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AHHHHHHH this is driving me nuts! I just ditched by beloved (and now very slow) cappy for a new gt9100. Great. I'm runninw Windows 7 and I can't get it to automatically install the appropriate USB drivers - the process keeps failing. So i tried to find them online and install them manually but I can't seem to find them ANYWHERE. I can transfer files to and from my phone via usb when the phone is in "mass storage" mode, other than that, as I can't find or install the right drivers i cant use samsung kies or sideload wonder etc etc. Someone please help!
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AHHHHHHH this is driving me nuts! I just ditched by beloved (and now very slow) cappy for a new gt9100. Great. I'm runninw Windows 7 and I can't get it to automatically install the appropriate USB drivers - the process keeps failing. So i tried to find them online and install them manually but I can't seem to find them ANYWHERE. I can transfer files to and from my phone via usb when the phone is in "mass storage" mode, other than that, as I can't find or install the right drivers i cant use samsung kies or sideload wonder etc etc. Someone please help!
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Please be more specific.
What error message is given when you try to install Kies?
Do you have an administrator account?
Which stepst did you exactly take to get the drivers installed?
1. Ok. Kies is installed fine though it will not connect to my phone via usb cable - it keeps telling me to put the phone into 'kies mode" and keeps doing so even when it is.
2. Also, when i connect the phone to the 'sideload wonder machine' it will not install apps on my phone and tells me "error: device not found" and before that it tels me to make sure i have installed the correct drivers.
3. Every time i plug my phone in via usb and its not in the mass storage mode windows automatically (re)installs (even thought it has done this on every previous occasion) the 'appropriate' drivers. Sometimes windows informs me that this has occured successfully, though next time I plug my phone it it starts the process all over again and tells me the installation ahs failed.
I do have administrator privelages and I've tried searching everywhere for the correct driveers to install but cant find any....I swear it was so much easier trying to find drivers and complete installations on my captivate.
Yeah, Kies is horrible and the driver installation can be a pain. But that windows tries to install them again and again is strange, I never heard of that problem before.
Sorry mate, but *I* don't know what's going on. Hopefully somebody else can be of more assistance. Sorry!
Go into settings/applications/development and untick usb debug mode.
Your phone is now in kies mode and upon inserting your usb lead it should say mtp connection instead of usb. Hope this helps
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i need help, i have tried everywhere and can't find anything and any help would be greatly appreciated
i'm on the road to root my samsung galaxy fascinate and have ran into a laundry list of problems. i have rooted many android phones coming from eclair, froyo, and gingerbread, but seem to be stuck at the slightest of problems when it comes to the fascinate.
i can not install the drivers to the fascinate. i have searched through the web for all the drivers and have tried every possible galaxy driver. the driver simply won't install on my windows 7 prof 64bit machine. i have never ran into this problem before with any other phone. every time i try to install the driver it gets to the very end of the install then pops up with the message "windows was unable to install the driver"
It also gave me the option to view the failed windows installation log, which after many successful steps, at the end the log shows this error:
Action ended 1:26:53: ShowMsiLog. Return value 0.
=== Logging stopped: 12/16/2011 1:26:53 ===
MSI (c) (0C:08) [01:26:53:750]: Product: SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones -- Installation operation failed.
MSI (c) (0C:08) [01:26:53:750]: Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones. Product Version: 1.3.550.0. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Electronics CO., LTD.. Installation success or error status: 1603.
i have also attached the entire log
the first thing i did was plug in the phone, which windows sensed this and automatically installed a driver, not sure which. after this i unplugged the phone and then checked "usb debugging" for rooting purposes and plugged the phone back into the computer which windows then installed another driver automatically, then following the steps from xda to root the phone, i downloaded the given drivers which is where the problem first occurred and the drivers were unable to download.
I'm simply trying to get root access to the phone and can't do anything with the phone with crappy drivers...i can't even mount usb sd card now to transfer data anymore. the drivers have completely been shot. i desperately need help. please
also what is the absolute easiest way to root the fascinate? is it with one click root or with Odin? Because the fascinate just updated itself from 2.2.2 EH05 to 2.3.5 EH03 and i'm not sure which program supports rooting which version of android. also all other android devices simply give root access to the stock rom, which is great cause i get to keep all my apps, messages, contacts...etc, then simply titanium backup everything and transfer it over to the new rom. is it different with the fascinate? will rooting the device simply flash a completely new rooted rom? therefore loosing everything? if anybody has any answers to any of these questions, please be my hero. thanks
Uninstall everything you previously installed in the way of Samsung drivers (in fact, you could use Windows 7 backup and restore to restore your PC to the state it was in the day before you installed the drivers as they are sometimes hard to uninstall completely). Reboot and simply plug your phone (with USB debugging of course), and let Windows automatically install the drivers for you like it did before you installed the ones linked to on XDA. This time, if your PC recognizes your phone, just keep the drivers you have and don't install the ones linked to. Those drivers from the guide are for those whose PC doesn't automatically install working drivers. From that point, just follow the rest of the guide and skip the install drivers part. You will not have to install any further drivers unless you flash an AOSP ROM, in which case you'll have to follow the instructions in the OP of the ROM thread. I hope this works for you.
