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Serisouly, HD dock does not have USB?

Sorry for the rant, but i was hoping this thing could be used on my desk to charge the Xoom and able to plug it into my USB port.
now I have to find a way to send files to it without removing it. BT does not work well and is kinda slow. Perhaps a wifi way, but still.. another little thing missed. I think I am going to stop buying moto accessories. the case that I got for it is such a pain.
/end rant

I'm also still waiting for the perfect accessories, i.e. a dock that has a port replicator on the back and a case with a built-in bluetooth keyboard.
As for the transfer I usually use Dropbox for smaller files. But not for movies for example.

I use SwiFTP, but still dumb that I have to go that route.. and its still not fast like it could be.
just dumb.. i mean, its a passthu.. i think i might get crazy and mod it.. but im not sure if it will work

i use the cifs kernel module with cifsmanager to mount my pc on my xoom to read/write files using windows sharing
works quite well, the speed is just as good as using usb

No needto apologize for the rant!
Engineers not knowing the full scoop, or something. I mean, it's really just silly not to have included the us.

As was mentioned in a prior post, dropbox is a great solution for files under 300megs.

Steady Hawkin said:
As was mentioned in a prior post, dropbox is a great solution for files under 300megs.
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not really.. more then a few megs is just a PITA!
I just installed an FTP client and can do it over wifi, no cloud stuff.
still would rather jsut have a USB plug.. what gets me is that it plugs into the USB port, just no output!

USB Charging But No Data?

Hey, guys. I am pretty much feeling like this is a broken USB port, but here is a quick run down.
Flashed up to an EG22 based ROM a while ago, and flashed the modem via odin. This was a WHILE ago. And have flashed a few roms since then.
Soooo, here is my dilemma: Somewhere along the lines, I have lost any kind of data connectivity. Charging works fine, and I have tried this on a few other cables (stock, and a Western Digital external hard drive cable, and one 24 dollar cable from radio shack - i was desperate).
So, I am figuring that this is a bad USB port. Stupid. In order to do an insurance claim and get a new phone (thinking about going to a Nexus S 4G, since it is this phone's "equivalent"... I think) I have to have this thing back on an EC05 modem, or else I bite the cost of the phone.
any ideas, guys? I did QBKing77's full reset trick, still on EG22. That was my last effort after flashing a bunch of different ROMs.
Thanks again!

Sprint won't care if your rooted. I bet they wouldn't even check it in the first place. Take it in. But first, get something really small (q-tip) and put some alcohol (isopropyl) and clean out the port with the phone turned off. This is a galaxy s problem, happens

There is currently no way to change your modem from anything other than EB13 without Odin or Heimdall. Sorry. Just bring it in.

ugothakd said:
Sprint won't care if your rooted. I bet they wouldn't even check it in the first place. Take it in. But first, get something really small (q-tip) and put some alcohol (isopropyl) and clean out the port with the phone turned off. This is a galaxy s problem, happens
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Care to explan this a little more I'm down to clean my phones port, fr all I know it might make it better.
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Sorry, I can't. I read a while back someone posted how to do it. Dont remember where
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Thanks, guys. Definitely appreciated on the feedback.
Looks like I am going to go to the Nexus

ugothakd said:
Sorry, I can't. I read a while back someone posted how to do it. Dont remember where
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Ah I see ill look around then thanks!
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I had the sameeee exact problem and did everything I could but my phones usb port was just broken lol
This is what I did
there is a rom that will make ur phone look like stock ec05
Its over here in the development section look for something like "stock ec05 refs rom" or something like that
But the thing iss that I was stuck on eh17 no eg22
But that rom worked for me
I'm not sure if it'll work on eg22 but hopefully it will just download it on ur phone and flash it and just give it back it'll look completely stock
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I'm having almost the same issue here, as my phone can charge through the USB, but it won't detect it as mass storage mode (debug mode run well, though..)
I can run usb tethering too, but only the mass storage mode doesn't work..
I have try using another cable, going to other ROM, but still no effect, and now I'm using a card reader to read my SD card, which is quite lame.. -_-

[Q] Horray! I bricked my epic...

