I'm dying for any type of help here. For the life of me I can't get my phone to be recognized in download mode. I was using stock EC05, it didn't work. Rooted via oneclickroot. Unrooted with RFS/StockRecovery. Manually updated to EI22. It has not worked through any of this. Not on any computer or OS (though admittedly only been Windows XP, Vista, and 7). Not with any different cable. Not with any different port. I've reinstalled the drivers hundreds of times as well. Windows recognizes it when it's off. When it's powered up and connected in debug mode there are no issues whatsoever. The end result I'm looking for is rooted EI22. So a few questions:
1. What exactly is download mode and how is it different from having the device on/off?
My phone is obviously not communicating what it is in this state.
2. What driver/s does the PC look for to communicate with download mode?
3. Are there any workarounds to getting download mode to work (in other words, could mine just be bugged in some way that can be updated)?
Thanks in advance!
With the phone off, press and hold the 1 key on the keyboard. Now add pressing and holding the power button until download mode pops up. This is used to Odin or Heimdall files in. If you are on EC05 rooted you can simply backup with Titanium Backup and flash a custom EI22 ROM that will be prerooted. Then you can upgrade the modem if you like.
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Dang kenny always hogging the q&a help id like to feel like a hero sometimes too XD. Btw he didn't ask how to get into DLmode he can't get odin to com.
Anways try popping out the sd card and battery using the computer as the power source and get into download mode. Odin seems to like certain phones in that state. I think download mode is a path to the phones brain cavity ^^ kinda like a zombie willing to do what ever you tell it (odin).
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HaHa, B. I didn't see where he put the phone into download mode in the OP. This one is all yours. I will go watch football and leave Q&A in your capable hands tomight.
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Thanks for the quick replies!
I've tried sans battery, SD card, and any combination thereof. I'm completely stumped! My last attempts were reinstalling drivers with the phone in each state. Still no luck. By the by - I can say with some confidence that:
Odin is not the problem. With the phone up in debug mode Odin recognizes it just fine.
My PC could be the problem, but that would mean so were all the others I've tried.
Guess I'm just curious if maybe download mode changes voltage to the USB or some other anomaly. If that were the case maybe a separate, powered port might be the answer. I'll keep digging!
So your saying you can't get Odin to com while in download mode?
With any different cable or USB port.....
I remember having a similiar issue when you have in download mode does it read as an unknown device in device manager on your PC?
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Does your phone say "download mode" when you power up with holding power and 1 keys at the same time?
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A good idea would be to let windows install the drivers it could be the drivers your installing are bad. If it comes up as unknown there is a process to get it to install custom drivers but id have to figure it out again I forget it exactly.
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Custom drivers may be the solution. The drivers installed work perfectly. Depending on the state of the phone, it identifies itself in different ways to the PC. Being off, on as charging or storage, and on as debug all return with different identities, and Windows loads the appropriate drivers. Download mode only ever gets "Unknown Device" and Windows seems to think that no other inf file contains information about the device (obviously false since those same files allow it to be identified as an Android device)... Leading me to believe that Download mode is not identifying itself correctly to the PC.
Again thanks for all the help this is giving me a new search angle.
LukosTheWolf said:
Custom drivers may be the solution. The drivers installed work perfectly. Depending on the state of the phone, it identifies itself in different ways to the PC. Being off, on as charging or storage, and on as debug all return with different identities, and Windows loads the appropriate drivers. Download mode only ever gets "Unknown Device" and Windows seems to think that no other inf file contains information about the device (obviously false since those same files allow it to be identified as an Android device)... Leading me to believe that Download mode is not identifying itself correctly to the PC.
Again thanks for all the help this is giving me a new search angle.
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Did you try "update drivers" from Windows with phone in usb debugging on mode? There are 5 drivers it needs and may take awhile to load the last one. The other option is to try Heimdall which loads it's own drivers. It is in the second post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
B, you handled this perfectly...sorry for butting in.
Yep okay windows recognises it as unknown I know exactly how to work around that. You have to go into the device manager and unistall the software it tried to install for the unknown device. Once you do that advance install the drivers you have and it should recognise it make sure you don't unplug and odin goes thru the first time otherwise you'll have to do it again. also make sure it says successfully installed and your hardware is ready to use. Good luck.
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kennyglass123 said:
Did you try "update drivers" from Windows with phone in usb debugging on mode? There are 5 drivers it needs and may take awhile to load the last one. The other option is to try Heimdall which loads it's own drivers. It is in the second post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
B, you handled this perfectly...sorry for butting in.
