Hey guys, when my vibrant was stock, and I plug in my usb cable, it would give me 3 choices, (kies, mass storage and something else) I would click mass storage, then mount drive and I would get my phone mounted 100% of the time
then , I rooted and tried axura 2.0.6 and 2.1 both of them changed the mounting procedures, to where i would plug it in, turn on usb storage, then the android turns green. doing this method, my phone would mount some of the times...the other times the android would remain green, and nothing would show up under my computer.
how can i solve this issue?....
I recently put the Vegan-tab V1.0.065.11 with the Cyanogen Mod kernel 2.6.32.32 on my new g Tablet. Prior to that time I was able to use my computer to load files as it saw my g Tablet as a storage device.
Now when I try to use the cable link between the computer and the tablet it recognizes it as a removable storage device but when trying to access the tablets file structure I get a windows pop-up that states "Please insert disk into drive F". I have tried this on two workstations both running XP with the same result.
I also am unable to read files on a memory stick. I had not tried this before I had switched to Vegan so I am unsure as to wither this was a problem prior to the switch.
There is no message on the tablet regarding the turning on of any service or the mounting of the USB device. Does anyone have any suggestions as how I can get these file transfer mediums working again?
I am having the same problem. It has worked fine for about two weeks and how I'm not getting the prompt either. The same thing happened with another ROM. I can connect fine with ADB. I am currently running VEGAn Gingerbread. The same problem happened when I was running AOSP Gingerbread. It happened after about five days with AOSP GB.
Same problem here - im using ginger edition
Are you guys turning on USB mass storage by selecting usb connected and then turn on?
That's the thing... after a period the prompt to turn on or off the USB storage stops displaying after a period. The only prompt that I see is for USB debugging, and turning that on or off has not affect on my ability to connect to the internal storage from multiple Windows boxes. The prompt was there last weekend, but it's gone now.
I am a complete noob when it comes to Android, having first got my G-Tab yesterday. I'll give some background before I get to my question.
Yesterday, I sideloaded a couple of apps by essentially copyng them over to the root directory on the G Tab. But, like most others, I found the stock OS very slow and unresponsive. So I installed CyanogenMod 7 as per some simplified directions that I found. Everything went fine. That's not the problem.
My problem is that I cannot sideload anymore. When I plug in my G-Tab through the USB, I hear the Windows two thumps, and nothing happens. I look to see if my tablet is showing up in the Winders Explorer, and it just shows a bunch of memory sticks that when I click on them, I can't access. Also, nothing is showing up on the tablet either (no dialog boxes like under the stock OS, nothing). This is a big problem for me since I don't have access to WIFI at the moment.
Does anyone know how I can make my computer and tablet see each other? If you tell me to do something, please tell me where to find it. For example, on another thread, someone advised someone else to turn on USB debugging for something, but I can't find any option for USB debugging in Cyanogenmod 7 under settings. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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Computer: Laptop running Windows Vista
Did you try swiping on the notification area and enabling USB transfer on the tablet?
If you don't do this, your computer will see the USB device but not as mass storage.
For example, on another thread, someone advised someone else to turn on USB debugging for something, but I can't find any option for USB debugging in Cyanogenmod 7 under settings. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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Here is where this is....
Menu >>Settings >> Applications >> Development. 1st choice, USB Debugging.
Thanks. I did swipe in the notification area, and the only notification there was that USB debugging was activated. But still the G Tablet and computer cannot see each other.
Double check in your device manager (PC) to make sure there are no issues with the drivers.
Thanks. I found it and also found out that it is turned on by default. So I guess that doesn't help.
pgonza02 said:
Double check in your device manager (PC) to make sure there are no issues with the drivers.
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Does Cyanogenmod 7 require special drivers? The drivers worked fine on the stock build, and nothing changed since then. Everything looks ok.
I plugged my Gtablet (CM7.02 with Pershoots 4/30/11 kernel) in to my computer just now to test. I haven't used it on this computer since installing CM7. I did just work on my boss's Gtablet the other day running both stock TapnTap and VEGAn 5.1.1 and it worked fine on his.
I plugged in the tablet, Windows 7 (32bit) said it was installing drivers, driver install completed successfully.
