Hello all.
I have uninstalled and re-installed Samsung drivers (new drivers from 7/5/11 on Samsung site). My son wiped the SD cad by mistake also making this more difficult. I have nothing on my SD card. No roms, etc...
The eror I get in Windows XP is "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognbize it."
I tried to manually install drivers and no luck. Am I done?? Phone bricked 4ever??
miamifootball67 said:
Hello all.
I have uninstalled and re-installed Samsung drivers (new drivers from 7/5/11 on Samsung site). My son wiped the SD cad by mistake also making this more difficult. I have nothing on my SD card. No roms, etc...
The eror I get in Windows XP is "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognbize it."
I tried to manually install drivers and no luck. Am I done?? Phone bricked 4ever??
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Are you sure you are putting your phone in download mode (Three fingers, volume up/down and power button) if so I would recommend a different USB port or, if you have access, a different computer. You can install ROMS on your SD card with a different phone, if you have one (plug into computer and then install to the root of an SD card.)
Why exactly do you need ODIN?
Thanks for the reply.
I need ODIN because I am stuck on bootloop and need to go back to stock or to the GB ComRom 0.2.
Right now I have nothing on my SD card to flash and my computer in all USB ports does not recognize the phone.
I am trying to put roms/etc on an SD Adapter and then flash from the phone?
I hope this works..
cking122 said:
Are you sure you are putting your phone in download mode (Three fingers, volume up/down and power button) if so I would recommend a different USB port or, if you have access, a different computer. You can install ROMS on your SD card with a different phone, if you have one (plug into computer and then install to the root of an SD card.)
Why exactly do you need ODIN?
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Well, to start THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET INTO DOWNLOAD MODE!
That's the "3 finger salute" which is good for going into recovery.
To Get into Download Mode, turn your phone off (completely off, unplug battery if it makes you feel better). Disconnect the USB cable. Press-and-hold the down-volume button while you are plugging in the USB cable.
Did the Yellow Caution sign come up? Good. You are now in DOWNLOAD mode.
also, if you are this new to things NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER PRESS THE PHONE BUTTON. (only use the PDA button while flashing roms on our fascinate).
*edit* You might want to try out something less likely to eat your phone and SD card. Since you are new to all of this, the CommRom0.2 is not for new people. I mean you no offense, but the leak that that is based on is known to destry SD cards, and it could do other stuff that we don't know about yet. ...Meanwhile, I've been using jt's CM7 for a week now and love it, but if I were you, I would go install the old(er) Froyo-based Community Rom Kangbang2.0
It has great installation instructions and isn't likely to destroy your phone.
Here's a link for you. Get your feet wet here, learn how to do backups and restorations...that's what I did and it helped a lot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108991
Thanks for the responses.
This seems to be the perfect storm to brick the phone.
Nothing on SD card. NO Computer (tried 3) recognizes the phone in ODIN or HEIMDALL even after new driver installs. I am doing this to either go to stock of froo builds
I did buy an SD adapter and loaded it with froyo roms but the ine thing I do have CWR 3.0 won't flash because froyo roms are edify and are not compatible.
I tried loading a new CWR and it won't let me either?
Yes, I am in download mode at all times on the phone ( the yellow triangle with the droid w/shovel)
I really think I am beyond repair...
miamifootball67 said:
Thanks for the responses.
This seems to be the perfect storm to brick the phone.
Nothing on SD card. NO Computer (tried 3) recognizes the phone in ODIN or HEIMDALL even after new driver installs. I am doing this to either go to stock of froo builds
I did buy an SD adapter and loaded it with froyo roms but the ine thing I do have CWR 3.0 won't flash because froyo roms are edify and are not compatible.
I tried loading a new CWR and it won't let me either?
Yes, I am in download mode at all times on the phone ( the yellow triangle with the droid w/shovel)
I really think I am beyond repair...
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you're not beyond repair especially if you can get into download mode and you can get cwr to load.
that being said try installing nexus s drivers...some people have had to do this, for their pc to recognize there device, if that doesn't help there are cwr files that are in zip form..if you grab one of those you should be able to flash the zip version of cwr with your current recovery to get you a recovery that supports edify scripting.
