Jelly Bean thinking USB Storage is on, and that's a problem

[heelfan69]

I have the same problem with mtp. What is ptp? Maybe I need to update my drivers?

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[Treesham]

Have u tried to get the drivers for your phone by disconnecting the internet? By doing that it will only get the drivers off of your pc or phone.

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explain a bit more? disconnecting the internet from my phone? or from the computer?

 

[heelfan69]

First of all I would uninstall your Samsung drivers off of your pc in control panel- add and remove program.Then disconnect your pc from the internet and plug your phone in to get device drivers.

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[xKrNMBoYx]

This may be a dumb thing to suggest but try plugging your phone into a computer. If the computer detects the phone then see if the USB Storage option is showing and check if it is still turned on. Try turning off USB Storage while being plugged in and then unplug your phone to see if it is still bugged up. It's a simple thing to try which may be why it's a dumb suggestion.

I have a cheap Archos 80 G9 tablet. All the G9 tablets have a usb port for a 3G stick to be plugged in. The cool thing is you can plug in a usb device and actually use that as storage and transfer files. Whenever I do that the microSD card is unusable or undetected.

Hopefully you find a fix. Kies detects my S2 fine but it won't detect my S3. The computer will detect both my phones. These driver issues are the worse I have had on any product.

 

[Treesham]

First of all I would uninstall your Samsung drivers off of your pc in control panel- add and remove program.Then disconnect your pc from the internet and plug your phone in to get device drivers.

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i will definitely try this tonight when i get home from work, and let you know how it goes.

 

[Treesham]

This may be a dumb thing to suggest but try plugging your phone into a computer. If the computer detects the phone then see if the USB Storage option is showing and check if it is still turned on. Try turning off USB Storage while being plugged in and then unplug your phone to see if it is still bugged up. It's a simple thing to try which may be why it's a dumb suggestion.

I have a cheap Archos 80 G9 tablet. All the G9 tablets have a usb port for a 3G stick to be plugged in. The cool thing is you can plug in a usb device and actually use that as storage and transfer files. Whenever I do that the microSD card is unusable or undetected.

Hopefully you find a fix. Kies detects my S2 fine but it won't detect my S3. The computer will detect both my phones. These driver issues are the worse I have had on any product.

thanks. i did try this - this is what i addressed in post 19 above. but, again, thank you.

 

[xKrNMBoYx]

Hehe I knew something like this would happen if I didn't read the whole thread. Sorry

 

[heelfan69]

I will try what he said in post 24.

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[Ed_Strong]

I have 2 phones one had gingerbread the other ics. I installed jellybean on both phones,the gingerbread phone did fine, the other is having the same problem as yours. I have tried everything but a factory reset, I even reinstalled jb it still has the same problem when you try to open gallery or camera.

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Same deal with me we have 2 phones one had gingerbread (mine) the other one had ics (Wife). Just like you, I installed jellybean on both phones,the gingerbread phone did fine without issues, but the other was having the same USB Storage problem! But wife was able to fix it by formatting the USB Storage (an option offered by the phone itself thru the notification bar) after that everything was fine with her phone!

Don't know why yours doesn't show the micro SD Card Icon with the exclamation point inside it! We she selected that icon the next pop up window allowed her to format the USB Storage.

 

[heelfan69]

I wished her phone had that option. I guess I'll keep trying, not ready to do a factory reset.

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[Treesham]

First of all I would uninstall your Samsung drivers off of your pc in control panel- add and remove program.Then disconnect your pc from the internet and plug your phone in to get device drivers.

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alas, that did not help. my phone won't update if it's in MTP. ugh.

 

[heelfan69]

Sorry bout that...it was worth a shot. I will try a few more things tonight if I have time.

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[Treesham]

the odds are good this is the last night i will spend fiddling with it. not having autocorrect, not having predictive text, not having a camera, all suck.

i will be bringing to the sprint store tomorrow. if they can't replace it, and S2s are in short supply (as i have heard they are), i wonder what they will replace my phone with. /

 

[heelfan69]

This is my wifes third, all refurbished phones.Maybe they are out of s2's and you can get a better one.

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[Treesham]

i was told by Sprint customer retention that an s3 would be considered an upgrade. i'm really not sure what phones they consider comparable to the S2. but i am curious to know.

 

[xKrNMBoYx]

i was told by Sprint customer retention that an s3 would be considered an upgrade. i'm really not sure what phones they consider comparable to the S2. but i am curious to know.

The S3 is a whole generation newer and designed better so it would be a upgrade. Pricing is also part of it.

 

[qroc84]

i figured it out!! if u take out ur sd card plug in ur usb to comp..open device manager n look for sumsung usb under the usb controller link and unistall it

 

[qroc84]

Anyone know why Jelly Bean thinks my USB storage is on, and what i can do to turn it off?

because of that, i can't access my SD Card. i've tried unmounting and mounting, battery pulls, etc.

maybe there's a setting i'm missing?

thanks in advance,

Tree

look at my post

 

[qroc84]

read my post

This is my wifes third, all refurbished phones.Maybe they are out of s2's and you can get a better one.

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[heelfan69]

Did u have that problem too? I'll try that here in a bit.

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