[Q] Verizon Note2 boots into download mode but computer wont recognize phone - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

Hello, I have searched through the forum and it appears that my Note 2 has SDS.
But I just hoping someone would be kind enough to help verify my assumation. My
phone will not boot pass the samsung screen and it will not boot into recovery.
But the phone will boot into download mode and this is the info that appears
on the screen:
Odin Mode
Product Name:
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
But with the phone in download mode and connected to my computer, the coumputer
and Odin is no longer recognizing that my phone is plugged in.
My phone was running CM10.1 with TWRP recovery.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated

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Well there are a few things that could be going on. The first, you may need to manually go into your device manager on your computer and remove all Samsung drivers I know it sounds crazy but it works, getting rid of that "unknown device id" you get when you connect your phone to the computer. Now there are some hidden drivers that you have to enter a command only once to be able to see, I'll try to get a link posted to a guide on how to do it.
With your phone in download mode plug it back to your computer now make sure that your computer is disconnected from the Internet because windows will ignore the driver you want and just grabs one. But you will have to download the usb driver you need to your computer first so after the deletion of all other Samsung drivers it will be the only one windows can install. I will see if I can get you all the links for the computer command and for the driver.exe. /This is the guide to remove your old drivers.
http://www.petri.co.il/removing-old-drivers-from-vista-and-windows7.htm Here is the driver link, and I hope this helps you out. http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/topic/3619-if-you-are-having-the-hardware-id-missing-error/#
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Thank you so much for the reply. I did as you instructed and removed all
of the previous installs/verisons of the Samsung drivers, downloaded the
new verison of drivers, unplugged my pc's network cable to disable the
internet and installed the new drivers. But as I was doing this, I realized
that I didnt explain my problem well enough. My apologies. The problem
is that when I connect my phone to my pc, the pc acts as if nothing has
been plugged into the usb port. By the way I did complete your instructions
in hopes that it would still correct my problem but unfortunately no luck. I
even tried using my notebook pc that I havent ever used with the phone
and installed the Samsung drivers but both the desktop and notebook
act as if nothing is being plugged into the usb port. Hope this makes
sense.
Again, thank you every much for you help and any other suggestions
will be greatly appreciated.

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Have you tried a different version of odin? I actually use the gs3 version for my note2 and it works perfect. Can you get into recovery at all? And are you familiar with running adb commands from your computer? Also try a different usb cable and then try different usb ports on your computer. Its very odd that odin won't see it while in download mode¿
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The only two verisons of Odin that I have use are Odin3 v3.07 SGSIII and Odin3 v1.85.
With the phone plugged into the usb port, anything I try in both versions of Odin returns:
"<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"
When I try to boot into recovery, by "Vol up, Home, Power" the phone goes to the
Samsung Galaxy Note II screen. if I continue to hold "Vol up, Home, Power" the
phone will go to the Same Samsung screen for about 2 seconds, then goes blank
for a second, then back to the same Samsug Galaxy Note II screen and will
continue this cycle as long as I hold the buttons.
Yes, I have very basic knowledge of adb commands but only in regards to pulling
and pushing some files to my other android devices.
One other bit of infomation I just noticed about the phone is that, with the phone
being powered off and then plugging the phone to charge, the battery icon appears
but its gray, no power % or anything. I do have a second Note2 and if I swap
batteries, both batteries are around 80% charged. Not sure if this litttle bit of info
is helpful.
Again thank you so much and I truly appreciate your help.

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I finally gave up and used an available upgrade to get a new phone which works on all fronts. Now if I could just solve this bricked phone, maybe I could sell it...or blow it up.

