Hey everyone. I am attempting to put my pictures I have on my Note on to my portable hard drive. I have done this in the past with other phones. I am not sure why but when I plug my Note 4 into my Windows 8 laptop it is recognized. I see a folder and when I click that I see more folders. But nothing is inside any of these folders. I remember I used to be able to just plug the phone in and see my pictures that I have on my sdcard and I can transfer them from phone to HD. I am not sure why buy it doesn't work. Any ideas?
.Bambino said:
Hey everyone. I am attempting to put my pictures I have on my Note on to my portable hard drive. I have done this in the past with other phones. I am not sure why but when I plug my Note 4 into my Windows 8 laptop it is recognized. I see a folder and when I click that I see more folders. But nothing is inside any of these folders. I remember I used to be able to just plug the phone in and see my pictures that I have on my sdcard and I can transfer them from phone to HD. I am not sure why buy it doesn't work. Any ideas?
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USB Debugging checked? Have you allowed your computer to receive from your phone. Up to date Samsung driver?
it's an odd situation, but sometimes, you just have unlock your phone for your PC to see your phone storage(s), assuming you have proper drivers installed on your pc.
lovekeiiy said:
it's an odd situation, but sometimes, you just have unlock your phone for your PC to see your phone storage(s), assuming you have proper drivers installed on your pc.
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Ok, crazy sounding... Had the same issue.... Thought I would just have to update the drivers... My neighbor just got a moto x... He wanted it rooted... I installed the Motorola drivers and bang my pc could see my GN4...dunno just fyi...
Definitely should install the samsung drivers if you haven't already. Try switching through the USB modes - MTP to PTP and back to MTP.
Hello,
Everything was fine with my phone until I performed a factory reset because I want to sell it.
The only problem I have now is that when I connect an USB cable to the PC, it charges but can't access phone memory/sd card.
In Devices and Printers I get an extra icon every time I plug in the cable (SEMC HSUSB Device) which disappears when I unplug the cable. I tried PC companion as well but no success.
I tried to connect the phone into another PC and it starts installing drivers but one fails "xperia play semc hsusb no driver found".
I am concerned my potential buyer might have same problem.
Im running win 7 (64bit). Phone has been rooted before I did the factory reset and running android 2.3.4.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
I had this problem long time ago. I sended phone to service. 2 months later i get a phone with new mainboard. This problem is knowed in SE phones...
TheVicious said:
I had this problem long time ago. I sended phone to service. 2 months later i get a phone with new mainboard. This problem is knowed in SE phones...
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Did that happen after a factory reset? The phone was fine before, so I guess it must be a software issue...
Go to settings and configure usb connections to MSC (not MTP)
Or, very rarely, windows will not assign leeter to drive. Right-click on "my computer", click manage, on left side choose "disk managment"
If sd card is list, right-click on it and choose "assign drive letter" (or something like that, i forgot exact words in english)
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Go to settings and configure usb connections to MSC (not MTP)
Or, very rarely, windows will not assign leeter to drive. Right-click on "my computer", click manage, on left side choose "disk managment"
If sd card is list, right-click on it and choose "assign drive letter" (or something like that, i forgot exact words in english)
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Tried MSC but no success.
In "disk management" it shows Disk 3 Removable (G No media. That is the drive that I get when I go to "Devices and printers" and right click on the icon "SEMC HSUSB Device" which I get when I plug in the cable. The Removable Disk G: shows up shaded and nothing happens when I click on it.
Also when I use PC Companion, I can see it detects the phone when I plug the cable in. I then get a new window telling me to "Drag status bar downwards" on the phone and tap "Connect phone memory card". I go to my phone but there is nothing showing up on the status bar.
jmsa7 said:
Tried MSC but no success.
In "disk management" it shows Disk 3 Removable (G No media. That is the drive that I get when I go to "Devices and printers" and right click on the icon "SEMC HSUSB Device" which I get when I plug in the cable. The Removable Disk G: shows up shaded and nothing happens when I click on it.
Also when I use PC Companion, I can see it detects the phone when I plug the cable in. I then get a new window telling me to "Drag status bar downwards" on the phone and tap "Connect phone memory card". I go to my phone but there is nothing showing up on the status bar.
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If you have locked bootlader, use PC companion to flash stock firmware (update firmware), or if you have unlocked bootloader, use flashtool to flash stock ftf (it doesn't matter was it rooted or not)
Also, if you don't have much stuff on sdcard, format it from phone's menu. If you have some micro sdcard adapter, try that with PC (maybe it's faulty sdcard)
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If you have locked bootlader, use PC companion to flash stock firmware (update firmware), or if you have unlocked bootloader, use flashtool to flash stock ftf (it doesn't matter was it rooted or not)
Also, if you don't have much stuff on sdcard, format it from phone's menu. If you have some micro sdcard adapter, try that with PC (maybe it's faulty sdcard)
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Thank you very much Bakisha. I used flashtool with some ftf for xperia play I found online and it is all working now.
