Hi all,
Quietly going out of my mind with this one, your help would be muchly appreciated
Recently got myself a Note 4, and my previous device was the Note 2.
I shot some video of my new Ingress phone/battery charger as it was charging my Note 4 using the Note 2 to film it. After making a 3 second clip I plugged the Note 2 into my PC and it wouldn't come up in My Computer
I checked Device Manager and it was listed in "Other Devices" and I checked Drivers and it says no device drivers were installed? Its strange because the Note 2 has been my phone for years, and I used it to plug into the same PC for those years and it always recognized the device ...
I plugged my Note 4 into the PC and straight away it pops up in My Computer, I unplug the Note 4, plug in the Note 2 and nothing. Again in Device Manager its listed as Other Devices.
I haven't changed any drivers, the Note 2 was recognized in the PC only 2 days ago when I transfered some photos. All of a sudden without any changes to the PC or the Note 2 windows won't recognize it anymore and says it doesn't have drivers.
I point Windows to the drivers C:\Program Files\SAMSUNG\USB Drivers and windows says it could not find the driver software for the device? It was working fine 2 days ago?
So I uninstall the Samsung USB drivers, reboot PC, go online find the latest Samsung drivers, install, plug in the Note 2 and BINGO! there she is
Grab the video clip, blah blah, disconnect the device from the USB and forget about it. A bit later I plug in my Note 4, it pops up in My Computer as normal, transfer some mp3s for tomorrows journey to work, and its all good.
Then what would be about 2 hours ago, I plug in the Note 2 (the same Note 2 that was working perfectly earlier) and again, nothing in My Computer. I go to device manager and its listed in Other Devices again :crying:
So I did the whole process over again. Uninstall drivers, reboot, install drivers, plug in Note 2, there she is, unplug Note 2, plug in Note 4, unplug Note 4, plug in Note 2 and its no longer recognized ...
Please please before I lose my mind can someone help me?
On a lighter note <--Pun intended. My wife says my Note 2 is jealous and broken hearted because I dumped her for the Note 4, so she's paying me back
5 days and not a single reply?
I have sometimes similiar situation with win 7, but when i connect usb or sd card windows doesnn't see it at all. I tried everything, even format and fresh install of OS, but still the same. I believe some mainboards and OS itself is not meant to work together.
Try different PC, install only Kies 3 and see if the situation persists.
You can also try to uninstall it properly with revo uninstaller, then restart, install Kies and plug.
In settings you use MTP connection on both Notes? USB debugging changes anything?
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That's why I don't like Win 8, it's like iOS, you can't change a thing
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i have the sprint samsung s3 SPH-L710, and had it for about 4 months now. before connecting my phone to my pc (windows 8) or any other computer for that matter i did not have any issues transferring files back and forth. even after i rooted my phone there was no issue. after about a week or two i started to have issues. 1 being while the phone is off the screen no longer shows that the battery is charging instead the screen stays blank and vibrates continuously so the only way to really charge it when its dead is to start the turning on process and then plug the phone in. 2 there is now a delay when accepting the charge ive used the original and other usb cables to see if that was the issue and it wasn't. lastly any pc do not recognize the phone nor does the phone recognizes that it has been connected to the pc. ive chaged the settings to MTP then MTP +ADB under PDA and still nothing. uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them. even reverted my phone back to stock the original sprint factory state and still getting nowhere it seems. if anyone have an idea i would be very greatful!
kirbyodell said:
i have the sprint samsung s3 SPH-L710, and had it for about 4 months now. before connecting my phone to my pc (windows 8) or any other computer for that matter i did not have any issues transferring files back and forth. even after i rooted my phone there was no issue. after about a week or two i started to have issues. 1 being while the phone is off the screen no longer shows that the battery is charging instead the screen stays blank and vibrates continuously so the only way to really charge it when its dead is to start the turning on process and then plug the phone in. 2 there is now a delay when accepting the charge ive used the original and other usb cables to see if that was the issue and it wasn't. lastly any pc do not recognize the phone nor does the phone recognizes that it has been connected to the pc. ive chaged the settings to MTP then MTP +ADB under PDA and still nothing. uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them. even reverted my phone back to stock the original sprint factory state and still getting nowhere it seems. if anyone have an idea i would be very greatful!
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If they don't recognize each other. Sit them down and introduce them.
But really, Did you try it again on a XP or 7 computer? Maybe switching to Windows 8 cause HW issues with your comp.
I had this problem with my shift. It either wouldn't get recognized by the computer, or it would but the state would be "offline" in adb not matter what. I also was not able to mount my sdcard by connecting my phone, even though it would show up as a disk drive
The only way I was able to fix this was by getting another phone from Sprint
And yeah, same as you I tried multiple cables, branded, unbranded. Multiple computers too, running windows 7/8
Only adb through wifi was reliable, but push/pull was too slow to actually get anything done
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chrischoi said:
If they don't recognize each other. Sit them down and introduce them.