Has anyone seen John Connor?
awesome thank you, i will try this out, and if this doesnt work i can always try another pc.
and as to the question of rooting the fascinate, like i said before i've never had a phone that has been wiped when i got root access initially, but it seems that everyone is saying that a rooted rom must be flashed from Odin in order to have root access. In other builds it seem that all is done is busybox and superuser are just pushed to the phone. will the fascinate be wiped when initial root is acquired?
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awesome thank you, i will try this out, and if this doesnt work i can always try another pc.
and as to the question of rooting the fascinate, like i said before i've never had a phone that has been wiped when i got root access initially, but it seems that everyone is saying that a rooted rom must be flashed from Odin in order to have root access. In other builds it seem that all is done is busybox and superuser are just pushed to the phone. will the fascinate be wiped when initial root is acquired?
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root is not flashed via odin, rather cwm is...then the root file su_2.6.3.1 is flashed via cwm. If you need directions section 5 of my guide in general section has it covered...everything needed is there including the correct recovery and root file.
I will tell you what...the Fascinate is probably the biggest pain in the ass phone...I tried forever to root my friends and couldn't get it done...need to try again I guess, but it was a driver issue as well..ODIN just wouldn't recognize the dam phone
Use Droidstyles guide. Very easy to follow. Also, the USB cable for some reason seams to be a bit finicky at times with this device. Unplug from phone and replug. Sounds odd but trust me, I have done this many times.
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I am having a problem too and it's not covered anywhere i've seen to date. I've got an XP and a Win7 box at home. On both, I've tried with no drivers and i've tried with every other driver set I can find and every time I hook the phone up to the machine it pops up saying USB device couldn't be recognized or something. I'm going nuts! I've never had so much difficulty in my life, not even the first time changing ROMs on anything.
Droidstyle- I've seen your guide and unless I missed it doesn't cover this. Have you seen or heard of this and have any ideas at all?
Thanks!
Anyone in here can help me please? I tried to root my samsung galaxy player 4.0. I read lots of topics about rooting using superoneclick V2.2. I enable USB debugging mode, unmount my SD, installed samsung kie on my computer, plug in the cable and click connecting. And I run superoneclick.exe as Admin and I click ROOT! But after few mins, few lines show up and the root not work.
Here is the picture of the rooting result after waited few mins, still nothing happen. Please Help, I dont wanna try again until I find out if I did anything wrong. It has something to do with ADB interface or something?
Have you loaded an insecure kernel using Odin?
SusieGalaxy880 said:
Anyone in here can help me please? I tried to root my samsung galaxy player 4.0. I read lots of topics about rooting using superoneclick V2.2. I enable USB debugging mode, unmount my SD, installed samsung kie on my computer, plug in the cable and click connecting. And I run superoneclick.exe as Admin and I click ROOT! But after few mins, few lines show up and the root not work.
Here is the picture of the rooting result after waited few mins, still nothing happen. Please Help, I dont wanna try again until I find out if I did anything wrong. It has something to do with ADB interface or something?
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The easiest way to gain root would be to flash a ROM that has root already. Such as this stock ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512331
nop, duno what is that. Im new android user, I only have this device for few days. In youtube video, those ppl never mention any other step.
1) install samsung kie
2) enable USB debugging mode
3) unmount SD card
4) pluged in usb cable (i click connect on my device, it is in mass storage, or I shouldn't have to click anything? I Just plug in the cable and hit root on superoneclick?)
These kinda more difficul steps,, and i dont wanna mess any of those because if any step goes wrong, I duno how to fix it. Aren't most people use the easy way to superoneclick to root and successful? I just want to know which step I did wrong for my fail root. I dont wanna mess with any deeper or more diffiuclt stuff.
SusieGalaxy880 said:
nop, duno what is that. Im new android user, I only have this device for few days. In youtube video, those ppl never mention any other step.
1) install samsung kie
2) enable USB debugging mode
3) unmount SD card
4) pluged in usb cable (i click connect on my device, it is in mass storage, or I shouldn't have to click anything? I Just plug in the cable and hit root on superoneclick?)
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You shouldn't have connected mass storage.
I think my problem is the driver not propertly installed + I click connect to mass storage on the device.
