hi, i'm a max os x lion user, and when connected, am unable to add any files directly to the phone via osx finder
why's that so?
You have to connect your phone first.
Not just the cable, but in Settings/ Network/ USB programs.
I have a Mac also and it works perfectly.
mobilesuito said:
hi, i'm a max os x lion user, and when connected, am unable to add any files directly to the phone via osx finder
why's that so?
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You have to enable USB hosting on your phone should be a notification when you plug it in, pull down notification bar to confirm. I have OS X Lion as well and know it works.
there's no notification in my phone
method 1
what i did was to first go to setting>network>usb util>connect storage to pc
if i connect the phone first and go to usb util, it'll ask me to unplug it first and go by method 1
So, there is no "auto-detection" of the drive? cos in windows parallel it can detect nicely
is method 1 the only way?
mobilesuito said:
there's no notification in my phone
method 1
what i did was to first go to setting>network>usb util>connect storage to pc
if i connect the phone first and go to usb util, it'll ask me to unplug it first and go by method 1
So, there is no "auto-detection" of the drive? cos in windows parallel it can detect nicely
is method 1 the only way?
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Reboot both devices and wait til both are up and running for a couple minutes.
Then plug the phone to your mac and wait for your phone to recognize.
Phone will then have a notification asking if you would like to connect
via USB to copy files, enable this by selecting, and then agree to turn on USB storage.
All that via phone OS. Then go to your Laptop OS X desktop and there should be a shortcut to your phone as a drive icon.
this is damn weird, it finally appeared after all these time
thanks!
I'm a mac user. I love them. But I've always had USB troubles (even on my old windows pcs I had trouble - but thats back in the days of XP). Unfortunately all the best bits of mac are deep inside, the external stuff (usb, cd drives) have issues eventually.
my cd drive doesn't burn any more. it is 4 years old now tho.
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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
this is my problem,
when i connect my hd2 it charges but the computer doesn't recognize it. on the phone settings it is set to active sync. i also have 2 computers; xp and vista, both do the same thing.
i could careless about active sync, i just want to plug my phone into my pc and transfer files in and out. ive also tried the disk drive option but still no go?
if i enter bootloader and plug it in it recognizes the usb setting but when the phone is normal, it doesn't??
it did this with the stock rom and its also doing this with nrg titanium rom.
any help would be appreciated
Same thing here.
It charges through USB but it doesnt connect.
If i choose the storage option it works fine.
I want to sync my outlook and i cant...
What the heck...?
i know this may seem a bit "it helpdesk-ish" but try re-booting your PC
Come on... give something drastic!
Already done that, rebooted the pc and the hd2...
still nothing
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i know this may seem a bit "it helpdesk-ish" but try re-booting your PC
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believe it or not i have done that mannyy times and did alot of device manager things to try and let both computers recognize the hd2 but still nothing haha..
ive had previous hd2's and they've all connected fine untill this one, maybe its this specific one thats giving me trouble. but regardless, it charges via usb then it should be able to recognize it
Check the active sync settings to ensure that usb connections are enabled. You can tell be looking at the system tray icon - there's a read circle with a white X in it if USB is disabled.
Saying that though, if it doesn't even recognise it when the device is in USB mode, I'd try a different cable. It's perfectly reasonable that the cable could power the device but not fully facilitate a USB connection.
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Check the active sync settings to ensure that usb connections are enabled. You can tell be looking at the system tray icon - there's a read circle with a white X in it if USB is disabled.
Saying that though, if it doesn't even recognise it when the device is in USB mode, I'd try a different cable. It's perfectly reasonable that the cable could power the device but not fully facilitate a USB connection.
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but the thing is when i go into bootloader it recognizes it as usb and i can add customs roms and such. just not when the phone is normal weird ?
k20a1 said:
but the thing is when i go into bootloader it recognizes it as usb and i can add customs roms and such. just not when the phone is normal weird ?
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That is very weird. Sorry mate - never heard of it doing that for anyone before.
Make sure you have the mobility center/active sync program installed on your computer. Without it it won't work.
On Vista or Seven, with the HD2 plugged in, you can find the program/drivers by launching and refreshing manually Windows Update. On XP you have to do that manually.
Good luck.
This happens to me often. In my case I have found it to be a weird driver issue. Go to device manager and look for the yellow triangle. Right click and update driver software. This worked for me I hope it helps.
bit late but just flashed maxsence and i love the look, but have allready had to restart by phone 10 times in 10 minutes. I'll wait for the next release. back to GTX for now.
Good work NRG. keep it up.
this is one of the many WM6.5 errors!
need Android soon!
Ok here we go.
The phone did not connect through activesync to my pc. When i selected to connect as mass storage it connected.
I checked for driver issues in device manager but nothing came up.
I checked the hd2's activesync. Bingo! the activesync was crashing when i was running it. I had to hard reset the phone.
Now it works fine.
