[Q] Windows 8.1 comparability with S4? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

I recently changed my laptop to yoga pro 2
and this computer has windows 8.1 pre-installed.
my verizon s4 was already rooted and I was able to odin using this laptop.
Now, I'm trying to re-root, but saferoot is not responding to my s4.
For the phone, usb debugging is enabled and for the laptop, samsung usb driver is installed through kies.
Is 8.1 not comparable with S4 or am I missing something?

qudwis said:
I recently changed my laptop to yoga pro 2
and this computer has windows 8.1 pre-installed.
my verizon s4 was already rooted and I was able to odin using this laptop.
Now, I'm trying to re-root, but saferoot is not responding to my s4.
For the phone, usb debugging is enabled and for the laptop, samsung usb driver is installed through kies.
Is 8.1 not comparable with S4 or am I missing something?
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I think all drivers installed automatically for me on 8.1, and adb/odin worked fine.
On 7, my S4 wasn't recognised other than MTP/PTP while on and Samsung drivers did nothing, but this worked perfectly: https://github.com/koush/UniversalAdbDriver

Yeah you should be able to just install the drivers and it will work not sure if the link just posted will work but if not there not hard to find. Just google s4 root and any number of links will have the drivers on hand.

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[Q] Win7 64 Cannot Connect phone mini Kies Froyo Update

So, quick backstory. I have two PC's at home. A brand new win 7 64 bit laptop, and an older XP desktop. Neither will recognize my vibrant, and never have. At work, I have a win XP desktop, and I can connect the phone to that and use mass USB storage and move stuff around just fine, so I've gotten by in that regard in these 6 long months.
Then comes this #$%%^$#$ Froyo update. Who thought it would be easy?
I have downloaded kies on each machine. (As well as ODIN, but same issues.....computer/phone wont communicate). I cannot get my two home computers to connect to the phone, no matter what settings. BTW, I have rooted my phone with OCLF and subsequently un-rooted before trying any of the following. I have not flashed or updated the phone otherwise with any other software, other than what apps are available in the market.
I've tried
-USB Debugging on/off
-all 10 USB ports between the three PC's in all configurations
-deleted all USB drivers and restarted on both computers
-installed the appropriate drivers from samsung for each pc
-wasted 7 hours with samsung support troubleshooting to no avail
The USB cable is fine. The most promising progress is on my work PC, where I got Mini Kies going, connected and started the update, it finished decompressing the binary files, but then a USB not recognized warning pop up and kies kicked out the update.
I have installed, reinstalled the drivers for each system several times with samsung support. Nothing is working.
I don't know what else to do. This is the most frustrating experience in my life. Any suggestions or similar experiences that have been remedied?
I was having promblems also but eventually got it to work for me on an xp machine on stock jfd. It updated me to ji6 then I did the ka6 update when it was released. I gave up on my win7 system lol. Is your xp system 32bit or 64?
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same here i have a win7 64 bit machine, i can connect to normal kies 1.51. i tried to update, it downloaded the files and just got stuck when it started putting it on the phone (luckily, it did not start the installation so i was okay).
mini kies shows that it recognizes my phone but crashes immediately after that.
i do not think the vibrant is supported by newer versions of kies, like 2.0.
I solved my problem by using my 32bit xp system.
edit: just FYI, i can connect to normal kies 1.51, sync my data and all that stuff. i also updated to ji6 thru normal kies, and I can transfer files and whatnot thru usb. I do not even think i needed to install the drivers manually
I downloaded Mini Kies 2.0 onto my windows 7 64bit machine and installed the Samsung drivers I have everything worked smoothly. I upgraded 3 phones to Froyo with no issues. here are the drivers I have
http://71.228.63.153/download/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
toeshot said:
I downloaded Mini Kies 2.0 onto my windows 7 64bit machine and installed the Samsung drivers I have everything worked smoothly. I upgraded 3 phones to Froyo with no issues. here are the drivers I have
http://71.228.63.153/download/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
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I did the Same thing it worked for me as well
The only luck I've had is on a winXP 32 bit machine, but then it cuts off the installation when it suddenly says "USB Not Recognized" (despite, um, the fact that it recognized it at the beginning, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to initiate the update!)
I'll give those Win7 64 drivers a try at home, although I'm pretty sure I have downloaded the same ones in my quest for a solution.
Do you suggest plugging in the phone, then installing the drivers, or leaving the phone unconnected and restarting the computer then trying to connect, or ???? The biggest issue on the Win7 machine is the phone not communicating with it AT ALL. Not even showing up in device manager as unknown or anything.
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I finally got it to work, after about 15 attempts! (on a win XP machine)
Here's what I did in case it will help someone else:
When I plugged in my phone, I saw two items in the USB list in device manager. One said "Samsung Android USB Composite Device" (internal SD?), and the other said "USB Mass Storage Device" (external SD?). In this configuration, I got kicked out of the install each time after it "decompressed the binary files".
So what I did on a hunch was go to the device manager and "update" the driver for the USB Mass storage device to the "ssadadb2.inf" file included in the Vibrant USB drivers available directly from Samsung's Vibrant page.
Selected "Samsung Kies" on the USB settings on the phone, turned on USB Debugging, opened Kies on the computer, plugged in the phone, and it did it's thing.
Only took 3 days to figure it out!
Yeah its been a hit or miss. I have win7 x64 on two laptops and my desktop. It works in the desktop and only one of the laptop and I installed the same drivers for all 3
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toeshot said:
I downloaded Mini Kies 2.0 onto my windows 7 64bit machine and installed the Samsung drivers I have everything worked smoothly. I upgraded 3 phones to Froyo with no issues. here are the drivers I have
yeah it works for me too, i just installed these drivers and put usb debugging mode. upgrading just now. thanx
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W/ WIN 7 64 Bit I upgraded my phone to Froyo.
I'm running win 7 SP1 64 bit.
Samsung told me that Kies mini and the driver is not compatible to 64 bit.
After some research this is what I have done and able to upgrad my phone to Froyo.
1. check the USB debugging.
- Samsung says to uncheck it. but if you do, you probably have MTP USB device error. So make sure your USB debugging is on.
2. After the you connect your phone, Samsung Kies Mini keeps crashing??
-Uninstall IE 9.
Solution is...
*Check the USB Debugging and Uninstall IE 9.
**Make your the battery is fully charged.
Connect phone
Start Kies Mini
I got so sick of Windows I switched to Ubuntu Linux. It's free and just as easy to use as windows. No crashes, no viruses, and it sets up as a dual boot so I can use windows when necessary.

