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USB devices in VirtualBox Windows 7 partition

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enter image description here Im running Ubuntu 13.10 with
Virtual Box running Windows 7. Have a shared hard drive set up between the two.

I have set up the virtual box the best I could, and have been searching endlessly on iPhone forums and windows help to find out why it wont detect my iphone or any other USB, but they give stupid answers like 'check the cord is plugged in' and 'restart you phone' or 'go into device manager' etc

Im thinking now its because im running a partition. (i understood a partition runs exactly like another operating system with everything you need and can do.

Any one encountered this problem and how did you overcome it?

P.S: Guest additions and Extension Pack installed

I have installed windows for 3 reasons.

to run iTunes for my iPhone 3g (cause wine didnt work)

to run a citrix work server that doesnt accept linux

to run ableton live (music creator)

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answered 3 Years ago terneive · Accepted Answer

First have to install the extension pack for Ubuntu as @rusty says in the comment below. Then install the VirtualBox extensions pack - open the virtual machine, and install the guest additions pack as explained here.

You have to set up virtual-box for USB access - Close any running Virtual Machines (as in Shutdown, not saved state), Open VirtualBox settings, by clicking settings when the right VM is selected:

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You then need to tick all the boxes under USB:
Look under USB in the settings

To add devices click the green '+' to the right - you might as well add all that are listed by it.

Then when you are running the VirtualBox, plug in the devices, and then right-click on the USB icon in the bottom right and select the ones you want:

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^{Unmount the devices in the host system first}

Works for Android (mostly), Windows XP, 7 and 8(.1) :D - Haven't tried my phone, but the camera seems to work, and I can use my memory stick to copy stuff on and off the virtual machine as I can't be bothered to set up a shared thing.

N.B. If it says you need to add your user to the vboxusers group, you need to run:

sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers USERNAME

This will add the USERNAME you specify to the vboxusers group, so you have permission to access the USB devices from inside a VM.