But really, Did you try it again on a XP or 7 computer? Maybe switching to Windows 8 cause HW issues with your comp.
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i sat them down and neither one paid attention to each other. so i figured since the phone and windows 8 didnt want to talk i would try windows 7 and vista and the computer doesnt see that its connected to the phone nor does the phone see its connected to the computer. I dont even see anything pop up in the notifications on the phone
chrischoi said:
If they don't recognize each other. Sit them down and introduce them.
But really, Did you try it again on a XP or 7 computer? Maybe switching to Windows 8 cause HW issues with your comp.
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Maybe after a few drinks they may start talking...
Wait.. That's how the Phablet came to be...
Hello guys, I hope I can get some help over here.
When I received my galaxy tab pro 12.2, my galaxy tab pro 12.2 can't be connected to any usb device nor the pc's usb port. The last time I remember I plugged my tablet to the pc and transfered files to it was like 1 and a half months ago, then I updated my tablet, then last week (I had no need to connect my tablet to my pc until last week) I needed to transfer some files to my tablet but it didn't work, I don't get the typical sound Windows makes when you plug in a device, it doesn't appear on the device manager, I tried it on 3 different laptops and it still didnt work, on my tablet I only get a red cross on the battery sign at the top right of the screen, I tried to connect it also with an mlh adapter to the TV, and no success so far.
Has anybody else had that problem?
I have a rooted Note 4 developer device and when I connect it to my PC it does not appear as a drive. I'm using the USB charging cable that came with the phone. If I connect with my Note 2, that works, but not the Note 4. I was able to use Odin to flash TWRP so the PC saw the phone and used it correctly. When I click on the USB safely remove hardware and eject media icon in my taskbar, I get an Eject Samsung Media option, so it sees the phone. Maybe my modem is set to an alternative mode? I have no idea how to change that.
The SD card works, and if I want to copy files to and from that I remove it from the phone and put it in a card reader and transfer files that way. When I check the drivers in device manager on the PC everything looks like it's working fine, no yellow triangles with an exclamation mark. I have USB debugging turned on. Maybe it's a setting in TWRP? I am completely baffled and would greatly appreciate any ideas or solutions. And yes, I've turned the phone off and on again...
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I have a rooted Note 4 developer device and when I connect it to my PC it does not appear as a drive. I'm using the USB charging cable that came with the phone. If I connect with my Note 2, that works, but not the Note 4. I was able to use Odin to flash TWRP so the PC saw the phone and used it correctly. When I click on the USB safely remove hardware and eject media icon in my taskbar, I get an Eject Samsung Media option, so it sees the phone. Maybe my modem is set to an alternative mode? I have no idea how to change that.
The SD card works, and if I want to copy files to and from that I remove it from the phone and put it in a card reader and transfer files that way. When I check the drivers in device manager on the PC everything looks like it's working fine, no yellow triangles with an exclamation mark. I have USB debugging turned on. Maybe it's a setting in TWRP? I am completely baffled and would greatly appreciate any ideas or solutions. And yes, I've turned the phone off and on again...
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I've had this problem before and I uninstalled the Samsung drivers and reinstalled them. Drivers can be "finicky" on some versions of Windows. Make sure you get the latest drivers from the Samsung web site, not another download site. I'm sure you know this, but make sure USB Debugging is selected and you connect as a Media Device under USB connection settings. Hope this helps.
Thank you for your suggestion, JPCalhoun. I reinstalled the drivers, but still no luck. The computer's USB charges the phone. The PC, which is a Windows 7 64 bit machine, sees the phone as a Samnsung mobile USB CDC composite Device. On the phone, the little UBS symbol just never appears. I think it might have to do with the modem settings on the Note 4. I just have no idea on how to access them. I know on older notes you would bring up the keypad and dial in a certain number to access the phone's modem. I don't know what the number is on the Note 4. It's weird, everything else works perfectly on the phone, just not the USB settings. I'm going to try and transfer stuff wirelesslly. I transfered all my old contact information from my old Note 2 to the Note 4 wirelessly, so maybe I'm just stuck going that route.
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Thank you for your suggestion, JPCalhoun. I reinstalled the drivers, but still no luck. The computer's USB charges the phone. The PC, which is a Windows 7 64 bit machine, sees the phone as a Samnsung mobile USB CDC composite Device. On the phone, the little UBS symbol just never appears. I think it might have to do with the modem settings on the Note 4. I just have no idea on how to access them. I know on older notes you would bring up the keypad and dial in a certain number to access the phone's modem. I don't know what the number is on the Note 4. It's weird, everything else works perfectly on the phone, just not the USB settings. I'm going to try and transfer stuff wirelesslly. I transfered all my old contact information from my old Note 2 to the Note 4 wirelessly, so maybe I'm just stuck going that route.
