worth (at best people are like - it works as good as mass storage... at worst - you have device incompatibilities, slower speeds, and odd issues with overwriting files), and it seems odd to use what's essentially a Windows format rather than something a little more open.

So this goes back to - is it technically possible to either

a) create a mass storage partition (and have the phone recognize it)

b) create a program to simulate/emulate mass storage behaviour for connected devices
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miketoasty:
I'm sure its possible but could luck finding a dev to spend tons of time on something that only a couple of people will use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
We aren't talking about the system partition.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
My bad :(

;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ceribaen:
Considering how polarized this thread is - I have a feeling it'd be more than a couple using it.

Just looking at number of replies on this general board, this is probably a top 5 thread for responses (when you remove the 'my device shipped' and 'i received 4.0.x' threads). Only thing more is basically related to battery or screen life.

And if Mass Storage wouldn't impact the system partition, then if something borks - what have you really lost? By default apps back up, and outside of photos/videos, every other bit of media on there is probably brought in from somewhere else you can get it back from. Though, I'd think a typical user experience wouldn't ever run into this issue as I can't recall myself or knowing anyone that managed to improperly use a thumbdrive, mp3 player, etc to a point that they lost all the data on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
The point was, Android cannot RUN without the data partition mounted. UMS unmounts a partition from the device. /sdcard is a symlink to /data/media/. Sorry I wasn't more specific.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ceribaen:
Fair enough.

So let's say for argument's sake... all we want is a 'media' UMS partition. Because really, that's where most of the problems come in anyway. I understand that UMS is a pre-defined partition size... so basically it comes down to being able to make the 'virtual sdcard' more like an internal sdcard up to the point where other devices recognize it as UMS instead of MTP (and obviously it can't be the full 16GB - since you need to keep some bits mounted). But for argument's sake, let's say a 2GB partition which is 'removable'.

Is that possible/feasible?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Its possible...but the question is whether it is feasible.

Partitions can be changed, and resized. Its dangerous though, because a simple factory image cannot fix it if something goes wrong.

When you start messing with the partition table, things can get ugly. Ask the SGS users who were burned by early voodoo.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KrewCial:
I own a galaxy nexus since december 9th and copy files daily. It does work fine, sorry to burst your whining bubble. It's not the nexus' problem if the user is incapable of performing simple tasks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dexterslab:
Interesting thread.

I do have issues with mtp on two different win 7 machines. I can copy files off the phone no problem but copying files onto the phone is. Windows often will just hang part way through copying.

I had to resort to using ftp to copy 500 images onto it.

My other mtp devices work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TjPhysicist:
For what its worth, right now I'm using qtADB a qt gui to adb. It's quite nice, I can install/uninstall programs, transfer files, EVEN DELETE FILES and move them around (note MTP is read only). I do hate their move to MTP though, but this may be because they somehow figured most people would use Cloud sync for their files, which is silly given the americans are the only ones who can MAYBE afford to do cloud storage due to data costs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neilalexander:
In my eyes it solves a lot of problems: it means that I can read and write files to the phone without the storage having to be unmounted (as was always the case with the SD card on the Nexus One), and it means that users can read and write to the internal storage because it isn't necessary to unmount.

It also means that people get the "media device" experience when they plug in their phone and Windows Media Player (amongst other software) recognises it as a portable media device. The lack of native MTP support in OS X is a bit of a shame, but I have at least had no trouble with the Android file transfer application.

In my experience, the USB Mass Storage support on Android was always scratchy at best. MTP has at least been reliable for me so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
Android File Transfer is TERRIBLE. It's so buggy. It freezes, or says the device isn't connected when it is, asks me to unplug and unlock my phone even when it's clearly already unlocked.... it's terrible.

