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USB Mass Storage Issues - Vibrant

When I plug my Vibrant in by USB on WinXP I am getting a device not recognized error. I get nothing when plugging into a Mac. I've tried multiple cables and I have changed the USB options to each option.
I have rooted the phone and installed the GPS fix.
Any suggestions for fixing this would be appreciated.
Thank you

Load the galaxy s drivers, will work after that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
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What about for Mac OS? The phone doesn't show up when I mount the cards. Is there a way to get mass storage to work on a Mac that doesn't involve turning on USB debugging?

I'm not a mac person, sorry, hopefully someone else can chime in on that.
Edited, if you go to the thread i linked, the op states for linux and mac the android sdk drivers should work, hope that helps.
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When you plug it in are you sliding down the notification bar and selecting the USB Connected > Mount option?
As well when you are done you have to Unmount when you are done.

Yeah, like kizer said too, mount the device. I was assuming that step is s.o.p.
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kizer said:
When you plug it in are you sliding down the notification bar and selecting the USB Connected > Mount option?
As well when you are done you have to Unmount when you are done.
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Yes, I had a G1 for years and that always worked perfectly. The only way to get my Vibrant to show up though is to use USB debugging mode.

I just did some quick googling and it seems mac users are doing exactly what you said you don't want to do, setting usb debugging on, and that seems to be a quick fix. I'm sure there is more info out there in cyberspace, but if debugging works, I say go with it. I always have debugging turned on, incase I need that oops adb action.
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BossDj said:
Yeah, like kizer said too, mount the device. I was assuming that step is s.o.p.
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With the OP having one post who knows if he/she really knew it had to be mounted. LOL Figured it wouldn't hurt just to mention just in case.

BossDj said:
I'm not a mac person, sorry, hopefully someone else can chime in on that.
Edited, if you go to the thread i linked, the op states for linux and mac the android sdk drivers should work, hope that helps.
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When i use it on my Mac, i have to enable USB debugging. Then both drives (internal and SD) pop up just fine.
So it looks like someone answered this, just confirmation then.

Another theory
My Vibrant has mounted normally and without any problems on WinXP sp3 and Win7-64 systems, but I have also run into the occasional system where it will not work at all.
On the systems where things worked normally it was never required that I load a special Samsung USB driver for the phone. The standard mass storage drivers included with Windows worked fine.
My new theory is that there may be a drive letter collision issue in some cases. On the laptop that I use with my phone 90% of the time the phone always mounts as drive G: and H:.
On other machines I have noticed that the phone always seems to mount as G: and H: even if E: and F: are available. I'm not sure how/why it always gets mounted using those letters. It may somehow be defaulting to that because G: and H: were the first letters available on the first system I plugged it into.
I have a Win7-64 desktop machine that will not currently allow the phone to connect. This particular machine already has G: and H: assigned to hard drive partitions.
I will probably experiment with temporarily changing the letter assignments to see if I can get the phone to mount. It's worth a shot I guess.

Sorry, I didn't go into as much detail as I could have.
I've installed those drivers listed here as well as any other I could find. I've tried USB debugging mode, changed all the USB modes listed. I've mounted and unmounted the SD cards using the settings menu when doing this.
Is it possible that there is some background service that should be running? Or is it possible that something in the firmware is screwed up? I guess it's also possible that the USB plug itself is messed up?
Thanks for the help.
I used to use this forum years ago when I had a HTC WinMo phone, it seems to have lost any record of past posts due to inactivity.

As kizer stated in his post, are you mounting from the prompt on your phone's notification bar? Once plugged into your pc or mac, you slide down the notification bar from the top of your home screen, click on the usb prompt then select mount. Thats the only step you didn't list that may have been missed.
Edited - the prompt in the notification area may say mass storage, my home pc fried last week so i cant test it to get you the specific verbage.
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BossDj said:
As kizer stated in his post, are you mounting from the prompt on your phone's notification bar? Once plugged into your pc or mac, you slide down the notification bar from the top of your home screen, click on the usb prompt then select mount. Thats the only step you didn't list that may have been missed.
Edited - the prompt in the notification area may say mass storage, my home pc fried last week so i cant test it to get you the specific verbage.
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I don't get any prompt at all. At this point I will just install CM6.1 when it comes out and hope that fixes the issue. It's usable for now. I can transfer files using WiFi File Explorer for now.

It helps if you know if you are USB 1.0 or 1.1 or 2.0....or even 3.0.
Also, are the USB ports powered ?
Are the USB ports on the computer in question filled with dust and dirt ?
Contacts corroded ?
Are the ports recognized by the operating system correctly (you know, drivers loaded since it's old arsed WinXP) ?
Do you undertand how to operate a computer at a higher level than just being able to install viral apps ?
Malware ?
Trojans ?
I could go on all day.
It works fine here, on Win7x64, WinVistax64, and *nix.