I did have some problems flashing tho. Had to install all the drivers that come under flashtool folder and then when I was connecting the cable had to wait until windows found a driver from Windows Update which took quite a while.
In the end, I got flashtool to flash my phone and now is all good. Ended up with all the game demos and apps that came with the up that have I have deleted...
Again, thank you all guys. Take care
Using USB - C cable to connect my N5X to computer, but the computer won't recognize, load new drivers or anything. I vaguely recall having to set something on my old N4 so resolve this issue, but can't remember what it was. Is this because of the C cable?
Thanks in advance.
Did you checked the USB debugging and also set it to file transfer instead of charging??
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Thx Leontine. I had forgot to enable USB debugging, although I am still having issues. When I select "Use USB for: Photo transfer (PTP), I can see the DCIM folder on my phone within Windows Explorer. But when I select File transfer, I don't see anything. What am I overlooking?
Sooner Magic said:
Thx Leontine. I had forgot to enable USB debugging, although I am still having issues. When I select "Use USB for: Photo transfer (PTP), I can see the DCIM folder on my phone within Windows Explorer. But when I select File transfer, I don't see anything. What am I overlooking?
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Sometimes your computer can install the wrong driver by default
Computer>Device Manager
Assuming you have downloaded the latest usb drivers from google
Find your android device right cllick update driver software> browse my computer >let me pick >Google Inc>Android ADB Interface>Should be good to go..
OR
You can use add on software something like pdanet+ and you should be okay
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Did you checked the USB debugging and also set it to file transfer instead of charging??
Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5X met Tapatalk
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Yup. You have to manually select the USB mode every time you connect the phone to PC. It gets tiring quick, but not a deal breaker.
You shouldn't have to mess with the USB debugging feature at all. I was running into the issue where it would install the driver and even show "Nexus 5x" as connected but not show up in Windows Explorer, regardless of what connection I set the phone to. Connection settings are available by just pulling down the top menu once the phone's connected.
I went into Windows Device Manager (while the phone was plugged in) and uninstalled and deleted the drivers under "Android." When I then unplugged and plugged the phone back in, it worked. On a side note, it now isn't shown under USB devices or even in the Device Manager, but that doesn't really matter. It's showing up in Windows Explorer.
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You shouldn't have to mess with the USB debugging feature at all. I was running into the issue where it would install the driver and even show "Nexus 5x" as connected but not show up in Windows Explorer, regardless of what connection I set the phone to. Connection settings are available by just pulling down the top menu once the phone's connected.
I went into Windows Device Manager (while the phone was plugged in) and uninstalled and deleted the drivers under "Android." When I then unplugged and plugged the phone back in, it worked. On a side note, it now isn't shown under USB devices or even in the Device Manager, but that doesn't really matter. It's showing up in Windows Explorer.
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I'm still not successfully seeing my N5X in Windows Explorer when selecting File Transfer. Photo Transfer works. When I go into Device manager, I found my N5X (listed as a Portable Device and only seen when in PTP) and attempted to update the driver>Browse my computer>Let me pick...Don't see Android as a manufacturer. For what is it worth, I am running Windows 10.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
In the notification center you have to choose the connection mode. It isn't the same as in the developers options...
Thx AlphaGeekV2. From the notification pull down, I chose "File Transfers" but still cannot see my N5X in Windows explorer. Any other ideas?
Sooner Magic said:
Thx AlphaGeekV2. From the notification pull down, I chose "File Transfers" but still cannot see my N5X in Windows explorer. Any other ideas?
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Try it on a friend's system with W7 and see if it works there. If so, it's something with W10, and we can diagnose further.
my a2 lite does not connet to my pc, I have installed drivers, put it on usb debug, but my pc does not recognize de phone, I have tried different usb ports and cables with no success, it does charge eventually with some cables, but I don't know if this is hardware problem or there is any setting I am missing, it does not give me any choice of chosing the usb kind of conection
it is a new phone just prepped for everyday use, not hacked or modded in any way
USB OTG is working but only reading, I cannot write in external usb drive with es file explorer, or the includer file aplication, it says unsupported operation
any help?
Set hardware id in the adb_usb.ini file perhaps
cpu004 said:
Set hardware id in the adb_usb.ini file perhaps
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thank you, but I cannot acces from adb as there is absolutely no conection from my computer, it only starts charging but as if it were just a charger, there is no usb mode options avalaible y my phone, and the pc does not recognize anything conected
I have tried to connect with another computer with the same results, it only gets power, but no data comunication whatsoever
as nobody gives any clue or info about some hidden setting, I must assume this is another case of bad quality control in xiaomi products, I will check with the seller
Did you specifically set file transfer mode via the notification drawer or left it on charge only?