I heard we need
1) Microsoft.NET Framework 4+ (I have win 7, so already has)
2) Samsung USB driver to mobile phone (samsung Kies come with that usb driver.)
3) Do I also need to install the Android SDK/ADB driver?
SusieGalaxy880 said:
I think my problem is the driver not propertly installed + I click connect to mass storage on the device.
I heard we need
1) Microsoft.NET Framework 4+ (I have win 7, so already has)
2) Samsung USB driver to mobile phone (samsung Kies come with that usb driver.)
3) Do I also need to install the Android SDK/ADB driver?
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From my experience just have Windows 7 doesn't ensure have framework 4+ so check for a download on that.
If your USB debugging mode is ON then you shouldn't get the "connect mass storage" option on the device at all, so double check that (uncheck and recheck it if necessary.
Personally I choose to skip Kies entirely and just download the drivers only, but the first time you plug the player in with Debugging on windows should do it driver search thing down by the clock and it installs (i think 3) different drivers for the player (different then the mass storage driver) if you jumped in to superoneclick before that finished that may have been part of the problem, if you didn't get those to install then sounds like a driver issue.
I just tried the 2nd time, the result is the same. FAILED!!!
I window update everything including the microsoft.NET framework 4+. Restart computer.
Uninstall samsung kies and the prior samsung driver, and I downloaded the newer V1.4 Samsung USB driver for mobile phone from XDA forum and installed, restarted computer.
I didnt press any key while on the device to get into mass storage mode.
I plug in the cable, on USB debugging mode + unmount SD card.
I wait for driver software installation "READY TO USE" as u can see in the new picture, with all the check mark on. This time i though I can make it throught, but as u can see the result on left side, almsot similar result. =(
"No such file or directory" not an single OK. If successuf rooting, i see people get 'OK' on each step. This time i really follow each every step, still fail!!!
I have no idea what is the problem? Everyone seem successful ROOT first time.
Did I miss an very important step or my device already mess up somehow?
I only didnt install ADB driver, but no one talk about needed to install that before ROOTING.
SusieGalaxy880 said:
I just tried the 2nd time, the result is the same. FAILED!!!
I window update everything including the microsoft.NET framework 4+. Restart computer.
Uninstall samsung kies and the prior samsung driver, and I downloaded the newer V1.4 Samsung USB driver for mobile phone from XDA forum and installed, restarted computer.
I didnt press any key while on the device to get into mass storage mode.
I plug in the cable, on USB debugging mode + unmount SD card.
I wait for driver software installation "READY TO USE" as u can see in the new picture, with all the check mark on. This time i though I can make it throught, but as u can see the result on left side, almsot similar result. =(
"No such file or directory" not an single OK. If successuf rooting, i see people get 'OK' on each step. This time i really follow each every step, still fail!!!
I have no idea what is the problem? Everyone seem successful ROOT first time.
Did I miss an very important step or my device already mess up somehow?
I only didnt install ADB driver, but no one talk about needed to install that before ROOTING.
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have you tried resarting your player then enable usb debugging then plugging in the USB?
Also where did you get your Superoneclick?
I didnt restart my device before rooting.
I got the superoneclick from XDA main page the offical one with 500+ page of posts and reply. "Superoneclickv2.2 -shortfuse.zip"
Try using doomlords rooting toolkit, it worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18805532
thanks for info, but I duno how to use the DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit. Any instruction? I have no idea why my device is so diffiuclt to root, as other people rooted very easy
I used version 2.3.3 to root mine.
Got to shortfuse.org and scroll down to the 2.3.3 download link.
I tired the 3rd time today, failed again, same outcome. This time I follow each step carefully, and I used superoneclick v2.3.3 Before ROOT, I make sure all the "READY TO USE" check mark on. But still hang at Shell Rooting device step #5. I patient waited for 20mins, still hang at this step.
I shoulda try root when I got it first day. Is there possible some mess up app might cause this? I never heard anyone have any diffiuclty Rooting their galaxy player 4.0 YP-G1 US version with superoneclick after so many tried. I officially give up. I only have this device for 1 week..............
Kernal Version 2.6.35.7-G1UEKI8-CL562400 [email protected] #2
Build # Gingerbread.UEKI8
Firmware V2.3.5
Model Number: YP-G1
I found a very important issue might cause this failed. When I check the unzip folder, the Expoits folder IS NO FILE, EMPTY, but when I check the original zip file, it has 3 important files "GingerBreak,psneuter, zergRush" files (on the v2.2) I try unzip on desktop, pull out this Exploit folder, pull out the file, none work. I even uninstall winRAR and restall the newer version. These 3 files on the exploit folder in superoneclick v2.2 seem CANNOT pull out of the zip file no matter what I try. I think on shell Rooting device step #3 started the problem cuz cannot locate these few important exploit files. I just found out the unzip folder have no those file (psneuter,zergRush), while the original zip file has, and I cannoot pull out those file out of the zip folder NO MATTER WHAT I TRIED. Both superoneclick v2.2 and v2.3.3 exploit folder, i cannot get those file out of the zip folder.
