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Similar issues of back up hanging. Mine got stuck at 38% many times in a row on galaxy S4 and also my wife's phone. To fix this, I went into the smartswitch main menu (the screen that appears when you start up smartswitch, clicked on "more" button at the top of that screen, and selected...

My Samsung smartswitch kept hanging during backup. Most often at 38% but also other intervals. I solved it by going into the smartswitch menu that shows up on your computer screen when you launch, click on the "more" button and select "reinstall the device driver". Next backup went...

I had the same issue. Stumbled on the fix. Shut down the Verizon Software Update program which usually starts with windows. Usually you can do this by clicking on the lower right corner of your desktop a little up triangle "show hidden icons" (if not already shown on your task bar), and right...

UPDATE 6/12/15: What I wrote below worked but after a month or so, the downloads came without my permission (they no longer gave you the "no thanks" option), and so the update was forced on me. I tried clearing the cache but the download would begin again as soon as I turned on the phone, so...

Thanks Belodion. And thank you for having this forum for android users! Best regards Dan

From my other post on this: I discovered how to stop the installation of the new android system upgrade (to 5.0 Lillipop from KitKat) if you have downloaded it to the Samsung S4 (but not installed it yet). The best thing is to keep saying "no thanks" to the upgrade "offer" that appears on the...

UPDATE 6/12/15: What I wrote below worked but after a month or so, the downloads came without my permission (they no longer gave you the "no thanks" option), and so the update was forced on me. I tried clearing the cache but the download would begin again as soon as I turned on the phone, so...