Browsing Pics on Android phone directly

[paulba]

Hi,

Is there any way to look at the pics on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S2) direcly from my desktop with XnView?

I can browse the location in XnViews browser but it wont show anything.


This goes the same with Shell, no option to view.

Windows 7 64 SP1, XnView 2.05

Thanks

Regards

Paul

[helmut]

When connecting your Android device with the PC, an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) connection is established. This connection allows for exchanging files given that the software supports this protocol, only.

"By design, MTP devices (like PTP devices) are not treated as a traditional removable drive."

That's the reason why neither Windows Explorer nor XnView can access the image files on your Android phone directly.

[paulba]

Hi Helmut,

Thanks for the explanation, knowing what was going on allowed me to look for the right information.
If anyone is interested.
How to enable usb mode to browse your photos.
https://sites.google.com/site/aboutmyan ... titledpost

Regards

Paul

[helmut]

Just fiddled around a bit and finally connected to my phone (Samsung Galaxy Ace 2) successfully using method 2. Cool.

How To Connect Samsung Galaxy S2 to PC by USB Mass Storage Mode
posted Sep 7, 2011, 7:19 AM by Lee Frederickscii B. Valerian [ updated Sep 25, 2011, 5:47 AM ]


This is not difficult to do at all, as we have 2 alternative methods to force the Samsung Galaxy S2 to enter in USB mass storage mode after connecting to computer.

Method 1
1 -Enable usb debugging from Menu > Settings > Applications
2 -return to home screen
3 -plug usb cable in
4 -pull down status bar
5-press ‘ connect usb storage’ button

Method 2
Alternatively, without USB debugging enabled (USB debugging must be disabled):

Go to Settings > Wireless & Network > USB utilities and click the button > then (and ONLY then) plug in USB cable