Im trying to install drivers for my Verizon SCH-i545 S4. Ive installed samsung Kies/Kies3. I've tried pretty much everything I can find from google and from here but I can't get it to work. What happens is when I try to install the drivers it says the device malfunctioned. I was running windows 8.1 and from what i read 8.1 was not good with phones so I reinstalled windows 7 just for this, still have the same problem. I reinstalled/uninstalled plenty of times already. I tried installing just the drivers without samsung kies. I tried letting windows install the drivers itself, Im out of ideas and out google pages to look.
The reason Im trying to get this to work is because I either soft bricked my phone or really bricked it. Im trying to connect to my PC in odin mode to repair it. If there is some other way to fix my phone with connecting to my computer that would help me too but I don't think so.
Any ideas?
found these around somewhere here. cant remember where or when, but i got em. uninstall Kies (its pretty worthless actually)http://www.mediafire.com/download/6wi69eq8xz18f5h/Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0.exe
Still no luck
Went to the gas station to buy cigarettes and i ended up buying a micro usb cable there just for the hell of it. It works now. For whatever reason the cable that came with my phone doesn't work but the cable i bought from the gas station works.
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Ok, Ill take this from the beginning uptil now.
From start I rooted my phone, everything worked sweet and I had no problems with any functions of the phone.
Then I added some music to the SD by connecting the phone to USB and copied it over that way. I even used the builtin tetherfunction of the phone to see if it worked when we were about to go on holiday to an island here in Sweden.
When we arrived there (the day after I tested the tether positive) my computer just said "USB device not recognized" and the phone wouldnt even prompt me to mount the SD card, it just puts a notification about HTC Sync (which it cant find even though its installed and was working the day before).
I just thought that something went wrong with the computer and its drivers and accepted the fact that I coulnt tether the internet to my laptop.
Now, a week later when I was about to flash the HTC rom (updated one) I still couldnt get the phone to accept the USB connection, I tried on my workstation with same results as with laptop (USB device not recognized), on my wife's Vista machine nothing happens at all, my parents in law's XP computer says same as on my laptop and workstation, my MAC says nothing at all and my work Vista computer doesnt say anything at all either.
The only way to get it to recognize the phone is if I power it on with power+back (bootloader?), it shows up as a ADB device and I could flash the HTC rom from modaco's generic files.
Even after the new romflash and a total wipe it still doesnt work. Should I contact HTC, or do you think that this is some kind of software issue? Since its working in bootloader (Fastboot USB) the USB part of the phone seems ok, doesnt it?
What would you suggest?
i had the smae error, and the solution for me, it sound crazy, but try to use the original usb cable, or at least a thin one, there are two types.
Ive been trying 4 different USB cables (including the original white one) and all with the same problem. I will try to call HTC Sweden today and see what they think, this is soo annoying. Must say that its been quite a hazzle to use the hero (lagginess until last update drove me mad to start with, and now this...). Im not an apple fanboy of any kind, but I must say my iPhone worked perfectly with no problems from day one and still does (my girlfriend got it now). Its more solid built than the hero. I really hope HTC can solve my issue and make this work since I dont want to send the unit back to be stuck without a phone for a couple of weeks. I will get back here when I got an answer from HTC.
hello latiszm,
I'm having the exact issue as you describe... did you solve the problem? I tried changing the SDCard and also tried different USB cables but with no result... all of a sudden, I cannot mount the card... (it's mounted when the hero boots) but if i take it out and in again, the phone doesn't mount it nor ask me to...
thanks in advance!
hello latiszm,
I had the same problem!!! :-(, i put on the offical update and sent it back to tmobile so they can fix but i think i'll get a new one instead but i gotta wait 3 weeks :-(
I had the exact same problem, although I couldn't even connect with ADB, only fastboot.
