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Connecting g1 to cpu?

maybe i'm missing a previous post but how or can we connect this to a pc?

you mean for tethering?
no- not yet

not for tethering just for adding music to my sdcard, crap like that

if you are running Rc19 just plug it in via the usb cable provided and it should be recognized as a Removable storage device ..... and if you are running RC29 when you plug the phone in via the usb cable provided you will get a notification on your phone just pull down the notification window and select "usb connected" and the mount .....

It is the usb driver for windows. for android g1.
sodenrox said:
maybe i'm missing a previous post but how or can we connect this to a pc?
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satru said:
It is the usb driver for windows. for android g1.
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That won't help as it is for debuging only. To access the sdcard you just have to plug in the phone and it acts as a mass storage device that is picked up by any xp or vista computer.

well i plugged it in and windows recognizes the devise but its not showing anything on the storage card..

when you plug it in, did you either
A) (if you havent got your ota update) check the box for USB
B) (if you have the update) click the notification on the G1 and "mount"?

gospeed.racer said:
when you plug it in, did you either
A) (if you havent got your ota update) check the box for USB
B) (if you have the update) click the notification on the G1 and "mount"?
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I received the update and now my PC will not recongize the device. I don't get the notification on the G1 to mount.
any ideas...i am calling TMobile support

canOpoop said:
I received the update and now my PC will not recongize the device. I don't get the notification on the G1 to mount.
any ideas...i am calling TMobile support
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make sure the sd card is recognized on the device? try taking it out and putting it back in again

It works man...
I was having the same problem...I received the update OTA yesterday, and today I tried to import data from my PC and the PC prompted me to insert disk into drive"e"...there was an icon on the G1, so I pulled down the menu, and clicked on the usb icon, and responded to the popup box asking me if i wanted to mount the SD card, I clicked the mount option and presto!!!

neoobs said:
make sure the sd card is recognized on the device? try taking it out and putting it back in again
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good idea! tried it and still no workie. the G1 does see the SD card though. Called TMobile and they are replacing the device.

how do I work with this phone?
I first want to apologize 'cause I'm gonna sound like a mayor noob here but, My wife just got the g1 about a week ago and she wanted me to do some stuff for her on it , I have a Tmobile dash and she knows how much stuff I've done to it with my pc but when I tried connecting to the pc nothing happened, the phone shows that is connected and charging but I can't acess it on my computer. I did a search and found a couple of sites,forums,blogs, and I did the settings/applications/development/usb debugging, and got the windows installation wizard, but since I don't have a cd for install, it wouldn't go any further. I read you guys talking about a kind of driver that the pc needs to have. Did I understood right? Is the g1 capable of being viewd with the windows explorer like the dash to add ringtones, wallpapers, view folders from the pc? Any help would be apreciated , Thanks...

roloracer said:
I first want to apologize 'cause I'm gonna sound like a mayor noob here but, My wife just got the g1 about a week ago and she wanted me to do some stuff for her on it , I have a Tmobile dash and she knows how much stuff I've done to it with my pc but when I tried connecting to the pc nothing happened, the phone shows that is connected and charging but I can't acess it on my computer. I did a search and found a couple of sites,forums,blogs, and I did the settings/applications/development/usb debugging, and got the windows installation wizard, but since I don't have a cd for install, it wouldn't go any further. I read you guys talking about a kind of driver that the pc needs to have. Did I understood right? Is the g1 capable of being viewd with the windows explorer like the dash to add ringtones, wallpapers, view folders from the pc? Any help would be apreciated , Thanks...
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Talk about thread necromancy!
You can connect it to look at the memory card out of the box. Just pull down the notification screen or alternatively press Menu and select Notifications. Press on the USB notification and select Mount. You should be able to see the SDcard pop up in Windows' Explorer. Now if you're talking modding the OS for stuff like themes that you will have to hack your phone in which instructions can be found in the development forum thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480

How to Sync MT4G with Mac?

Please post question in Q&A section.

How do you sync up the myTouch 4G with a Mac? I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro if that helps.

If you're talking about syncing with your itunes content, use the doubletwist software that is included on the sd card and install the app from the market.

I want to view the contents of my phones SD Card

I think I know what you're talking about. I had an issue with my computer not recognizing my phone when I plugged it in as well. Try use a different cable and usb port (this seemed to have worked for me). If that doesn't work, trying choosing the charging only option with your phone connected and then switch back to mass storage. If neither of those 2 work, then install the usb tethering drivers (I believe they should be on the sd card). Hope this helps.

