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Computer won't recognize my Hero as a flash drive..

Whenever I try to put my phone into mass storage mode, my computer won't recognize and it does nothing. Btw, I'm running win7 and my phone is running aospMOD.

You may need to download a driver for windows 7, the one included with the phone might not be right. Just google something like "cdma hero device driver windows 7"

jake044 said:
Whenever I try to put my phone into mass storage mode, my computer won't recognize and it does nothing. Btw, I'm running win7 and my phone is running aospMOD.
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I would try to reinstall this...
PCSCII.apk
I'm not on my Laptop or I'd upload it for you, but when I get home I'll try to Find it for you!
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how did this work out? mine will read sometimes and sometimes not. i thought that maybe it was a cable issue. but i am very interested to hear if either of these suggestions worked.

PCSCII.apk
ngholson said:
how did this work out? mine will read sometimes and sometimes not. i thought that maybe it was a cable issue. but i am very interested to hear if either of these suggestions worked.
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Nothing's Definite, But my Friend had this Exact Issue and asked me if I could Fix it for him and I Sent him the PCSCII.apk!
He Installed it and was Giving me More Praise then I Probably Deserved... Seeing I kind of just took a Educated Guess!
But either way, I really Don't Think it could Hurt... Give it a Try!
Hopefully I'll look like I know what I'm talking about again, Lmao!!
Good Luck!
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PMGRANDS said:
Nothing's Definite, But my Friend had this Exact Issue and asked me if I could Fix it for him and I Sent him the PCSCII.apk!
He Installed it and was Giving me More Praise then I Probably Deserved... Seeing I kind of just took a Educated Guess!
But either way, I really Don't Think it could Hurt... Give it a Try!
Hopefully I'll look like I know what I'm talking about again, Lmao!!
Good Luck!
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lol, well thanks for the info i will try this later tonight.

PMGRANDS said:
I would try to reinstall this...
PCSCII.apk
I'm not on my Laptop or I'd upload it for you, but when I get home I'll try to Find it for you!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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I'll have to d/l this using the XDA app later. Thanks!

U need to Google HTC hero drivers then it should be one of the first links that pops up if u have 64bit check that then download once there downloaded go to devices and printers right click on android phone then find were it says update drivers make sure the drivers are on your desktop then when u update the drivers press search windows for drivers not the automatic one then click on the desktop after that it should automatically install them
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I have this exact same problem but only with the Froyo/GB roms. When I installed a sense rom the USB mode worked just fine. I'll try installing this apk and update in a few since I'm currently running the GB rom.

Its works fine for me on cm6.1 and asop after u update your drivers and once u plug it in make sure u press mount USB on the phone
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Install using android mass storage?

Can we boot and install win 8 through mass storage on android?
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Can we boot and install win 8 through mass storage on android?
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unless you're confident enough to ruin your device, no. things you need are:
-a BIOS
-a Tablet (not a galaxy phone)
-an ARM chipset
-a fat32/NTFS HDD Partition
-16 GB of HDD (average droid tablet only have 16gb. so why install?)
-and, the ability to choose boot location on booting up
androids do not have all of the above except the ARM thing. so no.
anyways it's still a dev preview not a fully-functional desktop/tablet OS. so don't treat it as such and thank me. even if it's not helping you (ungrateful bastard)

+thanks whore lol.

johnston9234 said:
+thanks whore lol.
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Hilarious
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You can't install on android tablets but you can install on tablets that comes with windows 7/vista/xp tablet edition.
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Sorry let me rephrase......
I meant can you put windows 8 on the sd card and install it onto a windows 7 pc using the mass storage option in android?
I don't have a usb stick or dvd so my phone will be the only way id be able to install it on a pc..
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Sorry let me rephrase......
I meant can you put windows 8 on the sd card and install it onto a windows 7 pc using the mass storage option in android?
I don't have a usb stick or dvd so my phone will be the only way id be able to install it on a pc..
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I realize you probably figured it out, but for anyone else that might be wondering if this works, it does. That's how I originally did it, but then I read you can download a program that uses your cd-rom as a USB drive of sorts for the ISO file and I did it that way for my old laptop. I forgot what it was called, but I found it by googling how to install the new developer's build.
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Blank screen through HDMI.Help needed.

