Just thinking if it was just me or if anyone else annoyed by the sheer number of button clicks required to mount your phone as a USB mass storage device....
First you plug it in...then you get the "Charging/USB Mount/USB Tether" message, choosing one gives you the mount as USB to turn on.....then another for a confirmation....
Don't you think it should just be a single button click?
Also is USB SDCard transfer speeds really slow for everyone else (versus the pulling the card out and putting it in a card reader).
I'm getting 100-500KB/sec versus 3-6 MB/second write speeds when I use the USB mass storage support.
Be thankful yours works. I have to do a battery pull and reboot to get mine to go into mass storage
Jedi2155 said:
Just thinking if it was just me or if anyone else annoyed by the sheer number of button clicks required to mount your phone as a USB mass storage device....
First you plug it in...then you get the "Charging/USB Mount/USB Tether" message, choosing one gives you the mount as USB to turn on.....then another for a confirmation....
Don't you think it should just be a single button click?
Also is USB SDCard transfer speeds really slow for everyone else (versus the pulling the card out and putting it in a card reader).
I'm getting 100-500KB/sec versus 3-6 MB/second write speeds when I use the USB mass storage support.
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My aren't we spoiled? Is tapping your finger really that difficult for you?
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Jedi2155 said:
Just thinking if it was just me or if anyone else annoyed by the sheer number of button clicks required to mount your phone as a USB mass storage device....
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One of the very few things I miss about my old Windows phone was how easy docking was and how much you could do with the phone when it was docked.
And I also agree with the second poster, because these Samsung drivers are so flaky that sometimes my phone is recognized, sometimes not. Sometimes I get a popup saying it's connected at USB 1.1. speeds, sometimes it requires a phone and/or computer reboot to get it recognized and on a couple of occasions it has required me to reinstall the drivers.
I don't mind the number of clicks at all...I just wish it would work. For some odd reason it doesn't work for me anymore, frustrating. It doesn't recognize the device ( no, it's not the cable as it has worked on another computer with the same OS using the same cable...I've also done driver re-installs, etc.)
Well in di18 all you had to do was plug in ur cable and when the samsung notification thing popped up you just hit usb mode and it was connected. Now you have to do that, then hit the mount again for it to go and it takes forever. Its annoying but hey what are you gonna do?
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InhumanElmo said:
Well in di18 all you had to do was plug in ur cable and when the samsung notification thing popped up you just hit usb mode and it was connected. Now you have to do that, then hit the mount again for it to go and it takes forever. Its annoying but hey what are you gonna do?
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Probably some asshole sued saying that they had screwed their sd card and it was all samsungs fault. If you think I jest, do some research about corporate lawsuits.
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Create a shortcut on your homescreen as follows:
Shortcut-> Activities-> Settings->USB Settings
press it, and select the default action you'd like when plugging in USB.
Eliminates all interaction on Eclair. Eliminates the charge/storage/tether selection on Froyo.
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Back when I used winamp, it had an automount option. Haven't tried it since they added the extra step though in froyo.
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Jedi2155 said:
Also is USB SDCard transfer speeds really slow for everyone else (versus the pulling the card out and putting it in a card reader).
I'm getting 100-500KB/sec versus 3-6 MB/second write speeds when I use the USB mass storage support.
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The # of clicks doesn't bother me, but I'm with you on the slow USB speeds. I end up always pulling it and putting it in a card reader too.
Let me get this straight. Sliding the banner down and tapping twice is too much work?
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somedude0608 said:
Let me get this straight. Sliding the banner down and tapping twice is too much work?
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That's what im saying lol. Is this what smartphones have done to us?
-uncut and uncensored from my Samsung Epic 4G
Jedi2155 said:
Just thinking if it was just me or if anyone else annoyed by the sheer number of button clicks required to mount your phone as a USB mass storage device....
First you plug it in...then you get the "Charging/USB Mount/USB Tether" message, choosing one gives you the mount as USB to turn on.....then another for a confirmation....
Don't you think it should just be a single button click?
Also is USB SDCard transfer speeds really slow for everyone else (versus the pulling the card out and putting it in a card reader).
I'm getting 100-500KB/sec versus 3-6 MB/second write speeds when I use the USB mass storage support.
