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Hello,
I have a couple of problems.
I've been using Litening Rom for months now and I liked using it a lot.
I would like to upgrade to the ICS version of it now.
Here come the problems.
Ever since I rooted the phone, none of my computers recognize my SGS2. I've used clockwork to flash other ROMs on it, but no computer will talk to my phone. Charging via USB obviously works. Switching the phone to USB-tethering, or to debugging don't work either. I've tried installing different drivers, installing Kies etc. but nothing seems to work.
If you have any ideas on how to fix the USB-connection, please let me know.
So the first question basically is: Can I fix my USB connection?
Second problem:
How do I install litening rom ICS without the use of ODIN? Can the odin-compatible image of litening rom 2.0 be converted into a clockwork compatible zip-file?
Third problem:
How do I keep all my data, and program settings, after upgrading to ICS?
I use K-9 mail, the stock SMS app and what's app.
Is there maybe a way to migrate the settings, apps and widgets when upgrading to ICS?
Thanks to all of you.
1. You need to install samsung drivers
2. You can flash Littening rom with odin mobile
3. You can back up what you can with TB, after will set again. Upgrade from GB to ICS need always a full wipe. Good luck
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Thanks again.
Schwibsi said:
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Thanks again.
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TB - Titanium Backup. You can search in Google play
Schwibsi said:
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
Must use SGS2 cable .
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
A lot for a very expensive phone the cost of Mobile \odin is peanuts . You probably spend more on texts in a week .
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Basics its Titanium Backup Pro app to backup your apps .
jje
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Schwibsi said:
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Thanks again.
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1 Try to uninstall and install again samsung drivers, was helpfull for me
2 I`m afraid to flash rom with odin mobile you need to buy it
3 TB is Titanuim Backup app from market, you can back up you apps and sms, call logs from existing rom, then restore to new one. Hope you understand
Schwibsi said:
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
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Try entering *#7284# into the dialer. This will bring up a service menu. USB should have PDA selected. If it doesn't, select PDA. If it does, change it to Modem, then back to PDA. After that, try your USB connection again.
Schwibsi said:
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
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Please read some of the FAQs and stickies in the I9100 General section. This is a pretty basic question that has been answered over and over and over. Short answer, Kernel is just part of a full ROM.
Schwibsi said:
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Thanks again.
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TB = Titanium Backup. Use it to back up apps and their data.
Thank you guys so much for all the fast replies.
I got the TB = Titanium backup. Thanks
I'll give it a go and see, what happens.
I used CW's backup feature, so worst case, I'll have to go back to the old litening image.
The issue buying from Android market is, that I don't have a private credit card, only the business ones and I can't use it on an app to help cracking my phone.
What is a SGS2 cable?
Is there anything special about it, other than a standard micro-USB cable, that I'm not aware of?
I hadn't tried the *#7284#. It was set to pda. Changed it, restartet, changed it back. Restarted again. No change.
I opened the phone today and had a little look for corroded contacts and cleaned them, but everything looked fine and no change.
I ordered a new USB socket for the phone and will change it, once it arrives. It really looks like a hardware failure to me, if it is the USB socket, we'll know by the weekend.
Schwibsi said:
What is a SGS2 cable?
Is there anything special about it, other than a standard micro-USB cable, that I'm not aware of?
Its the one that works and one common USB problem is users who use something else .
But yes standard cable may work .
jje
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Hey guys,
the USB-socket was in the mail 20 minutes ago.
I changed it and ... Voila! The USB connection works again.
Obviously the phone is still under warranty and I am considering sending the defective part back to Samsung.
Thank you all for your help.
I'm going to try the Titanium Backup now and then I'm going to get me some ICS
Schwibsi said:
Hey guys,
the USB-socket was in the mail 20 minutes ago.
I changed it and ... Voila! The USB connection works again.
Obviously the phone is still under warranty and I am considering sending the defective part back to Samsung.
Thank you all for your help.
I'm going to try the Titanium Backup now and then I'm going to get me some ICS
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Make sure you reading careful instructions before, not after. Good luck
Schwibsi said:
Hey guys,
the USB-socket was in the mail 20 minutes ago.
I changed it and ... Voila! The USB connection works again.
Obviously the phone is still under warranty and I am considering sending the defective part back to Samsung.
Thank you all for your help.
I'm going to try the Titanium Backup now and then I'm going to get me some ICS
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I think you voided the warranty when you opened the phone and changed the part yourself... But major props for doing so!
