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Hi all,
I have problem with connecting my O2X to laptop.
When I connect phone to laptop phone start to charge, but USB connection is not recognized and no notification on phone (top left corner) is shown.
It was working once, but since then my phone was updated via OTA to V10e and then to V10f yesterday.
My phone is on stock.
I've seen on other forum that people had similar problem but I didn't found any solution.
I've tried different USB cables, different laptop (home and business - on both was working once before), unnistaling drivers and similar.
Please help!!!
Thank You.
I have the same problem and I still don't understand if it is hardware or software related.
In my case the usb sometimes stop working for a certain time, sometime a couple of hour, some time for a full day. After that magically start to work again.
I've tried every in my knowledge but without success.
You are not alone
Air_Mike said:
Hi all,
I have problem with connecting my O2X to laptop.
When I connect phone to laptop phone start to charge, but USB connection is not recognized and no notification on phone (top left corner) is shown.
It was working once, but since then my phone was updated via OTA to V10e and then to V10f yesterday.
My phone is on stock.
I've seen on other forum that people had similar problem but I didn't found any solution.
I've tried different USB cables, different laptop (home and business - on both was working once before), unnistaling drivers and similar.
Please help!!!
Thank You.
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Using Topogigi 1.6 this exact thing hit me yesterday, I suddenly lost ADB-access (I was programming at the time, and suddenly couldn't upload the app to the phone anymore.) The "bug" top left had vanished, and no toggling of USB-debugging would turn it on again. I tried restoring froyo backups, tried wipe-install, didn't work. What finally solved it was to smartflash back to 10D. Very strange, I cannot find any logical reason for this behaviour, so it can only speculate it must be something illogical, like maybe overheating (wasn't overclocked.)
EDIT: Let me elaborate. When this happened I of course tried another cable, and what was extra weird was that it wouldn't even recognize a USB-connection, but it would charge. Plugging it back in the dock I normally use when programming would show a USB-connection, but no ADB. At first I was worried that perhaps the dock had pushed the pins in the socket too far in for the regular cable to get a connection. After smartflashing back to 10D though, both the dock and cable work as usual. So maybe, just maybe, a hot phone will expand certain areas around the usb-connection points either in the socket or on the motherboard. Again, just speculation. The usb-connection has worked fine since, using any cable.
Happened to me as well. In one day i can't connect my phone to the pc but after two weeks when i connected the o2x to a pc with vista the problem was vanished. I connected to my usual pc and the same it worked. let's hope that i will not have anymore this problem. It is possibility that your phone will revive i one day. good luck.
I think I may have solved this particular mystery, I'm now able to reproduce it at will, and get usb/adb functionality back.
It happens through a combination of ADB crashes/bugs on a computer and a usb-stack crash/error on the phone.
I can reproduce it by plugging in another phone/tablet on the computer (while still having the phone connected), installing/running something from eclipse on the other device, unplug and replug the o2x and then try to run/install something on it via ADB. This invariably leads to the ADB-icon (the status-bar bug-icon) disappearing, *and* it will lead to the phones USB not working on another computer, or even another port on the same computer.
Funny thing is, if I reboot the phone, and plug it back on the same computer, this instantly leads to the same behaviour. USB will only get recognized on the same port it was plugged in the last time, and ADB will still not get activated. Trying to connect to another computer *after* this will not work.
The solution is simply to reboot *both* the phone *and* the computer (or just kill adb I guess) before plugging in anything.
Plugging in the phone while *either* the PC *or* the phone is in this confused state will lead to both devices malfunctioning in the same way as before, which is why you cannot simply connect the phone to another PC. (Although unplugging the phone, rebooting it *before* plugging in to another computer should work.)
Thank You for info.
I just tried it but unfortunately it didn't work for me. I've tried restarting phone couple of times, plugin into different computers but phone still doesn't recognize usb connection (just charging).
I this the problem is in the phone and it maybe due to update to v10e and v10f.
Air_Mike said:
Thank You for info.
I just tried it but unfortunately it didn't work for me. I've tried restarting phone couple of times, plugin into different computers but phone still doesn't recognize usb connection (just charging).
