[Q] Unplugging during root - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm in the middle of rooting my Thunderbolt at the moment. I've already gained temp root access via psneuter and I need to copy the PG05IMG downgrade image to my SD card now. For some reason simply changing the USB connection type (in the notification bar) from "Charge Only" to "Disk Drive" isn't working- my computer doesn't recognize the card. Normally in this situation I would unplug my phone and plug it back in, or possibly restart the phone and/or computer, but I'm worried that this might hurt the rooting process. Should I be concerned or can I just yank out the cable? Thanks!

So I actually decided to just use adb push to push it directly from my hard drive to the phone. It's taking a bit of time, but the test file I used worked.

Yikes I'm afraid to tell you to Yank away... should be ok to pull and transfer your file for fastboot flash but I don't want to be the source of any issues for you. I would do it but I'm reckless...
Liquid Gingerbread 3.0!?

Should work well didn't see your second post...
Liquid Gingerbread 3.0!?

Why are you using ADB?

David 617 said:
I'm in the middle of rooting my Thunderbolt at the moment. I've already gained temp root access via psneuter and I need to copy the PG05IMG downgrade image to my SD card now. For some reason simply changing the USB connection type (in the notification bar) from "Charge Only" to "Disk Drive" isn't working- my computer doesn't recognize the card. Normally in this situation I would unplug my phone and plug it back in, or possibly restart the phone and/or computer, but I'm worried that this might hurt the rooting process. Should I be concerned or can I just yank out the cable? Thanks!
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When using the long root process always download drivers from HTC prior to root and make sure your phone can sync with your computer dowload all files make sure adb can see your phone and start rooting process. But you could have just used the new short root find it sticky top of the development section.
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loonatik78 said:
Why are you using ADB?
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Maybe cus its fun?? I liked it better anyhow lol...
My name is Revos I'm a recovering flashaholic running Liquid Gingerbread 3.0

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[Q] PC wont, neither will SDK

