Hi!
Can anyone tell me if X2 finally supports USB Mass storage mode with MR2? If not, I'm really going to be upset.
Thanks
didnt it always? though it was REALLY SLOW
not in the same way that the X1 had. ive not noticed any new mass storage feature. still looks like you have to connect to activesync first.
anothadave said:
not in the same way that the X1 had. ive not noticed any new mass storage feature. still looks like you have to connect to activesync first.
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Thanks. That su*ks a big way. Actually I think this doesn't conform to the definition of "USB Mass Storage".
no it doesnt. but its the only way to access the memory card. to be honest its not too bad. i plug in my X2. then i go into "my computer" and its listed in there and i can browse to the memory card same as the X1. the downside is when you transfer stuff to your pc its slower because it uses activesync. no idea why they couldnt let us access the card directly. probably a way to force us to use their software.
Have you tried to use WM5Storage v1.9 (or some other versions)? I heard that it works on X2
ultrashot said:
Have you tried to use WM5Storage v1.9 (or some other versions)? I heard that it works on X2
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I used what on MR1, and it works good. But i have not have time to test on MR2 . Maby to night
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hi all,
should i bother with USB mass storage driver for XDA2???
is anyone out there, who'd use it??
buzz
i guess that people could use it to transfer data to pc's without activesync or bluetooth or wifi
or exchanging SD cards
personaly i would not use it really
but if people would like it then you could prob make it for all pocketpc's
and maybe even make some money selling it...
the purpose of such driver is, that you can connect your XDA2 to any PC, using USB. no active sync needed.
And it will appear as a mass storage device on the PC.
Same as USB sticks or mp3players...
buzz
I am very very interested for the mass storage driver. It is very convinient way to copy files to machine where you dont have Activesync or BT installed.
jnenad said:
I am very very interested for the mass storage driver. It is very convinient way to copy files to machine where you dont have Activesync or BT installed.
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all right then...
I'll try to do it...
buzz
For Magician too please
Chatty said:
For Magician too please
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it'll work on any wm2k5 enabled device...
buzz
Good Goddamn!!!
Now I know why people get excited when you get busy on something!
I think it's one of the great failings of most PDA's that they don't have this feature and I'll be watching this one closely.
Unfortunately, I've not the know-how to assist, but I wish you the best of luck with this...
in case anyone wasn't paying attention
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=23233
hi all,
should i bother with USB mass storage driver for XDA2???
is anyone out there, who'd use it??
buzz
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Good IDEA tanks :lol: :lol:
Perfect!
Nice. Just what im looking for. Im using Win 98 on my PC (Im too lazy to install Win XP), and WM2k5_1.60a on my XDAII. So, I cant use Active Sync 4.0.
I will try this tonight. Hope it works.
Oops. sorry forgot to turn off signature
there is this kind of software out already
it works on win2k3se but not wm5 unfortunately
yep, tried it but it didnt work.
Hi,
Just like the new feature in WM5 "USB Mass Storage Device" there is a software package which does the same.
It turns the USB port of your Pocket Pc in a Dumb USB Memory stick. Check out http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2/
BUT Sadly.... the site say's the following:"i-Mate
Model Processor type Test result Notes
Jam Intel PXA27x Doesn't work yet
So I need other potential users who think they gonna buy the software when it works on the Magician! They say We are permanently developing support for the new devices. Tell us what device support do you need.
Drop them a Mail or message on http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2/ and hopefully they will develop soon a nice to have tool (and long waited for one) for the Magician!
Or maybe somebody else knows a alternative (yeah yeah, i would like to say the wm5 will come soon to the magician)
Take care , Tom from Holland
Stupid me, Didn;t use the search option long enough, find a cross posting : http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=23233 was allready there. Looks like they fixed the [problem, unofficial it works now thanx to DES.
If I read from the website :
Accessing storage card has never been easier!
Switch USB mode from Active Sync to Card Export
Insert your Pocket PC into cradle or connect to USB cable
And after few seconds desktop drivers automatically mount cards as a logical disk!
