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[Q] need a solution possibly semi bricked epic touch no usb to pc recognition

I need help any ideas or similar experiences?
I flashed a bad renamed tar file that ended up being [email protected] gt i9100 firmware
Now when i go into Odin mode which I still have , I get no USB to PC recognition ?
No yellow com port in Odin?
Even when u plug USB in it just turns on automaticaly and shows gti910 on boot up then goes right intob 3e stock recovery and no button options are compatible with phone and the charging mode is at a standstill with a small circle not moving ,the battery was very very low before this all happened but enough to power up as well.
I've tried 4 USB cords uninstall kies,reinstall kies, tried other Odin versions ,
Tried 2 desktops and a laptop ,thanks to a botched tar file for a i9100 that was named eg30.tar!!
Could it be that USB mounting has been cut internally or not compatible with the device having wrong firmware? What about USB debugging obviously not enabled because the phone won't even boot
My binary count was at 8 when I got phone now its 11 does to many flash attempts affect anything
I think it would flash correct tar if only could get USB to work
If I atleast have Odin am I in luck? Any any similiar experiences or info would help!
I can't return it cause was bought used and sprint knows esn was tied to an alternate line over a month ago

Try this ..... By the way next time just bump your other post it didn't need another thread
http://www.forums.acsyndicate.net/s...din-Completely-Stock-EG30-Restore-your-system
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I have the same problem. Any solution? The above link doesnt work.

seawind107 said:
I have the same problem. Any solution? The above link doesnt work.
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If you did flash an non-Sprint ROM your USB is likely disabled. You can try moving something to an MicroSD card and flashing from recovery, JTAG or take to Sprint. (Flashing from recovery, at least from other posts, will not restore the USB use.) I'll try to find the last post on this, someone else had this recently.
*EDIT* Here's the support for my post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577734&page=2

garwynn said:
If you did flash an non-Sprint ROM your USB is likely disabled. You can try moving something to an MicroSD card and flashing from recovery, JTAG or take to Sprint. (Flashing from recovery, at least from other posts, will not restore the USB use.) I'll try to find the last post on this, someone else had this recently.
*EDIT* Here's the support for my post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577734&page=2
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Oh,thanks for your quick reply.

What to Do When Windows Does not recognize your Phone

So here is the story.
My phone is 3 months old. This weekend it got some mild water damage. I was able to get it back to 99% functional. The two water damage sensors (1 on battery and one under battery were tripped). I am running Juggernaut V4.1.
From what I can see the water got the sensors but was not really inside the phone.
Everything works perfectly. Calling, Wifi, screen EXCEPT when I plug it into the computer it does not get recognized. ie Windows has errors when trying to install the USB drivers.
I am not totally screwed as it is rooted, and I have Clockwork recovery. I suspect that as long as I do not need install anything using ODIN I will be fine but I am now not able to downgrade back to stock rom or transfer files via USB (kiers works fine).
So is there anyway to reinstall another custom rom to fix the USB issue? (Tried multiple cables and multiple computers with no luck).
Should I just keep is where it is at and be happy with Juggernaut V4.1?
Should I retry installing Juggernaut V4.1?
Do I have any options with sending it back for repair or getting TMobile to replace it under warranty?
Any help or thoughts is appreciated.

Do a google search for "removing android drivers" and completely remove them, then make sure the phone did not get set to "Charge Only" mode, on stock that is easy, not sure on jugs, download the drivers for your phone, unzip them, plug the phone in, IF it is not found autoMagicaly , direct windows to where you unzipped the drivers ...
IF that does not work, warranty time ... (oh try blowing out your usb port on the phone, and try a different cable)
EDIT: I read your post twice and still did not see the part about water damage .. LOL, yeah ummm no warranty ...

Do not warranty the device without replacing the water damage labels first. You should be able to find them on ebay.
They wont warranty a device with water damage.
I would try flashing a different rom and see if that works.
Powered by the SGSII....

ThC23 said:
Do not warranty the device without replacing the water damage labels first. You should be able to find them on ebay.
They wont warranty a device with water damage.
I would try flashing a different rom and see if that works.
Powered by the SGSII....
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Haha. You beat me to it!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Thanks for the advice. Can't find the water damage labels anywhere BTW. Any link or help would be appreciated. Even if you want to PM me that would be great.