I this the problem is in the phone and it maybe due to update to v10e and v10f.
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Hm, okay, your problem may be of a different kind. I'm not entirely convinced yet, as you don't mention having rebooted any computer. So just to satisify my curiosity, do exactly these steps in the following order:
1) Unplug the phone from the computer.
2) Power down the computer
3) Power off the phone
4) Turn on your computer
5) Re-install the LG USB drivers
6) Turn on your phone
7) Connect the phone
If this doesn't work then you indeed have a completely different problem, and we're back to speculating.
TrymHansen said:
Using Topogigi 1.6 this exact thing hit me yesterday, I suddenly lost ADB-access (I was programming at the time, and suddenly couldn't upload the app to the phone anymore.) The "bug" top left had vanished, and no toggling of USB-debugging would turn it on again. I tried restoring froyo backups, tried wipe-install, didn't work. What finally solved it was to smartflash back to 10D. Very strange, I cannot find any logical reason for this behaviour, so it can only speculate it must be something illogical, like maybe overheating (wasn't overclocked.)
EDIT: Let me elaborate. When this happened I of course tried another cable, and what was extra weird was that it wouldn't even recognize a USB-connection, but it would charge. Plugging it back in the dock I normally use when programming would show a USB-connection, but no ADB. At first I was worried that perhaps the dock had pushed the pins in the socket too far in for the regular cable to get a connection. After smartflashing back to 10D though, both the dock and cable work as usual. So maybe, just maybe, a hot phone will expand certain areas around the usb-connection points either in the socket or on the motherboard. Again, just speculation. The usb-connection has worked fine since, using any cable.
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Trym,
Does that mean you were able to smartflash despite having USB connectivity problems? I had these problems with my first O2X and after I flashed MCR I couldn't connect to USB at all. Luckily this was within the exchange period and I was given a replacement handset which hasn't had these issues but then I am still using stock 2.2
I did try all combinations of reboots on the phone and also driver installs etc on the problematic handset but nothing worked then.
mparack said:
Trym,
Does that mean you were able to smartflash despite having USB connectivity problems?
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That's exactly what it means, yes. It's never been a hardware problem (luckily)
I had these problems with my first O2X and after I flashed MCR I couldn't connect to USB at all. Luckily this was within the exchange period and I was given a replacement handset which hasn't had these issues but then I am still using stock 2.2
I did try all combinations of reboots on the phone and also driver installs etc on the problematic handset but nothing worked then.
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You may of course have had a genuine hardware fault, after all usb-sockets are among the first things to break on any phone. I thought my phone was a goner as well, until I discovered the things mentioned in my post. It's a really sneaky affair, it would be impossible not to assume the phone is broken the first time you experience it.
EDIT: Removed invalid assumption.
Just to report that I've tried everything, including connecting phone to computer on which my friend runs Nexus S with no problem and then connecting to computer on which my phone was never connected.
Is there easy way to revert to v10d (last version I know my usb connection worked)?
I don't want to experiment too much because this is my business phone.
Maybe I'll just wait for GB and V20e (I hope it will finally be released soon) and hope that this will resolve my problem, but until them I'm missing one of main functionality
What a waist, since I get the phone with all that fuzz about it, is nothing but problem after another: rebooting, battery drain, wifi problem, usb connection... whats next?
Air_Mike said:
Is there easy way to revert to v10d (last version I know my usb connection worked)?
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Assuming your usb isn't actually broken, yes, it's pretty easy. Download 10D from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035041
Instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008070
NOTE: The instructions are for flashing baseband only. In addition to that, you also need to select the .bin file in "Ap bin"
Thanks, but links are broken.
Air_Mike said:
Thanks, but links are broken.
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Indeed they are, were copied from another post I made, and XDA had truncated them.
1st one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035041
2nd one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008070 (this link is also at the bottom of the first post of the first link.)
Just to report that my USB connection suddenly stared to work again on both of my laptops (home and work).
I didn't do anything after I gave up weeks ago. Before that I've tried everything but with no success.