Got rooted successful the 4th tired. Problem is my antiviurs always remove the psneuter & zergRush files in exploit folder when I extract everytime. And I didnt notice this problem. So I was rooting without these 2 important files in superoneclick folder. Now I disable antivirus, so i can extract those file and start rooting, after done rooting, i turn antivirus back on.
another problem
daniel644 said:
have you tried resarting your player then enable usb debugging then plugging in the USB?
Also where did you get your Superoneclick?
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can someone help me i have the ``firmware uprade encountered....``
i can go to the the warning but
-if i press up to continue it return to firmware....
-if i press down the same thing
thanks.
Alrighty, two problems I ran into trying to get ICS up and running.
Problem number one is what I call the infinite Kies update loop where Kies will ask you to update, you do all the steps, and Kies AGAIN asks you to update to the same version you just supposedly did. The software has to be current in order for Kies to perform the update. Now, there are two ways to go about it:
You can either edit the KiesVersion.txt and just type in the current version to 'fake' Kies out
OR you can download the latest build HERE:
downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201110/20111024092325174/Kies_2.3.2.12064_9_7.exe
Doesnt matter if you have another version installed or not, the installer will guide you through the process and uninstall the previous version. Takes about 5 minutes to install the whole deal.
Problem number two is getting Kies to actually recognize your device instead of just 'connecting' forever.
The way to get around this is the following:
Shut down Kies
Unplug your phone, then ON YOUR PHONE, go to settings>Wireless and Network>USB Settings and enable mass storage (Ill fix the wording on this shortly as my phone is currently updating but its only one option). After doing so, it will tell you that USB Debugging needs to be disabled (I think it will do this automatically), hit the Continue box and then plug your phone in. YOU DO NOT need to tap the Connect phone button under the little Android guy that appears on your phone screen. Now, let Windows install the driver.
NOW, unplug your phone and go to Settings>Applications> and enable USB Debugging (its the last option in the applications menu) and let windows install the driver.
Now, launch Kies and it should only take about 30 seconds to connect.
Note that your phone MUST be in USB Debugging for Kies to upgrade the firmware (which is why the last thing we did was enable USB Debugging, your phone will already be in USB Debugging mode).
Hope this helps
littlewierdo said:
Alrighty, two problems I ran into trying to get ICS up and running.
Problem number one is what I call the infinite Kies update loop where Kies will ask you to update, you do all the steps, and Kies AGAIN asks you to update to the same version you just supposedly did. The software has to be current in order for Kies to perform the update. Now, there are two ways to go about it:
You can either edit the KiesVersion.txt and just type in the current version to 'fake' Kies out
OR you can download the latest build HERE:
downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201110/20111024092325174/Kies_2.3.2.12064_9_7.exe
Doesnt matter if you have another version installed or not, the installer will guide you through the process and uninstall the previous version. Takes about 5 minutes to install the whole deal.
Problem number two is getting Kies to actually recognize your device instead of just 'connecting' forever.
The way to get around this is the following:
Shut down Kies
Unplug your phone, then ON YOUR PHONE, go to settings>Wireless and Network>USB Settings and enable mass storage (Ill fix the wording on this shortly as my phone is currently updating but its only one option). After doing so, it will tell you that USB Debugging needs to be disabled (I think it will do this automatically), hit the Continue box and then plug your phone in. YOU DO NOT need to tap the Connect phone button under the little Android guy that appears on your phone screen. Now, let Windows install the driver.
NOW, unplug your phone and go to Settings>Applications> and enable USB Debugging (its the last option in the applications menu) and let windows install the driver.
Now, launch Kies and it should only take about 30 seconds to connect.
Note that your phone MUST be in USB Debugging for Kies to upgrade the firmware (which is why the last thing we did was enable USB Debugging, your phone will already be in USB Debugging mode).
Hope this helps
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You are the man! Thanks for posting this!
littlewierdo said:
OR you can download the latest build HERE:
downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201110/20111024092325174/Kies_2.3.2.12064_9_7.exe
Doesnt matter if you have another version installed or not, the installer will guide you through the process and uninstall the previous version. Takes about 5 minutes to install the whole deal.
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Didn't work. I get caught in an endless loop where it keeps asking me to uninstall the previous version.
What do you mean "edit the KiesVersion.txt"?
bigmout said:
Didn't work. I get caught in an endless loop where it keeps asking me to uninstall the previous version.
