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I've been looking around the net for about an hour and have not gotten any answers.
The info:
-Running GingerBlur 4.5
-NOT Unlocked
-Using Windows 7 64bit
-Have used multiple versions of RSD Lite
-Moto drivers installed.
Whats the problem? RSD Lite 5.3 will NOT recognize my atrix when its plugged in. I have tried everything i know of (reboot device, PC, change USB ports, install and reinstall all drivers and RSD) and nothing.
It simply will not recognize my device, even though my computer does and says all drivers installed.
Im trying to unlock and flash a new ROM. Can Gingerblur possibly be causing the issue? Ive read that Win7 64bit may be the problem? Any and all help would be appreciated
i beleve its been updated to 5.5 and also install your drivers and use the usb plug in the back of your pc
EDIT ;;;;;;!Ican confirm its been updated to 5.5. when i googled rsd lite 5.5 it
was the first topic /download on xda
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I heard also that WIN7 64bit has some problems RSD.
Try using a different comp with lower WIN version (I know for sure that Vista 32bit works great).
I don't think that the GingerBlur can have any effect, its just a mod, something a little more complex then a theme. besides I unlocked my BL when I was running GladiAtrix, which is another mod, and it went without problems...
Good luck
ltdanno360 said:
i beleve its been updated to 5.5 and also install your drivers and use the usb plug in the back of your pc
EDIT ;;;;;;!Ican confirm its been updated to 5.5. when i googled rsd lite 5.5 it
was the first topic /download on xda
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I have version 5.6 on my home computer. It is probably higher than that now as I have had it for a while.
I use Windows 7 64 bit without any problems.
You should definitely try a different USB port. There is a common issue of one USB port not seeing devices, whuile the port next to it does.
Uninstall the drivers and Motohelper if you have it, then reinstall Motohelper. I have found that installing Motohelper is better for driver install. You do not need to install the drivers seperately if you install Motohelper, as they are installed with Motohelper.
Boot into fastboot, connect your phone to your PC, bring up a command prompt and, in my case, I do 'cd C:\moto-fastboot' which is the location I have moto-fastboot at. (Obviously you need moto-fastboot on your PC). Then type in 'moto-fastboot devices'. If your computer sees your phone it will be listed and you should be good to go. The just 'moto-fastboot reboot' to reboot your phone.
Thanks for the replies, however i did use an older computer, Vista to be exact. It recognized my phone instantly, i flashed the SBF...
Failed to boot 2... FML
I've been looking all around and am currently going to flash the pudding 2.3.4 SBF. Is that a good call?
CaelanT said:
I have version 5.6 on my home computer. It is probably higher than that now as I have had it for a while.
I use Windows 7 64 bit without any problems.
You should definitely try a different USB port. There is a common issue of one USB port not seeing devices, whuile the port next to it does.
Uninstall the drivers and Motohelper if you have it, then reinstall Motohelper. I have found that installing Motohelper is better for driver install. You do not need to install the drivers seperately if you install Motohelper, as they are installed with Motohelper.
Boot into fastboot, connect your phone to your PC, bring up a command prompt and, in my case, I do 'cd C:\moto-fastboot' which is the location I have moto-fastboot at. (Obviously you need moto-fastboot on your PC). Then type in 'moto-fastboot devices'. If your computer sees your phone it will be listed and you should be good to go. The just 'moto-fastboot reboot' to reboot your phone.
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I probably should have just tried that before flashing the pudding SBF. Hmm, its currently executing the file, so im kinda SOL at this point.
I upgraded to 5.5 RSD and it still wouldnt pick up my phone? Tried multiple USB ports. Its not my computer not recognizing it, because it chimes and picks up my phone just fine...its RSD.
Well, after flashing the pudding 2.3.4, its stops loading at the white ATT screen, phone will not continue booting. Suggestions?
How long on that screen?
It can take 10-15 minutes to boot up after flashing.
erick161 said:
I've been looking around the net for about an hour and have not gotten any answers.
The info:
-Running GingerBlur 4.5
-NOT Unlocked
-Using Windows 7 64bit
-Have used multiple versions of RSD Lite
-Moto drivers installed.
Whats the problem? RSD Lite 5.3 will NOT recognize my atrix when its plugged in. I have tried everything i know of (reboot device, PC, change USB ports, install and reinstall all drivers and RSD) and nothing.