On my tablet I then swiped up the notification bar and tapped on the selection that said "tap here to mount USB to share files with your computer" (or something like that). The Android mascot screen popped up and I tapped "Turn on USB".
New drive opened up on my computer that was the gtablets /sdcard.
So it works and used the same driver as before.
No special drivers for CM7.
One nice thing about CM7 (or maybe Ginger) is that now when plugging in you get access to both the internal and external SD cards from PC.
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I plugged in the tablet, Windows 7 (32bit) said it was installing drivers, driver install completed successfully.
On my tablet I then swiped up the notification bar and tapped on the selection that said "tap here to mount USB to share files with your computer" (or something like that). The Android mascot screen popped up and I tapped "Turn on USB".
New drive opened up on my computer that was the gtablets /sdcard.
So it works and used the same driver as before.
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My computer Vista (32 bit) at no point said it was installing drivers after I upgraded to Cyanogenmod 7.
When I swipe the notification area (and I assume that the notification area is the area at the top of the tablet's screen), I get a menu that tells me that USB debugging is activated and that's all. No option to mount USB. And no screens popped up to ask to turn on USB. None of this.
And when I plug in the USB, as I mentioned, I get the two tones from Windows, and 3 new removable disk drives appear. But when I click on each, I get am asked to insert a new disk.
That's all the info I have at the moment.
At this point, I'm so sick of it. I think that probably somewhere a switch is not flipped or a box is not checked, but I have no idea where that could be. I'm seriously considering using ClockWork mod to restore the system. But I'm loathed to do this since I spent 2 hrs. downloading Cyanogen Mod last night (I have a slow internet connection).
I would suggest that you turn off "USB debugging". That setting exists to activate adbd on the tablet, and normal users, usually, never need it. Enable "USB debugging" only if you need to use adb.
After disabling USB debugging, reboot the tablet, and then connect the USB cable to the mini-USB slot on the gTablet. As soon as you do that, on CM7, a USB Mass Storage screen with a green Android will pop-up with a message saying "USB connected" and button to "Turn on USB Storage".
Click the button and a warning that "If you turn on USB storage, some application you are using will stop and may be unavailable until you turn off USB storage.", will appear. Select OK. The green Android will now turn orange and the screen will say "USB storage in use".
Use the "Turn off USB storage" when you're ready to wrap up.
Ok. I think I might have solved the problem, but some intervening events makes me not sure. Basically, I restored to factory and then put in a different ROM, VEGan7. However, while doing this, I think I might have found the solution to my original problem.
It turns out that it does seem to be a problem with Windows, or at least with Vista. I had the same problem with VEGan7. But this time, I right-clicked on the "removeable disk" that appeared under "Computer" (where you see all your drives) when I hooked up the G TAB via USB. After I right-clicked, I selected properties and then clicked on the "Hardware" tab. You will see a list of all possible storage devices to associate with that icon. I chose the one containing the string "Tegra2" and I was off to the races. I was then able to perform the actions mentioned above about activating the USB on the G Tab.
I suspect I could have used this technique with Cyanogen 7. The only thing that I question is that I saw 3 removeable disk drives appear and not just one. I hope this helps someone else who might run into the same problem.
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The only thing that I question is that I saw 3 removeable disk drives appear and not just one. I hope this helps someone else who might run into the same problem.
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Did you by any chance have an external micro SD card on the tablet?
If so, I'm thinking that you saw the 2 SD cards + the APX debug mode device.
flash this zip (in post #3) to mount the internal storage as an SDcard instead of EMMC. If you run that then you should be able to mount the storage when running CM7
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20913-cyanogen-7-viewsonic-g-tab-usb-connection/
also your other option is to boot into Clockwork recovery then go to mounts/storage and mount usb
you should then be able to transfer files back and forth
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flash this zip (in post #3) to mount the internal storage as an SDcard instead of EMMC. If you run that then you should be able to mount the storage when running CM7
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20913-cyanogen-7-viewsonic-g-tab-usb-connection/
also your other option is to boot into Clockwork recovery then go to mounts/storage and mount usb
you should then be able to transfer files back and forth
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Beat me to it
My post on "the other side"
pgonza02 said:
Did you by any chance have an external micro SD card on the tablet?