What is special in it? Cant you do it using ActiveSync?
gogol said:
If I read from the website :
Accessing storage card has never been easier!
Switch USB mode from Active Sync to Card Export
Insert your Pocket PC into cradle or connect to USB cable
And after few seconds desktop drivers automatically mount cards as a logical disk!
What is special in it? Cant you do it using ActiveSync?
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Not all machines have ActiveSync installed. With Card Export installed, you ppc can be treated as a card reader (no driver for Win2k or above).
Using card export for Car Radio's.
Is there someone who tested it also with USB Car Radio systems? They sell car radio's where you can put in your USB key/stick and the Car radio starts playing the MP3 songs on that stick!
It would be awesome if you could connect you Jam to you radio system this way!
Take Care, Tom from Holland.
I Got a quick and complete answer back from them!
A reply for my request:
Dear Tom
This letter contains a reply to your request support to Softick Support Team.
Please don't reply to this e-mail. Use the link above instead.
Reply date - 2005-06-17
Thank you for your request.
As far as I know, Card Export II should work with Car radio, because we have reports that Card Export II for Palm OS works with Car radio. Anyway, you'll be able to download trial version and try it before buying.
We are planning to support your device in our updated version today or tomorrow.
Sincerely yours
G M
If you'd like to reply on this message, please use our web interface.Your personal link is
works! mda compact..
gogol said:
If I read from the website :
Accessing storage card has never been easier!
Switch USB mode from Active Sync to Card Export
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How do I switch form Active Sync to card export?
Typically RTFM!
Or start CE2 on your magician, you'll get a icon in your tray, tick it and setup preferences & default card. Then tick Card Export in the same menu. Now your magacian isn't using the SD anymore. On your PC disable AS usb connection & plugin the usb at both ends. Now your mass storage device will be installed.
regards, M
So this is not possible without CE?
andreas
An USB2 card-reader is the fastest solution.
M
oltp said:
An USB2 card-reader is the fastest solution.
M
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Not everyone has a card reader at home and not everyone has activesync installed. i.e. i use CE when i'm at university and i need to bring my work with me, or when i'm at one of my friends' home and he shows me his latest mp3 collection...
I don't usually bring a usb key with me (and even when i do, my key has only 128MB Vs my jam SD card's 1GB) while my jam is ALWAYS with me. Sure, you'll need a mini usb cable but, fortunately, many digital cameras, scanners, printers and so on have one.
That said, I think CE is one of the most useful programs out there.
Just my two cents...
Bye bye,
Isidoro
PS: starting from 2.04, Card ExportII is FULLY compatible with our Magicians.
PS2: I'm DEFINITELY NOT a CE developer!!! Bye
oltp said:
An USB2 card-reader is the fastest solution.
M
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Not everyone has a card reader at home and not everyone has activesync installed. i.e. i use CE when i'm at university and i need to bring my work with me, or when i'm at one of my friends' home and he shows me his latest mp3 collection...
I don't usually bring a usb key with me (and even when i do, my key has only 128MB Vs my jam SD card's 1GB) while my jam is ALWAYS with me. Sure, you'll need a mini usb cable but, fortunately, many digital cameras, scanners, printers and so on have one.
That said, I think CE is one of the most useful programs out there.
Just my two cents...
Bye bye,
Isidoro
PS: starting from 2.04, Card ExportII is FULLY compatible with our Magicians.
PS2: I'm DEFINITELY NOT a CE developer!!! Bye
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I agree CE is the best option (I'm still in the trial period), only having WM5 & CE apparently being not compatible you need that card-reader or settle for low speed LOL
First advantage of not having WM5 second is VGS push-mail
Perfect. I just tried it, and it works flawlessly straight out of the box.
wireframe9 said:
Perfect. I just tried it, and it works flawlessly straight out of the box.
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On what device?
i-Mate JAM, ROM 1.12.00 WWE, Radio 1.12.10, ExtROM 1.12.149 WWE.
Now, all I need is USB host support
Does any1 who has it knows if Xperia supports USH hub or mass storage?
If you connect an external USB stick or card reader, the Xperia is able to read from it?
I have asked on developer's forum, but no one was able to answer, so i thjought any1 who has it can try an tell me.
Thanx!
you can choose btw. mass storage or active sync in the settings.
DocMAX said:
you can choose btw. mass storage or active sync in the settings.
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I don't think that's what he means.... He wants to know if you can hookup an external card reader!
DocMAX said:
you can choose btw. mass storage or active sync in the settings.
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The question was if it could read from a mass storage device or a USB stick, not the opposite.
Afaik the USB port has no host mode, but on many devices today the hardware supports changing from slave to host mode. If so, it has to be some kind of firmware hack to do it.
Btw, the mass storage setting is superior to the ActiveSync mode in bitrate when transfering large files, like music and movies.
The truth is that MSM7200A natively supports "USB on the go", but if SE utilizes it, is another matter. Other HTC devices with the similar Qualcomm chip don't support it.
I wonder if this is a hardware or software issue (just like TV-out only difference being that on HTC devices it is enaled).
I have already check it with usb host cable from Toshiba G900 but nothings happend :-( Maybe it's just a metter of proper drivers or maybe it's just not implemented.
use wmStorage
http://deblor-freewaresmartphone.blogspot.com/2007/12/wmstorage-v18.html
damion.lamaison said:
http://deblor-freewaresmartphone.blogspot.com/2007/12/wmstorage-v18.html
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Does this work with WM 6.1. Someone should test anyway.
(I hate it that I am still waiting for mine for over 2 weeks)
I was somehow misundestood.
Let's say i'm out of the office whitout the notebook. I meet with a friend and i want to give him some files on a usb stick. I connect the stick to the Xperia, write the files from Xperia memory/email/whatever to the USB stick. Then we go an drink beer
Is that scenario possible?
I'm waiting for my Xperia to arrive (they say about 25th of nov.), but i want to know. I will test.
Maybe someone will write an app that can do that until i got my Xperia
I'm pretty sure that USB host has to be enabled in firmware not software. I read in a few places recently that practically all the chips include USB host these days, but many manufacturers do not utilise the ability. I think it's likely that they'll add USB host as a killer feature in Xperia X2 to try to entice us to upgrade.
memtronic said:
I was somehow misundestood.
Let's say i'm out of the office whitout the notebook. I meet with a friend and i want to give him some files on a usb stick. I connect the stick to the Xperia, write the files from Xperia memory/email/whatever to the USB stick. Then we go an drink beer
Is that scenario possible?
I'm waiting for my Xperia to arrive (they say about 25th of nov.), but i want to know. I will test.
Maybe someone will write an app that can do that until i got my Xperia
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That's exactly what USB on the go is. If the USB stack on a device is hardware implemented it can't be done. Of course as I said that Qualcomm SoC supports it but we don't know if HTC,SE utilizes it. Also, we don't know if it is a driver or software issue.
I'm an ex desire user and i'm kinda finding it hard to use SGS at times anyways the problem i'm facing right now is when i connect my device and select mass storage device i get no removable device.. it's driving me insane as i don't like to use Kies.. is there anything i'm doing wrong?? desire was soooo much user friendly anyways can anyone please help me out??
not using any sd card atm (ordered one though)
Drop notification bar and hit mount
thanks it worked
Note for Mac OS X users - I found that after selecting Mount on the phone, the mass storage volumes still did not show up on my desktop.
After I unmounted, turned on USB debugging, and re-mounted then I got both volumes (internal and external sdcard) appear on my desktop.
AFAIK, Kies is not available for OS X so not sure how firmware upgrades are going to work - guess I'll have to find myself a Windows machine.
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Note for Mac OS X users - I found that after selecting Mount on the phone, the mass storage volumes still did not show up on my desktop.