Also have you tried hooking up to odin even though the pc didn't see your phone...I'm on cm7 and my phone didn't recognize my phone but when I went into download mode and hooked up to odin it flashed everything I wanted just fine!?!...worth a shot if you haven't tried it yet
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What about your USB cable? LG cables don't work. Make sure the USB cable is the stock or one that definitely works. I have been unable to get ODIN to recognize the phone before, but it was always because I grabbed the wrong cable.
Sounds like a bad usb cable. You can get the official Samsung cable from amazon for about $2-3 with prime shipping.
Give that a shot.
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i picked it up used with stock rom, no mods. i rooted, then installed nero v3 with voodoo and then v5 with voodoo.... then i tried a custom battery mod and it screwed my phone up... cant get past the vibrant start screen, cant read the ext sd and the phone drivers will not work... computer detects it, but no drivers are installed. i have used the 32 bit driver 64 bit drivers, kies, kies mini, odin v1 and v1.7, still nothing... i can get into cwm recovery, but only with voodoo enabled, and can get into download mode, but i cant seem to get the computer to read it. have used 4 different computer, win 7 and 32 bit xp....also have tried drivers with pdanet and easy tether, but still no luck... can you offer any help to me??? thanks in advance.
as of u have done so much and nothing helped i would cry , and for not readin on how to unbrick your phone right on top of the forum you should cry too .
and if look good enough every 3rd thread that is made is how to unbrick the phone
@bartek
OK...OMG dude... you had like 5 posts 3 days ago...how are you helping this individual out other then giving him all your illegible ramblings that you are posting and ridiculing individuals as you go .. I'm sry, I don't mean to rant but damn...
Anyway OP, your just soft bricked. If you can get into d/l mode then I would either go ahead and ODIN back or if you can get into CWM recovery and you still have Nero 5 in your root, I would just reflash it and it should take care of it...enable voodoo when you flash Nero 5 ..you should be ok.
First off, I have been searching the forums for almost two weeks now and cannot find a solution....I have tried everything......the first problem is that no matter what drivers I use, the computer still says usb device not recognized, so I cannot get odin or heimdall to communicate, neither kies or kies mini.....
Well, now I turned it on this morning and I cannot get into cwm or dload mode.....just keeps bootlooping and linda talks and says riskful operation, then reboots......I am lost, don't know what else to do, I'm gonna throw this phone out the window
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bouzouki said:
First off, I have been searching the forums for almost two weeks now and cannot find a solution....I have tried everything......the first problem is that no matter what drivers I use, the computer still says usb device not recognized, so I cannot get odin or heimdall to communicate, neither kies or kies mini.....
Well, now I turned it on this morning and I cannot get into cwm or dload mode.....just keeps bootlooping and linda talks and says riskful operation, then reboots......I am lost, don't know what else to do, I'm gonna throw this phone out the window
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I would say Odin is your friend. go back to stock and start over Here is a start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyAIUOYufrU
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33I-aNCypVM
hope this helps you
no dont throw the phoine out give it to mee ! or u can just remove your battery while phone is hooked up to computer with usb push volume up and volume down hold it put battery in , yellow android showed up ? u good to odin if he didnt redo repeat those steps until u will see him
how can i get odin to communicate when the computer wont read it?? it says usb device not recognized and no matter which drivers i install, it wont communicate.... and plus odin wont connect, i have tried multiple times.....heimdall drivers wont install either, it gives me a failed result.... i have used the 32 bit drivers, 64 bit drivers, kies, kies mini for vibrant, odin, heimdall, everything.... i have a g2 and have done so much to it with no problems, this phone has got me confused...
u need damn download mode for odin to see your phone damn could you just do those steps that i told you ? and btw open up odin so u can see when u phone is detected it will light up i nyellow
onc3 again
1. phone connected to computer
2.odin open
3.take out battery (out of your phone)
4.hold volume up volume down (allthe time)
5.put battery back in
6. put files in odin flash back
bouzouki said:
how can i get odin to communicate when the computer wont read it?? it says usb device not recognized and no matter which drivers i install, it wont communicate.... and plus odin wont connect, i have tried multiple times.....heimdall drivers wont install either, it gives me a failed result.... i have used the 32 bit drivers, 64 bit drivers, kies, kies mini for vibrant, odin, heimdall, everything.... i have a g2 and have done so much to it with no problems, this phone has got me confused...
