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Connecting to networks and devices
Connecting to a computer via USB
You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music,
pictures, and other files between your phone's SD card and the computer.
Warning!
When connecting your phone to a computer and mounting its SD card, you must
follow your computer's instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices,
to avoid damaging or corrupting the files on your SD card.
To connect your phone to a computer via USB
1
Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone to a USB
port on your computer.
You receive a notification that the USB is connected.
Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected.
2
For details on working with the Notifications panel, see "Managing notifications"
on page 46.
Touch Mount in the dialog that opens asking if you want to transfer files.
3
You receive a new notification when the phone is connected as USB storage.
You phone's SD card is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy
files to and from the SD card. For more information, see the documentation for
your computer.
During this time, you can't access the SD card from your phone, so you can't use
applications that rely on the SD card (such as Camera, Gallery, or Music).
To disconnect your phone from the computer
1
Unmount the SD card on your computer.
You must carefully follow your computer's instructions to unmount the SD card
and disconnect USB devices correctly, to avoid losing information on the card.
Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage.
2
3
In the dialog that asks you to confirm that you first unmounted the SD card on
the computer, touch Turn off.
To safely remove the SD card from your phone
You can safely remove the SD card from your phone any time the phone is turned
off, as described in "Your phone and accessories" on page 19. But if you need to
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