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I officially HATE Kies...

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stuartbensly

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I loved iTunes and am within a whisker of getting an iPhone back as KIES sucks... I have a MAC anyone recommend an operating system/phone management software that may persuade me to keep my S5?!?
All help appreciated!
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I don't think there is any other piece of software, I'm afraid.

I use :Android.com.

It works pretty good with any Android phone, but make sure you uninstall the Kies software from your Mac before installing this.
 
Kies works good on a Windows 7 computer.

It is not fancy, but it does work and reliably.

I have an old Apple G4 laptop somewhere, but I can't find it to try it out on there.
 
hi, appreciate your replies guys...
I tried removing anything to do with Samsung (Kies and SmartSwitch) and other programmes like double twist etc, and if I try and open Android.com then it just says unable to find device, please restart or reconnect?!?
Getting soooooo frustrated now!
 
stuartbensly said:
hi, appreciate your replies guys...
I tried removing anything to do with Samsung (Kies and SmartSwitch) and other programmes like double twist etc, and if I try and open Android.com then it just says unable to find device, please restart or reconnect?!?
Getting soooooo frustrated now!
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I'm lost.... the phone does, or your computer does?
 
First for me, was unaware of that www.[I]Android.com website.


[/I]I just went to it on my Win7 computer and the website is up.

If your computer is not finding it, and it is finding other websites, then I suspect that your ISP is having trouble finding that site.

Try a different browser, I have sometimes, not often, but occasionally found that a different browser will do the trick.

I use Firefox on the PC, but use Chrome a lot when a website don't like firefox.
 
Im so sorry, I'm not making myself clear... I have downloaded the MAC version of the software but that message comes up when I try and open the said Android.com software... Apologies again.
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I'm done then. I don't have a Mac anymore, sold it back in the '80s when Steve Jobs made me mad with his high prices for software and hardware.
 
i don't no nothing much about iTunes or macs so im probably not too helpful but i don't like Keis either... i just connect my phone to my computer and transfer what in need as if i was connecting a usb stick drive... to me it sounds like you might need to install/reinstall the Samsung drivers to get the mac to recognize the phone...

sorry i couldn't be much more help
good luck

edit...
a quick search led me here... i think they are the correct drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956
 
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