Hi everyone,
My mother is the owner of a Huawei P8. She used to use the phone as a second hard disk but lately she touched something (and she does not remember what) and the phone is set to charge only when connected to the PC.
At the moment when the phone is connected the computer neither the computer or the phone seem to recognize each other. I went through almost all the settings but couldn't find ANYTHING on how to make the computer react to the phone. Moreover in the developer options of the phone USB debugging is greyed out, totally inaccessible.
If possible I would like NOT to have to root the phone or do strange installations. Online the only kind of answer I found was that I have to do a hard reset of the phone. Is it true?
Thank you for your help and patience.
Best regards,
Vanja A. Mariani C .
When you connect the P8 to the computer, it will appear in the notification bar a mention to the USB connection.
It has a blue USB icon and it shows "Photos", "Files" and "USB unit" (or somewhat like that). There is an small text there that states "if you don't select any mode, the device will only charge". Probably your mother put accidentally her finger over the "Files" option and this notification works like a On/Off switch .
If you want to use it as an USB drive, just put your finger over "USB unit". This mode is like plugging a pendrive to your computer (apps on SD
card will force close). Alternatively, you can put your finger over "files", and the SD card will mount in MTP mode (slower, but doesn't close the apps).
See my screenshot (it's in spanish, but you will quickly see what I mean).
Cheers.
@fw_haakon
If im correct the solution is:
Deactivate Developer options and then reactivate it again.
Then the USB debugging option should work again.
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i use my laptop to charge my phone and i also do this at work, i realise i can just plug in the usb wall charger but ideally what i want is the ability to plug in the the usb into laptop / pc and get the
Choose a connection type
1) activesync
2) harddrive
3) internet sharing
4) just charge
any ideas?
Just select either activesync or disk drive, and then press the power button to turn it back off...
when the connection screen pops up just click activsync and check the little square box " Don't Ask Again" and it won't pop up anymore
SEE SCREENSHOT
i want to use the phone ... its the only thing that keeps me sane at work lol
You dont have to select an option. When the menu comes up 'activesync, hard drive, internet sharing', , , just press the home button and the menu goes away, the phone charges.
You could of course just choose activesync, it wont affect anything if there is no partnership set up on the laptop.
if i click dont ask again doesnt it just set my selection as the default selection?
if you press home it still does what was last selected (such as harddrive) my problem is i use it at work where it will freak out if harddrive is found or it activesync is attempted to connect
larrytango said:
if i click dont ask again doesnt it just set my selection as the default selection?
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No, the popup won't appear anymore and remember that setting.
There's no "do nothing". So get your USB charger out
kilrah said:
No, the popup won't appear anymore and remember that setting.
There's no "do nothing". So get your USB charger out
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i realise no option exists im hoping someone has a way to do it??? any ideas
I'm not sure i understand the problem, are you saying your works computer will recognise it as a storage device and 'freak out'? Because it won't, it will happily ignore it.
samsamuel said:
I'm not sure i understand the problem, are you saying your works computer will recognise it as a storage device and 'freak out'? Because it won't, it will happily ignore it.
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i work in a banking environment and amazingly they're not too happy about people with unauthorised phones lol, if u plug in my charger to the usb port it will either select it as harddrive in which case loads of nice messages appear and people are alerted (manager once plugged a usb drive into my pc forgetting that i didnt have the correct permissions and this happened) and if selected activesync the software (which is installed and i dont have permissions to stop it) would kick start and i expect cause similar results
on my old phone (ignito / diamond 2) i used an old usb cable i had that was damaged and data lines where broke and thus it just charged - i guess i could do that i just was wondering is a software tweak existed.
ahhhh gotcha. Wasn't thinking hard enough. heh.
Looks like your only option is taking the charger to work with you. (I have several 3 pin chargers that have no cable, just a USB slot made by Garmin that i have positioned around the house, and at work, , saves dragging the charger itself about, just need the cable.)
Hi, I hope someone can help me with this. It's probably a setting, but I can not seem to find it.
Here is my problem:
When I put my phone to charge, using USB connected to a computer, the phone will state "Charge Only", but the PC will show the drive pop-up, and connects as a drive. This means I can not per default use the SD card AND have the phone charging, unless I change the phone menu to "Disk Drive" and then back to "Charge only".
