Help Not showing any folders when connected via usb

[julystork]

I connected my galaxy s2 (os 4.1.2) to my windows 7 pc via samsung's usb data cable, the autoplay box pops up, I click "open device to view files", and:


What gives, are android smartphone now utterly unusable w/o rooting?

 

[Slug]

Try connecting in Mass Storage Mode; the option is somewhere in Settings but I don't have my S2 to check exactly where.

 

[GalaxyTDM]

Settings/more settings/usb utilities.
Press connect as mass storage.
Do this before connecting the cable and then follow the instructions on the phone.