Please post question in Q&A section.

should show up as long as u have disk drive selected in settings under connect to pc

I'm on a Mac guys, do does everything still work the same?

It should work the same.
I have a 13" Macbook from a couple of years ago and didn't do anything special, just plugged in the usb cable and it showed up as a disk drive in Finder. Just make sure your phone is showing the connection type as usb drive.
Btw, if you want to sync with iTunes, check out iSync available in the Market.
Sent from my ROOTED HTC Glacier using XDA App

waiaung1 said:
If you're talking about syncing with your itunes content, use the doubletwist software that is included on the sd card and install the app from the market.
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I tried doubletwist and hated it. Try isync instead

Well, this is embarrassing....

For Pete's fookin sake.....
I mussa flashed 20 friggin ROMS to my WinMo Omnia....and I CAN'T EVEN GET THE DAMN DROID TO BE RECOGNIZED ON MY PC.
For cripes sake
So I loaded the USB driver.....on my XP PC. Plug in the droid. "USB Device Not Recognized...." OK....google....read....read...read... ah HAH...I'd set the USB Debugging mode to ON so I could root. Need to shut that back off. Done.
"USB Device Not Recognized...." .... again. Really? REALLY???? So....here I sit....unable to connect my REALLY nice Droid to my GODDAAMMMMMM PC
So...would somebody hold my hand here? Lill' help?

Have you tried switching different modes? Charge only, mass storage, pc mode. One of them might work.

Well I tried Usb and pc I wasn't sure about the other 2. When I was reinstalling the driver I noticed 1 choice was" remove", but I just picked repair. I'll try removing it tonight and then reinstalling it. I was hoping somebody might have an alternate driver to suggest
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It ain't working worth a shiite. Ugraded to the moto 4.90 driver ...nada.
At least now the pc recognizes my device,and I geta drive in my explorer but I see no data. My wifes fone hook s up to her laptop &says its dismounting the sd card...im not getting that here on my pc ....its like the phone won't let go ofthe sd er sumpin ...very annoying.
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when you plug your phone into your computer, look at the notifications bar on your phone. Does it say that usb is connected?

Sometimes it helps to switch the USB port you plug in to.

So to see the data, are you switching the phone to Mass Storage mode? I know it's an obvious question, but just wanted to make sure...
Also some people had success hooking up to different computers.

I thank u all very much. My phone hooks right up to my wifes W7 laptop but no joy in any port, any storage setting, any gender of dead chicken being swung overhead while chanting in various states of undress. I did get it to rain,so that's sumpin. I quit.
I'm not gonna theme because I don't want to load the pc stuff on her computer (and listen to her complain that I'm "using up her memory"....u married guys recognize the die-on-this-hill avoidance) for the off-chance that things don't go right &I need to sob or abp or whatever that whole thing is.
I'm rooted,deodexed,de-bloatwared, and happy as a pig in **** with stock.
I might theme down the line if I can figure out how much crap id have to reload ... I'm frequently incapasitated by laziness and am tired of longpress deleting and longpress adding ...plus...I just bought power amp & don't wanna lose my license.
But its still fookin annoying that the goddam thing won't load on my desktop.
Peace out.
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before you quit, could you try one simple thing?
have the phone on when you plug it into your computer. Once done, go to the notifications bar. If the phone recognizes the computer, it should say "USB connection".
Click USB connection and make sure its not on charge only.
To access the sd card, click on USB Mass Storage.

Man that's a good thing you and I go back so far. Is it was anybody else I'd say no forget it. I can tell you that the phone says usb connection. And I'm trying to find the sd card on the windows explorer
... are you saying there is somewhere else is the windows environment to click that I can determine if it's on mass storage or charge only?
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Ok, here da deal:
Phone sees PC
Phone in mass storage mode
PC say "looky dere, m810,or sumtynes motorola.bla bla
Error occurred during bla bla
Bottom line: no removable drive in win explorer.
On the wifey's laptop it asks to scan, then poof! Dialog to do 5 or 6 things includir browse.
So thx y'all, but I'm satisfied for now with root,dedodex,de-bloated, running ADW Launch on stock.
Seriously, this is everything I always wanted my winmo to do...32gb sd & running pwr amp & I've retired my ipod micro (cuz the power cord gave up the ghost & ****in Apple wont let it work without their proprietary $20 cord ....on a $39 unit that holds 1gb? Heh..fuk dat....I digress. ) ...bookmarks to my cyber-haunts in short cuts that I can TALK THREADS INTO! Nah, im gold baby.
Paz
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Well you can get dropbox and use that to push stuff or get andftp to ftp stuff. The motor drivers are finicky I grabbed the android sdk and used those drivers.
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[Q] HELP A500 doesn't like coffee.

