How to use HD2 as READ-ONLY USB Drive - HD2 General

Hello Everyone,
WMStorage was one of the first apps I installed on my previous phones... but it does not work on the HD2.
Is there something similar that will work?
Thanks in advance!

It will work as a USB drive (allowing access to SD card) when you plug the usb in and select Disk Drive instead of activesync.
I'm not sure how you could make it read only though.

hollinshead said:
I'm not sure how you could make it read only though.
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At the moment the only added feature of WM5torage over the builtin Usb transfer app is the LED lights and to use Phone memory as a drive.
But the most wanted feature is to use it as read-only so my phone sd card would be protected from viruses when I use it as a flash drive.
The read-only feature works on WM5 phones though.

BenGman said:
But the most wanted feature is to use it as read-only so my phone sd card would be protected from viruses when I use it as a flash drive.
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Don't plug into computers that have viruses?
Weird idea I know...

Spike15 said:
Don't plug into computers that have viruses?
Weird idea I know...
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Yea.. but for a long time my phone storage card has been my main flash drive for virus removal/computer fixes, I've depended on WM5torage for several years now mainly so I won't have to be walking with multiple flash drives/sd cards. Just the phone and the usb cable, and sometimes a USB BT adapter.
(My current flash drives don't have a read only switch).
And I lost the USB cable for my iPAQ which has WM5.

BenGman said:
And I lost the USB cable for my iPAQ which has WM5.
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Find one on ebay or dealextreme

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Hooking up a USB Hardisk to the HTC Universal

Hi People!
Is it Yes or Not possible to hook up a USB hardisk to the HTC Universal (providing the hard disk is powered externaly) to exchange file between the Universla and the Hardisk?
No
I'm sure some day there'll be a way, but dont hold your breath...
So does it have USB host? I thought the previous conclusion was that it didn't come enabled after all?
Why do you want to hook up a drive anyhow? What's wrong with a UNC connection over WiFi?
Why not use a 4GB SD card?
Hi
i use my Toshiba e800 as storage transfer solution of my pictures.
I connect an 80GB usb hardrive to the toshiba and insert my 2gb lexar memories on the CF slot for backup photos on hollidays ....
The issue is ? thoes the universal have usb host function ????
fcaeiro said:
Hi
The issue is ? thoes the universal have usb host function ????
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No they don't.
We all hope it's just a matter of OS/Drivers and maybe a day in the future an update will give Universal usb host capability.
Roberto
Forget it. Only the CPU supports the USB Host feature. HTC chose not to include the neccessary remaining hardware on the device's mainboard, hence something a driver can never cure.
What about an SDIO USB host? Possible? Do they exist already?
Buy a laptop if you need that much space. This isn't a PC, it is a phone with PDA functionality. Show me any other PDA you can do this to? You can't.
saldous said:
Buy a laptop if you need that much space. This isn't a PC, it is a phone with PDA functionality. Show me any other PDA you can do this to? You can't.
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Toshiba 740
Toshiba E800
Toshiba E830
Asus (several models)
Siemens Pocket loox
And several other i don't know by head....
for me it will be the nicest thing in order to use the digicam as a usb drive in order to copy/send pictures
xiasma said:
What about an SDIO USB host? Possible? Do they exist already?
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That's what I was alluding to earlier, shouldn't be too long before they're available, I read about them on some website a couple of months ago but I can't find the flippin' link now.
Can't honestly say I'd use that much memory though, 2Gb is enough for me for the forseeable future.
when comparing mb / £ a HDD is the only real solution so far,
especially if you want vga res videos running. SD cards are good but only having 1-4 movies on a 2gb card becomes a pain.
i use a 2.5" hdd in a caddy hardly bigger than the drive, its only a 10gb drive atm as it is all that was avaliable "freely" :wink: , but it is WAY WAY WAY handier than a handful of SD's to ship data around
hdd usb conectivity would only be an interim step in the right direction, when 40gb+ SD type cards are mainstream and can be housed in the universal without ever needing to swap to your "videos" sd or your "music" sd or your "data" sd, then we are approaching the ideal situation.
but we wont get there until the basics are met first.

Copying large files.. best method?

I'm copying largish files to my storage card (around 200MB) But the progress bar moves REALLY slowly, then gets to about 50%, then it starts over again.. then loops!
I've been copying smaller files (~10-20MB) with no problems whatsoever...
btw: do i HAVE to have activesync loaded to be able to access the storage card?
Any help appreciated, thanks
I could not find a way round this problem with activesync, hopefully someone else will help, I gave up and bought a USB2 universal card read/writer for less than a fiver, this is very quick and large files are no problem, also it plugs into the same lead used for the JasJar. Not sure where you are based, I bought from Ebuyer, good price on Viking 1Gb SD as well.
There is a utility called "WM5torage" available that turns your Universal into a card reader. You don't need AS for this but you do need an OS that will recognise a Mass Storage Device.
If you are giong to be transferring files this size regularly then go the card reader route, less wear and tear on the fragile USB port on the Uni.
PReDiToR said:
There is a utility called "WM5torage" available that turns your Universal into a card reader. You don't need AS for this but you do need an OS that will recognise a Mass Storage Device.
If you are giong to be transferring files this size regularly then go the card reader route, less wear and tear on the fragile USB port on the Uni.
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Hmmm ok i might get a SD card reader then, i guess, along with a 2GB card heh
Is the USB port delicate? It seems pretty sturdy to me?!
Pooper said:
PReDiToR said:
There is a utility called "WM5torage"
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Hmmm ok i might get a SD card reader then, i guess, along with a 2GB card heh
Is the USB port delicate? It seems pretty sturdy to me?!
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No, there is no need to buy a card reader. Just use this application: "WM5torage", as PReDiToR mentioned from above to transfer large files. This small app transforms your Universal into a card reader and it is free. It is similar in function as Softick's Card Export II.
You can download it here: http://www.modaco.com/index.php?act=dscript&CODE=showdetails&f_id=1702
Mmmm.. I'm not sure I undestand how WM5torage does anything different that connecting the HTC to a PC as usual and accessing the storage card via the file explorer. Am I missing something?
mdaexecfan said:
Mmmm.. I'm not sure I undestand how WM5torage does anything different that connecting the HTC to a PC as usual and accessing the storage card via the file explorer. Am I missing something?
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Ohh ok, i was just worried by the 'fragile USB port' comment!

