“ Originally Posted by fanaticny 
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uhmm i don't think it's my firewall or antivirus since i've had both working fine for over a year along with my phone. The first time i had this problem, the solution was to uncheck the "enable advanced networking", but now i don't know what's causing the problem. I just used a different pc, and nothing, and the connector in my phone looks fine.
Is your phone not even taking a charge, when it's tethered?