Air_Mike said:
Just to report that my USB connection suddenly stared to work again on both of my laptops (home and work).
I didn't do anything after I gave up weeks ago. Before that I've tried everything but with no success.
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Weird. Glad you got it working.
Looking around on different LG Forums, as useless as they are, the support-people always gives the advice that you should take out the battery, and leave it out for five minues to "clear residual memory." (This, apparently, is the solution for any kind of problem with the phone ;-)) That's always sounded completely nuts to me, but that's the advice I'm going to give the next guy with usb problems ;-)
And another one bytes the dust.
That's ultra weird. one minute everything is just fine and on the other, USB is dead.
So, apart from the procedure TrymHansen gave us a few post back, there is no known solution/diagnose/whatever for this problem, right?
SmartFlash will not detect phone...
My post from other thread which was closed:
My optimus 2x is not detected when I plug it to my laptop via USB.
Turn on mass storage" in the phone does not appear, it's like I'm just plugging in into a wall charger.
It could connect just a few days before, same laptop, same drivers (LG mobile united drivers)
Have tried it with 3 different laptops, still can't connect (drivers are installed)
A google search reveals other people having the problem as well and unable to solve it.
Can't return it yet for warranty because superuser app is still there.
Originally, I rooted it using superoneclick. Can't unroot it in superoneclick since not detected in USB.
So i unrooted it using z4root (without a pc). It's now unrooted, however superuser app is still in the app drawer.
i believe mine can be detected from smartflash so maybe i can flash stock rom. will doing this remove superuser.apk?
fmartinezjr said:
i believe mine can be detected from smartflash so maybe i can flash stock rom. will doing this remove superuser.apk?
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Yes it will.
So did you try to flash a stock rom and did solved your usb problem ?
I will try with a modaco rom next we.
lol, is this fixed or not?
ive had the same problem.. when my rom is totally chrashed, and usb is like stuck?
strange is, all the other usb devices (wifi dongle, not keybord mouse) stops working when i plug in my phone? also the phone does not see that there is an data cable in him so i cant mount my storage?
is this an warranty issue?
Hey folks,
So I have a completely unmodified, stock Canadian N920W8 on 6.0.1, and no matter what I do, I cant get it to be recognized by Odin on my Win10 or Heimdall on my Mac.
I've done everything I could think of. Different cables, different ports, even different computers. Reinstalled the USB drivers, everything.
Anyone have any ideas? My phone won't fast charge, and is lagging more and more. I can't even Odin back to stock because it won't recognize. Factory Reset just cleaned out everything but nothing has changed. OEM unlock and USB debugging on, it won't be seen by the computers.
Any help? It's past manufacturer warranty, but it's still a good phone and I don't wanna lose it.
ve6ay said:
Hey folks,
So I have a completely unmodified, stock Canadian N920W8 on 6.0.1, and no matter what I do, I cant get
Any help? It's past manufacturer warranty, but it's still a good phone and I don't wanna lose it.
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Did you install the actual drivers or just the ones that Windows installs? I use the ones that Samsung smart switch installs and I have no issues. If it is not fast charging and your computer does not recognize the phone it may not matter what drivers you use.
I used the Samsung USB drivers for Mobile Phones from Canadian support page. And that's on a fairly fresh win 10 install, too.
ve6ay said:
I used the Samsung USB drivers for Mobile Phones from Canadian support page. And that's on a fairly fresh win 10 install, too.
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If you can I would suggest installing smart switch and see if smart switch sees your phone.
CodeNameRedNeck said:
If you can I would suggest installing smart switch and see if smart switch sees your phone.
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I tried it on the Mac, smart switch didn't see the phone booted up. Didn't get a chance to try it in Odin mode. I'll try that tonight. And also on the PC. Any other suggestions?
ve6ay said:
I tried it on the Mac, smart switch didn't see the phone booted up. Didn't get a chance to try it in Odin mode. I'll try that tonight. And also on the PC. Any other suggestions?
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Unfortunately not. I was hoping smart switch would see it. I would not rule out a damaged USB port.
