Increasingly difficult to connect phone to pc for file transfer - Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm having increasing difficulty connecting my phone to any of my pcs. It started with additional time being taken for the pc to recognize the device. Now I get lots of freezes if I try to navigate to the internal or sd card, sometimes freezing up windows explorer. Recently, I have been unable to create new folders on the device from windows without freezing up windows explorer and now my files and folders are not populating correctly. I named a folder ppsspp on my device, it shows up in windows as "New Folder" across several devices and freezes the explorer if I try to interact with it.
Today I am unable to transfer anything to my device and connecting to the pc just freezes up explorer about 4 out of 5 times I connect it. Any advice? I't like my phone's connection to PCs are consistently degrading.

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Active syncronizer conflicts with Garmin Mobile XT

For some reason Active syncronizer doesnt connect anymore with my PC and everytime I unplug the USB connection on the PC a window pops out on my cell phone asking me if I want to re-install Garmin Mobile XT. This is so weird! Anybody knows how to solve this without unistalling Garmin Mobile?
Thank you,
Sounds like when you are connecting to PC you are connecting as a USB drive. ActiveSync won't detect phone because it is presenting the internal memory as USB drive. Your phone also won't be able to access internal storage while it is in USB drive mode. When you disconnect the phone the internal storage is able to now be accessed by the phone and it runs any items that are set to autorun (Garmin has an autorun installer that isn't removed when installed) which will be why it keeps trying to install.
Thank you Kevlah, but what should I do now?
I think it all started while I was talking on the phone and accidently touch something on the screen with my ear and messed with some settings...
You need to check:
Start > Settings > Connections > USB to PC
Make sure it is setup like the screenshot below.
That should then give you the option to choose ActiveSync or USB drive whenever you connect the USB cable. Choose ActiveSync before it times out and you should be OK. When you disconnect from ActiveSync the Garmin installer should not start.
If you use USB Disk Drive and want to stop Garmin trying to install when you disconnect from USB Disk Drive mode you will need to delete or rename the garmin auto installer (probably in Garmin folder - I can't remember where mine was as I've removed Garmin now - I couldn't get the code to work for Internal GPS).
Thank you Kevlah. It was just that. Somehow I unclicked it with my ear.
No problem, glad it's sorted now
I suggest just deleting the autorun file along with the directory it is in.. mine was in a folder called 2577. I deleted the whole folder and everything is honky dory. ( if you want it back you just have to run the quesetupPPC.exe in garmin/apps/wm/)
If you don't delete it ever time you want to transfer some file ( at a reasonable rate ) and you have to use the storage drive option and you will get that annoying popup every time.
there are no ill effects deleting that autorun and it's directory

Not having any luck with Bluetooth and my PC.

This by far one of the toughest phones I've had. I can't use the dock to sync as it only gives it power and local Bluetooth audio.
Ok, I tried connecting to the USB cable directly. Nope, I have tried many time to copy files to the SD card. I can mount it but it will only stay connected for a short time. It's seems as soon as any other application tries to read it the phone dismounts the SD card. I can tell it to mount again but then whatever program I'm using crashes because the SD card has disappeared in the middle of a file transfer. Anyway...
So, now I try Bluetooth to the PC. Nope, the PC and the Nexus One can see each other but if I try to pair from either the PC or the phone they fail to pair. The computer pairs with a keyboard, mouse, HTC Cruise (just did it for the first time and went like clockwork) and a Plantronics head set. The Nexus One has paired with the Plantronics head set. With the HTC Cruise it asks for a pass code on the phone and the PC but the Nexus just fails without asking for anything. I have also set it as discoverable.
Help!
Edit I disconnected and unpaired the Plantronics headset and then was able to pair with the PC. The android Bluetooth implementation seems to be a little buggy. I was then able to re-pair the Plantronics headset.
The is no android desktop "sync" most of your phone data is kept in the cloud by default, so it's much less relevant. If you want to copy data to your sdcard, you install the usb driver, plug in your phone and select "Select to copy files to/from your computer" from the notification area.
However the current drivers seem unreliable in win7, we're not sure if win7 or the drivers are to blame.
As an aside if you install "ES File explorer" from the android marked you can access windows file shares via wifi.
There are _no_ bluetooth profiles for file transfer in default android.
I still think there are a lot of people that like to sync MP3s and pictures to their phone with various apps. When data plans are free and way faster than they are now, maybe I'd say that the really fast free connection to my PC is less relevant.
What is the best way to sync MP3s from the PC? ES File Explorer?

