[Q] Kies - worth bothering?

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So I just got this tab for my mother and did the OTA update to 3.2 (heard ICS in July/August). I've been having issues with the Kies recognizing the tablet. I've enabled USB Debugging, but can't seem to find the option to connect as USB device (instead of MTB). I'm running Windows 7 Pro (32 Bit) and I'm wondering is it worth trying to get Kies to work?

My mother isn't really going to bother with transferring photos/music etc so i'm not worried about that. just curious if there was any additional benefit. I plan on rooting the device for her after ICS comes out and then I can just initiate backups that way.

I had the same problems with Kies for some reason, neither the tab or S2 would be recognized but after some update to kies it works fine now. But I don't really use it to be honest and connect via KiesAir via wifi.

no don't bother just use airdroid, check the store.

Originally Posted by nocode99

So I just got this tab for my mother and did the OTA update to 3.2 (heard ICS in July/August). I've been having issues with the Kies recognizing the tablet. I've enabled USB Debugging, but can't seem to find the option to connect as USB device (instead of MTB). I'm running Windows 7 Pro (32 Bit) and I'm wondering is it worth trying to get Kies to work?

My mother isn't really going to bother with transferring photos/music etc so i'm not worried about that. just curious if there was any additional benefit. I plan on rooting the device for her after ICS comes out and then I can just initiate backups that way.

Honeycomb dont have usb device option... It only use mtp... Dont bother about kies... Its sucks... Wireslessly... You can use airdroid to transfer...

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I am having issues as well with kies. Can not connect my tab to it, i just hope i can update to ICS via OTA.

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i believe... if they ever release ics to our beloved device... the firmware will lay around... just use it with odin is more reliable than waiting that sucky kies to connect to their lame server...

Kies sucks

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WELL, WHEN I BOUGHT MY P 6800, FOR 1 MONTHI COULDNT NEVER CONNECT TO KIES AND @ THAT TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SYNC W OUTLOOK.
AFTER SEARCHING EVERYWHERE, XDA INCLUDED, REALLY WORKING SOLUTIONS WERE NOT ON THE HORIZON. FINALLY I TRIED THE FREE APP MY PHONE EXPLORER AND ALL WORKED JUST FINE. 3 WEEKS AGO I UPDATED KIES FOR MY I9100 AND WONDER OVER WONDER: KIES CONNECTED TO MY P 6800 AS WELL. SO, WHAT I DONT GET: WHY A GIANT LIKE SAMSUNG IS NOT ABLE TO RELEASE A SIMPLE TOOL LIKE ITUNES?? WE GALAXY USER ALWAYS MUST WAIT, BOTHER OR STRUGGLE WITH OUR HIGHEND DEVICES...