Hello, all.
I have a straight talk samsung galaxy s3 sch-s698c I was able to flash cwm and lineage os 14 onto with no problem, but I have a couple of questions and issues, though:
1. what issues would be encountered if I activate this phone thru straight talk with a custom rom? I ask because I was unable to find the exact lineage OS build for the sch-s698c, but used the one for the Verizon model, the sch-i535, which DOES work. How do I activate this phone with that Verizon ROM on it? I haven't activated it yet.
2. I am having a weird issue with usb otg working. I am able to plug in one of those dual end usb thumb drives that has a micro USB end with no problems, but when I use an otg cable (which I had to order) and a USB stick, hard drive, etc nothing happens. I want to access the files on my laptop, which kicked the bucket, and the hard drive is still good and is connected to a sata to USB adapter. I have tried using various otg apps, such as usb otg helper, apps that detect for otg capability, and tried testing the otg cable on a phone that I knew had otg to see if the cable was bad, but it wasn't. When I tested for otg, the API was there in the os, but the system was unable to detect the otg signal. How is a dual end USB drive able to communicate with this phone, but the otg cable not??? I have also tried using the stock firmware for this phone, which I had backed up before flashing lineage os; no-go. What do I have to do to fix this?
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I used a tool called "USB host controller" and it reports "no root hub found" and also reports "s3c root host driver was not found". What does this mean?? I tried to find this driver all over the internet, but it's a needle in a haystack.
HOWEVER, I run this program with the dual ended thumb drive plugged into this phone, and it reports a root hub and the phone in host mode. While this phone works with thumb drives that have a micro USB end, I still don't know why it won't work with an otg cable, SMH... Are there any circuits in the dual end drives that make otg work, or otg USB hubs that have such circuits?
Okay folks, I feel like a TOTAL IDIOT right now. I solved the USB otg problem by placing a sliver of a business card in the bottom of the charging port before inserting the otg cable. Apparently the otg plug fits too loosely in the charging port due to wear and had a bad connection. Now it works.
Now to the activation question...
What do you mean by activation? the sim thing? if its that i think you can do it only on stock rom
McXred said:
What do you mean by activation? the sim thing? if its that i think you can do it only on stock rom
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Activation as in getting cell service restored. To my knowledge, the phone does not need a sim if using stock rom. I was able to purchase a plan and activate w no sim, but only with stock. I couldn't activate it using a custom rom.
However, I did find a good thread on this with a little diggin: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-verizon/development/guide-to-flashsetup-sim-apn-cm-cm-based-t3351290. According to this thread, i will need to get a deactivated Verizon sim and a BYOP activation kit for straight talk or something like that to restore service to an sch-s698c using cyanogenmod based roms intended to work with the sch-i535. I don't have a Verizon sim yet and would like to look into this later. What do you think?
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Hey guys,
Recently I have not been able to connect my phone to PC. I've tried hard resetting, as well as loading the phone in "upgrade" mode (power+camera+reset) and in both cases the PC did not recognise the phone...
it says "unknown device found" when in "upgrade" mode and says nothing while connected while in windows.
Any ideas guys? I have a micro usb card, but not an adaptor so i'm clueless right now I've tried the phone on different PC's so its not the computer either.
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Hey guys,
Recently I have not been able to connect my phone to PC. I've tried hard resetting, as well as loading the phone in "upgrade" mode (power+camera+reset) and in both cases the PC did not recognise the phone...
it says "unknown device found" when in "upgrade" mode and says nothing while connected while in windows.
Any ideas guys? I have a micro usb card, but not an adaptor so i'm clueless right now I've tried the phone on different PC's so its not the computer either.
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Bad USB port on the phone or possible a bad cable. Did you swap cables too?
Uss_Defiant said:
Hey guys,
Recently I have not been able to connect my phone to PC. I've tried hard resetting, as well as loading the phone in "upgrade" mode (power+camera+reset) and in both cases the PC did not recognise the phone...
it says "unknown device found" when in "upgrade" mode and says nothing while connected while in windows.
Any ideas guys? I have a micro usb card, but not an adaptor so i'm clueless right now I've tried the phone on different PC's so its not the computer either.
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i have this issue randomly too. i find that by switching 'Enable Advanced network functionality' off or on (opposite of whichever setting it was when i had the issue) that the phone connects with no problem. i'm actually having a problem as we speak connecting to SOTI Pocket Controller, and i turned off the advanced network functionality and now it is working fine. Settings --> Connections --> USB to PC.
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i have this issue randomly too. i find that by switching 'Enable Advanced network functionality' off or on (opposite of whichever setting it was when i had the issue) that the phone connects with no problem. i'm actually having a problem as we speak connecting to SOTI Pocket Controller, and i turned off the advanced network functionality and now it is working fine. Settings --> Connections --> USB to PC.
