Trying to restore to stock EC05, USB Not Recognized. - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have recently flashed EE03 Swiss Cheese Samsprint on my Epic 4G. Due to many problems it has, I wish to go back to 2.2 Froyo Stock firmware. But I've been having many problems trying to do that.
I download Odin3. I got the stock Froyo tar file. I installed all of the drivers. I put my Epic into download mode, connect to my PC using the USB Cable it came with, and my computer fails to recognize it. It recognizes it just fine when using it in USB Debugging mode. But no matter which USB port on my laptop I use, it fails to be recognized.
If anyone can aide me with this problem, I'd be forever grateful. I've heard the USB cable is bad and a Blackberry one is better, and I've heard laptop's don't give the required power to the device, (even though it worked out of download mode). Please and thank you!

Try a different usb cable
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Would that explain why it still worked when it wasn't in Download mode, but in USB Debug mode? Just curious is all.

Roxas6662 said:
Would that explain why it still worked when it wasn't in Download mode, but in USB Debug mode? Just curious is all.
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Maybe. The thing is samsungs stock cable has problems. People had same issues as u before and they used a different usb cable and it worked.
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USB not working at all and I need stock

I'm running SRF 1.1.0 with genocide kernel and whenever I connect my phone to my PC, the PC doesnt detect it but if I try with my sister's epic it works so I need to find a way to get complete stock through CWM (I have 3.0.2.5) without using a computer so I can take it to a sprint store can someone please help me either fix the USB or help me get to complete stock without a computer. Thank you
Go to the development section and look for the rerfs rom. Download that it. It will flash a stick ec05 rom rfs with cwm 2.5.1.0. Then in the same thread is the stock recovery. Download that and then boot into the cwm 2.5.1.0 and flash the stick recovery. Now u are on stock ec05 with stock recovery. Hope I helped. That is your best bet since you can't use odin or heimdall
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musclehead84 said:
Go to the development section and look for the rerfs rom. Download that it. It will flash a stick ec05 rom rfs with cwm 2.5.1.0. Then in the same thread is the stock recovery. Download that and then boot into the cwm 2.5.1.0 and flash the stick recovery. Now u are on stock ec05 with stock recovery. Hope I helped. That is your best bet since you can't use odin or heimdall
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Thank you so much. Will try one more thing to try to fix my usb and if it doesn't work I will use that.
do you get a charge at all when you connect it? Have you reinstalled the drivers? Sometime a dif usb cord will work also.
phonehunter59 said:
Thank you so much. Will try one more thing to try to fix my usb and if it doesn't work I will use that.
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No problem man if u need anymore help with anything you can pm me. Good luck
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Did you plug your phone into the same port that your sister's connected with? I found I had to reload the drivers for every USB port on my laptop to make Odin work for each, otherwise it only works for the first one I used.
kennyglass123 said:
Did you plug your phone into the same port that your sister's connected with? I found I had to reload the drivers for every USB port on my laptop to make Odin work for each, otherwise it only works for the first one I used.
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I tried reloading the drivers and everything and I'm. Using a blackberry cable and I tried different computers but for some reason they still don't work so I'm going to take it to a sprint store because I think its a hardware problem not a software problem and thanks for all the support guys I really appreciate it. One more thing is when I plug in any cable into the wall charger it thinks its a computer and gives me the options for c,harging and mass storage and tethering which its not supposed to do unless its plugged in to a computer
phonehunter59 said:
I tried reloading the drivers and everything and I'm. Using a blackberry cable and I tried different computers but for some reason they still don't work so I'm going to take it to a sprint store because I think its a hardware problem not a software problem and thanks for all the support guys I really appreciate it. One more thing is when I plug in any cable into the wall charger it thinks its a computer and gives me the options for c,harging and mass storage and tethering which its not supposed to do unless its plugged in to a computer
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I have one charger from an older phone that does that to my phone.
Go too a verizon store buy a usb cable for the droid x. Its an excelent cable . Thick and short. Mounts my phone every time no issues. I've tried like 10 cables. By far the best
I ended up downloading swiftp to connect to computer, was making me mad I couldn't solve it. Its nice and fast.
I'm Just going to do the rerfs rom and take it to a sprint store because I think it's a hardware issue because odin or the computer dont recognize my epic but they recognize my sister's
try turning off usb debugging then connecting usb for mass storage mode that way
i struggled with this on srf forever (and other roms including ee03)
eigerzoom said:
try turning off usb debugging then connecting usb for mass storage mode that way
i struggled with this on srf forever (and other roms including ee03)
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tried that and no luck before I took it to the sprint store they tried to ODIN back to stock but even their computer wouldn't recognize it so they just gave me a new one.

