Nov 28, 2011 - Android File Transfer app for Mac OS X. Limitation for transfers, that is due to Androids file system which uses FAT32 for it's storage portion.
Summary: This article shows a solution to the Android File Transfer app “not working on Mac” problem, where you get the error message, “Can’t access storage device.” (This solution may also work on Microsoft Windows systems, though I don’t have a Windows system to test with to know for sure.) Last night I was trying to use the program on my system to transfer music to my, which now runs Android 6 Android 7. After I connected my Nexus 9 tablet to the Mac with its USB cable and then started the Android File Transfer app, I saw this error message on my Mac: Can’t access device storage. If your device’s screen is locked, disconnect its USB cable, unlock your screen, and then reconnect the USB cable. This is what the error message dialog looks like: Unfortunately that’s a misleading and unhelpful error message, as the problem has nothing to do with the Android device screen being locked. The solution The solution to the problem on Android 7, Android 6 (and maybe Android 5) is to unlock your Android device (if it isn’t unlocked already), pull down the list of notifications, then tap the “USB for charging” notification: Tapping that notification brings up the following dialog: On this dialog you want to tap the “Transfer files (MTP)” option, as indicated by that large red arrow.
Note that this option has changed names at least once. As of March, 2017, it is now labeled “Transfer files,” with the subtitle, “Transfer files to another device.” When you do this, the Android File Transfer app will either automatically start (which it does on my Mac), or you can go ahead and start it manually, at which point you’ll see the Android File Transfer main window: Once you see this window you can go ahead and start dragging files from your Mac (or Windows) computer to this Android File Transfer window. Note: Be sure to click OK on the Mac As Gert notes in the comments below, before you tap MTP on the phone, make sure you click “OK” on your Mac so that error message goes away. A quick note about transferring music files Note that if you’re transferring music files to your Android device, you’ll want to transfer them to the Music folder. To do this, double-click that folder to open it, then drag and drop music files from your PC into that folder.
On a Mac you do this by opening a Finder window, navigating to the folder where your music files are located — such as /Users/Al/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music — and then dragging and dropping the files from the Mac Finder window to the Android File Transfer window. Then start the “Play Music” app on your Android device and you should see your files under the “Recent activity” area on the home page of that app.
Due to the way Android works, you normally need to be to uninstall the pre-loaded system apps, aka, that came with your device. This is because the underlying files for these apps are stored on your system partition, which can only be modified with root-level access. Many system apps, however,. For all intents and purposes, this is the same as uninstalling, except the files are left behind in an inert state.
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But the only trouble here is that manufacturers and carriers like to prevent you from disabling a handful of apps, and up until now, there was nothing you could do about it without being rooted. But a program for and by developer will finally allow non-rooted users to disable any app on their Android phone or tablet. It utilizes, so there's a bit of setup you'll have to do, but I'll get into that in more detail below. Well, I followed your directions to the letter. Everything went fine, at least until it got to the point of clicking on the Read Device Packages.
4 attempts and 4 failures. The darn button just sat there looking dumb and dimmed out. Yes, I installed ADB. Yes, I clicked on the 'Allow' for this computer.
Just no way on earth that button was going to let me click to read those packages. Hey, I'd be almost happy just to uninstall everything and forget about it, but I'm tired of my Android getting overheated by apps I probably will never use, and would like to know about those apps that I hear about in conspiracy theories.
What do I do? You are correct, it essentially just hides the app listing from most parts of Android.
But it wouldn't be hard to do a faux-disable from there. Disabling an app basically does 2 additional things that Debloater doesn't: It wipes all associated data for an app, and it rolls the app version back to the factory version. You could accomplish essentially the same thing by going to the app menu, hitting 'Uninstall Updates,' then hitting 'Clear Data.' From there, the only difference would be that the 'Disable' button wouldn't be grayed out. Hi It's not working for me.
I checked 'USB Debugging' from 'Developers Options' on my phone, installed 'Universal Adb Driver,' and 'Debloater.' Next, I connect my phone with my PC through a USB cable. When I start 'Debloater,' the program say 'Unfortunately your device is neither rooted nor supports block mode, the program will now close.' My phone specs (I hope this info help you): Model number G310S Android version 4.2.2 Baseband version MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V1.P2,2013/09/05 18:12 Kernel version 3.4.5 otd@otd-desktop #1 Mon Mar 3 16:00:02 CST 2014 Build number OTD.JB3.MP.V1 Custom build version Turbo-X G310S-V1.0 Reply. Hi happy holidays! Thanks for the useful information. I am having a problem running Debloater with a Chuwi tablet - after I connect the usb cable, I am not seeing the pop-up prompt on the tablet asking if I would allow 'USB debugging'.
(I tried the same routine with a Nexus 7 2013 tab and it worked - with the 'USB debugging' prompt popping up as soon as I connect the tablet to my PC using the USB cable). I checked and definitely have the 'USB debugging' option enabled in the Developer Option screen. Any thoughts? Thanks again! Hello, i have this message, it doesnt works: Starting to apply application changes to device - Processing changes to: Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 2000 nor current process has android.permission.MANAGEUSERS.
Finished applying application changes to device!! This is fantastic and a Godsend for me. I have a Chinese INEW L4 and I love the phone with 5000Mah battery but the Chinese Malware was soooooooo annoying. I was thinking of just buying a new phone and not a Chinese phone mind you. I had tried to root my phone but many have tried before and it was likely to end in a brick. 64 bit phones and especially the MT6735p are more problematic to Root and I wouldn't be surprised if MediaTek and the Chinese are implicit in this.
Yes the blocked programs are still there but they are dumb and impotent now. I ended up blocking about 6 items and my phone feels lighter with better battery life now when connected to the internet. There are probably other ways to achieve a similar outcome, like 'no root firewall' but I was happy with the Debloater. Thanks again Reply.