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[Q] Soft bricked i9250 international

Hi and thanks for taking the time to read this
My brother tried to do the update of his nexus through the phone download (not through the sd card or connecting to a computer). Since this it will not start up and if i go to download mode it says that it is downloading constantly (have left for hours).
I can make it to the clockworkmod recovery v6.0.1.0 but unfortunately my brother didnt make a backup before trying to update to 4.2 jellybean.
The unfortunate part of this equation is that i cant access the phone via usb as the drivers wont install and the phone doesnt have an sd card slot except the sim card slot. So placing the correct files on the phone is proving too hard for me to complete.
Sorry if this situation has been covered before but i have searched for about 1.5 hours now to no avail. I would very much appreciate if someone can take me through how to get this phone working in any way possible (i dont care if he loses all data and goes back to stock).
Regards
Sam from New Zealand

samakbuchanan said:
Hi and thanks for taking the time to read this
My brother tried to do the update of his nexus through the phone download (not through the sd card or connecting to a computer). Since this it will not start up and if i go to download mode it says that it is downloading constantly (have left for hours).
I can make it to the clockworkmod recovery v6.0.1.0 but unfortunately my brother didnt make a backup before trying to update to 4.2 jellybean.
The unfortunate part of this equation is that i cant access the phone via usb as the drivers wont install and the phone doesnt have an sd card slot except the sim card slot. So placing the correct files on the phone is proving too hard for me to complete.
Sorry if this situation has been covered before but i have searched for about 1.5 hours now to no avail. I would very much appreciate if someone can take me through how to get this phone working in any way possible (i dont care if he loses all data and goes back to stock).
Regards
Sam from New Zealand
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CWM recovery offers the ADB interface. I would:
1. get the naked driver package (see Efrant's guide)
2. boot device into recovery and connect usb cable
3. open windows device manager, find your device and manually update the driver
4. use adb to backup the /sdcard to your computer
5. flash 4.2 stock images using fastboot
6. done

Petrovski80 said:
CWM recovery offers the ADB interface. I would:
1. get the naked driver package (see Efrant's guide)
2. boot device into recovery and connect usb cable
3. open windows device manager, find your device and manually update the driver
4. use adb to backup the /sdcard to your computer
5. flash 4.2 stock images using fastboot
6. done
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op, if you just want to get the device to working state again, and dont care about any data:
1. get the naked driver package (see Efrant's guide)
2. boot device into bootloader and connect usb cable
3. open windows device manager, find your device and manually update the driver
5. flash 4.2 stock images using fastboot
step 3 is the same, the same procedure, the same driver; windows is dumb so you have to tell it again when device is in bootloader (which, btw, is NOT the same as download mode).

Hi and thank you for the replies.
I have downloaded the naked driver but cant get it to work. I have followed the steps to make it work but i get to the device manager and there is no option for uninstalling current driver (as it has none currently). It only has update driver software (which if i use windows to search for it cant find any) and properties. The Galaxy Nexus icon in the device manager has the yellow exclamation mark sign on it. I can
When i try to manually find the naked driver it comes up with the following error
Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it.
Google Galaxy Nexus ADB Interface
Access Denied.
Where to from here lads, i appreciate the input

samakbuchanan said:
Hi and thank you for the replies.
I have downloaded the naked driver but cant get it to work. I have followed the steps to make it work but i get to the device manager and there is no option for uninstalling current driver (as it has none currently). It only has update driver software (which if i use windows to search for it cant find any) and properties. The Galaxy Nexus icon in the device manager has the yellow exclamation mark sign on it. I can
When i try to manually find the naked driver it comes up with the following error
Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it.
Google Galaxy Nexus ADB Interface
Access Denied.
Where to from here lads, i appreciate the input
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if you're using windows 7, i read something about you need to disable windows digital driver signature check, or something in those lines.
can't help any further on that subject, since i'm a Linux user (Windows knowledge is very limited) and also that is an operating system's issue and would be better discussed in a Windows forum, IMO.

bk201doesntexist said:
if you're using windows 7, i read something about you need to disable windows digital driver signature check, or something in those lines.
can't help any further on that subject, since i'm a Linux user (Windows knowledge is very limited) and also that is an operating system's issue and would be better discussed in a Windows forum, IMO.
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Thank you for another helpful reply! Yes i am using windows 7 - i will try to perform the task now - results soon. In the meantime if anyone else knows instructions on how to do this i would love to hear

I am at work and dont have administrator settings on windows 7 so i went to an older computer and started fastboot.exe. I went to recover and there was the IP address of the computer went to that and recovered. From there i went to reboot and now i am just getting a Google in the middle of the phone (as before). I will wait some time to see if it will start up now. If not what is my plan?

