Re: mac OS Sierra v10.12 doesn't see the USB connected Samsung Galaxy S6 edge.

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.mobile.android, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: mac OS Sierra v10.12 doesn't see the USB connected Samsung Galaxy S6 edge.
Date	2016-10-22 04:26 +0000
Message-ID	<e7082rFn9g7U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>> In comp.mobile.android Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> On 2016-10-19, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>>> In comp.mobile.android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> In article <l_-dnVpNHcW2R5vFnZ2dnUU7-fnNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
>>>>> <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> I decided to upgrade the old 15" early 2013 MBP's Mac OS X 
>>>>>> v10.10.5/Yosemite to mac OS Sierra/v10.12 since I needed to return it 
>>>>>> soon. Since my new 15" MBP replacement mostly works, I might as well try 
>>>>>> to reproduce it on the working old one. After upgrading and rebooting, I 
>>>>>> logged back into my usual administrator account. I USB connected my 
>>>>>> work's SIMless Samsung Galaxy S6 edge and retried. It worked perfectly! 
>>>>>> I checked mac OS' System Information's USB details and saw it listed: 
>>>>>> http://i.imgur.com/mmcfkYJ.png
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I wonder why the new 15" mid-2015 MBP doesn't connect to it. Here is its 
>>>>>> System Information with the connected, but missing Samsung Galaxy S6 
>>>>>> edge: http://i.imgur.com/iDRDnIt.png ... :(
>>>> 
>>>>> missing or incompatible driver.
>>>> 
>>>> Now, where is this driver at?
> 
>>> You said your company provides these devices to you for your work
>>> purposes. If so, your company's IT/support representatives should be
>>> able to tell you exactly what is needed to use the device with your
>>> computer.
> 
>> So far, nothing. I did find out something new:
> 
>> I found out this SIMless Samsung Galaxy S6 edge is global and not with a 
>> US carrier. According to my former boss who got me this Android 
>> smartphone to test with, it was probably ordered online like Amazon from 
>> Germany. That explains why its default language is in German and 
>> Samsung's technical support says to contact a non-US company.
> 
>> I wonder if Apple region blocked it? If so, then how the early 2013 MBP 
>> worked fine? Did Apple make it region blocked in its mid-2015 MBPs?
> 
> IT couldn't help since it was an unsupported device since it was 
> purchased from the department for testing purposes. I installed a clean 
> mac OS Sierra v10.12 into an external USB3 HDD and then retested it. 
> Same problems. Now, I am thinking this new MBP's USB hardwares are 
> defected or something. :(

Bring everything to the Genius Bar and see what they say about it.

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