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Anyway to view android screen remotely without root?

Anyway to view an Android phone remotely like with PicMe but without root?

hah2110 said:
Anyway to view an Android phone remotely like with PicMe but without root?
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The ddms tool in the Android SDK will get screen captures over USB Debug of course.

Anything remotely?

I don't think it's possible without root because you need to take snapshots of your phone and taking snapshots needs root. (unless you use ddms)

Zeam launcher can take screenshots of your home screen (not tested by me). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664149
But I think you are talking about live watching your mobile screen on PC, aren't you?

Most of these live view server take pictures of your screen and send it over the internet. There is also the issue with port forwarding. The only service that has pulled off remote screen viewing server without port forwarding has been teamviewer.
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andrew121 said:
Most of these live view server take pictures of your screen and send it over the internet. There is also the issue with port forwarding. The only service that has pulled off remote screen viewing server without port forwarding has been teamviewer.
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Teamviewer exists for Android? I'm fine with the picture taking...

This is fairly new to the forum if you haven't seen it.. but it does require root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7567932#post7567932

khaytsus said:
The ddms tool in the Android SDK will get screen captures over USB Debug of course.
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Does not have to be over USB. ADB can connect via TCP.
Code:
- disconnect device from usb then tell it to listen on 4455
adb tcpip 4455
restarting in TCP mode port: 4455
- connect to the device using a specified ip:port. my device is using wifi
adb connect 192.168.1.103:4455
connected to 192.168.1.103:4455
- now do normal adb commands over tcp
adb shell
- when your done, you can put it back in USB mode
adb usb
restarting in USB mode
You can also set an environment variable called ADBHOST with the IP address and adb will attempt to connect to that ip.
Now I am not sure if DDMS can connect to the device over tcpip, but if adb can, and ddms uses adb to connect, it should be possible.

BUMP. Any success here?

Its been a while, was wondering if there have been any solutions to this.
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Android ScreenControl without root
Have a look at this ... Its something I have been working on ...
http://piglings.blogspot.com/2011/08/android-screen-control-without-root.html
Hope that helps !
Cheers,
Vikram.

I found this and thought it will be helpful as I ended up on this thread during my search.
NO ROOT REQUIRED!
Follow this link: it has everything.
http://www.mymobiler.com/
So far only PC is supported I think.
The app also gives you the ability to use your PC keyboard remotely over wifi, it also has shortcuts for home, menu, back, etc.
The one thing that you might need to figure out is the display option in the mobile app settings.
I chose to keep it #3 - others ... that's the only way I can see the screen on my razr maxx!!
Also, if you are having weird screen problems, the website has the FAQ section and other pages to tweak the settings so that it works fine!!
Now it is a bit slow ... but none the less very useful ... I use it to change music while my phone's connected to speakers and chatting with people on Viber/WeChat/WhatsApp ... comes in pretty handy!!
Hope this helps!! cheers!!

Anyway to view android screen remotely without root
Have you tried the App Airdroid it might be what you're looking for.

camalot said:
Does not have to be over USB. ADB can connect via TCP.
Code:
- disconnect device from usb then tell it to listen on 4455
It works. Except that device must be connected via USB while configuring this.
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[Issue] Please help, Nexus 5 not showing up at all in windows.

By this I mean, that it does not show up AT ALL, not even as a generic device with a yellow exclamation mark (which usually happens when there is a driver issue). I can't installed the driver obviously because device manager has no entry that matches my device. I tried all kinds of cables, and my friends Nexus 5, which works fine with the cable I am using with mine, somehow mine will *NOT* get detected by my computer at all. PLEASE HELP, I am unable to upload anything to it because of this issue.

TjPhysicist said:
By this I mean, that it does not show up AT ALL, not even as a generic device with a yellow exclamation mark (which usually happens when there is a driver issue). I can't installed the driver obviously because device manager has no entry that matches my device. I tried all kinds of cables, and my friends Nexus 5, which works fine with the cable I am using with mine, somehow mine will *NOT* get detected by my computer at all. PLEASE HELP, I am unable to upload anything to it because of this issue.
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You could just google lg nexus 5 drivers and find them and install or try Koush universal drivers, same just google. Hope this helps

Have you tried rebooting your phone and computer? Tried a different USB port?
ADB and fastboot have different device IDs, is the phone recognized when it's in fastboot mode (the bootloader)?

