Hi there, got xperia with broken? USB port - when plugged in to charger it charges (but doesn't show it's charging), when pluggen in to PC nothing happens (there must be a popup or notification in notification bar like i have on x8?)
the phone is really great, but it has only droid 1.6.
So is there any possibility to run update to at least 2.1 only from SD? not using the USB connection?
I have tried installing zdzihu's tool, but the phone says "cannot install application xRecovery Installer on this phone". Root made by Universal Androot and BusyBox installed in /system/bin/.
Hi,
you can do this in 2 ways.
1:
Use SEUS. Download the New 2.1. Version. Turn your Phone off. Flash your Phone with SEUS
2:
Use Flashtool and flash a custum or genric ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
I had the same problem. I used the 2nd way
Here a guide how to flash your Phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10879507#post10879507
really great, but PC doesn't find xperia when plugged in... so it didn't solve my problem.
use in settings the ota with wifi to update the Phone.
If the micrusb is not working, you should get that fixed 1st.
With phone rooted, busybox installed use xrecovery.apk from the official thread to install it.
Choose a nice firmware to install.
Sent from my Ideos S7 using XDA App
Trimax08 said:
use in settings the ota with wifi to update the Phone.
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Shows network error (but browser and market normally operate), will try at home with other internet connection.
Phone has been sent to the service and they returned it cancelling guarantee.
all apps downloaded from official threads.
Heh
Cześć katorznik.
Got the same problem yesterday, bought on allegro like a new. I used it for 4 months, everything was perfect. Suddenly USB stopped working. It charges via charger but extremely slowly, via PC nothing happens. The biggest crap I have ever seen in a cell phone that class. :/ Of course I don't have warranty. Did they (service) explained why they cancelled your waranty? Did it happended suddenly or it was already in that condition when you received it? Have you dropped it on the ground etc? Any reasonable explanation?
It is propably impossible to update ypur phone OS without working USB transmission. Phone must be run into service mode first, than you can update basband (from what I know and I think I know much, this can be done only by USB cable) required for newer roms. After that and phone being rooted you can flash newer roms directly from SD. I'm "lucky" 'couse I managed to update baseband to .1.54 and Froyo just before that crap stopped working. Ehhhh.....
It's a physical damage, u r f****d..
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Hey,
I am having a problem with my new Xperia X10 Mini Pro since I updated it to Android 2.1. Basically the problem is that Windows tells me that it cant be recognized, even if it was installed and worked properlly while being with 1.6. And the weirderst part is...sometimes it connects but rapidly disconnects without the option of mounting it. So:
1. It may be the cable. Weird because it have less than a week.
2. It may be the cellphone itself. Same as above.
3. It may be Android 2.1 messing up with the hardware. Possibly but I cant tell because its impossible to restore it as I cant connect it.
Please keep in mind that I havent rooted it or anything, it just stoped working.
Thanks.
Its a bug. Connect using charge phone first and then bring down the stausbar and chose mount.
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It worked! Thanks!
Hello,
I got the X10 from a friend cause it's not running.. The last thing he knew was that he updated the phone to the version 2.1.. he tried to!
Now it's only vibrating once you've pressed the Power-Button. Several tools didn't work. No repair option worked.
Now i wanted to flash the phone with the actual version of the Flash tool, but my problem is that it's saying that the flashin-process is aborted that i should go into the menu and enable debugging .. but i don't get into my phones menu, it doesn't start!
What should I do to solve the problem?
Thanks!
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My main problem is that i need to set usb debugging mode but i'm not able to start my phone to enable usb debugging.
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Think u may need to repair phone with seus and flash 2.1 back to phone using the phones fash mode
Kieron
sent from a x10 with more roms than sense
Download pc companion on pc, without connecting phone use update service, click repair, choose your phone model and connect while holding back button when prompted. This will flash SE2.1
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Thought the repair option was always available.
Not near a oc to check at moment .
