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[Q] TF101 won't connect to iMac. No USB/MTP options under settings> Storage. HELP!

Hi there. Strange problem I can't find any info with a solution. Seems a guy had a similar problem last year but there was no resolution.
TF101 Stock 3.2.1 (Japanese unit) Last update we got was in Feb to 3.21. No ICS for us yet.
Yesterday I connected my TF101 to my iMac to transfer some files but it would not connect. I unplugged and tried again but still no luck. Up until now I was able to connect no problems. I tried it on a Macbook Air and still nothing.
I checked the cable still charges the unit and it does. If the unit is asleep and I plug the USB in it wakes to the lock screen so it is getting something from the USB port.
I reinstalled the Android file transfer and still nothing.
I did some digging and found that I need to go to settings > storage > press the 3 dots at the top right > select MTP.
Thing is, I don't have 3 dots at the top right. The only option I have in storage is to unmount the external SD card.
I tried turning on and off the USB debugging. No go.
I tried rebooting and cold booting. No go.
Does anyone have any ideas? Do I need to do factory reset?
I don't want to buy a new cable as I want to see what the deal with these missing three dots is. It seems to be a problem on the TF101 side not the computer.
Thanks in advance for your help.

You could try rooting and flashing a custom ROM, this would also have the benefit of giving you ICS.
Otherwise go to applications and look for menus there, and Development, enable USB-debugging, and keep hunting through the menus.
Make sure you have adb/asus sync on your macs.

Thanks Thing.
I have hunted high and low through all the settings.
The thing that baffles me is that it was working fine one day but not the next.
There have been no updates from ASUS here since Feb.
I will install Asus sync and see what happens.

Sounds like something got corrupted somewhere, If you have a MicroSD and are willing too go ahead and do a factory reset in the settings and make sure you're on the latest ota, this should fix it. (use the microsd to backup everything you've put on there, google backs up your apps if you check it in the playstore so you can redownload them)
^^This is only if you can't get it too work
The alternative is to root and flash a custom rom :3

Also having this problem
Hey. My android file transfer app on mac also doesnt detect my transformer tf101.
Also eclipse doesnt detect it so I am unable to use my transformer for development at the moment. I see the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the Storage tab and it is set to MTP.
Also USB debugging is enabled and no bee icon comes up on the action bar when I plug in the USB.
This only started happening after I upgraded to a rooted ICS ROM I found on this forum. I just did a factory reset and it didnt help :/
If anyone can help me, I will give you an internet bro fist.

jd3936 said:
settings > storage > press the 3 dots at the top right > select MTP.
Thing is, I don't have 3 dots at the top right.
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I do have the same problem, did you solved? By a factory restore?
Thanks

Stuck on the screen 'Checking for Updates' after hard reset

Hello, I bought my Nokia 7 (6Gb ram and 64Gb memory) on Aliexpress. I was able to activate it at first. However I cannot activate it after hard reset by pressing volume+ button and power button, connected to usb cable. All screens I can see on my phone after hard reset are these:
1. Welcome (choose language and country)
2 Insert SIM card
3. Welcome to your TA-1041 (set up as new or move your data)
4. Allow Setup Wizard to access this device’s location
5. Get Connected (When I use WiFi and When I use cellular network)
6. Possible data charges (when I chose ‘Use cellular network for setup’)
7. Checking for Updates (When I use WiFi and When I use cellular network)
I cannot go over to the next step after the step 7. When I activated it first, I chose the option 'Don't use any network for setup' after the step No. 4. But now I do not see the option after reset. It is so incomprehensible to me. I keep seeing only the last screen ’Checking for Updates’. What should I do? Please help me.

Syngtae said:
Hello, I bought my Nokia 7 (6Gb ram and 64Gb memory) on Aliexpress. I was able to activate it at first. However I cannot activate it after hard reset by pressing volume+ button and power button, connected to usb cable. All screens I can see on my phone after hard reset are these:
1. Welcome (choose language and country)
2 Insert SIM card
3. Welcome to your TA-1041 (set up as new or move your data)
4. Allow Setup Wizard to access this device’s location
5. Get Connected (When I use WiFi and When I use cellular network)
6. Possible data charges (when I chose ‘Use cellular network for setup’)
7. Checking for Updates (When I use WiFi and When I use cellular network)
I cannot go over to the next step after the step 7. When I activated it first, I chose the option 'Don't use any network for setup' after the step No. 4. But now I do not see the option after reset. It is so incomprehensible to me. I keep seeing only the last screen ’Checking for Updates’. What should I do? Please help me.
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i have similar problem. while there is no solution

I sarted the phone after unlock bootloader.

dear
good morning to everybody. I bought the same phone, nokia 7, from Aliexpress. I tried to activate it but i've exactely the same problem. Misin how did you do the unlock of the bootloader? where did you find the new unlocked launcher?
thankk you very much for your help

i have similar problem but I got through it by using "Don't use any network for setup" and leaving user name blank

950505 said:
i have similar problem but I got through it by using "Don't use any network for setup" and leaving user name blank
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I really do not see such an option anywhere in the initial setup. Could you elaborate more about the exact steps?

