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This is not an issue with Apple or Samsung, it's an Android decision. Support for the USB Mass Storage protocol has been deprecated in Android in favor of MTP
by teach 14y ago
This is not an issue with Apple or Samsung, it's an Android decision.
Support for the USB Mass Storage protocol has been deprecated in Android in favor of MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) starting with Ice Cream Sandwich.
The experience in Windows and on Linux is just as poor with this phone. (I love the phone, though.)
- tesseractive 14y agoI haven't had any trouble using a Nexus 7 with Windows, it's worked like a charm. What's supposed to be the huge problem with MTP, exactly?
- teach 14y agoI take that back, my Galaxy S III does work as expected using MTP with Windows 7. Previously my workplace was using an older Windows.
- thwarted 14y agoWhy can't Apple support MTP? Linux gets cited for lack of hardware or protocol support (MTP to an Android device works fine in Linux, btw), but it's not Apple's fault when they can't or don't provide drivers for common, standardized consumer electronics?
- jlgreco 14y agoIt seems fairly obvious that the reason is that facts which do not fit the narrative are not talked about. Confirmation bias in action.
- teach 14y agoMTP does not work fine in Linux (specifically, Ubuntu 12.04). You can read the files but not write arbitrary files into arbitrary folders.