[Q] Ok i've got a weird one or two - G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i suppose i have a couple of questions really, and they confound me greatly=).
Occasionally when i am listening to music on the phone (i finally decided on rocket player after much ado), the phone tries to record me.(ok google. i've...mostly?...disabled it?) I don't know if this is a hardware(as in the headphone jack) or software issue...but it bugs the heck out of me.
Happens over and over again. I've managed to disable the error message and so forth but am not sure why i can't make it go away.
The second issue is that the only Windows computer I have in the house is an ancient xp desktop(ive got a win7 laptop that that is quite new but it's not set up for it yet been busy) that is disconnected from the internet for good reason. I used it to root the phone, fix the softbricks that i accidentally did (learning curve etc). But once I installed a 128 gig sd expansion, it would no longer recognise either phone hard drive in usb debug mode(they show up as identical unrecognisable 32 gig drives). I've gotten around this with stickmount, but it is also irritating. EDIT: Installed lg g3 drivers on laptop. Doesn't recognise the phone period. XP computer recognises the drives but cannot see the contents
Third question. The xda app stopped working on my phone, and i can't figure out why. It's one of the few apps that has enough permissions to access internet etc.
Last one. What's the best custom lollipop firmware...i only ask this as an addendum bc i haven't had time to look at them recently, still using kitkat. The fact that phone is no longer recognized by computer also makes this process more difficult if i screw it up

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32 bit windows 7 home, not recognizing epic on a consistent basis

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.

Android File Transfer on Mac OSX

The Android File Transfer program on my mac keeps crashing. When i connect my galaxy nexus to my comp, the AFT program prompts, however the spinning wheel never stops spinning. i rebooted my computer and i re-installed Android File Transfer, but i cant figure out what seems to be the problem. I am running on 4.0.4, it worked fine when i was on 4.0.2. Does it relate to the new update? any suggestions? im trying to transfer files, and i prefer to do it this instead of via bluetooth, or via wifi using severs.
Mine is really picky as well. If I try to transfer large folders I often get the raindow wheel and have to force quit too. I've also found that instead of transferring large folders, its easier to create the folder on the phone and simply transfer the contents of the folder from your comp to your phone. I also always just unplug/replug the USB end.
Set your Gnex screen to stay on while it's charging. That seemed to help me.
Yeah this happens to us all I think. AFT is downright terrible.. I use AirDroid now to transfer files. It's slower than USB transferring, but its keeps me from raging over how bad AFT is /heh
But AirDroid is simple and effective, I definitely recommend trying that out.
Mine works fine. Works best if you unlock the phone then connect it. Let it open AFT and do your thing.
What version are you guys running? The current version is Version 1.0 (1.0.16.6656) and it seems to work perfectly on my MBP.
The older builds were completely useless.
It happened to me, I removed the program and reinstalled and now it is working well.
Just installed this on MBP with Lion and it's working fine. Just have to set the transfer to MTP (it was in camera mode).
Ya it does seem that it works now.
Latest version works pretty good. Not a big fan of the gui interface. Wish it looked a little better. Agree making folder on phone makes things a little easier.
I haven't used anything other than adb push or pull since android 1.6
Hey Im a bit late to the party but maybe this will work for those of you having trouble..
Im on the Samsung Galaxy S2 (running the CM9 nighties) and haven't been able to get it to mount on my Mac Pro ever since going to CM9.
None of the options (MTP, USB Mass Storage, etc) worked for me at all.
I was going to download the Mac File Transfer app again (since I initially downloaded it on my phone and now have no way to get it onto my Mac) but the website was down this morning so I ran off to Google instead.
I ran across a post regarding the Galaxy Note over at androidforums.com where someone said to turn off USB debugging, and then it works. The instant I turned off debugging, the good old Android USB Mass Storage screen came up when I plugged in the USB cable, I clicked the 'Turn On' button at the bottom and it mounted both my internal and external SD cards just like it used to when I was running the stock ATT 2.3.4 rom.
Try that and see if it works for ya!
Sounds simple enough, I will definitely try it when I get home from work!
It works! Awesome tip Slavestate!

[Q] Is there a solution for USB drivers?

I found a whole lot of threads saying that USB drivers to the PC was a known issue, but found nothing about an actual fix. I swear I could connect this phone and it just read it like a F drive. Never had to mess with the MPT thing. My last HTC just showed up as a drive on my computer. I was having a lot of memory issues on my PC and had to change a bunch of stuff.
Now the Note will not recognize, then I install samsung's drivers and I can see folder names but they are all unknown format. I have installed and uninstalled drivers a least four or five times.
I really really need to back up data from my phone to my PC. I use the note for taking notes when away from home. Also need to get all my pics off the phone.
Can this issue be resolved?
(No, I will not use a third party to move apps around. Dropbox and Kies are out because I will NOT give the NSA (or anyone) more chances to track my data because I have never used cloud or shared services.)

