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[Q] Partitoned and cant go bak!

i recently partitoned my htc evo 4g,but i have no idea how to undo it.Ive heard you can just use normal hardrive management software,but when i plug my fone in and open it in my computer,it says under it FAT32 and a little dialog box popsup saying "acess denied".I was hoping there would be someway to recover all my stuff on the sd card,or is it all gone,because all of a sudden i have like 6.89gb left on my sd ,and before this accident i only had like 191mb.

chrome256 said:
i recently partitoned my htc evo 4g,but i have no idea how to undo it.
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The only way to undo ir is ro repartition it. Im not aware of anything like Partition Magic for smartphones or SD cards.
Ive heard you can just use normal hardrive management software,but when i plug my fone in and open it in my computer,it says under it FAT32 and a little dialog box popsup saying "acess denied".
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Does your computer have a card reader or do you have access to a card reader to see if it can be done?
I was hoping there would be someway to recover all my stuff on the sd card,or is it all gone,because all of a sudden i have like 6.89gb left on my sd ,and before this accident i only had like 191mb.
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That is where I'm confused. Normally, when you partition a card, all of its contents are erased. My question to you is this: after you partitioned your card, were you able to access its contents? If so and if you have amon RA as your recovery, go into recovery, plug your EVO to your computer and then select the "MS-USB" option from within recovery. Your card should mount and be seen by your computer. You should be able to copy the contents of your card to your computer of all is well. If not, consider the contents erased and simply re-partition the card from within recovery or go to the wipe menu of the recovery and select "wipe SD card"
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On my mac, when my phone is plugged in, it will recognize both partitions and format the whole card.
Also, you can go into recovery and partition the card again, but choose 0 for heap and 0 for partition. It will reformat with not partition.

You can repartition either using recovery and selecting 0 for the ext partition size, or use windows diskpart utility to delete/repartition. Under windows, you will need a third party utility to format the space as fat32 however.

[Q] best way to change your SD card ?

Hi guys,
I have a 32g class 10 sd card I bought to use instead of my 16gb class 2 but I have been facing quite some issues in the last couple of weeks
I took the 32g, put it in my win7 PC, formatted it to FAT32, safely removed it and now the arc doesnt recognize it... I just wanted to format it via the settings-> storage -> erase card in order to make sure everything is all peaches and cream before loading 20+gig of music in it.
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All I want to do is finally transfer all my music (24ish gig) to the new 32g , and back up all my apps and stuff via Titanium Back Up pro.
Simply said, I want to have my 16g card data in my 32g one , with all my beat
Please could someone share some tips or links, I'll do homeworks and have been, but I have been facing so many complications since the last few weeks
Thanks in advance

Does your phone recognize another card properly?
Did you apply a volume name when formatting the 32GB card?
Did you try the 32GB card in the phone before formatting it?
I've done pretty much the same as you with a 32GB card (Kingston Class 4) and had no problem.
Are you sure the 32GB card is good and not a counterfeit?
Try formatting it again to with FAT32, default parameters, short or no volume name. Try copying your files to the card on the PC to see if it actual works.

robsaw said:
Does your phone recognize another card properly?
Did you apply a volume name when formatting the 32GB card?
Did you try the 32GB card in the phone before formatting it?
I've done pretty much the same as you with a 32GB card (Kingston Class 4) and had no problem.
Are you sure the 32GB card is good and not a counterfeit?
Try formatting it again to with FAT32, default parameters, short or no volume name. Try copying your files to the card on the PC to see if it actual works.
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Thanks I did put a volume name. That might explain it.
Yes the card already worked ( plenty of times ). I have been trying numerous time to transfert the music ( takes forever to transfer 20gig to an SD card , even class 10... ), and had mixed results that always ended up failing ( most of the times because of me... like forgeting to safely remove the sd card from my laptop made the card unrecognizable by the phone afterward...of course I just finished to tranfers the 20gig and was too happy to safely remove it... )
I will try that right now. thanks again
*EDIT*
Bah still same problem I must be doing stupid... SD card is not recognized by the phone. In the settings menu ( storage ) I cannot mount or unmount it and thus format it via the phone itself
That even after reformating it to default FAT32 partition with no volume name using MiniTool Partition Wizard Home
So number 1 priority is getting the SD card to be recognized again by the phone
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When browsing the card with astro it says problem creating external cache , with root explorer it only says directory is empty. Still can't do anything in the settings menu

