Droid 2 Global Cyanogenmod USB not working FIX

So, I just upgraded my D2G to Cyanogenmod 7.1.0. Like many other people, I had immediate problems with USB.

The symptoms are as follows:

  • I plug the USB cable into my computer and into my Droid 2 Global.
  • The Droid 2 Global does not respond in any way. No charge light, no hardware response from the PC.
  • HOWEVER, if the phone is rebooted with the cable connected, then

  • The USB mass storage dialog will appear and the phone will connect ONCE
  • But if disconnected it will not reconnect again.
  • After wasting an entire afternoon trying to get USB Mass Storage to work on CM for D2G, I called my friend Aaron Marback who has better Android and Google-fu than I do.

    Aaron pointed me to this post by dateno1. Attached is a rar file containing two files: usbd and Usb.apk.

    To fix the USB problems with Cyanogenmod 7.1.0 on Droid 2 Global, do the following:

  • Download the files linked in dateno1’s post.
  • Connect your phone to your computer and reboot it to establish a connection. Alternately copy files to SD card using card reader.
  • Copy the files onto the root dir of your SD card.
  • Install the app Root Explorer.
  • Open Root Explorer. Navigate to the root directory of the SD card.
  • Press and hold on the file “usbd”. Choose “copy”.
  • Navigate to /system/bin/. Paste.
  • Set permissions to rwxr-xr-x or just give permissions to everyone.
  • Navigate back to the SD card root directory.
  • Press/hold and Copy “Usb.apk”.
  • Navigate to /system/apps/ and paste.
  • Again, set permissions the same way.
  • Reboot phone and enjoy USB access.
  • Thanks to Dateno1 and Aaron Marback.

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