It simply will not recognize my device, even though my computer does and says all drivers installed.
Im trying to unlock and flash a new ROM. Can Gingerblur possibly be causing the issue? Ive read that Win7 64bit may be the problem? Any and all help would be appreciated
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I tried also to use Rsdlite on my Win 7 64bit laptop without any luck. My other laptop with same software installed normally works but not the one I had with me at the time. I ended up using a very old XP laptop with shattered screen and no battery and worked like a charm.
I had exactly the same problem with Motorola software update as well. On Some machines they simply refuse to work.
Have you tried booting in RSD Support mode?
Turn the phone off.
Push Volume + rocker and keep it pressed while turning the phone on.
That will boot up the phone in RSD mode and I've always had success with that method.
Hope that helps.
CaelanT said:
How long on that screen?
It can take 10-15 minutes to boot up after flashing.
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Yeah...I reflashed it when i thought it wasnt working, left it alone and it booted up just fine. Running pudding 2.3.4 GingerBread...
CSharpHeaven said:
I tried also to use Rsdlite on my Win 7 64bit laptop without any luck. My other laptop with same software installed normally works but not the one I had with me at the time. I ended up using a very old XP laptop with shattered screen and no battery and worked like a charm.
I had exactly the same problem with Motorola software update as well. On Some machines they simply refuse to work.
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yup, my computer still will not recognize it! Only my old netbook w/ XP.
noobsquared said:
Have you tried booting in RSD Support mode?
Turn the phone off.
Push Volume + rocker and keep it pressed while turning the phone on.
That will boot up the phone in RSD mode and I've always had success with that method.
Hope that helps.
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RSD mode isnt the problem, getting RSD Lite on the computer to recognize the device is the problem.
In my experience, MotoHelper is the culprit. Find the drivers itself without motohelper and try. I figured this out putting a Photon in diag mode, it wont let me read, said the port was already opened. Well was the motohelper service.
Uninstall all drivers and install just Motorola Drivers:
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Drivers/Motorola-Handset-USB-Driver-for-Windows-32-bit-38123.shtml
or the 64 bit version.
Hope it helps
pmcnano said:
In my experience, MotoHelper is the culprit. Find the drivers itself without motohelper and try. I figured this out putting a Photon in diag mode, it wont let me read, said the port was already opened. Well was the motohelper service.
Uninstall all drivers and install just Motorola Drivers:
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Drivers/Motorola-Handset-USB-Driver-for-Windows-32-bit-38123.shtml
or the 64 bit version.
Hope it helps
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There are so many contradicting things w/ RSD lite and Win7 64bit. I ended up just manually installing the drivers, still wouldnt work on my PC, had to us XP on my netbook.
I flashed pudding 2.3.4 last night and tried messing with Rom Manager, but it says my phone no longer has root priviledges (had root previously, was running gingerblur 4.5). Superuser is installed on my phone however. Rom Manager states...
"you must root your phone for ROM manager to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "/system/xbin/su". Use Google Search on your computer to find instructions to root your phone."
How should i reattain root? The SBF was supposed have root preinstalled i thought. Can i flash the BL unlock, use Rom Racer and flash Darkside or something? Or will i not have root still?
I havent quite kept up w/ the Atrix development since the BL was unlocked, and there seems to be many methods and multiple uncleaned threads.
Now this thread is no longer about RSD...but basically restoring root without flashing the wrong thing and bricking my device.
yea when I went from gingerblur gingerbread. I had to re root I just used gingerbreak again and it worked
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Posted this on the general discussion section but have had no replies, hopefully someone here can help?
Hi everyone, first, this is my first post, new to the forums, at least as a registered user. I have a problem with my phone. I know most of you are wondering why I have not just read the other posts on the forums, but I have. I have attempted every solution to the problem posted previously.
Background: Phone: Samsung charge.
