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Anyone else think Samsung Kies is a little retarded sometimes?

I have to unplug and replug sometimes to get my tablet to pick up... it might take a few times, it might be instant. I have this issue on both my laptop and desktop... and with both my Note 10 and my Tab2 7.0... would like to know if there is a 'fix', but just seems like it's so finnicky.
Doesn't seem to let me to look at the contents of the tab without Kies being loaded either.

Everyone has thought this since forever.
Kies blows.

I just find Kies looking a lot like a knock off of iTunes...

Yes
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Kies should be renamed Krap since that would be a more appropriate name. I try and avoid it if at all possible.

Totally unreliable

As i understand removal of Kies and OTa updates is part of XDA Developers membership terms .
jje

JJEgan said:
As i understand removal of Kies and OTa updates is part of XDA Developers membership terms .
jje
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Kies update itself more often than you had hot dinners. Every time I start it it has to update and not many updates for connected devices. I use S2, S3 & Note 10.1:laugh:

Are you guys using the latest version?
It has a ton of new features including a "lite" mode that's not as resource intensive. For N8000 users they also completley re-wrote Kies Air so that you can now view your call logs from your device on your PC as well send and receive text messages from your PC using your device's MMS feature.
The U.S. site usually has different versions of Kies. If your isn't the latest you can download it from the Samsung Korea site using the link below then clicking on the button outlined in the red box.
http://www.samsung.com/sec/support/pcApplication/KIES

Latest version of Kies has worked really good for me and I'm using it with 6 different devices
2 -Note10.1s
3 Galaxy S3s
1- GTab2 7"
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Yeah they've posted quite a few updates since I've started using it. I will check to see if there is a new one... but I dunno... I'm skeptical lol. I'm in the U.S., but my version is in Japanese, so I don't know if that matters...

Going to try the upgraded version. The old one i have not open for more then 2 times.haha

I hate kies anyway , i use mobilego app and its awsome and i can plug any android device

mexman2010 said:
I hate kies anyway , i use mobilego app and its awsome and i can plug any android device
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Poor Kies always gets a bad wrap but it's got some pretty cool features. Have any of you tried Kies Air? You can basically access and control all the content on your device via a browser. I use it to listen to music from my device over my PC's speakers.
For N8000 users, this was introduced in the latest version and it's awesome. A mini-Kies app sits in the system tray and when you turn Kies Air on via your device it automatically connects. If your device receives a call or MMS it appears on your PC. You can also use your PC to send MMS messages via your device. Quite handy.

It's utter rubbish.
And the way Samsung implemented their MTP service on the Note also sucks.
I'm constantly having to uninstall and reinstall the drivers to get the PC to see it as a device.
And Kies rarely connects reliably.
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BarryH_GEG said:
Poor Kies always gets a bad wrap but it's got some pretty cool features. Have any of you tried Kies Air? You can basically access and control all the content on your device via a browser. I use it to listen to music from my device over my PC's speakers.
For N8000 users, this was introduced in the latest version and it's awesome. A mini-Kies app sits in the system tray and when you turn Kies Air on via your device it automatically connects. If your device receives a call or MMS it appears on your PC. You can also use your PC to send MMS messages via your device. Quite handy.
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I think that's been there since 4.0.4 - at least it was on my 8013 before I did the German 4.1.1 update...
It is pretty cool... which leads to the obvious question: if Samsung can make something as cool as Kies Air - why is Kies Desktop so sucky?

Never use KIES... I can transfer songs, movies and other things to and from the pc using the note like a portable drive... I have CWM to backup my install.
The only thing I've ever used KIES for is the USB drivers and I can get those now anyway....

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Samsung logic is mind blowing
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Can't connect to PC via USB?

I don't see an option to set this as a media device when I plug it in to my computer. It shows up and is recognized as SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface but that's it. Am I missing something?
No MTP whatsoever

Same exact problem here
Mibuix0r said:
I don't see an option to set this as a media device when I plug it in to my computer. It shows up and is recognized as SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface but that's it. Am I missing something?
No MTP whatsoever
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I just bought the Developer version of the Note 4. I'm using the USB cord that it came with. I've tried connecting it to two different computers. My Note 2 connects to both PCs fine using the same USB cable. I also have "Samsung ADB" showing up in device manager when I connect it. I also can't connect it to Kies 3. Tried using Kies to load drivers, uninstalled drivers many times and reloaded. USB debug is checked. Not sure what I'm missing either?

