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Have been trying to connect my Hero to my pc so I can fill up my SDcard with music, but every time I connect it to any pc, the phone just charges. I have the stock 1.5 ROM and still the phone just won't mount SDcard nor would it even pop up the option to mount on the taskbar. I have tried to install ADB drivers and nothing. Phone has been reset to factory defaults and still nothing happens when plugged in to usb, just charges the phone and no messages at all! What Can I do? Thnx in advance.
Have you tried mounting on a different computer? to see if it's either the computer or your phone
Yes I have tried on 6 computers. 4 windows and 2 linux, but same thing happens phone just charges.
CIDRtheBITER said:
Yes I have tried on 6 computers. 4 windows and 2 linux, but same thing happens phone just charges.
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1. Try different USB cord. Some are made so generic that they only supply power.
2. Check your connectors in the phone. Less likely, but maybe a hunk of pocket lint got in there?
Try downloading USB Switcher from the market, i had the same problem with my phone before and that seemed to fix it.
I have tried with two usb cords, one being the one that came with my ps3 and the other I just happen to come across with
I will try that right now
I just installed USB Switcher and same thing is happening, phone starts charging.
CIDRtheBITER said:
I just installed USB Switcher and same thing is happening, phone starts charging.
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you have to add the widget to one of your screens then tap the widget icon while it's plugged in. then the icon will turn purple and, hopefully, you will be able to see the drive under my computer.
Widget is on one of my screens, but when I tap it it does nothing just stays gray.
maybe reformat your sd card?
You are absolutely sure the SD card is actually inserted into the slot on the phone?
or maybe even try to insert the sd card to your computer some other way..
If none of those options work, you can try loading up RA (hold HOME while powering on) and mount the SD in recovery > USB-MS Toggle.
Assuming you're rooted and loaded the custom recovery.
No no no.. download htc sync from htc. It should fix your problem.
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All cell phones need drivers on the computer to mount your card. The htc ones come in htc sync.
Some phones, like this one, had the htc sync on the stock memory card... Mine didnt though
And windows can usually find the drivers online by itself. Mine did.
You dont have to sync anything or even set it up.
And of course open up your taskbar drop down list, select charge and change it to "disk drive" mount sd card
installing pdanet also installs the correct drivers
And he gets off when someone with good answer helps. lol
I have installed HTC sync on my computer with no luck. Also I have toggle the ms mode in recovery and still nothing, phone just charges. Im planing on formatting my sd card and starting again but can't find my micro SD adapter lol. Once I find it I will post any updates hopefully that will fix it.
CIDRtheBITER said:
I have installed HTC sync on my computer with no luck. Also I have toggle the ms mode in recovery and still nothing, phone just charges. Im planing on formatting my sd card and starting again but can't find my micro SD adapter lol. Once I find it I will post any updates hopefully that will fix it.
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Sounds like a corrupted microsd card. You should download the Android dev kit and use ADB and see if theres communication between your phone and the Pc. If not you should look into solving bigger problems than your microsd card.
If there is communication between your phone and computer and you have Adb working, try reformatting that microsd card or replacing it.
I have formatted my sd car with no luck. Still my phone just charges when plugged to the computer. I am pretty sure I have a defective hero, as I have never seen the option to mount the sd on the taskbar. I do have insurance on the phone, but do you guys think the techs at sprint might not want to work on it since it is rooted and has a custom ROM? lol
I need help with mounting my phone. I'm currently running CM6 and last night I USB tethered the thing for the first time. It worked and everything, but now when I connect my phone via USB and try to mount it the computer doesn't recognize it, well it does recognize it as a network adapter (HTC Remote NDIS Device #2). Please help, I'm trying to remove the battery tweak but it would also be nice to be able to mount my phone again. Thanks all.
Make sure you have "debugging on" and "charge only" when connecting your phone. If those two things are not your problem, try uninstalling HTC sync and drivers, reboot your computer and reinstall HTC sync.
I'm having a hard time finding "debugging on" and "charge only" options in CM6. Where should I look. I also have not been able to mount my SD Card on My Computer since the install.
Thanks.
Reboot your phone. Known bug with cm. You can't usb tether and connect drive/adb at the same time period, but cm6 gets stuck till you reboot. Easiest solution, google wired tether for root users. Lets you usb tether but starts the other drivers up fine when you're done so no reboots needed.
Oh, and charging only is not an option on cm6, that's the default anyway, you always have to manually mount sd. Debugging is in settings/applications/development
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I got the updated version of captivate from att center with froyo with gps fixed. Now two new issues: I rooted the older one and used titanium to back my datas.
Now with new one, I tried to restore two roadblock.
