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[Q] gingerbreak root problem

I've been trying to root my epic 2.2 with gingerbreak and it doesn't work. I've done It before and now it says "Not sure what happened.exploit failed or reboot failed. Reboot manually and see if you have Superuser" I did everything right
Does anyone know how to fix this?

mummer96 said:
I've been trying to root my epic 2.2 with gingerbreak and it doesn't work. I've done It before and now it says "Not sure what happened.exploit failed or reboot failed. Reboot manually and see if you have Superuser" I did everything right
Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Use the 1 click
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marcusant said:
Use the 1 click
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Which one?

The one for cwm 3.0.2.5
if you cant live large, look big in the coffin!!!

Also, supposedly, gingerbreak only works on phones that have odined to ec05. That's the consensus at least.
Sent from my perfect epic

musclehead84 said:
The one for cwm 3.0.2.5
if you cant live large, look big in the coffin!!!
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I keep getting "phone not connected" any suggestions
I have tried all available options for troubleshooting and can not figure it out. The drivers are good, different cords, different Root techniques, I mean everything ... but my phone won't connect even after re-installing the samsung drivers.
Windows Vista
64 bit
phone EC05
firmware 2.2.1
stock everything

hooover said:
I keep getting "phone not connected" any suggestions
I have tried all available options for troubleshooting and can not figure it out. The drivers are good, different cords, different Root techniques, I mean everything ... but my phone won't connect even after re-installing the samsung drivers.
Windows Vista
64 bit
phone EC05
firmware 2.2.1
stock everything
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Did you try a different usb port or a different pc, if available?
Sent from my perfect epic

zanderman112 said:
Did you try a different usb port or a different pc, if available?
Sent from my perfect epic
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I have tried all ports on my PC, no I haven't tried to use another PC though.
I just Rooted my friends brand new epic 10 days ago. I just can't figure out how to make my device connect as itself instead of "unknown"

Try the Bonsai MasterKey Unlocker, you will like it better than the stock CWM 3.0.2.5
Sent from Bonsai 7.1.1.1

I am also going thru the same senerial a you... if you find a "fix" for this will you please reply....like wise from me. I have even tried putting th e epic in "DL" mode. But odin does not acknowlege my phone. Hit me up . Thnx.
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Get a better usb cable radioshack has gold tip usb cables they always work. Or go too verizon and buy the usb cable for the droid pro

Top Nurse said:
Try the Bonsai MasterKey Unlocker, you will like it better than the stock CWM 3.0.2.5
Sent from Bonsai 7.1.1.1
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I second this

pacoz said:
I am also going thru the same senerial a you... if you find a "fix" for this will you please reply....like wise from me. I have even tried putting th e epic in "DL" mode. But odin does not acknowlege my phone. Hit me up . Thnx.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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Before Odin can detect it you must first make sure your computer can detect your phone. That way you'll know if the drivers work fine. If it does then get a new USB cable to connect it while using odin. I got a rocketfish usb cable and it works better than the samsung one...or any usb cable such as a blackberry's works fine.

hooover said:
I have tried all ports on my PC, no I haven't tried to use another PC though.
I just Rooted my friends brand new epic 10 days ago. I just can't figure out how to make my device connect as itself instead of "unknown"
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When trying to root make sure you aren't using a stock samsung usb cable. Some have been successful using them while rooting but for most it sucks. Are you enabling usb debugging?

I am having the same problem. Gingerbreak failed to run with the same error, and no amount of different cable or port (tried three of each) will avoid the phone not connected message when attempting one click root. I'd love to hear ideas to resolve either of these or other rooting options.
Update - tried the Bonsai unlocker mentioned in this thread, and tried the one click method on a second machine to which I had never connected my device. In all cases, got a phone connection failure. And yes, I have enabled USB debugging, and when I disable it, I am able to mount the phone just fine and see the external memory card, so there's nothing wrong with the USB port or cable. I have a relatively new replacement phone that came preloaded with Froyo. Maybe something has been done to newer devices to disable this ability? Can't imagine what else could be wrong.
thanks,
-- robert

