USB mass storage mode. Some Android phones can’t do it anymore. I always thought the ability to select a disk image your phone would offer up to a of to boot off of was the coolest feature one of the things that made this iPhone user envious but it’s becoming less common for such a feature to still work in Android.
Mass storage is a block level protocol, phone can’t also use the storage while mounted via mass storage. This required a dedicated storage volume on the phone that could be locked to apps while connected by USB.
MTP (media transfer protocol) is a file level protocol, like a shared folder, that doesn’t lock the storage for exclusive use. Phones use this now.
USB mass storage mode. Some Android phones can’t do it anymore. I always thought the ability to select a disk image your phone would offer up to a of to boot off of was the coolest feature one of the things that made this iPhone user envious but it’s becoming less common for such a feature to still work in Android.
Mass storage is a block level protocol, phone can’t also use the storage while mounted via mass storage. This required a dedicated storage volume on the phone that could be locked to apps while connected by USB.
MTP (media transfer protocol) is a file level protocol, like a shared folder, that doesn’t lock the storage for exclusive use. Phones use this now.