What do you mean "edit the KiesVersion.txt"?
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Ok, what you need to do is copy and paste the download link into a new tab in your browser. This should automatically give you a download dialog box (no need to browse a website). Download the app, its 90 megabytes and when it is done downloading, run it. Follow the on screen prompts.
This DOES work, I know, I did it on three different machines, all running Vista, XP, and Win7.
Alternatively, you can browse to where Kies is installed (C:\Program Files\SAMSUNG\Kies) and look for a file called KiesVersion.txt. Open this in Notepad and you will see one line at the top. Copy and paste the version number REPLACING whatever version is showing:
2.3.2.12064_9
(So you should have just one line showing the version number above).
Save and exit.
Note, if you choose the KiesVersion.txt method, Kies will not update correctly which is why I strongly recommend doing the first method first.
littlewierdo said:
Alrighty, two problems I ran into trying to get ICS up and running.
Problem number one is what I call the infinite Kies update loop where Kies will ask you to update, you do all the steps, and Kies AGAIN asks you to update to the same version you just supposedly did. The software has to be current in order for Kies to perform the update. Now, there are two ways to go about it:
You can either edit the KiesVersion.txt and just type in the current version to 'fake' Kies out
OR you can download the latest build HERE:
downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201110/20111024092325174/Kies_2.3.2.12064_9_7.exe
Doesnt matter if you have another version installed or not, the installer will guide you through the process and uninstall the previous version. Takes about 5 minutes to install the whole deal.
Problem number two is getting Kies to actually recognize your device instead of just 'connecting' forever.
The way to get around this is the following:
Shut down Kies
Unplug your phone, then ON YOUR PHONE, go to settings>Wireless and Network>USB Settings and enable mass storage (Ill fix the wording on this shortly as my phone is currently updating but its only one option). After doing so, it will tell you that USB Debugging needs to be disabled (I think it will do this automatically), hit the Continue box and then plug your phone in. YOU DO NOT need to tap the Connect phone button under the little Android guy that appears on your phone screen. Now, let Windows install the driver.
NOW, unplug your phone and go to Settings>Applications> and enable USB Debugging (its the last option in the applications menu) and let windows install the driver.
Now, launch Kies and it should only take about 30 seconds to connect.
Note that your phone MUST be in USB Debugging for Kies to upgrade the firmware (which is why the last thing we did was enable USB Debugging, your phone will already be in USB Debugging mode).
Hope this helps
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Thanks man. Your method worked for me!:good:
littlewierdo said:
Ok, what you need to do is copy and paste the download link into a new tab in your browser. This should automatically give you a download dialog box (no need to browse a website). Download the app, its 90 megabytes and when it is done downloading, run it. Follow the on screen prompts.
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Yeah, I did all that. I downloaded the installer and clicked on it. It started installing, then asked me if I wanted to uninstall the old version of Kies. I said yes, and it started uninstalling.
And... that's as far as I can get. After that, it loops back and keeps asking me if I want to uninstall the old version of Kies.
littlewierdo said:
Alternatively, you can browse to where Kies is installed (C:\Program Files\SAMSUNG\Kies) and look for a file called KiesVersion.txt. Open this in Notepad and you will see one line at the top. Copy and paste the version number REPLACING whatever version is showing:
2.3.2.12064_9
(So you should have just one line showing the version number above).
Save and exit.
Note, if you choose the KiesVersion.txt method, Kies will not update correctly which is why I strongly recommend doing the first method first.
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I'll try this -- thanks.
bigmout said:
Yeah, I did all that. I downloaded the installer and clicked on it. It started installing, then asked me if I wanted to uninstall the old version of Kies. I said yes, and it started uninstalling.
And... that's as far as I can get. After that, it loops back and keeps asking me if I want to uninstall the old version of Kies.
I'll try this -- thanks.
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Maybe try uninstalling the version you have before you install the one I posted. Might be a version problem (my version that I had installed might be newer/older than yours).
Thx...i finally got it working
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FINALLY!!!!!! Thank you so much! Downloading the newest version you posted finally got rid of the infinite updating issue plaguing me.
BTW I uninstalled the old version first before installing the new one since im seeing issues with replacing also
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29% about 40 mins way to slow to download.
Edit: Received a timeout error damn!!!!!!!
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Thank you for the debugging tip! This worked when I used it regularly. However, as soon as I went into download mode, it started the infinite connecting again! Any idea what is up with that?
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My phone still won't connect
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whittakerh said:
Thank you for the debugging tip! This worked when I used it regularly. However, as soon as I went into download mode, it started the infinite connecting again! Any idea what is up with that?
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It has to do with the bizarre way Windows handles drivers.
EVERY phone state has to have a different 'driver' installed, although technically, it is using the same driver for each phone state..