rmingee said:
I am having the same problem. Gingerbreak failed to run with the same error, and no amount of different cable or port (tried three of each) will avoid the phone not connected message when attempting one click root. I'd love to hear ideas to resolve either of these or other rooting options.
Update - tried the Bonsai unlocker mentioned in this thread, and tried the one click method on a second machine to which I had never connected my device. In all cases, got a phone connection failure. And yes, I have enabled USB debugging, and when I disable it, I am able to mount the phone just fine and see the external memory card, so there's nothing wrong with the USB port or cable. I have a relatively new replacement phone that came preloaded with Froyo. Maybe something has been done to newer devices to disable this ability? Can't imagine what else could be wrong.
thanks,
-- robert
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My bad - apparently I didn't have the right drivers installed. I assumed since I could connect in USB mode without debugging I had the right drivers, but apparently not. Sorry to bother. In case anyone else runs into this, I apparently can't post a URL to help you, so go look for a post on the Epic "All Things Root" forum on Android Forums,
It appears I am successfully rooted after having to reboot the phone once after a failure the first time I ran. Woohoo! Now I can do a true full backup.
-- robert

The only way I could get mine to work (I would get the same errors using gingerbreak) I restored the phone to factory settings using the samsung recovery mode. Press power volume down and camera button. Your volume buttons are used to highlight the text and the home key is used to select. Wipe cache 3 times, and wipe the dalvick (spelled wrong) 3 times, then reset phone back to factory settings through here. Remember you will lose everything so back up your apps using AppBrain. I ran GingerBreak again and it worked perfectly. I would also get the same errors when trying to odin. Its been that way everysince I updated to 2.2. By the way I am EC05, did that before I updated because I was running midNight Rom.
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Rerfs with root

Ok, I have win7 and cannot root with my comp. I spent weeks trying to get it to work, and I gave up. At the time, I had an older machine with XP, and was able to root my phone via that older machine. Since then I have moved and that comp is in storage.
I'm getting all kinds of errors and the phone keeps shutting off constantly (currently running srf) and I have tried to wipe and reinstall many many times.
Being that my comp doesn't see my phone (only sometimes it sees it for storage, but that only happens WITHOUT debugging, and even then is hit or miss. I use wireless ftp for file transfers) I can't Odin and I can't root. I tried the "no computer" roots before, but it would never work, and I always had to use my older computer with XP.
Is there a ReRFS WITH root? I've searched and can't find one. I'd like to go back to stock w/ root so I can start flashing roms from scratch.

Sounds like the cable but wierd it works on old but not new I have heard that sometimes only certain usb ports on a computer will work something about being attached to the board or something So if using the stock cable replace that with something like a blackberry one and maybe try a different usb port on the computer

Seegy24 said:
Sounds like the cable but wierd it works on old but not new I have heard that sometimes only certain usb ports on a computer will work something about being attached to the board or something So if using the stock cable replace that with something like a blackberry one and maybe try a different usb port on the computer
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Thanks for trying to help, but I spent weeks trying to get it to work. I've tried every usb port (even the ones directly connect to the mobo)... I even went out and bought a new data cable.

Zexter said:
Thanks for trying to help, but I spent weeks trying to get it to work. I've tried every usb port (even the ones directly connect to the mobo)... I even went out and bought a new data cable.
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Hmm, do you have cwm? Is there away to root with cwm script?
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zanderman112 said:
Hmm, do you have cwm? Is there away to root with cwm script?
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Yes I do. Orange cwm.

DRockstar.Clean.Kernel.EC05.v1.05.zip
"Flash this kernel to have root and busybox, this kernel has reboot recovery to cwm 3.1.0.1, and is ROM Manager compatible."
Does that kernel actually root the epic? If so, I could flash the ReRFS and then flash that for root ect.

I think so.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

So i flashed the ReRFS and rooted with the DRockstar.Clean.Kernel.EC05.v1.05.zip. Then flashed purple cwm and then flashed the srf rom again.

I think i bricked my epic.

I was angry at my current rom which was on MTD so i decided just to you the old samsung "phone flash utility" (Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13.exe) that was uploaded on their site like a year ago to go back to stock. well i think since the phone was MTD it didnt work and now its stock at the connect cable screen, is there anything i can do?

I am running CleanGB MTD. The first time I tried to install it I had a bad download & needed to redo it from scratch. I used the Samsung EB13 Windows Installer utility to restore my phone back to stock & had no problems at all. It was up & running on MTD just had a few errors that I did not have time to fix that morning & I ran it for a few days after restoring with the utility, rooting, & restoring my backup. But now I'm enjoying the MTD goodness.....
Can you get back into download mode?
If so I would get a different USB cable & try running the installer again.

endurance1 said:
I was angry at my current rom which was on MTD so i decided just to you the old samsung "phone flash utility" (Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13.exe) that was uploaded on their site like a year ago to go back to stock. well i think since the phone was MTD it didnt work and now its stock at the connect cable screen, is there anything i can do?
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from what ive been reading on the threads, i believe you can just odin back, and back sure you have reboot and re-partition checked marked.

