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Hey all, I've had my Captivate now for afew days and I'm loving it, but today I ran across an issue that's driving me crazy.
For some reason when I connect it to my PC I'm not longer getting the Mount SD option on the phone and can't look at my files. I've enabled USB debugging and tried it. I've told it to come up as Mass Storage and tried it. I also told it to Ask when connected and it's still not working properly. The drives show up in Windows but cannot be accessed. I also no longer get the USB notification up in the notification bar.
The weird thing is sometimes if I restart the phone and connect it everything is fine, but then if I go to do it again nothing. Anyone have any suggestions?
Biggest misconception here is that its random, it isn't.
Download kies by samsung and update it and you will get the right USB drivers installed automatically.
If you choose not to do that, you'll Vast have to keep trying different ports or restarting.
Its also possible that you may have a faulty wire but this is unlikely.
systoxity said:
Biggest misconception here is that its random, it isn't.
Download kies by samsung and update it and you will get the right USB drivers installed automatically.
If you choose not to do that, you'll Vast have to keep trying different ports or restarting.
Its also possible that you may have a faulty wire but this is unlikely.
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I've tried it with multiple wires, and when it works it is reliable, but most of the time it's just not showing a USB connection on the phone.
I spent awhile downloading Kies and it's updates and in Mass Storage mode it sees the drives of the phone but doesn't let me use them. I Kies mode it does nothing... This is so confusing...
Go in here download the drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Be aware, they might take up to 15 minutes to install, and no KIE is not included.
Make sure you close all your apps on phone before connecting to PC. Few apps that use the SD will hold the resource and not allow for PC connection.
skizzz said:
Go in here download the drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Be aware, they might take up to 15 minutes to install, and no KIE is not included.
Make sure you close all your apps on phone before connecting to PC. Few apps that use the SD will hold the resource and not allow for PC connection.
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I downloaded those afew days ago but I will redownload and reinstall again just incase. I think the fact that the USB notification isn't showing up in the bar on the top of the phone is what's confusing me the most. Previously I would see the USB Icon and something would pop up saying I need to mount the drive. I would mount it and there would be no problem. Now I'm not getting that at all and I've tried Mass Storage, USB Debugging, Kies, and Ask.
I've never had a problem connecting my Captivate to my Windows 7 64 bit computer. I didn't install Kies or any drivers either. Not sure what all the fuss is about. I'm suspecting a lot of PEBCAK errors.
I'm starting to think there are some strange power requirements when connecting the phone to USB. Most of my systems have been fine but on one, when I connect the phone to the front USB ports, the USB Wifi adapter on the back simply stops working. While the phone is connected, the computer refuses to recognize the Wifi adapter. A soon as I disconnect the phone it starts working again.
I've seen people on other forums with intermittent issues getting the mass storage connection to work when connected to the front ports on their systems. A lot of times the front ports are connected through a USB hub in the computer case that doesn't deliver full power. If the phone isn't drawing enough power or is shunting power from other devices, this might explain the issues people are having.
Mine is acting up . I used both teh 5.02 drivers from samsung and the one linked here and similar results. In Samsung mode it goes to the Digital Still camera and flakes and on mass storage it shows two new drives..neither of which is writable or readable. This is on a cap with no SD card and XP sp3. I tried different ports but with the same result.
I was fighting with this all day. I installed, uninstalled, reinstalled all the drivers and kies, but, I was trying to connect via media player and nothing was happening. Then I noticed that there was a small message popping up on the Captivate's screen that said something about the device had to be on the idle screen before it would connect and fun the sync software. Tried turning off all running programs and still nothing. Then, I remembered that I had switched to Launcher Pro. I switched back to touch wiz, and lo and behold, it connected right up and allowed me to sync items with media player.
Interesting. I've been using ADW.Launcher and haven't see this problem except when I don't get the cable securely inserted into the Captivate. I even use a Nokia cable most of the time. The Kies Drivers are clearly the most stable. I downloaded the Drivers from the Captivate microsite and found they didn't support KIES, so I just reinstalled the KIES driver for MTP. Everything else works fine on W7x64.
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Well this sucks. On my Captivate, unless you are using TW.Launcher and in the idle screen, the Captivate won't launch MTP so you can connect to KIES. The USB Storage mode works with other Launchers (ADW and LaunchPro), but not KIES or Media. I didn't try PC Internet tethering. I switched between the two several times, and KIES only works with TW.Launcher on my device.