My guess is that maybe a program that i installed recently was buggy and created this particular problem. Unfortunately i have about 50+ programs installed (including themes etc) and i m not sure which one it was.
I was installing all the programs again today one by one and after the install process was completed i connected the hd2 to usb to find which app was the problematic one.
After installing almost(some were found useless) all of the apps (here is the crazy part) the hd2 still was connecting through activesync....
HTC will drive me nuts...
Anyway the phone now connects correctly.
I cant understand which was the problem....
as odd as it may sound i think i figured it out.
i think its the usb cable that im using, i have to wiggle it around for it to connect to active sync but once it connects its not a stable connection as it cuts in and out.
but charging capabilities work though!
pos wire, i ordered a new wire and if that one fails also, i will have to get my hd2 replaced for faulty usb port
thanks for all the replies much appreciated
@k20a1
Try to hard reset the phone.
It worked for me.
If not again, then use your warranty!
angelossssss said:
@k20a1
Try to hard reset the phone.
It worked for me.
If not again, then use your warranty!
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i did whenever i custom rom'd it, it still does the same thing. yes it will connect via usb while in bootloader but will not during regular phone operations lol
"Disk drive" mode not working with XP laptop
HD2 is working fine with my desktop, but wit laptop I can only use ActiveSync to browse files.
When I connect the USB cable I get:
"Found new hardware wizard"
but it tells me that it Cannot Install This Harware - Disk Drive
"An error occurred during the installation of the devie The system cannot find the file specified"
And I only have "Finish" to click - if I click it the wizard lunces again immediately and goes on and on with no end.
HD"/Leo does not appare in Disk Manager (I know ablut the drive lettering issue)
I'm sure its my XP issue, but I havent found drivers to fix that, and I'm not about to reinstall XP on my lappy in near future.
Transfer files - Solved
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k20a1 said:
this is my problem,
when i connect my hd2 it charges but the computer doesn't recognize it. on the phone settings it is set to active sync. i also have 2 computers; xp and vista, both do the same thing.
i could careless about active sync, i just want to plug my phone into my pc and transfer files in and out. ive also tried the disk drive option but still no go?
if i enter bootloader and plug it in it recognizes the usb setting but when the phone is normal, it doesn't??
it did this with the stock rom and its also doing this with nrg titanium rom.
any help would be appreciated
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I share the same here and I was despaired of trying to solve it with any logical, as well with illogical, measures. Such as: rebooting, changing usb cables, reinstalling activesync 4.5, etc.....etc...blla..blla...blla...
However, I solved the "Transfer files issue" by taking out the sd card from the HD2 and connect it with an external cards reader to my pc.
The card reader connected and works with the same usb cable that does not work with the HD2.
That way I load it with all files and in the same occasion I reload into my computer the daily spb backup files.
However, I have the feeling that the reason for that problem is a missing file/driver named: "Setup1.SPL" in the pc windows operating system.
In order to solve that it seems that only reinstalling windows on my pc will be the solution which defiantly do not like.
I rooted my NC from 1.1.0 using autonooter awhile ago and it works pretty well in general. I used to be able to hook it up to my home PC (w7) and my work PC (XP) with no problems. ADB worked (usually), the drives showed up, etc.
Everything still works on the work PC, and another W7 PC I tried it on.
Now, for some reason, neither the NC nor its SD card show up on my home PC when I plug it in! The NC shows the normal "USB Mode" screen when I plug it in, and my PC makes the USB Ding sound. But no new drives show up.
The only thing I can think of that changed is around the time it stopped working, I replaced my old USB Card reader with a new one (old one didn't work with SDHC). I also renamed some drive letters to reorganize them, since the card reader always shows 4 drive letters in windows.
I don't see the USB controller entry for the NC that I used to see in Device Manager either.
Check for NookcolorUMS app
I was having some bizarre connection issues with my PC, too, and they seem to have been corrected (at least they haven't recurred) by using a USB extension cable. It makes no sense, and I didn't do it to attempt a fix, but just noticed that the issues seemed worst when plugging into the top-side 'convenience' USB ports, and had an extra extension cable sitting around, so I plugged that into a rear port to make access less awkward. Since then, the PC consistently mounts everything just like it should.
I'm still using the NC's data cable, just plugging it into a maybe 1' extension cable rather than directly in the slot.
my XP based computer won't see the rooted NC either, however I will have to try using a port on the motherboard as opposed to one of the front mounts and see if that does the trick. I just kinda gave up on it as I didn't really need it too bad (I only use my nook for email, web browsing, and to control my DVR).
Well I unrooted my NC as I had planned anyway to upgrade to 1.2, but the problem hasn't gone away.
I tried plugging into an extension cable I have that goes directly to a MoBo rear port, but no change.
I can't run the nookcolorUMS now that I'm unrooted. Maybe I'll try it when I re-root eventually.
