Hi guys , I want to ask you for an advice about my Samsung Galaxy S5 phone. I have a Win 7 PC and it detects my phone automatically when I connect it with the cable. I also have an old Win XP PC with no internet connection that I use only for some old games, my XP PC can't detect my phone automatically when I connect it with the cable, it probably doesn't have the drivers needed. I tried: SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones SAMSUNG Android USB Device Driver MTP Porting Kit SAMSUNG Mobile MTP Device Driver SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface Driver - but nothing worked. From my limited tests the only way my XP PC to detect my phone is to install Windows Media Player 11, maybe there is some other better or more simple method but I don't know about it yet. I like the default Windows Media Player 9 and I don't like Windows Media Player 11, so I was wondering if there is some way to use or register the Windows Media Player 11 files and drivers without actually installing Windows Media Player 11, and hoping that it would detect my phone. Is there some way my XP PC to detect my Galaxy S5 phone without installing Windows Media Player 11? Thanks for your time.
Hi coleoptere2007, thanks for replying, I really appreciate it. I found KiesSetup.exe (68.7 MB), and a separate install file for ActiveSync 4.5 with name: setup.msi (7.52 MB). Do you think I should install the bigger file KiesSetup.exe (68.7 MB) or it could also work with only installing the smaller ActiveSync 4.5 file setup.msi (7.52 MB)?
Hi @coleoptere2007, I tried all but still can't recognize it, I think I have problem with my PC drivers now, I will test this again after I format.
So none of these will work without windows media player 11 installed? I see, thanks. I will try them all again after I format without and with WMP11.
Hi @coleoptere2007, I finally formatted and tried again 7-8 different Kies versions, but still can't recognize it, it recognized it after I installed WMP11, so I guess Kies only is not enough.