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[Q] Can I root without the use of a USB cable? [SOLVED]

So, I flashed DK28 on my wifes Epic 4g the other day, and it killed the ability for USB Connectivity. No mounting, no tether, nada. I know what caused it, which was flashing with Odin. What I need to do is revert it back to DI18. To do that, I need to root the phone so I can install Rom Manager to flash CWM back to the phone and then flash DI18 back to the phone.
Before anyone asks, I've tried every possible solution to get passed the "USB Device not recognized" error." Including:
New cables (5 to be exact)
Different USB ports
USB Debugging on and off
Uninstall/Reinstall Drivers
Shutdown PC and unplug power cable for a few minutes
Nothing works. I was wondering if I could root it by copying the CWM files to the SD Card and using Terminal Emulator to run the commands to copy the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin file and the super user APK to obtain root. Is this possible? Is there any method at all that I can use to get root access without the use of a USB cable? I've also tried that Universal root APK, and that didn't work either. Thanks in advance.
EDIT If you've tried everything, but can't get it to work. Try bending the little "tooth" within the usb port back towards the front of the phone, just a TINY bit. Thank you thank you thank you so much to squshy 7 for the idea. It worked like a champ!

you actually don't need to be rooted to go back to Di18. Just flash it in odin using the stock .tar file
follow these instructions and flash back to 2.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700#Odin_Stock_Flashing
does odin recognize the phone when you put it in download mode? (press 1 + power button)

Download mode also does not work. I can get into Download mode, but upon plugging in the device, I'm presented with the same "USB device not recognized" error.

z4root will root without a pc.
This thread has a clockwork flashable di18 rom plus modem.
And if you have trouble with rom manager, there is a manual way to install cwm.
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tetshi said:
I was wondering if I could root it by copying the CWM files to the SD Card and using Terminal Emulator to run the commands to copy the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin file and the super user APK to obtain root. Is this possible?
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I don't think so.
I think you can't modify permissions to run rageagainstthecage unless you use adb or have root access. The good news is, if you can get rageagainstthecage to run, you can use a terminal program to do the rest.

But z4root will not run on DK28 if I've read correctly. 2.2.1 patched the vulnerability that z4root was using to root people. So I'm still SOL. =( Thanks anyway though.

Can you take the SD card out and transfer the files to clockwork that way?

Pyperkub said:
Can you take the SD card out and transfer the files to clockwork that way?
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He doesn't have clockwork.
The OP might be able to do it with adb over wifi. Open run.bat from the one-click in a text editor and follow along. Once you run rageagainstthecage you will have root until you reboot and you can do the rest from a terminal emulator without adb.

I can use ADB over Wifi? Can you give me more information on this method? I have the files for CWM 3.0 ready to go, I just need a way to flash it to the phone, and since I don't have root - I'm sort of at a lose. This has given me hope!

tetshi said:
I can use ADB over Wifi? Can you give me more information on this method?
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The link in my post above leads to a program to do adb over wifi. I haven't tried rooting with it, so I don't know for sure if it will work for that. There appear to be several utilities on the market that do this. Just search "adb."
And if it does work, or you find an alternative that works, please let us know so we can tell others who are having a problem with usb connectivity.

Oh trust me, if I figure this out - I intend to write an entire guide for people having the same issue. This is the most annoying thing in the world. I should have at least flashed CWM2.5 first, but nooooo... Sheesh.

If it makes you feel better, flashing cwm 2.5.1.0 wouldn't have helped you. Odin wipes it out and puts the stock recovery back.

That does sort of make me feel a little better. I know there has to be a way to do this. I can remote into the device with an wireless SSH server, but I can't run ADB commands on that, and it says it supports wireless ADB also, and I can get ADB to connect, but every time I try to run a command it says "device offline."
Ugh, this is driving me crazy. I know for a fact there is way to do this, I just need to put all these puzzle pieces together.

