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Mount issue

Hey peeps, My hero has been acting up for the last couple days and the weird thing about it is that I have not done anything new to it. I wanted to flash the new fresh rom and when I connected the phone via usb to my laptop it just charges. The phone does not get recognized by the laptop nor does it ask me if I want to mount the drive. I am running windows 7 and the phone would mount without a problem previously. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Did you flash to the new 2.27 leak? I have and am having the same issue. I cant get it to mount. Charges fine but nothing else.

One option might be to install SD Share from the market. It only costs $1 and I've never had issues using it to mount. Whats nice about it is that it allows the sd card to stay mounted to the phone while dual mounting it to the pc.

Go to Settings > Connect to PC. Check your default connection type and put a check in "Ask me".

I'll try those ideas omce u get home. Thx guys
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pherny22 said:
Hey peeps, My hero has been acting up for the last couple days and the weird thing about it is that I have not done anything new to it. I wanted to flash the new fresh rom and when I connected the phone via usb to my laptop it just charges. The phone does not get recognized by the laptop nor does it ask me if I want to mount the drive. I am running windows 7 and the phone would mount without a problem previously. Any help will be appreciated.
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I checked the connect to PC...........mine had changed to default mode was "charge" I changed it to USB mode so we shall see if that fixes it when I get home. Thx again!!!!
****UPDATE***** that fixed the issue. Dunno why it was set to charge only but issues fixed.

there are free alterntives to sd share like usn mount and others

all i did was read the thread title, and in my best Michael from the office impersonation said "That's what she said"

ok guys thanks for your prompt responses and i am sorry i started another thread about this in Q&A. for some reason i believed this was the wrong spot for it sorry. well i have tried everything you guys suggested before i posted just to make sure i wasnt going to waste anyones time. im running fresh rom and it was working fine till i wanted to update to the 2.1.1 rom flipz just released. it only charges when connected to my pc and i also tried different computers in my house to no avail. i will now try something from the market.
lol @ the office reference....

ok i tried usb switcher and auto mount your sd from the market...none of them worked

Did you check your connection type like I suggested? mizono said it worked for him.

yes i did. it didnt work it still has the same issue. i guess i just have to use my micro sd reader in the meantime. i think its the phone for some reason.

Same issue here.
Anyone have other suggestions? Basically, I plug the phone into a USB port on either of my computers and it acts just like if I'd plugged into a USB wall charger: no USB debug notification or that its connected to a PC for charging, with the option of SD mounting etc.
Running Fresh 2.1.1, I flashed Fresh Toast 2.1 but I rolled back due to a soft reboot issue.

irishman06 said:
Same issue here.
Anyone have other suggestions? Basically, I plug the phone into a USB port on either of my computers and it acts just like if I'd plugged into a USB wall charger: no USB debug notification or that its connected to a PC for charging, with the option of SD mounting etc.
Running Fresh 2.1.1, I flashed Fresh Toast 2.1 but I rolled back due to a soft reboot issue.
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So I cleared the default charging action, and when i restarted my phone this morning (it died overnight since I didn't have a charger with me), it recognized the computer again this morning. So I guess I'm fixed for now. But I'm not sure why.

lucky you! i still have no fix

Samsung Driver Not Working?

I downloaded the only driver I could find for Samsung Phones 1.3.450.0 13.5 Mb and when I put my phone in debugging mode it has a new hardware icon in my task bar. Is there a newer version I should be using? Anyone else having these problems? I have tried installing it on 2 separate computers and still get the same problem. I am trying to root my phone and can't even get pass the first step! Please help!

