one of the usb devices attached to this computer is malfunctioned and windows doesn't - General Questions and Answers

Hello every one
Am experiencing a problem with my computer,when ever i connect usb mass storage to my computer,it comes up with an error message as
"one of the usb devices attached to this computer is malfunctioned and windows doesn't recognise it".
please do help me if there is any solution...
as of now no trouble shooting steps have been tried.

the problem is exactly what it says, your whatever mass storage device is not functioning anymore.
If it is a external harddisk, if u are pretty sure u never dropped it, then mayb there's a problem with the cable.
If it is a ppc, then u might want to change the sync cable, reinstall the htc usb sync driver or hard reset your phone

You may want to see if your devices are working in other computers to determine if it is the computer or not that is giving you the error. If it is your computer, you may want to try to update or roll back the drivers. Also, if you have System Recovery active in your PC, you could try to go back to the point where you think your problem started.
Hope this helps...

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Computer Can't Detect my HTC Fuze

I have a windows vista 64 bit. and I've installed WMDC and my computer just won't recognize the device. It sure see's it, but it says that its an "unknown device" and then nothing happens. Any solutions?
is there a chance that your x64 Vista doesn't have all drivers? try using windows update.
if this didn't work, i'd back everything up on my device, go to Start/Control Panel/Device Manager and delete whatever it identified. restart your PC and hard-reset your fuze and try again.
oh and by the way, If i were you, i'd use Windows 7 Build 7077 instead of Vista x64
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I tried everything listed above, still nothing, I can't believe two Windows based operating systems can't just hook up without problems. Why is this happening?
I have the same problem with my diamond. Just not possible to sync, so I have to use bluetooth.
It sucks though, I didn't get Bluetooth for this computer thinking I wouldn't need it. So I avoided the extra charge, but now it's coming back to bite me. But technically I still shouldn't need it if this thing would work.
Is there some sort of bluetooth adapter I can get so I can actually use bluetooth with my laptop? Or does it have to be built in?
If a ROM is replcaed and an OS is replaced, and it stil doesn't work, I would only guess it's a hardware problem.. which seems kinda odd.
I had this problem too. I found out that it was actually the USB Cable that was faulty. If you have another device with mini USB that you can try and see if the same result happens with the same USB cable.
The USB change actually worked, but it didn't sync, it opened as a mass storage device, and the WMDC didn't see it...