- Windows driver no longer works with this new version. I even removed the drivers from registry still no avail. (SGH-i897_Captivate_USB_Drivers_5_02_0_2.zip)
Once re-install then I choose USB storage version and driver installs but systems can not recognize the device and appears as unknown device in the device manager.
- One click root application can no longer recognizes this new version. This is the app I used to root and unroot the older captivate. GalaxyS_One-Click_Root_All_Models
However, I believe this might be due to the first problem, the driver is not being recognized.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks,
Try a different USB port
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Also. If you ever used heimdall ...zadig driver likes to mess with the drivers...just saying
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Thanks ppl, I will try using different port. The port I used is indeed unreliable. Thanks,
guyenxda000 said:
I got the updated version of captivate from att center with froyo with gps fixed. Now two new issues: I rooted the older one and used titanium to back my datas.
Now with new one, I tried to restore two roadblock.
- Windows driver no longer works with this new version. I even removed the drivers from registry still no avail. (SGH-i897_Captivate_USB_Drivers_5_02_0_2.zip)
Once re-install then I choose USB storage version and driver installs but systems can not recognize the device and appears as unknown device in the device manager.
- One click root application can no longer recognizes this new version. This is the app I used to root and unroot the older captivate. GalaxyS_One-Click_Root_All_Models
However, I believe this might be due to the first problem, the driver is not being recognized.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks,
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Well well... so I guess I'm not the only one with this "unrecognized USB drive" issue. I too exchanged my old one because of audio jack issue from at&t service center on September 3rd. The GPS is amazing but I cannot mount it as SD card. Tried everything regarding installing drivers. I tried all the USB port available on my system, still no go. Uninstall and removing every single trace of registry. Still no go for mounting as drive. The Max I can do is mount as MTP. But as soon as mount as storage, it pops up saying 'unrecognized USB drive'. I have literally invested more than 24 hrs without any fix. Only good thing about this is that the GPS is a killer. I drove from Indianapolis to Louisville and it didn't deviate even for a second from the route even when I sometime reached a speed of 90mph. If anyone know how to resolve the issue of mounting the phone as storage device without getting the USB error, your work will be highly appreciated.
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krips2003 said:
Well well... so I guess I'm not the only one with this "unrecognized USB drive" issue. I too exchanged my old one because of audio jack issue from at&t service center on September 3rd. The GPS is amazing but I cannot mount it as SD card. Tried everything regarding installing drivers. I tried all the USB port available on my system, still no go. Uninstall and removing every single trace of registry. Still no go for mounting as drive. The Max I can do is mount as MTP. But as soon as mount as storage, it pops up saying 'unrecognized USB drive'. I have literally invested more than 24 hrs without any fix. Only good thing about this is that the GPS is a killer. I drove from Indianapolis to Louisville and it didn't deviate even for a second from the route even when I sometime reached a speed of 90mph. If anyone know how to resolve the issue of mounting the phone as storage device without getting the USB error, your work will be highly appreciated.
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Try a different USB cable. The one that comes with the Captivate stinks. I had no problem mounting my Captivate on my old computer (which is a Mac), but when I got a new iMac, my phone refused to mount. After several hours of screwing around, I tried the USB cable that came with my wife's Motorola Bravo. Damn thing mounted right up.
If I use the stock Samsung cable, nothing. If I use the Motorola cable, flawless.
Give it a try.
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That will work for your situation
KreepyKen said:
Try a different USB cable. The one that comes with the Captivate stinks. I had no problem mounting my Captivate on my old computer (which is a Mac), but when I got a new iMac, my phone refused to mount. After several hours of screwing around, I tried the USB cable that came with my wife's Motorola Bravo. Damn thing mounted right up.
If I use the stock Samsung cable, nothing. If I use the Motorola cable, flawless.
Give it a try.
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Thanks man, it worked like a charm. I didn't have any spare, bought one from BB.
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+1 on trying a new USB cable.
My USB cable just crapped out a couple of days ago and I thought it was a driver issue but decided to give another cable a shot a surprise surprise it worked!
I haven't even been that abusive to the sammy cable.
krips2003 said:
Thanks man, it worked like a charm. I didn't have any spare, bought one from BB.
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Awesome! Glad I could help.
Well my experience is same as krips. Tried different usb port but different usb port not even recognizes the devices. I dont think changing the cable will work i jist used h same cbl that has been working w my previois phone. My..this is the most f-d phone i have ever used in my life.
guyenxda000 said:
Well my experience is same as krips. Tried different usb port but different usb port not even recognizes the devices. I dont think changing the cable will work i jist used h same cbl that has been working w my previois phone. My..this is the most f-d phone i have ever used in my life.
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Well I too faced the same problem with my old usb cable that worked on my returned Captivate. Well didn't work on this one. Changing the cable worked like charm. Still I don't know why it worked with new usb cable and not with old one.
