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[Q] Soft-bricked, trouble with Odin + USB

I've scoured the forum to an answer to my problem but I've not yet found any so hopefully you guys can help.
Somehow I managed to soft-brick my Epic 4g, just been having all sorts of problems. Anyway I'm able to get in download mode just fine so I should be able to restore my phone no problem right? Wrong.
The problem I'm having is that my computer won't freaking recognize my phone when it's plugged in. Here's what I'm doing:
1) Start Odin, have phone ready in Download Mode
2) Load up the PDA file
3) Plug USB cord in to Phone
Once I plug the cord in to the phone my computer says that it does not recognize the device (or that it's malfunctioned or some such thing).
I've tried everything to fix this! Here's a weird bit of success though:
This morning I turned on my phone, did the 3-button combo to get to clockwork recovery then plugged my phone in. The phone was recognized!! I rebooted, went to download mode and Odin recognized it! At this point I tried flashing my stock kernel and it failed. Now I'm no longer able to get in to recovery using the 3 button combo and my computer no longer recognizes my USB connection again in download mode.
Am I totally screwed here? What's up with the USB??
OH! Just wanted to add: I'm using Windows 7 x64 and I do have the correct USB drivers installed.

hmmm
Have u tried redownloading the samsung drivers? They really ***** out sometimes...

I have. I've actually gone through and tried the x86 and x64 drivers listed on the forums as well as the official samsung drivers.

Usually when Windows says the device is unrecognized or has malfunctioned it has to do with the USB port you're using not having enough power. The stock Epic USB cable also sucks because its long and skinny which leads to more power drop. Try using a better quality USB cable (I always use a blackberry cable when flashing) and connect it to a USB port on the back panel of the computer that comes directly off of the motherboard.
Some USB ports may work better than others - for instance on my Dell E series laptops I can't flash when using the USB ports on the left side of the machine, but the ones on the right work perfectly. The left side ones just don't deliver as much juice and this phone is a power hungry little guy.

Alright I got it working. I do think it had something to do with the cable. I kept swtiching back and forth between Samsungs and my old Motorola one. After a few reboots and reinstalls of drivers the Motorola one finally worked

I have had that same thing happen, tried an old moment cable and problem solved. After that went on ebay and bought some extras just to have on hand just in case. Also thanks about the usb port explanation, makes sense.
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BRICKED-download mode not detected-

A friend messed his epic up and I'm trying to fix it but it isn't going well...
Boot....just stayed at Samsung screen..bottom keys don't light
Wont boot into recovery
Tries to boot immediately once the battery is put in.
Download mode is not detected on ANY computer, whatever bit, whatever rom...
What r my options? With out the phones drivers being detected...Odin and heimdoll r useless...
Any options ideas??
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thatdudepoops said:
A friend messed his epic up and I'm trying to fix it but it isn't going well...
Boot....just stayed at Samsung screen..bottom keys don't light
Wont boot into recovery
Tries to boot immediately once the battery is put in.
Download mode is not detected on ANY computer, whatever bit, whatever rom...
What r my options? With out the phones drivers being detected...Odin and heimdoll r useless...
Any options ideas??
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Ok some questions:
Stock cable?
Reinstalled the drivers?
Is windows sayings an unknown device?
Solutions:
Take the battery out and sd card and leave it out use the computer as the power source and see if odin will com.
What windows bit are you using I know 64 and windows 7 has issues but I have drivers that should work for you.
Most importantly use a different cable 99.99% of unknown problems are caused by the cable being faulty.
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If you can't get it to work id say send it to me ill get it detected if not ill pay for shipping it back
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thatdudepoops said:
A friend messed his epic up and I'm trying to fix it but it isn't going well...
Boot....just stayed at Samsung screen..bottom keys don't light
Wont boot into recovery
Tries to boot immediately once the battery is put in.
Download mode is not detected on ANY computer, whatever bit, whatever rom...
What r my options? With out the phones drivers being detected...Odin and heimdoll r useless...
Any options ideas??
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Heimdall uses its own drivers so the phones drivers are not a problem...
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flastnoles11 said:
Heimdall uses its own drivers so the phones drivers are not a problem...
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Yeah but only works if the computer will detect it..... or if heimdalls driver app will
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Biggoron said:
Ok some questions:
Stock cable?
Reinstalled the drivers?
Is windows sayings an unknown device?
Solutions:
Take the battery out and sd card and leave it out use the computer as the power source and see if odin will com.
What windows bit are you using I know 64 and windows 7 has issues but I have drivers that should work for you.
Most importantly use a different cable 99.99% of unknown problems are caused by the cable being faulty.
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Yes I having working cable. Using USB from epic touch and it works on my other epic 4g. USB not problem.
Drivers work on other epic 4g...drivers not problem.
Windows does not *ting when plugged in..the phone is simply not putting out any sort of USB drivers...
Tried on win 7 ,vista, and XP...all of which work with other epic..computer rom not problem
SD card has been removed since start...
I can get it into download mode...but the computer simply doesn't read it
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Biggoron said:
If you can't get it to work id say send it to me ill get it detected if not ill pay for shipping it back
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Ilk keep that In consideration thx
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flastnoles11 said:
Heimdall uses its own drivers so the phones drivers are not a problem...
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Tried heimdall. It doesn't recognize the device...
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Seems to me like there's something wrong with the usb port on the phone. I know that download mode produces a less amount of voltage than the phone on/off and if its not the correct amount the phone won't be recognise means anything I would try wouldn't work...
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thatdudepoops said:
Tried heimdall. It doesn't recognize the device...
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uninstall your drivers. reboot your computer, reinstall your drivers manually http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/sprint/SPH-D700ZKASPR
then put the cable into your phone..once it's in , check the end that's in the computer.. wiggle both ends around a little... see if you get a "com" on odin..