Ok, so like...two days ago, I followed qbkings video on how to root & clockworkmod an epic with EI22, well it worked. I got recovery working A ok and played around with some roms and stuff. They all worked for the most part, but after rebooting my phone, the SAMSUNG loading screen wouldnt fade away, realizing it had been soft bricked. I tried recoveries but they didnt work. tried tutorial after tutorial after tutoria, but no luck. When trying the Odin unroot method It'd always be stuck on like a factory. file, and keep getting the phone - ! - computer error afterwards. Ive tried looking around the forums and such, but no go. I really need help with this.

You didn't look to hard. There have been 5 threads like this in the last 2 weeks. Go to the stickies, top of development and follow post 1 of How to restore a semi-bricked Epic.
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Uh yeah, that was one of the first posts I tried. Never worked for me. Followed exactly step by step and repeated the process five times, but ive been constantly getting stuck on factoryfs.rfs

oh ****, now it wont even turn on. tried charger usb, nothing! no indicator or anything. damn. am I screwed?

I think you were better off leaving your phone alone. If following instructions is difficult, than that should have been your first clue. Id post a link to help you, but you have already read and tried it, and even that didn't work........time for you to buy an iphone I guess.
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Try pulling the battery and sd card, let sit for an hour with usb unplugged, then connect to usb cable with odin running and try to boot into download mode.
If it goes, pop the battery in and load up ei22 or another odinable tar along with the recovery in qbkings videos. Make sure only reboot is checked in odin.
If not, go back and try every step in the sticky. I doubt that you have a problem that has not been experienced already.
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So you tried buying and using a better cable? And tried with both the battery and sd card out using only the computer as a power source like the thread in Development said to do?

b16flybye said:
I think you were better off leaving your phone alone. If following instructions is difficult, than that should have been your first clue. Id post a link to help you, but you have already read and tried it, and even that didn't work........time for you to buy an iphone I guess.
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That's a bit flamish.

shane6374 said:
That's a bit flamish.
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Sometimes the truth hurts.
I tend to agree with that sentiment, nothing against you OP, but there are some that gravitate to technology and feel at home, and then there are some that gravitate and lack the necessary skills for something like this.
This is a very straight-forward task, especially with all of qbking's hard work in making those very easy to follow videos, and other's time typing out tutorials, so I really fail to see how most have so much trouble making it work. Maybe they belong in the latter analysis.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Sometimes the truth hurts.
I tend to agree with that sentiment, nothing against you OP, but there are some that gravitate to technology and feel at home, and then there are some that gravitate and lack the necessary skills for something like this.
This is a very straight-forward task, especially with all of qbking's hard work in making those very easy to follow videos, and other's time typing out tutorials, so I really fail to see how most have so much trouble making it work. Maybe they belong in the latter analysis.
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We all started somewhere on this, and I bet most people didn't have success right away. I know I didn't on either platform I've worked on. I'm just sick of the n00b flaming around here. These people might be the ones who's roms or kernels you running in a year. Just show some respect.
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Youll have to find one of them jigs to get you back into download mode I assume usually time heals all mistakes though if your inpatient id look up how to make an odin(download) reset jig ( I think its called that). I think there a thread about that lying around here somewhere...
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Yeah, not trying to knock on you too hard, but qbkings videos should be all you need for successfully rooting and flashing. He works hard on them and is very clear with instructions.
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Yup, Ive tried different cables,ports, no battery, battery but got nothing. I thoroughly read through the entire post and tried what was suggested and got nothing. Phone wont turn on or do anything. I'm thinking that i'm screwed. I have been thinking about getting a replacement epic for a while, cause some time ago I actually accidentally dropped it from my desk and this happened to it http://imgur.com/ZBlNn still worked fine, so I didn't really bother thinking about replacing it, but now I'm guessing that I have to. If I do end up requesting for a replacement, any tips/fore warnings about what I should say when I talk to the guys over at sprint before i end up mumbling like an idiot.