Plenty of threads abailable on using seus and pc companion
Kieron
sent from a x10 with more roms than sense
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So I'm back, didn't have the time yesterday.
I tried to use PC Companion with the repair-option but there appears a Download error after connecting the phone, while it's trying to download the firmware or what else it wants to download.. it says that i should check my internet-connection but my connection is fine! I tried it several times. On the web, there are many of that problems..
@zekill62, thanks for you tip! What Firmware did you use and what Flashtool(-version)?
I only tried it out about 3 times .. After every flash-tryout I must remove the battery for about 10mins... i dont have the time to try it out 25times and spend a whole night for that
--> And finally : DON'T USE "OPTIMIZE" WITH CUSTOM ROMS (or don't be sleepy if your mouse is on it !)
I dont know what you mean, i dont have such an option "optimize" with custom roms
Does no one have any solution to solve my problem? The only thing I want is to get a new version installed/flashed to my phone so its starting.. can't enable usb debugging because the phone doesn't start.
thx again
Is ur battery charged? U might need to charge it with an external charger
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Yes it is charged. I have two batteries.
Same problem.. phone appears to be flashing with older version of flash tool but really slowly and eventually fails. Beta flash tool does nothing as it asks for debug mode.. debug mode was definitely on the last time my phone was working but it says its not...
I flashed a custom rom a couple of months back. That rom was android version 2.3.5.
Now when I try and connect my phone to my pc using the standard usb cable, it only charges but no connection.
I did some reading before I posted and found several methods to try out
1.Use kies, download drivers
2.Enable USB Debugging mode
3.Go to settings-wireless and network-usb utilities and connect it through there.
None of the methods mentioned above worked.
So my questions to you guys are
1. Does this problem have to do with the custom rom?
2. Can I degrade to the stock rom without the use of an USB cable?
2b Can I update to another custom rom (because the phone charges when it is connected to the pc, even though I cant see it on "my computer", it should still be considered as connected?) ?
3. Which is the best custom rom out right now (Speed and performance wise)
*Side note - I know people prefer different custom roms based on their taste, but I really want to think what you guys think about which one I should upgrade to!!! I also might want to overclock to 1.6 and root the phone in the coming week if I can solve my usb problem!
Have you tried using SwiFTP app on your phone and Filezilla on your pc, then you can transfer files wirelessly
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Have you tried using SwiFTP app on your phone and Filezilla on your pc, then you can transfer files wirelessly
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Yes I have but it wasn't what I was looking for. My phone randomly gets usb connected and starts charging without the cable being connected???
I went to the retail store I bought it from and he said you should degrade your firmware and see if the problem goes away, if it doesnt we send it in for repair.
But how can I do that if my usb only charges when I connect to the pc?
There is a Mobile Odin apk. Perhaps you could install that then flash stock firmware with it. You would have to get the .tar onto your phone though.
Unfortunately, if I´m not wrong your trobule seems to be a hardward issue.
My cell phone began a couple of weeks ago with the same problem, and it became even rather serious. Some days ago it didn´t charged if I connected the charger when it was on. I should switch it off and then connect the charger, having done this, the cell rebooted by itsefl and then began charging.
But, just seeking and testing I bought a "charger block replacement" in ebay and replaced it by myself. It is not complex to do it on your own... today I am happyy.. cause I fixed it..
If your problem continue.. I hope you will remember my words!
Hi, this is my first post here.
I have an unbranded international Galaxy S3 GT-I9300, Android 4.0.4
Kernel Version: 3.0.15-928452-user
[email protected] # 1
AP: I9300XXBLG8
CP: I9300XXLG8
CSC: I9300DBTBLG6
Long story, so I better put my questions first:
How can I flash a non-rooted device without using the USB port? SD-Card somehow?? Download mode is working at least...
and/or
How can I remove a Super SU system app from a apparently non-rooted device? (...which can not be rooted by using the USB port)
What happened:
I had rooted my device via this instuctions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
-> [03.07.2012] CF-Root 6.4 - SuperSU+CWM5.5+CWMManager.