LORDFIRE00 said:
uninstall your drivers. reboot your computer, reinstall your drivers manually http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/sprint/SPH-D700ZKASPR
then put the cable into your phone..once it's in , check the end that's in the computer.. wiggle both ends around a little... see if you get a "com" on odin..
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Doubt that this will work. It works for his other epic so there's something wrong with the current one he's haing an issue iwth.
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Biggoron said:
Doubt that this will work. It works for his other epic so there's something wrong with the current one he's haing an issue iwth.
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I did try completely reinstalling drivers and plugging in phone randomly during process to get it to catch but no go. Yea its definitely the phone not being recognizable and not my set up...I even tried having it recognize my other epic and switching phones right at start of flash...but it disconnected EVERY time lol...thought it was worth a shot lol. Wonder if I split a USB into a 2 headed snake I can reflash both phones at once?...maybe unplug one once it gets going....
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thatdudepoops said:
I did try completely reinstalling drivers and plugging in phone randomly during process to get it to catch but no go. Yea its definitely the phone not being recognizable and not my set up...I even tried having it recognize my other epic and switching phones right at start of flash...but it disconnected EVERY time lol...thought it was worth a shot lol. Wonder if I split a USB into a 2 headed snake I can reflash both phones at once?...maybe unplug one once it gets going....
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No it will only head to the phone that it recognises
Sorry but I think your sol unless you take it back to sprint and see if they replace it or fix it.
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Yep...its a usb problem...
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You tried getting into download mode with no battery just cable right? And I still wouldn't trust the E4GT stock cable either

ac16313 said:
You tried getting into download mode with no battery just cable right? And I still wouldn't trust the E4GT stock cable either
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Oh duh didn't know it was the epic4gt stock cable yeah bud try it with a blackberry cable and it should work then
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i had the same problem on a phone i flashed today, used a cable from a different phone and it worked. also once i installed cwm i couldnt use the action button to make my selection. i had to use the camera button. I have flashed alot of these and never seen that until today.

edit: sorry, I read about it on XDA here a couple of weeks ago, thought it was OK but now I cannot find the post that I was refering to. So disreguard my reference please......
re-edit: found it!!! It was farther back then I thought. All I read the first time was the main page of the post & not the whole thread, I read deeper into it now & realized that even though some Dev's that I recognized started the post, it seems like it is unlikely to be true.......sorry again guys......
[acs][how-to]hardware reset

monke30butt said:
Have you tried doing a hardware reset with the reset button on the back of the Epic below & to the left of the camera?
If you try this, you should go directly to download mode & use Odin afterwards.
I don't know if this will work, but at this point it can't hurt anything.
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Hiejole spanish for "son of a"
There is no magical reset button.... take it apart and there's no button. Most people believe this to be true because they left the battery out long enough for charge to go away.
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Biggoron said:
Hiejole spanish for "son of a"
There is no magical reset button.... take it apart and there's no button. Most people believe this to be true because they left the battery out long enough for charge to go away.
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You're not going to quote the tale of the magic button?