Hellol everyone, i have read thru the forums and i still have not gotten the answer i was looking for. I am trying to download android sdk.
I can install it and all, but once i click the SDK manager, a black cmd prompt pops up and then vanishes. Also i cant install a drive for my erissince everytime i try to locate the file (and i do), it says that it couldnt locate the folder.
I have read thru the website's guide and installed jdk. Im on a 32bit Vista. Droid eris phone.
ilikeyoumore said:
Hellol everyone, i have read thru the forums and i still have not gotten the answer i was looking for. I am trying to download android sdk.
I can install it and all, but once i click the SDK manager, a black cmd prompt pops up and then vanishes. Also i cant install a drive for my erissince everytime i try to locate the file (and i do), it says that it couldnt locate the folder.
I have read thru the website's guide and installed jdk. Im on a 32bit Vista. Droid eris phone.
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What do you mean, you can't install a drive? Do you mean you can't mount the SD card? Have you tried installing HTC Sync for the Eris from HTC's website? I know the SDK is supposed to have the drivers necessary, too, but just a thought.
After the Command Prompt vanishes, can you use the SDK Manager then? Have you selected any Available Packages to download and install from the SDK (if you need anything besides the tools).
Also, I see that they changed the organization of the SDK sub-folders as of v8. aapt.exe and adb.exe, and some other files are now in the platform-tools sub-folder now instead of the tools sub-folder.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
What do you mean, you can't install a drive? Do you mean you can't mount the SD card? Have you tried installing HTC Sync for the Eris from HTC's website? I know the SDK is supposed to have the drivers necessary, too, but just a thought.
After the Command Prompt vanishes, can you use the SDK Manager then? Have you selected any Available Packages to download and install from the SDK (if you need anything besides the tools).
Also, I see that they changed the organization of the SDK sub-folders as of v8. aapt.exe and adb.exe, and some other files are now in the platform-tools sub-folder now instead of the tools sub-folder.
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I can mount it, but every time i plug it in, it asks me to install a drive. I have tried to direct it to the sdk folder but it wont connect. I have also tried HTC sync and i cant get the drivers intalled either becuase it wont recognize my phone.
After the cmd promt vanishes nothgin happens; its like i didn't click it at all.
No, i have not installed any additional packages. By the way, i do not have a platform-tools folder, just add-ons, platforms, tools, sdk manager(which doesn't work), read me and uninstall.
ilikeyoumore said:
I can mount it, but every time i plug it in, it asks me to install a drive. I have tried to direct it to the sdk folder but it wont connect. I have also tried HTC sync and i cant get the drivers intalled either becuase it wont recognize my phone.
After the cmd promt vanishes nothgin happens; its like i didn't click it at all.
No, i have not installed any additional packages. By the way, i do not have a platform-tools folder, just add-ons, platforms, tools, sdk manager(which doesn't work), read me and uninstall.
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Well let's take one step at a time. I'm concerned that you say you can't get HTC Sync's drivers to install. Are you sure you've tried the right one (meant for the Eris)? It should be version 2.0.33 and apparently it's dated 4/23/2010. Download it again from the link on this page http://www.htc.com/us/support/droid-eris-verizon/downloads/, unplug your phone, install HTC Sync completely, then plug your phone in. Wait for Windows to install all the drivers, it may take a few minutes to finish.
What method are you trying to use to mount your SD card to the computer? Meaning, are you using the official method from the phone to mount it from the notifications menu, for instance, and which dismounts the SD card from the phone as long as it's mounted to the computer?
Does everything else in Windows Vista work right? Are you able to plug USB flash drives and/or external hard drives in and have them work?
I forget the circumstances, but in the past (not right now), maybe when I'm not using my phone for tethering, Windows gave me a drive letter for my phone as long as it was plugged in, even when I didn't choose to mount the SD card. Trying to view the contents of the drive letter results in an error until you actually tell the phone to mount the SD card as USB storage.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Well let's take one step at a time. I'm concerned that you say you can't get HTC Sync's drivers to install. Are you sure you've tried the right one (meant for the Eris)? It should be version 2.0.33 and apparently it's dated 4/23/2010. Download it again from the link on this page http://www.htc.com/us/support/droid-eris-verizon/downloads/, unplug your phone, install HTC Sync completely, then plug your phone in. Wait for Windows to install all the drivers, it may take a few minutes to finish.
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Done, nothing much happened. when i open HTC sync it says disconnected and i cannot find my phone for phone monitor options, nor sync (it's plugged in).
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
What method are you trying to use to mount your SD card to the computer? Meaning, are you using the official method from the phone to mount it from the notifications menu, for instance, and which dismounts the SD card from the phone as long as it's mounted to the computer?
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Yes the notification method. I use the same method to dismount it. I have KaosFroyo v38 ROM.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Does everything else in Windows Vista work right? Are you able to plug USB flash drives and/or external hard drives in and have them work?
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Yes, everything works fine.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I forget the circumstances, but in the past (not right now), maybe when I'm not using my phone for tethering, Windows gave me a drive letter for my phone as long as it was plugged in, even when I didn't choose to mount the SD card. Trying to view the contents of the drive letter results in an error until you actually tell the phone to mount the SD card as USB storage.
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wut?
ilikeyoumore said:
Done, nothing much happened. when i open HTC sync it says disconnected and i cannot find my phone for phone monitor options, nor sync (it's plugged in).
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If you're trying to actually use HTC Sync to sync (not just for the drivers), you have to be running a stock ROM like xtrSENSE, xtrROM or others. Or a Sense-based Froyo ROM, but those aren't really ready for day to day use yet.
Then when you plug your phone in you get three options instead of two:
1. Charge only
2. Mount USB
3. HTC Sync
And it has to be in HTC Sync mode for the HTC Sync program to see it.
Yes the notification method. I use the same method to dismount it. I have KaosFroyo v38 ROM.
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Have you tried rebooting both the phone and the computer (with the phone disconnected)? Only reconnect it after both are fully loaded.
wut?
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In other words, with some ROMs when I plug my phone into my USB cable on my computer, the computer immediately shows a drive letter for it. It won't be accessible, though, until I choose the mount USB option on the phone.
There are other alternatives for mounting the SD card through USB, maybe you should try them.
There's a widget on the market that isn't free called Dual Mount SD. Personally I use it, it allows mounting the SD card without dismounting it from the phone. Given the problems you're having, though, perhaps this wouldn't work for you either.
There's a free program called QtADB you can find a link to in a thread on here. Google for QtADB XDA and you'll find it, and it'll link to the website for the program. You can even set it up to do this wirelessly if you have a wireless network/router. When I had real internet (not tethering like now) I tried it and it worked great. It uses something free called Wireless ADB or something like that.
You can do many things with this program, and you have to have the Android SDK installed to use it, but you can see what's on the SD card and copy files to and from it with it.
The only other alternative would be to use a Micro SD card to USB adapter, but then you'd have to turn your phone off every time you want to access you SD card on your computer.
I use DropBox (free) to upload files from my computer and download them to my phone all the time.

