When I use Windows Explorer I can get (and see) all my files on my Samsung Tablet (even in sub-directories). However when I use Opus, although I can navigate to a sub directory (on the tablet), I can't see any files. Nor can I copy/move files from my pc to the tablet.
Needless to say, using Windows Explorer works fine.
As I prefer Opus, can anyone explain why Opus won't work.
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Toggling Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: mtp_enable helps with some Samsung phones/tablets. (If set to False, it won't disable MTP support entirely; it delegates more of the MTP handling to the Windows shell. That works better with some phones, although not all.)
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An alternative is to not use MTP at all, and install an SFTP or FTP server on the Android side, which Opus can talk to. (The setup is very simple. You usually install an app on the phone, then tell it the username and password you want to use, and click a button to toggle the server on and off.) SFTP and FTP are much more reliable than MTP, which has issues on both the Android and Windows sides, and especially with Samsung phones.
Using SFTP or FTP also means you can transfer files over wifi without the hassle of attaching the phone via a USB cable. The only downside is that wifi tends to be slower than USB, but that usually only matters when transferring very large amounts of data.
Hi,
Thanks for that.
However changing mtp_enable to false unfortunately has no effect.
I'm sure it used to work (about 3-4 months ago), so has there been a update in the code that might account for it not working.
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If Windows explorer works, why doesn't Opus?
If I were to install an SFTP or MTP server on the Andriod side,
- What would the app's name be
- My pc doesn't have wifi, so need to use USB
Sorry about the number of queries/questions
Bob
I don't think anything related changed on our side in that timeframe. But Samsung or Google may have updated somethign on the tablet side, or Windows itself may have seen changes.
It could also be affected by antivirus/firewall software/updates which are treating (some versions of?) Opus differently to other programs (or older versions of Opus).
Windows Explorer has issues with MTP as well, in my experience, but they appear at different times. The underlying problem is that the MTP stacks in both Windows and Android, which have to talk to each other, are poorly written (although they have improved over time, it is a slow process). Samsung seem to use a customized version on top of this, which causes problems that are not seen (or are seen less often) with stock Android.
On the other hand, FTP and SFTP both have mature implementations which have stood the test of time.
The PC itself doesn't need to have wifi, as long as it is wired in to a network which has wifi on it somewhere which the phone/tablet is connected to.
If the phone/table is not on wifi, and is only connected to a cellular network, then that would change things, and using FTP or SFTP would not be a good option in that case.