cyan apps2sd help....please - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So this is supposed to work automatically as long as I have my sd partitioned And its ex3. But its still clearly using my phone memory, cause my phone told me the memory is low and the partitioned part of my ed had barely anything on it......why?????
Can someone help

What does the print command show in parted?
What rom are you running?

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evilkorn said:
What does the print command show in parted?
What rom are you running?
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I dnt know wat print command in parted means
And I'm running cyan 4.2.5

spazoid said:
I dnt know wat print command in parted means
And I'm running cyan 4.2.5
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How did you partition the card? I am a total noob like you but I have a decent grasp of this stuff. I'll try and help using noob language. Did you partition the card using adb or using an auto-partitioning function from a recovery screen?

spazoid said:
I dnt know wat print command in parted means
And I'm running cyan 4.2.5
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Read up on this helpful guide. That will help you partition your card right. Once that is done.... apps2sd is automatic.
Good luck

borodin1 said:
Read up on this helpful guide. That will help you partition your card right. Once that is done.... apps2sd is automatic.
Good luck
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Even easier would be to use the recovery in my sig.

evilkorn said:
Even easier would be to use the recovery in my sig.
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Easier but not as beneficial for someone who doesn't even know how to partition a card. Trust me I don't sit there and do everything in terminal neither... but... I know how if I had to and I think it's the right way. Also... I was not about to instruct someone to install a recovery just to partition a card.

This is happening on both my mytouch and g1....so I need help for both
So you cannot go into terminal on mytouch...
Used the recovery screen on Ra dream 1.2.2

spazoid said:
So you cannot go into terminal on mytouch...
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I believe "Better terminal" let's you use VK. It's in the market.
Used the recovery screen on Ra dream 1.2.2
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Good to know you got it done.

I didnt get it done. Apps are still taking up memory from both the phone and sd..????
My sd memory from the partitioned portion has only gone down From 447MB to 352 MB
And my phone memory is at 281MB
I deleted some things already, correct me if Im rong, but there should be no internal storage being used right?

Have you dumped your caches? That is the main culprit for me when my internal phone memory gets low...

yes I did...but like I said if apps are going to sd then they should not be taking internalk memory

I guess I see what you are saying... I have the same issue... I just thought it was the name of the game...

do you have adb? if not, you should set it up. you can view the directories on your phone and see where apps really are for sure. i think root explorer in the market will allow you to see it to, but it's a paid app. adb is something you should have either way.

I had 55MB / 89MB left on my g1 running the newest cm.
went into the application settings, then manage applications. Went down to GMAIL and Browser and cleared cache and data.
Now my memory is:78MB / 89MB

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Need help with partitioning to ext3 and linux-swap

how do you do partition your sdcard to ext3 and linux-swap without adb?
i have a class 4 8gb sdcard
Go to link in my sig.
supremeteam256 said:
Go to link in my sig.
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i dont have ubuntu im running on windows and browser is not letting me open up the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534479&highlight=Hard+SPL
scroll down to Formatting SD Card... 1st post
AndroidFiend said:
i dont have ubuntu im running on windows and browser is not letting me open up the link
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914
Try this link, if it doesn't work go to the development section and it's on the second page. I run windows to, but I explain how to do everything on ubuntu with out installing anything. It's a live cd so you just boot it, it don't install anything and when you done it goes back to windows. Its easy.
Tarantino5 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534479&highlight=Hard+SPL
scroll down to Formatting SD Card... 1st post
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oo thats on the recovery image...didnt know that now i jus have to figure out all the size i want for part. and wut is the best size for linux swap from what ive seen 96mb its good bcuz it matches up to the actual hero memory
AndroidFiend said:
oo thats on the recovery image...didnt know that now i jus have to figure out all the size i want for part. and wut is the best size for linux swap from what ive seen 96mb its good bcuz it matches up to the actual hero memory
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Really you should have the linux-swap extension at 32 meg. Anything more can cause lag.
supremeteam256 said:
Really you should have the linux-swap extension at 32 meg. Anything more can cause lag.
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ok if you say so

Easier way to partition SD with CM 4.0.2?

