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Help USB Mass Storage help (issues connecting with devices? )

Got my One two days ago and for two days I couldn't get it to mass storage, using the USB wire that came with it. Then I noticed a tiny amount of wiggle inside the phones USB connection. So then I GENTLY lifted the USB wire UP as I kept the phone flat, voila, my Windows 7 laptop gave its customary 'ba-ding' and I was in business!
Guess the USB tolerances inside my One are a bit out. Hope this helps you guys :)
 
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Got my One two days ago and for two days I couldn't get it to mass storage, using the USB wire that came with it. Then I noticed a tiny amount of wiggle inside the phones USB connection. So then I GENTLY lifted the USB wire UP as I kept the phone flat, voila, my Windows 7 laptop gave its customary 'ba-ding' and I was in business!
Guess the USB tolerances inside my One are a bit out. Hope this helps you guys :)

You may want to exchange that, it's only gonna get worse.
 
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Both my Desire & Desire HD had a feature under Settings to set the phone to act as an HDD drive or USB stick to feed the USB port on a TV or car radio etc.

It is probably straightforward but I can't see how to do this on the One.

I have contacted HTC support who have tried to help but, because of the language difficulties in Thailand where I currently am, cannot understand the question.

Can anybody advise?

Thanks
 
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Both my Desire & Desire HD had a feature under Settings to set the phone to act as an HDD drive or USB stick to feed the USB port on a TV or car radio etc.

It is probably straightforward but I can't see how to do this on the One.

I have contacted HTC support who have tried to help but, because of the language difficulties in Thailand where I currently am, cannot understand the question.

Can anybody advise?

Thanks

Don't you have to plug in a usb cable and the phone will ask you what do you want to do? Charge, sync, etc...
 
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Thanks for the replies.

When I plug the phone via a USB cable into my television the phone reports a USB connection and that USB debugging is set. The phone does not display any message asking for further instructions. There must be some option in Settings that I am overlooking.

I'm surprised that this feature may have been removed from later versions of Android as I would think it is a popular feature.

Any further guidance welcomed.
 
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Hey guys. Not the most savvy guy with this stuff. Is there any way I can mount my One as Mass Storage on Mac OSX? Just got the Verizon One and realized today that this feature doesn't seem to work. I've scoured forums to find an answer and haven't found one yet. Is there a USB driver for mac? One of the main reasons I switched back to android after having an iphone for 2 years was the ability to drag and drop from my computer (I despise iTunes, and HTC Sync manager seems even crappier so far).
 
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The problem isn't a lack of usb storage drivers for the Mac - OSX works out if the box with devices which support usb mass storage. The problem is that that is deprecated in Android, and its replacement, MTP, is a Microsoft thing, and isn't included with OSX or Linux.

The answer is to install Google's Android File Transfer tool on the Mac. On my phone so no link, but Google it and it will be the top result.
 
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