You just might be right, that the warranty is voided, but sending the phone back for repair was not an option.
What are you going to do with no phone for 6 weeks? So, you actually need to buy another one.
Buying and reselling another phone is a bigger drain on the wallet than buying a 15€ spare part and 20 minutes to fix it. Exchanging the part was no biggie. It's just a matter of loosening 9 little screws with an appropriate screw driver and having a credit card handy to open up the phone.... oh and make sure that your wife leaves the vacuum switched off until your successfully put everything back together.
True enough on the vacuum!
or alternatively you could make yourself a nandroid backup from CWM, flash ICS to your device. then restore app/app+data/data only using AppExtractor.
AppExtractor free version only allow us 5 restores per batch, but it works
My opinion, after a cwm backup just flash with Odin. You should still.have all your apps, settings etc.
People say you need to do a wipe beforehand but I flashed ics lpq coming from gb and all worked fine, other than the known ics bugs (scrolling, incompatible apps etc). So I backed up ics with cwm and restored my gb backup.
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The AppExtractor tip was excellent. Took care of my K9-Emails perfectly.
However, on the text messages it didn't really work. Only thing it did was wipe the other messages I had received after the flash. :-(
Can you guys recommend a better app to handle them, where maybe the import would work.
Schwibsi said:
The AppExtractor tip was excellent. Took care of my K9-Emails perfectly.
However, on the text messages it didn't really work. Only thing it did was wipe the other messages I had received after the flash. :-(
Can you guys recommend a better app to handle them, where maybe the import would work.
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yeah sorry, i forgot to mention that, i wish it has some kind of merge function with existing datas.. it'll be awesome
don't worry about it. No problem there.
But it's a bit of a pity, it's not working at all, it just deleted my new messages
and the old ones are also gone.
078gregory said:
1 Try to uninstall and install again samsung drivers, was helpfull for me
2 I`m afraid to flash rom with odin mobile you need to buy it
3 TB is Titanuim Backup app from market, you can back up you apps and sms, call logs from existing rom, then restore to new one. Hope you understand
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Thanks. Lite'ning Rom install.
I have spent a better part of today trying to find out what Im doing wrong. Im going to make a long story short as possible. When I plug my phone in I dont see my sd card or any storage. I only see 2 files with windows explorer. Do I need to uncheck debugging? I know this has to be simple but I cant find an answer anywhere. After about 8 hours of searching this forum, yahoo and some other places. I was burned out. Going to get off here again. Stressed out doesnt help my situation. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. Ok flame away!!!
we need just a little more info.
What ROM are you on. Have you installed kies on your computer.
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If you are running the ICS TouchWiz build you need to turn on USB storage. Settings > more (under wireless and networks) > USB utilities.
That works for me. My home computer will see my phone as an MTP device, after it installed drivers, and as USB storage using the above. My work computer will only work if I enable USB storage.
If you aren't using the ICS TW ROMs then we need more information.
And one final thing: search before posting n00b
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Thanks for answering me. Still searching and reading. Im not on any rom. Just stock. Been trying to flash a couple. I have them loaded and ready to go. Just cant figure out how to get them on my sd card. Its a little hard when I cant even find it. LOL!! BTW I hate windows 7. Anyway Im off to do some more reading and get even more stressed out! Here I thought to myself I have this all figured out! Yea right!! Just a little set back. I was on 2.3.6. Flashed back with Entropy's one click to get me back to 2.3.4. Still having trouble with wifi. But I think its where Im at. Ill wait till Im home tomorrow and try it all over again.Yes Im a noob!! But hey we all started that way!! Ill be banging my head on the wall if I dont get this figured out!! Its really bugging me.
Yes I have Kies installed.
Could you download them directly on the phone? That's what I do, so I don't have to mess with cables. I use dolphin browser when the stock browser doesn't want to download the files.
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quarlow said:
Could you download them directly on the phone? That's what I do, so I don't have to mess with cables. I use dolphin browser when the stock browser doesn't want to download the files.
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That's the way i do it too, just dl to my phone.
Somethings wrong with your drivers. It's weird you can't get USB going on stock.
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REOGrand said:
I have spent a better part of today trying to find out what Im doing wrong. Im going to make a long story short as possible. When I plug my phone in I dont see my sd card or any storage. I only see 2 files with windows explorer. Do I need to uncheck debugging? I know this has to be simple but I cant find an answer anywhere. After about 8 hours of searching this forum, yahoo and some other places. I was burned out. Going to get off here again. Stressed out doesnt help my situation. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. Ok flame away!!!
