Hi Oliver. Thanks for your feedback too.
I see moving to UMS is not that easy. I will work with the issue source (my PC). It was not a matter of speed, etc. Just connect or not connect issue. And yes, I also use WifiTransfer but is a little bit invonvenient with large files as if the screen switches off, the file transfer stops! Thanks anyway! Regards El sábado, 30 de enero de 2016, Oliver Grawert <o...@ubuntu.com> escribió: > hi, > Am Samstag, den 30.01.2016, 12:20 +0100 schrieb Marcos Alonso: >> Hi to all. >> >> Any of you know if it is feasible to connect to the PC through the USB >> cable using UMS (USB Mass Storage) instead of MTP (Media Transfer >> Protocol)? >> >> I know MTP has some benefits in terms of safety but I jst connect to >> my PC and I' m tired of how bad MTP performs in Linux. >> > UMS means you need to have your disk formatted with a filesystem the > connected PC knows (so if you want to be windows compatible you need to > use vfat or NTFS, if you want to be windows and mac compatible only vfat > is left). while it might work for devices with SD card to export the > card, it wouldnt work for directories in your home dir (vfat does for > example not support symlinks, so you couldnt just format the home > partition with it, many things would stop working then). > > android used work around this by creating virtual sdcards that are vfat > formatted and (loop)mounted ... now that they switched to MTP nearly > everywhere they have to carry that hackish legacy forever (apps use the > sdcard path hardcoded for their data etc. to keep them running you need > to keep the mess around) at a high maintenance cost. > > MTP should not be any slower than UMS though, they are both rather > hardware bound wrt. speed (i.e. as fast as the USB connection). if you > really expect issues with MTP here you can enable developer mode to use > adb push to compare the speed and actually file a bug about MTP if you > find they differ much. > > assuming you have wifi where your PC is connected i'd suggest to take a > look at stuart langridges WifiTransfer from the app store (you need to > move the data around afterwards with the file manager though if you want > it in a common dir like "Music" or "Videos" but depending on your > network it is likely a lot faster than USB). > > ciao > oli > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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