Check in "General" - this is not really a development question - good luck!
BPF317 said:
I downloaded the only driver I could find for Samsung Phones 1.3.450.0 13.5 Mb and when I put my phone in debugging mode it has a new hardware icon in my task bar. Is there a newer version I should be using? Anyone else having these problems? I have tried installing it on 2 separate computers and still get the same problem. I am trying to root my phone and can't even get pass the first step! Please help!
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Try plugging the phone into the usb ports on your mobo. Other ports didn't work for me

Some people have trouble with front posts. In my case the cable sucks ass for anything besides charging and my kindle micro usb worked great.
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BPF317 said:
I downloaded the only driver I could find for Samsung Phones 1.3.450.0 13.5 Mb and when I put my phone in debugging mode it has a new hardware icon in my task bar. Is there a newer version I should be using? Anyone else having these problems? I have tried installing it on 2 separate computers and still get the same problem. I am trying to root my phone and can't even get pass the first step! Please help!
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I played around with drivers for a while, I finally I de-installed Doubletwist, I then could then mount my epic correctly.
Hopefully this helps

was using a poorly made usb cord
was rooting friends Epic came across this and wanted to mention to n e 1 that google sends over, it was actually a crap usb cord fyi cheers

Phone cannot be seen by any PC

My phone is a huge POS and I am ready to throw it through t-mobile's window. I have been getting a lot of hangs and crashes on my phone so I decided it was time to finally upgrade it. Well I have tried both my work and home PC's and my laptop. And the phone never shows up on the computer. When I plug it in, the phone beeps and asks me if I want to use Kies, Mass Storage, or Media Player. No matter what I select the phone is never seen by windows explorer, disk manager, or Kies. I have tried a few different cables and still no dice. I know the connection is good as it charges and asks if I want to mount the device. I figured it was software so I decided to factory wipe the phone, but that didn't help at all. I am at a loss, T-Mobile probably won't do anything for me. I am ready to jump ship and go back to iPhone, Android has not been a very good experience for me.

Ye sorry you had to get the vibrant dude. I would have gone with the nexus s on tmobile. Maybe try to enable USB debug. I don't know for a fact if it might help. Otherwise if you're willing to deal with it and put in a little time you could root it and run bionic 1.3.1 and just do the basics with it. With rooting you can go much farther but I dont think you care for much more than the basics. This phone is a great hardware unfortunately the software is not upto par. This isn't so much android as it is Samsung for crippling it with their touchwiz overlay and rfs format.
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First, download your phone usb driver from Samsung and install on your PC or laptop.
Try these steps:
1. Click the menu
2. Click Setting
3. Click Wireless and Network
4. Unplug USB
5. Click USB Setting
6. Select the last option
Good luck
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My phone is a huge POS and I am ready to throw it through t-mobile's window. I have been getting a lot of hangs and crashes on my phone so I decided it was time to finally upgrade it. Well I have tried both my work and home PC's and my laptop. And the phone never shows up on the computer. When I plug it in, the phone beeps and asks me if I want to use Kies, Mass Storage, or Media Player. No matter what I select the phone is never seen by windows explorer, disk manager, or Kies. I have tried a few different cables and still no dice. I know the connection is good as it charges and asks if I want to mount the device. I figured it was software so I decided to factory wipe the phone, but that didn't help at all. I am at a loss, T-Mobile probably won't do anything for me. I am ready to jump ship and go back to iPhone, Android has not been a very good experience for me.
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DarkSideGTI said:
My phone is a huge POS and I am ready to throw it through t-mobile's window. I have been getting a lot of hangs and crashes on my phone so I decided it was time to finally upgrade it. Well I have tried both my work and home PC's and my laptop. And the phone never shows up on the computer. When I plug it in, the phone beeps and asks me if I want to use Kies, Mass Storage, or Media Player. No matter what I select the phone is never seen by windows explorer, disk manager, or Kies. I have tried a few different cables and still no dice. I know the connection is good as it charges and asks if I want to mount the device. I figured it was software so I decided to factory wipe the phone, but that didn't help at all. I am at a loss, T-Mobile probably won't do anything for me. I am ready to jump ship and go back to iPhone, Android has not been a very good experience for me.
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I know what you are going through. I have had to uninstall and reinstall the drivers so many times.
If you are able to get the phone updated to Froyo it will be much better. If you are willing to get your hands a little dirty, look into installing the famous Voodoo lagfix. It makes a night and day difference!

if you wanna update to froyo 2.2 i would suggest using kies mini

Going to bump this. Phone still is not recognized by any PC. It's not a driver issue. It charges, but does not allow me to transfer files or anything.

