54 Phone Basics

1.12 Using the Phone’s Storage Card as a USB

Drive

To transfer music, pictures, and other files from your computer to your
phone’s storage card, you need to set the phone’s storage card as a
USB drive.
To set the phone’s storage card as a USB drive
Connect the phone to the computer using the USB cable. A
notification icon ( ) appears in the status bar.
Open the Notifications panel. See “To open the Notifications
panel” earlier in this chapter to learn how to open the
Notifications panel.
In the Notifications panel, tap USB connected and then tap
Mount.
Note When you select Mount, the phone will not recognize the storage
card when it is connected to a computer. You will not be able to use
some of the phone’s applications such as Camera or Music.
To remove the storage card while the phone is on
When you need to remove the storage card while the phone is on,
you must unmount the storage card first to prevent corrupting or
damaging the storage card.
Press HOME > MENU, and then tap Settings.
Scroll down the screen, then tap SD card & phone storage.
Tap Unmount SD card.
Remove the storage card by following the instructions in
“To remove the storage card” earlier in this chapter.
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