Re: Access files on Android phone via Cygwin?

On 06/05/2026 13:46, Jonathan Clark via Cygwin wrote:
> I have a Windows11 box and an Android phone. If I stick a USB cable
> between the two then the phone filesystems show up on the PC in File
> Explorer, but *not* as a mount point. No mount point means no access for
> Cygwin processes (and there may be other hurdles too, that's as far as I
> got).
> I am reasonably sure that in Windows10 it *was* a mount point, and I had
> no problems with access.

I'm still running Windows 10 and the behaviour there is the same for me, 
so I don't think it's a 10/11 thing.  I think a loooooong time ago some 
Android devices used to do what you describe, but I haven't seen it 
recently, they all seem to use the nasty MTP mode now.  I'd also be 
curious to hear if others have had different experiences though.

Regards,
Scott

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