So... your phone is locked from FRP, I see. That's because the seller flashed seriously tampered OS on Nokia 7.
In that case, I strongly recommend you to unlock the bootloader and flash stock firmware by yourself.
To enter the OS: Do not insert SIM and skip the Wi-Fi. If you can't skip Wi-Fi, then your phone is locked from FRP, but I can still provide help.
You can find and repeat the guide to bypass FRP for Nokia phones on YouTube, which should be easy to repeat.

3yourself said:
I really do not see such an option anywhere in the initial setup. Could you elaborate more about the exact steps?
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Sorry I quickly forgot the details after getting through the initial setup
From what I remember, after selecting language:
Select "Setup as new"
Do not connect to network and select "Don't use any network for setup"
It should then ask for username but just leave that blank.

passing with blank field
thanks 950505, i arrived to skip the "checking for updates" using the offline configuration but in effect the tip is to left blanck the field name.
now the phone seems to work correctly.
thanks again

some aliexpress sellers put malware on the phone, they get money for doing so, read the low star reviews.
better to flash original

ptr1968 said:
some aliexpress sellers put malware on the phone, they get money for doing so, read the low star reviews.
better to flash original
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Some might do malware. But what is happening with these Nokia 7 units is that. It does not have an official international firmware. The Chinese firmware only has Chinese & English language. So, they flash this unofficial firmware which receives no updates. So, the phone goes crazy checking for updates which it never finds

hikari_calyx said:
So... your phone is locked from FRP, I see. That's because the seller flashed seriously tampered OS on Nokia 7.
In that case, I strongly recommend you to unlock the bootloader and flash stock firmware by yourself.
To enter the OS: Do not insert SIM and skip the Wi-Fi. If you can't skip Wi-Fi, then your phone is locked from FRP, but I can still provide help.
You can find and repeat the guide to bypass FRP for Nokia phones on YouTube, which should be easy to repeat.
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I too can't choose an option to skip Wi-Fi. Neither seem the bypass FRP guides to be of any help. They point to some trick in the Vision Settings involving TalkBack. Nothing of the sort is present in my Vision Settings.
Does anyone has any suggestions on how to get past setup wizard? Or for that matter to unlock the bootloader or flash the stock rom in some other way?

Bambalam.x said:
I too can't choose an option to skip Wi-Fi. Neither seem the bypass FRP guides to be of any help. They point to some trick in the Vision Settings involving TalkBack. Nothing of the sort is present in my Vision Settings.
Does anyone has any suggestions on how to get past setup wizard? Or for that matter to unlock the bootloader or flash the stock rom in some other way?
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Okay, I've found a solution to this. It may even be easier than using the TalkBack method.
1. Start the device (into the setup wizard).
2. Take a screenshot and tap the 'share' icon.
3. Share with 'Add to Maps'.
4. Hit 'cancel' at the 'add account' pop-up.
5. Hit the back button on your phone and confirm 'yes' to discard this draft.
6. You will be in 'Google Maps'. Hit the three lines at the top left.
7. Go to 'settings' and choose 'Google location settings'.
8. Your are now in your settings menu and have many options.
(9.) I just copied an apex_launcher.apk to my sd card and opened it from 'Storage' > 'Internal shared storage' > 'Explore'
10. From there is followed this video guide: youtube dot com /watch?v=FAK21pNMZyc
Good luck!

I tried this method and run onto this problem.
1. Select "Setup as new"
2. I get a "Get connected" window and I have to connect to a network to continue setup - I don'y have "Don't use any network for setup".

ockron said:
I tried this method and run onto this problem.
1. Select "Setup as new"
2. I get a "Get connected" window and I have to connect to a network to continue setup - I don'y have "Don't use any network for setup".
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Try without SIM card inserted. It should work

It worked..amazing! Thank u so much!

