jassenna Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 I have a Galaxy S5 mini connected to this desktop computer (P4 , 2 GB ram) truough an USB cable. At boot, Windows recognizes the device and tries to install it as a removable media player. I do no want it as a media player, would like instead to install as a removable storage device, so I could access any files stored in the phone. How can I do this ? I know that at least some smartphones can appear as removable storage, but do not know how. O/S of the computer is 32 bit Windows 7 Home.
jaclaz Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) Old phones, yes. New ones, no. Thank the good guys developing Android for removing this useful feature, the good guys developing Windows for NOT providing drive letter/file access via MTP and the sheep common people for not having made a big fuss about it. There are workarounds, and third party tools, though: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/22979/drive-letter-for-mtp-connection-under-windows https://forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/495665-how-mount-mtp-ptp-drive-letter-usb-mass-storage-ums.html https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/210019-how-can-i-get-drive-letter-windows.html jaclaz Edited May 27, 2019 by jaclaz 1
jassenna Posted March 22, 2020 Author Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) Well, I found a program from Samsung named Kies3 to be installed in the computer, that made possible to access the phone as an external disk. The version I am using is 3.2.16084.2, found at https://www.techspot.com/downloads/5293-samsung-kies.html Edited March 23, 2020 by jassenna Additional info
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