This can't be right.
I am playing music and plug the desire into my work pc to charge at the same time and it tells me it can't because the SD card is being used for data storage. I have checked the connection type. The flag comes up offering options and I chose Charge Only. It even says that on the statusbar. But it refuses to play. Can someone try on theirs?
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Same happens via my laptop. Play music, then insert USB; flag comes up "choose a connection type" - choose "charge only"; it shows on status bar; the music stops message says "SD Card is unavailable because it is being used as USB storage." No SD/USB management app is installed to interfere unless Astro does.
PPS
Astro uninstalled, makes no difference. Please someone try to do the same and let me know what happens.
PPPS Manual says
Disk drive
This mode is available only when you have installed a microSD card on your phone. Select this mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb drive, and copy files between your phone’s storage card and your computer. When Disk Drive mode is enabled while your phone is connected to the computer, you will not be able to run applications that use the storage card, such as Music or Photos.
But it isn't enabled!!!!
PPPPS
Is it because the PC recognises the connection as data regardless of the setting on the phone? eg the standard flag comes up on the PC and laptop. Even if I hit "no action" on it, it still refuses
Damn it. Factory reset? It also refuses to do anything if music is playing, eg won't download an app ("download paused")
What OS are you running on your PC's?
Now I am incandescent.
I backed up the apps, factory reset, and the apps I downloaded are all gone, including the ones I paid for. What gives????
Windows XP on both.
OK, I get it, apps back by installing Astro again.
Bastard is now fixed! Plugged in and plays music. But what happens when I unplug and plug in again? Here goes...
It works!
What a palaver
Got all the apps back except the one that cleans caches - can anyone remind me of the name please?
You can set up your Desire on how to act when you plug it into the USB port:
- Charge only
- HTC Sync
- Disk drive
- Internet sharing
I guess yours was set to be Disk drive by default...
No it wasn't. I checked, had selected charge only when offered the option and the status bar said charge only. Just a weird glitch I guess.
I am on T-Mobile UK and ever since an update was sent out about a month ago each time I plug my phone into the computer using USB it automatically connects as a hard disk. The default setting is for Charge Only.
The only way in which I can get it back to charge only is to move in the menu to something else and then move back to charge only....I then get the preparing SD card message.
Anyone else had the same issue....Anyone got a fix?
Cheers
Aidan
This happens to me all the time, just swipe down the notification bar and press the connection type option, choose Charge Only again and tap Done from the list and it will make the SD card available. For some reason even if you select charge only when you're first asked the SD card automatically becomes locked out.
Glad someone else is having the issue. Really looking to find out how to fix this. It causes me issues as it makes the SD card inaccessible and if the phone rings then my ringtone changes back to a default one...
I tend to use my laptop to charge my phone and each time I the phone use it I need to remember to click down though the usb menu.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Last week it was fine. I recently noticed when I plug my phone in windows (7) no longer shows it in my computer and the sync center says not connected. Phone is charging and it shows in my devices as microsoft windows mobile remote adapter.
What can I do to fix this?
I cannot even reformat my phone. what happened?
edit: Out of some kind of witch craft I reformatted it from the phone and found something in the usb to pc tools. Disabled the fast transfer and now it discovers it as a usb smart phone.
I was just wondering if anybody knows if there is anything like SpaceMonger (http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/) available for WinMo.
Even something that can be run from the PC while the phone is connected via ActiveSync....
Or... a way to make the phone appear as a drive letter on the PC.
Try treesize mobile.
I purchased air sync as a solution to stream my music on my ps3 and other devices, but air sync will not recognize the audio files stored on my SD card. Unless I am missing something obvious that someone can help me with, I think this set back is pretty bad for an app that is 5$ and obviously has a strong development behind it.
Advice?
Hey Everyone,
I've been having a wierd issue ever since upgrading to AOKP and 4.0.4. When connected to a computer via USB I can only see 10 folders on my SD card (Alarms, Android, DCIM, Download, Movies, Music, Notification, Pictures, Podcasts, Ringtones), but cannot see any of the folders that I create. I've tried all suggestions that I've seen so far like downloading SDRescan, making sure the MTP is checked, fast-boot is off, but still can't seem to fix the issue. I've been using a Wifi Explorer program, but it isn't as quick of a USB transfer. Does anyone know what could be causing this? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.