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I gotcha.... not to sound like an idiot but have you tried a different usb port? If your using one on the front, try ones in the back if your on a desktop.. if that doesnt work try running ODIN in XP SP3 compatibility mode
bartek25 said:
u need damn download mode for odin to see your phone damn could you just do those steps that i told you ? and btw open up odin so u can see when u phone is detected it will light up i nyellow
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I think he's saying that odin doesn't detect his phone and therefore doesn't light up yellow. Happened to me too. I'm on the epic. I tried everything. But odin finally found my device. Try different usb ports, a different wire, reboot both phone and pc. Switch between usb debugging on and off. Try it with sideloading enabled and not. I eventually found a combimation that worked. These phones are fickle. It'll work eventually.
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+1 on what he said above try connectin and disconection your phone lots of times 2 forgot it happend to me too once .sorry it was a while ago
i have used front usb ports, and the back ones, have even used 3 different computers. but same result. will odin connect even if the driver are not installed correctly and the computer doesnt recognize the usb device? and also, now i have the problem where i cannot get the phone into dload mode, it keep bootlooping to the samsung vibrant start screen and linda says riskful operation.
bouzouki said:
i have used front usb ports, and the back ones, have even used 3 different computers. but same result. will odin connect even if the driver are not installed correctly and the computer doesnt recognize the usb device? and also, now i have the problem where i cannot get the phone into dload mode, it keep bootlooping to the samsung vibrant start screen and linda says riskful operation.
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As far as I know, ODIN wont recognize your phone without being in download mode and drivers installed on your computer.
bouzouki said:
i have used front usb ports, and the back ones, have even used 3 different computers. but same result. will odin connect even if the driver are not installed correctly and the computer doesnt recognize the usb device? and also, now i have the problem where i cannot get the phone into dload mode, it keep bootlooping to the samsung vibrant start screen and linda says riskful operation.
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No I believe you need the correct drivers installed. At this point either your missing something or don't have the correct driver to install. Maybe someone can point out where all the proper drives are for you to download
speachless ....if u wont follow what i wrote im helpless.goodbye. and why u turning your phone on dude download mode is battery out phone connected to ANY usb port hold vol up vol down hold all time and puit battery in
if that doesent help your phones usb is **** or the cable is ****
btw, i have tried installing all the proper driver from the proper threads... 32 bit, 64 bit, ive tried kies and kies mini for vibrant, heimdall drivers also.... NOTHING WORKS...
i appreciate everones help... thank you.
This is what I do to get it working. I open odin first and load all the needed files.
I then plug the usb cord into the usb first before plugging it into the phone.
with odin open and the phone completely off. I hold down the volume rocker and plug in the usb. I get download mode to work almost everytime.
For me the stock cable I got with mine doesnt work. I have to use a different cord or it acts like it doesnt see my phone.
I am completely new to this so bear with me. I am trying to root my samsung fascinate. What are the steps i need to take to do so?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
Refer to section 5
http://bit.ly/uLiskn
Use guide by Droidstyle......nuff said
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I have been able to do this on my wife's phone pretty easy and all I do it find a copy if CWM recovery (often called CWM all), a copy of update.zip, and the latest version if Odin. Use your factory USB cord and plug your phone into your PC. Let it install all the drivers. Once I stalled open your phone and mount the SD card so you can see it as a hard drive. Place the update.zip file on the SD card, but not in any folder. From there unhook your phone and power it down. Remove the battery and start Odin. Plug your USB part of the phone cord into the PC (don't connect it to the phone yet). Hold down the volume down button and power button while connecting the phone cord to the phone. You will see a yellow triangle and Droid on the screen. From there click the PDA button and find the CWM file you downloaded. Click start and let it do its thing. The phone will power down and you can then replace the battery and start your phone. I usually let my phone power up and then power it down again. After it is off you will then need to hold the volume up, volume down, and power button to boot into recovery. Once in Recovery you can choose the option to install update.zip. Let it do its thing and then reboot the phone. You should be good to go.