See my following post about the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4837803&postcount=19
I recently picked up a Samsung Admire. It has Gingerbread 2.3.4, and my computer's running Vista 64. When I first got, it showed up on My Computer, but then it randomly stopped. I've tried everything I can think of to no avail. I've swapped USB ports, tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, tried getting drivers directly from Samsung's website, tried debugging mode, tried going into Device Manager to find it there (where it does show up under Disk Drives and says it's working properly, but I can't do anything with it from there), etc, and still nothing. I've looked a several posts on here about it, too (which is where I got the uninstall/reinstall idea), but no luck (I'll admit I didn't understand some of what was said, as well...I'm not a phone guy, really). It's a brand new cord, too, in case someone mentions that.
It would be nice to be able to put stuff on it, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd certainly appreciate it.
Are you pulling down the status bar (at the top of the phone), and selecting 'Enable USB Storage'? Most android phones can connect to the computer and be seen by the device manager, but until the phone is told "OK, communicate with the computer", it will not actually let the computer access the file system.
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Are you pulling down the status bar (at the top of the phone), and selecting 'Enable USB Storage'? Most android phones can connect to the computer and be seen by the device manager, but until the phone is told "OK, communicate with the computer", it will not actually let the computer access the file system.
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Oh yah, I forgot to mention it doesn't show up either way, whether that's enabled or not.
I guess I'll take it into the MetroPCS store and see if they have any ideas on what's up. I need to take it there anyway to find out why my reception is so constantly horrid. Worst reception of any phone company I've ever been with, and I've been with a few.
salihe66 said:
I recently picked up a Samsung Admire. It has Gingerbread 2.3.4, and my computer's running Vista 64. When I first got, it showed up on My Computer, but then it randomly stopped. I've tried everything I can think of to no avail. I've swapped USB ports, tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, tried getting drivers directly from Samsung's website, tried debugging mode, tried going into Device Manager to find it there (where it does show up under Disk Drives and says it's working properly, but I can't do anything with it from there), etc, and still nothing. I've looked a several posts on here about it, too (which is where I got the uninstall/reinstall idea), but no luck (I'll admit I didn't understand some of what was said, as well...I'm not a phone guy, really). It's a brand new cord, too, in case someone mentions that.
It would be nice to be able to put stuff on it, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd certainly appreciate it.
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Hi, i had the same problem with my admire but i have just recently found newly released drivers for the samsung from their website and now i have no issues with it anymore, you have to download the drivers for the samsung indulge YES THE INDULGE and it will operate perfectly..
Howdy,
I've been scouring this place for some answers, but everything I've tried ain't workin' and I've got multiple issues.
Long story short, I'm on my 3rd vibrant from Tmobile and I want to get this thing rooted. I didn't at first, so I did the 2.2 upgrade via kies. Since then, I can't get my pc (win 7 64) to recognize that it's plugged in. The phone will realize it, but nothing showing on the pc. I've tried the obvious stuff; debugging on/off, usb cable is good, drivers are updated. My computer will recognize other devices, so I pretty sure its not the ports.
I tried to root using update.zip no pc method, but astro will not allow me to move the file to the internal memory.
Finally, I thought if I went back to 2.1 with Odin, I could get back some functionality. However, I get the phone into download mode and Odin won't see it either; none of the coms are lit up.
I'm to the point of asking for a replacement, but I'd rather get it done myself and avoid talking with support.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
bmurt1 said:
Howdy,
I've been scouring this place for some answers, but everything I've tried ain't workin' and I've got multiple issues.
Long story short, I'm on my 3rd vibrant from Tmobile and I want to get this thing rooted. I didn't at first, so I did the 2.2 upgrade via kies. Since then, I can't get my pc (win 7 64) to recognize that it's plugged in. The phone will realize it, but nothing showing on the pc. I've tried the obvious stuff; debugging on/off, usb cable is good, drivers are updated. My computer will recognize other devices, so I pretty sure its not the ports.
I tried to root using update.zip no pc method, but astro will not allow me to move the file to the internal memory.