Just my 2 cents...
But I too had the usb not recognized error...went through all the common solutions and after hours I was losing hope...
But you know what fixed it? Turns out the little usb "tooth" in the phone must have been bent *slightly* down. Because when I stuck a small clothes pin in there and bent it up a little bit, abra kadabra.
Just a thought...because there was absolutely no reason that tooth could have been bent down from anything other than me simply unplugging the phone the last time before I ran in to the problem...it could be your problem too
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700

squshy 7 said:
Just my 2 cents...
But I too had the usb not recognized error...went through all the common solutions and after hours I was losing hope...
But you know what fixed it? Turns out the little usb "tooth" in the phone must have been bent *slightly* down. Because when I stuck a small clothes pin in there and bent it up a little bit, abra kadabra.
Just a thought...because there was absolutely no reason that tooth could have been bent down from anything other than me simply unplugging the phone the last time before I ran in to the problem...it could be your problem too
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700
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Ooooooo, I never tried that yet. I think I'll go ahead and do that and I'll report back once I get the results. Thanks for the idea!
EDIT Oh my god!! IT WORKED! Yes! Thank you so much for the idea. I can not believe it was something that simple. The minute I bent the "tooth" back into place, it worked amazingly. Oh man, you are awesome! Thank you!

tetshi said:
Ooooooo, I never tried that yet. I think I'll go ahead and do that and I'll report back once I get the results. Thanks for the idea!
EDIT Oh my god!! IT WORKED! Yes! Thank you so much for the idea. I can not believe it was something that simple. The minute I bent the "tooth" back into place, it worked amazingly. Oh man, you are awesome! Thank you!
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Ahhh *****in! I'm glad to hear it...I have a feeling that's the problem with anybody else who has had that "bug". Now I'm off to solve world hunger.
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700

Awesome! I'm glad to hear you got it solved.
I wonder how often this is the cause of people's connection issues.

DiGi760 said:
Awesome! I'm glad to hear you got it solved.
I wonder how often this is the cause of people's connection issues.
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I'm willing to bet quite often. As I stated, the ONLY possible cause of that problem was simply unplugging it (or plugging it in)..because literally it was working, I pulled it out for something, then plugged it back in and that was when the problem started. It was only after looking at my girlfriends LG rumour's micro usb port that I noticed a very *slight* difference in the space between its "tooth" and the bottom (the wider edge) and the space of mine..I'm debating on adding it to the wiki...and possibly reporting it to samsung. Should qualify as a hardware defect.
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700

Wow that's gooD. I don't have any problems yet but if I do I'll try that one. Good find.

You guys rock! I had the exact same problem for the past week and it was seriously depressing me. I couldn't upgrade, couldn't send it back to samsung (since I couldn't return to stock), etc. Stuck a guitar pick in there and like magic ... back in business.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! now that my hardware problem is fixed I can get back to screwing up the software on my phone!

I think i bricked my epic.

I was angry at my current rom which was on MTD so i decided just to you the old samsung "phone flash utility" (Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13.exe) that was uploaded on their site like a year ago to go back to stock. well i think since the phone was MTD it didnt work and now its stock at the connect cable screen, is there anything i can do?

I am running CleanGB MTD. The first time I tried to install it I had a bad download & needed to redo it from scratch. I used the Samsung EB13 Windows Installer utility to restore my phone back to stock & had no problems at all. It was up & running on MTD just had a few errors that I did not have time to fix that morning & I ran it for a few days after restoring with the utility, rooting, & restoring my backup. But now I'm enjoying the MTD goodness.....
Can you get back into download mode?
If so I would get a different USB cable & try running the installer again.

endurance1 said:
I was angry at my current rom which was on MTD so i decided just to you the old samsung "phone flash utility" (Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13.exe) that was uploaded on their site like a year ago to go back to stock. well i think since the phone was MTD it didnt work and now its stock at the connect cable screen, is there anything i can do?
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from what ive been reading on the threads, i believe you can just odin back, and back sure you have reboot and re-partition checked marked.

