Hi All...
Not sure if this is ROM related, ie a bug, but I seem to have trouble connecting as MTP. I know I connected before changing to the Jelly Thunder ROM as MTP without issue. I connect my phone to the usb port and its set already to PTP and then I try to switch it to MTP and it automatically unselects itself and selects PTP again.
Things Ive tried to resolve:
I read something about having USB debugging on may affect it so I tried turning that off, but no luck.
I tried reinstalling the Samsung Drivers from their site and no change.
I also tried the Kies drivers resinstall and that didn't help.
I have tried to mess with the registry the the "upperfilters" solution found on many SG3 pages with the same problem and that didn't help (plus I don't have a "upperfilters" key, but one solution had me adding it and then removing it in some sequence of having the phone connected to computer and removed).
I tried adding my device ID to the wpdmtp.inf file as one SG3 thread suggests and that didn't help.
I am fresh out of ideas to try. One suggestion from another member in the Jelly Thunder thread, where I first posted this question, suggested trying the hidden menus mod, which I have yet to try. I feel like I shouldn't have to go to that measure to get this to work. There was also some talk on another SG3 thread about doing a factory wipe on the phone to fix it. WHAT?... that seems like a hell of an answer.... loose everything and have to start over with settings and the like.
Any help greatly appreciated...
Thanks in advance...
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Posted this on the general discussion section but have had no replies, hopefully someone here can help?
Hi everyone, first, this is my first post, new to the forums, at least as a registered user. I have a problem with my phone. I know most of you are wondering why I have not just read the other posts on the forums, but I have. I have attempted every solution to the problem posted previously.
Background: Phone: Samsung charge.
I was being impatient and did not want to wait for the gingerbread update form Verizon. I flashed the leaked gingerbread 2.3.4 onto my phone using odin. Everything went great. I was able to use my phone with no problems except shortened battery life, but nothing major. About a month ago the battery life was impossible to maintain and there were some software bugs, like clicks during calls, startup taking forever, around 2 minutes on average!, and random restarts that never happened before. I decided to look up some fixes and found that verizon and samsung had released GB 2.3.6 for the charge. I got excited and decided I wanted to get that, but I could not via OTA. I read some forum posts and they mentioned attempting a factory reset on the phone then trying OTA update. I went ahead with factory reset and everything went fine. My startup time is around 25 seconds now and no random clicks or gliches, but still not on 2.3.6, which was the whole point. I then decided to just flash the stock 2.3.6 rom to the phone.
Problem: When I plug my phone in to multiple computers it will charge but not connect to the computer. This means on my Mac it does not show as an external drive, which it has in the past. On my windows 7 machine it says that drivers were installed but could not be used (I can get the exact quote if needed.) I attempted to go into device manager and solve problem that way but it shows my phone as "unknown device". I have tried to enter download mode when hooked up to windows computers and no connection is found.
Possible solutions attempted and their outcomes:
1. As stated, I attempted the method shown in a thread on droid forums for installing the samsung drivers. I have attempted multiple times to install the drivers on my windows machine and the device remains "unknown".
2. I have attempted multiple cables on multiple computers, both mac and windows 7. No change.
3. I have installed adb and attempted to locate devices using adb devices command on mac. No devices found.
4. I have attempted all methods with both usb debugging checked and unchecked.
5. I have tried every possible usb port I have.
Ideas/questions I have had that I have no idea are possible or how to fix!
Would a factory reset take away the ability to connect to a computer from my phone. So, is there a piece of software in the build I have that controls the connection between the computer and the phone, an identifier of sorts, which is now missing, now that I have reset the leaked ROM.
Is there a way to flash a new ROM without connecting to a computer, via the sd card, and what is that? I have read some things in other posts but am too much of a n00b to understand most of them when using sdcards.
ANY help will be greatly appreciated. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! I have been at this for at least 6 hours, sifting through forums, searching google, attempting fixes that others have stated worked for them, only to fail every time. Thank you all.
have you try on a different pc?
maybe on your PC there is some problem with the drivers.
Moreover to connect via
adb u must enable Debug mode on your device in the application menu.
To flash kernel or other directly from your sd you can use the clockwordmode, but to install it you must before
install it and i fear you must use your cable connection
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I have tried multiple PCs and a mac, even windows on bootcamp. I have installed drivers on every one, even uninstalled and reinstalled on one. One PC, my laptop was a fresh windows install (it was a linux box but I needed windows to use Odin). I was in debug mode and not in debug mode when attempting adb. Thanks for the suggestions though. As I said, I have tried numerous things and am completely stuck! so frustrating!
"I attempted to go into device manager and solve problem that way but it shows my phone as "unknown device"
Exactly there... you can try to force device to install a different driver.
Double click the unknown device then driver then update driver then find software in your computer then choose manually from a list of device drivers in your computer then show all devices you should see "android adb interface" or something related to google or android.
Try it... i hope this can help you.
