[Q] Connection issues with pc - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Okay so here is the deal. I just picked this sweet Epic up and started rooting it and I can't get it connected to the pc to get into the files. I set the phone to debugging, and even tried it with it off as well, then I connected the usb (and yes I tried alt cords too) to the pc and selected mass storage (I tried charging too). The pc says it's installing the drivers and even says completed and ready to use but on my computer screen it only shows my hard drive . I downloaded the starter sdk and tried those drivers as well. Even though I could not get it to recognize I started Odin and while phone was on it showed 2 ports, but once I turned the phone off and set it to download mode I get zero, zip, nada for ports available. Now I did see somewhere to set the code back to PDA and top to Modem so I did that as well. Still no luck. I am running stock Froyo EC05 2.2.1 and 2.6.32.9 kernel. Can someone please help me out? I had a Moment before this and never this many issues. Is there a way to just put the card in a reader and install the files and then put it back in my phone and run recovery from there? I've never had to do that before so I was wondering if it's an option if I can't fix this. Last thing is the charging time is way long and the hold isn't lasting long either. I'm no expert or developer, but I'm flashed many ROMs on my moment so I guess you can say I know a little. Please no tech jargon/lingo though to prevent unnecessary communication issues. Suggestions on GB ROMs would be nice too. I tried RandomKing but the links were no good. I hate the stock garbage on there and would love it if someone could help me get them off so I can continue with my rooting agenda.

Try with USB debugging on, connect to the computer then go into control panel and device manager, find phone entry, probably samsung android, then hit update drivers from Windows Update. Takes a while to load all drivers, sometimes more than 30 minutes. Then reboot computer and phone and try it.
As for ROMs they are ALL good. Read the description of each to find out what's in it and if you like it, try it.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Thanks for the reply. I tried that (unknown device) but I just keep getting windows has decided your driver is the best message when I even disabled, re-enabled, removed and re-installed all drivers. It's really bugging me and I'm not one to give up but I spent over 6 hours on this last night and I'm stumped. BTW what 2.3 ROMs do you know of that are stable with the least issues? Just suggestions of course as everyone has their own style...

Stick to the EG22 ROMs since EH06 and EH17 caused many phones to random reboot. After a few days EH17 started disconnected my calls. I have been using a ROM not listed on XDA. It is Bonsai B14 EG22 based. You can google Bonsai Android or click my signature. There are a few good ones in the development section here too.
Sounds like it is definitely a driver issue. There are samsung drivers floating around here. If you don't find a working set I will hunt them down tonight for you.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

You can try the drivers in the first post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

Thanks...
Cool I will try that out when I get home since work computers are usb restricted
Thanks for all your help and I'll update you tomorrow.
By the way I was playing a HD game on it today while charging and I got a charging paused, battery too hot or cold... Is this a problem with the EG22 build?

Another thing to make sure of is if your dial ##8778# it will bring up a menu, make sure your device is on pda.. believe it or not this helps some people
* PDA should be selcted under the USB Section.. the other section should be on modem
Sent from my old but still kickin Epic 4g

Yeah that's what I was talking about that I tried.
Now I did see somewhere to set the code back to PDA and top to Modem so I did that as well.
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rooted!!!
Got Odin working and downloading now... Had to sneek my laptop into work to get her done but... LOL... Now time to get rooting!!!
Thanx guys... Will let you know what ROM I went with later today...
Working on putting on 2.3.4 EG22 v. Alpha "Hawk" [Journaled] EG22 AIO Volume/Hotspot/Lockscreen/Overscroll/Lag Fix but the download is taking over 2 hrs!

Phone isd not working at all now...
I put it through Odin and was following the prompts on the odin page that said to put victory_8G_100528.pit in pit and the tar in, hit start it went through and said something about partition and then the phone shut off and never came back on. It won't even charge now... NO life at all.

Fixed...
Okay I took the battery and sd card out, and then plugged the usb in while holding 1 & power down. That put it into download mode. From there I just put the battery and card back in and installed clockwork. BTW the only cord that would work was the one that came with the phone. Took me 12 hr to figure that one out because all the forums said to not use it. UGH
Thanks for all the help.

Also watch out for launchers that hide you notification bar, this can bork USB/sdcard detection, I just made a tip thread.

smartbeatz said:
Okay I took the battery and sd card out, and then plugged the usb in while holding 1 & power down. That put it into download mode. From there I just put the battery and card back in and installed clockwork. BTW the only cord that would work was the one that came with the phone. Took me 12 hr to figure that one out because all the forums said to not use it. UGH
Thanks for all the help.
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There is a manufacturers cord that is the same connector but doesn't work, not sure which one but I use my old Palm Pre cable and a lot of others use Blackberry cables.

Oh so nice
Okay the new ROM is running great and is oh so sexy, fast and powerful, although I do not like the home page dock layout. I see no issues yet and I'm switching back to the Epic today after I beef up my old moment (which I had swapped to for the day because I thought I soft bricked the Epic beyond recovery) I promised to my mom. I'd like to find a stable GB build for her too but it doesn't look like the programmers have figured that one out yet.
BTW the cord I have is the one that looks a little weird on the end you plug into the phone and seems to be real stiff. I got more phones to mess with so thanks all...
Anyone know of any good tutorial sites that teaches how to develop and write codes? Flashing is one thing but getting to know the nuts and bolts to help others out is where I want to be.

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[Q] Broken Epic? (Physically or Bricked?)