[Q] Unable to connect Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Windows 7 or OSX

I have been attempting to connect my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to a Windows 7 (64 bit) PC and an OSX (Snow Leopard) Mac Mini to no avail.
I have downloaded every driver I could possibly find, uninstall, restart, install driver, restart and still nothing. I attempted two versions of Kies, even installing the driver through Kies. I have updated the galaxy tab using the August 5th OTA (United States) update but it still refuses to work.
Does anyone have suggestions?
Here try this: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/GT-P7510MAYXAB
It will provide download links for Kies 2.0 and the proper drivers for both mac and pc. Just click on where it says "software" right next to "manuals" on the website.
Danstek said:
Here try this:
It will provide download links for Kies 2.0 and the proper drivers for both mac and pc. Just click on where it says "software" right next to "manuals" on the website.
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This is where I have been downloading the software + drivers.
I also tried uninstalling all AntiVirus programs. I also tried seeing if I could push to device in Eclipse, but no-go.
After spending some time with Samsung Customer Service, they decided to let me send it in for repair. They provide the shipping label (UPS), so I guess it's not that bad.
I'm using Win 7 64 bit and I can't seem to connect via Kies either, I've installed version 2 and the usb drivers and when I plug the Tab in via USB it pops up a 'usb debugging' message.
Surely this is just a software issue and shouldn't require the tab to be sent back to Samsung?
Edit:
I've just got it working, disable USB debugging did the trick. Info found here http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1/373613-galaxy-tab-10-1-cant-connect-kies.html
Any way to use Usb mass storage on a Mac? I can adb push, and use kies, but no USB mass storage.

[Q] SGH-i717 incompatible with 64-bit operating systems??

