# Sony Android Walkman
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 3, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276 "2022-12-03T11:46:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@PieterB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PieterB)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/1 "2022-12-03T11:46:42Z")
I tried to use MP3TAG with my hardwired USB connected Sony Walkman (Android), set to _ **file transfer** _, to check/change FLAC files. MP3TAG didn't want those files. Normal file transfer (copy/move) between Walkman and PC (vice-versa) is no problem: fast and precise.
What's going on here?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/2 "2022-12-03T11:52:41Z")
You have to set the device to USB mode.
The walkman has to look like a drive with a drive letter in windows.
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### Author:  [@PieterB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PieterB)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/3 "2022-12-03T12:10:24Z")
Thank you. That's exactly what I did. Read my post again.....
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/4 "2022-12-03T12:42:00Z")
and? does a drive letter appear in the windows explorer?
See e.g. here:
> [@Smartphone does not show up](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/smartphone-does-not-show-up/54918):
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> Connecting my Android smartphone to the PC (Win 10 Pro 64bit) via USB, accessing it with Mp3Tag is not possible, as the device does not show up at all in the file manager. Would be grateful for a hint. Thank you in advance
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### Author:  [@PieterB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PieterB)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/5 "2022-12-03T12:50:19Z")
Yes, the drive appears in Windows (10), but MP3TAG doesn't see the drive (File\>Change/Add directory), and dragging the files (like I normally do within Windows) does not work either. Weird, isn't it? The last bug :-?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/6 "2022-12-03T12:55:10Z")
You are seeing the device itself in Windows explorer. But is is not getting an actual drive letter such as C: or D: there. This is common for all newer Android devices. You cannot access these files directly for mp3tag to edit them directly on the device.
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### Author:  [@PieterB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PieterB)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/7 "2022-12-03T12:58:16Z")
WOW... Didn't notice that. You're right: no drive letter, just 'Walkman'... Any solution in Android? Or is Google bugging Microsoft?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/8 "2022-12-03T13:07:34Z")
Not that I said
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> like a drive with a drive letter in windows
On some devices you can set the USB mode to "USB" (not FTP, USB Tethering, MIDI, PTP).
In newer OS versions that mode has been disabled for security reasons. So if you don't find it you have to transfer the files with the dedicated program first to a PC, modify them there and then transfer them back again.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/9 "2022-12-03T13:20:37Z")
It may be possible that you can activate it after enabling the developer mode in the system settings.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/10 "2022-12-03T13:29:16Z")
I have not been able to resolve this. I believe it is Google using the sandboxing method that prevents files from being modified on the device itself. You can copy or move files, but not edit.
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### Author:  [@PieterB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PieterB)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/11 "2022-12-03T13:44:45Z")
I installed [WebDAV Server](https://www.guidingtech.com/39472/map-android-drive-windows/) from Google Play, and was able to mount the Walkman as a drive through a WIFI connection - interesting. But the files did not show up. Basically it was a mess, showing root folders, mixed with SD card folders, it seemed.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276/12 "2023-01-02T13:45:29Z")
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