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samz

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    How to access PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER with DOS command lines
    « on: September 03, 2012, 01:31:56 PM »
    Hello,
    After plug-in a SAMSUNG Galaxy S or Galaxy S2 (by USB cable), I get a simple removable drive. This volume was accessible by MS-DOS command line or .CMD script. So I was able to use my MS-DOS script to backup/restore some files/settings in my smart-phone.

    When I plug-in a SAMSUNG Galaxy S3, I get a PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER. Inside this one there is a volume named "Phone" that I can access with Windows Explorer. But it doesn't look to be accessible by DOS command lines.

    So, how to access "Phone" by DOS command lines?

    Thanks and regards.

    CONFIG: MS Windows7 SP1 Aero disabled


    DOS script to check available volumes:
    Code: [Select]
    @ECHO OFF
    @SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
    Call:GetVO "Drve"
    REM ECHO.Drives  [%Drve%]

    FOR %%f in (%Drve%) DO (
    ECHO.---------------------------- %%~f
    DIR /b/on "%%~f:\*.*"
    ECHO.
    )
    GOTO:FinN


    :FinN
    ENDLOCAL&ECHO.&ECHO.Press To END ......&Pause>Nul&EXIT::________________________


    ::********************************************************** Get List Of VOLUMES
    :GetVO
    SET rv=%~1&::ReturnVAR
    SET LiS=
    FOR /f "SKIP=1 Delims=" %%e in ('WMIC LOGICALDISK GET NAME') DO (
    SET DVN=%%~e
    IF /i NOT "%%~e"=="" (
    IF /i "!LiS!"=="" (SET LiS=!DVN:~,1!) ELSE (SET LiS=!LiS! !DVN:~,1!)
    )
    )
    SET %rv%=!LiS:~,-2!
    GOTO:EOF

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    Salmon Trout

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    Re: How to access PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER with DOS command lines
    « Reply #1 on: September 03, 2012, 02:46:31 PM »
    If you can browse a file system with Windows Explorer, then it has a drive letter. Right click any file in "Phone" and see if you can see the path in the Properties dialog.

    Squashman



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    Re: How to access PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER with DOS command lines
    « Reply #2 on: September 03, 2012, 03:45:00 PM »
    When ICS was developed, android was switched from using UMS to MTP.  This means it does not mount as a drive letter anymore.  Been a lot of discussion on the web about this already.

    TechnoGeek

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    Re: How to access PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER with DOS command lines
    « Reply #3 on: September 03, 2012, 06:52:29 PM »
    I think there is (or used to be) and option in windows media player to allow drive letter access. I know for sure iTunes has it with iPods; I might just be confusing it with that though  :-\.

    samz

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