Maybe you change the mode.
you can try dial *#0808# then choose the second mode(MTP + ADB).
if you can not enter into that *#0808#,you can try an other method, input ##366633# then choose (DM mode disable).
hope that will help you!
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Thank You!
zsnh_khy said:
Maybe you change the mode.
you can try dial *#0808# then choose the second mode(MTP + ADB).
if you can not enter into that *#0808#,you can try an other method, input ##366633# then choose (DM mode disable).
hope that will help you!
Sent from my SM-N910V using XDA Free mobile app
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Thank you sooooo much! That did it!! Fixed!! I used this one ##366633# the other number wouldn't work for me. I tried so many "Hidden Menu" numbers last night but none would work. I even read a post that said these numbers won't work on Verizon phones. Since I couldn't get any to work myself, I believed it. I almost ignored your post thinking it was another solution for someone on a different network than mine. Unbelievable...I tried so many different crazy solutions but nothing would work. I was ready to wipe my phone and start over but when I woke this morning I decided to check and see if anyone had updated this thread....low and behold....a christmas android angel did appear...ok maybe I'm going a bit far but I've spent 2 days on this. Just want to say thank you again. It feels so good when a problem like this is resolved

Great solution to get MTP +ADB on Note 4 N910T
zsnh_khy said:
Maybe you change the mode.
you can try dial *#0808# then choose the second mode(MTP + ADB).
if you can not enter into that *#0808#,you can try an other method, input ##366633# then choose (DM mode disable).
hope that will help you!
Sent from my SM-N910V using XDA Free mobile app
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You are amazing brother! Thanks so much for your smart and intelligent post without which I would be be a dead person! Have spent entire day trying to find a way to get MTP mode on my phone. Million thanks for lending your help. I almost tried every other method mentioned in the above posts to get my computer to recognize the Note 4 storage but your *#0808# did it all in a second!!!
Hats off to you!!! Cheers!:good::good::good::good::good:

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Kamaldev.kd said:
You are amazing brother! Thanks so much for your smart and intelligent post without which I would be be a dead person! Have spent entire day trying to find a way to get MTP mode on my phone. Million thanks for lending your help. I almost tried every other method mentioned in the above posts to get my computer to recognize the Note 4 storage but your *#0808# did it all in a second!!!
Hats off to you!!! Cheers!:good::good::good::good::good:
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Team,
I tried with both the codes, though *#0808# gives the option to select the second mode(MTP + ADB).
Rebooted device, still the same.
Please help

@sumitsancheti
Hello
Settings/Developer Options (Make sure that Developer Options are turned on).
Then check Stay Awake and USB Debugging mode and rebot your phone.

Computer won't recognize my Note 4
So I have plugged in my Galaxy Note 4 via a normal USB-microUSB cable, and nothing happens. It starts to charge, but none of the 3 computers I tried would recognize it. Not as a media device, nothing. This is extremely irritating since I HAVE done this before with THIS phone. It connected to my old Alienware laptop with zero problems. The only difference between then and now is that I was in South Korea, and now I'm not. This is a Korean phone, but it's unlocked and has always worked like all the other Samsungs I've ever had. But my US computers just WILL NOT recognize it. I tried the ##366633# thing and it said USSD code running, then 'The entered values are outside the valid range. Check the values and try again.' Beginning to lose my temper over here....SIGH. Any help?

I have the same problem, tried three computers and none recognize it. I tried the *#0808# method too, it changes the usb debugging checkbox to checked but the whole setting is still greyed out. When connecting to the computers the phone starts charging but nothing else happens. I installed the usb drivers from samsungs site too, but it did not help.

Is there any way to get usb mass storage mode??

Has anyone had any luck getting this working? I'm having the same problem! I have tried entering all of those codes mentioned above, have rebooted the phone and am not even sure what to do anymore. I really don't want to do a factory reset to my phone, but I'm running out of ideas and there doesn't seem to be any fixes out there that work for me. Please help!