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I was going to tell him to use hiemdall if the process above didn't work thank you
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Biggoron said:
I was going to tell him to use hiemdall if the process above didn't work thank you
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Awesome B! Nice to see you and some others stepping up to help out. I will try to back off and let you guys handle it but it's hard to let go....LOL.
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kennyglass123 said:
Awesome B! Nice to see you and some others stepping up to help out. I will try to back off and let you guys handle it but it's hard to let go....LOL.
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Not a problem I don't blame you its fun to herd these isheep haha. I'm sure most new people are coming from a closed source iphone to an open buffet of android.
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Thank you all for the continued support.
kennyglass123 said:
Did you try "update drivers" from Windows with phone in usb debugging on mode? There are 5 drivers it needs and may take awhile to load the last one. The other option is to try Heimdall which loads it's own drivers. It is in the second post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
B, you handled this perfectly...sorry for butting in.
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Heimdall also seems to rely on Windows first recognizing the device which is the only step I'm having problems with. Perhaps someone could connect in download mode and give me the specs on what driver/s windows loaded (I'm using XP, 32-bit)? I have 6 instances reserved for my device already. I'm attempting to manually install each device that shows up while in debug now. Let's see how that goes.
For my win xp 32 it shows three drivers installing the Samsung usb composite device, Gadget Serial Component ( I think its that didn't write it down) and the Samsung mobile modem with these three Odin coms instantly. Ill send you the drivers I use it may make a difference.
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I'm getting an "installation package could not be opened" error. However, I paired your earlier suggestions and now it works! Here's what I did:
Connected in debug mode so the Samsung Android USB Composite Device showed up. I then had Heimdall install its driver. I notice this DOES replace the PC device driver from ssad...(something) to WinUSB. Then I uninstalled the driver installation package. I was using SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe that came with Kies. I turned the device off and booted into Download Mode, then reinstalled the driver package. Somewhere along the lines those last 2 instances (Samsung USB Composite Device, Samsung Mobile Modem) decided to show up!! Finally, I'm rooted again. Thank you all so much!
And if anyone was curious, there is a difference between the modes. Phone off or powered on and connected reports a power of 96mA. When it's in Download Mode, it's at 50mA! I used the utility USBDeview for the statistics. Also attached a screen of the basics reported on my PC. I highlighted all the stuff involved in the driver installation, the phone was off. I hope this helps anyone else.
Thanks again!!
Nice job everyone, especially Biggoron for being on top of this.
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Awesome cue the hero song ^^
Anyways glad you got it to work and are back in the rooted world I hate seeing my phone on stock ec05 everytime I flash back to it.
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Device Unknown 700
Years later in a world full of HTC Ones, Galaxy S4s and Nexus 7 part two, one warrior emerges to a post which has been untouched for two long year's...to present the second half of this...dilema.
How was that for an entrance? I have the same issue as our original poster here. I tried the solution that helped him solve his case and all it did was completely make my girls D700 unseeable by ODIN even when on USB Debugging and on. Download mode is just giving me the crappy "Unknown Device" excuse. Got this phone MINTish for $20 as my girls temporary phone, and for 3 weeks since I got it have been stuck on this one. This and my HTC Evo 4G LTE have been my worst devices in history.
I got a BlackBerry USB as some recommend, installed the actual drivers, installed them ziagwhachumucallit drivers and no good.
I'm in hell with this one...
Any of you guys wanna help out on this one?
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Hello Everyone,
Captivate owner/user here, but had a question regarding a buddy's Epic. I have looked all over the forums, but have not found anyone else who has encountered this problem, so I apologize if this is a repeat thread. I believe my friend was running BakedSnack v1.6 with the DK28 modem. He went ahead and tried flashing ViperRom Trinity, and got stuck at the Samsung screen. I'm not familiar with flashing on this device, so I dont know the correct methods. I did however try to Odin his phone, and have failed to get my pc/odin to recognize his phone. I've tried every driver file I could find and nothing works. He has access to CWM so I hope it's not fully bricked. I figured his pc would recognize it, having has the drivers previously installed, but nothing. Any feedback is greatly appreciated, thanks.
Try a different cable and a different USB port on the computer. These phones can be picky with the cables.
You are not bricked if you can get to CWM.
Neckberg said:
Try a different cable and a different USB port on the computer. These phones can be picky with the cables.
You are not bricked if you can get to CWM.
