I connect the phone to the computer using the USB cable. I pull down the notification bar. I tap USB connected. The window pops up saying tap Mount. I tap mount and absolutel nothing happens. No window pops up on my computer, both desk top and lap top! Nothing happens at all! There is supposed to be a removable disk window that opens up and then I am supposed to make sure the OPEN FOLDER TO VIEW FILES USING WINDOWS EXPLORER is highlighted but that window never comes up. This happens on both my laptop and my desktop. How am I going to get music from my computer to my phone. Please don't tell me to download an app. I will if I have to but I would like to know why this way is not working.
You seem to have described the process pretty accurately, if your Vibrant isn't mounting then you should probably exchange it.
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Your computer might not have installed the drivers properly. Go the Development section, and search for the topic:
"[Drivers] MS Windows x86 and x64 USB Drivers for Samsung Galaxy S"
I would link you..but apparently new users aren't allowed to post links. Well, install the drivers you find there and see if it works.
I used to plug my GTab into my Windows computer (I'm not using Kies, and don't want to) and it would show up as a drive with all of my respective folders (photos, videos, etc.)
I recently replaced my hard drive, and now when I plug my GTab in, it shows up in My Computer as a camera icon labeled: GT-P7510
When I double-click the icon it opens a window with about 25 folders, but the folders aren't labeled and have nothing in them. What gives?
could try reinstalling the samsung drivers (not kies)
The drivers can be found in the development section in the how to root video walkthrough thread.
Also check you do not have USB debugging mode enabled on the TAB
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if youve altered hard drives in your computer then have the drive letters changed?
windows may have assigned a driv eletter in the past to a camera you once plugged in. if the tablet has now been assigned the same drive letter it may be taking on the same properties, hence the camera icon etc.
presume you have windows 7...
go to your start menu, right click computer, choose manage, under storage, click disk management, it should show you your tablet a drive. along with your hard drives and any other storage attached.
in the top section, right click your tablet and click "change drive letter and paths".
choose a drive letter youve never used before for your tablet. fingers crossed it should be back to a normal drive behaviour now...
let us know.
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rumpleforeskin said:
could try reinstalling the samsung drivers (not kies)
The drivers can be found in the development section in the how to root video walkthrough thread.
Also check you do not have USB debugging mode enabled on the TAB
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When I plugged my GTab into my computer, I got a message saying that windows had found new hardware, and then it proceeded to install the necessary Samsung drivers. It indicated that everything had gone OK.
tedrodgers said:
hi
if youve altered hard drives in your computer then have the drive letters changed?
windows may have assigned a driv eletter in the past to a camera you once plugged in. if the tablet has now been assigned the same drive letter it may be taking on the same properties, hence the camera icon etc.
presume you have windows 7...
go to your start menu, right click computer, choose manage, under storage, click disk management, it should show you your tablet a drive. along with your hard drives and any other storage attached.
in the top section, right click your tablet and click "change drive letter and paths".
choose a drive letter youve never used before for your tablet. fingers crossed it should be back to a normal drive behaviour now...
let us know.
thanks
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Thanks, but my drive is not showing up under disk management, although my Tab is saying USB Connected, and MTP Connected. I am using Windows XP, btw.
Problem Solved!
OK, after a lengthy phone call to Samsung Support, I finally got my computer to recognize my Galaxy Tab.
He first had me download the USB drivers from Support/Software page. However, when I tried to install it, I got a message saying it couldn't be installed (don't ask me why).
Yet, when I went into the Device Manager, the Samsung drivers were listed under USB controllers and it indicated that they were working properly.
To make a long story short, the Support person determined that I must have had an old version of Windows Media Player on my computer (I did, version 9). He told me to update to the latest version (version 11).
When I did that, Windows recognized my GTab as a mass storage device and everything works properly now.
So, make a note: If you ever replace your hard drive, and you're using an old operating system like I am (Windows XP), make sure you update your Windows Media Player to the latest version.
