Hello,
here is my guide to "how to fix the File Transfer Problem" which some people have got.
FIRST:
It's just a problem with windows and not with your smartphone or custom rom.
This guide is for Windows 10, because i haven't installed another windows system anymore.. But with a few differences you should are able to follow this guide with windows 7, 8 or 8.1, too.
GUIDE:
Open a explorer windows and type "Control Panel" in it. You should be redirected to the old Windows 7 style control panel.
Click at "Hardware and Sound" and then at "Device Manager".
If your smartphone is plugged in your PC and you have chosen the File Transfer settings at the smartphones menu, in the device manager should be a unknown device with the name "MTP". (If this device doesn't be there, you should look for your phone at the other register entries and right click on it. Then choose uninstall and check the checkbox "delete drivers" (or similar..). In the device manager window click on the first entry with your PC name. After that click on "Action" in the menu and "Search for changed hardware". Then normally follow this guide.)
Right click on it and choose "update driver".
In the following window choose the second option, and then again the option at the bottom.
In this list search for the "Portable Devices" entry. Double-Click on it.
Now you should select standard MTP-device on the left side of the window (Important:Don't choose standard MTP-supported device or standard MTP-compatible device!)
On the right side you choose MTP-Device. Click on next and confirm the message of "incompatible driver warning".
Then the driver should be installed and your device should be recognised normally by the windows OS.
That's it!
Greetings,
AenimaEx
It worked, I just had to go to Portable Devices instead of Wearable Devices. For some reason the internal storage is showing up as 4 GB.
Okay, i've corrected it. Hmm.. How much storage capacity should it be? You could try to backup all files and folders from your sdcard to your PC and then format the sd card in your smartphone. Normally it should partition and format the sdcard with it's full size.
Thanks for the Guide. Works also for the old Samsung SGS4 i9505 on LineageOS 16 with Win 10.
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After many hours googling and searching here, I have finally successfully rooted my new Verizon Galaxy S4 (SGH-i545), and it had nothing to do with the root process itself, but it was the basic setup that was giving me fits.
Googling and searching has shown that this is actually a common enough problem with some Samsung devices, and there is a fix for it. Since I had to combine several different processes, I thought I would add a note here on how to get the device connected. I will leave the rooting and other discussions to the others. I am also going to give credit to arpruss, most of the steps here come from his work on the Epic. I have trimmed down to only what is necessary to get ADB working properly.
This assumes that you have already tried the various processes to install or update drivers, and that has not worked. Also assumes mid- to advanced user skills:
1. Install KIES. (Downloading the separate driver package didn't work--the driver package refused to install.)
2. Set device in USB Debug mode (Settings | Applications | Development | USB debugging(x)).
3. Plug device into computer.
4. Run Device Manager
5. Look for SAMSUNG_Android. You shoud see it in the Other devices section.
6. Right-click on "SAMSUNG_Android".
7. Choose "Update driver software" | "Browse my computer for driver software" | "Let me pick from a list".
8. Make sure "Show All Devices" is selected and click on "Next".
9. Click on "Have Disk" and type in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\USB Drivers\25_escape" (auto complete made it easier to type; if you have 32-bit windows, the " (x86)" should be omitted).
10. You will get a two-pane selection of the drivers. Selecting one of the two "SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd." listings (you may need to look through both) in the left pane gives an option list on the right that includes two "SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface".
11. Choose the first "SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface" and click on "Next". You will get a warning that Windows cannot verify compatibility. Accept this. Windows will install the driver and once it's done you'll click on "Close".
12. Windows installed the driver and ADB started working. (If it didn't start working, I would now have gone back to the Device Manager, right clicked on "SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface", and then redid steps 7-11, but this time with the other "SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface" driver.)
This is enough to get adb working. But it's still probably worth fixing the CDC Serial device.
13. Repeat steps 7-11 in the Device Manager with the "CDC Serial" device now, except that instead of the ADB driver you will look for and install "Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device" in the right pane in steps 10-11.
If all goes well, you will get more spinning stuff in the task bar, and eventually Device Manager doesn't show any devices in "Other devices" with yellow triangles. But if things go for you like they did for me, you'll have "CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM) in "Other devices".
