[Q] Uh, No Samsung Kies Option?

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Am I crazy? Kies wont recognize my phone in either of the two USB modes. I use Kies for my Captivate and its quite handy. Im really upset with this phone so far between the whole Bing thing, the lack of an internal SD card, possibly no Kies connection, no TV out, and a few other things that are bugging me. I was hoping that there was more similarity between the Captivate, Fascinate, and Vibrant, but apparently there are a few very major differences...

~T.J.

Ongoing issue. I doubt it will be fixed, but one can hope. It works with PC suite software.

Originally Posted by 02CWRX

Am I crazy? Kies wont recognize my phone in either of the two USB modes. I use Kies for my Captivate and its quite handy. Im really upset with this phone so far between the whole Bing thing, the lack of an internal SD card, possibly no Kies connection, no TV out, and a few other things that are bugging me. I was hoping that there was more similarity between the Captivate, Fascinate, and Vibrant, but apparently there are a few very major differences...

~T.J.

what do you mean "no internal SD card"? the SD card it inside the battery cover. as for the TV out, it seems to be a software issue and from what i have seen it may be fixed when the 2.2 update comes out.

jatilq, how would one get the PC suite software that works with the Fascinate? I've spent the better part of 2 days trying to get Kies to work with no luck whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Mylt1

what do you mean "no internal SD card"? the SD card it inside the battery cover. as for the TV out, it seems to be a software issue and from what i have seen it may be fixed when the 2.2 update comes out.

On the Captivate there is an "internal SD card" (not accessible by the user), as well as the external SD card slot which the user can fill with a card of his/her choice.

On the Captivate, this boils down to 2 GB of "Internal Phone Storage", 16 GB of "Internal SD card" space (13 GB usable), and however large of an SD card you put in it for "External SD card" space. Thus, a 16 GB card will net you 32 GB of total available storage space on the phone.

On the Fascinate, you have 2 GB of "Internal Phone Storage", and the "External SD Card" of your choice (ships with 16 GB). Thus, the 16 GB card it ships with nets you only 16 GB of total available storage space on the phone, as opposed to the 32 GB the same size card would get you on the Captivate.

~T.J.

EDIT: Here is a quick Google (not Bing...) image search of the phone storage menu from a Captivate. Notice this whole menu is the internal card. If you scrolled up, above it is the menu for the external card which looks identical. The available internal phone memory is only 700 MB because of the user, when new this is 1.74 GB or so just like the Fascinate.

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EDIT AGAIN: It looks like the Vibrant is also setup the same as the Captivate. Way to go VZ...

Originally Posted by Durangodude

jatilq, how would one get the PC suite software that works with the Fascinate? I've spent the better part of 2 days trying to get Kies to work with no luck whatsoever.

Yes, i'm curious what the PC suite software is. I have a few employees that have fascinates and we're trying to figure out how to sync the fascinate with Outlook for contacts and calendar. I have a Captivate and use Kies.

Some here may have different opinions, but I personally will accept the lack of the on-board storage chip, knowing that I have a flash for my camera. They probably figured the camera flash was a more worthwhile feature to most people, and cut the on-board storage as a compromise to keep costs down.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

Oh, and BTW, I believe I remember seeing an official statement from Samsung somewhere, stating that Kies updates are only intended for the GT-i9000, and should not be applied to the US Galaxy S variants. I don't have a link to the source handy though, sorry.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

it would appear, that on aggregate from other forums as well as my own install attempts, that the SCH-I500 is NOT compatible with kies.

all driver issues have been worked out, USB modes understood and adjusted, and now it just says "not supported".

latest versions, appropriate permissions, reboots, etc... it's not going to happen.

the galaxy S phones really are in no-mans-land. even the manufacturer won't support it, which is really odd, I thought it was well received across multiple carriers.