I'm trying to use my 64-bit windows laptop to install the recently leaked ICS update on my SGH i717. Which as of now is only available as a .exe file. The problem is (confirmed by samsung tech support) that the i717 is incompatible with 64-bit windows, and isn't even recognized by my computer. Is there any way to remedy this? I do not have access to any 32-bit machines, and I really want this update!! Thankyou.
I installed the leak via the Odin exe. on my 64 bit machine with no problems.
Really? I can't even get my computer to recognize my phone, not even as usb storage. I've installed and reinstalled every driver I could find. I've even plugged it into a couple different computers. The best answer I could get was that it was because of the my windows version from the samsumg tech support woman. Is there a special driver out there or am I missing something?
mikesaull said:
I'm trying to use my 64-bit windows laptop to install the recently leaked ICS update on my SGH i717. Which as of now is only available as a .exe file. The problem is (confirmed by samsung tech support) that the i717 is incompatible with 64-bit windows, and isn't even recognized by my computer. Is there any way to remedy this? I do not have access to any 32-bit machines, and I really want this update!! Thankyou.
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Just install dagr8's saurom ICS. It's flashable via CWM and located in dev section.
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I don't have a problem with my 64 bit system recognizing and mounting my i717. It didn't work at first, but it turned out that my stock samsung data cable was faulty. Used a different cable and haven't had an issue since.
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Well I tried a few chords. Is there any root methods that I can do from the device without a computer?
Download the latest Kies.
Let it install and make sure you select the USB drivers.
Uninstall Kies because it's ****.
Leave drivers.
Replug handset (make sure debugging is on)
This should put you in the clear mate. If it doesn't, get the Android Development Kit for the proper ADB drivers
Go to shop development, look for the pre root kernel, download USB drivers. It works, but your computer doesn't have the drivers for the phone
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Works for me on w7 64-bit as well... Don't remember doing anything special...
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Drivers
I am running Windows 7 Pro x64. No problems here.
You don't need to download kies. Just install these drivers;
http://download.cnet.com/20070905101545468-Samsung-Mobile-USB-Driver-exe/3000-18493_4-206977.html
I also installed it using 64 bit windows 7
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Thanks everyone for your replies. I'll keep trying
That's a damn lie. I have a new 27" iMac with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit installed on it. I have successfully connected my Galaxy Note to the computer, every time.
There is a problem with how to get the computer to recognize your phone, that I never had with any of my HTC phones... With my HTC EVO's, all I had to do was connect my phone to a USB, and a bunch of options would automatically pop-up, asking me how I wanted to use my phone. I'd select the option to use my phone as a 'USB Storage Device,' and a few seconds later, my computer would automatically recognize my phone.
You can't seem to do it this way with Samsung phones. What you have to do, is:
MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS NOT ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER VIA USB!!! This is a must! Your computer will not recognize your phone if it's already connected BEFORE following the other steps.
Go to SETTINGS.
Select the first option (WIRELESS AND NETWORK).
Then you must select USB UTILITIES.
A screen saying "USB Mass Storage" will pop-up, and there will be a button you have to press stating, "CONNECT STORAGE TO PC."
Upon selecting "Connect Storage to PC," then and ONLY THEN, you will finally connect your phone to the USB.
If you follow these steps, after a few seconds, your computer will download any necessary drivers, and eventually it will recognize your phone. I am not sure why it's this difficult to do this on Samsung phones. Like I said, HTC phones are really simple. It doesn't matter when you connect the USB on HTC phones. Samsung, you can only connect it at a certain time. I hope this works for you.
I also run Windows 7 64 on my laptop, and have no problem with my Note. Odin, files transfers, Kies, everything works.
Steve
I used to use my old pen 4 desktop(one im typing from now) to do all my phone modding... When I bought my galaxy I thought that this machine was too sketchy and decided to use my win7 64bit xps laptop... Flawless.
Okay, so the samsung woman gave me the wrong information. Thanks Dr. Evo. I tryed your technique with no success. I haven't had any luck with anything. Could this possibly be a problem with my device? I'm considering a trip to the at&t store.
same here....
Funny... I'm now having the same issue on my laptop.... It connects fine to my 2k8 R2 x64 Server just fine. That one is an old and heavily upgraded Dell D9100 tower. I'm pretty sure I got it recognized on my ASUS U43J Bamboo laptop with Win7 Pro x64 when first got the phone. I've since reimaged and did a fresh install of the OS and drivers, and I'm certain that I reinstalled all the drivers and updates.
Tired the drivers built into KIES 2.0 - fail
Tried the USB_Driver_for_ATT_I717_Galaxy_Note_v1_3_2200_0 driver I used on my 2k8 server - fail
About to try some other drivers I found here. If something works, I'll report it...
***UPDATE***
Before trying any other drivers I decided to try one more thing...
With the phone connected via USB, shut the phone down, wait a few seconds, and turn it back on. On my laptop, PnP found three devices and installed the drivers when the phone powered on:
SAMSUNG Mobile USB Composite Device
SGH-I717
SAMSUGN Mobile USB Modem
Kies 2.0 then saw the device... still sitting there saying "Connecting..." but at least I'm one step further...
mikesaull said:
Okay, so the samsung woman gave me the wrong information. Thanks Dr. Evo. I tryed your technique with no success. I haven't had any luck with anything. Could this possibly be a problem with my device? I'm considering a trip to the at&t store.
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I'm sorry my advice didn't help. I honestly have no idea what your issue could be. Are you still within your 30-day return window? If you were, I'd ask for a replacement phone, or if you bought your phone at an AT&T Store or BB, ask if anyone in the store has the ability to connect your phone to a laptop or computer in the store to see if they can get it to work.
For me it worked on 2 different Win 64 installs.
Here is what I did:
Install Kies. On the phone go to settings>apps>development and then check on USB debugging.
Phone connects perfectly. You can see the phone listed as a device in my computer. Clicking on it allows you to access both the USB storage and SD card.
To other poster saying you NEED to enable USB storage. You don't. It works in MTP mode.
Unplug all other usb hardware. Try another jack and cable. Don't use a hub. All virus and firewall software should be off. Log on to windows update with the phone plugged in and turned on. You might have to reboot and check again.