TjPhysicist said:
By this I mean, that it does not show up AT ALL, not even as a generic device with a yellow exclamation mark (which usually happens when there is a driver issue). I can't installed the driver obviously because device manager has no entry that matches my device. I tried all kinds of cables, and my friends Nexus 5, which works fine with the cable I am using with mine, somehow mine will *NOT* get detected by my computer at all. PLEASE HELP, I am unable to upload anything to it because of this issue.
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Settings > Storage > Hit the 3 dots icon > USB computer connection > MTP is checked?
Check also the Android debugging into Developer options.

I had the same problem some time ago, have you checked Device Manager>View>"Hidden Devices"? I'm not sure about the english name of "Hidden Devices", but you will figure it out.

RubbleTea said:
You could just google lg nexus 5 drivers and find them and install or try Koush universal drivers, same just google. Hope this helps
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If you read any of the instructions for installing drivers, it asks you to go to the device manager and find the entry corresponding to your device so you can assign it the correct driver. However the device manager table does not change *at all* when I plug my phone.
X-15 said:
Have you tried rebooting your phone and computer? Tried a different USB port?
ADB and fastboot have different device IDs, is the phone recognized when it's in fastboot mode (the bootloader)?
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It's not recognised at all in any mode, the device manager table does not change at all regardles of anything I do. In bootloader mode however, i get the "ping" noise that usually happens when a device is recognised as plugged in by windows, but nothing happens after that, I don't even have an entry in the device manager to correspond with it, all i get is "generic USB hub" entries.
Primokorn said:
Settings > Storage > Hit the 3 dots icon > USB computer connection > MTP is checked?
Check also the Android debugging into Developer options.
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yes. tried with and without ADB.
Haenz said:
I had the same problem some time ago, have you checked Device Manager>View>"Hidden Devices"? I'm not sure about the english name of "Hidden Devices", but you will figure it out.
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Yea, tried that, still a no go.

I think possibly there could be a damaged USB pin. If other nexus 5 devices connect ok
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It could be the wire
Hi,
Have you tried a different USB cable? I had the power still work and the data fail on a wire that my nexus 7 came with. A standard USB cable has 4 wires. 2 power wires ( 5v DC + and - ) and 2 data wires. Some USB cables are power only and they are missing the data wire pair so make sure your using a wire that supports data connections.

kurt9678 said:
Hi,
Have you tried a different USB cable? I had the power still work and the data fail on a wire that my nexus 7 came with. A standard USB cable has 4 wires. 2 power wires ( 5v DC + and - ) and 2 data wires. Some USB cables are power only and they are missing the data wire pair so make sure your using a wire that supports data connections.
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I think you're on the right track, only he has tried other cables and another Nexus 5 with success, so I think it's the same issue, but in the phone's USB socket.
It isn't software on the phone as he tried bootloader too. It *could* still be driver related, but unlikely I think. I suppose we need to try another computer

usb otg
rootSU said:
I think you're on the right track, only he has tried other cables and another Nexus 5 with success, so I think it's the same issue, but in the phone's USB socket.
It isn't software on the phone as he tried bootloader too. It *could* still be driver related, but unlikely I think. I suppose we need to try another computer
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Sorry about that I must have been reading too fast.
One way to test the pins would be to use a USB-OTG with a flash drive or one of those cool flash drives that have a male micro-usb connection.

Sometimes its best to go for Wug's Root Toolkit v1.8.4 because it is very good at walking thru many driver options and such that cause problems.
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TjPhysicist said:
By this I mean, that it does not show up AT ALL, not even as a generic device with a yellow exclamation mark (which usually happens when there is a driver issue). I can't installed the driver obviously because device manager has no entry that matches my device. I tried all kinds of cables, and my friends Nexus 5, which works fine with the cable I am using with mine, somehow mine will *NOT* get detected by my computer at all. PLEASE HELP, I am unable to upload anything to it because of this issue.
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Do you have any emulator software on your machine? I had similar issue when i was using Bluestacks - android emulator on Windows.

[Q] Shattered phone - can I access my photos?

Hi,
To cut a long story short, my four day old phone was run over by a bus last night and the screen shattered making it unresponsive to any touch, though the phone itself is still "working". I have a pattern lockscreen which I obviously can't undo and Android File Transfer won't let me see the data on the phone until it's unlocked - is there any way I can access the photos I have taken on the phone (they didn't upload to the cloud because I wasn't on wifi)?
If it's relevant, the bootloader is unlocked.
Thanks,
F

First up, count yourself lucky that you were not talking on the phone at the time
You should be able to get them by plugging the phone into your pc should enable you to get your photos from it.

