I have a Galaxy S4 that is flashed to Verizon Prepaid (originally U.S Cellular) I am trying to send pictures and files, like songs to and from my computer, but when I plug my phone into the laptop I hear a "bing" but nothing comes up. On previous smarthphones I've had, on the phone it would give me options to use as a disk drive ( where I could upload or download files to my phone) But I am not getting anything. I am new to the Galaxy series so I am not sure if its a setting or if its because its a flashed phone.
Also I was trying to use the Samsung Kies, but (after I installed the program) I'd plug my phone into the laptop but it would say device not supported. I am guessing because it's flashed ( it doesn't recognize it as a Galaxy S4 ) Will the Samsung Kies not work on a Flashed phone?
Thanks
jake
Use android file transfer if you are on a mac. If you're on windows you should just be able to see the sdcard and external card when you plug your phone into the computer.
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I see my device under device manager (sansung phone) but nothing pops up on the phone. I remember in past phones when you plugged it into a pc it would ask if you wanted to use as a charger or disk drive ( to share files )
I can send via bluetooth but thats the only way. Other than that I cant see the phone
Do you think its because it's flashed?
I think I get confused cuz I dont know what drivers to look for the original galaxy s4 (sch-r970) or am I supposed to find out what the phone is flashed too?
Or does that not matter??
I also can't get my phone to work through the Kies app. . Thinkn cuz it doesn't see a galaxy s4
NOTE. I'm on windows 8
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imowt said:
I see my device under device manager (sansung phone) but nothing pops up on the phone. I remember in past phones when you plugged it into a pc it would ask if you wanted to use as a charger or disk drive ( to share files )
I can send via bluetooth but thats the only way. Other than that I cant see the phone
Do you think its because it's flashed?
I think I get confused cuz I dont know what drivers to look for the original galaxy s4 (sch-r970) or am I supposed to find out what the phone is flashed too?
Or does that not matter??
I also can't get my phone to work through the Kies app. . Thinkn cuz it doesn't see a galaxy s4
NOTE. I'm on windows 8
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Boot into download mode(vol down+power)and plug in USB this should download Samsung USB drivers...once they are installed it should recognize the device
imowt said:
I see my device under device manager (sansung phone) but nothing pops up on the phone. I remember in past phones when you plugged it into a pc it would ask if you wanted to use as a charger or disk drive ( to share files )
I can send via bluetooth but thats the only way. Other than that I cant see the phone
Do you think its because it's flashed?
I think I get confused cuz I dont know what drivers to look for the original galaxy s4 (sch-r970) or am I supposed to find out what the phone is flashed too?
Or does that not matter??
I also can't get my phone to work through the Kies app. . Thinkn cuz it doesn't see a galaxy s4
NOTE. I'm on windows 8
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Should not matter what it's flashed to. Try uninstalling Kies and any other drivers or whatever else you've tried. Then go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
Scroll down a few and you'll see k1mu has a link to drivers that some ( including me ) have had better luck with. I have windows 8 as well and had a similar problem as you.
Hopefully that helps you
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usb trouble
Slowbalt said:
Use android file transfer if you are on a mac. If you're on windows you should just be able to see the sdcard and external card when you plug your phone into the computer.
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I see my device on my laptop ( Samsung android ) but nothing pops up on my phone, Shouldn't it ask me what I want to do?
And with Kies it says device not supported. Between it being Windows 8 and a flashed phone I think something is misfiring
What's weird is usually you get something when you plug a device into the USB. I get the "bing" but that's it
I have not a clue about "rooting" Not really sure if I should attempt it lol
Just found this through this site actually .. I think I may have found the issue. Settings on my phone found through "service codes"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51482346
Thanks SO much xda
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I have been trying all day to connect my Vibrant to my pc. I have downloaded the Samsung drivers but still no good. I know i need the nexus s drivers, I think i have found them and i installed them.
I am running CM7 I want to go back to stock so i can send to t-mobile. I got all the files I need to Odin flash back to stock. I just cant get into download mode because I cant connect to my PC. Can anyone point my to the right nexus s drivers or something. I have searched google many times and searched these and the nexus s forums. The ones i installed I found at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19AEbiWYULE
Thanks in advanced.
Sincerely,
The real Mr.Bauer
The Nexus S driver that ur supposed to install for CM7 can only be downloaded from the android SDK. u downloaded the actual nexus s drivers bundle, which have nothing to do with our vibrant, whether running CM7 or not.
