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20 Getting started
Connecting your phone to a computer
Whenever you connect your phone to a computer using the USB cable, the Connect
to PC screen opens and lets you choose the type of USB connection. Select one of
the following choices, and then tap Done:
You can also change the type of USB connection on-the-fly, without having to
disconnect and reconnect your phone. Slide open the Notifications panel, and then
tap the notification that says “Select to change USB connection type” to open the
Connect to PC screen again.
You can also use Multimedia Sync to synchronize media files from your computer to
your phone. For more information, see "About Multimedia Sync by doubleTwist" in the
Accounts and sync chapter.
Copying files to or from the storage card
You can copy your music, photos, and other files to your phone’s storage card.
1. Connect your phone to your computer using the supplied USB cable.
2. On your computer, the connected phone is recognized as a removable disk.
3. Navigate to the removable disk and open it.
4. Do one of the following:
Copy the files from the computer to the phone’s storage card’s root folder.
Copy the files from the phone’s storage card to a folder in your computer.
5. After copying the files, unmount the removable disk (that is, the connected
phone) as required by your computer’s operating system to safely remove your
phone.
Before you can use USB tethering, you need to install the HTC driver first on your computer.
You can find the HTC driver in the microSD card that is installed on your phone. To install the
driver on your computer, just connect your phone to your computer, copy the HTCDriver.exe
file to your computer, and then double-click the file.
Charge only Select this option if you only want to charge the battery while your
phone is connected to your computer.
Disk drive This mode is available only when there’s a microSD card on your phone.
Select this mode when you want to copy files between your phone’s
storage card and your computer. For more information, see "Copying
files to or from the storage card" in this chapter.
USB tethering When Disk drive mode is enabled while your phone is connected to the
computer, you will not be able to use apps on your phone to access the
storage card.
When you do not have Internet connection on your computer, you can
select this mode to share your phone’s mobile data connection with
your computer. For more information, see "Using your phone as a
modem (tethering)" in the Internet connections chapter.
To change the default connection type, press MENU from the Home screen, and then tap
Settings > Connect to PC.
If you change the default connection type, follow the procedure in "Connecting your phone to
a computer" to change the connection type to Disk drive.