Well it seems that OSX won’t recognise any Samsung phones. A bit disappointing given their TV adds on how Macintosh is friendly with everything! I rang Samsung and they said ‘we don’t support macintosh’
So to get my samsung D900i working on OSX I had to do this: (I’m not suggesting you do it for whatever reasons like you might sue me if it doesn’t work, but it worked for me).
1. Download this file: D900iUSB.pkg.zip
2. Run it
3. Put some memory in the mobile phone miniSD slot because it is only the external memory that the phone uses as a USB drive. (I got 2G for $25 so it’s pretty cheap)
4. Go into the USB settings on the phone and set it to USB mass media, not USB modem.
3. Plug in your Samsung D900i and wow, it mounts AND itunes now recognises it and imports the photos automatically!
Note: if you want to SYNC your samsung D900i that is a separate issue, look here.
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Hi, not really working here.
Do I open a terminal bash, just paste the line and save?
Or do I run a new command before restarting ?
Tried both, but the mobile is not recognised.
Thnks 4ur help!
1. You need to have some memory in the mobile phone miniSD slot because it is only the external memory that the phone uses as a USB drive. (I got 2G for $25 so it’s pretty cheap)
2. Also you need to go into the USB settings on the phone and set it to USB mass media, not USB modem.
Let me know how that goes!
Wayne
Great stuff! It works now. Thank u for your help.
Thanks for this…
it works great!
thank you
I’m a bit ashamed to say, but I can’t find the file to run…
Help, someone??
Click on the “D900i.pgk.zip” in the article abov, and it should download to your desktop. Otherwise, try control click and select “save link as” and you can tell it where you want to save the file to.
Hi,
do you think it can work with another models like Samsung E900 ?
Someone else tried ?
thanks
I tried but it does’nt work, first there is no USB tune on E900 it’s automatic,
d’you think it’s possible to change this D900 plug to be able working with E900 ?
I have tried this with my D900i and wont work? I open the zip, installed it and it doesnt save the program anywhere? As I go through the installation it says it requires 0 bytes of space? Is this right? What am I doing wrong?
will it work on D900? I have a powerbook 10.3.9, and isync does not “see” my phone!
THANKS!
I have downloaded the file and installed it but am unable to see my phone in itunes let alone what I’ve installed onmy computer, is there someting else I need to do?
Also Wayne’s suggestion above of changing the setting of the USB on my phone, can anyone help me in finding it on my settings. Oh and do you need the extra memory as sugested by Wayne? Please help me!!!!!!!
Thank you
Hi Had error 17535 come up in the Stuffit window.
How can I get arround this?
try downloading it again
Yes you need extra memory.
This is not how to sync your phone, this is how to mount it as a USB drive. If you want to sync your phone it is a completely different issue. You can sync via bluetooth, you don’t need extra memory, see the separate article. (Do a site search on d900.)
Great advice, but I don’t have a USB setting in phone Settings menu to change it to USB mass media. Can someone help????
Thanks.
Hey Wayne,
I seem to have a problem… I have memory in my phones memory card slot and i’ve downloaded D900iUSB.pkg.zip, unzipped it and ran it. I then restarted my computer as the installer told me to. I then plug my phone into the usb and nothing happens… Help?
Sorry… I’ve also changed the usb setting to usb mass media.
The phone settings are here:
Menu/Settings/Phone Settings(2)/USB Setting(8)
then select Mass storage, and be sure to press SAVE.
Also, for me it seems that the phone keeps reverting back to Modem so you need to manually set it back to ‘Mass storage’ each time before you plug it into your computer.
So does anyone know what I’m doing wrong?
how do i get the file to work
I’ve done everything. Memory in the phone, usb setting on mass media, installed driver & restarted. Why won’t it show up as a drive??
Ditto… Is this only for 10.4 and later? I’m running 10.3.9.
Where’s Wayne?
Will, I was running it on 10.4, has anyone here used this successfully under 10.3.9 or earlier?
If all else fails you could buy a USB adapter to plug the phone micro SD card into the mac directly.