I never had this problem with my HTC Hero.
Does anyone know how I can get this to just connect as it's supposed to?
Thanks in advance,
Kingkeld.
Have you tried a different computer? I used to have this problem with my K800i on one of my computers. Other computer worked fine.
You using any flavour of Linux? I notice this on linux, but not on my windows system.
I run Win7 at home and I believe a flavor of WinNT at work, and I have the problem both places.
I wonder if I choose the "don't ask again" option and select charge only - will that fix it? If it doesn't, how do I reverse to always ask again?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I also have this issue...
Well, maybe I don't call it an issue, cause sometimes is usefull...
Dont' know why, but a few days now, my DHD has also having this behavior...
I have it on all my pcs, home work laptop.... , all of them are running Win7 x64
And no matter what I choose, Charge only or HTC Sync, it always mount the sdcard on PCs...
someone said winamp automounts when connected. Have any of you got winamp installed on your DHD?
I think it was that. I disabled the option on winamp. Have test more times if it happens again...
i too had alot of problems accessing my sd card in win7 x64.. it used to show the disk drive but the icon for it was a bit transparent (like a hidden file).. i could not access the drive at all!!.. i played around a bit with the setting and solved my problem.. its not exactly the same problem your having but you could give it a try and see how it goes.
i have "usb debugging" enabled
default connection type ( in conect to pc option) "Disk drive"
then disable " fast boot" option and restart the phone.. it will take about a minute or so to start up now instead of the 5 second reboot.. im not sure if the fast boot skips a few non essential apps.. but as soon as i restarted my phone and plugged it in everything has been perfect.. put hundreds of pics and mp3 files on and off and it works everytime.. hope this helps.. let us know how you get on
it is one of the media players you have installed... winamp, poweramp, cube, doubletwist.... I had the same issue and it was the media players....
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.
TahaX said:
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.....
NathanCrowe said:
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
My display just went blank all of the sudden. No image. The backlight works, the touchscreen works, everything works, except the display. I've done some research and I'm pretty sure this is a hardware problem.
I plugged into my PC and pulled the images off, but I really need a backup of the text messages on the phone.
I tried a "remote control" app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395, but it won't work because ADB can't find my device.
My phone is not rooted. I'm certain the ADB utility and phone drivers are installed, but USB debugging won't enable when I connect my phone to my PC. I'm certain USB debugging is enables, but it won't activate. I believe it's because it's connected as "media device" and it should be connected as an "internet device". Problem is, I can't see what I'm doing to enable it.
Can someone walk me through the steps to pulldown the menu, select "connected as" and choose the correct option? (Screenshots of each step or X,Y coordinates in inches or millimeters).
Alternatively, I can mirror the display if I can enable screen sharing, but that might be more tricky.
Verizon 5.0.2
display dead
Sharpbarb said:
My display just went blank all of the sudden. No image. The backlight works, the touchscreen works, everything works, except the display. I've done some research and I'm pretty sure this is a hardware problem.
I plugged into my PC and pulled the images off, but I really need a backup of the text messages on the phone.
I tried a "remote control" app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395, but it won't work because ADB can't find my device.
My phone is not rooted. I'm certain the ADB utility and phone drivers are installed, but USB debugging won't enable when I connect my phone to my PC. I'm certain USB debugging is enables, but it won't activate. I believe it's because it's connected as "media device" and it should be connected as an "internet device". Problem is, I can't see what I'm doing to enable it.
Can someone walk me through the steps to pulldown the menu, select "connected as" and choose the correct option? (Screenshots of each step or X,Y coordinates in inches or millimeters).
Alternatively, I can mirror the display if I can enable screen sharing, but that might be more tricky.
Verizon 5.0.2
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same happened with my lg g2 d800,problm was fixed. i replaced dock port flex cable and it worked for.
good luck
Can someone please take screen captures of the steps to move from connected as MTP to internet?
Hi,
My brothers phone screen is basically unusable.
