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Questions tagged [mtp]

The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is a protocol which purpose is to facilitate the transfer of media files and associated metadata to/from devices.

The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is a protocol which purpose is to facilitate the transfer of media files and associated metadata to/from devices. Many devices and audio software applications support MTP.

Latest versions of several operating systems, including AmigaOS, Android, AROS, Linux, Mac OS, and MorphOS, Symbian OS support MTP, sometimes with additional drivers or software.

Android exposes only parts of its file systems via MTP (usually the SD cards), but it does so in a transparent way: other than with (which was used up to Android 4.0), the storage remains accessible to apps even while mounted to your computer.

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Have the latest Android OS versions brought back the longstanding bug that files copied to the phone have the wrong modification time?

Once upon a time, you could plug an Android phone into a computer running one of the three major OS's (Linux, macOS, Windows), and it would present an interface to the computer that looked like a disk drive (USB-Mass Storage Class) containing a…
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Files show up on Nexus 5 but not in Windows 7

I have a Nexus 5 running Android 6.0.1 and all of my files appear on the media direcotries within the phone, but when I plug it in as an MTP device in Windows 7, only some of the files show up. When I add new files over MTP the opposite happens,…
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Folder seen as file when connected as MTP

I have Redmi 1S phone running Andriod 4.3 (MIUI v56). When connected to a PC (Windows 7 32Bit) in MTP mode, one of the folders named Backup (present in internal memory) is seen as a file and effectively inaccessible. When connected through FTP,…
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Hidden (dot-files — ".*") files not presented by MTP

Files starting with the . character (hidden files under linux/unix/OSX conventions) are not being displayed when connected to a Galaxy Stratosphere II via either Android File Transfer or simple-mtpfs. I've got more than ten such files in the root…
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LG D850 does not show on PC using MTP - PA 4.6

I am a first time Android user. I just got an LG G3 at AT&T. Being comforatable with unix/linux based systems I quickly rooted the phone and installed a few different ROMs looking for one that worked. I settled on pa_d850-4.6-BETA6-20141130…
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MTP sync on LG Spectrum --- kill with extreme prejudice

I have an LG Spectrum, running ICS, and I always keep the USB Connection Type on Charge Only. Lately, for some evil reason, whenever I connect the USB cable to a computer, it bloody ignores my setting and decides to do Media Sync (MTP) instead. I've…
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How can I access /sdcard/ when I connect to PC (MTP)

I'm running a Nexus 5 (Android 6.0.1) Today I have created a WhatsApp backup file and wanted to copy it to a new device. I can confirm the file existence in ES File Explorer. (Click image to enlarge) However, I cannot find the file when I connect…
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moto G MTP not connected on windows XP

My Moto G MTP is not working in windows xp for any files transfer from pc to device. I tested the same device on Windows 7 and ubuntu, and it worked like a charm . Does Windows XP needs any special drivers to detect the device MTP ?
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Does CPU and RAM affect MTP file transfer speed android?

I am testing an application for file transfer using MTP the transfer speed is getting vary in different android devices. Can anyone help me to know what are the factors that may affect the MTP file transfer speed.
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