Alright, here's the deal, this happened about a month ago (ive been stuck with the hero since lol).
I was running ERA EH06 Leak 1.1 (name of the file, i think it was the unnamed rom at the time) which was running perfectly for a few days until I get the google services etc force closes. Anyway I get home from work, I go to switch to stock and reflash to something else (at the time I was flashing roms like crazy lol). Anyway, as im odin'ing to stock, I accidentally pull the usb from the phone in the middle of it and the phone is stuck on the download screen, so I pull the battery and try again.
Now the phone isnt connecting to my computer, and its not even turning on. It wont show anything when I have it plugged into usb, I cant go into recovery or download mode. I saw on another thread a power cycle reset thing that didnt work.
I took it into the sprint store to have them see whats up and they said the usb was pulled off of the motherboard. I open it up myself (im semi experienced in this, and i found a good tutorial online) and nothing is noticeably wrong and the usb isnt pulled off the motherboard.
Also, the battery indicator is red because of "water damage" ( i have taken it in the bathroom with me as I showered, but that was only a few times and I stopped weeks before this happened, so I dont think water damage could be the main problem).
So basically has anyone else had the same or similar issue? Or at least can point me in some direction?
No dl mode? Try taking the battery and SD card out, and holding power and 1 THEN plugging it in still without the battery or SD. No odin then, well...
sent from my epic 4g. with the key skips.
holy s*** its in dl mode, i havent tried anything yet, but i didnt expect that lol
Lmao I assume you know what to do from there. But yeah, I always odin with the battery out after I found out you could
sent from my epic 4g. with the key skips.
Sweet, yeah I got it up n running, thanks yo! I looked up all over the place and couldnt find anything saying to go into dl mode then plug in the usb! Oh well its working now!

[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.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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
Sent from Flip's SGS2
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
Sent from Flip's SGS2
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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
Sent from Flip's SGS2
what carrier do you use? there is a different way between tmobile and telus
Sent from my SGH-T989D using XDA

[Q] HELP - AOKP B30 Can't mount device to computer.

Hey guys!
Last night i installed B30 of AOKP to my phone via CWM and now my phone will not mount to my computer. I cannot install a different rom as i cannot place it on my intSD. Has anyone suffered this problem and/or has a solution?
Thanks for your time,
Steve
Are you using fast USB charge?
Sent from my francoPhone
I'm not no. Or i haven't enabled it. Where would i find it?
Thanks for the quick reply btw.
No it's not
What kind of computer? Windows,its a driver thing, if its Mac u need android file transfer which is a nifty application u can find for free.
Edit: Try a different USB slot btw
Sent from my francoPhone
Settings>storage>menu dots>mtp
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
I have the same issue. MTP is selected, but I don't get any signal from windows that a USB device is connected. It's like plugging it in the usb wall charger, all it does is charge it. If it is the fast charge usb, how do you disable it?
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Ok, the Galaxy S II looks to have the same issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1555266
mnirocky said:
Hey guys!
Last night i installed B30 of AOKP to my phone via CWM and now my phone will not mount to my computer. I cannot install a different rom as i cannot place it on my intSD. Has anyone suffered this problem and/or has a solution?
Thanks for your time,
Steve
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I noticed this problem when I had fast charge enabled on this rom.. I rectified the issue by disabling the fast charge present in AOKP B30..
Navigate to Rom control and click performance tweaks. You should see a checkbox to disable fast charge there.
Restart your phone after disabling it for the changes to take effect..
After disabling and rebooting your phone, the usb should mount to your computer properly..
darll said:
I noticed this problem when I had fast charge enabled on this rom.. I rectified the issue by disabling the fast charge present in AOKP B30..
Navigate to Rom control and click performance tweaks. You should see a checkbox to disable fast charge there.
Restart your phone after disabling it for the changes to take effect..
After disabling and rebooting your phone, the usb should mount to your computer properly..
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Well the mtp fixed it. Guess I should have looked into that first. My bad, thanks for the help guys! Now if only I did not keep getting "System UI has stopped" at random times on aokp...
I've tried changing it from MTP to PTP and turning after switching between the two. I've tried two different roms, one based on 4.0.4 and 4.0.3. I've Tried several different USB cables, including the ones that came with my G2x and Nexus One. I've tried it in a USB 3.0 Port. I've tried using different kernals. Even when I get into recovery, windows still doesn't read somthing is attached. I've been transfering ROMS to it via dropbox. I don't think it's a rom issue as it should still show up in windows when in recovery. Also on those roms I made sure that they didn't have "USB Fast Charge" enabled, as I heard that can cause the issue I'm experience. Thinking it was an issue with CWM, I downgraded it, but still no USB. I'm stuck here. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Their IS a fix for this, but we need the code to get into the PhoneUtil menu and turn USB back on.
It's an issue with Samsung phones apparently, and here's a fix someone found a while ago.
http://blog.vacs.fr/index.php?post/...ot-detected-problem-on-Android-Samsung-phones
We just need the PhoneUtil code for the Galaxy Nexus and we should be all set.
It's a HARDWARE ISSUE with the latest batch of GNexs.
My issue is definitely hardware. I sent my GNex back and they sent me back a new one which I received yesterday. I checked and this one wasn't previously rooted or Unlocked. It worked for a day (worked as in windows saw it and I could xfer music/books/comics to it) after I get home from work Windows stopped recognizing it. I did NOTHING to the phone, it just stopped being seen by windows. I only used the cable that came with it and charged it the night before using the supplied adapter, but the USB still stopped working. Last resort I did a system restore to the phone and the USB still doesn't show up in anything ,Tried 5 of my Windows PC's A bunch of PC's at work, my friends Mac, my Ubuntu powered Netbook, my Xbox360 and PS3, even the Transformer Prime using the keyboard dock. This is telling me it's a hardware issue with the Device. Might be somthing wrong with the latest batch of GNex's but the USB seems to give out. Even if I put the phone in ODIN mode NOTHING recognizes it. So, before you all waste your time finding a fix, this is 100% absolutly a hardware issue with these phones, I don't know why, but I had Two bad ones in a row, and am Hoping my 3rd isn't borked too.
I have a bad history with Android phones....My first Nexus One wouldn't stay on, so I got a replacement from HTC. My first two G2x's would constantly reboot, It wasn't until the 3rd one that I got a working one. Now I'm hoping I don't have to go through 4 bad Galaxy Nexus' before getting one that actually works!
I have the opposite luck with tablets....the Novo7, Iconia A100 and Transformer Prime have been perfect outa box. This ordeal with android phones makes me seriously consider exchanging the GNex for an iPhone4s....but the iPhone4s screen is SOOOOO tiny!!!

