very slow file browsing on win7 - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
A bit of background info :
I had to have my s3 replaced as I managed to crack the screen.
I took a KIES backup and also a CWM backup.
Once I got my new phone I restored the CWM image. then another reboot in download mode to root.
Now when i plug it in, it takes ages for it to come up in My computer, and once it comes up it is really slow to show all the folders.
If I try and copy anything it comes up with an error ( can't copy etc ).
I've reinstalled the win drivers , tried with usb debugging disabled, but still slow.
I reflashed CWM the other day and it was fast for a bit , but then when i tried the same evening it was back to slow.
I am running the LG8 firmware , reflashed it but still nothing.
I've updated KIES to the latest version , still slow.
Tested another usb port same thing.
It seems to do normal speed in download mode , so I'm guessing it's the drivers that are slowing it down. This didn't happen with the old phone, and I haven't changed the drivers.
I did try the LG6 firmware , but same thing....
I did run the "fix permissions" but that was a no go either !
So can anyone point me to a solution for this ?

same thing happens on my laptop, so I'm now thinking it's the phone

anyone ?

seems to work with KIES wifi..

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[Q] Help with connecting Vibrant to PC

So after searching the vast horizons of XDA I haven't found an answer that really helped me. Nor have I found someone with this distinct issue. I have an unlocked Samsung Vibrant. I have not rooted it. I updated to J16 with that P.O.S. Kies Mini a few months ago. I hadn't noticed this problem until the last month or so but I haven't had time to sit down and curse at my computer long enough or offer supplications to Google until now. I've just been using Awesome Drop to get what few files I wanted onto my phone. I've had enough of that now. And...I also want to update it to Froyo but I can't do that if I can't get my computer to see my phone. I'm running a Toshiba Satellite A205 with Windows Vista 32bit.
I have checked the drivers and as far as I can tell, I'm using the right ones. I downloaded Kies Mini again today (I deleted it after I was finished with J16 because I wanted it as far away from me as possible) and it seemed to say something about downloading drivers as well. I tried plugging in my phone. Nothing new. So, I went in search of drivers again. I have searched and tried a few different ones but nothing has solved my problem.
The phone charges fine from my laptop. It hooks up immediately and charges without a problem. Unfortunately, my phone seems to regard the PC as a complex wall-wart. Debugging on/off, USB Settings on Mass Storage, Kies, or Ask on connection, it doesn't matter. It doesn't give me the option to "mount" as it has in the past. It doesn't do anything except charge. I've seen some people say it's a problem with their cables (I've only got one at the moment) but since my phone charges fine, how can it be a problem with the cable?
Only thing I hadn't tried was a factory reset. So, I sucked it up and tried that. Nope. No change. At this point I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem, not a software problem.
I'm out of ideas. Anybody else?
Well you can always root it, install ROM manager from the market, install clockwork recovery, download the ROM you want to install in flashable .zip format from your phone and flash away. A new ROM might fix your USB issue.
If you don't want to root it, see if you can get into download mode, and flash a new ROM using Odin. I would check with a different cable first, just to be sure that's not the problem though. It might save you some headaches.
If it was me, I would just root it and load a custom 2.2 ROM. I would also get Titanium Backup from the market and backup my apps and would do a nandroid backup from recovery before flashing anything new just to be on the safe side.
There's some good info on how to do most of that in this sticky post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028

[Q] Download mode not recognised bin 7 (64 bit) - drivers are installed - no recovery

Hello
I've had this problem for a couple of days now and while Google is turning up plenty of threads and solutions nothing seems to be working.
Yesterday I tried to encrypt my SGSII and but it failed and would no longer boot. So I flashed a no ROM via recovery (there was a notice about corrupted memory) and restarted. Since then I've only been able to access the phones download mode. Most posts with this kind of problem suggest that Odin is required. Windows will not recognize my phone in while in download mode, therefore I can't use Odin. Windows will, however, recognize it as a Samsung SGSII in the device manager if I let the phone boot up and hang at the SGSII logo screen.
The things I've tried so far
Installing Kies
ONLY installing samsung usb drivers
Cleaning the usb port
Rebooting phone and pc several times
Tried different cables
Tried a different PC
Additional info: Last ROM I was running was one of the cyanogen 10 nighties.
Sorry everyone, I know this seems to be a pretty common problem but I'm just out of ideas to try.
So, do I need to buy a new phone? Any ideas would be really appreciated.
Cheers

S3 Bricked [Soft?]