SD Card access from USB

I have searched a bit and havent found anything that seems like a fix.
I generally plug my phone in in my vehicle via a USB cable to my headunit. My old HTC Evo LTE would allow the SD card(external I guess is the correct term) to be accessed and I could then use my phone like a hard drive and play my music off of the SD card.
I cant seem to get this going on the G3. I have tried every option on the menu that comes up, but nothing works.
Anybody got any idea's or an app that would force this functionality?
Does your car support BT access? That is what I use on mine.
Otherwise, if your phone is rooted, perhaps after you connect your phone you need to tell the phone to change its USB connection type to MTP.
yea its got bluetooth but the implementation is crappy(2014 Jeep, but the radio is the same as the 07's so much older technology). Sometimes you can use the steering wheel controls and it will change the track, other times it wont it will just act like its doing something, but nothing happens. Being able to use the phone as a portable hard drive works flawlessly(as I used to do the with HTC).
rjacobs said:
I have searched a bit and havent found anything that seems like a fix.
I generally plug my phone in in my vehicle via a USB cable to my headunit. My old HTC Evo LTE would allow the SD card(external I guess is the correct term) to be accessed and I could then use my phone like a hard drive and play my music off of the SD card.
I cant seem to get this going on the G3. I have tried every option on the menu that comes up, but nothing works.
Anybody got any idea's or an app that would force this functionality?
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That's probably related to the lack of mass storage since ... I guess it's been ics, but mtp and ptp instead of it, if your stereo doesn't support it, there isn't much what can be done unfortunately (there was a mass storage app, for the galaxy s3 [i9300] with which you could reanable it, but I highly doubt it'll work at the g3).
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yea thats I guess what I am seeing now that I am searching using the proper terms.
Some people are having success using the various apps but they all require root, which i am no opposed to, but I have a mac, not a PC so root for me will be a bit until somebody develops an easier to use root method for the mac or a downloadable straight to the phone. Towelroot isnt working for the G3 yet either.
Oh well, guess ill just load up my 4gig usb stick and roll with that.
rjacobs said:
yea thats I guess what I am seeing now that I am searching using the proper terms.
Some people are having success using the various apps but they all require root, which i am no opposed to, but I have a mac, not a PC so root for me will be a bit until somebody develops an easier to use root method for the mac or a downloadable straight to the phone. Towelroot isnt working for the G3 yet either.
Oh well, guess ill just load up my 4gig usb stick and roll with that.
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PurpleDrake works on all platforms, look at the development section.
I have the same issue with my aftermarket Kenwood stereo. I just found out that the newer phones are no longer using the Mass Storage option as older models used to. They use a new one call MTP; it's kind of plug & play.

File transfer mode NOT media device mode?

