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ive had the epic since the day it was released and have had an impossible time getting my computer to recognize it on a consistent basis. i have no idea whats going on. when i first got it i downloaded the samsung drivers and installed them, hooked up my phone and nothing. the computer tried to install drivers but consistently failed. the next day i tried again, did absolutely nothing, and it recognized my phone and i was able to root and everything else. since then its been hit or miss, one day it will recognize it and then it wont for a week, even without doing a god damn thing.
recently i dropped my epic in the snow and it fried the radio, i brought it to sprint and told them the radio just quit working and they gave me a new one. now im having the same problem, i cant get my comp to recognize the phone. i installed the samsung 32 bit drivers and everything, but still nothing. i hook up my phone and it either tries to install more drivers or does nothing at all. I want to root my phone and throw some roms on here, but i cant seem to figure it out. my buddy has a captivate and said he read a post in those forums of some guy having the same problem and a solution but i cant find it. im told its a windows 7 32 bit malfunction of some kind.
sorry for no capitalization/ punctuation and poor grammar but im in a hurry to get to school and i wanted to get this posted before i left.
please help, this is pissing me off.
thanks,
Phillip Traum
Have you tried completely removing the drivers and reloading them?
+1 uninstall/reinstall drivers. Make sure phone is not connected when installing drivers.
Also make sure you have the usb cable unplugged from the pc until you are ready to do something. I found that if you leave the cable plugged into the PC at all times (and unplug/replug at the phone end) it makes it more likely to not detect. Leaving the phone end plugged in and plugging/unplugging the PC end made a world of difference for me.
Reinstall windows. It's almost funny how often that corrects weird driver issues.
Try using the usb cable and phone on another computer and see if it does the same thing. Also try using different usb ports, alot of times the front usb ports are underpowered and will give you issues when you try and mount the phone.
Sounds to me like the cable. IMO the only thing the stock cable is good for is charging on my nightstand. I bought a $2 cable off of eBay that works EVERY time.
I had the same exact problem as you! Just have you tried connecting your phone to one of the USB ports on the back of your computer?
Use the USB ports on the motherboard on the back. Create a new profile for connecting the epic and load the drivers in that Profile. If it fails to recognize, try another port. Make sure you are installing the drivers on the new profile you created through User Accounts and then plugging your phone in. This should fix your problem.
i had the same issue with home premium (also win7) i had to reinstall the drivers before everytime i plugged my phone in.
however, since i put a new rom on it (bonsai 2.0) i havent had this issue.
i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers numerous times. i rarely ever have the cable plugged in when im not trying to use it to connect to the phone. and my computer only has 2 usb ports on the side of my laptop, so i dont really have many options as far as that is concerned. not sure what else i can do.
Reinstall windows. It is incredibly easy.
+1 for the reinstalling of windows - obnoxious as it may seem. I have a dinky old laptop that I installed Vista on just to do work on my Epic. I can use any cable (stock or my Monoprice.com special) and any port on it to connect to my epic. My Win7 desktop, however, won't to this day recognize it.
Some people have reported success using the drivers that come with PDA.net , too.
Many people are scared of reinstalling windows. They think they'll mess something up. Just backup everything you don't want to lose and you'll be fine. Windows installs, and especially Windows 7 installs are incredibly easy. They basically install themselves. At work, when computers come back in from our stores with problems, I usually delete the junk, copy the hard drive, and reinstall windows. Unless hardware is dying, it damn near always fixes the problem and takes a whole lot less time than trying to troubleshoot some of windows' weird conflicts.
Also, reinstalling windows on a semi-regular basis will get you to build good habits about backing up and organizing your files.
OK I have searched extensively for the last 3 days and have come up fruitless with a working solution. While I have found countless threads (even on here) none of the solutions offered seemed to work for me. So please no flaming When I plug my OG Evo into a USB cable to a computer all that happens is it starts charging. the phone never asks what I want to do. the PC never sees it and the phone does not recognized that it's plugged in. Here are some of the things I have done so you guys don't tell me to search again.
Please note this is an unrooted 2.3 Evo
Rebooted, pulled batteries.
Wiped completely. This includes cache.
Turned "ask me" on and off in the settings
Changed USB cables (6 different ones)
changed PC's (5 Different ones, with 3 different OS's)
Updated just about everything (Including my girlfriend, LOL)
Force stopped PC sync and rebooted.
I am not running any PC sync programs at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
raremind said:
OK I have searched extensively for the last 3 days and have come up fruitless with a working solution. While I have found countless threads (even on here) none of the solutions offered seemed to work for me. So please no flaming When I plug my OG Evo into a USB cable to a computer all that happens is it starts charging. the phone never asks what I want to do. the PC never sees it and the phone does not recognized that it's plugged in. Here are some of the things I have done so you guys don't tell me to search again.
Please note this is an unrooted 2.3 Evo
Rebooted, pulled batteries.
Wiped completely. This includes cache.
Turned "ask me" on and off in the settings
Changed USB cables (6 different ones)
changed PC's (5 Different ones, with 3 different OS's)
Updated just about everything (Including my girlfriend, LOL)
Force stopped PC sync and rebooted.