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I assume you're connecting usb storage in the notification dropdown. Maybe you need drivers?
When I plug my phone in I dont see my sd card or any storage. I only see 2 files with windows explorer. Do I need to uncheck debugging?
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"my phone" up there is the phone running what? 2.3.6 or 2.3.4?
"2 files". What are they?
Im not on any rom. Just stock. Been trying to flash a couple.
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I'm starting questioning your understanding about ROM, anyway, flash a couple? I assume you flash the 2.3.4, right? A couple of what?
I was on 2.3.6. Flashed back with Entropy's one click to get me back to 2.3.4. Still having trouble with wifi.
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So you said you successfully flashed back to 2.3.4, just cannot get any storage displayed when plugging into your PC running W7?
a. before plug in, can you check your phone under Settings/Storage to see if SD_card or USB storage displayed.
b. Did you install the USB driver into your W7 PC?
c. Did you check to see any USB notification on the status bar of your phone when plugging it into the PC?
Have you tried a different cable? Are you plugging into a hub or straight into the computer? I couldn't get mine to connect through a hub. Needed to be straight to the computer.
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it took me a long time too find the right place to post this question i have,, long story short, i fixed the 1st problem, kind of, now my other issue is that i have is im running 4.0.4 kernel ver 3.0.12-cm-g4bf9f60 cm 9-20120329-nightly-1777 with no market. i know this is a dumb question. ,,,, so where the heck is my google play market thing?
Did you install the gapps for ICS?
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Sorry for not getting back sooner. 2 Dogs have been keeping me busy since I have been home. I had driver problems but as of today they are gone!! Did some more research and got rid of KIES and downloaded samsung usb drivers for mobile phones v 1.4.8.0 and tada!! Everything is good!!! I am now running SHOstock2 v 1.0!! This is so much better than stock!!!!!!! A lot of trial and error but I learned a lot!!! Still have quite a bit to learn. Thanks to all of you on these forums!!! Even a little help is better than none at all!!! Life is good.
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it took me a long time too find the right place to post this question i have,, long story short, i fixed the 1st problem, kind of, now my other issue is that i have is im running 4.0.4 kernel ver 3.0.12-cm-g4bf9f60 cm 9-20120329-nightly-1777 with no market. i know this is a dumb question. ,,,, so where the heck is my google play market thing?
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yes i installed the gapps and figured out way more things thanks to zaheedahmed who was a huge help in explaining things to me,
Ok so I just upgraded yesterday from the HTC inspire and I must say I'm liking the S3. Except for one thing, no usb mass storage mode? Duuuwwwhhhaaaatttt??? This is awful...just awful.. I work night shifts and play minecraft a lot at work
D) and alwayed used my inspire for transfering the save data on my work computer to my personal desktop at home... I NEED this FIXED.!! I have the 16GB sd card I pulled out of my inspire shoved in the S3's ext-sd slot and would love to know how to use it as a usb mass storage like I did on my inspire.. I have tried the easy ums app and it doesn't work :/ so here I am, humbly asking for help from you geniuses...
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Not sure if this is what you're asking but here goes...
I just started using the S3 as well, upgraded from an S2 T989 (T-mobile)
On the S2, when I connect to the USB port, I can "turn on" usb mass storage mode to connect to the PC and I'm not seeing that option here on the S3.
However, when I connect the phone to my PC, I get the following options:
- Media device (MTP): automatically checked
- Camera (PTP)
And when I check on "camera (PTP)", my PC would recognize the phone as SGH-T999. And when I click on it, I would have two options:
- Card (External SD)
- Phone (Internal SD)
From here, I can just copy and paste whatever from PC to SD card and vice versa.
belly1026 said:
Not sure if this is what you're asking but here goes...
I just started using the S3 as well, upgraded from an S2 T989 (T-mobile)
On the S2, when I connect to the USB port, I can "turn on" usb mass storage mode to connect to the PC and I'm not seeing that option here on the S3.
However, when I connect the phone to my PC, I get the following options:
- Media device (MTP): automatically checked
- Camera (PTP)
And when I check on "camera (PTP)", my PC would recognize the phone as SGH-T999. And when I click on it, I would have two options:
- Card (External SD)
- Phone (Internal SD)
From here, I can just copy and paste whatever from PC to SD card and vice versa.
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Well let me start with this then..on my inspire, I could plug it up to any computer and it would show up as a disk drive and I could transfer baby file back and forth at my will.