I have an Atrix 4G, AT&T branded, but i use it in Europe (unlocked). I have a HD dock. When I'm trying to connect the phone over HDMI (with ot without the dock) blank screen appears on the tv. I'm using the right input, i tried with an LG P990. The phone askes me if i want to use the Entertainment Center or (occasionally) the Webtop. Have you got any idea how to fix this?
System version: 4.5.141.MB860.ATT.en.Us
Webtop version: N_01.77.37.P
It is an unrooted and unmodified phone. What could be the problem? How can i fix it? Thanks for your replies.

Did you use the same cable with the LG P990? Also, have you tried bypassing the dock by plugging straight from the phone to the TV.

i have tried with the LG's cable and the motorola's cable as well. Also i have tried to connect the phone directly to the tv. Same appears on the screen (blank, nothing).

If it never worked, I would guess it's a hardware issue. The only other thing I can think of is do a "clear data" on the webtop app, but I've never done that so do it at your own risk. Anyone else have any ideas?
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If you froze extdispservice with an app that prolly killed external HDMI display check that

or you can flash WebtopMOD v1 or fruitcake

sk8trix said:
If you froze extdispservice with an app that prolly killed external HDMI display check that
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He's not even rooted though.
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toastAndJam said:
He's not even rooted though.
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oh well just a suggestion idk then man have been rooted so log i dont even remember what its like to be stock im sorry lol

Thanks for the suggestions, i'll give them a try when i have time. Maybe at friday or the weekend. I'll keep you guys posted.
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i cannot ever root my phone but i'll be keep tryin'. got a working, not too comlicated idea perhaps?

[Q] Accidently formatted sd card ... on CWM

My heart litterally stopped at that point .. What can i do to get it back? ... never again CWM even if i enjoy it.. right now im enjoying team win recovery more... Anyone can help get me bak my data? MY MUSIC PROJECT WAS INSIDE!!!
NExt time ill back up if i really cant get it bak

lokenok said:
My heart litterally stopped at that point .. What can i do to get it back? ... never again CWM even if i enjoy it.. right now im enjoying team win recovery more... Anyone can help get me bak my data? MY MUSIC PROJECT WAS INSIDE!!!
NExt time ill back up if i really cant get it bak
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It's not CWM's fault! It's your own stupidity! There is no such a thing as accidentally formatting! Your music project is gone for good...
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i mean but on cwm the format sd data is ever so close to fomat system and other stuff no way of getting it back?

lokenok said:
i mean but on cwm the format sd data is ever so close to fomat system and other stuff no way of getting it back?
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No its all gone now.
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If this project was so important to you why didn't you back it up off of the phone somewhere? Dropbox or the free 50GB Box account most got with the Nexus 4 come to mind. I'm not sure if a full nandroid backup includes the contents of the sdcard on the nexus 4 but that might be a place to start looking, that is if you ever bothered to do a full backup of your phone.

You can get your files back, the same thing happened to me, my pocket somehow formatted my sdcard. Look for software that recovers deleted files
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kzoodroid said:
I'm not sure if a full nandroid backup includes the contents of the sdcard on the nexus 4
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It doesn't.
inf3rno1 said:
You can get your files back, the same thing happened to me, my pocket somehow formatted my sdcard. Look for software that recovers deleted files
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Why not share that precious secret then..? What is the point of your post unless you share the name of that software..???
Difficult to understand xda sometimes..

OP try this method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
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tried that method but it hangs when making the image file..