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Oh_wow said:
I finally gave up and used an available upgrade to get a new phone which works on all fronts. Now if I could just solve this bricked phone, maybe I could sell it...or blow it up.
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Well is it a note 2 or what kind? Thats bricked? If you want to get rid of it pm me and we'll talk.
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Droidjava said:
The only two verisons of Odin that I have use are Odin3 v3.07 SGSIII and Odin3 v1.85.
With the phone plugged into the usb port, anything I try in both versions of Odin returns:
"<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"
When I try to boot into recovery, by "Vol up, Home, Power" the phone goes to the
Samsung Galaxy Note II screen. if I continue to hold "Vol up, Home, Power" the
phone will go to the Same Samsung screen for about 2 seconds, then goes blank
for a second, then back to the same Samsug Galaxy Note II screen and will
continue this cycle as long as I hold the buttons.
Yes, I have very basic knowledge of adb commands but only in regards to pulling
and pushing some files to my other android devices.
One other bit of infomation I just noticed about the phone is that, with the phone
being powered off and then plugging the phone to charge, the battery icon appears
but its gray, no power % or anything. I do have a second Note2 and if I swap
batteries, both batteries are around 80% charged. Not sure if this litttle bit of info
is helpful.
Again thank you so much and I truly appreciate your help.
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I'm having this same exact issue as you. Can't find a fix at all. Will probably have to head into Verizon and grab a new phone. :crying:

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When you are booting this particular phone into recovery you know the right way BUT just as you see the first Logo take your finger off the power button while still holding volume up and home and see if that will work.
Also on a side note if you have a micro sd adapter then you might be able to get a recovery image on it from your computer and put it back into the phone and try to push it in with fastboot, you say you were running cm10. what, (if none of the above works), were you doing at the time of this problem? Flashing, turning on, or what?
You may want to check this out too if you haven't done so already.
http://galaxynote2root.com/
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mad96 said:
When you are booting this particular phone into recovery you know the right way BUT just as you see the first Logo take your finger off the power button while still holding volume up and home and see if that will work.
Also on a side note if you have a micro sd adapter then you might be able to get a recovery image on it from your computer and put it back into the phone and try to push it in with fastboot, you say you were running cm10. what, (if none of the above works), were you doing at the time of this problem? Flashing, turning on, or what?
You may want to check this out too if you haven't done so already.
M.A.D.NoTe.||
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I actually got it fixed, problem I was having was even though Samsung Drivers were installed on my desktop, Odin still would not recognize(phone would make the connection noise on my PC and show "Serial Android"). So first thing this morning as I came into work, installed drivers and phone was detected by Odin. Flashed .PIT/PDA files and got it working again. :good:

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Cool man good deal!
You may want to post a Fix solution for the problem you were having in case others don't know what to do and panic and send their device in on a insurance claim. Kudos
M.A.D.NoTe.||

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mad96 said:
Well is it a note 2 or what kind? Thats bricked? If you want to get rid of it pm me and we'll talk.
M.A.D.NoTe.||
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It's another VZW Note 2 and I'm still going to try for a solution. When that gets old, I'll definitely pm..

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The problem with the phone occurred sometime between plugging it in to charge Sunday
night and Monday morning. The phone appeared to be fine that night but when I woke up
and looked at the phone, it was at the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen. The phone is
plugged into a surge protector/battery backup. The one my pc is plugged into. So I don't
believe it was a power surge but who know.
I believe I'm coming to the conclusion that either the phone's usb/power port or the phone
itself is defective. No matter what I try, none of the computer will even act as if anything is
plugged into the pc's usb port. All adb commands pretty much return a <waiting for device>.
I tried to boot into recovery the different way you suggested but unfortunately no luck. The
phone just gets to the Samsung screen and stops. I think the biggest issue is that the
computers act as if nothing is plugged into the usb ports. This prevents Odin or adb commands
from working. Which eliminates all options that I have tried. I have tried different usb cables
and other phones with the different usb cable and they all seem to work correctly.
At this point, I think tomorrow, I'm going to have to look into getting some kind of replacement
phone if I can't get something to at least see that the phone is actually plugged into the usb port.
I want thank you Mad96 for giving me all the help, suggestions and options. If you do have
anymore that you think might work, I would greatly appreciate them but for the life of me, I
can't figure out why all of the computers act like the phone isn't plugged into the usb ports.