[Q] Cant mount USB, get to DL mode

Hi Guys/Gals
ive done a bit of searching and have tried everything i could think of but still no DL mode, and cant mount USB
I started having a problem with my mic ... thought it might be the ROM so i wiped dalvik, problem was still there. Then did a factory reset, problem still there
Thought i would try a different ROM, but when i went to plug my USB in, my PC would promt me with a USB device not recognized window. I tried mounting USB via USB utilities - No Go. Tried with debugging mode off, still no go.
I have reinstalled the USB drivers, still no go.
The phone also turns on when plugged into wall power, or will not stay shut down ... hrmmm
Im curious if the mic and USB issues are related and it is a hardware malfunction.
Any tips, help, or advice would be GREATLY appreciated right about now.
Thanks XDA!

Welp ... got DL mode on my work PC. Will try to get back to factory and see if that resolves the USB and Mic issues.
Pretty weird considering I tried it a few million times.

Scratch that. Got DL mode, once, can no longer. Wtf is going on.
Holding volume+/- and inserting USB cable. Am I doing something wrong? Its sending me straight to CWM recovery everytime.
Tried to do a restore from a point but got an MD5 sum mismatch
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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turn off phone
plug in usb
then reboot with finger combo

Problem is I plug in USB when the phone is pwrd off and it automatically starts to boot up.
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street954 said:
Problem is I plug in USB when the phone is pwrd off and it automatically starts to boot up.
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so hold the vol up + down then plug phone

Tried everything.
Not a newb when it comes to getting to DL mode if the phone is opperating normally. (obviously if ive come from CM7, and ICS as an original vibrant owner, and was running a rooted SGS2)
Went ahead and ordered a new phone. Am going to spend the couple bucks on the DL mode USB plug, might be able to save something from the old phone.
Im pretty sure something happened to the phone that affected the ports on the USB and MIC at the same time. But we'll see once i try the plug ...

street954 said:
Tried everything.
Not a newb when it comes to getting to DL mode if the phone is opperating normally. (obviously if ive come from CM7, and ICS as an original vibrant owner, and was running a rooted SGS2)
Went ahead and ordered a new phone. Am going to spend the couple bucks on the DL mode USB plug, might be able to save something from the old phone.
Im pretty sure something happened to the phone that affected the ports on the USB and MIC at the same time. But we'll see once i try the plug ...
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wait have one last idea
if you have adb set up type in adb reboot download

[Q] Galaxy s2 won't boot into download mode for rooting

Hi guy's, I would just like to start off by saying that XDA is a wonderful site full of amazing information. It just so happens that the problem I'm having isn't anywhere on this website which leads me to think if I'm the only one who has this sort of situation. Basically what's going on is that I would like to root my T989, mainly to get rid of carrier bloatware, so I looked around the internet and YouTube videos and learned how to do it, the only problem is that I am failing at the first step of it which is getting it in download mode. I downloaded Odin3 v1.85, then while running Odin I held the volume up+down buttons and at the same time plugged in the USB cable, as soon as I do that the phone boots into a screen that is showing the battery being charged instead of going to the warning screen and Windows says that the device was not recognized and the USB has malfunctioned. I did install the Samsung ADB drivers for the phone, I also turned USB debugging on, and I tried three different computers all with the same results. Oh and if anyone wants to know, I am running Android 2.3.6. Can anyone please help me? I would really appreciate it if you guys could help me find a solution to this.
BTW this is my first thread on XDA

Paragraphs are your friend.
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PCLOVER93 said:
Hi guy's, I would just like to start off by saying that XDA is a wonderful site full of amazing information. It just so happens that the problem I'm having isn't anywhere on this website which leads me to think if I'm the only one who has this sort of situation. Basically what's going on is that I would like to root my T989, mainly to get rid of carrier bloatware, so I looked around the internet and YouTube videos and learned how to do it, the only problem is that I am failing at the first step of it which is getting it in download mode. I downloaded Odin3 v1.85, then while running Odin I held the volume up+down buttons and at the same time plugged in the USB cable, as soon as I do that the phone boots into a screen that is showing the battery being charged instead of going to the warning screen and Windows says that the device was not recognized and the USB has malfunctioned. I did install the Samsung ADB drivers for the phone, I also turned USB debugging on, and I tried three different computers all with the same results. Oh and if anyone wants to know, I am running Android 2.3.6. Can anyone please help me? I would really appreciate it if you guys could help me find a solution to this.
BTW this is my first thread on XDA
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I would remove the battery 1st and let it chill for a sec. Replace the battery, and hold vol - & + and then connect your USB cable. Do this in that exact order and you should have no issues.

