yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] titanshadow:
Wow, alright - worked like a charm... :) Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] djjosh:
http://www.frys.com/search?sqxts=1&...ring=micro sdhc&resultpage=3&start=75&rows=25
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] djjosh:
I was going to get the Samsung 32 gb class 10 for $32, but do you guys think the Mobil ultra is better

Also looks like sandisk updated the 64 gb card , its now says class 10

http://www.sandisk.com/products/mobile1-memory-products/sandisk-mobile-ultra-microsdhc-and-microsdxc-uhs-i-cards-for-android
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] methslushee:
some mperices

whatever you get make sure its the best quality, slow transfer rates are a pain
[HTC One X] eraste:
Have the vivid love it the only downside is the terrible sound quality... Thinking of upgrading to the one x when it comes out have looked and saw no other major phone releases this year that would come close to the one x.. thoughts comments. Welcome. :)

vivid iced over
[HTC One X] imheroldman:
I would do it! I am on Sprint and would most likely go for the EVO 4G LTE, a variant of the One X. Just know that the phone will be very limited as far as unlocking goes. Check out the current discussion in the One X forum, and read here on my blog: http://goo.gl/3T4NK
[HTC One X] Deleted member 4571279:
Im waiting for s3 release, and for Huawei Ascend d quad user expirience
[HTC One X] acizcool:
it will keep no1 til s3 is out. :)
[HTC One X] eletro:
All sgs3 needs to beat one x is a sdcard slot + removable batt options

Their sgs2 already beaten one x to camera picture quality, battery + storage options

i have a feeling sgs3 is gonna look like gnex with buttons.. so they can mass produce with win8 version in mind :eek:

Anyway .. yea wait till 3 may before deciding on anything. :D
[HTC One X] eraste:
I got the one x and I love it. Only downside is over in the development forum for my new phone no one can do anything with the U.S. version right now since AT&T refuses to unlock bootloader so if you can live without 4g lte I'd go for the non u.s. version who know when we will get root etc on u.s. version.... Boo AT&T
[HTC One X] ArmedandDangerous:
The HOX camera is better, but the camera APP is worse. Just use a third party camera app :)
[HTC One X] manojcitc:
imagesense is best camera suite among all phone....

x...
[HTC One X] ratchetjaw:
Yeah i am taking my at&t one back in the morning and ordered me a International off Amazon. I dont have LTE here anyway so was just getting 2.5-3 speeds which is what i get on my International Note. Down loading ROMS for its delivery in 2 days now :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
The Issue

So, as you certainly noticed, ICS-toting devices such as the Galaxy Nexus do not come with the USB Mass Storage feature anymore.

On Windows, you can mount your storage using MTP (Media Storage Protocol)

On Linux and OS X, from what I've seen, there have been some attempts at building drivers for MTP but those seem to provide quite unreliable connectivity.

On Windows itself, it appears that the protocol takes quite a while to mount your device.

Google does not offer USB Mass Storage anymore in part due to the fact that you would need to unmount your whole storage from your phone to mount it on your computer.

The Solution

Alt Mounter! (I know, such an original name)

Alt Mounter is two things: 1) a small service and its widget, running on your device; 2) a helper running on your computer.

When you use Alt Mounter, mounting your storage on your computer is close to instantaneous. It works like a Dual Mount application; i.e. it does not unmount your storage from your device (it does not need to)

Platforms

Currently, the helper only exists for OS X and Windows (updated 05/06). It should not take long to port it to Linux if there is a demand.

The OS X version requires you to install OSXFUSE or any other FUSE package. It does not install these drivers itself because many MAC owners have already installed FUSE one way or another (for instance, OS X running in Parallels will not require any extra installation)

The Windows version will only work on a fairly recent version of Windows and will require you to install your device manufacturer's USB drivers. It is even more rough than the OS X version!

GET IT

Alt Mounter is currently a beta product. I use it without problem daily on my Galaxy Nexus and my CM9 Touchpad but of course your mileage may vary.

In fact, I am now aware of the following issues

:

- The Android app may stop functioning after a while -- workaround: only run the app when you are using it (otherwise your icon should be gray with no shade of red)

- The Mac app seems to only work on Lion. Hopefully the latest version I uploaded fixes this pure SDK limitation.

- The helpers may be very capricious as they are so, so young.

Thank you for your patience and, more importantly, your feedback.

Get it from the Beta Page.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pithism:
having a issue downloading the apok for android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lordJudass:
"Sorry, this page doesn't exist" I was happy but it cannot be downloaded. :-(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
All my apologies! This should now be fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pithism:
should i uninstall android file transfer

---------- Post added at 08:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:11 PM ----------

because i run the widget downloaded FUSE and altmounter on mac, and it says

"device not detected"

---------- Post added at 08:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:14 PM ----------

did uninstall didn't matter same results.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zer0_Cool:
requesting a linux port :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
I know I uninstalled android file transfer mostly because it is not a very nice application.

