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Hi,
Quick background: Former sys admin with some Unix experience. Already own a Toshiba Thrive rooted with CWM. Gave that to the wife and got me the GT 7+. Read the forum here prior to buying. Rooted on day one.
Stats: GT-P6210 Build: HTJ85B.UEKL1 P6210UEKL1
PC: Windows 7 21 Bit Enterprise SP1
Kies: Kies_2.1.1.11124_17_6
Later on the first day, after installing aps, I installed latest version of Kies and plugged it in with the supplied usb cable in order to transfer some files to my Sandisk 32Gb microsd. Kies already running and debugging off as per the instructions. Results: Tab plays a notice and I see the MTP connected icon. My pc does NOTHING. No sound, no notice, Kies does nothing.
I unplugged and tried the other 3 ports. 2nd port gives me same result and on the 3 & 4 port I lose the tab's MTP notice and it begins charging.
So, this is what I have done in order:
1. Re-installed Kies--->same result. No MTP notice on tab.
2. Debugging on--->same
3. Tried in on my room mate's W7 machine---> Alas! I get a driver installation and I am able to see both drives. I quickly unplugged and thanked him.
4. Cleaned my pc by:
a. Deleting all USB controllers
b. Deleting all USB installations on registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetEnumUSBSTOR)
c. CCLEANER the whole system.
d. Turn off. Pull off battery. Press power button to drain motherboard.
e. Restart and re-install USB controllers.
f. Restart again.
5. Plug in again--->Tab plays a notice and I see the MTP connected icon. My pc does NOTHING. No sound, no notice, Kies does nothing.
6. Pull my hair, bang my head, wished I would have kept the Thrive. (just plug, and drag and drop)
Left it plugged to the pc overnight. Next morning I see the found new device on systray and it is trying to find drivers. I quickly open Kies and see some activity as it tries to connect. and after a few seconds, it stops. Result: No drivers installed, no Kies recognition, no drive letters, nothing.
8. At this point I ask my room mate to let me plug in on his pc to see if he still sees it and nothing happens on his pc.
9. I wipe the table back to stock.--->Tab plays a notice and I see the MTP connected icon. My pc does NOTHING. No sound, no notice, Kies does nothing. Then after I tried other ports, it begins charging and I lose the MTP notice.
10. I re-roo,t reconfigure the beast, and do a backup. Tablet is running smooth as silk, but it never connects. This all happened in the last three days.
11. Last thing I did, as I am writing this with the tablet plugged in to the pc and MTP notice on, was to un-mount the microsd and remount. MTP re-initializes and it does nothing.
I may be suspecting a cable and unfortunately, I am in no position to get my hands on another one in a timely manner. At this point, I could reflash back to a stock firmware, send back to amazon and wait for another one to come in three to four weeks (I am deployed to a remote area) and I just don't want to do that.
The tab runs great. Love the size and speed. I guess I can continue taking out the microsd card out every time I want to add a file, but I am afraid that it may eventually end up ruining the card and possibly the tablet.
Please help. I have scoured the internet, but all I ever find is solutions that I already have tried.
Thanks in advance,
Sal
you could use adb over wifi.. There are a few apps in the market for this. Does adb recognize the tab when its plugged in via USB?
Also try Android commander, it is a GUI based adb server, you should be able to navigate to sdcard/extstorages/ and your external card should be there
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You could also use a file explorer like Root Explorer and Dropbox to transfer files back and forth.
Have you tried a different USB port on the PC? like one round the back.
Also, try without the sdcard in.
Ticked/unticked USB development/debugging on the tablet?
If it works on another computer though it would suggest its your own PC which has the problem, not the tablet.
tried with Linux on the same PC?
Does Odin see the tablet when in download mode?
if you have clockwork mod recovery, doesn't that have a USB mount option ? It does on my gs 2. My tab isn't with me to check.
Oh and kies has an option to reinstall the driver. Did you try with the older version of kies again?
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ringnutz said:
you could use adb over wifi.. There are a few apps in the market for this. Does adb recognize the tab when its plugged in via USB?
Also try Android commander, it is a GUI based adb server, you should be able to navigate to sdcard/extstorages/ and your external card should be there
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I'll try adb. I will install it and see if how it works. Time is tight so I will report later.
Sal
crunchie-uk said:
Have you tried a different USB port on the PC? like one round the back.
Also, try without the sdcard in.
Ticked/unticked USB development/debugging on the tablet?
If it works on another computer though it would suggest its your own PC which has the problem, not the tablet.
tried with Linux on the same PC?
