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Rogers Captivate Can't Use as Mass Storage

For some reason, I can't get the Captivate to mount the SD card so it'll show up in Windows Explorer as a mass storage device. I've already tried unmounting and formatting it, but that didn't work or change anything. I've switched USB ports as well and that didn't work either. Anyone got any solutions?
Thanks
After multiple tries. I finally got it! Took only like 10 tries.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9029228&postcount=565

This is the best way i found to make it active.
Go to Menu>Settings>Applications>USB Settings.
-Select "Ask on connection" (or select Mass Storage if Ask option is not present, depends on the ROM)
-Make sure USB Debbuging is unchecked in Apps>Development.
Plug in your USB cable.
-If asked to choose the type of connection select "Mass Storage"
-Pull down the notification bar and tap the USB notification.
-Select Mount
Windows should now mount the sdcard as a usb storage media.

I had a similar issue with this; i needed to unplug my usb cable and replug it back it to get it to work 1-3 times.
I flashed my phone with Froyo and the issue is now gone

silvertag said:
This is the best way i found to make it active.
Go to Menu>Settings>Applications>USB Settings.
-Select "Ask on connection" (or select Mass Storage if Ask option is not present, depends on the ROM)
-Make sure USB Debbuging is unchecked in Apps>Development.
Plug in your USB cable.
-If asked to choose the type of connection select "Mass Storage"
-Pull down the notification bar and tap the USB notification.
-Select Mount
Windows should now mount the sdcard as a usb storage media.
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Yep that's how I got it working in the end. Didn't even know you can pull down the notification bar...

[Q] Help please - Windows detects galaxy internal sd card as an empty/unusable drive

Hi all
I rooted my phone today. I then installed clockworkmod and saved a stock backup. Following that, I successfully enabled 3 button recovery.
My problem appeared either after rooting or after clockworkmod. The problem was there prior to enabling 3 button recovery. I suspect it was clockworkmod that caused the problem.
Anyway, when I connect the phone to the computer the 16gb internal sd card & 2gb phone storage appear as removable drives in 'my computer'. However, double clicking on the drives gives the message 'no disk in the drive, please insert one'. Windows can't read the usable file space, browse or even format the drives.
However, I can browse the internal sd card fine using any android file manager.
Also, I can use adb to push/pull files.
What is going on?
I need to know quite quickly what to do. I initiated a phone repair with my carrier due to the mtp crash bug, so they are expecting it to be returned pronto. If the phone is stuffed, I'll send it back. If this can be fixed, I'll keep it since I managed to get the three button recovery working.
Also, I think there's a boot rom or something to do with clockworkmod still installed? How do I get rid of that if I'm sending the phone back. I know how to unroot.
Edit: I just found an external sd card to test. I formatted it in windows by using a sd card reader, then when I plugged it into the phone and tried it as a mass storage device windows didnt like it. Putting it back into the card reader one last time and windows recognised it. Makes no sense....
Edit2: In kies mode, kies can access it. And also it adds a 'galaxy s' to my computer where the internal sd card actually works... now I'm even more confused!

Have you tryed formatting your internal Sd or useing recovery 2e and factory resetting your phone?

I've tried formatting it and reset via settings->privacy->factory reset data.
Is 3 button recovery any different to the above type of reset? What will it roll the system back to?
(The recovery image I made in rom manager will have the same problem. I dont currently have an update.zip on my sd card due to formatting it, but I can get one on there using adb if I need to.)

quitestuck said:
I've tried formatting it and reset via settings->privacy->factory reset data.
Is 3 button recovery any different to the above type of reset? What will it roll the system back to?
(The recovery image I made in rom manager will have the same problem. I dont currently have an update.zip on my sd card due to formatting it, but I can get one on there using adb if I need to.)
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Is your usb debugging on by chance? If so, turn it off ans reconnect the phone to the pc.
Mine does this when usb debugging is on and im on a stock eclair rom... Hope it helps...
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That thought occurred to me too. Definately off. Ive checked it many many times now
When I first used adb, I simply pulled the plug out. I couldn't see any 'quit debug' command. There are start/kill server commands, they dont seem appropriate. Doesnt look like I should have had to do anything other than just pull the cable out.

Update:
I think that the update.zip's applied to my phone have changed some software to an earlier version that what my unit was shipped with.
When I first got the phone, I just plugged it into the pc and selected 'mass storage' on the phone. The drives then appeared (and worked) in windows.
Now, I have to click mass storage. That on its own isnt enough. But if I pull-down the tray menu at the top of the screen, there is another option to click (something along the lines of 'select this to transfer files between your phone and pc'). If I click that, it works.
There are some slight differences still:
1) I could swear that my phone originally allowed access to the 2gb phone internal memory (I never tried reading/writing to it, but I'm convinced windows displayed a 2gb drive).
2) I used to get the "xx/13.4gb free" under the drive letter in 'my computer', which I now only get in the status bar at the bottom of windows file explorer.
QUESTION
Does everybody else have to click "mass storage mode" AND pull down the task bar and click "transfer files" to get the internal sd to work as mass storage in windows?
Or do they just have to click "mass storage mode" and that's all?
Thanks

I always had to pull down the menu and manually mount the sd card when using mass storage.
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Definately wasnt the case on my phone (bought mid october, so its quite new) because I got my music on there via mass storage twice before 'hacking' it. I couldn't have done that without knowing about the extra buttons to press. It's good to know that it's just a side effect of the update.zips I've applied, and that I get to keep the phone
Cheers

[Q] Help, I cannot write to my external microsd [SOLVED]

I don't know why, I'm in mass storage mode and I expected to just be able to copy and paste files like in Samsung Wave (or any other phones) but I cannot do it in Galaxy S.