I hope not... this is way past warranty, and I wanted to flash the thing with Khongloi's new Nougat rom... if it won't be recognized, then I can't even back it up or re-flash it to stock. Which is not a good thing...
No other suggestions, @CodeNameRedNeck ? You've been a huge help otherwise.
ve6ay said:
I hope not... this is way past warranty, and I wanted to flash the thing with Khongloi's new Nougat rom... if it won't be recognized, then I can't even back it up or re-flash it to stock. Which is not a good thing...
No other suggestions, @CodeNameRedNeck ? You've been a huge help otherwise.
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Just to be sure. Can you transfer files from your PC to your phone and vice versa? Do you have any USB 3.0 ports? My phone seems to work better on 3.0 but still works on other types. Do you still have the Samsung cable? I know you said you have tried other cables but I used to have two cables that would not do data.
I tried with a brand new from the box cable, into four different usb 2 ports on the Mac and 2 usb 3 ports on the windows 10 PC.
No luck with it even being recognized for file transfers either.
@ve6ay, I could be wrong but I would say you probably need a new port. You should be able to pick one up relatively cheap. Good luck.
That's my thought, too, and in that case, I'll forgo anything. The contract is up in October, and it got the OTA update to 7.0, so I'm okay with it for now. I'm not into opening up her phone (which hasn't even been rooted yet) to switch out a port that I'm not confident enough to switch out.
ve6ay said:
That's my thought, too, and in that case, I'll forgo anything. The contract is up in October, and it got the OTA update to 7.0, so I'm okay with it for now. I'm not into opening up her phone (which hasn't even been rooted yet) to switch out a port that I'm not confident enough to switch out.
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Did you try going into Developer Options and then scrolling down until you see "USB Configuration" and setting it to MTP? Or open the dialing pad and enter *#0808# and then making sure it's set to MTP, ADB and then try again.. If that doesn't work then it really is your port connection and it's actually super easy to replace and cheap too! All you'd have to do is heat the back up so you can loosen the glue up and then slowly pry the back off and then remove like 16 screws(lol) and then at the bottom you just unscrew it and easily pull the thin connection out.. I've done it several times so far although trying not to break the back glass is super hard..
The back glass got shattered in a drop last summer. So that will probably be a problem. Like I said, new phone this fall, most likely the next Note series. Though I'm tempted to go with an Exynos variant from across the ocean.
So I got my Verizon Note 8 today.
Upon initial setup I get to the point where it asks me to pick device to restore information from.
As soon as I pick I get this screen ...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/suzr8j0uos3ftq9/2017-09-05 17.05.08.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw5uozfohfk05g7/2017-09-05 17.20.51.mp4?dl=0
This is as far as it gets.
I can reboot and skip but then I am going to have to spend hours of configuring the phone.
dimitriz75 said:
So I got my Verizon Note 8 today.
Upon initial setup I get to the point where it asks me to pick device to restore information from.
As soon as I pick I get this screen ...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/suzr8j0uos3ftq9/2017-09-05 17.05.08.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw5uozfohfk05g7/2017-09-05 17.20.51.mp4?dl=0
This is as far as it gets.
I can reboot and skip but then I am going to have to spend hours of configuring the phone.
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@dimitriz75 Are you sure you have a good wifi or data connection? I have only seen that if phone happened to go offline or was having connectivity issues.
DowntownRDB said:
@dimitriz75 Are you sure you have a good wifi or data connection? I have only seen that if phone happened to go offline or was having connectivity issues.
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I definitely have a good WiFi signal. Also tried it at work and home within 5-15ft from a router.
Will try 4G.
Yep, looks like same thing with 4G (3-4bars).. grrr..
Ok, if I pick any other phone but my last one then I can get further to restore. Hmm....
Are you trying to do it over WiFi?
Use direct cable method. That's why Samsung included the USB-A to USB-C adapter.
Plug your stock Micro-USB cable into your old phone and put the USB-A to USB-C adapter on the other end and plug it into your Note.
Much faster and works every time.
rjohnstone said:
Are you trying to do it over WiFi?
