Hello everyone, I have been using this forum for a while now, but havent really posted anything much as I have always found answers to any questions through searching the threads, however, I am unable to find a solution to a problem I have just recently encountered and was hoping someone out there may be able to shed some light on it.
I am using an unbranded handset running JPO which has been performing superbly until today, however, when I connect the phone via USB to my PC and select mass storage the computer does not seem to recognise the phone is plugged in. The strange thing is it worked perfectly before and the only changes I have made since was upgrading the micro SD card to a 16 gig one. I try unmounting the external card and even removing it completely to no avail. I have tried the phone on 3 PCs now, even my Linux PC does not recognise it.
I have rebooted the phone, tried connecting selecting Kies mode instead of mass storage, all to no avail. As soon as I connect the USB to the computer, the phone recognises the connection and asks what I want to do, I select mass storage, then I get the option to mount via the little green android, which turns orange stating it is connected, but the phone just does not show on the pc.
Any ideas would be most welcome, I don’t really want to have to format the internal memory but I think I may have to.
Many thanks in advance.
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I seem to remember on Eclair that I was able to unmount the internal sd card in the settings menu, however, with froyo, I only have the option to unmount the extrernal sd card. Would someone running JMO be good enough to check and see if they have the otion to unmount the internal sd?
Right, I seemed to have found the problem, so for anyone else who has a similar experience, it was the USB lead. SGS working as it should agian, phew..
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Have been trying to connect my Hero to my pc so I can fill up my SDcard with music, but every time I connect it to any pc, the phone just charges. I have the stock 1.5 ROM and still the phone just won't mount SDcard nor would it even pop up the option to mount on the taskbar. I have tried to install ADB drivers and nothing. Phone has been reset to factory defaults and still nothing happens when plugged in to usb, just charges the phone and no messages at all! What Can I do? Thnx in advance.
Have you tried mounting on a different computer? to see if it's either the computer or your phone
Yes I have tried on 6 computers. 4 windows and 2 linux, but same thing happens phone just charges.
CIDRtheBITER said:
Yes I have tried on 6 computers. 4 windows and 2 linux, but same thing happens phone just charges.
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1. Try different USB cord. Some are made so generic that they only supply power.
2. Check your connectors in the phone. Less likely, but maybe a hunk of pocket lint got in there?
Try downloading USB Switcher from the market, i had the same problem with my phone before and that seemed to fix it.
I have tried with two usb cords, one being the one that came with my ps3 and the other I just happen to come across with
I will try that right now
I just installed USB Switcher and same thing is happening, phone starts charging.
CIDRtheBITER said:
I just installed USB Switcher and same thing is happening, phone starts charging.
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you have to add the widget to one of your screens then tap the widget icon while it's plugged in. then the icon will turn purple and, hopefully, you will be able to see the drive under my computer.
Widget is on one of my screens, but when I tap it it does nothing just stays gray.
maybe reformat your sd card?
You are absolutely sure the SD card is actually inserted into the slot on the phone?
or maybe even try to insert the sd card to your computer some other way..
If none of those options work, you can try loading up RA (hold HOME while powering on) and mount the SD in recovery > USB-MS Toggle.
Assuming you're rooted and loaded the custom recovery.
No no no.. download htc sync from htc. It should fix your problem.
HERE
All cell phones need drivers on the computer to mount your card. The htc ones come in htc sync.
Some phones, like this one, had the htc sync on the stock memory card... Mine didnt though
And windows can usually find the drivers online by itself. Mine did.
You dont have to sync anything or even set it up.
And of course open up your taskbar drop down list, select charge and change it to "disk drive" mount sd card
installing pdanet also installs the correct drivers
And he gets off when someone with good answer helps. lol
I have installed HTC sync on my computer with no luck. Also I have toggle the ms mode in recovery and still nothing, phone just charges. Im planing on formatting my sd card and starting again but can't find my micro SD adapter lol. Once I find it I will post any updates hopefully that will fix it.
CIDRtheBITER said:
I have installed HTC sync on my computer with no luck. Also I have toggle the ms mode in recovery and still nothing, phone just charges. Im planing on formatting my sd card and starting again but can't find my micro SD adapter lol. Once I find it I will post any updates hopefully that will fix it.