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Originally, we kept trying on my Captivate's cable to no luck. My pc would not even beep or see it. Then we tried another micro usb cable, and this time my pc saw it, but couldnt identify it, due to drivers im assuming. That was as close as I got unfortunately...
Torridred04 said:
Originally, we kept trying on my Captivate's cable to no luck. My pc would not even beep or see it. Then we tried another micro usb cable, and this time my pc saw it, but couldnt identify it, due to drivers im assuming. That was as close as I got unfortunately...
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get the driver from here: http://www.multiupload.com/O9ZLS8GZP8. This was posted in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963652
amosher13 said:
get the driver from here: http://www.multiupload.com/O9ZLS8GZP8. This was posted in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963652
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Tried that driver already, still no luck. At first i was thinking my pc wasn't installing the driver correctly until he installed it on his computer and had no luck as well. I installed it multiple times and uninstalled it, still never recognized the phone.
might want to install the android sdk, i actually remember having issues as well on my win7 pc until i did that. then look for adb in C:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools or that relative to where you install it.
Torridred04 said:
I did however try to Odin his phone, and have failed to get my pc/odin to recognize his phone. Any feedback is greatly appreciated, thanks.
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In order to Odin the phone you MUST be in Download Mode. Turn the phone off the press the 1 key while pressing the Power key.
Appreciate the replies everyone. I did have the phone in download mode when trying to Odin but it failed to show the COM message indicating its been recognized. Download & CWM work & boot up, but the computers don't recognize the device and every driver I've tried installing has had no effect.
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If no com on the screen your drivers not installed correctly, try unplugging and plugin the cable back in. Try different pc with WinXP if u can cuz Win7 is a real pain unless u doing the drivers right after windows installation. Hope this helps.
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The same thing happens with my Epic and new roms...
To solve it, I pull the battery, replace the battery and boot with the Samsung "three finger salute"...
Just hold power+camera+volume down and it will boot direct to recovery. Just reboot from recovery and it should work OK.
I just purchased this phone (i9100) last night after a long travel to track it down. today I simply wanted to update the firmware on it and I was using Odin3 v1.85 to do it but It failed and stayed like that for an hr with the phone in the download mode. I finally disconnected the phone and started it back up and it said " firmware upgrade encountered" with the phone on icon on the left a yellow triangles in the middle and a computer on the right side. Almost looks as though the symbols and words are cutting off the screen.
I can boot into the Download mode but the computer does not recognize the phone anymore nor does Odin or Kies. So I cant even attempt to re-flash the damn thing... I'm so upset right now and feel like taking a hammer to this damn phone...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've don't everything when it comes to drivers uninstalling Kies, using other computers without Kies installed, different ports and cables. I've done it all as far as i can see.... also I cant return the damn thing as i didn't buy it from a store. so im **** out of luck if i cant get this working.... PLS HELP!
Are you sure you are downloading the right version of the drivers? I ask because it sounds like you bought the international galaxy s II and not the Epic 4G Touch but you asking the question in the E4GT forums.
The phone is Sprint branded and so is the box.
jettienne12 said:
The phone is Sprint branded and so is the box.
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Okay, so for future reference... you have the D710, NOT the i9100. (The i9100 is the international SGS2, different enough from the Epic Touch that you can't flash i9100 firmware.)
That said, if you can get into download mode then all is not lost!!
Restart your computer. Also, when you use odin, be sure to go into your Windows task manager and close any Kies tasks/processes that may be running in background. You only need Kies for the drivers it provided when you installed it onto your pc.
Suggest you put your phone into download mode, and follow the instructions in the 1st post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
I tried the instructions in the link. however, the problem seems to that the phone is not being detected by the computer or the drivers dont seem to be working. I tried this on my other computer and while the phone is in download mode it is still not being detected by the computer or odin.... what can be causing this as before the firmware update that failed it was being detected perfectly fine.
I pretty much have the exact same problem as posted here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18176145#post18176145
jettienne12 said:
I pretty much have the exact same problem as posted here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18176145#post18176145
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I was never able to get any computer to recognize the phone in that state. I was able to take it to the Sprint store and they ended up giving me a new one for a small service charge. Since you didn't get it at a store I would contact Samsung and give them the story that cooza suggests in the thread you linked. Good luck and post back if you ever get it working, I am still curious as to what was wrong.
The only thing that might be hampering your effort is Kies might be still active. I overlooked this instruction (as was mentioned in a previous post). Before starting Odin or connecting your phone go into Windows task manager (ctrl/alt/del) and click on processes. Scroll down and you'll probably see a Kies process running. End that process, then try it again.