icemanwbs said:
Use guide by Droidstyle......nuff said
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http://bit.ly/uLiskn
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LMAO... you crack me up man.
millwood said:
I have been able to do this on my wife's phone pretty easy and all I do it find a copy if CWM recovery (often called CWM all), a copy of update.zip, and the latest version if Odin. Use your factory USB cord and plug your phone into your PC. Let it install all the drivers. Once I stalled open your phone and mount the SD card so you can see it as a hard drive. Place the update.zip file on the SD card, but not in any folder. From there unhook your phone and power it down. Remove the battery and start Odin. Plug your USB part of the phone cord into the PC (don't connect it to the phone yet). Hold down the volume down button and power button while connecting the phone cord to the phone. You will see a yellow triangle and Droid on the screen. From there click the PDA button and find the CWM file you downloaded. Click start and let it do its thing. The phone will power down and you can then replace the battery and start your phone. I usually let my phone power up and then power it down again. After it is off you will then need to hold the volume up, volume down, and power button to boot into recovery. Once in Recovery you can choose the option to install update.zip. Let it do its thing and then reboot the phone. You should be good to go.
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Hi Guys-
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Fascinate as well. Its currently running Gingerbread 2.3.5 build EH03. I had my phone flashed to MetroPCS a couple of days ago with Talk/Text only. Now I'm trying to root my phone using Odin. I want to install CyanogenMod, because I ran it on my old HTC Hero and was satisfied with it.
The problem is that my phone will not mount as a USB Storage. I'm using a Mac, however I have Parallels running Windows XP SP3. I have installed the Samsung drivers from the Samsung website and the drivers do show up in the device manager, but it still doesn't mount as a USB storage device in Windows. On the phone I receive the notification that its USB Connected - select to copy files to/from your computer. But, again nothing happens when I select it.
Whenever I plug my phone in the USB port Odin recognizes it, but when I put the phone into download mode it doesn't show up in Odin. I've also tried to see if it shows up using ADB from the Android SDK. Its not listed as a device when I run the command adb devices.
Is there anyway to root the phone if its not showing up in Odin when its download mode?
stevebanks said:
Hi Guys-
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Fascinate as well. Its currently running Gingerbread 2.3.5 build EH03. I had my phone flashed to MetroPCS a couple of days ago with Talk/Text only. Now I'm trying to root my phone using Odin. I want to install CyanogenMod, because I ran it on my old HTC Hero and was satisfied with it.
The problem is that my phone will not mount as a USB Storage. I'm using a Mac, however I have Parallels running Windows XP SP3. I have installed the Samsung drivers from the Samsung website and the drivers do show up in the device manager, but it still doesn't mount as a USB storage device in Windows. On the phone I receive the notification that its USB Connected - select to copy files to/from your computer. But, again nothing happens when I select it.
Whenever I plug my phone in the USB port Odin recognizes it, but when I put the phone into download mode it doesn't show up in Odin. I've also tried to see if it shows up using ADB from the Android SDK. Its not listed as a device when I run the command adb devices.
Is there anyway to root the phone if its not showing up in Odin when its download mode?
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no...you need odin to flash cwm recovery so you can three finger into that recovery to flash the superuser.zip
Try another Pc!
stevebanks said:
Hi Guys-
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Fascinate as well. Its currently running Gingerbread 2.3.5 build EH03. I had my phone flashed to MetroPCS a couple of days ago with Talk/Text only. Now I'm trying to root my phone using Odin. I want to install CyanogenMod, because I ran it on my old HTC Hero and was satisfied with it.