I did find a method to restore to stock firmware(or at least close) without ODIN for anyone that is interested.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374868

shortbus1234 said:
I did find a method to restore to stock firmware(or at least close) without ODIN for anyone that is interested.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374868
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Make sure you Odin or flash stock kernel first and then stock rom. If not you're gonna get stuck with the custom kernel images on boot up.
I have to do a replacement myself. My internal speaker is blown. How? I have no idea. I hope I don't get a bad phone with lines and stuff.
Powered by the SGSII....

Just to make sure... when you plug in your phone... your computer doesn't detect the phone at all? like the connected sound or did you get an error "unable to install etc etc" something along those lines.
If there are any signs of it being detected
1. make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed (not kies)... its in one of the stickied threads
2. if you did install the correct driver but there was an error when plugging in the phone use USBDeview to remove all samsung and Android drivers... and do it again
And why don't you just use a microsd USB adapter or something to transfer files?

It actually makes the "ta da" sound when plugged in and instantly starts charging. I have the Samsung drivers installed on both computers that I have attempted to do it. Interesting that it used to work even on my Mac computer and show up with both the internal SD and micro SD card. I am only partially screwed as I have options that you mentioned about using Micro SD card reader to transfer custom roms. Anything that requires ODIN will be out of the question as I no longer have the ability to access ODIN because that can only be done with direct connection.
I am wondering if something is messed up with the rom as everything was working correctly a few days ago on the 19th but you would think that the USB drivers are deeply embedded in the firmware.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I will uninstall the Samsung drivers and give it another attempt.
Teo032 said:
Just to make sure... when you plug in your phone... your computer doesn't detect the phone at all? like the connected sound or did you get an error "unable to install etc etc" something along those lines.
If there are any signs of it being detected
1. make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed (not kies)... its in one of the stickied threads
2. if you did install the correct driver but there was an error when plugging in the phone use USBDeview to remove all samsung and Android drivers... and do it again
And why don't you just use a microsd USB adapter or something to transfer files?
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Please help, odin doesnt recognize, no recovery, please help.

I can get into download mode, but odin doesn't recognize, the only other screen i get too sdays "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again, but Kies cant connect to it, am i screwed? Please help this all happened from changing my screen density, i cant find anyway too restore, i'm not a noob and am in desperate help, i'm gonna be soo bummed if i brick, but i have a feeling if i can get too download mode, there must be a way too restore it.

BbbYou say no recovery, but you should have at least stock recovery I think. Try holding volume up and power, is you can get in, restore to stock from there.
If doesn't work I would start by reinstalling the drivers or try a different computer.
You'll be fine.
Also you should state you rom, what you did before, rooted, etc
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

I flashed the newest version of Roman BB's AOKP CM9 Kang and tried to change the density, i went too restore my nandroid and it froze before it finished, I tried odin and the first 2 times it recognized but both froze before the end. im kinda couch surfing so now i'm incredibally screwed without a phone, please help.

badname said:
BbbYou say no recovery, but you should have at least stock recovery I think. Try holding volume up and power, is you can get in, restore to stock from there.
If doesn't work I would start by reinstalling the drivers or try a different computer.
You'll be fine.
Also you should state you rom, what you did before, rooted, etc
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Roman bb's most updated AOKP, i changed the screen density and when i went to reboot it bootlooped, so i tried restoring a nandroid wich failed, tryed again, and now i cant get too recovery, i can only get too download mode, so i tried using odin too go back too stock, it failed almost at the end, twice, now i cant get odin to recognize my phone and it wont turn on, the only thing i can do is get too download mode, and too the thing saying use kies recovery, which does nothing because it won't connect. I'm at a total lost, i'm so scared i lost my only source of income, at this point in my life, if i dont have a phone, i dont have work or food or a warm place too sleep. Please anyone with any ideas please help.

I hate to be the one to tell you this but you're probably bricked. The giveaway is if you have problems in Odin at data.img:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
Will recommend that if you have further questions to post in that thread.
When going from ICS to anything else you should use ODIN to go back to stock. Anything else and you're risking a brick. More here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Hope this helps.