[Q] $$$ for HELP

Before flaming me... notice I've been a member since 2009 with my G1, and also notice that I've barely posted. I mostly read, search, and follow instructions.
I am having a problem that I've never seen before through all the Android's I've had. It's SIMILAR to one's I've seen, but NOT the same. I'm hoping someone can take a minute to give me ideas.
The other night I installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 via GooManager... when I chose "reboot recovery" from inside GooManager just to see what had changed and then the following happened........................
My GS2 will NOT boot up. Will NOT charge. Will NOT go into recovery... however it WILL GO INTO DOWNLOAD (ODIN) MODE. I've bricked phones before... never once have I been able to access DL mode. HOWEVER: I cannot get the PC (ODIN, ADB, GS2 Toolkit, Keis) to recognize the phone in download (or any) mode. When I try to boot the phone unplugged the Samsung logo will flash up quickly then the screen goes blank. Typically I'd see Deviant Development or Cyanogenmod Boot Anim at this point but NOTHING. Just goes black. Same result for manually trying to boot into recovery. When plugging the device in while powered off, I will get an empty battery with "waiting/busy/thinking" circle inside of it for a second then it also goes blank.
What I've tried:
-uninstalling Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling (both versions i could find in my PC and online- v1.3.2200.0 and 1.5.14.0 or something close to those)
-uninstalling Keis and reinstalling in combo with the Samsung drivers
-uninstalling all traces of drivers from anywhere and seeing if Windows Update would notice it
-different USB cables... about 9
-other Samsung Android phones in DL mode (windows immediately recognizes them and installs necessary drivers)
-CRC QD Electronic Cleaner inside USB
-took apart phone, gently cleaned with alcohol and insured no loose pieces
-tried with no battery inserted
-probably other's I've forgotten by now
I'm begging and willing to pay at this point for the person who helps me fix my phone. I cannot afford a new one. Samsung and T-Mobile are not willing to do anything for me. I'm pretty good with Android, and with using ADB for simple tasks. If it's possible to have happened- it honestly seems like the Recovery and OS got deleted. Either that or the USB port has gone bad but no tabs are bent inside and all "looks" fine.
Again, a CASH reward is being offered to the person who helps me FIX this. How much $ will be considering how much work it takes for the individual(s) to help fix it.
Did you try different USB ports? Or a different computer?
meekrawb said:
Did you try different USB ports? Or a different computer?
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ports yes, computer no... i don't have any others built here at my house. i just dont see how all the other phones and cables are working with this PC... how could that matter. im willing to try it but i just dont have another one up and going yet.
Try opening kies and selecting "Emergency firmware recovery"
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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Hope this helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Droid8Apple said:
Before flaming me... notice I've been a member since 2009 with my G1, and also notice that I've barely posted. I mostly read, search, and follow instructions.
I am having a problem that I've never seen before through all the Android's I've had. It's SIMILAR to one's I've seen, but NOT the same. I'm hoping someone can take a minute to give me ideas.
The other night I installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 via GooManager... when I chose "reboot recovery" from inside GooManager just to see what had changed and then the following happened........................
My GS2 will NOT boot up. Will NOT charge. Will NOT go into recovery... however it WILL GO INTO DOWNLOAD (ODIN) MODE. I've bricked phones before... never once have I been able to access DL mode. HOWEVER: I cannot get the PC (ODIN, ADB, GS2 Toolkit, Keis) to recognize the phone in download (or any) mode. When I try to boot the phone unplugged the Samsung logo will flash up quickly then the screen goes blank. Typically I'd see Deviant Development or Cyanogenmod Boot Anim at this point but NOTHING. Just goes black. Same result for manually trying to boot into recovery. When plugging the device in while powered off, I will get an empty battery with "waiting/busy/thinking" circle inside of it for a second then it also goes blank.
What I've tried:
-uninstalling Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling (both versions i could find in my PC and online- v1.3.2200.0 and 1.5.14.0 or something close to those)
-uninstalling Keis and reinstalling in combo with the Samsung drivers
-uninstalling all traces of drivers from anywhere and seeing if Windows Update would notice it
-different USB cables... about 9
-other Samsung Android phones in DL mode (windows immediately recognizes them and installs necessary drivers)
-CRC QD Electronic Cleaner inside USB
-took apart phone, gently cleaned with alcohol and insured no loose pieces
-tried with no battery inserted
-probably other's I've forgotten by now
I'm begging and willing to pay at this point for the person who helps me fix my phone. I cannot afford a new one. Samsung and T-Mobile are not willing to do anything for me. I'm pretty good with Android, and with using ADB for simple tasks. If it's possible to have happened- it honestly seems like the Recovery and OS got deleted. Either that or the USB port has gone bad but no tabs are bent inside and all "looks" fine.
Again, a CASH reward is being offered to the person who helps me FIX this. How much $ will be considering how much work it takes for the individual(s) to help fix it.
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A lot of people have had trouble updating through goo. Some in this thread discuss it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768742
All seem to solve their problem with Odin though. Make sure you're on Odin 1.85, I used 1.84 by mistake once and it kept failing and once crashed my computer. Also make sure to deactivate Kies, Odin won't work with it running. Sometimes we miss basic stuff when we're stressing!
T989D
latest CM10.1
latest Uber
Go into Samsung kies and try a emergency firmware update
sent from my xylonified phone....
Droid8Apple said:
ports yes, computer no... i don't have any others built here at my house. i just dont see how all the other phones and cables are working with this PC... how could that matter. im willing to try it but i just dont have another one up and going yet.
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The only other advice I can think of is to try making a new Windows user account and give it administrative privileges.
Droid8Apple said:
Before flaming me... notice I've been a member since 2009 with my G1, and also notice that I've barely posted. I mostly read, search, and follow instructions.
I am having a problem that I've never seen before through all the Android's I've had. It's SIMILAR to one's I've seen, but NOT the same. I'm hoping someone can take a minute to give me ideas.
The other night I installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 via GooManager... when I chose "reboot recovery" from inside GooManager just to see what had changed and then the following happened........................
My GS2 will NOT boot up. Will NOT charge. Will NOT go into recovery... however it WILL GO INTO DOWNLOAD (ODIN) MODE. I've bricked phones before... never once have I been able to access DL mode. HOWEVER: I cannot get the PC (ODIN, ADB, GS2 Toolkit, Keis) to recognize the phone in download (or any) mode. When I try to boot the phone unplugged the Samsung logo will flash up quickly then the screen goes blank. Typically I'd see Deviant Development or Cyanogenmod Boot Anim at this point but NOTHING. Just goes black. Same result for manually trying to boot into recovery. When plugging the device in while powered off, I will get an empty battery with "waiting/busy/thinking" circle inside of it for a second then it also goes blank.
What I've tried:
-uninstalling Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling (both versions i could find in my PC and online- v1.3.2200.0 and 1.5.14.0 or something close to those)
-uninstalling Keis and reinstalling in combo with the Samsung drivers
-uninstalling all traces of drivers from anywhere and seeing if Windows Update would notice it
-different USB cables... about 9
-other Samsung Android phones in DL mode (windows immediately recognizes them and installs necessary drivers)
-CRC QD Electronic Cleaner inside USB
-took apart phone, gently cleaned with alcohol and insured no loose pieces
-tried with no battery inserted
-probably other's I've forgotten by now
I'm begging and willing to pay at this point for the person who helps me fix my phone. I cannot afford a new one. Samsung and T-Mobile are not willing to do anything for me. I'm pretty good with Android, and with using ADB for simple tasks. If it's possible to have happened- it honestly seems like the Recovery and OS got deleted. Either that or the USB port has gone bad but no tabs are bent inside and all "looks" fine.
