Broken screen, want to retrieve files via USB. - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, my captivate screen broke (zero display) and I'd like to retrieve some the files mostly vids and pics from the phone memory.
I have downloaded the mini abd on my PC. The phones two drive paths are shown on my PC via USB cable, but says "insert disk". So how can I use abd to mount the phone as external storage so I can browse and copy files? I know "enable USB debugging" was already checked. Phone is rooted with CM10.1
This is my first attempt with adb....so I'll need the dummy explanation.
I hope that makes sense, thank you for reading!

Hope this helps. Check the links below.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/beginners-guide-to-the-android-debug-bridge/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266638

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[SOLVED] Can't mound SD card from G1 to computer

I am unable to mount my SD card when it is in my G1 and connected to my computer. I used to be able to before I upgraded to Windows 7. I am using JacHero 2.7.1 with the latest USB drivers, fastboot and ADB both work. But when I connect my phone to my computer and choose to mount the card, nothing happens on my computer. In device manager, my G1 is still there under ADB Interface. However, the SD card is mounted as WPD File System Volume Driver with a little caution sign on the icon. When I view properties of the device, it says "The device cannot start. (Code 10)"
How can I get this to work? Its kinda annoying to have to turn off my phone, remove my fishbone case and go through all that just to put a picture on it.
SolemnWishing said:
I am unable to mount my SD card when it is in my G1 and connected to my computer. I used to be able to before I upgraded to Windows 7. I am using JacHero 2.7.1 with the latest USB drivers, fastboot and ADB both work. But when I connect my phone to my computer and choose to mount the card, nothing happens on my computer. In device manager, my G1 is still there under ADB Interface. However, the SD card is mounted as WPD File System Volume Driver with a little caution sign on the icon. When I view properties of the device, it says "The device cannot start. (Code 10)"
How can I get this to work? Its kinda annoying to have to turn off my phone, remove my fishbone case and go through all that just to put a picture on it.
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You can always use adb push? Lol try uninstalling the usb storage devices and reinstalling them
well, the problem is USB Mass Storage doesn't even show up. And when I try to install newer drivers it says "Windows has concluded that your driver is up to date" and stuff like that. ADB push is a little slow for me lol
Uninstall whatever your SD Card is installed as, then restart your computer, replug in your phone and mount the SD Card and it should prompt that a new device was plugged in.
h.nocturna said:
Uninstall whatever your SD Card is installed as, then restart your computer, replug in your phone and mount the SD Card and it should prompt that a new device was plugged in.
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Just tried that, the moment I plugged it in, my computer automatically installed the driver, so still not working.
SolemnWishing said:
Just tried that, the moment I plugged it in, my computer automatically installed the driver, so still not working.
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Ugh, I hate that... try manually updating drivers and see if you can get it to install the Mass Storage Device drivers from a list...
I tried that, there wasn't an option for USB Mass Storage, but there was one for SD Card in the pre-installed driver list, however when I selected that one I received an error. Just a note, that Android HTC Phone USB Device is listed under disk drives with no caution signs in the icon, however I am unable to get that one to work either. Could it possibly be Windows 7..?
AHAHAHHAHA YES I FIXED IT WOOO HOOOO!
Okay, so what I did was go into the development settings and UNcheck USB debugging. The moment I did that, my computer made the "new hardware sound" and then said "driver install successful" and when I clicked on it to see the driver, the driver was "USB Mass Storage Device". Now I can mount it WOOHOO!
Thanks you guys for all the help
edit:
With USB debugging reenabled, it stops working again, so I gotta turn it off everytime I wanna mount... ah well
That sucks, I have mine permanently on cuz I use ADB so much (Also using Windows 7 here) And everything detected perfectly. Well good job on finding a workaround.
SolemnWishing said:
AHAHAHHAHA YES I FIXED IT WOOO HOOOO!
Okay, so what I did was go into the development settings and UNcheck USB debugging. The moment I did that, my computer made the "new hardware sound" and then said "driver install successful" and when I clicked on it to see the driver, the driver was "USB Mass Storage Device". Now I can mount it WOOHOO!
Thanks you guys for all the help
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With USB debugging reenabled, it stops working again, so I gotta turn it off everytime I wanna mount... ah well
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Great could u change thread title to solved? Im sure lots of people have this problem too .Also update your OP =]
alritewhadeva said:
Great could u change thread title to solved? Im sure lots of people have this problem too .Also update your OP =]
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ahahaha sorry, buy whats an OP?
SolemnWishing said:
AHAHAHHAHA YES I FIXED IT WOOO HOOOO!
Okay, so what I did was go into the development settings and UNcheck USB debugging. The moment I did that, my computer made the "new hardware sound" and then said "driver install successful" and when I clicked on it to see the driver, the driver was "USB Mass Storage Device". Now I can mount it WOOHOO!
Thanks you guys for all the help
edit:
With USB debugging reenabled, it stops working again, so I gotta turn it off everytime I wanna mount... ah well
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thanks mate you helped me out was having the same problem on my zte blade
Thank you so much my friend.
I had the same problem on my Desire.
I was wondering couple hours for this stupid thing.....and finally I mound my SD Card on your way.
No Go!
Windows 7 64bit for me and Galexy Prevail still no go with the WPD FileSystem Volume Driver, I can't get this suka! started and it was working before everything? why did it stop?
I hate this crap...... Ahhhhhhhhh! Im pulling my hair on this crap.... Willing to try other sugestions, I am def not reformatting to get this to work...lol...
---------- Post added at 10:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:24 AM ----------
Okay because of a great guy from a microsoft website forumboard I was able to fix this with the below fix.
Thank you (Patricio16)
If still doesnt work try this:
1. My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings. This takes you into the system properties like in XP. Go into Environment variables and create a new System varable called devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices (I don't think it's case sensitive). Set this to a value of 1.
2. Go into device manager. From the view menu, choose "show hidden devices". Because of the environment variable, you now see all devices not in use.
3. Uninstall any "Universal Serial Bus controllers" not in use (greyed out). Also I uninstalled any storage volumes, storage volume shadow copies, and disk drives also not in use. You should see your offending USB device in one of these areas.
4. STILL DIDNT WORK!! Then:
4.1 Make sure your cellphone detects and see the content of the card. Then, right click MY COMPUTER - Choose Disk Mngmt- Look for the storage device in trouble (you will see that it doesnt have an assigned letter yet) - Add a letter to it - Check and you'll see the drive. (Edit)rocxylemmon- remove the WPD by uninstalling it if it does not go away on it's own then recheck for any new devices and it will change to the drive letter you assigned it too.
Actual Link To The Site - ****://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itprovistahardware/thread/24374678-e65d-40fd-9581-62b09c8feeb8
This fixed mine so hope it fixes yours.

