Has anyone ever fixed this issue?? I've read every article, every reddit post, every gbatemp forum post, literally everything I can find using every wording possible of Google searc. Multiple cables that have been confirmed working don't work. Multiple computers including onces that never had the vita connected. CMA, QCMA, VitaShell, none work over usb. VitaShell sees that usb is connected, windows sees nothing.
That is not what that means, Vitashell always says that. You can test this yourself by plugging your Vita into a charging wall socket, and then press "Select". You will see Vitashell says "USB Connected" despite it being plugged into an electrical charging socket.
It's not in device manager in any capacity, Windows just simply does not believe I've plugged anything in. I'm at a loss.
Like I said, if it's not in Device Manager, nothing you do software wise is going to change that, so stop bothering reinstalling, installing QCMA, installing CMA, etc. because all that can do is install the plugin that gets installed when you run those installers, but the plugin only works if the device is listed in Device Manager.
If it's not showing up in Device Manager, not even as "Unknown USB Device" or "Generic USB Device", what that means is:
No data connection exists between your Vita and the PC.
I also have a fat model with sd2vita and enso 3.60. I've purchased a new cable that is confirmed by all other reviews to be a data and sync cable with pictures of content manager working in the reviews.
That's a good start, it could be false advertising, just showing that you can plug this cable in, therefore assuming since you can plug it in you can do those functions. If it's on the reviews, are you sure the supplier gave you the same cable as those reviewers, or they may have changed their cable brand since.
I have noticed, that in vitashell, without usb connected to the pc, it will obviously say to connect it, and then I do it says connected. But when I disconnect it, it doesn't recognize its been disconnected...
Like I said, you can plug it into a wall socket and Vitashell will still say "USB Connected".
Ive verified the cable working through VITAident and same thing, unplugged it can tell, when I plug it in it can tell, but unplugging it it still thinks it's plugged in. It's like the port gets digitally stuck or something unless you cancel the operation and go back with it unplugged if that makes sense.
VITAident only identifies what's on the Vita, and it identifies USB/adapter C
onnection State. What that means is, if it's set to USB data, or, for example, USB Webcam, like I said previously, is what UDCD sets the connection state to, what the
Connection State is set to doesn't necessarily mean anything regarding the actual cable.
As stated, I've tried on 3 pc's, 1 of which had never had the vita plugged in. I also just made an Ubuntu 22.04 boot drive and booted it to see if it would recognize anything plugged in so I could rule out windows. Well, same ordeal. VitaShell sees it, but not the reverse.
That doesn't mean Vitashell sees it, it always says "USB Connected".
It does not show up under any category at all for any reason in Device Manager on windows, and all drivers for anything with vita in the name have been completely removed by doing a manual search.
Sometimes they show up as "Generic USB Device" or most likely "Unknown USB Device" (this is before installing software such as CMA) after installing CMA, the Unknown USB Device turns into "PlayStation Vita Console" or something like that. You can do a "Scan for Hardware Changes" in Device Manager and see if a new device shows up.
If not: No data connection exists between your Vita and the PC. (ie, It's a Vita or Cable problem)
My port is ok, my cable is ok, it's not windows, and I've done a complete factory reset of the vita... what the actual hell is going on and is there even anything left to try? I'm so damned confused, but I can see from all my research that I'm far from the only one. Please help.
Well you don't know if your port is okay, one way to test that if have someone else with a Vita plugging into a PC and connecting, and then using their cable and PC, and see if yours doesn't, then it's the port.
As far as I see it, there are four possible causes:
1. Port Failure
2. Incorrect Drivers:
This is unlikely as you've tried on multiple physical computers, however, it may be showing up on Device Manager and not have the correct drivers.
3. Bad Cable:
Could be the cable, most reputable brands bought in person at a local mainline store will work.
4. Rouge Plugin:
Could be a plugin installed on the VIta taking away your USB connection capabilities, such as UDCD, which disables all USB Data Connections instead in favor of a USB WebCam connection, but even then, when you plug in the Vita with UDCD, it will show in Device Manager as "USB Webcam" however, there could be another plugin on your Vita causing this.