Can't Mount nexus s. Usb device not Recognized - Nexus S General

My nexus S won't show up on my computer. I've tried re installing and uninstalling the drivers for it. It shows up as an "Unknown device" and tells me that i should try to replace the device. I'm running W7 prof. and 2.3.4 stock on my nexus with root. I've tried several fixes and none have worked. Please if anyone has had the same problem help me out.

Andrew421 said:
My nexus S won't show up on my computer. I've tried re installing and uninstalling the drivers for it. It shows up as an "Unknown device" and tells me that i should try to replace the device. I'm running W7 prof. and 2.3.4 stock on my nexus with root. I've tried several fixes and none have worked. Please if anyone has had the same problem help me out.
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Sounds like the cable. Try a new one, something thick like they have at radio shack.

Andrew421 said:
My nexus S won't show up on my computer. I've tried re installing and uninstalling the drivers for it. It shows up as an "Unknown device" and tells me that i should try to replace the device. I'm running W7 prof. and 2.3.4 stock on my nexus with root. I've tried several fixes and none have worked. Please if anyone has had the same problem help me out.
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Been having the same problem for months. Don't think it's the cable since everything worked fine before i manually installed 2.3.4. Tried many of the same fixes as you, also with no luck.

Did you guys try to load a custom rom?
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Which USB drivers did you use? Try the PDAnet drivers, they seem to work for everyone.
Greetz
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deeren said:
Did you guys try to load a custom rom?
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How could we install any ROM without USB connectivity?

frutelaken said:
Which USB drivers did you use? Try the PDAnet drivers, they seem to work for everyone.
Greetz
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Have you tried it? And did it work for you?

jrocka01 said:
How could we install any ROM without USB connectivity?
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i never connect via usb. you download the rom onto the phone, boot into recovery, flash the rom, then reboot. easy.

frutelaken said:
Which USB drivers did you use? Try the PDAnet drivers, they seem to work for everyone.
Greetz
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I've tried this and it installed but it didn't work.

Are you trying to have your Nexus S recognized as a USB storage device or a Nexus S device? Have you tried connecting to a different USB port on your computer?

Same problem - seemed to start a week ago when I updated Music app. Tried 3 different PC's and 3 different cables with no luck. Then tried turning off whilst lead still plugged in and it immediately rebooted so I unplugged, put it in recovery mode then plugged in lead and rebooted and it seemed to kick it into life... since then works ok once I'd rebooted PC's. Weird as hell and initial thought USB phone connector was broken but seems fine now. Good luck!
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Just got my Nexus S back from Samsung , they had to replace the usb port.. Similar symptoms...

Same here, went to gsm repair shop and change the usb port. I got my phone from online second hand phones and dont have guarantee
sorry for my english

meblacq said:
Same here, went to gsm repair shop and change the usb port. I got my phone from online second hand phones and dont have guarantee
sorry for my english
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after this I have used nokia charger again and then fixed myself the usb with a needle

Andrew421 said:
I've tried this and it installed but it didn't work.
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try the samsungdriver , you can find it on nexusshacks.com together with a tutorial on how to install it . worked for me.

Same problem here , just tried switching the cable from my old htc shift and it worked . The one that came with the nexus is having problems , seems to be one more issue for the books for this phone , from the reception , battery use ....

My stock cable didn't support development and my phone keeps disconnecting.
So i tried a different cable, which is from my Nokia N85. It worked fine.

1. try other computer , determinate it is cable, USB port, windows driver or phone problem
2. try delete old device displays in your computer and reinstall, try use "windows update" to find correct driver , by the way , i didn't have to install new driver after i update from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6 , so i guess that's same driver
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and , other silly idea , try to plug it into other new USB port of your computer...
i'm not sure , but sometimes i plug some device out and plug it into other port , windows just reinstall the same driver and disiplay #2 for the same device...

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Odin3: keeps saying Removed, Added ..

