xp driver question for cell phone

snip> Why not just go to the Samsung website and get them from there?>

I thought of and did that after the post but couldn't find a driver on their
website. I found a software "suite" there called "pc studio 3," a 60 Meg
download ,and installed it. It allows 2 way communication with the phone,
but windows still doesn't see the phone. It makes the usb sound when it's
plugged in or removed, but ithe phone doesn't show up in my file managers.
The phone has a 1 gig data chip in it. I was hoping to access that directly
via a file manager.
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On Jan 31, 8:46 am, "~AlicGinnis~" <a....RemoveThis@nowhere.com> wrote:
> snip> Why not just go to the Samsung website and get them from there?>
>
> I thought of and did that after the post but couldn't find a driver on their
> website. I found a software "suite" there called "pc studio 3," a 60 Meg
> download ,and installed it. It allows 2 way communication with the phone,
> but windows still doesn't see the phone. It makes the usb sound when it's
> plugged in or removed, but ithe phone doesn't show up in my file managers.
> The phone has a 1 gig data chip in it. I was hoping to access that directly
> via a file manager.

Alic,

Phones don't generally work that way. Many such functionalities are
not supported or are even purposely blocked by the vendor. After
installing the correct Samsung drivers, you then have a shot at
addressing the phone's file system by using a program like BitPim or
DataPilot or the like. These things are proprietary and can differ on
each model, but may work even if your model is not officially
supported. In my case with an unsupported Samsung u410 phone and
using PC Studio 3 drivers, BitPim worked very well. Beware, the phone
keeps index files that must match directory contents for the files to
function, but in my case BitPim handled this automatically.

Bruce
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hey bruce,
thanks for the info.
alic

"Bruce" <gaylinn.RemoveThis@firstva.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 31, 8:46 am, "~AlicGinnis~" <a....RemoveThis@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> snip> Why not just go to the Samsung website and get them from there?>
>>
>> I thought of and did that after the post but couldn't find a driver on
>> their
>> website. I found a software "suite" there called "pc studio 3," a 60
>> Meg
>> download ,and installed it. It allows 2 way communication with the phone,
>> but windows still doesn't see the phone. It makes the usb sound when
>> it's
>> plugged in or removed, but ithe phone doesn't show up in my file
>> managers.
>> The phone has a 1 gig data chip in it. I was hoping to access that
>> directly
>> via a file manager.
>
> Alic,
>
> Phones don't generally work that way. Many such functionalities are
> not supported or are even purposely blocked by the vendor. After
> installing the correct Samsung drivers, you then have a shot at
> addressing the phone's file system by using a program like BitPim or
> DataPilot or the like. These things are proprietary and can differ on
> each model, but may work even if your model is not officially
> supported. In my case with an unsupported Samsung u410 phone and
> using PC Studio 3 drivers, BitPim worked very well. Beware, the phone
> keeps index files that must match directory contents for the files to
> function, but in my case BitPim handled this automatically.
>
> Bruce
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