One quick question - which phone are you using and which usb cable for odin?
Be sure that using the original usb cable during odin.

kobridge said:
One quick question - which phone are you using and which usb cable for odin?
Be sure that using the original usb cable during odin.
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I've never heard that one before. What do you think is unique about the stock micro-usb cable?

micro usb cable is not unique. There's standard size of micro usb and pin numbers, etc. But based on the product, it's not fit well each other.
One example is old LG micro usb cable is not going well with Samsung phones.
Of course, I tried this by myself and it always fails. But original micro usb cable which comes together with phone, it never failed.

garwynn said:
I hate to be the one to tell you this but you're probably bricked. The giveaway is if you have problems in Odin at data.img:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
Will recommend that if you have further questions to post in that thread.
When going from ICS to anything else you should use ODIN to go back to stock. Anything else and you're risking a brick. More here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Hope this helps.
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i didnt go from ics to anything else, i changed the screen density, and it seems no one in those threads can get into download mode, i just cant get my odin to recognize my phone.

simple
TimidRat said:
i didnt go from ics to anything else, i changed the screen density, and it seems no one in those threads can get into download mode, i just cant get my odin to recognize my phone.
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use a different cable and uninstall drivers and reinstall reboot computer also

kobridge said:
micro usb cable is not unique. There's standard size of micro usb and pin numbers, etc. But based on the product, it's not fit well each other.
One example is old LG micro usb cable is not going well with Samsung phones.
Of course, I tried this by myself and it always fails. But original micro usb cable which comes together with phone, it never failed.
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Yeah now that you mention it I realized my nook color micro usb cable has a longer metal end-piece than my E4GT, and won't connect properly. I thought the length of the metal prong would have also been standardized. Go figure.

TimidRat said:
I flashed CM9. i went too restore my nandroid.
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This is the problem unless you flashed a gb kernel/recovery first. You should not do anything in ICS recovery.

kobridge said:
micro usb cable is not unique. There's standard size of micro usb and pin numbers, etc. But based on the product, it's not fit well each other.
One example is old LG micro usb cable is not going well with Samsung phones.
Of course, I tried this by myself and it always fails. But original micro usb cable which comes together with phone, it never failed.
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Its true not all cables are the same, but the funny part is from the beginning of OG Epic days we figured out quick the only thing you should do with the stock cable is charge... its garbage. Maybe the new model is better, havent tried it, but it looked pretty much the same, thin little thing... I use my 4 year old BBerry cable, about as thick as a cat-5... never had an issue. But yeah, try new drivers, cable, diff PC, use a USB that is physically part of the Motherboard of the PC (desktop)... all these things help with the shoddy drivers, etc... you may get lucky...

TimidRat said:
i didnt go from ics to anything else, i changed the screen density, and it seems no one in those threads can get into download mode, i just cant get my odin to recognize my phone.
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But you said you did attempt a restore through CWM after the bootloop, correct? If you did and you're having problems you *may* have bricked. Using ODIN is a surefire way to confirm whether you did or not. If you didn't attempt anything through CWM while having CM9 installed then you may not be bricked but are obviously still having issues. As it has been said before - and quite often - CWM at your own risk; ODIN is believed to be the safest option.
Regardless, if you're having problems and the USB cable doesn't fix it I'll still recommend trying to get back to a GB stock ROM by ODIN. At the worst you've lost what you have done since the last backup, since you can restore that from the backup once you get back to GB. With so many bricked phones lately it may be best to err on the side of caution this time...

I've tried everything mentioned, except a different pc, i tried linux, on my pc odin doesntr recognize my phone, , but i just went and plugged a flash fdrive in so now im thinking my computer is having usb problems, so im gonna try another computer, i also made a usb jig to reset the odin counter too take it too sprint but it didnt work... i'm so confused and screwed without my phone. Thank you everyone for trying too help. Any more ides are greatly appreciated! Thanks soo much guys!

ive had this problem before and basically my phone would turn on but no signal sd card didnt work wouldent read in computer but if you cant get it to work and have fifty bucks u can go to mobiletechvideos.com and it will take about mabe 3-4 days mine took a week since i sent on a friday but it costs fifty bucks and the only thing when i came back that wasnt working 100% was the picture gallery. true him if it comes down to it

Well, since you're getting the firmware upgrade error, I'm gonna bet your phone is bricked. That happened to me, I finally took it to the Spring repair center and they couldn't fix it, so they swapped my phone out.
Sent from my Zack Morris brick phone

blackroseMD1 said:
Well, since you're getting the firmware upgrade error, I'm gonna bet your phone is bricked. That happened to me, I finally took it to the Spring repair center and they couldn't fix it, so they swapped my phone out.
Sent from my Zack Morris brick phone
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Yup that's what theyre doing for me, i'll get it tomorrow or tuesday, cant complain too much im gonna get one with no scratches.