Hi All,
Today my A500 decided to have a coffee bath and it really didn't go so well. The screen is completely dead but it does seem to be running in the background. When i plug in to my PC it connects and shows up as a device which is a good sign.
My issue is I need to get some important info off of the internal sd and although i can see the device it is not showing up as an external drive. Does anyone know of a way to force the tab to mount as an external drive or physicaly remove the internal storage?
Thanks in advance

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Hi All,
Today my A500 decided to have a coffee bath and it really didn't go so well. The screen is completely dead but it does seem to be running in the background. When i plug in to my PC it connects and shows up as a device which is a good sign.
My issue is I need to get some important info off of the internal sd and although i can see the device it is not showing up as an external drive. Does anyone know of a way to force the tab to mount as an external drive or physicaly remove the internal storage?
Thanks in advance
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Yeah, you cooked your digitizer.
Well, somewhere on XDA, there is an app that will act as a display on your pc. I know it is somewhere, but I really don't know what the name is. You're gonna have to do some searching. Via Google and XDA.
Also, you have probably USB, so you can use a mouse.
MD

SmootU said:
Hi All,
Today my A500 decided to have a coffee bath and it really didn't go so well. The screen is completely dead but it does seem to be running in the background. When i plug in to my PC it connects and shows up as a device which is a good sign.
My issue is I need to get some important info off of the internal sd and although i can see the device it is not showing up as an external drive. Does anyone know of a way to force the tab to mount as an external drive or physicaly remove the internal storage?
Thanks in advance
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Did you try plugging into hdmi and see if it will output to TV or monitor? To see if it will respond to a usb mouse.

themechaniac said:
Did you try plugging into hdmi and see if it will output to TV or monitor? To see if it will respond to a usb mouse.
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Now see, I never thought of using the HDMI. (shows you how much I use HDMI)
However, might not going to work well, if you have to move files to the PC. I wonder if you connect all of it, if it will still function.
MD

thanks guys
I'll try the HDMI thing today and let you all know

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Did you try plugging into hdmi and see if it will output to TV or monitor? To see if it will respond to a usb mouse.
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So I tried the HDMI to the tv and no luck.
When I plug into the PC it pops up with the what do you want to do dialogue. If I say browse device it opens up windows explorer and says there is nothing on the device. Is there a way I can access the internal file system?

SmootU said:
So I tried the HDMI to the tv and no luck.
When I plug into the PC it pops up with the what do you want to do dialogue. If I say browse device it opens up windows explorer and says there is nothing on the device. Is there a way I can access the internal file system?
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Not without having Root access.

Success
Hi All,
Just letting you know that I found a solution. After spending somewhere close to a billion hours trying to find a way to access the file system I came across a really cool program called Android Commander. It let me access everything on the internal memory and copy everything I needed to my PC. It's free and easy to use.

SmootU said:
Hi All,
Just letting you know that I found a solution. After spending somewhere close to a billion hours trying to find a way to access the file system I came across a really cool program called Android Commander. It let me access everything on the internal memory and copy everything I needed to my PC. It's free and easy to use.
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Aha! and that I believe, is the app I couldn't remember the name of!
Glad you found it, and thanks for posting it!
MD

Otg to read other phones?

Hi! I did some Googling but didn't find any useful answers.
Is it possible to use the USB otg to pull files off of another phone? Or would you have to use a USB stick....put files on it from the phone....plug USB stick into nexus 7 and share that way.
Thanks for any help/answers.
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It is indeed possible; I have done it on rooted Stock with Stickmount, and also on CM10.1 (Stickmount not needed)
The phone I was using was a Gingerbread Android phone.
As a caveat, I should point out that it probably won't work with a jellybean phone/tab due to no Mass Storage mode on recent android devices.

