DL09 and Mac OS USB Mounting

[jbr05ki]

I upgraded from DI01 to DL09 via OTA and now USB Mounting doesn't work when I connect to my Mac. Has anyone had this issue?

 

[doobieking420]

Go into Setting > USB Settings > Ask on connection. Seems to have reset. If this works, ITS DOOBIE TIME

 

[jbr05ki]

Go into Setting > USB Settings > Ask on connection. Seems to have reset. If this works, ITS DOOBIE TIME

No doobie time...

 

[doobieking420]

Just got to a mac to give this a shot. Doesn't mount for me either! Shows a CD image with some of the pc installer files but not the directory of the phone itself. Very interesting. Upon unmounting, got a "The disk you inserted was no readable by this computer." message.

"you are not alone" -Michael Jackson

 

[jvincent08]

Just got to a mac to give this a shot. Doesn't mount for me either! Shows a CD image with some of the pc installer files but not the directory of the phone itself. Very interesting. Upon unmounting, got a "The disk you inserted was no readable by this computer." message.

"you are not alone" -Michael Jackson

When did you start making coherent posts? I like it

 

[jbirdsf]

No doobie time...

Same issues here! I am hoping one of you AWESOME developer types can help us Mac users out on this one. I have made multiple inquiries to both Verizon and Samsung regarding this issue. Surprise, surprise...they each point the finger at the other! I pretty much lost all hope when the last Verizon rep I spoke to suggested I purchase an external SD card reader to transfer files...gulp!

 

[Djgang]

Same problem !!!

Doesn't work with my Mac. Also tried Factory Reset.. still doesn't work....

Looks like I am not the only one ....


Also, the update left a weird status icon on the top next to my 3g icon in the status bar.

Please help..


Thanks,
Dj

 

[ivorycruncher]

Hey, I think I may know what the problem is, even though I don't have a Mac to test. I'm running stock ROM with DL09 OTA, and I discovered that when trying to mount the phone in mass storage mode, it wouldn't. It just showed up as a CD drive that contained an installer for the latest samsung drivers, and an app that opens IE to a page to download some kind of Verizon VCast media manager app. In other words, Verizon is trying to save you from yourself by forcing you to use their crap media manager software, instead of accessing the contents of your SD card directly.

I then realized that I hadn't de-bloated by removing all the Verizon apps, so I froze the VCast and VZNav apps (and Bing, and a few others) in Titanium Backup, and after that, Windows will now recognize and mount the SD card as expected.

I suspect that the funky CD mode thing is what is messing up mounting it on your Mac, so would suggest that you freeze those apps on your phone (you can also go in with ADB or Root Explorer and rename the .apk files, if you don't have Titanium Pro), and reboot the phone, and then try mounting it again.

 

[critofur]

...I then realized that I hadn't de-bloated by removing all the Verizon apps, so I froze the VCast and VZNav apps (and Bing, and a few others) in Titanium Backup, and after that, Windows will now recognize and mount the SD card as expected...

Can anyone confirm that this works? And particularly: which app needs to be stopped/"frozen"/removed for the fix.

I had searched a half dozen forums and not found a solution, that you found a fix is great news.

Not being able to access the SD card as a USB flash storage device is absolutely intolerable - I would say it's a serious flaw with DL09 and Verizon should "recall" the update or QUICKLY release a patch that "un breaks" it. The fact that they're probably doing this on purpose is sickening and infuriating.

 

[ivorycruncher]

I later confirmed that that doesn't fully fix the problem. The issue is in the kernel itself. Adrynalyne's 1/18 or later kernels fix the problem, at least for Windows, not sure about Mac, but there's a good chance it will. Try that and see what happens.

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