I was being impatient and did not want to wait for the gingerbread update form Verizon. I flashed the leaked gingerbread 2.3.4 onto my phone using odin. Everything went great. I was able to use my phone with no problems except shortened battery life, but nothing major. About a month ago the battery life was impossible to maintain and there were some software bugs, like clicks during calls, startup taking forever, around 2 minutes on average!, and random restarts that never happened before. I decided to look up some fixes and found that verizon and samsung had released GB 2.3.6 for the charge. I got excited and decided I wanted to get that, but I could not via OTA. I read some forum posts and they mentioned attempting a factory reset on the phone then trying OTA update. I went ahead with factory reset and everything went fine. My startup time is around 25 seconds now and no random clicks or gliches, but still not on 2.3.6, which was the whole point. I then decided to just flash the stock 2.3.6 rom to the phone.
Problem: When I plug my phone in to multiple computers it will charge but not connect to the computer. This means on my Mac it does not show as an external drive, which it has in the past. On my windows 7 machine it says that drivers were installed but could not be used (I can get the exact quote if needed.) I attempted to go into device manager and solve problem that way but it shows my phone as "unknown device". I have tried to enter download mode when hooked up to windows computers and no connection is found.
Possible solutions attempted and their outcomes:
1. As stated, I attempted the method shown in a thread on droid forums for installing the samsung drivers. I have attempted multiple times to install the drivers on my windows machine and the device remains "unknown".
2. I have attempted multiple cables on multiple computers, both mac and windows 7. No change.
3. I have installed adb and attempted to locate devices using adb devices command on mac. No devices found.
4. I have attempted all methods with both usb debugging checked and unchecked.
5. I have tried every possible usb port I have.
Ideas/questions I have had that I have no idea are possible or how to fix!
Would a factory reset take away the ability to connect to a computer from my phone. So, is there a piece of software in the build I have that controls the connection between the computer and the phone, an identifier of sorts, which is now missing, now that I have reset the leaked ROM.
Is there a way to flash a new ROM without connecting to a computer, via the sd card, and what is that? I have read some things in other posts but am too much of a n00b to understand most of them when using sdcards.
ANY help will be greatly appreciated. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! I have been at this for at least 6 hours, sifting through forums, searching google, attempting fixes that others have stated worked for them, only to fail every time. Thank you all.
have you try on a different pc?
maybe on your PC there is some problem with the drivers.
Moreover to connect via
adb u must enable Debug mode on your device in the application menu.
To flash kernel or other directly from your sd you can use the clockwordmode, but to install it you must before
install it and i fear you must use your cable connection
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I have tried multiple PCs and a mac, even windows on bootcamp. I have installed drivers on every one, even uninstalled and reinstalled on one. One PC, my laptop was a fresh windows install (it was a linux box but I needed windows to use Odin). I was in debug mode and not in debug mode when attempting adb. Thanks for the suggestions though. As I said, I have tried numerous things and am completely stuck! so frustrating!
"I attempted to go into device manager and solve problem that way but it shows my phone as "unknown device"
Exactly there... you can try to force device to install a different driver.
Double click the unknown device then driver then update driver then find software in your computer then choose manually from a list of device drivers in your computer then show all devices you should see "android adb interface" or something related to google or android.
Try it... i hope this can help you.
I just got a Motorola Droid RAZR and have been scouring these forums as well as other websites and they all seem, to me at least, that there is no kit to root a RAZR on 2.3.6
I have downloaded DooMLoRD_v2_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su as well as MotoFail and it is just not working. I am using Windows 7 64-bit and the first issue that I run into is that it will not recognize my device when I plug it in. Now you may be saying, well go to Motorola's site and download the v5.4 drivers you idiot, well I am one step ahead of you, I did. Still not being recognized. Tried manually installing the drivers and telling me it is not being recognized.
If any of you out here now of a way to have the RAZR recognized by my computer and root this device, I would gladly donate to the cause.
Maybe you could try this.
When you plug your device in. On the Razr itself. Pull down the notifications menu and tap on USB Connection. Make sure it's not on "Charge Only".
I don't have that option in my notifications menu. I have selected "Allow installation of unknown sources" as well as enabled USB debugging within the application setting menu and still it will only charge the device.
Gotta ask...........you do have the 64bit drivers, right? And your logged into the PC as an admin?
Yep. I am the admin. of the computer and I am trying to install the 64-bit drivers as well. I just don't understand what I am doing wrong.
Thinking of maybe testing on a new user profile and seeing if that changes anything, if it does, then I can narrow it down to being a user issue, but I am sure I will run into the same problems on a new user account.