GTCC said:
First up, count yourself lucky that you were not talking on the phone at the time
You should be able to get them by plugging the phone into your pc should enable you to get your photos from it.
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Thank you!
I was running to catch said bus, tripped, phone went flying, bus moved off and crushed the phone!
I have a Mac and use Android File Transfer which won't recognise the device until the lockscreen is cleared - do you think I'll have more luck if I plug it into a Windows PC?

Should do. I am able to get stuff from mine by just plugging it into my Surface 2

Much appreciated - I'll post again after I've found someone with a Windows-based laptop.
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Should do. I am able to get stuff from mine by just plugging it into my Surface 2
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You should be able to connect a mouse using an OTG cable and micro USB port.

extrem0 said:
You should be able to connect a mouse using an OTG cable and micro USB port.
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Yup, that's an idea.
Or you have USB debugging enabled, try adb pull command?

The story so far - I connected the OPO to a Windows PC and it was recognised as a Portable Media Device. That's where the story ends - no files were shown.
When I carried out the same procedure with my Nexus 5, I had to switch between MTP and PTP for any files to be shown on the PC - when initially plugged in (in MTP), nothing was shown but when switched to PTP, all the photos popped up and when switched back to MTP, all data on the OPO was shown.
Obviously, I can't change the USB setting on the OPO. However, now the battery has run down, I can reboot the OPO into fastboot or recovery if required (USB debugging is enabled) with stock recovery. Is there a way of transferring data from the OPO when in recovery or fastboot mode? If there is, a step-by-step guide would be extremely appreciated.
I wasn't able to switch off the phone once the screen was damaged. Is there a way to force it to switch off using only the buttons?
Thanks,
F

extrem0 said:
You should be able to connect a mouse using an OTG cable and micro USB port.
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This sounds interesting - how does this work and is this the cable I'd need? http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-tech-on-the-go-micro-usb-to-female-usb-n36qg
If I could just switch wifi on remotely, the photos should upload to my Dropbox storage automatically!

FerozeIyer said:
This sounds interesting - how does this work and is this the cable I'd need? http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-tech-on-the-go-micro-usb-to-female-usb-n36qg
If I could just switch wifi on remotely, the photos should upload to my Dropbox storage automatically!
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Exactly.

extrem0 said:
Exactly.
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If I connect a mouse via OTG, what can I do?
EDIT: I've just watched this video:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/use-your-keyboard-and-mouse-on-android-with-usb-on-the-go-xda-developer-tv/
Will I be able to get past the pattern lockscreen using a mouse? When connecting the OTG cable and mouse, should it work with no further setting changes required on the phone?

FerozeIyer said:
If I connect a mouse via OTG, what can I do?
EDIT: I've just watched this video:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-android-with-usb-on-the-go-xda-developer-tv/
Will I be able to get past the pattern lockscreen using a mouse? When connecting the OTG cable and mouse, should it work with no further setting changes required on the phone?
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I'd say it will work.
I don't own an Opo, but I can do this in all my cm devices without doing anything. It's possible to past the lock screen. I'd ask someone with an Opo and otg cable to test it for you.

extrem0 said:
I'd say it will work.
I don't own an Opo, but I can do this in all my cm devices without doing anything. It's possible to past the lock screen. I'd ask someone with an Opo and otg cable to test it for you.
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Thank you. I've ordered this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121047718336?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
and will connect a mouse when I receive it. Does one hold down the left button while dragging the mouse in the lockscreen pattern?

FerozeIyer said:
Thank you. I've ordered this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121047718336?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
and will connect a mouse when I receive it. Does one hold down the left button while dragging the mouse in the lockscreen pattern?
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In my S4 I can do that. You need to hold the left button and complete your pattern.

Thank you so much to all who replied and sympathised with my predicament.
SUCCESS!
The OTG cable I ordered from ebay arrived this morning - I connected my mouse to the phone via the OTG cable and, voila, I was able to do everything as if the touchscreen was still working.
Without this forum, I'd have lost some precious memories of earlier in the day, before I smashed my beautiful OnePlus One.
In other news, the replacement OPO arrived this morning!
Thanks again,
F

Nice! How did you replace it? Bought a new one?

extrem0 said:
Nice! How did you replace it? Bought a new one?
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Yes, I managed to get an invitation from the thread here on xda on Saturday morning. I'll deal with insurance and sell it on in due course....

Can't connect Pixel and Windows 10.