I tried dialing the ##366633# but it didn't work. I kept on getting an error saying something like unknown MMI.
This is what I did and mass storage worked fine. I don't know if it'll work for everyone's Note 4 since I'm still a beginner at android.
If you haven't, first download and install the Samsung USB drivers to your PC: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SM-N910AZKEATT?CID=AFL-hq-mul-0813-11000946#
Then go into the Developer Options setting of the Note4 and select "USB Debugging" and "Allow mock locations". Then restart the Note 4 and go to a home screen. Then connect your Note4 to the PC via USB. After the PC sees and establishes a connection, you will see the drive: SAMSUNG-SM-N910A (I have an ATT variant). And clicking on it will display one drive for your phone and one drive for your sd card... if you have an SD card inserted. Works as mass storage.
I got the idea here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnQ9uxNogeI

Can't connect my galaxy note 4 (SM-N910T) to my computer
I have try everything and nothing works, new cable, new battery, reset to factory mode, reboot, all the *#0808#, ##366633#, change the usb port for an original one and still nothing. when I plug the phone in the charging mode on the phone goes on but is not recognized by kies on my mac air, and using the same cable I plug in my note 3 and is recognized immediately that means the problem is on the phone, I also notice that when I plug it in to the fast charger is taking too long to charge as long as 6 hours for a full charge. Running out of options! PLEASE HELP.
All this happened after an upgrade use to work just fine before the update.

chicho777 said:
Can't connect my galaxy note 4 (SM-N910T) to my computer
I have try everything and nothing works, new cable, new battery, reset to factory mode, reboot, all the *#0808#, ##366633#, change the usb port for an original one and still nothing. when I plug the phone in the charging mode on the phone goes on but is not recognized by kies on my mac air, and using the same cable I plug in my note 3 and is recognized immediately that means the problem is on the phone, I also notice that when I plug it in to the fast charger is taking too long to charge as long as 6 hours for a full charge. Running out of options! PLEASE HELP.
All this happened after an upgrade use to work just fine before the update.
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Sounds like a problem with the usb port of the phone.

note 4 not connecting to usb solved
Just format the SD card ..
Cheeers..

I was trying to connect my galaxy note 4 but it won't show on my computer so I decided to follow your instructions. I tried the first code ##366633# and it did not work so I tried the second one *#0808# and it did work. now I can see my note 4 on my computer which I can download files. thanks a lot.

zsnh_khy said:
Maybe you change the mode.
you can try dial *#0808# then choose the second mode(MTP + ADB).
if you can not enter into that *#0808#,you can try an other method, input ##366633# then choose (DM mode disable).
hope that will help you!
Sent from my SM-N910V using XDA Free mobile app
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Man! you are a life saver.... Thank you so much! :good: :highfive:

When I dial either of those two numbers I open my phone dialer and hit call and the phone starts dialing and then I get a "Welcome to verizon wireless.." message Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks this is so frustrating and I just bought this phone off swappa and I want to send it back if the usb port is bad.

NativeGuyOKC said:
Has anyone had any luck getting this working? I'm having the same problem! I have tried entering all of those codes mentioned above, have rebooted the phone and am not even sure what to do anymore. I really don't want to do a factory reset to my phone, but I'm running out of ideas and there doesn't seem to be any fixes out there that work for me. Please help!
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This is an old thread but Im having the same issue, did a factory reset and it is still not working, Tried all above remedies to no avail. I have synced this very phone to this same macbook pro prior to the 5.1.1. update so it must be that as other handsets I have are recognized by this mac. So I am really pissed off now. My Samsung sdhc has gone bad after a year of no problems and no I cant transfer data. Tmo note 4 stock.

You guys are the best
had the same problem, just used the code and it worked for me, thank you so much:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Q] Broke my S4 Screen, its blank now. How can I transfer things to new phone?