Does Odin see the tablet when in download mode?
if you have clockwork mod recovery, doesn't that have a USB mount option ? It does on my gs 2. My tab isn't with me to check.
Oh and kies has an option to reinstall the driver. Did you try with the older version of kies again?
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I have done all that you mentioned with the exception of Linux and Odin. I am not going to get into Linux as that would start a whole other project. I will install ADB to see if I can force the drivers.
I just tried the CWM mount USB mount but get "E: Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)"
Also, on my friend's pc worked once but not after that.
I will continue to explore the ODIN suggestion.
Thanks,
Sal
chad_k69 said:
You could also use a file explorer like Root Explorer and Dropbox to transfer files back and forth.
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I use ES Explorer (wonderful app!) now. My end-state is not to have to remove the card every time I transfer a file.
Sal
EDIT: Sorry, I see now the dropbox suggestion. Yes that would work for smaller files, but I am not sure that dropbox can handle movie size files. It would be a last resort solution.
Thanks,
Sal
Adb is probably going to be your best bet. It can be a pain to set up at times, but in the long run is a must have for any Android device. Kies normally installs the drivers that adb uses, so hopefully you can get them to install. If it still doesn't work I would suggest swapping it out for a new tab, as much as that sucks. If you need help, I constantly check these forums, so I should be able to provide some support
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ringnutz said:
Adb is probably going to be your best bet. It can be a pain to set up at times, but in the long run is a must have for any Android device. Kies normally installs the drivers that adb uses, so hopefully you can get them to install. If it still doesn't work I would suggest swapping it out for a new tab, as much as that sucks. If you need help, I constantly check these forums, so I should be able to provide some support
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Well, got ADB installed and running. Set the path and ran it. Plug the tab with debugging clicked on, and got "MTP connected" on the tab's screen. At this point I am excited since I never seen the "MTP connected " on debug mode. I typed the "adb devices" command and got "List of devices attached" ___________________.
Yep, blank. Obviously the pc is not seeing it. My conclusions are the following:
1. Bad cable
2. Bad device
The fact that it recognized once on my room mates' pc and then none at all, and the fact that it was recognized on my pc for a brief random time, then it means that the device can't handshake with the motherboard and thus is a communication issue.
I'll try my luck with Samsung tech support and see if they can replace the cable.
Just thought of something, would installing Windows XP Mode under a Windows Virtual PC recognize new devices or just feed from the Windows 7 library?
Sal
saldman said:
Well, got ADB installed and running. Set the path and ran it. Plug the tab with debugging clicked on, and got "MTP connected" on the tab's screen. At this point I am excited since I never seen the "MTP connected " on debug mode. I typed the "adb devices" command and got "List of devices attached" ___________________.
Yep, blank. Obviously the pc is not seeing it. My conclusions are the following:
1. Bad cable
2. Bad device
The fact that it recognized once on my room mates' pc and then none at all, and the fact that it was recognized on my pc for a brief random time, then it means that the device can't handshake with the motherboard and thus is a communication issue.
I'll try my luck with Samsung tech support and see if they can replace the cable.
Just thought of something, would installing Windows XP Mode under a Windows Virtual PC recognize new devices or just feed from the Windows 7 library?
Sal
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Hmm, that is strange.. I was new to samsungs and when I tried to root it it took me a while because I didn't know that kies installed the drivers. After I installed it though adb devices showed my tab connected...
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You still haven't tried Odin in download mode though.it could just be a bad flash
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You still haven't tried Odin in download mode though.it could just be a bad flash
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I placed the tab on download mode and queried it from adb and got nothing. I then queried it via ODIN3 and got no response as well.
I have come to terms that it has to be the device or the USB cable. Just ordered two (yes, two) different type cables to test out the theory. If they don't do it, then I am sending the tab back to Amazon.
It takes about a week to get stuff shipped where I am at so I'll check in later and report.
Sal
Just an update.
I bought a cheap cable from Amazon for $ 3.31 US to test the cable theory and guess what? It worked.
Curse you Samsung for your lack of QC with your cables. I have read throughout most of the forums (not just this one) and it seems that cables for these devices are notoriously finicky.
While on the one hand, I am glad that I got a cable that works, Samsung owes me over thirty hours of my life that I had to spend on troubleshooting a brand new device.
The part that I hate the most is that when I tried to contact Samsung's tech support, all they kept telling me is that it must be my pc even after I told them all the troubleshooting that I had done. Yes, they played the blame game.
My Toshiba Thrive worked right out of the box with a standard micro usb cable.