So i havent got any closer to having a usable phone.
Im up to this step:
"flash 4.2 stock images using fastboot" how do i do this? i have fastboot and i have the stock image

samakbuchanan said:
So i havent got any closer to having a usable phone.
Im up to this step:
"flash 4.2 stock images using fastboot" how do i do this? i have fastboot and i have the stock image
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[HOW-TO] [GSM & CDMA] Return to stock for ALL Galaxy Nexus phones (latest JOP40C)

Thanks for that i had since found that and have printed it and will work through each step methodically. I have the stock image on download.
I have spent the best part of my working day on it now. Fingers crossed it all works out.
Thanks to all who have helped me through this far

[Q] Galaxy Ace II cannot be detected by PC (XP/W7/W8)

Hello, I'm the new guy, kind of (I'm new to this forum but somewhat a technological handyman, so to speak).
I had recently obtained a Samsung Galaxy Ace II, everything was going good on the phone, hell, it's what? Two years old now? Anyway, I noticed the immense trouble I've been having trying to get several Windows PCs/laptops to detect anything from the phone, no driver updates, installations, not even from the trustworthy SAMSUNG Kies application. It is becoming a real problem as I really want to keep this phone, root it, installing several ROMs as I go along, but no, the computers won't even allow me to access the contents of my SD card through USB.
(Note: I have manually downloaded and installed SAMSUNG USB drivers and pooft, still nothing!)
I have tried quite a few methods to allow the PCs to establish a connection with the phone e.g. Dialing "*#7284#*, accessing "PhoneUtil", choosing "PDA" as the good mode, even switching to "MODEM" then back to "PDA"; Uninstalling/Reinstalling drivers; Attempting Kies.
I guess I am on the look out for a new-ish phone to replace this, which saddens me as I love being able to root, install various ROMs, Kernels etc, personally I like this phone too, more than my Spica running ICS (couldn't be too hard though, it wasn't stable whatsoever).
If anyone on this board could find a solution to this problem for me, I would be ever so grateful, I don't doubt it though, I love the work of XDA. Thank you.

Turn off the phone with no cable attached, press volume down, home and power at the same time and then volume up to put it in ODIN mode and connect it to the PC (use windows vista or newer so it auto installs the driver) It should install something like Samsung USB serial device. Tell if it works

Do I have to load it into ODIN mode whilst Odin is running on my PC?

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RyanCM said:
Do I have to load it into ODIN mode whilst Odin is running on my PC?
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For this test you dont need ODIN on the PC. Its only to see if the PC recognizes the phone

Porobu said:
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For this test you dont need ODIN on the PC. Its only to see if the PC recognizes the phone
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I just tested this and it appears not to be working, whatsoever. Is it necessary to have all SAMSUNG USB drivers installed on the PC?
Thank you for the idea, though. I just really want to root/mod my phone, ugh.

RyanCM said:
I just tested this and it appears not to be working, whatsoever. Is it necessary to have all SAMSUNG USB drivers installed on the PC?
Thank you for the idea, though. I just really want to root/mod my phone, ugh.
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Windows should auto install the drivers. Connect the phone to the PC and see in device manager if there is something like an unknoen device or Samsung USB device

Porobu said:
Windows should auto install the drivers. Connect the phone to the PC and see in device manager if there is something like an unknoen device or Samsung USB device
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Thank you for the help, although my problem is not dealt with still. I have completed the steps that you had suggested, thoroughly and repeatedly, yet there is no hope for a permanent, or even temporary fix for my mobile.
Windows isn't displaying any correlation between my PC and phone, no driver software auto-installs and no sign of the device being located in the Device Manager, not even under an "Unknown device".
Is this a problem for most Ace II devices? Or am I missing something that is too obvious to consider so seriously?

