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Although you cannot use a large ISO image, you can use smaller ISO images like that of Damn Small Linux. Then from the boot menu you can choose the USB storage device.Ĭonclusion: You can change the default ISO image for the virtual CD-ROM that comes in some of the Android smartphones.

If you want to boot from this virtual CD-ROM, keep the USB cable connected and reboot your PC.

You can now access the virtual CD in your PC.

Reboot the phone, connect it with PC using the USB data cable, pull down the notification bar and change the USB connection mode to Built-in CD-ROM.

This is optional, but if possible change the file permissions to -rw-r-r- again using the ES File Explorer.

This will require your phone to be rooted and the root access enabled in the ES File Explorer. You will have to overwrite the original file so make a backup if possible.

In Android phone, use ES File Explorer to copy this file in the /system/mobile_toolkit/ folder.

Copy the iAmCdRom.iso file to the memory card in your phone.

Rename the downloaded or created ISO image file to iAmCdRom.iso taking care of the character case.Even the Puppy Linux (200 MB) fails to work. You can use Damn Small Linux ISO image as this is only 50MB in size and works very well. Download or create an ISO image that you want to use.Here is how you can change the built-in virtual CD-ROM image in Android: You can even replace the factory CD ISO image with a bootable Linux image so that you can boot your PC into Linux using your Android phone. But if you want, then you can change the contents of this built-in virtual to anything you want. By default the CD contents that appear in your PC can be used to install drivers or other software. This will display a virtual CD-ROM in your PC. Typically, you would connect your phone to the PC using any standard USB data cable and then pull down the notification bar in your Android phone to select the virtual CD-ROM mode. Some of the Android smartphones come with a special feature that allows you to switch it into a virtual CD-ROM when connected to the PC via a USB cable.