Yup, Ive tried different cables,ports, no battery, battery but got nothing. I thoroughly read through the entire post and tried what was suggested and got nothing. Phone wont turn on or do anything. I'm thinking that i'm screwed. I have been thinking about getting a replacement epic for a while, cause some time ago I actually accidentally dropped it from my desk and this happened to it http://imgur.com/ZBlNn still worked fine, so I didn't really bother thinking about replacing it, but now I'm guessing that I have to. If I do end up requesting for a replacement, any tips/fore warnings about what I should say when I talk to the guys over at sprint before i end up mumbling like an idiot.

With the soft brick you might have been able to save it. It happened to my brothers phone and what I did to fix it was wipe everything, factory reset
Then flash stock rom. Wipe everything again
Then flash stock kernel
Wipe everything again
Then it was perfect.
If you had already been flashing roms.and such then your problem wasn't following directions.
You just might have flashed a rom without a supported kernal. Causing bootloop
As far as where you are now.. maybe tell then you dropped it and it never turned back on?
I don't think they can ever find out you rooted it if it never turns on again lol
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Jbluna said:
Yup, Ive tried different cables,ports, no battery, battery but got nothing. I thoroughly read through the entire post and tried what was suggested and got nothing. Phone wont turn on or do anything. I'm thinking that i'm screwed. I have been thinking about getting a replacement epic for a while, cause some time ago I actually accidentally dropped it from my desk and this happened to it http://imgur.com/ZBlNn still worked fine, so I didn't really bother thinking about replacing it, but now I'm guessing that I have to. If I do end up requesting for a replacement, any tips/fore warnings about what I should say when I talk to the guys over at sprint before i end up mumbling like an idiot.
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Don't use the broken screen as the reason or they will charge you around $100. Just try and make sure you get across the point that its the faulty phone (even if it isn't) and make sure you have an accurate believable story on how it got bricked. If you mention anything about messing with root or anything similar they won't replace it.

True. But on another note you can't say much. Only other thing I can think of is saying maybe you tried updating the device and it died
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Seriously you ignored the odin mode jig? it jumps you back into download mode and you should be able to odin back to eco5........ Ill find a how to for ya.
Its all over a simple google search and you can find a usb jig for about 8 bucks.
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I just unbricked my wife's EPIC with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
thanks dyehya for the howto tutorial!

Jus tell them you took it off charge this morning and it wouldn't come on.
Did you try the mythological magic button? The pin hole behind the cover next to the camera lens?

BIG Problem

For like the past day or two my phone has been running extremely hot and the battery isnt charging like it normally does. Now it charges extremely slowly, if at all sometimes, and no the contacts are not dirty. I Tried charging it using USB and also wall outlet, ive tried changing the wall "brick" used to plug in my usb cord to higher and lower amperage and voltage but same problem. Now back to the heat problem, Ive tried switching up ROMs, kernels, ROM/kernel combinations just in case it was a kernel and/or ROM problem and same thing. Both problems happen with my 3800mAh extended battery and stock battery. Please if anyone knows anything about this or has any help its well appreciated.

NexusS4gFreak said:
For like the past day or two my phone has been running extremely hot and the battery isnt charging like it normally does. Now it charges extremely slowly, if at all sometimes, and no the contacts are not dirty. I Tried charging it using USB and also wall outlet, ive tried changing the wall "brick" used to plug in my usb cord to higher and lower amperage and voltage but same problem. Now back to the heat problem, Ive tried switching up ROMs, kernels, ROM/kernel combinations just in case it was a kernel and/or ROM problem and same thing. Both problems happen with my 3800mAh extended battery and stock battery. Please if anyone knows anything about this or has any help its well appreciated.
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Weird, dude. Well you close to being able to safely assume its not a software issue. But before ruling that out completely I would Odin back to stock; it really does make a difference. Also, can you tell me where the phone is getting the hottest at? Is it just the battery or is it somewhere else?

Acvice said:
Weird, dude. Well you close to being able to safely assume its not a software issue. But before ruling that out completely I would Odin back to stock; it really does make a difference. Also, can you tell me where the phone is getting the hottest at? Is it just the battery or is it somewhere else?
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Yea maybe ill try to get back to stock im just not used to odin. And it isnt really much the battery thats getting hot but actually the top of the phone from the very tip top down to about half way, yea really strange.

