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MyTouch won't mount

I have looked all over the internet and this forum and still haven't found an answer. I just flashed my MT3G with Cyanogenmod ROM few days back, today when i tried to mount my phone as an USB removable media and it won't show on My Computer. Anyone had this problem before? This is sort of annoying.
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make sure you do have internet tethering enabled.. Go to settings,wireless controls,internet teth make sure it is not checked if it is you won't be able to mount.. hope that helps..

I figured it out... I turned USB debugging back on, and it automatically popped back on my computer. I guess is one of those weird things.

Vibrant won't mount to mac even with debugging

I have turned on usb debugging and I have tried changing the usb settings and neither my phone nor my sdcard will mount. The "Usb Connected" notification appears and when I click mount nothing happens. Anyone else having this problem? I've tried just about everything. It mounts just fine on Windows but not on my mac.
I've got it rooted so if there is a way to manually mount it in terminal emu I could try that.
Any solutions? Or do I need a new phone?
I've also tried 2 different cables. Both of which work fine with other devices

Mine only worked when I did the debug mode, strange that yours is not. I am running an early 2k9 macbook with OSX 10.6. Sorry, I could not help more.

laserdemon said:
Mine only worked when I did the debug mode, strange that yours is not. I am running an early 2k9 macbook with OSX 10.5. Sorry, I could not help more.
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I'm on 10.6 also and everyone has been saying debugging fixed it for them but for some reason it's not working for me. I'll try on my brothers macbook real quick...
EDIT: Works perfectly on my brothers macbook running 10.6. I have no idea why it won't work on mine

I dont have that problem, I'm running 10.6 on my mac. if you try on your brothers mac and it doesn't work, the try a reset to your phone, maybe it will help you

I found that the icons didn't appear in my finder side bar, or on my desktop. Open a finder window, click on the icon for your computer in the sidebar and see if it appears in there.
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Thanks for the replies. It works flawlessly in my brother's mac but not at all in mine. It shows up in system profiler and usb prober but not in disk utility. I have no clue what to do

Check your log and see if it was a driver issue.

Nothing even shows up in the log when I connect it. It's like it's not even happening. Yet it clearly shows in system profiler and usb prober and my phone prompts me for usb storage

matt_stang said:
Nothing even shows up in the log when I connect it. It's like it's not even happening. Yet it clearly shows in system profiler and usb prober and my phone prompts me for usb storage
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Perhaps it is a bad usb port or cable?
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I am having this same issue. When I plugged in my Vibrant I used to get a network adapter found and I would click cancel and all would work. One time I clicked to configure it an since then I cannot mount the file system anymore. I removed the network adapter in Network preferences and I still cannot mount the disks. I also cannot adb into the Vibrant either.
This works on all the other Macs in my house as long as I click Cancel to the network adapter found dialog.
-Phil

I have searched and searched and I still cannot find a solution for this. I have 3 Macs and on two of them I have no problems connecting to the SD cards or using adb. On the 3rd one it was working fine until I pressed to open network connections when I plugged it in. From then on it stopped connecting to the SD cards even with debugging on.
Does anyone have a possible solution to this?
Thanks!

use pc..... they are what the WORLD runs on... or shoot steve jobs an email questioning compatability and troubleshooting

g1ftmfw said:
use pc..... they are what the WORLD runs on... or shoot steve jobs an email questioning compatability and troubleshooting
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Please tell me you're a troll.
I'm having the same problem exactly as described. Used to connect just fine, but got the new network adapter message every time I connected. Removed the entry in Network Prefs so that message would stop, and now can't connect anymore.
Any ideas? Anyone? This is really frustrating. Now I can't change the music on my phone, nor update to Froyo.
Thanks.

JI6 Updated: Phone not syncing with Computer?

anyone else having this problem? Before i was able to connect my phone to the computer and add/del the files to/from the phone's main memory and sd card. Now the phone won't show me the "mount / Unmount" option anyone (although it does play the ding sound when i connect it to the puter).....

nvm got it to work. Changed the usb settings to "ask on connection" and that did the trick for me.

I've the same problem... setting it to "ask on connection" is just a workaround... It should work with "mass storage" option set like it did on stock JFD.

I've had the same problem but it doesn't matter what is chosen under usb settings. After about ten to twenty minutes it finally pops up. This is very frustrating does anyone know a solution?

Had that after odin flash of JI6, restarted computer and back to normal.
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[Q] No usb option prompt via Android.