Now that I have my S3, I've realised that they've done any with usb mass storage and adopted mtp. Which doesn't work for me. I get a message 'cannot copy "file name" the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected.'
I can also connect through ptp and it will transfer most files, but not all. It will get to a certain point it gives me the good ole 'cannot copy "file name" the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected.' message.
So overall, my question is simply this, is there a way to enable usb mass storage for the external sd card on my sgs3? Either by fixing easy ums to work for a 1747 or by installing another app that I don't know about.
Btw, my s3 is rooted, running stock Rom and stock kernel, stock everything. I've installed busybox as well.
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I also need to get this working. I am always on the road and want to listen to music through my radio, and be able to transfer files from my various computers which have all types of Operating Systems running on them. Any fix? I am Also stock everything with root and busybox
did you guys see this?
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...and-media-transfer-protocol-xda-developer-tv/
I'm hoping someone can get this ported over for the US version. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
What operating system are you running? I never have any issues using MTP on Windows 7.
calceltic said:
did you guys see this?
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...and-media-transfer-protocol-xda-developer-tv/
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Yes I've seen this but it only for the international version...
And I'm running win 7 and I also have a win xp that use as well...
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Well add me to the list of: MTP sucks! This is pretty awful, I mean if there is a work-around fine, but we shouldn't HAVE TO work around just to get Mass Storage support.
As of now we are stuck with MPT.
Works ok though I guess, I can move files back and forth. You can also try using a wifi explorer if your on the same network.
JDMpire said:
Well add me to the list of: MTP sucks! This is pretty awful, I mean if there is a work-around fine, but we shouldn't HAVE TO work around just to get Mass Storage support.
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No flippin joke... I seriously hope somebody figures out something soon... this almost makes me hate my new phone.. :'( that shouldn't be how you feel about a phone you've had for less than a week... fml
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family682guy said:
No flippin joke... I seriously hope somebody figures out something soon... this almost makes me hate my new phone.. :'( that shouldn't be how you feel about a phone you've had for less than a week... fml
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Dont stress out too much, I see that your new here, stick around for a while and see what the devs here can do with these phone. Its amazing the stuff the create for us... 99% of the time for FREE! Its really a great place, its just not very newb friendly. Ive been here this long and Im still a newb (compared to other forums I belong to...).
But yea, stay for a while and watch the magic happen (Geez, that should be our tag line... )
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Dont stress out too much, I see that your new here, stick around for a while and see what the devs here can do with these phone. Its amazing the stuff the create for us... 99% of the time for FREE! Its really a great place, its just not very newb friendly. Ive been here this long and Im still a newb (compared to other forums I belong to...).
But yea, stay for a while and watch the magic happen (Geez, that should be our tag line... )
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Haha that is a pretty good tagline lol I guess I'll just have to follow your advice and stay patient for a little while... I just hope there is someone actually working on this fix for the 1747.. if I knew of them, I would be more than willing to donate for the cause.
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Alrighty!! I've done some snooping around and found this!!!:
Here's a thread for the AT&T S3 on Mass Storage, requires some tinkering though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768752&highlight=mass+storage
So basically if you follow all the instructions, your 1747 will be able to mount its external sd card as a usb mass storage. Tried it myself!!! Amazing!!! Haha!!! Life is good once again...
In addition to the above steps, I also had to do something else. I'm running windows 7, but I don't see why it would be any different for any other windows, and after I installed gscript I had to go to device manager in windows, find your phone (should be under portable devices) and then right clicked and updated driver software. After that finished, the pc had to reboot. After reboot, I ran the scripts in gscript... Aaannnndddd... BAM.! MAGIC.!
I hope this helps those who are frustrated with their 1747 as well... this is a temp fix until a better one comes out... buuuuttt... cheers
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also, remember to unmount your phone from windows before running the mtp script. I'm not sure what will happen if you don't, but let's not try to find out, right?
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I'm not using the I747 (I take it thats the T Mobile branded version), Im in fact using the SCH-I535, Verizon version. Due note that the phone does contain GSM radios so I am able to use it on T for voice (perfect!) and edge data (expected but better then nothing)...
I'm assuming SMS & MMS work as well, albeit untested.
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I'm not using the I747 (I take it thats the T Mobile branded version), Im in fact using the SCH-I535, Verizon version. Due note that the phone does contain GSM radios so I am able to use it on T for voice (perfect!) and edge data (expected but better then nothing)...
I'm assuming SMS & MMS work as well, albeit untested.
