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Usb Cable

Is it me or the usb cable that comes with the Captivate falls out very easily. Is anybody else having this problem ?

absolutechaos92 said:
Is it me or the usb cable that comes with the Captivate falls out very easily. Is anybody else having this problem ?
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Make sure the door on the captivate is open all the way, and clicked into place..

warri said:
Make sure the door on the captivate is open all the way, and clicked into place..
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Thanks !
Now I feel embarrassed.

trust me.. you werent the first one to make that mistake.

Definitely not. I did this for 2 days before I figured this out.
My only complaint about the default cable is that to me its just SO dang long.. I know 90% of the times companies give you cables that are to short and we all fuss about that, but to me this thing is extremely long, and its so stiff that its hard to have it drag off the side of your desk and look clean.

Yeah, I am waiting for a couple retractable cables from hong kong with the micro end.

The cable sucks, it's so damn stiff that I usually end up knockig half the crap on my desk to the floor when picking the phone up to disconnect it. I wish they had adapters to fit my mini usb cables from other phones, they are all nice and flexible and easy to roll up.
Edit: Just found the adapters and more;
http: //www.amzer.com/Amzer-Handy-Converter-Mini-USB-connector-to-Micro-USB-Charger-P83010.htm
Remove extra spaces to get linl to work, I can't post URLs yet

wakeupkeo said:
Yeah, I am waiting for a couple retractable cables from hong kong with the micro end.
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got a link?

Yeah, go to the link I posted and backup a section or 2. I saw a few retractable micro cables there.
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wakeupkeo said:
Yeah, I am waiting for a couple retractable cables from hong kong with the micro end.
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can you post a link please ??

Haha i knew i wasn't the only person who didn't realize to open the cable slot all the way
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[ACS] [How To] Reset Odin Binary Counter with USB Jig (Dongle)

Just letting everyone know how a USB Jig works and what it can do! It will reset your Odin Counter as well as give you the stock splash screen! The one I bought was 2 dollars on ebay. (link in description of video, be sure to thumbs up the vid )
How to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZMMj1maUY

Nice bro
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2 bucks wow!... Info please
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Which JIG are you using? I need to order one.

deano0714 said:
2 bucks wow!... Info please
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The link to where I bought it is in the description of the video
Be sure to thumbs up the vid!

Thumbs up for sure. Thanks for sharing.

I don't understand why you need a jig to do this, I am guessing this will be possible via sync cable soon enough.

Is there a way via adb?
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whats so special about this USB "JIG"? What makes it turn on the phone to specifically reset the binary count?

got a cpl off of ebay shipped from US reseller...got it in 2days, booted from power off state with jig plugged in power slot. and it entered a modified download state that mentioned resetting the download count. pulled battery and put it back in, it changed the boot up to samsung sgII but no more triangle YAY!!!
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I just ordered one today from ebay. I dont really need it right now but its good to have. Piece of mind!! You never know.
aal1 said:
got a cpl off of ebay shipped from US reseller...got it in 2days, booted from power off state with jig plugged in power slot. and it entered a modified download state that mentioned resetting the download count. pulled battery and put it back in, it changed the boot up to samsung sgII but no more triangle YAY!!!
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Hong Kong?! Anybody got one around the bay area? I just need to use it for like a minute.
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ebay seller I got it from is from cali...check him out... search for it on ebay hes the only us seller of it.

skisky1 is from South Carolina and sells them...

On Amazon there are 2 sellers sisk1 is one as mentioned and direct Adapters from California is the other. Direct Adapters does same day ship if its before the 3pm cutoff time. It only Took 1-2 business days to get to the east coast
Here is teh Link http://www.amazon.com/SainSmart-Don...73JQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318413439&sr=8-1

For you cheap fools like me
300k ohm resistance between pins 4 & 5 also does the trick.
i happened to have a couple spare usb cables and resistors. and can confirm 300k ohm resistance measured with my trusty cheapo ohmeter between pins 4&5 resets the counter and throws the device into update mode.