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Right but that wont affect Bootloader mode. He said he has the problem in bootloader. That I think is a bad cable or bad port.
scrosler said:
Right but that wont affect Bootloader mode. He said he has the problem in bootloader. That I think is a bad cable or bad port.
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I've tried the phone in a different port and different computer, no luck. I dont have another cable but i'd be willing to get one. Would it be worth it for me to try to reinstall the ROM on the phone along with the radio?
Uss_Defiant said:
I've tried the phone in a different port and different computer, no luck. I dont have another cable but i'd be willing to get one. Would it be worth it for me to try to reinstall the ROM on the phone along with the radio?
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No, I meant the port on the phone. The mini USB port. I had that go bad on me once. From me picking up the phone by the cable when I was tethering to desktop PC. Yeah, I dont do that any more.
Do you know anyone else with the same phone? if so have them try it on your rig with your cable. That will tell you right away if its the phone or not. Cant think of anything else to try without a control device.
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No, I meant the port on the phone. The mini USB port. I had that go bad on me once. From me picking up the phone by the cable when I was tethering to desktop PC. Yeah, I dont do that any more.
Do you know anyone else with the same phone? if so have them try it on your rig with your cable. That will tell you right away if its the phone or not. Cant think of anything else to try without a control device.
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So I picked up another USB cable and still no luck... I also flashed the phone to the stock rom, and no luck again. I think you're right about when you said it was a hardware issue.
Here's another question though... would it be worth it returning the phone now, and getting another phone of the same model, or could I just use Bluetooth for active sync, return the phone in 9 months, and hope they'll give me a better model.
Uss_Defiant said:
So I picked up another USB cable and still no luck... I also flashed the phone to the stock rom, and no luck again. I think you're right about when you said it was a hardware issue.
Here's another question though... would it be worth it returning the phone now, and getting another phone of the same model, or could I just use Bluetooth for active sync, return the phone in 9 months, and hope they'll give me a better model.
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Its always a roll of the dice on that.....if they still have Moguls in stock in 9 months, which I believe they will.....chances are slim for an upgrade.....but you never know...
I just got a new T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant. Running 2.1 Froyo Update 1, on JI6 modem and 2.6.29 kernel. Stock unrooted so far.
When I plug in my Samsung Vibrant into my Windows 7 64bit Machine, it is not being detected by Windows Explorer. I installed Samsung's Kies Mini and to STILL not being detected by the program. I installed 64 bit drivers and nothing. I've tried a combination of setting under USB settings Samsung Kies, Media Player, Mass Storage and Ask on Connection. None of them work.
I enabled/disabled USB Debugging in combination with some of the usb settings. I've disconnected and tried every single USB port on the back of my motherboard. I've reset the phone, and my computer. NOTHING WORKS. If someone can point me in the right direction if would be GREATLY appreciated. This is my first android phone and so far its not going so well....Will give THANKS to anyone who helps. What my main goal is to wipe the phone clean, and install a 2.2 rom on it or even Vanilla 2.2 With Root. Still new to this stuff....
Have you gone to the samsung website and downloaded/installed the drivers for your phone?
Here's a link for within XDA that has both the 64 and the 32 bit drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
I think my issue is my LG Data cable. I've read around and apparently I need a Samsung Certifed USB Data Cable?
Edit: And yes I got the EXACT same drivers off the Softpedia page. Gonna reinstall for a another try but I'm 100% sure its my gimpy USB Cable.
Ah. I suppose that's possible as well. It's the same with car charger sometimes too. If it isn't setup with the exact same pins that your phone has then it won't work. So, even if the connectors look identical, apparently they're not.
Ah. I suppose that's possible as well. It's the same with car charger sometimes too. If it isn't setup with the exact same pins that your phone has then it won't work. So, even if the connectors look identical, apparently they're not.
You need a samsung certified data cable.
The pins look the same, but they aren't. Once you get the cable (I'm sure it's not more then $5), it should work. If you have T-Mobile around you (you have canada, so go to the provider that offers the equivalent of the Vibrant), ask to buy a "SAMSUNG CERTIFIED DATA CABLE". Nothing else.
Ordered one off of ebay should be arriving shortly. Hopefully this fixes my problems.
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I'm having almost the same issue. However, rather than not being recognized by Windows, it tells me that there's a problem with the driver. And that's after I reinstalled Samsung's driver.
I'm not sure if the problem is with the phone, or with the cable, or with my computer. I'll try again at work on Monday.
In the meantime, assuming the problem is with the phone, how do I hard reset the phone, wiping the Samsung update, etc.? If I do so, will the Android Store know that I purchased all my apps, or will I have to buy them again?