Finally, I thought if I went back to 2.1 with Odin, I could get back some functionality. However, I get the phone into download mode and Odin won't see it either; none of the coms are lit up.
I'm to the point of asking for a replacement, but I'd rather get it done myself and avoid talking with support.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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I would recommend buying a new usb cable. If the new cable doesn't work then the usb port on your phone may be going bad. If you do decide to buy a usb cable do NOT buy a cheap cable, go to Tmobile and pay the 15 bucks for a good quality cable. If the cable doesn't work then go send your phone in to tmobile, if your warranty has expired then visit www.mobiletechvideos.com and look into sending them your phone for a usb port replacement. It costs around 35 bucks if thats what you end up doing, good luck.
I am trying to flash my vibrant to stock, but my laptop says usb unrecognized.This causes Odin not to detect my vibrant in download mode. I have downloaded all drivers including nexus drivers, but still same error usb unrecognized. I have then start on switching data cables including the stock data cables but the errors remain the same. I have tried on different computers and different windows, nothing working its the same errors on all computers. I have messed up by formatting everything in the Vibrant, now it boot loops to Vibrant logo. I can get into download mode normal but I cant get into CWM or any recovery mode, its probably because I have formatted the whole phone. When the phone is off, I plugged in the micro USB to the phone from the laptop, all it shows is the white lines that are in circler motions and then freezes. Weird my laptop still detects it as a USB unrecognized. As the phone is plugged in to the laptop I try taking the battery out and my phone is still on with the frozen screen of those white lines in circler Motions. Can anyone help me, or at least explain to me what the problem may be? My thoughts is that it may be a hardware problem. If so can anyone provide me some schematics on the USB portion? I hope we can bring some light on this problem. Giving it to T-Mobile is not an option. I have dealt with many problems and solved it, but this is one problem that keeps me stomp in my own tracks.
You can give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he will be able to eat for a lifetime!
Ok, so I am in a similar situation as yourself. I bought another Vibrant that was stuck on the bootloader screen. I gets into DL mode just fine, however Odin doesn't recognize it. I have uninstalled, reinstalled the drivers, used Nexus S and GNex drivers, 4 cords and 3ports and still no joy. My daily driver Vibe is like a mid-town flasher and is seen all over the place. So this leads me to believe that it is not driver/SW related but rather HW realted for me.
I think that my next step is to clean the USB ports on the phone and see if that works. If not, then I'll have to probably crack her open and clean there. I have another laptop that is using WinXP, so I might give that a try since nothing Samsung has ever been installed on it.
Keep me up to date with your findings and I will do the same with mine. Clearly I am not a noob but now this is just making me mad. Why one phone works/is seen and not the other. Common denomitator has to be HW.
Woodrube said:
Ok, so I am in a similar situation as yourself. I bought another Vibrant that was stuck on the bootloader screen. I gets into DL mode just fine, however Odin doesn't recognize it. I have uninstalled, reinstalled the drivers, used Nexus S and GNex drivers, 4 cords and 3ports and still no joy. My daily driver Vibe is like a mid-town flasher and is seen all over the place. So this leads me to believe that it is not driver/SW related but rather HW realted for me.
I think that my next step is to clean the USB ports on the phone and see if that works. If not, then I'll have to probably crack her open and clean there. I have another laptop that is using WinXP, so I might give that a try since nothing Samsung has ever been installed on it.
Keep me up to date with your findings and I will do the same with mine. Clearly I am not a noob but now this is just making me mad. Why one phone works/is seen and not the other. Common denomitator has to be HW.
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I agree with you, it may be a HW issue. I have tried connecting other phones to my laptop and it reads it just fine, but for my vibrant no success. Im gonna go ahead and actally open it up and check on some componets, i have a feeling that it may have burnt one of the componets due to over charge. Ill get back with you on my findings. Keep me updated on your progress.
Before you open her up, have you tried cleaning the metal contacts inside the USB on the phone? I am at work not, so I can't try anything, but I would check that before opening. Might just need to be cleaned.
