Copy Files Between Your Smartphone And Your Computer - HP Veer User Manual

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
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.
58 Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data
Available field under Phone.
1 Connect your smartphone to your computer using the
2 On your smartphone, tap USB
smartphone appears as a removable drive.
3 On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens,
click Cancel to close the wizard.
4 Open My Computer (Windows XP),
Vista/Windows 7), or the Finder
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.
5 End 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.
6 Disconnect 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.
1 Connect your smartphone to your computer using the
USB cable.
Drive. On your computer, your
Computer (Windows
(Mac), double-click the drive
USB cable.