Odin not working.

Can anybody help me out really quick? I was trying to go to the latest MIUI from CM7 and of course whatever happened happened, now I have to ODIN back However, I'm trying to use ODIN3 v1.30 GT-P1000, victory_8G_100528.pit, Deodexed-Rooted-CWM-Busybox-EH06.tar, but the computer won't discover my phone while it's in download mode.
YES, I HAVE DRIVERS INSTALLED!
Hope you got about 5 cable, cuz that's what I go through everytime. Also I go to 2 computers and about 10 usb ports, then something will work.
What do you mean 5 cable? Man this used to be a breeze, I used to use my moms Windows and it was so simple, but her laptop decided to totally die out on me, so now I can't do anything.
Use the Odin3 v.1.85 .zip file in this thread, it will work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337
Original Android <3ers! said:
What do you mean 5 cable? Man this used to be a breeze, I used to use my moms Windows and it was so simple, but her laptop decided to totally die out on me, so now I can't do anything.
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I have to try about 3-5 cables each time.
shane6374 said:
I have to try about 3-5 cables each time.
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Alright, is there any alternative I can use instead of ODIN? Because I've used 2 wires, and 3 USB Ports, reinstalled drivers, and nothings working.
You could try hemindal, or how ever you spell that. The odin alternative. It's in the development section somewhere.
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shane6374 said:
You could try hemindal, or how ever you spell that. The odin alternative. It's in the development section somewhere.
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Gah! I don't know how to use that. Anything else guys?
make sure you're not using a pit with that file you're flashing, too, i don't think u need it with that specific file. try your old cables this way first before u try another cable, and try the usb ports on the back of your computer. and one more thing, i'm pretty sure heimdall is just for apple.
bender beerman said:
make sure you're not using a pit with that file you're flashing, too, i don't think u need it with that specific file. try your old cables this way first before u try another cable, and try the usb ports on the back of your computer. and one more thing, i'm pretty sure heimdall is just for apple.
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My problem is that the laptop won't detect the phone from download mode.
Original Android <3ers! said:
My problem is that the laptop won't detect the phone from download mode.
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maybe try uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers on your laptop, and try a new cord, the one that came with the epic was notoriously crappy.
edit: redownload them from sammy, just to be sure...
If you can get into a recovery you can try installin srf 1.2 and do a proper shutdown. This has usually fixed this issue for me
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Have u tried booting into recovery?
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Odin will only recognize your phone on 1 port, usually the first port you used that installed the drivers. Try every port. If you want to try Heimdall go into Development at the top in the stickies in the thread about How to fix a semi-bricked Epic. Post 2 is all about how to use Heimdall.
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Ummm I think I know what your going through if I remember one of the cm7 builds my pc wouldn't recognize my phone either. I have a thick black berry cable and it always works and detects except for. That situation you need to pull sd card plug into sd adapter to plug into pc put a flashable of some rom since your on rfs I would say try the newest cm7 even if it doesn't boot maybe it will bring back your usb to pc connectivity. Since your on rfs don't flash srf1.2 cuz your phone won't boot you would have to do srf1.1
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Try dialing ##8778# and putting the phone on pda or modem under the USB section.. I don't remember what one worked for me, I think it was modem. But mess with those settings. Hope it helps.
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Whenever I have a problem it is always the cable, the port or the computer itself. I just try varying combinations until I get it to pick it up, if it is just the initial recognition I don't see how it can be anything else
I've had my system USB drivers corrupt before. Try getting drive sweeper and look up how to do a reinstall of those drivers (not the samsung drivers).
I tried odin3 v1.85 -worked for me, where earlier Odin v1.3 would not recognize the phone (Epic) while in download mode.
Can you get to CWM with 3-finger boot? May be easier to go that route...
Other thing I've run into when Odin doesn't want to work is you need reboots after each stage like this:
Uninstall drivers
Reboot
Install drivers
Reboot
Open Odin and then connect phone in download mode.
If I skip the reboots, many times it won't recognize phone.

[Q] Help Please! Computer cant detect Epic Touch!