I found out what the problem was. I should have known this because this happened to me once before. I was using my front USB ports. Front ports on most pc's are only 1.0 and you need to use the back 2.0 ones to work. Most people think its cable issues but its usually just USB port. This samsung utility is a complete gem! screw odin. thanks for the response!!!

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I found out what the problem was. I should have known this because this happened to me once before. I was using my front USB ports. Front ports on most pc's are only 1.0 and you need to use the back 2.0 ones to work. Most people think its cable issues but its usually just USB port. This samsung utility is a complete gem! screw odin. thanks for the response!!!
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Glad you got it working. I wasn't sure if the Samsung utility repartitioned...now I know...thanks.
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endurance1 said:
I found out what the problem was. I should have known this because this happened to me once before. I was using my front USB ports. Front ports on most pc's are only 1.0 and you need to use the back 2.0 ones to work. Most people think its cable issues but its usually just USB port. This samsung utility is a complete gem! screw odin. thanks for the response!!!
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Good to hear!!
Glad you got it fixed......

thanks guys. Yeah ive been using that sammy file since ec05 came out. this is the 3rd brick maybe 4th it got me out of. it works for EVERYTHING. better than odin.

Wow, I didn't know this exe thing existed. Odin has NOT been working on my home PC for tje past few weeks(months?) and that has kept me from trying anything that would require Odin to recover from, i.e. mtd.
Glad I read here in the Q&A pretty regularly. Most of the time I'm seeing if there's anyone I can help, but times like this I end up learning new things.
sent from my secret underground bunker

That sounds like a great thing to have sitting on my computer. I tried to find it but was not successful. Can anyone point me to a copy of it.
Thanks
George

ghmacdonald said:
That sounds like a great thing to have sitting on my computer. I tried to find it but was not successful. Can anyone point me to a copy of it.
Thanks
George
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I am at work so I cannot post the file I have, but I put the file name in & searched in Google & several download options popped up.
Google Search: Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13.exe
Check it out & let me know if you need me to post a copy of the file, I saw several already on services like multiupload in the search.

Look at the thread stickied in development. The Samsung tool won't work all the time.
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So my friend gave me his phone to see if I could fix it. It loops in CWM and won't get out of it and I can't connect with odin to it. (My phone connects just fine.) This is the only other thing I can think of. Anyone else got other ideas?
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Well tried it and phone still not discovered by the PC. I am at a loss at what to do. I know my friend tried to install some type of rom to it and didn't make a backup. It boots in to CWM non-stop and I can flash zips but it never leaves that loop even after the flashes. I can boot into Download mode but the phone won't be recognized. Tried both Odin and this. The phone is getting charged through the cable though which confuses me even more. Any help?!

Anyone have any ideas?! I am at a loss at what to do!

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Anyone have any ideas?! I am at a loss at what to do!
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Use a different cable with odin... it may be charging it but its not getting a data connection... also put into download mode and plug in usb... then "jiggle" the cord until it recognizes it...
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Uninstall and reinstall the drivers. Then also try Odin with the battery and phone plugged in. Make sure you use a better cable than stock.

A few questions on flashing to Boost

I have an epic sitting at home that is useless as of right now because I no longer have a plan through sprint for it. I have a samsung replenish that I am using right now with Boost, and I am considering making it a donor phone and flashing the Epic over to Boost. Having this little thing really makes me realize just how awsome those Super AMOLED displays are. Anyway, I have a few questions before getting neck deep in this little endevour. First off, I don't want to be stuck on Eclair, but as I understand a Factory reset is necessary to get the 3G working, I read that people were abale to flash to Froyo using a few tricks, I was just wondering if the same works for Gingerbread. If anyone is running a Boost Epic on GB I would like to know how it is working out. Also, once the phone is flashed to said version of Android, can I just flash any rom on top of it through CMW without having to make tweaks?
And finally, I can not get either the Replenish or the Epic to read on CDMA Workshop, I have tried debug, non-debug, and diag modes and any combination, I have tried reading the phones in recovery mode, I have rebooted, restarted, unplugged, switched cables and ports....nothing...the phones both show up as modems and have their ports listed in device manager, but they absolutely refuse to show up, if anyone has any tricks that they could share regarding this issue it would be much oblidged
I know it's a lot but I figured I would try and cover all of my questions in one thread rather than making a bunch of seperate ones. BTW I have been researching for 2 days now, if there is something obvious that I missed, I apologize in advance, but I have tried other methods of resolution before creating this thread...Thanks in advance for any advice that you guys can offer...