Again, a CASH reward is being offered to the person who helps me FIX this. How much $ will be considering how much work it takes for the individual(s) to help fix it.
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OK this is he fix for that, can u get into DL mode? If u can its an easy fix
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Droid8Apple said:
Before flaming me... notice I've been a member since 2009 with my G1, and also notice that I've barely posted. I mostly read, search, and follow instructions.
I am having a problem that I've never seen before through all the Android's I've had. It's SIMILAR to one's I've seen, but NOT the same. I'm hoping someone can take a minute to give me ideas.
The other night I installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 via GooManager... when I chose "reboot recovery" from inside GooManager just to see what had changed and then the following happened........................
My GS2 will NOT boot up. Will NOT charge. Will NOT go into recovery... however it WILL GO INTO DOWNLOAD (ODIN) MODE. I've bricked phones before... never once have I been able to access DL mode. HOWEVER: I cannot get the PC (ODIN, ADB, GS2 Toolkit, Keis) to recognize the phone in download (or any) mode. When I try to boot the phone unplugged the Samsung logo will flash up quickly then the screen goes blank. Typically I'd see Deviant Development or Cyanogenmod Boot Anim at this point but NOTHING. Just goes black. Same result for manually trying to boot into recovery. When plugging the device in while powered off, I will get an empty battery with "waiting/busy/thinking" circle inside of it for a second then it also goes blank.
What I've tried:
-uninstalling Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling (both versions i could find in my PC and online- v1.3.2200.0 and 1.5.14.0 or something close to those)
-uninstalling Keis and reinstalling in combo with the Samsung drivers
-uninstalling all traces of drivers from anywhere and seeing if Windows Update would notice it
-different USB cables... about 9
-other Samsung Android phones in DL mode (windows immediately recognizes them and installs necessary drivers)
-CRC QD Electronic Cleaner inside USB
-took apart phone, gently cleaned with alcohol and insured no loose pieces
-tried with no battery inserted
-probably other's I've forgotten by now
I'm begging and willing to pay at this point for the person who helps me fix my phone. I cannot afford a new one. Samsung and T-Mobile are not willing to do anything for me. I'm pretty good with Android, and with using ADB for simple tasks. If it's possible to have happened- it honestly seems like the Recovery and OS got deleted. Either that or the USB port has gone bad but no tabs are bent inside and all "looks" fine.
Again, a CASH reward is being offered to the person who helps me FIX this. How much $ will be considering how much work it takes for the individual(s) to help fix it.
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Just read a little more of your post here is how u can fix it and its very simple, the thing is goomanager has been a little f'd up lately, its been softbricking ppls phone since 2.6 came out, u need to go here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and download twrp 2.6.0 tar file, turn off or uninstall kies, odin will never connect or see the phone if kies is running, even if in the background odin will never see the phone if kies is abywhere near it, and kies wont see it because its modified software wise, now open Odin file and run the app, put the Hercules into DL mode and connect to PC with your factory OEM USB cable, Hercules doesn't like any other cable with Odin for some reason, Odin should say "Added" once it does click on the PDA box- DONT CHECK ANYTHING ELSE, find the tar file u downloaded from the link i put above, the click start, Odin should take about 1min to do its thing, do not dissconect the phone at all until Odin gives the green "passed" signal in upper box, Odin will auto reboot ur device and that should've fixed it, if not u may need to flash another rom bit don't worry all easy fixes, I can't stress how important it is to not panic in these situations, follow what I said and ur herc will be good as new, no I don't want the money, just forward the help to the next person...
I'm about to try this. Let it rest a few days. I will go into the PC and remove kies and all its traces... I have tried many times without it installed and still it won't recognize the phone. Even with the 3 OEM cables I tried. I do use Odin 1.85 and have a few tar laying around I would have used had I got a connection. Other galaxy phones and my wife's captivate glide are recognized as soon as I plug them in. I just feel like it is more than it is letting on to. Like ... something as stupid as could the battery be bad. Would it cause this. Did a jig for my i897 mess up my USB port or motherboard. I'm just so upset. Using a crappy $20 phone and it sucks bad. Thanks to all who have helped so far. Going to take a few more stabs at it.
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The only other advice I can think of is to try making a new Windows user account and give it administrative privileges.
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thank you, i'm trying this right now, just deleted all traces of samsung anything off the computer and am going to reboot. not a bad idea.
Kies fixed my soft brick when odin didn't work, don't underestimate it
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I'm about to try this. Let it rest a few days. I will go into the PC and remove kies and all its traces... I have tried many times without it installed and still it won't recognize the phone. Even with the 3 OEM cables I tried. I do use Odin 1.85 and have a few tar laying around I would have used had I got a connection. Other galaxy phones and my wife's captivate glide are recognized as soon as I plug them in. I just feel like it is more than it is letting on to. Like ... something as stupid as could the battery be bad. Would it cause this. Did a jig for my i897 mess up my USB port or motherboard. I'm just so upset. Using a crappy $20 phone and it sucks bad. Thanks to all who have helped so far. Going to take a few more stabs at it.
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That is very strange indeed then, I can't think of any other task reason as to why it wouldn't recognize the device, if kies isn't installed and ur on OEM cable and drivers are installed that's very strange indeed I don't think I've ever run into an issue like that, I do know goo has been fing ppls phones up lately but I also heard they got it fixed so Im lost, I mean theoretically it could be the battery but it still doesn't make sense because u should get done response even with no battery, let me look into it a little more, now I'm interested, pm me if u figure it out or any new info this struck an itch in my brain lol sorry to hear about the herc, I lost mine for a whole day due to a bad Odin flash once and was freaking out cuz I had to use my old precedent so I feel for u, just doesn't make sense...
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That is very strange indeed then, I can't think of any other task reason as to why it wouldn't recognize the device, if kies isn't installed and ur on OEM cable and drivers are installed that's very strange indeed I don't think I've ever run into an issue like that, I do know goo has been fing ppls phones up lately but I also heard they got it fixed so Im lost, I mean theoretically it could be the battery but it still doesn't make sense because u should get done response even with no battery, let me look into it a little more, now I'm interested, pm me if u figure it out or any new info this struck an itch in my brain lol sorry to hear about the herc, I lost mine for a whole day due to a bad Odin flash once and was freaking out cuz I had to use my old precedent so I feel for u, just doesn't make sense...
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so here is a brief update... tried everything that was replied. im getting ready to make a video just so the hacking world can see. thats what i mean, im no NooB when it comes to this stuff. i've been building computers since i was 14... not a genius but i've never gotten "stuck" before. even when bricked i have found out how and coached people how to fix their issues lol. doesn't make any sense at all to me either. i tried searching everything i could and came up with people who had similar issues not exact. unlike you, some who replied to this didn't read my entire post especially where it says "what i've tried" lol. glad you did though. i cant tell you how much it means to me that you're thinking about it. i wish there was a way to "escalate" this matter lol. i bet the original Cyanogen dev Steve Kondik would know in a heartbeat. not discrediting anyone just saying. i bet he has come acrossed it before. unfortunately though i was running JMT6 i didn't receive any help from Deviant Development when i posted to their facebook group. Just wish more people were on who'd take a second to help others like you did. thanks again.