Can you check Device Manager and see if you have the "yellow triangle" showing for MTP USB Device?
I did check the USB drivers list and there was one where it had the yellow triangle. I tried right-clicking on it and uninstalling it then re-installing, still same issue, not being recognized.
Ok, try this. Go back to device manager again. Locate the MTP USB Device that's showing the yellow triangle. Right click and choose select update driver. Select 'browse my computer for drivers' and then choose "Let me pick drivers to install". You will get two options; select the USB controllers and click OK.
See if that helps. And make sure your phone IS NOT connected to the PC while doing this.
I think the problem may be that Doomlords hack doesnt work on 2.3.6 no matter which version of the exploit you try. It happend to me with my Australian Optus Razr when I tried to run the exploit after the OTA update and it kept failing. I have since been able to get root but theres a few things I had to do which I'll list now:
1. Install the Android SDK.
2. Install the Moto drivers.
3. Install RSDlite 5.6.
4. Find a stock 2.3.5 ROM to flash to your RAZR then do it using RSDlite.
5. Run Doomlords exploit and you should now have root.
This worked for me after alot of f***ing around but now Im running a stock rom (SPDREM_U_01.6.5.1-167_SPU-15-M2_SIGNEuropeAustraliaEMEA_USASPDRRTGB_HWp2b_Service1FF_fastboot.xml) and it works brilliantly.
Hope this helps.
Alright, give me about an hour to get it all downloaded. Using Barnacle WiFi tether right now on my Incredible to download everything necessary. If all goes well, someone will be getting a donation from me as this is causing me a lot of stress and I just want CyanogenMod 7 on this phone.
Question for the community:
I have recently joined the Droid Razr community as a previous Droid Charge owner. I've been having a horrible time getting my device to root. (I've never had issues with any other device).
I installed the motorola drivers for Windows 7.
I am using a Verizon XT912 running android 4.0.4 ICS.
When using any of the auto-root scripts here I get "device not found".
Upon researching further into the situation, I have attempted downloading the android SDK and using the adb that comes with it. I've uninstalled all other phone drivers from Windows 7. I restarted/uninstalled motorola drivers/restarted and adb still finds no devices.
EDIT: I've also tried all the different USB ports on my computer.
I can verify adb doesn't find the droid razr by typing "adb devices" at the command prompt. Windows 7 Device Manager shows Droid Razr installed with a working driver.
Any help would be appreciated.
SOLUTION: I read the thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743367&highlight=root+ota&page=2 after doing three million different things to my phone. Finally, I did a factory reset. When my phone reset, I did NOT set up my google account. I then made sure the USB mode was in PTP camera mode and USB debugging was on. I installed the motorola drivers from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192 !!! DO NOT INSTALL THE ONES FROM MOTOROLA's website, they are pure garbage !!!. adb now recognizes my device.
A big shout out to clifference for posting what worked for him. And a big thumbs down to motorola for posting horrible drivers on their website.
This was such a large problem that I have documented it on my blog. Fix adb Droid Razr Problems
THANK YOU
Have been beating my head against this issue for weeks (ever since the ICS OTA update). I was on the verge of reinstalling Windows, but this fixed the issue completely. THANK YOU!!!!!
arsenik13 said:
Question for the community:
I have recently joined the Droid Razr community as a previous Droid Charge owner. I've been having a horrible time getting my device to root. (I've never had issues with any other device).
I installed the motorola drivers for Windows 7.
I am using a Verizon XT912 running android 4.0.4 ICS.
When using any of the auto-root scripts here I get "device not found".
Upon researching further into the situation, I have attempted downloading the android SDK and using the adb that comes with it. I've uninstalled all other phone drivers from Windows 7. I restarted/uninstalled motorola drivers/restarted and adb still finds no devices.
EDIT: I've also tried all the different USB ports on my computer.
I can verify adb doesn't find the droid razr by typing "adb devices" at the command prompt. Windows 7 Device Manager shows Droid Razr installed with a working driver.
Any help would be appreciated.