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Sgh-1747 is AT&T. T-mobile S3 is sgh-t999 I believe.. and the Verizon version has gsm radios as well as cdma.? That's badapple lol I wonder if that is the same for the 1747 but vice versa?
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family682guy said:
Alrighty!! I've done some snooping around and found this!!!:
Here's a thread for the AT&T S3 on Mass Storage, requires some tinkering though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768752&highlight=mass+storage
For future reference, here are the AT&T (And other non-international S3) Dev forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1667
So basically if you follow all the instructions, your 1747 will be able to mount its external sd card as a usb mass storage. Tried it myself!!! Amazing!!! Haha!!! Life is good once again...
In addition to the above steps, I also had to do something else. I'm running windows 7, but I don't see why it would be any different for any other windows, and after I installed gscript I had to go to device manager in windows, find your phone (should be under portable devices) and then right clicked and updated driver software. After that finished, the pc had to reboot. After reboot, I ran the scripts in gscript... Aaannnndddd... BAM.! MAGIC.!
I hope this helps those who are frustrated with their 1747 as well... this is a temp fix until a better one comes out... buuuuttt... cheers
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Also, i just ran into this problem... the fix i mentioned above worked on my work computer but now that im home and i tried it..it didnt work.. :/
BUT!! i figured out the problem. The difference between my work and home computer? Kies... idk if it was that progam itself or just the drivers that came along with it but regardless i uninstalled kies and all the drivers associated with it. After that i plugged in my phone, ran the "mount" script and voila. MAGIC ONCE AGAIN!
Just thought i would inform the masses on what ive done so far to fix this problem
There is another option....
Get yourself a little adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027YYMU6/
Then you can plug any USB drive directly into that.. then the adapter into the phone.
Your phone will see it as a normal USB Drive... you can then use any filemanager to transfer files from the phones SD to that USB drive... Unplug the USB, pop it into a computer and you're all set.
I'll admit it's a bit kludgy, but until storage mode becomes available, you can use this on OS's that won't work properly with the existing MTP.
NOTE: Might want to buy a FEW adapters... i bought 1, worked great.. friend bought 2 more.. neither worked.. same brand etc... I have 2 more on the way just in case..but for .79 plus free shipping no reason not to buy half a dozen hehe
DroidGnome said:
There is another option....
Get yourself a little adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027YYMU6/
Then you can plug any USB drive directly into that.. then the adapter into the phone.
Your phone will see it as a normal USB Drive... you can then use any filemanager to transfer files from the phones SD to that USB drive... Unplug the USB, pop it into a computer and you're all set.
I'll admit it's a bit kludgy, but until storage mode becomes available, you can use this on OS's that won't work properly with the existing MTP.
NOTE: Might want to buy a FEW adapters... i bought 1, worked great.. friend bought 2 more.. neither worked.. same brand etc... I have 2 more on the way just in case..but for .79 plus free shipping no reason not to buy half a dozen hehe
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Yea, that would work... but im more on the side of "my phone should do this" lol dont know why they completely removed usb mass storage... they shouldve at least made it optional in the settings or something, ya know? those little adapters would work but idk how id feel about having to carry around an adapter just so i can transfer files..
Heres a scenerio:
Say my friend calls me up and wants a file that i have on my computer, so i use that adapter and transfer it to my phone, go to his house only to realize i accidentally left the adapter stuck in my computer at home :/ thats a pain in the you know what lol
Just a thought haha
family682guy said:
....dont know why they completely removed usb mass storage... they shouldve at least made it optional in the settings or something, ya know?
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The WHY actually is documented around here somewhere... the short version is, with the way the OS is written, mounting the card as USB storage makes it unavailable to the system. Since most of the newer Androids OS use the SD card more heavily (such as A2SD type stuff) it would render applications 'broken' whenever the USB was plugged in.
That's the official story.. I'm not sure I buy it myself as I've seen apps that let you use the SD card on my original EVO AND have USB mode enabled just fine.. granted transfer rates sucked, and occassionally a file would get corrupted, but it worked 99% of the time. I don't know what 'tricks' those apps used to get it to work, but I don't see why Google couldn't use those same tricks directly in the OS.
Another option btw.. is Wifi Explorer Pro. If you're PC is on the same WiFi network, you can run the app then go to a webpage on your PC to upload/download files as needed. It's not as fast as a cable.. but it does work pretty well and is simple to use.