LG Incite CT810 - Problem with USB

So I got my shiny new LG Incite at Best Buy yesterday. I knew I was getting it a while ago, so I downloaded a bunch of games and apps to load it up with as soon as possible. I get home from the store, play around with it and let it charge for a while, then I try to connect it to my computer (After installing ActiveSync 4.5 from the included disk, as well as both of the USB drivers on the disk). Windows comes up with that "found new hardware" stuff and asks where to look for the driver to install. I tell it to look on the CD, as well as the directories where the USB drivers from the disk were installed. It looks like it's working at first, but then I get this error:
(Error: "The data is invalid.")
Then it gives me the message balloon about how there was an error during installation and my new hardware may not work properly, etc. Now when I go to Device Manager, a number of things showed up with that little yellow exclamation point that I'm pretty sure were not there before, but I could be wrong:
- IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers: VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
- Network Adapters: Unknown device, WAN miniport (L2TP), WAN miniport (Network Monitor), and Windows Mobile-based Device
- Ports (COM & LPT): Communications Port (COM1)
So I tried reinstalling the drivers from a link I found in a thread on these boards (after clicking uninstall for "Windows Mobile-based Device" and having it tell me that the device is necessary to boot up the computer), but the same thing keeps happening. I also tried having ActiveSync scan for devices, but it never finds anything (Just says that USB is "available").
Please help, I really want to start putting pictures, music, and all that good stuff on my brand new phone
(btw, I'm pretty sure the problem is with the software/drivers on the computer, because when I plug in the USB cable the phone starts to charge. Other than that, nothing happens on the phone.)
If at all possible, I would try using the phone with another computer. For quite some time I was only able to sync data with my laptop and not my desktop, so I knew it was a software issue and not the phone itself.
would say it's down to
dead activesync install and no uninstalling it is not enough one have
to remove all traces of it in registry too
and it could also be an issue with usb drviers for the motherboard
chad.pflughaupt said:
If at all possible, I would try using the phone with another computer. For quite some time I was only able to sync data with my laptop and not my desktop, so I knew it was a software issue and not the phone itself.
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Well, I'm not going to have another computer until September at least, so I really want to get it working on this computer, but I guess I could test it out on a friend's pc to see if my computer is the problem.
Rudegar said:
would say it's down to
dead activesync install and no uninstalling it is not enough one have
to remove all traces of it in registry too
and it could also be an issue with usb drviers for the motherboard
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Know of any links or tutorials that would tell me all of the registry entries I'd have to remove?
(Sorry for the double post, but no one was replying...)
So I found my bluetooth adapter for my PC, and after I installed the proper software I could connect to my phone no problem. After that, I just used the bluetooth adapter's software to transfer files to my phone via FTP. (ActiveSync still just sat there, even when I set my phone to sync with bluetooth instead of USB, and I allowed wireless connections in ActiveSync)
So I'm glad I can finally transfer files, but I still want to get USB working. No one has any ideas at all?
(Triple post... sorry)
Ok, something happened to the bluetooth drivers and software now. I turned my computer off for the night after using bluetooth to transfer files to my phone, but when I turned on my pc today and clicked the shortcut to start the bluetooth software, I got a message saying that the program the shortcut was linking to no longer existed. Sure enough, the folder was gone from my Program Files directory. Now, every time I try to reinstall it, I get an error 183 that installation was interrupted.
So now I'm back to having no means of transferring files to my phone.
Please, any suggestions at all will be helpful to me at this point. I'm at my wits end!
Any progress on this?
I have a similar problem. I think usb sync worked on my laptop at one point, but hasn't for at least a week.
I was able to fix the problem at least temporarily by disconnecting the device, deleting it from ActiveSync and reconnecting. ActiveSync happily added it back and resynced everything. Now I can install the new Xcite ROM.
Still nothing...
Now my computer doesn't do anything at all when I plug my phone in, not even make a noise or ask about drivers. My phone, however, still recognizes that it's plugged in.
At least I got bluetooth working again, but still, USB would be nice.
It's hard to believe that out of every member on this forum, no one has even the slightest idea of where to start...
Menu - settings - connections - USB to PC.
Uncheck Enable advanced ...
OK TO ALL AND READY

Problems connecting to PC as harddrive..

Ok the first time I can connect fine.. but after once the USB is unplugged, I can't load it as diskdrive anymore. It won't show up on my PC. The only way I can fix this is to restart my phone.
does anyone else has this problem? quite annoying to have to restart my phone everytime I want to put files in the phone. and I always make sure sure to click "Eject Android Phone", but it made no difference.
i have used connected my device many time to my pc & never came across this issue...& dont chose any option to eject i just unplug the device
if you were running something when connecting to your pc try exiting everything & you should get the interface to choose usb connection mode
on the phone the options always pop up, i can click "mount as harddisk", but on the pc there is no reaction and I can't see the drive.
so the drive pops up for you everytime you plug in the USB? weird.. it might be my windows 7 then.. hmm
Actually it may be your comp, I had this same issue earlier when i was trying to connect my phone, I just changed usb ports and it pops up fine, so perhaps you could try that????

