Played with it some more today. All I've figured out is if I boot into safe mode, the installing drivers box pops up and it installs the MTP driver successfully. Then I do a normal reboot and the installing drivers box pops up again, but the MTP driver install falls. Now I'm puzzled.
After having USB file transfer working nicely with the Samsung USB driver last weekend, I ran into problems again last night. The S3 kept dropping the USB connection, even using the provided USB cable. I had to reboot both my Win7 PC and the S3 (both of which had just recently been rebooted that day) and then it started working. I later had the same problems trying to copy files to the PC from my ICS tablet, and ended up having to use the Samsung USB cable to make it work. I'm now suspecting my other USB cable is intermittently bad.
I think some of the Galaxy S3's might have a hardware problem.
I have two(2) 32GB S3's. One works with MTP, and one does not work.
I have tried swapping the external memory, still does not work. I have tried with no external memory, still does not work. Tried swapping the machine, second one still does not work.
Then today, first one stops working until I load new Samsung S3 drivers. Still only one S3 is working. All of this on Windows XP.
Well, if you finally got the S3 to connect and work on the laptop, that seems to rule out the S3 hardware as the culprit. Sorry to say, that only seems to leave your PC's Windows installation as the remaining suspect. You might need to reinstall Windows to fix it.
Anyone else have any ideas as to what the problem might be?
For the people who got it to work perhaps they are using 32-bit Windows 7. I am on 64-bit win7.
On my system - The MTP driver from Samsung/Kies does not work. I had spotted the 'updated' driver on Windows Update and let it install it. Still no difference. And I have drive installing the driver with and without the phone connected. It just doesn't work.
I tried using the S3 on my Laptop as well. Same issue. MTP driver fails install. So it seems to be a Phone problem.
Just spent another hour watching the MTP driver installation fail miserably. Sigh.......
Hello guys.
I got my SG3 yesterday and I have the same issue. I work on WXP SP3. I tried all procedures I found on the internet but I failed. I hoped that 'laptopquestion's metohd would work but...
Maybe it's time to move to W7 and see what happens...
Thanx for your support.
I finally moved from WXP to W7 and I got my S3 to work in USB mode.
Of course we wouldn't be dealing with all this if Google had just continued to support USB Mass Storage Mode in ICS.
When in doubt, connect directly to the motherboard ports. But testing had revealed this port seemed reliable with all my earlier devices, and indeed had pretty much worked fine with the S3 until now. I'll bet the suspected bad cable I recently posted is in fact OK, and it was the beginning of this port failing. Yep.... I just tested that cable again in this different port and it works just fine. I am noticing there is slightly more resistance plugging into this port, probably because it had not been used yet.
I hope this info helps someone else who has trouble with USB connections on their S3.
In my case, it was *definitely* related to the resistance I had on the *phone* end.... My logitech cable was a lot more snug that the others I tried (including the samsung one). In fact, it felt like it almost snapped in when plugged into the phone. This cable has subsequently worked on 2 separate desktops and one laptop where the previous cables didn't, including multiple ports.
That said, I have never had a usb device be so temperamental.
Personally, "I never met a USB device I liked". I've hated the technology since its inception, because it has always been flaky here. I'll be glad when something that actually is reliable finally replaces it. I suspect it will be wireless when it does. Over the years I've built several PCs with various motherboards which sometimes had a tendency to not recognize USB peripherals as Windows boots, requiring me to have to toggle both their USB cable connection AND their power connection to get them "detected". Luckily Windows 7 seems a little better at USB peripheral detection booting than Windows XP had always been. I suppose it has something to do with the peripherals themselves, as it is usually the same ones that fail to detect over the years as I upgrade the PC hardware while keeping the peripherals.
I've noticed that the micro USB end of the Samsung cable has little 'teeth' protruding from the bottom of the plug. That is the first micro USB connector I have seen like that, as none of the several other cables and chargers I have which are micro USB have those teeth. The one I use to charge the S3 overnight (from my Droid X) doesn't, and sometimes it gets ornery and doesn't want to stay inserted when I plug it in. But it never fails to charge once I get the connection to behave.
It does appear now that when all the necessary drivers are working and there is not a hardware issue and it is the 4th Thursday of the Lunar Equinox that transferring "any" files by MTP and PTP seems to work OK.
I came across this thread in a google search trying to figure out wtf was wrong with my phone. I think I've found a solution. I couldn't get USB to work at all for my PC (running Win7 64bit). Finally figured out to install this:
Media Transfer Protocol Porting Kit
http ://www. microsoft. com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19153
After installed and restarting, I hook up my phone, the USB option actually comes up on my phone and windows actually recognizes it and lets me transfer files and all. I actually registered here just to add this XD Hope this helps someone!
Edit: Okay, I can't post the url thanks to anti-spam crap -_- Just remove the spaces... Someone else wanna post the actual link or maybe a mod fix my post to display it?
I came across this thread in a google search trying to figure out wtf was wrong with my phone. I think I've found a solution. I couldn't get USB to work at all for my PC (running Win7 64bit). Finally figured out to install this:
Media Transfer Protocol Porting Kit
http ://www. microsoft. com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19153
After installed and restarting, I hook up my phone, the USB option actually comes up on my phone and windows actually recognizes it and lets me transfer files and all. I actually registered here just to add this XD Hope this helps someone!
Edit: Okay, I can't post the url thanks to anti-spam crap -_- Just remove the spaces... Someone else wanna post the actual link or maybe a mod fix my post to display it?
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