The problem is that my phone will not mount as a USB Storage. I'm using a Mac, however I have Parallels running Windows XP SP3. I have installed the Samsung drivers from the Samsung website and the drivers do show up in the device manager, but it still doesn't mount as a USB storage device in Windows. On the phone I receive the notification that its USB Connected - select to copy files to/from your computer. But, again nothing happens when I select it.
Whenever I plug my phone in the USB port Odin recognizes it, but when I put the phone into download mode it doesn't show up in Odin. I've also tried to see if it shows up using ADB from the Android SDK. Its not listed as a device when I run the command adb devices.
Is there anyway to root the phone if its not showing up in Odin when its download mode?
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I think you can root the phone without having to flash CWM recovery, but it does require ADB so I don't know if that would be any help. FWIW, I have a mac too, and haven't had any luck using heimdall (it doesn't recognize the device), although I haven't tried any sort of VM or anything like crossover to use odin on it. I've just accepted using a windows machine when odin is required
Does your ADB work with other devices? For whatever reason, I couldn't get it working with the fascinate, then I tried it a few days ago and it worked all of a sudden. Another workaround is to use the wirelessADB app from the market. If you search for "galaxy s mac" you'll see that you're unfortunately definitely not alone in having connectivity issues with OSX.
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I think you can root the phone without having to flash CWM recovery, but it does require ADB so I don't know if that would be any help. FWIW, I have a mac too, and haven't had any luck using heimdall (it doesn't recognize the device), although I haven't tried any sort of VM or anything like crossover to use odin on it. I've just accepted using a windows machine when odin is required
Does your ADB work with other devices? For whatever reason, I couldn't get it working with the fascinate, then I tried it a few days ago and it worked all of a sudden. Another workaround is to use the wirelessADB app from the market. If you search for "galaxy s mac" you'll see that you're unfortunately definitely not alone in having connectivity issues with OSX.
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very true...ADB is another option to root, but I never recomend it because most folks will have trouble using it....dont mean the in a condescending way, just sayin.
For sure, just thought I would throw it out there. Looks fairly simple actually from the guide nitsuj17 posted in the OP of the EH03 odin/heimdall package, well maybe straightforward would be a better word, just since it's laid out step-by-step.
I actually had problems using cwm... it failed to flash the su.zip properly. So I used the latest version of GeeWiz recovery on stock EH03. Worked fine. Roots every time. #hopethathelps
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There is a thread with a stock root with voodoo lag fix and ROM manager. Step by step instructions as well.
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Hi, guys new to rooting and custom roms but ive hit a snag.
I have acheived root by using section 5 here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070)
but i cannot install any roms all i get when i select the zip file is a screen that shows the unpacking then it goes to a triangle with an exclamation point. then reboots into normal android loosing everything i had installed. i made a backup using rom manager but it has dissapeared so now i have nothing to lose. can anyoone help.
all i want to be able to do is put ics with very few apps and overclock my cpu
Any help would be great
Samsung fascinate running android2.3.5 with superuser
thx
1. You don't need to be root first before flashing roms.
2. It sounds like you're possibly booting into the stock recovery.
If you want to flash ICS, just follow the steps in that section 3 of the guide you've already been using.
I tried but it failed on step 9/10
So you're saying that it fails after you press start in odin (flashing the stock EH03 package)? What error are you getting and when exactly is it happening?
If you're not on any rom and just on stock EH03, I'd think you should be able to just odin the CWM recovery and install ICS from there.
not sure what the exact message was but yes after i hit start it initalized did nothing for about 3 minutes of the five and got a fail message
And you're sure you're using the correct files and selecting the right things in odin? Make sure the stock EH03 rom is in the PDA section, the atlas 2.2 file for PIT, and repartition is checked. Could possibly be a bad download too, I'd maybe try redownloading the files and trying again. Also, are you using Odin 1.3 that was linked in the guide?
Alternatively, you could just try flashing the CWM4 fixed for CM7 in odin, then three-finger into recovery and flash ICS from there.
Oh and just making sure you're getting into download mode the right way, I personally pull the battery, that way it doesn't reboot after you flash whatever it is you're flashing. If none of that works, I'd try a different USB port/cable. Is odin recognizing the device properly?