Hey all,
I am attempting to restore Vibrant back to 2.1 in order to try out Samsung's official 2.2. When I go into Download Mode and plug up to the PC, ODIN detects the phone, but it will randomly give the noise where you unplug something from USB, and ODIN will say removed, then almost immediately say my phone is added again. I'm nervous to try flashing at this point because I don't want that to happen while I'm restoring to 2.1.
I'm running Windows 7 x64. Has anyone had this problem?
Run as admin..
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Run as admin..
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The problem still persists after doing this.
Passtschon said:
The problem still persists after doing this.
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Reboot the pc and try a different usb port then make sure odin is open before you plug the phone into the pc.
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MoWeb said:
Reboot the pc and try a different usb port then make sure odin is open before you plug the phone into the pc.
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Tried this as well, no different result.
Windows 7 is saying:
USB device not recognized
Device driver was not successfully installed
Unidentified device: (red x) device unplugged
SAMSUNG Mobile Modem: ready to use
I'm currently using Nero v5 with voodoo lagfix disabled
Sounds like you could have something as simple as a bad or fatigued USB port or cable. I've seen this sort of behavior with USB devices before and it's usually from a port connection making poor or intermittent contact. Whether it's a port on your cable (either end), your phone, or the ports on your PC...hard to say...
Passtschon said:
Tried this as well, no different result.
Windows 7 is saying:
USB device not recognized
Device driver was not successfully installed
Unidentified device: (red x) device unplugged
SAMSUNG Mobile Modem: ready to use
I'm currently using Nero v5 with voodoo lagfix disabled
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Have you tried reinstalling the drivers from Samsung's Vibrant support page?
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MoWeb said:
Have you tried reinstalling the drivers from Samsung's Vibrant support page?
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Yes that was the next thing I did. Same result. Is there an issue with the drivers I'm using because of the ROM I'm running? Do I need different drivers?
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Yes that was the next thing I did. Same result. Is there an issue with the drivers I'm using because of the ROM I'm running? Do I need different drivers?
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That ROM should have no effect on the drivers. Have you tried installing the drivers by updating the kies program? You might have to install the drivers and software first.
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Yes sir, Kies is up to date as well, and says unrecognized device (obviously lol).
As an aside, as I keep trying and trying, now windows is telling me a usb device has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it.
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Yes sir, Kies is up to date as well, and says unrecognized device (obviously lol).
As an aside, as I keep trying and trying, now windows is telling me a usb device has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it.
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To rule out a problem with windows have you tried a different usb device on the pc?
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MoWeb said:
To rule out a problem with windows have you tried a different usb device on the pc?
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Yes, I just plugged my ipod in and am using it as normal. I am also able to use the phone in mass storage mode as well. The problem only seems to occur when the phone is plugged in during download mode.
I think your driver is corrupt. You should uninstall kies and the usb driver, reboot, and reinstall. Stupid question, have you tried a battery pull on the phone?
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MoWeb said:
I think your driver is corrupt. You should uninstall kies and the usb driver, reboot, and reinstall. Stupid question, have you tried a battery pull on the phone?
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Ok, I will try that now. I have entered download mode with and without the battery. I will let you know in a few minutes after uninstalling kies and the drivers, and reinstalling the drivers.
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Yes, I just plugged my ipod in and am using it as normal. I am also able to use the phone in mass storage mode as well. The problem only seems to occur when the phone is plugged in during download mode.
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When you try odin are you:
1. Opening odin.
2. Selecting the pit and tar files.
3. Putting the phone into download mode.
4. Plugging the phone into the PC.
In that order?
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MoWeb said:
When you try odin are you:
1. Opening odin.
2. Selecting the pit and tar files.
3. Putting the phone into download mode.
4. Plugging the phone into the PC.
In that order?
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I was opening Odin, putting phone into DL mode, plugging it in, and then messing with the files. When I started the thread this morning it would remove / add constantly, and then it went to not detecting my phone at all and giving me the error message (only in DL mode) once I installed and updated Kies. Reinstalling Samsung drivers now, just rebooted.
Just reinstalled drivers and attempted in the order you provided, and windows is still saying that there was a malfunction with the device.
Can you try a different usb cable?
Kies is still installed right?
Can you use a different pc?
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Yes. My sister has the same phone and cable. I'll borrow hers and see if that helps. I appreciate the quick responses, by the way. Thank you very much.
Would the cable only cause it to act up during DL mode and not regular? I can mount normally, etc.
Edit: Odin detects my phone while it's turned on normally. I don't supposed that helps me any.
If there is a bad connection you can have issues.
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Computer recognition help!

