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Am I Missing Something? WTF? How Do I Connect to a Computer?

Love the device. Great build, feels nice - just like everyone else says.
Why would anyone release a device that can't connect to a computer to transfer files? Am I missing something? I've tried connecting on Mac and Windows and searched high and low for drivers, tips, tricks, etc. Don't tell me Dropbox or some other back door solution. The whole reason I bought Android (I already have 2 ipads) is to eliminate itunes. Why would I want to have to use a software solution to transfer files - I would just stay with itunes if that were the case. I have an EVO 4G that mounts as a hard drive and when I load files the app recognizes (photo, music, video) and plays it. WTF!!!!!!
Can someone help? NO I AM NOT INTERESTED IN SOME STUPID WORKAROUND spending 30 hours at the risk of bricking and voiding warranty ending up with some laggy piece of crap custom ROM just to do ONE SIMPLE TASK - DRAG AND DROP! No offense, I respect what you hard cores do. I don't have time. I need $500 devices to work as expected.
Oh yeah, stupid POS wouldn't play an AVI file either. No idea why. Don't really care. It took 2 hours to transfer a file via Dropbox. Not doing that again.
Suggestions welcome. My Samsung Tab 10.1 is currently for sale on ebay. Maybe I'll take it down if some kind soul out there can help me figure this out.

Had the same issue. You just need the correct drivers for your PC. Hope that helps.

Try installing this on your mac - Android File Transfer
For some reason, Honeycomb devices don't mount as regular mass storage device, but rather under the Microsoft MTP protocol (verified when my friend with a mac told me I needed to install the Anrdoid File Transfer when I connected his Xoom to my Win7 laptop. I told him he's crazy, but he didn't know since he never connected his Xoom to a PC running Windows).
Hopefully it's fixed for the retail 10.1 tabs.

If you disable "USB debugging," your PC should recognize it as external storage.

I seem to have having the same problem (10.1).
I installed the samsung mobile drivers, and disable usb debugging.
Now when i plug in my tablet it says connected to samsung kies. On windows i get the pop-up for a usb storage connection, but I cant actually view the files and this doesn't show up in my computer.
Do i have to install samsung kies? I only installed the mobile drivers 'Samsung_USB_Driver_P4_Including_Escape'
Any help?

I installed both. My windows 7 identifies it with a mobile phone icon, but under it the sdcard is identified as a tablet(default name). When i connect it to my pc my GT displays "connected / press home key to quit Samsung kie" so I guess kids is requisite.

t3ch7 said:
Try installing this on your mac - Android File Transfer
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Thanks for the help. Installed Android File Transfer but still no luck with debugging on or off. It just says "No Android Device Found"
Maybe I have a bad unit or something?
Are there any Mac users out there that have been able to connect? I also have a Vista PC that I will start toying around with.

Use file manager app and do it wirelessly via wifi
It is easy and you dont need a pc ...

I've been having the same problem. It seems that the Android File Transfer program hasn't been updated since the change to 3.1. I'm pretty confident that it'll be fixed shortly. However this is an Android issue not a Samsung issue- . The Xooms and Transformers are having the same problem.

Fyahstarter said:
I've been having the same problem. It seems that the Android File Transfer program hasn't been updated since the change to 3.1. I'm pretty confident that it'll be fixed shortly. However this is an Android issue not a Samsung issue- . The Xooms and Transformers are having the same problem.
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I'm leaning towards that it's a Samsung issue as my friend has both a Xoom and Transformer on 3.1 and Android File Transfer is working fine for them.

I've the 10.1v and I just plugged the usb cable and I saw the device as an external storage. Probably the problem is limited to the I/O devices.
For Divx try downloading "MoboPlayer". I thnink that the default avi player can play only h.264 files

Uhh from when i got my tab i had this problem as well all i did was go into control panel uninstall the drivers installed from the first time of plugging it in .. Then i went onto the tab disabled debugging and connected again let it install its drivers and i was set to go just make sure u have samsung kies installed onto your computer so it can find drivers and once the drivers were installed i went into my computer and it was there named something like pt-901 something lol hopefully this helps..

pix said:
For Divx try downloading "MoboPlayer". I thnink that the default avi player can play only h.264 files
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Thanks for this. Works great. Getting better...
I still don't know how any OEMs are going to gain traction against Apple among the masses who don't have the patience to figure this stuff out. Luckily I have some time on my hands this weekend!
Dropbox is taking about 30 minutes to transfer a 700MB file from my laptop to my box and then DL to the Tab's memory. Not a great solution. Need to figure out this USB file transfer thing.

ssbmg said:
Thanks for this. Works great. Getting better...
I still don't know how any OEMs are going to gain traction against Apple among the masses who don't have the patience to figure this stuff out. Luckily I have some time on my hands this weekend!
Dropbox is taking about 30 minutes to transfer a 700MB file from my laptop to my box and then DL to the Tab's memory. Not a great solution. Need to figure out this USB file transfer thing.
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What codec was used for your AVI file? Xvid? If so, then that's whack of Samsung to list Xvid and AVI as native support under their specifications.

