# Android folders not accessible via USB drive

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/android-folders-not-accessible-via-usb-drive/68384
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 2, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/android-folders-not-accessible-via-usb-drive/68384 "2025-05-02T18:41:53Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/android-folders-not-accessible-via-usb-drive/68384/4 "2025-05-02T19:02:25Z")

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No, the extra app is there to transfer the files.  
To cut it short: you have to see your phone with a drive letter in the windows explorer, then you can access files on the phone.  
If there is no drive letter, then there is no way for MP3tag to access the phone file system.

It boils down to this:

> [@Browsing MP3 files on my smartphone (Androïd)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/browsing-mp3-files-on-my-smartphone-android/13674/12):
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> This looks like Android uses MTP mode to connect to the PC. But that's not supported by Mp3tag. Only normal usb mode.

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