Copy files between your smartphone and your computer

Copy files and folders using USB Drive mode

You can copy any type of file from a computer to your smartphone, and from your smartphone to your computer, by putting your smartphone in USB Drive mode. In this mode, your smartphone appears as a removable hard drive to your desktop computer.

After you copy a file to your smartphone, you can open the file if your smartphone has an application that supports the file type. You can open many file formats for photos, videos, and music; Microsoft Office files; and PDF files. You can also copy ringtones that you download from your computer’s web browser.

IMPORTANT All files that you store on the USB drive of your smartphone are not backed up to your Palm profile, and they cannot sync to any of your online accounts. So be sure to keep a copy of all such files somewhere besides your smartphone just in case you lose your smartphone or you must do a full erase of the info on your smartphone. For example, from time to time, you may want to back up photos and videos you recorded on your smartphone by copying them to a computer. Or, if Amazon MP3 is available, you may have purchased MP3 music on your smartphone and wish to enjoy it on another playback device. Your photos and videos taken using your smartphone are stored in the DCIM folder of your smartphone’s USB drive. Downloaded music files are stored in the AmazonMP3 folder.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you copy files from your computer, make sure you have enough storage space on your smartphone to fit the files. Open Device Info and look at the Available field under Phone.

When your smartphone is in USB Drive mode, incoming calls go to voicemail; you can’t make calls or use any other application until you complete step 5 below.

1Connect your smartphone to your computer using the USB cable.

2On your smartphone, tap USB Drive. On your computer, your smartphone appears as a removable drive.

3On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens, click Cancel to close the wizard.

4Open My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Windows Vista/Windows 7), or the Finder (Mac), double-click the drive representing your smartphone, and drag and drop files to your smartphone. The drive displays folders that you can use to organize the files you copy. You can also create your own folders.

NOTE If you copy ringtones to your smartphone, be sure to place them in the ringtones folder on your smartphone’s USB drive. Photos and videos taken on the smartphone are in DCIM > 100Palm.

5End the connection safely. If you do not eject safely, your smartphone resets when you disconnect the USB cable:

•On a Windows computer, right-click the drive representing your smartphone and click Eject.

•On a Mac computer, from your desktop, drag the drive representing your smartphone to the Trash. Trash changes to Eject.

6Disconnect the USB cable from the computer when the USB drive screen is no longer displayed on your smartphone.

Delete files and folders using USB Drive mode

When your smartphone is in USB Drive mode, you can’t make or receive calls or use other wireless features such as email or the web.

1Connect your smartphone to your computer using the USB cable.

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