If you are unable to connect your Android phone with the PC to transfer data and Windows is not able to detect your phone over USB, there may be an issue with the USB connection or may be the drivers are out of date so try updating the drivers using mtp usb device driver for windows 10.
You can follow the below explained methods and fix this error :
Attach your phone with the computer using File Transfer/ MTP where, MTP refers to Media Transfer Protocol. By default, USB connections in an Android phone are predefined into charge-only mode. You need to grant permission for accessing the device as well as its data.
You need to go along with the steps to try the first fix:
- Pair your Android device with the computer through an authentic USB cable.
- When the connection is successful you will receive an alert. Scroll down from the notification bar and select the Android System notification, by default it is -USB charging.
- As soon as you click on the MTP or File Transfer, verify your phone storage space will appear on the PC screen in My Computer.
Still, if you are unable to connect the Android phone to the PC try other fixes.
While connecting the Android device with PC, the driver installation is not showing up at all follow the below mentioned steps:
- Under the Settings head, tap on About phone and then click on Build number.
- Tap around 7 times (approx) on Build number to access Developer options into the Settings menu.
- Select USB Configuration at the bottom under Developer options.
- Click on the suitable USB option.
In Developer options set Default USB configuration as Mtp or File Transfer, you don’t need to repeat the same process every time. Developer option is an experimental attribute and is hidden in an Android phone.
Turn on USB Debugging on your phone
Initially, you might not be able to use this debugging tool on your Android device to share data with the PC. USB debugging is the tool used by the developers as a mode of communication, execution of commands and to share data from the computer to the phone. You need Developer options enabled to do this. You can refer to the solution above how to enable Developer options on your phone, then follow the steps below to enable USB debugging.
- In the Settings menu (Gear shaped menu) and navigate to the bottom and select Developer options.
- Cul down and look for USB debugging, after enabling it try reconnecting the android device with the computer and see if it works.
- Restart the computer to apply the above altered settings.
Such a trick might work for you as well but many users have reported they could connect the computer after enabling USB debugging.
One of the other solutions to this problem is to Reboot your PC. To boot a PC with default settings, hit the Power button on your CPU to let it Shutdown. Again by pressing the Power button wake the computer after a few minutes. Now try connecting your android device again with the PC to see if it works.
Restart your phone and the computer
If you are unable to connect your Android phone with the computer after trying the above explained solution, it’s now time to Restart your phone as well as the computer. Might be possible that the connection is being hindered by glitches in the software. So, before you continue, Restart both devices and try connecting to the computer after that.
- To Restart your phone, long press (5 seconds approx.) the Power button and tap on the Restart
- To Restart your computer, Click on the taskbar and select Restart in the Power menu.
Check the USB cable
Before trying any other solution we need to check the type of USB cable, so as to fix the problem of PCs not recognizing android devices. Nowadays, some USB cords are purposely designed for charging only. Therefore, if you are using it for data transfer, it might not work. To check this, by inserting it into another USB port on the computer. If it doesn’t work, try using another USB cable which supports data transfer.
Update the driver for your Android phone
An outdated or missing driver is another reason for the error while connecting the Android device with the PC. For this you need to repair or update your phone’s driver using a free driver updater or follow the steps explained below :
- Use an authentic USB cable to connect the phone with the computer.
- PressWindows key + X together on the keyboard, and click on Device Manager.
- Under Device Manager, open the drop down list of Portable Device.
- Choose Update Driver Software after right-clicking on the mobile device.
- In the new window , click on Browse my computer for driver software and select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
- Choose and tap on MTP USB Device on the list.
After this, the computer should detect your device. If not, try other solutions.
Try another computer
If after trying all the above mentioned fixes it might not work for you, now it’s time to try another computer. This is the easiest way to verify if the error is coming from your android device or the PC. You can verify it by inserting your USB cable to another computer and selecting either MTP or File Transfer mode. If it works fine, that means your USB is at fault and you need to repair the same.
Conclusion :
These were the 8 best fixes you can try to overcome this error of the android device not getting connected to the computer. We hope you managed to fix this with the help of above mentioned steps. If any of them worked for you, feel free to leave some feedback in the comments section below.