Never liked mass storage mode. Enable USB debugging mode instead. Go to menu ->settings ->Applications -> Development -> USB debugging. Once connected to the PC, pull down the notification menu and select connect.

Thank you. Tried it but it doesn't work too. The micro sd partitions do not appear even if usb mode (debugging) is connected already.
Am I the only one experiencing this?

did you pull the notification bar and choose to connect to ur comp? if ur on froyo, once you click " mass storage " you should then see a green android on the screen with the option to connect to the computer. if you dont see the notification, unplug the usb and try again.

SOLVED after updating my firmware to JPU. Thank you for the help guys! It was as I suspected. For some reason, my phone owned the external microsd's filesystem after formatting (I was using JP2 firmware). I formatted it again after flashing to JPU and voila, all problems fixed.

[Q] How to mount mass storage when using usb otg?

If i plug in a usb stick to the note I would have expected it would mount it automatically as it recognises the mass storage is connect (via the notification) but I cant find where it is mounted so that leads me to assume it hasnt mounted?
I've tried usb mass storage watcher and usb host controller but cant seem to get it.
Can anyone help? Thanks

There is a folder called "usbStorage" in your sd-card folder. Qithin that is a folder called "sda" --> thats your usb stick.

if you're using ES file explorer.. u'll find it in favorites once mounted..

Cheers guys, thats exactly how I'd expect it to work but it doesnt seem to be.
I triple checked that there is files on the usb stick with the computer, when I plug it into the phone I get notifications in this order - "USB Connector Connected", "USB Mass Storage Connected", "Media Scanner Running", "Media Scanner Complete". So all this seems well but inside /sdcard/usbStorage/sda there is nothing. Similarily there are no additional favourites inside ES File Explorer (on a seperate note, do you know how to add things into the favourites as I cant seem to figure that either!?)
So there's no additional steps I need to take in order to get it mounted? What I'm doing should work yeah?
Just incase here my info: Rocket Rom v22, AbyssNote v4.2 Kernel.
*Edit*
Without the usb stick plugged in, there is no 'sda' folder, when I plug it in it appears but says its empty?

kaos_king said:
Cheers guys, thats exactly how I'd expect it to work but it doesnt seem to be.
I triple checked that there is files on the usb stick with the computer, when I plug it into the phone I get notifications in this order - "USB Connector Connected", "USB Mass Storage Connected", "Media Scanner Running", "Media Scanner Complete". So all this seems well but inside /sdcard/usbStorage/sda there is nothing. Similarily there are no additional favourites inside ES File Explorer (on a seperate note, do you know how to add things into the favourites as I cant seem to figure that either!?)
So there's no additional steps I need to take in order to get it mounted? What I'm doing should work yeah?
Just incase here my info: Rocket Rom v22, AbyssNote v4.2 Kernel.
*Edit*
Without the usb stick plugged in, there is no 'sda' folder, when I plug it in it appears but says its empty?
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My Configuration is same as yours. But i'm able to see a USB-Stick connected to the phone (triple checked a few seconds ago).
Is it possible that your USBStick ist formatted to NTFS? I don't know if our kernel is able to see NTFS formatted sticks.

webwatcher said:
My Configuration is same as yours. But i'm able to see a USB-Stick connected to the phone (triple checked a few seconds ago).
Is it possible that your USBStick ist formatted to NTFS? I don't know if our kernel is able to see NTFS formatted sticks.
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read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416923

[Q] USB mounting issue P970

So I've installed Mackay ROM 2.91 of kasper_h. It works like a bliss ( i'm new so I cannot post in development section ) till some time.
When I plugged in usb cable to my mobile and pc it showed on P970 to mountSDcard and then it popped in on my pc BUT later on it failed to do so. Now I can only mount my SDcard via card adapter or in recovery mode it shows removable disk but do not open it but if I press mount USB mass storage device it open my sdCard on my pc))
SO WHAT THE HELL, why isn't it mounting while using my phone in normal way, connected to PC? but only in recovery lol...
Anyone got the very same issue?
I've found androidforums. com /desire-tips-tricks/365476-guide-usb-brick-fix. html but do not know if it is good solution for it and even if I do not understand it at all>.>.

Go to settings/storage, press menu and select USB connection. There are 3 diferent types, mtp, camera and mass storage. Try the others.