mjcollum said:
For you cheap fools like me
300k ohm resistance between pins 4 & 5 also does the trick.
i happened to have a couple spare usb cables and resistors. and can confirm 300k ohm resistance measured with my trusty cheapo ohmeter between pins 4&5 resets the counter and throws the device into update mode.
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Yeah cuz $2-$3 is mad money.

buggerritt said:
Yeah cuz $2-$3 is mad money.
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Hell, my time is worth more than $2... I'd have to drive to Tanner to pick up the resistor (They're the only place I buy such sundries, and I'm pretty sure I don't have a 300k Ohm resistor in the tool kit, and they're 20 minutes from work) and then break down a micro usb cable and solder it together. Pass.... $2 from eBay and I'm golden.

Robbzilla said:
Hell, my time is worth more than $2... I'd have to drive to Tanner to pick up the resistor (They're the only place I buy such sundries, and I'm pretty sure I don't have a 300k Ohm resistor in the tool kit, and they're 20 minutes from work) and then break down a micro usb cable and solder it together. Pass.... $2 from eBay and I'm golden.
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Wurrrrd! I paid $3 from a US seller on Amazon. I ordered it Sunday night and here it is in the mail already and already reset my counter. Priceless! Can't think of any reason to go about the fuss of trying to rig one up when you can get one shipped to your home for the price of a bottle of water.

athlet1c said:
On Amazon there are 2 sellers sisk1 is one as mentioned and direct Adapters from California is the other. Direct Adapters does same day ship if its before the 3pm cutoff time. It only Took 1-2 business days to get to the east coast
Here is teh Link http://www.amazon.com/SainSmart-Don...73JQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318413439&sr=8-1
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I just ordered mines from Direct Adapters on sunday and it went out Monday. Mines was like $8 shipped. And should be here in the next day or so.

OEM Samsung Cable???

Anyone know where I can find the OEM usb cable that comes with our phones? I can find various OEM Samsung cables but not the ones that are exactly the same as ours...

OEM cable is ****

i dont mean to be a d***k bout your post but was it really that usefull? regardless if its **** or not, thats what im looking for and im asking where i can find it because ive looked through ebay, amazon etc and no go...

Hard to say where you can find that OEM cable. Have you tired Samsung Cellular Accessories on their home page?
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/APCBU10BBEBSTD
$20.00USD, highway robbery...
Just saying.....
Hope thats it because that's what they are selling now.

rdisanza said:
Hard to say where you can find that OEM cable. Have you tired Samsung Cellular Accessories on their home page?
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/APCBU10BBEBSTD
$20.00USD, highway robbery...
Just saying.....
Hope thats it because that's what they are selling now.
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lol yea it is a robbery... but ive seen that one cheaper at ebay, im looking for the one that comes with the phone... you know, the one that has a squared box around the micro and has a white "usb" icon.... my dog chewed mine so id just like to replace it and keep an original

Good luck with that cable my friend. I don't think you'll ever be able to get one unless you've got a friend in a cell store that will do a B & E for ya on a new box. BTW, if you ever do find one, never use it to ROOT or transfer data. I use it strickly as a charging cable.
Sorry!

lol theres gotta be an online store where i can buy it, i mean i know i can buy any other usb cable but i want one like the one that it came with... and why do you say that? thats the cable i used to do everything to my phone!

Read the forum about rooting your phone, almost everyone who knows anything about rooting will advise you not to use the stock Samsung cable.
Do as you please, its your phone my friend. Just saying.....

It seems a little thin, but I've used the OEM Samsung cable that came with the phone to flash many hundreds of times during testing of ODIN tar packages and Auto Root features. Never had an issue.