When I connect the phone to the PC it recognises it in Windows but the phone contains no folders. At first I assumed it was because his screen was locked so I connected a OTG and keyboard and using commands managed to get his phone "unlocked" to the home screen.
However this didnt fix the issue.
Reading around it seems I may need USB Debugging enabled (if he hasn't already) but due to not being able to use the screen how would I do that?
Do I need a MICRO USB to HDMI & USB adapter to use a mouse and TV output?
Or is there a way I can fix this through windows using ADB?
At this point we are willing to try anything as all we are looking for is some family photos off of it then binning the phone and I don't want to put £100-200 into the screen replacement just to attempt this data recovery.
All help is greatly appreciated,
Cheers
ADB is the door to any Android device. As long as ADB has not been activated on the device - and the related RSA keys got created - you have no chance to pull out data from device, IMO.
Ok,
Well see the fact when I connect it to windows it shows the phone but not the folders inside, and I can only assume there will be a popup on the screen mentioning to ALLOW/DECLINE transfer etc..
If I use the OTG adapter I can plug my keyboard in and use the sequence SPACE, SPACE, BKSPACE, BKSPACE, then my PIN and ENTER and it unlocks to the home screen.
But because I would need the phone connected by both PC and KEYBOARD at the same time is it possible to get a splitter on the OTG adapter and this would hopefully let me press RIGHT and ENTER to accept the message?
If not then can the phone be connected via HDMI to see if any message is infact popping up??
Rowan88 said:
Hi,
My brothers phone screen is basically unusable.
When I connect the phone to the PC it recognises it in Windows but the phone contains no folders. At first I assumed it was because his screen was locked so I connected a OTG and keyboard and using commands managed to get his phone "unlocked" to the home screen.
However this didnt fix the issue.
Reading around it seems I may need USB Debugging enabled (if he hasn't already) but due to not being able to use the screen how would I do that?
Do I need a MICRO USB to HDMI & USB adapter to use a mouse and TV output?
Or is there a way I can fix this through windows using ADB?
At this point we are willing to try anything as all we are looking for is some family photos off of it then binning the phone and I don't want to put £100-200 into the screen replacement just to attempt this data recovery.
All help is greatly appreciated,
Cheers
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OK, new to this. To get usb debugging on, click system. About phone, Software information, build number. Click that several times. (AT least 10). You will see a message that you are in developer mode. Go back to home screen. Click settings icon. Scroll to bottom you should now see { } Developers optiions. Click that. Find the section for ADB, enable ADB. Once ADB is up and running you should be able to pull the files. The screen for an android is the desktop, mouse, and keyboard. (PC analogy). You need something to see your icons, something to click, and a keyboard. If OTG acts as a mouse, and you can see the basic display, and have an external keyboard. I think you can do this. I am not sure what OTG is .
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OK, new to this. To get usb debugging on, click system. About phone, Software information, build number. Click that several times. (AT least 10). You will see a message that you are in developer mode. Go back to home screen. Click settings icon. Scroll to bottom you should now see { } Developers optiions. Click that. Find the section for ADB, enable ADB. Once ADB is up and running you should be able to pull the files. The screen for an android is the desktop, mouse, and keyboard. (PC analogy). You need something to see your icons, something to click, and a keyboard. If OTG acts as a mouse, and you can see the basic display, and have an external keyboard. I think you can do this. I am not sure what OTG is .
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1. I cant follow that process as the screen is completely destroyed (no display/no touch), thats why I have been blindly using a keyboard to try and find the setting
2. OTG is ON THE GO , its a small adapter that lets you connect USB devices to your phone.
Sorry about that. I think you are stuck. without some visual clues I think you can not put the phone in developer mode. Did you try just a plugin (via usb) into windows and seeing if there is a pictures folder?
It find the phone in Windows, but wont display the folders.
The OTG splitter I purchased to be able to connect it to the PC and KEYBOARD at same time didnt work as it doesnt supply power (should have checked reviews).
Any other solutions? Or is this a new screen for £200 just to get data?
I purchased another OTG splitter that has a OTG/CHARGE switch so this should let me connect it to the PC and KEYBOARD.
Can anyone give me shortcut keys or step by step on how many times I need to press certain buttons to get down to the USB DEBUGGING section please?