Obvious statement, but did you set it to primary?
sinkster©

What brand? I have a transcend card, and its not reconized by anything at all..
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sinkster said:
Obvious statement, but did you set it to primary?
sinkster©
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Hmm it is being formated by the default win7 tool at the moment non quick format tho so it takes some times and I can't look for sure.
bruflot said:
What brand? I have a transcend card, and its not reconized by anything at all..
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It's a memorette class 10 :S

Or format it wrong, Arc will say it's damaged and say that it has to format it to detect it.
Should fix it, too.
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Flo95 said:
Or format it wrong, Arc will say it's damaged and say that it has to format it to detect it.
Should fix it, too.
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Ya I'd love to get to this point ( which I got in the past hehe ) but at the moment it's still not even recognizing the sd card anymore
still formating btw....

How did you recover your issue?
I think I have a similar SD card problem. But, I encountered it after I did factory reset with SD card erase option selected. I didn't do anything after all. When I connect to PC, on the phone upper bar, there is no notification regarding USB. The middle button seems not working either.

Try formatting the card with this Panasonic SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card formatter.

That's strange why not just do a quick format in Win7 or WinXP, to FAT32? I use a 32GB as well and Arc has no issue with it. Coming from the 8GB, here's what I did.
1. Take off the 8GB from the Arc and placed in a USB reader.
2. Copy off all the files to your PC. I used WinRAR to accomplish this, just archive everything and STORE it (no need to compress so operation is faster). Or you can just use drag and drop plain copying its all the same.
3. Analyze the copied files and remove all unneeded bloats (ie. old movies u don't intend to watch anymore, clear out useless temp files, etc)
4. Copy back the files on your new FAT32 formatted card using the USB reader, then put in your Arc.
If you notice, the entire data migration is done via card reader/USB. Using the Arc as such will slowdown your progress and introduces unnecessary delays.

You can also use usb tool, it basicaly creates a back up image and can be restored to the new sd
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HTC One V ~ SDcard unaccessable??

Recently got my phone which runs through Kodoos and cant seem to find an answer online via HTC manual?
ive browsed several SDcard threads here on the forums and none seem to be covering my problem?
in the Settings/Storage menu:
Storage card:
Total space
Unavailable
Available
Unavailable
Make more space
*light grey and cant access*
Mount storage card
*light grey and cant access*
Erase storage card
*light grey and cant access*
Storage card encryption
*light grey and cant access*
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[Q]: Is there a way to format this SDcard?
[Q]: is there a way to change the setttings whereas pics, music ,etc, can be directly sent to the SDcard?
[Q]: how do i access the SDcard when it wont let me into the card or it shows it is unavailable?

Try to format the card in pc using an incompatible format like ntfs and then put it in the phone and then the phone should ask you if you want to format the card. If not try to go to settings and format manually.
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hlavicka82 said:
Try to format the card in pc using an incompatible format like ntfs and then put it in the phone and then the phone should ask you if you want to format the card. If not try to go to settings and format manually.
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okay...
ill give the pc a shot but if that fails then where exactly is this "format" feature ,cuz i cant see it anywhere?:silly:

swampdawg73 said:
okay...
ill give the pc a shot but if that fails then where exactly is this "format" feature ,cuz i cant see it anywhere?:silly:
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formatted the sdcard using ntfs and still the HTC doesnt see it? ugh!!

swampdawg73 said:
formatted the sdcard using ntfs and still the HTC doesnt see it? ugh!!
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dude. just format the sdcard using your pc in FAT16 format. you can also try fat32 but I don't know how it plays with android.
cheers!
PS: after you format it using the above method, it's good to take the sdcard out from your phone and then put it back. just to be on the safe side

1ceb0x said:
dude. just format the sdcard using your pc in FAT16 format. you can also try fat32 but I don't know how it plays with android.
cheers!
PS: after you format it using the above method, it's good to take the sdcard out from your phone and then put it back. just to be on the safe side
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well...tried FAT16 and no luck?
im getting very frustrated at the thought of a phone that doesnt even see a simple SDcard when my PC does?

