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Hi,
I have been charging my HD via cable (plug charger is broken) on my mac laptop with no problems. Now i have been trying to charge it from my computer at work and everytime I plug it in the whole phone just hangs and nothing works, I can't even switch it off!! I have to take the battery out of the back of the phone.
I have tried this on both a Windows XP Proffesional and Windows 2000 pc and on both they have crashed. I have had this happen when activesync is both active and when I have turned it off on the phone. Is this happening because I have not installed activesync from the disc onto this pc? If this is the case that sucks as I thought you could just plug this phone into any pc and charge it?
Is it worth doing a hard reset?
When you connect to your PC via USB cable, besides the charging, it also try to establish connection one of which is to make your storage card a disk drive. This process will always result in the hanging and crashing and it is normal.
To avoid this, use the normal AC charger for charging, and USB cable for making connection, during which time it is assumed that you will be controlling the coyping or sync process via the PC hence the device should not be working at the same time. Not sure if this makes sense to you.
It is a way to protect the storage card from being corrupted. Only one guy should do the writing of files at a time.
Yes... Steve above is quite correct.
When selecting the phone as a storage device this locks the device and allows the phones SD Mini card to act as a removable hard drive.
If it didn't lock it down the card would get screwed up if doing anything other than operating as a storage medium.
Beards
DOH!! Ok I feel stupid now Was worrying there for a bit. Problem solved, I had the default option of it using the phone as a disk drive when plugged in, I have now set it to Activesync and also I chose Activesync when I connected it and touch wood all is fine, no freezing!!
Many thanks guys its much appreciated.
No problem Mate.... We are all entitled to a bit of 'DOHH' every now and then.
Ok so I now can charge my phone using the pc and the phone doesn't freeze. But I have just linked up the phone in Disk Drive mode as I had something I needed to transfer. The transfer went well but when I unplug the phone (and I have done the safely remove hardware thing) the phone is frozen and I have to yank the battery?? Surely this isn't right?
No... that's not right.
Is this with Vista?
I have found when using my Vista laptop my phone 'occasionally' hangs and I have to switch it off and restart but using Win XP on my other laptop it's fine.
Beards
AFK_Matrix said:
Ok so I now can charge my phone using the pc and the phone doesn't freeze. But I have just linked up the phone in Disk Drive mode as I had something I needed to transfer. The transfer went well but when I unplug the phone (and I have done the safely remove hardware thing) the phone is frozen and I have to yank the battery?? Surely this isn't right?
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No, it's not right, it's a bug. I'm amazed to read what you've been told so far - I mean just analyze this:
eaglesteve said:
When you connect to your PC via USB cable, besides the charging, it also try to establish connection one of which is to make your storage card a disk drive. This process will always result in the hanging and crashing and it is normal.
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I mean honestly. How can that possibly be normal or correct behaviour?
I don't know if this is a Windows Mobile bug, or an HD bug, or a possibly a problem SD card you've got in the slot - but there is no way that any process should result in "hanging and crashing" without something being quite wrong somewhere.
You should be able to charge from any USB socket without having to worry about any of this, the advice about only using the AC adaptor etc is complete nonsense.
I am no computer jockey by any means - but I have noticed that my computer (running XP) tries to connect to my phone, as an external device and not as a phone using activesync, if I have windows media player running. With WMP (11) off, it uses activesync as normal - might this be causing this issue?
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No, it's not right, it's a bug. I'm amazed to read what you've been told so far - I mean just analyze this:
I mean honestly. How can that possibly be normal or correct behaviour?
I don't know if this is a Windows Mobile bug, or an HD bug, or a possibly a problem SD card you've got in the slot - but there is no way that any process should result in "hanging and crashing" without something being quite wrong somewhere.
You should be able to charge from any USB socket without having to worry about any of this, the advice about only using the AC adaptor etc is complete nonsense.
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I don't think Steve meant it crashes the device and is normal.....
I think what he meant was when the device is connected as a disk drive it locks out the device (as if it's crashed).
It's normal for the phone not to be able to do anything other than transfer data when acting as a mass storage device.
Beards
I am using Windows 2000 on this PC so its not a Vista issue. And I did think it very weird, can understand it not wanting you to fiddle with the SD Card while you have it plugged in but it should release the phone when I safely remove hardware.
I am assuming no one else has this problem then? I might fish out an old 2gb mico sd card I have and see if it does the same thing, if it doesn't then its the SD card.
I will test this at home as well to see if its just the PC's here that are causing it. Mighty annoying as I have pulled the battery like 8 times now lol.
Yes... the only answer I can think of is it being the SD card that is not releasing itself.