Do you need to install the Samsung Kies onto every computer you want to transfer files via USB with?
Other Android devices I haven't had to install any third party software for this.

Same here. Every other Android device I've had is drag and drop on both Mac and PC which is the main draw for me. EVO, Archos, etc, etc...
I also thought that Samsung claimed native playback for Xvid AVI files...??? Apparently not.

Finally works!!! While I was messing around with drivers for PC I discovered that Samsung posted and updated (June 9th) version of Kies which allows easy files transfer on Mac. Problem solved.
Now I just need to figure out how to charge over USB so I don't have to lug this brick of an AC adapter around and I'm converted!

Fyahstarter said:
I've been having the same problem. It seems that the Android File Transfer program hasn't been updated since the change to 3.1. I'm pretty confident that it'll be fixed shortly. However this is an Android issue not a Samsung issue- . The Xooms and Transformers are having the same problem.
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My transformer had no problem after the 3.1 update. Just kept on working. Hopefully my Sammy will work as well.

ssbmg said:
Finally works!!! While I was messing around with drivers for PC I discovered that Samsung posted and updated (June 9th) version of Kies which allows easy files transfer on Mac. Problem solved.
Now I just need to figure out how to charge over USB so I don't have to lug this brick of an AC adapter around and I'm converted!
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Can you throw a link in here?

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/GT-P7510UWYXAR
The above is where I was able to DL both PC drivers and Kies for Mac that WORKS! One thing to note - make sure that you are on the Samsung US site. Originally I was on Samsung.com/ca domain and none of the files would work. When I switched to the US site at Samsung.com (scroll to the bottom to change location) the files worked.

SGS not getting USB 2.0 connection

Whenever I connect my SGS to my laptop, Windows notifies that "This device can perform faster". Data transfer speeds are woefully slow - it took almost 3 hours to transfer 11GB of music, when earlier it used to take not more than 45 mins. This problem happens randomly, not all the time. But I don't what's going wrong. Any idea?

onetik said:
Whenever I connect my SGS to my laptop, Windows notifies that "This device can perform faster". Data transfer speeds are woefully slow - it took almost 3 hours to transfer 11GB of music, when earlier it used to take not more than 45 mins. This problem happens randomly, not all the time. But I don't what's going wrong. Any idea?
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Sound like a problem of your pc and not of the phone.. What Windows version do you use? How old is you pc? Can it be that your PC only provides usb1.1 ?

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Sound like a problem of your pc and not of the phone.. What Windows version do you use? How old is you pc? Can it be that your PC only provides usb1.1 ?
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It's not a problem with the laptop. All USB ports are 2.0 spec (thumb drives work fine) and I'm running Win7 Pro x86.

Anybody have any luck finding a fix for this? I'm having this issue with another phone in the Galaxy S series. All of my other devices work just fine [HDD's, flash drives, other android phones, and my Touchpad]. Only my Infuse give me this issue [I know I know, it's not the i9000, but it's damn close], and was hoping that someone may know what is going on. Thanks

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Anybody have any luck finding a fix for this? I'm having this issue with another phone in the Galaxy S series. All of my other devices work just fine [HDD's, flash drives, other android phones, and my Touchpad]. Only my Infuse give me this issue [I know I know, it's not the i9000, but it's damn close], and was hoping that someone may know what is going on. Thanks
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U are using a laptop... are u using the original PSU? If not chance is your PSU isnt delivering enough power. Have same issue with my notebook since i bought a china made one.

krakerx said:
Anybody have any luck finding a fix for this? I'm having this issue with another phone in the Galaxy S series. All of my other devices work just fine [HDD's, flash drives, other android phones, and my Touchpad]. Only my Infuse give me this issue [I know I know, it's not the i9000, but it's damn close], and was hoping that someone may know what is going on. Thanks
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From my experience, the message is generated by Win 7 when it thinks that there is a faster USB port on the computer. I would suggest that you double check your laptop manual to make sure that one of the USB ports is not USB3 which the win 7 software obviously thinks is available.
You can always check by downloading the same file through each of your laptop's USB ports and comparing the time taken.

Has anyone been able to connect the Galaxy Tab to a Mac?