Hey im currently using Cyanogen's mod 4.0.2 on my original 1gb sd card, i know the apps2sd is automatically built in to the rom, however is there an easier way to create the partition on the sd card without all the commands and such? im still a noob to any help is appreciated..thanks
rschuman90 said:
Hey im currently using Cyanogen's mod 4.0.2 on my original 1gb sd card, i know the apps2sd is automatically built in to the rom, however is there an easier way to create the partition on the sd card without all the commands and such? im still a noob to any help is appreciated..thanks
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Install Ubuntu and use Gparted
There's a script called SDsplit
there's also a script to partitoin that 51dusty made. Or you can stop being lazy and just type them it. It takes no more than 5min to do.
Or you can flash JF 1.51 adp because it doesn't use the sd so you're safe to partion the sd card and use partted in recovery. JAC has the directions on his Jacxhero ROM page. Thats what i use. Works everytime.
rschuman90 said:
Hey im currently using Cyanogen's mod 4.0.2 on my original 1gb sd card, i know the apps2sd is automatically built in to the rom, however is there an easier way to create the partition on the sd card without all the commands and such? im still a noob to any help is appreciated..thanks
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Before I started using "parted" I used apps2sd 2 (in the market).
The trick is to make sure you don't let it run the actual apps2sd but only use it to create the partition.
CM's does it better (and you might break something!!!).
If you don't have a ext partition and run apps2sd 2 it lets you create one.
Don't make the partition more than 500mb-530mb.
By the way, it only makes an ext2 partition so if you want ext3 go to console and and upgrade_fs.
Dusty's method in parted is much better!
This is just what I did before I stopped being lazy.
ThR1LL said:
there's also a script to partitoin that 51dusty made. Or you can stop being lazy and just type them it. It takes no more than 5min to do.
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It's called SDsplit
AdrianK said:
It's called SDsplit
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The one I'm talking about is called sdparted found here
the script provides 3 partitions... you may not need the swapper. try to make it manually, its easy!!!
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It's called SDsplit
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do u have to have adb though if you did dustys method WITHOUT a computer?

apps2sd question

i searched for this and came up with some links, but none to verify my exact question which is, do i need a certain ROM, or recovery image, i have the RA-dream-V1.5.2. to apply apps2sd, i am currently running the latest cyanogen ROM, do i need a sd card reader or can it be done just by using terminal emulator, and i just bought a 4gb class 6 from new egg, and i was wondering what do you guys recommend for my ext2 partition space to be? so if you guys have any info on this it would be great if you threw it my way thank you!
Most rom have it enabled automaticlly when it sees an extX partition. The recovery is not required, but helpful if you don't have a linux system or other software to create the partitions on your computer. No card reader is required unless you want to format it that way. The only terminal commands you would need would be in the recovery console for you. The space is up to you and your needs and does not increase or decrease performance either way.
See the link below and it will help you doing it the manual way and with Amon_RA's recovery.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Apps2SD
thank you, you were a bunch of help, i shall try this when i get home tonight
No problem, let me know how it goes.
it asked me for swap-size and also ext2-size, im not to sure what numbers i need hmm?
If you plan on using a hero rom put in something for swap, if not put zero. The put in the amount of ext you want for apps. (normally between 256-512)
To upgrade the file system from ext2 -> ext3 use the command upgrade_fs in the recovery console.
Look at the link I gave you and scroll down to the Amon_RA section if you need more help.
it said upgrade_fs not found (nvm)
i got ext2 to ext3 thank you for all your help sorry for being a pain dude...
so to make sure i did it right, how much available phone space should i have?
It varies based on the cache you have for the apps, but I have 68mb but I have been running the same rom for a while. It should be around 80mb if you haven't done anything to build the cache, but I have the 1.33.2005 SPL which increases the internal memory size.
I get the same error "upgrade_fs not found" when I want to upgrade to ext 3 from console. From Amon_Ra's recovery I get an error too when I want to upgrade to ext 3. The other SD card I have worked perfectly with exact the same steps. What is wrong? Thanks
if you amon's isnt there an option that says upgrade ext2 to ext3? i guess thats the same?
sakumaxp said:
i guess thats the same?
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As the upgrade_fs script, yes.
evilkorn said:
As the upgrade_fs script, yes.
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yeah thats what i did because it did the not found error, so i was like meh, sounds like the same haha
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if you amon's isnt there an option that says upgrade ext2 to ext3? i guess thats the same?
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I get an error when I press "upgrade ext2 to ext3" on my 2 GB card, the 1 GB card is done already.
sorry dude im a noob at this thing myself i guess one of the senior guys gotta answer this for you =\
Very strange, after many attempts suddenly I made the partitions, I don't know why but it worked
well thats good to hear =]

