Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Change USB PC Connection Mode

One of the ways that can be used to connect your Samsung Galaxy S4 to a computer is by using the provided USB cable. FYI, there are two USB connection modes available when your phone is being connected to the PC: MTP and PTP. By default, your phone will use MTP as the connection mode. But, if needed, you can easily change the connection mode from MTP to PTP or from PTP to MTP, as the example: when your computer doesn't support MTP so that you need to change the connection mode to PTP, or when your phone can't be connected to Samsung Kies app since it uses PTP so that you need to change the connection mode to MTP, etc.

How to change the USB PC connection mode?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. While your Samsung Galaxy S4 is being connected to a PC, swipe down the top of the screen(status bar) using your finger to open up the notification panel and then tap Connected as a media device or Connected as a camera.
2. Now, you can select the required USB connection mode from the following options:
• Media device (MTP): select this option to set MTP as the USB connection mode. When this option is enabled, your PC will detect your phone as a storage device for media files and you'll be allowed to transfer media files from your phone to the PC or vice versa.
• Camera (PTP): select this option to set PTP as the USB connection mode. When this option is enabled, your PC will detect your phone as a digital camera and you'll be allowed to transfer photos using camera software and transfer any files onto PC that do not support MTP.
3. The USB connection mode has been changed. FYI, each time you change the connection mode, your PC will re-connect to your phone and a pop up window will appear on your PC to provide you with some options available of the selected connection mode.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Transfer Photos to a Windows Computer with Samsung Kies 3 App

Samsung Kies is a program that can be used to organize data and multimedia content stored on Samsung Galaxy phones. Given that function, you can connect your Samsung Galaxy S4 to Samsung Kies app on your Windows computer using the provided USB cable and then do the desired actions, e.g: transferring photos from your phone to your PC when you need to backup your photos or free up some space in your phone.

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Disclaimer: this post is written based on Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 runs with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop and the computer uses Windows 7 Professional 32-bit as the operating system.
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How to transfer photos from Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop to a Windows computer via Samsung Kies 3 app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Connect your phone to the computer using the provided USB cable by plugging the micro USB connector to the micro USB port in your device (it's located under the Home key) and the USB connector to a USB port on your PC. If it's the first time for you to connect your phone with the PC, your PC may need a few minutes to install the driver. By default, your phone will use MTP as the connection mode.
   
   
2. When your phone has been successfully connected to your PC, launch Samsung Kies 3 app in your computer. If you have not installed this app yet, you can download it here and then install it in your computer. As a note, Samsung Kies 3 app supports Samsung Galaxy phones running with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean or later versions.
3. Samsung Kies 3 app will connect to your phone automatically.
4. In Samsung Kies 3 app screen, click Photos located at the left side menu. All of photos in your phone will be displayed here.
5. By default, your photos will be grouped by the date. But, if needed, you can group them by month, by year or by folder.
6. Now, you can select the required photos you want to transfer to your PC and then click at the top of the Kies screen.
   
   
7. Select a folder in your PC and then click the Select Folder button to save the selected photos to the selected folder. It may take several minutes or so, depends on how many photos that you want to transfer to your PC. Wait until the process is completed.
   
   
8. Once done, you can disconnect your phone from Samsung Kies 3 app by clicking in the right side of the device name in the Kies screen. Then, you can disconnect your phone from the PC by unplugging the USB cable from your phone and your PC.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Easily Import All Photos and Videos to a Windows Computer

When your Samsung Galaxy S4 has been successfully connected to a Windows PC, you'll be provided with an option that will let you easily import all photo and video files stored in your phone, either those in the internal memory or SD card, to the PC. The option to import photos and videos will be available no matter what the connection mode you're using(MTP or PTP).

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Disclaimer: this post is written based on Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 runs with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop and the computer uses Windows 7 Professional 32-bit as the operating system.
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How to easily import all photo and video files from Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop to a Windows computer?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Connect your phone to the computer using the provided USB cable by plugging the micro USB connector to the micro USB port in your device (it's located under the Home key) and the USB connector to a USB port on your PC. If it's the first time for you to connect your phone with the PC, your PC may need a few minutes to install the driver.
   
   
2. When the phone has been connected to your PC and is ready to use, a pop up window will appear on your computer. Click Import pictures and videos to let your PC locates all photos and videos in your phone. It may take several minutes or so, depends on how many photos and videos you have. Wait until the process is completed.
   
