Love my phone, but I can't get it to mount to my pc. Before the latest update I was able to use easy tether and access my sd card to transfer files. After the update neither the PC nor the phone do anything when plugged in, other than charge the phone. I've only found one computer that I can mount my phone to. Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution? I've tried multiple USB cords and even HTC's support line. They seem to think Verizon's media manager is to blame, but I think it would happen with all of us if that were true.
BTW phone is completely stock.
I have the same issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546598
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My computer doesn't recognize my phone at all. My DINC worked fine on every computer I tried it on, too bad I can't get used to the smaller screen and the 3G speeds again.
What does your computer say under device manager? Might have to update drivers, or delete them and reinstall them.
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Just one entry has a problem, but my coworkers Samsung Captivate works in this PC. The other computer doesn't have any issues in Device Manager. When I try to update it the Hardware Update Wizard says that it could not find a better match for my hardware. I can't post the image yet, 8 more posts to go.
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I would try uninstalling and reinstalling the HTC drivers. You may also try a different USB port, if you haven't already.
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Love my phone, but I can't get it to mount to my pc. Before the latest update I was able to use easy tether and access my sd card to transfer files. After the update neither the PC nor the phone do anything when plugged in, other than charge the phone. I've only found one computer that I can mount my phone to. Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution? I've tried multiple USB cords and even HTC's support line. They seem to think Verizon's media manager is to blame, but I think it would happen with all of us if that were true.
BTW phone is completely stock.
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Yeah I think it has to do with the Verizon bloat. My Dad's work computer won't see his phone but it sees mine just fine. We both have Rezounds, but mine obviously isn't stock like his.
Tempted to hard reset
I'm so fed up with this that I am tempted to let Verizon do a factory reset. Either it works or they'll send a refurbished phone and hopefully that will one will work. Either way one way or another its going to cost them man hours or phones. I'm fed up with the bloat and the problems it causes.
I'm posting from my Windows 7 i7 gaming rig. My Rezy is usb connected to my rig. I can navigate both my internal memory file system as well as my SD card file system from Win7.
My Rezy is locked and stock, btw. I love this phone.
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Ok, Ill take this from the beginning uptil now.
From start I rooted my phone, everything worked sweet and I had no problems with any functions of the phone.
Then I added some music to the SD by connecting the phone to USB and copied it over that way. I even used the builtin tetherfunction of the phone to see if it worked when we were about to go on holiday to an island here in Sweden.
When we arrived there (the day after I tested the tether positive) my computer just said "USB device not recognized" and the phone wouldnt even prompt me to mount the SD card, it just puts a notification about HTC Sync (which it cant find even though its installed and was working the day before).
I just thought that something went wrong with the computer and its drivers and accepted the fact that I coulnt tether the internet to my laptop.
Now, a week later when I was about to flash the HTC rom (updated one) I still couldnt get the phone to accept the USB connection, I tried on my workstation with same results as with laptop (USB device not recognized), on my wife's Vista machine nothing happens at all, my parents in law's XP computer says same as on my laptop and workstation, my MAC says nothing at all and my work Vista computer doesnt say anything at all either.
The only way to get it to recognize the phone is if I power it on with power+back (bootloader?), it shows up as a ADB device and I could flash the HTC rom from modaco's generic files.
Even after the new romflash and a total wipe it still doesnt work. Should I contact HTC, or do you think that this is some kind of software issue? Since its working in bootloader (Fastboot USB) the USB part of the phone seems ok, doesnt it?
What would you suggest?
i had the smae error, and the solution for me, it sound crazy, but try to use the original usb cable, or at least a thin one, there are two types.
Ive been trying 4 different USB cables (including the original white one) and all with the same problem. I will try to call HTC Sweden today and see what they think, this is soo annoying. Must say that its been quite a hazzle to use the hero (lagginess until last update drove me mad to start with, and now this...). Im not an apple fanboy of any kind, but I must say my iPhone worked perfectly with no problems from day one and still does (my girlfriend got it now). Its more solid built than the hero. I really hope HTC can solve my issue and make this work since I dont want to send the unit back to be stuck without a phone for a couple of weeks. I will get back here when I got an answer from HTC.
hello latiszm,
I'm having the exact issue as you describe... did you solve the problem? I tried changing the SDCard and also tried different USB cables but with no result... all of a sudden, I cannot mount the card... (it's mounted when the hero boots) but if i take it out and in again, the phone doesn't mount it nor ask me to...
thanks in advance!
hello latiszm,
I had the same problem!!! :-(, i put on the offical update and sent it back to tmobile so they can fix but i think i'll get a new one instead but i gotta wait 3 weeks :-(
I had the exact same problem, although I couldn't even connect with ADB, only fastboot.