When transferring files from phone to laptop usb cord got pulled by my baby son and after that phone could not access, recognize internal sd card. I was running latest Miui but tried to Odin back to stock but when try to power up I get stuck on splash screen. As of right now I can get into download mode and I can get into stock recovery. laptop though doesnt recognize internal or external sd card. What to do.
Couple things. Download the NOOB_in_N33D's guide and reinstall the Samsung drivers. Then try to re-Odin back to stock again. Those drivers a tricky little Ba$7ards. I've had to reinstall them many times.
Second, and this part might suck for you but when he pulled out the USB, he might have tweaked your USB port. My youngest boy did this to one of my old laptops doing the exact same thing. This might be why your PC won't recognize your internal/external drives.
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Couple things. Download the NOOB_in_N33D's guide and reinstall the Samsung drivers. Then try to re-Odin back to stock again. Those drivers a tricky little Ba$7ards. I've had to reinstall them many times.
Second, and this part might suck for you but when he pulled out the USB, he might have tweaked your USB port. My youngest boy did this to one of my old laptops doing the exact same thing. This might be why your PC won't recognize your internal/external drives.
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I am able to Odin back to stock but when i turn on phone I get stuck on Vibrant screen splash. I have reinstalled the drivers but i believe because my internal card is not being recognized that might be causing all of the issues.
Ok, I downloaded onecosmic ICS and flashed it and all was good... Then I decided to change roms, in the process my USB connection to my pc kept giving me unknown device? I couldnt mount a thing. I eventually fixed that with my phone on but in download mode I still get unrecognizable device, which doesn't allow me to use odin... So brilliant me decided hey, I'll just download another rom lithium 1.1 and maybe my device will be recognized in download mode, well no.
So I was desperate and decided to say hey maybe if I revert to an old froyo rom to see if i can pull this off so I chose Ultimate rom, put in my sd and deleted everything then flashed, well I get an error saying something about cwm 3.0 and it aborts. Now I'm stuck in a bootloop, no rom on my phone that can be flashed properly through cwm 5.0??? But I can still get into download mode although it seems useless because I cannot get my pc's to recognize it therefor no com port? Anyone please can you help me? I did the driver thing and it doesnt recognize it still but it did when my phone was not in download mode and on?
I think you can always save your phone if you can get into download mode.
Which version of Odin are you using? Check the sticky at the top of this section in the forums.
Also, check google or YouTube.
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Hi thanks for your reply, I was always under the understanding if you can get into download mode all is good too, but it simply doesnt recognize my phone in it, plus I have CWM I can get into so I just utilized that with a removable SD card and reflashed back to where my usb problems began (with onecosmics ICS). I have ODIN 1.52, I have flashed hundreds of times on and my phone was always recognized in download mode, now its only recognized when its on. I would like to just get out of this mess and revert back to passion or deranged 9 with a clean phone lol. I cant odin, which is annoying lol. my usb seemed to crawl too after I went to onecosmics ics, has never recovered either, took 45 min for 350 songs? Never was that slow.
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Pennvision66,
From what I understand you can get to download mode but Odin doesn't recognize phone.
Just my observation I seem to recall if when in download mode and Odin doesn't see phone.... Start Odin, pull battery, plug in usb cable, put battery back in, get into download mode.
Then reflash to stock and flash GB Bootloaders.
Thanks but for some unknown reason i do that and the com port stays blank, then I get a message in the bottom right of the screen saying unrecognizable device. left it chill there for 20 min and still nothing... install the sammy drivers try again still nothing... Eveytime in download mode, unrecognizable. uninstalled all usb's reset windows re-installed, still nothing. removed bios battery on pc, still nothing in download mode. man it feels like i have done everything. . .
Penvision66 said:
Thanks but for some unknown reason i do that and the com port stays blank, then I get a message in the bottom right of the screen saying unrecognizable device. left it chill there for 20 min and still nothing... install the sammy drivers try again still nothing... Eveytime in download mode, unrecognizable. uninstalled all usb's reset windows re-installed, still nothing. removed bios battery on pc, still nothing in download mode. man it feels like i have done everything. . .