I used heimdall 1.3.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 via 'sudo heimdall flash --recovery recovery.img --cache cache.img'
All worked fine.
When the latest OTA firmware showed up a couple of days age (45,76MB) I tried it and it failed at 29%.
I remebered I had deleted some bloatware and thought maybe bringing it back would make the OTA work. Because I coudn't find Samsung Video Hub at some point I thought it would be the easiest to just factory reset, then run OTA and reroot.
I made lots of backups with Titanium Backup ROOT and I rolled back the BusyBox changes. I also reverted some later installed App to a non-system App again but am not sure which one, it was not Super SU, maybe the terminal app.
I then made a factory reset from within Android, on reboot CWM appeared and I choose the single one 'yes, delete all data'
After rebooting I tried to apply the OTA, still stuck at 29%
I realized that there ist still Super SU left as a system app and thought that might be the reason. However I decided to first give Kies a try with the update.
Installing Kies and connecting the phone (via my gf's Xperia Ray cable) went fine and it showed me the update. Because of memory shortage I had to move some things around, time passes, my gf sit down on her office chair and somehow remaind hanging on the usb cable,
my phone fell down. At first there doesn;t seem to be any problem, but after trying to reconnect to Kies, it didn;t work. I found the USB cable not working anymore, which means that no mobile is charged if connected via that cable now.
However I could not establish a connection from my phone to a computer again since then (original usb cable, another usb cable).
Not to Ubuntu (not recognized in heimdall), neither to any of 2 different windows 7 computers.
I know there is a lot of connection problems out there for S3, I cleaned the connector, and tried lots of stuff like not giving google account credentials after wipe, try different usb-ports, restart computer. Windows always says "Unknow device" now. Ubuntu, also heimdall 1.3.2 just says nothing.
Thats why I guess that somehow there is a hardware problem with the USB connector on the phone now. Charging and MHL is working. It also recognizes USB OTG cable, but not the things that I attach to it, it worked flawless before. USB Debugging on/off -> no difference. Also the option to switch MTP/PTP under Preferences->Storge->USB is gone (was there before my first reset)
As a side note, also WLAN is not working as before anymore, I always have to use a static IP to get connected to my FritzBox.
Because the ruins of SuperSU are still in the system I can not update. However the phone is not rooted as all apps I have tried claim. Reinstalling Super SU did not bring root back. It is there, it thinks the device is rooted but it is not. But I also can not get rid of Super SU.
So now, I can't use normal OTA update, can't reroot or use my backups, bc Titanium requires root.
I am stuck. Is there any way out? Or at least a direction?
Thank you for taking the time.
Silvio
einSelbst said:
Hi, this is my first post here.
I have an unbranded international Galaxy S3 GT-I9300, Android 4.0.4
Kernel Version: 3.0.15-928452-user
[email protected] # 1
AP: I9300XXBLG8
CP: I9300XXLG8
CSC: I9300DBTBLG6
Long story, so I better put my questions first:
How can I flash a non-rooted device without using the USB port? SD-Card somehow?? Download mode is working at least...
and/or
How can I remove a Super SU system app from a apparently non-rooted device? (...which can not be rooted by using the USB port)
What happened:
I had rooted my device via this instuctions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
-> [03.07.2012] CF-Root 6.4 - SuperSU+CWM5.5+CWMManager.
I used heimdall 1.3.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 via 'sudo heimdall flash --recovery recovery.img --cache cache.img'
All worked fine.
When the latest OTA firmware showed up a couple of days age (45,76MB) I tried it and it failed at 29%.
I remebered I had deleted some bloatware and thought maybe bringing it back would make the OTA work. Because I coudn't find Samsung Video Hub at some point I thought it would be the easiest to just factory reset, then run OTA and reroot.
