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Touch Turn on USB storage in the screen that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files.
When the phone is connected as USB storage, the screen indicates that USB storage is in use and you
receive a notification.
Your phone’s USB storage or SD card is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can copy files back and
forth now. For more information, see the documentation for your computer.
During the time you make transfer of your information, you can’t access the USB storage or SD card from
your phone, so you can’t use applications that rely on them, such as Camera, Gallery and Music.
Disconnect your phone from the computer
Warning! Carefully follow your computer’s instructions to unmount the USB storage or SD card and
disconnect USB devices correctly to avoid losing information.
Unmount the USB storage or SD card on your computer.
Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage.
Touch Turn off USB storage in the screen that opens.
Safely remove an SD card from your phone
If your phone has an SD card (rather than internal USB storage), you can safely remove the SD card from
your phone any time the phone is turned off, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide. If you need to
remove the SD card while the phone is on, you must unmount the SD card form the phone first, to prevent
corrupting or damaging the SD card.
Press Settings to open the Settings application.
Touch Storage > Unmount.
Touch can now safely remove the SD card from the phone.
Erase your phone’s USB storage or SD card
If your phone uses an SD card, you may need to erase a new one before you can use it with your phone.
You can also erase your phone’s USB storage or SD card, for example, if you are giving the phone or SD card
to someone else and want to erase your personal information from it. (See “Factory data reset” for
information on erasing all the data on your phone.)
Press Settings to open the Settings application.
Touch Storage > Erase.
On the screen that warns you that formatting will erase its contents, touch Erase.