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[Q] USB Debugging/Mass Storage Mode connection to computer issue

Hello folks,
I'm facing this "please insert a disk" issue when connecting my Note to computer via USB Debugging mode / Mass Storage Mode.
I'll let screenshots in the attachment explain itself. #1 shows the screenshot of devices menu when the phone is plugged into the computer in DEBUG mode; #2 shows the screen after I've clicked "connect USB storage" from the drop-down list of the phone; #3 shows what happens when I try to open one of the two "removable disks".
MTP mode works fine, as well as Kies connection. As I finally started exploring the potential of Android platform, I realized that MTP and Kies connection are the most useless connection options for me, and I'd rather leave it in debug mode all day. So has anybody experienced this issue, or had any suggestion on the solution?
As always, many thanks in advance, and many thanks button clicks afterward!
p.s.,
Desktop OS: Win7 Pro X64 SP1
Note: 2.3.6 Stock LB1 Open Germany Firmware, CF rooted LB1 kernel.
Also, I should have all the latest official device driver from Samsung, as I have the latest version of Kies installed (and I discovered a driver folder under Kies' installed location). I'm not so sure about adb driver, but I was able to find the Note to be listed under devices by typing "adb devices". So.. I don't know where could've gone wrong.

Help anyone?

This really sounds weird... I was facing problems of the Galaxy Note not being detected on several Windows7 32/64-Bit SP1 computers as well but this was gone after I installed SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.
You are right - from all that i know all required drivers should be available when KIES is installed on your system. Whatis even more strange is that your device seems to be detected as two partitions are available and are displayed in Explorer...
So I would test the following:
- check if your device manager lists any unknown devices
- Uninstall KIES and try to find the SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones and install those
- check all available USB ports and see if this solves the problem
- try another USB cable
- make sure your (external) SD card is formatted with a Windows compatible file-system e.g. FAT32
Hope this is helpful and helps solving your problem.

Thanks for your reply!
My device manager basically listed all the drivers/devices associated with the phone:
My Device manager shows devices:
Samsung Android Composite ADB interface
Android UMS Composite USB device (x2)
SAMSUNG Android USB Modem
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Mass Storage Device (Android)
I've attached the screenshot when all the drivers being installed when the phone is firstly connected to the computer. Also in the device manager, everything shows "this device is working properly"
I then decided to test with another Note of my friend's (On the same computer). Her Note has no SD card in it, and is completely stock ROM non-rooted LA4 Open Germany firmware. The same thing happened.
One thing worth mentioning: Yesterday, this worked only for once. When I initially encountered this issue, I restarted my computer, and boom, my phone was connected in Debugging mode! However, once disconnected, and I tried to connect it to the computer again, this issue came back. And afterward, no matter how I restart my computer, the phone won't get connected.
I also tried all USB port (USB 2.0 and 3.0), three different cables (2 of them are Samsung OEMs) and failed to address the issue.
I'm nearly exhausted but I will never give up, as this is my only computer and my only phone (haha), and without solving this issue, I'm never gonna be able to view the phone as a USB storage and easily transfer the file from my computer to the phone.
I'm going to try the last thing that I haven't done from the list you posted:
- Uninstall KIES and try to find the SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones and install those
I believe that I can keep the driver folder in the Kies' folder, as I believe those are the newest Samsung driver, given that the Kies was the latest release version.
So far, I can only conclude that this issue is not related to specific phone but the Windows 7.
And thank you for your help btotaku!
If anyone has any insight into this issue, please help me. Thumbs up for you!

BTW, I was able to extract both SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe from under Kies' installation path under Program Files x86 folder, and an uncompressed folder of all kinds of drivers for Samsung device, called "USB Drivers".
And looks like I was wrong. The newest version of SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones I had was 1.4.8. While the driver that came with the newest Kies was 1.4.103
I'll post back soon

Reinstal Windows on your PC bro.
Problem fixed.

is that your internal memory or the sd card?

Same thing happens either with SD card in the phone or not

avetny said:
Reinstal Windows on your PC bro.
Problem fixed.
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That's the last thing I would do

USB Mass Storage Problem. Plz help

Suddenly this error has started to appear no matter on whichever system I connect. It was working fine the other night and I have always used this method for backup on my system.
Whenever I am trying to connect my Note to PC (for USB Mass Storage) I am getting an error "USB is connected. Remove the cable". I tried formatting USB storage, clear dalvik cache, wipe cache, factory reset, nandroid restore, enable / disable USB debugging, unmount SD, PC kies update, battery removal ... jut about everything but the error always persists.
On the other hand on all windows system (XP, Win7) it displays error "USB not recognized. One of the device malfunctioned". I tried reinstalling drivers, updates Kies but it is still the same.
Request all to kindly help. Thanks in advance.
PS: I am on GB 2.3.6 DDLB2 root+CWM

