Sprint Optimus S wont Connect to Computer (HELP)

[blane66]

Hi I have a sprint Optimus S. My problem is that it wont connect to my hp laptop computer. It shows it charging on my phone but it doesn't ask to connect to the computer so I can put my music on it. Also when i plug it in to my computer it make a weird quick 5 tone sound. Someone pleas help me.

Thank you in advance,

Brady Lane

 

[GreenGekko]

I've run into this a few time myself. go to settings and then application settings, select development and make sure the box for USB debugging is unchecked. plug your usb back in and it ought to connect.

 

[blane66]

I already unchecked the debugging mode and it is still the same.

 

[captmeach7]

I already unchecked the debugging mode and it is still the same.

What OS? Check your computers taskbar where notification icons are (bottom right usually) and see if when you plug it in then drivers are all installed. It will display an x or something over the little gray box if not. It still needs mass storage drivers to connect right.

 

[mcfisher1980]

have you installed the drivers for it?

 

[parasb]

Hey i have the same problem and i cant get it to work on my mac or on windows

 

[captmeach7]

For Windows users go here --->Cell Phone Support - Mobile Phone Customer Service & Cell Phone Information - LG Electronics US
Select LG Android software and make sure to install those drivers. You still need to use them even for mass storage mode.
For Mac im not sure. ill put the shell back on the ibook and try it....

Ok so i plugged my phone into the ibook (10.5.8) and turned off USB debugging in settings. The usb connected message popped right up on the phone and i was able to turn it on.

 

[blane66]

Still no luck and I even downloaded the drivers.

 

[XxNaomiXx]

I have the same problem, and the same phone .-.
My computer doesn't have internet, so I can't install the drivers! But the thing is, before the new update that I installed a few days ago, my phone always connected to my computer, without internet.
Please help.

 

[Tomm1239]

Thanks a million times worked like a charm!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nnJim]

After installing the 2.3 update my phone quit being recognized also. Even though I never had to install drivers on my machines before (XP and Win7) I followed the above advice and installed them .
The phone is now recognized by the computers but transferring anything that takes longer than 5 or 10 seconds causes the transfer to freeze and the USB connection to be severed.

2.3 pretty much screwed my phone up big time in many ways

 

[southside13]

thanks it helped me out alot.

 

[wolfboy92020]

check also your usb cable. ive had issues of it not connecting due to the micro usb going bad. it dont take much to bust a pin or to bend them so it wont align right.

 

[coachpelkey]

Yeah I have to install the software on my win 7 laptop almost daily if I want to do something with transfer of files etc...

 

[XxNaomiXx]

Ok, I have internet now, I installed the drivers... I'm very happy. ^-^

 

[docgoat1987]

if the drivers dont work if your on a windows pc connect the device to your pc now bring up your device manger in advanced system settings and see which one has like a caution sign that means the driver wasnt properly installed right click it and select uninstall

now remove the device from the pc install the drivers you downloaded then plug your device back in

let me know if it helped

 

[ec9385]

were r u

 

[naturalcarnage]

The link is broken

 

[rupeelord]

The only thing I can think of is reDLing the drivers and disabling the debugging mode.

 

[ShadowEO]

The only thing I can think of is reDLing the drivers and disabling the debugging mode.

Reinstall the drivers from LG's website and try again. Debugging mode wont keep you from going into mass storage mode (they use two separate devices and drivers.

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