Hi everyone i need help! Im trying to use odin to undo root on my epic touch. Unfortunately, my computer is not able to detect my phone. When i plug in the phone to the computer all it does is charge. USB debug is off and im not sure what else i need to do. The computer does have samsung kies drivers installed.
alizonmi said:
Hi everyone i need help! Im trying to use odin to undo root on my epic touch. Unfortunately, my computer is not able to detect my phone. When i plug in the phone to the computer all it does is charge. USB debug is off and im not sure what else i need to do. The computer does have samsung kies drivers installed.
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And search this has been covered a hundred times
First thing is try different USB cable and I'd then reinstall drivers I'd that doesn't help
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alizonmi said:
Hi everyone i need help! Im trying to use odin to undo root on my epic touch. Unfortunately, my computer is not able to detect my phone. When i plug in the phone to the computer all it does is charge. USB debug is off and im not sure what else i need to do. The computer does have samsung kies drivers installed.
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USB debugging needs to be on, not off
It doesnt sound like you are in Download Mode. Bottom volume + Power.
Also try rebooting PC, someone already mentioned different USB ports, reinstall Odin, etc.
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I tried rebooting the pc, using a different cable, and reinstalling Odin. I still cant get my phone to detect in odin mode. Any advice or help please?
alizonmi said:
I tried rebooting the pc, using a different cable, and reinstalling Odin. I still cant get my phone to detect in odin mode. Any advice or help please?
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Any dinging noises when pluugged into the computer? Is your phone recognized in device manger?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5XZIlGwNY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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jprocha101 said:
USB debugging needs to be on, not off
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This sounds like your problem. Same thing happened to me first time I tried to root.
No dinging noise and the phone is NOT recognized in device manager. I think i may have a faulty USB port on the phone.
jasone4gt said:
Any dinging noises when pluugged into the computer? Is your phone recognized in device manger?
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although the op doesn't say I have to ask. what did you flash before trying to unroot. did you put the international ics on there?
I did not put on ICS. I am currently runnning caulkin rom

[Q] Computer won't recognize my SGS2; how do I return to stock?

I can't get USB mounting to work on my linux PC, windows PC, or work windows laptop.
The computer completely fails to recognize the phone, even when I manually tell it to connect as usb storage device.
I've tried three different USB cables.
ODIN mode isn't recognized either, no USB devices are detected and Odin does not display an ID for the phone.
So WTF do I do know? I believe I need to return to stock firmware but I don't know how without using Odin.
You need to download the drivers for your computer in order for it to read your device. I believe its somewhere here in the forums if not Google it. I would post a link but I'm not on my computer
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You can download the drivers from the how to root thread in the dev section.
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Are you using the original samsung cable? Mine refuses to be recognized by my pc's if it's not the original cable, works fine with the original but the system never picks it up with any others.
keenerb said:
I can't get USB mounting to work on my linux PC, windows PC, or work windows laptop.
The computer completely fails to recognize the phone, even when I manually tell it to connect as usb storage device.
I've tried three different USB cables.
ODIN mode isn't recognized either, no USB devices are detected and Odin does not display an ID for the phone.
So WTF do I do know? I believe I need to return to stock firmware but I don't know how without using Odin.
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i to just went thru this tried 3 cables 3 pcs and 4 operating systems and all my phone would do is charge. flashed stock rom, flashed malice, now on slick mod and still no usb conectivety . called samsung and went thru there trouble shooting..... no luck. called tmobile and went thru there trouble shooting....no luck. so now tmobile is sending me a new phone and should be here today(free overnight with out me asking, think they may be seeing alot of this lately)
Thanks for all the help everyone.
I was using the provided Samsung cable, I have installed the USB drivers.
It's just not working.
T-Mo is sending me a new one.
Did you try installing Kies SW from the Samsung site? Installing this SW will also install all of the appropriate drivers on your PC.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T989ZKBTMB
Rod3 said:
Did you try installing Kies SW from the Samsung site? Installing this SW will also install all of the appropriate drivers on your PC.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T989ZKBTMB
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samsung had me install kies and the driver package seperatly . thats the thing thou i have been using my phone just fine up to 2 days ago then it just would not connect to the computer.
slamindamalibu said:
samsung had me install kies and the driver package seperatly . thats the thing thou i have been using my phone just fine up to 2 days ago then it just would not connect to the computer.
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And?? Solve the problem or what? We been hanging here for years

[Q] Can't connect to ODIN after 4.3.3 update!