Ok here is the solution. It worked for me. Hope it helps someone
1. Unplug the USB cable
2. On the cell phone, dial the following number: *#7284#
Once the last # is hit, the PhoneUtil application is launched. Choose USB -> Modem and then USB -> PDA mode. (Even if the mode is PDA, switch to Modem and then back to PDA.)
3. Plug the USB cable.

darthvedor said:
Ok here is the solution. It worked for me. Hope it helps someone
1. Unplug the USB cable
2. On the cell phone, dial the following number: *#7284#
Once the last # is hit, the PhoneUtil application is launched. Choose USB -> Modem and then USB -> PDA mode. (Even if the mode is PDA, switch to Modem and then back to PDA.)
3. Plug the USB cable.
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This did not work out for me. When I dialled, I got "Connection Problem or invalid MMI code".
Can you please help?
My OS version: ICS 4.0.4 Stock rom from Samsung. Phone is not rooted.
I am directly connecting to my Laptop (and not to USB hub) which is running Windows 7 Home premium.

[Q]Does not show GT-N7000 when connected to pc

hi, when Rocket Rom 7 (ics) came out, i installed it. after doing this, when i connected my phone to the pc, the system detects the phone as Samsung_android and shows 2 removable drives in the system. however, if you click on them they dont work
it no longer detects my phone as GT-N7000
what i have noticed: when i connect the usb cable, the phone doesnt show "MTP connection" anymore... instead, it shows USB connected.
what has been done:
flashed rocket rom 10, nogo
reinstalled kies: nogo
reinstalled win7 (yes i actually did that even tho testing on other pcs showed the same issue)
the phone still charges and the only way i can connect my phone to d pc to view files is by clicking "usb storage"
any advice on this?

Uninstall kies, and just install driver (find latest from toolbox on my signature)
use different USB port, and dont use any extensor cable to connect device.

dr.ketan said:
Uninstall kies, and just install driver (find latest from toolbox on my signature)
use different USB port, and dont use any extensor cable to connect device.
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hi bro... didnt work... i dont think its the driver... its the phone... coz i tested another note, its working fine

My Galaxy Tab has similar issues. I believe it would be due to the architechture of the ROM forcing you to have to mount your device to your computer before being able to load the Device Internal SD, and the External SD.
Click USB Storage when it shows, this should pop up a window which has a Lil android dude, and USB Storage Message with a button stating 'Turn on USB Storage'. After clicking it, you can click 'Turn Off USB Storage' to unmount the device.

thanx for that.. hehe.. i stumbled across it the other day.. at least i can transfer files... but just dont like the fact its not showing...

PC not detecting Tablet.

[Edit, first post and I got the board wrong. -_-. I thought I was in the troubleshooting section, sorry.]
Hello,
I've bought a used Galaxy Samsung GT-P1000 running Froyo.JPJM5, Firmware 2.2, and Kernal 2.6.32.9, 27.7GB internal memory.
My problem is that I can't get the PC to identify the tablet using the USB cable.
What I do and what happens when I plug in the tablet~
(USB Debugging on)
I connect the USB cable into the PC first. I plug the cable into the tablet. A 'USB is connected' notification shows up. I open it, and click mount.
I look at my computer's monitor and there's absolutely nothing showing that it EITHER identified or not! It doesn't even show a popup.
So I went to my Disk Management to check if it was hidden or something. There's nothing. It just shows my regular hard disks and that's it. No mounted anything. I even looked into my Device Manager and all seems working.
(USB Debugging off)
Nothing happens in either the PC or Tablet.
Things I've tried-
1) Enable USB Debugging.
- Plugging in the tablet, restart computer, and then enable USB Debugging while connected.
- Disable USB Debugging, restart computer w/ tablet connected.
- Plug tablet into PC, and then restart tablet. (with USB debugging and not)
2) Get KIES.
3) Uninstall KIES and only download the USB_drivers.exe thing that comes with KIES.
4) Uninstall everything (including drivers) and getting Android SDK + update everything (about 370mb).
5) Install Ubuntu and trying to get it identified + downloaded Android SDK package and updated everything. (also did lsusb- it doesn't see the tablet)
6) Tried each and every USB port in my PC. (10 ports). [Note: My other Android phone works in any of them)
7) Tried my bro's and sis' comp (win7 32bit)
8) Tried my dad's laptop (win7 64bit)
9) I unplugged tablet, placed the memory card(2GB) of my Android phone into it. Plugged it in my computer and yet it doesn't want to see it.
10) I went to a shop because I thought the USB cable is broken or the port hub is broken. The guy took it and plugged it on his PC using my own cable. He identified the problem and said "It needs its software to be updated". I asked how much, and he said $15. **** that ****. If he can do it, I can do it.
Conclusions up until now:
Tablet knows that its getting hooked up by the computer yet it doesn't send any information to the PC letting it know that it's a mounted drive.
USB Cable is fine.
Port hub is fine since it can detect the USB cable on *usb debugging* mode and I can charge the tablet with the USB cable plugged into the charger.
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Note: I tried to root it using z4root which doesn't require a USB connection. It doesn't work. It would work and work until the application crashes and I can't re open it as it always crashes after the first try. I tried using the temporary root option and it would load forever. All in all, doesn't work.
Note2: I attached 2 screenshots. One for my Disk Management window showing my partitions while the tablet is connected (and I pressed Mount on tablet). Second, is for my Device Manager window showing that there no unidentified devices and that the USB devices don't show any Android connected, yet on tablet it says it's mounted.
Thanks.