And what backup program do you recommend for copying all my user data to my micro-SC card so that I don't loose everything.
Used my old BB cable and voila. Thanks for the help guys it was the USB cable indeed.
Hi
Sorry if there has already been a post like this, my sgs3 seems to work well with usb otg with mem sticks and different input devices, but when i try to connect any External Hard Drive over 2tb, my phone freezes and crashes, any reasons why???
There might be an problem with the HDD not getting enough power or it might be a problem with the file system. But to be honest, the worst case should be the phone does not recognizing the HDD or telling you that it's corrupted. A crash is definitely out of the ordinary.
It is Externally powered so i doubt it it the power, but my usb powerd 100gig hdd works fine, but thanks for reply
how did you get a 100gig hard drive to work. i cant get my hdd to work with it. only the light comes on but the phone doesnt find anything
Use a Y-usb connector, 2 usb's in one end and a micro-usb on the other. Plug one usb in to usb charger that came with the phone, plug the other usb into tho otg addaptor, and finally the micro-usb into the hdd, and bang it should work.
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Hi
Sorry if there has already been a post like this, my sgs3 seems to work well with usb otg with mem sticks and different input devices, but when i try to connect any External Hard Drive over 2tb, my phone freezes and crashes, any reasons why???
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i have the same problem. i have two different 1Tb drives (one western digital one Hitachi) both formatted as Fat32 and both make the phone crash and need a full reboot. maybe i need to try reformatting the drives.
i emailed samsung asking them exactly what formats/size/specs are required of a hard drive to be supported by an s3 via otg. obviously their reply was not very useful. they told me it doesnt work... which i already knew and had already told them in my email. I replied asking for more specifics but so far I have been ignored. I even offered to buy a samsung hard drive if they could tell me it would work.
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how did you get a 100gig hard drive to work. i cant get my hdd to work with it. only the light comes on but the phone doesnt find anything
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I had the same issue with my WD 500gig 2.5 HDD. After some research you have to either 1) the HDD in Fat32 or exFAT or 2) when you are rooted use one of the apps that mount NTFS partitions (e.g. I am using Paragon NTFS&HFS+). At least that brought my HDD to live, before just got the empty flashdrive found, filesystem unknown message, but I also read in different other threats that people have issues with other HDDs.
Just bought a USB OTG supposedly to work for SG2 so I assume will work for SG3. When I connect the cable with any flashdrive(FAT32, ExFAT) it says "usb connector connected" and that's it. No USB connection on the notification, no auto load My File app like showed on some videos i found on youtube.
Any chance that there's some kind of setting or there's a possibilty the cable busted?
BTW I'm on Omega v6 rom..haven't tried the stock rom yet.
Thanks for any comments..
Omega might not pop it up, and depending on the kernel version sometimes seems to have issues with mounting. Try flashing the newest SiyahKernel.
Go to File Browser and check if it really isn't mounted.
downloading latest siyahkernel now..will report as soon I flashed..thanks for the tip
I still have mine from the S2 and it works fine on the S3. I'm running siyah kernal but don't think it matters as it also worked on my brother's one when he was on stock.
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Found temporary problem. Turns out the female USB was busted when I received the cable..the only working part was the micro usb. That was actually my 1st guess until I accidentally pulled my flashdrive along with the inside of the female USB
Update....got replacement for the USB OTG with the same brand/type. Now I'm happy to report that's it's working. So far tried flashdisk & wireless mouse.
Tried on an old 200GB ext drive but not working. as though the drive doesn't get enough power from the usb alone..But even this ext drive is picky with a regular PC USB port..
Anyway..thanks for the replies n tips..
Btw..when I tried the USB OTG I was on Omega v7 with stock kernel.
My P7500 originally came with Honeycomb and worked fine. I didn't know about the other ROMs at the time when the popup announced the ICS 4.0.4 was available. I received and installed the official ICS 4.0.4 via OTA. Stupid mistake!
Since then, I have not been able to access my Connection kit (for usb, memory stick and external SDcard), Connect via USB cable to my laptop (or any other pc), or connect to my tablet with Odin, Kies, or any other tools that work via USB. My other tablet and phone GT-I9001 and GT-P7300 both rooted and running perfectly, work fine with all the same features I am missing on my P7500, as well as connecting to my PC, ...
Currently, I get files back and forth using dropbox and email without any problem, which allows me to use the tablet as an everyday device. The problem is: I want to be able to root my device so that I can use titanium backups, ... and have the freedom that others here have in rooting their devices.
My questions:
- Is there any way to root my device without having access to Odin or Kies?
- Does anyone know how to enable the missing "features" that came after the ICS update?