The nexus s drivers (installed thru the SDK) allow our phone to be recognized by adb because it upgrades the drivers to be compatible with gingerbread
Assuming u have the SDK intalled, just open up the SDKmanager and update the USB driver.
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I tried that i did this
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
I got revision 4 downloaded but i cant install it when i plug my " Android powered phone" in it does not see it in device manager.
I am using my brothers lg g2x cord to do all this i read somewhere that some people could not get it to work with other cords like a "4g cord".
Hmm I think we just found the problem lol. I've noticed a few people mention that other USB chords wont work for the vibrant. I never really had any trouble with any blackberry chords, but I've had two seperate LG chords that refuse to cooperate with the vibrant. One of them wouldn't even charge in my car.
I'd suggest to try using ur stock cable to connect it to the pc. That might just do the trick.
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I tried that i did this
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
I got revision 4 downloaded but i cant install it when i plug my " Android powered phone" in it does not see it in device manager.
I am using my brothers lg g2x cord to do all this i read somewhere that some people could not get it to work with other cords like a "4g cord".
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Use the stock USB.
Well i live in Washington and I forgot my charger. Im in Minneapolis right now so i guess i'm stuck tell i fly back on wendsday night. Ill update this post then. Thanks for the help.
Heimdall might pick it up ... worth a shot..
Alright I got home and plugged the stock cable in and it worked right away. Thanks for the help.
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latest google usb you can use.
http://www.mediafire.com/?vugbd358l4si4p4
fix for USB connection problem for Vibrant with CM7
Thank you maoten,
The link you posted solved my problem.
I had the same problem after installing CM7; couldn't connect using ADB.
What I did was:
1. Downloaded the zip from the link you gave and unzipped into a local folder on my disk
2. Connected my Vibrant to the computer.
3. Right Clicked the Vibrant with the question mark in device manger > update drivers > selected the folder with the downloaded drivers.
4. Next... Next etc.
5. reconnected the Vibrant and now it is recognized as Android Phone / Android Composite ADB Interface.
6. (I also killed the ADB server by "adb kill-server" but I am not sure it's a must).
Ok, got a usb jig and can get into download mode no problem. I can't get phone to be recognized as anything other than an unknown device. Tried the samsung usb drivers as well as the adk drivers. 2 different pc's and 3 different cables. I am running CM7 and I want it back to factory so I can flash something that will allow me to save my family in the event of a fire. Odin never recognizes the phone. Is there someone who has went back to stock from cm7 on a vibrant and could provide me with the proper drivers?
Thank you!
What I did is I downloaded kies mini ince installed on the PC. Plug in the phone and it will download the required drivers for your phone. Once its completed power offthe phone get into download mode and turn on Odin. It should work. Worked for me
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Device manager right click on (!) Install drivers. Browse my comp...find the driver folder and install. Hope this helps.
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Dont ever use kies. That **** sucks
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Yeah, Kies Mini is a very easy and effective method of installing Samsung Drivers. OP, I suggest you try it.
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Kies will work just dont use it for updates
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vabeachfc3s said:
Kies will work just dont use it for updates
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Exactly
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hi guys, i really need help with this, i was updating my friends phone from froyo to gingerbread. the update was successfully done on the galaxy fit, but the problem was, i accidentally installed the update for the galaxy fit on the galaxy ace, w/c caused the screen to go colored and it wont even go to recovery mode nor do the hard reset on the phone. i also tried to reinstall the correct package on the galaxy ace but the computer wont even recognize the phone. so i need help on what to do. ive been searching all over the internet for the solution to this. hope you can help me out with this.
Odin
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Odin
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He said he can't even get Odin to detect his phone , what makes you think Odin will work ?
@OP I think you might wanna send it to service center.....
Ace-ing all tests.
EmoBoiix3 said:
He said he can't even get Odin to detect his phone , what makes you think Odin will work ?
@OP I think you might wanna send it to service center.....
Ace-ing all tests.
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He said the computer won't recognize the phone. Maybe you need to learn how to read. When using Odin or cwm to flash anything it doesn't touch download mode. That's a untouched partion.
Op try to boot into download mode then connect your phone n see if Odin recognizes the phone. If so you can use Odin to restore the phone.
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He said the computer won't recognize the phone.
