# Issues with MTP

**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/issues-with-mtp/17891
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [March 23, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/issues-with-mtp/17891 "2014-03-23T12:10:42Z")
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### Author: ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/issues-with-mtp/17891/6 "2018-12-17T06:56:22Z")

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We recommend using FTP instead of MTP if you're having problems. MTP just isn't very well designed or implemented by Windows, Android or anything else it seems.

> [@MTP and transferring files with Android and iOS phones, Cameras](https://resource.dopus.com/t/mtp-and-transferring-files-with-android-phones/28589):
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> About MTP: Opus includes built-in support for the MTP protocol, which many phones and tablets (typically Android ones) use to allow file transfer between the phone/tablet and your PC, when both are connected together via a USB cable. Some people fi…

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