Galaxy S4 won't show up on Windows 8.1 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

Hi, I just got a new laptop (Lenovo Yoga 13) and flashed a new ROM on my GS4 a few weeks back. PC is on Windows 8.1 and GS4 is on Google Play Edition Port 4.2.2 by b-dub25.
I'm trying to have my GS4 show up as a disk (MTP/UMS, whichever works). When I plug in my GS4, nothing happens on my PC, or it will say "installing", and then nothing happens. If I go to Control Panel >Devices and Printers, it shows up as "SAMSUNG_ANDROID". The phone does the usual "Connected as a media device" deal. However, when I plug in my device to my fiancee's laptop (Windows 7), it boots up just fine. And when I plug in her phone (Stock GSIII), then it pops up like it should. I have no idea what to do.
I have already tried
installing the drivers over and over, both regular KIES and KIES
"Update Driver" from control Panel
Change to PTP
Rebooting PC and GS4
Going through the Samsung Troubleshooting
Here is what I see in Device Manager:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I thank anyone who can help in advance. And yes, I did search before this. I've been trying to fix this for 2-3 days now.

Google play edition ROM 4.2.2 has a mounting problem where it won't show up on your computer (from what I remember ) flash a different ROM and see if that works.
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daniel4653 said:
Google play edition ROM 4.2.2 has a mounting problem where it won't show up on your computer (from what I remember ) flash a different ROM and see if that works.
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Only problem is, it shows up just fine on my fiancee's W7 laptop...

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Upgraded and now everytime I connect via USB Mass Storage the MotoConnect would prompt me for installation even tho I installed it after its first prompt. Out of the box with 2.1 it only prompted me once and never showed up again after I installed it.
Anyone have a fix for this?
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GoldenCyn said:
Upgraded and now everytime I connect via USB Mass Storage the MotoConnect would prompt me for installation even tho I installed it after its first prompt. Out of the box with 2.1 it only prompted me once and never showed up again after I installed it.
Anyone have a fix for this?
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isn't there a option to turn that off on the moto icon on the task bar ???
Nope, this is what pops up and this is my only option (pic below)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Interesting to say the least...
If it were my situation I would deleted Moto drivers them reload them again,kind of a pain, but not to bad. I did it myself today.
It seem that some PC's can't see the DroidX in the device manager so a reinstall of the drivers did help me.
Hope it helps
TRY THIS FIRST!!!! switch usb ports.
put the phone into debug mode?
i know i didnt see the drivers cause my phone was always in debug and it nvr popped up.
so after i installed drivers i put my phone back into debug and i nvr see it pop
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Since Yesterday trying to connect my Tab to laptop but Kies & Odain unable to recognize my Tab... tried the following:
Uninstalling and re-installing drivers .
Uninstalling and re-installingWipe data and cash.
Changed the laptop.
USB Debugg already not selected
but nothing worked out ! im running stock and not rooted rom
what else can i do ?!
might be worth going to settings > storage and touching the 3 little squares in the top right of the screen. check that MTP is turned on.
tom_cambs said:
might be worth going to settings > storage and touching the 3 little squares in the top right of the screen. check that MTP is turned on.
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I cant find this MTP option
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Am i the only one in this world bought this crap
sorry, the instructions i gave were for a nore recent version of android i think.
try checking your usb settings. select the option you want to use (Kies, Media Player, Mass Storage, Ask on Connection).
tom_cambs said:
sorry, the instructions i gave were for a nore recent version of android i think.
try checking your usb settings. select the option you want to use (Kies, Media Player, Mass Storage, Ask on Connection).
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I have tried everything and gave up.. will send it to the service center (My mobile already there to repair) ... i will never buy Samsung products

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Anyone have this working on WIFI or LTE?
Works for me on WiFi with both Chrome on Windows 8.1 and on my Chromebook.
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Yeah, not working here yet either...mine says "Talking to your phone" but never gets further.
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The pc just says could not connect to phone. Could this be art?
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wrecklesswun said:
Also not compatible with the ART runtime...confirmed and switched back to Dalvik
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I would disagree, I'm running ART and Motorola connect is working perfectly fine. Pic/screenshot below for proof. Disregard the names/phone numbers if I forgot to block any out.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

G2 cant root

got a G2 today im trying to root it i tried Lg one click root and root script but it seems to be stuck at this screen and 0% at download mode.anybody know whats going on? generally i dont have a problem with root but this is driving me nuts
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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im guesing it's a driver issue since i found this in device manager
reinstall lg windows drivers... you have a red yellow exclamation mark besides LG in the windows drivers section...
remove any residue LG drivers first
unplug your device from pc
install LG drivers again
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i just tried what you suggested but still no go
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ElectricDevil said:
i just tried what you suggested but still no go
Edit: ran into this when retarting the phone
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I have had the same problem before. that it would not recognize phone and mtp is yellow..
try in other computer.. to fix it i had to format pc then it worked.. have done like 2-3 times..
raptorddd said:
I have had the same problem before. that it would not recognize phone and mtp is yellow..
try in other computer.. to fix it i had to format pc then it worked.. have done like 2-3 times..
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Thanks 60nine and raptorddd for the help it worked,So i ended up plugging my phone into another PC and LG one click root worked like a charm,who would have knew it was my pc

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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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