Is there anyone who knows of a Launcher OTHER than TW.Launcher that will interface with KIES so that the Captivate can connect? Or can ADW or LauncherPro be "tweaked" for the Captivate? I was just starting to like ADW.Launcher.
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[snip] Most of my systems have been fine but on one, when I connect the phone to the front USB ports, the USB Wifi adapter on the back simply stops working. While the phone is connected, the computer refuses to recognize the Wifi adapter. A soon as I disconnect the phone it starts working again.
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Holy crap, I have that EXACT same problem. I thought it was just the fact that my USB Wifi adapter is a piece if crap (which it is).
Just for reference, what kind is yours? Mine is a Belkin Wireless G F5D7050.
gtg465x said:
Just for reference, what kind is yours? Mine is a Belkin Wireless G F5D7050.
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It's the Tenda 311U which is also a cheap piece of crap ($15 at Micro Center.) It doesn't look like they use the same chipset.
I've had the same issue as well. Hooking up the Captivate to the front USB ports disables my USB mouse (on the back). I'm not sure what it could be doing that would lock up the USB bus...
Using Windows 7 netbook
I finally got tired of it deciding and put in the mode to ask me when I connect. the problem i am having is when you just charge it, it does not know that it is just charging and wants to go to ysb mass storage or the other screen. also I use double twist to connect to the phone.
thanks
Jon
The best bet here is to use USB ports on the back of the computer.
Griffon23 said:
Hey all, I've had my Captivate now for afew days and I'm loving it, but today I ran across an issue that's driving me crazy.
For some reason when I connect it to my PC I'm not longer getting the Mount SD option on the phone and can't look at my files. I've enabled USB debugging and tried it. I've told it to come up as Mass Storage and tried it. I also told it to Ask when connected and it's still not working properly. The drives show up in Windows but cannot be accessed. I also no longer get the USB notification up in the notification bar.
The weird thing is sometimes if I restart the phone and connect it everything is fine, but then if I go to do it again nothing. Anyone have any suggestions?
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If you're still having problems, select mass storage and connect the usb (or select ask every time and it will ask when you plug it in). To access the drive like a removable drive, you have to swipe the icon in the top right of the screen and select the usb selection. Then click mount and it should work! I had a hard time with this too and thought it wasn't very intuitive. Good luck!
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The best bet here is to use USB ports on the back of the computer.
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Yep, strangely enough using the back ports worked. I'll have to see if a powered USB hub will work and then I guess we can conclude that it's a power issue.
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If you're still having problems, select mass storage and connect the usb (or select ask every time and it will ask when you plug it in). To access the drive like a removable drive, you have to swipe the icon in the top right of the screen and select the usb selection. Then click mount and it should work! I had a hard time with this too and thought it wasn't very intuitive. Good luck!
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I've set it to both Mass Storage and Ask every time and the problem I get is that I only get the USB icon up top sometimes, it's very rare. I've tried this on multiple ports and multiple PCs with the drivers downloaded and sometimes the notification shows up and I can select mount, but most of the time nothing is in my notification bar at all.
I love this phone but I don't understand why it's so frustrating just to connect it to a PC. I've also tried the Kies methods and it sees the phone, but doesn't let me access the files.
cellgeek said:
Interesting. I've been using ADW.Launcher and haven't see this problem except when I don't get the cable securely inserted into the Captivate. I even use a Nokia cable most of the time. The Kies Drivers are clearly the most stable. I downloaded the Drivers from the Captivate microsite and found they didn't support KIES, so I just reinstalled the KIES driver for MTP. Everything else works fine on W7x64.
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Well this sucks. On my Captivate, unless you are using TW.Launcher and in the idle screen, the Captivate won't launch MTP so you can connect to KIES. The USB Storage mode works with other Launchers (ADW and LaunchPro), but not KIES or Media. I didn't try PC Internet tethering. I switched between the two several times, and KIES only works with TW.Launcher on my device.
Is there anyone who knows of a Launcher OTHER than TW.Launcher that will interface with KIES so that the Captivate can connect? Or can ADW or LauncherPro be "tweaked" for the Captivate? I was just starting to like ADW.Launcher.
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This just solved my kies and windows 7-64bit issue. This should be sticked advice or added to the wiki.
USB Setting no PC- Connection
I just got my AT&T captivate and I notice that under application,usb setting I don't have the PC-internet option in there. This is only what I have under USB setting:
Kies(Firmware update)
Media Player
Mass storage
Ask on connection
So, question is, how do I enable the pc-internet option? Any suggestion I really appreciate.
