Actually, it is still supported on OS-level, but the appropriate options were removed from settings. One can enable MSC via terminal (ofc root is required).
On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 01:08:40 +0600 Andrey Rahmatullin <w...@wrar.name> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 07:58:17PM +0100, Leopold Palomo Avellaneda > wrote: > > > History: > > > USB MTP (universal serial bus - media transfer protocol) was > > > developed to replace the USB Mass Storage. > > > > > > Problem with mass storage is that it is not reliable - it is > > > block-device-level protocol. And if PC goes power down (or blue > > > screen, on certain O.S) the data on the smartphone will be > > > damaged, and there is no "scandisk" on the smartphone, so it will > > > become unreadable. > > > MTP overcomes this problem by being filesystem level protocol (as > > > opposed to block device), and is supported since Windows > > > hasta-la-Vista. (since 2006) > > > > > > The result: > > > Google decided to remove USB Mass Storage from Android 4.x > > > devices. Newer Android devices support MTP-only. > > > > I have Android 4.x with MSC. However is not the default. Are you > > sure you didn't have it? > It is supported only by some devices. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130207122716.14754...@mihaduk-laptop.corp.wargaming.local