This is frustrating. I have tried Kies, Android file transfer, and mounting it as USB storage. Can anyone help?
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shaneneff said:
This is frustrating. I have tried Kies, Android file transfer, and mounting it as USB storage. Can anyone help?
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I use Samba Filesharing from the market -- I can connect to both mac & pc with it -- works great.

I could connect my GT 10.1 to my Macbook Air using Kies, but any video I copied over didn't play properly. So, I now use a WiFi File Transfer application which works pretty well.
Regards,
Dave

Today's free app in the Amazon App Store is Wifi FilecExplorer Pro -- tried it & it works great

kies app works fine on mbp running lion i

My MAC with lion would not connect to the 10.1 wireless or USB. Today on PC World they had an App WIFI File Explorer. Free download crippled and $1.60 Pro version. It is in the Market & Amazon.
I have the pro version and can transfer files wirelessly now. To me it was worth the $ rather than fight with Samsung.
I second his vote! Only problem I had was Amazon free version wasn't Pro?? Still worth the $.

kies sucks in terms of video playback, i've just been connecting it then pushing things i want via adb.

There may be something wrong with the kies mac version. I have seen the similar problem before. You'd better connect Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to your macbook in Mass Storage Mode without Kies.
Firstly, Boot Galaxy Tab 10.1, and then go to “Menu” interface. Select Settings>Wireless and network>USB settings> Mass Storage. But you should ensure the USB cable is unplugged. After a few seconds, you will find a little USB symbol. Click on where it says USB connected and then click on where it says Mount.
Then the internal and external SD cards should be mounted, and you should now be able to open the drives in "My Computer". Now you can drag and drop or copy and paste your video files to Galaxy Tab 10.1 from your macbook.
As for the videos, I'm pleased with using my Brorsoft Video Converter, since I have not met any problem yet, not only in the conversion but also in the playing. You can give the website a go and have a try. See if there is any improvement compared to your converter.

having trouble connecting to my mac to its really getting annoying, im running bootcamp so can boot into windows easily but for something this basic i shouldnt need to.
anniemayday that works on my galaxy S2 but on my galaxy tab 10.1 the usb settings do not exsist?

Kies via USB with Lion or an app called WebSharing works fine for me (just read Kies may be wirelessly enable now) for large files. Dropbox
for smaller items. To my knowledge, the GT will not mount to Macs like an sd card or other external device normally would. You must use these methods or the file explorer listed above, for now.
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There may be something wrong with the kies mac version. I have seen the similar problem before. You'd better connect Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to your macbook in Mass Storage Mode without Kies.
Firstly, Boot Galaxy Tab 10.1, and then go to “Menu” interface. Select Settings>Wireless and network>USB settings> Mass Storage. But you should ensure the USB cable is unplugged. After a few seconds, you will find a little USB symbol. Click on where it says USB connected and then click on where it says Mount.
Then the internal and external SD cards should be mounted, and you should now be able to open the drives in "My Computer". Now you can drag and drop or copy and paste your video files to Galaxy Tab 10.1 from your macbook.
As for the videos, I'm pleased with using my Brorsoft Video Converter, since I have not met any problem yet, not only in the conversion but also in the playing. You can give the website a go and have a try. See if there is any improvement compared to your converter.
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My tab doesn't have the mass storage option in the settings..
Why?
And when I try to download kies it says no lion version available ..
How did some of the guys have the kies for lion?

There is no mass storage option for the 10.1. If I remember rightly I just installed Kies in Lion without any issues. There was an update availiable as soon as I ran Kies as well.
However kies on the mac is broken it will corrupt a lot of videos you try to send. After a tip on here I just use wifi to transfer any files. No issues now, well except the transfer process is slightly slower. I also installed Wifi File Explorer Pro from the market and I can access all areas on the tab via my browser on the mac

anniemayday said:
There may be something wrong with the kies mac version. I have seen the similar problem before. You'd better connect Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to your macbook in Mass Storage Mode without Kies.
Firstly, Boot Galaxy Tab 10.1, and then go to “Menu” interface. Select Settings>Wireless and network>USB settings> Mass Storage. But you should ensure the USB cable is unplugged. After a few seconds, you will find a little USB symbol. Click on where it says USB connected and then click on where it says Mount.
Then the internal and external SD cards should be mounted, and you should now be able to open the drives in "My Computer". Now you can drag and drop or copy and paste your video files to Galaxy Tab 10.1 from your macbook.
As for the videos, I'm pleased with using my Brorsoft Video Converter, since I have not met any problem yet, not only in the conversion but also in the playing. You can give the website a go and have a try. See if there is any improvement compared to your converter.
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As many have said, there is no mass storage option on the Tab 10.1. Furthermore, there is no "My Computer" on a Mac where drives would show up. Third, those programs you mention only work on MS Windows. Please take a moment to understand what people are asking.
I find the best combo for me is File Explorer (free in the market) and a decent FTP client. Sure, transfers over WiFi aren't as fast as the cable, but it gets the job done. Also my first tab stopped connecting via Kies altogether.
If you want to convert videos like the quoted person suggested, grab Handbrake.

