topic Re: S23 phone will not connect to pc for access🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ in Galaxy S23

S23 phone will not connect to pc for access🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Cosmic Greg — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:01:22 GMT

Plug-in establishes charging mode but provides no access to internal storage.

Seems imbecilic, but gotta be a simple fix.?

Tx.,

Re: S23 phone will not connect to pc for access🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

KnoxFather — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:21:06 GMT

Hi Greg, if you open your notifications panel, and scroll to the bottom, you should see "USB Charging" and "Tap for other USB Options". Also, if you have developer settings enabled, be sure to check the default USB connection setting.

Re: S23 phone will not connect to pc for access🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Cosmic Greg — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:21:08 GMT

not seeing any just yet,

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KnoxFather — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:23:28 GMT

So you're connected and there's nothing in the notifications panel at all? That's odd. Do you see anything pop up when you unplug and plug it back in?

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KnoxFather — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:34:59 GMT

If you're on a PC, the most common issues are a bad cable or missing drivers. If you're not seeing any changes when you plug the phone into the computer, I would ensure you're using a good cable, and install the latest USB drivers from Samsung. I have to step away for the night, so here's a workaround in the meantime. You can actually share files over wifi if both your computer and phone are on the same network. I use an app called X-Plore for this purpose. That will at least give you the ability to transfer files in a timely manner for the time being. Just turn on the "Wifi Sharing" option and navigate to the address shown on your phone, with a web browser on your PC. Note: Only do this on a private, trusted network.

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Cosmic Greg — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:36:02 GMT

No notification and no recognition elsewhere such as in file explorer, where I would expect it to appear as a drive.

Ultimately, may need to remove the sim, but not sure if images are stored there or only internally?

Just didn't want to mess around inside...

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Cosmic Greg — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:38:19 GMT

Tx., will try X-Plore. 👍

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Cosmic Greg — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:08:48 GMT

Flaky- is the explanation. 😆

Simple plug-in connections have been established in the past but very rarely. So I was surprised when it finally did connect; and was able to work with the images and data on the phone.

This connection was established with an OTG, or On-the-Go Cable.

This style usb cable looks similar, but provides connection capacity.

Additionally, I used a Google Play app- Files to SD Card, which worked great.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.bukacek.filestosdcard

Tx. again.

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DaneVL — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:51:37 GMT

i am having the same sort of problem but i have updated drivers tried kies software that used to work but my pc just doesnt see my phone no matter whatI try i use the same cable for file transfers on my other devices so cant be the cable and my phone doesnt give me the option to select usb the file transfer. so i am actually lost at the moment.

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nonameneeded111 — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 06:53:01 GMT

how the **bleep** is there no resolution to this? I am so sick of the bloated AI functions, but something as simple as connecting to a PC as a storage device is a nightmare. Seriously **bleep**ed society