Can't Connect to Kies

Edit: Look here before you continue with my suggestion, see post by michaelames: http://www.samsunggalaxysforum.com/samsung-galaxy-s-how-to/mtp-app-on-the-phone-keep-flashing-on-and-off/msg2151/

I saw this solution somewhere (maybe here!?) and it did work for me

1. Backup youre media (Photos movies etc) Use bluetooth or USB, whatever works for you because all youre media will be erased. (Contacts, applications and sms will remain on phone. Some apps store data on sd-card though. Please dont blame me if you loose something important.
2. Press menu button and select "settings". Then go to "sd-card and phone memory"
3. Choose "uninstall sd-card" then "Format sd-card"
4. Restart youre phone

Before you connect it to the computer uninstall any previus versions of KIES and Samsung USB driver. Then install latest version of kies which you will find on samsung.com support pages.

Restart computer. Start Kies and let it load. Connect youre phone.

Thats it.

Im from sweden so ive got got swedish lang on my phone so mayby the menus and setting pages got other names than them i suggested above but im sure you will figure it out. Hope i can help someone out there.

Hi i have found the solution to this 

when you install kies and plug in the phone the windows mtp driver box comes up you need to choose to install file from a folder by browsing for it, go to the location you installed the kies software then go to usb drivers open that folder and then choose 12.symbian-usb-download-driver click on ok and the driver will install and the galaxy s will connect to the kies software.

This is from me and no one else so thanks would be nice.

I used to have a problem that the PC couldn't recognized My AT&T captivate. After adapting a CareAce.net tip(reinstalling the USB driver), it was fixed.
http://www.careace.net/2010/07/29/what-you-can-do-with-samsung-kies/

These drivers aren't new, the Samsung Galaxy S drivers are in fact identical to the ones currently shipping with Kies. All dated May 25th, 2010, Version 5.02.02 (Remote NDIS driver) and 5.02.04 (other component drivers).

And in fact the driver packages offered for download there are all older than the one included in the current Kies version, which is V1.3.850.0 (but that doesn't make a difference in this case, as the Galaxy S drivers haven't been updated since May). Also, the distinction between "x86" and "x64" makes no sense, as the driver packages always include both 32-bit and 64-bit drivers.

My advice regarding the driver still is (works on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows XP/Vista/7):

1. Download the latest Kies installer (V1.5.1.10074_2_6 as of this writing)
2. Install Kies
3. Go to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones
4. Use an UNZIP tool of your choice to extract  SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe.cab from the installer executable
5. Extract SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe from the extracted CAB archive
6. Run the driver installer you extracted with the following command-line options:

SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe -quiet -r -p:16

This will install only the 5 drivers you need for your Samsung Galaxy S and omit the ~50 other drivers for various other phones which are also contained in the package.

Hi, i read the thread and i'm wondering if anyone had a similar issue as me.

After installing Keis i run the program and connect my Galaxy S Vibrant from Bell.

The top Right of keis says Connecting the device...

trying to connect more than 1 hour now does not terminate, does not say the decide is not compatible. . it just keeps on trying.  I'm wondering if there is something wrong with my phone.  Can anyone with a Galaxy S connect to Keis?

I faced this problem before, and what i did is:

1. Backup all my data/contact from SD Card to my PC (using Mass Storage connection)
2. Format my SD Card
3. Reset to factory settings.

And it works!

Hi, everyone!

Well, I searched and tried all kind of tips and advices that worked for others. Nothing worked for me. I could not connect the SGS to Kies.

The phone was never recognized by Kies and by Windows (7, x32). I only could connect just to read and write the sd cards. That was the only OK thing. I managed to install some drivers by connecting the phone via USB development mode, but than Kies said I have to reconnect in normal mode, but than again, no phone could be detectet. I set Kies mode on the phone, when connecting via USB. Nothing. It simply nothing happened when I connected SGS via USB with the PC. That was really upseting, because I also reformated the inner card, tried other drivers, and even installed on my small netbook with no succes. I needed the outlook sync, because of my 1000 contacts that were not synced OK via gMail (does anyone has an ideea why the contact categories form Outlook are not synced with the phone via Gmail, even if they are present in the Gmail account?).

Than, I found in a forum something about pressing the Home key before connect to Kies, and saw the video on Youtube (http://samsunggalaxysforum.com/samsung-galaxy-s/119263-problem-samsung-kies.html, post 12).
After that I realized that SGS brings up a message while trying to connect to Kies. It is a message like "Connection to Kies only while on home screen". Could not believe my eyes! In order to function properly, this stupid phone/Android/Samsung/Kies bunch prevents other home screen apps from running, and even to have any apps opened! So, my problem was that I have Launcher Pro on my phone, and no connection could be realized.

Now, I wonder why Kies keep tells me that I do not have a Bluetooth device when i try to connect my phone over the BT? This is a message that I receive on both computers, that have different OSs, BT devices, and BT drivers. Of course everything else works, but BT with Kies, on both computers. And this is for sure not a BT drivers" problem. Anyone any hint?

I think Samsung does not care a ʞɔoɹ for those who already bought a device. But this is a backfire strategy.
So long Samsung... Never again, even if I think the phone is quite good, but very laggy. In 2 years I will by for sure a WinMo device from HTC.

Good luck to all of you!