Cant see my android on pc when connecting a usb cable

If you want to transfer data from your samsung galaxy mini j1 to new phone, my suggestion is coolmuster mobile transfer. After connecting them to pc, the tool will scan out all data them and allows you to transfer data between them easily.

What do you need to transfer?
You can use android transfer app, which allows you to save a lot of time to transfer or backup text messages, contacts, photos, and other media files like videos, music files.
With the help of those backup tools, you can easily transfer files from android to computer.

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How to Transfer Photos Between Android Phone and Computer

What kind of cell phone do you have? Is it a smartphone?
If you're an iPhone user, then it would be easy to transfer photos to your computer. With the iPhone USB cable and a computer, you are able to transfer photos from iPhone to computer easily, but before moving photos, you should shut down auto sync of iTunes to prevent the data in their tablets. You can use your computer to cut or copy photos from iPhone to computer. You will need to connect iPhone to computer with the USB cable to finish the job. The phone will be recognized as a digital camera, and it allows you to view the Camera Roll contents on your computer. So you can transfer photos from iPhone to PC for a backup.
If you want to transfer other files like contacts, notes, messages from iPhone, please take a look at this guide. http://www.leawo.org/tutorial/transfer-photos-from-ipad-to-pc.html

Check the link below for the fix. The problem could be any one of these so check it out http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-That-Won't-Connect-to-Your-PC

Try Android Phone Manager.
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You will need to use the USB cable to do this. Normally, just connecting the phone to the netbook with the USB, and unlocking the phone will create a new drive on the netbook that will allow you to transfer the files.

Of course, you can transfer memo files from Samsung Galaxy S to computer. First connect Samsung Galaxy S to computer via usb cable. Here, you can use a Samsung data manager tool. With its help, you can easily transfer files to computer.
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