When your phone no longer shows up as a USB device

[webfork]

FWG did a write-up on this, critical if you carry your portable software inside a phone SD card:

http://www.freewaregenius.com/help-pc-l ... usb-drive/

I've already referenced twice this week so I decided to post here.

[freakazoid]

I just use an Android wifi FTP app instead of using wires.

[webfork]

I just use an Android wifi FTP app instead of using wires.

For quick file transfers that can be ideal, but I wouldn't run programs over a wireless connection, even if you can enable Windows Networking/Samba. Running portable freeware off your phone's SD card is going to be dramatically faster and more reliable with a wired connection.

[webfork]

Old thread update:

I was talking about the convenience angle with a network admin friend of mine and he pointed out that in almost every other regard, wireless connections are almost categorically worse. For power efficiency, security, speed, network reliability, and resistance to interference, wired is drastically better. Wireless protocols are built from the ground up to deal with a LOT of data loss.

That said, physical access doesn't usually require a password so at least in that case it's not more secure. And I still dislike cables.

[Midas]

This has been a pet peeve with my current daily driver, the LG P-880: it provides for MTP and PTP wired connections that are almost useless to me, but UMS (mass storage) connections are virtually impossible. Worst even, the USB OTG capability that it suposedly supports has been inoperative in every ROM I've tried...