Vangelis13 said:
It doesn't.
Why not share that precious secret then..? What is the point of your post unless you share the name of that software..???
Difficult to understand xda sometimes..
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What secret? I said there is software that recovers deleted files. Have you heard of Google? Search for software that recovers deleted files and voila, you'll have your dats back. There are hundreds of programs that can handle your problem.
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lokenok said:
My heart litterally stopped at that point .. What can i do to get it back? ... never again CWM even if i enjoy it.. right now im enjoying team win recovery more... Anyone can help get me bak my data? MY MUSIC PROJECT WAS INSIDE!!!
NExt time ill back up if i really cant get it bak
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I don't know if it works for our phones, but I accidentally formatted an external hard drive before and used the Easeus data recovery wizard software. It recovered everything. Worth a shot
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That happened to me on TWRP. I am glad I had a backup on my Google Drive so I could just redownload
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inf3rno1 said:
What secret? I said there is software that recovers deleted files. Have you heard of Google? Search for software that recovers deleted files and voila, you'll have your dats back. There are hundreds of programs that can handle your problem.
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No offence but he could've searched on Google without anyone telling him to. that's why people come here on xda to get help from fellow members.. what's the point of replying if someone asks for help here and in reply what he all gets is 'go search Google'..
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Sak3ater said:
No offence but he could've searched on Google without anyone telling him to. that's why people come here on xda to get help from fellow members.. what's the point of replying if someone asks for help here and in reply what he all gets is 'go search Google'..
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XDA also encourages users to search for answers before asking for help. This place is for learning new things and expanding current knowledge. People won't really learn if they're spoon fed what they want to know.
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Sak3ater said:
No offence but he could've searched on Google without anyone telling him to. that's why people come here on xda to get help from fellow members.. what's the point of replying if someone asks for help here and in reply what he all gets is 'go search Google'..
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Boy do you have it wrong. XDA is not a place to come and get help. IT is not a support site. This is a developers site. You are EXPECTED to put in the time and effort to fix your own issues first. Then spend some time searching. (and do search outside your own devices forum) Then you try some things you have seen. If that doesnt work then you can post a thread but dont expect a solution.

inf3rno1 said:
What secret? I said there is software that recovers deleted files. Have you heard of Google? Search for software that recovers deleted files and voila, you'll have your dats back. There are hundreds of programs that can handle your problem.
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I'd love to here about the hundreds of software that recovers deleted files from MTP devices (MTP is not direct hardware access like plugging a flash drive into your computer)

espionage724 said:
I'd love to here about the hundreds of software that recovers deleted files from MTP devices (MTP is not direct hardware access like plugging a flash drive into your computer)
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So you mean the software like PC Inspector or Recuva or any other file recovering software will not work on our Nexus 4..??
once i deleted my photos from my old desire HD and i recovered it using PC inspector...now Nexus does not have SD card so i am not sure weather that will work or not..

ramkumar2000 said:
So you mean the software like PC Inspector or Recuva or any other file recovering software will not work on our Nexus 4..??
once i deleted my photos from my old desire HD and i recovered it using PC inspector...now Nexus does not have SD card so i am not sure weather that will work or not..
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I haven't tested such software, and I could be wrong, but when you connect (most) newer Android devices to a computer, you get access to the files via MTP. You don't have direct access to the filesystem (which I think is ext4), and because of this, you can't do the "advanced" stuff needed for file recovery (I guess checking sectors, free space, and etc.)
Older (and some newer) Android devices when hooked to a computer let you do USB Mass Storage (essentially the same kind of access you have when you plug a flash drive in), which is giving you direct access to the file system (FAT32), and in-theory, should work fine with file recovery software.

so can we mount the nexus 4 as fat32 or ext4? because on mine it just shows up in device section with no name

[Q] Broken screen, how can I make a backup?

I dropped my G2 and unfortunately, the screen broke. The touchscreen only works in certain areas, so even when I can get into TWRP, I can't use it to make a backup. Here's the thing; I want to back up everything. Does anyone have any recommendations on how I can do this?

Can't you reboot it into TWRP and then use adb to pull the data partition from your phone?
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vPro97 said:
Can't you reboot it into TWRP and then use adb to pull the data partition from your phone?
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Just tried that. For some reason, adb isn't working on this PC quite right. This problem with my phone is one of many I've been having with all my computers as of late. I'm getting kind of sick of it

When I broke my screen I used USB OTG with a keyboard/mouse. My newest Logitech with a Unifying receiver didn't work but an older one did just fine.

Perhaps there's an app I can use? I really don't want to go out and buy something I'll only use once; I just want a simple straightforward solution.

alligator_fight said:
Perhaps there's an app I can use? I really don't want to go out and buy something I'll only use once; I just want a simple straightforward solution.
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LG PC software has an option called on-screen phone. I used it once with my optimus G with similar issues. It takes control of you phone through wifi.