When I plug in my pixel into my Windows 10 laptop, neither device responds. This means that I get neither the AutoPlay pop up on the laptop, or the USB option notification on the phone.
What I have tried:
Plugging into a Windows 7 laptop; the AutoPlay box appears on the laptop, the USB options notification appears on the phone
Tried all USB ports on the Windows 10 laptop.
Confirmed that other USB devices appear correctly on the Windows 10 laptop
Any thoughts?
Guidance?

tithij said:
When I plug in my pixel into my Windows 10 laptop, neither device responds. This means that I get neither the AutoPlay pop up on the laptop, or the USB option notification on the phone.
What I have tried:
Plugging into a Windows 7 laptop; the AutoPlay box appears on the laptop, the USB options notification appears on the phone
Tried all USB ports on the Windows 10 laptop.
Confirmed that other USB devices appear correctly on the Windows 10 laptop
Any thoughts?
Guidance?
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Have you installed the latest fastboot and adb. If not download them here and make sure to add the folder containing the files in your path or unzip the files to your Windows directory. I had the same problem on Windows 10 when I was running it and that fixed it for me.

Check in Device Manager to see if the Android device is listed. If it's listed but is indicated as not having a driver loaded, you can always download the latest drivers from https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html and the latest platform tools at https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip.
Extract the drivers, right click the non-working Android entry in Device Manager, point it to the main folder you extracted the drivers into and see if it'll load the drivers. This may not be the problem but worth a try. Even if it doesn't solve it on Windows 10, try the same thing on Windows 7. Windows 7 may be too old that it won't automatically find the correct necessary driver like it should on 10.

tithij said:
When I plug in my pixel into my Windows 10 laptop, neither device responds. This means that I get neither the AutoPlay pop up on the laptop, or the USB option notification on the phone.
What I have tried:
Plugging into a Windows 7 laptop; the AutoPlay box appears on the laptop, the USB options notification appears on the phone
Tried all USB ports on the Windows 10 laptop.
Confirmed that other USB devices appear correctly on the Windows 10 laptop
Any thoughts?
Guidance?
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Google search terms: Windows 10, Pixel driver, XDA yields this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-fix-mtp-driver-windows-10-t3570625
Simple enough? Hope it works for you.

thanks, but no luck
@Misterxtc thank you. Already tried. No luck
 @oirraW the device does not appear in Device Manager.
 @bobby janow I am familiar with Google. Believe it or not, I even went to page 3 of the search. The solution you found has been tried and does not work.

Install Linux, no drivers to install, it just works
Some dumbed down versions you might have to do
apt install adb fastboot
You never have to reboot, only if new kernel, and that too is going to change
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tithij said:
the device does not appear in Device Manager.
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Until you can get it to show up in Device Manager, there's nothing else you can do. Try a different USB port? Reboot the PC? Try a different cable if you have one? I can't think of anything else to try other than reinstalling Windows. I haven't had any trouble on Windows 7 or 10.

@piperx might be extending my tech skills a little too far. @roirraW "edor" ehT that is a pity.
Thanks all for your help; if I stumble across a solution, I'll post back.

tithij said:
@piperx might be extending my tech skills a little too far. @roirraW "edor" ehT that is a pity.
Thanks all for your help; if I stumble across a solution, I'll post back.
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Where's your sense of adventure ,?
If you can use Windows you can use Linux ?
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clutching at straws but worth trying as tell the computer sees the phone and lists it you are stuck so enable developer options then enable usb debugging and set usb configuration to MTP then with the phone connected and the phone unlocked reboot the phone keeping the phone unlocked all the time.

piperx said:
Where's your sense of adventure ,
If you can use Windows you can use Linux
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It's not the use of it, it's the installation of a dual boot that doesn't take up too much space.
I did go have a look, suggestions are Ubuntu or Mint. Would like the smaller one.

vickersg said:
clutching at straws but worth trying as tell the computer sees the phone and lists it you are stuck so enable developer options then enable usb debugging and set usb configuration to MTP then with the phone connected and the phone unlocked reboot the phone keeping the phone unlocked all the time.
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I'll give it a whirl.
Have played with the developer options a bit, but to no avail.

tithij said:
It's not the use of it, it's the installation of a dual boot that doesn't take up too much space.
I did go have a look, suggestions are Ubuntu or Mint. Would like the smaller one.
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Make a bootable USB of each distro you want to try. It's super easy with Rufus. This way you can try it without installing anything or wasting blank disks. I like Mint, it's basically Ubuntu with a face-lift.

No app needed to do simple things from command line ?
dd if=nameofiso of=/dev/sxx bs=4M; sync
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i'm not having much luck.. the device manager still either shows "pixel?" if the phone is set to no transfer.. or "MTP?" if phone set to file transfer... if I update drivers.. it says it tries then fails / had an error... any ideas?