Again it's normal for it to be locked out whilst it's connected but as soon as you 'pull the plug' you should be able to instantaneously use the phone again.
Beards
Tried this one?:
Start/Settings/System/Energy/
Disable charging when phone is ON and connected to PC.Works great for me!
Yeah I will try and find the 2GB card I have and see if that works.
And luckyuser I want my phone to be charged while it is connected though. Also my problem is that my phone crashes when I try and disconnect from the computer in disk mode, meaning I have to yank the battery.
Does anyone know of a way to stop PC Companion from displaying the "Phone Detected" window every time I plug my X10 into my PC?
I tether via USB through PdaNet, and thus have to plug my phone into my laptop. But I don't always want to mount my SD card, which seems to be the only way to get the window to permanently close (closing it without the SD card mounted causes it to reappear a minute or so later).
It's quite bothersome.
I'll second that, only state that it is very bothersome.............
Yes, I hate it! I'm confident that we will have it fixed along with the Froyo update!
saltorio said:
Does anyone know of a way to stop PC Companion from displaying the "Phone Detected" window every time I plug my X10 into my PC?
I tether via USB through PdaNet, and thus have to plug my phone into my laptop. But I don't always want to mount my SD card, which seems to be the only way to get the window to permanently close (closing it without the SD card mounted causes it to reappear a minute or so later).
It's quite bothersome.
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ya know the easiest fix for this is just to right click on the PC Companion software in your taskbar, and click exit. Problem solved since obviously you don't need the software running and it should still have a shortcut in your start menu
or you can just block the program completely since it is 100% useless unless you are buying SE apps.
Just keep it in case you need external reset.
I'm sure there are other issues in your life to be worrying about.....
Yes, the screen lock after a call!
Do you think that there may be some sort of auto-run file on the supplied sd card? They did put pc companion on there so maybe there is something there to make pc companion run automatically everytime you plug in to your pc. Just a thought.
mswindows START->RUN type 'msconfig' uncheck -SonyEricsson PC companion at 'Startup' tab then reboot
Just thinking if it was just me or if anyone else annoyed by the sheer number of button clicks required to mount your phone as a USB mass storage device....
First you plug it in...then you get the "Charging/USB Mount/USB Tether" message, choosing one gives you the mount as USB to turn on.....then another for a confirmation....
Don't you think it should just be a single button click?
Also is USB SDCard transfer speeds really slow for everyone else (versus the pulling the card out and putting it in a card reader).
I'm getting 100-500KB/sec versus 3-6 MB/second write speeds when I use the USB mass storage support.
Be thankful yours works. I have to do a battery pull and reboot to get mine to go into mass storage
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Just thinking if it was just me or if anyone else annoyed by the sheer number of button clicks required to mount your phone as a USB mass storage device....
First you plug it in...then you get the "Charging/USB Mount/USB Tether" message, choosing one gives you the mount as USB to turn on.....then another for a confirmation....
Don't you think it should just be a single button click?
Also is USB SDCard transfer speeds really slow for everyone else (versus the pulling the card out and putting it in a card reader).
I'm getting 100-500KB/sec versus 3-6 MB/second write speeds when I use the USB mass storage support.
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My aren't we spoiled? Is tapping your finger really that difficult for you?
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Jedi2155 said:
Just thinking if it was just me or if anyone else annoyed by the sheer number of button clicks required to mount your phone as a USB mass storage device....
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One of the very few things I miss about my old Windows phone was how easy docking was and how much you could do with the phone when it was docked.
And I also agree with the second poster, because these Samsung drivers are so flaky that sometimes my phone is recognized, sometimes not. Sometimes I get a popup saying it's connected at USB 1.1. speeds, sometimes it requires a phone and/or computer reboot to get it recognized and on a couple of occasions it has required me to reinstall the drivers.
I don't mind the number of clicks at all...I just wish it would work. For some odd reason it doesn't work for me anymore, frustrating. It doesn't recognize the device ( no, it's not the cable as it has worked on another computer with the same OS using the same cable...I've also done driver re-installs, etc.)
Well in di18 all you had to do was plug in ur cable and when the samsung notification thing popped up you just hit usb mode and it was connected. Now you have to do that, then hit the mount again for it to go and it takes forever. Its annoying but hey what are you gonna do?
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InhumanElmo said:
Well in di18 all you had to do was plug in ur cable and when the samsung notification thing popped up you just hit usb mode and it was connected. Now you have to do that, then hit the mount again for it to go and it takes forever. Its annoying but hey what are you gonna do?
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Probably some asshole sued saying that they had screwed their sd card and it was all samsungs fault. If you think I jest, do some research about corporate lawsuits.
