Scanning a mobile phone or tablet

Question / Problem

Can I use TreeSize to scan the file system of a mobile phone or a tablet, which is connected via USB? I can browse the files on the device using the Windows Explorer.

Answer / Solution

In general, TreeSize can scan any systems that have a drive letter assigned in Windows. This typically applies to local drives, network shares, etc.

Most mobile devices will announce themselves as MTP (media transfer protocol) devices, which allows access via Windows Explorer without having an actual drive letter assigned. 

TreeSize supports the MTP protocol since v6.3 and should thus be able to analyse all data available with this protocol.

Please note that most operation systems do not grant access to all of the files on the device via MTP. Especially system files and internal data can not be scanned this way. User data (like pictures and videos) usually are accessible.