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Sorry but Kies has been completely uninstalled from this computer and the other computer.
are you plugging the phone before or after entering download mode?
I did both before and after to see if that would make a difference, but no go.
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Sorry but Kies has been completely uninstalled from this computer and the other computer.
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I thought you needed the drivers from Kies?
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I installed the drivers without it, I downloaded the drivers for my model phone from another member who suggested it.
Try deleting the drivers that u have and reinstalling kies. Use different usb ports.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!
i would reinstall kies..... or if you have a linux box maybe try heimdall > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265 to flash
Guys, I tried Ubuntu but with no luck. The computer simply will not detect the phone. At this point I believe only Samsung can fix or replace this. I will contact them tomorrow and see. Maybe they will do it for free or maybe they will charge a small fee (small I hope if any) but thank you all for the help.
Hello XDA!
I don't want to post a wall of text (not that tall of a wall, at least), so, I'll try to get to the point quickly. And yes, I have done a lot of searching, both on XDA and Google, and that will be proved soon enough with the solutions that I've tried so far.
The problem I'm currently experiencing is when I connect my phone to my computer, it charges but it isn't recognized. There is no USB notifications, no phone in My Computer, and no Windows pop up, whether it's a pop up asking me to install drivers or an unknown device has been connected, nothing. Mind you, everything has been working flawlessly, this just randomly, and I really do mean randomly, started happening. The phone has never been dropped and there is no water damage. I'm still using the USB cable that came with the phone. And, if it matters, I'm rooted, running the leaked LI8 JB ROM, stock kernel, and UVLEM baseband.
Here's a list of said solutions that I've tried so far:
Using a thin paint brush, wet the tip a little with alcohol and tried cleaning out the USB port
Connecting to a different computer, connecting with a different cable, connecting to any other USB ports on the computer
After making Nandroid backup: Data wipe/factory reset, flashing a different ROM
Remove Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling, also tried installing Samsung Kies
Uncheck USB debugging and restarting, checking USB debugging and restarting
Dialled *#7284#, select Modem, then reselect PDA, changing Qualcomm USB settings and changing it back to MTP + ADB
Turn off phone, remove battery for 30 sec, reinsert and boot up (soft reset to reset internal circuitry as described by a Samsung live chat service tech)
I might've left out a couple, but please do enlighten me of methods that you might know, I'll be sure to try it or let you know if it's already been attempted.
..also, when connected to my PC, under Settings > Battery, it shows "Charging (AC)" IIRC, this should be showing "Charging (USB)".
This next attempt stood out to me. I decided I would try and go back to the stock firmware, one where I would have to use Odin3. So, I put the phone in Download Mode, open up Odin3, connect the phone, and I get a pop up in Windows! It's trying to install drivers, and fails. I can't flash the stock Samsung firmware if I wanted to, even for warranty purposes. I do currently have the USB drivers installed, but my PC hasn't gone through the driver installation for when the phone is connected to the computer. So, I'm assuming that is why this is failing? I'm not entirely sure. But, when I saw this, I unplug the phone and plug it back in numerous times, to rule out that this might be a hardware problem. And, every time I plug it back in, it tries to install the drivers but fails. So, it's detecting my phone in Download Mode. I reboot and hope that it will detect normally, but no, it doesn't...
As a last resort, I went to Samsung.com and chatted with a service tech, he runs me through two procedures that I haven't done, the 'soft reset' and a 'master reset', which is done through Settings > Back up and Reset > Factory Data Reset. Neither worked, so, he then checks my IMEI and finds that I am still under the 1 year warranty and files a ticket for repair service. I asked him if there is a replacement warranty and he says that is done through my service provider (T-Mobile) with the Premium Handset Protection service, which I didn't add. Not because I didn't want to, but I can explain in later posts if someone is interested in why it wasn't added. So, now I have the return label in my inbox ready to be printed, taped onto a box containing my phone, and sent out. But, I can't go through with this because I have a custom ROM on the phone. There is no counter because I've already used Triangle Away, AFTER this started happening.
I am completely stumped... Any information is greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Also, I've disassembled the phone to check the MicroUSB port to see if any pins or prongs might've came loose. Everything is in tact.. I also wanted to see if the MicroUSB port was replaceable because I was able to find a spare MicroUSB ports on a website. But, it seems that the port isn't easily replaceable. It doesn't look removable, and I'm uncertain if it can be de-soldered to solder a replacement one on. Also, some thing caught my eye when I had it disassembled. There were two components of the phone that had SGH-I747 imprinted on them. I wasn't able to take pictures as I was in a rush to get it put back together, but thought it was of interest to bring up.
