Message for the Samsung Software Departement: You Suck.
August 16th, 2009 • rant, samsung, software
So you just got your shiny new Samsung Star out of the box and you want to hook it to your computaaahrgggg…
Because those snazzy Samsung phones don’t like windows explorer to see their files, you go ahead and install the device driver software. All and all installation goes well besides for some error messages complaining about 64bit… You’re thinking “Hmm… I thought the website and box said 64bit compatible.” So those messages go into your ignore box… (This is where you go wrong)
Opening up the program you get one of those lounge beats that you might of heard when you’re installing Windows. They even added shiny buttons and a little flash application to show you how well it’s going to work! Unfortunately this application seems to crash once you click on the first button but still manages to launch the Samsung New PC studio! Woooo! Time to add so…me… fi…l…es? Errr…
So… you press the shiny “connect” button and see that your Samsung Phone is properly connected. Goodies. You select your phone, click on connect and… wait… wait… wait a little bit longer… you get a coffee… Once you get back with your coffee, ready to enjoy the promises made in the flash movie that just crashed. Oh noes. “no response from the device.“. Your reboot your computer, your phone… nothing seems to work (yes, I have tried yelling at it).
Next on the list… Googling the issue… “no response from the device because it is in the initializing stage after booting. try again after the initialization has completed.” 3 very unhelpful results. Crap. Crap. CRAAAHAAAAP. Anyway, while performing this Google search for the issue I did find out that this New PC studio is *not* compatible with 64bit systems. Teehee. The webpage that provided this information also provides a hint about an older version of the pc studio. So I close my eyes, wish for the best and download samsung pc studio 3.
Ofcourse, before installing pc studio 3 it would be wise to uninstall new pc studio. Right? Right! Going to the control panel I got a pleasent surprise. Tehee. No less than 9 different drivers and/or utilities have been installed by the new pc studio installer. What the f¨ck. Some seem to be copies of one another? And Duh. You have to uninstall each program on it’s own.
In the end… pc studio 3 still doesn’t make it work. In fact, it just got worse. USB drivers failed to work and the program itself kept crashing.
Anyway, if any of you out there happen to have a solution for this issue, it’s would be more than welcome because a lot of people are having this problem.
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14 Responses (Add Your Comment)
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Haukej January 3, 2010at 3:26 pm
Hi ,
had exactly the same problem;
following some advice I found on another blog, I reset all settings on the samsung phone and then it worked -
Why does samsung star does not hv much themes.it realy a f**kng thng.igues there is away to instal it bt samsung devlpr dsnt want dis.cn any1 help me on hw 2instal thems.
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Believe it or not the reason for the message “no response from the device because it is in the initializing stage after booting. try again after the initialization has completed” is that the phone is not in idle mode – to put it in idle mode simply go back to the initial screen – IMPORTANTLY having the phone simply on the menu screen where you have your various icons to select is not sufficient – Knowing this would have saved me lots of hours of frustration, uninstalling reinstalling etc
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Nothingbetter2do April 26, 2010at 7:57 pm
i too have this problem
also i cannot receive calls from abroad on this phone…. my old phone (nokia) worked great this samsumg gt5600 is rubbish… i hope i can terminate my contract return this crappy phone and go get an iphone instead.
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Coder91 May 21, 2010at 3:29 am
Its a problem with the current version
To fix:
1. Unplug your phone from the computer
2. Uninstall all Samsung drivers including New PC Studio
3.Restart your computer
4.Download this version from this link http://uk.samsungmobile.com/supports/softwaremanuals/software.do?phone_model=GT-S5230
5.Plug in and your phone should be detected -
VikramAdith June 10, 2010at 9:28 pm
I faced the same problem with the Samsung Corby. Resetting the phone settings as Haukej suggested in the comments fixed the problem for me. Thanks!
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Samsung SGH-A867
“no response from the device because it is in the initializing stage after booting” when trying to connect via bluetooth.
As suggested in one of the earlier posts, RESETTING the phone settings resolved this issue.
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Rachy Roo January 9, 2011at 3:43 pm
Yep just reset the settings in your phone and it will work!!!
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Charlie Prime April 28, 2011at 3:56 pm
This software sucks so hard that I will NEVER purchase another Samsung phone product.
The fact that they would publish a software this bad proves that they do not want my future business.
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EVERYTHING ABOUT SAMSUNG IS CRAP. I FEEL LIKE CRASHING THE PHONE ON THE GROUND AND REALIZE IT WONT HELP ME MUCH. I HAVE THE SO CALLED STAR WHICH CAME WITH THE PC STUDIO. CAN THEY PLEASE BARN SAMSUNG FROM SELLING ITS PRODUCTS.
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kriztofle December 19, 2011at 12:07 am
I could not have agree more all the comments posted here. My PC Studio 3 keeps crashing whenever I try to launch any of its tools. Same thing happens on Win XP and Win 7. Doesn’t matters whether I uninstall the crap program and re-installing it.
I will keep off from getting another Samsung mobile from now on.
Having to reset the phone or re-starting my Windows every time it crashes it a whole lot of bull-shit. I think Samsung should stop selling its phones until it can come up with a better program.
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interesting articles January 25, 2012at 11:48 pm
jesteś fanem TF-a ? ja terz.
It’s a staggeringly useless piece of software. I can’t recall seeing even a Beta release that’s this buggy. They’ve just made a nice flash front-end, and hope no-one actually tries to use it for the job advertised.
Is there *anyone* out there who has got PC Studio to reliably work?