After upgrading my phone (T-Mobile Galaxy S Vibrant SGH-T959) to vibrantmtd #30, my laptop (HP EliteBook 8540p - Running Windows 7 Enterprise 64-Bit) no longer recognizes my phone as a USB device. There is literally no indication of Windows trying to load the phone as a USB device. I have tried everything I can think of to get the device to load as a USB drive on my laptop.
1. Rebooted the Laptop, several times
2. Uninstalled and reinstalled Samsung and Nexus USB drivers
3. Made sure my laptop was up-to-date on all patched
4. Tried with USB Debugging was checked/uncheck
5. Tried with multiple cables
6. Tried multiple USB ports (1.1, 2.0, and 3.0)
7. Used USBdeview to uninstall all USB devices on my laptop (also tried this on my home PC) and then let window reload the devices after a reboot.
8. Tried with multiple systems (both Windows 7 and XP 32/64 Bit) – including friends who have Galaxy S and Nexus Phones.
a. The only system that will try to load a USB driver is my home PC [Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit] and no matter what drivers I install the phone always comes up as an Unknown Device.
9. Tried going into download mode to use Odin to revert back to a 2.2 mod. I can only get into download mode using a physical jig and even then Odin will not connect to the device.
10. I can’t even load a different build of Cyanogenmod. I tried loading build #31. It downloads, prompts me with the three questions about backup, clear data, and cache. I have selected every possible combination of those selections and it will download the build and reboot try opening rom manager (too quick to see what it says) and then loads back into build #30.
I am at a loss as to why I cannot get the phone to be recognized as a USB device or be capable of further MODing. Any help would be appreciated
Thanks,
Michael
MikeTheTechGeek said:
After upgrading my phone (T-Mobile Galaxy S Vibrant SGH-T959) to vibrantmtd #30, my laptop (HP EliteBook 8540p - Running Windows 7 Enterprise 64-Bit) no longer recognizes my phone as a USB device. There is literally no indication of Windows trying to load the phone as a USB device. I have tried everything I can think of to get the device to load as a USB drive on my laptop.
1. Rebooted the Laptop, several times
2. Uninstalled and reinstalled Samsung and Nexus USB drivers
3. Made sure my laptop was up-to-date on all patched
4. Tried with USB Debugging was checked/uncheck
5. Tried with multiple cables
6. Tried multiple USB ports (1.1, 2.0, and 3.0)
7. Used USBdeview to uninstall all USB devices on my laptop (also tried this on my home PC) and then let window reload the devices after a reboot.
8. Tried with multiple systems (both Windows 7 and XP 32/64 Bit) – including friends who have Galaxy S and Nexus Phones.
a. The only system that will try to load a USB driver is my home PC [Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit] and no matter what drivers I install the phone always comes up as an Unknown Device.
9. Tried going into download mode to use Odin to revert back to a 2.2 mod. I can only get into download mode using a physical jig and even then Odin will not connect to the device.
10. I can’t even load a different build of Cyanogenmod. I tried loading build #31. It downloads, prompts me with the three questions about backup, clear data, and cache. I have selected every possible combination of those selections and it will download the build and reboot try opening rom manager (too quick to see what it says) and then loads back into build #30.
I am at a loss as to why I cannot get the phone to be recognized as a USB device or be capable of further MODing. Any help would be appreciated
Thanks,
Michael
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Do you have skype? It would make it easier for me to help you. If you're not comfortable with it, I'll just type everything
Try this, turn phone off completely, turn it on by holding these three.... vol up, vol down, power....let go of all three at the same time as soon as you see the Vibrant logo.
Edit.....do not have it plugged in at all while doing this.
Is this a bug with the nightly? Try an OLDER version.
Sorry, don't have skype.
I did your above steps and that puts me into ClockworkMod Recovery.. Was there something I need to do in here?
s15274n said:
Is this a bug with the nightly? Try an OLDER version.
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Nope, it's a driver and human error. Rom manager cannot go into recovery mode, you have to use three button combo.
It's stated by the cm7 team.
No, I checked. I was just able to go to build #31 by rebooting into clockworkmod and installing the build #31 zip from there. I did have to wipe data, install, and clear cache to get it take though.
Removed.. Agh, been awhile since cm7, not what I remembered.
MikeTheTechGeek said:
Sorry, don't have skype.
I did your above steps and that puts me into ClockworkMod Recovery.. Was there something I need to do in here?
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Yes, now if you have downloaded a cm7 nightly on your sd card, do this.
Wipe data, factory reset
Wipe cache
Go to advanced, format system, cache, and data.m.
Go to install zip, choose zip from sdcard, select the downloaded cm7 nightly, select yes.
Then reboot phone, not reboot recovery. Leave it for 15 minutes, reboot, now use it.
After it's up and running, please please go into recovery mode the same way I posted, do this after you finish all the steps above!
Go into backup and storage and make a backup!! This will save your phone if future problems occur.....this is a nand backup.
Ok, I did all those steps, I have a backup now.
MikeTheTechGeek said:
Ok, I did all those steps, I have a backup now.
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Awesome, this will save you from bricks or anything unfortunate.
Is your computer still not recognizing it?
Correct, still not recognized.
Open device manager, find device installation settings and make sure it's on find drivers automatically.
Open Windows Update, settings, check give me recommended/additional updates.
Use the usb software to uninstall the drivers, uninstall kies, or any samsung software.
Reboot......install this driver, turn off your compute, don't restart.
On your phone, settings, applications, development, make sure debugging is on.
Plug the phone into the usb and plug it into a new usb slot. Now turn on your computer with it plugged in.
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x64.shtml
Well for whatever reason, those steps seem to bring to life my USB port.
I performed all the above steps and when I powered on my PC after perform the steps, the phone was not recognized as a USB device until I unplugged the USB cable and plugged it back in. Now it is recognized on every port on my laptop.
Interesting other issue was that after I used Odin to revert to stock, if I powered off my phone it would not load anything (not even the splash screen) when I tried to power it on and I know it was at 90-100% battery power. The only way to get it to boot was to go back into download mode and use odin to reflash the OS. I did this 4 times with the same results, with different copies of Odin and the stock rom and I got the same result.
I decided I was too tired to figure it out, left it on after a flash (not plugged into anything) and now it will reboot fine.
I don't know what strange voodoo possesses my phone, but thanks for your help.
That's good to hear and no problem. By the way, I highly recommend using Heimdall to flash roms....I've had no problems with it. I don't use odin anymore.
Thanks, I have heard of Heimdall but never tried it. I will give it a try next time.
Hey everyone,
I have been using XDA for a while now but this will be my first post.
In the past I have had nero v5, bionix 1.3.1, Cyanogen Mod 7 on my vibrant and now finally ICS Passion.
Everything has been working fine with ICS, however after flashing I cant mount the sd cards on my computer. It charges fine, but when plugged in it it says: Device drivers not installed. In addition there are two unfamiliar beeping noises (not like usual recognition and disconnection sounds)
Under device manager there is a yellow exclamation mark and it says: The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28). I have tried installing samsung vibrant drivers and nexus drivers from samsungs site, neither worked.
I want to keep using ICS, is there a way to get my phone recognized?
Thanks,
Makq
Nexus s drivers from Google http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Put phone in recovery and try to mount from there
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Ok so I installed SDK, loaded the package, installed the drivers, rebooted into recovery and then the phone was recognised as android composite ADB interface. At this point mounting in recovery mode lead to two removable disks. Clicking on them promts 'insert a disk'.
After rebooting the phone it is again recognised as SGH T959 and windows tries to install drivers, it fails and the problem is the same as before :S
Stay with it. I loaded sdk and it took 2 days for my computer to find the right pathway. I didnt do anything else just plugged it in and it 'suddenly' recognized new hardware. Follow the op to the letter.
If you have Kies mini on your computer be sure and delete it, it will interfere, dont ever use it anyway
Hmmm...I flashed V11 last week and I just tried to mount my phone for the first time this morning and it worked like normal. I was able to access my internal SD card. I don't have an external card in there right now so I can't confirm if I can access that one yet. I haven't installed anything else on my computer, it is just using the standard Vibrant USB drivers that I had installed for Froyo (Windows 7 64 bit). Did you have those drivers installed previously? Maybe try re-installing them again. I got them from this link in the forum. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Plug in your Phone then go to device manager and uninstall drivers for your phone . Unplug your phone and plug it back in you drivers will be installed again .
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Plug in your Phone then go to device manager and uninstall drivers for your phone . Unplug your phone and plug it back in you drivers will be installed again .
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Agreed this is probably your best bet. Actually when I updated to v11, for whatever reason my pc downloaded and installed drivers automatically like it was a new phone... go figure
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my phone will not be recognized by the computer no matter what i do. It recognizes my friends i777 just fine in odin and as a storage device so it isnt my drivers. With mine it only makes the connection sound and says device drivers failed to install. I am running shostock 3, philz kernel and windows 7. I have tried everything and i am out of ideas, please help. thanks
Install Kies fresh, install android sdk and update it, reboot, try different usb ports.
Also u have to disable usb debugging and let it install those drivers, enable it and let it install those drivers and boot into download mode and do a regular reboot and let it install those. Always worked for me after following those steps.
If he's friends phones works. Then I think it's the phone usb. My own phone has the same issues but my usb on phone is messed up. Says charging while its not chargin and that happens I get the whole Device not recognize and fail to install. Try cleaning your usb with 99% Isopropyl of the instructions above this post don't work out.
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If he's friends phones works. Then I think it's the phone usb. My own phone has the same issues but my usb on phone is messed up. Says charging while its not chargin and that happens I get the whole Device not recognize and fail to install. Try cleaning your usb with 99% Isopropyl of the instructions above this post don't work out.
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I will try this. I appreciate the help
I tried the suggestions.....
I downloaded the samsung drivers correctly because my pc recognizes any other samsung but no matter what i've tried it says usb device not recognized for my galaxy. Im stuck in a boot loop and the only thing i can access is download mode when i plug it in the computer. I can't access anything with the battery in, it just flashes the galaxy logo over and over. Thank you for you time in advance
Hi All,
I am having an issue with my S4 that when I plug them into my computer I get USB device not recognized. I have searched the forum for the past 2 days trying all kinds of different solutions the major one was changing my USB/charging port board on my phone.
I need to ODIN my device to an MJ7 image. At first I got the error and did a factory reset through safestrap recover. Still got the error so I did an advance wipe of every option. (Looking back shouldnt have done that) That took away my recovery, but I can get to download mode, but its not detected by my computer to use ODIN with. So I am stuck without a custom recovery without the ability to boot into anything.
Here is what I have tried so far:
1. Reinstall/uninstall drivers, reinstall/uninstall kies.
2. Changed USB ports on computer.
3. Changed USB cables
4. Changed computers from Win 8 x64 to Win 7 x64.
5. Changed computer to my MACbook using Heimdall.
6. Changed USB charging port board on my phone.
7. Tried everything again. *Still doesnt detect it*
Any ideas that I havent done already, or how to fix? I do have nandroid backup of my ROM, but dont have a custom recovery to flash it.
Cant ODIN back cause its not detected by my computer. Thanks in advance for your help.
Is USB debugging still checked on phone? You must use the USB cable provided with phone...
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
Thanks for the reply. I cant select USB debug on my phone because my phone does not boot into the main OS, it is stuck at the samsung custom padlock screen. The USB debug option was on when the OS was installed though. My phone will only boot into stock recovery and into download mode. I tried to use the original USB cable provided with the phone as I read this could be the problem, but I tried 4 other ones too and phone still gets detected as "Unknown Device" in device manager, so ODIN cant even see phone in download mode to restore. I have tried to install KIES and the Samsung Mobile phone drivers 1.5.x.x drivers. Just read somewhere where someone had this issue and installed Samsung mobile phone driver v1-4-6-0 so I am trying that now.
odlay75 said:
Thanks for the reply. I cant select USB debug on my phone because my phone does not boot into the main OS, it is stuck at the samsung custom padlock screen. The USB debug option was on when the OS was installed though. My phone will only boot into stock recovery and into download mode. I tried to use the original USB cable provided with the phone as I read this could be the problem, but I tried 4 other ones too and phone still gets detected as "Unknown Device" in device manager, so ODIN cant even see phone in download mode to restore. I have tried to install KIES and the Samsung Mobile phone drivers 1.5.x.x drivers. Just read somewhere where someone had this issue and installed Samsung mobile phone driver v1-4-6-0 so I am trying that now.
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Tried Samsung Mobile phone drivers version 1.4.6.0 and still the same outcome "USB device not recognized". I went down to a local electronics store and bought two different brand microUSB data cables. Tried them both along with my original one from samsung, and still the same result. Any other ideas??
Anyone else have any ideas? Thinking of sending it in and having it JTAG'ed back to stock. Can anyone recommend any services? Heard mobiletechvideos is good.
odlay75 said:
Anyone else have any ideas? Thinking of sending it in and having it JTAG'ed back to stock. Can anyone recommend any services? Heard mobiletechvideos is good.
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Go to Saferoot thread in dev forum...your answer may be there
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
I got into a bootloop yesterday with no reason, and I couldn't fix it , so I decided to do a clean flash.
After I wiped the partitions, I connected my phone to my Windows 10 PC and it says "USB device not recognized", and I installed all necessary USB drivers but still it is not working, and I couldn't turn on the device since no operating system is installed.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
(I'm using Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (SM-G360H) on CM 13. )
Thanks!