The advantages of MTP

From both the architectures, you can see that MSC works on SCSI commands, and the host has unrestricted access to the device. The device cannot modify the data without releasing its connection from the host, if mounted. If the device is given permissions to modify the data when there is a connection with the host, there are chances of corrupting the data, or even the file system. That is why, when you mount an Sa card of an Android device to a PC, you cannot access the Sa card using the Android device until you unmount it from the PC. MTP has a solution to this problem. It manages the files, unlike MSC, which manages storage. The media player on the host reads and writes entire files on the device.

With MTP, Windows Media Player has an option to sync media content on the PC and the device. vou can even customise the data content for the sync options based on the ratings, etc. With MSC, this can be achieved only with special applications.

rnlike MSC, MTP enables the monitoring of deviceinitiated events, and the changes in device properties.

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Lastly, MSC devices are more prone to virus attacks than MTP.

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