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Create a shortcut on your homescreen as follows:
Shortcut-> Activities-> Settings->USB Settings
press it, and select the default action you'd like when plugging in USB.
Eliminates all interaction on Eclair. Eliminates the charge/storage/tether selection on Froyo.
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Back when I used winamp, it had an automount option. Haven't tried it since they added the extra step though in froyo.
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Jedi2155 said:
Also is USB SDCard transfer speeds really slow for everyone else (versus the pulling the card out and putting it in a card reader).
I'm getting 100-500KB/sec versus 3-6 MB/second write speeds when I use the USB mass storage support.
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The # of clicks doesn't bother me, but I'm with you on the slow USB speeds. I end up always pulling it and putting it in a card reader too.
Let me get this straight. Sliding the banner down and tapping twice is too much work?
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Let me get this straight. Sliding the banner down and tapping twice is too much work?
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That's what im saying lol. Is this what smartphones have done to us?
-uncut and uncensored from my Samsung Epic 4G
Jedi2155 said:
Just thinking if it was just me or if anyone else annoyed by the sheer number of button clicks required to mount your phone as a USB mass storage device....
First you plug it in...then you get the "Charging/USB Mount/USB Tether" message, choosing one gives you the mount as USB to turn on.....then another for a confirmation....
Don't you think it should just be a single button click?
Also is USB SDCard transfer speeds really slow for everyone else (versus the pulling the card out and putting it in a card reader).
I'm getting 100-500KB/sec versus 3-6 MB/second write speeds when I use the USB mass storage support.
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Ugh god I hate it
secorrales said:
I don't mind the number of clicks at all...I just wish it would work. For some odd reason it doesn't work for me anymore, frustrating. It doesn't recognize the device ( no, it's not the cable as it has worked on another computer with the same OS using the same cable...I've also done driver re-installs, etc.)
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It can absolutely be the cable. I had the same problem. It started with my laptop not recognizing the phone, but my desktop and my wife's laptop were fine. Then slowly the other two computers began to not to recognize the phone anymore. Finally, I got fed up and ordered a nice cable for a couple bucks from amazon and it went back to working perfectly everywhere. The original cable still doesn't work in my laptop and works 1 out of every 50 tries on my desktop. That is proof positive that the cable can be the issue and may even cause the phone to work on some computers but not others.
I hate it too!
.....and not because I am LAZY or SPOILED....
I hate it because it is COUNTER-FUGGIN-INTUITIVE....How many confirmations are needed before we actually get to DO what we want to do?
I guess some people in this thread would mind starting their cars with a crank handle either....LOL. Or maybe they GET UP and walk across the room to change the channel on their TV.....
Its the 21st Century! It should not be that hard to mount an SD card.
BigBrotherMotown said:
.....and not because I am LAZY or SPOILED....
I hate it because it is COUNTER-FUGGIN-INTUITIVE....How many confirmations are needed before we actually get to DO what we want to do?
I guess some people in this thread would mind starting their cars with a crank handle either....LOL. Or maybe they GET UP and walk across the room to change the channel on their TV.....
Its the 21st Century! It should not be that hard to mount an SD card.
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It takes 2 clicks instead of 1 to mount the sdcard. Are you seriously comparing that to starting a car with a hand crank? If you really want a decent car analogy then lets compare it to starting a manual car by having to press the clutch and then turn the key. This isn't done to waste 2 seconds of your time, it's done because they want to make sure the car wont move and cause some damage. Is it really so bad that samsung wants to double check that you actually intended to mount the sdcard.
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It takes 2 clicks instead of 1 to mount the sdcard. Are you seriously comparing that to starting a car with a hand crank? If you really want a decent car analogy then lets compare it to starting a manual car by having to press the clutch and then turn the key. This isn't done to waste 2 seconds of your time, it's done because they want to make sure the car wont move and cause some damage. Is it really so bad that samsung wants to double check that you actually intended to mount the sdcard.
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If I plug my phone up to a PC, that should be the FIRST indication that I might want to mount....then the choice list pops up with options to Charge, use as mass storage or tether....if I select MASS STORAGE, how much MORE sure do they need to be?
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If I plug my phone up to a PC, that should be the FIRST indication that I might want to mount....then the choice list pops up with options to Charge, use as mass storage or tether....if I select MASS STORAGE, how much MORE sure do they need to be?
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Well, the second confirmation is just to let you know that any applications installed to memory card can not be run while in mass storage mode. It's a 2.2 thing. If you have a number to give google a call so we can get it changed let me know. I don't care for the second click either.