Sam
Hey guys, new to the forum. I've had IPhones since the first week they came out in 2006. I finally decided to leave the box and try a phone that I could do what I wanted to with it. However, I'm constantly getting discouraged with this phone. I searched and it would seem nobody else is having the problems I am having, so I am hoping someone on here will be able to point me in the right direction.
First things first, this phone is beyond better than any of my Iphones. As far as speed, capability, and function. And I haven't had one dropped call since I got it last week (knock on wood). Here's where the problems started. I can't get my Windows 7 to communicate with this phone at all. I spent hours on the phone with Samsung and they couldn't get my phone to sync at all. They told me that they don't have Windows 7 drivers available yet. I do however, have a Mac at home and am able to sync it up, but only as a mass-storage device. I would have thought that I would have gotten a disc or something with software for my computer. Guess I was looking for something like an ITunes setup where I could see everything on a list.
Using this as a mass-storage device works, but not as well as I would have liked. I downloaded a great App (Act 1 Video) and cannot see my thumb tabs. The designer of the app has been incredible, but he wants me to mount the SD card and delete the DCIM/. thumbnails directory. On my Mac I can't find what he is asking me to do and I am thinking it may be because I am only able to look at certain things on it.
I'll be very upfront by saying that I am not very technical with computers, but to not be able to sync on Windows 7 seems like a very big oversight on Samsungs part. I still think the phone is better than the Iphone, but if I can't get the phone to work like it should I will have to go back to the box and stay inside it with the IPhone. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-Chris
Have you tried the Samsung Kies software?
I am on Windows 7 x64 and it works like a charm for me. I just can't plug into my front panel usb ports, so I use my keyboards powered USB and it works fine.
(If I plug into the front panel, my keyboard goes haywire, all of my LCD apps stop running and the keyboard falls into a disconnect/reconnect loop)
Other than that one small issue, the Kies software has worked very well for everything from Kies mode (for syncing) to debugging for adb and development.
Download the Canada version of Kies, here: http://img.samsungapps.com/support/Kies_1.5.1.10071_32.exe
Also, make sure any drivers you have tried to install in Windows 7 have been uninstalled, (you can do this by plugging in your phone and finding it in the device manager. Right click on it, and click uninstall. When the option to delete driver software comes up, check the box to confirm deletion of the driver upon uninstalling)
I have had zero problems with win 7 and the captivate.
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I tore my hair out with Kies as well until I plugged into the back USB ports on my computer. I was one of the first to discover this over on AndroidForums. I also discovered that the MTP Application (the app on the phone that enables USB syncing with Kies) won't work with LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher, so make sure you switch to TouchWiz before trying to use Kies.
Ok, I just switched the phone from Mass Storage to Samsung Kies. I turned off the USB Debugging and am downloading the software right now. The problem with plugging the phone is is that my computer doesn't even see it. It makes the USB connect sound and then when I go into My Computer it's not there. I'm going to try and connect to the back of my tower and see if that help. I have 32bit W7 and don't have ports in my keyboard. Thanks for the advise. I'll let you guys know if it works.
iLoki said:
Have you tried the Samsung Kies software?
I am on Windows 7 x64 and it works like a charm for me. I just can't plug into my front panel usb ports, so I use my keyboards powered USB and it works fine.
(If I plug into the front panel, my keyboard goes haywire, all of my LCD apps stop running and the keyboard falls into a disconnect/reconnect loop)
Other than that one small issue, the Kies software has worked very well for everything from Kies mode (for syncing) to debugging for adb and development.
Also, make sure any drivers you have tried to install in Windows 7 have been uninstalled, (you can do this by plugging in your phone and finding it in the device manager. Right click on it, and click uninstall. When the option to delete driver software comes up, check the box to confirm deletion of the driver upon uninstalling)
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Iphone came out in July 2007, not 2006.
I have windows 7 Professional 64 bit on my computer at home and it works perfectly fine with my phone. I've used adb to send commands to it. I've also mounted the internal sdcard memory and transferred files back and forth to it. You have to download the usb drivers for your OS, install them first, then plug the phone in. Or you could just download and install the entire Samsung Kies package.
But I'm not sure what you mean by syncing with your computer. Its not like the iphone where it syncs with an application (unless you have an HTC and download and run HTC sync).
