Galaxy SIII not detected

[stuartnz]

"longtime user, first time caller" - I've just upgraded to a Galaxy S3 and Calibre does not detect it, when the device is showing up in Win 7 64 Pro as a removable drive. I hope I'm doing this right, here's the paste from debug:


Version: 0.8.54
USB devices on system:
[u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid1c2d&rev0005',
u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid1c26&rev0005',
u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c52e&rev_1500',
u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c52e&rev_1500&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c52e&rev_1500&mi_01',
u'usb\\vid_04a9&pid_1734&rev_0101',
u'usb\\vid_04a9&pid_1734&rev_0101&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_04a9&pid_1734&rev_0101&mi_01',
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400',
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400&modem',
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400&ms_comp_mtp&sams ung_android',
u'usb\\vid_0b05&pid_179c&rev_0001',
u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0024&rev_0000',
u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0024&rev_0000']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\scanner.py", line 84, in __call__
DriveError: No removable drives found
Drives detected:
Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK
BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52
E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK EX124G
FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK
IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK
JETBOOK_COLOR JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KINDLE_FIRE KOBO
LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR MIBUK MOOVYBOOK N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY
NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2 ODYSSEY ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL
PDNOVEL_KOBO PI2 PICO PLAYBOOK POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360
POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 PRST1 README S60
SHINEBOOK SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3
THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED VELOCITYMICRO WEBOS WEXLER

Looking for devices...
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400'
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400&modem'
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400&ms_comp_mtp&sams ung_android'

Devices possibly connected: None

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by stuartnz

"longtime user, first time caller" - I've just upgraded to a Galaxy S3 and Calibre does not detect it, when the device is showing up in Win 7 64 Pro as a removable drive. I hope I'm doing this right, here's the paste from debug:


Version: 0.8.54
USB devices on system:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\scanner.py", line 84, in __call__
DriveError: No removable drives found

Looking for devices...
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400'
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400&modem'
u'usb\\vid_04e8&pid_6860&rev_0400&ms_comp_mtp&samsung_android'

Devices possibly connected: None

It looks like the update removed the ability of the Galaxy to be seen as a USB drive. Calibre does not currently support MTP devices.

Read here on how to use the content server to transfer books to your galaxy via wireless.

[stuartnz]

Thanks for the prompt reply! I figured that the MTP thing was the likely cause so I used Calibre to convert the books I wanted to ePub and saved them into a custom directory, then copied that directory to my phone over USB and imported them into Aldiko. A little more fiddly than via Calibre alone, but workable. Thanks again.

[afv011]

Originally Posted by stuartnz

Thanks for the prompt reply! I figured that the MTP thing was the likely cause so I used Calibre to convert the books I wanted to ePub and saved them into a custom directory, then copied that directory to my phone over USB and imported them into Aldiko. A little more fiddly than via Calibre alone, but workable. Thanks again.

Check out AirDroid, it allows you to transfer files to your device over wifi. It has many other features.

[stuartnz]

Thanks - that looks very useful!