The Note actually has five states, Download mode (this is the mode you would put your phone into to 'Odin' anything to it), Recovery mode (Clockwork recovery menu), Debugging mode (turn on USB Debugging) - also known as ADB mode, Mass Storage, and Wifi Direct (useful for connecting to your PC's files or public files on your phone using your PC - requires the PC to have wireless capability). Due to the way plug and play works, any device connected to your PC must put out a 'ping' to tell the OS what it is (a device name). Samsung has opted to really confuse everything by reporting a different device name for all these different states rather than doing what most devices do, a recovery mode and a mass storage mode (two states instead of the 5 Samsung is using).
Installing the samsung note driver via kies is sufficient to cover all the different states (windows just duplicates the driver for each new state it has not detected previously) but in order to cover every state the phone can possibly be in, you have to plug in the phone while the phone is in that state (ie. plugging it in with USB debugging on will install the drivers for ADB mode). One other note, just in case you are getting the brilliant idea to go ahead and -pre-install all of these different states, it has to be done for each USB port (each state) and Windows tends to remove unused drivers after a short period of time (if you havent put your phone in download mode and plugged in to your PC in awhile, chances are, Windows will have to reinstall the driver for this state again). This is why in the instructions I listed, I explain putting the phone into mass storage mode and then back into ADB mode - this forces windows to install the drivers for each state.
For those still having trouble with this, reboot your PC and try the instructions again. Pay very close attention to the system tray (the icons by your clock in the lower right corner - typically unless you moved your start menu).
MAKE SURE that windows FINISHES installing the driver for mass storage BEFORE you switch to ADB mode or you will have problems. BE PATIENT! Put your phone in mass storage and go get a coffee, do a cross word puzzle, take a shower, whatever. It takes anywhere between 30 seconds to 5 minutes to install the driver and if you interrupt the process, things become wonky until you reboot.
There will be an icon by the clock that is animated while the driver is installing (click it and it will tell you it is installing the driver). When it isnt animated, clicking it will tell you that windows finished installing the driver. DONT RELY ON THE ANIMATION! Click the icon and be sure it has installed.
Also, you cannot have Kies running while Windows is installing the driver. If you do, windows will correctly install the driver but Kies will never detect the phone. It is possible that shutting Kies down and restarting it (and repeating the steps I mentioned to get Kies to connect) may correct the issue but most likely, it will require a reboot and then you will have to run thru the steps I outlined again to get it to connect properly.
This is a combination of Windows and Samsung both. Windows could handle this so much better, Samsung could have reported the device as two possibilities instead of 5. But, what can I say, One company is Korean and one is American and they each like to do things their own way.
Thanks, OP - finally able to get the ICS update. This whole process was a complete cluster****. Samsung should work on that.
Edit: Guess I spoke too soon. Kies was able to recognize my Note and began the update process (i.e., asked me if I wanted to update, had to agree to whatever, etc.), but after it downloads the firmware and begins "preparing firmware upgrade components" to install the upgrade it loses the connection with the phone and restarts the whole process again. Kies doesn't say anything about losing the connection - the box that shows the status of the update just closes and Kies doesn't register any connected devices (though it starts the "connecting" process again a few seconds later. Any suggestions?
NickNaylor said:
Thanks, OP - finally able to get the ICS update. This whole process was a complete cluster****. Samsung should work on that.
Edit: Guess I spoke too soon. Kies was able to recognize my Note and began the update process (i.e., asked me if I wanted to update, had to agree to whatever, etc.), but after it downloads the firmware and begins "preparing firmware upgrade components" to install the upgrade it loses the connection with the phone and restarts the whole process again. Kies doesn't say anything about losing the connection - the box that shows the status of the update just closes and Kies doesn't register any connected devices (though it starts the "connecting" process again a few seconds later. Any suggestions?
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Use the link I provided in the original post to download the updated version and stick it in a folder you can find.
Completely UNINSTALL Kies.
Unplug your Note from the PC.
Reboot your PC.
Reinstall Kies using the new version you downloaded.
After installing, reboot your PC.
After your PC has rebooted, go through the process of installing the Note drivers as I described in the original post (see below). Once you reach the step of putting the phone in USB debugging mode and have plugged it into your PC, wait until AFTER Windows has told you the drivers have been correctly installed. If Windows gives you an error that the drivers did NOT install correctly, reboot and try again. You need to pay attention to the icon in the system tray, click on it to see whether it is currently installing, whether it successfully installed, or whether it failed if you arent seeing the icon animation.
MAKE SURE to watch the icon near the clock, do NOT change the USB mode on the phone until AFTER windows has told you it has installed the driver for that mode.