I don't know too much about how to fix windows.
But when you are using ubuntu,
did you put in this line to your /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666"
btw, the 51-blabla filename can be 51-xxxxxanything
once done
sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart
plug in your tab to USB port
then if you have your Android SDK, you should have adb?
do
adb devices
does it show your tab?

priyana said:
I don't know too much about how to fix windows.
But when you are using ubuntu,
did you put in this line to your /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666"
btw, the 51-blabla filename can be 51-xxxxxanything
once done
sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart
plug in your tab to USB port
then if you have your Android SDK, you should have adb?
do
adb devices
does it show your tab?
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I did what you just said. There's nothing. :|

Hmm..
Out of idea.

If it isn't recognizing the sd card you could try another one. Format it in the tablet, plug it into the computer, put the update on the sd card and update that way and see if it gets recognized that way.
Sent from my SCH-I815 using XDA Premium HD app

czach5932 said:
If it isn't recognizing the sd card you could try another one. Format it in the tablet, plug it into the computer, put the update on the sd card and update that way and see if it gets recognized that way.
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What do you mean by 'put the update on the sd card'. What update?
Anyways, what I tried is that I used another SD Card (128MB), placed it in, formatted it in the tablet, and plugged it into the computer. Nothing happened on the PC. :|
'adb devices' doesn't show any devices connected either.
(I wanted to confirm that 'adb devices' is indeed working so I tried plugging my Android phone (ST-GT602) and ran adb devices- it showed it. But not the tablet.)
Is there anything other than z4root to root a phone without a USB connection? Or is there anything that might trigger the tablet to let the PC identify it? For example, is there anything that I can place on the SD Card (through another connection.. using my phone for example), then plug it into the tablet, then run that application?
I don't care if it's for rooting or not. Perhaps it would help.

Why don't you spend that $15 at the shop?
Very curious why it works for him.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda app-developers app

You might find the Android update online (ICS to GB) or something like that and try to flash a signed update but if your computer doesn't recognize an Android formatted sd card I'm not sure how you would get the card formatted and then get the information to the card. You might search for the update on your tablet, download it and flash it using stock recovery. Maybe getting it updated might work but I have no idea why an out of date tablet won't show up
Also you could try searching online for modified drivers for the device.
Par that I have no idea. Might have to go back and pay the 15 but I would ask the repair guy if you could watch step by step what he is doing.
Hope the best for you.
Sent from my SCH-I815 using XDA Premium HD app

[Q] not getting detected by any PC via USB

My S Advance I-9070 recently got formatted. I was able to recover my installed Apps, photos, music via gmail account. However Contacts which were on the phone, couldn't get restored. Since i have a contacts.spb recent copy, on my PC, tried to connect S Advance to this PC and it is not getting detected as additional device. The Samsung Kies software also doesn't recoganize the phone. Except that the phone battery gets charged when connected. I tried different cables and PCs, and took to a service center, this phone didn't get recognised. I have backed up all data to SD card on the phone. Is this a new issue with S Advance ?
Please help.

bobede said:
My S Advance I-9070 recently got formatted. I was able to recover my installed Apps, photos, music via gmail account. However Contacts which were on the phone, couldn't get restored. Since i have a contacts.spb recent copy, on my PC, tried to connect S Advance to this PC and it is not getting detected as additional device. The Samsung Kies software also doesn't recoganize the phone. Except that the phone battery gets charged when connected. I tried different cables and PCs, and took to a service center, this phone didn't get recognised. I have backed up all data to SD card on the phone. Is this a new issue with S Advance ?
Please help.
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Try to turn USB debbuging on, and see if something shows up in Windows explorer.
If you are on JB: Settings> Developer Options> USB Debugging

shut_down said:
Try to turn USB debbuging on, and see if something shows up in Windows explorer.
If you are on JB: Settings> Developer Options> USB Debugging
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Try this one
This is when your Samsung not popup usb notifier at phone upper menu bar.
Resolution
1. Unplug the USB cable
2. On the cell phone, dial the following number: *#7284#
Once the last # is hit, the PhoneUtil application is launched. Choose USB -> Modem and then USB -> PDA mode.
The good mode should be PDA. Even if the mode is PDA, switch to Modem and then back to PDA.
3. Plug the USB cable.

Try settings-more settings under wireless and network. There are 2 to try. Usb utilities if that does not work. Try turning kies on or off on the phone. No idea why but kies on the phone does it on both computers I use with my 9070. Drivers can be a real pain for this too. When i upgraded to LQG I had to update the drivers too, but that could be my computer too.