Thank you everyone who replied, im set egtting my new one, im gonna try and swindle kepping the bricked one cause im sure it could be of major use too a dev....

Sprint Epic 4G Touch Appears Bricked
My Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch will no longer connect to my computer (also tried another computer and different usb cable), after a failed attempt to upgrade to ICS 4.0. The phone will not load up now to 'normal' operating mode.
It will only come up to the message:
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I can no longer get into Recovery or Download modes. At least none that work. (See below)
I also built and tried the USB jig solution, which does power on the phone, but it then comes up and says:
FACTORY MODE
PRODUCT NAME" GT-19100
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (2 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
Downloading...
Do not turn off target!!
But connecting to my PC still fails. Any ideas?

phone not showing in odin

i'm running aokp build 30. i'm wanting to flash a new rom but all of a sudden my phone is not being recognized by my PC. can't mount storage and its not showing up even in odin. never had problems till now. i've tried different cables and usb slots but no matter what i do its not being recognized. any ideas? plz help? thx in advance.
also, the phone will charge plugged into pc but wont do anything else.

mcniglet said:
i'm running aokp build 30. i'm wanting to flash a new rom but all of a sudden my phone is not being recognized by my PC. can't mount storage and its not showing up even in odin. never had problems till now. i've tried different cables and usb slots but no matter what i do its not being recognized. any ideas? plz help? thx in advance.
also, the phone will charge plugged into pc but wont do anything else.
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Have you rebooted your computer? Reinstall driver? Perhaps try another USB port...

ndmoh1 said:
Have you rebooted your computer? Reinstall driver? Perhaps try another USB port...
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tried all of those.

Are you using Kies for the drivers? I thought Kies interfered somehow and it was recommended to just install the full driver setup standalone.
Also, have you tried a different pc yet?

Also make sure you have USB Debugging enabled.

tdunham said:
Are you using Kies for the drivers? I thought Kies interfered somehow and it was recommended to just install the full driver setup standalone.
Also, have you tried a different pc yet?
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havent tried a diff pc yet, however i can get into recovery but it wont format anything nor can i do a factory reset, it just sits there until i pull the battery "formating system/data/etc"
just tried new pc. it showed up on it but when i odin anything it hangs on "data.img". bricked?

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havent tried a diff pc yet, however i can get into recovery but it wont format anything nor can i do a factory reset, it just sits there until i pull the battery "formating system/data/etc"
just tried new pc. it showed up on it but when i odin anything it hangs on "data.img". bricked?
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Possibly. Have you tried to odin the one-click-root back to stock rooted yet?
First thing I would do personally. Also, swap cables again and try a different usb port. I would plug into the rear usb if possible too. Front usb ports are prone to interference since they're wired via a cable from the motherboard. And do not use a usb extension cable (found this out the hard way too). Good luck.

mcniglet said:
havent tried a diff pc yet, however i can get into recovery but it wont format anything nor can i do a factory reset, it just sits there until i pull the battery "formating system/data/etc"
just tried new pc. it showed up on it but when i odin anything it hangs on "data.img". bricked?
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Agreed with previous poster - you may be bricked, seems oddly familiar to this issue:
Stuck at "Data.img" thru Odin
As sfhub has mentioned you can and should try the Odin OC again to confirm. But if it says the same it's fairly certain that the eMMC is damaged and the phone is bricked.
If you try again and it has the same results you may want to post more details on that thread. It's been a good attempt to try and document each person's case and try to find what is causing this to happen. The more info the better to troubleshoot, such as what you tried to flash and how you were flashing (were you going back to GB + CWM to flash ICS, for example)

Bricked? No ODIN or Heimdall but have recovery?