Succky file tranafer

I love my wing but one of the several suckky things about it is the file transfer, if i am transfering a files that is anything bigger han like 5o mb it takes mad long to tranfser from my pc to my phone. And files like movies are impossible to transfer. I was trying to transfer a movie to my phone and even after waiting about 5 hrs. it did not finish the transfer. That basically means that i can't use my phone as video player. That suck, or is there a way that i could speed up the ttransfer speeds, tips tricks hacks, anything is fine. Except i don't want ot go too far with the hacks. Thanks people
Why dont you just pop-in the microSD into its SD adapter and put it into the cardreader? I'm using a sandisk branded microSD and it transfer 1.7GB in <5mins!
For smaller data transfers(<40mb),I use activesync.
I am aware of the solution that you gave me, but the problem is that my computer does not recognize the micro SD card in the SD adopter, which by the way is Sandisk branded and the two came together. Is there a way i can make that work??
[email protected] said:
I am aware of the solution that you gave me, but the problem is that my computer does not recognize the micro SD card in the SD adopter, which by the way is Sandisk branded and the two came together. Is there a way i can make that work??
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there are also usb-sticks where you can put a microsd... for me that worked..
USB 1.1. Crazy right?
hidavi said:
USB 1.1. Crazy right?
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no the usb sticks are usb2!!!
http://www.dooyoo.de/sonstige-speicher-adapter/kingston-usb-microsd-reader-plus-card/
papamopps said:
no the usb sticks are usb2!!!
http://www.dooyoo.de/sonstige-speicher-adapter/kingston-usb-microsd-reader-plus-card/
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I think he meant the phone's built in connection.
^exactly what I meant. A $15 1GB flash drive has USB 2.0, but this $400 phone can't...
yay, my computer recognizes my card, but still no good.
Ok so finally after waiting an hour for my computer to recognize my Micro sd card which was in an sd adopter, it finally did it. But then when i tried to open it it took another 35 minutes to respond. And then it said that the card is'nt formatted and asked me if i wanted to format it. i know that if i format it for my computer all it's previous data will disaper, so what should i do.
There is a possibility that the cardreader doesn´t support the size of your memorycard. For examplae my laptop is equipped with a bulit-in cardreader that supports SD&Memorystick BUT only up to 1GB. Anything above that (for example my 2GB card from my digicam) and I get the same results as you do. Sometimes i isn´t recognized and sometimes it is but extremely slow but I can never write anything to it.
So is there anything i can do about that?

USB HDD

Anybody tried USB HDD Version 1.0.2.1
What does it do? Does it make the Uni a mass storage device?
I'm looking for a way to make the Uni 'recognise' a mass storage device through it's mini-USB socket..?
kryogenik said:
What does it do? Does it make the Uni a mass storage device?
yes
I'm looking for a way to make the Uni 'recognise' a mass storage device through it's mini-USB socket..?
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Not sure if thats possible.
plexiora said:
Anybody tried USB HDD Version 1.0.2.1
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Yep, runs perfectly on my Universal.
i have tried
works perfectly on my jasjar
Yes it turns your Uni into a SDHC card reader. Now that I have a 16GB card inserted I use my UNI to store all the data I need during my working day and never think twice about picking up a memory stick of which I have quite a few.

I/O device error on there computer???

Is there anyone out there that is getting a I/O device error on there computer when trying to transfer music on your dream if so how did you fix it
rosco32 said:
Is there anyone out there that is getting a I/O device error on there computer when trying to transfer music on your dream if so how did you fix it
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I have not seen that error, have you made any MODS to your phone? (ie root, etc.) What RC are you on?
--M
I had all sorts of problems like that for a while after I got the phone.
I tried a variety of things and it seemingly went away, although I haven't tested extensively. I'm not sure what exactly did it.
1) I stopped using a USB extension cord and plugged the cord that shipped with the device directly into my computer.
2) I replaced the default SD card with a Kingston 4GB chip from Newegg.
3) I installed the debug USB drivers (this is very unlikely to matter).
There might be other factors involved.
g1 error
Have not modded phone am running rc30 and I am also using the cord that came with the phone and tried switching sd card also reformating and still nothing ...............help
rosco32 said:
Have not modded phone am running rc30 and I am also using the cord that came with the phone and tried switching sd card also reformating and still nothing ...............help
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what are the exact words in the error message?
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it happens because your pc has usb1.0 and not usb2.0 I have usb1.0 and i get the i/o error. the way i have to load my mem card is put it into the wing then load it
I agree with Abbens... had the same problems with everyone else. But have now fixed it.... use the USB2.0 cable onto a USB2.0 port on a PC, then "mount" from notifications and the SD card should be accessible.
thanks
Okay guess I'll try it this weekend and post a reply thanks guys
Abbens said:
it happens because your pc has usb1.0 and not usb2.0 I have usb1.0 and i get the i/o error. the way i have to load my mem card is put it into the wing then load it
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thank you so much for this info..i was having the same error now i know why

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