I have not had any compatibility problems with the captivate on windows 7. I use 2 different computers between work and home and have not had issues with either. I do, however, have the android SDK installed on both machines. Noting this I must mention that I had trouble getting my Aria to sync until I installed the USB drivers from the SDK packages.
This being said, you should not have to go through the hassle of downloading extra drivers to make the phone work on your system. It SHOULD be hassle free.
I have had issues with videos not showing thumbnail views in the gallery. I don't consider this a functional problem so I have not looked into it but it is annoying and I will address it soon.
My wife is on her 2nd iPhone and I have gone from WinMo to Android. This phone is phenomenal and even she is now seeing the limitations put on her device. It will take a lot to pull me from Android from this point.
meatrocket said:
I tore my hair out with Kies as well until I plugged into the back USB ports on my computer. I was one of the first to discover this over on AndroidForums. I also discovered that the MTP Application (the app on the phone that enables USB syncing with Kies) won't work with LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher, so make sure you switch to TouchWiz before trying to use Kies.
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That really sucks because I liked Kies but switched to Launcher Pro.
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Ok, I just switched the phone from Mass Storage to Samsung Kies. I turned off the USB Debugging and am downloading the software right now. The problem with plugging the phone is is that my computer doesn't even see it. It makes the USB connect sound and then when I go into My Computer it's not there. I'm going to try and connect to the back of my tower and see if that help. I have 32bit W7 and don't have ports in my keyboard. Thanks for the advise. I'll let you guys know if it works.
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FYI - I could not use USB Debugging and Mass Storage at the same time until I installed Kies. Once Kies was installed, when USB Debugging was enabled, the phone defaulted to Mass Storage and everything worked great. You also don't need to put the phone into Kies mode to get it to connect after you install the software. The driver will still install, and you should hopefully be good from there.
Like the other posters above have said, if you're using a home replacement (ADWLauncher or LauncherPro for example) make sure you switch back to the stock TWLauncher (TouchWiz) before syncing with Kies with the phone in Kies Mode.
Good luck, I hope Kies does it for you, it did the trick for me.
I have Win7 x64 and it took me a full 4-5 days to get it to recognize my phone. I had the drivers installed from Samsung's site, but they would always fail when I plugged in my phone. Eventually someone let me in on Samsung's retarded joke - you have to use the back usb ports if you have a desktop. Works like a charm now. Also tested in WinXP and Vista x86, worked fine in both when using the back usb ports, crapped out and wouldn't recognize with the front ones.
try using Samsung Kies...
Ok, I have done everything that you guys have said, except switching to touch wiz. I don't know where that setting is in my phone. I have definitely made progress. My phone now shows a USB Connected Pic on the screen. My computer is realizing that there is something plugged in. And that's where the progress stops. I tell the phone to connect with Kies then I get an error message, "USB Not Recognized." It then says, "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it." I'm starting to think there is something wrong with my phone's USB Port. Does that sound like something that could be causing all of this? Again, thanks to everyone who has chimed in.
Go to setting/application /manage app / look for launcher pro and clear defaults. Now press home and switch to TW launcher or download home switcher from the market. BTW try Doubletwist for your PC to sync your phone.
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Dxtra said:
Go to setting/application /manage app / look for launcher pro and clear defaults. Now press home and switch to TW launcher or download home switcher from the market. BTW try Doubletwist for your PC to sync your phone.
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Ok, this just keeps getting more interesting for me. I did what you said and Launcher pro is not on the list. Did I inadvertantly do something to my phone by having it connected to my Mac? Either this phone is beyond me (very possible), or there is software missing from it.
After you go to manage application PRESS MENU/ show all application now look for launcher pro or the launcher you currently using.
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I had the same issues with usb which I was able to solve by moving the usb cable to the back of my computer. Not really sure why that made a difference but it was required for several other users as well.
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I bought my Captivate on day one, and from my personal experience, I've have little/no need to put the phone in Kies mode. The only usable feature to connecting the PC is for USB debugging using the SDK, or to put stuff on the SD Cards (int/Ext).
Yeah, the Kies interface may look nice, but if you sync to google on your pc, then your phone should already be syncing to google as well without having to connect to your pc.
Also, I believe people have assumed that you may have another launcher and not realize that you may have a stock phone, which won't have Launcher Pro or anything other than the default TouchWiz UI.
All I've done was root, install ROM Manager to backup the phone, and am now waiting for FroYo. Otherwise, I love this phone.