I made lots of backups with Titanium Backup ROOT and I rolled back the BusyBox changes. I also reverted some later installed App to a non-system App again but am not sure which one, it was not Super SU, maybe the terminal app.
I then made a factory reset from within Android, on reboot CWM appeared and I choose the single one 'yes, delete all data'
After rebooting I tried to apply the OTA, still stuck at 29%
I realized that there ist still Super SU left as a system app and thought that might be the reason. However I decided to first give Kies a try with the update.
Installing Kies and connecting the phone (via my gf's Xperia Ray cable) went fine and it showed me the update. Because of memory shortage I had to move some things around, time passes, my gf sit down on her office chair and somehow remaind hanging on the usb cable,
my phone fell down. At first there doesn;t seem to be any problem, but after trying to reconnect to Kies, it didn;t work. I found the USB cable not working anymore, which means that no mobile is charged if connected via that cable now.
However I could not establish a connection from my phone to a computer again since then (original usb cable, another usb cable).
Not to Ubuntu (not recognized in heimdall), neither to any of 2 different windows 7 computers.
I know there is a lot of connection problems out there for S3, I cleaned the connector, and tried lots of stuff like not giving google account credentials after wipe, try different usb-ports, restart computer. Windows always says "Unknow device" now. Ubuntu, also heimdall 1.3.2 just says nothing.
Thats why I guess that somehow there is a hardware problem with the USB connector on the phone now. Charging and MHL is working. It also recognizes USB OTG cable, but not the things that I attach to it, it worked flawless before. USB Debugging on/off -> no difference. Also the option to switch MTP/PTP under Preferences->Storge->USB is gone (was there before my first reset)
As a side note, also WLAN is not working as before anymore, I always have to use a static IP to get connected to my FritzBox.
Because the ruins of SuperSU are still in the system I can not update. However the phone is not rooted as all apps I have tried claim. Reinstalling Super SU did not bring root back. It is there, it thinks the device is rooted but it is not. But I also can not get rid of Super SU.
So now, I can't use normal OTA update, can't reroot or use my backups, bc Titanium requires root.
I am stuck. Is there any way out? Or at least a direction?
Thank you for taking the time.
Silvio
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Hi. First of all you can have ota updates with kies even if you are rooted as long as you haveone of the official roms installed. Su does not disturb your ota updates through kies.You wont be able to have ota if you are rooted without kies.
R u sure you tried other usb cables and your connection failed? Try another one......You are saying you can charge....These cables have got a lot of thiny cables inside. Even if one is damaged you will have a problem.Try a new Samsung cable.
In the worst case if there is a hardware issue after the fall try kies wireless app so you connect to the pc without cable.
How do you connect to your FritzBox?
looks bad
Hi art,
thank you for your input!
art_arev said:
Hi. First of all you can have ota updates with kies even if you are rooted as long as you haveone of the official roms installed. Su does not disturb your ota updates through kies.You wont be able to have ota if you are rooted without kies. R u sure you tried other usb cables and your connection failed?
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I tried with two different cables (Samsung, Lenovo) on 2 different computers. What makes me quite certain that there is an issue with the usb connector is, that USB OTG is not working anymore. No matter what I connect, the only thing it recognizes is the usb otg cable itself, but no stick/mouse/hub.
The cable which is broken now is the SE Xperia Ray cable from my gf's phone.
art_arev said:
In the worst case if there is a hardware issue after the fall try kies wireless app so you connect to the pc without cable. How do you connect to your FritzBox?
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I tried it, it seems that the Kies Air App as well as Kies over WLAN (via Androids Preferences to connect to the Kies Desktop Application) does not support any firmware updating. I connect to the fritzbox via WLAN, it worked flawless before and I haven't changed anything.
