Sorry if I haven't look hard enough, but is it possible to se my Sprint Touch Pro as a regular microSD reader? You know, without using any of the synchronization business or having to carry a separate microSD reader around? Thanks in advance.
Mega-Japan said:
Sorry if I haven't look hard enough, but is it possible to se my Sprint Touch Pro as a regular microSD reader? You know, without using any of the synchronization business or having to carry a separate microSD reader around? Thanks in advance.
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yes, when you plug in the usb cable to your pc with the micro sd in the phone, instead of activesync, select disk drive as the connection choice
fugazzi69 said:
yes, when you plug in the usb cable to your pc with the micro sd in the phone, instead of activesync, select disk drive as the connection choice
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Where do I get that choice though? I'm asking this because I want to use it that way at College, and all PCs there limit just about anything but whatever programs they have.
Mega-Japan said:
Where do I get that choice though? I'm asking this because I want to use it that way at College, and all PCs there limit just about anything but whatever programs they have.
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those options should pop up on your phone's screen when you plug in the usb cable to the PC. just make sure you have the micro sd card installed on the phone when you connect to the PC
fugazzi69 said:
those options should pop up on your phone's screen when you plug in the usb cable to the PC. just make sure you have the micro sd card installed on the phone when you connect to the PC
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Oh now I see.
The reason I had no idea what was it that you were talking about is because the "Ask about connection type when I connect" option in the Connections Settings was unchecked. And ActiveSynch was selected as the default.
Thanks a lot, useful stuff.
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IS this possible? cause i kinda mest up my charger port and it doesnt sync well..and im afraid ill break it and it woulnt be able to charge even.....
please HELP!?
Theoretecly yes.
There is a USB adapter that gose in to the sd slot.
and another end (USB) fits in to your PC, but the rest is mistery....
http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_mode=des&t_id=2306
Yes you can,if you have a binary file of OS done via MTTY,please search over the forum
Optika said:
Theoretecly yes.
There is a USB adapter that gose in to the sd slot.
and another end (USB) fits in to your PC, but the rest is mistery....
http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_mode=des&t_id=2306
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Simply slot the card into the SD card slot of your camera, PDA or other mobile device and use it in the normal way, once the data is on the card, simply remove it and plug it into the USB port of your computer.
Available in 2GB capacity, this card is essential when travelling or taking work home from the office.
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The way I see it it's just a Usb stick but with one end being a SD card.
You can stick it in your usb port on your computer then set your data on it, after that you take it out and but it in your pda using the other end.
So it can't be used to connect your pc to your pda directly
Hi all,
How to use my Cruise as a Usb Mass Storage device? Are there any free alternatives to WM5torage (which does not work in WM6.1)?
I tried Diamond's UsbToPc cab, but it does not work. There's also nueusb (no2chem_usbtopc_mass_storage), but I can't find a cab for it, just OEM (and I don't know how to install it).
I know CardExport works, but it's not free.
I use Mocha FTP (free)
http://www.mochasoft.dk/freeware/ftpd.htm
works wireless or via USB.
Take NueMassStorage. it's perfect.
http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/Pocket-PC.aspx
NueMassStorage doesn't seems to work on my Polaris (stock ROM, WM6). Most of the time the device is, indeed, detected as mass storage, but without any actual storage volumes on it. Sometimes the PC actually detects a storage volume and mounts it, yet the mounted drive remains inaccessible/unreadable.
The only solution i found to work so far is Softick's card export, yet, it costs $14.95, this is comparable to a regular card reader price, while it's speed on Polaris is about 8 to 10 times slower than an average card reader, and is only a little bit faster than transferring files via activesync.
IMHO, just get one of those nifty cards that come with a small compact reader, and keep the reader on your keychain.
InfX said:
NueMassStorage doesn't seems to work on my Polaris (stock ROM, WM6). Most of the time the device is, indeed, detected as mass storage, but without any actual storage volumes on it. Sometimes the PC actually detects a storage volume and mounts it, yet the mounted drive remains inaccessible/unreadable.
The only solution i found to work so far is Softick's card export, yet, it costs $14.95, this is comparable to a regular card reader price, while it's speed on Polaris is about 8 to 10 times slower than an average card reader, and is only a little bit faster than transferring files via activesync.
