Has anyone else had any problems connecting their Verizon flavored S4 to Windows 8.1 or any other Windows version? I don't know what happened to the phone, but some time back it lost the ability to connect to either my desktop running Windows 8.1 Pro or my laptop running Windows 8/Ultimate Edition 4.2. My Tab 3 8.0 connects just fine, but that's not the one I'm interested in upgrading the OS on. If anyone has insights, please share. Thanks in advance.
will4958 said:
Has anyone else had any problems connecting their Verizon flavored S4 to Windows 8.1 or any other Windows version? I don't know what happened to the phone, but some time back it lost the ability to connect to either my desktop running Windows 8.1 Pro or my laptop running Windows 8/Ultimate Edition 4.2. My Tab 3 8.0 connects just fine, but that's not the one I'm interested in upgrading the OS on. If anyone has insights, please share. Thanks in advance.
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No problem with win7
sent by baja kitkat S4
decaturbob said:
No problem with win7
sent by baja kitkat S4
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Thanks for the response, but I should've stated that I used to be able to connect the phone to Windows 8 in the past. For whatever reason, when I plug in the phone, I don't even get the prompt in the status bar asking me how I want to connect (Media or Camera, or whatever the two options are). For some reason, that option has disappeared. All the required settings are checked in System Settings under Developer Options, and they match what I have set on my Tab 3 8.0 which connects fine.
will4958 said:
Thanks for the response, but I should've stated that I used to be able to connect the phone to Windows 8 in the past. For whatever reason, when I plug in the phone, I don't even get the prompt in the status bar asking me how I want to connect (Media or Camera, or whatever the two options are). For some reason, that option has disappeared. All the required settings are checked in System Settings under Developer Options, and they match what I have set on my Tab 3 8.0 which connects fine.
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So what's different on your phone now?
sent by baja kitkat S4
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So what's different on your phone now?
sent by baja kitkat S4
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My phone is pretty stock except for the usual root features. I uninstalled some Verizon bloatware and used an app to block that annoying firmware update notice that was driving me nuts. I didn't even know my phone was having PC connection issues until the first time I got the update notice and tried to connect it to my computer to backup a few things. My Tab is set up pretty much the same, which is what has me a little baffled. Aside from missing a few non-essential Verizon apps, I could uninstall SafeStrap and un-root both devices and one would never know they'd ever been rooted. If I ever do take the plunge into the world of KitKat and want to keep root, I know I'll have to be able to connect to my computer and the required Odin program for the ROM download, which is about the only thing keeping my from doing the update.
Try a different computer
sent by baja kitkat S4
decaturbob said:
Try a different computer
sent by baja kitkat S4
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Ok, this is a little weird. I plugged my Tab into my desktop at which time Windows did it's thing and installed the necessary items. So for a kick, I plugged in my phone and suddenly they decided to talk to each other. Can't explain it, but I'm glad it's working now.
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Today I installed Samsung Kies. Then I connected my Tab 8.9.
When it all seemed fine and dandy, I selected "Apps" in Kies. Then Kies tells me an update must be installed. The update install then fails for some reason.
Next step is that Samsung Apps tells me the Samsung apps are incompatible with the Galaxy Tab 8.9
Has anyone else noticed or knowledge about this behavior? I am using Windows 7/64 bit. Is anyone else using this and also using Samsung Kies to install apps out of the Samsung store?
Kies is trash, plain and simple.
Also, the Samsung app market is empty. Plain empty. Just use the Android Market, seriously.
Both Kies and Samsung Apps work fine on my XP machine; the latter also works fine on the GT8.9 (except for the bug requiring flight mode to be off even with a Wi-Fi connection enabled) though I bought mine in Hong Kong.
They both work fine on mine as well. No problem with either. Kies connects and updates and Samsung Apps has a lot of apps to download. I have the 8.9 Wifi Tab and purchased in the US.
Kies, most wifi transfer programs are sucky at best. its faster and easier just to connect their USB, takes 3 seconds longer then connecting to a kies
That being said, both Samsung Apps and Kies both work on my tablet. even downloaded a Samsung App just to make sure. Heavy Gunner 3D was free in Samsung Apps but $4.99 in Android Market. Both work and connect fine. On Stock 3.1 w touchwiz and rooted with custom 3.2 and 4.0 ROM's
I am using the 7310 tegra 2 wifi version of the 8.9
Kies has only worked once for me and that was the verry first time. It updated my 7310 to HC 3.2 and then It never connected again. Tried on 3 different PC's. One windows 7 64bit and two windows xp.
Kies alternative
Hi,
is there any othe program available to supplement KIES ??
thanks
Erik
manpete said:
Today I installed Samsung Kies. Then I connected my Tab 8.9.