See my following post about the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4837803&postcount=19
So I soft bricked my phone last night, the "[TUTORIAL][ROM] How to fix your phone and apply the update" helped me get everything back to normal. But now when I go to connect my phone to my computer with the USB cable it doesn't wanna connect. It charges the phone, but there's no "USB connected" notification on the phone OR the computer. I've tried putting the phone in USB debugging mode which gets me a "USB connected" notification on the phone, but nothing on the computer, and I can't access any files. I've tried using different USB ports on the computer and still nothing. Any ideas?
Edit: Neeeeevvermind! I should just stop posting questions because I seem to find the answer right after!
What was the answer?
same thing happened to me (sort of) im fully stock not rooted, and for some reason the usb wouldnt connect to computer only charged never game me option to mount sd card. i tried everything, dl'ing drivers from samsung and tmo, nothing worked, spent 2 hours going over the exact same steps between tmo and samsung tech support, **** is busted bro, the more and more i read about problems with the galaxy s the more i feel pissed. just call tmo and tell them you have tried everything from dl'ing drivers to resetting phone and nothing works. i guarantee they will send you a replacement like they did for me. the best part of our phones is the storage (internal, and sd card) w/out access to those the phone is as good as a motorola razor (useless)
Well I'm not sure if I just didn't notice it, or it actually wasn't there, But I put the phone in USB debugging mode and connected it to the computer. Usually I can access files just by plugging it in, but I had to select "Mount" for the computer to recognize it. Pretty obvious solution I know!
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That is annoying that you had stock everything and it still didn't work. Usually the solution is really simple though, like a soft reset or something.
I just hate when people complain about the Vibrant having problems when they modify a bunch of stuff. The manufacturers didn't intend for us to root and hack our devices, (as much as we would have liked them to) so when something goes wrong, you can't really blame Samsung or T-Mobile. Well...you can, but when you modify stuff it's usually your fault. And there is definitely exceptions!!! I'm just saying... And Samsung is really slow with rolling out updates, which is very annoying! Anyway.
@Xianku i tried soft reset (i tried that before i even called tech support), i tried everything. And knowing what a pain in the ass it is calling tech support (between waiting to speak to sum1, and having them ask me to do steps i've already done). To be honest i havent seen any crazy development for the vibrant yet. At least not on the level of g1 development. But in all fairness samsung hasnt released kernels yet so once they are here then i'll root.
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So I soft bricked my phone last night, the "[TUTORIAL][ROM] How to fix your phone and apply the update" helped me get everything back to normal. But now when I go to connect my phone to my computer with the USB cable it doesn't wanna connect. It charges the phone, but there's no "USB connected" notification on the phone OR the computer. I've tried putting the phone in USB debugging mode which gets me a "USB connected" notification on the phone, but nothing on the computer, and I can't access any files. I've tried using different USB ports on the computer and still nothing. Any ideas?
Edit: Neeeeevvermind! I should just stop posting questions because I seem to find the answer right after!
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Where can i view the tutorial because my phone got into bootloop and wont connect to computer properly and i need help Thanks!
I recently picked up a Samsung Admire. It has Gingerbread 2.3.4, and my computer's running Vista 64. When I first got, it showed up on My Computer, but then it randomly stopped. I've tried everything I can think of to no avail. I've swapped USB ports, tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, tried getting drivers directly from Samsung's website, tried debugging mode, tried going into Device Manager to find it there (where it does show up under Disk Drives and says it's working properly, but I can't do anything with it from there), etc, and still nothing. I've looked a several posts on here about it, too (which is where I got the uninstall/reinstall idea), but no luck (I'll admit I didn't understand some of what was said, as well...I'm not a phone guy, really). It's a brand new cord, too, in case someone mentions that.
It would be nice to be able to put stuff on it, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd certainly appreciate it.
Are you pulling down the status bar (at the top of the phone), and selecting 'Enable USB Storage'? Most android phones can connect to the computer and be seen by the device manager, but until the phone is told "OK, communicate with the computer", it will not actually let the computer access the file system.
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Are you pulling down the status bar (at the top of the phone), and selecting 'Enable USB Storage'? Most android phones can connect to the computer and be seen by the device manager, but until the phone is told "OK, communicate with the computer", it will not actually let the computer access the file system.
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Oh yah, I forgot to mention it doesn't show up either way, whether that's enabled or not.
