I'm having the following two problems transferring music and photos, and was wondering if they are known issues with or without workarounds.
1. When I plug the phone into the PC and try to get at photos, I can't see any thumbnails--just generic JPEG icons.
2. Transferring mp3s and photos often just plain fails. I've tried rebooting phone and PC, unplugging and replugging...but it happens seemingly for no reason. As in, I'll successfully transfer one photo or mp3 to the phone fine, and try another one immediately after without changing anything and it'll hang for minutes before declaring itself a failure.
Any help?
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What OS are you running on your PC? If it is Windows XP, then try to install Windows Media Player 11 and run windows update as well.
Galaxy S III does not support USB Mass Storage like older Android phones but rather uses MTP/PTP as the file transfer modes which are only supported out of the box in Windows Vista or later. For Mac OS X, you'd also need to download MTP client.
DefaultUsr said:
What OS are you running on your PC? If it is Windows XP, then try to install Windows Media Player 11 and run windows update as well.
Galaxy S III does not support USB Mass Storage like older Android phones but rather uses MTP/PTP as the file transfer modes which are only supported out of the box in Windows Vista or later. For Mac OS X, you'd also need to download MTP client.
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I'm running Windows 7.
The problem is not that the PC can't handle MTP mode at all. The problem is that it is inconsistent. One album of mp3s will transfer just fine and 30 seconds later a single mp3 won't move at all. And the fact that I can't see image thumbnails (only generic image-file icons) is a real headache.
Obviously one day I'll be rooting and installing CM or something else, but I'd like to be as fully functional as possible until then.
Is anyone else having similar problems?
Copy and paste never a problem for me .
jje
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Hi Guys
I updated my phone using XWKK2 found on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
The issue now is that, the phone does not show up in Windows Explorer any more.
If I enable USB mass storage, the phone will come up.
It is also not picked up by Kies any more.
USB debugging is turned off. Issue is on multiple computers
I have tried other versions but all have the issue.
Does any one have any ideas?
so anyone got any ideas?
What version of windows are you using.
issues does not show up on windows xp or windows 7 but does show up on windows vista.
Using Windows 7.
Found out the issue
Was getting constant media scans and the message "mtp-initilisation"
Found out the issue was due to a folder causing trouble and made the media scan not complete.
It was with a program called picspeed where it created endless folders in folders. managed to remove the folders and everything working 100% again
Hi, Before when I had my Desire HD, connected the phone via USB to TV, and could see the contents, also appeared a message asking me if I wanted to charge only, and now with the HOX+ the TV does not recognize any device, only charge
How I can play the contents of the phone on the TV via USB?
Thanks..
Charging only, because sdcard is not mounted as usb drive anymore, we have mtp device. If you are rooted you can try viper virtual sd card app
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Viper VirtualSD
Hi!
I flash Viper 1.6 on my HOX+ and try to use VirtualSD feature.
MTP is a terrible system, I try to use, but this failed a lot of times, copy large archives is impossible with MTP. And I lost the possibility of use my device like a USB drive to connect on TV, Radio, Decoder etc.
VirtualSD really works to create a virtual SD, my windows recognized this, and I able to copy files direct with windows explorer.
But, continues with errors. I try to copy a ISO file 2.3 Gb, and copy stops every time I tried.
I copied a file 600 Mb AVI with sucess, but when I try to view this archive on my digital decoder of Tv, the device is not recognized.
Someone have sucess on copy large files or play media files with VirtualSD in other devices than nothing a PC?
Sorry my poor english!
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Hi!
I flash Viper 1.6 on my HOX+ and try to use VirtualSD feature.
MTP is a terrible system, I try to use, but this failed a lot of times, copy large archives is impossible with MTP. And I lost the possibility of use my device like a USB drive to connect on TV, Radio, Decoder etc.
VirtualSD really works to create a virtual SD, my windows recognized this, and I able to copy files direct with windows explorer.
But, continues with errors. I try to copy a ISO file 2.3 Gb, and copy stops every time I tried.
I copied a file 600 Mb AVI with sucess, but when I try to view this archive on my digital decoder of Tv, the device is not recognized.
Someone have sucess on copy large files or play media files with VirtualSD in other devices than nothing a PC?
Sorry my poor english!
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Can you upload VirtualSD app for me, i try it on my revolution hd rom.
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Can you upload VirtualSD app for me, i try it on my revolution hd rom.
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I search for app, but I don't found it.
This APP, VirtualSD, comes with Viper Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2122390
Go to an online shopping site (ebay preferably) and search for the mhl micro usb. Get the one that suites your liking. I got the red one meant for Samsung. Replicates screen on to tv.
I checked the Samsung S3 on several occasions and could see the content of the sdcard0 (internal memory) and the removable SD card from the Windows Explorer on a desktop PC with Windows 7 using USB via the MTP protocol.
