HTC Android device mounted as USB drive is read-only unless I'm root
- by Ian Dickinson
When I connect my HTC Incredible S to my Ubuntu 10.10 system as a USB drive, the device seems to mount OK, but is read-only unless I access it as root. For example, if I run nautilus, I can't drag and drop files to the SD-card in the phone, but if I run sudo nautilus I can.
I have USB debug support set on the phone (Applications > Development…