Porobu once told me something like:
1. Uninstall kies and sammy usb drivers
2. Install kies again, it should promt to install USB drivers.
3. Plug in phone to pc in DL mode.
I'm not sure what you mean in your 1st post so im assuming you have yet to try this. Works for me

When do I plug the USB into the phone and boot my phone into download mode? As soon as the drivers are installed via Kies?

RyanCM said:
When do I plug the USB into the phone and boot my phone into download mode? As soon as the drivers are installed via Kies?
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After kies installation complete(dont have to open), boot phone to download mode, connect to cable and plug to pc

It sounds like a broken microusb port but try something first.
Download ubuntu or any other live cd linux distro
Boot it on your pc. You dont need to install anything.
Open a terminal
*Plug the phone while it is turned on to the PC
Write in the terminal 'lsusb' without the quotes and press enter
Something like Samsung android device or MTP device should appear.
If it doesnt appear power off the phone and go to odin mode and repeat from the * the steps

[Q] connecting issue of nexus i9250 in debug mode

its connecting fine normally as mtp
want to flash another rom as phone has gotten very slow like some chinese crap cell, trying to root it
but whenever i enable debug mode it shows drivers not installed successfully, i have installed every possible samsung driver that i could find online
a guide has given link for the drivers but that folder shows only this so what do i do with it?
i am unable to get past this simple step, n there r so many steps left, root, unlock bootloader, install cwm, flash rom
in device manager it shows this
i have wasted more than 1hr but still nothing
kindly some1 help me

get this: [Toolkit] Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit v2.02
It has a guide for the folder you have, under: Initial Setup > Full Driver Installation Guide... > Step 3 > Driver Solution # > Manual Configuration.

coolncool said:
its connecting fine normally as mtp
want to flash another rom as phone has gotten very slow like some chinese crap cell, trying to root it
but whenever i enable debug mode it shows drivers not installed successfully, i have installed every possible samsung driver that i could find online
a guide has given link for the drivers but that folder shows only this so what do i do with it?
i am unable to get past this simple step, n there r so many steps left, root, unlock bootloader, install cwm, flash rom
in device manager it shows this
i have wasted more than 1hr but still nothing
kindly some1 help me
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You should be asking these questions on a Windows forum.
You need to right click Android 1.0 device... Update Driver (basically, tell Windows Device Manager that the driver for the "Android 1.0" device is in that folder you got there)... it will install it, and that part is done. Then reboot the device to fastboot mode and manually update the driver again (it will come up as a different, yet again unknown device, you just feed it the same driver again)
Also... for the operations you're mentioning... "root, unlock bootloader, install cwm, flash rom".... you probably won't even need ADB, just fastboot. As in, you don't need to root before all that. You root in the end. And most custom roms are already rooted too.
This is assuming there's an exploit out there that still allows for root to be achieved without unlocking the bootloader.

Stuck in Download Mode

Hello,
I wanted to install a non-official lollipop rom on my brand new s4 mini, so at first i rooted it, so i followed that tutorial : android.stackexchange.com/questions/54074/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s4-mini-lte-gt-i9195.
Everything goes right until i discovered that i didn't have the recovery mode on...(number 8 of the tutorial)
Everytime i try to put my s4 in Recovery Mode, the Download Mode was starting, i don't understand why.
I tried in an another laptop with Kies 3, same problem.
Now i come back to my own laptop, but there is an other issue, the cellphone only start in download mode (even if I want to start it normally), here is the screenshot : img11.hostingpics.net/pics/757584galaxys4.jpg (sorry, i don't have the right to put some external links on my messages for now)
Plus windows doesn't recognize him, even if i delete and install samsung usb devices drivers, there is no way that windows dectects my cellphone.
Is there a way to put the original ROM from the factory or a way to avoid this "Download mode issue" ?
Thanks a lot

You must flash stock firmware. It seems the recovery on ur phone is messed up. Try using another pc. Also do not use files or instructions posted outside xda. They are not reliable.

sasank360 said:
You must flash stock firmware. It seems the recovery on ur phone is messed up. Try using another pc. Also do not use files or instructions posted outside xda. They are not reliable.
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Ok, thanks.I'm brand new in Samsung's world. Do you have any links or so to guide me please ?