A2SD Help

Alright, here's what I've got. CDMA HTC Hero, rooted and running MCR.
I open up A2SD, and it says the card isnt formatted correctly. I set it at about 500mb for the ext3 partition, and it says running VERY briefly, then goes to "finished". Reboot, restart the app, same thing. I've got a 16GB MicroSD.
Whats the deal here? I've looked some stuff up, but cant really get anywhere with this. Any ideas?
PS - I've got a few google voice invites... I *might* be willing to throw one to whoever helps me out here.
Format it back to ext2, ext3 and ext 4 won't even let my phone boot.
Off the top I'd say check how you formatted. I have trouble doing linux partitions on the MAC so I assume you used the hero, and not a pc. You should see the subtraction of the size of the linux partition from the size of the fat32 one. Sorry.
TO get results I would ask at http://android.modaco.com/
BTW no invite.
Kcarpenter said:
Format it back to ext2, ext3 and ext 4 won't even let my phone boot.
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Tried ext2, still nothing. Even tried adding a swap file, no go there either.
Am I just missing something here?
I used Paragon partition manager to resize the fat32 partition, then used the extra unallocated space to create an ext2. When it still didnt work, I tried resizing the fat32 again and adding a swap partition, and still nothing.
drummingfool said:
Tried ext2, still nothing. Even tried adding a swap file, no go there either.
Am I just missing something here?
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If you take the card out of the phone and put it in something else, does it show up as a FAT or NTFS file system?
Swap won't do anything for now but take up space on the card.
Could you try the original 2 gig card or any other one? Just as a comparison.
drummingfool said:
I open up A2SD, and it says the card isnt formatted correctly.
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what do you mean "open up"?
apps2sd is a script. there is nothing to open up. it should run automatically without you noticing anything or you can manually run it from the shell.
did you DL some kind of app?
centran said:
what do you mean "open up"?
apps2sd is a script. there is nothing to open up. it should run automatically without you noticing anything or you can manually run it from the shell.
did you DL some kind of app?
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I mean when I open up the Apps2SD Program that is in my menu, it still says my card isnt formatted right, and linda file manager says that my space for apps is still only 159MB.
First things first... do you know what adb shell is?
If not then go to the market and get "quick system info"
If apps2sd is working there will be a A2SD Storage section in that program.

