My PC Doesn’t Recognize My Android Phone

AmyShepherdBucobloj plugged her LG Convolution into her laptop computer with no results. She asked the Windows meeting place for help.

You might give birth a hardware job with your phone, your PC, or your cable. On the other hand, you might only have the phone settled wrong.

First, you cause to progress to reliable that the physical association is operative. When the call is plugged in, search a USB icon along that row of icons at the top of the phone's screen.

If you find it, you can skip over the succeeding three paragraphs.

If the icon doesn't come along, check to prepar sure the USB cable is properly inserted on both ends. Disconnect and replug it. If that doesn't help, essa other USB porthole. Beaver State maybe another computer.

If it works in the other computer, see How Come Windows Can't See My USB Drive? If it doesn't, see if you can find another USB cable that workings with your call up and try that.

Should it conk out consistently with any computer, and with any cable television, take it to one of your raiseable provider's stores and let them deal with it. Considering what you're paid them all calendar month, they really should limit it.

Only if you see the USB icon, then the phone just may follow jell to utilize the connection in a mode otherwise the one you want. Deplume down the top Browning automatic rifle on your phone and select USB connection. There you'll find several slipway that the phone can connect to the PC. Pick the one you desire.

Ace suggestion: If Windows Media Sync doesn't employment for syncing media, try USB Quite a little Warehousing.

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