Ok. Rant off.
Sal
Glad to hear you got it working. Personally I have a ftp server set up on my comp that I use to transfer files back and forth. Much easier IMO than having a cable every time I need something transferred
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I plug in the USB to phone & computer, but it does not ask me how I want to connect (drive, media sync, etc.). I downloaded HTC's Sync software, which should have put the drivers on my PC, but still nothing...
Has anyone had any luck and can share how to get my PC to recognize the phone?
thanks!
cbasse said:
I plug in the USB to phone & computer, but it does not ask me how I want to connect (drive, media sync, etc.). I downloaded HTC's Sync software, which should have put the drivers on my PC, but still nothing...
Has anyone had any luck and can share how to get my PC to recognize the phone?
thanks!
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If I'm not mistaken, the default behavior is 'Charge Only'. At least that's what my settings show.
Settings > Connect to PC
What do your settings look like?
This is hopefully a simple setting change and not a bug!
Look in your notification bar. There should be a little usb icon thing there. If you click on it a menu should come up with usb options
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If I'm not mistaken, the default behavior is 'Charge Only'. At least that's what my settings show.
Settings > Connect to PC
What do your settings look like?
This is hopefully a simple setting change and not a bug!
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Got it set as "disk drive" but still nothing. Tried different settings, too, to see if I could get it to connect somehow - nothing. Might try rebooting the pc and phone and see if that does anything.
Should debugging be on or off?
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stnguyen09 said:
Look in your notification bar. There should be a little usb icon thing there. If you click on it a menu should come up with usb options
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Nope...it doesn't pop up. Trying a reboot of both pc and phone to see if that works. Might try another pc too.
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I am unfortunately at work right now and can't help debugging yet.
Have you tried changing USB ports? Also it would be better to have the USB plugged in to the back of your computer. The front ports usually don't work well.
I usually have USB Debugging set to on.
To be honest I haven't actually tried to connect my HTC One X yet to a computer so this is all speculation.
Thanks all. Reboot of both did the trick!
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Have you tried another port? Maybe you said so and i missed it, but i would try that first. The other thing i would do is check device manager and see if anything is showing up with the little yellow exclamation point. I had that happen it was showing android device. I google search and downloaded just the Win 7 x64 drivers. Ill put it on my dropbox and share it so you can download and see if that helps.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/77821273/HTC_Driver_64.zip
i am facing the same problem exactly. reboot dint fix it. triedon both xp and windows 7
USB won't connect
muid02 said:
i am facing the same problem exactly. reboot dint fix it. triedon both xp and windows 7
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Maybe it is the USB cable. Do you have another cable from a different device you can try?
muid02 said:
i am facing the same problem exactly. reboot dint fix it. triedon both xp and windows 7
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Mine was a pain untill finished root. I'd make sure you have the proper HTC drivers installed. That helped me.
Stock USB connections suck.
htc one s don't get recognised by pc only charges
hi,
i bought htc one s a few days ago, it connected to the pc fine just until a few days ago when nothing shows up only charge.
i can't think of what i haven't done.
from downloading differrent versions of htc sync and sync manager, to drivers.I reinstalled windows, reset the phone but nothing works
when i connect to the pc, the pc doesn't even make a sound, the phone only charges. i tried turning usb debugging on and off but nothing it doesn't even show debugging connected on the notification area. it doesn't show anything on the device manager. i cant even root to install a custom rom
i dont know what to do.
help me PLS.
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htc one s
andriod 4.1.1
You're in the wrong forum, this is the HTC One XL forum.
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Is anyone else having trouble getting their Samsung Galaxy S III (Verizon) to be recognized in their Windows 8 PC as a media device? I have explorer functionality when the phone is in camera mode but in media mode it does not appear in Computer.
I tried the phone on a Windows 7 PC and it works just fine, plug in play. I have downloaded the driver available on Samsung's website, but doesn't have mention of Windows 8 compatibility and during installation also prompts many messages of compatibility issues.
Thanks for your time and any help.
Also, the although I have file explorer functionality in USB camera mode, I am not able to transfer songs to the phone and a message is displayed by Windows that while in camera mode this type of transfer (music) is not compatible.
Did you try Kies air or try to somehow put the phone in compatibility mode to windows 7/vista?
For me MTP doesn't work well at all.
mine works fine.....I can see both internal and external sd cards and all the files on both of them.
Worked fine for me out of the box. Plugged it in and windows downloaded the driver, wanted a reboot and was fine since.