app2sd workin on telus milestone

wow i got app2sd working on my telus milestone make sure that busybox is not installed on the system i mean when u use adb to install not busybox itself (from titanium etc) if the method does not work unroot then root the try it will work.
i did not create this i have just copied and pasted it i know alot of people need this so here
. App2SD Version 2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?emhyw4tmkmh)
This revised version of App2SD is more refine. It moves cache as well as apps to MicroSD.
Steps to prepare for installation:
1. Unzip the downloaded file and you should see a folder "APP2SD Package".
2. Rename "APP2SD Package" folder to "app2sd" and move this folder to MicroSD. (place it in the root: MicroSD card/)
Next, simply connect the Milestone to your computer.
Ensure it is "Charge Only" for USB connection and USB Debugging mode for USB is turned on under Settings > Applications > Development.
Once you have the above checked, go ahead to launch a command prompt and perform the following:
Type: cd/ (to get to the root of your C: drive)
Type: cd /android/tools (to get to the folder of the Android SDK which i mentioned earlier)
Type: adb devices (you should see your Milestone serial number showing up. If you do not see serial number, it means there is no connection to your Milestone)
Type: adb shell
Type: su (make sure you do not see a prompt window on your Milestone. If you do, grant permission for it to access)
Type: cd /sdcard/app2sd
Type: sh install_use_busybox.sh (trigger installation of App2SD)
Type: y (to confirm that you want to install)
wait for the prompt to show you that App2SD is complete and a reboot is needed for it to take effect.
Type: y (to confirm reboot. You might notice that Milestone do not reboot by self which is normal)
Type: reboot (if you find Milestone do not reboot after you enter y as above mentioned)
Enjoy after the reboot... this works yes
u can type ls -l /data to see if it works
hey I'm just about to do the apps2sd for my milestone and was wondering which partitions if any did you make for the SD card? thanks
I'm assuming it needs at least ext2 and I'm about to set mine up with ext3, just want to make sure so I don't screw anything up
also just wanted to say if you haven't overclocked your milestone, definitely do it, just did mine yesterday, running at 1ghz and it is so amazing, downloads are insane, browser is quick and menus and everything are perfect, eat that X10
kittcoldfire said:
hey I'm just about to do the apps2sd for my milestone and was wondering which partitions if any did you make for the SD card? thanks
I'm assuming it needs at least ext2 and I'm about to set mine up with ext3, just want to make sure so I don't screw anything up
also just wanted to say if you haven't overclocked your milestone, definitely do it, just did mine yesterday, running at 1ghz and it is so amazing, downloads are insane, browser is quick and menus and everything are perfect, eat that X10
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haha ya i overclocked it but I do not go over 800mhz to risky plus gets pretty hot.
I made a ext 2 partion using unbuntu,.......partionmanager said it was partioned but would not work,app2sd did not see it. u can try it though but i recommend unbuntu let me know what happens
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haha ya i overclocked it but I do not go over 800mhz to risky plus gets pretty hot.
I made a ext 2 partion using unbuntu,.......partionmanager said it was partioned but would not work,app2sd did not see it. u can try it though but i recommend unbuntu let me know what happens
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so I got it all running, partitioned with ext3, it seems to be working but it didn't push any of my existing apps over to the SD card, do you know if there's a script to do this? Or do I have to uninstall each and reinstall them? (tested that way and they seem to go to the SD card then)
kittcoldfire said:
so I got it all running, partitioned with ext3, it seems to be working but it didn't push any of my existing apps over to the SD card, do you know if there's a script to do this? Or do I have to uninstall each and reinstall them? (tested that way and they seem to go to the SD card then)
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ya uninstall reinstall had to do that too but hey it works
gemini002 said:
ya uninstall reinstall had to do that too but hey it works
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I had to reinstall everything and i rooted and did everything exactly the same way as i did before, but now for some reason it won't let me install the apps to sd... here's the errors I get
warnning/system/bin/busybox'exists,use -f to overwrite
warnning'/system/lib/modules/ext2.ko'exists,use -f to overwrite insmod: can't insert '/system/lib/modulesext2/ko':File exists
mkdir failed for /system/sd, File exists
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: device or resource busy
sorry, mount sd ext2 fail!!!!!
what the heck does this mean? how can i fix this?
I partitioned the sd card as... (16gb) 14.something gb fat32, 1gb ext3, 32mb linux swap
kittcoldfire said:
I had to reinstall everything and i rooted and did everything exactly the same way as i did before, but now for some reason it won't let me install the apps to sd... here's the errors I get
warnning/system/bin/busybox'exists,use -f to overwrite
warnning'/system/lib/modules/ext2.ko'exists,use -f to overwrite insmod: can't insert '/system/lib/modulesext2/ko':File exists
mkdir failed for /system/sd, File exists
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: device or resource busy
sorry, mount sd ext2 fail!!!!!
what the heck does this mean? how can i fix this?
I partitioned the sd card as... (16gb) 14.something gb fat32, 1gb ext3, 32mb linux swap
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busy box cannot be installed i had this error at first too .well u dont need linux swap so get rid of it what did u use to partion sd card i use unbuntu all other partioned card but it would not work only worked when i used unbuntu .unroot download open recovery 1.05(google it)root with open recovery and try again
gemini002 said:
busy box cannot be installed i had this error at first too .well u dont need linux swap so get rid of it what did u use to partion sd card i use unbuntu all other partioned card but it would not work only worked when i used unbuntu .unroot download open recovery 1.05(google it)root with open recovery and try again
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yeah it's okay, this morning I sat down with it and put on my programming hat and went through the script and modified it enough to make it fix all the errors I was getting, so I've got it all done, nice 144mb of free space on the phone, and back to overclocked, and everything is running nice and smooth!!
glad u got it working ...im I right about busybox causing the errors?
did u hear the bootloader has been cracked
nevermind - got it working, just had to ensure the partition is made the correct way in Ubuntu!
Hi apps2sd v1 is kinda old news and was much more complicated then that , are you sure your guide is complete for someone who hasnt done all that was needed to be done in previous version ?
Also I never applied this mod because I was wondering why there was a need for it .. with the 'davlik mem cache hack' I have tons of applications & widget installed , much more then I need in fact so yea you guys notice if the phone is faster or anything else after usin apps2sd ?
gemini002 said:
did u hear the bootloader has been cracked
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it s not , or I guess it all depends on what you call cracked , whatever has been done to it is useless for us practically speaking , truth is we are in fact very close ( talking of a few weeks maximum a the speed its currently going )to running 'roms' on our stone !!!
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Hi apps2sd v1 is kinda old news and was much more complicated then that , are you sure your guide is complete for someone who hasnt done all that was needed to be done in previous version ?
Also I never applied this mod because I was wondering why there was a need for it .. with the 'davlik mem cache hack' I have tons of applications & widget installed , much more then I need in fact so yea you guys notice if the phone is faster or anything else after usin apps2sd ?
it s not , or I guess it all depends on what you call cracked , whatever has been done to it is useless for us practically speaking , truth is we are in fact very close ( talking of a few weeks maximum a the speed its currently going )to running 'roms' on our stone !!!
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it's faster with overclock module 4 sure plus i have tons of apps
the guide is straight forward just make sure u use unbuntu to partition
true but now no siginature is needed so custom roms on the way froyo was ported on sat to droid so we should get it in a few week heck maybe this week it is something worth doing now that we don't need no bootloader
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Hi apps2sd v1 is kinda old news and was much more complicated then that , are you sure your guide is complete for someone who hasn't done all that was needed to be done in previous version ?
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it is complete and works well, from what I can gather its just a script of the previous apps2sd so makes life a lot easier (with some obvious tweaks)
One part about it I do not like and am looking into how to change it is it goes and installs a heap of Telus libs/files in the OS as well as the UMTS/GSM files - nice to be able to do both Milestones at once, but a bit sloppy....time to tweak....
Just make sure the card is partitioned in a card reader and not via the phone in Ubuntu (its NOT unbuntu!!..lol) and there is no need for a swap partition.
And if you are not using gparted but the included 'disk utility' in Lucid, make sure you untick the 'Take Ownership' check box otherwise it will partition it for super user access only!
Took me 3 goes to get it done right but that was the only method of partitioning that would work for me with no errors
The only speed increase has been thanks to the Overclock module, just nice to see 140mb still free on the phone after installing many many apps - better than the 10mb I used to have free
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true but now no siginature is needed so custom roms on the way froyo was ported on sat to droid so we should get it in a few week heck maybe this week it is something worth doing now that we don't need no bootloader
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Sorry dont get your hopes up but you are Wrong ... plain wrong
its not cracked
signature still needed
and Kexec aint workin yet either ..
Our best hope for custom roms is Kexec and it will most likely be up and runnin within a month ( fingers crossed )
This Forum is a great (1 of the best ) forum so unless you are able to boot something without signature by yourself please dont spread false information as others might think because it has been posted here its true .
ya i know the bad news
So App2SD will not be listed under Settings->Applications?
When i do ls -l /data, what should i expect to see if it works? If it didnt work?
mischief4l said:
So App2SD will not be listed under Settings->Applications?
When i do ls -l /data, what should i expect to see if it works? If it didnt work?
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I'm going to guess you will get a list of apps that would be in the /data part of your sd card. Assuming that you have correctly installed for the lack of a better word App2SD...
~PsyCl0ne
uhm....help? lol
kittcoldfire said:
yeah it's okay, this morning I sat down with it and put on my programming hat and went through the script and modified it enough to make it fix all the errors I was getting, so I've got it all done, nice 144mb of free space on the phone, and back to overclocked, and everything is running nice and smooth!!
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I had the same error as you did earlier about the 'sorry, mount sd ext2 fail!!!!!' issue. I'm not a programmer, but can you please detail how'd you get around this problem? I use Windows 7, and have the milestone plugged in on 'charge only'. Am I missing a step here?
Please advise what the heck I'm doing wrong here and thanks. :]
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