You sir, have won a chicken dinner. I am indeed running the stock app, and my phone is stock. I did find TW Launcher in apps and cleared data. Boy was that stupid. I ended up erasing all of my app shortcuts. Guess I am back to stage one. So.........any other ideas?
djtama said:
I bought my Captivate on day one, and from my personal experience, I've have little/no need to put the phone in Kies mode. The only usable feature to connecting the PC is for USB debugging using the SDK, or to put stuff on the SD Cards (int/Ext).
Yeah, the Kies interface may look nice, but if you sync to google on your pc, then your phone should already be syncing to google as well without having to connect to your pc.
Also, I believe people have assumed that you may have another launcher and not realize that you may have a stock phone, which won't have Launcher Pro or anything other than the default TouchWiz UI.
All I've done was root, install ROM Manager to backup the phone, and am now waiting for FroYo. Otherwise, I love this phone.
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Don't be afraid to do a factory reset on the phone. I had a ton of problems and finally last night I had had it and did a factory reset. Almost every one of my problems, down to GPS and poor battery life are MUCH better now. I think something just got screwed up on my phone.
Also, I echo what people have said about where you plug it in. I had something so simple as a USB extension from the back of my computer that I could plug my phone into, and it wouldn't recognize my phone with it (Windows 7). Sometimes I think I could get it to work a little, but transfer rates were very slow if I did. I plugged it directly in and it worked flawlessly. Oddly enough, I can plug it into a USB hub on my MacBook and it works fine, so I don't know why that is.
Ok, I've just about given up on this venture, but am willing to try a reset. Dare I ask how to do that? Also, am I going to loose all of my contacts, apps, and movies? Thanks for the advise.
AJerman said:
Don't be afraid to do a factory reset on the phone. I had a ton of problems and finally last night I had had it and did a factory reset. Almost every one of my problems, down to GPS and poor battery life are MUCH better now. I think something just got screwed up on my phone.
Also, I echo what people have said about where you plug it in. I had something so simple as a USB extension from the back of my computer that I could plug my phone into, and it wouldn't recognize my phone with it (Windows 7). Sometimes I think I could get it to work a little, but transfer rates were very slow if I did. I plugged it directly in and it worked flawlessly. Oddly enough, I can plug it into a USB hub on my MacBook and it works fine, so I don't know why that is.
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I have a Pioneer FH-P8000BT head unit which supports USB mass storage devices. On stock eclair, it would find my external SD card, where all my music is, and play the files whenever I connected my Captivate(USB settings set to mass storage).
Now, on Andromeda, it says "USB N/A" when I connect the device. I have tried every combination of USB settings that I can find. I checked the phone to make sure that it says "Mass Storage On" or whatever, and even tried turning it off.
Anyone have any ideas how to troubleshoot this?
I can still play tunes over BT, but I liked the sound quality when playing on USB, and I like that my head unit displayed the song name and artist.
I have an avic f720bt and it wont see my phone either.. Im running Paragon 6.0 (2.2.1 based)
I had given up hope to have it connect like my winmo phone did...
Anyone have a fix??
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Anyone have a fix??
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I'm going to keep working at it, and I'll let you know if I find anything.
ScottyNuttz said:
I'm going to keep working at it, and I'll let you know if I find anything.
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I'm going to bump this nearly year old thread in the hopes that you found a solution and just forgot to post it here...
I'm using a Pioneer MVH-P8200BT with similar issues. I've been struggling with this for at least a year but now that ICS is coming around for the Captivate I'm wondering what has been accomplished or can be done now.
I did a search, and I couldn't find anything on it.
But I wanted to use my G2x as a memory device for the xbox 360 (to move game saves and such). But when I plug in the phone and enable usb mode, it doesn't show up under "storage devices", where it should be if the xbox recognized it.
I already tried formatting the drive to fat32, and still no luck... Any help?
you need to install drivers to mount storage on a pc, so I'm guessing it won't work on a 360 for that reason
Try "mass storage only mode" under SD Card and Phone storage in settings!
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you need to install drivers to mount storage on a pc, so I'm guessing it won't work on a 360 for that reason
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Ah. That does make sense. :/
I did try the solution that the poster above mentioned, but it still didn't work. Looks like I'm off to walmart to go buy myself a sandisk usb.
If anyone else has a solution or any ideas, it's never too late to post them. Maybe someone else will try in the future.