Yeah....i did read to put phone in mass storage mode...but I've got jb ....and definitely not going to gb. LOL
Thanks tho....at least I know how to if I reeeealy feel the need.
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FYI Bluetooth transfer from phone to tab works too ... I used ES File Manager on both devices. Pair them and bring up ES File manager on the destination device. Not sure if you need to have ESFM running on the source device or not.
I don't know if it can be done without an app, but what the heck - ESFM is free, and you can copy whole file trees with one operation.
good luck

bftb0 said:
FYI Bluetooth transfer from phone to tab works too ... I used ES File Manager on both devices. Pair them and bring up ES File manager on the destination device. Not sure if you need to have ESFM running on the source device or not.
I don't know if it can be done without an app, but what the heck - ESFM is free, and you can copy whole file trees with one operation.
good luck
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I've heard of that.....hows the transfer rate compared to USB and wifi?
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kj2112 said:
I've heard of that.....hows the transfer rate compared to USB and wifi?
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LOL. I just tried it - 2700 bytes/sec.
Not MB/sec, KB/sec. Pathetic. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but my phone is also pretty old as well.
BTW I have transferred GBytes of data from a class 10 uSD card (with a card reader on a OTG cable) to the N7, and iirc that happens at about 2-3 MB/sec.
YMMV due to different hardware.
good luck

Doesn't sound great! LOL. Best I guess to use my laptop as ago between! Lol
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I just tried using my Nexus 7 and Desire S. No problem.
Stock ROM+ stickmount 2.20 on Nexus 7 and CM10 on Desire S.
First I plugged my Desire s to Nexus 7 with an OTG cable and stickmount automatically mounted my phone but the folder was empty.
So I turned on mass storage option on Desire s and un-mounted then re-mounted it on Nexus 7, all sdcard files were there under usbstorage folder.
I even copied a short video from my phone to Nexus 7, just like using a computer.
But somehow, the file browser said "can't find the sdcard" after unmounting my phone and I couldn't read files on Nexus 7. I had to reboot my Nexus 7 to get it right.
BTW, nothing wrong with the video I copied.

Mass storage option in gingerbread ...no? Both my devices run jb.
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bftb0 said:
FYI Bluetooth transfer from phone to tab works too ... I used ES File Manager on both devices. Pair them and bring up ES File manager on the destination device. Not sure if you need to have ESFM running on the source device or not.
I don't know if it can be done without an app, but what the heck - ESFM is free, and you can copy whole file trees with one operation.
good luck
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couldn't transfer apks as my nexus wouldn't accept them

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Mass storage option in gingerbread ...no? Both my devices run jb.
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My phone is running cm10, so that's JB 4.1.2. There is a "turn on the mass storage" option in the notification bar when connected to other host devices. Maybe it's different on phones without external sd card ? I don't know. But if you only have the mtp type of connection, then you may not able to do this.

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My phone is running cm10, so that's JB 4.1.2. There is a "turn on the mass storage" option in the notification bar when connected to other host devices. Maybe it's different on phones without external sd card ? I don't know. But if you only have the mtp type of connection, then you may not able to do this.
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I've messed with jelly bean a lot on my s2 t989.....and never seen a mass storage option.
Bluetooth is too slow.
I'll just continue to use my laptop as the go between!
Thanks for all of your suggestions! Love XDA!
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Souron29 said:
couldn't transfer apks as my nexus wouldn't accept them
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I did it just this morning - many apks were involved (but it was pathetically slow)
Not exactly sure what you mean by "accept them" - they are just files being transfered, not installed.
I had to start ESFM on both phones and open up the BT tab on both (Note you have to go into the ESFM settings menu and enable the BT tab as it is supressed by default.) When you do this, you will see a toast-style notification pop up (in each phone) that says something like "The OBEX Bluetooth service has started"
This all happens after the devices were paired, naturally.
I was truly shocked how slow it was; I know I have done this before, and never noticed it being that slow. Perhaps I had smaller files involved in the past.

bftb0 said:
I did it just this morning - many apks were involved (but it was pathetically slow)
Not exactly sure what you mean by "accept them" - they are just files being transfered, not installed.
I had to start ESFM on both phones and open up the BT tab on both (Note you have to go into the ESFM settings menu and enable the BT tab as it is supressed by default.) When you do this, you will see a toast-style notification pop up (in each phone) that says something like "The OBEX Bluetooth service has started"
This all happens after the devices were paired, naturally.
I was truly shocked how slow it was; I know I have done this before, and never noticed it being that slow. Perhaps I had smaller files involved in the past.
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That's why I figured using otg would be quicker! But without a mass storage option on phone with jelly bean.....looks like it isn't an option.
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