Use direct cable method. That's why Samsung included the USB-A to USB-C adapter.
Plug your stock Micro-USB cable into your old phone and put the USB-A to USB-C adapter on the other end and plug it into your Note.
Much faster and works every time.
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That stuff works just fine, I was having a problem restoring account info from Google that Samsung Smart Switch doesn't transfer.
dimitriz75 said:
That stuff works just fine, I was having a problem restoring account info from Google that Samsung Smart Switch doesn't transfer.
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I've never had much success transferring Google info from one phone to another.
Google associates a lot of the info to the device. Transferring it from device to device has always been a pain point for me.
sure u don't need a sim with an ACTIVE account. when I sold my note 5 to someone he tried to say I sold him a bogus phone becuz he tried to use WIFI and his account .. but low and behold he was gonna send it to his friend in Mexico and try to use it as an unlocked device once he got into the device even though it was a AT&T only phone. I advised him he better have AT&T and use his SIM to unlock the device he said NO IT WILL FRY MY SIM CARD lol
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using XDA-Developers Legacy app
rjohnstone said:
Are you trying to do it over WiFi?
Use direct cable method. That's why Samsung included the USB-A to USB-C adapter.
Plug your stock Micro-USB cable into your old phone and put the USB-A to USB-C adapter on the other end and plug it into your Note.
Much faster and works every time.
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Will direct cable also restore the apps from the previous phone?
pedmond said:
Will direct cable also restore the apps from the previous phone?
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Unfortunately no. Or should I say, not the last version of the transfer software I used. (About a year ago)
Not sure if Samsung added that to the current version.
The version I used will transfer the user's app data, but not the app itself.
dimitriz75 said:
Ok, if I pick any other phone but my last one then I can get further to restore. Hmm....
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Did you find a solution for this?
I'm having the same issue on my new phone.
pbelcomp said:
Did you find a solution for this?
I'm having the same issue on my new phone.
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I've tried just about everything without any success.
Just gave up and restored one of my other phones and now manually have to resetup everything.
Just for tracking what phone are to you having a problem importing from? I am going from Samsung Galaxy S7e.
dimitriz75 said:
I've tried just about everything without any success.
Just gave up and restored one of my other phones and now manually have to resetup everything.
Just for tracking what phone are to you having a problem importing from? I am going from Samsung Galaxy S7e.
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GS8+
I picked don't restore for that part and I restored from Samsung instead and it did a pretty good job putting my phone close to what I had.
How do you restore from Samsung? Smart Switch?
dimitriz75 said:
How do you restore from Samsung? Smart Switch?
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No, it's Samsung Cloud.
I find it under Settings>Cloud and accounts>Samsung Cloud
I have been using it for a while and it restored all my apps, home screens, txts and such.
pbelcomp said:
No, it's Samsung Cloud.
I find it under Settings>Cloud and accounts>Samsung Cloud
I have been using it for a while and it restored all my apps, home screens, txts and such.
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Oh, nice.
Unfortunately I am on Verizon and they decided that Samsung Cloud is not good for me. lol
I am having the exact same problem on T-Mobile. I start setup and get to where it asks if you want to restore from the last device the account, I choose my Note 4 that I have been using and it goes to a blank screen and at that point all you can do is restart. Spoke to both T-Mobile (had no clue what issue is) and Samsung and they had me do factory reset which did not help. So I bypassed and used Smart Switch but it did not restore some things that the Google restore does. Will see if I can find a solution otherwise the phone will go back.
Same problem with my AT&T note 8. After 4-5 tries, I decided to manually restore the the apps. The texts and call data was stored on AT&T cloud. I was coming from LG V20
I ran into the same problem, But I had an old backup saved. So I don't know if that affected anything. so I guess when my screen protector drys I will try it again.
Isn't it a part of Android OS that causes the while screen? I am thinking it's more of a bug on Google's part that sees something in that profile and causes the while/black screen?
