I can't get my computer to detect my fascinate unless its plugged in the back..
The first time I plugged it in the front it seemed to work (showed up in my computer) but i think i didn't safely eject.. i also tried to root it which wasn't working with the one click method.
Basically it just doesn't mount, i press mount and then go back to the option to where it should said "unmount" but it just says mount again
It shows up on my computer and am able to transfer files when i plug it into the back of my computer but when i did it first it immediately said "THIS DEVICE CAN RUN FASTER WITH A FASTER USB PORT" I can tell the port is running slow because its saying its going to take over an hour to transfer 2.5gbs of music to the phone now.
anything i can do ?
when i plugged it into the back usb port all the stuff was
Chances are the USB port just isn't strong enough. The back ones are usually the most reliable.
There's nothing you can really do about it. Maybe get a USB extender if your cord isn't long enough?
Thunderclaww is correct. my guess is your computer is over a couple years old. The usb ports in the rear are supplied more power then its front counterparts. If your computer was newer it should have enough power for the front in which case there is something wrong with the computer, power related and you wouldn't want to put your phone on a possibly failing or improperly grounded usb port. Do yourself a favor and stick to the rear ports.
Not all USB ports are powered. My work Dell laptop only has powered USB in back. Power is required here. Just use the back ports, and don't worry You might want to get an extension cable if that is inconvenient.
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You have to "Mount" the Phone. This is under: Settings--> USB Settings. It will ask you for "Mass Storage" or "Media Sync". Mass Storage will basically give you access to your SD Card.
Also, if you are expecting to see the phone as well or use it as a "Hotspot", you need to go into Applications (Yes, Applications) and choose "Development" in there, there is a "USB Debugging". When you select it, it will give a "Warning", but this will allow you to really connect your phone. For this too you will need to Galaxy S Driver.
Samsung Fascinate Not Detected By PC
If all other suggestions do not work, try replacing your connector with a new or working one. A defective connector was the cause why my Samsung Fascinate could not be detected by my PC. Hope this saves you some of your precious time. Good luck.
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I'm trying to get the one click lag fix 2.0 onto my phone. However I've run into quite a few problems. Everything was fine, I was having no problems with connecting to my computer. However when I connected the USB cable again, the phone receives power from the cable but neither the phone or laptop recognize each other. I tried doing all sorts of things (turning on USB debugging and all that) but to no avail. I decided to try to do the factory reset. While the phone was rebooting the "Found new hardware" bubble popped up and it recognized it but as soon as everything was loaded it was gone.
Then I tried restarting it with USB debugging off and it DID recognize it. However once I restart it like that there is no way to turn USB debugging back on without disconnecting it... and once i do that and activate USB debugging, the phone is not recognized again.
This has been a pretty frustrating ordeal and I have tried it on multiple PCs. I am using the stock cable that came with the phone...
Any ideas?
Same thing happens to me. Stock cable would show up as a device when plugged into multiple computers. I swapped phones but I'm sure its just a cable issue.
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Have you downloaded the latest USB driver for the phone from samsung's website?
What OS are you using?
Make sure you plugged your USB cable into USB 2.0.
Also, make sure the USB sliding door is fully opened and locked. The door on the phone could prevent a good connection from taking place.
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Have you downloaded the latest USB driver for the phone from samsung's website?
What OS are you using?
Make sure you plugged your USB cable into USB 2.0.
Also, make sure the USB sliding door is fully opened and locked. The door on the phone could prevent a good connection from taking place.
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Yes, I do have the latest driver.
I have tried doing this on both Mac (snow leopard) and windows XP (different laptops).
All the connections are good and they are all certainly usb 2.0.
my windows 7 64 bit computer wont connect to the phone. spent 3 hours doing everything and it always gives me unknown device and driver install failed. The only thing i have not tried is to plug it into the back USB ports as sugested in another thread,I am at work now, but I also have 3 different micro usb cables in front of me and only the one that came with the phone works on one of the front usb ports and in the rear ports on my work XP computer. is there something special about the samsung cable? the 2 other micro USB cables work for data in my old US crapullar banter phone all day long. samsung tech told me to reset the phone and try again or exchange it for a new one. now I have to redo all my crap on my phone. liked the phone and was worth breaking a contract with us crapullar that i had for 10 years till now.
I find the drivers are finicky.
I can plug it into my computer (both work and home; Win7 32/Win7 64) and sometimes it finds it and sometimes it doesn't.
When it doesn't, I simply unplug the usb from the phone and plug it back up.
When that doesn't work, I will plug it in and then reboot the phone. That almost always does it.
When that doesn't do it, I will unplug it, turn on or off USB Debugging mode.
I've never had to uninstall/reinstall drivers for this phone. The computer installed everything automatically.
edit: The one thing I did find, however, is that with my old Moment USB cable, it won't charge properly. It always says 100% charge after about 5 minutes even if the phone was dead. So I don't listen to that one and just use it for data transfer when I'm not using Dropbox.
i can charge the phone no problem but the data is the problem. tried everything you said last night with a couple of samsung techs even the next level tech
should be a sticky. need to use rear USB ports for this phone because they are the only ones that work most of the time, and phone Micro USB jack is the cheapest jack ever. dont expect much out of it now, being sprints top of the line phone and all.