*_!*_!*_!*_! I tried kies folks *_!*_!*_!*_!*_!*_!
gc84245 said:
Kies fixed my soft brick when odin didn't work, don't underestimate it
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GUYS I'VE TRIED EVERY POSSIBILITY WITH KIES. Anything that Kies could give me right now in this state (aka: one of 2 things... install drivers 50 times or 'emergency firmware upgrade' which requires an acknowledged connection to PC and a screen that is similar to the DL screen but indeed is not the DL screen...) i have tried. that's why i went through the hassle of making this post... if it were a basic, every-day NooB problem i would have fixed it already...
sorry if that sounds trollish but i took the time i did writing the "issues/what i've tried" in the original post for a reason. this goes far beyond what Kies can do for me. thank you very much for the help though, much obliged!
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so here is a brief update... tried everything that was replied. im getting ready to make a video just so the hacking world can see. thats what i mean, im no NooB when it comes to this stuff. i've been building computers since i was 14... not a genius but i've never gotten "stuck" before. even when bricked i have found out how and coached people how to fix their issues lol. doesn't make any sense at all to me either. i tried searching everything i could and came up with people who had similar issues not exact. unlike you, some who replied to this didn't read my entire post especially where it says "what i've tried" lol. glad you did though. i cant tell you how much it means to me that you're thinking about it. i wish there was a way to "escalate" this matter lol. i bet the original Cyanogen dev Steve Kondik would know in a heartbeat. not discrediting anyone just saying. i bet he has come acrossed it before. unfortunately though i was running JMT6 i didn't receive any help from Deviant Development when i posted to their facebook group. Just wish more people were on who'd take a second to help others like you did. thanks again.
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Haha I'm STILL thinking about it lol, like u I've been building and hacking software for around ten yrs now, and also like u I've never just been stuck, I've bricked devices and still brought them back, even applied the unbrickable mod to my captivate and never have I just not been able to explain what was going on lol, I help whenever I can because I may be the one asking for help someday, this issue u have though is very perplexing, it can't be the port if the phone still goes into DL mode, but then why is it not able to connect? The PC should see something, even a hard brick gets noticed by PC as being there, can't get a flashable connection but the pc still sees it, I've been working this over for 2 days now lol, I am trying for u buddy lol
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That is very strange indeed then, I can't think of any other task reason as to why it wouldn't recognize the device, if kies isn't installed and ur on OEM cable and drivers are installed that's very strange indeed I don't think I've ever run into an issue like that, I do know goo has been fing ppls phones up lately but I also heard they got it fixed so Im lost, I mean theoretically it could be the battery but it still doesn't make sense because u should get done response even with no battery, let me look into it a little more, now I'm interested, pm me if u figure it out or any new info this struck an itch in my brain lol sorry to hear about the herc, I lost mine for a whole day due to a bad Odin flash once and was freaking out cuz I had to use my old precedent so I feel for u, just doesn't make sense...
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btw, something weird... once i created the new account on my PC and tried different cables, when trying my HTC EVO 4G (old school) cord i got the "duh-dum" from windows as if it knew i plugged my device in- however it didn't pop up with "installing device driver software" nor show up in Device Manager anywhere... i got it to make the sound on/off maybe 3 times in half an hour.
so... to tease your brain even more... why would ONLY the HTC cord make it do that and why wasn't anything "happening" in the pc? even driver manager (freeware) doesn't do anything.
Droid8Apple said:
btw, something weird... once i created the new account on my PC and tried different cables, when trying my HTC EVO 4G (old school) cord i got the "duh-dum" from windows as if it knew i plugged my device in- however it didn't pop up with "installing device driver software" nor show up in Device Manager anywhere... i got it to make the sound on/off maybe 3 times in half an hour.
so... to tease your brain even more... why would ONLY the HTC cord make it do that and why wasn't anything "happening" in the pc? even driver manager (freeware) doesn't do anything.
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That's very strange lol, so it only made the connection sound when using the HTC cord? Now that I can't explain lol, but, I'm trying to recreate ur issue on another device, I'm going to figure it out lol it's like that proverbial itch u just have to scratch lol, so even with the connection sound from windows the device is still not seen anywhere? Uuughh
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^^^^^
HAD to throw that in there didn't you... the fact that yours is still working hahaha jk.
anyhow like i said its awesome you're thinking about it and trying for me. really appreciate that. and i agree- never seen anything like that. ready to start waving cash wads around hahaha. you're exactly right though- example here:
take out battery, insert battery, press volume hardware keys to get into download and plug in charging cord.... it shows me samsung and just starts rebooting and vibrating every 2 seconds until i let go and unplug....
take out battery, insert battery, press volume hardware keys to get into download and plug in USB cord... goes into "blah blah blah press volume up to continue to download, press volume down to restart device" so i obviously hit UP and it goes into download. it HAS TO know im connected to the computer.
there's a chance it just reads how much voltage is coming into the USB and determines whether or not to go into DL mode- i've seen that before. just wish i had another PC here to try on.
about ready to give out my LogMeIn info and let people see im not crazy hahaha
Droid8Apple said:
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HAD to throw that in there didn't you... the fact that yours is still working hahaha jk.
anyhow like i said its awesome you're thinking about it and trying for me. really appreciate that. and i agree- never seen anything like that. ready to start waving cash wads around hahaha. you're exactly right though- example here:
take out battery, insert battery, press volume hardware keys to get into download and plug in charging cord.... it shows me samsung and just starts rebooting and vibrating every 2 seconds until i let go and unplug....
take out battery, insert battery, press volume hardware keys to get into download and plug in USB cord... goes into "blah blah blah press volume up to continue to download, press volume down to restart device" so i obviously hit UP and it goes into download. it HAS TO know im connected to the computer.
there's a chance it just reads how much voltage is coming into the USB and determines whether or not to go into DL mode- i've seen that before. just wish i had another PC here to try on.
about ready to give out my LogMeIn info and let people see im not crazy hahaha
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Oh I believe u lol I've seen some unbelievable stuff before, just never like this, and yes I guess it could be acting like a jig but then where are u getting the 301k to jump it lol believe me I had my herc for a day, went to root it and Odin failed halfway through bcuz I forgot to disable kies, which led me to " firmware upgrade encounter an issue, please select recovery in kies and try again" for two days because it wouldn't connect and that's the only screen it would boot to, ugh had to use my old zte merrit, ugh that sucked, so I feel for u buddy, have u tried different PCs? I can't think of any other reason, if u have no other way u could JTAG it, I know I know but as a last alternative, I got a buddy with a box, I'm trying to recreate it on a galaxy precedent but all I've gotten so far was a few soft bricks I can't figure out why its not being seen as anything, there should be something there, somewhere, even if it only sees the qualcom chip something should be seen with PC...
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yeah... ive been thinking about that. on the other hand im thinking that $400 isnt that much money and i'd really like an upgrade lol. id LOVE a Note 2 or GS4... but that takes time and patience and saving for a couple weeks... therein lies the problem haha. this guy right here has limited patience.
keep plugging away at it (no pun intended) and let me know if you have any new ideas.