How do you have a custom ROM if you flashed the stock one? I'm confused..
Try installing drivers through the toolkit.
If windows recognized it in Download Mode, keep trying to unplug and replug the cable in the same and different ports until it installs?
This happened once on my Galaxy S 4G.
Uninstall all related drivers, kies, etc. Restart pc and download and install these drivers. (Should be latest)
http://d-h.st/zya
Or download and install latest version of kies. Drivers included.
Try connecting again.
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psykhotic said:
How do you have a custom ROM if you flashed the stock one? I'm confused..
Try installing drivers through the toolkit.
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I was never able to flash the stock firmware because my computer fails to install drivers for it. I've also tried using the drivers from the toolkit and it gave me no results.
theexel said:
If windows recognized it in Download Mode, keep trying to unplug and replug the cable in the same and different ports until it installs?
This happened once on my Galaxy S 4G.
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I just hopped on right now after trying the different USB ports on my computer while in Download Mode. Same deal, it detects, tries to install drivers, then fails. It's coming up as an Unknown Device.
DocHoliday77 said:
Uninstall all related drivers, kies, etc. Restart pc and download and install these drivers. (Should be latest)
Or download and install latest version of kies. Drivers included.
Try connecting again.
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I currently have the latest Kies installed. I'm going to uninstall and give that link a shot, though. Hopefully, Odin3 will be able to detect it, at least, so I can get the stock firmware back on this thing...
DocHoliday77 said:
Uninstall all related drivers, kies, etc. Restart pc and download and install these drivers. (Should be latest)
Or download and install latest version of kies. Drivers included.
Try connecting again.
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No luck with those drivers neither..... =/
What version of Windows are you running?
Aerowinder said:
What version of Windows are you running?
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Windows 7 x64
I had the same problem. Tried uninstalling and and reinstalling drivers. Only thing that worked was restoring my pc to factory condition and starting over. Sucked but it worked
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I had the same problem. Tried uninstalling and and reinstalling drivers. Only thing that worked was restoring my pc to factory condition and starting over. Sucked but it worked
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Thank you for your input, but I doubt this would work in my situation. Ive tried connecting it to my laptop and another computer in the house and they both do not detect the phone. However, i would consider going that route as a last resort if there arent any other ideas.. i just need Odin3 to recognize it so i can revert and send it back in..
Any other suggestions, XDA? And thank you to those that responded!
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Thank you for your input, but I doubt this would work in my situation. Ive tried connecting it to my laptop and another computer in the house and they both do not detect the phone. However, i would consider going that route as a last resort if there arent any other ideas.. i just need Odin3 to recognize it so i can revert and send it back in..
Any other suggestions, XDA? And thank you to those that responded!
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I had the same issue. Got my phone replaced and it worked fine.
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I had the same issue. Got my phone replaced and it worked fine.
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And that is exactly what im trying to do..
My wife has a T-Mobile GSII. I successfully rooted it via ODIN to CWM-SuperSU-v0.87. My wife wanted me to put it back to stock so I unrooted it to T989UVLE1. It was killing the battery (and some other weird things began happening) so I want to re-root it but now the USB port is not working so I can't ODIN it back to the rooted MOD.
When I plug in the USB cable connected to my PC it charges but it doesn't connect for data. My computer doesn't see it, and it doesn't show the USB icon in my notifications on the phone either. When I try to boot to recovery, it goes into download mode (even if it's not connected to a USB cable). ODIN doesn't see that it's connected so I can't change the ROM.
Now, I also have the SGH-T989 and used this same process successfully. When I connect it to the same PC with the same cable I can do anything I want, ODIN works, I can get to recovery mode when it's not plugged into a USB. It's as if my wife's phone thinks it's connected to a USB even though it's not and when it is connected it doesn't recognize it. I'm thinking I could send it in for warranty figuring the USB port is dead but the ROM that's on there isn't stock and I'm afraid I'll get into hot water with TMO. For grins, I uninstalled all of my Samsung drivers and reinstalled them, and did the same thing with Kies. My phone connects fine, my wife's doesn't at all.
Anyone have a good idea? I've looked around on here all day and can't find anything that will work for me.
Once you Odin back to stock on your wife's phone you lost the recovery. Use [URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/jdfj55rcj6p5c7c/odin3%20v1.85.exe]this version of Odin[/URL].
