Hey guys... just picked up my E4GT and I have a USB car stereo. The stereo currently gives me a "device error" when I plug the phone in because the phone is not in "storage" mode.
My question is... how can I have the phone default to "usb storage" mode when I plug it into something, so that the stereo can find music on it?
Thanks.
u can either pull down the notifi ation bar and press the mount usb button or u can go to the market and grab an app called multi mount sd-card and it will auto mount it for u every time u plug it back in to the stereo.
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Thanks for the tip. For some reason, though, when I plug it into the stereo it doesn't let me change to mass storage by pulling down the notification screen. I tried changing settings, but it didn't have any effect.
I tried multi-mount free version and it didn't seem to do anything at all. I'm kind of skeptical about picking up the paid version since the free version didn't work at all.
been gone for a while. did u ever get that fixed? because i fugured out extra info tonight actually. ive got 2 cables that fit this phone, one will let me switch to mass storage on my radio and one wont. also the best place to have your music is not in what i thought was my sdcard but move your music folder to sdcard/external_sd/ and your head unit will read it way way faster. as for those cables i seem to think some usb cables are charge, data, or charge/data only. just my thought though. hope u get straightened out.
the automount widget by JRT studios, in the market works perfect imo (NOT DUAL USB MOUNT)
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Hopefully someone can help... When I plug my Evo into my (off brand) car charger, it makes the SD Card unavailable (like it was plugged into a PC). At first, I thought it might be the charger, but my wife's EVO works fine. Any ideas???
Here are the things I have tried...
- Restarted the phone
- Moved all apps back from SD card to phone memory
- Disabled USB debugging
- Restarted phone again
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When I unmount my SD card, plug in the charger, and then re-mount the card, it works. Pain in the rump though... and in case anyone was wondering, no my phone is not rooted or modified in any way. My wife's EVO works fine with the same charger.
Anyone have any ideas??? I would really like to be able to access my music while the charger is plugged in without having to unmount/re-mount.
Go into settings and change the default USB Connection action from USB Mass Storage to Charging. You must've changed that a while ago and forgotten about it.
Are you using DoubleTwist? It has a feature that automatically mounts the SD card to be used from a PC over the USB cable. For some reason it thinks a car charger is a PC.
This probably holds true for other programs that can auto mount SD to USB.
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Go into settings and change the default USB Connection action from USB Mass Storage to Charging. You must've changed that a while ago and forgotten about it.
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Already thought of that... That wasn't it. Thanks for the help though.
afazel said:
Are you using DoubleTwist? It has a feature that automatically mounts the SD card to be used from a PC over the USB cable. For some reason it thinks a car charger is a PC.
This probably holds true for other programs that can auto mount SD to USB.
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DoubleTwist was it! I went into the settings and disabled that option. Thank you! This is why I love forums!
THANK YOU!
The same issue was driving me nuts.
DoubleTwist is great; but the xda forum is even better ...
When I plug my evo into my computer, the screen that asks what I want to do is no longer showing up. I looked in the settings and the button is clicked on that I want it to show up. Still nothing. Any suggestions? Cause I want to move zip file to phone and I cant choose change it to disk drive
I have that happen occasionally. Normally, rebooting the phone does the trick (unplug, reboot, plug back in.) Sometimes I have to switch which USB port I'm using on the computer.
the other guy was right, this happenes to me too. All you wanna do is try a different usb port on your pc or laptop and you should be good
May need to wipe dalvik/cache also just to clean things up a bit
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When I plug my evo into my computer, the screen that asks what I want to do is no longer showing up. I looked in the settings and the button is clicked on that I want it to show up. Still nothing. Any suggestions? Cause I want to move zip file to phone and I cant choose change it to disk drive
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That has happened to me several times. Usually it's a bad usb cable. If it's not allowing data to cross, the phone will not give you the option to change. If the phonedoesn't see a data connection than it acts just like it would if it was plugged into a wall outlet.
I use retractable cables and they usually start to do that when the cable is bad or going bad.
Try wiggling the wire in various spots to see if you can get a connection. If not than I can almost bet that your cable is going bad. Just replace the cable and you should be fine.