SOLUTION: I read the thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743367&highlight=root+ota&page=2 after doing three million different things to my phone. Finally, I did a factory reset. When my phone reset, I did NOT set up my google account. I then made sure the USB mode was in PTP camera mode and USB debugging was on. I installed the motorola drivers from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192 !!! DO NOT INSTALL THE ONES FROM MOTOROLA's website, they are pure garbage !!!. adb now recognizes my device.
A big shout out to clifference for posting what worked for him. And a big thumbs down to motorola for posting horrible drivers on their website.
This was such a large problem that I have documented it on my blog. Fix adb Droid Razr Problems
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Keeps disappearing
Resetting worked for me... for minutes. Then the phone didn't show again.
I'm on a Mac, there are no drivers. Simply keeps disappearing after the first time it works, and then I have to reset again.
There also is an official thread on Motodev community.
arsenik13 said:
Question for the community:
I have recently joined the Droid Razr community as a previous Droid Charge owner. I've been having a horrible time getting my device to root. (I've never had issues with any other device).
I installed the motorola drivers for Windows 7.
I am using a Verizon XT912 running android 4.0.4 ICS.
When using any of the auto-root scripts here I get "device not found".
Upon researching further into the situation, I have attempted downloading the android SDK and using the adb that comes with it. I've uninstalled all other phone drivers from Windows 7. I restarted/uninstalled motorola drivers/restarted and adb still finds no devices.
EDIT: I've also tried all the different USB ports on my computer.
I can verify adb doesn't find the droid razr by typing "adb devices" at the command prompt. Windows 7 Device Manager shows Droid Razr installed with a working driver.
Any help would be appreciated.
SOLUTION: I read the thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743367&highlight=root+ota&page=2 after doing three million different things to my phone. Finally, I did a factory reset. When my phone reset, I did NOT set up my google account. I then made sure the USB mode was in PTP camera mode and USB debugging was on. I installed the motorola drivers from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192 !!! DO NOT INSTALL THE ONES FROM MOTOROLA's website, they are pure garbage !!!. adb now recognizes my device.
A big shout out to clifference for posting what worked for him. And a big thumbs down to motorola for posting horrible drivers on their website.
This was such a large problem that I have documented it on my blog. Fix adb Droid Razr Problems
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Big thanks from me! I worked on this all weekend and could NOT figure out why I could never see device as ADB. Factory Reset and immediately connecting worked long enough to get me rooted
arsenik13 said:
Question for the community:
I have recently joined the Droid Razr community as a previous Droid Charge owner. I've been having a horrible time getting my device to root. (I've never had issues with any other device).
I installed the motorola drivers for Windows 7.
I am using a Verizon XT912 running android 4.0.4 ICS.
When using any of the auto-root scripts here I get "device not found".
Upon researching further into the situation, I have attempted downloading the android SDK and using the adb that comes with it. I've uninstalled all other phone drivers from Windows 7. I restarted/uninstalled motorola drivers/restarted and adb still finds no devices.
EDIT: I've also tried all the different USB ports on my computer.
I can verify adb doesn't find the droid razr by typing "adb devices" at the command prompt. Windows 7 Device Manager shows Droid Razr installed with a working driver.
Any help would be appreciated.
SOLUTION: I read the thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743367&highlight=root+ota&page=2 after doing three million different things to my phone. Finally, I did a factory reset. When my phone reset, I did NOT set up my google account. I then made sure the USB mode was in PTP camera mode and USB debugging was on. I installed the motorola drivers from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192 !!! DO NOT INSTALL THE ONES FROM MOTOROLA's website, they are pure garbage !!!. adb now recognizes my device.
A big shout out to clifference for posting what worked for him. And a big thumbs down to motorola for posting horrible drivers on their website.
This was such a large problem that I have documented it on my blog. Fix adb Droid Razr Problems
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Good to know the solution works. I had to use it. I was never aware that you had to have your device in camera mode when connected to your PC. That's what was screwing me..
Losing hope...
vazersecurity said:
Good to know the solution works. I had to use it. I was never aware that you had to have your device in camera mode when connected to your PC. That's what was screwing me..
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I have the similar issue... just my problem is much more complex since I cant enter the Android or do anything with the phone. My phone keep on restarting every 1 min while showing dead android picture in a meantime.
I cant use RSD Lite and fastboot new android on my phone, since phone isnt connected with computer and computer always keep on showing me message:
The last USB device conected to this computer is malfunctioned windows can not recognize it.