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Did you specifically set file transfer mode via the notification drawer or left it on charge only?
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the phone does not detect either that it is connected to a computer, so the notification to select the mode of connection does not even show
I have tried usb otg and I can read fine but I cannot write at all in a pendrive
I have installed also an sd card as internal memory and have storage errors all the time so I have removed it
I have tried also conection in fastboot mode but the computer still does not recognize anything connected
I have uses several cables, usb ports and even 2 different pc with same results
My only guess is that there were some hidden config setting that is messing with the phone, that's the reason I am asking before going to the seller.
Seems like a broken USB pin then
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Seems like a broken USB pin then
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an usb pin should not affect internal sd memory, and usb does not work like water pipes, one pin data in one pin data out, they need both data pins for reading also, so as it can read from pendrive the problem is somewhere else, not in the connector.
This could be a hardware problem. Have you tried to connect it to another computer?
I have already tried on 3 diferent computers with same results. The only diference so far is that it actually does not read either the content of a pendrive connected through OTG, the first day it read it, now it only detects but reads nothing.
Also when sd is configured as internal memory, instead of reading internal memory, that seems to be the normal result, I can read only the sd card with android file explorers
I have the same problem.
No connection data with pc/mac, it only charges.
I'm italian and like many other italians, I've also the problem with Sim slot 2 with no connect..
robiox said:
I have the same problem.
No connection data with pc/mac, it only charges.
I'm italian and like many other italians, I've also the problem with Sim slot 2 with no connect..
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It is good to know I am not the only one.
F**k, this phone starts to look like a piece of garbage I dont connect to USB, I dont use SD not 2nd sim, so I did not experience these issues, but, f**k again..
Have you tried rebooting? Press the power button for 15secs. to power it off. Use another cable, use another PC, make sure the cable is plugged in properly... bla bla bla. Oh, have you tried placing the phone into a dry rice bowl? Haha (sorry, I had to). I'm sure you've tried it all.
So, I have not much to say. Only that I had a similar problem with a Moto G after I flashed a LineageOS ROM. It worked fine before, but with the new ROM, the USB didn't work at all (it could only read OTG). It was stuck in the "charging" mode. No notification nor option to turn it to file transfer. The PC didn't recognise it at all, either.
Solution? Initially, I turned on USB debuging option and the PC saw the phone (on windows device manager, it was there, but not on MyPc). It was some advance. I can't remember if adb detected it.
Final solution? Luckily my phone was rooted and had a custom recovery, so I could easily flash the same ROM from the TWRP recovery and everything works fine now.
You might try using Xiaomi's flash tool to try to flash the orginal ROM again IF the phone is recognised by the tool (try if it can see the phone) http://en.miui.com/download-354.html
And I suggest contacting Xiaomi for a warranty claim if needed, 'cause it looks like a harware problem (a pin the the microUSB port issue). But be ready to answer the questions posted above several times haha.
Good luck!
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Have you tried rebooting? Press the power button for 15secs. to power it off. Use another cable, use another PC, make sure the cable is plugged in properly... bla bla bla. Oh, have you tried placing the phone into a dry rice bowl? Haha (sorry, I had to). I'm sure you've tried it all.
So, I have not much to say. Only that I had a similar problem with a Moto G after I flashed a LineageOS ROM. It worked fine before, but with the new ROM, the USB didn't work at all (it could only read OTG). It was stuck in the "charging" mode. No notification nor option to turn it to file transfer. The PC didn't recognise it at all, either.
Solution? Initially, I turned on USB debuging option and the PC saw the phone (on windows device manager, it was there, but not on MyPc). It was some advance. I can't remember if adb detected it.
Final solution? Luckily my phone was rooted and had a custom recovery, so I could easily flash the same ROM from the TWRP recovery and everything works fine now.
You might try using Xiaomi's flash tool to try to flash the orginal ROM again IF the phone is recognised by the tool (try if it can see the phone) http://en.miui.com/download-354.html
And I suggest contacting Xiaomi for a warranty claim if needed, 'cause it looks like a harware problem (a pin the the microUSB port issue). But be ready to answer the questions posted above several times haha.
Good luck!
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I have done all your sugestions previously, even reseting phone with a new gmail account so no config setting from other phone could interfere, I have also tried fastboot, but although phones goes to fast boot mode the pc does not recognize connection either
it is not an usb pin issue, tried 6 cables, 4 computers, 10 or more usb 2 an 3 ports, I am negotianting in aliexpress a refund, we'll see
If I go into recovery mode with power vol+ a broken android appears.
elsita said:
I have done all your sugestions previously, even reseting phone with a new gmail account so no config setting from other phone could interfere, I have also tried fastboot, but although phones goes to fast boot mode the pc does not recognize connection either
it is not an usb pin issue, tried 6 cables, 4 computers, 10 or more usb 2 an 3 ports, I am negotianting in aliexpress a refund, we'll see
If I go into recovery mode with power vol+ a broken android appears.