That is bizarre you should get a least something in your taskbar.
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Heres what my looks like and of course I have the taskbar pulled down so you can see it.
Below that is the box you would click to say connect it.

I did have a freind who didn't realize he could pull down the notification bar. Could that be the case here?
Op, you do know you can pull down the bar at the top of your screen, the one with your clock and battery icon etc., put your finger up there and swipe in a downward motion.
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n2ishun said:
It helps if you know if you are USB 1.0 or 1.1 or 2.0....or even 3.0.
Also, are the USB ports powered ?
Are the USB ports on the computer in question filled with dust and dirt ?
Contacts corroded ?
Are the ports recognized by the operating system correctly (you know, drivers loaded since it's old arsed WinXP) ?
Do you undertand how to operate a computer at a higher level than just being able to install viral apps ?
Malware ?
Trojans ?
I could go on all day.
It works fine here, on Win7x64, WinVistax64, and *nix.
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I have tried this on a corporate IT managed WinXP system (running Kapersky AntiVirus) and a currently updated Snow Leopard MacBook. I could give details all day as well. Both are in good condition and very likely not the issue.
Seriously, if you have nothing useful to say don't say anything at all.

vkewalra said:
I have tried this on a corporate IT managed WinXP system (running Kapersky AntiVirus) and a currently updated Snow Leopard MacBook. I could give details all day as well. Both are in good condition and very likely not the issue.
Seriously, if you have nothing useful to say don't say anything at all.
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they don't understand i had this issue too man and i fixed it.
first go to that link and download those drivers... use the uninstall app to uninstall the drivers off your computer.
while your doing that go into your phone setting>applications>usb settings
make sure it says "ask on connection" (you can change it later) go back and go to development to turn on usb debugging.
reinstall drivers, connect phone wait for the drivers to load. the un-connect phone turn debugging off.
and it was fixed for me.
hope this helps

Nexus wont connect to Macbook

i have been trying to connect my nexus to my Mac for about an hour now. it recognizes that it is hooked up to the USB, but i can't mount it.
anybody know how i can alleviate this issue
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If it shows up on your desktop or in the finder then it is mounted.
Edit: you mean the phone sees that it is hooked up?

Mounts fine for me with my iMac. Just plug it in and on the phone choose to mount via USB. Then bobs your uncle.

Nastrodamous said:
i have been trying to connect my nexus to my Mac for about an hour now. it recognizes that it is hooked up to the USB, but i can't mount it.
anybody know how i can alleviate this issue
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reboot both. the only kernel panics (5 in 8 years) i've seen are from a corrupted sdcard and disk utility trying to interfere.
more information in your post would help.

cant transfer pictures to computer?

I tried to connect my nexus 4 to my PC , but it would not recognize it under my computer like it should so I could drag and drop. I tried mounting it as MTP and PTP and neither would be recognised.
I ended up transferring my pictures using adb, but I don't know why it didn't work the standard way.
Anyone have any ideas?

Have you tried using drop box? It's really simple and automatic. Just set it to upload only on Wi-Fi
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rogerski1 said:
Have you tried using drop box? It's really simple and automatic. Just set it to upload only on Wi-Fi
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I've used it before but I want to know why the nexus 4 was not recognised by my computer

Is Android debugging on?

Is it having trouble with installing the MTP driver ? Try turning off USB debugging, I couldn't get MTP to work until I did that.
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Maybe you've got the same problem that we have here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005437
Maybe you try:
A different USB port
A different USB cable
Uninstall existing drivers + installing the drivers again
A different computer
And if all that didn't help you can join us in the above mentioned thread. We don't have a solution yet but maybe we can draw some attention to the issue.

All the driver seem to be fine and the nexus 4 is recognised via adb. It used to work before so I don't what's wrong.
Edit: yes USB debugging was on

Ok, but that's actually good! What happens if you plug it into a different usb port?

Ultraschorsch said:
Ok, but that's actually good! What happens if you plug it into a different usb port?
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It says your device could be faster with USB 2.0 and then it is not recognised.

Now that's really odd. Have you tried a different USB cable?

Ultraschorsch said:
Now that's really odd. Have you tried a different USB cable?
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I'm using the stock lg cable. I'll try with my nexus 7 cable.
Edit with my nexus 7 cable it says connected by the windows 7 notification, but when I check in computer it does not show anything

But you have seen your N4 in the explorer before, right? I have seen my N4 on my GFs windows machine as Nexus 4, not as a storage device.

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But you have seen your N4 in the explorer before, right? I have seen my N4 on my GFs windows machine as Nexus 4, not as a storage device.
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It shows up under devices and printers, but not under my computer
Edit:maybe it has to do with android 4.2 because I just plugged in a flash drive and it showed up under my computer

And what happens if you double-click it there? Can you get your pix then?
Edit: I didn't find my N4 as a storage device, so you can't find it as a letter in your explorer but a real device.

