![]() ![]() My OnePlus 8 Pro basically wouldn't work at all, and though the Xiaomi appeared to work fine, it would time out as soon as the screen turned off after 60 seconds. I do have some details to share from my tests with the app: Then install OpenMTP the way you would any other Mac app, and open it. Here’s how the app works: First uninstall AFT as mentioned above, and maybe reboot just for good measure since this is a driver we’re talking about. This open source utility is the work of Ganesh Rathinavel, an Indian software developer who is now an international hero. Luckily I was able to experience the joy of moving it directly to my Mac’s trash can, where it belongs, because there’s a new sheriff town: OpenMTP. Oh, and it also interferes with some other Android interface software, meaning that if you need to do some hacking (as Android users are wont to do), the reason it’s not working is probably because AFT is messing it up.Īs you can probably infer by my tone, I have a lot of, uh, experience with AFT. ![]() It glitches out if you have too many files in a directory, it glitches out if the transfer is too large, it glitches out if you look at it the wrong way. The important thing to understand for the non-Android, non-Mac users out there, is that Android File Transfer (AFT) works like shit. ![]() Google has only updated the app three times, ever, to keep it working with newer versions of macOS. See, when Android phones transitioned from connecting to computers via “mass storage,” where the phone just looks like a drive, to MTP, Google made this work with a utility called Android File Transfer. ![]() You would think that Google, the company behind the ascension of Android, would have an interest in making it easy to use an Android phone with a Mac, and you’d be wrong. Apple, nearly a decade later, is still too petty to natively support MTP, Android’s file transfer protocol. If you have a Mac and an Android device, you know that transferring files between them is a total nightmare. Either way, once on the Developer Options page, scroll down a bit and tap on ' Default USB Configuration.Update ( 2:09 PM ET): We've updated the story to include some responses to questions we sent Rathinavel via email. On some devices, it might be accessible from Settings > System > Advanced. Once that happens, users will see a message that says, ' You are now a developer.' If the Developer Mode is already enabled on the device, users will see the message ' No need, you're already a developer.' Once Developer Mode is enabled, users will find a new entry called ' Developer Options' on the About page in Settings. Users may have to provide a PIN or password if one is set, but if not, simply tapping on the build number seven times quickly will enable Developer Options. If the Build Number option is not visible, expand the ' Advanced Settings' menu to find it. There, tap on ' About Phone' or 'System,' and then on the next page, tap on ' Build Number' seven times in quick succession. To enable Developer Mode on Android, open the Settings app and then scroll down to the bottom on the next page. The process is the same on all Android devices, but the location of the settings may differ slightly based on the manufacturer. ![]()
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