Remove battery
Open Odin (the one I provided)
Put battery back in after about 20 seconds
Hold volume up and volume down
Connect phone to computer via USB
Download mode should pop up on the phone and Odin should recognize your phone
After that just Odin a recover onto her phone and flash supersu to root
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Problem with your link...
The ODIN in your post doesn't lauch an ODIN session. Instead I get a dialog box that says, "Odin3.ini" and then seven boxes with an OK button. Now I'm really baffled.
stecina said:
The ODIN in your post doesn't lauch an ODIN session. Instead I get a dialog box that says, "Odin3.ini" and then seven boxes with an OK button. Now I'm really baffled.
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Sorry about that man. That was my faul, the dialogue means you need the ini file for Odin. I've reuploaded everything in a zip file here. Just unzip to your desktop and follow the same steps I provided earlier.
*note* the zip file includes the two Odin files you need...just open Odin.exe. A recovery tar file and a superuser zip file...the superuser zip I provided outdated so just use your root zip file.
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Okay, so that returned the same result as before. Your method also didn't make my computer (or ODIN) think it was connected to anything, so I'm unable to get the root onto the phone.
What can I try next?
stecina said:
Okay, so that returned the same result as before. Your method also didn't make my computer (or ODIN) think it was connected to anything, so I'm unable to get the root onto the phone.
What can I try next?
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You can try reinstalling the drivers. If you don't have them you can download it here. Just run the exe file. Also if you have Samsung kies on your computer that could be causing the interference so remove it
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I have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers as well as Kies. Remember, I have another phone of the same model that is easily recognized by my computer AND ODIN. I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with my wife's USB port. That's why I want to restore it to stock, so I can get a warranty replacement.
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stecina said:
I have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers as well as Kies. Remember, I have another phone of the same model that is easily recognized by my computer AND ODIN. I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with my wife's USB port. That's why I want to restore it to stock, so I can get a warranty replacement.
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There is a flashable stock zip on the first post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858435
Scroll down to T-Mobile t989 UVLH1 and click show content. It's at the bottom.
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meekrawb said:
There is a flashable stock zip on the first post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858435
Scroll down to T-Mobile t989 UVLH1 and click show content. It's at the bottom.
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After re-reading your OP I see you can't even get into recovery. I don't think there is anything you can do but take it to T-Mobile and hope for the best. Or send it to Samsung...
Have you tried using a PC which you have not used for flashing your own?
I realize its unlikely to make a difference, but trying to flash your wifes using a "virgin" PC is at least worth a shot...
Chris
Another thing you could try is disconnect the phone from the PC (leave it powered up and everything), load up device manager in windows then plug the phone in and watch for device manager to flicker or do anything. I'm thinking maybe your phones are the same (T989's) but possibly a different revision that requires a different driver. Device manager will tell you if the phone was able to start or not. One thing that SOMETIMES works with windows computers (although it sounds silly) is to use a different USB port. I always use the one on the back of my computer as it is directly connected to the motherboard and thus offers a shorter path for the data to travel. I have had issues using front USB ports with devices before (my MP3 player will time out during large data transfers if I use the front USB port sometimes).
Also, is "debug mode" turned on on your phone? It is under development tools. If it is off, try turning it on. And with it on, do you get any results from running "adb devices" (presuming you have the android SDK installed or a copy of adb floating around on your computer from some other tools)?
And lastly, does the phone charge when the USB cable is plugged in? It is unlikely that 2 of the pins on the USB connection are bad without them all being bad.
Good Ideas!
Well, I've tried a couple of those ideas. The Device Manager idea revealed nothing. Nothing changes in the Device Manager when I plug in the phone. The phone DOES charge, so like you said, it's likely a software issue not hardware since two of the pins seem to work fine. BTW- the phone acknowledges it has been plugged in, too, by beeping. The computer does not.
I had tried using different computer USB ports because I have found the same to be true as you: the ports on the back go directly to the motherboard but the ones on the front are actually going through a hub, though it's inside the case, the computer sees it as a hub.
I don't have ADB Devices. I don't have any experience with that program...can you advise me? Next up, trying on a virgin computer...
Thanks for the ideas. I've got to get this worked out or my wife's going to DIE. Currently, the home button doesn't take her home, it takes her to this weird Clock App based lock screen/screen saver. Anyone have an idea how to correct that problem itself?
UPDATE: I tried to install and run ADB Devices and it didn't result in recognition by my computer.
