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USB Nightmare..

My Galaxy Vibrant is driving me insane with USB problems. I bought mine about 2 weeks ago, and it connected fine to my PC. Then, out of the blue while turning it on it got stuck at the black screen with white touch lights on....after a few attempts to fix this, I returned it for a new Galaxy Vibrant. This new one will not be recognized by my desktop PC at all. It connects fine however to my laptop (same OS). I am trying to connect it as "USB Mass Storage" mode, without Kies installed at all (I've given up on this awful software). I've tried numerous USB Drivers that others have had success with but unfortunately they have not worked for me.
Drivers I've tried...
USB Drivers 1.3.170
USB Drivers 1.3.450
USB Drivers 1.3.800
Any words of wisdom are greatly appreciated.

Best would be to install and update kies so that drivers are the latest, then uninistall kies (or disable it, so you'd be able to update it without having to reinstall again)
Before that though, you might wana clean everything on the PC (ccleaner and glary Utilities might help you on that)

It seems that it was you or your PC problem rather than the phone.

mounting internal sd
Did you make sure to mount your sd when connected in mass storage mode?
slide down notifications bar -> select "usb connected" -> press "mount".
If you have done that and still no luck then I haven't the foggiest.

Try restarting the phone and then connect the USB. This technique worked for me.

Remove all media files with more then 16 letters in hour internal ram or sd card. Known bug in eclair and kiea
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ickyboo said:
Remove all media files with more then 16 letters in hour internal ram or sd card. Known bug in eclair and kiea
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
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What are classified as media files? This happened as soon as I got my phone...I haven't uploaded any music/videos and currently have no pictures.

Thank god for Froyo!
After updating my Firmware from my laptop (which would recognize my phone), I connected to my Desktop AND Kies with no issues

[Q] Trouble connecting samsung epic to pc

I have my Samsung epic installed to my computer.
-SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface: installed with Samsung drivers.
-SAMSUNG Android USB Composite Device: Installed with Samsung drivers.
-Android UMS DISK USB Device: installed with two Microsoft drivers.
No matter if usb debugging is on or off, when i click to mount/transfer sdcard files nothing happens. When usb debugging is off it says autoplay, but no folder opens after that. Should their be a google or android driver signed with the ums disk usb device.
Im running 32 bit windows xp. Please help me, i cannot transfer any files, and ive been wanting to learn how to root but i cant do anything If i cant even mount my sd card properly

I have Xp too and idk when but i used to have 0 problems using USB Mass Storage Mode and all of a sudden, idk , what i did but it doesn't work anymore. I know it's my PC /setup because I take my phone over to my friends Vista PC and it goes into USB Mass Storage Mode just fine. Everything is already installed on their PC cause they have an Epic as well. A tmp solution that has become a permanent one for me is to download the Dropbox app and create an account and well there you go. Mass storage mode in the "cloud" for ya.
Ignorance1 said:
I have my Samsung epic installed to my computer.
-SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface: installed with Samsung drivers.
-SAMSUNG Android USB Composite Device: Installed with Samsung drivers.
-Android UMS DISK USB Device: installed with two Microsoft drivers.
No matter if usb debugging is on or off, when i click to mount/transfer sdcard files nothing happens. When usb debugging is off it says autoplay, but no folder opens after that. Should their be a google or android driver signed with the ums disk usb device.
Im running 32 bit windows xp. Please help me, i cannot transfer any files, and ive been wanting to learn how to root but i cant do anything If i cant even mount my sd card properly
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I had the same problem with my desktop. Only connects with USB ports from back of computer. Try some other ports maybe.

I had the same problem for about 2 months, best solution is to buy a different cord, I use the Evo's and it works fine

Assuming you aren't using the ghetto cheap cable that came with the epic, i would use another port. I had the same problem with one of my pc's.

i just got my epic fri and am experiencing this problem. i also went and bought a new usb cable and nothing i seem to do works.
it also interferes with my usb wireless adapter. when i plug it in my internet just comes to a halt and then comes right back to life as soon as i unplug it...