I have an Odyssey that currently has 57644 minutes before I can try another code combination. I would like to flash a new ROM on to it that would allow interop unlocking and let me get all the stuff I want off of it. Granted, that isn't a long time to wait to try again, but that is the tail end of a couple years of waiting. I wrote some possible codes down near to the time it got locked, but that is about all I have to go on and I'm not optimistic.
So, I connected the phone to my Windows 10 laptop and it was recognized (eventually.... had to do several soft resets of the phone). In Explorer, however, there was just an empty root directory showing up. I tried MBN_Creator but it also could not see a valid phone to flash to.
In Device Manager, I saw that only a generic (from 2006) USB/phone driver was installed. I have not been able to find a driver (Samsung or otherwise) that will install on Windows 10. I have tried a few on a WIndows 8 Pro system I have, but they also have not worked at showing any kind of file system on the phone. Is there something in the Windows Phone SDK that could be used?
I saw several references to being sure to use the original Samsung cable. I can't find that, but I tried one I did have along with borrowing a newer Samsung. The cable I have shows several folders on the borrowed Samsung (as does the cable my friend's using ... also not a Samsung cable), but neither cable works with the Odyssey.
I've tried soft resetting and power-cycling several times, but no dice.
I'm out of ideas, and would appreciate any insight you can give me.
I stumbled across a 'fix' for the huge number of minutes which was to pull the SIM and reseat it. So, I gave that a try and it came back on with 1.2 million minutes. . not the result I was hoping for.
I repeated the reseat and it was back to the 57k and change.
On the off-chance that the directories would show up, I checked and still nothing.
Once, I got the confirmation pop-up on my laptop for access to photos on the phone, but that had be finished on the phone. It seems weird that I wouldn't have been prompted for that last night, or the other times I tried this morning.
Now I'm thinking what I saw last night with my friend's phone was solely due to one being locked and the other unlocked (so, user error and ignorance). I thought I remembered seeing things when locked and connected to my old computer. I guess I must have allowed access.
From poring over the internet, it looks like what I want to do isn't possible and I'll just have to wait it out and hopefully guess right. If I'm wrong about having to wait, I'd appreciate being corrected.
Hi, I really hate to make a new thread, but I just cannot get this darn thing to connect to my PC. I had a G900A (S5) for over 4 years, rooted w/custom rom. I had/have a G935F rooted with SMan custom rom on Android 8. They both work fine (well S5 died a bit ago...LOL). I downloaded the newest Samsung USB driver, which installed fine and the G935F still works. I tried it both on my W7 Pro desktop and W10 Home laptop.
But this damn S20 will absolutely not connect (using same cables on both, except of course the S20 uses USB-C). This THING is on Android 11 (sucks to holy hell). I enabled the Developers Option and enabled USB Debugging and then changed the USB Default config from Charge Only to "Transferring files" and still NOTHING (of course I can say that it Does charge).
I have looked Everywhere. Called useless T-Mobile and they did not know. I got it on Friday and going to the store Monday. Can anyone solve this and save me a trip or do you think something is wrong with the hardware (it's brand new out of the box)?
THANKS!
does windows recognise that a phone is plugged in or not. use the original cable if you're not and swap which USB ports you try on the PC/laptop.
there is supposed to be an issue where MTP screws up large file transfers but it still recognises the phone.
samccfl99 said:
I downloaded the newest Samsung USB driver, which installed fine and the G935F still works. I tried it both on my W7 Pro desktop and W10 Home laptop.
But this damn S20 will absolutely not connect (using same cables on both, except of course the S20 uses USB-C). This THING is on Android 11 (sucks to holy hell).
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Was it v1.7.43 and did you remove 'any' old driver versions before installing -
- https://developer.samsung.com/mobile/android-usb-driver.html
And when plugging in the phone for the first time you may have gotten a prompt to allow access, if different/more annoying under Android 11 afaik.
And on a different but Android 11 front, can I ask what bits sucked or were different to 10 for you on this device?
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Was it v1.7.43 and did you remove 'any' old driver versions before installing -
- https://developer.samsung.com/mobile/android-usb-driver.html
And when plugging in the phone for the first time you may have gotten a prompt to allow access, if different/more annoying under Android 11 afaik.