I did not download or delete anyting via USB.
I noticed both memories were a bit low on space and a few folders on the external card had files I could not understand, so I searched the Play Store for apps that would let me view details (like file and folder sizes) on the external sdcard. I used these apps to read the sdcard, but did not get any wiser.
I then obtained AirDroid from the Play Store and transferred files from S3 to the PC, but did not delete from or upload anything to the S3. AirDroid worked fine. I decided to use USB to delete S3 files a few days later. Before that I used the the PC for a couple days for reading online newspapers from Firefox, but did not do anything that should have changed the workings of the USB. There were a few Windows 7 updates (initiated at PC logoff) that progressed normally with no warnings about incompatible files etc. A few days later I noticed the USB connect to S3 had stopped working. For example I did not see the Auto-play dialog on the PC and nothing from the S3 showed in the Windows Explorer. I used the the USB data cable that came with the Samsung S3.
However, the the Windows Explorer USB connect still worked for a ZTE Blade III using the USB cable that came with the ZTE on the same PC.
Q1. how do I make Windows Explorer see the S3 again?
Q2. what may have been the cause? (can I download android apps or do something on the Windows 7 PC to help to pin-point the problem).
Ken
Q1. how do I make Windows Explorer see the S3 again?
Install Samsung USB drivers
jje
Thanks JJEgan,
What and from where should I download? The S3 USB connect was working for weeks. Could a faulty update from Microsoft have caused this? The S3 is not rooted.
I have downloaded from the Play Store that I assume contains well-behaved programs only, or are there play-store programs that are known to interfere with the USB by design/accident when they run. The PC Windows Explorer USB connect worked with the ZTE Blade 3 mobile after the S3 had gone wrong. If I install Samsung USB drivers is there a risk the ZTE USB connect would go wrong too/instead? I don't know what is required, so I might make the problem worse by downloading the wrong libraries or not doing it the right way.
Is there some program/app I can install on either the PC or Android that would pull in USB libraries and dependencies automatically, a bit like Synaptic package managers in Ubuntu?
I installed Windows XP 64 on my work computer and I can't connect properly with the data cable anymore. The computer recognizes the phone but it either thinks it's a camera or a media device, and the stupid windows default software that comes up for cameras or media devices doesn't let me just copy files from the computer to the phone's SD card like explorer. When I had XP 32 bit installed the data cable worked fine. How do I get the computer to recognize the phone as a generic device again or a gadget serial or whatever?
Try going to Samsung's website and downloading the drivers.
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Try going to Samsung's website and downloading the drivers.
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yes I know about that.
The explorer type interface came up correctly for a Vibrant last night. I didn't think that you had to install a separate driver for every different phone. Also works with Odin.
Device manager lists a samsung android adb interface as installed correctly.
The computer makes a device connect beep when I connect the i717.
But for whatever reason, when I connect the i717, I get a choice between accessing it as a camera or a media device in windows and either gets something that limits me to the DCIM folder or windows media player and neither one lets me put roms on the card. this looks like some kind of windows thing.
This question has been asked numerous times, but I found no resolution.
I have windows vista 64 bit, Galaxy s4 (SCH1545) running android 4.4.2. I have developer options enabled, and USB debugging is allowed. Phone is currently connected to the USB port as a media device, and in the windows explorer, it shows up as portable media player. I also have SD card installed in the phone where I keep my media files.
I just got my data cable yesterday, so I plugged my S4 into one of the ports in my USB splitter (4 ports). And all hell broke loose. My device wasn't recognized, the drivers weren't installing (cdc serial, samsung_android, the usual suspects).
Then I installed the samsung kies, it shows my device, but the drivers weren't installed still.
Then my windows started updates which failed to install the drivers over 10 times, I think. Then it dawned on me, the errors the updates were showing dealt with the device not being plugged in, and that I was going into the computer through a USB splitter.
So I shuffled my external drives around and freed one of the 2 USB ports on my computer. And I directly connected S4 into the USB, and repeated the windows driver updates, and it recognized the device. I even moved an mp4 file to the phone as a test and it worked fine.
But moving the same MP4 file back from the phone to a folder in windows, crashes the windows explorer. Every time.
Also if I try to launch the MP4 or AVI file that I moved into the SD card, from the folder in the phone, and it also crashes the windows explorer. Every time.
So I tried to launch any kind of media file (MP3 this time) on the phone using the windows, and it crashes the windows explorer every time.
So far the only way to get the file off my phone is to take the SD card out and put it into the windows. This works fine, but it's a hassle which is why I bought a data cable.
tl;dr
If I launch any media files in the phone using windows explorer, windows explorer crashes and restarts. If I try to copy the file from the phone to windows, explorer crashes and restarts, however, I can copy a file from the windows to the phone without explorer crashing.
What is a solution to this?
Maybe all you smart developers can come up with some hack or app or something.