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Palm Pre 2 User Guide (World Ready) - DevDB

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Copy files between your phone and your<br />

computer<br />

Copy files and folders using USB Drive mode<br />

You can copy any type of file from a computer to your phone, and from your<br />

phone to your computer, by putting your phone in USB Drive mode. In this<br />

mode, your phone appears as a removable hard drive to your desktop<br />

computer.<br />

After you copy a file to your phone, you can open the file if your phone has<br />

an application that supports the file type. You can open many file formats for<br />

photos, videos, and music; Microsoft Office files; and PDF files. You can also<br />

copy ringtones that you download from your computer’s web browser.<br />

IMPORTANT All files that you store on the USB drive of your phone are not<br />

backed up to your <strong>Palm</strong> profile, and they cannot sync to any of your online<br />

accounts. So be sure to keep a copy of all such files somewhere besides your<br />

phone just in case you lose your phone or you must do a full erase of the info on<br />

your phone. For example, from time to time, you may want to back up photos and<br />

videos you recorded on your phone by copying them to a computer. Your photos<br />

and videos are stored in the DCIM folder of your phone’s USB drive.<br />

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you copy files from your computer, make<br />

sure you have enough storage space on your phone to fit the files. Open<br />

Device Info and look at the Available field under Phone.<br />

When your phone is in USB Drive mode, incoming calls go to voicemail; you<br />

can’t make calls or use any other application until you complete step 5<br />

below.<br />

1 Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable.<br />

2 On your phone, tap USB Drive. On your computer, your phone<br />

appears as a removable drive.<br />

58 Chapter 4 : Copy files and sync your personal data<br />

3 On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens,<br />

click Cancel to close the wizard.<br />

4 Open My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Windows<br />

Vista/Windows 7), or the Finder (Mac), double-click the drive<br />

representing your phone, and drag and drop files to your phone. The<br />

drive displays folders that you can use to organize the files you copy.<br />

You can also create your own folders.<br />

NOTE If you copy ringtones to your phone, be sure to place them in the<br />

ringtones folder on your phone’s USB drive. Photos and videos taken on the<br />

phone are in DCIM > 100<strong>Palm</strong>.<br />

5 End the connection safely—if you do not eject safely, your phone resets<br />

when you disconnect the USB cable:<br />

On a Windows computer, right-click the drive representing your<br />

phone and click Eject.<br />

On a Mac computer, from your desktop, drag the drive representing<br />

your phone to the Trash. Trash changes to Eject.<br />

6 Disconnect the USB cable from the computer when the USB drive<br />

screen is no longer displayed on your phone.<br />

Delete files and folders using USB Drive mode<br />

When your phone is in USB Drive mode, you can’t make or receive calls or<br />

use other wireless features such as email or the web.<br />

1 Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable.<br />

2 On your phone, tap USB Drive. On your computer, your phone<br />

appears as a removable drive.<br />

3 On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens,<br />

click Cancel to close the wizard.

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