I guess I'll take it into the MetroPCS store and see if they have any ideas on what's up. I need to take it there anyway to find out why my reception is so constantly horrid. Worst reception of any phone company I've ever been with, and I've been with a few.
salihe66 said:
I recently picked up a Samsung Admire. It has Gingerbread 2.3.4, and my computer's running Vista 64. When I first got, it showed up on My Computer, but then it randomly stopped. I've tried everything I can think of to no avail. I've swapped USB ports, tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, tried getting drivers directly from Samsung's website, tried debugging mode, tried going into Device Manager to find it there (where it does show up under Disk Drives and says it's working properly, but I can't do anything with it from there), etc, and still nothing. I've looked a several posts on here about it, too (which is where I got the uninstall/reinstall idea), but no luck (I'll admit I didn't understand some of what was said, as well...I'm not a phone guy, really). It's a brand new cord, too, in case someone mentions that.
It would be nice to be able to put stuff on it, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd certainly appreciate it.
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Hi, i had the same problem with my admire but i have just recently found newly released drivers for the samsung from their website and now i have no issues with it anymore, you have to download the drivers for the samsung indulge YES THE INDULGE and it will operate perfectly..
Howdy,
I've been scouring this place for some answers, but everything I've tried ain't workin' and I've got multiple issues.
Long story short, I'm on my 3rd vibrant from Tmobile and I want to get this thing rooted. I didn't at first, so I did the 2.2 upgrade via kies. Since then, I can't get my pc (win 7 64) to recognize that it's plugged in. The phone will realize it, but nothing showing on the pc. I've tried the obvious stuff; debugging on/off, usb cable is good, drivers are updated. My computer will recognize other devices, so I pretty sure its not the ports.
I tried to root using update.zip no pc method, but astro will not allow me to move the file to the internal memory.
Finally, I thought if I went back to 2.1 with Odin, I could get back some functionality. However, I get the phone into download mode and Odin won't see it either; none of the coms are lit up.
I'm to the point of asking for a replacement, but I'd rather get it done myself and avoid talking with support.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
bmurt1 said:
Howdy,
I've been scouring this place for some answers, but everything I've tried ain't workin' and I've got multiple issues.
Long story short, I'm on my 3rd vibrant from Tmobile and I want to get this thing rooted. I didn't at first, so I did the 2.2 upgrade via kies. Since then, I can't get my pc (win 7 64) to recognize that it's plugged in. The phone will realize it, but nothing showing on the pc. I've tried the obvious stuff; debugging on/off, usb cable is good, drivers are updated. My computer will recognize other devices, so I pretty sure its not the ports.
I tried to root using update.zip no pc method, but astro will not allow me to move the file to the internal memory.
Finally, I thought if I went back to 2.1 with Odin, I could get back some functionality. However, I get the phone into download mode and Odin won't see it either; none of the coms are lit up.
I'm to the point of asking for a replacement, but I'd rather get it done myself and avoid talking with support.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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I would recommend buying a new usb cable. If the new cable doesn't work then the usb port on your phone may be going bad. If you do decide to buy a usb cable do NOT buy a cheap cable, go to Tmobile and pay the 15 bucks for a good quality cable. If the cable doesn't work then go send your phone in to tmobile, if your warranty has expired then visit www.mobiletechvideos.com and look into sending them your phone for a usb port replacement. It costs around 35 bucks if thats what you end up doing, good luck.
Title says it all. I can't download any large apps, download from the browser. I can sideload my apps straight from google drive. I need a physical SD card to download files from the internet, and to download large apps, like VOEZ. Moving on, there is another issue I have with my unit. USB. I plugged it into my computer many times, and it just never finds it. I was once able to look at the files on the device with ADB enabled, but when I opened up a Windows VM (I run Ubuntu) and fired up Kingroot but could not find it, so I unplugged, and plugged it in again, only to lose the data connection over USB, and only charged from then afterwards. After this, I knew that the USB port was perfectly OK, so there was no damage or any issue to the port itself. When I had this phone as my sole daily driver before I had switched to my iPhone, it was neglected heavily (by me) because of these abhorrent issues that drove me insane. I now want to put some life back into this thing by rooting it, which was my goal from day 1 when I had gotten it, but these issues made such practically impossible. So, with the ramble out of the way, can someone find a way to fix this this internal storage and USB issue? I'd love to give it a chance once again. Oh, and I got this phone for free from a "government lifeline" program, which has its Androids completely restricted in a way where rooting is hard to achieve, but possible.
Model #: PG86100
Before this phone, or even my 6 Plus, I had a N5, which now has a broken display/speaker ZIF connector on the mainboard. I just wanted to point out that this was not my first android, and would really love to relive the days that I had with my N5 before it died.