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Thanks to the pointer provided by Firelordpointer provided by Firelord, I was able to solve the issue. The solution might look weird, but works perfectly:

As root, edit /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config. The only line in that file should read:

mass_storage,adb

We all know there is no anymore with Kitkat (except maybe rare exceptions). Well, maybe that's the reason nothing "pops up" anymore, offering to mount some resource :)

To revert from this, either:

  • open the notification area while connected via USB, find the "connected as …" notification, and tap it
  • or: go to Settings › Storage, tap the "overflow menu button" (the "3 stapled dots"), and tap the (only) entry which reads like "USB connection"

Then select either MTP or PTP, and there you are.

References:

  • This is the content of /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config on one of my tablets running Android 4.1 (stock)
  • This setting is mentioned in this answerthis answer, saying if you want to eanble ADB, you can setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb

Postscriptum

Thanks to the context, one could set up some "toggle" using , executing either setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb (to "get rid of the popups"), setprop persist.sys.usb.config=ptp,adb (to have it back in PTP mode), or setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb to re-enable MTP for data transfer. I don't need any of this, as I use adbfs to access my files ;)

Thanks to the pointer provided by Firelord, I was able to solve the issue. The solution might look weird, but works perfectly:

As root, edit /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config. The only line in that file should read:

mass_storage,adb

We all know there is no anymore with Kitkat (except maybe rare exceptions). Well, maybe that's the reason nothing "pops up" anymore, offering to mount some resource :)

To revert from this, either:

  • open the notification area while connected via USB, find the "connected as …" notification, and tap it
  • or: go to Settings › Storage, tap the "overflow menu button" (the "3 stapled dots"), and tap the (only) entry which reads like "USB connection"

Then select either MTP or PTP, and there you are.

References:

  • This is the content of /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config on one of my tablets running Android 4.1 (stock)
  • This setting is mentioned in this answer, saying if you want to eanble ADB, you can setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb

Postscriptum

Thanks to the context, one could set up some "toggle" using , executing either setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb (to "get rid of the popups"), setprop persist.sys.usb.config=ptp,adb (to have it back in PTP mode), or setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb to re-enable MTP for data transfer. I don't need any of this, as I use adbfs to access my files ;)

Thanks to the pointer provided by Firelord, I was able to solve the issue. The solution might look weird, but works perfectly:

As root, edit /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config. The only line in that file should read:

mass_storage,adb

We all know there is no anymore with Kitkat (except maybe rare exceptions). Well, maybe that's the reason nothing "pops up" anymore, offering to mount some resource :)

To revert from this, either:

  • open the notification area while connected via USB, find the "connected as …" notification, and tap it
  • or: go to Settings › Storage, tap the "overflow menu button" (the "3 stapled dots"), and tap the (only) entry which reads like "USB connection"

Then select either MTP or PTP, and there you are.

References:

  • This is the content of /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config on one of my tablets running Android 4.1 (stock)
  • This setting is mentioned in this answer, saying if you want to eanble ADB, you can setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb

Postscriptum

Thanks to the context, one could set up some "toggle" using , executing either setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb (to "get rid of the popups"), setprop persist.sys.usb.config=ptp,adb (to have it back in PTP mode), or setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb to re-enable MTP for data transfer. I don't need any of this, as I use adbfs to access my files ;)

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Thanks to the pointer provided by Firelord, I was able to solve the issue. The solution might look weird, but works perfectly:

As root, edit /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config. The only line in that file should read:

mass_storage,adb

We all know there is no anymore with Kitkat (except maybe rare exceptions). Well, maybe that's the reason nothing "pops up" anymore, offering to mount some resource :)

To revert from this, either:

  • open the notification area while connected via USB, find the "connected as …" notification, and tap it
  • or: go to Settings › Storage, tap the "overflow menu button" (the "3 stapled dots"), and tap the (only) entry which reads like "USB connection"

Then select either MTP or PTP, and there you are.

References:

  • This is the content of /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config on one of my tablets running Android 4.1 (stock)
  • This setting is mentioned in this answer, saying if you want to eanble ADB, you can setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb

Postscriptum

Thanks to the context, one could set up some "toggle" using , executing either setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb (to "get rid of the popups"), setprop persist.sys.usb.config=ptp,adb (to have it back in PTP mode), or setprop persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb to re-enable MTP for data transfer. I don't need any of this, as I use adbfs to access my files ;)