Hey Everybody, I have been having problems connecting my wife's Fascinate to any of the 3 pc's in our home and was ready to throw it out the window. I had tried everything from installing new drivers, usb debugging etc but nothing seemed to work for me. The phone would charge but would not connect to the pc. There is a small tab inside of the USB port that is very fragile and can be bent easily. I gently bent the tab towards the center of the USB port and after two weeks of frustration, the phone connected and mounted the SD card and I am now running superclean rom. Not sure if this is a fix for every case but it's something to try if you have tried everything else.
Is there any way you could get a picture of this tab or describe it a little more? I have the same usb issue, but I'm not sure I see any tab in the usb port.
I noticed this too, winows 7 says USB not detected, but if I keep the cable into my phone and reboot my phone it seems to pick it up
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Hi. Last month I forgot my charger somewhere and I endded up using another one that didn´t work fine.
my problem is that the usb conector only work for charging (turbo charging work too) but not when I try to connect it in my pc.
I already use different cables so I think I should change the usb port, but it could be something else? maybe the board is broken?
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Hi. Last month I forgot my charger somewhere and I endded up using another one that didn´t work fine.
my problem is that the usb conector only work for charging (turbo charging work too) but not when I try to connect it in my pc.
I already use different cables so I think I should change the usb port, but it could be something else? maybe the board is broken?
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If you tried to connect your USB cable directly to the back ports of your PC, i mean, the motherboard USB ports (not the front ones), and tried in differents PC's too, looks like your charging port has been damaged.
Something exactly as you described happened to me in the Nexus 5, but in that case, just had to change a flex cable that contained the charging port.
Anyway, it's a very cheap part, and it's pretty common that the welding of the USB port get broken. You will have to send your device to a mobile repairs shop, or change the charging port by yourself (only if you have some knowledge using welding stations).
I recommend the first option because it's the most common break on a phone, and these guys in the shop must be very accustomed to repair this (it's not very expensive either).
try any other phone's data cable! :?
I've tried another cable and my computer connects but says the file is empty. I tried my old phone and I can see files. So I think there must be a setting on my Moto 4 that I need to change. When I drag the status line down I don't see USB or connect to camera.
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I've tried another cable and my computer connects but says the file is empty. I tried my old phone and I can see files. So I think there must be a setting on my Moto 4 that I need to change. When I drag the status line down I don't see USB or connect to camera.
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Hmm, when you pull the notification shade down, do you see a notification about 'USB Charging this device' when your device is connected? If so, then what happens when you tap that notification - do you see a pop-up like in the linked screenshot? If so, tap the Transfer Files option in that pop-up and your device should re-connect and show the internal storage of your device.
If your device is in USB charging mode, it seems normal to not show files (as a security measure?).
Hi all, I haven't been here for a while now, but I figure that this is the best place to put my issue besides maybe reddit. So I was trying to activate USB tethering yesterday as i do a lot in order to play some games on my computer since i don't have access to any ethernet, and something went wrong and it didn't activate despite having hit the switch on the phone. I unplugged my phone to turn it off since my computer hadn't recognized the tethering and tried to activate it again, but this time my phone only made the charging noise and wasn't picking up my computer at all. I then restarted my phone to see if that was the issue and got the same result. I then tried to plug it into my laptop to see if my computer was the problem and it did the same thing.
Today I tried plugging my phone into my laptop with my usb-c to usb-c cable (instead of my go-to usb-c to usb-a cable that came with the phone) and got some signs of life from the laptop, it makes the sound that says its plugged in, but the phone still only charges and the laptop picks up my phone as "USB root hub (USB 3.0)" and "Intel USB 3.1 eXtensible Host controller-1.10 (Microsoft)" in device manager. I also just tried clearing the cache in recovery but nothing has changed. Does anyone know what's going on here and how I can fix it?
Unrooted (duh), AT&T model (sorry idk the model numbers like i used to), latest updates and security patches etc
EDIT: power cycled it (let it die and turned it back on a few times until it wouldn't turn on again) and charged it back up again and that seems to have fixed my issue.
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Hi all, I haven't been here for a while now, but I figure that this is the best place to put my issue besides maybe reddit. So I was trying to activate USB tethering yesterday as i do a lot in order to play some games on my computer since i don't have access to any ethernet, and something went wrong and it didn't activate despite having hit the switch on the phone. I unplugged my phone to turn it off since my computer hadn't recognized the tethering and tried to activate it again, but this time my phone only made the charging noise and wasn't picking up my computer at all. I then restarted my phone to see if that was the issue and got the same result. I then tried to plug it into my laptop to see if my computer was the problem and it did the same thing.
Today I tried plugging my phone into my laptop with my usb-c to usb-c cable (instead of my go-to usb-c to usb-a cable that came with the phone) and got some signs of life from the laptop, it makes the sound that says its plugged in, but the phone still only charges and the laptop picks up my phone as "USB root hub (USB 3.0)" and "Intel USB 3.1 eXtensible Host controller-1.10 (Microsoft)" in device manager. I also just tried clearing the cache in recovery but nothing has changed. Does anyone know what's going on here and how I can fix it?
Unrooted (duh), AT&T model (sorry idk the model numbers like i used to), latest updates and security patches etc
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Check the ports And cable ends for trash and lint crammed in them possibly
TheMadScientist said:
Check the ports And cable ends for trash and lint crammed in them possibly
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no dice there unfortunately