Connect your Samsung Galaxy S7 to a PC and transfer data between both devices. Here’s how it’s done.
- Windows users should download and install the USB drivers for the Galaxy S7. Mac users can download and install Android File Transfer.
- Connect the device to an available USB port using the included USB cable.
- A prompt will appear on the screen of the phone that says “Connected as media device” or “Connected for charging“. Drag the notification area down, tap it, then make a selection based on what you wish to do with the device.
- Transferring media files – Connect the phone to your computer to transfer files. Windows users can look under Computer and find the device listed under Portable Devices.
- Transferring images – Transfer photos or other image files via PTP connection.
- Software installation – Install software for your phone on your PC or Mac.
- Connecting MIDI devices – Use the phone as a Musical Instrument Digital Interface player.
- Charging – Just charge the battery.
- Ensure your S7 is NOT connected to the computer.
- Download and install SideSync on your computer.
- Download and install SideSync on your S7.
- Connect your Galaxy S7 to the same Wi-Fi network as your PC, or connect it to your PC using the USB cable.
- Start “SideSync” on your PC.
- Launch “SideSync“on your S7.
- The app should find your PC. Select it from the list of available devices.
- From the PC, confirm that you would like the device to connect to your PC.
- You will have many options using SideSync from the PC, including a “Phone screen” option that will allow you to actually use your phone from your PC. You can also select the “Folder” icon if you wish to transfer files using the SideSync software.
SideSync window running on a Windows 10 PC.
FAQ
What file formats does the Galaxy S7 support?Audio files in WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, MIDI, XMF, EVRC, QCELP, WMA, FLAC, OGG formats and video files in Divx, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, VP8, VC–1 (Format: 3gp, 3g2, mp4, wmv(asf), avi, mkv, flv) format.
Does Samsung Kies work with the Galaxy S7?
No.
Why is my computer is not detecting my device?
Usually, the cable is the problem. Try another USB cable to see if it works. Also try to plug it into a different port on your computer.
Well that’s all you should need to know about connecting your Samsung Galaxy S7 to your PC. Questions? Comments? Observations? Leave any in the comments section below.
This post applies to the SM-G930F and SM-G935F (Edge) Models of the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone.
Cmoo says
This does not tell me how to get the S7 loaded under “Portable Devices”?
Chris Palmer says
When showing my phone screen to demo another app to an audience it will not show certain apps. Just a black screen. Are there other security settings I need to adjust?
Thank you
joe says
How do you bypass the allow deny screen on the s7. I broke the LCD and need to get files off my phone for work. Please help
Jim Buskirk says
Win 10 OS. downloaded and installed all updates and new Samsung S7 drivers. PC finds phone but says no files found. Any help appreciated.
Chris L. says
This is a fix if you are having trouble transferring pictures and video to you computer from a Samsung Galaxy S7…it might work on a S5 too. First go to Settings, then System, then click on developer tools, turn on developer tools, scroll down to USB configuration…click on it and select MTP. Mine was stuck on “charging”. Took several times of going in and out to select MTP. Then reboot device. I then could transfer pictures to PC again. Be sure to turn back off developer tools when finished selecting MTP.
Jay Kaplowitz says
I ran into a weird problem yesterday. I needed to transfer video files from my Galaxy S7 to a windows 7 laptop. I connected the phone to the computer and changed the USB configuration to the Media Transfer Protocol. The computer didn’t recognize the phone. When I tried the Photo Transfer Protocol (PTP), the computer did recognize the phone’s memory as well as the SD card in the phone. Only one problem. The PTP only looks for jpeg files and the video files are mp4s.
Verizon Wireless folks (who sold the phone) didn’t have any answers — and neither did Samsung tech support folks. The final advice from the Samsung rep: bring the phone to Best Buy.
This morning, I decided to see if my olod Windows XP laptop would accept MTP. Voila. It did, and I transferred the files. Guess what? The XP machine wouldn’t recognize PTP.
Has anyone else run into this issue. If so, how did you resolve it?
Nihad says
Hi guys, I have the same device (sm-g935f) but when I connect my phone with my Mac or pc, there is no portion software installation, and I also don’t have the option to choose banner notification in notification prob
Option.
Is there a solution, because I can not use my sd card as internal storage.
Patricia says
Perfect. Simple and easy and with the addition of changing the cord if the computer does not see the phone!
Kris says
Congatulation it’s perfect and i didn’t found an explaination as well over french speaking research.
Doug Goddard says
How do you sync your outlook phone book with the S 7, had to do a factory reset and lost everything and I dont have the previous phone, can it be synced with outlook on my pc?
HELP!