Hi all, I'm a new user. I've recently installed Kies on my PC but to my dismay, it could not detect the the phone no matter what I did(reinstalled Kies, restarted the phone, PC..etc..)
I've read that it is a crappy program, but without it, how can I update my phone firmware and sync my photos and files? Do I have to manually remove the SD card to transfer the file?
Appreciate some advice...
My phone won't sync with Kies but thats because I am on the JM2 firmware downloaded from the web and I've read it won't sync.
On your phone, have you plugged it in and then selected "Samsung Kies" from the popup or swipedown menu?
Let me just say don't hold your breath. I've been able to connect to my PC through Kies on and off. I've tried all the suggestions and none of them worked for me. As I said, it's completely hit and miss for me as soon as I connect the USB cable to my PC. I don't try anything different each time, it will just for what ever reason decide to connect once in a while. The problem is Samsung needs to develop a better driver. You shouldn't have to use Kies to drag stuff onto your phone. The phone should have no problem being recognized as a mass storage device. But if you don't have a driver that works all the time, then your phone doesn't even get recognized by your PC. Just one quick google on this issue will give you an idea how many people are having problems connecting to Kies/PC. This issue is too big for Samsung to ignore. I'm sure there will be an updated driver soon.
Solution to Kies problem
Hello, gizmondo.fr reported some time ago that the problem is long file extensions (over 16 characters).
You can solve it by finding and deleting all files with very long extensions from your phone. In my case, I deleted a cache of Soundhound.
I think the problem is intermittent due to the fact that the programs sometimes delete their own cache.
Radu
I had problem with usb. phone lagged and i havent notticed msg to turn of bluetooth. Try to turn off bluetooth and maybe wifi and then connect to usb.
Guys 2 things here
if you want KiES to sync you need to run the default TwLauncher that came with the phone
if you installed another launcher you can use "Home Switcher" to change back when you want to use KiES
link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765081
now if you are still having trouble with KiES a great alternative is to use Android Manager via WiFi it's easy and totally painless
AllGamer said:
Guys 2 things here
if you want KiES to sync you need to run the default TwLauncher that came with the phone
if you installed another launcher you can use "Home Switcher" to change back when you want to use KiES
link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765081
now if you are still having trouble with KiES a great alternative is to use Android Manager via WiFi it's easy and totally painless
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I'm also having the same issues and I've tried countless tricks over the past 3 evenings by reading solloutions here and several other forums but without luck, I spoke to a Samsung employee and was told to try to return my unit, but I'm reluctant incase I can make it work cause otherwise I'll have to re-order screen protectors etc (I suck at putting them on and I managed to make it perfect for a change!). So hehe long story short! A list of possible remedies would be nice, another thing also, is that Android Wifi Manager a good replacement for Kies? as in being able to put on official samsung updates etc. (Even though I read countless posts about Odin I still have not the guts to try out anything outside of direct updates through the samsung apps).
The stuff I tried is as follows
1. Change USB settings so that it is not default to kies but ask on connect.
2. Mount/Unmount Internal SD card prior to connecting the device. (No external SD card installed)
3. Format internal SD Card.
4. Reset to default factory settings.
5. Reinstall Kies from a different source file (running latest version if someone can post a link of the supposedly working older version would be great!)
6. Run all the USB modes as I noticed it installs some drivers on the various options.
7. Remove the modem through device manager and reinstall it.
8. Remove Samsung Drivers and reinstall them.
9. Install the microsoft mobile center (mobile drivers)
10. Remove the drivers and re-apply the Samsung ones from a samsung.sg site posted here on site.
11. Tried various USB slots on the computer.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
Edited: Also tried the regedit trick not sure I did it right but Regedit --> DeviceDB --> the one where there is a value of 1 I deleted.
Edited 2: I downloaded an older version (1.5.0.10024_74) and installed it after uninstalling the most recent version, and now I get bsod everytime I try to launch Kies. Agitation levels rising hehe...
I've got Kies to recognize my phone exists but now it is stuck on the "Connecting the device, please wait" popup, has been like that for the last thirty minutes, any advice?
I'm now having this problem that this fella video'd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9hdpJPCP-k
bigc_13 said:
I've got Kies to recognize my phone exists but now it is stuck on the "Connecting the device, please wait" popup, has been like that for the last thirty minutes, any advice?
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It is pointless waiting for it if it does not connect within a minute, just unplug it and try again, like people said, Kies is very 'hit and miss'
opensourcefan said:
I'm now having this problem that this fella video'd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9hdpJPCP-k
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The one time i have had a major problem with Kies, it was doing the exact same thing, the problem is some cache, or other file on your internal sd card that Kies does not like. I just went through the files and deleted the cache files and a couple of others and eventually i deleted the correct one and Kies started to work again.