I found out what the problem was. I should have known this because this happened to me once before. I was using my front USB ports. Front ports on most pc's are only 1.0 and you need to use the back 2.0 ones to work. Most people think its cable issues but its usually just USB port. This samsung utility is a complete gem! screw odin. thanks for the response!!!

endurance1 said:
I found out what the problem was. I should have known this because this happened to me once before. I was using my front USB ports. Front ports on most pc's are only 1.0 and you need to use the back 2.0 ones to work. Most people think its cable issues but its usually just USB port. This samsung utility is a complete gem! screw odin. thanks for the response!!!
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Glad you got it working. I wasn't sure if the Samsung utility repartitioned...now I know...thanks.
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endurance1 said:
I found out what the problem was. I should have known this because this happened to me once before. I was using my front USB ports. Front ports on most pc's are only 1.0 and you need to use the back 2.0 ones to work. Most people think its cable issues but its usually just USB port. This samsung utility is a complete gem! screw odin. thanks for the response!!!
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Good to hear!!
Glad you got it fixed......

thanks guys. Yeah ive been using that sammy file since ec05 came out. this is the 3rd brick maybe 4th it got me out of. it works for EVERYTHING. better than odin.

Wow, I didn't know this exe thing existed. Odin has NOT been working on my home PC for tje past few weeks(months?) and that has kept me from trying anything that would require Odin to recover from, i.e. mtd.
Glad I read here in the Q&A pretty regularly. Most of the time I'm seeing if there's anyone I can help, but times like this I end up learning new things.
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That sounds like a great thing to have sitting on my computer. I tried to find it but was not successful. Can anyone point me to a copy of it.
Thanks
George

ghmacdonald said:
That sounds like a great thing to have sitting on my computer. I tried to find it but was not successful. Can anyone point me to a copy of it.
Thanks
George
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I am at work so I cannot post the file I have, but I put the file name in & searched in Google & several download options popped up.
Google Search: Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13.exe
Check it out & let me know if you need me to post a copy of the file, I saw several already on services like multiupload in the search.

Look at the thread stickied in development. The Samsung tool won't work all the time.
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So my friend gave me his phone to see if I could fix it. It loops in CWM and won't get out of it and I can't connect with odin to it. (My phone connects just fine.) This is the only other thing I can think of. Anyone else got other ideas?
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Well tried it and phone still not discovered by the PC. I am at a loss at what to do. I know my friend tried to install some type of rom to it and didn't make a backup. It boots in to CWM non-stop and I can flash zips but it never leaves that loop even after the flashes. I can boot into Download mode but the phone won't be recognized. Tried both Odin and this. The phone is getting charged through the cable though which confuses me even more. Any help?!

Anyone have any ideas?! I am at a loss at what to do!

KillerFu said:
Anyone have any ideas?! I am at a loss at what to do!
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Use a different cable with odin... it may be charging it but its not getting a data connection... also put into download mode and plug in usb... then "jiggle" the cord until it recognizes it...
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Uninstall and reinstall the drivers. Then also try Odin with the battery and phone plugged in. Make sure you use a better cable than stock.

[Q] Major Woes After Attempts at Installing Custom ROM

So, I had a rooted, stock install of ICS (FF18) as well as AGAT. I decided I wanted to try out Cyanogen, so after trying unsuccessfully for a number of hours, I discovered Resurrection Remix, installed it, and it was working great. Only problem is, I had no base band and could not connect to my cell network or use WiFi. I tried installing it a few more times with different modems and none worked, so I flashed back to FF18 and got that all set back up. I read somewhere that you should try using a stock JB install before installing RR, so I flashed a JB ROM, and had the same issues with no working modem/baseband. So now I decided to just give up and go back to ICS, but I'm having an issue doing that. My USB does not function at all. It charges, but does not show up on my computer, nor can I ODIN it. I've tried all the tricks on here (Re-installing drivers, different cable/computer, *#7284) and it still will not work. I can't exactly reflash it without ODIN or CWM, and am at a loss as to what to do. Thanks for any help.
I should mention that this JB ROM is rooted, but I can't seem to access anything on my SD card, so transferring files seems to be out of the question.