USB Not Recognized after Win7 SP1

My Dell desktop does not recognized my Fascinate after upgrading to Windows 7 Service Pack 1.
I can't use ODEN any more, can't even mount the SD card anymore.
Really stuck big time.
HELP HELP HELP!!!
Still stuck and feel like getting rid of my phone and verizon all together.
Whats wrong with microsoft and samsung, I know another guy that couldn't print after upgrading to SP1.
its possible that the samsung drivers are not installed.
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Definitely start by uninstalling the drivers, and then reinstalling the latest version (for the extra paranoid, run something like driver sweeper before reinstalling). Also, try different ports on your computer/make sure you're using the official cable that came with your Fascinate.
If that doesn't work let us know (along with anything else you've tried, just to save us from telling you to do things you've already done!).
Also, just for future reference, this should go in the Q&A section- Development is meant for postings of ROMs and other similar things (there's a high probability your post could get rocketed off the front page before anyone even notices it in this section!).
Agreed, try upgrading your drivers. If that does not work initially, reboot into CWM with the phone plugged in, that usually forces Windows to detect the device drivers again and install them (always works for me when Windows *forgets* the Samsung drivers).
As the poster said above, this should have been posted in Q&A or General, and not development. I have reported the post so that a mod can move your thread to the appropriate section.
i have this problem before.
With debugging on, power phone off, plug into computer and power phone on. That should allow the computer to see your phone
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Here another thing to try- shut down computer, and then unplug the power chord from the back. Let it sit, then plug it in and boot it up.
That's what worked for me.
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I've run into this issue several times, and have found a few solutions.
Several times, it took completely removing the drivers and reinstalling them. By completely removing them, I mean uninstalling them through add/remove programs and then by searching through the registry for the many traces that the driver uninstall misses. And there are many... like hundreds. And there are all kinds of permission problems on those registry keys that you need to fix, one by one, before they can be deleted. It's a major PITA that takes hours to do. But once it's done, I was able to reinstall the drivers and the phone was recognized fine.
Another issue I ran into was a possibly faulty USB cable. Just recently, Windows just stopped recognizing the phone, and in trying different ports, I happened to notice Windows was detecting the bare cable (as in it wasn't plugged into the phone). I could plug the cable alone in, and Windows would recognize it as an "unrecognized USB device". I tried a different cable and it saw the phone fine.
So, first thing to check is your cable. Does Windows detect it when you just plug in the cable by itself? If so, try a different one.
If nothing else works, and you want to remove the drivers totally, let us know and I'll walk you through the steps to remove all those bloody registry keys, but it's not fun...
ChrisDDD said:
I've run into this issue several times, and have found a few solutions.
Several times, it took completely removing the drivers and reinstalling them. By completely removing them, I mean uninstalling them through add/remove programs and then by searching through the registry for the many traces that the driver uninstall misses. And there are many... like hundreds. And there are all kinds of permission problems on those registry keys that you need to fix, one by one, before they can be deleted. It's a major PITA that takes hours to do.
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Revo Uninstaller is an ideal solution for totally cleaning stuff out. Pick the most aggressive sweep, and after the factory uninataller finishes, it isolates and removes all the leftover registry keys, files, and folders associated with the uninstalled item. Found it to be a godsend as a PC tech in a big school district with way more computers to manage than I had time.
The free version is more than adequate.
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Here is my observation, my USB mass storage doesn't get recognized on the computer hardly ever (it was a miracle and an event to be celebrated if it happened), and I talked to some people in IRC about it. GizmoDroid had me trying lots of different things. Eventually I just installed ADB, and to my surprise, ADB always sees the phone just fine. So, I think the Samsung drivers need tweaked a bit because they definitely work, but something about them just doesn't work correctly with Windows (or with anything, but has samsung ever put out any software that was up to our standards?).
My suggestion is to install and learn ADB, not hard at all with the given tutorials. Even easier if you have experience with Linux. It always, always works for me.
tbeas said:
My suggestion is to install and learn ADB, not hard at all with the given tutorials. Even easier if you have experience with Linux. It always, always works for me.
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ADB would work as an alternative to USB mass storage for the most part (which shouldn't need the Samsung drivers), but it isn't an alternative to being able to use Odin!
agsded said:
Revo Uninstaller is an ideal solution for totally cleaning stuff out. Pick the most aggressive sweep, and after the factory uninataller finishes, it isolates and removes all the leftover registry keys, files, and folders associated with the uninstalled item. Found it to be a godsend as a PC tech in a big school district with way more computers to manage than I had time.
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Cool, thanks, I'll definitely check that out. I had set up some macros to repeat the process of setting ownership of each key and deleting it, but it still took hours.
tbeas said:
Here is my observation, my USB mass storage doesn't get recognized on the computer hardly ever
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The OP can correct me if I'm wrong, but this isn't just a mass storage problem, the phone itself isn't recognized as anything at all, so that means mass storage doesn't work, Odin won't pick it up, nor will ADB. Connect the phone, and at best, Windows sees an "unrecognized USB device", at worst, it sees nothing at all, as if the phone wasn't even connected.
Mine will go invisible to Odin at times, also. I will go to heimdall at that point and it will usually be visible there. I keep both programs around partially for that reason, and partially cause of how granular heimdall is.
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KitsuneKnight said:
ADB would work as an alternative to USB mass storage for the most part (which shouldn't need the Samsung drivers), but it isn't an alternative to being able to use Odin!
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Adb 100% needs the Samsung drivers.
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suppliesidejesus said:
Adb 100% needs the Samsung drivers.
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The drivers might not be necessary if connecting to the phone with ADB over TCPIP, which you can set using a terminal emulator on the phone.
Don't know if you need to log in as SU or not, but these are the commands:
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
stop adbd
start adbd
These set the adb daemon to listen over the port 5555, then stop and restart the daemon.
Then on the computer, you'd type:
adb connect 192.168.1.xxx:5555
Then:
adb shell
And it should connect.
Not that this would solve the Odin issue, but it's at least one way to get stuff on/off the phone when the drivers crap out.
zzd4nzz said:
-Uninstall Samsung Drivers
-Uninstall USB Root Hub
-Restart Computer (On boot up, the computer will automatically install USB Root Hub)
-Install Samsung Drivers
-Hold down Vol - while plugging into phone to get into download mode
-Odin will hopefully recognize the phone.
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Thanks to all you guys,
But! I tried every thing, uninstall samsung, uninstall usb hub, reinstall drivers.
I am ready to just sell my fascinate and get an Straight Talk phone to have peace of mind.
Please Help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065727
Which rom and kernel are you using?