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Ugh god I hate it
secorrales said:
I don't mind the number of clicks at all...I just wish it would work. For some odd reason it doesn't work for me anymore, frustrating. It doesn't recognize the device ( no, it's not the cable as it has worked on another computer with the same OS using the same cable...I've also done driver re-installs, etc.)
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It can absolutely be the cable. I had the same problem. It started with my laptop not recognizing the phone, but my desktop and my wife's laptop were fine. Then slowly the other two computers began to not to recognize the phone anymore. Finally, I got fed up and ordered a nice cable for a couple bucks from amazon and it went back to working perfectly everywhere. The original cable still doesn't work in my laptop and works 1 out of every 50 tries on my desktop. That is proof positive that the cable can be the issue and may even cause the phone to work on some computers but not others.
I hate it too!
.....and not because I am LAZY or SPOILED....
I hate it because it is COUNTER-FUGGIN-INTUITIVE....How many confirmations are needed before we actually get to DO what we want to do?
I guess some people in this thread would mind starting their cars with a crank handle either....LOL. Or maybe they GET UP and walk across the room to change the channel on their TV.....
Its the 21st Century! It should not be that hard to mount an SD card.
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.....and not because I am LAZY or SPOILED....
I hate it because it is COUNTER-FUGGIN-INTUITIVE....How many confirmations are needed before we actually get to DO what we want to do?
I guess some people in this thread would mind starting their cars with a crank handle either....LOL. Or maybe they GET UP and walk across the room to change the channel on their TV.....
Its the 21st Century! It should not be that hard to mount an SD card.
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It takes 2 clicks instead of 1 to mount the sdcard. Are you seriously comparing that to starting a car with a hand crank? If you really want a decent car analogy then lets compare it to starting a manual car by having to press the clutch and then turn the key. This isn't done to waste 2 seconds of your time, it's done because they want to make sure the car wont move and cause some damage. Is it really so bad that samsung wants to double check that you actually intended to mount the sdcard.
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It takes 2 clicks instead of 1 to mount the sdcard. Are you seriously comparing that to starting a car with a hand crank? If you really want a decent car analogy then lets compare it to starting a manual car by having to press the clutch and then turn the key. This isn't done to waste 2 seconds of your time, it's done because they want to make sure the car wont move and cause some damage. Is it really so bad that samsung wants to double check that you actually intended to mount the sdcard.
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If I plug my phone up to a PC, that should be the FIRST indication that I might want to mount....then the choice list pops up with options to Charge, use as mass storage or tether....if I select MASS STORAGE, how much MORE sure do they need to be?
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If I plug my phone up to a PC, that should be the FIRST indication that I might want to mount....then the choice list pops up with options to Charge, use as mass storage or tether....if I select MASS STORAGE, how much MORE sure do they need to be?
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Well, the second confirmation is just to let you know that any applications installed to memory card can not be run while in mass storage mode. It's a 2.2 thing. If you have a number to give google a call so we can get it changed let me know. I don't care for the second click either.
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If I plug my phone up to a PC, that should be the FIRST indication that I might want to mount....then the choice list pops up with options to Charge, use as mass storage or tether....if I select MASS STORAGE, how much MORE sure do they need to be?
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Why don't you just turn USB debugging on? That way it's one less click and you can save money on ice for your sore thumb?
-uncut and uncensored from my Samsung Epic 4G
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Let me get this straight. Sliding the banner down and tapping twice is too much work?
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You should see if Microsoft is hiring.
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Hello all, Dutman here. My g1 works flawlessly and it is rooted(JF 1.43) but I seem to have a problem. when I connect it via usb the LED lights up and it shows me it's charging,, but it doesn't ask me to mount files or the USB in general. This could be due to the fact that I am missing the little usb cover piece, the one that is like really bendable, it sort of fell off. I don't have that anymore, could that be the problem in why my G1 isn't syncing?
Try rebooting your phone, i found sometimes with JF firmware for one reason or another the mount does not work after long periods of use... probly nothing but worth a try. If you are using a Windows 2000, XP, or Vista computer, it should just work automatically so my advice would be to try it on another computer to determine if your computers the issue.
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could that be the problem in why my G1 isn't syncing?
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Not likely. Power cycle your G1 as suggested by crackmunky and verify that your USB host controllers are functioning correctly within Device Manager.
