hi guys,having read through most google searches of various forums for hours last night,i am defeated in trying to connect my brand new S3 to my home PC,any ideas please?
Download and install the Samsung drivers from this link: Drivershi guys,having read through most google searches of various forums for hours last night,i am defeated in trying to connect my brand new S3 to my home PC,any ideas please?
yeah double checked that last nightIs your pc set up to share media?
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First up, there is Samsung Kies(which will also install device drivers): Kies - Sync Media, Contacts & Calendars Across All Devices | Samsung
Now, there is the option for Kies over WiFi as well(on your S3, settings, more settings)
There is also Kies Air, and then you have AllShare Play.
All of these are options for how to get your computer to connect to your S3.
If you connect your phone to the computer via USB, you can also switch the USB PC Connection setting from Media Device(MTP) to Camera mode, which may also work for what you want to do.
I use Windows 7 and for some reason I have to actually look for my GS3 in the "My computer" and click on it to open it up and view the files on my internal and external storage. It won't just pop up sometimes to let me know it's connected like my other phones. Maybe it's connected but you just have to look for it. I would also include that you might want to use the original usb cord the phone came with. I'm able to drag and drop most things between my phone and pc. Are you running windows? I'm not familiar with Mac's so with that I cannot help
My GS3 sleeps in the bed and I make my girlfriend sleep on the couch
What operating system are you running on PC?
thanks for all the input so far guys,shame its the first time using such a nice phone and just going to need to sell it
You can easily sync without using the main Kies software, I gave you the full list. Kies Air does the job if all you want is to transfer files to/from your phone.
Did you reboot your PC, sometimes you need to do this for the drivers to be recognized.
The big issue with Kies is really that the drivers don't work well with many USB chipsets. NVIDIA may make a good graphics chip, but their motherboard chipsets are pathetic when it comes to driver quality. In many cases, there are issues with some ports working properly with Kies and others not.yeah ricky,its got me so worked up and only had the phone 2 days