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I'll see if I can get some other info from friends of mine, new ideas if so I will gladly let you know.
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Droidjava said:
The problem with the phone occurred sometime between plugging it in to charge Sunday
night and Monday morning. The phone appeared to be fine that night but when I woke up
and looked at the phone, it was at the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen. The phone is
plugged into a surge protector/battery backup. The one my pc is plugged into. So I don't
believe it was a power surge but who know.
I believe I'm coming to the conclusion that either the phone's usb/power port or the phone
itself is defective. No matter what I try, none of the computer will even act as if anything is
plugged into the pc's usb port. All adb commands pretty much return a <waiting for device>.
I tried to boot into recovery the different way you suggested but unfortunately no luck. The
phone just gets to the Samsung screen and stops. I think the biggest issue is that the
computers act as if nothing is plugged into the usb ports. This prevents Odin or adb commands
from working. Which eliminates all options that I have tried. I have tried different usb cables
and other phones with the different usb cable and they all seem to work correctly.
At this point, I think tomorrow, I'm going to have to look into getting some kind of replacement
phone if I can't get something to at least see that the phone is actually plugged into the usb port.
I want thank you Mad96 for giving me all the help, suggestions and options. If you do have
anymore that you think might work, I would greatly appreciate them but for the life of me, I
can't figure out why all of the computers act like the phone isn't plugged into the usb ports.
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Sorry if youve already answered this, have you tried a second PC to see if it can detect it? Sounds similar to my issue.
1.Tried unlocking bootloader using Casual.
1a. Casual fails on recovery and doesnt reboot.
2. Battery pull, samsung bootloop every second or so.
2a. Plug device into second computer, will install driver automatically (takes a few min)
2b. Access device with odin off external HDD
2c. Flash PIT/PDA Restore files and reboot.
Should solve the issue of logo reboot. Basically factory Reset is what your doing. You'll be on stock unrooted device.

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Yes, unfortunately I have tried multiple pc's with windows, linux and
even a Mac. I have a Droid Razr Maxx that I wasn't using so I'll just
use it until I decide if I'm going to use the insurance or if I'll just
wait and buy one of the new phones I've been considering.
Again, I want to thank you for all of your help but I'm going to put
the Note2 up for now.

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The problem exists with Windows XP, as the latest updates from Samsung have changed the drivers and are not supported on XP anymore in order to do it.
Interesting I have a VZW Note 2 that won't even allow me to put it into Download Mode so that I can Odin to it.
Any clues?

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HI! I have the same issue with my wife's N7105 (stock fw) - it happened after leaving it charging overnight with only 5% battery left. Only difference is that I can no longer get into the stock recovery. The screen only shows white lines when I try to fire it up normally or try to enter stock recovery. However screen is fine when I go into download mode.
When I tried to flash the fw, it says no PIT partition found. Everytime I try to flash the PIT via odin, it always fails. I tried 4 different versions of odin, tried it on winxp and win7, and basically tried the steps listed in this thread.
You think this is already a hopeless case?

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jolex_sp said:
HI! I have the same issue with my wife's N7105 (stock fw) - it happened after leaving it charging overnight with only 5% battery left. Only difference is that I can no longer get into the stock recovery. The screen only shows white lines when I try to fire it up normally or try to enter stock recovery. However screen is fine when I go into download mode.
When I tried to flash the fw, it says no PIT partition found. Everytime I try to flash the PIT via odin, it always fails. I tried 4 different versions of odin, tried it on winxp and win7, and basically tried the steps listed in this thread.
You think this is already a hopeless case?
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Flash the PIT with a rom, like Root66 or the Alternative Restore rom in droidstyles thread, and see if that helps.
You have tried different USB cords correct?
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shangrila500 said:
Flash the PIT with a rom, like Root66 or the Alternative Restore rom in droidstyles thread, and see if that helps.
You have tried different USB cords correct?
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Yeah, I already tried different usb cords.. Regarding droidstykle's thread, I noticed that it's for the VZW SCH-I605 variant.. will it work for the international N7105 variant? or did I miss another thread for the N7105?