Hello all, I have a GS3 international GT-I9300
I'll try to go through the story as fast as I can and give as much detail so you guys can understand how I got here.
Bought the phone unlocked, I was stock, I rooted and then I decided to install a new ROM. I went with Resurrection Remix, it was working great. I did this on a desktop back home. They released a new update to RR so I did a OTA update with "Update Me" apparently the thing flashed but it didn't, the phone still worked but NFC wasn't working as well as having lost root access and some other stuff wasn't working correctly, but I lived with it.
I moved to Florida (home is in NY) and I have a laptop with me, for some reason my laptop used to be able to transfer files to my S3, but it wasn't doing it any more after a while. So it would just charge it. I was in a hotel room last week trying to tether via USB but the PC wasnt having it, it could not locate the phone. This week I moved to a different hotel with internet and decided I would flash stock on my S3 to get rid of all these bugs and get root again, I tried flashing stock through recovery and it wasn't going, so I tried flashing RR again (this time downloaded from the site RR site) and it worked. Still no USB connection but I had root back. I looked around my PC and apparently the Samsung drives are not installing or something on my PC. I installed Kies, but nothing, I tried a stand alone driver install and nothing, so I just gave up and bought Mobile Odin pro from Gplay to try to flash again.
Mobile Odin for some reason (I blame it on myself) wasn't finding/flashing stock so again I decided to try and flash RR and see what would happen. It flashed RR and turned on fine. Then I just decided to look for an NFC fix on XDA. Once I found my NFC fix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32029713&postcount=8367) I decided to just copy the files to the system folder, NFC still not working, rebooted and NFC still no working, so I figured I would try to flash the fix through mobile odin seeing as how I can't get my PC to pick up on the USB. I tried flashing but MO just kept bouncing it back and re-booting into RR. Tried again and no flash. So I decided to again try and flash stock. I tried going into Recovery, the phone shut off like it always does, came back on but stayed in the Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 logo and would not move. I shut it off again, tried turning it on again and still stuck on the galaxy logo. Now, if I leave the phone off and plug in the USB, it won't show the battery charging image, it will actually turn straight onto the galaxy logo again and stay there. I can get the phone into download mode, but like I said my pc won't recognize the drivers.
Now, here are my questions:
What happened?
Can this be fixed?
Am I an idiot?
If I can get the drivers installed on another PC as well as Odin (1.85), will the new PC "see" the S3 or are the drivers on the phone deleted as well? (if that sort of thing can happen, idk.)
I'm going to see if I can borrow a buddy's PC and download the drivers as well as odin to try and bring my S3 back to life, I just want to know, what happens if I can't get the other PC to pick it up ether because the drivers on the phone are deleted (if that's a thing) or what I can expect if it is connected.
What are the steps or guides to follow here? I just got it into Download mode and it says on the top of the screen:
ODIN MODE
Product name: GT-I9300
Custom Binary Download: Yes (2 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
sorry , i am sometime getting headache reading long english text so i just briefly look over.
your PC doesn't recognize your S3 ? is that correct ? hmmm , is it possible that your PC (Microsoft Windows I assume?) system is damaged due to something like virus or some reasons ? i have encountered that kinda problem before and be OK after i reinstalled the system.
If it's a soft brick, then it can defiantly be fixed. You might, however, lose your data along the process.
Be glad it's not hard bricked
It happened to me many times, USB error "unknown device" connected. Only fix for it was reinstalling Windows so better if you can use different PC or laptop. Install Kies and other USB drivers. Restart computer, download and run Odin v 3.0x. Flash your phone.
If this doesn't work then maybe your phone have a problem with USB port?
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djembey said:
It happened to me many times, USB error "unknown device" connected. Only fix for it was reinstalling Windows so better if you can use different PC or laptop. Install Kies and other USB drivers. Restart computer, download and run Odin v 3.0x. Flash your phone.
If this doesn't work then maybe your phone have a problem with USB port?
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app
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Don't forget to delete kies as you only need the drivers
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Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try to fix tit today, I didn't get a chance to do it last night. If anything I'll update you guys with what's going on.
Like I was saying, I'll try using a different PC to fix it. Now, if I can't get Odin to recognize the phone, what would be the next step?

Connecting to Odin

I am literally having the worst time. I have to go to work in 30 minutes and my phone is now broken. All I wanted to do was update it so I found a rom for my Infuse but now that I installed it, my phone seems to be broken.
Now I am trying to get it back to its normal state, but the only way to do that is put it in download mode(which works fine) and plug it into Odin. But Odin will not detect it no matter what I do. I have tried everything and I am literally pulling out my hair because this is frustrating me so much.
I hear my pc detecting it. I download drivers. I tried installing drivers through kies, but it just sits at 0%. Then I downloaded the galaxy s drivers, which does nothing when I click the setup file(or at least I can't tell that it is doing something), and then I tried finding the download specifically for my device on the samsung website, but when I run that setup file it says Samsung Android USB Modem Software not installed succesfully (9).
I just want to fix my damn phone and this software will not detect it for the life of me.

[Q] Re-install the original software for Galaxy Mini

i was using the cwm and running on cm10 , and i decided to get back the original because the cm10 drains my battery ! , i got the original software file , and when i open the mob in download mode my PC shows me a weird message ( device failed enumeration ) !!!!! , and the odin never reads the device , i tried to re-install the cm10 with it's bootloader but no use !! what should i do to make my pc read the device in download mode , having the drivers of every samsung mobile installed right on my lap
minasameh said:
i was using the cwm and running on cm10 , and i decided to get back the original because the cm10 drains my battery ! , i got the original software file , and when i open the mob in download mode my PC shows me a weird message ( device failed enumeration ) !!!!! , and the odin never reads the device , i tried to re-install the cm10 with it's bootloader but no use !! what should i do to make my pc read the device in download mode , having the drivers of every samsung mobile installed right on my lap
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You might have TOO many Samsung drivers. I would uninstall all, reboot, and install the newest Kies to reinstall the latest ones. Other possible issues include the cord (even if it works to charge and/or on other phones - some Samsungs are picky), the PC USB ports (try them all), or the USB port could have issues (even if it works to charge). Sometimes it's easier to try another PC altogether. CM doesn't have it's own bootloaders. Sometimes they might ask you to update or be a specific version but they're still Samsung bootloaders so should not affect you in Download Mode. Another option is Mobile Odin if no luck with the connection still.

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