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If I plug my phone up to a PC, that should be the FIRST indication that I might want to mount....then the choice list pops up with options to Charge, use as mass storage or tether....if I select MASS STORAGE, how much MORE sure do they need to be?
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Why don't you just turn USB debugging on? That way it's one less click and you can save money on ice for your sore thumb?
-uncut and uncensored from my Samsung Epic 4G
somedude0608 said:
Let me get this straight. Sliding the banner down and tapping twice is too much work?
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You should see if Microsoft is hiring.
Well pretty much as the title says. I have never had a issue with it before, but as of today it will not for the life of me mount. I sometimes (after many tries) get the windows 7 pc to the mass storage device but when I click on it it just loads forever before freezing up and failing to load any files from the phone. Then after being disconnected and reconnected I cant even get it to let me mount the device.. When I click mass storage it goes to the confirm mount page, but when i try to mount it again it just clicks but nothing happens.
I have no idea what is up. I have ordered a new usb cable but im not sure thats the problem.
Has anyone else had this issue? What was the sollution you came across that fixed it for you. Any help is appreciated.
Plug it in and go to device manager. Delete it from device mgr if it shows up. Reboot.... plug it back in after reboot and see if it recognizes it. Should reinstall itself and recognize.
Let me know......
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Had the same issue about the time I first moved to GB, turned out to be the cable but the timing of when it happened had me pretty twisted.
gregory15 said:
Plug it in and go to device manager. Delete it from device mgr if it shows up. Reboot.... plug it back in after reboot and see if it recognizes it. Should reinstall itself and recognize.
Let me know......
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I can once again see the device (drive H but when i click to view or explore it completely locks up the window. So its unable to access the device but it does however know its there. I can access my device with adb as i tried it to see if I can atleast get it to communicate.. but have no way of accessing the sdcard via mass storage :-(
*update* Well I really wanted to get some files (audiobooks) sent over.. so I gave the kies air a go... That seems to be a decent temp fix.. and over a gigabit connection to my wireless N phone the transfer speeds are probably on par if not faster than usb... atleast it seems so.
prolly the cable
happened to me before
the sdcard can be read through an sdcard reader, just not through the phone.
The usb cable would charge the phone but it wouldnt connect for NOTHING. I would tap connect, it would press but then unpress as if nothing happened. just following the motion of my finger.
Found a BB cable a couple weeks later after i lost my stock one, and my phone was picked up by odin,adb, sd card, blah blah blah
it was so funny cuz i was blaming my pc for it instead of the cable cuz it worked so well for me before until i plugged my phone in on a friends comp and it didnt pick it up, but when i used his HD2 cable, it went through without a hitch.
TL;DR
Kies air will do till your new cable comes in.
Are they any issues or quirks with the phone reading the sd card? We've had a rash of epics come in lately where the sd card port has gone bad. Just making sure it's not that (but it's a very easy fix, the port is actually removable and we get them shipped to us as a new part.)
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I get this on froyo, can't connect, every once in a blue moon it does, when it dosnt I use dropbox, kies air works good also. But on GB it works everytime, same cable, go figure
Hey y'all, appreciate the help in advance.
I have been running CM7 on an SD card for the Nook Color. I like it, and haven't had many problems at all. However, one thing that has been buggy is connecting to a PC.
At first, I could connect sometimes, and see both the internal device memory and the SD card. Then it seemed sort of hit and miss.
Now, I can't connect to my PC at all. I rebooted back into the stock Barnes and Noble system, but my PC won't recognize that either.
I tried a different PC, and two "drives" showed up, but when I tried to look at them, the computer asked me to insert a device. In other words, I still couldn't access either the SD or the emmc.
I see that in Cm7 I have some sort of "debug" or "USB" mode. But when I plug in, nothing happens on either the PC or the NC, whether it is in CM7 or the stock OS.
I can't find where to turn "debugging" on in CM7.
I can pull out the micro SD and the computer will read it -- but only the boot sector, not the part where I keep all my books.
Any help is DEEPLY appreciated. Thanks.
Also (unrelated) does anyone know if ICS CM9 has netflix working yet?
THANKS,
RevTom
RevTom said:
Hey y'all, appreciate the help in advance.
I have been running CM7 on an SD card for the Nook Color. I like it, and haven't had many problems at all. However, one thing that has been buggy is connecting to a PC.
At first, I could connect sometimes, and see both the internal device memory and the SD card. Then it seemed sort of hit and miss.
Now, I can't connect to my PC at all. I rebooted back into the stock Barnes and Noble system, but my PC won't recognize that either.
I tried a different PC, and two "drives" showed up, but when I tried to look at them, the computer asked me to insert a device. In other words, I still couldn't access either the SD or the emmc.
