For those who have a WP7 device, this should be useful.
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Here's one we didn't see coming: Enabling USB Storage for Windows Phone 7 has been uncovered and detailed over at WPCentral, showing that the phone can indeed be used as a USB drive for manually copying data without using the Zune software.
The hack, which is as simple modifying registry keys, allows the user to use the phone on the local machine as a "mass storage device" so they can manually load music and pictures onto the phone. Essentially, modifying the keys allows the device to operate in "Legacy Mode" and another enables it to be shown in the shell. After modifying the registry keys, you must shut the Zune client to allow files to be manually added.
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It's worth noting that even if you manually put the music or pictures in the corresponding folders, the phone won't actually read them, essentially rendering the hack useless, but at least we can move files, right? Zune converts the files to a specific locked down WMA format, that only Windows Phone 7 can read. The news follows hot on the heels of the Windows Phone 7 USB tethering being uncovered built into the OS last week.
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Source: [url]http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-phone-7-mass-storage-mode-discovered[/url]
Source: [url]http://wpcentral.com/how-turn-your-windows-phone-7-device-usb-drive[/url]
Linked Article: [url]http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/11/windows-phone-7-usb-tethering-uncovered-on-samsung-phones/[/url]
So this means you can look at the WP7 filesystem like you could do with iOS if you jailbreak it?
Pretty cool discovery. Maybe they patch it.
At it's current state I do not see any use with this.
[QUOTE=toaster468;26144165]At it's current state I do not see any use with this.[/QUOTE]
You can easily store files on it without using some proprietary software.
Can't a $20 8GB usb drive do that, and do it better?
[QUOTE=Euphoracle;26149132]Can't a $20 8GB usb drive do that, and do it better?[/QUOTE]
You're comparing a flash drive to a phone? :what:
No, he's comparing a flash drives storage capabilities to a phones storage capabilities. He hasn't gone and said "My flash drive can take calls".
Yeah but at the same time, he gives off the whole superiority complex of saying that. What's the point of wasting more money when you can just use your phone. Obviously if you don't have a phone, you aren't going to go out and buy it just because it also functions as storage, but for those that do it's handy.
Not to mention I carry a phone with me everyone, but I don't even have any flashdrives in my pockets. This is, whether he admits it or not, useful.
My flash drive can take calls.
[QUOTE=RayDark;26156400]My flash drive can take calls.[/QUOTE]
My flash drive can make calls, play movies and music, surf the web and warm my hands in the winter while doing it.:smug:
My flash drive can hold files. :v:
My flash drive has Linux installed on it :smug:
my flash drive has gentoo installed on it
my flash drive is broken...
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