T-Mobile myTouch 3G User Guide
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May 19, 2009
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Using the Phone’s Storage Card as a USB Drive
To transfer music, pictures, and other files from your computer to your phone’s storage card, you need
to set the phone’s storage card as a USB drive.
To set the phone’s storage card as a USB drive
1
Connect the phone to the computer using the USB cable. A notification icon appears in the status
bar.
2
Open the Notifications Panel. Refer to “To open the Notifications panel” on page 27 to learn how to
open the Notifications Panel.
3
In the Notifications Panel, touch
USB connected
and then touch
Mount
.
When you select
Mount
, the phone will not recognize the storage card when it is connected to a
computer. You will not be able to use some of the phone’s applications such as Camera. You need to
turn off USB storage for the phone to recognize the storage card when the phone is connected to a
computer. Refer to the next procedure to learn how to turn off USB storage.
To turn off USB storage
1
Open the Notifications Panel. Refer to “To open the Notifications panel” on page 27 to learn how to
open the Notifications Panel.
2
In the Notifications Panel, touch
Turn off USB storage
and then touch
Turn Off
.
To safely remove the storage card while the phone is on
When you need to remove the storage card while the phone is on, you must unmount the storage
card first to prevent corrupting or damaging the storage card.
1
Press
HOME
, then press
MENU
, and then touch
Settings
.
2
Scroll down the screen, then touch
SD card & phone storage
.
3
Touch
Unmount SD card
.
Remove the storage card by following the instructions in “To remove the storage card” on page 18.
To format the SD card
1
Press
HOME
, then press
MENU
, and then touch
Settings
.
2
Scroll down the screen, then touch
SD card & phone storage
.
3
Touch
Unmount SD card
. This enables the
Format SD card
option.
4
Touch
Format SD card > Format SD card
.