I recently got a galaxy s5. Hooray, great phone, everyone loves it, **** the iphone, all that. When I plug the phone into my pc, it installs the drivers, and as soon as I go to transfer music onto it, it starts rapidly connecting and disconnecting. It has driven me insane.
There is a weird twist to this problem. After hours of searching for a solution online, someone pointed out a firewall issue. So I disabled my firewall and it seemed to solve the problem. I could transfer files, but as soon as I would do something like browse the web during that, the rapid connecting and disconnecting would kick in. So I continued to transfer my files overnight and went to sleep, 50gb of music at that, and there were no problems. All of it was on my phone. SD card for that matter. I dont believe that effects this as I had the same issue trying to transfer music just to the phone.
Here is what I've tried and what hasn't solved my problem:
-Using a different cable
-Using my back USB ports
-Using Kies
-Factory reset
-Connecting to my laptop (XP)
-Samsung Support (which recommended I go back to best buy and have the device replaced, after he remotely connected to my PC and saw what was happening)
-Going back to best buy and having the device replaced
-Disabling firewall
-Disabling LAN adapter
-Turning on USB debugging (which installed 3/4 of drivers, USB Composite Device, USB Mass Storage Device, SAMSUNG File-Stor Gadget USB Device, and failed to download SAMSUNG_ANDROID - keep in mind original SAMSUNG_ANDROID driver installed before I turned on USB debugging)
-Reformatting my PC (Win7 Home)
There is probably more I'm forgetting. I am truly baffled, and pissed off. Everything was fine with my iphone and I have never had more problems with a phone in my life. Can't listen to music via usb in my car either. What's also very strange is the fact that my brothers have no issues! Also in device manager under system devices when I click samsung_android properties it says no drivers have been installed.. despite the fact that I downloaded them from the website..
One thing I haven't tried is connecting to my work pc. I am going to try that tomorrow. Also, if anyone knows how to do what this guy said, please let me know:
I've tried entering *#0808# but nothing happens. I am so over this I am about to go back to bestbuy and just get an iphone.... someone please stop me from doing that....
There is a weird twist to this problem. After hours of searching for a solution online, someone pointed out a firewall issue. So I disabled my firewall and it seemed to solve the problem. I could transfer files, but as soon as I would do something like browse the web during that, the rapid connecting and disconnecting would kick in. So I continued to transfer my files overnight and went to sleep, 50gb of music at that, and there were no problems. All of it was on my phone. SD card for that matter. I dont believe that effects this as I had the same issue trying to transfer music just to the phone.
Here is what I've tried and what hasn't solved my problem:
-Using a different cable
-Using my back USB ports
-Using Kies
-Factory reset
-Connecting to my laptop (XP)
-Samsung Support (which recommended I go back to best buy and have the device replaced, after he remotely connected to my PC and saw what was happening)
-Going back to best buy and having the device replaced
-Disabling firewall
-Disabling LAN adapter
-Turning on USB debugging (which installed 3/4 of drivers, USB Composite Device, USB Mass Storage Device, SAMSUNG File-Stor Gadget USB Device, and failed to download SAMSUNG_ANDROID - keep in mind original SAMSUNG_ANDROID driver installed before I turned on USB debugging)
-Reformatting my PC (Win7 Home)
There is probably more I'm forgetting. I am truly baffled, and pissed off. Everything was fine with my iphone and I have never had more problems with a phone in my life. Can't listen to music via usb in my car either. What's also very strange is the fact that my brothers have no issues! Also in device manager under system devices when I click samsung_android properties it says no drivers have been installed.. despite the fact that I downloaded them from the website..
One thing I haven't tried is connecting to my work pc. I am going to try that tomorrow. Also, if anyone knows how to do what this guy said, please let me know:
The issue is the USB setting on the phone. Taking a cue from the discussion on the Note 3, here's what I did.
Open the Dial screen and enter the USSD code *#0808#
That will reveal the USB screen. At the top, there are to options with radio buttons. CP and AP. If AP is selected, there will be a further list of items.
You want to select "MTP + ADB" (or just "MTP"). Click "ok" to exit, and MTP/PTP mode is now enabled.
Simplez.
I've tried entering *#0808# but nothing happens. I am so over this I am about to go back to bestbuy and just get an iphone.... someone please stop me from doing that....
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