We have a guide on here did you consult that? And I know that there is an alternative carrier fix for cm9 so you "could" get that puppy on android 4.0 =]. As for the computer not detecting... did you install the mobile drivers for the phones? I think you might need to if you haven't. I know when odining you need those I suppose the same for cdma workshop. Hope this helps at all =]. if you need the guide ill link it here.
Flashing Epic 4g to Boost Mobile Guide.
In this guide he is using the incognito but as long as you have a cdma phone to use as a donor phone you should be fine. If you havnet installed the drivers for either phones then this is most likely your issue. Also according to the guide you CAN flash other ROMs. The only thing that needs to be tweaked is the sms settings.

Yeah, I have looked at the guide, I was hoping to clarify on the few items that I wasn't clear on. I have installed the drivers for both phones and Odin does infact recognize each one, I use it to verify the Com ports that the phones are on...i'm baffled :/

After hours more of trying...and researching..I still can not get past the initial step of getting cdma to read my phones...either of them. Is there a section on this forum for requesting services? I dont care if I have to pay to get it done, I want my epic on boost...

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After hours more of trying...and researching..I still can not get past the initial step of getting cdma to read my phones...either of them. Is there a section on this forum for requesting services? I dont care if I have to pay to get it done, I want my epic on boost...
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I doubt it... but who knows. I dont see why they wont detect. They should if you have the drivers installed... maybe try just having one of the phones drivers installed at once... which ever phone you have to start off with have that phones drivers installed only. so unistall both then install just one that you need then unistall that one when the other one needs to be used... and you might want to reboot in between driver installations. drivers can be very picky. Or you could try another computer...

I'll give it a shot, its something new at least...I will post my results when I am done..

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I'll give it a shot, its something new at least...I will post my results when I am done..
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I know some having success doing this because they had their epic touch and epic 4g drivers installed once they unistalled both and just installed the epic 4g the computer would recognize it.

tried uninstalling all samsung mobile drivers and installing the drivers for each phone by themselves, still nothing...I am downloading a new set of drivers now, they are generic Samsung mobile drivers.I'm not expecting much but its all I got at this point...

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tried uninstalling all samsung mobile drivers and installing the drivers for each phone by themselves, still nothing...I am downloading a new set of drivers now, they are generic Samsung mobile drivers.I'm not expecting much but its all I got at this point...
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HMM i know which samsung drivers work great for the epic but i think you need device specific drivers for the replenish.
32 and 64 bit Drivers I know the drivers here work great and i have used them with every epic i've rooted... I just learned that the drivers im linking you to work for the replenish .

awesome, I am trying them as we speak...

ah crap, those were the same drivers that I downloaded for the Replenish, still a no go...the fact that neither phone works would tell me its on the PC end, and drivers would be the number one suspect, but alas...they just aren't making a difference in my results..

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ah crap, those were the same drivers that I downloaded for the Replenish, still a no go...the fact that neither phone works would tell me its on the PC end, and drivers would be the number one suspect, but alas...they just aren't making a difference in my results..
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Yeah you might need to try another computer. The usb ports could be bad/out on that one depending on how old it is. Or it could be the usb cable as well you'd be amazed at how much trouble is cause by those. Have you tried a brand new blackberry cable? those are the best cables at getting things recognized. What i dont get is that odin will COM the phone.... and this is in download mode right?

no, it coms both phones in debug mode, I have a few blackberry cables lying around that I have picked up on Amazon that I bought for Odin. Thats what kind of has me scratching my head too. It is an older laptop though, Id say about 4 years old, running windows 7 x64...I have checked QPCT as well just to see if it recognizes the phones and it doesnt either, so I guess it's some issue with my com port's compatibility with the mobile phone software....I will see if I can get away with doing this at work tomorrow, it may be tricky but my boss is old and senile lol

Well I tried it at work with no luck yet, which just leaves human error in to play...not sure what though, I've covered all of the options that I have come across. The replenish I could understand, but the Epic is documented to work just fine with CMDA WS...I just don't get it...