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If it's a Windows based PC, he should check to make sure he has USB drivers installed. If the drivers aren't installed, when he connects the phone to the PC it should detect the phone and try to install USB drivers. If it doesn't find any it will ask for a location to install them from. I forget if I installed them separately, or if they got installed when I loaded Kies.
But if he has the proper USB drivers installed, and the phone doesn't show up in Windows Explorer as a new drive in a few seconds... it's probably a problem with the phone that might mean sending it back to Samsung for repairs.
hard brick
give it to service
only thing that can help u now is z3box (and other similar tool)
EDIT: Deleted my reply about drivers. It was redundant and other replies come from people with much more experience.
My friend has done this too before, only Service Center or RIFF(?) JTAG Box can save you.
@ Service centre blame kies for everything (If Kies wasn't so useless- we wouldn't need to update with Odin.
Harry GT-S5830 said:
@ Service centre blame kies for everything (If Kies wasn't so useless- we wouldn't need to update with Odin.
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I think you got this from me
Computer wont recognize my device anymore. I have downloaded every set of drivers from this forum, from the samsung website, I even tried downloading kies but it wouldnt recognize it either.
It worked before I did the following and now it doesnt.
First I rooted my phone with route 66 everything was going fine until I made the huge mistake (not knowing) and downloaded rom manager so that I could do a nandroid backup. Well as we all know now, you cant do that. So I got the deadly uellow verizon triangle saying unauthorized software bring it to the store. So I went through the xda forums and found the one that told me how to fix it. I used odin with the alternate restore and got it back up and running. So I wanted to go back and use adams one click unlock and root. I got everything downloaded and ready. I put my phone in developer mode and plugged it in. It starts trying to find the drivers and then it flips from debugger mode to media mode everytime. It starts seeing it as everything but a samsung phone. It says found camera and even cd rom but not the phone. I have read through everything and tried everything I could think of but I am at a loss. PLEASE HELP
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brandi1693 said:
Computer wont recognize my device anymore. I have downloaded every set of drivers from this forum, from the samsung website, I even tried downloading kies but it wouldnt recognize it either.
It worked before I did the following and now it doesnt.
First I rooted my phone with route 66 everything was going fine until I made the huge mistake (not knowing) and downloaded rom manager so that I could do a nandroid backup. Well as we all know now, you cant do that. So I got the deadly uellow verizon triangle saying unauthorized software bring it to the store. So I went through the xda forums and found the one that told me how to fix it. I used odin with the alternate restore and got it back up and running. So I wanted to go back and use adams one click unlock and root. I got everything downloaded and ready. I put my phone in developer mode and plugged it in. It starts trying to find the drivers and then it flips from debugger mode to media mode everytime. It starts seeing it as everything but a samsung phone. It says found camera and even cd rom but not the phone. I have read through everything and tried everything I could think of but I am at a loss. PLEASE HELP
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Turn off your phone, connect to your computer with the USB cord and turn back on your phone. It should start the drivers and connect to your device.
smalk said:
Turn off your phone, connect to your computer with the USB cord and turn back on your phone. It should start the drivers and connect to your device.
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I tried that, it is still not seeing it like it is supposed to. I was able to get Odin to recognize it so that I could flash the rooted stock again but I can't get Casual Jailbreak to work. I'm not sure if it is because the drivers or not but I am guessing it has something to do with it. Every time I plug it in, it starts searching for drivers and then always switches from usb debugging mode to media mode. The checkmark is still in usb debugging but I don't think it actually is. You can watch it go from device as installer to media.
Are you using the driver install app (zadig i think its called) to install the heimdall driver on top of "gadget serial". Looking at your other post it seems like a driver issue. One thing ive noticed is, if odin can see the device then heimdalll cant and vice/versa. So if odin can see it you have the wrong driver, if you are infact installing the heimdall driver my second question is, does windows xp x64 use driver sig enforcement like win7 x64 does? if so you probably need to disable it. Just throwing my $0.02 out there.
Are you using the official USB cable? I had an aftermarket cable that had worked for months, then decided to quit working. It works with other devices just not the Note2. Changed to my original cable and all is well.
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Are you using the official USB cable?