IMHO, just get one of those nifty cards that come with a small compact reader, and keep the reader on your keychain.
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and what if he's homeless?
Hmmm
He wouldn't be able to charge his phone - unless of course he got a solar charger as part of his contract...Where would they send the bills?
nir36 said:
and what if he's homeless?
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pebsuk said:
He wouldn't be able to charge his phone - unless of course he got a solar charger as part of his contract...Where would they send the bills?
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quantom energized phone.
Hey everyone,
I have a 1gb micro sd card. It apparently has bad blocks and cannot be recognized by my 8525 (WM6.1), vista pc or xp sp2 pc. I have the programs to recover the info on it, but none of these programs are effective because the card doesn't show up as a drive.
I am attempting to access the card directly from the phone. With the pc's I have an usb adapter that I know works because I use it for my 8gb micro sd card to swap information.
Can some one give me an answer on how to either fix the bad blocks or make the card recognizable by the ppc or pc's? The recovery programs I have say they will get info off a formated card, but I can't format what the phone or pc's doesn't recognize.
Thanks.
which apps did you try?
if if i'm not mistaken i managed to recover a card using Active Recovery 7
The easiest way for me was, plug your card back to where it gave you a bad blocks, and it should be readable, then backup your datas there,.
this is what i did to my 2GB miniSD for Olympus e520 SLR Camera (the camera lost now),.
I plug it in to my friend laptop, then it cant be readable by any device, then i plug it again, and its readable, then i back it up, then i leave the miniSD,.
Hey G, Thanks for the reply. The card went bad in a digital camera. So I should place the microsd card in the camera, use the usb cord to connect to the pc, remove the usb cord once the card doesn't read, then reconnect the usb cord?
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which apps did you try?
if if i'm not mistaken i managed to recover a card using Active Recovery 7
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I'll check out Active Recovery 7. Thanks.
Hey,
Im using Warm Donuts Android on my HTC TOUCH CRUISE. Everything works fine, but there is still one problem: I cant connect my HTC to my Windows7 64bit Notebook. And I also cant install own drivers...
I hope that someone can help me...
Thanks.
Pr3d1ction said:
Hey,
Im using Warm Donuts Android on my HTC TOUCH CRUISE. Everything works fine, but there is still one problem: I cant connect my HTC to my Windows7 64bit Notebook. And I also cant install own drivers...
I hope that someone can help me...
Thanks.
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The USB Mass storage mode doesn't work I cannot connect it to debug my applications with ADB because the USB connection behaves illogically. If I have my Polaris connected to my PC while it is booting up, my PC is blocked until I disconnect my Polaris! It seems that the USB connection is failing in some way due to a bad implementation of the driver under Android.
I use sd split, i activate it and on my Mac appear all the sd partition
l1q1d said:
I use sd split, i activate it and on my Mac appear all the sd partition
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How does it work?
Pr3d1ction said:
How does it work?
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I'll give you the long answer:
There's one application in the Market called "SD Split". It's not free of charge, but a cheap one (under one dollar, if I remember right).
It's a widget that you can place on your Android desktop. When you click it, it allows the device to share the files via USB Mass Storage while the SD card is also available for the device itself.
However, the mapped drive letter will take up to 1 minute to show in "My computer". In other words, it takes a lot of time from when you plug in the device until you finally see the drive.
I bought the application. And yes, it works.
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I'll give you the long answer:
There's one application in the Market called "SD Split". It's not free of charge, but a cheap one (under one dollar, if I remember right).
It's a widget that you can place on your Android desktop. When you click it, it allows the device to share the files via USB Mass Storage while the SD card is also available for the device itself.
However, the mapped drive letter will take up to 1 minute to show in "My computer". In other words, it takes a lot of time from when you plug in the device until you finally see the drive.
I bought the application. And yes, it works.
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YEAH, it works!! Thank you
On my previous devices, I occasionally pulled out the removeable SD card, and ran a backup of the card to my laptop hard disk. I ended up with a 32GB card which was filled with music, videos, and work documents. So, I got the 32GB S III to have plenty of room. So now, generally, I have my music, documents, etc., on the S III internal 32GB SDcard as it is called. I have my videos and a few other huge items on the external removeable extSDcard.