I'm not familiar with this resurrection remix rom. I did a quick google search and it appears to be for other versions of galaxy s2. You cant use a rom from any other model device with Epic 4g Touch. Im amazed it booted.
Exactly what JB rom are you running? There is always bluetooth to transfer files and mobile odin to flash a new kernel.

oh no. the s2 is NOT the epic 4g touch!
You can try to use mobile odin to reflash a epic 4g touch rom. Cyanogenmod would work fine if you used the rom for your phone located on xda and not on the get.cm site...

calisro said:
oh no. the s2 is NOT the epic 4g touch!
You can try to use mobile odin to reflash a epic 4g touch rom. Cyanogenmod would work fine if you used the rom for your phone located on xda and not on the get.cm site...
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I would do that but I have no other Bluetooth devices to transfer with (Excapt maybe I can borrow a friend's iPhone) and for whatever reason it's not mounting the SD card. I'm thinking the USB drive simply died, because the first few times I booted into the RR rom, everything worked, other than the radio of course.
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I'm not familiar with this resurrection remix rom. I did a quick google search and it appears to be for other versions of galaxy s2. You cant use a rom from any other model device with Epic 4g Touch. Im amazed it booted.
Exactly what JB rom are you running? There is always bluetooth to transfer files and mobile odin to flash a new kernel.
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It was working perfectly fine (Other than the radio), until I put the stock one on there. I can't find the link for it now.

why do u need bluetooth. you said it boots.... open a browser and download mobile odin, mobile odin kernel module, and a rom.

calisro said:
why do u need bluetooth. you said it boots.... open a browser and download mobile odin, mobile odin kernel module, and a rom.
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WiFi doesn't work along with the rest of the modem stuff. Bluetooth is the only thing I can get working. Sorry, I forgot to mention that before.

Echo35 said:
WiFi doesn't work along with the rest of the modem stuff. Bluetooth is the only thing I can get working. Sorry, I forgot to mention that before.
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well if u can get those files on there and you have a root then you may not have a brick... if you can, try mobile odin like I said or try this guide... (manual method in 2nd post using connectbot to get shell access
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1865102

calisro said:
well if u can get those files on there and you have a root then you may not have a brick... if you can, try mobile odin like I said or try this guide... (manual method in 2nd post using connectbot to get shell access
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1865102
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That was the plan, but like I said, I can't seem to mount an SD card either. Is there any way of getting files on there at this point other than bluetooth? I know I have root and I've got the FF18 Odin rom still, so I guess all I really need is a way to get that and Mobile Odin on there, which is of course, the real problem here.
EDIT: I should also mention that CWM is no longer on there since it's a stock ROM. All I have is root.

your options are wifi, usb, sdcard, bluetooth, 3g... so if none are working then just bluetooth which will be challenging in itself. I think you'll neef to rename the files to things like .jpeg for bluetooth to transfer them. good luck.

calisro said:
your options are wifi, usb, sdcard, bluetooth, 3g... so if none are working then just bluetooth which will be challenging in itself. I think you'll neef to rename the files to things like .jpeg for bluetooth to transfer them. good luck.
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I'll borrow a friend's phone tomorrow and give that a shot.

Buy a usb bluetooth adapter and use a pc. They can be found at any store that sells pc accessories for a few bucks. Also many new laptops have built in bluetooth.
In the future only download roms from here

someguyatx said:
Buy a usb bluetooth adapter and use a pc. They can be found at any store that sells pc accessories for a few bucks. Also many new laptops have built in bluetooth.
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I actually have one, but I couldn't manage to get it working (It's really old, newest drivers are for Vista).

Can you get to dl mode? If so try stock EL29 one click exe. Probably won't work, but it's worth a try good luck

byrdcfmma said:
Can you get to dl mode? If so try stock EL29 one click exe. Probably won't work, but it's worth a try good luck
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Yes, however, it won't connect to Odin, which leads me to believe the USB is simply fried. It was being a bit unstable all week now that I think about it.
Also Bluetooth didn't work. I guess that part is borked as well.

Echo35 said:
Yes, however, it won't connect to Odin, which leads me to believe the USB is simply fried. It was being a bit unstable all week now that I think about it.
Also Bluetooth didn't work. I guess that part is borked as well.
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Possibly done then. By flashing a Rom that was not for the phone, it's looking in the wrong place for the usb.

if you can get the files on your phone (mobile odin, mobile odin kernel flasher, a e4gt rom) you may be able to fix it... but you have to either get them on there or have a working usb to use pc odin.
also try a different usb cable and usb ports on the pc.
if all else fails your sending it off for jtag.

byrdcfmma said:
Possibly done then. By flashing a Rom that was not for the phone, it's looking in the wrong place for the usb.
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Shouldn't Odin still work though? I thought download mode was independent of the ROM.