Ah darn, I had heard that would mount the external SD card on a PC without any drivers, but haven't tried it myself yet. You are using an external SD card?
Its not just the drivers. I know for a fact My 360 would read my stock G1 and with the earliest cyanogen roms, posibly as well with my N1.
once the rumors started about the "zune phone" which became the windows 7 phone media sync broke and xbox wouldnt see any of the phones. long story short M$ blocked you so W7 phones have an advantage
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Its not just the drivers. I know for a fact My 360 would read my stock G1 and with the earliest cyanogen roms, posibly as well with my N1.
once the rumors started about the "zune phone" which became the windows 7 phone media sync broke and xbox wouldnt see any of the phones. long story short M$ blocked you so W7 phones have an advantage
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My car has a USB port and I can plugin to it USB thumb drives and I could also plugin my old MyTouch 3G to it and I could play music off of them.
I cannot play music on my phone through the USB port. I assumed it was because of the drivers issue, which is REALLY unfortunate because that was great functionality...
Anyone know if these issues persist after rooting and loading a Cyanogen rom?
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My car has a USB port and I can plugin to it USB thumb drives and I could also plugin my old MyTouch 3G to it and I could play music off of them.
I cannot play music on my phone through the USB port. I assumed it was because of the drivers issue, which is REALLY unfortunate because that was great functionality...
Anyone know if these issues persist after rooting and loading a Cyanogen rom?
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That isnt what this thread is about. this is about the ability for xbox to read android phones. it used to, but now it does not.
your issue could be one of a few things. anything from your specific rom to making sure mass storage mode is checked or mounting the USB when prompted. Im not sure how yours works as I prefer the AUX on my head unit
Apologies, I searched the forums and stumbled onto this, as I read through i thought it could be related and put in a reply.
I never get the prompt on my phone to mount it...which is what prompted me to search the forums. I'll keep looking
Hi,
I just received my TF700 and trying to connect to my XP PC to copy music and movies on to it.
My computer does not succeed in installing the necessary drivers to make it look like DOK.
What am I doing wrong? This should be a simple task (how will I be able to fill my 64GB ?)
Thanks,
edit: after installing PC suit from TF101 support page it works.
But why can't we charge the TF700 via USB....?
kubeb said:
Hi,
I just received my TF700 and trying to connect to my XP PC to copy music and movies on to it.
My computer does not succeed in installing the necessary drivers to make it look like DOK.
What am I doing wrong? This should be a simple task (how will I be able to fill my 64GB ?)
Thanks,
edit: after installing PC suit from TF101 support page it works.
But why can't we charge the TF700 via USB....?
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I could be wrong but iirc i've read somewhere that in order to charge it from USB you have to power off your device first.
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kubeb said:
Hi,
I just received my TF700 and trying to connect to my XP PC to copy music and movies on to it.
My computer does not succeed in installing the necessary drivers to make it look like DOK.
What am I doing wrong? This should be a simple task (how will I be able to fill my 64GB ?)
Thanks,
edit: after installing PC suit from TF101 support page it works.
But why can't we charge the TF700 via USB....?
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There's simply not enough power coming from the USB port.
The reason why connecting failed is because XP doesn't support the MTP connection, which the Infinity uses, from the beginning.
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kubeb said:
Hi,
I just received my TF700 and trying to connect to my XP PC to copy music and movies on to it.
My computer does not succeed in installing the necessary drivers to make it look like DOK.
What am I doing wrong? This should be a simple task (how will I be able to fill my 64GB ?)
Thanks,
edit: after installing PC suit from TF101 support page it works.
But why can't we charge the TF700 via USB....?
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Just for reference for new users reading through this thread: you cannot access an Android 4.x+ device as a USB Mass Storage device AT ALL -- this was sacrificed for the more stable and safe MTP connection. The latter should work if you install the drivers, as the OP already has found out.
MartyHulskemper said:
Just for reference for new users reading through this thread: you cannot access an Android 4.x+ device as a USB Mass Storage device AT ALL -- this was sacrificed for the more stable and safe MTP connection. The latter should work if you install the drivers, as the OP already has found out.
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I would have to respectfully disagree. My SGS2 running ICS has the USB mode ability. Settings / More (under data usage) / USB Utilities / USB mass storage.click the button, connect the USB cable, and there ya go!
Unfortunately, this option is either disabled or nonexistant in the transformers.
pileot said:
I would have to respectfully disagree. My SGS2 running ICS has the USB mode ability. Settings / More (under data usage) / USB Utilities / USB mass storage.click the button, connect the USB cable, and there ya go!