Recommendation:
Try reconnecting device. If Windows stil does not recognize it, your device may not work properly.
I tried installilng new drivers million times. I tried using motohelper drivers but still the same. Also I changed PC but again the same!!!!
I cant use ADB since my phone isnt connected with computer, same issue.
While watching dead android picture I can just enter recovery mode where I have these options:
-reboot system now
-apply update from external storage
-apply update from ADB
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
I tried wipe options but nothing. While I cant update from ADB.
I really dont know what to do...
JoLoLo said:
I have the similar issue... just my problem is much more complex since I cant enter the Android or do anything with the phone. My phone keep on restarting every 1 min while showing dead android picture in a meantime.
I cant use RSD Lite and fastboot new android on my phone, since phone isnt connected with computer and computer always keep on showing me message:
The last USB device conected to this computer is malfunctioned windows can not recognize it.
Recommendation:
Try reconnecting device. If Windows stil does not recognize it, your device may not work properly.
I tried installilng new drivers million times. I tried using motohelper drivers but still the same. Also I changed PC but again the same!!!!
I cant use ADB since my phone isnt connected with computer, same issue.
While watching dead android picture I can just enter recovery mode where I have these options:
-reboot system now
-apply update from external storage
-apply update from ADB
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
I tried wipe options but nothing. While I cant update from ADB.
I really dont know what to do...
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So you can't get the computer to connect to the phone while it's in fastboot mode?
vazersecurity said:
So you can't get the computer to connect to the phone while it's in fastboot mode?
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First the problem was somehow with drivers, but I got advice to uninstall all drivers (Motorola, Nokia, Samsung) which I had on my PC, and to reinstall just motorola drivers, and that fixed problem.
After that I got new problem with empty battery, so my phone was completely briced, but creating a factory cable solve everything
JoLoLo said:
First the problem was somehow with drivers, but I got advice to uninstall all drivers (Motorola, Nokia, Samsung) which I had on my PC, and to reinstall just motorola drivers, and that fixed problem.
After that I got new problem with empty battery, so my phone was completely briced, but creating a factory cable solve everything
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Okay, good to know you got the problem solved.
tks
this helped a lot!! tkss
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arsenik13 said:
Question for the community:
SOLUTION: I read the thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743367&highlight=root+ota&page=2 after doing three million different things to my phone. Finally, I did a factory reset. When my phone reset, I did NOT set up my google account. I then made sure the USB mode was in PTP camera mode and USB debugging was on. I installed the motorola drivers from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192 !!! DO NOT INSTALL THE ONES FROM MOTOROLA's website, they are pure garbage !!!. adb now recognizes my device.
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I had this problem with the Motorolla Turbo. To fix it I did two of the things you suggested and one third not listed here.
1.) Download the drivers from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192
2.)Made sure the USB mode was in PTP camera mode.
3.) I manually installed the adb drivers on the phone by following the steps in this tutorial.
http://visualgdb.com/tutorials/android/usbdebug/manualinstall.php
Hopefully this information will help someone who needs it.
People!, I'm about to pull all my hair out on this one
Vibrant is soft bricked in a boot loop after a incomplete flash, I am able to get it into download mode but both my windows machines say USB device isnot recognized, and thus, I cant use ODIN to return to stock. When I try to manually point windows to the samsung drivers I get nothing…
So far I have tried drivers from:
-Bay_wolf's AIO Vibrant Toolbox 2.5
-USB drivers for vibrant from samsung support site
-Drivers from samsung keyes
Side notes that might help: I was perviously using a Hellybean Rom. My device displays "Galaxy S gt-9000" on boot... not sure when that came to be but maybe some rom changed some important recognition stuff??...
I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008383 but no help...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Try a different USB cable. This happens more than you'd think. Even cables that have worked just fine hundreds of times.
Also.... Locate the drivers in system/device manager and delete them manually and try to install them again. Unplug device and install fresh ones from either aio toolbox or Kies, then plug phone back in.
Best of luck!
Toast6977 said:
Try a different USB cable. This happens more than you'd think. Even cables that have worked just fine hundreds of times.
Also.... Locate the drivers in system/device manager and delete them manually and try to install them again. Unplug device and install fresh ones from either aio toolbox or Kies, then plug phone back in.
Best of luck!
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Thanks a ton for reply but, sadly, no dice.
Tried connecting the phone, getting the "unrecognized device" prompt, finding "unknown device" in device manager, right clicking to uninstall. rebooting my machine, using various install methods to re-install drivers, re-connecting, and nothing.. same issue...
I lost the original cable a while back, but can't accept that NONE of the other 5 cables used are all broke... specially if the computer recognizes something going on... is it worth buying a new one?
Losing hope here, been like this for 4 days now, think it's time to go get a new phone. :crying:
Even so, it would have been nice to get what was a perfectly working phone back if only to keep it as a mp3 payer.
If anybody in New York, NY has a working odin set up that can do this for me, I have a 6 pack of your favorite beer with your name on it.
It could be a hardbrick such as bootloader getting corrupted that happened to my Sony Xperia Play (now an expensive paper weight).
I assume you boot into download mode by holding the two volume buttons, then connect the cable? Have you tried on a different PC? It can also be the weak powered USB port on the PC. Also when you uninstall the Samsung driver, check the option to also delete USB driver and uninstall any drivers. Also which version of the driver are you using, have you tried version Samsung USB Driver 1.5.3? And the drivers from here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T959ZKATMB#
For what its worth, the gt i9000 screen appears after your on a custom GB boot loader and Odin back to stock (or probably Odin flashing any other ROM) you can change it by flashing the GB boot loader again. My phone says its a i9000 too, but I'm just about lazy enough to not bother changing it, lol.
So that's unrelated.
eksasol said:
It could be a hardbrick such as bootloader getting corrupted that happened to my Sony Xperia Play (now an expensive paper weight).
I assume you boot into download mode by holding the two volume buttons, then connect the cable? Have you tried on a different PC? It can also be the weak powered USB port on the PC. Also when you uninstall the Samsung driver, check the option to also delete USB driver and uninstall any drivers. Also which version of the driver are you using, have you tried version Samsung USB Driver 1.5.3? And the drivers from here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T959ZKATMB#
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Ok, faith momentarily restored. But I have questions:
-What do you mean when you say "check the option to also delete USB driver and uninstall any drivers"? I dont get such a prompt from right clicking on "unknown device" and selecting uninstall? Is there another method to uninstalling drivers?
-In the link attached, I can only find "Device(Install),USB Driver (Software) (ver.1.0)" not the 1.5.3 version mentioned. What am i doing wrong here? currently searching google for the 1.5.3 but finding nothing.
I get into download mode by holding volume- up + power. Have 2 PCs ( win xp and win 7) and a mac running mountain lion (but never ever have been able to get Heimdall to work, so devoting time to odin.)
Thank you for the time + help, guys, I really do appreciate it in the time of utter un-nerdness.
If the device is already installed it will have a check box that said "Delete the driver software for this device." If its unknown then obviously not. By "uninstall any driver", I mean uninstall any Android drivers you current have installed and reboot before you reinstall the new driver.
Although I doubt it will make a difference than the one I linked above, you can try the Samsung driver version 1.5.3: http://www.mediafire.com/?r0uc3h413qcy80z
If you did manage to get into download mode and see this: http://images.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&q=download+mode
Then it mean there is a very good chance you can restore the phone, if you can find a computer to recognize it and Odin to see a COM port.
I definitely think it would be worth the money to go buy an OEM USB cord. I can't tell you how many times I have seen this and a new USB is the fix.
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OK guys...
My friend, who also owns a Vibrant, let me borrow the cable that came with the phone for the last 2 days.
Tried to make ODIN work on both PCs at home, gave Heimdall a shot on my mac, even hijacked a computer at work for the better part of the morning and freshly installed USB drivers 1.5.3 before connecting. All for nothing... “Unknown device” across the board....
At first I felt that with being able to get into download and have SOME kind of a reaction from connecting to PC had to be a good sign. Almost completely convinced that there is some unknown, unworkable hardware problem present. Definitely, officially, unremarkably out of ideas here.
Nothing is beautiful and everything hurts.
Last thoughts? Options at this point?
Also, tried One-click Unbrick tool on mac. I got a "is your phone plugged in, is it on download mode?" error, but anyone reading this down the line with a similar problem should check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252