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Sounds like a corrupted microsd card. You should download the Android dev kit and use ADB and see if theres communication between your phone and the Pc. If not you should look into solving bigger problems than your microsd card.
If there is communication between your phone and computer and you have Adb working, try reformatting that microsd card or replacing it.
I have formatted my sd car with no luck. Still my phone just charges when plugged to the computer. I am pretty sure I have a defective hero, as I have never seen the option to mount the sd on the taskbar. I do have insurance on the phone, but do you guys think the techs at sprint might not want to work on it since it is rooted and has a custom ROM? lol
Does this happen on anyone elses phone?
TWLaucher is set to default, all widgets removed from homescreens.
Restart phone. and Connect Usb cable. Choose Kies.
It does it's thing and says it's connected when it really isn't. (in the notification bar it says turn off USB storage)
Press Home key to exit kies MTP screen.
NOW
SD cards are Not rescanned for media, if i go to settings/SD Card and phone storage.
my External SD and Internal SD are both saying Unavailable.
The only way i can see them again is if i reconnect the USB as Mass Storage.
Another note: When i select mass storage it loads the 2 sd drives up on my computer instantly. Whereas I used to have to go the the notification bar and mount them manually.
Is this just me?
And Further to this
And Further to this.
If, before i try to connect to kies, i unmount my External SD card. Then when I do the KIES connect option, my MTP application flashes on and off. (briefly back to my homescreen)
After i break that loop by hitting the home key, i can no longer remount my External SD card, and my Internal SD card is unavailable too.
If i try to connect to Mass Storage i don't get any drives show up, even after i mount them manually though the notification bar.
I have to restart my phone.
This is really annoying.
And another thing!
I do my backup with Titanium Pro, my phone is rooted.
It tells me to turn off USB debugging mode.
Which is already off... so, something fishy is going on with my USB i think.
....................
And Lastly,
I finally managed to connect to Kies on my Brother's Computer his is Vista 32bit, Mine is Win 7 x64.
I had to go to Settings, applications, running services and shut down everything manually. Then it connected.
But even then, it lied to me about the availability of a firmware update. It tricked me.
Guess i have to wait till i hear everyone else is getting Froyo before i try again.
Gosh, this is SUCH a trial! I just want a friggin phone that can update it's firmware! Not a damn puzzlebox.
I recently got the new LG Optimus 2X and im having some real headache over it..
The thing is that it refuses to mount its sdcard on my macbook (10.6.6).
I tryed pretty much everything short of injecting valium, but it simply will not comply.
So could anyone please help me before my hair turns gray and falls off?
It pops up on win xp, both on a pc and in a vmware xp system on the mac, so i assume that its not using the default mass storage system anymore, some google searches hints that its using a semi-proprietary system similar to some mp3- and media-players.
So far ive been using my old phone as SD card adapter, and i also have a wifi network (rarely used, using mobile internet on a usb dongle) for ftp transfers.
But that aint enough, i need to be able to transfer audio/video files aswell as games/apps and backups to/from my phone in a easier fasion than adb push or ftp.
i really like the phone but im concidering returning it and buy a mac compatible phone instead.. but there are no other tegra phones available atm...
Does it use MTP? If so, check out http://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/
I have a Tegra powered tablet (Advent Vega) and my MacBook Pro sees the sd card when mounted no problem.
You could also look at a program called Syncmate. Mac client and free Android version
XNJB is a no-go.. Will not detect a device.
Googlesearch mac with optimus x2 only reveals mac address related links or sites containing the words in different topic lists.
syncmate is a internet-solution, nothing gets synced locally..
And that is simply not an option when i want to transfer +1gb files (at the best of times i reach about 150k/s, usually around 10-30k/s)
Seems to work fine on my MacBook Pro.. no problem at all!
I have some trouble with the phone not detecting the second SD card, solution for me was to uncheck "USB Debugging" while it was plugged in.
Or
Plugout
Disable USB-Debugging
Plug in
Dangerous one: (This might damage current content on your SD-Card, i take no responsability)
While Phone is live
Plug out the SD
Phone goes belly up about it
Says it might be damaged and needs to be reformated
let the phone reformat the SD-Card
Plug the phone back in the Mac
Poof SDcard once again viewable
^^ Above is not recommended, and i can not explain why it worked. also i do not know if it might damage other components of the phone. But mine looks to be just fine and the SD-Card is performing as intended.