[Q] Phone doesn't connect to my PC

I posted this on a forum that I thought it applied to but the one answer I got did not work, I've done searches everywhere and have not seen a solution. There were a couple of similar problems for other phones but these fixes did not work for the infuse, so . . .
I Bought the infuse on day one. Installed Kies 2.0.0.11044_11_3. Phone not recognized, installed drivers, researched and learned the truth about Kies. Phone would not be recognized but at least installing Kies made the phone visible to the PC, so I knew I could root if I so desired, read up about rooting looked over the forums, learned my phone and finally thought I was ready. The phone had other plans.
Decided the other day that I was ready to root. Plugged in the phone but it no longer showed up in my PC running Windows 7 64 bit. Something about the phones compatibility with my system changed. Tried to install a newer version of Kies 2.2.1.11053_99_3 yesterday for the drivers, reinstalled drivers, activated USB debugging, plugged the phone in started up SuperOneClick and . . . still nothing happened. So I deactivated USB debugging and started over. Followed all the directions in the root posts and and SuperOneClick threads . . .
But somehow between day one and today my Windows 7 64 bit system does not know that the phone is plugged into it.
When I plug the phone into USB the phone asks me how I want to interact with the computer, Kies (Firmware Update); Media player: Mass storage. But the computer shows nothing. Device Manager doesn't list the phone, Windows Explorer doesn't show the phone, Devices and Printers window shows everything that's connected but NOT the phone, it's as if I plugged nothing into the computer. These places don't even show unknown device. The phone is charging so I know that it's plugged in, but it doesn't seem to be communicating with the PC. I've re-booted, re-installed, reviewed, rewired and re-alized that I have no clue what happened. (Tried different cables, different USB ports different times of the day)
It worked once upon a time, I tried rolling back restore points and disabling my kaspersky 2011, I've followed all rooting instructions in these threads to no avail.
Thinking about restoring phone to factory settings as a last resort. Got this reply in another thread (sorry about posting multiple threads, but I'm at wit's end.):
Try removing all instances of the Infuse coming in contact with your system using USBDeView. Also, how does it look in Disk Management? (Start button > search for "Computer Management" > Storage > Disk Management) Does the Infuse show up there as removable storage?
My answer: Tried it, didn't work, oh wait, didn't run USBDeView as administrator, re-tried as administrator and uninstalled all instances of Samsung i-997, then tried to plug the phone back in and still nothing.
Also not in Computer Management or Device manager either. Is there a way to uninstall any drivers that I have and then re-install them?
I did a factory reset, plugged the phone in and still nothing. Had to spend two days re-installing apps and re-configuring launchers . . .
I am now ready to hurl my phone out into traffic to see if that will help, but before I do I'm hoping someone here may have the answer I need.
. . . please . . .
If you are trying to root super one click will work. It worked on my infuse. First see if you can connect using mass storage. If you can access the files on your phone you are good. On win 7 64 bit it should just pop up to view the files. After that unmount and unplug the cable. Enable USB debugging and reconnect. Run super one click and it should work. Not every time does super one click work on the first run. I believe I had to unplug and reconnect a second time for it to work. But I did use super one click to root my phone. I was also using the drivers for the captivate at the time. If you need more help let me know.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA App
FYI, drivers are NOT needed for USB mass storage, just to be clear.
Thanks for the reply, but that didn't work. I tried it exactly as you stated but it didn't "pop up" I ran SOC anyway and it got hung up "Waiting for device..." And a dos prompt window opened and just hung there.
SuperOneClick v1.9.5.0
Checking drivers...
Killing ADB Server...
OK
Starting ADB Server...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
OK
Waiting for device...
When I closed the Dos Prompt window it asked me if I was running OS 2.0 or higher. Wether I click yes or no I get this message:
OK
Getting OS Version...
Pushing psneuter...
error: device not found
FAILED
Thanks for the try, but still At wit's end . . .
it mattters
at least for me (win7 64bit) mass storage mode DOES require drivers. Or else PC just tries to load both SD cards as external drives. I had a hell of a time getting my laptop to recognize the phone. What worked for me was I ended up installing both kies and kies mini. when neither of those worked i tried the Samsung pcl connect and that didnt work. There was a link on the ATT site for usb drivers for it. A combination of both the samsung pc connect drivers and the ATT USB driver works for me. Must be something to do with win7 recognizing it as an MP3 player when in music mode and a EXT drive when is mass storage.
socialal said:
at least for me (win7 64bit) mass storage mode DOES require drivers. Or else PC just tries to load both SD cards as external drives. I had a hell of a time getting my laptop to recognize the phone. What worked for me was I ended up installing both kies and kies mini. when neither of those worked i tried the Samsung pcl connect and that didnt work. There was a link on the ATT site for usb drivers for it. A combination of both the samsung pc connect drivers and the ATT USB driver works for me. Must be something to do with win7 recognizing it as an MP3 player when in music mode and a EXT drive when is mass storage.