Device can no longer see computers, need some help figuring things out.

Ok, first off I chose Sprint because I believe that Boost Mobile is on the sprint network, but my phone doesn't specifically say sprint on it or anything, so I had no clue which of these device boards to post into. This is the exact page I got it on, if that helps. [link deleted - paranoid forum rules] - I will post specs of the device in a minute.
Alright, the issue with my phone, is that after I used a car charger 2 months after I got my phone, it suddenly stopped being able to connect to ANY computer ever again. I suspected it was PDA net at first cause that was the newest change I had done to my phone. So, a few days later, I could find now way whatsoever to fix it, and had to factory reset. This fixed my phone just fine.
Two months later, I was fed up with having battery issues all the time, this phone drains battery faster than my laptop, and its battery is 3.8 years old! I got an external battery that holds 20,000 mAh/74 Wh (Practically the same as my laptop battery too. ) that is from the LimeFuel company. I know that before I used it, my phone worked with my laptop just fine. I don't plug my phone in to my laptop all that often, especially now that I have a battery to use with it. However, I download large files on my phone with 4G to put onto my laptop because my home net is crappy, so a week after, I noticed that my phone lost the ability to communicate with computers, again. I then realized, it had to be the connections. The first time it happened was when I used a car charger, the second time, an external battery. Each time, my phone suddenly inexplicably lost the ability to communicate with a computer ever again. It can only see devices as a power source, nothing more. There's no missing software or drivers, it just doesn't register as anything to my computer. Like a power toggle so it can't tell the computer "Hey, I'm a device that you can transfer data with".
One more note; The first time this happened, I had activated developer options but had them turned off. I mean that I used USB Debugging mode once and turned all of that off. The second time, I hadn't even unhid the option yet, unhid after my phone broke again to try and fix but nope.
I did research on trying to fix it, without factory reset because a factory reset is USELESS, if it's going to happen every single time I use anything but the wall to charge it, right?
There was a topic online claiming that there is a menu under "Storage" in the settings. There isn't. It was a big fat lie. Or Android devs deleted it.
There was another topic, claiming that USB settings would be under some wireless and networks area. Nope.
Now, I remember that when my device would connect to the computer, it would let me change it from MTP to PTP, but after this happened, nothing. It doesn't even pop up anymore, nor does it ask. There is no where in the phone that these options even exist at all. It's like Android devs deleted access to these options for no reason whatsoever.
Another bit in that topic mentioned ‘USB Mass Storage’, which also doesn't exist. Here's the topic with everything I tried, if I'm allowed to give links at all. If not, well not my fault. Topics used to try and diagnose and fix issues, but failed;
[link deleted - paranoid forum rules]
[link deleted - paranoid forum rules]
(There were more but I can't remember them all, it's more or less the same as the two above)
"To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!"
Translation: "To prevent spam, we want to hinder only legitimate users by making them post 10 units of spam first before they can get help with their issues by showing exact information and screenshots of their issues or steps taken given by other websites."
So. How do I get my phone to connect to computers again?
Why does it stop accepting data from computers after I use a car charger or an external battery pack?
Why would Google/Android devs choose to intentionally break your phone like this?
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Hardware: L710T.03
Software: L710TVPU0AOA3
Model: SPH-LT10T
Android 4.4.2
Kernal: 3.4.0-1683363 (Ask if need more)
Build: KOT49H.L710TVPU0AOA3
Ask of need more.
VasVadum said:
Ok, first off I chose Sprint because I believe that Boost Mobile is on the sprint network, but my phone doesn't specifically say sprint on it or anything, so I had no clue which of these device boards to post into. This is the exact page I got it on, if that helps. [link deleted - paranoid forum rules] - I will post specs of the device in a minute.
Alright, the issue with my phone, is that after I used a car charger 2 months after I got my phone, it suddenly stopped being able to connect to ANY computer ever again. I suspected it was PDA net at first cause that was the newest change I had done to my phone. So, a few days later, I could find now way whatsoever to fix it, and had to factory reset. This fixed my phone just fine.
Two months later, I was fed up with having battery issues all the time, this phone drains battery faster than my laptop, and its battery is 3.8 years old! I got an external battery that holds 20,000 mAh/74 Wh (Practically the same as my laptop battery too. ) that is from the LimeFuel company. I know that before I used it, my phone worked with my laptop just fine. I don't plug my phone in to my laptop all that often, especially now that I have a battery to use with it. However, I download large files on my phone with 4G to put onto my laptop because my home net is crappy, so a week after, I noticed that my phone lost the ability to communicate with computers, again. I then realized, it had to be the connections. The first time it happened was when I used a car charger, the second time, an external battery. Each time, my phone suddenly inexplicably lost the ability to communicate with a computer ever again. It can only see devices as a power source, nothing more. There's no missing software or drivers, it just doesn't register as anything to my computer. Like a power toggle so it can't tell the computer "Hey, I'm a device that you can transfer data with".
One more note; The first time this happened, I had activated developer options but had them turned off. I mean that I used USB Debugging mode once and turned all of that off. The second time, I hadn't even unhid the option yet, unhid after my phone broke again to try and fix but nope.
I did research on trying to fix it, without factory reset because a factory reset is USELESS, if it's going to happen every single time I use anything but the wall to charge it, right?
There was a topic online claiming that there is a menu under "Storage" in the settings. There isn't. It was a big fat lie. Or Android devs deleted it.