If you are using a USB hub, try plugging directly into the PC. I've had no end of trouble syncing windows mobiles in the past when connecting through a hub.
Trouble syncing
Okay, My G-1 is connected through the USB 2.0 cable directly to my computer and it is not recognizing it at all. I open the My Computer link, and it says that there is a Mobile phone. And it has a removable hard drive thing. But I click on the removable HD link and it tells me to insert a disc. And I click on the phone, and it is telling me there is nothing there. Please help, I would really like to sync up with my PC at home so that I can add music and tones to my phone.
OS is Windows XP SP2
G-1 is Firmware 1.1
does the phone show that there is an SD card in it?
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Okay, My G-1 is connected through the USB 2.0 cable directly to my computer and it is not recognizing it at all. I open the My Computer link, and it says that there is a Mobile phone. And it has a removable hard drive thing. But I click on the removable HD link and it tells me to insert a disc. And I click on the phone, and it is telling me there is nothing there. Please help, I would really like to sync up with my PC at home so that I can add music and tones to my phone.
OS is Windows XP SP2
G-1 is Firmware 1.1
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If you look at the taskbar on the top of the G1 screen, you should see the USB icon up there on the left. Drag that taskbar down (same as you drag your Menu up) and you should see a bar that says "USB Connected". Click that bar and you will get an option to Mount your device.
I had the very same issue when I first got my G1. It took me forever to realize I could drag the top taskbar down.
When I open the SD Card cover on my phone the system unmounts the disk. I suspect that it has everything to do with your missing dust cover.
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When I open the SD Card cover on my phone the system unmounts the disk. I suspect that it has everything to do with your missing dust cover.
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WTF????....i was even dumb enough to believe that and i even went and tried it....lmfao at my self...
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WTF????....i was even dumb enough to believe that and i even went and tried it....lmfao at my self...
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I don't understand your reaction.
I just verified it again, went to he sd and phone storage option in settings from the home screen. opened the SD card slot cover, rotated it down (if the phone is flat face up, my cover was facing the floor) and the SD card section goes from
Total space
968 MB
Available space
299 MB
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Available space
Unavailable
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I don't understand your reaction.
I just verified it again, went to he sd and phone storage option in settings from the home screen. opened the SD card slot cover, rotated it down (if the phone is flat face up, my cover was facing the floor) and the SD card section goes from
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nope didnt happen for me... maybe my phone doesnt have that function....lol..
I bought mine retail the week of valentines day, maybe it is a different version. I'm running the stock ROM 1.1, I didn't get it OTA in a timely fashion so I forced it. Three days is fine for a spread, but "by the end of the month maybe" is stupid.
Sick and tired of this.
50% of time it's acting normally, other 50% it turns itself off and on continously, basically giving me a limited time span to copy files onto the SD card.
Also, another question - is it possible to turn off the automatic widget/program rearrange thing ? When you're on the homescreen or on programs listing screen, and when you hold your finger a bit longer, the phone automatically opens a "mode" which lets you rearrange your icons/widgets/etc, is there a possibility to turn that off ? Getting tired of sometimes holding my finger on the phone for a brief second more to have that rearrangement crap activated.
The problem is not your phone, but the cable or the computer.. Try to unistall your drivers and then reinstall or use another cable..
About disable screen widget option, i don't if it's possible, but try to use another launcher.. i recommend launcherpro..
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tried with a different cable, didn't work, same **** as always ( the moment PC recognizes the phone and pops autoplay message for the SD card to browse it or w/e, phone freezes, then restarts, then works for like 20 seconds after first reboot, then shuts down entirely and starts rebooting slower and slower after each reboot, and when I take the cable out, the phone suddenly starts acting normal )
will try on a different PC, doubt it it's going to make a difference
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yep, same **** on different PC - so far 3 PCs and 2 different cables causing this problem, so yeah, I think it's safe to say that it's a problem with my mobile phone, or the SD card at least, cause when the Autoplay option pops up on my PC screen, the phone blocks
aye, it's the SD card, just tested with another one and I have no problems whatsoever
so.. does anyone have the original content of the Sony Ericsson shipped SD card that I could use to restore my SD card to it's original state ?
I can post mines..
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aye, it's the SD card, just tested with another one and I have no problems whatsoever
so.. does anyone have the original content of the Sony Ericsson shipped SD card that I could use to restore my SD card to it's original state ?