I have the two vibrant and one with your problem. The one with the problem was bought used and I'm sure that the seller had no intention of ripping me off because the from was the factory stock . Anyways it doesn't open as a mass storage or is detected in Odin. The best thing I could do was flash cyanogen or miui on it and that's how I keep up to date. I believe that this Is a hardware problem. Perhaps by water, dust, or who knows what. Nothing I can do about it.
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If you had a Linux box to plug it into, you could probably find out more of what is going on. You could try putting the phone into download mode and see if Odin can see it. It could well be a bad USB port. You could take it into T-Mobile and ask them to try.
It's not an android problem, but it could be cheap Samsung hardware or bad software.

All three comps using the same os?
Same driver version for all three?
Is it recognized in device manager when plugged in?
If all you need to do is transfer files, then use Samba
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I have had this problem before, make sure the USB cable your using is a data usb cable, and not just a charge cable, yes they do exist.

Look this might sound stupid, but try different cables, even a new one if possible, and ask them to test it for you. I had the same problem and I had a working cable (or so I thought), one day a friend lend me his cable so I tried once more, expecting the usual, but it was recognized by my pc. It was a bad cable all along.

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Look this might sound stupid, but try different cables, even a new one if possible, and ask them to test it for you. I had the same problem and I had a working cable (or so I thought), one day a friend lend me his cable so I tried once more, expecting the usual, but it was recognized by my pc. It was a bad cable all along.
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This is possible, I was using a Generic cable and could not get Odin to recognize it until I used the official Sony cable at one time a few months ago.

Transfer to pc via USB

Hey all-
Just got the Razr M and am loving it so far. On a side to note to this topic, I have to give a shout to the CyanogenMod team. I was using CM7 on my old Incredible and it really gave the phone new life. One of the reasons I picked the Motorola was the fact that they seemed to have the closest to 'stock' android out there. I have noticed that a lot of the things I loved about CM7 are included in the new JB operating system in the new Razr. I'm not as much of an expert at many of you, so I don't know who was talking to whom there, but it really seems like Android got the best bits of the CM7 release installed stock in my new phone. I'm sure I'll find gripes and get the urge to root this one after a while, but I had to give credit to the CM team for a great product.
Anyway, here's the reason for my post. I was stuck trying to transfer files between the phone and PC to no avail, much like many other people I came across on the net while researching the problem. I ran across a solution at another forum that worked for me (I don't know why, but there it is...). I went to the development tab and chose 'allow USB debugging' and 'allow mock locations'. For some reason that got the Motorola connect software (which I installed out of desperation and takes me to Verizon's unwanted backup website) to realize my phone was there, and also gave me full access to file transfers.
If this is old news, please disregard, but at the risk of sounding like a noob I'll post it in case it helps anyone else.
Cheers!
Ryan

I have tried that numerous times and even reinstalled the drivers a few times and my phone still won't show up in my computer, what os are you running? I'm running XP pro still no dice..
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hellknight4206 said:
I have tried that numerous times and even reinstalled the drivers a few times and my phone still won't show up in my computer, what os are you running? I'm running XP pro still no dice..
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I'm running Vista 64 bit. You may mock me now!
I just let Motorola install the drivers, didn't go to the website and add extras or anything like that. Sorry about the issues, good luck!

Another thought?
You know, I forgot about this, but it bears mentioning. I have one USB port on my PC that operates at 1.1 speeds (or whatever it was before 2.0). It was one of those fancy cases where there were all kinds of extra goodies on it, but for some reason just this one lone port wouldn't take anything at 2.0 or better speeds for the life of me. When I plugged my data cable into that by accident, it timed out with an error. When I used a proper USB 2.0 port, everything went find\e. So, it may be a long shot, but you might want to check that you're on a fast USB port; otherwise, the timeout error sort of looks like a complete hang/crash...