Also if your PC isn't recognizing your phone I'd try a different USB cable. Sometimes that works.
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I had the same problem with my previous sgs2, i tried everything from uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, used a different usb cable, tried a different laptop and nothing fixed it, if your computer wont recognize the phone after trying everything you can think of, then do what i did and get a warranty exchange, after that my new sgs2 connected perfectly
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elflip88 said:
I had the same problem with my previous sgs2, i tried everything from uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, used a different usb cable, tried a different laptop and nothing fixed it, if your computer wont recognize the phone after trying everything you can think of, then do what i did and get a warranty exchange, after that my new sgs2 connected perfectly
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remember that **** well lol.
TO OP:
There are a couple things you can still try, but chances are slim since you did try 3 different computers. It might have been possible that the installation of the drivers (when you plug in your phone) was interrupted somehow and it left an incomplete installation. You would need to download usbdeview and remove/delete/uninstall (forgot what term was used) everything android/samsung related.
Plug in your phone when it's on in the homescreen or something.. let it sit for like 5-10 mins for it to install everything.. there is like 5 things or so. Now try to go into download mode.
If that doesn't work, make sure you're using the t989 drivers.
if that doesn't work, then install kies
Try to mix and match USB wires and USB ports on the computer.

Teo032 said:
remember that **** well lol.
TO OP:
There are a couple things you can still try, but chances are slim since you did try 3 different computers. It might have been possible that the installation of the drivers (when you plug in your phone) was interrupted somehow and it left an incomplete installation. You would need to download usbdeview and remove/delete/uninstall (forgot what term was used) everything android/samsung related.
Plug in your phone when it's on in the homescreen or something.. let it sit for like 5-10 mins for it to install everything.. there is like 5 things or so. Now try to go into download mode.
If that doesn't work, make sure you're using the t989 drivers.
if that doesn't work, then install kies
Try to mix and match USB wires and USB ports on the computer.
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Yeah I did all this, so op if you do all these also and it still doesn't work then to the warranty exchange
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what carrier do you use? there is a different way between tmobile and telus
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USB not detected. Urgent Help.

Okay before yall rage at me, I already search XDA+Google. I think I found some answers to it, but there seems to be some confusion about my problem...So I wanna ask you guys DHD/I4G users.
My problem is that when I connect my phone to the computer, my phone doesnt detect USB anymore. this happened way back before, but somehow it worked again.
I have 3 new different USB Data Cables. I tried all three of them to see if it was my MAIN USB Cable Data that was broken. It wasnt.
I tried connecting it to 2 other computers in my house and still no luck.
So when I was searching, people said that this problem can be from...
-hardware problem(broken) (but i dont think its broken cause my phone is still able to charge.)
-rom with bad download.
And there were some suggestions to what I should do...
-super wipe your phone and re-install a new rom
-take the micro sd put it in your computer format the SD card.
-take battery out for 30 seconds then put it back in.
-return to stock
-reinstall HTC drivers
however all those methods did not work at all.
The thing is my phone still charges on whatever USB or Computer I plug it into.
Also, this problem happened to me awhile back but somehow it was fixed..IDK how I did it.
Also sometimes, my computer detects it, but it says "something has malfunctioned).
my phone has never got in contact with any form of liquid. but what i think has touched my phone is heat or sweat from my pants.
Edit: also, I never dropped my phone before.
Is this a hardware problem? because as I said it before this happened to be awhile back but I was able to get USB detected to my computer again.
Can anyone give me more methods/information on how or what I should do to fix it?
Phone details
- Device: Inspire 4g
- Rom: Aospx BR7
- default Ril from the rom
- radio : in my signature
- phone about 1 and half years old

It seems you have already ruled out software and cable/computer issues. It is possible for a device to have intermittent failure. Sounds like a bad sd reader. Charger runs seperate from that.

Could also be the PC hardware. What PC OS are you using?
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zelendel said:
Could also be the PC hardware. What PC OS are you using?
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I tried on three different computer which all are Windows 7 32 and 64 bits.
EDIT: somehow when I plugged it in my computer, it detected for few seconds then turned off.

Have you tried cleaning your phones port?

marsdta said:
Have you tried cleaning your phones port?
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ummmm all I did was just blow on it(sounds wrong, LOL).
oh yeah and also, i always hear that sound when you connect any USB into the computer. that beeping noise. but only when I reboot my phone.
I could always transfer files by using the Micro SD Adapter, but thats too much work. taking my phone case out, taking out the bottom part, taking out usb, putting it in the adapater, then in the computer....-_-

update.
I kind of found a solution?? if i can take any step further...
So I changed my rom to a sense 4 rom(virtuous). I disabled Fast Boot from there. Now my computer detects my phone but it gives me the notification saying that my device cant be recognized.

U can use software data cable app its free .. and u can nove data between phone n pc wirelessly as long as you are in the same network ...
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