Hello,,,
I recently broke my Galaxy S4 screen and its not responsive anymore. It doesn't work and doesnt show anything. Blank screen.
I bought a new Oneplus One and I want to transfer all my data from my old phone. Contacts were 30% saved to the device and 20% were to my sim card and the rest were on my Samsung account. I dont have an SD card so everything is on the internal storage for my phone.
I also would like to transfer my apps cache data.. like whatsapp's groups and contact's chat history.
I never hooked my phone up to my PC so my PC doesnt recognize it when I connect it. I dont really want to fix my screen for 100$ in order to transfer all my stuff to my new phone I also cannot unlock my screen cause It doesnt work, I do know the pattern though. just saying
pls help

Only way is to connect to pc
Look in the android section, there's a thread for controlling phones with broken screens via PC

DSA said:
Only way is to connect to pc
Look in the android section, there's a thread for controlling phones with broken screens via PC
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Could you please link me the section or the thread? I don't really know my way around here in this website..
Thanks for the response!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android

Samsung Kies requires update to USB driver (Note 3) and crashes Windows 10

Hi there,
I'm having this problem when I try and update my OS on my Note 3 SM-N900W using Samsung Kies version 3.2.15072_2 on my Windows 10 Machine. Each time is the same - Kies connects fine to the Note 3, and notices there is an update - do I want it - OF COURSE!!! So I select that, and then Kies informs me it needs to update the USB driver before it proceeds - please unplug the phone. Then a message this could take a while. After about 1 minute I get the BSOD and windows apologizes but it received an error - attached - and must restart. EVERY TIME!
Tried manually installing the Samsung USB driver but Kies doesn't care - wants to do it for me. Yes, I granted Kies permission to make changes to the computer.
This also is happening with my Samsung Galaxy TabS 8.4 - since the issue is the same I have only started one thread. I've spent hours searching online - driving me crazy!
Suggestions?
Thanks!

Samsung has dropped KIES (About half a year ago), and as such it doesn't support Windows 10. You need to use Smart Switch instead, it's the replacement for KIES. http://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/

ShadowLea said:
Samsung has dropped KIES (About half a year ago), and as such it doesn't support Windows 10. You need to use Smart Switch instead, it's the replacement for KIES. http://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/
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Huh! Thanks for that - strange that Samsung "technical" support didn't mention it? The agent said they are working on a Windows 10 update to Kies! Will Smart Switch also be used for updates?
I did finally manage to update my phone using Sammobile firmware and Odin - still have to root but at least I am up to date! Thank you for the reply.

LostinCanada said:
Huh! Thanks for that - strange that Samsung "technical" support didn't mention it? The agent said they are working on a Windows 10 update to Kies! Will Smart Switch also be used for updates?
I did finally manage to update my phone using Sammobile firmware and Odin - still have to root but at least I am up to date! Thank you for the reply.
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Smart Switch is the full replacement for KIES. It also includes the same update function.
The helpdesks are outsourced callcenters, most of them have no idea what they're talking about. I once had an argument with five of them at once regarding the missing alphabetic sorting in the International S6. It wasn't included in the firmware, they claimed it was. Even after the official press release, they weren't aware of it. :laugh: Poor sods.

ShadowLea said:
Smart Switch is the full replacement for KIES. It also includes the same update function.
The helpdesks are outsourced callcenters, most of them have no idea what they're talking about. I once had an argument with five of them at once regarding the missing alphabetic sorting in the International S6. It wasn't included in the firmware, they claimed it was. Even after the official press release, they weren't aware of it. :laugh: Poor sods.
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Thanks for the comments - installing it on both devices/laptop now!
LOL re "technical service". Whenever I want to get more annoyed than I already am with a problem, I use "Chat". I have very rarely been actually assisted by someone from any technology company's technical support - but hey, it could happen...

What method are you using to transfer apps & data from your current phone to your S8?

What method are you using to transfer apps & data from your current phone to your S8?
In the past I've been able to root my phone straight away and use Titanium Backup to transfer everything I needed to my new phone.
But seeing as the S8 is so new and hasn't been rooted yet I was wondering what you guys were planning to do about your apps and data?
Has anyone use Google's Tap to Go or Samsung's own transfer wizard that runs when you first setup the phone? Or perhaps there is a better method?
Or do I really need to bother at all, just sign into my Google account, download my apps and everything should just work and be there? Is it as easy as that?
It has been such a long time since I've had to do this. My current phone is a Note 4 which I've had for 2yrs and before that was a HTC One M8 which was rooted and I had that for 2yrs and before that was the Google Galaxy which was also rooted.
What are your thoughts?