Always show usb option when debugging

i am a new programmer using flutter framework, but i have problem with that. My device always asking me to choose three usb option ( charge only, transfer files, and transfer photo). Even when building the code, sometimes, the usb option pop out again, causing my devices disconnected. I do already activate my developer options and usb debugging. after trying to solve this, i found out that :
1. When using another phone(not realme 5 pro), it is no problem. it mean that my phone do have the problems.
2. At first, i think maybe the OS have the problme, and I already tried flutter in Windows OS and Manjaro, both are not working. Still have the same issue. usb option keep poping out after some times.
3. I tried the second usb option(transfer files) without enabling developer option, and found same problem(usb option poping out again).
Even no i am still don't know to fix it.

sinuk said:
i am a new programmer using flutter framework, but i have problem with that. My device always asking me to choose three usb option ( charge only, transfer files, and transfer photo). Even when building the code, sometimes, the usb option pop out again, causing my devices disconnected. I do already activate my developer options and usb debugging. after trying to solve this, i found out that :
1. When using another phone(not realme 5 pro), it is no problem. it mean that my phone do have the problems.
2. At first, i think maybe the OS have the problme, and I already tried flutter in Windows OS and Manjaro, both are not working. Still have the same issue. usb option keep poping out after some times.
3. I tried the second usb option(transfer files) without enabling developer option, and found same problem(usb option poping out again).
Even no i am still don't know to fix it.
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I'm facing the same issues with ColorOS, I don't had a problem when using custom rom but, I don't like using unofficial custom rom because for my R5P it's always had a black screen of death and often stuck at the boot animation so I have to wipe data everytime it's stuck at bootanim. Hope there's a fix

Android Auto issue

Anyone else have to unlock their device and then change the USB mode from "Charging Only" to "Transfer Files" to make Android Auto work? What a pain in the butt!

When I connect USB cablr .. directly I have to choose transfer files .
It's not issue, I think it's more safe .

KlNG said:
When I connect USB cablr .. directly I have to choose transfer files .
It's not issue, I think it's more safe .
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More safe to protect your files?
I find it a pain in the a$$
Every phone i have had has done it automatically till this one.
Ended up getting around with it Tasker and AutoInput though shouldnt have too.

I encounter problems too (Chinese model). Since I added both Andoid Auto and Spotify to my 5 startup list apps, it seems to work OK. Sometimes it just randomly stops working, but still investigating if that's to do with the cable.
Another weird thing I have with android Auto is that I can not use voice commands. It is 'temporary unavailable'.

Pieter-Jan said:
Tip:
-Activate Developer Settings: Settings,about phone, baseband & kernel, click 5 times on build number.
-Open Developer settings: Settings, additional settings, Developer settings.
-Set default USB settings (under Developer settings ) to File transfer
-Set Select USB configuration (under Developer settings) to MTP.
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Nokia 5.3 doesn't vibrate

Hi, I can't find any thread about this topic, I hope I didn't miss anything.
The problem:
In October, I've bought Nokia 5.3 with Android 10 in Czech Republic (Europe, probably German or UK distribution) and I found out it doesn't vibrate. I tried an app that's dedicated to vibrating but it doesn't do anything and switching to vibrate-only mode using the menu invoked by volume keys switches the phone basically to a full DND mode.
I searched the Internet and found a few reports of other users of Android 10 phones with a similar problem. (None of them, however, with a Nokia phone, at least not concretely Nokia 5.3). I hence assume it's not a defect of my phone but rather a software bug in Android. I'm of course rather reluctant to test this by returning the phone and getting a new one thru warranty because I did put some time into setting this one up. I reached out to the Nokia support but they were unable to help me further than advising me to check a few settings (which were OK) and told me I probably need to wait for an OS update.
The question:
Do you have Nokia 5.3 and do you or do you not have the same problem?
Thank you very much for your experience and suggestions.

Hi,
I have Nokia 5.3, bought it recently. However I hate vibrations so that was the first thing I disabled in the settings. It was vibrating like hell . Check your phone settings, there is an option to turn it on and off.
Cheers!

Hi toppicks,
thanks for confirming that it's obviously not a software issue. I checked all the settings I could, none of them change anything.

edison23 said:
Hi toppicks,
thanks for confirming that it's obviously not a software issue. I checked all the settings I could, none of them change anything.
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do a factory reset

T.Y.M.SAI said:
do a factory reset
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Finally, I found time to do the factory reset, it didn't help. I tried with the SIM card and also without it, the phone still doesn't vibrate. I'll go return it to the vendor on Monday, hopefully, I'll get it resolved that way.