I have been an avid fan of Android since I got my HTC EVO 4G back in July of 2011. I now have a company supplied Motorola Droid 4 that I use exclusively because it is faster (dual-core) and has more storage.
On my last business trip, I had the stock cable (USB tethering won't work if you don't) connected and noticed that some of my apps where not available. Turns out that the default setting SD sharing setting is as a mass storage device. A quick Google confirmed that a mass storage connection unmounts the SD card so Android cannot access anything on it because I suppose the OS will have exclusive access to the SD card.
The solution? After connecting the USB cable, a notification message appears indicating how the device is connected. Opening the status message allows the device to be connected as a media device (MTP). This setting does NOT unmount the SD card and allows apps and music that are on the SD card to be accessed by both the tethered computer and Android.
Thank goodness for Google!
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