14. Repeat steps 7-9 in the Device Manager with the "CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM)" device now. (You may have some USB Modem options showing up in some places, but I ignored those, and did the same "Have Disk" move as before.)
15. I got a single-pane display showing only "SAMSUNG Mobile USB Modem". (Maybe you'll have two-pane display and you'll have to find it as in steps 10-11.) Select it and click "Next". I didn't get any warnings. Windows will install the driver and once it's done you'll click on "Close".
At this point, Device Manager showed all devices correctly functioning. And "adb shell" worked fine.
16. If you don't want KIES, just uninstall it, but make sure not to uninstall the drivers (the KIES uninstaller will ask).
Since I bought the Lenovo IdeaPad S2110AF from NY, I was searching for how to root the device and I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896899.
But I was unable to get the ADB interface on Windows 7 x64 laptop and I found the same problem is there for most of the users. Finally last night, I could fix this issue and root my tablet. How I did it:
Download the "S2110-Root.zip" file through the above URL. and extract it to a folder.
1. Enable USB debugging under Settings-> Developer options.
2. Connect tab to computer using the provided data cable.
3. The driver for OTP will be installed in Windows. But the ADB interface may not be installed automatically.
4. Go to Device Manager (Right click My Computer and Properties, the click Device Manager).
5. You can see Other Devices-> Android
6. Right click on that and click Update driver software.
7. Click "browse my computer for driver software"
8. Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" rather than browsing and selecting the driver folder.
9. Click Next and then click "Have Disk" .
10. Then choose the drivers folder and the inf file (in extracted files) - \S2110-Root\Drivers\android_winusb.inf
11. Then select the ADB interface and click OK.
12. Ignore any warning message (like not signed)
That is it. Now you got an ADB interface. You will see as Samsung device on the device manager, never mind it.
Now you got the ADB interface and follow instruction to root through the URL.
Note: I am not sure is this a right place, but I just wanted to post this, it may help someone
I had some problems getting root to work.
I found out to use root with adb the display must be on and unlocked.
I started to work on recovery.img, finally I extracted it and took a look on it. Seems not too hard to get it modified and after do some play with custom roms.
Are you getting errors like "device not found" or "device offline" while trying to run ADB commands? Here's a quick way to troubleshoot your problem on Windows.
Steps
1. Ensure USB Debugging is enabled in Developer Options.
2. Verify current Google USB Driver is installed and that Device Manager is using that driver.
3. Update to latest version of ADB.
1. Ensure USB Debugging is enabled in Developer Options.
Enable Developer Options by going to Settings -> About Phone and tapping on "Build Number" multiple repeated times. You will be greeted with "You are a developer."
Now, under Settings -> Developer Options, ensure you check the box for "USB debugging."
2. Verify current Google USB Driver is installed and Device Manager is using that driver.
You may skip this step if Device Manager lists your phone as "Android Phone -> Android Composite ADB Interface." If it does not, this is likely your root cause.
Go to the Google USB Driver page and download the latest driver directly from Google. Extract the zip file to a folder you know and will remember in the future.
Open up Device Manger in Windows with your Nexus 5 connected. Whatever your Nexus 5 is currently detected as, right click on it and select Properties. Then, in the Driver tab, hit "Uninstall." If available, select "Delete the driver software for this device." and hit "OK." It will remove the old drivers.
Restart your computer.
After restarting, reconnect your Nexus 5. It should be recognized as an unknown device in the Device Manager. (If it isn't, try the previous driver deletion steps again.)
Right click on the unknown Nexus 5 device, choose Properties, and in the Driver tab again select "Update driver." Browse your computer manually by putting in the path to the new Google USB Drivers you unzipped to a folder of your choice in the beginning of this step. Choose next and your drivers should install! You'll know everything completed successfully when you see the phone listed under "Android Phone -> Android Composite ADB Interface" in Device Manager.
This is the most finicky process, so don't be afraid to reboot your computer a time or two and repeat these steps if they don't work on the first try.
3. Update to latest version of ADB.
This is a crucial step. The new version of ADB is required to work with the "USB debugging authorizations" setting.