AFTER you have enabled USB Debugging and plugged it into your PC, wait until AFTER Windows says that it successfully installed the driver, then, WITHOUT unplugging your phone, launch Kies and proceed to update your phone.
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Use the link I provided in the original post to download the updated version and stick it in a folder you can find.
Completely UNINSTALL Kies.
Unplug your Note from the PC.
Reboot your PC.
Reinstall Kies using the new version you downloaded.
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Thanks for all of these suggestions. This makes complete sense but I'm still having a problem (Windows Vista 64):
- I uninstalled using Kies Uninstall tool
- I searched out and deleted all other Kies related files, including program data stored under the user profile
- I rebooted my PC
But... when I try to install Kies from the new .exe file, it goes back to the loop: uninstall / install / uninstall.
Is there something more that needs to be done to "uninstall Kies" completely? e.g. modify a registry?
PS about the "loop" it goes like this:
10 Pop up: Before you install the new version, you need to uninstall the old version of Kies
20 Me: OK
30 (it then uninstalls - allegedly)
40 Pop up: You will now install the new version.
50 Me: OK
60 goto 10
UPDATE (7/17):
I used a registry cleaning utility to wipe out Kies related keys in the registry. I was then able to install the new, downloaded version of Kies and successfully updated my phone. So... I assume the loop was caused by Kies not being able to properly uninstall itself. (Or... it could have just been me...)
There is a possibility of user account control getting in the way. Forgot to mention that before you run the installer, you need to right click on the exe and select the compatibility tab and then select 'run this program as administrator'. For whatever reason, some machines I have noticed that Windows doesnt always automatically detect when a program needs to be run as admin and it needs to in order to access everything it needs to.
Why arent people flashing ICS the way everyone else has been for months? Seems like its causing more problems than anything
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Newer Version of Kies!
littlewierdo said:
Alrighty, two problems I ran into trying to get ICS up and running.
Problem number one is what I call the infinite Kies update loop where Kies will ask you to update, you do all the steps, and Kies AGAIN asks you to update to the same version you just supposedly did. The software has to be current in order for Kies to perform the update. Now, there are two ways to go about it:
You can either edit the KiesVersion.txt and just type in the current version to 'fake' Kies out
OR you can download the latest build HERE:
downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201110/20111024092325174/Kies_2.3.2.12064_9_7.exe
Doesnt matter if you have another version installed or not, the installer will guide you through the process and uninstall the previous version. Takes about 5 minutes to install the whole deal.
Problem number two is getting Kies to actually recognize your device instead of just 'connecting' forever.
The way to get around this is the following:
Shut down Kies
Unplug your phone, then ON YOUR PHONE, go to settings>Wireless and Network>USB Settings and enable mass storage (Ill fix the wording on this shortly as my phone is currently updating but its only one option). After doing so, it will tell you that USB Debugging needs to be disabled (I think it will do this automatically), hit the Continue box and then plug your phone in. YOU DO NOT need to tap the Connect phone button under the little Android guy that appears on your phone screen. Now, let Windows install the driver.
NOW, unplug your phone and go to Settings>Applications> and enable USB Debugging (its the last option in the applications menu) and let windows install the driver.
Now, launch Kies and it should only take about 30 seconds to connect.
Note that your phone MUST be in USB Debugging for Kies to upgrade the firmware (which is why the last thing we did was enable USB Debugging, your phone will already be in USB Debugging mode).
Hope this helps
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This worked great to finally upgrade my Kies to Version 9.7, however there is a newer version 2.3.2.12064.10 available so when trying to update it once again goes into the loop. Any idea as to where to find this newer version?
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This worked great to finally upgrade my Kies to Version 9.7, however there is a newer version 2.3.2.12064.10 available so when trying to update it once again goes into the loop. Any idea as to where to find this newer version?
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I found this direct link at the German Samung website: downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201105/20110512115717796/Kies_2.3.2.12064_10_1.exe (Grrr...I am not allowed to post a working link since I am a new user. Sorry for that.).
Worked for me, but I had to remove the old version on my own before installing the latest version with this installer. Otherwise it got stuck in the infinite uninstall loop.
People!, I'm about to pull all my hair out on this one
Vibrant is soft bricked in a boot loop after a incomplete flash, I am able to get it into download mode but both my windows machines say USB device isnot recognized, and thus, I cant use ODIN to return to stock. When I try to manually point windows to the samsung drivers I get nothing…
So far I have tried drivers from:
-Bay_wolf's AIO Vibrant Toolbox 2.5
-USB drivers for vibrant from samsung support site
-Drivers from samsung keyes
Side notes that might help: I was perviously using a Hellybean Rom. My device displays "Galaxy S gt-9000" on boot... not sure when that came to be but maybe some rom changed some important recognition stuff??...