[Q] Won't let me transfer files

For some reason everytime I try to transfer tv shows or movies to the phone, both internal or external memory, it won't transfer and says that the windows explorer has stopped working. Every single time this happens no matter how many times i try. And it only happens for some files. Other files will transfer perfectly no matter the size of the files.
Another issue is that when I do transfer the files, even though I have used some space it will still say that the space is the same as before.
I'm on windows 7 64 bit.
Any ideas how to fix?
weird problem your having... how big in size are these tv shows ?? do you have an external sd card... if so plug that in to the pc and copy them to that, then back in the phone and move to phone memory or leave on the external card...
or you can just stream them from your pc, using built in 'allshare' app or a range of others found on the market
Each show is about 150-175 mb. The issue is that some shows will completely transfer without any problems. I've transfered 4 GB altogether at once but other shows won't do it. But then other shows will not even start transfer but immediately say that windows explorer has stopped working. I've tried transferring to both external and internal but they both give me the same problem.
This also only seems to be an issue with videos as I've never had any trouble with music.
No roots, lagfix, nothing, just stock 2.2.1
Sounds more like a problem with your computer. Try copying the shows that give you trouble to a memory stick or something to test.

[Q] Win8 file explorer keeps hanging (WP8 -> USB)

The Win8 file explorer often hangs when using a Windows Phone 8 device connected via USB. And it's slow when it doesn't permanently hang. Is this a bug in Windows Phone 8 or should I try to access it with some other software?
ntice said:
The Win8 file explorer often hangs when using a Windows Phone 8 device connected via USB. And it's slow when it doesn't permanently hang. Is this a bug in Windows Phone 8 or should I try to access it with some other software?
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I use to get that when I was using Windows 7 but not now with Windows 8, the one thing I am getting now with Windows 8 is that I have to sometimes restart the phone for Windows 8 to see it but I'm thinking its faulty USB drives on my PC.
The MTP host service on the phone is not the fastest or smoothest thing. I don't believe it is anything wrong with your phone in particular. Bear in mind that you aren't actually browsing the file system (as you would be with USB Mass Storage, or UMS); you're browsing a representation of it which is made available over Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). Unlike UMS, MTP requires code running on the phone to produce that representation, send it over the wire, and process data coming from the PC.

How to get my Note9's Internal storage as USB flash disk in windows?

When I connect my note9 to my laptop (windows 10) it automatically gets mounted as Galaxy device. When I enter to Galaxy, it shows 128 Internal storage as flash disk and show all files and folders in it. But copy/paste data (image and others) to/from this location which laptop is extremely slow. 28GB data shows several hours to complete and sometimes it doesn't completed successfully.
I used to get handsets storage directly as flash storage to the windows in my older devices (xperia, oneplus etc.) and data transfer rate was awesome. Now in my Note9, is there any option to get the Internal storage directly as flash disk in windows so that data transfer is as it is flash disk/pendrive.
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When I connect my note9 to my laptop (windows 10) it automatically gets mounted as Galaxy device. When I enter to Galaxy, it shows 128 Internal storage as flash disk and show all files and folders in it. But copy/paste data (image and others) to/from this location which laptop is extremely slow. 28GB data shows several hours to complete and sometimes it doesn't completed successfully.
I used to get handsets storage directly as flash storage to the windows in my older devices (xperia, oneplus etc.) and data transfer rate was awesome. Now in my Note9, is there any option to get the Internal storage directly as flash disk in windows so that data transfer is as it is flash disk/pendrive.
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Are you using the cable your phone came with or a cheap aftermarket cable? Maybe just try another cable. When I plug my phone into my computer (Windows 10), it comes up as Note9 on Windows Explorer, and under that are two folders, one for internal storage and the other for my MicroSD card.
Secondly, do you have a case on your phone? What kind? Reason I'm asking, is because I have a ZeroLemon case, which when you put it on, plugs into the USB Type-C port. Therefore when I plug my phone into my computer, it goes through the case before it goes to the phone. In otherwords, the case may bottleneck (slow down) the transfer speed. I do know that DEX does not work with my case, which makes me think that it also negatively affects transfer speeds, as well.
One other option for file transfer that I've found is to set your phone up as an FTP server, which is actually easier than what you may think. I use an app called File Manager (this one). Basically, you would use this File Manager app to "Start" the FTP server, and then on your computer, you navigate to your phone's FTP Address using Windows Explorer. Once you start the FTP server option, it tells you what URL to visit on your computer, and once you do, you'll see your internal storage. You must be on the same Home Wi-Fi for this to work. Unfortunately, I haven't seen a way to Read/Copy To/From a MicroSD card using this method, as the FTP seems to only let you access your Internal Storage. Just be advised, and I haven't taken the time to confirm this, but if you start your FTP on your own home Network, I suppose it could be visible to any device on your network.
I am also interested in this issue and I want my note9 to be defined as a memory card, as it is VERY CONVENIENT !! JOSHSKORN is
dibil because he did not give the right answer !! please, help!

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