A couple things to try...
1. Connect the phone in normal mode (so it asks mass storage, etc) and let the drivers install.
2. Unplug, turn on USB debugging (Settings -> applictaions -> Development), plug the phone in and let it install ADB driver
3. With phone plugged in switch to dialer and hit ##8778#, then switch USB from PDA to Modem. Your PC should install another driver (Diag port).
Make sure you leave the Epic on this screen while accessing it via CDMAWS or any other program that uses the diag port.
I had major issues with the Epic, but that sequence finally got everything working. I still need to plug the phone in before enabling the diag port, otherwise stupid things happen.
This was all with an XP computer (three actually, before I figured out all the correct steps).

Thanks, I'll try that when I get home, I actually haven't tried putting it in diag mode while plugged in yet, I have always put it in diag and connected it...heres hoping..

ok, I finally got the replenish to connect, I found a way to root it and that worked like a charm....the epic however is still a no go...rooted running CWM 5, in diag mode, switched to modem, recognized as a modem....but still..failed...phone does not answer...any other suggestions guys?

Needs download mode not diag mode whatever that is... hold the 1 on the keyboard and the power button (yellow triangle) make sure is not in modem mode and you must flash the kernel from mkasick for ei22 search in xda "epic 4g gb kernel source" should me the first thread (ei22) kernel source with keyfix. Scroll to the bottom and find the gb3a.tar this is what you odin before cwm5 and it should stick. Then you can flash an su.zip and your done.
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Needs download mode not diag mode whatever that is... hold the 1 on the keyboard and the power button (yellow triangle) make sure is not in modem mode and you must flash the kernel from mkasick for ei22 search in xda "epic 4g gb kernel source" should me the first thread (ei22) kernel source with keyfix. Scroll to the bottom and find the gb3a.tar this is what you odin before cwm5 and it should stick. Then you can flash an su.zip and your done.
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I was on EL30, which from my understanding worked as well. I flashed the gb3a and I am rooted with CWM and I installed SU, I just still can't get cdmaws to see the phone...I tried fix permissions, in CWM, not even sure what that does, but I tried it...i'm desperate lol. I have tried tether mode, switching ports, attempting while in recovery, and I get nadda....EL30 was what I had factory reset to, are you saying that I should flash back to ei22 for cdma or were you saying to do that to get it rooted?

No my appologies I, just read you rooted correctly. I'm not sure why it refuses to recognize the epic. Other than a better cable, or different usb port. I dunno. That or there is gunk in the epics usb port or in the computers. Should be in modem mode I'm assuming if your messing with the phoney. Stuff ='[ sorry.
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[Q] Epic 4G (D700), ODIN and "Unknown Device"

Okay i have seen similar posts around, and I apologize if this bothers anyone but when I post a thread asking for help, its because I've tried most solutions and have gotten nowhere. I recently bought one.of.these devices and I have to say for an old 1GHz device, its pretty darn smooth! (Got it for my girl who broke her phone. Cost $20 MINT screen, and some scuffs.on the trim believe it or not, fully functional, clean ESN)
I love for all devices in the house to be rooted and off that dreaded Gingerbread android. I have been stuck since i got it trying to use ODIN to flash CWM, and root it to flash a JB based rom. Problem is i installed the drivers, got the ODIN version required, have the CWM tar file, etc, the phone gets detected while on in ADB, normal file transfer way and so on. BUT Download Mode? Nope, i get the dreaded "Unknown Device" issue.
Now as I always read before annoying others, I read that switching the USB cable helps. I've tried 8 USB cables, and no go. 2 Samsungs (i read those are #1 NO GOs), 3 LG cables (device doesnt appear at all), and 3 non brand. No good.
I know Mobile Odin wont work, I rooted it using Framaroot.apk for now, but I need CWM for the rom flashing part.
So now that its 2013, is there really no other way other than ODIN? I tried using ROM Manager, it flashes but doesnt do a thing except boot into stock recovery (miracle no bricks or bootlooping). If I had Linux on my PC, will it get detected or its just the darn cable?
OR is there a specific USB cable brand I should go for that is guaranteed to work? I dont mind buying it just have been waiting to make sure.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