Now the problem is, there is no practical way for me to back up the internal storage. It won't fit on what is left of my external card. I have a issues with my laptop so USB does not work, or is unreliable when it does, and too slow anyway. I don't really want to use the cloud. I have tried FTP, and it works, but clunky.
I'm thinking about getting an external hard disk and using an OTG cable. That is about the closest I can come to what I want.
Does anyone have any good solutions? I guess I could get a 64GB card, but if I got a 64GB card, I would prefer stuffing more videos and such on it, not wasting it for backup.
I'm rooted, simply so I could freeze some bloatware.
There are a bunch of questions I'd need an answer to before I could even begin to help:
What about your computer is making the USB connection spotty? Are the USB ports damaged?
What ROM are you running on your device?
What OS are you running on your laptop?
Are you familiar at all with adb? Do you have it set up to work on your laptop?
IMPORTANT: Backing up 32GB of data from anything to anything will take a long time. USB OTG will still run at USB speeds, so probably not much faster than trying to backup over USB to your laptop. Your best option will probably be something like my adb_bak2computer tool. Shameless plug I know, but its true. Well, only if you are running linux or mac (for now at least).
In the advanced options menu you can select "userdata" which will backup /data including your internal sdcard. I could write a new option to only backup the internal sdcard, actually I think I will.
Still, need answers to those questions.
Ta,
ALQI
USB is out. Long story, but basically, the laptop has an internal hub to drive all of the USB ports. A lot of devices refuse to cooperate when they are on the other end of a USB hub. Nice laptop other then that annoyance.
worwig said:
USB is out. Long story, but basically, the laptop has an internal hub to drive all of the USB ports. A lot of devices refuse to cooperate when they are on the other end of a USB hub. Nice laptop other then that annoyance.
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Most machines have a "USB hub" that drives multiple USB ports, so that shouldn't be a problem. Even if you were using an external USB Hub, and it was a powered hub, you should still be fine. Could be something wonky with your OS?
Anyhoo, if you've ruled out USB to your laptop, then its either some sort of Wifi file explorer (or wireless adb), or USB OTG.
Hope that helps,
ALQI
alquimista said:
Most machines have a "USB hub" that drives multiple USB ports, so that shouldn't be a problem. Even if you were using an external USB Hub, and it was a powered hub, you should still be fine. Could be something wonky with your OS?
Anyhoo, if you've ruled out USB to your laptop, then its either some sort of Wifi file explorer (or wireless adb), or USB OTG.
Hope that helps,
ALQI
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I'm not going to waste another minute on USB to the laptop. The USB has not worked on this laptop for years. I hope to purchase a new laptop early next year, or maybe a Surface Pro. Also, even when USB is working, I can't MOUNT it as a drive letter, so normal backup programs don't see it. I have to manually cut and paste. But that is all another story.
I really want to be able to MOUNT the S III SDcard as a drive over WiFi. That would be perfect. Then I could run an automatic backup script.
worwig said:
I really want to be able to MOUNT the S III SDcard as a drive over WiFi. That would be perfect. Then I could run an automatic backup script.
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I use an app called "FolderSync" that lets you sync whatever you want with a shared windows folder. I do this on a schedule to backup my internal and external SD cards over my home network. But it is kinda slow, so if you have 32gb then it could take all day if you are syncing for the first time.
I use FolderSync quite a bit because it also supports Dropbox and a bunch of other cloud services. It was well worth the money for the paid version, but there is a Lite version also. I don't know what the limitation are on that.
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I use an app called "FolderSync" that lets you sync whatever you want with a shared windows folder. I do this on a schedule to backup my internal and external SD cards over my home network. But it is kinda slow, so if you have 32gb then it could take all day if you are syncing for the first time.
I use FolderSync quite a bit because it also supports Dropbox and a bunch of other cloud services. It was well worth the money for the paid version, but there is a Lite version also. I don't know what the limitation are on that.
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That sounds like the ticket. I'll try it for a while and report back.
EDIT: After a quick test, this looks to be nearly perfect. I can set it up to sync to my network drive (or about any other wireless storage) with ease. Thanks.