It seems I have the following options:
1. find a way to reroot or flash the phone without using the usb connector (I read somewhere that it should be possible, but no further instructions were given)
2. find a way to remove the left overs from rooting (Super SU) -> that would at least open the possibility to apply OTAs
3. send it to samsung and hope they will repair it (problem is there are still traces of rooting on the phone)
4. try to repair the broken usb-connector myself
5. continue to try to somehow establish a connection via usb
Concerning option #1: I have unsuccesfully looked into the following options: unrevoked, UniversallAndroot, Z4root
All threads I read say it's not possible (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1870267&highlight=root+without+usb)
If I can't make any use of the leftovers of Super SU I think option 1+2 are dead ends.
I think I should try option 3 and if they deny, try option 4 or live with an unupdateable (?) unrooted phone (nah )
If there is SuperSU in system/app folder than it should work. Try to use build in options in SuperSU to reinstall. Also download and install busybox.
If root will be present and give you all needed partitions than you will be able to use Mobile Odin to flash stock firmware. But you also must remove binary counter information. This is imposible without root and/or working USB port.
There is a small chance that after flashing stock firmware USB port will be fully operational once again. I suppose it could be a software/driver issue, not hardware malfunction.
You can try to flash first with Everoot option enabled and after that check your USB connection. Of course you must transfer stock firmware to your phone. Do this via AirDroid or write it on external sd card on computer and put it into your phone. (copy this firmware to your internal sd card, it's better to flash from internal memory).
To resurrect your phone you need root or working USB.
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
Thank you for keeping the hope alive SirKunon!
SirKunon said:
If there is SuperSU in system/app folder than it should work.
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The App in system/app is called Superuser.apk (if that makes a difference), from inside the App I can see it is SuperSU v0.93.
There is an update available in the playstore which I can apply.
If I start any app which requires root (BusyBox, Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, Root Checker) I get the Superuser prompt to decide if I want to grant root access. Even if I choose "Yes" it never works.
Using the options inside SuperSU to reinstall fails (it does not close) as long as I don't have the update of SuperSU installed. If that is in place. It will close and left me with the former SuperSU version. Same for the option to "switch to another Superuser App" and "complete unroot".
If I try to remove the check from the box saying "activate Superuser" it tells me "Uninstallation failed"
SuperSU is there, Root access not. The only thing I can think of is do a factory reset once more (already did a couple) and try again.
It seems like there is a solution just behind the next door but I can't get through...
It's very strange, indeed.
Try hard reset service code:
*2767*3855# - hard reset
I don't have any other ideas. Service center will refuse fixing it if there are root traces. But you can try to find someone with jtag box to flash stock firmware or replace USB circuit on your own if you are sure that's faulty.
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
Thanks for your help.
SirKunon said:
Try hard reset service code:
*2767*3855# - hard reset
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Tried it, but situation remains unchanged, SuperSU is there, root access not, uninstall/reinstall it has no effect
OTA still hanging at 29%
no usb connection
no wireless connection unless I use a static ip
At least the phone is working as is...
Will probably send it to service center b/c I have nothing to loose. Maybe try to use my gf's insurance on beforehand.
If all fails, open the device or live with it, not sure.
einSelbst said:
Thanks for your help.
OTA still hanging at 29%
YES as it does .
Turn off signature verification via recovery may help.
Triangle Away
Mobile ODIN Pro and flash stock rom from external sd card
Then factory reset .
jje
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hi jje,
JJEgan said:
Turn off signature verification via recovery may help.
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but I don't have correctly working root access and only stock recovery.
Do you think it is still possible?
einSelbst said:
hi jje,
but I don't have correctly working root access and only stock recovery.
Do you think it is still possible?
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No as we still have no way of flashing stock from phone without recovery .
it was just thinking aloud anyway .
What is required is a method to root from within the phone which we don't have .
jje
Hello all, I have a GS3 international GT-I9300
I'll try to go through the story as fast as I can and give as much detail so you guys can understand how I got here.
