Can't Pull Bar to Mount Storage I don't know what's wrong with my phone. Things are breaking left and right ...

To mount the phone so I can access files on it (I don't have an SD card), I:


Disable USB debugging
Enable Mass Storage Mode
Plug the phone in
Go to the home screen
Drag that bar down on the top of the screen
Click on the USB item
Click "Mount Storage"


Viola,  I can access my files. The problem now is that the bar at the top doesn't drag down. I fear that it's a hardware issue (is there some way to disable/enable it from the software side?)

Having said that, how can I now mount the storage to transfer files onto my computer? I have several (100ish) 1.5MB images I need to copy over.

I have a Samsung i7500g running Android 1.6.

I wrote my own app, which can trap events on the top bar part of the screen; it seems that it's only the home page bar that doesn't allow me to drag it down. Is there some setting I'm missing?

Edit: Even stranger, sometimes, the pull bar works perfectly.
When you're done transferring these files, it is more important that you eject the device from the computer than it is for you to unmount the SD from the statusbar. 

Once your computer says the device is ejected, the problem should be resolved after you unplug the phone-- 

If not-- you can transfer files via adb without 'mounting' the sdcard. 
In this case, you would not disable the debugging option (Which you don't really need to do in the first place, btw).

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