Have done done searching, but still can't get my phone to connect to my computer. I've tried everything that I've found posted. Doesn't mean I found then all.
I get "usb device not recognized" when I plug on my phone. I'm trying to flash the modem to get my text messaging to work. Windows 7 64bit
DL30 black hole 4.1
Any help would be appreciated.
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As most people would say, wrong place. This is a question that belongs in the general section.
Did you install the samsung driver onto your computer?
Kaze105 said:
As most people would say, wrong place. This is a question that belongs in the general section.
Did you install the samsung driver onto your computer?
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Sorry about that.
Yes divers have been installed a long time. I used to be able to connect. Then about a month ago it decided to stop. I even tried it on a XP system, same thing.
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Have you tried using a different USB cable?
mob87 said:
Have you tried using a different USB cable?
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Yes. Tried my wifes. Tried one from my BB. Tried de-bugging mode. Tried rebooting while connected. Lol
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Did you try a different USB port?
Also I would suggest updating to EB01 since DL30 isn't supported by devs and is a less stable Froyo build. Uninstall the Samsung drivers, reboot, reinstall and try it again.
Mine quit working today....i disabled usb debug then did a battery pull. Rebooted..enabled usb all is well...
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I've had this issue and have tracked it down to my BT dongle. Every time I use it on my win 7 64bit box I have to uninstall the Samsung drivers, then reinstall without the phone or the BT dongle plugged in.
Thanks for all the input. It finally started working. I installed another rom and kernel. But now I can't get odin to recognize the phone in download mode. Weird stuff....
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ragarm said:
Thanks for all the input. It finally started working. I installed another rom and kernel. But now I can't get odin to recognize the phone in download mode. Weird stuff....
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I just ran into this myslef, and I believe the Fascinate has a bit of a multiple personality disorder. When I went through the Windows registry, I found entries listing the phone as a phone, as removable storage, as a SD card reader and as a CD drive. Nothing worked - no matter what I did, Windows wouldn't recognize it as anything.
To solve it, I had to uninstall the Samsung drivers and then search through the registry, removing anything that said Samsung. A bunch of keys gave me permission errors, but after finally removing them all, I connected the phone and it was immediately recognized as an Android Device. I reloaded the Samsung drivers and everything is back to normal.
A major PITA, but I'm just glad there was a solution.
If you want to try to do the same, uninstall the Samsung drivers, open regedit and search for Samsung. Delete any key that says Samsung (assuming you don't have any other Samsung peripherals). Hopefully you won't run into the permissions problems, but if you do, let me know and I'll walk you through how to get past them.
ChrisDDD, thank you. I will try that asap. That is some great information. I will report back my findings after I'm finished.
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Well finally got around do working on this. And YES it worked. At least on my XP machine. Got some permission problems on my win 7 machine.
Chris, thanks for that bit of info. Only thing I had to do different than most was to reboot my phone in download from the menu that is installed with my kernel. I couldn't get it to work by pulling the batt and hooking up to pc. Funny stuff trying to get this stuff to work.

No odin......

Anything that I can try besides Odin to flash the EB01 modem with? I can't get odin, our my computer, to recognize my phone while in download mode.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Do you the latest drivers?
Are you entering download mode with the battery out?
You gotta work on getting your pc to see your phone properly before you can even try odin, definitely need the right drivers, also can try rebooting phone while usb is plugged in.
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Ad far as I know I have the latest drivers. I finally got the pc to recognize the phone with it turned on to transfer files. So that tells me the drivers are working. And yes, entering dl mode by pulling batt. Not sure where to go from here.
Try all your USB ports. Are you using the original cord that came with your phone?
If you know how to use adb see if normal operations work
Rich:) said:
Try all your USB ports. Are you using the original cord that came with your phone?
If you know how to use adb see if normal operations work
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Yes tried all of them. Even tried changing computers. Lol And yeah it is the original cord. If dl adb, but not sure how to use it. Lol Got any good links about adb?
Thanks guys for input.
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Do you have the latest version of odin? You could reinstalling that
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ziggy484 said:
Do you have the latest version of odin? You could reinstalling that
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Not real sure about that. Got the link from somewhere on here.
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FYI I have one desktop and three laptops in my house. one laptop refuses to recognise my fascinate... all the others work fine. Oddly enough..that same computer recognises my friends fascinate. Neither the laptop or my desktop would recognise my droid x but my mothers laptop works fine with my x.
I beginning to think all phones have crappy usb drivers.
I eventually got my desktop to recognise the X too but I had to do some wanky driver cleaning and removing / reinstalling all the USB hardware detected by windows.. and some cab cleaning.
not even sure what worked.
stuff is wack...
I have started cleaning my register on my laptop. Just to see if that would work. Lol. Got to get some permissions worked out first though.
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Nexus S/Unrecognized Device