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krips2003 said:
Well I too faced the same problem with my old usb cable that worked on my returned Captivate. Well didn't work on this one. Changing the cable worked like charm. Still I don't know why it worked with new usb cable and not with old one.
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It has to be something with voltage. My Samsung USB cable (the one that came with the phone) worked just fine with my old computer. When I upgraded my computer, the cable no longer worked.
I did notice that if I plugged it into a USB hub instead of directly into the Mac, then the phone mounted...but the connection was slow and it dropped all the time, so it was basically unusable.
@guyenxda000...try a different cable before you decide it's not going to work. It actually might.
Okay, I had alternative cable in my car and brough home now i can connect. Now, phone is recognized if I choose kite usb mode, and can access sdcard if i choose usb. but still it is not responding to one-root-click application i mentioned earlier. is it not supposed to work with the newer captivates? if not, anyone knows an app to root it? Thanks,
guyenxda000 said:
Okay, I had alternative cable in my car and brough home now i can connect. Now, phone is recognized if I choose kite usb mode, and can access sdcard if i choose usb. but still it is not responding to one-root-click application i mentioned earlier. is it not supposed to work with the newer captivates? if not, anyone knows an app to root it? Thanks,
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First, make sure you're not mounting the phone before trying to root it. Make sure USB debugging is turned on, then plug in the phone and just leave it like that. The root process won't run if you have the SD card mounted. Also, make sure you have the latest drivers. Then run your one-click root.
I used SuperOneClick on mine and it worked the first time. My build is an 1101, so newer phones might not be supported. I have no idea if it makes a difference or not.
Dude thx for ur effort for help. But all ur instructions seem to imply i am doing first time. If u read thru this post i already done successfully with my older version phone which means i must have followed all the steps u described. if u really meant to hlp can u clarify build 1101 u kentioned? If u do that it cn help me someway. Thx
okay lot of progress yesterday, but hit a roadblock.
changed new cable, i had to put the phone into debuggin mode, which I forgot. Now I tried one-click-root app, it does put the phone into recovery mode, but still fails to root saying e-signature verificaiton failed or something.
went through a hard manual way:
copied the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin into sdcard.
supposedly that should open the terminal emulator in super user mode so that i can mount the /dev/block/st19 into /system as a RW mode, which enables me to copy the other files such as superuser.apk into /system/app folder.
Howeer rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin does not seem to do the job. instruction says after 'spawn child' message restart the terminal emulator which should have turned into # command prompt rather than $. I believe # means enabled to do a root privileged stuff like remounting /system folder. Anyone has hit this roadblock? Thanks,
Hello out there.
My incredible s used to connect to my PC but all of a sudden it stopped. I have WIN7 64bit installed and when I plug my phone in, the screen turns on and gives me the options. I select mount as hard drive, and nothing happens. Nothing shows up in device manager, no install hardware pop ups nothing.
Ive reinstalled HTC sync, ive tried different drivers, ive delet3ed the drivers and let them install again. I Even unrooted my phone and restored it to the factory rom.
If I plug it in on a PC with xp it works so its not the phone. Ive been searching the net for weeks and it seems to be a common problem but no one gives an answer on how to fix it.
I cant even connect via hboot. SD card is fine, mounts on the phone mounts in card reader and mounts via my phone from an xp PC
There must be someone out there that can fix this for me.
Cheers.
could the problem be the USB jack in your computer rather than the phone itself? perhaps test other devices in the USB jack on the computer, or test the phone and cord on another comp to help isolate the problem
The Usb ports are fine, Ive tried the front, the back, in a hub, in my keyboard nothing happens. The phone knows its been plugged in as it brings up the menu to choose either charge, hard disk, tether etc... Just the PC ignors it.
Everything else works in those ports.
Anyone?
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Hey guys, been trying to figure out how to connect my phone to my pc without having to have kies installed on every computer I access using the usb cable. After struggling for a while I figured out the problem was because I had usb debugging mode activated, and once I unchecked it abracadabra! I was able to access my memory card just like any regular flash disk. The only problem am experiencing now is that, even though I have usb debugging unchecked, every time I connect the usb cable it automatically becomes checked again. meaning I have to go through the long process of going to settings> applications> development, to uncheck it again. Why is this happening?
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Hey guys, been trying to figure out how to connect my phone to my pc without having to have kies installed on every computer I access using the usb cable. After struggling for a while I figured out the problem was because I had usb debugging mode activated, and once I unchecked it abracadabra! I was able to access my memory card just like any regular flash disk. The only problem am experiencing now is that, even though I have usb debugging unchecked, every time I connect the usb cable it automatically becomes checked again. meaning I have to go through the long process of going to settings> applications> development, to uncheck it again. Why is this happening?