Well it might be some hardware issue. The phone does not recognize that sd card is in right? Does the phone show something when you plug in the card while the phone is on?
Did you try to put in other card?

hlavicka82 said:
Well it might be some hardware issue. The phone does not recognize that sd card is in right? Does the phone show something when you plug in the card while the phone is on?
Did you try to put in other card?
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nothing shows up when putting the card into the phone while it is on, but it does state SDCARD REMOVED when pulling it out from the phone

May be the SD card have some defect. Insert some other SD card and see if the phone nose it out.

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May be the SD card have some defect. Insert some other SD card and see if the phone nose it out.
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ill probably end up doing that and just buy a new sdcard but i have a feeling itll do he same thing seeing as my PC sees it just fine and my last phone used it without a glitch. Now formatting this card for this phone, ive lost 1gb of photos!

Well I just did a small test. I have formatted a spare SD card with NTFS(I used MiniTool Partition Wizard for that) and put it in the phone. It told me that the SD card is blank and not properly formatted and asked if I want to format the card.
So this is something that your phone should do too. So my conclusion is that there must be either something wrong with the card or with the phone. So hurry to try a different SD card and if it doesn't work you should ask for replacement device.

hlavicka82 said:
Well I just did a small test. I have formatted a spare SD card with NTFS(I used MiniTool Partition Wizard for that) and put it in the phone. It told me that the SD card is blank and not properly formatted and asked if I want to format the card.
So this is something that your phone should do too. So my conclusion is that there must be either something wrong with the card or with the phone. So hurry to try a different SD card and if it doesn't work you should ask for replacement device.
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thanks everyone so very much for all your help!!!
i called Future Shop (where i purchased my device) and explained everything including your guys help to them, and they said it sounds like the devices card reader is defective. So...seeing as i just got this on Friday last week, i can exchange it for a new device at no cost.
:good:

just got back in from future shop....
seems it was the sdcard that was defective but...
after coming home, i reformatted the old sdcard back to ntfs and dropped a pic on it from my PC and it still works?? lol
for some odd reason the device just didnt see the card? maybe cuz it was generic? maybe cuz it was only 1gb? i dunno??
however...got me a new 8gb sdcard for 14.00, thatll do me just fine!!
again, thanks for all the help

SDcard unaccessable
swampdawg73 said:
ill probably end up doing that and just buy a new sdcard but i have a feeling itll do he same thing seeing as my PC sees it just fine and my last phone used it without a glitch. Now formatting this card for this phone, ive lost 1gb of photos!
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I am also having same problem with my htc one v
plzzzzzzz help me
I dnt knw wht to now
I have tried all the technic which is written above but still the problem is same

[Q] Can't mount SDcard

I really really need your help guys I think I bricked my friend's fone -- seeing how epic this ICS Pureness rom is I tried installing it onto his fone -- everything went well -- but the rom won't detect his sd card -- I can use it via cwm -- I did all the flashing through it but still it won't work.
I tried mounting it through the rom -- settings > storage -- there the mount sd card button has no effect and says insert memory card -- then i went into cwm and did unmount /sdcard -- then mount /sdcard -- still it wouldn't show up..
I then tried to format it using windows it formatted alright but still it wont detect !!
then I did this -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949372 -- still won't work
please help me out!!

randolf1956 said:
I really really need your help guys I think I bricked my friend's fone -- seeing how epic this ICS Pureness rom is I tried installing it onto his fone -- everything went well -- but the rom won't detect his sd card -- I can use it via cwm -- I did all the flashing through it but still it won't work.
I tried mounting it through the rom -- settings > storage -- there the mount sd card button has no effect and says insert memory card -- then i went into cwm and did unmount /sdcard -- then mount /sdcard -- still it wouldn't show up..
I then tried to format it using windows it formatted alright but still it wont detect !!
then I did this -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949372 -- still won't work
please help me out!!
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Did you try to format sd on cwm? I tell you beacouse i 've gote same issue few days ago, trying roms and sd2ext, and trying diferents ways to format it and finally it work, dont worry.