Ignorance1 said:
I have my Samsung epic installed to my computer.
-SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface: installed with Samsung drivers.
-SAMSUNG Android USB Composite Device: Installed with Samsung drivers.
-Android UMS DISK USB Device: installed with two Microsoft drivers.
No matter if usb debugging is on or off, when i click to mount/transfer sdcard files nothing happens. When usb debugging is off it says autoplay, but no folder opens after that. Should their be a google or android driver signed with the ums disk usb device.
Im running 32 bit windows xp. Please help me, i cannot transfer any files, and ive been wanting to learn how to root but i cant do anything If i cant even mount my sd card properly
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what kind of usb u have Cuz the samsung USB Brakes Real easy U should Try HTC USB Or Just Buy another like I did

When using the stock samsung cable, i have to plug it into a usb port in the back of my computer, when using the htc evo usb cord I can plug it into any port but still am faced with the dilemma. Is there a special driver associated with android ums disk drive besides the ones microsoft provides?

[Q] Transfering files

How can i transfer files from my pc to my sd card on my note 3 ?? as when i connect usb i can not drag n drop file into sd card
i want to add X-NOTE build 10.0 Leonardo Edition.zip to my sd card so i can instal the rom
sorry for being noob

use apps like AirDroid or other

Cookie799 said:
How can i transfer files from my pc to my sd card on my note 3 ?? as when i connect usb i can not drag n drop file into sd card
i want to add X-NOTE build 10.0 Leonardo Edition.zip to my sd card so i can instal the rom
sorry for being noob
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Maybe if you don't know how to transfer files you should not be installing a new ROM yet? What specific version of Note 3 do you have? Are you aware of your Knox warranty status? Do you have a custom recovery? Are you already rooted? What ROM and bootloader do you have right now?

xclub_101 said:
Maybe if you don't know how to transfer files you should not be installing a new ROM yet? What specific version of Note 3 do you have? Are you aware of your Knox warranty status? Do you have a custom recovery? Are you already rooted? What ROM and bootloader do you have right now?
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SM-N9005
yes aware of Knox
No custom recovery looking around
Yes already Rooted
I only have stock Kitt Katt 4.4.2
just been looking alot for x-note and want it to go well
so all the help i can get the better
PS i have aready made a backup and a EFS Backup too

Did you load the Samsung USB drivers ? What OS on the PC ? I have a Note3 Vzw, N900V, stock 4.3, no root. I can connect to Win8 and WinXP machine fine. After a short moment, the Galaxy N900V shows up, I can select Device or Storage Card. Cut and paste to my hearts content.

da_maxx said:
Did you load the Samsung USB drivers ? What OS on the PC ? I have a Note3 Vzw, N900V, stock 4.3, no root. I can connect to Win8 and WinXP machine fine. After a short moment, the Galaxy N900V shows up, I can select Device or Storage Card. Cut and paste to my hearts content.
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ah for some reason when i plug in my usb it greys out the external sd card
Windows 7

If you don't have another Samsung device you connect to your PC, I would uninstall any older Samsung Driver software package. Restart, then reload the latest Samsung Driver, along with Kies 3. I'm running 2 versions of Kies, one for my Note 8 and my Note 3. Worst case is there a possible virus\malware? Good Luck.

[Q] Problems connecting custom rom i9505 to windows via mini USB

I rooted my S4 l702 to the Google Play edition rom i9505. I didn't have any major problems besides wifi not working. This supposedly can be fixed by installing the newest version of agot. I didn't care and never installed because I was using my main device the nexus 5. I went on vacation and deactivated my line go avoid any chance of roaming charges. I come back and reactivate my lines but the Samsung won't reactivate. I'm not too worried because I figure that it's a Problem with my rom. I was going to back up my pictures from my vacation and restore to factory rom. I spent hours trying to get Windows and OSX to 1) recognize the device and 2) let me transfer photos. I tried using android file transfer and Kies on OSX. I then tried using my desktop running windows. I plugged the device in and Microsoft tries installing drivers. I let Microsoft instal drivers and it still won't let me transfer photos. It continues to search for MTP and never finds it. I them uninstalled the drivers and installed the i9505 drivers from samsung. Same thing 2 of the drivers are there but MTP fAils. I then try Kies which is constantly searching or telling me that my device isn't supported. I really don't know how to get my photos and would appreciate any help! Please ask any questions! Also now windows doesn't even try to instal drivers but it still appears under device manager.

Why don't you just install a newer version first? Or if that doesnt work use a different rom/return to stock? Your internal sd won't get wiped.

Throunk from
Lennyz1988 said:
Why don't you just install a newer version first? Or if that doesnt work use a different rom/return to stock? Your internal sd won't get wiped.
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I thought about that but I with pure android saving to SD cards isn't supported. I thought you had to wipe the phone prior to restoring or instal a new Rom. Thanks for the reply.

