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by: Wally J - Mon, 4 Sep 2023 22:16 UTC

Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> wrote

>> Well, to the point.
>> I plug the phone by USB cable into my Win10 computer, the phone sings a little song, the computer shows no sign of it.
>> I plug it into a TV, same little song from the phone, not recognised by the TV's media function.
>>
>> I can't find what app is playing the recognition tune on the phone.
>>
>> Help please.
>>
>> Ed
>>
> There should be a prompt on the phone so you can change the usb to 'charge' or 'data' or some wording like that.
> You may have it covered by some app.

We've had this discussion in the past on the Android newsgroup
where I'm sure we can find that topic covered in the archives.
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android>

From memory, the settings you speak of, AFAICR, used to be obvious
in the Android settings, but they have been hidden in newer releases.

On my Android 12 Galaxy, they are gone in the normal Settings.
They were moved to the "Developer options" settings instead.

Dunno why.

Android12 Settings > Developer options > Default USB configuration
(o) Transferring files <---- AFAIK, this is the default
(_) USB tethering
(_) MIDI
(_) Transferring images
(_) Charging phone only
I wouldn't change this from the default of "Transferring files).

Ed Cryer, the OP, seems to have two problems being asked confusingly.
1. His phone doesn't show up in Windows, and,
2. He doesn't know what's playing his songs on Android

I provided two long-winded (Vanguard-like) responses to both of those.

In a shorter version, since I'm a nice guy (like Paul is) who cares
very much that people get the answers they need - I'd recommend...

For the first problem, I'd install/re-install the OEM drivers.
For the second problem, I'd search the "Recent apps" in the app drawer.

Until the OP does those two most basic of debugging steps, I really
shouldn't have gone into all the (Vanguard-like) detail that I did.

Mostly I had added all that detail to edify everyone else, since
I've tested every solution ever mentioned on these two newsgroups,
and hence I can save thousands of people a lot of valuable time.