I've looked everywhere on the forums and tried every known combination on trying to install my Nexus S 4G drivers. I've uninstalled all the drivers on my computer, shutdown my computer for 5 mins and powered it back on, downloaded the SDK Tool Manager, tried installing Google Drivers, tried using the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit for the drivers...EVERYTHING. All I'm trying to do is get my computer to read my Nexus so I can re-root my phone. If someone knows something that will get my pc to read new drivers PLEASE HALP!!!
I get the same problem when i use my original usb cable. I solved my problem by using my nokia usb cable which also have micro usb plug.
HTC Sensation z710e
ICS 4.0.3
Sense version 4.0
Software Sense-o-maniac v1.4
Kernel. 3.0.30 Bricked v1.4
Radio 11.68.3504
Hey bud
Go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EA6DlAqYUeo#at=189
There's a video "how to... .," and in the description is a link to a zip that has the correct drivers.
Let me know how it goes
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i had exact same problem, i solved it by enabling usb debugging under developer settings. and i am on the factory usb line. and if youre on jellybean, make sure you enable the dev options on the top right corner as well. hope this helps.
I've seen that video several times and I have installed the drivers but even after installing them my pc still reads my Nexus as and Unknown Device. USB debugging is on and I'm currently running ICS 4.0.3. I haven't tried a different cable which is going to be my next step. I just have to find the one of the many I have. I will post an update here very shortly
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I've seen that video several times and I have installed the drivers but even after installing them my pc still reads my Nexus as and Unknown Device. USB debugging is on and I'm currently running ICS 4.0.3. I haven't tried a different cable which is going to be my next step. I just have to find the one of the many I have. I will post an update here very shortly
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You have exactly same problem as me. Another non factory usb cable will surely fix your problem.
HTC Sensation z710e
ICS 4.0.3
Sense version 4.0
Software Sense-o-maniac v1.4
Kernel. 3.0.30 Bricked v1.4
Radio 11.68.3504
...no prob
Did you try this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSD92Qjt5Og&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Try a new cable and reinstall the sdk
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Try a new cable and reinstall the sdk
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Sorry for the delayed reply, being sick isn't fun.....I tried another cable and it didn't work either. I was at work last night with another cable and on my work computer and the computer still shows up as Unknown device. Could it be my root that's making my phone read like that?
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I've looked everywhere on the forums and tried every known combination on trying to install my Nexus S 4G drivers. I've uninstalled all the drivers on my computer, shutdown my computer for 5 mins and powered it back on, downloaded the SDK Tool Manager, tried installing Google Drivers, tried using the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit for the drivers...EVERYTHING. All I'm trying to do is get my computer to read my Nexus so I can re-root my phone. If someone knows something that will get my pc to read new drivers PLEASE HALP!!!
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I followed this and it worked the first time for my Nexus S and Windows 7, not sure if it works for a 4G:
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Rogers Galaxy S4 PC Connection Problem

