143 Your phone and computer

Your phone and computer

Where apps, data, and files are stored

HTC One S uses these storage types:

Apps and

Apps are installed to this storage, labeled as Internal storage in your

data

phone settings. It also stores data such as your text messages, contacts

storage

you created or synchronized to your phone, account settings, and more.

 

This storage is managed and carefully guarded by your phone since it

 

contains your private information. When you connect your phone to your

 

computer, this storage is not accessible from your computer.

 

Storage contents will be erased when you do a factory reset. Make sure

 

to back up your data before starting a factory reset.

 

 

File

This is another built-in storage, labeled as Phone storage in your phone

storage

settings. This is where you can store your files.

 

When you connect your phone to your computer, this storage is

 

accessible and you can copy files between them.

 

When you do a factory reset, you can choose whether to keep or erase

 

the storage contents.

 

 

Connecting your phone to a computer

Whenever you connect HTC One S to a computer using the USB cable, the Choose a connection type screen opens and lets you choose the type of USB connection.

Select one of the following choices, and then tap Done:

Charge only Select this option if you only want to charge the battery while connected to your computer.

Disk drive Select this mode when you want to copy files between HTC One S and your computer.

When in Disk drive mode, you will not be able to use apps on

HTC One S that access the storage such as Camera.

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HTC ONESTMB manual Your phone and computer, Where apps, data, and files are stored, Connecting your phone to a computer