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Here's a couple ideas (Just adding some extra ideas if you didn't try these yet)
Have you tried using different USB ports on your computer, or using other devices to ensure the USB's are working properly? (I'm just double checking, didn't see any comments about this being tried in your list)
If that doesn't work, make sure it's a data cable and not just a charge cable (is there another device you can try using the cable with to connect to your computer?).
Random stuff I did to get Odin to work: I installed the driver's that come with Heimdall (I don't know if those are sammy drivers). I'm using Odin 1.7.
Thanks bro, I've tried all ports and other PC ports as well on other computers lol.. No dice, I'm using the cable that came with the phone, I only got one... It's like a usb data cable with the ability to outlet charge, it comes with a separate plug that you put the usb into to charge from an outlet. or just use the usb for the pc. I don't have another usb that fits the phone, I did just install the sgh-t959 driver through heimdall while it was on being that its not recognized off, and my device went from a vibrant with an exclamation mark next to it, to a sgh-t959 (interface1) with no exclamation mark (in device manager)? Maybe that helped?
Penvision66 said:
Thanks bro, I've tried all ports and other PC ports as well on other computers lol.. No dice, I'm using the cable that came with the phone, I only got one... It's like a usb data cable with the ability to outlet charge, it comes with a separate plug that you put the usb into to charge from an outlet. or just use the usb for the pc. I don't have another usb that fits the phone, I did just install the sgh-t959 driver through heimdall while it was on being that its not recognized off, and my device went from a vibrant with an exclamation mark next to it, to a sgh-t959 (interface1) with no exclamation mark (in device manager)? Maybe that helped?
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Is Odin seeing the phone now?
Make sure the phone's not plugged in
start odin
put the phone in download mode
connect the phone to the computer
I'm hoping this works... it's always hard to trouble shoot things when you're not there!
For sure, I'm going to try now.
nope, still unrecognized in download mode...
Do you have any roms in your sd card?Can you get into recovery mode since u can get DL mode?Any nandroid backups? If u do flash any of those but factory reset,format system, data,cache and wipe dalvik.
I didnt have a nandroid, but I took the removable sd and threw ics onecosmic back on it wiped everything and its up and running but still doesn't solve my issue with unrecognized device only in download mode? I was able to get into cwm and download mode, only issue is i wanna flash through odin and I simply cannot lol.
I have the same issue with one cosmic not recognizing my vib on pc.Why do you need to odin for?
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I didnt have a nandroid, but I took the removable sd and threw ics onecosmic back on it wiped everything and its up and running but still doesn't solve my issue with unrecognized device only in download mode? I was able to get into cwm and download mode, only issue is i wanna flash through odin and I simply cannot lol.
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Have you tried ICS Passion? I'm able to Odin from that.
would like a fresh clean phone with eugenes method and give deranged 9 a go. plus I need gb bootloader and only know how to do it through odin if I want to give passion a go again... Never had this problem before
Try DL cm7 and flash it and then try odin.cm7 was good to me going into odin
I'm on it... be right back, hope it works
tried it and got an error, heres what it reads...
Installing update... assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "vibrant" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "vibrant || getprop("ro.product.board") =="vibrantmtd" || getprop("ro.product.device).... etc etc etc then installation aborted. error in sdcard update cm7 vibrant signed
What drivers did you install? Vibrant drivers? I had gingerbread installed once and I believe I had to install the i9000 or vibrant 4g drivers for odin to recognize it. I can't remember which one it was. I also remember that download mode wouldn't work. The phone would only be recognized when it was in recovery. It was really weird but it worked.
Try flashing a GB kernel like glitch v13 and then cm7.keep us posted
Edit:Flash kernel then reboot recovery option then rom
Hi all,
I have a Rooted, WanamLite v6.3 ZSEMC1 ROM with AdamKernel 2.2.1+. i9300.