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Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57120967
You can use Shortcut Master from Playstore to get to hidden settings ....it takes Root.
Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Rooted / TWRP 2.8.1.1 trltevzw
That did the trick, Manbat. I thank you profusely! I got a Note 4 dev edition and you would think that they would have had the USB setting set to MTP+ADB. Anyway, now she's rooted and working well in my ColorCross VR headset. Running Crysis 2 in Stereo 3D with this display is mindblowing. Better resolution than a genuine Oculus Rift DK2 headset. And no tether! Good times. Thank you again, Manbat!
DrSarcasmo said:
That did the trick, Manbat. I thank you profusely! I got a Note 4 dev edition and you would think that they would have had the USB setting set to MTP+ADB. Anyway, now she's rooted and working well in my ColorCross VR headset. Running Crysis 2 in Stereo 3D with this display is mindblowing. Better resolution than a genuine Oculus Rift DK2 headset. And no tether! Good times. Thank you again, Manbat!
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Yea I had that same exact problem yesterday, I am pretty sure its because they took a regular retial, unlocked the bootloader and left it in that setting. It was driving me nuts but I found it by doing some research, when I suspected the problem, i didn't know how to get into the hidden menu until I found that app man what a pain in the ass
since more than 6 months the PC or Laptop doesn't recognize the P605, I tried to change the microusb port, tried different USB ports, PCs with no luck.
When I'm connecting the tablet to PC the tablet will charge but nothing appear in the device manager, no detection at all.
appreciate your help guys solving it, I bought Tab S3 but I still like the old fellow more
No detection, so the thing's completely inert when plugged in?
When I plugged in my Note to my 3.0 USB laptop, out comes 'Device not recognised' in the taskbar, and that's it. However, it all works well when I plug it to a computer with USB 2.0 running XP/7. A brief search shows something about incompatible default/microsoft's driver with old(er) devices on USB 3.0.
As you've mentioned several attempts above including a hardware change, I believe the problem lies with software somewhere.
I have the same problem and get an "error 43" message. My Note 5 works fine when plugged in. I must have damaged the port upon changing the battery. I wanted to upgrade to 6.0 but looks like I'm out of luck....unless I can update via update.zip on my P600
I just purchased a mint condition Pixel 1 XL on ebay. It arrived with Android 9. I should have plugged it in then to check if USB file transfer mode would work. But I just assumed it would since I've never had a problem with any device in the past: various apple phones, samsung tablet, google nexus tablet.
So I updated the phone to Android 10 before I plugged the phone in, and then discovered it refuses to recognize my device for file transfer, only for charging. It does not show up in device manager at all, even though it is charging. The phone makes a sound to indicate it is charging, but it does not pop up with anything to ask if I want to connect to the PC. The phone 100% acts like I just plugged it into the wall instead of a PC.
OEM unlock is enabled.
USB debugging is enabled.
Default USB configuration is set to File Transfer mode.
I already installed the latest android_winusb driver.
I've rebooted both the phone and the PC.
I've tried plugging it into 3 different Windows 10 PCs with google android usb driver installed. Only one of those PCs has samsung android drivers installed on it. The others only ever had iphone plugged into them. So there shouldn't be any drivers interfering that I know of.
But no matter what, it only charges the device, it never recognizes it in device manager.
Since I bought this off ebay, it did not come with the official, original USB cable.
I'm praying maybe it's just the third-party USB cable causing the problem. But I can't find any cable that is verified to work for File Transfer. Do you know where I can buy a cable like this? Link please?
If it's not the cable, is there any way out of this situation? If I can't get device manager to recognize the phone, I think it's impossible to flash the phone back to Android 9 or something to see if Android 10 broke something???
I've already read some really scary posts online of other pixel phones of various models simply stop recognizing their phones in device manager and they never get it back. It becomes a fancy brick that works as a phone, but you can't actually do anything with it because no PC will recognize it.
I was excited to try a pixel phone for the first time until this happened. What the heck, Google?
Ok I think the stupid trick is you have to UNLOCK the phone BEFORE you plug it in. If you plug it in, and then unlock it, it will never give you a notification asking to connect to the PC no matter what you do.
As someone used to iphones, at least iphone says "unlock me" when I plug it in and it doesn't properly connect. But plenty of other times it will connect to device manager even if I don't unlock it.
Kinda annoyed Android doesn't say anything at all when you plug it in without unlocking it first.