I am not running any PC sync programs at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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has it ever worked properly? maybe its a problem with the drivers?
Well that is difficult to answer. it has never worked with this phone but other phones have worked in the past (My 6th replacement from Sprint), but no phone has been connected to my new win 7 laptop or the other PC's I tried it on. I wish I had my old PC to test connectivity but I do not. The Phone charges on every PC I Plug it into, and I tried it with multiple cables just in case it was my cable that went bad.
well i would try to update the drivers. or delete them if that doesnt work and re-install. what OS are you using on your pc? does it say 'the usb device is not recognized'? oh you also want to make sure that you have the adb drivers installed. thats probably the problem.
OK the PC never sees the phone. I do not even get "Device not recognized". Nothing happens at all except that the phone just starts charging. I think it may be a hardware issue I am having. I just hate the prospect of having to bring my phone back to Sprint.
I was having the exact same problem which was keeping me from rooting. I finally got my computer to recognize my evo by connecting it via usb and entering boot menu. I began selecting hboot and fastboot and my computer "saw" my evo. No problems since that point and now I'm rooted and stoked
Thanks for the Tip, I just tried it. Nothing still cant see my phone. Even HBoot USB didn't work. Thanks for the tip though. It's appreciated!
do you have usb debugging turned on?
I am having a very annoying issue with my Galaxy Nexus. When I connect it to my PC, it recognizes the device, however, constantly connects and disconnects. The USB cord is not moving. My other USB devices connect and stay connected (hard drives, mouse, printer, droid). I found this post attached, however, therre is no PhoneUtil code for the Galaxy Nexus.
Does anyone out there know how to solve this issue?
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I am having a very annoying issue with my Galaxy Nexus. When I connect it to my PC, it recognizes the device, however, constantly connects and disconnects. The USB cord is not moving. My other USB devices connect and stay connected (hard drives, mouse, printer, droid). I found this post attached, however, therre is no PhoneUtil code for the Galaxy Nexus.
Does anyone out there know how to solve this issue?
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Have you tried another usb cable?
yes. same thing happened.
I have the same issue on 2 separate Galaxy Nexus phones now. no solution yet. I am on the phone with Samsung to see what they can do.
thanks for the reply. please keep me posted. i havent resolved my issue yet.
I've tried changing it from MTP to PTP and turning after switching between the two. I've tried two different roms, one based on 4.0.4 and 4.0.3. I've Tried several different USB cables, including the ones that came with my G2x and Nexus One. I've tried it in a USB 3.0 Port. I've tried using different kernals. Even when I get into recovery, windows still doesn't read somthing is attached. I've been transfering ROMS to it via dropbox. I don't think it's a rom issue as it should still show up in windows when in recovery. Also on those roms I made sure that they didn't have "USB Fast Charge" enabled, as I heard that can cause the issue I'm experience. Thinking it was an issue with CWM, I downgraded it, but still no USB. I'm stuck here. Any help is greatly appreciated.
The 1st posts pdf seems to be the most logical solution, we just need the phoneutil code for the galaxy nexus.
This seems to be a common issue with the GNex, see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23789 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427539.
Please star/comment on the google issue tracker.
thanks for your post. the issue in the posts you included seem to be a different issue. those refer to the battery and charging icon, while my issue is related to the computer recognizing and connecting with the phone. i am going to post something on the google board though, i havent seen that one before. thanks!
It's the same issue...
Before I had the problem with the charging icon it started just like your problem...seems to be a problem with the usb plug....only solution is to send it to repair or exchange the phone.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
What annoys me is that when I got the phone it was already rooted and I didn't have a chance to try it stock or back up the original. It was rooted with an older version, so I flashed 4.0.4 on it. Check out the reviews on newegg I'm not alone in reporting a messed with Galaxy Nexus.
Sent From My Asus Nexus Bumblebee
I found a fix for the issue
This was a very frustrating issue for me. I just purchased the phone yesturday to have an issue like was unacceptable. After hours of frustration, I found a solution. First off, download the offical driver pack from samsungs website. Once you have the pack installed, plug the phone back in. Once you have completed this, go under development and enable USB debugging. After the debugging, you should have a stable USB connection and wired tethering will work. I hope this helps you guys with your issue. It resolved mine. This was also done running Windows 8 beta.
I need help getting my Windows 7 x64 to recognize my GNex.
Whenever I plug it in I dont hear the default USB plug-in sound (Windows), but my phone is charging.
I cannot mount my storage either in recovery or inside Android.
My device manager is not showing errors and my GNex at all.
Tried installing the Google USB Driver from SDK, no luck
Tried PDANet which did not install because of missing drivers.
Use a program called usbdeview and uninstall the drivers you have installed for the Gnex. Then use the galaxy nexus toolkit to install the correct ones.
You dont by chance have the "fast charge" mod enabled through your kerenel do you? Because if so you will need to disable the feature first before plugging up to you Windows machine.
This is starting to become an "epidemic".. :O
I can almost guarantee that it's usb fast charge, devs should really put a warning on that
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Hemulen said:
I need help getting my Windows 7 x64 to recognize my GNex.
