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Root sdcard as storage?

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AxonAnon

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Can I transfer files to my phone via usd to my sd card? for some reason I have been unable to do so and looked there the forums and cant find anything for the prevail?
 
Yes you can use it as storage, thats what its made for. What kind of files though? What are you doing (steps) and whats happining that its not working.
 
I installed the drivers (reinstalling now) Plug in trying to transfer a zip to my sd card.... im at work and i left my converter at home.
 
is your sdcard detected by the phone? maybe its not in all the way, it will do a click when you push it in
 
My sd card is detected and I cant try another cord cause I dont have one lol
and i have tried both usb ports.

well i just got it to show up and then it wouldnt take the zip.... now im trying to switch usbs and cant get it to come up again
 
Are you using a laptop? Only two usb ports seems very low.....even for a laptop. If you mean the front usb ports on a computer/tower then that could be part of the problem it may be a pita but plug the cord into back usb ports on the computer that provide full power and may solve your problem. A lot of times the front usb ports on computers do not provide enough power and things don't work right when plugged into them.
 
Carsfanatic said:
A lot of times the front usb ports on computers do not provide enough power and things don't work right when plugged into them.
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Never heard of that. I use the front USB ports to charge my phone at work all the time. maybe I will try the back to see if I actually notice a faster charge. Ive done everything on my prevail that requires a computer with the front ports on my work computer. so far so good. I will try the rear ports and check it out starting monday as Im plugged in the front right now. lol
 
AxonAnon, have you tried disabling your antivirus? I've seen that confilict at times for some people.
 
Oddly enough it would only let me do it when i changed it to ask when i connect.. it never asked i had to pull down the tab then it started working? I tried it in mass storage mode before but it even when i had that on it wouldnt let me? but i am officailly running CTmod thanks guys
 
76ford90lx said:
Never heard of that. I use the front USB ports to charge my phone at work all the time. maybe I will try the back to see if I actually notice a faster charge. Ive done everything on my prevail that requires a computer with the front ports on my work computer. so far so good. I will try the rear ports and check it out starting monday as Im plugged in the front right now. lol
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The front ports on your computer are connected via a small wire from them to your motherboard so their power and sometimes data transfer rate can be much less than that of hard wired usb ports. I have a card reader/usb 5 1/4 "drive" on most my computers that connect to the motherboard the same way the normal front ports for usb would but also connect to SATA(for the other memory card inputs) and take a connection to the computer power supply so that they receive full power all the time.

If you have a good quality case the wire and connection and power is usually pretty good but generic/mass built cases not so much(dell, hp, gateway etc....)

I notice a much better data transfer and even faster charging using either the rear ports or my powered card reader/usb drive.
 
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