Lennyz1988 said:
Why don't you just install a newer version first? Or if that doesnt work use a different rom/return to stock? Your internal sd won't get wiped.
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I thought about that but pure android doesn't support micro SD cards and my vacation photos are on the phones internal memory. I could be wrong but I thought you had to wipe the phone prior to installing a new ROM. Thanks for the reply

Did you try to mount it as PTP (Camera) to get your photos?
When connected to USB, pul down the notification pannel and open "Connected as media device". Then select PTP.
It WILL work.

Karakatnica said:
Did you try to mount it as PTP (Camera) to get your photos?
When connected to USB, pul down the notification pannel and open "Connected as media device". Then select PTP.
It WILL work.
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Yeah, I tried that too. Windows was having problems finding camera drivers or something. I'll try again in the morning and let you know exactly what happens.

No custom recovery will wipe your internal sd card by default. You have to manually select it if you want to wipe your internal sd.

When trying to use OTP windows is stuck looking for ore configured drivers.

[Q] Special CUSTOM ROM..I cant find !!!

I need custom ROM with these features:
- BASED ON ORIGINAL TOUCHWIZ from Samsung (I need original drivers because I use SCREEN MIRRORING, DLNA etc. so CYANOGENMOD not working)
- with implement ROOT access
- system shoul be able read NTFS or exFAT file system on SD CARD ( I need to save large file more than 4GB)
- I need to save for example via atorrent aplication directly to SD CARD so I need permission for writing to external card ( because from KITKAT 4.4.2 it is not possible)
- when I plug in usb to pc I want to have option: USB storage mode for SD card ( i know USB mass storage enabler but not working on my root device with instaled BUSYBOX so I need implement solution in system)
is on this world this type of ROM for GALAXY S4 I9505 (android 4.4.2 or newer ) or Do I want so much???
I dont need no more than this features of ROM because google makes life harder with every change of system
pls and thanks

Mortalll said:
I need custom ROM with these features:
- BASED ON ORIGINAL TOUCHWIZ from Samsung (I need original drivers because I use SCREEN MIRRORING, DLNA etc. so CYANOGENMOD not working)
- with implement ROOT access
- system shoul be able read NTFS or exFAT file system on SD CARD ( I need to save large file more than 4GB)
- I need to save for example via atorrent aplication directly to SD CARD so I need permission for writing to external card ( because from KITKAT 4.4.2 it is not possible)
- when I plug in usb to pc I want to have option: USB storage mode for SD card ( i know USB mass storage enabler but not working on my root device with instaled BUSYBOX so I need implement solution in system)
is on this world this type of ROM for GALAXY S4 I9505 (android 4.4.2 or newer ) or Do I want so much???
I dont need no more than this features of ROM because google makes life harder with every change of system
pls and thanks
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Hey mate you could try Echoe Rom v29 (Has only S4 features) or v29.1 (Has S5 features).

dwarfer66 said:
Hey mate you could try Echoe Rom v29 (Has only S4 features) or v29.1 (Has S5 features).
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is there working usb mass storage option ???

USB mass storage option is missing in all Samsung android smartphones running android 4.0 ICS or later.In these smartphones we have only one option and that is MTP. MTP stands for Media Transfer Protocol and works similarly like USB mass storage but it can't compete with it because the data migration speed is very slow.
But there is an other trick by which you can enable USB mass storage mode on Samsung galaxy S4 by using an app called SG USB Mass Storage Enabler.This app is specially designed for Samsung galaxy series to enable their mass storage mode.
So no later versions have it, but you can always go with a fast sd card.

dwarfer66 said:
USB mass storage option is missing in all Samsung android smartphones running android 4.0 ICS or later.In these smartphones we have only one option and that is MTP. MTP stands for Media Transfer Protocol and works similarly like USB mass storage but it can't compete with it because the data migration speed is very slow.
But there is an other trick by which you can enable USB mass storage mode on Samsung galaxy S4 by using an app called SG USB Mass Storage Enabler.This app is specially designed for Samsung galaxy series to enable their mass storage mode.
So no later versions have it, but you can always go with a fast sd card.
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Does the SG USB mass storage enabler work on your device because it doesnt work for me..maybe I should try another pc another windows..
any tips for fix this problem?? ..busybox installed..

I dont use that proggy, I just plug my phone into the pc and open the sd card from there and transfer files.