Unfortunately, this option is either disabled or nonexistant in the transformers.
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I reckon that's because the SGSII is not a original 4.0 device. It came with 2.3 on the market.
However I don't know if the manufacturers are still allowed to use it in their new devices.
pileot said:
I would have to respectfully disagree. My SGS2 running ICS has the USB mode ability. Settings / More (under data usage) / USB Utilities / USB mass storage.click the button, connect the USB cable, and there ya go!
Unfortunately, this option is either disabled or nonexistant in the transformers.
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This is because the SGS2 was not released with ICS. It was upgraded to ICS. The real reason why UMS is not available on native ICS devices (aside from mounting external SD cards with UMS) is because Google decided to use one large volume for the internal storage instead of several. Devices that were upgraded to ICS after being release still have several volumes instead of one. Trying to rewrite the partition table during an update would be destructive, causing the loss of all data, and no manufacturer would want to do that to their customer's devices.
darkkterror said:
This is because the SGS2 was not released with ICS. It was upgraded to ICS. The real reason why UMS is not available on native ICS devices (aside from mounting external SD cards with UMS) is because Google decided to use one large volume for the internal storage instead of several. Devices that were upgraded to ICS after being release still have several volumes instead of one. Trying to rewrite the partition table during an update would be destructive, causing the loss of all data, and no manufacturer would want to do that to their customer's devices.
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When updating with kies it would copy personal data to the computer and restore that data after the update was complete. I wonder if the S3 has this functionality (usb mode). I know with the S2 there was a big deal about upgrading to ICS because it had to repartition everything, lots of warnings about losing data on the phone, never stopped us we just made backups and away we go. I dont see how the prime is much different, the USB mode COULD be put into it the same way it was put into the samsung roms, doesnt even need to be default, just there for those people like me that prefer it.
kubeb said:
Hi,
I just received my TF700 and trying to connect to my XP PC to copy music and movies on to it.
My computer does not succeed in installing the necessary drivers to make it look like DOK.
What am I doing wrong? This should be a simple task (how will I be able to fill my 64GB ?)
Thanks,
edit: after installing PC suit from TF101 support page it works.
But why can't we charge the TF700 via USB....?
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Works fine under Win 7, tablet connected as media device, and i can confrim that the charging icon is active when connected and in config menu under battery says: charging.
kind regards,
profiler270 said:
Works fine under Win 7, tablet connected as media device, and i can confrim that the charging icon is active when connected and in config menu under battery says: charging.
kind regards,
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As I said XP doesn't support MTP devices. Win 7 does it though.
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pileot said:
I would have to respectfully disagree. My SGS2 running ICS has the USB mode ability. Settings / More (under data usage) / USB Utilities / USB mass storage.click the button, connect the USB cable, and there ya go!
Unfortunately, this option is either disabled or nonexistant in the transformers.
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As said above, MTP mode is standard in ICS and UMS is no longer supported (and indeed the reason was the single-volume approach, and the fact that MTP makes the filesystem available to the host computer without the need for unmounting, and thus eliminates the risk for introducing filesystem errors on the host -- the Android system keeps everything under control and access to the filesystem is transparent to the host.)
Obviously, anything can be hacked together, and there are apps that seem to able to provide UMS mode.
Not a matter of disagreeing, but unfortunate reality.
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pileot said:
When updating with kies it would copy personal data to the computer and restore that data after the update was complete. I wonder if the S3 has this functionality (usb mode). I know with the S2 there was a big deal about upgrading to ICS because it had to repartition everything, lots of warnings about losing data on the phone, never stopped us we just made backups and away we go. I dont see how the prime is much different, the USB mode COULD be put into it the same way it was put into the samsung roms, doesnt even need to be default, just there for those people like me that prefer it.
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By the way, I strongly prefer UMS mode as well, since the computers at work (hospital) are pretty much closed-off to anything included installing any software or drivers, and they disallow MTP. Previously, I could at least access my SGS2 as a thumb drive, but with my current ROM (RootBox ICS) that's no longer an option.
Nebucatnetzer said:
As I said XP doesn't support MTP devices. Win 7 does it though.
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Windows XP does support MTP, but one would need to have Windows Media Player 10 or later installed (WMP10 added MTP).
hello kubeb
If you still searching, refer to my story on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1861444
wish you succes