I transfer files between my computer and phone with a cable, the phone in "developer mode" and adb push/pull/shell (in appropriate combinations).
On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 9:09 PM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm tearing my hair out. > > I have a 1TB USB 3.0 drive with two plugs, Type A on one end and Type C > on the other. I bought it to simplify moving files to and from my > laptop and my phone, which is Type C. > > I have been told that Android uses EXFAT and Linux can read/write EXFAT > as well, since kernel 5.4, which I have. I formatted the drive on the > laptop as EXFAT and copied some files to it. Then I removed the drive > from the computer and plugged it into the phone, which announced that > there was an 'unsupported USB drive' and it had to be formatted to be > used. I formatted it on the phone, ignoring the warnings that all data > would be erased. When the formatting was finished I removed the drive > from the phone and put it back into the laptop, expecting that I would > have to copy the files to it again, but when I looked at it all the > files were still there. > > So then I put the drive back in the phone, but no files. All that I > find are a root folder 'Android,' with sub-folders: > > Android > data > com.android.vending > files > com.google.android.apps.translate > files > olvp3 > v5 > 02, 25, + more, > all empty > com.microsoft.skydrive > cache > com.samsung.android.aremojiedito > com.samsung.android.messaging > cache > files > com.sec.android.gallery.3d > files > con.sec.imsservice > files > org.kman.AquaMail (I installedthis) > cache > files > > All of the above folders are empty. My files appear when the drive is > inserted into my laptop (Xubuntu 20.04.1), but Android can't see them. > > I thought that EXFAT might be great idea for USB drives, since > everything can read it. No permissions, but that may be a good idea for > USB drives. However, considering all the pain I have suffered trying to > get it to work, I'd rather use ext4. I mean, at least it effin' *works*. > > I inserted an ext4 USB drive into the phone, and nada. The phone > doesn't even see it. I have poked all over the net and many places say > that Android is supposed to be able to read/write to ext4, but not in > my experience. > > Maybe I need some utility on my phone to get it to read/write to ext4. > Does anyone have any clues?
