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> allowing a computer to mount a filesystem directly requires that the phone unmount it I don't think that's true. My S8 storage is mounted and accessible from
by gdulli 8y ago
> allowing a computer to mount a filesystem directly requires that the phone unmount it
I don't think that's true. My S8 storage is mounted and accessible from my computer right now while at the same time playing music from the same storage. I can still take pictures/write to the storage.
- dTal 8y agoAs mass storage, or MTP? The distinction is why I qualified with "mount a filesystem directly". MTP doesn't do that.
- TulliusCicero 8y agoYou said "Android phones don't do that anymore", "that" referring to "have it show up as a removable storage device". Pointing out that the protocol used is leaky or bad in some technical way doesn't change that Android phones do in fact show up as removable storage devices when connected to (at least Windows) PC's. Your original assertion was incorrect. samcday even said they just wanted to copy some files around. You don't need to be able to modify files in-place from the PC to accomplish this.
- ernesth 8y agoUMS (USB Mass Storage) is a protocol. MTP is a different protocol. Android devices don't support UMS anymore.