I see that in Cm7 I have some sort of "debug" or "USB" mode. But when I plug in, nothing happens on either the PC or the NC, whether it is in CM7 or the stock OS.
I can't find where to turn "debugging" on in CM7.
I can pull out the micro SD and the computer will read it -- but only the boot sector, not the part where I keep all my books.
Any help is DEEPLY appreciated. Thanks.
Also (unrelated) does anyone know if ICS CM9 has netflix working yet?
THANKS,
RevTom
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USB debugging is under settings, applications, development, Android debugging (or USB debugging under older roms). To turn on USB mass storage, after plugging in, swipe up notification area and choose to turn on storage. It is not automatic on cm7 like it was on stock.
No, Netflix still not working on CM9.
Hmmm. I had it on already, but no notification pops up when I plug into the computer via usb. I also have the "debugging notify" option selected. I did think I had it on, since it *used* to work.
ON the PC I get a "USB device not recognized" message. ON the NC itself, I get no message at all. It behaves as if it is not plugged in -- no notifications, nada.
Tried plugging into my wife's mac also, to no effect.
When I go back to Nook Stock OS, I no longer get the little black box that tells me I'm in usb connect mode. In the stock OS, it also behaves as if I'm not even plugged in, and I get the exact same message from the PC.
Could it possibly be that my cord has gone bad? I've done a little research, and I know some stock Nook users have had trouble with cords. Mine is almost two years old, but I haven't abused it. It still seems to work fine for charging.
Very frustrating....
RevTom said:
Could it possibly be that my cord has gone bad? I've done a little research, and I know some stock Nook users have had trouble with cords. Mine is almost two years old, but I haven't abused it. It still seems to work fine for charging.
Very frustrating....
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It could be, but the fact that your nook shows USB debugging notification makes me wonder. But the fact that you are having trouble with both roms suggests that it is the cable.
To clarify: debugging, and debugging notification are ON, but when I plug in, there is NO notification.
However, like you, the fact that the stock ROM won't connect either makes me wonder.
An SD card root like I've done wouldn't mess with the stock ROM on the emmc, would it? Would it change the hardware or firmware to cause this problem?
'Preciate your time!
RevTom said:
To clarify: debugging, and debugging notification are ON, but when I plug in, there is NO notification.
However, like you, the fact that the stock ROM won't connect either makes me wonder.
An SD card root like I've done wouldn't mess with the stock ROM on the emmc, would it? Would it change the hardware or firmware to cause this problem?
'Preciate your time!
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No, it does nothing to stock. You have a bad cable. The 'data' lines are broken somewhere along the cable or fittings. You can still charge with it because the power and ground lines are intact.
Edit: If you don't want to spend a lot of money getting a new nook cable, you can use your defective cable for charging and a standard micro USB cable for data transfer. Those work fine for hooking to PC as long as you don't try to charge with them.
Thanks,
I took it to a B&N store. I removed the SD card because I felt like a boot legger -- but anyway, they tried a new cable and it worked with Stock, so it WAS the cable.
Thanks!
You may get ADB and/or Storage working if you (re)install the drivers:
scour through Device Manager:
View menu... check show hidden devices
Look for any of the following sections and remove tem:
"Android Phone"
"Android ADB Interface"
"Android Composite ADB Interface"
"Android Bootloader Interface"
Additionally... in USB controllers... you want to check each device listed ... (Properties / Details / Hardware IDs) and remove any that begin with any of the followng:
USB\VID_0451
USB\VID_18D1
USB\VID_2080
USB\VID_22B8
USB\VID_0BB4
USB\VID_0BDA
Then re-install the drivers.
Thanks Dizzy. It was just the cord. I reloaded CM7 (i.e. put the sd card back in) and all my computers recognize it again, and I get the USB/debug notification on the NC again. As computerist diagnosed, I must have broken the internal data carrying cables without hurting the power connections. I did some research and a LOT of people have had issues with NC cables. Mine lasted 18 months, and I did not abuse it, so it isn't a great system. Hopefully this next one will last longer.
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Thanks Dizzy. It was just the cord. I reloaded CM7 (i.e. put the sd card back in) and all my computers recognize it again, and I get the USB/debug notification on the NC again. As computerist diagnosed, I must have broken the internal data carrying cables without hurting the power connections. I did some research and a LOT of people have had issues with NC cables. Mine lasted 18 months, and I did not abuse it, so it isn't a great system. Hopefully this next one will last longer.
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I had seen your post about it being your cable... but thought others might benefit from my suggestions... as well as yourself... IF you still had ADB issues.