Echo35 said:
Shouldn't Odin still work though? I thought download mode was independent of the ROM.
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he replaced the bootloader with a s3 bootloader

Now my next question, will MDPA actually replace it since I have insurance (Probably not) or should I just go ahead and mail it in to MobileTechVideos?

Echo35 said:
Now my next question, will MDPA actually replace it since I have insurance (Probably not) or should I just go ahead and mail it in to MobileTechVideos?
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you can prob just buy a $5 jig.

[Q] Epic 4G (D700), ODIN and "Unknown Device"

Okay i have seen similar posts around, and I apologize if this bothers anyone but when I post a thread asking for help, its because I've tried most solutions and have gotten nowhere. I recently bought one.of.these devices and I have to say for an old 1GHz device, its pretty darn smooth! (Got it for my girl who broke her phone. Cost $20 MINT screen, and some scuffs.on the trim believe it or not, fully functional, clean ESN)
I love for all devices in the house to be rooted and off that dreaded Gingerbread android. I have been stuck since i got it trying to use ODIN to flash CWM, and root it to flash a JB based rom. Problem is i installed the drivers, got the ODIN version required, have the CWM tar file, etc, the phone gets detected while on in ADB, normal file transfer way and so on. BUT Download Mode? Nope, i get the dreaded "Unknown Device" issue.
Now as I always read before annoying others, I read that switching the USB cable helps. I've tried 8 USB cables, and no go. 2 Samsungs (i read those are #1 NO GOs), 3 LG cables (device doesnt appear at all), and 3 non brand. No good.
I know Mobile Odin wont work, I rooted it using Framaroot.apk for now, but I need CWM for the rom flashing part.
So now that its 2013, is there really no other way other than ODIN? I tried using ROM Manager, it flashes but doesnt do a thing except boot into stock recovery (miracle no bricks or bootlooping). If I had Linux on my PC, will it get detected or its just the darn cable?
OR is there a specific USB cable brand I should go for that is guaranteed to work? I dont mind buying it just have been waiting to make sure.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

Most people recommend using a BlackBerry cable
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jeffreyjicha said:
Most people recommend using a BlackBerry cable
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Thank GOSH I read your response in time! I am currently at BestBuy and was going to buy a totally different brand USB. Hopefully they have them here.

Crossvxm said:
Thank GOSH I read your response in time! I am currently at BestBuy and was going to buy a totally different brand USB. Hopefully they have them here.
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I use this cable and have had zero issues. http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5458&seq=1&format=2

Well there's good news and bad.
Got an official BlackBerry USB cable.
Bad is the device is STILL not recognized.
The drivers have been properly installed, there is no updating the drivers manually, effing Windows won't let me. What the hell can I do now?
If only Mobile Odin worked, or there were other methods, I wouldn't be going thru this mess...
Like where did I go wrong?
I would swap out Windows to Linux, but I don't see how that will get the device detected.
Matter of fact I was trying to install a Linux based OS from my flash drivd, and it corrupted it. Theres 8gb Ill never see again...
Any other ideas? Will Linux pick up the device?
EDIT: This USB unlike the others BRIEFLY detects it as a USB Device, then goes back to unknown when I uninstall it thru Device Manager

Crossvxm said:
Well there's good news and bad.
Got an official BlackBerry USB cable.
Bad is the device is STILL not recognized.
The drivers have been properly installed, there is no updating the drivers manually, effing Windows won't let me. What the hell can I do now?
If only Mobile Odin worked, or there were other methods, I wouldn't be going thru this mess...
Like where did I go wrong?
I would swap out Windows to Linux, but I don't see how that will get the device detected.
Matter of fact I was trying to install a Linux based OS from my flash drivd, and it corrupted it. Theres 8gb Ill never see again...
Any other ideas? Will Linux pick up the device?
EDIT: This USB unlike the others BRIEFLY detects it as a USB Device, then goes back to unknown when I uninstall it thru Device Manager
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Are you plugging into a port directly on the motherboard? (IE: A port on the back of the machine.) Using an emulated port or hub can cause this at times.
FYI, there are 2 drivers. One is for when the phone is fully booted in Android. The other is the driver when in download mode. Have you tried using another machine?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

I think your issue is driver related. I had similiar issues and updated the wiki with the drivers that ended up working for me.
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