i was doing the exact same thing -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310309 -- was trying this out
so I had the fone on -- and created a ext3 parition of 2 gb using mini partition tool -- this was all when the fone was working and the fone was connect as mass storage --
then i installed the rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788701 -- and when it booted up -- i couldn't see the sdcard -- and the mount option was greyed out
I did try the fomart /sdcard option from cwm it did not have any effect --

randolf1956 said:
i was doing the exact same thing -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310309 -- was trying this out
so I had the fone on -- and created a ext3 parition of 2 gb using mini partition tool -- this was all when the fone was working and the fone was connect as mass storage --
then i installed the rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788701 -- and when it booted up -- i couldn't see the sdcard -- and the mount option was greyed out
I did try the fomart /sdcard option from cwm it did not have any effect --
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I think minitool partiton format it's guilty, when i was trying i've got same problems as you try to conect phone to pc, not the sd card to reader, and format sd card whit windows disk administrator.

jcgechevarria said:
I think minitool partiton format it's guilty, when i was trying i've got same problems as you try to conect phone to pc, not the sd card to reader, and format sd card whit windows disk administrator.
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well how did you fix it ?

When creating a partition use CWM or put the card in a reader, trying while the card is in the Phone and connected to the PC will give issues.
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XperienceD said:
When creating a partition use CWM or put the card in a reader, trying while the card is in the Phone and connected to the PC will give issues.
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I tried reformatting it using card reader-- and cwm (after I messed up )-- now it doesn't respond to anything ?

randolf1956 said:
I tried reformatting it using card reader-- and cwm (after I messed up )-- now it doesn't respond to anything ?
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Use the Phones option instead, I think that's what I did, but if the Phone isn't reading it then not too sure what to do next.
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XperienceD said:
Use the Phones option instead, I think that's what I did, but if the Phone isn't reading it then not too sure what to do next. Sent from Myushi
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I tried using the mount and storage > format /sdcard option from CWM as well -- it completed successfully -- but did not work
the sdcard is detected by CWM as I installed the rom and mods through that -- only that once the rom and everything is installed and when I boot into it -- I don't see the sdcard -- says Mount SDcard under -- settings > storage -- and the button is greyed out !!
will deleting all partitions and creating new ones have any effect on it using disk manager in windows ?
ohh and another thing -- when the SDcard is replaced with another one it works on the fone !!

Deleting the partitions is worth a try, I resolved my issue before without a card reader but can't recall exactly what I did, and I got the issue by trying to create one with the Phone connected so just keep trying.
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Deleting the partitions is worth a try, I resolved my issue before without a card reader but can't recall exactly what I did, and I got the issue by trying to create one with the Phone connected so just keep trying.
Sent from Myushi
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sure -- I always have the option of giving my friend a new memory card -- but wanna try all possible options before -- shelling out money

randolf1956 said:
well how did you fix it ?
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Sorry i was out of office driving, well, only thing i can tell you it's that partitioning sd card for android seems to be a sh..t, now i don't remember what i did, but i tryed: putting sd card into a card reader, conecting the phone to pc, and formating with cwm, but sorry i don't remember wath worked finally.
Edit: Did you format sd on fat32 file system?
Did you test another sd card?

jcgechevarria said:
Sorry i was out of office driving, well, only thing i can tell you it's that partitioning sd card for android seems to be a sh..t, now i don't remember what i did, but i tryed: putting sd card into a card reader, conecting the phone to pc, and formating with cwm, but sorry i don't remember wath worked finally.
Did you test another sd card?
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yes I did try another sd card -- it worked -- haven't tried deleting the partitions and starting fresh -- that will be the first thing I try tomorrow!
will do it via windows disk management -- using a card reader.

randolf1956 said:
yes I did try another sd card -- it worked -- haven't tried deleting the partitions and starting fresh -- that will be the first thing I try tomorrow!
will do it via windows disk management -- using a card reader.
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You are right, windows disk manager it's the best way for me. Good luck!

Great news guys !! -- got the SD card working -- as told by you guys it was indeed the partiitions that were the problem
so here's what i did -- put the card into card reader
ran it thru mini partition tool
deleted all the partitions on the sd card
created new partitions -- fat32 and ext4 (for apps2sd)
and installed rom again !!
you guys are awesome -- I <3 XDA
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Solution
Set you SD card partition as Active!