There was another topic, claiming that USB settings would be under some wireless and networks area. Nope.
Now, I remember that when my device would connect to the computer, it would let me change it from MTP to PTP, but after this happened, nothing. It doesn't even pop up anymore, nor does it ask. There is no where in the phone that these options even exist at all. It's like Android devs deleted access to these options for no reason whatsoever.
Another bit in that topic mentioned ‘USB Mass Storage’, which also doesn't exist. Here's the topic with everything I tried, if I'm allowed to give links at all. If not, well not my fault. Topics used to try and diagnose and fix issues, but failed;
[link deleted - paranoid forum rules]
[link deleted - paranoid forum rules]
(There were more but I can't remember them all, it's more or less the same as the two above)
"To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!"
Translation: "To prevent spam, we want to hinder only legitimate users by making them post 10 units of spam first before they can get help with their issues by showing exact information and screenshots of their issues or steps taken given by other websites."
So. How do I get my phone to connect to computers again?
Why does it stop accepting data from computers after I use a car charger or an external battery pack?
Why would Google/Android devs choose to intentionally break your phone like this?
Code:
Hardware: L710T.03
Software: L710TVPU0AOA3
Model: SPH-LT10T
Android 4.4.2
Kernal: 3.4.0-1683363 (Ask if need more)
Build: KOT49H.L710TVPU0AOA3
Ask of need more.
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First off, after the factory reset and everything worked did you reinstall the pdanet?
Second, 20,000mah battery? Holy cow im jealous!
Forgive me if you have already tried these things but this is what i would do...
Did you reenable developer options and reenable adb debugging?
Did you uninstall and reinstall your phone drivers?
Is there an updated phone driver?
Have you tried a different usb cord?
Is there excess dirt or dust in usb charge port on your phone?
Does your usb charge port even work anymore or do you just charge external battery on wall?
Have you tried a different usb port on the computer?
Have you tried on another computer?
Have you tried updating computer drivers?
Have you enabled a fast charge tweak like on a kernel tweak app?
If none of these questions fix it then a workaround is downloading app called airdroid. You can wirelessly transfer files from phone to computer and back again without usb cord.
Let me know what worked please! Good luck!
ZipAddict said:
1. First off, after the factory reset and everything worked did you reinstall the pdanet?
2. Second, 20,000mah battery? Holy cow im jealous!
3. Did you reenable developer options and reenable adb debugging?
4. Did you uninstall and reinstall your phone drivers?
5. Is there an updated phone driver?
6. Have you tried a different usb cord?
7. Is there excess dirt or dust in usb charge port on your phone?
8. Does your usb charge port even work anymore or do you just charge external battery on wall?
9. Have you tried a different usb port on the computer?
10. Have you tried on another computer?
11. Have you tried updating computer drivers?
12. Have you enabled a fast charge tweak like on a kernel tweak app?
13. If none of these questions fix it then a workaround is downloading app called airdroid. You can wirelessly transfer files from phone to computer and back again without usb cord.
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1. No, I never touched PDA net again.
2. Too bad forum rules say I can't be friendly and give you the link to it.
3. Read the topic you quoted. I did, only after my phone broke again. Except it's not adb debugging, it's USB debugging. Doesn't work, because the phone can't communicate with a computer anymore.
4. 5. 11. Yes I reinstalled drivers and no there were no updates.
6. 7. Nothing's wrong with the cable. I did try with others.
8. What does that even mean? Yes my phone's port works. Nothing's wrong with any hardware.
9. 10. I've tried different ports and different computers.
12. Can't, phone isn't rooted.
13. I'm not using this. My phone is not there for Google/Android to tell me I'm not allowed to use my USB port ever again. I'm also not going to wait 4 hours for a 4 GB file to transfer via my router to my computer nor am I installing some app software to my computer just to have wireless transfer. This is not a work around. This is an "Oh well, it's broken, guess you can't ever use USB ports again for data access!"
note; I tried all of these (except 12/13) before I ever came here looking for help.
2. I will google it
3. I didnt realize toggle to turn on usb debugging didnt work sorry. I just know it needs to be on for the computer to see the phone. This seems to be an area of problem possibly.
8. Lol! What i meant was did the area where u insert charger function properly. Only reason i asked is because some of those batteries charge on wall unit made specifically to charge the battery only not with charge.
12. Doesnt require root for basic settings like changing governor usually. Only to overclock/undervolt, etc.
13. Great answer! But i meant as a temporary fix until someone more experienced with this issue helps you.
I also figured listing all those things would help other people see what you had and hadnt tried before asking you next time. Wish i couldve helped more. Good luck
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2. I will google it
3. I didnt realize toggle to turn on usb debugging didnt work sorry. I just know it needs to be on for the computer to see the phone. This seems to be an area of problem possibly.
8. Lol! What i meant was did the area where u insert charger function properly. Only reason i asked is because some of those batteries charge on wall unit made specifically to charge the battery only not with charge.
12. Doesnt require root for basic settings like changing governor usually. Only to overclock/undervolt, etc.
13. Great answer! But i meant as a temporary fix until someone more experienced with this issue helps you.
I also figured listing all those things would help other people see what you had and hadnt tried before asking you next time. Wish i couldve helped more. Good luck
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2. amazon dot com /External-20000mAh-Limefuel-LP200X-Flashlight/dp/B00OHZVN5U/ - It let me charge my phone 7-8 times fully before it was empty. Automatically stops when your phone is full.