Sending in For Warranty
It appears that this is my problem.
I took it to TMO and they approved a warranty replacement for a faulty USB port. Just in case anyone wondered.
I was running CM10 but I got a message whenever I got into the Camera App that said "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped working", after a research in here I found that I wouldn't get that msg again if I installed this "gapps-jb-picasa-20121011-signed" thing.
I did, but when I got into my Camera App, I didn't have the other options like "Image Effects" and all that stuff.
So, what I did was to Restore my phone from my BackUp folder that I've created before installing CM10, but for my surprise I got a msg saying "VolumeError" or something like that and other things that I can't really remember... and as a good Mexican that I am, I ignored it and hit the Reboot System Now..
What happened next almost made me cry...
I was expecting to get in my stock rom without any problems and yadda yadda but... OH SURPRISE!
I got stuck on the boot screen, where it says "Samsung" and the website of it and I didn't freak out... I waited like 5-6 mins and took the battery out. When I turned again, I tried to get in Recovery Mode but the screen just kept turning off and on and saying the exact same thing, the "Samsung" logo and it's website.
I hope you can help me and please answer me. I don't know if I'm 1000000% screwed but I will only wait for the worst. Sorry for my bad english and don't hate me for being mexican
I don't know if I can get into my phone from my PC but whenever I plug my phone in, it just loads it as if it was in Charging Mode
PLEASE HELP ME!
I BEG YOU!
Flash again CM10 with wipe data, cache, dalvik
If still stuck
Odin to stock ROM, you can search on google to odin the epic
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Like @dropple said, it seems you stuck "SAMSUNG" and in this case you can't get into recovery so you can't flash CM10 as of now. Go find some tutorials and Odin back to stock via download mode. Then install CWM recovery if you want and do whatever you like. Should get you outta trouble.
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AndyYan said:
Like @dropple said, it seems you stuck "SAMSUNG" and in this case you can't get into recovery so you can't flash CM10 as of now. Go find some tutorials and Odin back to stock via download mode. Then install CWM recovery if you want and do whatever you like. Should get you outta trouble.
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Thanks to Everyone!
I solved this like 2 hrs after all this happened.
I got it by Odin. I couldn't go into Recovery Mode, but I got in Download Mode and do it by Odin.
Sorry, I'm a n00b to all this.
Greetings from México and thanks for all your support.
Here's a weird one for you,
Same thing as OP stated. Device is stuck on logo. Can't get into CWM. Was on People's Rom. Device was lagging really bad. Then the system requested superuser permissions. Yes the system requested. Being as I did not request it, I declined. Shut the device down to see if that would help with the extremely bad lag (i mean BAD lag. Like..........................ok it does something then.......................................................................ok it does something else. 10-20 seconds lag)
Connect device to computer to Odin back to Stock or whatever ROM would have worked, computer recognizes device..... wait for it.......
But in download mode Odin does not see it. Com Port will not illuminate. Tried 3 different cables. Tried 6 different USB ports on computer. Still nothing.
Any ideas, because I'm all out?!?
To the OP:
I would follow the instructions in this video from the part where qbking77 talks about putting the phone in download mode, as you presumably did when you first rooted your phone. Download all the files linked/referenced on the site, especially the Samsung mobile drivers, Odinv3 1.87, CWMRecovery, and the deOxed versions of the stock ROM. In sum:
1) get into recovery mode by holding onto the volume down, camera buttons, and then without letting either of those go, press and hold the power button.
if you get into recovery mode, skip to step 4
2) while your phone is completely off, hold onto the "1" button on the slide out keyboard first, then without letting the 1 button go, press and hold the power button until you're in download mode.
3) flash the version of Clockworkmod
4) once in recovery mode, wipe your phone, clear the cache, and dalvik cache, and then flash the deOxed version of the stock ROM
niteNarmor said:
Here's a weird one for you,
Same thing as OP stated. Device is stuck on logo. Can't get into CWM. Was on People's Rom. Device was lagging really bad. Then the system requested superuser permissions. Yes the system requested. Being as I did not request it, I declined. Shut the device down to see if that would help with the extremely bad lag (i mean BAD lag. Like..........................ok it does something then.......................................................................ok it does something else. 10-20 seconds lag)
Connect device to computer to Odin back to Stock or whatever ROM would have worked, computer recognizes device..... wait for it.......
But in download mode Odin does not see it. Com Port will not illuminate. Tried 3 different cables. Tried 6 different USB ports on computer. Still nothing.
