diff -r 7e15987c4500 -r 8c311f9acc5e usbengines/usbwatcher/src/cusbwatcher.cpp
--- a/usbengines/usbwatcher/src/cusbwatcher.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:52:37 2010 +0200
+++ b/usbengines/usbwatcher/src/cusbwatcher.cpp	Fri Mar 19 09:48:52 2010 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
 * All rights reserved.
 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
 * under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
                     aStateOld);
                 break;
                 }
-			LOG1( "Starting USB personality in device state: %d", aStateNew );
+            LOG1( "Starting USB personality in device state: %d", aStateNew );
             iPersonalityHandler->StateChangeNotify( aStateOld, aStateNew );
             // Check AskOnConnection setting every time
             if( ( iSupportedPersonalities.Count() > 1 ) &&
@@ -387,11 +387,13 @@
         case EUsbStarting:
             LOG( "Personality started" );
             Notify( ret );
-            iState = EUsbStarted;
             if( iStopStartScenario )
                 {
                 iStopStartScenario = EFalse;
                 }
+            //check if StartPersonality() fails     
+            LEAVEIFERROR( ret );
+            iState = EUsbStarted;
             break;
 
         case EUsbStopping:
@@ -453,10 +455,21 @@
 // This method is not called cause RunL() never leaves.
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
-TInt CUsbWatcher::RunError(TInt /*aError*/)
+TInt CUsbWatcher::RunError(TInt aError)
     {
     LOG_FUNC
-    // Left empty cause this can't happend
+    
+    LOG2("Returned error: %d, iState: %d", aError, iState);
+    if ( iState == EUsbStarting )
+        {
+        RProperty::Set( KPSUidUsbWatcher,
+                KUsbWatcherSelectedPersonality,
+                KUsbWatcherSelectedPersonalityNone );
+        LOG( "personality set to none" );
+
+        iState = EUsbIdle;
+        }
+    
     return KErrNone;
     }
 
@@ -1032,4 +1045,38 @@
     return iOtgWatcher ? iOtgWatcher->IsDeviceA() : EFalse;
     }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Write new personality to central repository.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+TInt CUsbWatcher::WritePersonalityId( TInt aPersonalityId )
+    {
+    LOG_FUNC
+    
+    // Save as the default personality only if it is not hidden
+    TUint32 property(0);
+    TInt ret =  iUsbMan.GetPersonalityProperty( aPersonalityId, property );
+    if ( ret == KErrNone )
+        {
+        LOG2( "Personality %d property: 0x%x", aPersonalityId, property );
+        }
+    else
+        {
+        //Not fatal, treat as non-hidden
+        LOG1( "ERROR: GetPersonalityProperty = %d", ret );
+        property = 0;
+        }
+    if ( property & KUsbPersonalityPropertyHidden ) //Bitwise AND
+        {
+        LOG( "Hidden personality not saved to central repository" );
+        ret = KErrNone;
+        }
+    else
+        {
+        ret =  iPersonalityRepository->Set( KUsbWatcherPersonality,
+            aPersonalityId );
+        }
+    return ret;
+    }
+
 // End of file