I get the picture my friend, you've been lucky from what I have heard but if its not broken, don't fix it. Good Luck in your search and give the dog some food, maybe he won't eat your phone next. jking........

rdisanza said:
Read the forum about rooting your phone, almost everyone who knows anything about rooting will advise you not to use the stock Samsung cable.
Do as you please, its your phone my friend. Just saying.....
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yea i know, im just saying...
sfhub said:
It seems a little thin, but I've used the OEM Samsung cable that came with the phone to flash many hundreds of times during testing of ODIN tar packages and Auto Root features. Never had an issue.
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yea me too, never had a problem
rdisanza said:
I get the picture my friend, you've been lucky from what I have heard but if its not broken, don't fix it. Good Luck in your search and give the dog some food, maybe he won't eat your phone next. jking........
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jaja i do, shes just hyper active, and thanks... i just ordered a gold plated 15 ft one but im still searching for the oem... just so i can have it

Well if you give up monoprice.com might be a good place to not get robbed for a cable. I mean paying 5 bucks for Amazon's much longer, much stronger cable is a rip as well but thats the main one I use I also use the OEM one I just cant find it half the time.

I bought HTC OEM USB cables off of ebay for $0.99 each, and they are really good quality. Came from china, and took two weeks, and but worth the wait.

m_reyna_16 said:
Anyone know where I can find the OEM usb cable that comes with our phones? I can find various OEM Samsung cables but not the ones that are exactly the same as ours...
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I'll sell you the one that came with my phone.
PM if interested.

I use my old Blackberry cables. Seems to work OK, and pretty thick.

http://www.amazon.com/Original-Connect-Transfer-Charging-Samsung/dp/B004Z26PUS

just buy from amazon, it's like $3 with wall charger: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Trave...se/dp/B0051ZJA64/ref=acc_glance_cps_ai_ps_t_2
i bought three, one at work, one in my car and one with my laptop backpack. cable is longer than the one included with the phone.

cgalleria93 said:
I bought HTC OEM USB cables off of ebay for $0.99 each, and they are really good quality. Came from china, and took two weeks, and but worth the wait.
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link?
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Samsung cables all over Amazon for cheap! I bought a samsung car charger for 9 bucks and and two cables and a wall charger for 10 bucks. All origional samsung.
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http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=260898451845
Whoops, $1.68 instead of $0.99
But still worth it

[UPDATE][FIXED!] Dead USB, Microphone Repaired!

So im from India and i bought the GNex even though it hasnt been released by samsung here. Somehow, within 2 months my USB port has got fried. The local cellphone repair man says my IC needs replacement and he hast been able to find the IC for weeks now.
So rather than giving up on this baby completely, i'm thinking ill pick up an external battery charger so that i can at least USE the phone (with ever so limited functionality). Anyway, since i'm in India, ill need to make a purchase from ebay USA and i need to be sure that the external battery charger im getting is right for my phone. Ive narrowed it down to this one
http://orders.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ImportHubViewItem&itemid=200730160116
Has anyone used this one...any reviews...or any other help anyone can offer me. I bought this phone for about $400 odd and dont want to part with it this easily. Thanks!
PS: I have the International GSM version i9250 with stock battery

Have you tried charging with the pogo pins? Plenty of people have made their own pogo pin docks that work great once you enable fast charge with a custom kernel.

earlyberd said:
Have you tried charging with the pogo pins? Plenty of people have made their own pogo pin docks that work great once you enable fast charge with a custom kernel.
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Nah haven't tried that. Any links/how-to's? Also, any thoughts about the external charger i've linked?

karankumar said:
Nah haven't tried that. Any links/how-to's? Also, any thoughts about the external charger i've linked?
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There's two ways to utilize the pogo pins. The first option is that you can actually buy/make a pogo pin dock, and in essence you just set up the dock so that the pins press up against the contacts on the phone and provide a charging current. Samsung offers the car and desktop docks to do just that, though they're really expensive and hard to find lately. If you make one yourself, you only need to connect two of the three pins, but you'll need a custom kernel in order to actually charge at 1A instead of 500mA. The other option is to connect an inductive charger to the pogo pins, and it can even be done internally if you have the OEM extended battery cover.
Several tutorials for DIY pogo pin mods are available in the DIY Workshop thread.
The external charger should work just fine. However, personally I would try to find the official spare battery charger (Samsung sku EBH-1F2SBE), just to eliminate any risk of getting something that's incompatible. Expansys has them in stock, and they even ship to India. I checked Expansys and they seem to have the desktop dock as well.