Why it is so hard for the Computers to see the external SD is a good Question, i have had the same issues with my windows 7 PC .. USB debugging seemed to be the fix initially.
xarvox said:
I recently got the new LG Optimus 2X and im having some real headache over it..
The thing is that it refuses to mount its sdcard on my macbook (10.6.6).
I tryed pretty much everything short of injecting valium, but it simply will not comply.
So could anyone please help me before my hair turns gray and falls off?
It pops up on win xp, both on a pc and in a vmware xp system on the mac, so i assume that its not using the default mass storage system anymore, some google searches hints that its using a semi-proprietary system similar to some mp3- and media-players.
So far ive been using my old phone as SD card adapter, and i also have a wifi network (rarely used, using mobile internet on a usb dongle) for ftp transfers.
But that aint enough, i need to be able to transfer audio/video files aswell as games/apps and backups to/from my phone in a easier fasion than adb push or ftp.
i really like the phone but im concidering returning it and buy a mac compatible phone instead.. but there are no other tegra phones available atm...
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On the Optimus 2X you need to activate yourself the USB Mass Storage mode, Go on Applications -> Settings -> SD Card & Phone Storage -> Mass storage only
Desmopro, i already tryed that.
The mass storage setting disables the adb debug tho.
My computer can see the device in system profiler, a hardware list,
And adb devices lists it aswell, but disk utility can't see any connected storage,
mounted or otherwise.
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Desmopro, i already tryed that.
The mass storage setting disables the adb debug tho.
My computer can see the device in system profiler, a hardware list,
And adb devices lists it aswell, but disk utility can't see any connected storage,
mounted or otherwise.
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What version of OSX you use ?
In terminal, can you see the device (on /dev) ?
Think to reinstall a combo update, to clean up your system
If you use 10.7 beta and you are a developper or a beta tester, send a report to Apple
If you use 10.7 beta found on bittorrent, downgrade to 10.6
The Optimus 2X dont use MTP but the old mass storage method, so there is normally no problem to use OSX with
Im using 10.6.6.
Its strange, my htc hero mounts just fine, without any hazzle or inconvenience, but the optimus will not show..
I finally did find the issue tho, as soon as i eject the external sd-card (remove it physically), the internal storage pops up without a hickup.
But as soon as i insert the sd card, the mounted card stops responding, folders wont refresh, file copy stops and the only option is to eject the media from finder.
So regardless of what i try, i cannot get the external card mounted on my mac, even tho it works fine on pc.
..ive been using my sd card from my hero from the moment i got the phone..
Hello,
I know that there are countless other threads about this issue all over the Internet, but many of them are from a year ago and none of them have helped me yet.
I've installed every driver recommended from these threads, I've restarted my phone, my computer(s), tried a different cable, USB Debugging on and off, reformatted the internal SD card, and still no luck. Kies doesn't recognize my phone. It doesn't show up in device manager or as an extra drive.
Using TW Launcher. I plug it in, select Mass Storage, hit "Connect USB Storage." It says that USB storage is in use. Yet there is no activity on my PC to indicate as such.
I can't get my Captivate to connect to a computer.
It used to connect just fine up until I upgraded to Froyo.
Is my phone a hopeless case that needs replacing, or am I missing something along the way here? I'd love to root it or at least roll back to 2.1 somehow.
Thanks so much for looking and for any help.
Reboot into download and connect to computer, see if that works.
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manske90 said:
Hello,
I know that there are countless other threads about this issue all over the Internet, but many of them are from a year ago and none of them have helped me yet.
I've installed every driver recommended from these threads, I've restarted my phone, my computer(s), tried a different cable, USB Debugging on and off, reformatted the internal SD card, and still no luck. Kies doesn't recognize my phone. It doesn't show up in device manager or as an extra drive.
Using TW Launcher. I plug it in, select Mass Storage, hit "Connect USB Storage." It says that USB storage is in use. Yet there is no activity on my PC to indicate as such.
I can't get my Captivate to connect to a computer.
It used to connect just fine up until I upgraded to Froyo.
Is my phone a hopeless case that needs replacing, or am I missing something along the way here? I'd love to root it or at least roll back to 2.1 somehow.
