m3equals333
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So, I have had a multitude of Android based phones starting with the original Droid, Evo, Photon, now Galaxy S2 (Sprint). On every Anrdroid phone, except now with latest updates to the Galaxy S2, when I linked to my PC the phone would show up as a removable drive (e.g. K:/) and I could drag file to and from the phone with such ease. I essentially used the phone as a flash drive and it worked just as seamlessly as a flash drive. There were no delays when navigating through the phone's folders and file transference to and from the phone was quick.
For the first couple months after I purchased the Galaxy S2, linking to the computer was actually the same as it always had been....a removable K:/ drive would pop up when I linked the phone and transferring files (even bigger ones) was easy. However, at some point (may be related to a firmware update, or Android version update, not sure), when I linked to the computer it started downloading all these drivers and I noticed Samsung/android related updates taking place through Windows 7 Updater.
Now, instead of a separate drive letter showing up when linking the phone to PC, it actually shows up under "Portable Devices" with a little phone icon named "SPH-D710." Also, the phone's notification/task list shows the link to computer as "MTP-Connected" (pretty sure it said something else when it used to connect as a removable drive).
Anyways, all these minor changes would be fine with me had the performance not taken a nose dive. Now it takes much longer on the PC to load up and navigate through the phone's files folders....especially the larger folders with pictures/videos/music. The worst part is phone to PC (and vice versa) file transference. When I try and transfer the larger video files from the phone's folder to my PC desktop it sometimes says something along the lines of "The requested resource is in use." Sometimes, if I wait a few minutes, I can eventually transfer the file to my PC (still takes much longer than it used to)....however, other times, such as now, I cannot transfer the files at all. The same "Request resource is in use" keeps popping up and I cannot transfer the file!!
This is crazy...whatever improvements they were trying to make, did not only not work, but really screwed everything up. Is there a way to deactivate all those "new" drivers/updates and have the phone show up again on the computer as a removable drive (like how a flash drive shows up)? Not sure if this is Samsung specific, or now an issue with all Android phones.
Any help will be extremely appreciated.
For the first couple months after I purchased the Galaxy S2, linking to the computer was actually the same as it always had been....a removable K:/ drive would pop up when I linked the phone and transferring files (even bigger ones) was easy. However, at some point (may be related to a firmware update, or Android version update, not sure), when I linked to the computer it started downloading all these drivers and I noticed Samsung/android related updates taking place through Windows 7 Updater.
Now, instead of a separate drive letter showing up when linking the phone to PC, it actually shows up under "Portable Devices" with a little phone icon named "SPH-D710." Also, the phone's notification/task list shows the link to computer as "MTP-Connected" (pretty sure it said something else when it used to connect as a removable drive).
Anyways, all these minor changes would be fine with me had the performance not taken a nose dive. Now it takes much longer on the PC to load up and navigate through the phone's files folders....especially the larger folders with pictures/videos/music. The worst part is phone to PC (and vice versa) file transference. When I try and transfer the larger video files from the phone's folder to my PC desktop it sometimes says something along the lines of "The requested resource is in use." Sometimes, if I wait a few minutes, I can eventually transfer the file to my PC (still takes much longer than it used to)....however, other times, such as now, I cannot transfer the files at all. The same "Request resource is in use" keeps popping up and I cannot transfer the file!!
This is crazy...whatever improvements they were trying to make, did not only not work, but really screwed everything up. Is there a way to deactivate all those "new" drivers/updates and have the phone show up again on the computer as a removable drive (like how a flash drive shows up)? Not sure if this is Samsung specific, or now an issue with all Android phones.
Any help will be extremely appreciated.
