I couldn't find that problem in particular so here I go:
I have lots of music on my Stone (several GB), but when I connect it to a PC via MTP (Sync with Windows Media) the "Music" folder is empty.
When I copy music to the device in MTP mode the mediaplayer of Android shows every album twice - once with incorrect ID Tag info (tracks sorted alphabetically) and a second time with correct info (sorted by track number)
When I remove the album with incorrect info, it disappears from the MTP folder on the PC but still is on the SD card and can be played
That's a very strange way to copy music TO the device without unmounting the SD card (which gives a lot of my apps trouble) - but there is no way to copy music FROM the device in MTP mode
Is there some way to rebuild the MTP index/cache/whatever?
It worked fine back on Android 2.1_1, but since 2.2.1 this problem persists...
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My I9000 works like a charm - if I don't set it up. -.-
A while ago I discovered that Kies (1.5.3.10093_82) won't sync Outlook-Contacts or Calendar-entries. Starts the Sync, stays at 100%, but does not complete.
After hitting Cancel and/or disconnecting the phone from the USB-jack, Kies crashes...
My ROM is Sztupy's International ROM 3.0 (but it didn't work with the stock JPM from opensource.samsung.com either...)
Just recently I got a clue (but no solution) regarding this issue:
mobile
- Factory-Reset, completing Tutorial
- Setting up a Google-Account (for calender sync)
PC (Windows 7 x64)
- completely uninstalling Kies & Drivers
- Deleting C:\ProgramData\Samsung
- Deleting C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Samsung
- Deleting Registry Keys for Samsung (HKLM>Software>Samsung)
- Reboot
- Installing Kies
--- I sorted out the connection issues, so there are no driver problems here ---
After Connecting the SGS with the PC, Kies CAN sync both contacts and Calendar...
Then I set up 2 exchange accounts and connected with Facebook and installed all my apps:
NO SYNC anymore.
As if Kies doesn't get any information at all.
Does anyone have an idea about this? Does any application hinder the proper communication between Kies and the phone? My virus scan? I don't know...
See if this helps. Theres a known bug in kies where it chucks a **** if it finds media files with more then 16 letters. Dont ask me why. Go find the files using external storage mode and rename or delete. A user on here wrote a app that does this but i can find the link.
Sent from my GT-I9000
I haven't tried it (since I uninstalled Kies completely and syncing everything with exchange now...)
but I can exclude that fact. It works until I have other Accounts synced with my phone.
The 'new' Kies version (Kies_1.5.3.10103_100_2) completes the sync process and lets me click on OK, BUT there is nothing synced!
Think I have to leave the Android/Samsung-area and switch to a functioning Windows phone for my business tasks...
same here. my one is more funny. in kies mode, it connect to pc. and i can access to gti9000 icon and can browse phone memory. but funny thing is, kies stuck on connecting screen. i did windows reinstall(XP), new kies 1.5.xxxx, reinstall kies drivers, factory reset and format internal sd card. still same problem. now i am regreting my decission to buy galaxy instead of iphone 4. damn u samsung..........
one more thing, after i connect galaxy in kies mode, i cant browse to internal sd card said its unavailable. then i have to restart or set it to usb storage mode to work it again. is this waring of internal sd card failure?
Hi, did anyone find an answer to this? Cheers
Hello folks,
I'm facing this "please insert a disk" issue when connecting my Note to computer via USB Debugging mode / Mass Storage Mode.
I'll let screenshots in the attachment explain itself. #1 shows the screenshot of devices menu when the phone is plugged into the computer in DEBUG mode; #2 shows the screen after I've clicked "connect USB storage" from the drop-down list of the phone; #3 shows what happens when I try to open one of the two "removable disks".
MTP mode works fine, as well as Kies connection. As I finally started exploring the potential of Android platform, I realized that MTP and Kies connection are the most useless connection options for me, and I'd rather leave it in debug mode all day. So has anybody experienced this issue, or had any suggestion on the solution?
As always, many thanks in advance, and many thanks button clicks afterward!
p.s.,
Desktop OS: Win7 Pro X64 SP1
Note: 2.3.6 Stock LB1 Open Germany Firmware, CF rooted LB1 kernel.
Also, I should have all the latest official device driver from Samsung, as I have the latest version of Kies installed (and I discovered a driver folder under Kies' installed location). I'm not so sure about adb driver, but I was able to find the Note to be listed under devices by typing "adb devices". So.. I don't know where could've gone wrong.
Help anyone?
This really sounds weird... I was facing problems of the Galaxy Note not being detected on several Windows7 32/64-Bit SP1 computers as well but this was gone after I installed SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.
You are right - from all that i know all required drivers should be available when KIES is installed on your system. Whatis even more strange is that your device seems to be detected as two partitions are available and are displayed in Explorer...
So I would test the following:
- check if your device manager lists any unknown devices
- Uninstall KIES and try to find the SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones and install those
- check all available USB ports and see if this solves the problem
- try another USB cable
- make sure your (external) SD card is formatted with a Windows compatible file-system e.g. FAT32
Hope this is helpful and helps solving your problem.
Thanks for your reply!
My device manager basically listed all the drivers/devices associated with the phone:
My Device manager shows devices:
Samsung Android Composite ADB interface
Android UMS Composite USB device (x2)
SAMSUNG Android USB Modem
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Mass Storage Device (Android)
I've attached the screenshot when all the drivers being installed when the phone is firstly connected to the computer. Also in the device manager, everything shows "this device is working properly"
I then decided to test with another Note of my friend's (On the same computer). Her Note has no SD card in it, and is completely stock ROM non-rooted LA4 Open Germany firmware. The same thing happened.
