Hi all,
So just finished rooting my Tab A T585. I want to begin using the encryption, but my question is, if my device goes bad, for example, and I need to access my 128 GB sd card from my computer, is that possible? I'm used to windows where I can move a Bitlocker-encrypted drive to another PC, and enter the seed without a problem. Is that possible with Android?
Thanks!!
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hey guys, I just got the hd2 yesterday, and it alread was loaded android miui onto it. I was just wondering, how do I mount a sd card from windows mobile so i can see the contents of the card on a computer? What I'm trying to do is, use a sd card that doesn't have android on it in windows mobile, but i don't have a card reader. I know thres a way to put my micro sd into my hd2 and connect it to my macbook ( i dont have any virtual machines for windows so the sync software won't work ) so I can view all the files and put the necessary files for android on it. I have the clarity rom 6.5 and in the settings in connections/usb it just says allow usb connection or something like that. everytime I connect to my mac it doesn't recognize an external device, but my hd2 charges. When i boot it into android i can mount my sd card, but the problem is i dont have android on the other sd card that i want to modify, so I can't go into android and mount my sd card to modify files. So to make a long question short, HOW DO I VIEW/MODIFY THE CONTENTS OF MY SD CARD ON MY MAC WITH ONLY MY HD2 AND USB CABLE? This is my first post, so please go easy on me.
if you set the hd2 to disk drive mode the mac should see it as a usb hard disk. shouldnt it? (in windows mobile, not android, dunno nuffink about android)
how do i do this? I have never used windows mobile. ever. thanks for the help!
well when you plug in the usb cable, normally you get a popup (on the hd2) asking what you want, actyive sync, disk drive or (sometimes) internet sharing.
if it doesnt, you can go
settings tab menu all settings connections usb to PC
or settings tab other usb to PC
select disk drive, connect (or reconnect) USB cable.
you sometimes have better luck with switching usb mode if you havent already connected the device that session. try it from a fresh phone and pc reboot, put the phone in disk mode then connect usb.
(just as an added point of interest, you can use the hd2 in usb disk mode to boot a PC from a suitably formatted bootlable sd card, so it is using real usb hard disk mode. I use it to boot to ubuntu when im testing faulty machines.)
I only have one usb to pc, and it says when i tap it,
enable advanced network functionality.
no other settings. is something wrong? I am on clarity rom.
oh and im on clarity rom, but for some reason its not doing anything when i plug it into the mac
dunno what to say then, you are looking for the screen as my image.
G'nite, good luck.
you might claim to be a noob, but you certainly know what you're doing and you're on the right track!
here are the facts:
1. the HD2 is TOTALLY capable of what you require, i.e. usb disk mode
2. point 1 is true in both WM6.5(.x) and android (and you have already used the feature first-hand in android!)
3. point 2 is true only for WM ROMs and android builds in which the chef has chosen to provide the ability to toggle the usb disk mode option (this feature is present and fully usable in 90+% of the available ROMs/builds and in 100% of the ROMs/builds i've tried personally!)
4. given point 3, i find it hard to believe or understand why the chef of this "clarity" ROM you speak about left out the option! maybe it is there but moved to a different section of settings as samsamuel has suggested. maybe it WAS there but somehow something got corrupted/screwed and now the option has been wiped out? maybe try hard resetting your WM.
my honest and humble suggestion to you is to post in the thread of the "clarity" ROM and ask the chef/users of the ROM.
you seem very comfortable with the tweaking and ROM scene, so why not try a different WM ROM (i suggest NRGZ's "energy" ROM series)? you are already using android, and changing the WM ROM is a whole lot easier and straight forward if your primary OS is android (like yours truly!); nothing to backup/restore, no apps to install/configure, no contacts/messages backup/restore, etc.
i am happily using an old NRGZ ROM from june 2010, i keep WM in flight mode and simply use WM as a "bootstrap" into android. my WM is properly tweaked and configured to my liking just in case android ever screws up and i end up having to rely on WM until i get android sorted. hasn't happened yet, but fingers crossed!
Followed directions to disable this prior to rooting. Do I enable it once rooted? I got a pop up asking me if I wanted to when I booted up my PC with the NT already plugged in.
If I plug it in after boot up (PC), I get two new drives, one called MyNOOK and the other specifying a removable disk that reflects the lack of an SD card.
I dont quite understand your question. are you trying to get your sd card to mount and be read by your PC?
this relates to the issue I am having re-rooting. In a nutshell:
1. did a erase/deregister because I was going to sell it - buyer wants it rooted - i wanted to make sure my personal data was gone.