Most people recommend using a BlackBerry cable
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jeffreyjicha said:
Most people recommend using a BlackBerry cable
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Thank GOSH I read your response in time! I am currently at BestBuy and was going to buy a totally different brand USB. Hopefully they have them here.

Crossvxm said:
Thank GOSH I read your response in time! I am currently at BestBuy and was going to buy a totally different brand USB. Hopefully they have them here.
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I use this cable and have had zero issues. http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5458&seq=1&format=2

Well there's good news and bad.
Got an official BlackBerry USB cable.
Bad is the device is STILL not recognized.
The drivers have been properly installed, there is no updating the drivers manually, effing Windows won't let me. What the hell can I do now?
If only Mobile Odin worked, or there were other methods, I wouldn't be going thru this mess...
Like where did I go wrong?
I would swap out Windows to Linux, but I don't see how that will get the device detected.
Matter of fact I was trying to install a Linux based OS from my flash drivd, and it corrupted it. Theres 8gb Ill never see again...
Any other ideas? Will Linux pick up the device?
EDIT: This USB unlike the others BRIEFLY detects it as a USB Device, then goes back to unknown when I uninstall it thru Device Manager

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Well there's good news and bad.
Got an official BlackBerry USB cable.
Bad is the device is STILL not recognized.
The drivers have been properly installed, there is no updating the drivers manually, effing Windows won't let me. What the hell can I do now?
If only Mobile Odin worked, or there were other methods, I wouldn't be going thru this mess...
Like where did I go wrong?
I would swap out Windows to Linux, but I don't see how that will get the device detected.
Matter of fact I was trying to install a Linux based OS from my flash drivd, and it corrupted it. Theres 8gb Ill never see again...
Any other ideas? Will Linux pick up the device?
EDIT: This USB unlike the others BRIEFLY detects it as a USB Device, then goes back to unknown when I uninstall it thru Device Manager
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Are you plugging into a port directly on the motherboard? (IE: A port on the back of the machine.) Using an emulated port or hub can cause this at times.
FYI, there are 2 drivers. One is for when the phone is fully booted in Android. The other is the driver when in download mode. Have you tried using another machine?
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I think your issue is driver related. I had similiar issues and updated the wiki with the drivers that ended up working for me.
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Unknown Device connection to pc

All I want to do is flash back to stock, I feel like I am gonna lose my my mind or go buy a new phone. I have mostly spent a solid 10 hours of time trying to get it to work.
I have been endlessly looking, searching, trying all these different methods to get my ls980 to connect to my pc. So basically everytime I have hooked it up it comes up as unreconized or unknown device doesn't connect.
List of things: Latest LG mobile drivers I have installed them through there exe and tried to install them manually when the ! comes up on the device. I have tried my laptop and my desktop every usb in all of them. I have tried the stock cable, and about 8 other different cables. I have tried it in debugging mode with mtp and without debugging. I tried the support tool as well. Tried composite usb setting.
I guess I am at a loss at this point to what even to try besides sending it to be repaired. Which I don't feel like it's a phone problem and I am just missing something I can't find, I say this because the phone charges perfectly fine and no damage to the usb port at all. If anyone has good information or just a direction I can go will be greatly appericated.