Newbie with the Nexus

I am having issues, probably missing something silly.
I connect my phone via usb, there is nio option to mount card.
I installed the new drivers following the info provided here as below:
Getting Nexus One ADB/USB Mount working (Driver)
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hit Windows Key + r
Type in devmgmt.msc
right click on nexus one
click update
update from location on computer.
select that folder.
---------------Notes-------------
Be sure to enable debugging on your phone via Settings>Applications>Devlopment>USB debugging.
Phone shows in my device manager as Android composite Adb interface.
In My computer it shows as Removable drive (N)
not sure where I am going wrong, when i pull down the screen from notificatio area all i get is "Turn Off USB Storage" & USB Debugging Connected.
Any help greatly appreciated
i didnt need to install anything. i just connected my nexus to my work laptop, it recognized a mass storage device, i pull down the shade and press "cclick to copy files". thats it.
I have installed via wifi Astro file manager, but it does not find any *.apk files i drag over to the memory card, so I can not install the apps I have currently sitting on my pc. I have no idea what folder I should drag them to, tried the root of removable drive(N) as well as the temp folder.

[Q] eZGingerbread resets after clicking Turn on USB Mass Storage

Hello
I got G1, rooted it, got 1033d? SPL and 27.08 radio. Installed ezGingerbread (28.08 version). When I plug it in via USB cable, i got notifications on phone:
USB debugging connected
USB connected (Select to copy files to/from computer)
When i proceed to enable USB mass Storage, after clicking button which enables it, phone restarts.
If i dont enable Mass Storage on phone, in windows (7) i can see "Removable Disk",
But cant see its size, or access it.
When I enabled Mass Storage for first time on phone, i saw size of removable disk, (its around 3 GB, with couple of MB taken). When i tried to access it, phone restarted.
Each time after that, phone restarts immediately after clicking enable USB mass Storage.
I tried restarting computer and reinstalling drivers, no luck...
EDIT1:
adb and fastboot work correctly
misc: this is my first smartphone, second day of using it, so i may be missing something obvious
Not bad for a first day. You seem to be doing everything right.
I just tried it on Linux and everything works well, but Windows could be different.
Since you have ADB working you can type "adb logcat" into a shell before you try to connect USB Storage and it should give a useful message before restarting. It is also possible to get the last kernel messages before the phone restarted with "adb shell cat /proc/last_kmsg" Either of those should tell "someone" what the problem is.

[Q] Phone won't mount as disc drive, Win 7.

I'm using dReWs Ginger Faux ICS Rom (first rom in my sig) and its been mounting fine until a few days ago. When they're both connected by the usb cable, i get the notification if i want to copy files to/from the pc, so i click that and i get to the option to turn on the mass storage thing, so i press okay to that and at first it's a green android, then when it's done, its orange. The thing is, that when it claims to be mounted as a disc drive, i check my computer and it's not showing up. I checked the devices and printers menu and it shows up as android phone, so i tryed to update the driver for it but apparently it is already. I also have "HTC BMP USB Driver" installed as well as "HTC Driver Installer". I had them installed since i was using htc sync but i'm not anymore. Should i uninstall them? Lemme know if you can help, thanks.
If you need more info, just let me know...
Edit- sigh...
Can someone help me? Or should i go to the Windows 7 forum instead?

HELP!! Cannot access files!

Hi guys I reaaly need your help!!
1. so basically what happened is my screen is dead but phone is not! i managed to connect the phone to my work pc via usb cable and copied all the data i needed.
2. then somehow the pc hard drive died and i installed a new SSD one but unfortunately i accidentaly deleted a cruical partition on the faulty hdd so all the copied S6 contecnt is now gone.
3. dont ask me how but now, on my new freshly installed OS on my new ssd, i connect the phone again and try to access its folder but nothing is there!
** could i have somehow deleted a samsung partition as well through the windows 10 installation process? (seems unlikely i think).
** could the phone be displaying a question about how i would like to use the usb cable (charging only or data transfer)? if so why would this suddenly happen?
** I tried connecting to another pc but same issuer persists. the driver installs but cannot see files.
** could it possibly work on my home pc because it was previously connected there?
** the icon on the pc is that of a media transfer like an mp3 player. when i access it there are no files but when i right click i dont have an option to add folders so i'm guessing this maybe a permissions issue?
how can I access the files on the phone?! THANKS!!!
just to update i got it all sorted out trying to press randomly on the phone apparently i managed to access the files so what i can understand is that the phone keeps a list of all the pc's its ever been connected to and a setting of which connection type to allow this pc.
As soon as i formatted the pc, the phone recognized it as new and probably asked my if i want charging or data transfer. somehow i managed to chose data transfer!
Thanks a lot anyways and have a great day

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