knight4led said:
As many have said, there is no mass storage option on the Tab 10.1. Furthermore, there is no "My Computer" on a Mac where drives would show up. Third, those programs you mention only work on MS Windows. Please take a moment to understand what people are asking.
I find the best combo for me is File Explorer (free in the market) and a decent FTP client. Sure, transfers over WiFi aren't as fast as the cable, but it gets the job done. Also my first tab stopped connecting via Kies altogether.
If you want to convert videos like the quoted person suggested, grab Handbrake.
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I totally agree, I use cyberduck (I believe) as my ftp interface on the mace and it works perfectly.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dooblou.WiFiFileExplorer&feature=search_result
Have a look at that one instead. Kies is a clunky piece of crap.

i have a question about this as well, i am in the navy and for the majority of the time that i will be using my GT 8.9, i will be on a boat with no available wifi. i also have had no luck with connecting my tab to my mac. does anybody have any solutions for me. i am very frustrated as i got this and cant transfer any files to it.

b1keslddr said:
i have a question about this as well, i am in the navy and for the majority of the time that i will be using my GT 8.9, i will be on a boat with no available wifi. i also have had no luck with connecting my tab to my mac. does anybody have any solutions for me. i am very frustrated as i got this and cant transfer any files to it.
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I downloaded the mac version of Kies and autoupdated it and can transfer files pretty easily. You can also try loading Astro and the bluetooth component and doing bluetooth transfers. What I just ended up doing tonight was using dropbox since I didnt have my cable or the will to start installing other apps.

[Q] Bluetooth File Transfers

I was able to do some file transfers from my EVO 4G when I first set up my new Thrive. Then all of a sudden it stopped working with an error that basically states the target device has rejected the transfer. So I tried with my Macbook Pro, same deal. I cannot transfer any files TO the Thrive from any device (I even tried with my son's Transformer, no go...).
Anyone have any clue as to why it worked for two files then all of a sudden stopped?

Mine is the same way; simply won't connect. I'm guessing it's a Honeycomb issue. For now I have just been using a thumb drive between netbook and the Thrive to swap files. The netbook also won't see the Thrive if I connect through USB. Guess it's wait and see what kind of adventures/solutions Ice Cream brings

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Mine is the same way; simply won't connect. I'm guessing it's a Honeycomb issue. For now I have just been using a thumb drive between netbook and the Thrive to swap files. The netbook also won't see the Thrive if I connect through USB. Guess it's wait and see what kind of adventures/solutions Ice Cream brings
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Try turning off usb debugging before you connect to other devices when using a cable.As far as the bluetooth issues I'm gonna let someone that is familiar with that answer. sorry

Lol, I also just use a USB drive to move files from my computer as my computer can't seem to read the Thrive, just hope when the 3.1 updates comes out here it wil fix it. On another note, when I try to transfer Bluetooth files from a Mac or my Android phone I just get a fail.

stupid question - how to USB?

Hi guys,
Just noticed.. how can I connect my 10.1 to Kies via USB?
I just see the option Connect Kies via WiFi and I cannot see any USB connection settings anywhere.. please help me I'm dumbfounded..
I can easily connect my Samsung Tab 1st gen thru Kies or even mass storage
Thanks!

a lot of views but no one knows how?
come on guys, how are you transferring your files? everyone is doing it via wifi?

in windows just connect the tab using the supplied cable and it shows up when you click on computer as a drive
Assuming you have the latest version of kies installed you should be able to plug it in and it will work at least mine did when i last tried it

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a lot of views but no one knows how?
come on guys, how are you transferring your files? everyone is doing it via wifi?
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Or no one has no clue why you're having a problem, or doesn't use their Tab with a Windows machine.
It's unreasonable to expect a big response within 2 hours when you post at 2:30 AM Eastern time - there's a pretty high percentage of United States residents here.
adb push/pull works fine for me in Linux for small stuff, the USB host adapter and a thumb drive work great for the large.

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a lot of views but no one knows how?
come on guys, how are you transferring your files? everyone is doing it via wifi?
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nope, via FTP. well.. same as wireless

Mine doesn't work with kies either
I also use windows

you dont have usb debugging and/or allow mock connections ticked do you?

marczoeteweij said:
Mine doesn't work with kies either
I also use windows
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Mine wasn't working with Wifi or with the cable through Kies.
Found an app in Samsung App Store to fix, see here

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245668

Disable usb debugging in settings