Any ideas, because I'm all out?!?
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Do you have the mobile drivers installed on the computer you're trying to connect your phone to?
Yes. The drivers have been installed previously. The computer will see the device as "Samsung SPH-D700 Card USB Device". But Odin3 1.85 will not see it.
EDIT: When I put device into download mode and connect to computer, the computer only sees it as "Gadget Serial".
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Yes. The drivers have been installed previously. The computer will see the device as "Samsung SPH-D700 Card USB Device". But Odin3 1.85 will not see it.
EDIT: When I put device into download mode and connect to computer, the computer only sees it as "Gadget Serial".
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Uninstall and reinstall drivers.
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Have already done that. But just for laughs, I did do it again with no change.
can you get your D700 into download mode as described above?
Yes I can get into download mode but without Odin recognizing the device (not computer. The computer recognizes the device) there is not much I can do.
niteNarmor said:
Yes I can get into download mode but without Odin recognizing the device (not computer. The computer recognizes the device) there is not much I can do.
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Try to install another version of Odin or getting Odin from a different server.
My phone is fully recovered and now I'm only SuperUser 'cause I don't want any CM by now.
Greetings from Mexico!
I'm using the same version of Odin I used to root the device. Would a different version really help and if so, what version to use?
I actually have a different version of Odin I used for another device and tried that one as well, with no luck.
EDIT: I have now downloaded and tried 4 different Odin programs with no avail. Again, that makes 6 Odin programs, 6 different USB ports, 3 different cables with the same exact results. The computer recognizes device but Odin will not.
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I'm using the same version of Odin I used to root the device. Would a different version really help and if so, what version to use?
I actually have a different version of Odin I used for another device and tried that one as well, with no luck.
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Had a simular issue when I had two odins on the same computer, for a lark and as I had nothing better to do, tried installing drivers and one version of odin to a vertual machine running vista and checked to see if my computer's vertual machine would reconize and it did, I took it as a sine that at one point I had done something to my computer's main os sometime between rooting my epic 4g and frying it (recovering from a backup from a different parition layout I think, bad times with bootloops and seeing way to much of the samsung logo.) So as I'm not brave enough to run odin on vm I instead removed all of odin from my main os and all of the samsung drivers, then reinstalled rebooted and repluged my epic in, got reconition and reflashed with plesure.
The other issue might be that your computer is reconizing the device and try/failing/hanging and not allowing odin in. Had an issue when my computer was failing to pop up a 'what do I do with this' window and hanging round in the system. A reboot with the internet unpluged strangely solved that for some reason, might be the reboot might be the combo, but I find better connection reconition with my computer when I've fewer things connected.
Don't mind the spelling to much I clean up with my other device.
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One question I noticed that hasn't been asked is when you plug the phone into the computer while the phone is on, is usb debugging checked? If not, check it, and reinstall drivers again.
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jeffreyjicha said:
One question I noticed that hasn't been asked is when you plug the phone into the computer while the phone is on, is usb debugging checked? If not, check it, and reinstall drivers again.
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Phone does not boot past the "Samsung - www.samsung.com" logo. Plus, as with all of my devices, USB debugging is always checked.
Thanks for the suggestion though. Always helps to double check things.
I believe I am going to take it to Sprint tomorrow.
If I can't get into it, they should not be able to get into to it either. If they can't get into it, HELLO WARRANTY....
Perhaps before doing the whole getting found out thing with the return center, perhaps they do know what they're doing, try rolling this link past your eyes?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
I know I've been in your boot problem situation and recovered, it just took persistence and eyenumbing amounts of reading.
Note On the multiple Odin, USB, and driver installation: if you've access to another computer it could be worth wile to run once though on a previously virgin computer, meaning your phone and computers' USB's have never touched. Just do the installation, rebooting, and plugging in exasperatingly meticulous order.
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"it never hurts to help"
Yep tried the "virgin computer" computer as well. The computer sees the device but Odin does not. Com light will not illuminate.
Sounds grim.
So to rap up all the cables, plugs, computer, and software with odin is out of the debug process.
So I did some digging into the past and if your computer is reconizing and odin is not then ADB (android debug bridge) and the sdk are the other option
http://forums.androidcentral.com/epic-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/33427-how-access-your-adb-shell.html
Ran across this and it might just be what you need. Its not quick but it has worked for me in the past.
The other thing that may work is ejecting the sd card and battery before doing anything. Though its likely something you've already tried.
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"it never hurts to help"