I don’t use this feature much, the sync feature I use continually!
Wayne, would I be able to import the contents of my message inbox into my mac through the method described above?
If not, would you happen to have any advice on this issue?
Thanks !
No when you mount it as a USB drive it just imports the photos into iphoto.
When you sync it, it syncs contacts and calendars, but not messages as far as I can see.
[...] Note: if you want to mount your samsung D900i as a USB drive that is a separate issue, look here. [...]
I see.
Any suggestion on how I should go about sync/downloading my messages to my mac.
Wayne,
I have samsung sgh-e590 and I’d love to be able to do the same thing with it. Where didi that zip file came from? Can I get a patch for samsung sgh-e590 as well?
I kin of lie that hone but the no apple compatibility was a bummer. will be great to be able to fix this
Thanks in advance to anyone how can help here
Trin
looks like i need a new keyboard too
that one is skipping keystrokes …
hi wayne,
i have the same question like in the comment before. Will your patch work with the sgh-e590?
Waiting for your answer, Best regards,
Flo
Very nice! Program also works fine for the samsung soul U900
If you want to get the sgh-e590 or other samsung phone going, get ‘USB prober’ (comes with dev tools on all OSX installations).
Run USB prober.
Plug in the phone,
Hit the refresh button.
Look for the entry that has your phone
Find the line that says:
Device VendorID/ProductID: 0×05AC/0×0204 (Blah Blah phone company)
Email me the Device Vendor ID/Product ID. (eg 0×05AC/0×0204)
I’ll see what I can do.
hey wayne,
usb prober can only be found on the apple developer’s site? and it will cost my powerbook memory 1G which i cant afford.
any other way for my mac to recognise the e590? before i get the conventional card reader?
Go to about this mac in your file menu.
Click on more info.
Click on USB in the left window.
Select your phone in the top in the right window and down the bottom there should be an entry that says product ID and vendor ID.
I will try and write an entry on how to make these drivers yourself.
Hi!
I have samsung d900:
0x665c
0x04e8
Can you make your patch work with it?
Wayne. Thanks a lot for spending time on this. I really appreciate it.
here is wht system profiler tells me:
SAMSUNG Mobile USB Modem:
Version: 1.00
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Samsung
Product ID: 0x665c
Serial Number: 353494-01-210643
Vendor ID: 0x04e8
With mac ox x 10.5.3 my samsung sgh-e590 work without any patches. Just update! Thanks for your help.
I got Leopard last week and the e590 now works as usb device. Still no synching i think but big step forward.
Thanks!! THE SYNCING WORKS GREAT FOR ME!
hi
I had my gfs samsung hooking up with my old mac but since i got anew imac running 10.5 it doesnt seem to work ive run your zip and says installed the phone says usb connected and it comes up in the about this mac/more info/usb bit but i cant see it on the desktop or in the finder!
Please help!
Thanks!
hi
i’ve a SAMSUNG SGH-G600, i would like to have USB mass storage and sync. Could you tell me how to do ?
Device VendorID/ProductID: 0x04E8/0x663E
Thanks
Hello wayne THANKS!!!!! the pacht works fine with Tiger 10.4.11 and a Samsung SGH-J700L, thanks again, i wasted a lot of time browsing the web and well i found this usefull site.
Ernesto
Hi,
I have a D900i when Plug in my USB iPotos mounts but says there are no photos, what am I doing wrong. I have set my USB to mass media.
Can someone please help
Thanks in eager anticipation
Dora
Thanks a lot!!!!!!
I downloaded en installed D900iUSB.pkg.zip.
My mac recognizes now mij Samsung SGH-J700.
Superb!!!
how can i transfer the pictures from 900i to my pc
Hi i have:
Manufacturer: Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd.
Product ID: 0×5055
Vendor ID: 0x04e8
can you help?
Thanks. This also worked for my Samsung J700 with OS Tiger.
Thanks, it works fine for my new gsh d880. It mounts both directories, the internal and the 2g card.