Windows does not detect my Galaxy S3 while in download mode, it does with a Galaxy S2

As stated in the title, my Windows 7 64-bit does not detect my SGS3 while in download mode. It does when I boot the phone and connect the USB cable. It also detects my wife's Galaxy S2 which I rooted some months ago. My SGS3 is not fully charged, only 15%. I have downloaded and installed the last USB drivers (1.5.40), but not Kies. Maybe I should wait until it is completely charged or it isn't necessary at all?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
joanquro said:
As stated in the title, my Windows 7 64-bit does not detect my SGS3 while in download mode. It does when I boot the phone and connect the USB cable. It also detects my wife's Galaxy S2 which I rooted some months ago. My SGS3 is not fully charged, only 15%. I have downloaded and installed the last USB drivers (1.5.40), but not Kies. Maybe I should wait until it is completely charged or it isn't necessary at all?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Well, I have done the following: I have connected the phone to another computer (a laptop), which has windows 7 32 bit but with an older version of the Samsung USB Drivers (1.4.103) and Odin detects the phone correctly. So It looks like using the 1.5.4.0 version of the drivers does not work. I'm going to uninstall the last version and reinstall the 1.4.103 version and see if it works. I'll post results here.
Solved!
It was a flawed usb cable!
It's not the stock usb cable that comes with the phone, it's a cable I had used for years with my older phone without problems.
When I tested the phone in the laptop, I used a different cable (the Samsung cable). That's the reason why it worked ok with the laptop.
Hi there,
I have the same problem. I am using the stock cable that came with the device. When I plug it into my laptop the phone detects that it is connected, however there is no response from my laptop. There is no device picked up in My Computer.
I'm sure this is just some n00b mistake I've made in some setting somewhere but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. (USB debugging is ticked).
Have you installed samsung kies to get the drivers for the sgs3?
I've just installed Samsung Kies this minute. The application is open however it seems to be stuck on the 'Connecting...' title screen...
Waiting.....
I've noticed that when I first plug it in, Windows searches for the drivers but is having trouble installing the SAMSUNG Mobile MTP Device.
[UPDATE]
... Just running device troubleshooter. Hopefully that will sort it out.
:s
[UPDATE, UPDATE]
Sorted it... Completely rebooted my laptop and then completely rebooted my phone. This time it installed the MTP Device successfully with no errors. Thanks for the help.

[Q] Samsung device driver for I605

Installed 4.4.2: W7 will not recognize i605 as a device.
Tried Samsung generic driver, as well as v-1.5.14, v-1.5.33 and v-1.5.45.
None to them worked. Downloaded driver from Kies. it did not work either.
W7 recognized i605 with 4.1.2.
Any ideas?
dlw1146 said:
Installed 4.4.2: W7 will not recognize i605 as a device.
Tried Samsung generic driver, as well as v-1.5.14, v-1.5.33 and v-1.5.45.
None to them worked. Downloaded driver from Kies. it did not work either.
W7 recognized i605 with 4.1.2.
Any ideas?
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Try going to settings-about phone-build number, then tap 7 times. Then go to developer options and turn on USB debugging. This worked for me.

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