@tithij You ever figure this out? I have the same problem I've even replaced the daughterboard but can't get the phone to show up in device manager when in bootloader mode.

GbizzleMcGrizzle said:
@tithij You ever figure this out? I have the same problem I've even replaced the daughterboard but can't get the phone to show up in device manager when in bootloader mode.
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I haven't actually done anything to fix it except to upgrade my phone and laptop.
Phone is on Android 9
Windows enterprise is on 1709
Now when I plug the phone in, I get the options on the phone and laptop. I choose File transfer and it works.
Not really helpful. But sometimes it seems apathy solves all problems.

If Pixel phone on connecting to windows only shows up in File Manager when you choose PTP option in the Pixel’s USB Preferences (and disappears from Explorer when you select File Transfer), you will be restricted to the DCIM and photos directory, thanks to the miserable ADB Composite driver that keeps getting updated or installed for morons who can’t handle full drive access in their pixels. ADB and PTP were designed so idiots would not need to worry about anything other than their media directories on their Pixel phones.
For anyone above age 4, full access to the Pixel SD memory is preferred. To fix the above, it is necessary to ditch the ADB drivers and get the generic MTP drivers back instead in Windows. Here’s how I did it on a Pixel 4XL with android 12 or 13:
Unplug phone, make sure Developer’s Options is ‘on’ and that USB Debugging is ‘on’
Ensure that in USB Preferences, it is defaulted to File Transfer/Android Auto and NOT to PTP
In Windows, open Device Manager, View, and check ‘show hidden files’
Then, open View-Devices by Type-Portable and delete/uninstall your Pixel phone, all of them if there’s more than one.
Then start looking for anything that says Android or ADB, and delete every shred of anything that’s an ADB Driver interface, whether composite, USB, whatever. If it has ADB in it alone or under LeMobile or Acer, it’s got to go. Uninstall and delete them
Plug in phone
Under Device Manager-View-Devices by Type-Portable find your Pixel device. Right click and Update Driver. Then, click Browse My computer, then click Let Me Choose, and then click MTB USB Device… I picked the bottom-most one
That’s it, it should work

My Pc Won't Recognize Vivo Nex S

Hey guys,
I have an issue that's been frustrating me. I can't connect my Vivo to my pc. I should be fine because I did everything. I uploaded the newest driver (I believe), I downloaded Vivo Assistant to
pc and I turned on USB debugging. When I put on the cable to the phone it does nothing other than charging.
Am I missing something? I'd appreciate any help!
Thanks1

Have you enable under developer setting-select usb configuration-media transfer protocol (MTP)??
By default it's only for charging,actually all the smartphone by default is charging selected and every user must change it to MTP and so pc can recognized it as hard drive.
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paatha13 said:
Have you enable under developer setting-select usb configuration-media transfer protocol (MTP)??
By default it's only for charging,actually all the smartphone by default is charging selected and every user must change it to MTP and so pc can recognized it as hard drive.
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Yeah, I did actually. My phone is the global version. Can that be the issue?

Alaaddinsarac said:
Yeah, I did actually. My phone is the global version. Can that be the issue?
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Just to clarify situation.
Did you do what I've suggested and still your pc does not recognize your phone??
Did you tried different usb cable or different usb port on pc and still nothing??
This has nothing to do with global or any region parameter.
It's simple how every android device works.
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See if when you connect to pc there's a message in notification center asking how you want to use USB connection. Select file transfer. You access this notification by sliding down from the top of the phone screen edge.
Also, unlock the phone before you connect to pc.

paatha13 said:
Just to clarify situation.
Did you do what I've suggested and still your pc does not recognize your phone??
Did you tried different usb cable or different usb port on pc and still nothing??
This has nothing to do with global or any region parameter.
It's simple how every android device works.
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Yeah, I did what you suggested but sadly didn't work. I have used a different cable but haven't used a different pc. Maybe I should try that.

Saloei said:
See if when you connect to pc there's a message in notification center asking how you want to use USB connection. Select file transfer. You access this notification by sliding down from the top of the phone screen edge.
Also, unlock the phone before you connect to pc.
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The problem is, I don't get a notification. I get nothing. It just starts charging.
Thanks for the help anyways!

Alaaddinsarac said:
The problem is, I don't get a notification. I get nothing. It just starts charging.
Thanks for the help anyways!
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Remove MTP or your device from Device Manager and give it another go.