Confirmed, the SD card included with the Motorola Droid can be mounted and read by the USB input in our cars.

 

does it charge the phone?

can pandora play via usb?

 

Yes

My guess is no, all it is doing is accessing the build in SD card and treating it like attached storage.

You have to "Mount" the SD card to read it. It pops up on the Droid screen when the USB is plugged in.

 

thats awesome

 

Works with any android fone.. my moto cliq works and so did my G1

 

I wasn't able to get my htc mytouch to play pandora through the usb

 

my Samsung Impression also works.
Just like the OP said just click on
mass storage device and your all set.

 

I can't get my iPhone to play Pandora thru USB. But it should work through the aux cable, right? Have XM, though, so no worries.

 

Works with blackberry bold or curve also. I wonder if one of them portable 2.5" drives would run. hm...320gb wuld be great.

 

anybody get this to work with a droid x and 2.2 froyo? It used to work when I had only 2.1 on there.

 

sounds like as long as you can set the phone to a usb mass storage device, the audio system should recognize the phone. i'll try my nexus one tonight.

 

I notice that if I have any apps running while its connected to the car HU, any sounds they make will come through to the HU. So, if you can get it to stop playing music, you could then grab the iPhone (or iPod), load Pandora, control as if you are listening directly to it, and the audio should come out though the USB.

Of course, all control of Pandora has to be done directly on the iPhone/iPod and not via the HU (PITA if it is in the upper glove compartment).

 

damn...i got a droid x too. never tried it while in 2.1 but i can confirm it doesn't work with 2.2. thought it was my custom rom. oh well. back to the ipod i guess.

 

Did you have to reboot into recovery and then mount sdcard while plugged in?
just curious. are you on froyo 2.2?

 

Can you still get phone calls with the Droid X while it's plugged into the car's USB? My crappy dumbphone won't allow calls in or out while it's plugged into the USB for music.

 

You shouldn't have to reboot... when you plug in the USB cable, you just have to enable USB Mass Storage... just like you would with your PC.

How to use your Droid for USB Mass Storage – droidpirate.com

 

thanks for the tip...i know about usb mass storage. i've done it this way...pc mode...usb mass storage...charge only...

in mass storage mode...it says "unsupported device" on the stereo screeen. under pc mode...it says "usb load" or something like that but nothing happens.

the reason i ask about rebooting into recovery is, u are able to mount the sd card without loading the OS on the phone which I thought would be conflicting with the stereo which gives the unsupported device message.

 

ah... interesting... I guess let us know if recovery works!

 

Thank you! I was wondering the same thing myself. I was using my 2G iPod touch for the USB input, it's great that I don't have to carry around two devices anymore!

 

I just have a 16 gig thumb drive that I plug in and leave in the car. Works pretty well and who cares if it gets stolen lol.