Another option may be to simply replace the USB board. If you're feeling up to it, you can read the guide here. Keep in mind that you may need to find a different USB board for the GSM version, but the procedure should be pretty much the same.

Thanks a lot guys. Im a bit sceptic about making my own charging dock but i think i'll try and replace the USB flex cable. That might help. And thanks a ton for those expansys links. They're charging $30 for shipping but at least its genuine stuff. Will report back on progress.
Cheers!

Back with more bad news it seems...
I decided to give my phone to Samsung for repair. They managed to get my charging port to work but now my mic isnt working. They said they replaced the flex cable but i really dont know what they did. I was just wondering, are the mic and usb connector assembly both on the USB flex cable? So is it possible that they used a bad part? Any other possibilities? Any help would be appreciated guys. Is it worth ordering a flex cable and getting it replaced now?

BUMP!
any help at all would be appreciated please!

Fixed!
So all that was needed was a flex cable. Ordered it, got Samsung to hook it up, and everything works! Thanks to all for the help!

OnePlus 7T Charger Cable

Hi, so Ive had my 7T for about 4 months and now it will not connect to my pc or Warp charge with the supplied cable that came with the phone. Mind you, Ive been babying this phone, but I was wondering if anyone else have had this problem and how did you go by getting a replacement.
Thanks in advance

tech_p said:
Hi, so Ive had my 7T for about 4 months and now it will not connect to my pc or Warp charge with the supplied cable that came with the phone. Mind you, Ive been babying this phone, but I was wondering if anyone else have had this problem and how did you go by getting a replacement.
Thanks in advance
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That's unfortunate. Isn't there any way to get it replaced by OnePlus itself? Since it is only a few months? Sorry I'm not sure about the customer service of them but what about try contacting them once?
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It happens to me all the time with every single device I've ever owned but interestingly enough hasn't happened with this device. Now it will since I said that and believe I'm gonna come back in here and blame you! Lol.
But all seriousness I don't know the cause. I have found that using a trimmed down qtip of some sort with a dab or rubbing alcohol to clean out the charge port on the phone and in the USB cable that plugs into the device. A lot of times you get pocket lint inside the ports without even knowing it.
If that doesn't work it is more then likely to do with one of the small pins on the USB C side that plugs into the device it maybe misaligned or even snapped off. And it will be a tiny piece!
Anyway hope I helped if not then time to buy a new one. Been there I know the feeling.
Take care brother

niyonsv said:
That's unfortunate. Isn't there any way to get it replaced by OnePlus itself? Since it is only a few months? Sorry I'm not sure about the customer service of them but what about try contacting them once?
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Yea I contacted Tmo, they said contact OnePlus. I contacted Oneplus they said call Tmo. So its the run around game now. Its some bull and the offical cord from OnePlus is $20 so I just may have to buy another one. Im going to put some heat shrink on both ends where the cord meets the connectors. Hopefully that keeps it from shorting out there again.

SICKMADE said:
It happens to me all the time with every single device I've ever owned but interestingly enough hasn't happened with this device. Now it will since I said that and believe I'm gonna come back in here and blame you! Lol.
But all seriousness I don't know the cause. I have found that using a trimmed down qtip of some sort with a dab or rubbing alcohol to clean out the charge port on the phone and in the USB cable that plugs into the device. A lot of times you get pocket lint inside the ports without even knowing it.
If that doesn't work it is more then likely to do with one of the small pins on the USB C side that plugs into the device it maybe misaligned or even snapped off. And it will be a tiny piece!
Anyway hope I helped if not then time to buy a new one. Been there I know the feeling.
Take care brother
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Yea I figured it out, the part where the cord connects to the usb-c plug, its a short right there, if i twist the cord the Warp charge comes on. So Im going to buy another cord and just apply a couple layers of heat shrink to stiffen that part up more.
Thanks for the advice