2. That disabled my n button and no longer have browser capabilities even in Nook mode
3. No micros sd card slot on my pc, so no way that i know of to do a magic sd reset
4. All I want is to get back to factory, so I can follow root process, but without a browser, cannot download the apps in your video to reroot
Stuck. B&N store said to do erase reregister but I don't think that brings back my browser either
Hi all
I have a question/problem about my files on SD Card.
When I connect my sony ericsson xperia neo with the pc even if it is locked with a pattern I can still access all the files on SD card from USB.
I haven't found a way to encrypt the whole or part of the SD.
In my previous phone (windows mobile 6.1) there was an option where you could encrypt files in sd so that when i connected it through usb to pc, the pc asked me for password first and then read the files.Also i couldn't read the sd with a card reader cause it was encrypted.
Is there an option to encrypt the whole sd or at least part of it?
If so,how?Do i need to use an extra program from android market?Is there an option to do that from the operating system?
I will search for a way to do so...that is really necessary...I have used symbian and maemo before android...in symbian you can set password for sdcard and it becomes unreadable by pc.
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I have tried to find a way for days now. Nothing so far. I read that in ICS encryption will be available. Well,if that's the case i guess we'll have to wait till then.
It's a bit shame though because this is a HUGEEEEE security issue that I dont understand why i don't see much fuss about it!!!I'm amazed!
There r a lots of other issues...in my opinion android is still evolving and there is a long way ahead...even then android is by far the best mobile OS.
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Hello all,
So I upgraded the phone to ICS 4.0.3 and it seems I cannot find an option to encrypt phone under settings > security.
What I have found is this:
If i connect to pc through usb I need to enter my screen password in order to be able to read the SD Card.
BUT, when I remove the sd card and enter it to an external card reader ALL data are available.
Is there no option to fully encrypt the SD Card in ICS?
What the heck?
Hi all.
Here's the situation:
I have a 32 gb Sandisk (unsure of the class) sd card I've used with 2 different phones for at least over a year now. I took the card out of my phone to connect it through my laptops built in card reader for the purpose of transferring large files (card reader speeds are much faster than usb mounting through the phone for me). When I put it in the computer Windows wouldn't recognize it. Now it won't mount in my phone at all, and it won't work correctly on my PC. When I connect it to my computer it says the card needs to be formatted before use, but then when I go to format it, it shows up on the Windows formatting screen as only having a 30.6 mb capacity and I get the message "Windows was unable to complete the format" whenever I try to format it, no matter the settings.
So my question is, how do I get the darn thing to work again? I think something must have happened between shutting my phone down to remove it and putting it in my computer. I just don't know what. Anyone else ever experience this? (I've already given up on recovering all of my files, but if it's possible to save them that would be amazing )
Things I've tried:
formatting via Windows
formatting via android
formatting /external_sd via Clockworkmod recovery
a couple different data recovery/partitioning programs (Partition Wizard and PhotoRec/TestDisk
also using "chkdsk" in windows command prompt returns saying that the disk is in the "RAW" format.
Additional info:
Phone: Motorola Droid RAZR HD (XT926) (Verizon)
ROM: XenonHD 11.01 (Android version 4.2.2, AOSP based)
Sorry if this is more lengthy than necessary, just trying to be thorough and cover all the bases!
Thanks in advance for your help!
Hello,
I've been using quite satisfied an X96 max plus 4/32 TV box for the past 1.5 years.
I have CE 9.2.something on it. Entered some API keys for YouTube etc. It's working nice.
Now I bought another, exact same device and I wouldn't like to repeat the whole configuring process, since it takes a lot of effort and reading, cause I don't do it everyday, but there are some issues/questions.
1. It just doesn't boot CE from a new microSD card, all I get is an android recovery menu.
2. from USB stick, it boots with CE without problems.
3. I managed to boot now from the working microSD card from the old device somehow, but it still doesn't work with the new microSD.
4. Since it's fine with USB, it should be fine with the microSD, too.
Is there a way to have it boot from microSD?
Is there a way to clone the working microSD to the other one, OR putting the working CE on the ROM without loosing my old system from the card and have it boot from the device itself?
Is there a way to clone the working microSD to the bootable USB stick and then putting it on the ROM for good and have it boot from the device itself? <- this might be the easiest option.
Can someone please help?
Thank you in advance.