Help with not connecting as media device! SGS3 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Hi today my phone, and when I plug it into the computer nothing pops up and so it seems as if it doesn't recognize it? It still charges. my device usually says 'connected as media device' in the notifications but now doesn't work. The only change I did was maybe I dropped it? It was like a 3 ft fall on hard carpet I also got a new hyperion battery for it. I would very much like to transfer files and stuff. oh yeah and my sd card might be full if that relates to it.
Thanks!!
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nvm! I got it after a few reboots!
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jelloshaha said:
nvm! I got it after a few reboots!
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just in case this comes in handy for you. I plugged in my phone with usb debugging checked and it wouldn't recognize it as a media device, unchecked, replugged and there it was. Hope that helps

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USB Brick

I plugged my DHD in USB port in pc this morning and nothing popped up on screen like it normaly does like HTC Sync Disk Drive internet pass through etc. It just only seems to charge. I have tried hard resetting phone i have even reverted back to original vodafone stock rom and still nothing. I have tried multiple cables.
Have you tried restarting your computer and connecting the phone again? Are you using Windows 7?
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sashank said:
Have you tried restarting your computer and connecting the phone again? Are you using Windows 7?
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I have tried on different pc's so restarting pc won't help. And yeah Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
wigankev said:
I have tried on different pc's so restarting pc won't help. And yeah Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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Go to device manager on the pc (just search for it when you click start) plug in your phone and wait to see it appear in the list there. Then right click and update drivers. Happened to me a couple of weeks back on my DHD.
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luke1404 said:
Go to device manager on the pc (just search for it when you click start) plug in your phone and wait to see it appear in the list there. Then right click and update drivers. Happened to me a couple of weeks back on my DHD.
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Nothing comes up. Does the same thing as when u plug it into a wall charger. Just comes up with the charging light at top of phone.
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Nothing comes up. Does the same thing as when u plug it into a wall charger. Just comes up with the charging light at top of phone.
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Have you tried hard resetting it. Removing the battery etc etc
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luke1404 said:
Have you tried hard resetting it. Removing the battery etc etc
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I've already hard reset the phone tried 4 different roms. And yeah i have taken battery out for 20 minutes and put all back together and still the same
wigankev said:
I've already hard reset the phone tried 4 different roms. And yeah i have taken battery out for 20 minutes and put all back together and still the same
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Sounds like your motherboard has gone. Will need to ship it back for repair.
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or cable maybe
t0mas_ said:
or cable maybe
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Cant be else it wouldnt charge imo. Send it for repair
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Some cables don't transfer data. It has happened to me. Try changing the cable. Outside chance that could be the problem. Worth a shot.
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Hi I've the same issue after hot restart, hung at h-boot. So I hard reset, restore boot using clockworkmod, then reboot. The same happened.
I am using Android Revolution HD 7.0.4 with RCMIX3D kernel
guys try usb storage in recovery. if it works, it means it is software(kernel and/or rom). if not, probably hardware. i would say return to stock, but i think you need adb to do that... search for info on that, there are several topics discussing it
edit: about cable: in general it has 4 pins. 2 fow power and 2 for comunication. if it charges, doesnt mean nothing
Hi, I've solved the issue! it happened when u using non stock launcher (other than Sense). if you clear default, set it back to Sense, it just work!
That's kind of strange though.... should word work any launcher...