Sorry for a kinda double post, as ive posted this in the noob thread, but I think its being overlooked.
When connecting to a PC, how can I get a normal file transfer mode?? the media mode is just too limiting, one file at a time, transfer with no ETA, cannot browse picture folders with image viewers.. "this file cannot be played are you sure you want to copy it" blah blah blah...
I'm sure on my old HTC sensation as well as media mode you had file mode.. but I cannot find it and I don't have usb 3.1 on my laptop only 3.0 so hopefully that's not the answer..
please help.. mostly after getting at my SD card without removing it from the phone as I can never find the "proddy thing".. not fussed if I need to install a third party app or other... but currently on stock EU rom non-rooted.
stupink said:
Sorry for a kinda double post, as ive posted this in the noob thread, but I think its being overlooked.
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... im not sure if i can help you really. What is the operating system you are using there? MTP works for me in Linux aswell as with Win 10.
stupink said:
When connecting to a PC, how can I get a normal file transfer mode??
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When connecting to a PC it should pop up a question about how you want to use the connection. So select Filetransfer and trust it with "Yes". And that s it basically. You can also find this in the notification bar... eh about what to use USB for.
Also be sure to have suiting drivers. IIRC they should be installed with HTC Sync Manager. Maybe installing HTC Sync Manager would fix your issues already?
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I'm sure on my old HTC sensation as well as media mode you had file mode.. but I cannot find it
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How old? I think this special mode you refer to was removed some Android releases ago already. Nowadays theres MTP. By all this speed of that USB ports nowadays intention seems to be initially that you do not have to unmount it in order to get all that stuffs you knew from past. I remember when my ONE-S got a update suddenly in past where exactly this step to MTP happened. Since the USB2 hardware in this old phone was a bit older and worse it became slower than before. Many ppl had been looking for a fix for this, since you could not enable it like it was before. IIRC one solution was to use a custom ROM. I can not recommend using a custom ROM personally.
stupink said:
and I don't have usb 3.1 on my laptop only 3.0 so hopefully that's not the answer..
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No it is not. I m also having a 3.0. Still at least with marshmellow you would have to enable the fast file transfer with 3.1 explicitly in the case you really have such port on your Computer. And still theres some influences and things to consider to get optimum bandwidth.
But a 3.0 connection is usually not as crappy as you describe it now. So i would sugguest you:
- I assume a driver bad.
- Or Faulty cable.
- Maybe some setting in your file browser on the computer?
- Is the preview disabled maybe?
- Latest drivers for the phone? (HTC Sync Manager)
At very first i would try to get latest HTC Sync Manager for HTC10 from HTC website. Or if you are in linux, check your packages, udev rules and that MTP gets rolling.
Hope this helps a bit.
PS.: Try connect your Phone to another computer with maybe Windows 10 and latest HTC Sync Manager. Just to exclude that your computer or its software might cause this issue.
Thanks for the reply, my "old" htc was probably 6+years ago.. I think it was my first android phone, Recently I have been using LG G3 running cyanogenmod, so have always had a proper "file mode".. it was just like plugging in an external hard drive. I did not realise this was not a feature anymore in standard android.
The main problem I dislike is not being able to view pictures... If I open one picture from my phone or SDcard, then my picture browswer says viewing picture 1/1 even if the folder has 200 pictures in it, I cannot space/tab through the pictures, I have to close that one, then open the next.... I do find it frustrating only being able to copy one file at a time, and constantly having to tell it that I do want to copy the file despite not being able to play it, but those things I can live with.
I already have tried installing extra software and on windows 7, (I am running W10) but no luck
It just sounds like they want you to remove the SD card.. shame they make it so impossible to do.. I'll continue to hunt for a solution without custom rom.. and post any findings.
stupink said:
cyanogenmod, so have always had a proper "file mode".. it was just like plugging in an external hard drive. I did not realise this was not a feature anymore in standard android.
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Yes! I think this i why they kept (keep) it alive.
stupink said:
The main problem I dislike is not being able to view pictures... If I open one picture from my phone or SDcard, then my picture browswer says viewing picture 1/1 even if the folder has 200 pictures in it, I cannot space/tab through the pictures, I have to close that one, then open the next.... I do find it frustrating only being able to copy one file at a time, and constantly having to tell it that I do want to copy the file despite not being able to play it, but those things I can live with.
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How is it. How do you think about an alternative way to transfer data like e.g. from playstore Air Droid using WLAN.
Did you try another data cable, by all ports and operating systems?
And just in case. Do both of your computers feature the same USB drivers and hub? Maybe a driver issue.
I noticed one thing recently. When i connect with MTP and copy lets say: "400 MB pictures" taken with my old phone, spread on 97 files to the SD card it does not take long. But what takes long like 20 seconds after copying is done is that it shows previews. I have to really wait until it is done transferring.
So could it be maybe the case your phone does not finish somehow?
And yes the Windows Photo thingie does not see it as folder to slide through.
Meaning: i can not deny your issues fully.
Honestly what i totally love is an Plasma Desktop for linux is an software which called KDE Connect. You get WLAN connection to your phone and can even control the mouse. Do simple file transfers. And what i totally love about it is, is that it almost seemingless integrates into the Desktop. On the other End i think WIN10 does not feature such service (stock). Air Droid is one of those tools in this way which you can expand the computer expirience with. The preview and copying over WLAN is blazing fast. Plus you do not have to connect the cable.
But it requires a client/server and permissions on both ends. And thats what i dislike about the Windows side. It is not so seemless. And it is in the way of one of those extra services, running.
Also the speed of the SD card does in fact matter. Is it maybe one of the older generations you inserted?
The new SD's from this year are much faster and bigger.
E.g. read about SD card speed classes SDXC class U1, U2 and U3
Even if you can push 1 GiB /s through a cable.... if the SD only takes 96 mib/s...... lol
Maybe interesting to have a look at what about capacity / price is happening in 6 years.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10315/market-views-hdd-shipments-down-q1-2016/3
So lets say you was using a 6 years old SD.
Your phone is worth (lets say 600 $) but the SD is not worth any cent. In case the SD was so old.
This is how Android now is.
What you're looking for is USB Mass Storage mode. They removed that because it was a wide security hole where someone could just plug your phone into a computer and copy all your storage and mess things up at will. Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is all Android has now. Your phone memory doesn't just have your photos and music on it; it also has your apps, logins, systems files, etc.
The "file cannot be played" prompt that bothers you can be disabled in Windows. Just do a Google search on that. As for transfer speed, I'll bet you that it's a bad cable and nothing more. MTP isn't slower than UMS.
Good luck.
Thanks also.
I didn't mean to imply it's slow transfer. By limiting I mean it's holding me back. I like to transferr a 20GB video, and while it's doing it, go to my pics and view+sort them etc. But now I cannot. One at a time. Zzzzz..
It sounds like I will either need to investigate lineage again. (I'm unsure at this stage what I loose if I do, camera apps, mirror cast etc). Or perhaps buy a hand full of "proddy things" so I can more easily remove the SD card. I can never find it when I need it.
Thanks for helping me get my head around this alien tech/systems. I feel I understand now what's happening and why.

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