How to change USB connection mode (from MTP to mass storage)?

[Guest seanspotatobusiness]

Windows 7 has a detestable "feature" whereby copying (particular?) media files in MTP mode (whatever that means) gives a prompt incorrectly asserting that the file might not play on the device to which it's being copied. Every. Single. Time.

 

Apparently this won't happen if I can get the tablet to connect in mass storage mode however I can't find the setting to do this.

 

I only need to do this for the microSD card.

[Guest PaulOBrien]

No Mass Storage support on Android nowadays!

P

[Guest droid_user]

I wonder if this is why the uptake of KitKat has been sluggish - they were very precious of it initially and now the perhaps as the SD card issues are becoming more widely appreciated - folk are happy to stay with and even buy new JellyBean devices.

 

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Global Android version distribution since December 2009. As of May 2014, Android 4.x Jelly Bean is the most widely used Android version, operating on around 61% of Android devices worldwide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history

 

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http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

Version Codename API Distribution 2.2 Froyo 8 0.7% 2.3.3 -
2.3.7 Gingerbread 10 11.4% 4.0.3 -
4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich 15 9.6% 4.1.x Jelly Bean 16 25.1% 4.2.x 17 20.7% 4.3 18 8.0% 4.4 KitKat 19 24.5%

 

Data collected during a 7-day period ending on September 9, 2014. Any versions with less than 0.1% distribution are not shown.

 

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Many phones are not updated AND new phones come with whatever the vendor chooses so L will start being reflected in the next graph.

Edited October 24, 2014 by droid_user

[Guest droid_user]

https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/android_kitkat

 

 

It seems Feb was when Jelly Bean (in its various versions) was at its peak.

 

 

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Seems nothing is new Gingerbread had a brief revival then continuing decline

 

 

 

Actually I guess it was either a Jelly bean glitch OR a Ginerbread revival.

Perhaps new OEMs shifting cheaper models - price drops anyone know?

 

Also what happened with Honeycomb - Android was not on my radar at the time but hi res screens - expanding storage and increasing power means Android is now on everyone's radar. 

 

There is something odd happening between Gingerbread and Honeycomb

https://source.android.com/source/build-numbers.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Android/Build_Numbers

Edited October 24, 2014 by droid_user