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Send me a mail
zvorkapic.osATgmail.com
I'll send it to you. Who knows what they ship on SD card in other countries.
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it's little less then 200mb so it'll take some time to upload it. I'll send you the link by private message once it does.
Please inform me once you've downloaded it, so I can remove it from my server.
Xperia Bonbon je u pitanju! /i've deleted all mi personal **** from it, but if you find anything I missed such as my nude pictures and sex videos plase don't put it on youtube or flickr.
Kidding
i experinenced the same problem when i root the phone.then connected via usb to pc companion and repaired and reinstall the phone os.
i had the problem after updating to official 2.1. found out that it didnt occur when i pressed "charge phone" on the display after plugging in and activating the usb drive afterwards.
maybe you'll find different drivers in this board, i installed something at some time and its gone now
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Sick and tired of this.
50% of time it's acting normally, other 50% it turns itself off and on continously, basically giving me a limited time span to copy files onto the SD card.
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Try this, it worked for me: (I wanted to give the link to SE forum where they talked about this, but I'm not allowed, not enough posts, they say)
This seems to be quite a common problem in X's, there has been some bug in notification tone in the device in regard to the PC companion, some sort of confrontation which makes the phone to reboot all the time. So, I went to the settings, "sound and display", "notification ringtone", change to "thinkerbell"
Also, uncheck the "SD card notification"!
My phone does not reboot now, hope it will stay that way!
cheers, doesn't reboot anymore !
I've have a 16 GB Sandisk Cruzer usb drive that I'm trying to use with my dock but I can't get it to work consistently. Here's the problem. It recognized it twices and I have plugged it in and takes it out many many times. I don't know what the key is to make it recognize it every time. I've tried undocking then redocking it with the drive in and nothing. I must have done something magically the two times that it work
I'm having a similar issue with the same stick. Once I get it to work, after removing and trying to use it again, the notification for it'll appear and then disappear just as quick and it's not under 'removable'. I have to reset for the tab make it available. Reformatting it (FAT32) didn't help.
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I've have a 16 GB Sandisk Cruzer usb drive that I'm trying to use with my dock but I can't get it to work consistently. Here's the problem. It recognized it twices and I have plugged it in and takes it out many many times. I don't know what the key is to make it recognize it every time. I've tried undocking then redocking it with the drive in and nothing. I must have done something magically the two times that it work
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What file system does the usb drive use (FAT, FAT32, NTFS)?
Mark.
Fat32 is the most used format around here, if i remember right, from several posts.
mskip said:
What file system does the usb drive use (FAT, FAT32, NTFS)?
Mark.
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It uses Fat32.
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I'm having a similar issue with the same stick. Once I get it to work, after removing and trying to use it again, the notification for it'll appear and then disappear just as quick and it's not under 'removable'. I have to reset for the tab make it available. Reformatting it (FAT32) didn't help.
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Same deal here man. Very inconsistent.
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Same deal here man. Very inconsistent.
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Remember Honeycomb is still in VERY early stages of release. Im sure everything will be fixed in time either by Google or xda devs
Mark.
If a device isn't being recognized consistently, it's probably Honeycomb at fault.
Like Mark said, it is still new... And it was rushed, too.
Yet it recognizes my 1GB Memorex just fine every time
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Yet it recognizes my 1GB Memorex just fine every time
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Some people are having no problems with cards and others can't get anything working. I guess there is some dependancy on the make of card, file system used and the time of day
Mark.
I've got the same Sandisk thumbdrive, I've created just a single FAT32 partition on it (got rid of the U3 partition) and when I plug it into my dock the light on the thumbdrive illuminates but I never receive any indication the OS sees it. I mean, should I expect to be able to see it in File Manager? What exactly are you guys referring to when you say "it recognizes it"?
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I've got the same Sandisk thumbdrive, I've created just a single FAT32 partition on it (got rid of the U3 partition) and when I plug it into my dock the light on the thumbdrive illuminates but I never receive any indication the OS sees it. I mean, should I expect to be able to see it in File Manager? What exactly are you guys referring to when you say "it recognizes it"?
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Just like with a microSD or a dock, on the lower right side, notification of the connection should appear and when it does, you should be able to access the stick either there (like with the microSD) or through the file manager.