Try this incredibly simple thing: unplug your phone, plug it back in, see if it works now. I observed that the Helper may fail to notice a device when it is first asked to mount it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pithism:
ok ill give it a try

---------- Post added at 10:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:05 PM ----------

still not working

i tried it and it doesn't want to mount it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lordJudass:
Works fine for now, I'm going to test it a bit more but so far so good, thanks for this great mod, that's what I was looking for.

-Update-

Well it was too beautiful to be true, I cannot do anything on my "Mounted device", if I try to copy something it says that i do not have the right permissions, if i try to create a new folder it says "Cannot complete operation (-43)". I tried everything, stop service restart computer, restart phone and nothing, I will keep an eye on this, because I'm very interested on this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
OK. Let's see...

1) Does the widget turn partially red after a few seconds?

2) System Settings > Developer Options > USB Debugging: is it checked?

Cheers,

-Chris.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PoorCollegeGuy:
Hi there!

I totally plan on writing about this for the XDA Portal...and I would also love it if you ported it for Windows because I'm not a fan of MTP :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] moe6:
Another vote for the Windows port.

Please let me know if you need a tester as I'm running Windows 8CP and could help to make sure it works going forward from win7.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BlackHoleSlam:
Thank you can't wait for windows version
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iceandfire:
Need this for Linux.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pithism:
Yes to both.

screen says server is starting, and the widget turns red and stays red.

And usb debugging is checked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xi.lin:
Windows Port Needed!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zimphishmonger:
Would LOVE a windows port. Hopefully ones thats portable and doesnt need to be installed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DanVanDamn:
+1 for Windows (7) & portable version
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hp420:
i'm probably one of very few, but i actually prefer mtp over usb mass storage. since my ns4g rom doesn't offer mtp, would this act as mtp for me by leaving my storage partition mounted while connected??

if so, i will vote for a windows build please! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] minooch:
+1 Windows & Portable :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nebucatnetzer:
+1 all the other solutions never really worked for me. Not with my GNEX nor my Transformer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
So far, I have seen very little feedback on my OS X helper. Oh, well. Works for me :)

It seems that Windows then Linux helpers are in demand. The Linux one should not be very difficult to write; Windows on the other hand, I have to be a bit creative.

Here are the limitations I am foreseeing in the Windows version:

1) Only recent version of Windows (== likely no XP support)

2) Portable. Well, not really because on Windows you still have to install the USB drivers provided by your manufacturer if you haven't already done so. What a mess.

-C.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lupoalberto12:
I knew someone would bring Mount SD card / Mass Storage on ICS for phones like Galaxy Nexus :D .

Thanks very much.

Bye!

! :) !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
First, let me thank you 1000 times for developing this app. My experience with MTP on OS X has been absolutely horrid. I played around with fuse and mtpfs but found it even less stable than Android File Transfer app.

I would love to know a little bit more about how you pulled this off (if you don't mind sharing).

Anyways, I got it to work on my galaxy nexus and mbp running 10.7.3.

Here is my feedback:

1. File coping from the device works for the most part. File copying to the device is a little buggy. I always get the "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access some of the items." finder error.

Console shows " Finder[300] Unable to quarantine `CMMusic.apk': 1" everytime.

I'm guessing this has something to do with fuse.If I try to overwrite a file with the same name it asks for os x admin password which is a little weired.

2. it should be mentioned in OP that USB debugging should be enabled.

3. It'd be awesome to automount the device as soon as it is plugged in. The device should also get unmounted when it's unplugged.

4. You could make the helper a lot more awesome by adding Growl support so that a notification is displayed when (un)mounting is successful or if there is an error (mounting unsuccessul, no device, no usb debugging, no fuse library, etc).

5. Nitpick: Reveal device should probabely open the root level of folder not the folder itself (/Volumes)

6. Nitpick: Widget icon is low res on xhdpi display.

For a 1.0 release,this looks extremely promising. Keep up the great work cyansmoker!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manequin:
+1 for Linux
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cj360:
Definitely want this for Linux or windows.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spalding1028:
Can a brother get some windows support? thankya!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ygvuhb:
windows version please:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwerty017:
Windows Support

I would be happy to help test if you need it. I only have a windows machine but very much want this for my system.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tydi:
I'm for a windows helper ! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr. Barlow:
Unfortunately, I can't test it because I am on 10.6.8, its only compatible with 10.7 :(

I can't wait to see where this goes though, I also use Linux, and MTP has been a nightmare
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] goofey2012:
Windows please....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jaseglenn4:
This...+500. Develop for the largest OS....:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ssamuel82:
does this work for the external sd?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hiddenhandgun:
Wow. This is wacky.

I had no idea that some devices were without mass storage mode. Just not keeping up I guess.