Ultraschorsch said:
And what happens if you double-click it there? Can you get your pix then?
Edit: I didn't find my N4 as a storage device, so you can't find it as a letter in your explorer but a real device.
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If I double click it it takes me to nexus 4 properties. My nexus 7 does not show up in my computer either that's what bled me to think it has to do with 4.2
Edit:nevrmind its not 4.2 because I just connected a lg motion which is running 4.0 and it does not show up either

Maybe someone with a win7 machine can chip in here, since I think it is a windows problem. I am on a linux laptop, so I can't really help you there. But good luck anyway!

Ultraschorsch said:
Maybe someone with a win7 machine can chip in here, since I think it is a windows problem. I am on a linux laptop, so I can't really help you there. But good luck anyway!
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Thanks for your help

By George, I fixed it I went into device manager I right clicked on SAMSUNG android phone then nexus 4 under that section, then I clicked update driver. Then I clicked on browse my computer for driver software after I clicked on let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer and I select mtp. The all of a sudden auto play came up with my device connected as a camera (ptp)
Now all my phones show up under my computer

MTP uses a completely different driver from ADB. So you can have one working but not the other.
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steviewevie said:
MTP uses a completely different driver from ADB. So you can have one working but not the other.
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I have no clue sometime when I connect the nexus 4 it shows connected as adb composite device and sometimes it says mtp.Now everything works though it took me a while but I fixed it.

Nexus 4 as USB drive rather den MTP

Hi,
Is there a way to make nexus 4 as a usb drive rather den a MTP in windows? cos i think that the transfer is way slower via MTP.
Thanks..

Well no solution yet, but I've found something from another LG device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800935
Has anyone tried this command?
Would be great if this will work with our device though :fingers-crossed:

Maybe that will work!!!! But not sure will it cause other problems.....
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Ok i just tried the command. All it's it does is unchecks MTP. If you go into storage USB connection you'll see MTP is not ticked..

I'm using paranoid Rom which is based on stock Rom and i have usb mass storage when connecting to computer. I had to uncheck usb debugging.
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Nice!! Did you execute the command or is it a feature from paranoid?
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shyd said:
Nice!! Did you execute the command or is it a feature from paranoid?
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When usb debugging is off and i plug the usb cable to my laptop, the pop up with options to open folder appears on the laptop like if i was using a usb sick. I don't have to do anything from the phone.
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Well, I tried the command I posted above. I am running CM10.1
I wasn't able to get any kind of usb communication at all after setting the prop.
Hopefully there's a solution coming soon. MTP is quite nice, but it sucks copying media files from different folders. You have to confirm every dialog

[Q] Broken screen (another one, yeah)

I have also broken the screen on my Nexus 4. As so many others have done before me. But since the phone is a very good phone, I want to use it as far as possible without changing screens. LCD screen works and shows everything that going on the phone. But you can't touch it.
In a weak moment so I reset the phone to factory settings. It was stupid, because I had turned on USB debugging. When I start the phone normally, it going to the default settings for language, etc. Since I can not use the touch screen anymore it ends here.
So I hope some of you geniuses (most of you XDA-guys are geniuses) can help or at least give me some answers:
1. What would you do?
2. Can I somehow enable USB-debugging mode from e.g. fastboot?
3. Is it possible to "fake" the settings so it's conected to my Google account? (then I can install apps from Play).

I'm not sure on the n4, but on the n5 you can hook up a keyboard and mouse thru the usb otg using wireless. You might explore that possibility.
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sjsd said:
1. What would you do?
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Buy a new screen assembly off eBay.

jd1639 said:
I'm not sure on the n4, but on the n5 you can hook up a keyboard and mouse thru the usb otg using wireless. You might explore that possibility.
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you can buy the other one

jd1639 said:
I'm not sure on the n4, but on the n5 you can hook up a keyboard and mouse thru the usb otg using wireless. You might explore that possibility.
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According to Google the Nexus 4 does not support USB mouse I could link to the document at Google, but the XDA forum prevents me to link in posts since I haven't got more than 10 posts.
Planterz said:
Buy a new screen assembly off eBay.
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That's plan B :|
qj2010-1 said:
you can buy the other one
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Already got the N5 So the N4 is just a expensive paper weight.

sjsd said:
3. Is it possible to "fake" the settings so it's conected to my Google account? (then I can install apps from Play).
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Anyone?

you can install a custom kernel (if you have a custom recovery, or dont have a lockscreen security) that supports otg, then use it (however the n4 needs external power, so you will need a otg -y cable or use some usb hub which gives the power to the peripherals)