Bought the phone unlocked, I was stock, I rooted and then I decided to install a new ROM. I went with Resurrection Remix, it was working great. I did this on a desktop back home. They released a new update to RR so I did a OTA update with "Update Me" apparently the thing flashed but it didn't, the phone still worked but NFC wasn't working as well as having lost root access and some other stuff wasn't working correctly, but I lived with it.
I moved to Florida (home is in NY) and I have a laptop with me, for some reason my laptop used to be able to transfer files to my S3, but it wasn't doing it any more after a while. So it would just charge it. I was in a hotel room last week trying to tether via USB but the PC wasnt having it, it could not locate the phone. This week I moved to a different hotel with internet and decided I would flash stock on my S3 to get rid of all these bugs and get root again, I tried flashing stock through recovery and it wasn't going, so I tried flashing RR again (this time downloaded from the site RR site) and it worked. Still no USB connection but I had root back. I looked around my PC and apparently the Samsung drives are not installing or something on my PC. I installed Kies, but nothing, I tried a stand alone driver install and nothing, so I just gave up and bought Mobile Odin pro from Gplay to try to flash again.
Mobile Odin for some reason (I blame it on myself) wasn't finding/flashing stock so again I decided to try and flash RR and see what would happen. It flashed RR and turned on fine. Then I just decided to look for an NFC fix on XDA. Once I found my NFC fix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32029713&postcount=8367) I decided to just copy the files to the system folder, NFC still not working, rebooted and NFC still no working, so I figured I would try to flash the fix through mobile odin seeing as how I can't get my PC to pick up on the USB. I tried flashing but MO just kept bouncing it back and re-booting into RR. Tried again and no flash. So I decided to again try and flash stock. I tried going into Recovery, the phone shut off like it always does, came back on but stayed in the Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 logo and would not move. I shut it off again, tried turning it on again and still stuck on the galaxy logo. Now, if I leave the phone off and plug in the USB, it won't show the battery charging image, it will actually turn straight onto the galaxy logo again and stay there. I can get the phone into download mode, but like I said my pc won't recognize the drivers.
Now, here are my questions:
What happened?
Can this be fixed?
Am I an idiot?
If I can get the drivers installed on another PC as well as Odin (1.85), will the new PC "see" the S3 or are the drivers on the phone deleted as well? (if that sort of thing can happen, idk.)
I'm going to see if I can borrow a buddy's PC and download the drivers as well as odin to try and bring my S3 back to life, I just want to know, what happens if I can't get the other PC to pick it up ether because the drivers on the phone are deleted (if that's a thing) or what I can expect if it is connected.
What are the steps or guides to follow here? I just got it into Download mode and it says on the top of the screen:
ODIN MODE
Product name: GT-I9300
Custom Binary Download: Yes (2 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
sorry , i am sometime getting headache reading long english text so i just briefly look over.
your PC doesn't recognize your S3 ? is that correct ? hmmm , is it possible that your PC (Microsoft Windows I assume?) system is damaged due to something like virus or some reasons ? i have encountered that kinda problem before and be OK after i reinstalled the system.
If it's a soft brick, then it can defiantly be fixed. You might, however, lose your data along the process.
Be glad it's not hard bricked
It happened to me many times, USB error "unknown device" connected. Only fix for it was reinstalling Windows so better if you can use different PC or laptop. Install Kies and other USB drivers. Restart computer, download and run Odin v 3.0x. Flash your phone.
If this doesn't work then maybe your phone have a problem with USB port?
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djembey said:
It happened to me many times, USB error "unknown device" connected. Only fix for it was reinstalling Windows so better if you can use different PC or laptop. Install Kies and other USB drivers. Restart computer, download and run Odin v 3.0x. Flash your phone.
If this doesn't work then maybe your phone have a problem with USB port?
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Don't forget to delete kies as you only need the drivers
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Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try to fix tit today, I didn't get a chance to do it last night. If anything I'll update you guys with what's going on.
Like I was saying, I'll try using a different PC to fix it. Now, if I can't get Odin to recognize the phone, what would be the next step?