Cannot Copy Item - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I'm having problems with my S3. I'm trying to copy a ROM over to the internal storage via USB. It's connected and I can view all the files and directories. However, when I go to copy the ROM over, I get this error:
Cannot copy item
The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected.
I did have it rooted with CWM and custom ROMs, but I flashed the leaked official JB and have had this problem since. I've flashed back to stock ICS and still no luck...

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I have the same problem! Bump
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OOooh I think I found the solution!!!!!!
"MTP Device Cannot Start code 10" error message
I get an "MTP Device Cannot Start, error code 10" error message when I connect my Sansa player to a PC running Windows XP. What can I do?
1. Make sure you are logged in as an administrator
2. If connected, disconnect your player from the PC
3. Open your command prompt, click Start select Run
4. Type cmd then press Enter
5. Type the following after the prompt: Net localgroup Administrators local service /add then press Enter
NOTE: A "The command completed successfully" message should appear.
6. Close the command prompt and reconnect the Sansa player.
-Just CMD on start menu, right click and run as administrator and do as it says here
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Edit: Didn't work Well, it worked on installing drivers that failed, but still I can't copy files.. I still get that message..... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Another edit: I think it's because your file is corrupt.. I now noticed that I can copy other files than the gapps.zip I was trying on....

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keem85 said:
I have the same problem! Bump
---------- Post added at 10:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:56 PM ----------
OOooh I think I found the solution!!!!!!
"MTP Device Cannot Start code 10" error message
I get an "MTP Device Cannot Start, error code 10" error message when I connect my Sansa player to a PC running Windows XP. What can I do?
1. Make sure you are logged in as an administrator
2. If connected, disconnect your player from the PC
3. Open your command prompt, click Start select Run
4. Type cmd then press Enter
5. Type the following after the prompt: Net localgroup Administrators local service /add then press Enter
NOTE: A "The command completed successfully" message should appear.
6. Close the command prompt and reconnect the Sansa player.
-Just CMD on start menu, right click and run as administrator and do as it says here
---------- Post added at 10:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:18 PM ----------
Edit: Didn't work Well, it worked on installing drivers that failed, but still I can't copy files.. I still get that message..... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
---------- Post added at 10:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:21 PM ----------
Another edit: I think it's because your file is corrupt.. I now noticed that I can copy other files than the gapps.zip I was trying on....
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I'm having the same copy issue. I've tried downloading multiple different ROMs and copying them over to the internal storage and it seems like it's a crap shoot whether they work or I get the "cannot copy" error. Of course the ROMs I want to flash are the ones that won't work. I'm on a newly flashed Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.

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I had the same challenge with 4.1.2 at the beginning. I found out that somehow my kernel (Siyah RC1) was the issue, after installing RC3 and also now with 1.7 it works fine.

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chrismast said:
I had the same challenge with 4.1.2 at the beginning. I found out that somehow my kernel (Siyah RC1) was the issue, after installing RC3 and also now with 1.7 it works fine.
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I flashed back to my original jr03o build and I'm still having the issue. Specifically I'm trying to copy the new 4.2 ROM from MMuzzy to internal storage but still no dice.

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Have same issue with galaxy note. was working fine, then data reset and installed CWM + recovery, tehn all of a sudden I cant copy ROMs over. Although I can make and delte folders on the phones storage from the PC.

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still nothing
gcappa said:
Have same issue with galaxy note. was working fine, then data reset and installed CWM + recovery, tehn all of a sudden I cant copy ROMs over. Although I can make and delte folders on the phones storage from the PC.
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I have galaxy S3 int with many roms in my extcard..
i dont know what to do..!! pls help guys
i ve done everything above and still nothing..

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I had this problem too not sure how to fix it but a nice work around is using airdroid from Google Play its free and works a charm.
I cant post a link as I'm a newbie

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+1
From time to time im experiencing the same problem.

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Try
Right-click on the ROM > Click Properties > Click Unblock
Had this problem and this fixed it.

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had this problem, spent one hour doing research online trying to solve it.
here is the solution:
Your file is corrupted, download it again!!!
lol

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jcsawyer said:
Hi,
I'm having problems with my S3. I'm trying to copy a ROM over to the internal storage via USB. It's connected and I can view all the files and directories. However, when I go to copy the ROM over, I get this error:
Cannot copy item
The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected.
I did have it rooted with CWM and custom ROMs, but I flashed the leaked official JB and have had this problem since. I've flashed back to stock ICS and still no luck...
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Do you tick USB debugging in developer option, if YES, do you disable media storage from startup, if No, my answer is try other USB, OTG cable. Goodluck!

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Cannot copy item
Hi.... was having the same problem...:crying:
After a day long research, I found the solution.....:victory:
connected my phone with another PC and it worked there...means having problem with my PC not in S3 I9300...
Thanks.

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Thanks!
david0916 said:
had this problem, spent one hour doing research online trying to solve it.
here is the solution:
Your file is corrupted, download it again!!!
lol
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Hahahaha thank you!
Worked for me!

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Hi,for Galaxy S4 just download USB MASS Storage Enabler and run it ,you will have no problems copying after that!

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most of the copy problem like this mainly caused by the USB line or the USB port...
especially when problem happens when copy big files

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quato79 said:
Hi,for Galaxy S4 just download USB MASS Storage Enabler and run it ,you will have no problems copying after that!
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Worked a charm on the S3 aswell, Thanks

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treklos said:
Try
Right-click on the ROM > Click Properties > Click Unblock
Had this problem and this fixed it.
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This did not work for me. For me the issue was that the download in chrome of the rom was "complete", but it was not. IT was only 120mb in stead of 200+, so the file was corrupt. This is why I could not copy it.
Redownloaded, worked.

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Maybe Kies Service is running in the background? You can reinstall the Samsung USB Device Driver on your machine. You also can uninstall the device driver installed by the system when you plug in the device the first time. Maybe this helps.

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Hi! What I did was I put whatever I wanted to copy into a folder (in my case it was a ROM i.e. a zip file) and then tried to copy and it worked.
TRY THIS
if not copy, try cutting (you can copy it back later)