After scouring for two days I am just giving up and asking for help. Here is what happened. I have a At&t Galaxy Note. It was rooted but very glitchy. Kept shutting off, weird lines going through the screen, my camera didnt work. I know for that process I did TWRP and cyanogenmod. I went back to att stock from a forum found here. After I did that I had no google apps anywhere. SO my brother found some gapps.zip thing. He put it on my phone after I had restored back to a previous version that did have them. Now my phone wont stay on for longer than a minute. I cant get it to recognize on my computer. So I cant even try to get into it to see if I can fix anything. Everytime I conntect it, a message pops up that says that it cannot install MTP... Even if I restore again, as I have tried. It is still not letting me use it. Then my brother decided to re root it I guess. And that is all well and fine but i still cant use my phone. I saw something about a .zip that removes gapps but I havent been able to use that as my phone just wont install it in recovery mode. Can someone please please help me!!!!
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After scouring for two days I am just giving up and asking for help. Here is what happened. I have a At&t Galaxy Note. It was rooted but very glitchy. Kept shutting off, weird lines going through the screen, my camera didnt work. I know for that process I did TWRP and cyanogenmod. I went back to att stock from a forum found here. After I did that I had no google apps anywhere. SO my brother found some gapps.zip thing. He put it on my phone after I had restored back to a previous version that did have them. Now my phone wont stay on for longer than a minute. I cant get it to recognize on my computer. So I cant even try to get into it to see if I can fix anything. Everytime I conntect it, a message pops up that says that it cannot install MTP... Even if I restore again, as I have tried. It is still not letting me use it. Then my brother decided to re root it I guess. And that is all well and fine but i still cant use my phone. I saw something about a .zip that removes gapps but I havent been able to use that as my phone just wont install it in recovery mode. Can someone please please help me!!!!
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wow. the first few sentences were making sense, then you just lost it grammar wise and lost me. it would have helped knowing what ROM was on your phone. from symptoms it sounds as if t was a 4.2 ROM with no GAPPS and some serious OC/UV issues.
but you lost me with your English and the "TWRP and CYANOGENMOD thingy" i know what they are obviously, but what you did with them is a HUGE guessing game. one person not knowing what they are doing is bad enough, but two of you.......... cant do that man. kind of like masturbating with someone elses hand man. who cleans up the mess.
absolute clean slate is going to be you best option in my opinion. the "Super Everything Thread" is going to be your new best friend.
read it, live it, learn it......................understand it. put yourself in position to help yourself first.
tutorals on YOUTUBE can help too.
can you get DOWNLOAD MODE?
do you have ODIN?
do you have PDA/ TAR files you need?
you may need to re-install the DRIVERS for phone on computer
there is a glossary in Super thread, that is why i capped these words. key points and things you need to do. its a marathon not a sprint.
go slow, one step at time, understand what you are doing. even rehearse it, i did. be confident in what you are doing. make sure you have files for I717.
read the OP's for ROM's
some need GAPPS (4.2) and some don't (4.1.2) or Touchwiz
the new 4.3 will also need GAPPS and there are 4.2 and 4.3 GAPPS. again make sure you have right files. all the more reason to take your time.
and uh, don't just let someone flash whatever on your phone, that's how you get a BRICK.
good luck and let us know.
if i have stated anything wrong, someone else will be buy to correct.
nothing wrong with how i am telling, others just may have shortcuts.
what you do with it is up to you, i just like to understand what i am doing, cause i will have to fix it.
but keep us posted
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wow. the first few sentences were making sense, then you just lost it grammar wise and lost me. it would have helped knowing what ROM was on your phone. from symptoms it sounds as if t was a 4.2 ROM with no GAPPS and some serious OC/UV issues.
but you lost me with your English and the "TWRP and CYANOGENMOD thingy" i know what they are obviously, but what you did with them is a HUGE guessing game. one person not knowing what they are doing is bad enough, but two of you.......... cant do that man. kind of like masturbating with someone elses hand man. who cleans up the mess.
absolute clean slate is going to be you best option in my opinion. the "Super Everything Thread" is going to be your new best friend.
read it, live it, learn it......................understand it. put yourself in position to help yourself first.
tutorals on YOUTUBE can help too.
can you get DOWNLOAD MODE?
do you have ODIN?
do you have PDA/ TAR files you need?
you may need to re-install the DRIVERS for phone on computer
there is a glossary in Super thread, that is why i capped these words. key points and things you need to do. its a marathon not a sprint.
go slow, one step at time, understand what you are doing. even rehearse it, i did. be confident in what you are doing. make sure you have files for I717.