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Just like with a microSD or a dock, on the lower right side, notification of the connection should appear and when it does, you should be able to access the stick either there (like with the microSD) or through the file manager.
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Thanks, that makes sense. What doesn't make sense is that Honeycomb on the Transformer just ignores this thumbdrive, other than providing power to it.
But I just tried a 2GB mini-SD card inside of an adapter inside of a Lexar Jumpdrive and that did work. So I guess it's a Sandisk thing...
Well pretty much as the title says. I have never had a issue with it before, but as of today it will not for the life of me mount. I sometimes (after many tries) get the windows 7 pc to the mass storage device but when I click on it it just loads forever before freezing up and failing to load any files from the phone. Then after being disconnected and reconnected I cant even get it to let me mount the device.. When I click mass storage it goes to the confirm mount page, but when i try to mount it again it just clicks but nothing happens.
I have no idea what is up. I have ordered a new usb cable but im not sure thats the problem.
Has anyone else had this issue? What was the sollution you came across that fixed it for you. Any help is appreciated.
Plug it in and go to device manager. Delete it from device mgr if it shows up. Reboot.... plug it back in after reboot and see if it recognizes it. Should reinstall itself and recognize.
Let me know......
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Had the same issue about the time I first moved to GB, turned out to be the cable but the timing of when it happened had me pretty twisted.
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Plug it in and go to device manager. Delete it from device mgr if it shows up. Reboot.... plug it back in after reboot and see if it recognizes it. Should reinstall itself and recognize.
Let me know......
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I can once again see the device (drive H but when i click to view or explore it completely locks up the window. So its unable to access the device but it does however know its there. I can access my device with adb as i tried it to see if I can atleast get it to communicate.. but have no way of accessing the sdcard via mass storage :-(
*update* Well I really wanted to get some files (audiobooks) sent over.. so I gave the kies air a go... That seems to be a decent temp fix.. and over a gigabit connection to my wireless N phone the transfer speeds are probably on par if not faster than usb... atleast it seems so.
prolly the cable
happened to me before
the sdcard can be read through an sdcard reader, just not through the phone.
The usb cable would charge the phone but it wouldnt connect for NOTHING. I would tap connect, it would press but then unpress as if nothing happened. just following the motion of my finger.
Found a BB cable a couple weeks later after i lost my stock one, and my phone was picked up by odin,adb, sd card, blah blah blah
it was so funny cuz i was blaming my pc for it instead of the cable cuz it worked so well for me before until i plugged my phone in on a friends comp and it didnt pick it up, but when i used his HD2 cable, it went through without a hitch.
TL;DR
Kies air will do till your new cable comes in.
Are they any issues or quirks with the phone reading the sd card? We've had a rash of epics come in lately where the sd card port has gone bad. Just making sure it's not that (but it's a very easy fix, the port is actually removable and we get them shipped to us as a new part.)
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I get this on froyo, can't connect, every once in a blue moon it does, when it dosnt I use dropbox, kies air works good also. But on GB it works everytime, same cable, go figure
I often use the USB host port on my Iconia to transfer files in/out of the tablet. It is very inconvenient to have to go to settings and then go through multiple levels, to unmount the USB device before disconnecting. Also, sometimes a newly connected device isn't automatically mounted, and I must dig through the menus to mount it.
Anyone know of an App for an un-rooted Iconia that simplifies mounting/unmounting a USB device?
I am rooted, so this may not apply to you. But I am using File Expert (free) and it simply mounts a new usb stick automatically. In fact, i usually don't even bother unmounting the previous one, just pull when the light stops blinking.
You know that you can just pull the USB out without un mounting right? Just wait till it is done reading /writing and unplug it. Software to un mount is completely unnecessary in every way.
Same on windows/Linux/osx.
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You know that you can just pull the USB out without un mounting right? Just wait till it is done reading /writing and unplug it.
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That's what I normally do - and have done under Windows for years. BUT, sometimes my Iconia won't mount a USB thumb drive unless I power down and then power back up, while other times it sees the same stick immediately. In some cases, I can force it to mount by going to Settings and pressing Mount. I've started to wonder if the problem is caused by me removing the stick without unmounting it, so I'd like an easy way to test it. And if I'm right, then I'd like an easy way to select unmount/mount.