Whenever I plug it in I dont hear the default USB plug-in sound (Windows), but my phone is charging.
I cannot mount my storage either in recovery or inside Android.
My device manager is not showing errors and my GNex at all.
Tried installing the Google USB Driver from SDK, no luck
Tried PDANet which did not install because of missing drivers.
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I too have a Win7 x64 laptop and had a similar issue, but the Device Manager did report an error with the Android 1.0 and/or Samsung driver. I had to manually update driver for it to work thru Device Manager.
Woops. Well there are some ways to check what is disturbing the connection. Let's start at the beginning:
Check if your phone is configured to interact with your computer. After conneting your phone you should get a selection list in your phones notification bar. Make sure to select usb storrage from that list.
On your windows computer go to [start] and type "device manager". After the application (that shows all hardware devices connected to the system) loaded connect your phone and check if something changes. If everything works all right you should get your nexus. If a question mark apears double click it to check the problem.
Try yo connect your device to another computer or with another cable. If the problem is not solved by above steps contact your seller.
If this is not possible install Airdroid and connect your phone to your computers browser or ES file Explorer to browse your pc over the network
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
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Check if your phone is configured to interact with your computer. After conneting your phone you should get a selection list in your phones notification bar. Make sure to select usb storrage from that list.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
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You've missed episodes..
Yeah I just saw... just copy-pasted an other reply I made somewhere, since these problems occur a lot around here..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Ok, I'm having this issue, but Windows doesn't even recognize anything is plugged in! I tried it on a TON of computers at work with several different USB cables. Nothing! All I get is charging, but no options in the top menu or anything. Is this a toasted Nexus? I just got it, now I can't even transfer files to its storage. I've been transferring files through dropbox...which is annoying...if it is USB Fastcharge, how do I disable it?
Their IS a fix for this, but we need the code to get into the PhoneUtil menu and turn USB back on.
It's an issue with Samsung phones apparently, and here's a fix someone found a while ago.
http://blog.vacs.fr/index.php?post/...ot-detected-problem-on-Android-Samsung-phones
We just need the PhoneUtil code for the Galaxy Nexus and we should be all set.
Check your drivers
Sent from my i9250 [GSM) Galaxy Nexus
What annoys me is that when I got the phone it was already rooted and I didn't have a chance to try it stock or back up the original. It was rooted with an older version, so I flashed 4.0.4 on it. Check out the reviews on newegg I'm not alone in reporting a messed with Galaxy Nexus.
Sent From My Asus Nexus Bumblebee
My issue is definitely hardware. I sent my GNex back and they sent me back a new one which I received yesterday. I checked and this one wasn't previously rooted or Unlocked. It worked for a day (worked as in windows saw it and I could xfer music/books/comics to it) after I get home from work Windows stopped recognizing it. I did NOTHING to the phone, it just stopped being seen by windows. I only used the cable that came with it and charged it the night before using the supplied adapter, but the USB still stopped working. Last resort I did a system restore to the phone and the USB still doesn't show up in anything ,Tried 5 of my Windows PC's A bunch of PC's at work, my friends Mac, my Ubuntu powered Netbook, my Xbox360 and PS3, even the Transformer Prime using the keyboard dock. This is telling me it's a hardware issue with the Device. Might be somthing wrong with the latest batch of GNex's but the USB seems to give out. Even if I put the phone in ODIN mode NOTHING recognizes it. So, before you all waste your time finding a fix, this is 100% absolutly a hardware issue with these phones, I don't know why, but I had Two bad ones in a row, and am Hoping my 3rd isn't borked too.
I have a bad history with Android phones....My first Nexus One wouldn't stay on, so I got a replacement from HTC. My first two G2x's would constantly reboot, It wasn't until the 3rd one that I got a working one. Now I'm hoping I don't have to go through 4 bad Galaxy Nexus' before getting one that actually works!
I have the opposite luck with tablets....the Novo7, Iconia A100 and Transformer Prime have been perfect outa box. This ordeal with android phones makes me seriously consider exchanging the GNex for an iPhone4s....but the iPhone4s screen is SOOOOO tiny!!!
Ok, so don't shoot me right away. I'm another one of those guys with a Nexus PC connectivity issue. However, I have been searching for the last few days on this forum and others, and can't find my specific problem. I bought my Gnex used off ebay, with a bad ESN (just using it as an Android media player). The issue I'm having comes when I connect it to my computer. It does not show up at all, or even charge. However, it charges just fine with any wall charger I use. At first I thought it was the USB cables I tried, so I bought an OEM one off ebay, to no avail. I think the very first time I tried connecting, it attempted to install drivers, but failed, and now does nothing on any computer I try (3 total, all Windows 7, tried all USB ports).
Any ideas? I'd like to eventually root it, and transfer files faster than using Wifi File Transfer. Thanks for any help!
Try samsung drivers pack, available for download from (official) samsung website manuals and downloads page for smartphones, its about 30mb and has so far had every driver i have needed for gnex, s2 and s3, download the drivers pack and run it, then reboot computer and plug in gnex via usb, the drivers should auto install but it may take a coupla minutes. Worth a try as it found drivers i was missing and needed
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