How to root Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini LTE GT-I9195T
USB driver
CF Auto Root for Samsung Galaxy S4 mini LTE
Credits :XDA, Rajesh Patel, Chainfire

Thanks a lot for the links, but the problem is that my S4 mini isn't recognized on my laptop, and like i said, it's stuck in Download Mode and Odin doesn't give a **** about my phone, so i cannot access to step 5.
The screen is fixed and it's written in red :
"Could not do normal boot. ODIN MODE"
[...]
In blue : "SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE"
DOWNLOADING... DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET !!
I really don't know what can i do

Repeat the procedure of uninstallung and reinstalling usb drivers. But reboot ur pc in between. Then remove battery from phone..wait for one or two minutes and reinsert. Now boot to download mode using button combo. Vol down+ home + Power. Connect to pc at different usb port and start odin as administrator.
Hopefully it should recognise.

It doesn't change a thing unfortunatly...I seriously have a strange behaviour...I don't understand why windows doesn't recognize my cellphone, specially when i'll do all what you told me
There is no way to make my PC recognizes my phone ? I don't understand why, by default, he's starting in download mode...

krovomi said:
It doesn't change a thing unfortunatly...I seriously have a strange behaviour...I don't understand why windows doesn't recognize my cellphone, specially when i'll do all what you told me
There is no way to make my PC recognizes my phone ? I don't understand why, by default, he's starting in download mode...
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What else does the download mode say ? Does it say something like " KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0X1 "
Do you have warranty ? If so then take ur phone to service centre and tell them there was power failure while samsung kies was updating ur phone to latest software.
Hopefully they will fix it free of cost [if u have warranty]

I made a link on my first message (but i have less than 10 messages so the link policy tell me that i cannot post a link with the link tag, anyway here is a snapshot of my phone : img11.hostingpics.net/pics/757584galaxys4.jpg

I know this is an old thread, but still, did you ever fix this problem? I'm having the same issue. The device is not seen at all by my pc when connected, with or without drivers. Therefore no way of flashing or installing anything from the computer.

Help son's New Tablet

Hi Guys,
Bought a used but like new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 wi-fi (SM-T310) for my boy.
It's installed with latest stock firmware (T310XXUBNH3) and I need some guidance to root it.
I do not to mess around with the kid’s tablet, I just want to root it, so to be able to uninstall all system apps and do other simple stuff.
I have searched Google and what I found, is that root has to be through ODIN.
I have downloaded the files (ODIN and Root) and when I put the tablet in download mode Odin does not recognize it.
I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro and I noticed that in Device Manager, it’s showing as unknown device. When I try to update the driver only gives me the option to install it as a samsung modem usb, but even after that, keeps showing as unknown.
I have Kies installed and the drivers, supposedly installed, since with the tablet connected, the computer recognizes it immediately.
My problem is then the Download Mode, I’m positive because its missing the correct drivers.
I have also tried to switch cables, very dumb I know, but I had to try.
So my questions are:
1. where can I find the correct drivers for Download Mode?
2. Is there any other and simple way of rooting this baby?
Thanks guys

Djuganight said:
Hi Guys,
Bought a used but like new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 wi-fi (SM-T310) for my boy.
It's installed with latest stock firmware (T310XXUBNH3) and I need some guidance to root it.
I do not to mess around with the kid’s tablet, I just want to root it, so to be able to uninstall all system apps and do other simple stuff.
I have searched Google and what I found, is that root has to be through ODIN.
I have downloaded the files (ODIN and Root) and when I put the tablet in download mode Odin does not recognize it.
I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro and I noticed that in Device Manager, it’s showing as unknown device. When I try to update the driver only gives me the option to install it as a samsung modem usb, but even after that, keeps showing as unknown.
I have Kies installed and the drivers, supposedly installed, since with the tablet connected, the computer recognizes it immediately.
My problem is then the Download Mode, I’m positive because its missing the correct drivers.
I have also tried to switch cables, very dumb I know, but I had to try.
So my questions are:
1. where can I find the correct drivers for Download Mode?
2. Is there any other and simple way of rooting this baby?
Thanks guys
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Download THIS.
Extract and run the UniversalADBDrivers file. That will install ADB drivers. Ensure that you have enabled USB debugging under the Developer Options in settings on the tablet. If you don't see the Developer Options, tap the "build number" 10-12 times to enable it.
If it still doesn't work, you will need to ffnd a Windows 7 or XP computer.

fantastic!
thats worked like a gem.
thanks a lot m8