And on a different but Android 11 front, can I ask what bits sucked or were different to 10 for you on this device?
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Hey, did you mean to quote without replying..?
Hi, I said I installed the newest (that is the version) and did it before I even got the phone and my 935F worked fine. But no, I did not uninstall the old one. It knew it was there and it did it. I have updated the driver the same way in the past and both the 900A and 935F always worked.
Also I think I said what versions I had on both phones, which were android 4 + 5 on the 900A and 7 + 8 on the 935F.
It NEVER asked me Anything Anytime I plugged it in.
I could actually live with this phone (made so cheap, by the way), if I could just get into it and complete putting my files on it. Also THIS phone is draining battery a bit Because I can't root it to get rid of whatever bloatware crap is on it (any suggestions on that?).
Plus I don't like all the crazy crap it displays and does. ALSO, CAN THEY KEEP MAKING THE CLEAR BUTTON EVEN SMALLER???
Attached is a pic of my beloved S5 BEFORE GOOGLEY SCREWED UP ANDROID, THAT THEY CREATED TO BEGIN WITH...Grrrrrrrrrrr...THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLE DAYS OF REAL ANDROID...LOL.
Thanks anyway for the reply!
PS, sorry I been away from the forum for a while. Things are a bit different now! Sorry, b1k3rdude!
3mel said:
does windows recognise that a phone is plugged in or not. use the original cable if you're not and swap which USB ports you try on the PC/laptop.
there is supposed to be an issue where MTP screws up large file transfers but it still recognises the phone.
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Hi, I did try the same "extension" cables and ports that I used for the 935F, but I had a USB-C laying around for my bluetooth and used that and never thought to use the original cable that came with the box (still in the box). It Never recognized the phone ever. I will try that...If it works I am going to bang my head against the wall because I spent hours trying it and researching it and even uploaded certain files to my google drive just to get them to the new phone (I Was Determined)!!!
I will try it and edit this with the results. Thanks!!!
Son of a B*tch, that worked! The cable that came with the BT did not work, but the original one did right away. I did not know that it installs separate drivers for different phones! It installed all the drivers and the phone asked for permission and Voila! Even worked with my old USB extension cable. I never would have thought of that.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! See, when I got up I went to look to see if anyone answered before I even took my pills and etc...Now back to all the disastrous news. I am a H Andrew "victim" and feel bad for the people of LA, and of course what happened in Afghanistan. So off to the News...
Also may I ask what is so special about the cable that came with the phone as opposed to the one I used from my BT??? Thanks!
So on another note, any tips on how to get around all the crap of UNROOTED Android 11?
Also, do any of these rooting threads really work on this US version of the phone? For sure this darn BL is locked. I did find a procedure to tell. A bit complicated (for me), but now that I can get into the phone, I can surely try.
Also I miss my Viper for great sound. Anyone know how to replace it with something if I can't get this rooted? AND WHERE THE HELL IS THE HEADPHONE JACK??? LOL. Plus, do you know how long it took me to figure out how to just get a screenshot on this THING??? JEEZ!
We switched to T-Mobile from ATT and this phone cost me Only $99 over 24 months + $49 tax, while the other 3 on the family plan got their usual rotten apple (I-12's) for free plus tax. I Refuse to get one, but I am an old time programmer and can't see my way to a rotten apple...yet...LOL
Thanks, Sam in FL
Also, I must say that this 5G here actually works in spots (not in my condo though). I got over 500 Down and 49 Up near me, then got depressed when it did not do that in my condo, but I got wifi anyway and who really needs that much down anyway???
Samsung's cables designed for data transfer and flashing are not the same as off the shelf data transfer cables (unless it's made by a decent manufacturer like Anker).
for getting rid of the crap apps, look up ADB debloat threads for Samsung phones, the newer the better, one close enough like S20 or S21 will do.
3mel said:
for getting rid of the crap apps, look up ADB debloat threads for Samsung phones, the newer the better, one close enough like S20 or S21 will do.
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There are some S20FE specific ones in this S20FE section.