Can I Use my phone like and old school usb storage device

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Can I Use my phone like and old school usb storage device

Post by Jody »

I need to update the maps on my car which, rather quaintly requires me to download the maps on to a computer. (Not a tablet or phone, lets not forget this car is 5 whole years old!! )

I then have to use a 16gb usb drive to transfer the data to my car.

Is there some weird, I don't know, partition or script or some such computer-ness that I don't understand, that prevents me from using my phone and means I have to go effing buy a USB as despite owning several I don' :roll: t have one with me in the UK
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Re: Can I Use my phone like and old school usb storage device

Post by cheb »

Why not just try it? It'll work or it won't, and it might even tell you why if it doesn't work.
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Re: Can I Use my phone like and old school usb storage device

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Depends on the make, Honda / Garmin are sods, it has to be a USB drive, it has to be 16gb, it has to be FAT32, virgins must be sacrificed