Those on Linux might want to try DroidSSHd. You can mount your phone's drives over ssh using fuse or sshfs. There's almost zero set-up. Also, remote shell!

https://code.google.com/p/droidsshd/

It may not solve the problem with a cord, but who needs cords anyway?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soapbox23:
Same here...any chance of snow leopard compatibility? Not a huge deal but it'd be nice. Props to the dev!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] raycaster3:
I tried it in osx snow leopard (haven't on my lion machine yet) anyway couldn't get anything to happen. ***DERP it doesn't work on snow leopard!!!!.haha how did I miss that?!?!?!*** I just use the android file server that every google search sends you to for my Mac use. It probably isn't too big of a deal since I boot windows 7 on my machine as well and that one seems to be in demand. Maybe I did something wrong when I tried to use it.

I'll download or on my Lion machine and report back. Sorry for the derpiness

Ok so I installed the helper and osxfuse and started the server on my phone but all I get is a "Device not detected, please unplug and plug in your device." I'm at a loss
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xstahsie:
Windows version

I would love to see a Windows version. Thanks:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iiiadoableiii:
A windows version will really be helpfull as this version is most popular here in south asia..

Will love to use ur app..

Thanks..

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
1) OSX

I don't even know what I did to make it incompatible with Snow Leopard. I am only using standard Cocoa so that's a nasty surprise.

How does it not work for you guys?

(update, roughly 12 seconds later: never mind, I realize that I went with XCode's default "Latest Mac OS X" SDK. I will fix that tomorrow)

2) Windows

Almost! In an interesting interpretation of "Works on my machine!" my Windows helper works on the machine I build it on and no other machine so far. It should be self-contained so I have to figure out what's up with that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mezhopking:
I can't get this to work. I'm using OSX 10.7.3. I have CM9 on a Galaxy S2. Fuse, Helper and Widget are installed.

Under Settings > Storage > USB Computer Connection. Which method should be checked, MTP or PTP?

I get 'AndroidDevice' folder appear under Volumes, but it doesn't populate.

I also have Google's Android File Transfer app installed, would this affect Alt Mounter?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mezhopking:
Uninstalled for now, the Alt Mounter app on my phone is consuming about 33% of my battery, and actually preventing it from charging because it's using so much.

Will try again in the future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garymsnyder:
Would love to see this on Linux
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darki00:
Not Windows :'(

And is it works for the SGSII???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mughalmab:
Please port it for Windows...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jappetta99:
Windows please!!

My hope is that by mounting as Mass Storage, I can use TeraCopy instead of the slow as hell Windows shell copy like I do all my other files. So much faster.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pcbroch:
I had the same problem last night after installing. Battery didn't charge overnight despite being plugged in all night.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
OS X

I just uploaded a version that should work on Snow Leopard.

Windows

All apologies for the lack of progress today. Funny story though: after doing some mechanical work on my car (and fixing everything) I then locked myself out of it (and of my house) and, well, there goes my evening.

I hope you guys at least get some joy from my sad tale.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lupoalberto12:
Ahahah :p .

Bye!

! :) !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soapbox23:
Thanks! Is the installation file on the beta page? I didn't see it on there...

also, i feel your pain about locking yourself out haha.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] craigacgomez:
linux (ubuntu) please!! would be nice to have an option other than mtp!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr. Barlow:
I just downloaded the version on your site, still says it needs 10.7.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
OS X

Please download again. The .dmg background should show "v0.1"

I *may* have vanquished the XCode monster but Apple is doing everything in their power to push me to "modernize" my project...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
Windows

Updated OP. Recent versions of Windows offer services that seem to make the whole experience feel even more integrated than on OS X; let me know how it works for you.

Please read the OP carefully as the product still has many, many quirks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] debasser:
tested today

working stuff

on windows work over ftp

but sadly thing - no russia language support...=(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T-Keith:
Please make an ubuntu version. I have spent hours trying to get mtp to work. Air droid errors out on large files. Linux users need this bad.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kisituwilson:
wilson

So TRUE, i also prefer MTP over USB mass storage....:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
Well, to be fair I may have misstated what it is that this app does. It is not MTP but it is not mass storage either.

What is does is:

- lets you mount your "SD Card" on your computer over the USB cable

- leaves it mounted on your device at the same time

- should be faster and more reliable that other solutions (eventually!)