[Q] Samsung GS3 I747 isn't recognized by PC via USB

I'm on windows 7, 32bit, installed AT&T Samsung drivers.. Tried multiple USB cables that recognize my other devices.. But I can't for the life of me get this I747 to register as a portable device. Please help! Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Edit: device is stock and unrooted..
Do you have the original USB cables?
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liltitiz said:
Do you have the original USB cables?
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Yes I do.. Now my pc isn't recognizing my sch-1535 either..
Take thé USB plug behind tour computer
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liltitiz said:
Take thé USB plug behind tour computer
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Still no luck. The phone charges but doesn't register the adb interface/hard drive/etc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28175077
Did you try installing the drivers with this toolkit?
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liltitiz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28175077
Did you try installing the drivers with this toolkit?
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Still no dice. I followed the toolkit to the T, reinstalled the drivers a couple of times too for good measure, and my phone still never registered. This is driving me nuts! My friends phone is popping right up when she connects to the PC but not mine.
Try the assistance chat on Samsung site since you are stock they can help you better with that. It is starting to look like a hardware issue.
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mindflayyer said:
I'm on windows 7, 32bit, installed AT&T Samsung drivers.. Tried multiple USB cables that recognize my other devices.. But I can't for the life of me get this I747 to register as a portable device. Please help! Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Edit: device is stock and unrooted..
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Try this. (use the usb cable that came with S3)
Worked for me on my Win7 32bit.
Had similar issues on XP. Different fix for XP.
same issue, although my phone connects to 32-bit version of win 7 at work and not at home 64 bit win 7.... just charges the phone, prompt NEVER comes up
I never get mine to show up on the first try. I usually have to plug it out and back in a few times for it to work. But when i got it working, it only works on the same usb port.
Another thing i did at first to get it to recognize the phone was to use the desk to app.
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I kept toying around with this problem. My laptop has winxp. It would beep when I put the cable in, but I was always disappointed by no connection. Then my phone would tell me to try and download Kies. Did not want to do that. But I did. Connection could still not be made.
I stumbled onto a fix. Dunno if it will work for anyone else. I was juggling about 2 dozen things at the time and might have missed a critical step.
I plugged in a USB OTG cable with an 8gb flash drive. The phone recognized it! Even displayed a cute little message in the status bar that USB was connected (instead of MTP). This all lasted a whole 2.7 seconds after hours of searching for solutions.
I tried connecting it to my computer for another try, and I am proud to report that is is working flawlessly for now!!
I have had the same issue off and on. Found somewhere this past week a suggestion to pull the battery in order to cause a hard reboot. It worked. Plan on trying it whenever it happens again.

Any options for possibly bricked phone?

Can't get download mode or adb to recognise phone. Am I SOL?
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madeSICC said:
Can't get download mode or adb to recognise phone. Am I SOL?
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Can you boot into recovery or Factory Reset mode? Hold volume down + power until Factory Reset screen comes up.
No I can't. Could not even get into recovery after easy unbricking. Phone never acted right after doing that. But now it's all dead.
My computer does make the device connected sound when I plug into computer but can't ever find it with adb
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Well this morning I was able to get into recovery, not sure how but when I plugged into the computer it just came on. But I accidently went to sideload and couldn't do anything from.There so I had to pull the battery . Wasn't ever able to get in back in. But now when I plug it in to my laptop the capacitive lights start flashing. Any clues what that means?
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madeSICC said:
Well this morning I was able to get into recovery, not sure how but when I plugged into the computer it just came on. But I accidently went to sideload and couldn't do anything from.There so I had to pull the battery . Wasn't ever able to get in back in. But now when I plug it in to my laptop the capacitive lights start flashing. Any clues what that means?
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That means its out of battery. Plug it into an AC charger and try again.
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rani9990 said:
That means its out of battery. Plug it into an AC charger and try again.
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As someone who's taken every chance with his Nitro, I agree entirely. Get that puppy charged and head on over to the unbricking guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597488
It's a pain, but it seems like you'll eventually have to do this anyway if you're interested in installing any roms