[Q] Using Jt's vanilla and usb is no longer detected

When I plug my phone in to my computer is shows that it is charging, but I cannot access the SD card or get usb debugging. Neither the phone or the computer even recognize that something is plugged in. I have always used this same computer when working on my phone, and I tried 3 different cables, all with no luck. Help?
Have you tried install nexus drivers....it's the only thing other then the generic samsung drivers I've ever heard work. and don't forget to reboot your pc after installing them.
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I turned the phone off, pulled the battery and let it sit, rebooted the computer as well (thank you moss). Now the phone and computer detect each other, but adb see's nothing.
All I want is the accurate battery mod....
Could I put it on my sd card and use terminal from there to do it?
something like
adb push sdcard/framework_res.apk system/framework
??
EDIT: yes, I do have debugging enabled
I just used root explorer and moved it.
All is good
I'm having the same issues and have been using root explorer to do everything but I'd like to figure out this USB issue.

[Q] Bashed in Screen, can I dump the ROM?

Long story short...Note 2 met concrete, then met car who ran over the thing.
Still powers on, recognized by computer, LTE and CDMA are still working (I can hear emails and text messages being poured in)
I have no access to the phone since the screen is gone. It's been RMA'd for a replacement since I have Asurion.
What can I do do remove all of my data from the phone? Is there a certain button combination through the bootloader that I can press to get to an adb shell to dump the ROM? The downside, it's not rooted.
Any help is appreciated.
Can your pc reconize the intenernal and external storage and....excatly what data do you need
Janker5050 said:
Can your pc reconize the intenernal and external storage and....excatly what data do you need
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It recognizes the phone as a media drive. So nothing shows from the internal storage. The external SD card is in my new phone currently, but I'm hoping I can do an adb pull on a couple of APKs I desperately need.
I just can't remember if I have to be rooted, and even if I can pull from internal storage. I haven't gotten to adb yet, just installed the JRE/JDK and ADB (again)
I'm not an adb or rooting noob. I've just had Motos ever since and this is my first sammy
IIrc there is a button combination to hard reset the phone. look on samsungs website. As for getting things from the phone, look for a pc app called droid explorer. I haven't used it since its early stages, nor do i know if you need root to copy apks. I'm always rooted lol. I am actually about to download this now.

Cant install ROM

So I got this gtab for free. Just the tablet and round power cord. Turns on into CM recovery v2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8 and no operating system. I tried loading a rom from the usb and micro sd card. Plugged it into my win 10 pc via the mini usb and it tells me it's unreadable, or something. Does not show on windows. Could the problem be that I don't have the cable that goes into the bottom or did someone go delete happy and ruin something?
Make sure youbhave the drivers and try to load the correct ROM for the bootstrap you have. 1.1 or 1.2
lilman573 said:
Make sure youbhave the drivers and try to load the correct ROM for the bootstrap you have. 1.1 or 1.2
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as of right now I have no way to load anything onto the tablet. I need to know if I need the cord to load onto the tablet from a pc. I actually cannot do anything at all.
Dookiestan said:
as of right now I have no way to load anything onto the tablet. I need to know if I need the cord to load onto the tablet from a pc. I actually cannot do anything at all.
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You can definitely load from a PC. They have a program called Odin to load the ROMs located in the dev section. Or you can load one via the sc card. Just search through this section. Its all there.
Most people have moved on from the gtab so support will be pretty limited.
It doesn't read a micro SD, usb, or mini usb, plus my comp won't recognize it. So how can I load something onto it? I have read a lot of posts but none have helped. I don't care about support, just figured I'd get it running and give it to my niece.

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