After I unmounted, turned on USB debugging, and re-mounted then I got both volumes (internal and external sdcard) appear on my desktop.
AFAIK, Kies is not available for OS X so not sure how firmware upgrades are going to work - guess I'll have to find myself a Windows machine.
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yes you need a real windows machine, virtual machines are not working (did not detect USB)
mrassol said:
yes you need a real windows machine, virtual machines are not working (did not detect USB)
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No! this is terrible news, no solution in sight for
this problem??
snoweb said:
No! this is terrible news, no solution in sight for
this problem??
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Run windows on your mac through bootcamp?!
dakine said:
Run windows on your mac through bootcamp?!
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thanks for the advice, could be a solution, although awkward, I would only be
sure with XP installed through bootcamp Kies functions
mrassol said:
yes you need a real windows machine, virtual machines are not working (did not detect USB)
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Yeah, I had to install Boot Camp to update my Galaxy's FW, pain in the neck but it finally worked, I tried with VMWare with 2 Windows installs and it didn't work.
So Mac people save your time and skip VMWare/Parallels, you need Boot Camp for this.
What does USB debugging do? Under what situations should I turn it on and off? In other word, how does the behaviour of the phone get affected by the on/off switch?
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Drop notification bar and hit mount
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THANK YOU!! cant believe i didnt see this before
I'm a new Atrix owner having just switched from a 3GS. I love the phone so far but am having 1 problem I can't seem to find the answer to... so I am hoping someone can help.
For some reason, on my home PC, when I connect via USB, I can only see the phone's internal storage. On my work PC, I can only see the SD card. And the most annoying, everytime I disconnect from the the PC, all my call and notification ringtones are reset.
One thing... I didnt really pay much attention the first time I connected the phone and I let it install the Motorola software. So the Moto Helper has been autostarting the Motorala Media Link when I connect.
Does anyone have any idea what I am missing? It a quirky little thing but it's killing me. Any advice is much appreciated.
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I'm a new Atrix owner having just switched from a 3GS. I love the phone so far but am having 1 problem I can't seem to find the answer to... so I am hoping someone can help.
For some reason, on my home PC, when I connect via USB, I can only see the phone's internal storage. On my work PC, I can only see the SD card. And the most annoying, everytime I disconnect from the the PC, all my call and notification ringtones are reset.
One thing... I didnt really pay much attention the first time I connected the phone and I let it install the Motorola software. So the Moto Helper has been autostarting the Motorala Media Link when I connect.
Does anyone have any idea what I am missing? It a quirky little thing but it's killing me. Any advice is much appreciated.
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Well, for the Motorola Media Link, on your computer you can go into your Programs in the Start menu and in the Motorola folder there will be an "Uninstall" option which will remove Media Link and it will not reinstall after that. I did the same thing.
With the internal/external storage, have you tried selecting "USB Mass Storage" under the USB Connections?
And for the settings changing, I don't know.
RobNYC said:
I'm a new Atrix owner having just switched from a 3GS. I love the phone so far but am having 1 problem I can't seem to find the answer to... so I am hoping someone can help.
For some reason, on my home PC, when I connect via USB, I can only see the phone's internal storage. On my work PC, I can only see the SD card. And the most annoying, everytime I disconnect from the the PC, all my call and notification ringtones are reset.
One thing... I didnt really pay much attention the first time I connected the phone and I let it install the Motorola software. So the Moto Helper has been autostarting the Motorala Media Link when I connect.
Does anyone have any idea what I am missing? It a quirky little thing but it's killing me. Any advice is much appreciated.
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Go to settings - SD Card & storage
All the way at the bottom you can change the storage location. It will only sync with one storage location at a time.
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Go to settings - SD Card & storage
Ask the way at the bottom you can change the storage location. It will only sync with one storage location at a time.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App
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That only applies to Windows Media Sync. If you use "USB Mass Storage" you can mount both internal and external at the same time. The internal should show up as "MB860" and the external will show up as "Removable Storage"