The thing is, it works on every other computer, so I can't figure out why it would stop working on just this one. It seems like it must be a windows issue, but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is.
I don't bother with usb
USB connectivity is so unreliable that I don't even bother with it.
To move files around I use File Expert/network to access the PC via wireless from the device.
It's easy, reliable, and FAST.
framitz said:
USB connectivity is so unreliable that I don't even bother with it.
To move files around I use File Expert/network to access the PC via wireless from the device.
It's easy, reliable, and FAST.
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That's a good tip. Unfortunately you have to use USB for certain functions, like manual nooting, or synching with Calibre (I suspect).
Once I'm rooted again I'll probably start using wireless for small stuff, but if I'm moving a gigabyte movie over, I'm not sure how long that will take, or how much battery it will use.
Does anything come up in device manager when you connect it? If so, did you try deleting anything that does come up, disconnect and start over? Worth a shot....
You don't have to guess--if you see a USB device that might be the NC, open properties>details and from the dropdown choose "hardware ids." If the number 2080 is in the id, it's the NC.
Nothing new comes up in device manager when I plug it in. It used to...
I experienced a similar issue and this was what causing it.
1. I have 2 front USB connections (nothing connected to either)
2. External Power USB hub connected to a rear USB slot
On Win 7, whenever I plug-in the NC via USB, I got a device not recognize error. I tried plugging it into different ports and pretty much either got no detection or device not recognize. Here is the kicker, as soon as I plug it into the usb hub, window recognize and mount it right away. This also happen to be true if I remove the usb hub altogether.
Hi, I have been rooting and ROM-ing my LG E400 for a while now, and I have come across a problem.
It seems I have accidentally deleted my usb driver on my phone, so when I connect my phone to a computer it charges, but i cannot access the phone through the computer in any way.
Can anyone help???????
I think you can select what your phone has to do when connected to an USB somewhere in the settings. Make sure to let your phone connect as a media device, because that way it'll give you access to its internal and external SD card. Also, if you have a PIN/password lock screen, you need to unlock your phone after you plug it into the USB otherwise it won't give you access.
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I think you can select what your phone has to do when connected to an USB somewhere in the settings. Make sure to let your phone connect as a media device, because that way it'll give you access to its internal and external SD card. Also, if you have a PIN/password lock screen, you need to unlock your phone after you plug it into the USB otherwise it won't give you access.
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I have searched every crook of my phone but there are no usb options available. They used to always pop up when I plugged in the usb, but they are unaccessable to me. When I plug it into a computer, the computer does not even recognise it as a connected device. This has happened with every computer i have connected it to.....
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I have searched every crook of my phone but there are no usb options available. They used to always pop up when I plugged in the usb, but they are unaccessable to me. When I plug it into a computer, the computer does not even recognise it as a connected device. This has happened with every computer i have connected it to.....
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Go to "Settings" the choose "Storage" click on the left touch surface (the square next to the arrow) the choose USB connection (or someting like that) then enable "usb storage".
Good Luck :good:
try to download and then install DRIVERS of your phone in your computer maybe the DRIVERS are missing in your computer
Just recently i tried to transfer for the first time, some wallpapers to my phone, and when i plug in the usb, the phone starts to charge normally but i cannot figure out why i cant transfer files from pc to phone or vice versa.
When i plug it in, it gives me the option to select what to "Use USB for", but when i select either MTP (file transfers) or PTP (transfer photos or files), nothing happens. I cannot browse the phone to pick anything at all.
When i go to device manager on PC i see under Portable devices the name of my phone (Moto G4 Play) but it has an exclamation point next to it. I have tried to uninstall and re-install or even update the driver but it will remain this way (if i click its propierties it tells me "This Device cannot start. Code 10"
Is there anything else i can do either on my phone or pc to make this work?
Other info:
Already downloaded motorola device manager to see if it would help but nope.
My PC OS is windows xp (yeah, i know... :laugh
My PC OS is windows xp
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That probably explains everything
I don't think there are compatible drivers for Windows XP..
Long term support for WinXP ended three whole years ago. Though what I noticed with CM and Lineage is that the first time the phone is set up, it won't enable MTP even if checked. You have to reboot the phone and then MTP will actually enable properly.
Also, it may happen with 3rd party cables too. I myself faced this issue with Boat Indestructible cable, then I used the original cable that came with phone and successfully done it. But I still can't understand, how that cable can transfer data to/from other phones....
Just another bit of info:
Today while trying to make it work, i updated the driver from the Device Manager again and somehow i could access the phone as intended.
The problem is that after a few seconds, the window closes on its own! Then i have to redo the whole process and It gives me access again but every time, after a few seconds, the browsing window closes on its own!
I have tried with other cables and no dice, tried also rebooting phone and pc and also tried plugging it to all available usb ports. Any other tip or method i can try?
Try another pc to discard things (so you know if it's the pc or the phone)