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Also try plugging it in to the PC and not through a hub/keyboard/monitor port
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If it sees the device in the dumb verizon cd mode thing and ptp than it can see adb. Its not the cable. however i would try setting the usb debugging first than set it to camera mode. adb should still be able to pick it up
Thank you everyone for your help, I finally got the drivers working and the bootloader unlocked
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Thank you everyone for your help, I finally got the drivers working and the bootloader unlocked
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How? Fixing to unlock my spanking new note also. I had the drivers issues late last night. When installing drivers through the Z app I never could get it to install Samsung usb drivers nor did I see serial gadget option. Running Windows Vista 64bit. I know I have Java.
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hey everyone, so ive have went thru all the threads i can find, done alot of research and have come up short. seems like alot of the users with the Verizon I605 Samsung Note 2 have the same problem, not connecting to their PC's.
-ive restarted both my note 2 and my PC numerous times.
-ive installed/uninstalled/re-installed the official Samsung website device drivers
-tried other USB ports
-tried up to 4 different USB/Mini USB cords
-made sure USB debugging was switched on
-Tried Samsung Kies, come to find out it doesn't support the I605 Note 2
-called Verizon and Samsung directly and both actually offered me a position as a tech after i told them all the things i did to figure it out, because it was way more then they could handle.
i know it has connected before, as i have done it once or twice a few weeks back but now it wont connect, drivers fail to install, and nothing else works. i have also tried every other method mentioned in the other threads. nothing has worked.
is there any fix for this? was it cause by the latest update?
im running 4.1.2/ VRAMC3
and im using Windows 7
please anyone lmk if there is a fix for this. ive exhausted all avenues known to me. thanks in advance.
Happened to me too, it's USB port in your computer. If you have any other computer or laptop try using that.
You can also try wireless connection for file transfer.
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Hope you found your answer. If not have this moved. This was posted in the sprint version of the note 2 forums.
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The appropriate forum would probably be more helpful.
Plus, are you getting any error messages? I've had issues with connecting the Sprint GN2. If I install the Samsung Drivers, I get a "Missing Hardware ID" error. I just found it's better not to install drivers. Let Windows install what drivers it can. Not all the drivers will install and will get an error message about device not successfully installed. But enough install that the GN2 will connect so you can move files around for MTP. See a thread I did back in December, linky
Also, you can try out SG Flash Drive Enabler. I've tried it out. It works pretty well. It has quirks, but does allow you to use your SDHC card as a flash drive. You have to use the MTP to access the phone's storage.
oh man...*face palm* sorry about posting in the wrong forum guys, i was about to crash and i didn't even realize. my mad.
MODS: please move this to the correct Forum section at your earliest convenience, thanks :silly:
i have found that airdroid does work for wifi file transfers for such things as pictures, music...etc. but im wanting to root my note 2 and it needs a direct line from the phone to the pc to work.
ill check out those links posted up and see what how it goes. but we still need a fix for this. kinda lame only (well most) the verizon SN2 is having this problem.
flip06 said:
...im wanting to root my note 2 and it needs a direct line from the phone to the pc to work....
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You may want to use ToolKit. I believe it's setup for AT&T tool. Uninstall KIES and all the samsung driver on the your PC. Choose to have ToolKit install the drivers. It should get your enough connection for ADB to work and be able to root and install a custom recovery. I had to use it a couple days ago to get a custom recovery back on the GN2 and I was getting the Missing Hardware ID error and still worked.
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You may want to use ToolKit. I believe it's setup for AT&T tool. Uninstall KIES and all the samsung driver on the your PC. Choose to have ToolKit install the drivers. It should get your enough connection for ADB to work and be able to root and install a custom recovery. I had to use it a couple days ago to get a custom recovery back on the GN2 and I was getting the Missing Hardware ID error and still worked.
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Ive done that very process. Uninstalled kies and installed the toolkit drives. Some reason it would sort of connect but then disconnect. Never stayed on and wasnt able to be picked up as connected on the Odin program.
flip06 said:
Ive done that very process. Uninstalled kies and installed the toolkit drives. Some reason it would sort of connect but then disconnect. Never stayed on and wasnt able to be picked up as connected on the Odin program.
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I had a problem in windows 7 where it would connet to Windows update and try to get drivers for everything once they were connected. I turned off windows looking at windows update for drivers, uninstalled the driver for the phone, then installed Samsung's drivers. my phone showed up in windows again. now im able to get to both sd cards.. did you try that?
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I had a problem in windows 7 where it would connet to Windows update and try to get drivers for everything once they were connected. I turned off windows looking at windows update for drivers, uninstalled the driver for the phone, then installed Samsung's drivers. my phone showed up in windows again. now im able to get to both sd cards.. did you try that?