Are there other solutions to file transfering on a Mac? Please advise...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] asgard:
Removed ....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] juliano_q:
Yes it is a little buggy, but I transfer files almost daily and it is quite usable. The transfer is quite fast too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
What's strange about it though is that it'll allow me to drag and drop items into a folder (the actual folder, not the opened folder) no problem for the first time, but if I should try to drop something else in there, it won't let me. It's incredibly bizarre.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miketoasty:
Can't tell if user error or actual problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
Yeah, I don't get it either. I know how to drag and drop files into a folder.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paladine01:
Wow. Found this little tidbit, and it solved all of my problems. Copying successfully now! Thank you kind sir!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
I was to send over roughly 7gb of of something, which consisted of several thousand files. Many were mostly in the kb's while a few were in the mb's. Now, on my previous phone it wouldn't take that long to send over.. However, on my Galaxy Nexus, I started the file transfer at around 7 am this morning and it hadn't finished by 14.00 (2 pm) and that's seven hours later.

And YET, I was using the high-speed usb 3.0 port. Does anyone mind telling me why it's like this? My device is mounted as a media device, and I suspect the filesystem is ext4. Does Windows 7 not handle that very well since it doesn't natively detect ext4.

Also, I have noticed that a whole lot of times the data I send over is corrupted on the other end, whether it is to or from the device.

One other thing. Many times, I get a nice little error saying I can't send over an object. Doesn't matter what format the object is. After unplugging and reconnecting my Nexus, say, 7000 times (maybe 10 times in real life), it just magically works and the device will let me send stuff over to it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Copy to a 'closed' folder. Do not copy into an open folder. This fixed almost any issue I have had with mtp.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pat123:
Also, another tip that worked well for me was that you should change the destination folders view mode to List or Details in Explorer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] poody:
Has anyone tried MTP on any other device? I have a Transformer and use the Mac android file transfer program and have no problems. Just wondering if it's different on the nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] moe6:
I'd use a USB2.0 port, USB3 doesn't play 100% nice all the time with USB2.0 stuff particularly when its not even a particularly common standard (MTP in this case). You will not get the performance benefits of USB3 anyway apart from getting 800mA charge.

Also worth trying is making sure Fast Charge isn't on (Which I suppose defeats the purpose of USB3 again hahah) and ABD Debugging is off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davwman:
Works fine for me. Was having a problem with previous drivers, uninstalled and windows 7 found and installed drivers on its own. I did decide to do my yearly format after the fact on my laptop and since then mtp has been flawless. Now if you want complications on accessing internal storage, try using windows phone 7. Not that this has anything to do with this thread but, I am having a problem with is this DAMN tapatalk forum crap force closing and lagging on me all the time!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Konceptz804:
install the drivers from the galaxy nexus toolkit....transfers to and from the phone are just as fast if not faster then any other android device I've ever had.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tacz:
I am happy with MTP, it is much better than Mass storage only problem I have is with WinXP computer at my office, don't know why but couldn't copy any files from PC to Nexus. Don't have such problem with my W7 and Mac at home.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
WinXP requires Windows Media Player (12?) to be installed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] castaway1:
i suggest you guys with MTP problems use ADB plugin for total commander

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=801758&page=4

whish i testing with dev Aleq new version is coming and it works good for me ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beefgoat:
I always had trouble transferring my music via MTP. I had to take my external SD out and plug it straight into my laptop to get it to work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Well, the Galaxy Nexus features no external removable storage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
adb is much slower, however.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] keatre:
Return of the volume bug!

...but no, I haven't noticed via Winamp.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Knolly:
I might have to play around with drivers, because I'm having a similar experience... For me, MTP is just really unreliable. It would just hang so much that it was faster for me to transfer my music over wifi than over MTP as I'd have to cancel, unplug, replug, and restart the transfer every so often.

I knew MTP was on the phone when I bought it, but I've never had an MTP device, and basically assumed that if Samsung and Google thought this was an acceptable solution than I probably wouldn't have any problems... Oh well.

I had this with my Droid X as well and I forget how I fixed it... It was some obscure setting with Windows. I'm not sure if this is it, but try right clicking on the volume control and going to Playback Devices, then click on the Communications tab, and check the "Do Nothing" option.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Syn Ack:
Been having the same slow problems guys.

