Samsung Moment to MacBook USB Connection Problem Solved
Posted by Greg Bulmash in Answers, tags: android, mac, os x, osx, samsung, usbI posted about my difficulties connecting my Samsung Moment to my Mac laptop. If you want to, you can read those trials and tribulations.
If you just want the solution...
After looking for drivers, doing various experiments, and getting feedback from others with the same problem, I just hunted for any and all settings having to do with USB and one finally worked. It may not be perfect, but this seems to help.
Go into Settings -> Applications -> Development on your phone's main menu.
Turn on USB debugging ("Debug mode when USB is connected"). It will recognize that a USB connection now exists.
A widget will pop up on your Mac saying it's recognized a network device and will want to install the phone as a modem. Don't worry about it. It's a red herring. I never configured that, never connected that.
Go into "Notifications" from the phone's main menu and you'll see a notification under "Ongoing" that says "USB Connected (select to copy files to/from your computer)". Touch it.
You'll get a dialogue with the title "USB Connected" and the text "You have connected your phone to your computer via USB. Select 'Mount' if you want to copy files between your computer and your phone's SD card." It offers options of "Mount" and "Don't Mount". Touch "Mount".
A removeable drive will appear in Finder called "No Name". That's your Micro SD card and you can begin copying files. You'll need to unmount the card for applications on the phone to have access to it. I created a folder called "Music" in the DCIM folder, put a couple of MP3s in there and I'm listening to them now.
Don't know if this will work with Snow Leopard's built-in sync program or third party sync programs, but I'm happily able to move media back and forth which is HUGE for me.
UPDATE WITH SOME IMAGES
This is what the "main menu" looks like. When you're on the home screen and press your menu button/key, you'll get these options... Add, Wallpaper, Search, Notifications, Settings.
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Thank You!!!!! This helped a bunch.
when i do this i can see some of my data recognized in the finder of my macbook, but no galllery. i have over 250 photos on my Moment, and i would really love to transfer them.
Thoughts? Thanks
Sarah, much like a digital camera, the phone's camera software defaults to storing the photos in a subdirectory of the DCIM directory.
It worked for my Mac at work (version 10.4.11). Thanks!
Thank you so so much!
Great job man!
I've been poking around trying to figure this one out for a couple months--ever since the new Android update. & You nailed it!
Thank you!
Hi,
I have a Droid X and none of what you describe above works. I don't see "notifications" in what you call the main menu. When I connect the cable, I get nothing on the mac screen. I did turn on usb debugging.
Rob
Rob,
I posted a screenshot of an Android 2.1 screen, reference version from the SDK's Android emulator. If you're not seeing "notifications" in that menu, then Verizon or Motorola has seriously messed with the Droid X software or your Droid is broken.
Beyond that, I never said something would necessarily come up on your Mac. It might, but you could ignore it. Once your phone notifies you that USB is connected, you can click that notification to go to the option to mount your card. When you mount your card, your Mac will see it as a removeable storage drive and you'll be able to access it through Finder like you connected the card via a card reader.
Greg,
I tried what you described. Sadly it did not work. I have a Samsung Moment and a Macbook Pro version 10.6.4 if that helps.
Do you have any extra advice for it?
Sorry. I just hooked my phone up to my MBP (with all the latest updates) two nights ago and it worked.
Thank you anyways!
Hey guys!
Any one know how to link ical with the calendar on the Samsung Galaxy?
Thanks so much!
Brilliant. Thanks. Worked on the first try.