read the OP's for ROM's
some need GAPPS (4.2) and some don't (4.1.2) or Touchwiz
the new 4.3 will also need GAPPS and there are 4.2 and 4.3 GAPPS. again make sure you have right files. all the more reason to take your time.
and uh, don't just let someone flash whatever on your phone, that's how you get a BRICK.
good luck and let us know.
if i have stated anything wrong, someone else will be buy to correct.
nothing wrong with how i am telling, others just may have shortcuts.
what you do with it is up to you, i just like to understand what i am doing, cause i will have to fix it.
but keep us posted
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Im sorry, Im just really frustrated. My phone was working fine yesterday and now its a very expensive paperweight. And not only that but Im having problems with my laptop. Apparently the hard drive just went clonkers for no reason and now I have to put in a new one. Yes I can get into download mode. Yes I have Odin. Yes I have the PDA/TAR files. I made sure everything was for the sgh i717. I read each process ten times before I did it. I installed my drivers from the Samsung website. I think my problem is that the internal sd card isnt being recognized. When I go into recovery mode, which is CMW btw, it gives me an eemc 07 error message and says it cant mount. When I can get my phone to stay on long enough for thecpu to recognize it it doesnt say sd card just phone memory. I will be sure to read the super everything thread. As for a ROM there isnt one on here. If I try to put one one it wont install and keeps saying that eemc 07 error message. Thanks for responding. Im spiraling in self-pity right now but im determined to get my phone back.
If you get it back to stock, do a complete erase/format, and your still having all these glitches, there's a good chance there's hardware issues. Especially if your not able to see the external SD card etc.
If your the original owner (I.E. you got it from a dealer with a plan), and you can get your counter reset to 0 on stock with these issues still showing up, it might be easiest to take it in and get a replacement. That is, if you have a warranty option available.
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If you get it back to stock, do a complete erase/format, and your still having all these glitches, there's a good chance there's hardware issues. Especially if your not able to see the external SD card etc.
If your the original owner (I.E. you got it from a dealer with a plan), and you can get your counter reset to 0 on stock with these issues still showing up, it might be easiest to take it in and get a replacement. That is, if you have a warranty option available.
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Its not the external sd but the internal one. Its just gone... I know that this is the problem at this point. But I have no idea how to resolve that issue. I have no idea where it is or how to get it back. I have been on xda and droidforums for an extreme amount of time trying to find a solution but nothing going. The only way I have seen to reset my counter is to use triangle away. As I cannot even use my phone due to freezing and restarting I cannot even install that app. I am hoping that one person in the wide world has had this problem and fixed it and will read this and tell me how to fix it.
Status 7 means you need to update you recovery
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Thanks for all the help. Took it it AT&T. Now my phone is working properly if a slight bit laggy. But at least its working.
luvpudds said:
Thanks for all the help. Took it it AT&T. Now my phone is working properly if a slight bit laggy. But at least its working.
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so where are you at then?
what does your phone show as running?
settings/about phone
are you just going to leave it or are you still going to pursue customizing?
captemo said:
so where are you at then?
what does your phone show as running?
settings/about phone
are you just going to leave it or are you still going to pursue customizing?
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I'm running 4.1.2 now. I will not be customizing like that for some time. I might think about it later but I'm so glad to have it back I'm just going to enjoy it for awhile.
luvpudds said:
I'm running 4.1.2 now. I will not be customizing like that for some time. I might think about it later but I'm so glad to have it back I'm just going to enjoy it for awhile.
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you know, something going wrong with mine was my biggest worry. when I decide to screw something up, I can really screw something up. so I was very hesitant. it probably took me 2-3 months to get the courage to flash. but that was most likely a good thing. it made me be very thorough in the process.
all I am saying is don't let it completely discourage you. you have time.
glad you got phone back, I know it can be a bit of a scary thing. I have come across an issue or two myself and actually surprised myself by fixing myself. actually a pretty good feeling.
anyway, stick around, there are some pretty amazing folks here.
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one person not knowing what they are doing is bad enough, but two of you.......... cant do that man. kind of like masturbating with someone elses hand man. who cleans up the mess.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Rofl. Now I have a completely different vision when I see captemo advise a full wipe to someone.
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
Rofl. Now I have a completely different vision when I see captemo advise a full wipe to someone.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5HJGuyBfx8
Well I think we just lost our "FamilyFriendly" label.
rangercaptain said:
Well I think we just lost our "FamilyFriendly" label.
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Well at least our PG-13 rating anyway. Tell me it wasn't pretty funny though
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rangercaptain said:
Well I think we just lost our "FamilyFriendly" label.
