I'm trying to get my pc to recognize my lg shine as a device so I can download my photos. Someone suggested that there ought to be a disk that comes with my phone...there never was one.
You might say that the LG CU270 is its own CD -- thanks to a not-so-bright "innovation" by Qualcomm, its chipset manufacturer. This is why it doesn't come with a CD -- it's its own CD. Which has proven to be less than a desirable "feature".
Your CU720 is a "switchable" device that first appears as USB storage -- because the drivers -- which wouldn't be needed at all if the device were properly designed -- are "built-in" to the USB device, which should run just like you inserted a CD installation disk. If installation doesn't offer to run automatically, open the device (check "My Computer" and it will be listed), then double-click on "setup". After it finishes, the setup looks for your dongle to be inserted, then sends a "change into a modem" proprietary code sequence, and then quickly connects to the Internet (if a route to an Internet location is needed but isn't found).
If you'd still like to download a driver (it's there on your dongle but may not beusb device driver free download the latest, greatest version), go to and item # 20 is the one you need - IIRC.
That is, if you use Windows from Redmond, or Apple. You can also check for the latest driver version and get an update after installation -- it's an option on the AT&T (customized Qualcomm) program that opens on your desktop.
If you run Linux rather than Windows -- the CU720 will Just Work. In fact, a whole array of cell phone modems do the same under Linux, thanks to many very dedicated and talented volunteers who prefer Linux to Windows. Thanks to an applet that appears in the tray called Network Manager, first time use requires only the "by-carrier" dial-up access code (IIRC is pre-entered during first setup by choosing the correct carrier, and is #777 for Alltel, don't recall for AT&T), your device's 10-digit phone number @ carrier's domain ("1234567890@att.com" perhaps) and a password ("att" perhaps).
Those three items of information might already exist inside the Windows and Apple software saved on the dongle if the device was ever setup before, but (software probably already knows the access dial-up code and if so won't ask). Linux doesn't use any vendor-specific driver other than the "secrusb device driver free downloadet-sauce" signals that tell your dongle to morph from a USB storage device into a USB modem.
If your dongle shows its USB storage to be empty or corrupted (its "read-only" status can be changed by software controls), the dongle will still work under Linux as described. Also, the Linux operating system (and perhaps any operating system that can see its storage) can be used to reformat the dongle's USB storage area and to transfer fresh installation files to the dongle so it will work again as designed, for Redmond Windows and Apple operating systems.
In my experience, most wireless carrier outlets aren't equipped to make this simple, 2-minute repair -- unless you insist it can be done and they ask someone higher up on the technical support food chain. Even failing that, you can try running a downloaded version of the installation program as described above. This might (but will not always) make the dongle usable on that one Windows or Apple computer only.
Good luck!
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