I connected my phone to my computer using USB, selected "Mass Storage", 2 new removable drives appeared on my computer. However, neither drives connect to the internal 16G SD card. Both drives told me to insert the media when I double clicked on it. I tried this on a XP and a Win 7 machine with the same result. Am I doing something wrong or do I have a defected phone?
I have the exact same problem on XP and win7... I've tried everything I can think of including several different cables.
Anyone have any ideas what is going on?
Make sure you're choosing "Mount" on the Captivate after connecting the cable.
See here:
http://capfaq.com/w/Connectivity#Connecting_to_a_Windows_based_PC
This device NEEDS drivers, even for the Massive Storage device (At least it didn't work for me, Win7 x64 until I installed the drivers)
Try downloading KIES and try again, the x64 drivers you can fin around here didn't seem to work for me.
What rom are you running?
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You only need driver if you're on XP. No drivers needed for Vista or Win7.
But you do have to MOUNT the drives on your phone. There are reasons why a MOUNT is required. But if you're too lazy, you can download an app from market to auto-mount for you.
foxbat121 said:
You only need driver if you're on XP. No drivers needed for Vista or Win7.
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Incorrect. I have lost track of how many XP machines I've hooked my Captivate to in Mass storage mode and not needed to install any drivers.
Oh my god you guys rock... I never had to mount the device before. I wonder why that changed recently?
Anyway, mounting the device worked.
Thanks!!
When I go to my SD settings, it is already mounted. I've unmounted, then mounted to no avail. I've downloaded and installed teh drivers from Samsung and everything says it is successful. If I try to run in USB debug mode I get the same result except 3 drivers install automatically than the 1 when I am in regular mode. Any ideas?
trekie86 said:
When I go to my SD settings, it is already mounted. I've unmounted, then mounted to no avail. I've downloaded and installed teh drivers from Samsung and everything says it is successful. If I try to run in USB debug mode I get the same result except 3 drivers install automatically than the 1 when I am in regular mode. Any ideas?
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Make sure you are connected directly to the back of the computer, not thru a hub, or the front of the computer case. I've heard the voltages needed have very tight tolerances. Try a different cable as well
Modulus1 said:
Oh my god you guys rock... I never had to mount the device before. I wonder why that changed recently?
Anyway, mounting the device worked.
Thanks!!
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It has ALWAYS been this way...
trekie86 said:
When I go to my SD settings, it is already mounted. I've unmounted, then mounted to no avail. I've downloaded and installed teh drivers from Samsung and everything says it is successful. If I try to run in USB debug mode I get the same result except 3 drivers install automatically than the 1 when I am in regular mode. Any ideas?
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You are doing the wrong thing. SD settings and mount/unmount in there is for the SD card mounting to your phone, not PC.
To connect Mass Storage mode to PC, you need set your USB mode to Mass Storage, and turn off USB debug mode. Once connected to PC, you need to go to notification window and tap on the USB notification to mount your SD cards to PC.
I just found that before I checked your reply. Thanks for the help. I can actual access the storage on the phone now without some weird settings. Now if 2.2 would only come out for the Captivate. Thanks.
hi
how to transfer a file from pc to nexus 5 without enabling USB debugging?
i connected the phone to my PC. In Phone MTP is checked. but i cannot transfer a file to my phone. i dont get any drive shown in my PC. but in
pc under hardware devices the nexus 5 phone is shown. Please help..
If i turn on USB debugging in phone, then a drive is shown in "This PC" i was able to transfer any file to phone from PC. but after copying some files and flashing some ROMS i internal storage became somewhat problematic. it doesnt show files properly. please help me with it
Suhaas said:
hi
how to transfer a file from pc to nexus 5 without enabling USB debugging?
i connected the phone to my PC. In Phone MTP is checked. but i cannot transfer a file to my phone. i dont get any drive shown in my PC. but in
pc under hardware devices the nexus 5 phone is shown. Please help..
If i turn on USB debugging in phone, then a drive is shown in "This PC" i was able to transfer any file to phone from PC. but after copying some files and flashing some ROMS i internal storage became somewhat problematic. it doesnt show files properly. please help me with it
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Remove PIN as security option and check
Also re-install the drivers properly
Also check whether it's working fine on other PC or not using different usb cable
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Thankx. Drivers were not installed properly.
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I have a problem with a n8020 with root Android 4.1.2, usb debugging enabled, Kies installed on WinXP with its Samsung drivers.
Problem: I enable the device as a mass storage device, but the PC does not see the tablet's internal memory, in practice the pc only sees the microSD as a unit-cd. How do i resolve?
Hi,
When I connect my phone in usb mode I see my SD card on my computer but not the phone's internal storage (latest HiSuite is installed). The MTP mode does not show all my folders and files that's why I really need to see the phone in mass storage mode.
Also, whenever I connect my phone to the computer, USB debugging mode turns on even though I disable dev mode. I tried factory reset twice and install/uninstall HiSuite but it still does not work.
That would be awesome to have some help.
Thanks
Can you guys at least let me know if you are able to connect your phone's internal memory in mass storage mode?
nomiic said:
Hi,
When I connect my phone in usb mode I see my SD card on my computer but not the phone's internal storage (latest HiSuite is installed). The MTP mode does not show all my folders and files that's why I really need to see the phone in mass storage mode.
Also, whenever I connect my phone to the computer, USB debugging mode turns on even though I disable dev mode. I tried factory reset twice and install/uninstall HiSuite but it still does not work.
That would be awesome to have some help.
Thanks
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MTP mode should display all folders/files in internal memory. However, same as you, sometimes, the computer does not show all. What i do is just disconnect, then reconnect. Oftentimes, it solves the problem. If not, then i both restart the computer and the phone, then it will be ok.
Hello,
I pluged the device to my laptop (win 7 pro 64bit) and have chosen the driver mode, installed the drivers, then i want to access the mass storage mode to transfer the files using file commander, but the only modes are charge, MTP, PTP, driver disk....i cant see the internal and external storage as a disk in any mode. Please how to fix this?
I might be wrong, but I do not think Lollipop supports USB mass storage anymore . You should still be able to transfer files in and out via Windows Explorer using MTP mode. And I actually like that because I no longer have to worry about ejecting the device before unplugging.
Usb Mass Storage (UMS) is no more officially supported since Jelly Bean 4.2.2. Nevertheless we can find some app/mod enabling it (on playstore) but I don't know if or works with 5.0 + and root is needed.