I just copied some photos from my phone to a windows xp computer, disconnected the phone, took some more pictures and wanted to copy them over. So the phone shows up, i clicked on DCIM and Camera, selected the photos, CTRL+C and CTRL+V on my computer, but nothing happend. So i tried drag+drop, but nothing happend, even after several tries. So i thought the computer has a problem (it's Windows!) and i restarted the PC and i still saw the pictures, but couldnt copy them. So i restarted the phone and what happend? The internal memory is empty (empty empty!)... And as it's mounted as MTP device there is no way to use a data recovery software like i could do with SD cards... i didn't like MTP devices before, but now i really hate the MTP protocol - something like that never happened to any other of my phones with internal and or external memory and which were all able to use USM aka mass storage mode. And who invented MTP? Microsoft...
Beside that:
* Windows 8 doesn't show its nice copy progress window when copying to an MTP device --> https://www.google.com/images?q=windows+8+copy
* Windows 8 doesn't offer copying with skipping existing files in the target (only copy new files). on the first match, it asks to overwrite. if you disagree the copy process stops.
So, can the phone see the contents, or have they entirely vanished from the phone's side as well?
it's neither here nor there, the data is just gone. thankfully i uploaded almost all photos to the cloud some days ago and everything else could be found somewhere, except the media files from whatsapp. so my concern is less about the lost data than that it happens again and i always found mtp slower and less reliable than mounting as a block devices (mass storage). beside that there is still alot windows software out there that doesnt work with mtp devices. the only benefit is that you can access the data on both systems at the same time. in general most points are already known, i just wonder what happend. is there anything for mtp devices like "safely remove hardware" for mass storage devices?
You could always switch protocols and "mount" it as a "camera device", in which case I believe you would have access only to the DCIM folder on the virtual SD. And, you if you need to transfer non-photo files around, you can always just resort to an on-device file explorer, moving from the Dropbox folder in and out, if you use that. Dropsync works really well for reasonably-sized files.
thanks for the hint. cause of that i already installed foldersync to backup files in the free 50gb box.net cloud which i never needed before. but it's never a bad idea to have a backup *sigh*
How do I connect my Nexus 4 to a Windows PC, so as to transfer my files ? I cant use LG PC Suite V, even though its a LG device ! So my question is it possible to manage my Nexxi with a pc suite, Like I used to do it with my previous android devices ? :cyclops:
This is my first Nexus device(which is by far the super awesome device i have ever had), so please dont mind if I am missing something very obvious.
Just use a USB cable and connect your N4 to your windows PC. You should be able to transfer files using window explorer.
As far as I know all the suites you are talking about are made by the manufacturers for phones running their own UI's, Sense, TouchWiz, etc. I use Windows Media Player to sync music, photos and videos with my N4. You can also just drag and drop files into it if need be. While WMP doesn't quite do all that a suite does, backup is one thing, it is sufficient for what I need to get done.
If both the pc and cell are connected to wireless use airdroid. Cant get any easier than that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
Definitely airdroid, it works like a charm.
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Just use a USB cable and connect your N4 to your windows PC. You should be able to transfer files using window explorer.
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Yes. I did that, but nothing came up i could not browse through the phone memory.. Although there was a eject nexus 4 in the right bottom bar ( like it comes when you connect a pen drive or an external hard disk), but i don't see nothing connected to browse in my computer.
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As far as I know all the suites you are talking about are made by the manufacturers for phones running their own UI's, Sense, TouchWiz, etc. I use Windows Media Player to sync music, photos and videos with my N4. You can also just drag and drop files into it if need be. While WMP doesn't quite do all that a suite does, backup is one thing, it is sufficient for what I need to get done.
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I will surely try it out tomorrow. Thanks for the info. BTW I am using Windows 8
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If both the pc and cell are connected to wireless use airdroid. Cant get any easier than that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
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jhock said:
Definitely airdroid, it works like a charm.