[Q] SD card unexpectedly removed / Damaged SD card

Hello, I am on an HTC One V running PACman ROM 15.3, with the kernel JmzPrimoC+.
I started having this problem a couple weeks ago. It would randomly unmount my SD card saying 'SD card unexpectedly removed'.
This started to happen more and more often until it would say that as soon as I put the SD card in.
I did a factory reset, which helped for about 5 minutes before it started happening again. Now, more recently, it started saying 'Damaged SD card. SD card is damaged. Try reformatting it.'
I put it in my computer (which doesn't show anything wrong with it), and did a full format. It didn't help at all.
This problem is happening with both my regularly used SD card (SanDisk Ultra® microSDHC™ UHS-I 32 GB (the red and grey one)), and my ordinary SD card (8 GB class 4 Kingston).
I don't think this can be a hardware problem because when I boot to recovery, TWRP recognizes it perfectly.
But I don't either see how its a software problem, because a factory reset should have helped...
Please help me, any help will be greatly appreciated.

Maybe its a bug in the rom?
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Hhmmm...
Good idea. What other ROMs work with JmzPrimoC+ kernel? AOKP?
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OK, update, now TWRP won't read the card! Either card!
Now I'm getting really nervous...
Does this mean it must be hardware?
Is there ANYTHING I can do now?
Please help!

Wow, I screwed up really bad.
I was gonna use TWRP to flash a new rom, so I did a factory reset, and then started flashing the rom.
But in middle of flashing the rom it was interrupted. So I rebooted, rereset, and then I realized... it's not reading my card.
I can boot to bootloader and recovery, but that's it. No OS. I'm screwed.
Is there ANYTHING I can do?
Is it possible to flash a rom over USB? Or SOMEHOW get my card working again?

Just enter recovery and use adb sideload to flash a ROM.
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FangorX said:
Just enter recovery and use adb sideload to flash a ROM.
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How do I do that?

FangorX said:
Just enter recovery and use adb sideload to flash a ROM.
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But I need an SD card in order to use ADB sideload!
It fails every time because
Code:
E:Unable to mount /sdcard
Is there ANY way to do this without an SD card?

OK, I was able to do it following this guide.
I flashed the latest version of PACman. Still rejecting my SD card though.
I guess it's a hardware issue. Too bad my warranty is void from bootloader unlock :\

Try to partition SD Card in recovery
I am facing same issue and I came across this thread while looking for solution. Here is what I tried. That resolved issue for five minutes and then damn! same issue again but someone can find possible fix using the info here.
HTC One V rooted, currently running MIUI 3.1.2 with JB 4.1.2
Sandisk 8 GB SD Card.
Firmware CWM Recovery
I was facing same issue even before I rooted my phone while Original HTC ICS 4.0 Firmware was installed. MY observation is the problem starts few months after you start using SD Card. (Insert a new SD card in your phone, it will work fine for days / months and then will start giving same error.
While I tried thousand time to remove SD card, clean slot, clean card and reinsert, it did not work. May be worked just once for few seconds. When I tried to connect phone to PC and browse SD card contents, the card was not detected.
Booted to recovery, tried to format card, not detected. Tried to mount SD card, not detected. Then tried to partition SD card in Advanced options in recovery. The available options are 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB, 2048MB and 4096MB. Since my SD card is 8 GB, chose the largest option. Now got an option to choose SWAP partition size. Chose 256 MB. Next chose option fix permissions, you have to wait until you see message permissions fixed message on screen.
Now rebooted phone, and voila! It worked!! SD card with 3.94GB memory is detected. But what happened to my rest of 4 GB?
Tried many apps to manage SD card from Play store. Using an app called APart, was able to delete partitions on SD card and create new ones. It worked for few minutes and then again I got SD card unexpectedly removed message.
Does this info makes any sense? I am not a developer and do not know much into phones but someone who know might be able to help. Buying a new SD card is not an option here because its going to work temporarily.

Have you tried formatting the SD card with your computer?

mrcorey said:
Have you tried formatting the SD card with your computer?
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Yes, tried formatting SD Card using computer. Works fine when connected using adapter. Not detected when phone is connected to computer.