Hey guys, I just registered to suggest you try the only fix that solved my connection problems.
I tried reinstalling drivers and formatting the internal SD multiple times with no success until i inserted my gf's micro sd card from her phone. Windows 7 automatically installed new drivers from the Galaxy and connected back up as normal. I disconnected the usb then removed the external SD after unmounting and has worked fine ever since.
Before you go returning your phones i suggest you uninstall all associated drivers and borrow a microSD.
I have a Samsung Galaxy 3 (i5801) which got in the hands of a kid and he failed at the pattern lock too many times so now its locked at the enter Google account information screen. And I can't seem to get past it as I don't know which account was used to activate this phone (a gift from someone, who had activated it but can't seem to remember his password)
Now before I do a hard reset, I really need to backup and save my SMS and contacts at least, to PC, so I can later restore them somehow. Can someone tell me my options? I don't have the Micro-usb cable yet, but I will get it today and start experimenting. But I was wondering if the /data/data/com.android..... folder is even accessible when connected with USB? I am hoping that I will be able to set USB debugging to on by calling on the phone and accessing the main menu from there.
I have both Win XP and Ubuntu, so any solution based on either platform will be appreciated.
Well, just flash g3mod kernel, and your phone will go to usb debugging mode on connecting to USB...
even better option you want to try is use the multiboot feature...so you can boot into another ROM, have your contacts and messages there...and then backup using any possible method
Hy. Today I want to update my MI8 on my S4 via Odin to MJ5. But after I connected my phone via USB cable on the "Phone" drive there was only 1 folder called Samsung (contain the Music/Over the Horizon.mp3) and that is all. Change to PTP/MTP gave the same results.
I have no KIES/KIES 3 on my laptop. But on my phone I can access my all folder no matter where they are.
So what is the problem? How can I fix it?
Help... picked up a G2 last month. Stock, factory reset. Everything was cool.
Did the OTA update to Lollipop.
Now I have No USB options.
No media sync (mtp), no camera option (ptp), whatever else is supposed to show up in the pull down shade that doesn't.
Nothing.
MTP drivers of all flavors fail to install.
There's no way for me to connect to my pc.
No way to tranfser files.
No way to root.
No way to try and flash a rom.
No way to brick my phone :/
Any thoughts on how to resolve this would be appreciated.
... i would like to backup my pictures before i do a hard reset
but can't connect to anything to do it
ROMmin' Noodle said:
... i would like to backup my pictures before i do a hard reset
but can't connect to anything to do it
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if nothing else helps
install es file manager and simple copy paste the whole dcim/pictures folder to pc over the wifi network... (just make sure that pc folder is visible on the network - make it shareable)
- i use this all the time for copying files from pc to my phone when i'm too lazy to sit by the computer
or you can use quickpic's integrated wifi transfer option which can transfer pictures to any other device that also has quickpic installed...
I have the same problem and i want to root the device but I can't do it without the usb. I tried to use various apk root apps but all fails. Any suggestions?
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I had same issue after updating to lollipop through the lg software. I have uninstalled all the drivers related to LG and plugged in the phone and it started working.
I have deleted them by going to Device Manager, then from the top menu click on View then select Show hidden devices then expand Portable devices from the list and uninstall your LG phone from there. Try to do that while your phone is connected. Then once you have uninstalled it, reconnect your phone.
Also, have you tried connecting your phone to different PC?
Yes, i tried with various pc and various os such as linux. Nothing. There are not working also the usb otg memory.
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I'm about at my wits end with this issue and I don't know where to look for a fix.
Basically my Galaxy S6 Edge+ (SM-G928V, Android 5.1.1) will mount to my PC and I won't be able to access the files. I open the phone's drive and I usually get several unlabeled hard-drive thumbnails along with a few 0b blank files (File type: File).
In addition if I try to manually copy a file to the phone while it is in this condition I get the error dialog "The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected." I usually use Winamp to sync files to my phone and this prevents me from doing so.
I have tried dumping the system cache to fix this to no avail.
I have done a factory reset 3 times. It fixes the problem initially for about 2 plug ins and then reverts. Anytime I want to add new music, I have to factory reset.
I have updated the portable device drivers on my computer.
I have enabled developer mode and switched from MTP to PTP back to MTP.
I have tried using a different USB cable.
I have also tried booting the phone from safemode. Didn't fix the problem
I don't know what to do anymore. I suspect the issue may be with Windows 10 itself because I can access the files fine on the phone.
I have been using Windows 10 since last summer. I have had this phone since October. This issue only appeared this past week
I have no SD card to remove, this might as well be an iPhone.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.