topic Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work in XPERIA archive

Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:54:33 GMT

I know Apple get a lot of slating in the android world. But with my old iPhone 3GS I could put it in the dock, and it would sync. No brainer.

I love this ray, its a wonderful, small fast phone and with a 32gb SD card its a great media player. But seriously SE, fix Sony Bridge. If I want to use MTP mode, and for updates I have to apparently, then I get an approximate 2% success rate in getting Sony Bridge to recognise the phone. Thats a hell of a lot of extra wear and tear on the phone USB port.

its also SLOW. I gave up trying to use Bridge Sync. BUT the beauty of bridge sync is in transferring iTunes playlists. My paylists often have one or two tracks from a variety of albums. Syncing a playlist means I don't have to hunt and peck through a bunch of folders to pick out one or two songs at a time from each album....

SB often balloons processor time to 100% usage, and often falls over, so I had to sync a 25gb playlist 200 mb at a time. and did I mention it is SLOW. OK I've got aslower Class 4 SD card, but even so often SB just sits thee doing nothing.

Sony - I love this phone, but the software is VERY frustrating. Having to continually clear the MTPAPP data , reinstalling Sony Bridge etc is tiresome. Love or hate the iTunes/iPhone infrastructure - it largely works.

I went for a Ray as money is tight at the moment and the reviews of the phone praised it, and the software. Obviously no one reviewing it tried syncing with a mac! Anyone else with a mac got any tips for stopping me going insane 😉

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:56:05 GMT

Oh and it seems I have to use Google Chrome to log into the discussion site as clicking the login button in Safari does nothing!

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Johan — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:59:17 GMT

What software version are you running on in your ray?

Menu > Settings > About phone > Version.

What version of Bridge for Mac are you using?

Share this with me and we'll troubleshoot this and I'll also let the developers know.

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:49:22 GMT

Bridge Version - 2.2 (Newest)

Phone SW - ST18 / 2.3.4/ Build 4.0.2.A0.62

Mac - Lion 10.7.3 / 3.06Ghz iMac with 4gb of ram

Phone plugged direct into mac - i.e no hub in way

1) Often the phone doesn't give the 'connected in MTP mode' notification if plugged in, so may be a 'talking'issue between phone and software

2) often takes a few attempts to get the phone to connect - sometimes 4, occasionally 10

3) Johann - one issue I would like to feed to the developers is to pass logging info to the Console as it seems the logging info is encrypted in .enclog files - if Bridge passed info direct into Console it would mean it would be a lot easier to debug issues as one could watch the connection take place in real time so to speak.

4) sync is now working to a point, BUT it can be slow to read the phone. If I want to add a single track to a playlist and then sync the changes, if often takes a while for the phone to tell bridge what playlists it has

Tell you the truth - if Bridge were more reliable you'd have a really good foot in the door on the Mac side as the ability to sync direct from iTunes, realtively seamlessly, is a big selling point. Much as I think iTunes itself needs a tune up, its great to be able to create a playlist and add it to my phone. Its close to the 'integrated' experience!

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:50:14 GMT

Bridge - 2.2 (3071)

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:55:04 GMT

Oh and is Sync over WiFi in the cards for a future update?

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Sat, 12 May 2012 13:16:04 GMT

Does anyone know how to decrypt the encrypted log files Sony Bridge produces. It would help to know why Bridge is so ... frankly, appalingly bad.

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:21:04 GMT

1) This message is NOT ASSUMED ANSWERED - its very very much live

2) I am getting to the point where I uttlery regret getting an Xperia on contract. I can't send it back, Sony Bridge is frankly useless and support for the phone once you have bought it is non-existent.

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:31:57 GMT

I've now spent close to an hour and got no connection at all. I am incredibly frustrated by this.

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

3eb — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08:14 GMT

I found doubleTwist to be a great deal more reliable than both Bridge and Media Go. The doubleTwist apps for Windows, Mac & Android are free, and the AirSync app is £2.50 if you want the bonus of wireless syncing.

Note that the wired sync only works on Windows (you may have bootcamp) at the moment but AirSync should work with both.

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:11:23 GMT

I was using Winamp, but the problem is when it comes to updates - which rely on MTP mode. For the last 40 minutes, this phone hasn't even given the MTP icon in the status bar

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:14:14 GMT

Also i was getting wired sync on Mac if i used MSC with DoubleTwist

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

3eb — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:14:28 GMT

As far as I know, when you select settings>xperia>connectivity settings, MTP is the only option?

This is the reason the Xperia S won't sync to doubleTwist on the Mac, because the MSC option was removed from the new Xperia phones, and I think Windows has MTP support that the Mac doesn't.

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:17:10 GMT

With the Ray, there is an MSC option. But updates require MTP....

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:18:17 GMT

WOOHOO

1Hour 40 mins later, I finally get an MTP connection!

PART-TAY 😉

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

3eb — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:18:55 GMT

Sorry, I misread your question, on the Xperia S there is no MSC option you see.

Have you tried downloading the update OTA/do you have bootcamp?

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

3eb — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:19:13 GMT

Glad you got sorted

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:21:01 GMT

No Bootcamp. I own no Windows machines, a conscious decision as I worked in IT for a while and I had enough headaches from it in work. I am about to try and replicate my success

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

3eb — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:23:12 GMT

I find it useful for the odd application like SEUS when it comes to updates, and doubleTwist because the Xperia S doesn't support wired syncing on the Mac yet

Re: Sony Bridge + MTP --- needs work

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:26:57 GMT

Ok don' know what I did, and perhaps the reboot and swear technique I have perfected helped, but the MTP message is now reappearing in the status bar... Its sucessfully populating the bar that shows the capacity of the SD card, but its not redected it yet....