On Aug 14, 2014 9:30 AM, "= Clayton - Tang =" <c...@ctny.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am on WIndows and have an Android cell phone running Android 4.4.4. > > When I connect the phone to my PC using a micro-USB cable, the phone appears next to the local hard drive under "This PC" window, then I can browse the phone's directory like a regular disk. My goal is to find all the photos on the phone then do something with the files. So I copied the path from the File Explore navigation bar, which is 'This PC\Nexus 5\Internal storage\DCIM\Camera', but the follow code doesn't work. > > I get an error "W indowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'This PC\\Nexus 5\\Internal storage\\DCIM\\Camera/*.*". Does anyone know who to make it work?
This was recently discussed on the main list (python-list aka comp.lang.python). Long story short, modern Android phones are using the MTP protocol and do not behave like usual USB drives. You must use a module that implements MTP if you want to access your phone. > import os; No need for a semicolon here. -- Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <http://chriswarrick.com/> Sent from my SGS3.
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