I am pretty sure all my USB Ports are 2.0 I could be wrong tho, I installed the drivers with the software from the site that maybe my problem actually, I'll try again tonight
::Edit:: ok so I found out my USB Ports are not 2.0 I had my EVO 4g plugged in charging and when I got home my PC had a dialog stating that my device would perform better on a hi-speed USB port, that's a bummer cuz it is the only port I have
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My Galaxy S4 won't stay connected to the computer via USB

Hey all. Just got my Galaxy S4 today and I was loving everything about it until... right now. For some reason, the darn USB won't stay connected to the computer. It doesn't matter if it's simply plugged into the computer as an "installer" or as a media device. It'll constantly disconnect and reconnect itself, even when I'm not transferring any files.
It's not the my computer/USB ports, either, since I can transfer files between my HTC Thunderbolt and Nexus 7 fine. I've also tested 2 other USB cables and they all behave the same way.
Anyone know what's going on? Did I get a lemon?

No im in the same boat. Was trying ti connect in today. I reinstalled and un installed the drivers about 4 times. Tried un selecting usb debugging in developers menu. Installed kies and used the drivers from it still no good. Used 3 different usb leads. Phone will still charge from pc and even when im installing the drivers again and connect the phone it will say that your new device is ready to use but still cant access phone, it simply does not show up.
Wouldn mind was working 2 days ago fine. Same usb port and all. And the port is fine cause my old s3 still reads from the same port.

snwman said:
No im in the same boat. Was trying ti connect in today. I reinstalled and un installed the drivers about 4 times. Tried un selecting usb debugging in developers menu. Installed kies and used the drivers from it still no good. Used 3 different usb leads. Phone will still charge from pc and even when im installing the drivers again and connect the phone it will say that your new device is ready to use but still cant access phone, it simply does not show up.
Wouldn mind was working 2 days ago fine. Same usb port and all. And the port is fine cause my old s3 still reads from the same port.
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same problem with me!
every thing ok with s3 but the problem only with s4
please we need help to solve this problem!

Same problem
I have also been dealing with this for a while now. I have Windows 7 64bit and I have reinstalled the drivers many times through Kies and manually. It seems like the problem is getting worse since initially I could do some file transfer through usb if i fiddled with the device (changing usb ports, unplugging it, etc). Now I am hard pressed to get it to show up on the computer through MTP at all.
This is quite annoying since I am developing an android app and I need a usb connection in order to test it. A fix would be awesome.

I just tested on my sister's laptop and it doesn't have this problem. I clicked around the phone, transferred a 10gb movie, and left it plugged in to see if there were any signs of disconnects. None whatsoever. Odd. Maybe Galaxy S4 just doesn't like something with our computers. This is quite annoying.
I have a fresh Windows 7 64-bit partition I installed the other day so I'll test it out on that and report the results later today.

retsnom said:
I just tested on my sister's laptop and it doesn't have this problem. I clicked around the phone, transferred a 10gb movie, and left it plugged in to see if there were any signs of disconnects. None whatsoever. Odd. Maybe Galaxy S4 just doesn't like something with our computers. This is quite annoying.
I have a fresh Windows 7 64-bit partition I installed the other day so I'll test it out on that and report the results later today.
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I do same thing, it is worked in another computer.
I am already put fresh win 7 but still same problem..

im on xp(retro yeah ha ha) but just a pc i have for my phones and stuff. But i got it working again by flashing my firmware through odin and its back working. Im blaming when i rooted it that it broke but ill see if it happens again
edit: Can confirm pc is now picking up phone. I just flashed the most recent stock rom for my carrier through odin and as soon as it finished updating its prefect now. Might wait another while to root it now and wait for more devs to jump aboard for more roms

snwman said:
im on xp(retro yeah ha ha) but just a pc i have for my phones and stuff. But i got it working again by flashing my firmware through odin and its back working. Im blaming when i rooted it that it broke but ill see if it happens again
edit: Can confirm pc is now picking up phone. I just flashed the most recent stock rom for my carrier through odin and as soon as it finished updating its prefect now. Might wait another while to root it now and wait for more devs to jump aboard for more roms
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I'm on stock, no root.