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I don't know if you already did this, but try using a PC with Linux (you can use Ubuntu without installing it on the PC, then install the fastboot package).
Hi,
I had no problem with fastboot and adb with Mac!
Phone recognized by the machine and do transfer boot.img for magisk...
Now I Win!
I can see the internal memory with Android File Transfer (Trasferimento File Android in italian!) - this is the link https://www.android.com/filetransfer/.
My version of Build is V.9.6.8.0.
Solution:
- Connect the phone to pc/mac;
- Go to: Settings -> System -> Developer Options -> Select USB Configuration -> select first "Charge" and then "MTP" (Media Transfer Protocol)
- The system recognize the phone!
[for italian, like me, andare su Impostazioni -> Opzioni Sviluppatore -> Seleziona Configurazione USB -> scegliere "Ricarica" e poi "MTP" (Media Transfer Protocol) ]
robiox said:
Hi,
I had no problem with fastboot and adb with Mac!
Phone recognized by the machine and do transfer boot.img for magisk...
Now I Win!
I can see the internal memory with Android File Transfer (Trasferimento File Android in italian!) - this is the link https://www.android.com/filetransfer/.
My version of Build is V.9.6.8.0.
Solution:
- Connect the phone to pc/mac;
- Go to: Settings -> System -> Developer Options -> Select USB Configuration -> select first "Charge" and then "MTP" (Media Transfer Protocol)
- The system recognize the phone!
[for italian, like me, andare su Impostazioni -> Opzioni Sviluppatore -> Seleziona Configurazione USB -> scegliere "Ricarica" e poi "MTP" (Media Transfer Protocol) ]
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somehow i was able to connect through fastboot with the help os some advanced users, I unlocked boot and managed to flash original firmware using fastboot mode, the result: no usb connection, no pendrive otg, sd card as internal memory gives storage errors all the time ...
so the phone is faulty, now I am at aliexpress hands claiming for a refund and send back phone
elsita said:
somehow i was able to connect through fastboot with the help os some advanced users, I unlocked boot and managed to flash original firmware using fastboot mode, the result: no usb connection, no pendrive otg, sd card as internal memory gives storage errors all the time ...
so the phone is faulty, now I am at aliexpress hands claiming for a refund and send back phone
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Where are you from? Where did did you purchase the phone (the actual store, is it in China)? Depending on where are you from and what country did you buy the phone from, by law, you'll get manufacturer warranty. So, any "official" distributor in your country will have to provide a warranty solution for you. If Ali Express is unable to provide you with a solution, look into that.
Let us know how it work out for you
adriakus said:
Where are you from? Where did did you purchase the phone (the actual store, is it in China)? Depending on where are you from and what country did you buy the phone from, by law, you'll get manufacturer warranty. So, any "official" distributor in your country will have to provide a warranty solution for you. If Ali Express is unable to provide you with a solution, look into that.
Let us know how it work out for you
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I am from Spain, and the aliexpress seller has store in Spain, but you know how chinese vendors act ... no agreement so far, and now aliexpress decides, whenever they turn back to work, because China as you may know is a whole year vacation place for workers ...
Firstly, this sounds like a very noob question and I am sorry, but I have unlocked phones in the past so I should know how to do this, yet I am running into an issue. I am trying to unlock bootloader on this phone, but my phone is not recognized at all by my pc. If I am in Android and I connect my phone I should get the dialog where it asks me if I want to transfer files or charge my phone etc., right? Yet this dialog doesn't appear. If I enable debugging and type 'adb devices' I get 0 devices. If I reboot to bootloader and try 'fastboot devices' I get nothing. Am I missing something obvious here? I tried both Windows and Linux and got the same results, my phone is just invisible. Do you have any advice? I bought the phone today and I am running the latest software V13.0.10.0.SKOEUXM.
Mthw said:
but my phone is not recognized at all by my pc. If I am in Android and I connect my phone I should get the dialog where it asks me if I want to transfer files or charge my phone etc., right? Yet this dialog doesn't appear.
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Different usb port/cable. Open device manager and see if it reloads when you plug it in, if yes, than you need drivers.
abcxdaabc said:
... see if it reloads when you plug it in, ...
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If it doesn't, do I have a bad device?
I tried a different computer and a different cable (the original one is a mess and so is my win11 pc), and it worked. Now I am waiting for 143 hours, wasn't it a week before?
Mthw said:
I tried a different computer and a different cable (the original one is a mess and so is my win11 pc), and it worked
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Nice.
Mthw said:
I am waiting for 143 hours, wasn't it a week before?
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I got 167, random asf.