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I don't know ... They looked like they were pretty friendly.....for family
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Hello all, new to the forum but a long time reader. You guys have helped me many times in the past, and I am very grateful. This time however, I'm pretty sure I'm SOL.
So, my last droid razr's LCD cracked about 2 weeks ago. The phone was old, as I had purchased it when they first came out. I was running Jelly Bean and wasn't rooted, but had some how kept my free hotspot from my previous ICS root. The battery was on its last leg, and the thing would go in and out of HDMI mode. I would give it a good smack (lol) and it would straighten out. Well.... I smacked it a little too hard one day. LCD cracked under glass, and I couldn't see anything.
I purchased another LCD and did the swap, but now its boot looped and wont come out. When I hold down all the keys and try to boot in recovery, I get the little icon with the droid guy laying down and an exclamation point.
Does this mean I'm totally screwed? I'm you've all heard it a million times... Ive got a ton of data on there (vids and pics) that were stored internally that mean a lot to me. I sure would like to be able to recover this data somehow. Ive read of doing factory resets and all of that, but wouldnt that wipe my pics/vids? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-Kenny
***Update: Not sure if this helps, but my battery is done and wouldnt even hold enough charge to power the phone. Just to let you guys know I am running the phone off a variable power supply (3.8 volts) like the battery would. I just decided to plug the factory USB in to my PC and see if I could access the internal memory even though its looping... it installs moto-cast, but wont come up as a storage device so I can access those files. I'm screwed, aren't I...
Nothing? Anybody?
Special~k said:
Nothing? Anybody?
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Only seeing motocast probably means your drivers are not set up right. I helped my friend fix his xt912 last week and it took 30 minutes to fix his phone not counting the 2 hours+ it took to get the internal storage to show up as mtp or mass storage. Motocast was all I could see before I found the right driver. I can look for the link to the drivers when I get home later if you need it.
lalec said:
Only seeing motocast probably means your drivers are not set up right. I helped my friend fix his xt912 last week and it took 30 minutes to fix his phone not counting the 2 hours+ it took to get the internal storage to show up as mtp or mass storage. Motocast was all I could see before I found the right driver. I can look for the link to the drivers when I get home later if you need it.
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THANK you so much for your reply. I'll take any advice I can get! I'd love to hear your procedures and will attempt to load any drivers you believe are necessary.
lalec said:
Only seeing motocast probably means your drivers are not set up right. I helped my friend fix his xt912 last week and it took 30 minutes to fix his phone not counting the 2 hours+ it took to get the internal storage to show up as mtp or mass storage. Motocast was all I could see before I found the right driver. I can look for the link to the drivers when I get home later if you need it.
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Didn't forget about me did you?
Can anyone else help? I've got to return this phone so I am not charged again for it :/
Special~k said:
Didn't forget about me did you?
Can anyone else help? I've got to return this phone so I am not charged again for it :/
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Was away from forum for most of the past couple of days. This thread has a link to drivers and fastboot tools, etc.
CAUTION WARNING: user below reported that the link at this thread results in viruses: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192
I used Motorola Device Manager and it worked for me.
Good luck with it.
lalec said:
Was away from forum for most of the past couple of days. This thread has a link to drivers and fastboot tools, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192
I also used Motorola Device Manager and it worked too.
Good luck with it.
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Thanks for the info. I downloaded the stuff from the links and now I my company PC has a ton of viruses on it... the RSD lite program wont run, and has also installed a ton of crap on my PC. Do you have anymore links to a good RSD lite program?
lalec said:
Was away from forum for most of the past couple of days. This thread has a link to drivers and fastboot tools, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192
I also used Motorola Device Manager and it worked too.
Good luck with it.
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Got the stuff downloaded (and still have a few viruses lol), but was able to flash my phone. Its still stuck in boot loop though. Man.... i just need to access the internal memory of this dang thing. my PC recognizes it because motocast comes up.. just cant get past the boot loop.
Special~k said:
Thanks for the info. I downloaded the stuff from the links and now I my company PC has a ton of viruses on it... the RSD lite program wont run, and has also installed a ton of crap on my PC. Do you have anymore links to a good RSD lite program?
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Last time I needed to unbrick a Droid RAZR it was the XT912 and I used the MotorolaDeviceManager_2.4.5.exe for drivers and I downloaded that directly from Motorola. I also used mattlgroff's utility belt ("batman") tool set and it had RSD_lite included in it.