Use the OTG method (phone to phone). That should be the fastest.

This time around I set up my new phone manually. There were a couple small things that I bluetooth transferred just for quick reference and I do have some stuff backed up on g cloud so I may put those on as well
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+

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Use the OTG method (phone to phone). That should be the fastest.
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What is the OTG method? Are you talking about using a OTG cable to link the phones somehow?

I used the built in Samsung Smart Switch. Worked great to transfer my data from my iPhone
Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy S8 using my fingers. Duh!!!

easiest is smartswitch for sure, did that for s5-s7 but i asume it works either way as long as u have a samsung

This time around I went ahead and just used Samsung's Smartswitch method. Plugged in my S7's cable to the S7, with the USB to USB-C adapter (included in the S8 package) to the S8, and it auto-started the Smartswitch process on my old S7. It transferred all my apps, with their data, along with the homescreen settings, etc. I did need to reset a few apps, so make sure you have viable backups of important stuff. As an example, Carango didn't transfer over my gas mileage & car records, so I had to pull those back from a cloud backup, and while all the files for BeyondPod transferred over fine, I needed to do a restore from backup in the app to get its settings and update times loaded properly.
All that said, it's probably about the smoothest process I've had for transferring everything over. Seems to work at least as well if not better than Google's built-in thing, and it's a bit quicker.

Gonna be using Samsung's Smart Switch. Easiest way, I think. Did it when I went from my S3 > S6 and will do so again, S6 > S8.

Thanks for the replies. Looks like Smartswitch is the way to go. I will give that a try tonight. Thanks everyone.

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I used the built in Samsung Smart Switch. Worked great to transfer my data from my iPhone
Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy S8 using my fingers. Duh!!!
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Did you have any issues with it? I couldn't get it to work with my iPhone 7. It kept losing connection at 99%

BornAgainAndroid said:
Did you have any issues with it? I couldn't get it to work with my iPhone 7. It kept losing connection at 99%
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Yep it worked fine. Never lost connection once
Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy S8 using my fingers. Duh!!!

I tried smart switch from s7 edge and it only transfers the apps, without any settings. I might as well have download these apps from the play store. If that's the way this works, I don't see any reason why to use smart switch.

smart switch includes internal storage data, and discontinued and sideloaded apps.
for the data/settings you can use helium, you need to install and activate(using a PC) it on both phones once and then you can see all transferable apps from the other phone and copy their data over as needed.

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smart switch includes internal storage data, and discontinued and sideloaded apps.
for the data/settings you can use helium, you need to install and activate(using a PC) it on both phones once and then you can see all transferable apps from the other phone and copy their data over as needed.
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Than you. I did that thing with smart switch just to check it out. I always use titanium backup for the purpose, but root is needed first...
Never used helium before. I'll check it.

morpheus9394 said:
Thanks for the replies. Looks like Smartswitch is the way to go. I will give that a try tonight. Thanks everyone.
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Smartswitch and OTG are the same.

Smart switch didn't work for me. I think it was because my note 4 is rooted so I ended setting things manually.

What if you no longer have the previous phone, but you do have the backup of a previous device on Google Drive? I had a Pixel running 7.1.1 previously, but returned it. Now i want to restore the Galaxy S8 from that backup, but it does not seem to recognize the backup. When i first start up the S8, it just logs me into my Google account, but never asks for the restore option.

BornAgainAndroid said:
Did you have any issues with it? I couldn't get it to work with my iPhone 7. It kept losing connection at 99%
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If you have lot of pics, move them first manually and delete them from IPhone and try smartswitch again. This resolved my issue.

This may sound odd, but I haven't even set my phone up yet. I put my screen protector on and it came out flawless and works well with my TPU case (no lifting). So I'm going to wait until I get my promo bundle (Shipped 2 day) put my SIM and MicroSD in it and then use smartswitch. I'm not going to keep tempting fate by taking the phone out of the case and messing up the edges of my screen protector. OCD much? You bet!

mortuus82 said:
easiest is smartswitch for sure, did that for s5-s7 but i asume it works either way as long as u have a samsung
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Did you transfer data from WhatsApp and Apple Health?