So basically. before I would plug my phone into usb and it would give me a couple of options. But now it plugs in, computer says "di dong" and the phone shows as charging.
But the phone doesn't ask for option, nor can I find a way to manually prompt it to.
help! (needed desperately for internet tethering)

had the same issue a couple of times
what i did was just unplug it again, wait a minute and plug it back in. The second time i would get the notification.

Maybe you havt to try another USB port on your PC.

Had the same problem.
Switched it off and on again. -> problem fixed

When plugging in your phone into usb, just go to settings-->Applications-->Development and check the USB debugging(uncheck and check it back it is already markeck).

Anyone having problem with buetooth samsung GALAXY S powerhouse
cant get blutooth working with wifi strange

I am having the same problem, just the phone isn't charging, i can't find any way at all to mount it, please if someone can help i'd really appreciate it, as i have a new mod to flash.

Connect to pc > Tick 'Ask Me'

syst3m68 said:
I am having the same problem, just the phone isn't charging, i can't find any way at all to mount it, please if someone can help i'd really appreciate it, as i have a new mod to flash.
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same here

syst3m68 said:
I am having the same problem, just the phone isn't charging, i can't find any way at all to mount it, please if someone can help i'd really appreciate it, as i have a new mod to flash.
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If you can't mount SD Card and your pc doesn't recognise it then Your USB is bricked. There is a tutorial on the forums that will help you with that

Counterintuitively, the setting you're looking for is under Wireless and Network. Go to USB Connection and set it back to "Ask on connection."

this may be the cable error .change other one try again.

Just type in phone *#7248# and tick pda on both.
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i mean *#7284# then tick on usb on both.

How do you disable USB automount?

In the past I could enable USB debug and my USB storage would not auto mount to the computer it was connected to. Now no mater what I try with the S5 it will not allow me to disable this automount behavior, even while on the lock screen. I find this to be a HUGE issue with security anyone who can grab my phone can access all the files on it very quickly.
Has anyone figured out how to disable this?
Sorry if this has been asked already, I did search.

Errant33 said:
In the past I could enable USB debug and my USB storage would not auto mount to the computer it was connected to. Now no mater what I try with the S5 it will not allow me to disable this automount behavior, even while on the lock screen. I find this to be a HUGE issue with security anyone who can grab my phone can access all the files on it very quickly.
Has anyone figured out how to disable this?
Sorry if this has been asked already, I did search.
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First you need to enable developer options by going to settings>about phone and tapping on the build number about 7 times, a pop up will come saying they are enabled. Then go there and scroll down and you should see it, about the 5th option down
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Dennisg34 said:
First you need to enable developer options by going to settings>about phone and tapping on the build number about 7 times, a pop up will come saying they are enabled. Then go there and scroll down and you should see it, about the 5th option down
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I think you mis-understood my question, automount of usb is still occurring with debug mode enabled. Nothing I do will disable it and it happens even on the lock screen. I have already enabled developer options, was already familiar with the press 7 times option....although many are not!

Errant33 said:
I think you mis-understood my question, automount of usb is still occurring with debug mode enabled. Nothing I do will disable it and it happens even on the lock screen. I have already enabled developer options, was already familiar with the press 7 times option....although many are not!
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You're right, I'm not understanding the question, and I still don't understand what you're trying to say. Can you be more specific with what steps you do and what results you are looking for?
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Errant33 said:
I think you mis-understood my question, automount of usb is still occurring with debug mode enabled. Nothing I do will disable it and it happens even on the lock screen. I have already enabled developer options, was already familiar with the press 7 times option....although many are not!
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1. Plug USB into pc and phone
2. Browse to phone and see all files(Behavior I want to stop)
Basically I want charge only mode till I select for USB to connect via MTP or PTP

Errant33 said:
1. Plug USB into pc and phone
2. Browse to phone and see all files(Behavior I want to stop)
Basically I want charge only mode till I select for USB to connect via MTP or PTP
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Hmm, have you tried deselecting the options that pop up once you plug the USB into the computer? Should give several options of what you want it as such as installer or media, deselect both? Not by a computer ATM so I'm unaware of the detailed options.
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He's trying to find the function for attaching that says "Charge only" for attaching it via USB to computer/phone.

kprice8 said:
He's trying to find the function for attaching that says "Charge only" for attaching it via USB to computer/phone.
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I know how useless charging from a computer is the real intention is to stop a random person from just hooking it up via usb and downloading all my files. When I connect I intend to use storage mounted to the host PC.
Deselecting does not work by the way either MTP or PTP has to be selected and if you try to uncheck it stays checked at least that is the behavior i am seeing.