Perhaps you know how to update ADB, in which case, just do it. However, here's a detailed manual approach to download JUST the adb suite from the SDK:
Go to the Google Android SDK website and choose "Use An Existing IDE" and click the "Download the SDK Tools for Windows." This will allow you to download only an 80 MB file rather than the whole 400 MB suite.
Install the SDK tools exe to a folder of your choosing.
Run SDK Manager and uncheck everything except for "Android SDK Platform-tools." This is the ADB and Fastboot bundle. Install that.
Navigate to your SDK Path as indicated at the top of your Android SDK Manager window. You will now see a freshly downloaded platform-tools folder containing ADB.exe, Fastboot.exe, and a host of other files. That folder is now your updated, portable ADB tools folder. You can move it anywhere you like as long as you run ADB from a command prompt window set to that directory.
After you've followed these procedures, running "ADB Devices" should trigger a prompt on your device to accept the RSA fingerprint of your computer. Accept it, and now all should be working as intended!
Questions? Ask below!
Thanks to:MaxRabbit
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Windows 8 Diagnosis
Originally Posted by Yorus
The following worked for me, since all of the suggestions mentioned here didn't work for me:
If you use a Windows 8.1 enterprise N or KN edition, install the Microsoft Media Feature Pack :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2929699/en
Sounds too simple to be true but work instantly for me.
Hope it works you some of the people here looking for a solution
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Please upload drivers for Elephone S7 4G 64GB/4GB . I need drivres for Windows XP SP3. Search in Google,but not find.
no drivers
I had the same problem on windows 10
What you need to do is change or update the driver that Windows is currently using whenever your plug your Android device into the computer via USB. To do this, open the Device Manager by clicking the Start menu and searching for “Device Manager.”
Look for a device that has the “ADB” designation. .” Expand the group by clicking the little arrow on the left, then right-click on the device and select “Update Driver Software” from the context menu.
right click on phone and pick ' let me pick from a list of device drivers on this computer
If you don’t see anything with “ADB” in the name, you may have to look elsewhere. I found it under “Portable Devices,” and it had the yellow exclamation mark that notes there’s a driver issue. Regardless of where you find the device, the required actions should be about the same.
The “Update Driver Software” window will ask you if you search or browse for driver software. You want to choose the browse option, which will advance you to the next step.
On the next screen, select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer” to advance to the next step.
This will present a long list of potential hardware types–select “Android Device” or “Android Phone.”
Finally, on the last screen you want to select the “MTP USB Device” NOT MTP device and then “Next.”
The device driver will then install over the old one, and your Android device will be recognized as a multimedia device as seen now in the File Manager.
It helped me to install the S7
i have same problem, windows 8.1, please send drivers to conect to pc
thank you
there are no drivers
What you need to do is change or update the driver that Windows is currently using whenever your plug your Android device into the computer via USB. To do this, open the Device Manager by clicking the Start menu and searching for “Device Manager.”
Look for a device that has the “ADB” designation. .” Expand the group by clicking the little arrow on the left, then right-click on the device and select “Update Driver Software” from the context menu.
right click on phone and pick ' let me pick from a list of device drivers on this computer
If you don’t see anything with “ADB” in the name, you may have to look elsewhere. I found it under “Portable Devices,” and it had the yellow exclamation mark that notes there’s a driver issue. Regardless of where you find the device, the required actions should be about the same.
The “Update Driver Software” window will ask you if you search or browse for driver software. You want to choose the browse option, which will advance you to the next step.
On the next screen, select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer” to advance to the next step.
This will present a long list of potential hardware types–select “Android Device” or “Android Phone.”
Finally, on the last screen you want to select the “MTP USB Device” NOT MTP device and then “Next.”
The device driver will then install over the old one, and your Android device will be recognized as a multimedia device as seen now in the File Manager.
It helped me to install the S7
jon feaver said:
What you need to do is change or update the driver that Windows is currently using whenever your plug your Android device into the computer via USB. To do this, open the Device Manager by clicking the Start menu and searching for “Device Manager.”