I have the International (i9300) S3 and am running Temasek's ROM (v99.4), but I cannot connect it to my PC via USB. I am currently using AirDroid for all my Phone to PC transfers, but ADB is also not working and this will cause a problem in the future if I manage to brick my device. The only way to use ADB on my device currently is to boot into recovery (PhilZ Touch 5). This problem has been occurring for that last few months, but as I believe it is an isolated incident I didn't post about it. I decided to start this thread to see if anyone was having the same problem and to see if anyone found a work-around or fix for it.
Thanks in advance,
MiracleM4n
EDIT: Turns out it was my cord. For some reason the stock Samsung Micro-USB cable was not working correctly.
have you enabled debugging in developer options, or tried reinstalling all drivers
Thanks for the quick reply. Yes I have reinstalled all drivers and I do have it enabled in Developers Options. It does not show up in Device Manager as "Other devices" so this leads me to believe that it might be an issue with the device itself.
I have tried reinstalling using drivers from Faryaab's thread and it is still not working. I believe this might be an issue I am going to have to live with.
Ok, so I found a few older threads on this, but no tips in them seem to work in my case. I can't seem to get my S4 to see the PC/USB connection and prompt to select Media Device or the like. The USB icon never even appears in the notification bar. The PC recognizes connection (USB tone sounds) and shows device ready to use, but phone never gives the option. Doesn't seem to matter if USB Debugging is checked or not, or anything else that I can find so far. Here's the things I can generally eliminate:
2 different USB cables worked on wife's S4 on two different PCs. Neither cable or PC worked with my S4
Tried reinstalling Samsung USB drivers just to be sure
Cold booted phone
Tried unchecking and re-checking USB debugging (also tried with it unchecked)
So when we take in working fine on wife's S4, I'd generally guess that we can eliminate cable and PC from the potential problem list. Phone is currently on stock rom, but rooted. Outside of that and freezing VZ Support, Knox, and VZ Tones, no other modifications to the OS. At this point, I'm pretty stumped. Any suggestions on other steps to try?
The problem is your USB settings in the hidden dialers. Look for tutorials on how to enable them, and once found, type *#0808#, and a list of usb otions will come up. Pick any with MTP and they'll work again.
Worked perfect. Thanks muchly!
aidankiller4 said:
The problem is your USB settings in the hidden dialers. Look for tutorials on how to enable them, and once found, type *#0808#, and a list of usb otions will come up. Pick any with MTP and they'll work again.
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Not to threadjack, but...
On a related issue, win update tried to update my samsung ADP, etc drivers and failed. Ever since, I cannot connect to the PC. The PC doesn't even notice that the phone is connected. I tried the above fix to no avail (it is set to MTP) I uninstalled and reinstalled kies, tried troubleshooting the usb connection, ect...
Please help.
Im_Gumby said:
On a related issue, win update tried to update my samsung ADP, etc drivers and failed. Ever since, I cannot connect to the PC. The PC doesn't even notice that the phone is connected. I tried the above fix to no avail (it is set to MTP) I uninstalled and reinstalled kies, tried troubleshooting the usb connection, ect...
Please help.
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Try installing/reinstalling Kies, it comes bundled with all the samsung drivers you'll need
Tried that. Twice. To no avail.
But it is no longer a problem. I installed eclipse rom and it now works again.
Who knows what went wrong...
And now it's not working again. Reinstalled (dirty) the ROM without any change. Thoughts?
Hey guys. I'm having some big problems here.
The thing is,Odin was reading my phone perfectly when in download mode before. Now,it just doesn't wants to do that. I tried everything possible. Starting from different versions of Odin and ending on reinstalling samsung drivers/kies. Can anyone help me with that? Seriously,this is the first time I can't solve a problem.
Btw,I can't try any other cable for now,but I remember having same problems with other three cables I had and problem was getting solved by reinstalling drivers or using connecting to another port. But now nothing works.
Any help?
It's either a lead or windows issue, find a guide on how to completely remove USB drivers and devices.
Hey guys! I was hoping I could figure this out myself, but seeing as I haven't I resulted in asking the community for help!
I have been on here countless times resolving plenty of issues with my phone, but I cannot seem to find the right answer to my problem or problems!
So here it goes!
Okay, so, I have a galaxy S5 Active (G870A) and Windows 10. I am trying to unroot it and start fresh again since everything seems to be messing up with the phone i.e not charging when plugged into wall outlet or computer or car, not wanting to connect to computer etc.
I am currently trying to get it to connect to my computer so I can do what I need to do in order to start clean and fresh again, but for some reason I keep getting "USB device not recognized"
I have tried everything the internet as told me to do. Change usb settings in my power plan. Unplug power supply, turn off computer, plug in USB. Reinstalling drivers etc. It has just started doing this for some odd reason and I have no idea what it is and yes I have put in *#0808# to change the USB settings. I've tried updating my phone (nope), I've tried updating my windows (nope), I've reinstalled my chipset (nope)
Right now, any advice will be very helpful Thank you guys!
OH! I can try and send a debug list if that would help you guys???? Not sure! If there is any info you need please let me know!
*Bump* Thank you in advance