Errant33 said:
I know how useless charging from a computer is the real intention is to stop a random person from just hooking it up via usb and downloading all my files. When I connect I intend to use storage mounted to the host PC.
Deselecting does not work by the way either MTP or PTP has to be selected and if you try to uncheck it stays checked at least that is the behavior i am seeing.
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What was the last device you owned that allowed you to charge only? I don't remember my S4 having a charge only option, although I never feared someone would hook it up to a computer and steal files.
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I will look into this when I return to my personal desktop. Work desktop has USB ports disabled. Apologies.

Dennisg34 said:
What was the last device you owned that allowed you to charge only? I don't remember my S4 having a charge only option, although I never feared someone would hook it up to a computer and steal files.
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Cyanogenmod Modded Note II was not charge only, just had the ability to not auto select mount options from the storage menu you could simply uncheck both. Cant seem to do that with S5 stock rom.

Errant33 said:
Cyanogenmod Modded Note II was not charge only, just had the ability to not auto select mount options from the storage menu you could simply uncheck both. Cant seem to do that with S5 stock rom.
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That was prob a CM ROM feature, stock S5 might not have this option.
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Dennisg34 said:
That was prob a CM ROM feature, stock S5 might not have this option.
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It may or may not but previous android versions allowed this behavior on stock roms. Took a bit of messing around but you could get it to stop auto-mounting, usually by enabling debug mode in developer options, that doesn't seem to be the case anymore .

Errant33 said:
It may or may not but previous android versions allowed this behavior on stock roms. Took a bit of messing around but you could get it to stop auto-mounting, usually by enabling debug mode in developer options, that doesn't seem to be the case anymore .
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I think it may be the opposite, have you unchecked USB debugging and then plugged it into a computer? I know that sounds simple and stupid, but debugging mode is made to transfer files
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Errant33 said:
In the past I could enable USB debug and my USB storage would not auto mount to the computer it was connected to. Now no mater what I try with the S5 it will not allow me to disable this automount behavior, even while on the lock screen. I find this to be a HUGE issue with security anyone who can grab my phone can access all the files on it very quickly.
Has anyone figured out how to disable this?
Sorry if this has been asked already, I did search.
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If the screen is locked you should not be able to see phone or SD storage. Try this.
- Unplug the phone from the PC
- Lock the screen
- Plug phone back into PC
You should see the PC recognize the device, but when you click into it, it should be empty until you unlock the phone.
If you unlock the phone while plugged in. It will remember this until unplugged and locked again.
As far as I'm concerned turning the only real way is to set Windows to stop auto play for the device. However this would have to be done on any PC it's connected to.

Sharpie603 said:
If the screen is locked you should not be able to see phone or SD storage. Try this.
- Unplug the phone from the PC
- Lock the screen
- Plug phone back into PC
You should see the PC recognize the device, but when you click into it, it should be empty until you unlock the phone.
If you unlock the phone while plugged in. It will remember this until unplugged and locked again.
As far as I'm concerned turning the only real way is to set Windows to stop auto play for the device. However this would have to be done on any PC it's connected to.
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And now I feel stupid, thank you for the help. I didn't even check to see if the drives were showing up once autoplay triggered and the device showed up in "Computer" I assumed the storage was available.

Dennisg34 said:
I think it may be the opposite, have you unchecked USB debugging and then plugged it into a computer? I know that sounds simple and stupid, but debugging mode is made to transfer files
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Dennis, you are half right. USB debugging is meant for file transferring (but on a deeper level). It is more of a dev. tool then setting for the average user. When USB Debugging is enabled Devs. use it for establishing a connection Between the Android SDK(Software Development Kit) with an Android Based Device

Sharpie603 said:
Dennis, you are half right. USB debugging is meant for file transferring (but on a deeper level). It is more of a dev. tool then setting for the average user. When USB Debugging is enabled Devs. use it for establishing a connection Between the Android SDK(Software Development Kit) with an Android Based Device
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Lol I knew that mike, I just didn't feel like typing all those details out so I just said transfer files
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Hi. I have the same concern with my Android 7.
I used to own, years ago, and Android 2 device and once plugged in to a computer by USB, you needed to activate the data transfer manually on the screen, otherwise it was charge only.
I wish Android 7 would behave the same way. It is safer : you may charge your phone on any USB slot and use the phone at the same time without being worried that somebody could be downloading your files and installing a back door.