3. USB debugging doesn't need to be on in order for a phone to communicate with a computer. This is only if you want to debug apps or use other developer tools. File transfer works just fine without it.
8. I still don't understand what you mean. My phone is not broken in any way. Nor is my battery. My external battery charges off any USB input, my phone charges off any USB input. My phone just can't communicate data wise between devices anymore via USB.
12. Fast charge isn't going to fix my phone. Unless it disables data communication, then I need to turn it off. All "kernal tweak apps" appear to require root. The top 5 google searches shown this.
3. Wasnt sure. Ive always had it on
8. Some aftermarket batteries dont charge while in phone hooked up to charger. They come out of phone and into specialized charger for battery only not phone with it, so that it can charge the larger battery in a matter ofan hour or so is what i have been trying to say. But its obvious thats not the case for you now since i asked and clarified. If this was the case one might not know that the small usb port on their phone needed cleaning to make a good connection because they literally dont use it to charge their phone. They charge their phone with external battery charger. You see?
12. On my custom rom and on my trickstermod app it does say fast charge disables data communication and that you have to turn it off for computer to recognize phone again. This fast charge mode only works when connected to computer not wall charger it says
Wish i could be more help but im out of ideas. Good luck
Update to the current situation.
My phone is somehow, repaired. But I have no clue why. I did several things today, just screwing around while I backed up my stuff to the SD card. One of them could have fixed it, or my phone is magic and self repairs after a while. Lets list everything I can remember that I did.
1. I typed in *#9900# in my dialing app. Toggled an option called "Low battery dump" to "on".
2. I deleted a whole bunch of files, including hidden files on the internal storage. Probably screwed up my apps but, whatever, it works now.
3. I pulled the SD card out.
Shortly after all these things, I plugged it in for power, and it finally, got my computer to see it as an MTP device again. No clue which of these succeeded. I'm going to wait a small bit before I test the things that tend to break it.
The magic option, is because I tried to root, it broke, stuck in download mode with some error about firmware. For 4 hours it was stuck like this, I tried everything I could think of, which wasn't much, tried installing the ROM back too, after wasting 2 gigs of bandwidth downloading it only to get an error before it even started the install. Phone was still rebooting in download mode error screen. Left it sit there off for like a minute and it just turns it's self back on, flickers a few times and the logo pops up and the device pops on like nothing had ever happened to it. I'm so confused. :/ At least everything's back to normal. Now add a good confusion post icon below so I can click it and post. :|
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12. Fast charge isn't going to fix my phone. Unless it disables data communication, then I need to turn it off.
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this was your problem remember? fast charge does disable data communication.
VasVadum said:
Update to the current situation.
My phone is somehow, repaired. But I have no clue why. I did several things today, just screwing around while I backed up my stuff to the SD card. One of them could have fixed it, or my phone is magic and self repairs after a while. Lets list everything I can remember that I did.
1. I typed in *#9900# in my dialing app. Toggled an option called "Low battery dump" to "on".
2. I deleted a whole bunch of files, including hidden files on the internal storage. Probably screwed up my apps but, whatever, it works now.
3. I pulled the SD card out.
Shortly after all these things, I plugged it in for power, and it finally, got my computer to see it as an MTP device again. No clue which of these succeeded. I'm going to wait a small bit before I test the things that tend to break it.
The magic option, is because I tried to root, it broke, stuck in download mode with some error about firmware. For 4 hours it was stuck like this, I tried everything I could think of, which wasn't much, tried installing the ROM back too, after wasting 2 gigs of bandwidth downloading it only to get an error before it even started the install. Phone was still rebooting in download mode error screen. Left it sit there off for like a minute and it just turns it's self back on, flickers a few times and the logo pops up and the device pops on like nothing had ever happened to it. I'm so confused. :/ At least everything's back to normal. Now add a good confusion post icon below so I can click it and post. :|
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glad whatever you did fixed it lol. have a good day
ZipAddict said:
this was your problem remember? fast charge does disable data communication.
glad whatever you did fixed it lol. have a good day
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Except, I don't have a fast charge option anywhere. I can't toggle fast charge. My phone is unrooted and locked and such. If plugging in a device like a battery or a car charger, toggles this option and the OS developers deleted access to toggle this option, it is an OS bug and a critical issue in the device that needs to be fixed. I don't know what fixed it, but I'm assuming it was the low battery dump, and that doesn't appear to have anything to do with fast charge and it was a hidden secret option in the system.
VasVadum said:
Except, I don't have a fast charge option anywhere. I can't toggle fast charge. My phone is unrooted and locked and such. If plugging in a device like a battery or a car charger, toggles this option and the OS developers deleted access to toggle this option, it is an OS bug and a critical issue in the device that needs to be fixed. I don't know what fixed it, but I'm assuming it was the low battery dump, and that doesn't appear to have anything to do with fast charge and it was a hidden secret option in the system.
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The way u said it i misunderstood i thought u did have it on. Its not an option on all roms though. Mine has it and i tried it and couldnt see files thru usb until i toggled it off so it was just an idea. I dont know the effects of the low battery dump off top of my head but i will remember that if i hear someone else with same problem. Glad its fixed now

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