If so, I'm thinking that you saw the 2 SD cards + the APX debug mode device.
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No, just got the tablet. Didn't have time to fool with external Micro SDs.
davidukfl said:
flash this zip (in post #3) to mount the internal storage as an SDcard instead of EMMC. If you run that then you should be able to mount the storage when running CM7
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20913-cyanogen-7-viewsonic-g-tab-usb-connection/
also your other option is to boot into Clockwork recovery then go to mounts/storage and mount usb
you should then be able to transfer files back and forth
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. What are the ramifications of mounting the internal storage as an SD card instead of EMMC? Do I lose performance? I mean, there must be a reason that the default is EMMC.
I wouldn't want to boot into Clockwork every time I want to transfer something, apps or even music and videos. That would be a real pain. Actually, I was surprised at how long this tablet takes to boot up after a complete shut down.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. What are the ramifications of mounting the internal storage as an SD card instead of EMMC? Do I lose performance? I mean, there must be a reason that the default is EMMC.
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From what I have read that's the way that Gingerbread does it. Some programs actually have problems with that configuration, that's why people do this.
davidukfl said:
flash this zip (in post #3) to mount the internal storage as an SDcard instead of EMMC. If you run that then you should be able to mount the storage when running CM7
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20913-cyanogen-7-viewsonic-g-tab-usb-connection/
also your other option is to boot into Clockwork recovery then go to mounts/storage and mount usb
you should then be able to transfer files back and forth
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Do you think you might post the file here. When I go to that link I'm not allowed to download it. The irony is that that link says it came from here but I've used the search and I can't find it here. Maybe it is just day after Cinco de Mayo problems I'm having?
I'm running AOKP build 35 and I have a new and exciting problem with my vibrant. Upon every boot, my internal sd is mounted as "USB Storage." If I plug a usb cable in, sometimes nothing happens, sometimes it displays "disconnect usb" or similar. I've rebooted with usb cable in, usb cable out, nothing. Selecting "disconnect usb storage" does nothing. I can't seem to get it to work!
I tried a recent AOKP. I don't use an sdcard, and it would not use the internal sdcard, so no taking pictures, downloading, etc. I even tried mount -bind and symlink tricks, then went back to CM7 for the time being.
Didn't have any problems with CM9 or ICSSGS.
Just now i connected my android phone(ICS 4.0.4) with my pc and the "USB Connected Turn on USB Storage" notification pops up. But on pressing the "Turn on USB Storage" the cirlce below it just keeps on circling and doesnot opens my sdcard in my pc as earlier it used to do.
I removed the battery,sdcard and placed them again hoping it might help but it was of no use.Any help why this is happening.Thanks in advance!!!!
Solved the problem
Hi there!
I solved the problem of "Turn on USB Storage". There are some apps which stop the USB Storage to mount on your machine.I deleted some of them and then i rechecked by pressing on "Turn on USB Storage" and VOILA !!! This time the sdcard gets mount on by system. So if any of u facing this problem try to delete some apps(preferably superuser grant apps) which you doubt and then check again your Turn on USB Storage.it would work.
This was my first question on xda which i myself answering.LOL! Enjoy GUys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:good:
KUNDAN NEGI said:
Just now i connected my android phone(ICS 4.0.4) with my pc and the "USB Connected Turn on USB Storage" notification pops up. But on pressing the "Turn on USB Storage" the cirlce below it just keeps on circling and doesnot opens my sdcard in my pc as earlier it used to do.
I removed the battery,sdcard and placed them again hoping it might help but it was of no use.Any help why this is happening.Thanks in advance!!!!
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see, this is EXACTLY the same issue as mine, only that i'd got it on JB, not ics.
this problem's originated from a process involving the sd card which ain't gonna permit the sd card even to be unmounted, that's why the USB Storage pop-up neither could do it. u have to investigate so thatchu could find out what's causing so. mine was becuz of swap memory i'd created using kernel tuner n it was activated by that time. firstly, de-activate it if u've got, n then re-activate when u were done with the mass storage deed u wanted to do with yo pc. and if u haven't, then check to see which process the phone is doing that needs and involves the sd card
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