One thing worth mentioning: Yesterday, this worked only for once. When I initially encountered this issue, I restarted my computer, and boom, my phone was connected in Debugging mode! However, once disconnected, and I tried to connect it to the computer again, this issue came back. And afterward, no matter how I restart my computer, the phone won't get connected.
I also tried all USB port (USB 2.0 and 3.0), three different cables (2 of them are Samsung OEMs) and failed to address the issue.
I'm nearly exhausted but I will never give up, as this is my only computer and my only phone (haha), and without solving this issue, I'm never gonna be able to view the phone as a USB storage and easily transfer the file from my computer to the phone.
I'm going to try the last thing that I haven't done from the list you posted:
- Uninstall KIES and try to find the SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones and install those
I believe that I can keep the driver folder in the Kies' folder, as I believe those are the newest Samsung driver, given that the Kies was the latest release version.
So far, I can only conclude that this issue is not related to specific phone but the Windows 7.
And thank you for your help btotaku!
If anyone has any insight into this issue, please help me. Thumbs up for you!
BTW, I was able to extract both SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe from under Kies' installation path under Program Files x86 folder, and an uncompressed folder of all kinds of drivers for Samsung device, called "USB Drivers".
And looks like I was wrong. The newest version of SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones I had was 1.4.8. While the driver that came with the newest Kies was 1.4.103
I'll post back soon
Reinstal Windows on your PC bro.
Problem fixed.
is that your internal memory or the sd card?
Same thing happens either with SD card in the phone or not
avetny said:
Reinstal Windows on your PC bro.
Problem fixed.
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That's the last thing I would do
I know the One (and 4.x devices in general) don't support connecting to a PC as a MSD. But does a solution exist to the sync the Internal Storage to a folder on the PC?
I've tried PureSync and that only picks up files on the root. Syncing via WIFI isn't suitable for the place I need to do this.
This is giving me a major headache right now. I've plugged the phone into the computer via USB to transfer some files, like I do every now and then, but now I can't because it doesn't show up as a drive anymore, and on the phone, the options seem to have changed.
This used to work perfectly fine before. I can only narrow it down to the recent official OTA upgrade to Android 4.2.2. I need mass storage mode for a few things, e.g. my music player on Windows (Media Monkey) syncs with the phone, but now of course it won't recognize it anymore.
What is going on?
- Windows 7 64bit
- Android 4.2.2 stock official OTA un-rooted, un-everything, vanilla
- HTC Sense 5.0
Thanks guys.
bobblack said:
This is giving me a major headache right now. I've plugged the phone into the computer via USB to transfer some files, like I do every now and then, but now I can't because it doesn't show up as a drive anymore, and on the phone, the options seem to have changed.
This used to work perfectly fine before. I can only narrow it down to the recent official OTA upgrade to Android 4.2.2. I need mass storage mode for a few things, e.g. my music player on Windows (Media Monkey) syncs with the phone, but now of course it won't recognize it anymore.
What is going on?
- Windows 7 64bit
- Android 4.2.2 stock official OTA un-rooted, un-everything, vanilla
- HTC Sense 5.0
Thanks guys.
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It doesnt get mounted as a drive (and never did), it shows up as an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) device. Open "Computer" on Windows and at the bottom it will show "MTP Devices", under that there will be your phone.
If it's not, then maybe you need to update HTC drivers, and check your "Device Manager" if the phone shows up correctly under "Android USB Device"
Thanks for the insight - you put me on the right track, and I got it to work now.
It showed up in the device manager, but with an error like you suggested. Unplugging the phone or switching USB debugging on and off hadn't helped (tried that a dozen times before I posted). When I checked the device manager, asking Windows to update the driver via web didn't work out either.
So I unplugged, rebooted both the phone and Windows, and plugged in again. After that, it installed some driver automatically - it worked this time, and now it works again as before. It shows in Explorer / xplorer2 / MediaMonkey as a portable device and I can use it like a drive and drag&drop files. That's what I meant by "drive", thanks for clearing that up ha.
Thank you!
Hi guys I reaaly need your help!!
1. so basically what happened is my screen is dead but phone is not! i managed to connect the phone to my work pc via usb cable and copied all the data i needed.
2. then somehow the pc hard drive died and i installed a new SSD one but unfortunately i accidentaly deleted a cruical partition on the faulty hdd so all the copied S6 contecnt is now gone.
3. dont ask me how but now, on my new freshly installed OS on my new ssd, i connect the phone again and try to access its folder but nothing is there!
** could i have somehow deleted a samsung partition as well through the windows 10 installation process? (seems unlikely i think).
** could the phone be displaying a question about how i would like to use the usb cable (charging only or data transfer)? if so why would this suddenly happen?
** I tried connecting to another pc but same issuer persists. the driver installs but cannot see files.
** could it possibly work on my home pc because it was previously connected there?
** the icon on the pc is that of a media transfer like an mp3 player. when i access it there are no files but when i right click i dont have an option to add folders so i'm guessing this maybe a permissions issue?
how can I access the files on the phone?! THANKS!!!
just to update i got it all sorted out trying to press randomly on the phone apparently i managed to access the files so what i can understand is that the phone keeps a list of all the pc's its ever been connected to and a setting of which connection type to allow this pc.
As soon as i formatted the pc, the phone recognized it as new and probably asked my if i want charging or data transfer. somehow i managed to chose data transfer!
Thanks a lot anyways and have a great day