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Install these samsung drivers and you will be able to do so.
http://hotfile.com/dl/109276666/f22355e/SAMSUNG_USB.rar.html
Dont quite get the problem.
When I plug in the USB cable to the phone and PC, the phone's task bar shows a small icon at the top. I pull down the task bar (or what ever it is called - it is pull down), touch the info about USB, and up comes a dialog box about enabling USB storage. I touch OK, and there is a warning about not being able to use apps on the USB. I touch OK again, and I am now connected to the PC.
First time or so, I was asked to turn off USB debugging, and never had to do it again.
Then maybe its an issue with my phone, originating from the factory, coz everytime I connect I am forced to go find the usb debugging option from way deep in settings coz nothing appears in the drop down task bar until I uncheck it. I am now getting paranoid considering the first time I bought it and took it home I found out that the standard micro sd card I was issued with did not work and had to go back to the store and get a replacement card. Maybe I should have opted for a different phone too. "cockroach theory"
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Thanks for the drivers, but that was not the solution I was looking for exactly as that would mean I would have to install them on every computer I ever connect to, seeing as I prefer to double up my phone as a flash disk too coz its harder to loose and no pal would ever ask to use your phone to go borrow something (thats how flashdisks get lost) and I can also charge the phone when am copying new movies and songs, catch my drift.
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Thanks for the drivers, but that was not the solution I was looking for exactly as that would mean I would have to install them on every computer I ever connect to, seeing as I prefer to double up my phone as a flash disk too coz its harder to loose and no pal would ever ask to use your phone to go borrow something (thats how flashdisks get lost) and I can also charge the phone when am copying new movies and songs, catch my drift.
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If i recall correctly this also happened to me when i bought the phone. But after i installed samsung kies or the drivers it got ok. But as you say, if you use many computers its not pratical. I mainly use this one so no problem for me.
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Then maybe its an issue with my phone, originating from the factory, coz everytime I connect I am forced to go find the usb debugging option from way deep in settings coz nothing appears in the drop down task bar until I uncheck it. I am now getting paranoid considering the first time I bought it and took it home I found out that the standard micro sd card I was issued with did not work and had to go back to the store and get a replacement card. Maybe I should have opted for a different phone too. "cockroach theory"
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When you use your phone as a flash drive, you can expect to use it as a normal flash drive - simply plug it in, and the PC recognises a USB mass storage device. There ought to be no need for any drivers. Even on windows PCs.
But, you will have to unmount the SD card from within the phone.
If you need to disable USB debugging mode each time, try disabling USB debugging without the USB cables plugged in The phone ought to remember it. The menu option is, IIRC, settings > USB and media.
Things are slightly different in 2.2.2 froyo, 2.4.5, 2.4.6 and the current 7.1 CM custom kernel I am using. So, I cannot exactly remember the menu option. But, it is not a driver issue.
BTW, I installed the samsung USB drivers for Kies and ODIN from the phone on a newly installed OS, and was on stock 2.2.2 Froyo then so I am very sure that this is not a USB drivers issue.
My phone just updated to 2.3.6 and every time I plug the USB cable in, debugging mode automatically activates, even though I have unchecked it without USB cable plugged or after it was plugged. When I try to enter mass storage mode I get prompted that some apps might not work while in this mode. I tap OK and the phone tries to connect but after a while reverts back to debugging. That would not be a problem if I was at my home computer as running keys unlock the mass storage mode adn I can use Total commander to load what I want, but when at work, I do not have admin right so I can not install driver. Until yesterday I was on Froyo 2.2.1 and mass storage was no issue...
lockdalf said:
My phone just updated to 2.3.6 and every time I plug the USB cable in, debugging mode automatically activates, even though I have unchecked it without USB cable plugged or after it was plugged. When I try to enter mass storage mode I get prompted that some apps might not work while in this mode. I tap OK and the phone tries to connect but after a while reverts back to debugging. That would not be a problem if I was at my home computer as running keys unlock the mass storage mode adn I can use Total commander to load what I want, but when at work, I do not have admin right so I can not install driver. Until yesterday I was on Froyo 2.2.1 and mass storage was no issue...
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I knew this is an old post, but i had to reply this.
I had the same situation. i also lost the USB Storage function after upgraded to 2.3.6 DXKT5.
so , now i unable to use TV or SetTopBox to play the files inside the S5830. too sad.
I wish i could revert back to FROYO v2.2.1 , yet , i unable to find a valid/working download link for Froyo 2.2.1 DXKC1 , so i had to stick with it now or later.
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hardware: Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 @2011.02
original: Froyo v2.2.1 ( DXKC1 ,MM1)
odin to: GingerBread v2.3.6 (DXKT5,XSO)