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Well since i use my desktop i don't have wireless access. thanks for replying though:thumbup:
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Try installing the drivers from pda.net. They will allow you to transfers the files. You can also use - WMP, iTunes etc too.
ak700 said:
Try installing the drivers from pda.net. They will allow you to transfers the files. You can also use - WMP, iTunes etc too.
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PDA.NET ? Is that a link to some website ? Cause i am not able to open it. Right WMP, I am gonna try as soon as i catch hold of my PC
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gameme said:
PDA.NET ? Is that a link to some website ? Cause i am not able to open it. Right WMP, I am gonna try as soon as i catch hold of my PC
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If you do a search on pdanet, you'll see it's an app that has almost every freaking driver imaginable.
Did it finnaly ! I could connect it VIA AirDroid with USB tethering ON. Just like wireless connection, Airdroid supports connection via USB too.
Actually you should be able to just plug it in and browse the phone through windows explorer (kinda like a usb hard drive). Dont think air droid is necessary for usb.
Especially since you have the option to eject it from your pc i don't think its a driver issue.
I once had a similiar issue to yours and what i did was go into settings > storage > the menu button (the 3 vertical dots in the upper right) > usb computer connection > and check MTP. For some reason it was not checked.
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Actually you should be able to just plug it in and browse the phone through windows explorer (kinda like a usb hard drive). Dont think air droid is necessary for usb.
Especially since you have the option to eject it from your pc i don't think its a driver issue.
I once had a similiar issue to yours and what i did was go into settings > storage > the menu button (the 3 vertical dots in the upper right) > usb computer connection > and check MTP. For some reason it was not checked.
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Yes, but the actually problem, some time ago I had installed the ADB drivers, thinking that I had to install some driver to connect my device. Yesterday, Saw that this caused the problem and neither the windows media player nor the explorer could browser through the phone memory.
After uninstalling that driver for good, I could connect easily, although it shows as a media device and I cannot get to see the list of folders in explorer, hence I started searching for AirDroid using USB. And Voila !!
So let me get this straight... I just bought my Nexus 4. The last Android phone I had was a Galaxy Nexus, and I could simply open Windows Explorer, and drag n drop any file I pleased. Simple.
Now with this phone, I can't do that. For example, a zip file, keep getting the error "Cannot Copy Item". This is with MTP on. I haven't tried the cable that the phone came with, but would that really make a difference? I tried different folders too.
Am I missing something?
UPDATE: So I tried a new text file, and it worked... My zip file was 11mb. I'm guessing it only recognizes certain file types in MTP? If so, guess I'll have to use something like AirDroid
I can see most of the things that are on my phone from the desktop, but it seems like a lot of stuff is missing...
I checked in the connection settings, MTP is selected, and on my desktop I selected "Show hidden files". I can access the N4 from My Computer, and I see a lot of folders, music shows up fine. But for example I can't see web pages that I've saved using OffBrowser. From the phone I can use the X-Plore app to view the files I have in the phone's memory, and from there I can see that OffBroswer has saved over 250 MBs worth of web pages. But when I try to drag-and-drop them to the desktop, Windows Explorer tells me the OffBroswer has 1 byte of storage in use.
As I said, I made sure to show any hidden files, so why aren't all of the files showing up. Anyone have any idea?
EDIT:
Same with the Opera browser. I've been saving a handful of webpages using Opera Mobile and I wanted to copy them onto my desktop, but they don't seem to show up in Windows Explorer, I just see a lot of TMP files in the Opera folder.
Screw it. I just use Airdroid now. So easy and great features.
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gameme said:
Yes. I did that, but nothing came up i could not browse through the phone memory.. Although there was a eject nexus 4 in the right bottom bar ( like it comes when you connect a pen drive or an external hard disk), but i don't see nothing connected to browse in my computer.
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this might help : To connect nexus 4 to computer via usb:
plug in the usb , connect usb to phone . it will display the charging icon as battery will be charning. Go to settings -storage -on top right you will see 3 vertical “square dots” click it will say “usb computer connection” then it will give you two options a. MTP and PTP. Simply select MTP and you are good to go. It will now show nexus 4 as a usb drive on my computer.