I have a Win7 machine that's damn near brand new.

It took FOREVER to transfer music and photos.

It also doesn't like the drag n drop feature from iTunes into a file. Which was killing it for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wormtown:
Pain in the ass on linux.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] keatre:
This is what frustrates me. I understand they're catering to the masses, but you would think a solution wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] athani:
How is that relevant? It wasn't supposed to be bad, was it :what:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] systemf:
Had problems transferring too in win 7. What worked for me was not opening the folder I am copying to in win 7. When I had the folder open win 7 likes to refresh the folder which jacked up the transfer. Super fast when windows wasn't interfering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NewMossie:
MTP is constantly stalling for me and I need to unplug and reconnect.

It's not the PC because I've tried it on different machines.

I have better luck transfering files over wifi. And no wires to mess with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mtoti:
I actually far prefer the MTP solution for this reason, mass storage was a pain on my N1. I haven't had stability issues though :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PrawnPoBoy:
MTP/PTP is awesome!

- It allows the SD partition to be formated as EXT4 instead of FAT32, which means it's WAY faster and more reliable.

- Transferring files to and from my Windows 7 PC is really fast and it shows up in Windows Explorer just like a USB Mass Storage device did.

- Android apps can still access the SD card partition while I'm copying files since it doesn't have to unmount it like it used to with USB Mass Storage.

- I don't have to worry about ejecting/unmounting, and I don't need to press any buttons to enable it on my phone after I've plugged it in.

- OS X doesn't pollute my phone with .DS_Store and .Trash files when I use Android File Transfer on my Mac.

- It integrates well with Windows Media Player, Picasa, iPhoto, you name it.

- Running sudo apt-get install mtpfs in Linux was all I needed to do to get it working there as well.

In conclusion, this thread is a f**king JOKE!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Andrmgic:
MTP is working great for me.. having access to all of the storage for whatever purpose I want is nice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] czerdrill:
Adb push or install gmtp through terminal
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sblantipodi:
kiddy fanboy :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maybemobile:
No problems with MTP but do prefer mass storage. Have been playing with wifi transferring but seems to slow for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nrfitchett4:
so you can transfer over wifi? I've been using wifi file explorer for awhile, and its nice to pick the files I want sent over, then go to bed and it can do it while I sleep.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NexusDro:
Does wifi explorer use the wifi direct feature?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] swears11:
I've been trying to copy my 12gb of music over to my phone (through the wire). The speed seems much faster than I had with my sd card before, however, it always disconnects halfway through.

Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm on my third try to get all my music over.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nrfitchett4:
don't think so. It gives you an IP to enter on the pc to access your sd card on the phone. Click the files you want to transfer and start it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TroyBoy30:
mine works just fine from my windows 7 machine
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DJTaurus:
With new build from Google the problems i had with MTP have gone... now i can copy photos from my pc to DCIM->Camera folder :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sincerity:
I must be missing something here...trying to transfer my titatium backup file and it's telling me it's going to be 1 day....the files total like 489mb..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enomai:
I'm not fond of MTP at the moment but WiFi File Transfer Pro works for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dougmod:
it really sucks..i cant transfer more than 2 pics without it freezing. it also took 50 something minutes to transfer 9 GB of music. I am now using airdroid and am pretty happy with the results thus far. lets just hope it doesnt crash.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AdamHart612:
Have had no issues on either my Mac or Windows computers - just plug in and go, no having to mount SD etc. I dig it. Transfer speeds are normal for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sishgupta:
I read from google somewhere (sorry I dont have a reference) that this was a technical limitation of the SGN. I don't think anything will ever support it. Maybe through emulation though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] biglipps66:
I share the pain.. 1.8gig copy "23hrs remaining" and its definitely going slow. Tried on a i7 machine ssd boot and 2 laptops. Just slow stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
You guys need to update your computers. I transferred 4GB of video and photos in under 30 minutes. Laptop running windows 7. Soon as I plugged it in, the computer recognized it and popped up the folders. Upgrade from Windows XP or stop complaining!

(Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure some of you aren't using windows xp but please research your issue more before you say something sucks)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dougmod:
that is a very ridiculous statement to make..did you see what people posted above? they have modern computers. one guy tried transferring from his i7 & ssd combo and was not happy. My computer has raid 0 an an i7-2600k overclocked. Tried on my xp partition and win 7 partition with bad results. the computer's specs are obviously not the problem here. 5 pages of people trying to figure this out means we have not figured it out yet. read the whole thread next time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jaqb:
You need to define whats 'fast' and what's 'slow'. I have just transferred a 1.17GB file in 5,5min ... for me that's slow as hell. If someone is getting better speeds please let us know so we can figure out how we can improve that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] case0:
MTP is awesome actually. Much better than the old USB method.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Syn Ack:
The older method was straight-forward, easily transferred, transferred quickly, and just worked. This new MTP crap sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enomai:
I'm on a dell optiplex 790 with an i5-2400 (3.1 Ghz), Win7 64-Bit SP1. Hang after 1.5 mb trying to move photos (2 files). Not a commercial but WiFi File Transfer Pro is filling in nicely while this gets sorted out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
+1

:D

just flash CWR, boot into recovery and mount USB in recovery

;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flyerwire:
has anyone tried changing usb cables?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chaosportal:
I recommend SwiFTP (find it on the Market) for copying files to/from the Nexus (or any other Android device for that matter) over WIFI. You can even transfer files over the internet via their proxy server.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Dunno what you lot are moaning about.

File transfer is the same speed on my Mac and PC as it is with a Usb transfer..

Took me about 5 minutes to copy and few hundred mb of data across
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jaqb:
Mount USB is not working for me in CWR, any tips ?

I'm getting: E:unable to open ums lunfile(no Such file or directory)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enomai:
Would you mind sharing some specifics as to the set up of your PC?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sincerity:
same here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
I have read the thread and see a few people having issues while plenty more have it working perfectly. This leads me to believe it's an issue with their device, their computer or the user.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dspcap:
For me, it works, but just a bit slower. I loaded PDAnet for Android when I rooted. Should I uninstall it and the drivers and start over? or should I be fine either way?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eyc:
This may sound crazy, but someone at AF suggested switching cables. He was using his old Droid cable, and switched to the stock cable in the box. Apparently, it made the difference.

I was using my old INcredible cable, and got no luck with transferring pictures, at all. I switched to the stock Samsung cable, and boom. It works flawlessly.

I'm sure this can't be true for everyone here. But, mine as well give it a shot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bobb_o:
Just trying to put an 690MB .mkv makes Windows Explorer crash every time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] case0:
I think you just described MTP perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Syn Ack:
I think you took my quote and ****ed it up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mikdiamon:
Sooooo I guess it's not possible too plug strait into my ps3 and transfer files with this device?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rajones19:
Was fighting the same problems as many others (glacially slow, complete lock-ups of the PC). Finally sought out and loaded the proper drivers, and everything seems fine now. Whew.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] finkployd:
Did that for me too. In reality it only took like 7 minutes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bisquick24:
I was initially scared by MTP/PTP before I bought this phone, I had an Iriver MP3 player and moving files on that sucked (well with XP back then)! But pleasantly surprised how smoothly my nexus works with Windows 7... I like this better than dealing with iTunes on my ipod touch! I moved a 500MB movie file in about 100seconds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grdm:
Try rebooting your Mac with the gal nex usb plugged in and running the file xfer app first with nothing else

Only way I got it to work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dalumberjack:
I didn't read all 7 pages but if no one suggested it, Airdroid works great. I couldn't transfer my pictures over as I kept getting the same error.

Airdroid let me transfer everything and its a snap to use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Its a iMac i5 from April 2010.

i5 690 Processor

8GB RAM

Nothing particularly fancy about it.

Just copied Paul's new MCR across (250mb) in about 30 seconds, if that