This really sucks guys. I know its not n XDA problem, but I have no place else to turn.
All I want to do is root my device :\
Thanks in advance
SOLVED
This was a crazy one to solve but I finally figured it out. It's relevant to the Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 GT-P7500 and Galaxy tab 8.9 P7300 running ICS 4.0.4. I could not produce this problem in Honeycomb!
There are few things that you can try before this fix. If you want to skip to the end and just try to fix, go ahead as it won't break the bank.
So as in other threads here are a few things to try first (in no particular order).
1. Buy and replace the samsung cable with an original oem samsung usb cable. Just because your cable charges your tab, it doesn't mean all the pins are making contact all the way through for a data connection!
2. Using canned air, carefully blow out the port on the bottom of your galaxy tab to make sure there is no dust or trash preventing connections to the pins.
3. Make certain you have the correct Samsung usb driver's installed in your machine. To be certain, you can try with another Samsung galaxy device. Windows 7 or better will install the driver for you when you plug it in for the first time. If your computer doesn't make a "connected usb device" sound, you'll probably need to skip to the end. Even with the wrong or no driver's, windows will still announce a connected usb device, so pay attention.
4. Make sure the "usb debugging" mode is enabled in settings, although on all three of my test machines, it didn't matter.
5. Make sure "mtp" is checked in storage settings, although in all three of my test machines, it didn't matter.
6. Finally, the things which has made you crazy and brought you here. Samsung tells you to wips your device, people in forums have ignored you, accused you of being a noob, insulted you in unimaginable ways, but here you are, and you're not crazy. So I can't tell you why your tab doesn't connect, but I can tell you how it got that way. I can even repeat the steps that made it happen. You may have installed OTA ICS 4.0.4 update for your tab. Then upon restart, your tab no longer connected to your pc. it no longer recognized the usb sdcard reader, you couldn't get kies or odin to connect to it. You were f**ked!
Here is how I fixed it each time. I purchased the Samsung OEM desktop dock, plugged that into my win7 x64 laptop, then plugged the tab into the dock! My laptop immediately detected my undetectable tab, and my tab announced a usb connection with laptop. So freaking simple it makes me sick! Now the tab works with cable or dock.
The dock model number is Samsung EDD-D100BE Desktop dock
If you found this useful, please give me a thanks.
Theory what causes the problem. For some reason the hardware id gets corrupted inside the Tab itself. Introducing the dock, changes the hardware Id and the tab can communicate over usb again. I'll figure this out and post more details as I learn.
Thanks for reading
Julian OH8GEJ
Hey there, I don't know if you've seen the One Stop FAQ thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458846
But do you mind if I link this post under my section (Stock rom FAQ)? I'll give credits because this seems like it could be really helpful.
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Soryuu said:
Hey there, I don't know if you've seen the One Stop FAQ thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458846
But do you mind if I link this post under my section (Stock rom FAQ)? I'll give credits because this seems like it could be really helpful.
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Thanks man. Please do
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I wish this worked, but it didn't for me. Bought myself the Samsung Dock edd-d100be and tried it on all of my computers, but none of them detected it. It's not the cord, since I tried another one. It charges fine, but the computer never sees it.
parkeh said:
I wish this worked, but it didn't for me. Bought myself the Samsung Dock edd-d100be and tried it on all of my computers, but none of them detected it. It's not the cord, since I tried another one. It charges fine, but the computer never sees it.
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it's very important to make sure you have the original Samsung OEM cable. I had two additional (chinese made) cables which worked for my 7300, but refused to work with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Moreover I had one cable which was the original Samsung cable but it didn't work also. I'm fairly certain that cable didn't work because of the abuse of traveling around the world for a couple of years . All of those cables appeared to function because they charged the tablets perfectly. For me this was an incorrect assumption. It is possible for the cable to charge the tablet but still give the inconsistent data rates because of loose wires, being pulled, bent connectors, ... We must also try to remember that for many of us the cable is a consumable item. That simply means it deteriorates, with use, overtime! So when I had the new Samsung OEM cable, had all the settings correct, with driver's installed, then dropped the tablet into the dock, my P7500 connected to my computer. If you've done all these things, blew out the connector with the cannefd air on the tablet, and you haven't skipped any points, or made any assumptions, it might very well be that your port on the tablet is broken.
I hope this helps.
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hi i have the same problem with My GT p7500
My tab is softbreaked and its notre reconized by windows and Odin i ve try many cable but thé result was the same ,i ve tried with My friend s one and everything was OK. I ve bought a new USB charging dock and flex câble but thé result was the same ,i don t know what tout do now. Can i copy an deodexed ROM into My internal sd card throught otg USB with My twrp file manager since i can still access it and download mode? Please i need your help
Excuse My poor english.