[HLUG] Non-intuitive operating systems No 93

[Tim Spivey]

Isn't /sdcard a mount point rather than a folder?
On Aug 12, 2012 9:47 AM, "Julian Robbins" <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve
>
> On 12 August 2012 09:33, Steve Horsfield <horsfield.steve at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Connecting your Android through USB
> >
> > Applications
> >
> > Settings (Is settings an application, would you conventionally expect to
> > locate settings under programs and is connecting to USB a setting?)
> >
> > Wireless and Network (Eh? ......... Would you not normally consider
> > connecting through a USB cable to be an alternative to connecting
> > wirelessly or through a network, rather than an instance  of the same
> > thing)
> >
>
> Correct doesnt make sense ..
>
> >
> > USB Utilities (Yes, we're on the right track now)
> >
> > USB Mass Storage  - Tap the button below to copy files between the
> computer
> > and  SD card -  Connect storage to a PC
> > (Eh? what - who said anything about an SD card? Is it in my SmartPhone or
> > should it be in the computer I am connecting to? Is the computer my
> > Smartphone or the computer I am trying to connect to and what's this
> about
> > storage?  Oh I see I should simply ignore all that and simply read the
> > 'Connect storage to PC' button)
> >
>
> also confusingly not all smart phones have an SD card, so i have a /sdcard
> folder which isnt on my sdcard ....
>
> >
> > Connect USB cable to use mass storage
> >
> > Connect USB Storage
> >
> > upon physical connection....... USB storage in use; Before disconnecting
> > USB storage, eject Android's USB storage from computer       Disconnect
> > Storage from PC  (Oh ! again I see, simply ignore all that and use my
> > files)
> >
> > NB if like a numpty you connect your USB cable first the Android device
> > treats it like an SD card and the above process doesn't work
> >
>
> At least you can tell it what to do the next time so it always appears liek
> a mass storage device and not a KIES device or something
>
> >
> > While the above gobbledegook may make some kind of sense in operational
> > terms i.e. the underlying physical processes. It makes no sense in user
> > terms. For even the more sophisticated user connecting through a cable to
> > another computer and connecting to an SD card  are are not obviously one
> > and the same thing and there is no reason whatsoever for having one set
> of
> > parallel routines and commands to do both. At high level the system needs
> > SD
> > Card
> > and Connect through USB cable, but this is Google we are talking about so
> > there is no means of upward communication to get this rectified.
> >
>
> Yes, it could be better
>
> Julian
>
> >
> > Steve Horsfield
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