Works for me
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works perfectly for me
Mine shows up but if I send over to many files at once it crashes the explorer.
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its working perfectly for me
Thanks for your replies guys.. I tried connecting the phone again to the computer this time into a different USB port and walah.. it shows up as a Portable Media Device. I'm back in business.
I am running the June 19 build of a CyanogenMod based on version 11-20140620-Sultan-skyrocket (Android 4.4.4).
I was working to reorganize my music library and finally dump iTunes. I am experimenting with a new Music Player that requires a USB synch using MTP.
The main reason for the switch from iTunes is that a lot of my Music is Lossless encoded and it just takes up too much room on my phone. I could not find an iTunes synching solution that would transcode those large files to a smaller format during the synch process (unless I go with an iPod / iPhone).
When I switch my phone to MTP mode, the PC (Windows 8.1) does not recognize it. If I switch to Mass Storage (UMS) the phone shows up in the file explorer.
Any suggestions on how to get the MTP working would be appreciated.
Thanks
Go to device manager and look for the the icon with an exclamation mark, with your phone hooked up to usb. Right click on it and update software. Then go to where it says let me pick from a list..... Choose android composite adb interface. It'll ask you if your sure, just say yes.
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jd1639 said:
Go to device manager and look for the the icon with an exclamation mark, with your phone hooked up to usb. Right click on it and update software. Then go to where it says let me pick from a list..... Choose android composite adb interface. It'll ask you if your sure, just say yes.
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Sorry for the slow reply and Thanks for the post. Unfortunately Windows would not let me update the driver in error in the Device Manager. It said it was an unrecognized USB Device and would not browse for additional drivers. I tried every way I could think of to "force" it.
Just to help determine what might be going on, I restored the ATT / Samsung ICS using CWM. Unfortunately I am having similar issues with that. Sometimes the USB connects and sometimes it is unrecognized. I tested the cables and my Windows 8.1 PC with my Galaxy 5 (stock ATT KITKAT) and everything seems to work fine. I guess the micro USB port on my phone must be going bad.
Thanks again
tomcrable said:
Sorry for the slow reply and Thanks for the post. Unfortunately Windows would not let me update the driver in error in the Device Manager. It said it was an unrecognized USB Device and would not browse for additional drivers. I tried every way I could think of to "force" it.
Just to help determine what might be going on, I restored the ATT / Samsung ICS using CWM. Unfortunately I am having similar issues with that. Sometimes the USB connects and sometimes it is unrecognized. I tested the cables and my Windows 8.1 PC with my Galaxy 5 (stock ATT KITKAT) and everything seems to work fine. I guess the micro USB port on my phone must be going bad.
Thanks again
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if its seen as a mass storage device but not mtp its a driver and/or win8 issue
tomcrable said:
Sorry for the slow reply and Thanks for the post. Unfortunately Windows would not let me update the driver in error in the Device Manager. It said it was an unrecognized USB Device and would not browse for additional drivers. I tried every way I could think of to "force" it.
Just to help determine what might be going on, I restored the ATT / Samsung ICS using CWM. Unfortunately I am having similar issues with that. Sometimes the USB connects and sometimes it is unrecognized. I tested the cables and my Windows 8.1 PC with my Galaxy 5 (stock ATT KITKAT) and everything seems to work fine. I guess the micro USB port on my phone must be going bad.
Thanks again
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You might try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42022027
Windows 8 can be a pita to get drivers installed
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I've seen many solutions for the reverse, but not for this problem.
I've got my Nexus 5 connected to my PC right now. I'm trying to copy files off of it, but the Nexus doesn't realize it's connected to the PC. With Android debugging on, Windows realizes there's an "Unknown USB Device" connected, but Android doesn't recognize the computer is connected at all. I've tried the other computer in our house and had the same issue.
I'm running on 4.4.2, so it shouldn't be something too out there, but I can't figure out what else to do.
On the other PC, did you use a different cable?
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rootSU said:
On the other PC, did you use a different cable?
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Using a different cable I was able to get the Tethering options to show up. Activating Tethering, the Nexus 5 was recognized as a "USB Composite Device". Trying to manually specify the USB driver to use hasn't changed anything.
With the different cable, deactivate tethering then delete the device in device manager. See if anything else shows up. Could be cable issue, could be phone port issue
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Got it working. At some point I unchecked both the MTP and PTP connection options, but for whatever reason plugging the phone back into the computer didn't make the notification pop up. I had to go to Settings -> Storage -> (menu) USB computer connection in order to turn it back on.
Sorry for the trouble.