Hi
I don't know if it may help but i noticed the usb doesn't work when the phone is locked.
I did check 'stay active while charging' in dev parameters and i never got disconnected again.
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Tested it out on a fresh copy of Windows 7 and it still continuously disconnect. What gives?

taargaa said:
Hi
I don't know if it may help but i noticed the usb doesn't work when the phone is locked.
I did check 'stay active while charging' in dev parameters and i never got disconnected again.
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Oops, missed your post. Unfortunately, it disconnects regardless of the phone's state.

My friend's S4 was doing the same thing on his desktop. Every time he would try to transfer pics the phone would disconnect after a few files.
I tried different things from reinstalling drivers to trying to only copy over a couple of files at a time, nothing worked.
Finally I plugged his phone into one of the back usb ports and transferred over 2gb with no problem and no disconnects since.
My guess is the S4 is a power hog and some usb ports just don't supply enough juice. Try plugging it in to a usb port that comes off a motherboard. Don't use the front ports or usb hubs. Hope this helps someone.

dirrtpoor said:
My friend's S4 was doing the same thing on his desktop. Every time he would try to transfer pics the phone would disconnect after a few files.
I tried different things from reinstalling drivers to trying to only copy over a couple of files at a time, nothing worked.
Finally I plugged his phone into one of the back usb ports and transferred over 2gb with no problem and no disconnects since.
My guess is the S4 is a power hog and some usb ports just don't supply enough juice. Try plugging it in to a usb port that comes off a motherboard. Don't use the front ports or usb hubs. Hope this helps someone.
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I've been trying all kinds of different combinations of USB leads, phone settings and ports all morning and was just about getting ready to start a new Olympic sport of S4 hurling when I came across this post and plugged my USB straight into the back of my machine and it finally works!! Thank you dirrtpoor for your input - a simple fix, but nevertheless it worked.:good:
I suppose it makes sense that a quad core 1.9Ghz phone would be a power hog.

It wouldn't work on my home PC whatever I tried. Front or back USB ports.
On my dads PC sometimes it would display OK and other times "usb device has malfunctioned" (didn't try the rear USB port)
On my work PC it works fine on the rear ports.

I was having the same problem a few days ago, but then I reformatted the SD card, now everything seems OK.
Even the stock gallery app works now...?!

Guys I was having the same problem. For the life of me I couldn't figure out why suddenly my S4 wasn't being recognized by my computer. I finally went into developer options and noticed a "USB Debugging - Debugging mode launches when USB is connected" was turned on. I de-selected that, connected my phone and now my computer recognizes it again. I hope that helps guys, it helped me.

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mgrisan1 said:
Guys I was having the same problem. For the life of me I couldn't figure out why suddenly my S4 wasn't being recognized by my computer. I finally went into developer options and noticed a "USB Debugging - Debugging mode launches when USB is connected" was turned on. I de-selected that, connected my phone and now my computer recognizes it again. I hope that helps guys, it helped me.
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This may be laughably obvious but I'm a former Apple user, which has it's own dedicated USB connector, so I forget sometimes with the Samsung S4, which has a standard (looking) micro USB connector that I need a USB cable that is enabled for syncing as well as charging...not all USB cords with micro connectors on the phone end will carry the data because I imagine Samsung has made their phone's connector require a different wiring in the cable.
I was pulling my hair out yesterday trying to figure out why the computer wouldn't see the phone..then looked at the USB cable and realized I'd plugged a non-syncing cable in. I tried the cable that came with the phone and bingo, worked like it was supposed to.
Hope this helps, sometimes it's the little things we overlook that drive us nuts.

Any way to connect in master storage with out root.
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Use a different usb cable and usb port. I know it sounds stupid but there has definitely been phantom problems which were solved this way, even with something as simple as adb commands

i have same problem. trying all the way but always with the same result...