[Q] Galaxy Nexus MTP driver issues in Windows XP

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Hi guys,

I wonder if anyone can help with this problem?
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I'm having trouble hooking it up to my PC which is running XP.
When I chose to connect as either "Media Device MTP" or "Camera PTP" I get an error message on the taskbar of my PC:

"USB device Not Recognised. One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned , and Windos does not recognise it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message."

I click the message and get taken to the list of USB devices with one in bold stating "Unknown device", I click on it and try to update the drivers etc but PC is unable to instal newer drivers.
I think I've narrowed this down to an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) driver not being installed on the PC, so have installed Windows media player 11, Kies, Samsung PC Studio 7, tried searching the net for drivers, even tried installing Galaxy S2 drivers and none of them work.

Does anyone know what else I may be able to try, or can someone tell me where I could get the correct driver as this is starting to drive me nuts...

PS. I have hooked up the Nexus to my work PC (running Vista) and was recognised withing seconds, so is not a faulty phone

Thanks in advaance for you help!!

format c:/q

install Windows 7

Windows XP is 10 years old.

Originally Posted by oscillik

format c:/q

install Windows 7

Windows XP is 10 years old.

Was really hoping it wouldn't come to that!!!
Is there no way I can get the drivers in XP?

Originally Posted by oscillik

format c:/q

install Windows 7

Windows XP is 10 years old.

Hah, you posted what I managed to resist writing. I thought to myself 'someone's bound to bring that up'... Right on time!

Just get WiFi file explorer PRO and sync through wifi...but I'm quite sure that you can get MTP to work on winXP.

Can't really help you with the Galaxy Nexus since mine hasn't arrived yet but for my Galaxy Tab 10.1 I didn't install any driver (honeycomb also only understands MTP). I let windows install all the drives automatically, had to restart a couple of times but in the end I had a working connection with no Samsung crap like Kies installed.

Originally Posted by gambiting

Just get WiFi file explorer PRO and sync through wifi...but I'm quite sure that you can get MTP to work on winXP.

I've got this as the work around at the moment, but finding it a bit laborious having to transfer one file at a time.

Finding that Samsung website is quite useless - only has the User guide as downloadable PDF.
Microsoft website is even less helpful...!

Originally Posted by sw.monkey12

I've got this as the work around at the moment, but finding it a bit laborious having to transfer one file at a time.

Finding that Samsung website is quite useless - only has the User guide as downloadable PDF.
Microsoft website is even less helpful...!

You can transfer as many files as you like....up.

And to be honest you can also try using an FTP server, it works very well and then you can browse your phone easily.

Originally Posted by gokpog

Can't really help you with the Galaxy Nexus since mine hasn't arrived yet but for my Galaxy Tab 10.1 I didn't install any driver (honeycomb also only understands MTP). I let windows install all the drives automatically, had to restart a couple of times but in the end I had a working connection with no Samsung crap like Kies installed.

Is that with XP?
I thought I was getting there after installing WMP 11 as I got a message stating "Galaxy" when I connected the USB cable, but it still didn't work fully.

A couple of re-boots later it resorted back to "USB Device not Recognised"

Hope the Nexus conmects for you when it arrives

Originally Posted by gambiting

You can transfer as many files as you like....up.

And to be honest you can also try using an FTP server, it works very well and then you can browse your phone easily.

Do you mean that you can upload multiple files in one go with Wireless file transfer Pro?
with music for eg. I'm having to do one track at a time?

Will look at the FTP servers now, any recommendations?