I always keep backups for this reason. You can get cheap ones off Ebay. I like the retractable ones because they're less hassle and track free. I never take it out of the computer. I use the Quadrimax retractable cable. You can get them for about 10 dollars. If you buy the cheap ones you never know if they're going to work or not.
Let me know if this was the issue, I'd like to know. Good Luck!
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Thanks guys lol when I tried to reset my phone the phone got stuck on the HTC screen and wouldnt load. Took it by Sprint and they just flashed the phone. I wasn't sure how to do that
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A friend of mine also tried plugging in his HTC G2 (with Cyanogenmod), which also did not work. And I've been looking for a solution all around the place, and it seems to be a problem with Android phones in general; however, I know it's possible to get it working somehow because not everyone has the issue.
Basically, no matter if I have the USB connected via charge only or mass storage, the car display flashes "UNSUPPORTED". I've tried it with and without USB debugging enabled. And with all those combinations, I've tried having a music application open/no music apps running.
I also tried a solution here, which also did not do anything different.
I've also seen a few responses saying to just use Bluetooth instead. My car does not have Bluetooth capabilities. Using an AUX cable is a possibility, though I'd rather have the USB working.
Thanks!
Seems like the system wants to recognize your phone, but USB mode takes a few seconds to enable and therefore the system just rejects it. Disk mode will DEFINITELY have to be activated at some point, but the question is when. Try these steps:
1. With the car on, turn on the radio but don't have it in USB mode yet. Use radio, aux, cd, whatever. This will likely power the USB port at least.
2. Plug in your phone, make sure to select disk/mass storage mode.
3. Wait like 10-15 seconds for it to settle in, THEN select USB mode.
If that doesn't work, try different combinations. Like start with the radio completely off or something. If you have more than one USB port, try a different one. Other than that... I'm stumped. I got it working in a rental Ford Fiesta, but I don't remember the exact method. But it was something like this.
Try the radio with a USB stick drive to see if the radio even works that way
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Sorry thegregbradley, I tried it but it didn't work.
I tried doing a couple of different things similar to that too, and it didn't work either.
As far as using a regular USB drive with some music files on it, it works fine! My friend used her iPod and that worked fine too. I don't see why it has such a problem with Android though...
In doing some reading, I have discovered information that says you need to turn USB debugging OFF for this to work...
Info comes from this thread:
http://www.hondacivicforum.com/foru...nics-10/2012-usb-android-support-88695/page2/
If not that, then I wonder if it's a problem of file management on your SD card? Just as a test, try putting your songs directly in your root folder. Or at most, one folder deep. The Fiesta I rented had bluetooth functionality, so I ended up doing it that way, as it was faster and less problematic. But I definitely would rather just plug it in if it just worked that way.
Iv found that running a rooted rom with debugging off and in mounted mode works great in my car.... No other combo has worked for me
@pwncloud, did you ever get this to work with USB debugging off? Just curious
I have debugging off in my car too and no mods to my android, it's a G2 and I get the same error on my 2012 Civic LX.
To update, no I never got it to work. I've settled with an aux cable.
Anyone else have this problem. You cant press the middle hard button without it returning to the dok mode menu whereby you can't go directly into applications and can only return to the original homescreen by exiting out of everything and starting again going through applications.
so basically you can't multi task at all.
Im also facing the problem that running windows 7 ult 64 bit the pc isn't recognising my device as being there ut only charging it through the pc. This is annoying as to sync things I have to take the cable out the back and put it directly into the phone.
Please help, these are very fundamental issues. thnx
about the syncing bit - if you have the samsung dock, it's normal. it does not allow for sync, only charges the phone. it's an absolute shame, i'll give you that.
since it's specified in the user's manual that it can't sync i suppose the usb plug on that dock isn't even wired for data and that there is no way to go around that limitation. unless someone can fill me with joy by explaining how wrong i am?
wow, i can't believe it doesn't allow sync. this is shambles as i can't use kies air either with windows 7 ult 64 so.....i have to manually put cable directly into my note
or exploit dropbox's 2gb limit for practical day notes and stuff..any other suggestions?
This app is a reasonable workaround: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.megagram.docknoop
Recommended here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131922
Is there no actual way to really deactivate dock mode? I have a phone.apk fc problem when docked and in portrait mode.