Dirty Grimace said:
All I want to do is flash back to stock, I feel like I am gonna lose my my mind or go buy a new phone. I have mostly spent a solid 10 hours of time trying to get it to work.
I have been endlessly looking, searching, trying all these different methods to get my ls980 to connect to my pc. So basically everytime I have hooked it up it comes up as unreconized or unknown device doesn't connect.
List of things: Latest LG mobile drivers I have installed them through there exe and tried to install them manually when the ! comes up on the device. I have tried my laptop and my desktop every usb in all of them. I have tried the stock cable, and about 8 other different cables. I have tried it in debugging mode with mtp and without debugging. I tried the support tool as well. Tried composite usb setting.
I guess I am at a loss at this point to what even to try besides sending it to be repaired. Which I don't feel like it's a phone problem and I am just missing something I can't find, I say this because the phone charges perfectly fine and no damage to the usb port at all. If anyone has good information or just a direction I can go will be greatly appericated.
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Is your device functioning normally, besides from this? Also, did you use the T-mobile drivers?

tabp0le said:
Is your device functioning normally, besides from this? Also, did you use the T-mobile drivers?
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It works just fine, only notable thing that I never figured out was why OTA updates don't ever take, it's still on ZVC. I tried the T-mobile d802 drivers as it was suggested by another post I saw on here.

And you've removed all drivers to android and lg for it.

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And you've removed all drivers to android and lg for it.
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Correct, I uninstalled them, tried new ones a couple different ways from other posts, and removed them and tried again. Right now I just have them all uninstalled. Trying to figure out if it's something that's stopping it. In error I did forget that a couple times it reconized it but would :fail to start code 10.

Which version of windows are you running? On both desktop and laptop???

secret.animal said:
Which version of windows are you running? On both desktop and laptop???
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Windows 7 64-bit home premium on both.

Dirty Grimace said:
Windows 7 64-bit home premium on both.
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OK, that shouldn't be the problem. Zvc yet updates do not take.
Is it rooted?
And it is running on sprint network?

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OK, that shouldn't be the problem. Zvc yet updates do not take.
Is it rooted?
And it is running on sprint network?
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Long story short, it's on ZVC, even with other updates that came up it would never update past it. I took it into sprint several times they didn't know why, I did root it as one guy said that was an option, I used stump root, but then I unrooted as I felt I was getting into something too complicated. It is on the sprint network, about 90% of the time and all the times I tried to update previous to the root/unroot. But I am not trying to update it since the root, mostly trying to restore to stock and start overish.

I'm thinking maybe a virtual machine with Linux might find it. If it can then there is something. And maybe we can redo the partitions and such.

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I'm thinking maybe a virtual machine with Linux might find it. If it can then there is something. And maybe we can redo the partitions and such.
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I will check with a couple guys see if I can find someone with a machine with Linux this weekend. Thanks a lot for you on going help.

I have this phone at least for another year. So at least someone out here is still willing to help.

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I have this phone at least for another year. So at least someone out here is still willing to help.
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I was unable to find anyone outside local computer store that I know. Kind of problem finding that in rural midwest. I also tried installing drivers in vista compatability as that was suggested no luck..

Dirty Grimace said:
I was unable to find anyone outside local computer store that I know. Kind of problem finding that in rural midwest. I also tried installing drivers in vista compatability as that was suggested no luck..
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As for driver removal, one thing I remember with the nexus devices. There is wugfresh nrt, nexus root toolkit. Let me see which application or program they loaded for removal before reinstall of drivers. I know they have 2 places you check into.
Dang, I'll have to try to load them via a windows emulator. I'm running Linux right now.

secret.animal said:
As for driver removal, one thing I remember with the nexus devices. There is wugfresh nrt, nexus root toolkit. Let me see which application or program they loaded for removal before reinstall of drivers. I know they have 2 places you check into.
Dang, I'll have to try to load them via a windows emulator. I'm running Linux right now.
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Let me know.. I am kinda at the point where I might try to find someone to flash it back to stock, and just activated my old phone til it gets back.. like I am past the point of frustration and no legit just don't get why, since all my other devices have zero issues connecting.