I was trying to transfer some music file to my phone, but my Kies (Win 7 64bit and Win 7 32bit) could not detect my phone I tried to re install the drivers several time without any luck, phone still charging by PC and when ever I uninstall driver from PC and connect my phone PC start installing all the driver and install driver without any error but still my phone doesn't show up in kies or in windows and connected devise.
It would be appreciated if some one guide me to resolve this issue.
Thanks,
clean the registry when you uninstall drivers using ccleaner
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clean the registry when you uninstall drivers using ccleaner
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Still no luck, Kies still not showing my phone
I restore stock firmware by ODIN and still my phone does not show up in my PC
Any suggestions?
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Do you have android debugging checked?
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I tried both with usb debugging and without but no results
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Any help
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I've never installed Kies in my life, so I can't comment on it's functionality. nor am I stock...but before I rooted and started flashing, my Rogers S4 was stock.
I used the AT&T drivers to get it to connect in debug or MTP mode. Maybe they will help. You can find them HERE. click downloads or see all downloads and then EXE on the right for the USB Drivers...
still no luck
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still no luck
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well I know those drivers work for fact. My Rogers S4 was running VLUAMDJ software...my computer installed some drivers but it didn't work...it never showed up. just like your symptoms. I uninstalled my existing Samsung drivers (which I downloaded when I got my Note 2)...reboot...install those drivers I linked you to, connected phone...detected right away and MTP started working as expected.
so you either have issues with your system (software wise), or it's a faulty cable. I'm going to lean towards the latter first. It's not the first time I've seen that. feel free to try another cable...also if you want...plug your phone in and take a shot of dev mgr and paste it so I can review...or PM me the pic if you prefer....
I thought kies had a troubleshooting mode. Have you tried that? It is referenced I the noob rooting video.
Here is pic for my dev mngr, I tried 3 usb cable, kies troubleshooting but still not showing up, when I plug my phone kies start-up but does phone does not show up in computer or kies.
Thanks for all reply, I can't send phone to Samsung for repair either because I bought from kijiji and Samsung warranty is not transferable
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well I know those drivers work for fact. My Rogers S4 was running VLUAMDJ software...my computer installed some drivers but it didn't work...it never showed up. just like your symptoms. I uninstalled my existing Samsung drivers (which I downloaded when I got my Note 2)...reboot...install those drivers I linked you to, connected phone...detected right away and MTP started working as expected.
so you either have issues with your system (software wise), or it's a faulty cable. I'm going to lean towards the latter first. It's not the first time I've seen that. feel free to try another cable...also if you want...plug your phone in and take a shot of dev mgr and paste it so I can review...or PM me the pic if you prefer....
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Any idea?
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Any idea?
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sorry forgot about the thread, my apologies. I haven't been using tapatalk as much recently, and that's where I used to check my participated threads.
I don't have those devices under ports if I have usb debugging on or off...weird. I'm on win8 x64...the only thing I didn't expand was Portable devices...I only have the two references in my dev mgr....
can you try uninstalling all the detected devices in dev mgr, and delete the driver from the system when doing so? then disconnect the phone, reboot, install those at&t drivers, then plug the phone in and test?
I want to recommend removing Kies before all of that, but not sure if you used it in the past, where it store the backed up data, etc..if you've never used it then please do uninstall Kies before what I mention above...
let me know.
Tried everything but no luck
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Tried everything but no luck
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I've installed those drivers on 3 different windows 7 systems this week and not one has failed to recognize MTP on the device first try...I even soft bricked my device a couple days ago, odin'ed back to VLUAMDJ stock, installed drivers on a win8 system that had never had an Android device plugged into it and wasn't connected to the internet (just installed those at&t drivers from a usb drive)...guess what...worked again..
It shouldn't work so easily for soo many people then not at all for you. I'm baffled at how easily it works for me even, and I've been trying to make it not work. I"m a technician I enjoy trying to break things to see if I can duplicate an issue, and fix it....and I can't duplicate your issue.
either something to with your USB port(s), or drivers (either mobo chipset or usb), or windows installation. if you have usb that are controller by a chipset like Intel then other USB that are another chipset, try on the other "bank" so to speak...you'd have ot know how to look for that if you had it though...or try it on someone elses computer with those at&t drivers. don't connect the phone until you install the drivers.
if it's not usb port(s), drivers, or the windows installation you either have 3 bad micro USB or you have a faulty USB port on your phone. or pocket lint preventing a proper connection (although I've assumed you've looked for that already)...those are the only things left.
Still no luck
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