I would even cut wires inside dock to get that done!
I hope someone can help me... Its so anoying!
Isn't dock mode tied to Clock.apk? Just mount System/Apps as r/w, rename clock.apk to clock.apk.bak, mount to r/o, and reboot. Blamo, no dock mode. Also, no alarm clock, so download a free one from the play store if you ever want to use one.
Admittedly I don't own the official Samsung dock, but my dock (bought from ebay)has audio out as well.
I don't have issues with syncing (Windows 7 Home 64), except when also connecting to an audio device (speaker or amplifier) at the same time. Then it doesn't connect to the PC either.
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Admittedly I don't own the official Samsung dock, but my dock (bought from ebay)has audio out as well.
I don't have issues with syncing (Windows 7 Home 64), except when also connecting to an audio device (speaker or amplifier) at the same time. Then it doesn't connect to the PC either.
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WOW, copy cat dock! Thanks for the link, and I ll buy one now.
The docknoop and a few other apps can change the default dock app to go back to home screen and stop dock mode.
peseta said:
Admittedly I don't own the official Samsung dock, but my dock (bought from ebay)has audio out as well.
I don't have issues with syncing (Windows 7 Home 64), except when also connecting to an audio device (speaker or amplifier) at the same time. Then it doesn't connect to the PC either.
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Damn!!! This was what I was looking for. Was wondering why no one came out with such a dock. The official dock that is similar to this is almost double the price here in US.
http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-original-desktop-dock-for-galaxy-note-5-3-224729/
Thanks for the link
Edit : can u post some pics please
I was wondering if any of you have the same problem as me.
Just bought the dk20 ion dock and pluged my ion jelly bean to it and:
- first nothing happens wen pluging it in, if mouse and power cord connected it charges and cursor appears.
- doesnt autodetect dock
- hdmi (for me most important) does not work..
- pendrives and/or flashdrives are detected ok
so the dock is as for now a nice charger and that is about it!
let me know if any of you are having the same issues, and lets see if wll together we can do something about it.
I have had zero issues with mine. USB capability seems to be hit and miss. My cheap mouse and old Logitech keyboard work fine. I could not get a Logitech k400 to work though. As for getting hdmi to work make sure the cord is plugged in and tv on. Device screen should be off while plugging it in. Once in turn on, unlock, and it should show up. Then you can pull the notifications down and hit tv launcher. You can also set it with smart connect to auto launch.
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I have had zero issues with mine. USB capability seems to be hit and miss. My cheap mouse and old Logitech keyboard work fine. I could not get a Logitech k400 to work though. As for getting hdmi to work make sure the cord is plugged in and tv on. Device screen should be off while plugging it in. Once in turn on, unlock, and it should show up. Then you can pull the notifications down and hit tv launcher. You can also set it with smart connect to auto launch.
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Are you using Jelly Bean on your Ion as me?
I have followed your steps and nothing, pluged the HDMI cable into the dock and turned the TV on with the HDMI 1 channel on, with phone screen off connected it (with only the HDMI cable plugged in) and nothing happens. If I use Smart Connect App, when choosing dock it does detect the dock, but the TV mode does absolutely nothing.
Im beggining to think it could be the HDMI port on my Dock that doesn't work properly, I did buy it on ebay.. so you never know!
Let me know what you think, the whole idea was using my Ion as an additional basic PC, but without hdmi it's not going to be to useful..
Yes I am running the Rogers jelly Bean. It is very easy to disturb the hdmi connection when you mess with the dock. I am using a hdmi to micro hdmi adapter. I plug my phone in then hit the power button and unlock it. It then recognizes and shows on the tv. If you pull down the notifications you have options for tv launcher and also hdmi settings.
One thing you can try is connect the hdmi to your device directly and see if it works.
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Yes I am running the Rogers jelly Bean. It is very easy to disturb the hdmi connection when you mess with the dock. I am using a hdmi to micro hdmi adapter. I plug my phone in then hit the power button and unlock it. It then recognizes and shows on the tv. If you pull down the notifications you have options for tv launcher and also hdmi settings.
One thing you can try is connect the hdmi to your device directly and see if it works.