I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008383 but no help...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Try a different USB cable. This happens more than you'd think. Even cables that have worked just fine hundreds of times.
Also.... Locate the drivers in system/device manager and delete them manually and try to install them again. Unplug device and install fresh ones from either aio toolbox or Kies, then plug phone back in.
Best of luck!
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Try a different USB cable. This happens more than you'd think. Even cables that have worked just fine hundreds of times.
Also.... Locate the drivers in system/device manager and delete them manually and try to install them again. Unplug device and install fresh ones from either aio toolbox or Kies, then plug phone back in.
Best of luck!
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Thanks a ton for reply but, sadly, no dice.
Tried connecting the phone, getting the "unrecognized device" prompt, finding "unknown device" in device manager, right clicking to uninstall. rebooting my machine, using various install methods to re-install drivers, re-connecting, and nothing.. same issue...
I lost the original cable a while back, but can't accept that NONE of the other 5 cables used are all broke... specially if the computer recognizes something going on... is it worth buying a new one?
Losing hope here, been like this for 4 days now, think it's time to go get a new phone. :crying:
Even so, it would have been nice to get what was a perfectly working phone back if only to keep it as a mp3 payer.
If anybody in New York, NY has a working odin set up that can do this for me, I have a 6 pack of your favorite beer with your name on it.
It could be a hardbrick such as bootloader getting corrupted that happened to my Sony Xperia Play (now an expensive paper weight).
I assume you boot into download mode by holding the two volume buttons, then connect the cable? Have you tried on a different PC? It can also be the weak powered USB port on the PC. Also when you uninstall the Samsung driver, check the option to also delete USB driver and uninstall any drivers. Also which version of the driver are you using, have you tried version Samsung USB Driver 1.5.3? And the drivers from here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T959ZKATMB#
For what its worth, the gt i9000 screen appears after your on a custom GB boot loader and Odin back to stock (or probably Odin flashing any other ROM) you can change it by flashing the GB boot loader again. My phone says its a i9000 too, but I'm just about lazy enough to not bother changing it, lol.
So that's unrelated.
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It could be a hardbrick such as bootloader getting corrupted that happened to my Sony Xperia Play (now an expensive paper weight).
I assume you boot into download mode by holding the two volume buttons, then connect the cable? Have you tried on a different PC? It can also be the weak powered USB port on the PC. Also when you uninstall the Samsung driver, check the option to also delete USB driver and uninstall any drivers. Also which version of the driver are you using, have you tried version Samsung USB Driver 1.5.3? And the drivers from here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T959ZKATMB#
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Ok, faith momentarily restored. But I have questions:
-What do you mean when you say "check the option to also delete USB driver and uninstall any drivers"? I dont get such a prompt from right clicking on "unknown device" and selecting uninstall? Is there another method to uninstalling drivers?
-In the link attached, I can only find "Device(Install),USB Driver (Software) (ver.1.0)" not the 1.5.3 version mentioned. What am i doing wrong here? currently searching google for the 1.5.3 but finding nothing.
I get into download mode by holding volume- up + power. Have 2 PCs ( win xp and win 7) and a mac running mountain lion (but never ever have been able to get Heimdall to work, so devoting time to odin.)
Thank you for the time + help, guys, I really do appreciate it in the time of utter un-nerdness.
If the device is already installed it will have a check box that said "Delete the driver software for this device." If its unknown then obviously not. By "uninstall any driver", I mean uninstall any Android drivers you current have installed and reboot before you reinstall the new driver.
Although I doubt it will make a difference than the one I linked above, you can try the Samsung driver version 1.5.3: http://www.mediafire.com/?r0uc3h413qcy80z
If you did manage to get into download mode and see this: http://images.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&q=download+mode
Then it mean there is a very good chance you can restore the phone, if you can find a computer to recognize it and Odin to see a COM port.
I definitely think it would be worth the money to go buy an OEM USB cord. I can't tell you how many times I have seen this and a new USB is the fix.
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OK guys...
My friend, who also owns a Vibrant, let me borrow the cable that came with the phone for the last 2 days.
Tried to make ODIN work on both PCs at home, gave Heimdall a shot on my mac, even hijacked a computer at work for the better part of the morning and freshly installed USB drivers 1.5.3 before connecting. All for nothing... “Unknown device” across the board....
At first I felt that with being able to get into download and have SOME kind of a reaction from connecting to PC had to be a good sign. Almost completely convinced that there is some unknown, unworkable hardware problem present. Definitely, officially, unremarkably out of ideas here.
Nothing is beautiful and everything hurts.
Last thoughts? Options at this point?
Also, tried One-click Unbrick tool on mac. I got a "is your phone plugged in, is it on download mode?" error, but anyone reading this down the line with a similar problem should check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252