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Old 03-17-2022, 09:14 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice View Post
Because USBMS requires the host OS to understand the filesystem of the device. It's why you can't plug an HFS+ or EXT4 formatted thumb drive or external HDD into a Windows PC and expect it to work without third party software. MTP doesn't expose the underlying filesystem of the device so it doesn't matter that you plugged your EXT4 formatted Android device into your Windows PC.
It's true that USBMS usually exposes the real file system. However MTP is a terrible alternative.
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