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You just contradicted yourself there. The phone's SD cards appearing as external drives IS mass storage mode. Mass storage mode does not require drivers.
Appearing as an MP3 player uses the MTP protocol, which is NOT Mass Storage mode, which is why it does require drivers.
ADB also requires drivers.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-I997ZKAATT
Thanks, but same problem. After installing these drivers, the phone just doesn't show when plugged in. The next thing is to find a Samsung store (or AT&T store) and see if there's something wrong with the phone's usb port.
Definitely one advantage of picking your phone up at a store... if possible.
My CSR played with the phone on the computer for 10 min., said he was transferring sim contacts.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA Premium App
i am having same problems
for the past year i have had a captivate and i have flashed it probably with every rom made by every developer here. i have flashed kernals modems you name it i have done it the phone was incredible i never had one problem till i got the infuse when i first got the phone i rooted it and had a lot of problems but after 5 or 6 hrs i finally was successful. i then could not get the phone to connect to my win 7 pc i then took out the mem card and put my roms on that then transfer them to my phone flash ect but to this day i can not get the pc to transfer files through usb. when i hook the phone up the drives show up but are faint then i connect usb on phone the drives become bold but when i try to transfer files or open drive in explorer the computer lags and the green bar slowly goes across the bar get to the almost end and locks up. my main concern is that there might be something wrong with the phone. at this point i cant even odin it back to factory. from what i have read it is more of a common problem than just one or two people. please help?
ps just flashed maxq-kk2-b10 and it rocks !!
Yeah I have all of the same problems. It must be this phone just has crap drivers.
Sometimes I get the PC to recognize the phone once. Then if I disconnect the phone for some reason then reconnect it is no longer recognized. I need to reboot the computer to get it to be recognized.
I have just come to the conclusion that Samsung's PC drivers are total rubbish for this phone.
Hi!
I have the same problem. I tried connect my infuse to 5 differend PC, with different cables, different OS, but still NOTHING. PC just didn`t know that phone is connected. As a result I can`t reflash it with ODIN or CWM, because for install CWM I need make root first, but Superoneclick didn`t see the phone also.
There is some way to make root on this phone WITHOUT connection to PC ?
try getting a new data cable, the charging part of the cable may still work but the data transfer part may have stopped working-(happened with my dads Atrix 4G after buying a new data cable for $6 at walmart the computer once again recognized it)
so go to your store of preference that sells electronic cables
buy a new data/charging cable-***MAKE SURE IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT DATA TRANSFER OR FILE TRANSFER!!!***
shouldn't cost more than $10 depending where you go-like i said my dad got one for $6 and his phone uses the same cable as my infuse...i think all smart phones use the same cable actually.
mg2195 said:
try getting a new data cable, the charging part of the cable may still work but the data transfer part may have stopped working-(happened with my dads Atrix 4G after buying a new data cable for $6 at walmart the computer once again recognized it)
so go to your store of preference that sells electronic cables
buy a new data/charging cable-***MAKE SURE IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT DATA TRANSFER OR FILE TRANSFER!!!***
shouldn't cost more than $10 depending where you go-like i said my dad got one for $6 and his phone uses the same cable as my infuse...i think all smart phones use the same cable actually.
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This is 100% not data cable problem. not driver problem and not PC problem.
I am sure, because I have 2 Infuse and one of them work fine with the same stuff. This is something wrong with the phone hardware or software.
How can I root INFUSE without PC? There is some *.apk or scripts ?

[Q] Android verson 4.0.3 won't connect to my pc

i have an htc sensation, i recently updated it to the new software version '4.0.3' and i am now having difficulty with connecting it to my computer.
i plugged it into the usb drive and my computer came up with a wizard message saying "new hardware found", and then asking me to put in a cd for the latest software version. i don't have a cd, so i finished it.
now, whenever i plug my phone into my computer, it recognises that it's there, but doesn't come up with autoplay. i've tried accessing my phone through 'my computer' and clicking on the usb drive, but it always comes up with "insert a disk into drive F"
i've tried: changing the disk drive, checking and unchecking the 'ask me about usb connection type whenever i connect my phone to another pc' option on my phone's settings, i've changed the default connection from 'charge only' to 'disk drive' and still, there is no difference.
please can somebody help, i have no idea what to do, and i know next to nothing about computers. please help!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443587&highlight=usb+mount+pc
Good luck!
okay thank you!
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How did you get on ?
well that guy answered with a thread fast, but pretty sure it's just the lack of adb drivers
when I did a friends phone yesterday he had a similar problem with his computer and just had to install adb. had no problems here since I already have the drivers on my pc
ahh it's all fixed now, thank you so much for your help, both of you

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