Woodrube said:
Before you open her up, have you tried cleaning the metal contacts inside the USB on the phone? I am at work not, so I can't try anything, but I would check that before opening. Might just need to be cleaned.
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yes i've tried. I used a Q-tip and some alcohol, still same problems.
Update: Nothing!! How about you?
I have tried un/reinstalling the drivers, Odin v1.8, 1.3 and 1.0, about 4-5 cables and all 3 ports. I have cleaned the USB with alcohol and at this point am at a slight loss. The phone boots into DLmode and charges fine, so I don't think it is a faulty USB port. I cannot get into any recovery or ROM boot. All I have is DLmode and the GB bl screen. No kernel or ROM splash.
Gasp! I'm in a similar boat guys. My phone charges fine, and all my drivers are working and up to date...I can get into DL mode and all that jazz...phone even boots up and works! (fortunately)...but no dice on it being recognized by my or any computer. Glancing into the port, it looks like there may be some corrosion on the left hand side of the port, or some sort of damage...can't really tell without a proper magnifying glass. but it does look damaged or at least irregular. I've been reading around, and cleaning sounds like a potential solution...I've no idea how you guys are cleaning with giant q-tips lol but hopefully I can figure that one out also and give it a whirl xD But in the mean time, I sure hope somebody can come to the rescue
I don't know if this can help you guys, but this is how i hard bricked my vibrant few months ago. I get into download mode trying to get back to stock from ICS and my computer didn't recognize my phone....after a couple of hours my phone was completely dead and after a few days of research i brought it back to life using the unbrickable mod. What i'm thinking now is to use the Unbrickable Resurrector but you will need Linux...it always worked for me but i'm not sure if you need the unbrickable mod already applied. However i think if you have Linux installed you can have a try. Here is the link for the unbrickable resurrector http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17135277#post17135277
im on the latest firmware and i would like to root my phone but the problem is my laptop will not recognize the phone at all, tried htc sync, htc sync manager doesnt work either, uninstall/reinstall doesnt work...reboot phone reboot laptop doesnt work, it charges fine but just can not connect i have no idea what it is, ive searched and it seems to be hit and miss with some who have had the same problem, im asking if maybe someone can help me. thanks
usb cord?
vk4559 said:
im on the latest firmware and i would like to root my phone but the problem is my laptop will not recognize the phone at all, tried htc sync, htc sync manager doesnt work either, uninstall/reinstall doesnt work...reboot phone reboot laptop doesnt work, it charges fine but just can not connect i have no idea what it is, ive searched and it seems to be hit and miss with some who have had the same problem, im asking if maybe someone can help me. thanks
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Maybe your usb cord. My last phone did exactly that fresh out of the box.
Went to sprint they gave me a replacement, Try another if you haven't.
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Maybe your usb cord. My last phone did exactly that fresh out of the box.
Went to sprint they gave me a replacement, Try another if you haven't.
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i had 3 different cords and one shows myphone ischarging but stillno pc connection
Same has happened to me, evo lte wont connect to pc. Not rooted yet and jus when i decide to root no connection.
Tried 3 different cords and also have galaxy s3 that syncs just fine with all 3. Did factory reset to no avail.
Finally gave up and ordered replacement. If any luck please post as i still have old phone.
vk4559 said:
im on the latest firmware and i would like to root my phone but the problem is my laptop will not recognize the phone at all, tried htc sync, htc sync manager doesnt work either, uninstall/reinstall doesnt work...reboot phone reboot laptop doesnt work, it charges fine but just can not connect i have no idea what it is, ive searched and it seems to be hit and miss with some who have had the same problem, im asking if maybe someone can help me. thanks
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Make sure you have the latest drivers installed. Click here.
Got replacement phone today first thing I did was connect to pc and works fine. Installed previous apps and connected again and still works fine so it looks like a bad port on old phone. Wish i could fix and root as now I have 2 EVOs.