When it all seemed fine and dandy, I selected "Apps" in Kies. Then Kies tells me an update must be installed. The update install then fails for some reason.
Next step is that Samsung Apps tells me the Samsung apps are incompatible with the Galaxy Tab 8.9
Has anyone else noticed or knowledge about this behavior? I am using Windows 7/64 bit. Is anyone else using this and also using Samsung Kies to install apps out of the Samsung store?
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same with me>>>> I agree Kies just stupid program
rosdol said:
Hi,
is there any othe program available to supplement KIES ??
thanks
Erik
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I installed the Kies via Wi-Fi version
twingrls said:
Kies has only worked once for me and that was the verry first time. It updated my 7310 to HC 3.2 and then It never connected again. Tried on 3 different PC's. One windows 7 64bit and two windows xp.
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The same is in my example. After upgd 3.2 never conect again with kies (win 7/64
z gt 8,9
I couldn't get Samsung apps to install on ICS but found this in the galaxy tab forum which installs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620465
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couldnt connect the tab & my note to kies. have tried almost everything now but in vain.
Don't mess with Kies when you can get a great wifi transfer app for under 2 bucks:
http://tinyurl.com/78ugrvv
For the past couple of months I've been having the problem that my phone auto-mounts the usb storage whenever I plug it in to the computer to charge. I've done some research and found that Double twist and Winamp apps have automount as a setting, but I'm not running either of those. I'm running speed rom 7.5 as my daily driver. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
badmf80 said:
For the past couple of months I've been having the problem that my phone auto-mounts the usb storage whenever I plug it in to the computer to charge. I've done some research and found that Double twist and Winamp apps have automount as a setting, but I'm not running either of those. I'm running speed rom 7.5 as my daily driver. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Go to settings, and there should be an option that says "Connect to PC".
From there, you can change the default settings or have it always ask you.
doesn't seem like there's any such option in Speed Rom 7.5
badmf80 said:
doesn't seem like there's any such option in Speed Rom 7.5
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Just installed 7.5, and I see what you mean. But however, when I plug my phone to the PC, a notification pops up, notifying me that it is connected to PC and is set to charge-only mode. I still can press on that and it'll allow me to change the modes. Hm.
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Just installed 7.5, and I see what you mean. But however, when I plug my phone to the PC, a notification pops up, notifying me that it is connected to PC and is set to charge-only mode. I still can press on that and it'll allow me to change the modes. Hm.
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Yeah thanks for the help, my phone always did that too until a couple of months ago. I'm thinking it might be an app, but i'm totally stumped as to which one.
badmf80 said:
Yeah thanks for the help, my phone always did that too until a couple of months ago. I'm thinking it might be an app, but i'm totally stumped as to which one.
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So I did a full wipe and re-flashed and the problem is fixed now. Had to kind of start from scratch because the problem would come back if I restored data from my nandroid backup, but it's worth it.
Has anyone got this to work on their computer?
Ive been trying for hours to and nothing Just doesn't see my phone.
neo6776 said:
Has anyone got this to work on their computer?
Ive been trying for hours to and nothing Just doesn't see my phone.
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I use it on my Mac laptop (of all things!) all the time and it works fine. Just follow the sequence/steps and it should work. G'luck!
Doug
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I use it on my Mac laptop (of all things!) all the time and it works fine. Just follow the sequence/steps and it should work. G'luck!
Doug
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As in taking a phone call and sending messages?
Was just introduced in the last update the other day but following the steps it still refuses to work. A quick google suggests other people are having issues as well
neo6776 said:
As in taking a phone call and sending messages?
Was just introduced in the last update the other day but following the steps it still refuses to work. A quick google suggests other people are having issues as well
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im also having same issue atleast not jus me gave up for now wanna use it be handy
It works fine for me.
But if you're having Kies trouble I feel bad for you son.
I got AirDroid in system, and the ***** ain't one.
just use AirDroid from Playstore.
Easier to setup and works better
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Huh? Trying to answer your question?!?
Neo - are you being a smart a#s when I am just trying to answer your question about "is Kies working", or am I just misinterpreting your response to my post?
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Neo - are you being a smart a#s when I am just trying to answer your question about "is Kies working", or am I just misinterpreting your response to my post?
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Yes, i think you are misinterpreting my response. I'm also not asking if Kies is working. I am asking if Kies Air Message is working.
I can get Kies Air to work fine. What i cant get to work is the new addition in the last 5 days to kies that enables you to make calls and texts on the PC...
Neo - thanks for clarifying. You're back on my Christmas list.
I am having the same issue and already spent quite some time trying to get it to work. Kies air message is either the problem locally on the client machine or it might just be the kies air application on the device with scanning for a kies air server. I will continue to try and if any progress is made I will surely share...
