[HLUG] Fwd: Non-intuitive operating systems No 93

[Tim Spivey]

Yes,  I read that. Since Android 4.1 the protocol used to connect (mount)
phone/tablet storage has changed from USB Mass Storage to MTP
On Mar 6, 2013 8:23 AM, "Steve Horsfield" <horsfield.steve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Timj
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> I don't know if this helps
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> Steve Horsfield
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steve Horsfield <horsfield.steve at gmail.com>
> Date: 12 August 2012 09:33
> Subject: Non-intuitive operating systems No 93
> To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> 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
> )
>
> 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)
>
> Connect USB cable to use mass storage
>
> Connect USB Storage
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> 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
>
> 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.
>
> Steve Horsfield
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