How to I get my PC to once again recognise my Samsung Galaxy s2 so I can download photos as I always have?

Samsung Galaxy S2 is a older smart phone based on Android OS. You need to use Android Data Recovery program to scan it and SD card deeply to find the deleted photos and music. You can preview them and then recover any of them from your broken Samsung Galaxy S2 to computer. Learn how to recover data from broken Samsung phone here: How to Recover Data from Samsung Phone with Broken Screen

First make sure you have the correct USB drivers for your phone installed on your pc. Go to device manager and see if your phone or mass storage device is listed. If not, download the drivers here, http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads. Make sure debugging on your phone is enabled. Please refer to the following:

1. To set the Samsung Galaxy S2 to USB Mass Storage (MSC) mode, go into "Settings > Applications > Development" and enable "USB debugging".



2. Then drag the status bar down and tap on "USB connected".



3. The "USB connected" screen with the large green Android icon will appear. Tap on "Connect USB storage".

A confirmation dialog box will appear. Tap "OK". The green Android icon will turn orange, indicating that the phone is now in USB Mass Storage mode and should now appear as USB disk drives in "Devices with Removable Storage" and be assigned drive letters.

Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 4.0)

1. To set the Samsung Galaxy S2 to USB Mass Storage (MSC) mode, go into "Settings > More... > USB utilities" and tap on "Connect Storage to PC".



2. Then plug the USB cable into the device and connect to your computer.



3. The "USB connected" screen with the large green Android icon will appear. Tap on "Connect USB storage".



4. A confirmation dialog box will appear. Tap "OK". The green Android icon will turn orange, indicating that the phone is now in USB Mass Storage mode and should now appear as USB disk drives in "Devices with Removable Storage" and be assigned drive letters.

Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 2.3)

1. To set the Samsung Galaxy S2 to USB Mass Storage (MSC) mode, go into "Settings > Applications > Development" and enable "USB debugging".




2. Then drag the status bar down and tap on "USB connected".




3. The "USB connected" screen with the large green Android icon will appear. Tap on "Connect USB storage".




4. A confirmation dialog box will appear. Tap "OK". The green Android icon will turn orange, indicating that the phone is now in USB Mass Storage mode and should now appear as USB disk drives in "Devices with Removable Storage" and be assigned drive letters.

Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 4.0)

1. To set the Samsung Galaxy S2 to USB Mass Storage (MSC) mode, go into "Settings > More... > USB utilities" and tap on "Connect Storage to PC".




2. Then plug the USB cable into the device and connect to your computer.




3. The "USB connected" screen with the large green Android icon will appear. Tap on "Connect USB storage".




4. A confirmation dialog box will appear. Tap "OK". The green Android icon will turn orange, indicating that the phone is now in USB Mass Storage mode and should now appear as USB disk drives in "Devices with Removable Storage" and be assigned drive letters.

You can get the unlock code for your Samsung Galaxy S2 phone from ClassicUnlocking.com and unlock your phone from Network lock easily.

Hi. What is the problem with your network locked Samsung Galaxy S2.? Do you want to remove the network lock. If so, You can unlock your Samsung Galaxy S2 safer and easier using unlock code. You can get the unlock code for a Samsung Galaxy S2 from Unlocking4U.Com at affordable cost with easy unlocking instructions. Good luck.

This is an android phone, not a camera. Posting this query in a more appropriate forum may help.

There are a lot of root tools like iroot ,kinggo root and SRSRoot to support root.What i suggest most is Iroot.

http://www.iroot.com/iroot-for-pc

just make backup of your Samsung data And enable USB debugging mode on Samsung device Before download.
Then,follow these steps:

Step 1. Choose the right version of iRoot(android version or PC version) to be downloaded for you. Here we take the PC version to illustrate how.
Step 2. Connect your Samsung to your computer with a USB cable via USB cable. Then click "Connect". And then, install driver.
Note: Choose "User Agreement" means you accept our service.
Step 3: After iRoot detects your Samsung Galaxy 2, you can move to root your device now. Just click "Root" to allow this step.
Step 4: By this step, once your Galaxy S2has been rooted successfully, it will reboot automatically.
Step 5: After iRoot detects your Samsung Galaxy S2, you can move to root your device now. Just click "Root" to allow this step.
Hope enjoy.

What Not coming..?You need to decode from service provider lock?You can get the Unlock code for SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 at
Theunlockarena.com/samsung/rs13wp8/ and unlock it easily..Specify the current network and country it's locked now and get the code and unlock it easily....You can follow the instructions below and unlock it step by step...

Samsung Galaxy S2 Unlocking InstructionsWarning : Do not enter any wrong unlock codes on your Samsung Galaxy S2 mobile phones. If you enter over a certain amount of wrong unlock codes on your Samsung Galaxy S2 mobile phone, your phone may get hard locked and sometimes become unusable.

1 - Switch ON your Samsung Galaxy S2 with a NOT ACCEPTED SIM Card.
2 - Compose : #7465625*638*CODE# (or *#7465625*638*CODE#).

NOT ACCEPTED: We mean, to use a sim card from a network other than the network your Samsung Galaxy S2 is locked to.
CODE: Its the unique Unlock Code for your Samsung Galaxy S2.

http://www.manualusersguide.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-user-guide-manual-pdf-download.html
Hello here is the link where you can download the user manual for your phone. I have downloaded it for you so you dont have to do it but for some reason i cant attached it in here. So instead i give you the link. It is easy jsut go in this site and at the very bottom you will see download samsung user manual pdf. .just click it and you will be downloading the pdf file in no time..
Hope this can help you..have a nice day..

Hi, uninstall software,restart the PC and install it again.

That will do.

Take care.