I too am having an issue with kies air message. I just decided to try it out and cant get it to work even though it connects to kies air easily :/
same problem here it says that no device is running kies air
Hey - there is an update to Keis Air app in the Play store.
You may need to make sure you have the most recent update for this to work.
...and I know this sounds simple and the app should be set to auto-update but mine was too and didn't.
The new pin code authentication is a bit of a pain to get working too. I kept getting two one for the message tool and one for the Kies air main window... one code hid the other, which was the one it actually needed ON BOTH!
FX
I had it briefly working (GT-S6500D) by sheer coincidence.
So at the end of last month the Kies Air-update was causing problems with my phone rebooting all the time, where before at least I could go to the IP assigned to my mobile and get the webbased UI.
I was still running pretty "dated" Belgium firmware with custom rooted kernel(build date somewhere from April?) on the phone and checked samfirmware and downloaded some 'hong kong' based firmware with build date around August.
It did stop the 'reboots' of the app but Kies Air Message was (still) not working.
Today, I just wanted to fiddle with it a bit more and I wanted to reinstall Kies-software for my Windows 7. So I removed Kies from Add/Remove software. But because Kies was still running, I needed a reboot before he could remove it all.
No problem because I had to install Kaspersky Internet Security as well, so I did not reboot but installed Kasperky Internet Security. Kies Air was still running on my mobile phone from previous attempts. As 'soon' as my Windows 7 'complained' about his built-in firewall being turned off, Kies Air Message suddenly detected 1 device. My Kasperky was still installing so I basicly did not have any software firewall active on my system. It did work, I only typed in a few letters to see if he 'could' see my phone book in Kies Air Message and it responded nicely with what I expected from it.
TLDR: check your firewall settings, perhaps try turning off all software firewalls and run Kies Air on your phone.
Apologies if this has already been covered or if you think I'm trying to teach you how to suck eggs but....
Are you guys using the App rather than the Kies Air setting? It's the app that connects to the Kies Air message rather than Kies itself. It seems a bit arse from elbow but I've not had any issues connecting to Kies Air Message using this method. I have kies installed on 2 lappys and a PC and they all connect to my phone instantly when I run the Kies app, as long as I'm connected via wireless or wireless hotspot of course.
Anyway, apologies if this isn't the case. My phone is an i9305 if that makes any odds.
I'm using Win7 64x and KIS, Kies Air Message does not detect my new GS2; I tried pausing KIS without success. Any suggestion?
Has anyone been able to get Android Auto working on this phone? Every time I plug in my phone to my car nothing happens on my phones end but on the cars dashboard it displays the message "This device doesn't support media function" I have the Android Auto app installed and launched and ive tried multiple roms:
Roms Ive Tried:
Jasminerom
Cyanogenmod
Euphoria
Paranoid Android
I have also made sure its set to MTP when connecting via usb and ive toggled USB debugging on and off on all these roms and still the same message!!!
Anyone else experiencing these issues or have been able to get Android Auto to work with vs985?!
Please does anyone have a fix for this?! This is on a 2015 Sonata btw.... Im also using the original usb cable that came with the phone... any help would be appreciated :fingers-crossed:
Edit: Whelp looks like Verizon strikes again... I just found this:
LG G3
"Android Auto is not currently supported in the U.S. on the LG G3 for Verizon Wireless customers. Google is working with LG on compatibility and will announce an update when the issue is resolved."
Verizon Auto incoming. Why else would Big Red cripple a function like that? They don't like completion like Apple so they do all possible to kill it.
PiousInquisitor said:
Verizon Auto incoming. Why else would Big Red cripple a function like that? They don't like completion like Apple so they do all possible to kill it.
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Right?! Seriously though this is a huge disappointment... its literally the 1 of 3 phones that doesnt work with it... and it is only transferring data via USB.... someone on XDA must have an idea on how to get this to work properly...
Had this issue on my Note 3. (several diff roms)
Flashed it back to stock. (no root)
Working perfect now.
I cannot get my windows 10 laptop to recognize my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+. I installed media pack and smartswitch , reinstalled driver threw smart switch , also tried Keis 3 and nothing. win 7 no problems. it charge but I do not get the option on phone for installer or media device when I plug it in via usb. Driving me nuts . Anyone have this issie?
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I cannot get my windows 10 laptop to recognize my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+. I installed media pack and smartswitch , reinstalled driver threw smart switch , also tried Keis 3 and nothing. win 7 no problems. it charge but I do not get the option on phone for installer or media device when I plug it in via usb. Driving me nuts . Anyone have this issie?
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Sometimes I need to make sure the screen is unlocked.
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blackmeth said:
Sometimes I need to make sure the screen is unlocked.
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Still dont work ty.
It works for my on both my Windows 10 systems.
Is Developer Options enabled and USB debugging enabled on your edge+?