Thanks so much for looking and for any help.
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I had a similar problem and it was definitely a hardware problem. At first it was recognized but then it would only charge via the pc - multiple windows 7 computers would not recognize it. However, a few times it would start installing and then say "disconnected" or something like that. One of those times that I "jiggled" the connector on the phone, it started installing the driver and I didn't touch it and it finished and worked. I disconnected and reconnected and nothing again... I got another refurb and no problems at all.
Well I'll try a few more times. Just glad the Thrill is almost out and I can enjoy that one for 10 months before something better comes along
Thanks for the help
For some reason, out of nowhere, my phone doesn't seem to want to work completely with my PC. I've never had any issues before, worked fine yesterday. But today, when I plug it in, and select mass storage, only the Internal Storage gets recognized and comes up for me to open the folders, but its not recognizing or showing my Removable Storage, aka my SD Card. I have restarted my phone and my PC. Unplugged several times and tried again, but no go. My sd card reads just fine when my phone is unplugged, all my music and everything I have my SD card shows up on my phone and I am able to access it through my phone just fine and move files between the two. But my PC just wont recognize it and wont show up in my computer. Any thought on why this is happening and what I can do to fix it ?
I had that problem while testing with windows 8. Try plugging into another USB port on the PC.
Just had this issue a couple days ago, I think I took out the battery of the phone and took the sd card out and put both back in
Haxcid said:
I had that problem while testing with windows 8. Try plugging into another USB port on the PC.
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That was one of the first things I did, cause the first USB port I plugged into wouldn't recognize the phone at all, which I've had that problem quite a few times recently, but if I switch USB ports it starts to work fine, but this is the first time that it only brought up the internal storage and not external (SDcard) storage. It's still not working....
Gel Pen6 said:
Just had this issue a couple days ago, I think I took out the battery of the phone and took the sd card out and put both back in
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I tried that as well, someone on another forum suggested that, and it didn't help. I don't get what the problem is. You would think it would be an issue with the SDcard, but as I said in my OG post, when the phone isn't plugged in through USB, the phone itself reads the SD Card fine, I am able to access stuff from it, move files to and from, etc etc. This is pissin me the hell off tho, that's for sure !
Any other Suggestions/Ideas ?
EDIT - I forgot to also say, I put my SDcard in another phone and plugged in it via USB, and it recognized it just fine. And so then I thought, Great, its my phone itself, either the USB cable, or the SDcard slot on the phone, so not only did i try a new USB cable, but I also put a different SDcard in my phone, and it worked fine, so then i did the same thing, except with my USB, and it still worked fine, but as soon as I put my SDcard back in, it wouldn't work. I am like outta ideas here, I am about to just send my phone in, I have insurance, and since they are about to discontinue this phone, they will have to give me a different phone of equal or better quality/specs, So this might work out in my favor. I can prolly at least trade it in and get a discount off the phone i really want, which is either a LG Spectrum or a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, or possibly an HTC Rezound. I really want an HTC One X but no go for Verizon and the one i really really want, the Samsung Galaxy S III isn't out yet, and from what I've been reading in the news, it might not come out on time, Apple is seeking an injunction, preventing Samsung from Selling the Galaxy S III in the US until the Patent issues are resolved in court or through settlement. Which I hope to god that wont happen. Germany already agreed to ban the sell of Xbox360s for the time being over there, so its something that definitely could happen over here.
I don't know if it helps or has anything to do with your situation, but have you checked to make sure the phone is connecting as mass storage, and not charge only or internet connection mode?
Joker420 said:
I don't know if it helps or has anything to do with your situation, but have you checked to make sure the phone is connecting as mass storage, and not charge only or internet connection mode?
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Mass storage is the default, or the always ask. You have to actually manually go in and set charge mode or internet mode each time you want to use them.
Did you switch cables? I had the same issue when I used a generic cable instead of the VZN supplied one. Some of the imported pacific rim cables only charge (2pins instead of 4 pin usb internals) Also use the usb headers on the motherboard (rear of pc) not a hub or front ports.
here is what I did...
I used root explorer to execute the driver file on my phone. When I plugged i into my computer it ran the bootstrap which installed the drivers on my computer. It worked and linked up just fine. I then used the .tot files and got my phone to do the otas.