   
3. If needed, you can enter the desired tag for the folder name that will be used to save the imported files. By default, the folder will be created in My Pictures and "Imported date + tag" will be used as the folder name. As the example, if you import the files on August 8, 2015 and use "my photo" as the tag, then the folder name will be "2015-08-09 my photo".
4. Now, click Import button to import all photos and videos from your phone to your PC. It may take several minutes or so, depends on how many photos and videos you have. Wait until the process is completed.
5. The imported folder will be opened automatically when the PC has completely imported all photos and videos from your phone.
6. Now, you can disconnect your phone from the PC by unplugging the USB cable from your phone and your PC.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Transfer Photos to a Windows Computer

There are some reason why you'll probably need to transfer your photos from your Samsung Galaxy S4 to your PC, e.g: when you want to periodically backup your photos so that you can easily retrieve your photos if something bad happens with your phone, if you want to free up some space in your phone by moving your photos to your PC, etc.

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Disclaimer: this post is written based on Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 runs with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop and the computer uses Windows 7 Professional 32-bit as the operating system.
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How to transfer photos from Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop to a Windows computer?
As the example, we'll transfer some photos taken with the Camera app to a Windows PC by using the following steps:

1. Connect your phone to the computer using the provided USB cable by plugging the micro USB connector to the micro USB port in your device (it's located under the Home key) and the USB connector to a USB port on your PC. If it's the first time for you to connect your phone with the PC, your PC may need a few minutes to install the driver. By default, your phone will use MTP as the connection mode.
   
   
2. When the phone has been connected to your PC and is ready to use, a pop up window will appear on your computer. Click Open device to view files to automatically explore your phone in the Windows Explorer.
   
   
3. By default, photos taken with the Camera app will be saved in the DCIM folder in the phone memory. In the Windows Explorer, click Phone folder to explore the internal memory of your phone and then click DCIM folder and then click Camera folder. All of photos taken with the Camera app will be displayed here.
4. Select the required photos you want to transfer to your PC.
5. To copy photos from your phone to your PC go to the step #6, while to move photos from your phone to your PC go to the step #7.
6. Copying the selected photos to your PC:
• Use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+C, or click the right-mouse button and then select Copy.
• Now, navigate to the folder on your PC where you want to save the copied photos.
• To paste the copied photos, use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+V, or click the right-mouse button and then select Paste.
• The selected photos have been copied from your phone to your PC.
7. Moving the selected photos to your PC:
• Use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+X, or click the right-mouse button and then select Cut.
• Now, navigate to the folder on your PC where you want to save the selected photos.
• To paste the selected photos, you can use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+V, or click the right-mouse button and then select Paste.
• The selected photos have been moved from your phone to your PC.
8. Once done, close the Windows Explorer and you can disconnect your phone from the PC by unplugging the USB cable from your phone and your PC.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Set Youtube App to not Record Your Search History in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

In order to help you easily track or use the search term that you have used while searching a video on Youtube, this app automatically saves all your searches by default. But, for some reason, you may tend to not save your search history, for instance: when you don't want others know what you have searched on Youtube. Aside from manually deleting the search history, you can set Youtube app to not record your search history by enabling the pause search history option.

How to enable the pause search history option in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can prevent your search history to be recorded in Youtube app by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Privacy.
4. Check the box next to Pause search history to enable this option.
5. From now on, all of your search history won't be recorded.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Clear Search History in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

When you want to watch a video in Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4, the best way to easily find a specific video is by using the search function. Shortly after you enter the search term, you'll be provided with the list of videos match with the search term, lets you quickly find the desired video. By default, all searches you have made will be recorded automatically in order to help you track or use the search term you have made before when you want to search a video later. But, if needed, you can easily clean up your search history, for instance: when there are too many search history so that you want to clean them up, when you don't want others know what you have searched on Youtube, etc.

How to clear the search history in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection and is signing in with an account, you can easily clear your search history in Youtube app by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Privacy.
4. Tap Clear search history.
5. Tap OK button to confirm,
6. All search history made with the currently used account will be cleared.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Set Youtube App to not Record Your Watch History in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, you can view all videos that you have watched on Youtube in the watch history menu. But, for some reason, you may don't want a video or all videos you have watched on Youtube listed in this menu, for instance: when you don't want others know what you have watched on Youtube. Aside from manually deleting unwanted videos from the watch history menu, you can also set Youtube app to not record videos that you have watched by enabling the pause watch history option.

How to enable the pause watch history option in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Privacy.
4. Check the box next to Pause watch history to enable this option.
5. From now on, Youtube app won't record videos that you watch on Youtube.