I upgraded from Stock 4.1.2 to Stock 4.3.3 (L900VPUBMK4) today. I did this via ODIN3 v3.09. Not my first time flashing a device. Not my first time with Odin. It upgraded no problem. Package installed, phone rebooted, on boot the package completed installation, rebooted again, and then came up shiny new 4.3.3.
Next step, of course, was to re-root. I went back into Download Mode, opened up Odin, plugged back in the phone, and NOTHING. It wouldn't connect to Odin. Mind you, this is the same Computer, Drivers, Cable, and Odin that I'd used 10 minutes beforehand and several times in the past.
I don't get it! I've tried re-installing my Samsung drivers, just for fun. I tried another cable. Also, when the phone's booted up in normal mode, the phone connects fine to the computer as a Media Device. I can't make this sucker connect to Download Mode all of a sudden!
ANY IDEAS?! Sure would appreciate it!
-Frif
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Not trying to bump (but glad).
Still no luck. Tried another computer.
Additional info:
My Download Mode reads:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L900
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (1 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0
RP SWREV: A2
Use a different port and a different cable. Reboot the phone into download mode, connect it to the computer, then load Odin. I've had issues where if i loaded Odin before connecting to the phone it wouldn't find a connection.
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No dice
ecs87 said:
Use a different port and a different cable. Reboot the phone into download mode, connect it to the computer, then load Odin. I've had issues where if i loaded Odin before connecting to the phone it wouldn't find a connection.
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No such luck. Still getting absolutely nothing out of Odin.
Is there ANYTHING I can maybe flash in Stock Recovery to get me anywhere?
I should also mention there's no USB connect/disconnect sound coming from the computer when in Download Mode. Although I can't remember if that's normal or not.
How are you getting into download mode? If you're using the 3 button salute, try adb reboot download in recovery (and vice versa).
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Nope
ecs87 said:
How are you getting into download mode? If you're using the 3 button salute, try adb reboot download in recovery (and vice versa).
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Thanks.
I did it 3-button. I don't have that option in Stock Recovery. All I have is:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
Is there a way? Or maybe is there some way to get TWRP installed without Odin somehow?
Debug Mode?
Hey I was thinking about Debug Mode. I didn't think it would affect Download Mode, but I figured I'd try it.
WHERE THE HECK IS IT?!
I can't find it at all in 4.3.3.
Thanks!
-Frif
Still No luck
Friffy1 said:
Hey I was thinking about Debug Mode. I didn't think it would affect Download Mode, but I figured I'd try it.
WHERE THE HECK IS IT?!
I can't find it at all in 4.3.3.
Thanks!
-Frif
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Well, I found Debug Mode. For those interested, it's hidden in 4.3. Go to About Phone, then tap Build Number a bunch of times until it opens up Dev Options.
Anyway... Still no luck. In USB Debug Mode, in Download Mode, Odin still doesn't see the device.
Different cable. When flashing phones (using Odin, QPST, DFS, CDMA WS, etc.) I ALWAYS use the OFFICIAL HTC usb cable. It works with every phone that has a micro USB port (duh) and it's NEVER given me any problems. I'm sure the same can be said for other brand name cables, but I stick with what I know. Try a different cable. My generic China cable will do EVERYTHING...except get a COM port in Odin.
If this doesn't work, your charging port might be boned. It's possible a single pin may be damaged, preventing a data connection.
YES!
ecs87 said:
Different cable. When flashing phones (using Odin, QPST, DFS, CDMA WS, etc.) I ALWAYS use the OFFICIAL HTC usb cable. It works with every phone that has a micro USB port (duh) and it's NEVER given me any problems. I'm sure the same can be said for other brand name cables, but I stick with what I know. Try a different cable. My generic China cable will do EVERYTHING...except get a COM port in Odin.
If this doesn't work, your charging port might be boned. It's possible a single pin may be damaged, preventing a data connection.
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Maybe it IS my cables!!?!?!!?! TWO of them!
So! I just uninstalled my drivers again and reinstalled them. Still no luck. So I got super-frustrated and just started plugging and unplugging into different USB ports. All of a sudden, I got back to my "normal" port and heard the USB connect sound!!?!?! Then the drivers re-installed, then Odin connected!
I installed CF-Auto-Root! My phone's still not rooted, and I don't know why yet. But at least now I have options!
THANKS TO ALL THAT STOPPED BY TO HELP!!!
-Frif
It's been just me and you in this thread buddy lol. Don't use CF auto root. It doesn't work for MK4. Use Kingoroot (you can google it and find the program). It looks like an iffy program but it seems like some kind of multiroot and from what I can tell, it's very credible. Just put your phone into MTP+ADB (USB Debugging) and start the program. After a few minutes, your device will be rooted. Couldn't be easier.
ecs87 said:
It's been just me and you in this thread buddy lol. Don't use CF auto root. It doesn't work for MK4. Use Kingoroot (you can google it and find the program). It looks like an iffy program but it seems like some kind of multiroot and from what I can tell, it's very credible. Just put your phone into MTP+ADB (USB Debugging) and start the program. After a few minutes, your device will be rooted. Couldn't be easier.
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Yes...Kingoroot will work for a 4.3 ROM. Used it myself with no problems.
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