Look for a device that has the “ADB” designation. .” Expand the group by clicking the little arrow on the left, then right-click on the device and select “Update Driver Software” from the context menu.
right click on phone and pick ' let me pick from a list of device drivers on this computer
If you don’t see anything with “ADB” in the name, you may have to look elsewhere. I found it under “Portable Devices,” and it had the yellow exclamation mark that notes there’s a driver issue. Regardless of where you find the device, the required actions should be about the same.
The “Update Driver Software” window will ask you if you search or browse for driver software. You want to choose the browse option, which will advance you to the next step.
On the next screen, select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer” to advance to the next step.
This will present a long list of potential hardware types–select “Android Device” or “Android Phone.”
Finally, on the last screen you want to select the “MTP USB Device” NOT MTP device and then “Next.”
The device driver will then install over the old one, and your Android device will be recognized as a multimedia device as seen now in the File Manager.
It helped me to install the S7
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Work Ok in Windows 7 Professional 64 Bits.
Thank. :good::good::good:
easy to find.. wind 8.1 and 10 have a very bad driver compatibility... i0ts an OS failure
http://www.drivethelife.com/windows-10/fix-mtp-usb-device-connection-problem-on-windows-10.html
I have the same problem with the drivers of elephone s7.after searching to the web I found a solution that works for me (I have an windows 10 laptop). After trying to update drivers I have an error message. Windows can't find INF folder. And that's the solution.
I hope I help..
I'm using my Samsung Tab 2016 P580 for taking lecture notes. I used «Samsung Notes» and now my device is out of storage and seems like I can't access the notes from my pc.
I have a 32GB storage card that can't function as an internal storage.
Do you have any idea how to solve the problem?
I can't access the notes from my pc.
I have a 32GB storage card that can't function as an internal storage.
Do you have any idea how to solve the problem?[/QUOTE]
Have you enabled developer options? One thing I do hate about the SM T580 is how much memory it uses just to run.
You should be able to move the entire folder to the pc and then (if you're using Win10) it should be able to find whatever program needed to open the files. Whats the file extension?
Casper Young said:
I can't access the notes from my pc.
I have a 32GB storage card that can't function as an internal storage.
Do you have any idea how to solve the problem?
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Have you enabled developer options? One thing I do hate about the SM T580 is how much memory it uses just to run.
You should be able to move the entire folder to the pc and then (if you're using Win10) it should be able to find whatever program needed to open the files. Whats the file extension?[/QUOTE]
I have them enabled but I don't know the default path of the app... Do you have it? Does it matter if I'm not rooted?
Let's ee if it's the PC or the tab. Did you get a Win 10 update recently? I think MSN is targeting all things Android. Find out if you're actually no getting recognized by the pc. Plug in the device.
On the desktop, press Windows key + X and select Device Manager. Or you can enter Device Manager in the search bar next to start.
Check if the Tablet is listed. It should be in the USB sections at the bottom. The Win 10 Update I got in Aug, removed my ADB USB interface and mine was no longer recognizedm but it did show up in the Device Manager in the Modem section. Hopefully yours will show up where it supposed to, or not.
If it is listed, then right-click on the device and select Properties.
Check if the device is working properly.
Install/update drivers if needed.
NO, I didn't update... My device is still recognized in Windows and in Linux.
How can I use adb to backup my data from Samsung Notes?
Casper Young said:
Let's ee if it's the PC or the tab. Did you get a Win 10 update recently? I think MSN is targeting all things Android. Find out if you're actually no getting recognized by the pc. Plug in the device.
On the desktop, press Windows key + X and select Device Manager. Or you can enter Device Manager in the search bar next to start.
Check if the Tablet is listed. It should be in the USB sections at the bottom. The Win 10 Update I got in Aug, removed my ADB USB interface and mine was no longer recognizedm but it did show up in the Device Manager in the Modem section. Hopefully yours will show up where it supposed to, or not.
If it is listed, then right-click on the device and select Properties.
Check if the device is working properly.
Install/update drivers if needed.
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Delphine192 said:
NO, I didn't update... My device is still recognized in Windows and in Linux.
How can I use adb to backup my data from Samsung Notes?
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You can try installing Samsung S Note for PC from their website. Or use this, from Microsoft Store.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/s-note/9wzdncrfhwg6#activetab=pivot:overviewtab
I'm wondering why your PC can see and recognize the device but you can't see or move files??