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Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC

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On Sat, 19 Nov 2016 02:18:48 -0000 (UTC), lew
<citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> wrote:

>On 2016-11-18, Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:31:20 -0000 (UTC), lew
>><citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2016-11-18, Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I have a Hudl 2 Andoid (5.1) tablet with an SD card. I download epub
>>>> files from my PC to a folder on the SD card for reading, and I can see
>>>> and open these files from the PC. When I've read a book using the
>>>> tablet I then use ES File Explorer on the tablet to move the epub file
>>>> to a sub folder ("Read"), so that later I can mark them as read in the
>>>> library on the PC. However when I open this sub folder via the PC non
>>>> of the files are visible (and the properties show the folder as having
>>>> 0 files). These files are visible on ES File Explorer.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea why they don't show up when viewed via the PC?
>>>>
>>>> The tablet and PC are connected via USB cable, and the tablet connects
>>>> as a media device (MTP).
>>>
>>>You need to enable "MTP" in the Hudl2developers option; if already
>>>"enabled", disable then re-enable.  Also often needed to be done
>>>after an Android update in the cases I've encountered. 
>> Already tried that one, three times, still can't see the files.
>
>After you reset the MTP, did you then exit the PC's program that
>was trying to access the Hudl2 then run the program again to
>connect to the Hudl2?  I had to exit file manager that I use on the
>PC then reran the file manager after my tablet"s MTP was reset.
>
Yes, done all that, problem still persists.
>If the above didn't work, your Hudl 2 may not support OTG & you 
>would need to download an OTG app (free) from Google Play store;
>had to do that on one of my tablets.
Can you suggest a good OTG app, most of the ones listed on the Google
Play Store have a lot of negative comments?
However I think that OTG is supported on the Hudl2, as I can connect
my camera via an OTG adaptor cable and download pictires from the
camera onto the tablet (which I use as a backup while on holidays).

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Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-18 13:41 +0000
  Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2016-11-18 16:31 +0000
    Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-18 19:13 +0000
      Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Bob <Bob@the.builder> - 2016-11-18 15:37 -0600
        Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-20 15:32 +0000
      Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2016-11-19 02:18 +0000
        Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-20 15:36 +0000
  Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-11-18 16:25 -0500
    Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-20 15:38 +0000
  Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-19 00:56 +0100
    Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-20 15:43 +0000
      Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2016-11-20 17:18 +0000
        Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-20 18:33 +0000
          Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-22 10:32 +0000
            Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-22 13:54 +0100
            Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2016-11-22 16:47 +0000
              Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-22 19:13 +0100
            Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2016-11-22 16:14 -0800
              Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-23 10:45 +0000
  Re: Android Tablet - unable to see files using PC Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-19 09:43 +0000

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