[Q] Samsung Galaxy S3 - Driver issues W7

Neffstarr

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• Jul 11, 2012

• #41

i had this issue all i did is is go to the samsung site to download latest drivers CLICK HERE

click all downloads>SOFTWARE

name of file .. T-Mobile_T999_GSIII_Samsung_USB_Driver_v1_4_6_0
everything worked fine with me .....TMOBILE

 

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WestComputers

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• Jul 13, 2012

• #42

This may work:

After trying everything above except the factory reset, it occured to me that not only is the plain USB drive missing from the options when you connect this phone, but so is "Charge Only" which prior Andriod versions used.

After testing I found that if my phone was more than 85% full charge, it connected fine to the computer through both MTP and PTP. If below that, I might get the usb connection sound from the computer (sometimes not) (but always from the phone) and the S3 wouldn't show up in devices nor would it be available as a drive.

Is it possible that the S3 decides, on its own, that it's time for a nice drink of electricity, and totally ignores the fact that I'm plugging it in to do file transfers???

 

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maxpayned

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• Jul 14, 2012

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S3 deviced not recognised

Im having the same problem. Tried everything possible. Troubleshooting for 3days now. Someone please help.....

 

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esfan_adam

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• Jul 15, 2012

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maxpayned said:

Im having the same problem. Tried everything possible. Troubleshooting for 3days now. Someone please help.....

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This is crazy, a device reset seems to be the only option. Quickly losing faith is Samsung, never had these issues with HTC..

 

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WestComputers

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• Jul 15, 2012

• #45

Two different sets of Problems

esfan_adam said:

This is crazy, a device reset seems to be the only option. Quickly losing faith is Samsung, never had these issues with HTC..

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I've gone back through the thread, and we seem to have two different sets of problems: One, the drivers never loaded correctly in the first place and you've NEVER been able to connect; two, some people connect once or twice but not always and not dependably.

I've done more research on the "not fully charged" post above, and found that if you've ever connected correctly, you may not connect if your charge is below some threshold, and that threshold seems to change based on what's running on the phone. Suggestion: First thing after a COMPLETE recharge of the phone (in a wall socket, NOT from the USB on the computer) connect to the computer. If you've every connected successfully before, you ought to be able to connect fully charged.

If you have never connected successfully, kill the existing Windows drivers (if there are any showing) and try the "fully charged" thing above to connect and install a fresh driver set.

 

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crosmaker

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• Jul 28, 2012

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might be a long shot but after multiple attempts (including ums app) rebooting the phone did the trick

 

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slava7777777

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• Aug 1, 2012

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Possible solution

I have tried various things and was about to give up. However here is what finally helped me.

0. Make sure you have the latest drivers installed. Download them manually or with help of Kies.
1. Connect a phone to a PC
2. Wait till driver installation fails.
3. Open the top system panel (dragging from the top of a screen) and select "Connected as a media device"
4. Check the "Camera (PTP)" box
5. Wait till Windows driver installation fails (btw it is going to be a different list of drivers)
6. Open the top system panel again and switch back to "Media device (MTP)" mode

After that all drivers were installed properly and surprisingly my phone has started working with all my PCs, not only the one where I got it working.

Slava

 

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bjb6723

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• Aug 3, 2012

• #48

This just worked for me

Was having the same issue of I was able to connect my S3 to my PC with no issues and now I can't. Yesterday, I went to plug it in and recieved errors while it was trying to install drivers. I uninstalled the samsung USB driver, went to Samsung's website and downloaded the new one. Still no luck. Before factory resetting my phone (PITA), I turned it off, took the battery out and waited a few minutes. Put the battery back in and fired it up. When I plugged in the USB, my PC found it, installed the drivers and it works great! Hopefully this will work for others as well!

 

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betovanbuuren

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• Aug 21, 2012

• #49

Had this issue in CM10, so make a data factory reset, sign in google account and everything works well again.

 

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eskemobob

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• Oct 7, 2012

• #50

I have also tried all the things suggested in this thread, including the factory reset. This is my first Samsung smartphone and so far it has been more pain than its worth.. Any other suggestions would be helpful, I guess I'll keep huntng for a solution.

 

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dephead2004

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• Jan 8, 2013

• #51

SGS3 USB Code 10

Thanks to all those who contributed here and elsewhere. Tried 'em all but just to add what worked for me:

Installed latest Kies to get Samsung USB driver.

Rejected Microsoft's USB Driver update.

Phone was recognised normally unless it was attached by USB cable when PC booted up. Then the dreaded Code 10 displayed.

To get round this I found advice from Samsung US here:

OK as I am too new to help others you will have to search for

YP-P2JCB MTP device cannot start code 10

It's a very easy fix and requires a line of text being typed into a Run as Administrator's command window.

Job done.

 

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