Note that I could fairly easily offer the user the choice to connect either over the USB cable or over the air. The latter would be slower but maybe more convenient for some people?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr. Barlow:
Tried out the OS X Version, it launched this time, but the AndroidDevice folder is empty, I installed OSXFUSE 2.9.3 I believe
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mlagerweij:
Same as Mr. Barlow. Using Galaxy Tab 10.1 attempting to connect to OS X Lion. Widget turns red. Android folder pops up, but remains empty. Thanks for all the great work though. it's good to see someone trying to solve this annoying MTP thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
OS X: need your help

OK, I am going to need some debugging from you guys, who run Lion and only get an empty folder open. So, be ready to do some work for free :)

1) Download testaltmounter.zip, attached

2) Uncompress the application

3) Run it

4) Post your clipboard's content here

Thanks,

-Chris.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mlagerweij:
Here you go. Hope it means more to you than it does to me. :p

Thanks again for your hard work.

----------------

2695 ?? S 0:00.05 adb fork-server server

----------------

app_124 2405 2402 776 336 ffffffff 00000000 S /data/data/com.voilaweb.mobile.altmount/files/stftpd

----------------

----------------

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22229 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22228 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22227 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22226 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22225 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22224 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22223 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22222 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22221 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22220 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22210 *.* LISTEN

----------------

Second time I ran the debugger I got this:

----------------

2695 ?? S 0:00.05 adb fork-server server

----------------

app_124 2405 2402 776 336 ffffffff 00000000 S /data/data/com.voilaweb.mobile.altmount/files/stftpd

----------------

----------------

tcp4 0 0 192.168.1.4.52228 yyz06s06-in-f31..https ESTABLISHED

tcp4 0 0 192.168.1.4.52227 yyz06s07-in-f31..https ESTABLISHED

tcp4 0 0 192.168.1.4.52226 yyz06s07-in-f31..http ESTABLISHED

tcp4 0 0 192.168.1.4.52225 yyz06s07-in-f20..http ESTABLISHED

tcp4 0 0 192.168.1.4.52223 184.150.187.208.http ESTABLISHED

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22229 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22228 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22227 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22226 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22225 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22224 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22223 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22222 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22221 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22220 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22210 *.* LISTEN

----------------
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
Thanks, mlagerweij.

Guys, I just thought of something really stupid. And I am entirely to blame for this.

When you installed OSXFUSE, did you select the "MacFUSE Compatibility Layer" checkbox? (Basically you want all checkboxes selected)

It may be as _dumb_ as that :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nicene Nerd:
Suggestion

Hey, how does this program work, exactly? I was thinking that if it relies mainly on ADB, then you could get around the drivers problem by using with a wireless ADB interface. You've seen those apps, right? You don't need to drivers to connect to wireless ADB, so if you program relies only on ADB and not the physical connection to the computer, you could try that. Could I see your source, by any chance?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mlagerweij:
Re-installed OSX Fuse and checked all the options, it seems to be a step in the right direction. It connects and shows the folders on the device. However, I can't see any files inside the folders. Also, it seems I have to restart the Galaxy Tab 10.1 before each attempt to connect.

Debug now gives following:

----------------

1091 ?? S 0:00.50 adb fork-server server

----------------

app_124 2558 2557 796 436 ffffffff 00000000 S /data/data/com.voilaweb.mobile.altmount/files/stftpd

app_124 2652 2558 796 372 ffffffff 00000000 S /data/data/com.voilaweb.mobile.altmount/files/stftpd

----------------

/Applications/AltMounter.app/Contents/Resources/ftpfs.bin

----------------

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22210 localhost.49446 ESTABLISHED

tcp4 0 0 localhost.49446 localhost.22210 ESTABLISHED

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22229 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22228 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22227 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22226 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22225 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22224 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22223 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22222 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22221 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22220 *.* LISTEN

tcp4 0 0 localhost.22210 *.* LISTEN

----------------
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] luthepa1:
I too am having troubles with Alt Mounter not detecting my SGS2 (running resurrection remix v1.8.1).

I tap the widget on SGS2 and it does turn partially red to indicate its running and a popup message states starting server. I then select mount storage on the Mac but it has a popup stating device not detected, try unplugging and replugging but no matter how many times I try that my SGS2 is never detected.

If I use the Android File Transfer app it works fine.

If I open console on OSX I see the following command when I plug SGS2 in with widget turned on;

14/05/12 5:35:19.000 PM kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start - initDevice failed

And the following when selecting mount storage;

14/05/12 5:35:34.486 PM AltMounter: Attempting to create and mount

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
luthepa1, have you ever successfully connected this device to your Mac using the USB cable, for instance to use Google's Android file manager?

The KEXT that logs this error provides CDC support; e.g. a pseudo transport layer for ethernet. USB networking is supposed to work off the shelf on any Mac recent.

Pardon my question: are you using a Mac or a Hackintosh?

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyansmoker:
At this point, the Android component is not very stable at all. I expect it to give up if you, for instance, try to copy even a reasonable number of files; what you are observing is not surprising. Thank you for your patience.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FatherD:
I would join in asking for a Linux port, but over the 12 years I have been using various distros as my daily machine, I have grown to be 'realistic' - so I always go for the elegant and functional solution, therefore I use Airdroid!