[HLUG] Non-intuitive operating systems No 93

[Julian Robbins]

On 12 August 2012 11:06, Tim Spivey <tim at spiveyworld.net> wrote:

> Isn't /sdcard a mount point rather than a folder?
>


You might be right.

Julian

> 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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