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That's what I did to fox it as well
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PuffJr2 said:
I had a problem in windows 7 where it would connet to Windows update and try to get drivers for everything once they were connected. I turned off windows looking at windows update for drivers, uninstalled the driver for the phone, then installed Samsung's drivers. my phone showed up in windows again. now im able to get to both sd cards.. did you try that?
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where did you go on windows 7 to turn off the above mentioned? the middle part confuses me a bit. so your saying you turned off the windows feature to look for driver updates when the phone is connected via USB?
if you dont mind, please walk me thru your process. thanks in advance.
flip06 said:
where did you go on windows 7 to turn off the above mentioned? the middle part confuses me a bit. so your saying you turned off the windows feature to look for driver updates when the phone is connected via USB?
if you dont mind, please walk me thru your process. thanks in advance.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606(v=ws.10).aspx
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shangrila500 said:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606(v=ws.10).aspx
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I was just abput to refer this link to him. you beat me too it! loljooo
shangrila500 said:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606(v=ws.10).aspx
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thank you so much for the link. but still no dice. i uninstalled the drivers i had before, did your method, and then downloaded the drivers again from the toolkit. i still dont get a serial number in the toolkit showing the drivers are good to go, and the phone still doesn't connect.
WHAT THE DEUCE?!
flip06 said:
thank you so much for the link. but still no dice. i uninstalled the drivers i had before, did your method, and then downloaded the drivers again from the toolkit. i still dont get a serial number in the toolkit showing the drivers are good to go, and the phone still doesn't connect.
WHAT THE DEUCE?!
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Do you have Kies installed? I have to have Kies installed along with the other drivers to use Casual, Odin, or any of the other tools
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Do you have Kies installed? I have to have Kies installed along with the other drivers to use Casual, Odin, or any of the other tools
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Kies was un-installed per instuctions on the toolbox. i guess i could try and re-install it and retry everything.
EDIT: just remembered that Kies dosnt support the Verizon Note 2....lame sauce.
Source: https://community.verizonwireless.com/message/966503
i am going to try to download a older driver that was working before and see if that works. its linked near the bottom of the above posted link in one of the replies. ill come back with results.
ok so i downloaded the samsung drivers version 1.4.6.0 and followed the directions on the link i provided above. the drivers installed successfully, but the CASUAL(R515b) No You Verizon! program doesn't seem to see the phone connected to the computer. and just continually loops. sigh...this is getting to get stupid. such a simple task yet its not connecting.
EDIT: the drivers SAY they have installed successfully, but the computer still doesn't recognize the phone is connected. even reads on the phone that the software wasnt found to connect to the computers, and the CASUAL program also tells me that the phone isnt connected....sigh...seriously....WTF.
When you install your driver's on your pc you need to restart your pc...have you tryed that?
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flip06 said:
Kies was un-installed per instuctions on the toolbox. i guess i could try and re-install it and retry everything.
EDIT: just remembered that Kies dosnt support the Verizon Note 2....lame sauce.
Source: https://community.verizonwireless.com/message/966503
i am going to try to download a older driver that was working before and see if that works. its linked near the bottom of the above posted link in one of the replies. ill come back with results.
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While Kies does not officially support the VZW Note 2 it is the only way me and my friends can get our PCs to see our Note 2s, that's the only reason I ask and it is usually par for course. Its what's suggested in these cases if it isn't already installed. It can hurt to give it a shot and see if it helps anything, if not you can just uninstall it again.
Also check out the OP in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2304481
And if that doesn't help you can always try the code in the last post of this page and see if it works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033870&page=2
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mr pnut said:
When you install your driver's on your pc you need to restart your pc...have you tryed that?
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yup tried that.
shangrila500 said:
While Kies does not officially support the VZW Note 2 it is the only way me and my friends can get our PCs to see our Note 2s, that's the only reason I ask and it is usually par for course. Its what's suggested in these cases if it isn't already installed. It can hurt to give it a shot and see if it helps anything, if not you can just uninstall it again.
Also check out the OP in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2304481
And if that doesn't help you can always try the code in the last post of this page and see if it works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033870&page=2
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ive redownloaded it, so ill give it another try. are you saying just have it downloaded and then do nothing with it? or do you somehow get it to connect? i mean just having it as a presents on the computer to have something else connect seems odd to me but hell im down for whatever at this point. ima load it up now and try.