[Q] power button broken and usb debugging uncheck

Yes the power button is broken now i can't turn on my evo it is not rooted and usb debugging is checked off. how can i make it wake up? i know i can ise adb but debugging mode is unchecked so is there any way to turn it on? i do not have insurance and my contract is close to end up. but is there any way to do it ??
You can call the phone and decline the call. While the screen is on you can make whatever changes need to be made. That's about all I can think of since you're stock.
The advice is free....the bandwidth, not so much
But the cellphone is off.
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Efrencalvario said:
But the cellphone is off.
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Paper weight time... Or you can let me have it for parts...... no but you can take the case apart to reach the internal part of the power button..
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I know with the 3vo you could do adb reboot while powered off. Dont know if it works on the og.
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jlmancuso said:
I know with the 3vo you could do adb reboot while powered off. Dont know if it works on the og.
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Woah really? Thats kinda cool
You mean while completely powered down right?
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Yes when the 3vo is powered all the way off. It was a really cool feature. I used it when I had a pc img on the sdcard and needed to get into recovery. Unlike the EVO you either flash the pc img or reboot it won't allow you to do anything else.
I have never tried it with the og but it can't hurt to try.
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jlmancuso said:
Yes when the 3vo is powered all the way off. It was a really cool feature. I used it when I had a pc img on the sdcard and needed to get into recovery. Unlike the EVO you either flash the pc img or reboot it won't allow you to do anything else.
I have never tried it with the og but it can't hurt to try.
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Yup thats really cool :good:
And yeah, I know what you mean about the pcimg haha
Charge it. When fully charged, unplug the charger and plug it back in and the evo should respond if what they suggested didn't work.
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death-by-soap said:
Charge it. When fully charged, unplug the charger and plug it back in and the evo should respond if what they suggested didn't work.
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Ok I just checked the adb and it is not like the 3vo it you not connect while off. I also tried your suggestion soap and that is also a not go but I found a way. Remove battery connect charger then put battery in and it boots. Hope this helps some. The next thing I would suggest is that you install a rom that allows you to wake the phone with your volume buttons. Then you should have a working phone. Or if you want to all out you could take it apart and replace the power button but might be more work than it is worth.
Thanks. I used a wire as bridge and it booted. Now i use anylock app. Thanks for your time
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Efrencalvario said:
Thanks. I used a wire as bridge and it booted. Now i use anylock app. Thanks for your time
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Good to hear it didn't have to go to the graveyard..

Rooting without USB

I recently got a used T-Mobile S 2 and just tried to root it. The computer will not see the phone when I hook it up to the USB. I've tried the Odin method and it won't even register it's plugged in. I've installed and reinstalled kies 3 times and I've even tried just installing the drivers by themselves. Is there a way to root the phone without having to use the USB? I'm guessing the USB connector on the phone is bad even though it's charges just fine.
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lordator said:
I recently got a used T-Mobile S 2 and just tried to root it. The computer will not see the phone when I hook it up to the USB. I've tried the Odin method and it won't even register it's plugged in. I've installed and reinstalled kies 3 times and I've even tried just installing the drivers by themselves. Is there a way to root the phone without having to use the USB? I'm guessing the USB connector on the phone is bad even though it's charges just fine.
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If it charges ur fine, is the device in DL mode? What is the procedure u are using, with this phone the only way to root it is Odin, or maybe adb but I'm not sure, and if u have kies installed on ur pc Odin won't see the phone I repeat remove kies, once ur rooted u will never use it again anyway kies interferes with Odin, make sure u have the OEM USB cord too...
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I'm using the volume up+down with the power button to access the download screen with Odin and it never reads that the phone is plugged in. I've uninstalled Kies and still doesn't work. Now I've noticed that I can only go into the e3 recovery mode.
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lordator said:
I'm using the volume up+down with the power button to access the download screen with Odin and it never reads that the phone is plugged in. I've uninstalled Kies and still doesn't work. Now I've noticed that I can only go into the e3 recovery mode.
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So the phone accesses doenlode mode? Try holding just the vol+vol- buttons and plugging it in to the USB while connected to PC, that should put u in DL mode, if not it might be ur port, have u tried all other ports and different usb wires? Sorry if my questions are trivial but I need all the info if I'm going to help
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Yeah I've tried 3 different cables and 2 different computers. I'm leaning towards the USB Jack. I took the phone apart and found corrosion on the board towards the bottom so it looks like the phone has some water damage.
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lordator said:
Yeah I've tried 3 different cables and 2 different computers. I'm leaning towards the USB Jack. I took the phone apart and found corrosion on the board towards the bottom so it looks like the phone has some water damage.
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Thats most likely ur culprit then, it may be just corroded enough to not hit the right pins to push data through odin, u could try to replace the USB com, u can get one for around 30bucks online and its an easy fix if u have a lil knowledge, the bad news is without it rooting is next to impossible ...
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Might just have to do that. Thanks for the help!
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lordator said:
Might just have to do that. Thanks for the help!
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I mean if u don't want to try the fix u could try rooting it through wireless adb but that's a long shot at best, just started using wireless adb an not even sure if its possible to root it like that but u could look into it...
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