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I think it's the HDMI port on my dock then, because it just doesn't even notice the HDMI connection, I'm using the cable that came with the phone, I have a factory unlocked lt28h Ion that came with all the extras, hdmi micro to hdmi cable and smart tags..
I may try doing a downgrade to see if it works ok on the ICS, I have read it had less problems with that version of Android.
Once again thanks ever so much for your help and interested, ill keep the post updated just in case other people are having the same problem as me.
Pd: The HDMI port on my device works fine directly to TV, the only thing is I have to adjust the screen dimensions to 95% now I'm on Jelly Bean so the picture is ok on the TV.
Regards, judgefargo
Finally the new Dock arrived yesterday and guess what.. It works like a charm!!!
So in the end the problem was a faulty HDMI port, the seller was kind enough to send a new one for free.
Thank you all for your help, as compensation ill leave a few discoveries I have made so you can use your ion as a spare PC.
For ROOTED devices i strongly recommend Screen Standby App, that lets you turn the screen of whilst the phone is docket and uses 1/3 of the battery, as well as not bothering you whilst watching a film or other tasks.. it has many other functions to.
Another great app is Paragon, which lets you connect external usb and hard drives in any format, specially NTFS, please note that for usb and hard drives to work the power cord has to be connected, due to the drain of power, as device warns.
That's it for now, hope this info is useful for other Dock owners and users!
Awesome I will try this out. Glad you got a good dock to work with. If you come up with other interesting stuff let us know.
judgefargo said:
Finally the new Dock arrived yesterday and guess what.. It works like a charm!!!
So in the end the problem was a faulty HDMI port, the seller was kind enough to send a new one for free.
Thank you all for your help, as compensation ill leave a few discoveries I have made so you can use your ion as a spare PC.
For ROOTED devices i strongly recommend Screen Standby App, that lets you turn the screen of whilst the phone is docket and uses 1/3 of the battery, as well as not bothering you whilst watching a film or other tasks.. it has many other functions to.
Another great app is Paragon, which lets you connect external usb and hard drives in any format, specially NTFS, please note that for usb and hard drives to work the power cord has to be connected, due to the drain of power, as device warns.
That's it for now, hope this info is useful for other Dock owners and users!
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I also got the Sony Xperia ion SmartDock DK20,no problem here connecting to tv while charging and connect mouse and keyboard...well,it can connect with an external hard disk?I didn't know that
Can give me more deep tutorial?My External HDD is WD version
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UchihaDareNial said:
I also got the Sony Xperia ion SmartDock DK20,no problem here connecting to tv while charging and connect mouse and keyboard...well,it can connect with an external hard disk?I didn't know that
Can give me more deep tutorial?My External HDD is WD version
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I have not tried a drive yet but it will work. Think it has to be formatted in fat and not ntfs.
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I have not tried a drive yet but it will work. Think it has to be formatted in fat and not ntfs.
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Any different between fat and ntfs?
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Any different between fat and ntfs?
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NTFS is standard format for Windows and for it to work in Android it needs to be fat32 format. Don't think there is much of a difference other than just the type of format. So you would right click your drive you want to use and format it as fat32. Then put what you want to on it and plug it into the dock. The phone should be able to see it at that point but you will need a file browser to access the drive. I will try it in a bit to confirm it works but from what I have read on the Z forum it should work fine.
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NTFS is standard format for Windows and for it to work in Android it needs to be fat32 format. Don't think there is much of a difference other than just the type of format. So you would right click your drive you want to use and format it as fat32. Then put what you want to on it and plug it into the dock. The phone should be able to see it at that point but you will need a file browser to access the drive. I will try it in a bit to confirm it works but from what I have read on the Z forum it should work fine.
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Can I change the format without literally format my ext HDD?
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No. You will have to backup or move what is on the drive and do a format. Formatting wipes the drive and no way around that I know of.
The problem is Android is not programmed to read NTFS format which is a windows format.
But if you install PARAGON app it makes the OS able to read NTFS drives without having to format your hard drive to fat32.
I also have a WD 500GB Hard Drive and faced the same problem, there is other programs but paragon seems to be the one that works best.
Hope that helps, regards and good fortune!