I have an Epic that immediately boots to recovery. Neither Odin or Heimdall see the phone (tried many different usb cables and computers).
I've tried flashing different boot imgs thinking maybe that was the problem. Any thoughts? Like I said, I still have recovery and can flash from it, it's just when I reboot it goes straight to recovery.

awenthol said:
I have an Epic that immediately boots to recovery. Neither Odin or Heimdall see the phone (tried many different usb cables and computers).
I've tried flashing different boot imgs thinking maybe that was the problem. Any thoughts? Like I said, I still have recovery and can flash from it, it's just when I reboot it goes straight to recovery.
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Restore a bml backup over an mtd rom? Looks like if you can't flash another rom and have it boot you're going to have to keep fidiling with odin or heimdall until one recognizes... things to try are..... 1. GET A GOOD CABLE! Blackberry cables imo are the best... 2. Uninstall all samsung drivers on your comp and reinstall them! 3. Keep trying different ports and different combinations of battery and sd card out while trying to odin!

flastnoles11 said:
Restore a bml backup over an mtd rom? Looks like if you can't flash another rom and have it boot you're going to have to keep fidiling with odin or heimdall until one recognizes... things to try are..... 1. GET A GOOD CABLE! Blackberry cables imo are the best... 2. Uninstall all samsung drivers on your comp and reinstall them! 3. Keep trying different ports and different combinations of battery and sd card out while trying to odin!
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I've never restored any backups. I'm wondering if my usb port isn't just effed...in recovery, I can't mount USB storage...
Currently trying a bunch of different roms.

awenthol said:
I've never restored any backups. I'm wondering if my usb port isn't just effed...in recovery, I can't mount USB storage...
Currently trying a bunch of different roms.
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If you can't mount usb storage it could be your port... but it could also be the drivers... try uninstalling them and reinstalling....

Not bricked if it has life, just sponged...may as well be a brick though eh? Try the drivers as Flast suggested.
Sent from my PantechP4100 using xda premium

Maybe I've misread the issues here. As I understand it you have 2 problems:
You are forced into recovery by just turning on the device.
Neither Heimdall nor Odin recognize your device.
For issue #1: Why not take the SD card out, put what ever rom (use your current partition type: BML or MTD) on to the card and flash that in the recovery?
For issue #2: You have a few options here:
Firstly, I would be to make sure you have the drivers installed and working properly.
Do not use the stock cable.
Try all USB ports that are directly connected to the motherboard. (No emulated/hub/front chassis ports.)
If still nothing, then try connecting your device to another computer to see if the USB port works properly. (It's always good to make sure the connectors are clean of debris.)

I understand I am not using "brick" in the traditional sense, but in the sense that I cannot do anything with it....
nikon120 said:
Maybe I've misread the issues here. As I understand it you have 2 problems:
You are forced into recovery by just turning on the device.
Neither Heimdall nor Odin recognize your device.
For issue #1: Why not take the SD card out, put what ever rom (use your current partition type: BML or MTD) on to the card and flash that in the recovery?
For issue #2: You have a few options here:
Firstly, I would be to make sure you have the drivers installed and working properly.
Do not use the stock cable.
Try all USB ports that are directly connected to the motherboard. (No emulated/hub/front chassis ports.)
If still nothing, then try connecting your device to another computer to see if the USB port works properly. (It's always good to make sure the connectors are clean of debris.)
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1 - I have tried a variety of ROMs/Kernels/etc and nothing will allow the phone to boot...just straight to recovery every time.
2 - As stated, I have tried many computers/cables/driver reinstalls/etc and nothing is finding the phone. I have done ODIN on this phone before, and had no issues.
As this point (and I don't actually use the phone, was just going to get it running again) I have to assume the USB connector on the phone is effed...

Just to make sure...when trying to odin, you are going into download mode(hold 1+power) correct?
"Sometimes, its the little things.."

zanderman112 said:
Just to make sure...when trying to odin, you are going into download mode(hold 1+power) correct?
"Sometimes, its the little things.."
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Yep...like I said, I've ODIN'd this phone a time or two before...

awenthol said:
Yep...like I said, I've ODIN'd this phone a time or two before...
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Ok, was just making sure cause you hadn't said. I have no idea. Try everything at tinyurl.com/epicfix
~E.R.A.

Are you booting into CWM recovery or stock phone recovery? If cwm have you tried a live ROM like this sucker http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464791 Not sure if it would help in your situation, Years of old linux experience... Android confuses the hell out of me.

Just posted in another thread that I have a similar issue. My phone will boot all the way up, but I cant get any computer to recognize it. I have tried multiple cables/port/computer combinations, as well as uninstalling the drivers.
Oddly, my phone is full functional and boots fine, but when it goes to sleep, it never wakes up and I have to pull the battery. In the past when this has happened, my solution has been to Odin back to stock, but I can't even do that now...