I updated recently from another previous version of the same ROM because I had noticed that my USB functionality has not been working. Specifically, the MTP application. Soon further found that my computer does not recognise ADB commands at all, as I used to install .apks from my computer quickly with adb install.
Odin does not even recognise my phone, even when in download mode. The only thing I havent tried yet is ADB in CWM Recovery, but im 99% sure that wont work still.
When I plug the micro-usb plug in it charges fine, but no data connection seems to occur. No windows detection, No USB device connected in the notifications bar.
I have tried:
-Backing up
-Installing vanilla ROM
-Installing stock ROM
-Using different computer with drivers
-Reinstalling Samsung Drivers
-Tried using Kies for the drivers
-Changing SD cards
-Power Cycling phone removing sim and micro-sd cards. Turning on after some time.
-Cleaning the micro-usb port on the phone with dental picks.
Im pretty much out of ideas apart from trying to organise to send it for repairs, after un-rooting.
If I was to re-root do you think this would solve the problem?
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks :good:
UPDATE: I fixed this by using Mr. Despairs suggestion.
Power off, pull battery, SIM, SD card. Power cycled the power button with no battery in it.
Waited about 1-2 minutes.
Battery in boot straight to Download Mode.
Only got it to recognise once in about 15 tries.
Thanks again Mr Despair!
You could also try another cable. Or what I read in another german forum: Shut down your phone, take the battery out and in and reboot. Then reboot into download mode and plug in your phone. Then your PC should search for drivers.
Do this as a colleague says Mr. Despair replace the cable. Often dirt in the connector. Clean the connector on the phone.
Also check ...
Also check on a different computer/port - it could be a problem with the USB drivers on your computer.
Probably the safest test would be to cross-test combinations of 2-3 computers vs 2-3 phones.
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Also check on a different computer/port - it could be a problem with the USB drivers on your computer.
Probably the safest test would be to cross-test combinations of 2-3 computers vs 2-3 phones.
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He already wrote that he tried more PCs. He would have very bad luck if it is on both. But trying doesn't cost. He shoule then also try to plug it direct into the USB ports and not through a hub.
I have also tried two other cables which both previously worked.
Ill give the hard reboot into download mode a try.
No PC recognises it at all at the moment.
I have tried all USB ports, directly not through a hub or whatnot. This includes other computers too.
Im open to any other suggestions.
Thanks for the help so far
Have you installed KIES?
KIES and ODIN cannot co-exist.
Install ONLY Samsung USB drivers then run ODIN.
As for installing apks, you shouldn't need to install via adb. You can just copy to sdcard and run from there.
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IRPnet said:
Have you installed KIES?
KIES and ODIN cannot co-exist.
Install ONLY Samsung USB drivers then run ODIN.
As for installing apks, you shouldn't need to install via adb. You can just copy to sdcard and run from there.
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I had used ODIN without KIES existing on my system.
I installed KIES to try and get it to read my phone for once.
I used ADB to install .apks when I had ADB running. I have the problem now that I cant use it, because my phone MTP, ADB or even Download Mode wont read my phone. All from different computers etc.
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Sounds more and more like a hardware failure. What about reboot to CWM then in mounts and storage to mount the USB drive? Can your PC recognize it this way?
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Sounds more and more like a hardware failure. What about reboot to CWM then in mounts and storage to mount the USB drive? Can your PC recognize it this way?
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Yeah im thinking hardware too. If I throw it into CWM and try to mount /sdcard, it doesnt to anything. Nothing changes it just stays permanently on mount /sdcard. (Its not mounting).
Mounting external_sd works but its not helping me.
Anyone ever returned a SGS3 to factory or phone provider?
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You could also try another cable. Or what I read in another german forum: Shut down your phone, take the battery out and in and reboot. Then reboot into download mode and plug in your phone. Then your PC should search for drivers.
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I initially tried this with no success, however after about 15 tries I got it to work once!
Thanks heaps for this!
Pull Battery, SIM and SD. Press Power buttons a few times and let it sit for about 1 minute.
Battery in and boot straight to Download mode. Worked once in about 15 tries. Reflashed everything and it works now!
Thanks Despair!!:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: