[Q] unbrick galaxy attain - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I amusing Ubuntu 12.4 lts I have a soft bricked galaxy attain. it will bootg into dowloading. I have installed the samsung usb drivers and other files to unbrick the handset. well when i plug in the usb the computer does not see the handset. so i can't download the drivers to use the Heimdall suite. I guess it all will work and unbrick the handset but this ubuntu will not show the handset. I'm very new to linux and learning on the fly. I think the other programs work if i can get this handset to show up when i plug in the usb. sch-r920. Any help?

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[Q] "Gadget Serial" driver?

Attempting to update new Vibrant (Galaxy S) using "Unleash the beast v0.1" - post reboot my XP machine is asking for a "Gadget Serial" driver. I've been looking around for such a beast but not having much success. The phone is displaying a lovely "Do not turn off target!!" error too. Makes me a tad nervous.
Suggestions?
[Solution]
FWIW: This can be fixed by downloading "PC Studio" from Samsung. (This board isn't letting me post the link but you can search on the Samsung main site).
I tried installing that pc studio. Did not work. I have windows vista-64 bit.
Same problem
Hi I'm new in this forum and new to Android also.
I'm having the exact same problem, when I'm trying to flash my phone (AT&T Captivate) back to stock using Odin3 One-Click Downloader my PC is asking me for a Gadget Serial Driver.
I already install ( a few times ) the Phone drivers downloaded from the Samsung site and my PC recognize my phone with no issues. My problem is when I'm in Download mode.
I have a Samsung Captivate rooted with 2.1 update 1 (JH7)
MY PC is running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
I will try the PC Studio from Samsung
Problem solved
Problem solved after installing the Samsung PC Studio. Thanks
It did not fix my problem. Is there another fix? Device manager even says that it is "other device" no drivers.
Try installing Keis mini. i had the same problem and that fixed it.
samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-I897ZKAATT
WTF are Samsung up to? Seriously?
I have a Galaxy S2 and i'm stuck on this Gadget driver issue. So I googled, found this thread and started looking. I've now found:
Kies Lite (Samsung site)
Kies 2.0 (Samsung site)
PC Studio 7.blah.blah... (Some driver download site)
PC Studio 3.blah (Samsung site)
NEW PC Studio 1.blah (Samsung site)
Talk about f*&king confused!
Oh and Kies 2.0 never finishes installing, I suspect its in a look as it sticks on "Evaulating Launch Conditions"...
WTF?
Anyone ANY clues on WHICH is the correct software AND version?
please anybody help us
I tried all of the above but nothing working. I tried on 2 different computers. one with
win7 64bit the other with winxp. both had the same problem. the stupid gadget serial
driver.
Try updating your Samsung drivers to the most recent ones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11633550#post11633550
I totally got it to work for my Galaxy SII
I remember putting my phone into some sort of usb tethering in the setting
so I just unchecked it and the drivers installed themselves
Settings> Wireless And Network > USB Utilities
and just push the connect to PC button and when you put your phone into Download mode the download wizard should install the drivers
Just so you wont switch..
From July 2012 Kies version
7HUND3R said:
Here it is: version 1.5.6.0 of the samsung usb drivers just extracted from latest updated kies
http://www.mediafire.com/?5fy7vwxhrhrpiwj
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Pierrick
Gadget Serial
None of that worked for me. Doing the following worked for me. Basically you have to tell your pc what kind of driver this "Gadget Serial" is.
Goto "Device Manager".
Find the "Gadget Serial" device.
Right click and choose select update driver.
select "browse my computer for drivers" and then choose "Let me pick the drivers to install".
zachol said:
Try updating your Samsung drivers to the most recent ones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11633550#post11633550
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Thanks so much . This fixed my issue on Win8 x64 with Hemdal and Epic 4g
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micromax a71 driver gadget serial error how to solve
I want to flash my Q mobile i6 metal one but when I connect to computer and it has yellow icon too and it not working.... do I flash if gadget serial drive not work properly ??? How to flash Qmobile i6 metal one

[Q] SGH-i717 incompatible with 64-bit operating systems??

I'm trying to use my 64-bit windows laptop to install the recently leaked ICS update on my SGH i717. Which as of now is only available as a .exe file. The problem is (confirmed by samsung tech support) that the i717 is incompatible with 64-bit windows, and isn't even recognized by my computer. Is there any way to remedy this? I do not have access to any 32-bit machines, and I really want this update!! Thankyou.
I installed the leak via the Odin exe. on my 64 bit machine with no problems.
Really? I can't even get my computer to recognize my phone, not even as usb storage. I've installed and reinstalled every driver I could find. I've even plugged it into a couple different computers. The best answer I could get was that it was because of the my windows version from the samsumg tech support woman. Is there a special driver out there or am I missing something?
mikesaull said:
I'm trying to use my 64-bit windows laptop to install the recently leaked ICS update on my SGH i717. Which as of now is only available as a .exe file. The problem is (confirmed by samsung tech support) that the i717 is incompatible with 64-bit windows, and isn't even recognized by my computer. Is there any way to remedy this? I do not have access to any 32-bit machines, and I really want this update!! Thankyou.
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Just install dagr8's saurom ICS. It's flashable via CWM and located in dev section.
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I don't have a problem with my 64 bit system recognizing and mounting my i717. It didn't work at first, but it turned out that my stock samsung data cable was faulty. Used a different cable and haven't had an issue since.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk
Well I tried a few chords. Is there any root methods that I can do from the device without a computer?
Download the latest Kies.
Let it install and make sure you select the USB drivers.
Uninstall Kies because it's ****.
Leave drivers.
Replug handset (make sure debugging is on)
This should put you in the clear mate. If it doesn't, get the Android Development Kit for the proper ADB drivers
Go to shop development, look for the pre root kernel, download USB drivers. It works, but your computer doesn't have the drivers for the phone
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
Works for me on w7 64-bit as well... Don't remember doing anything special...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
Drivers
I am running Windows 7 Pro x64. No problems here.
You don't need to download kies. Just install these drivers;
http://download.cnet.com/20070905101545468-Samsung-Mobile-USB-Driver-exe/3000-18493_4-206977.html
I also installed it using 64 bit windows 7
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
Thanks everyone for your replies. I'll keep trying
That's a damn lie. I have a new 27" iMac with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit installed on it. I have successfully connected my Galaxy Note to the computer, every time.
There is a problem with how to get the computer to recognize your phone, that I never had with any of my HTC phones... With my HTC EVO's, all I had to do was connect my phone to a USB, and a bunch of options would automatically pop-up, asking me how I wanted to use my phone. I'd select the option to use my phone as a 'USB Storage Device,' and a few seconds later, my computer would automatically recognize my phone.
You can't seem to do it this way with Samsung phones. What you have to do, is:
MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS NOT ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER VIA USB!!! This is a must! Your computer will not recognize your phone if it's already connected BEFORE following the other steps.
Go to SETTINGS.
Select the first option (WIRELESS AND NETWORK).
Then you must select USB UTILITIES.
A screen saying "USB Mass Storage" will pop-up, and there will be a button you have to press stating, "CONNECT STORAGE TO PC."
Upon selecting "Connect Storage to PC," then and ONLY THEN, you will finally connect your phone to the USB.
If you follow these steps, after a few seconds, your computer will download any necessary drivers, and eventually it will recognize your phone. I am not sure why it's this difficult to do this on Samsung phones. Like I said, HTC phones are really simple. It doesn't matter when you connect the USB on HTC phones. Samsung, you can only connect it at a certain time. I hope this works for you.
I also run Windows 7 64 on my laptop, and have no problem with my Note. Odin, files transfers, Kies, everything works.
Steve
I used to use my old pen 4 desktop(one im typing from now) to do all my phone modding... When I bought my galaxy I thought that this machine was too sketchy and decided to use my win7 64bit xps laptop... Flawless.
Okay, so the samsung woman gave me the wrong information. Thanks Dr. Evo. I tryed your technique with no success. I haven't had any luck with anything. Could this possibly be a problem with my device? I'm considering a trip to the at&t store.
same here....
Funny... I'm now having the same issue on my laptop.... It connects fine to my 2k8 R2 x64 Server just fine. That one is an old and heavily upgraded Dell D9100 tower. I'm pretty sure I got it recognized on my ASUS U43J Bamboo laptop with Win7 Pro x64 when first got the phone. I've since reimaged and did a fresh install of the OS and drivers, and I'm certain that I reinstalled all the drivers and updates.
Tired the drivers built into KIES 2.0 - fail
Tried the USB_Driver_for_ATT_I717_Galaxy_Note_v1_3_2200_0 driver I used on my 2k8 server - fail
About to try some other drivers I found here. If something works, I'll report it...
***UPDATE***
Before trying any other drivers I decided to try one more thing...
With the phone connected via USB, shut the phone down, wait a few seconds, and turn it back on. On my laptop, PnP found three devices and installed the drivers when the phone powered on:
SAMSUNG Mobile USB Composite Device
SGH-I717
SAMSUGN Mobile USB Modem
Kies 2.0 then saw the device... still sitting there saying "Connecting..." but at least I'm one step further...
mikesaull said:
Okay, so the samsung woman gave me the wrong information. Thanks Dr. Evo. I tryed your technique with no success. I haven't had any luck with anything. Could this possibly be a problem with my device? I'm considering a trip to the at&t store.
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I'm sorry my advice didn't help. I honestly have no idea what your issue could be. Are you still within your 30-day return window? If you were, I'd ask for a replacement phone, or if you bought your phone at an AT&T Store or BB, ask if anyone in the store has the ability to connect your phone to a laptop or computer in the store to see if they can get it to work.
For me it worked on 2 different Win 64 installs.
Here is what I did:
Install Kies. On the phone go to settings>apps>development and then check on USB debugging.
Phone connects perfectly. You can see the phone listed as a device in my computer. Clicking on it allows you to access both the USB storage and SD card.
To other poster saying you NEED to enable USB storage. You don't. It works in MTP mode.
Unplug all other usb hardware. Try another jack and cable. Don't use a hub. All virus and firewall software should be off. Log on to windows update with the phone plugged in and turned on. You might have to reboot and check again.

Windows does not detect my Galaxy S3 while in download mode, it does with a Galaxy S2

As stated in the title, my Windows 7 64-bit does not detect my SGS3 while in download mode. It does when I boot the phone and connect the USB cable. It also detects my wife's Galaxy S2 which I rooted some months ago. My SGS3 is not fully charged, only 15%. I have downloaded and installed the last USB drivers (1.5.40), but not Kies. Maybe I should wait until it is completely charged or it isn't necessary at all?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
joanquro said:
As stated in the title, my Windows 7 64-bit does not detect my SGS3 while in download mode. It does when I boot the phone and connect the USB cable. It also detects my wife's Galaxy S2 which I rooted some months ago. My SGS3 is not fully charged, only 15%. I have downloaded and installed the last USB drivers (1.5.40), but not Kies. Maybe I should wait until it is completely charged or it isn't necessary at all?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Well, I have done the following: I have connected the phone to another computer (a laptop), which has windows 7 32 bit but with an older version of the Samsung USB Drivers (1.4.103) and Odin detects the phone correctly. So It looks like using the 1.5.4.0 version of the drivers does not work. I'm going to uninstall the last version and reinstall the 1.4.103 version and see if it works. I'll post results here.
Solved!
It was a flawed usb cable!
It's not the stock usb cable that comes with the phone, it's a cable I had used for years with my older phone without problems.
When I tested the phone in the laptop, I used a different cable (the Samsung cable). That's the reason why it worked ok with the laptop.
Hi there,
I have the same problem. I am using the stock cable that came with the device. When I plug it into my laptop the phone detects that it is connected, however there is no response from my laptop. There is no device picked up in My Computer.
I'm sure this is just some n00b mistake I've made in some setting somewhere but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. (USB debugging is ticked).
Have you installed samsung kies to get the drivers for the sgs3?
I've just installed Samsung Kies this minute. The application is open however it seems to be stuck on the 'Connecting...' title screen...
Waiting.....
I've noticed that when I first plug it in, Windows searches for the drivers but is having trouble installing the SAMSUNG Mobile MTP Device.
[UPDATE]
... Just running device troubleshooter. Hopefully that will sort it out.
:s
[UPDATE, UPDATE]
Sorted it... Completely rebooted my laptop and then completely rebooted my phone. This time it installed the MTP Device successfully with no errors. Thanks for the help.

Help with soft bricked vibrant

Hey everybody. I didn't get any replies in the vibrant section, and I figured it is also an over all samsung product question so here goes. I bought a very messed up samsung galaxy vibrant t959 off a friend for $20 hoping I could fix it. They had flashed a captivate rom to it but I can still manage to get it into download mode. But heres the problem. Odin wont recognize it when I plug it in it just says windows does not recognize device has malfunctioned or something along the lines of that, the bubble shows up over and over every two seconds. I got odin to recognize it once before, but my brother unplugged it XP. Now I can not get odin to recognize it again, any tips? I have a linux computer at my disposal as well if that helps. I am familiar with flashing, odin, android sdk, adb. I know I have drivers installed good because the same cable with the same port and same computer I actually modded this same device before my friend messed it up. Any help at all would be much appreciated.
blu422 said:
Hey everybody. I didn't get any replies in the vibrant section, and I figured it is also an over all samsung product question so here goes. I bought a very messed up samsung galaxy vibrant t959 off a friend for $20 hoping I could fix it. They had flashed a captivate rom to it but I can still manage to get it into download mode. But heres the problem. Odin wont recognize it when I plug it in it just says windows does not recognize device has malfunctioned or something along the lines of that, the bubble shows up over and over every two seconds. I got odin to recognize it once before, but my brother unplugged it XP. Now I can not get odin to recognize it again, any tips? I have a linux computer at my disposal as well if that helps. I am familiar with flashing, odin, android sdk, adb. I know I have drivers installed good because the same cable with the same port and same computer I actually modded this same device before my friend messed it up. Any help at all would be much appreciated.
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I would recommend uninstalling and then re-installing your USB drivers and see if Odin will then recognize the phone. Another alternative would be to see if Heimdall recognizes the device and use that to flash the stock ROM to the device. If you are unfamiliar on how to use Heimdall I would recommend taking a look at this guide.
shimp208 said:
I would recommend uninstalling and then re-installing your USB drivers and see if Odin will then recognize the phone. Another alternative would be to see if Heimdall recognizes the device and use that to flash the stock ROM to the device. If you are unfamiliar on how to use Heimdall I would recommend taking a look at this guide.
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Heimdall on windows also will not detect it
Would it make a difference if I tried it on linux? I'll also try reinstalling drivers
Edit: reinstalling drivers did not work
blu422 said:
Heimdall on windows also will not detect it
Would it make a difference if I tried it on linux? I'll also try reinstalling drivers
Edit: reinstalling drivers did not work
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I believe you can download Samsung mobile phone driver on Samsung website
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium
blu422 said:
Heimdall on windows also will not detect it
Would it make a difference if I tried it on linux? I'll also try reinstalling drivers
Edit: reinstalling drivers did not work
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You can try it on Linux I can't guarantee it will make a difference but I would try it anyway. If you are going to try it on Linux make sure you configure USB access for the device correctly in order for the computer to recognize your phone.

Ace stuck in bootlop. PC and Mac doesn't recognize it

Hi everybody! I tried installing an official firmware without bloatware for my sister's Ace. It entered into bootloop and does not go over the logo of Samsung and Orange. I tried reset factory, delete cache etc., without success. When I tried to install something via Odin, the computer did not recognize it. I have tried on two different Windows with Odin and a Mac with JOdin, without success. It does not work with Kies as well. It seems that the computers don't recognize a mobile plugged, even trying with tdifferent cables, USB ports, Windows and Mac, etc. Any idea/alternative?
Thank you very much!!
There are two cases when my Galaxy Ace was not recognized on my computer.
1. Which version of the odin you tried to use to restore Galaxy Ace?
- Since Galaxy Ace supports "Odin Multi Downloader 4.xx", instead of normally known Odin. There might be confusion between two different versions of the odin, since they look almost identical. However, the way you can find difference is that "Odin Multi Downloader" have "OPS" button that you can load ops file and another have "PIT" button that you can load pit file. Since JODIN have "PIT" button, it is unlikely to work for flashing Galaxy Ace. (And Jodin requires PIT file, not OPS.)
2. Are you using Windows 8 or older?
- This could be an issue you have encounter, since most computers nowadays have Windows 10, 8.1, or 8. I experienced this problem when I tried to flash my Galaxy Ace I dug out from desk. When I connected Galaxy Ace in download mode to Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 computer, it said "USB Not Recognized". When I actively used Galaxy Ace back in 2012, I had Windows 7 and was able to flash Galaxy Ace successfully. I posted the solution if you have a Mac Here with VirtualBox. You also may try using computer with Windows 7 or older.
I hope these information were helpful for your successful recovery of Galaxy Ace.

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