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Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:13:37 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:49:42 -0200
luis jure <ljc@internet.com.uy> wrote:
> on 2012-12-22 at 14:15 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
> > It all becomes understandable when you figure out what MTP actually
> > is.
>
> yes, of course, thanks for the pointers. but i learned of the
> existence of this MTP thing only yesterday, and frankly, at first i
> couldn't see what was the advantage over plain ol' UMS for these kind
> of devices (not 100% convinced yet...).
Don't overthink it. Think like this:
With UMS:
User umounts sdcard. User writes lots of mp3's. User starts Google Maps
(or any app moved to scdard). User gets error. User whinges at Samsung
and Google. These bug tickets never stop coming.
With only MTP:
User plugs PC to phone. User does whatever user wants. User does not
whinge at Samsung and Google.
Now, imagine you are the guy at Samsung deciding what features the S2
will support. Which option you gonna pick?
>
> BTW, i found an application that makes the external sd card (not the
> phone card) available as USB mass storage device:
>
> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
>
> i tried it, but it only runs on rooted phones, apparently. i've had
> mine only two days and i haven't rooted it yet.
>
>
> best,
>
>
> lj
>
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Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com