NexusS4gFreak said:
Yea maybe ill try to get back to stock im just not used to odin. And it isnt really much the battery thats getting hot but actually the top of the phone from the very tip top down to about half way, yea really strange.
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Its starting to sound like you have a hardware problem. I'm not sure what device is right there but I think its the radio? Maybe someone can confirm.

NexusS4gFreak said:
Yea maybe ill try to get back to stock im just not used to odin. And it isnt really much the battery thats getting hot but actually the top of the phone from the very tip top down to about half way, yea really strange.
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for the love of all that is good and holy, dont use ODIN. use fastboot.

Acvice said:
Its starting to sound like you have a hardware problem. I'm not sure what device is right there but I think its the radio? Maybe someone can confirm.
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Think sprint will look at it even though its rooted or must i unroot first? I took my old Nexus S and 3D to them rooted and they still checked them out. Thanks for the help

Zepius said:
for the love of all that is good and holy, dont use ODIN. use fastboot.
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Gonna try that as a last resort

NexusS4gFreak said:
Think sprint will look at it even though its rooted or must i unroot first? I took my old Nexus S and 3D to them rooted and they still checked them out. Thanks for the help
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They may not care, but I personally would try to get back to stock not to chance it.
Also, I most definitely recommend fastboot over Odin. The only time I would use Odin, is if my USB port died and I wanted to get back to stock.

OKayy thanks ill try that

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They may not care, but I personally would try to get back to stock not to chance it.
Also, I most definitely recommend fastboot over Odin. The only time I would use Odin, is if my USB port died and I wanted to get back to stock.
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OKayy thanks ill try that

NexusS4gFreak said:
OKayy thanks ill try that
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wipe off battery stats from cwm it can help you fixing the charging problem.
hit thanks if I helped.

[Q] Reset ODIN counter

I have an issue with my T999 and that is, I cannot connect via USB (charging or otherwise). I talked with T-Mobile and they're sending me a replacement phone and I have to send my current phone back to them. This is great, but what my concern is, the ODIN counter is at 8, but it is currently not rooted and no custom ROM. I read that if there is any number on the counter, it will void warranty, in which case, I will have to pay for the replacement. I read that I can reset the counter while rooted, but I cannot even connect my device to the computer to do so. I am only asking, because I have searched and could find no information to help me out. I feel that I am just screwed unless someone knows how I can root, reset and flash without USB connectivity.
Thank you.

Do you have CWM or TWRP recovery? If so, it's quite easy. If not, then I'm not sure of any way to do so.
Have you tried other cables or on a different computer?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Do you have CWM or TWRP recovery? If so, it's quite easy. If not, then I'm not sure of any way to do so.
Have you tried other cables or on a different computer?
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Unfortunately, I do not have any recoveries that I know of. I have tried other cables and computers, but the connection on the phone itself is screwed. It's so bad in fact, that it shuts the computer down for safety reasons. :crying:

Cannibalshymn said:
Unfortunately, I do not have any recoveries that I know of. I have tried other cables and computers, but the connection on the phone itself is screwed. It's so bad in fact, that it shuts the computer down for safety reasons. :crying:
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Unfortunately, I don't thing there is anything you will be able to do then. You have to be able to connect to the computer to root the phone. Theres just no other way that has been discovered that I am aware of.
I have heard a lot of people claim that they don't bother checking the counter, so there is hope. Sorry I dont have any better ideas for you man. Good Luck though!

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Unfortunately, I don't thing there is anything you will be able to do then. You have to be able to connect to the computer to root the phone. Theres just no other way that has been discovered that I am aware of.
I have heard a lot of people claim that they don't bother checking the counter, so there is hope. Sorry I dont have any better ideas for you man. Good Luck though!
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I was afraid that I would not have any other options. Thanks anyway. I will continue my online research and try things on my own (avoiding complete BRICK).

Cannibalshymn said:
I was afraid that I would not have any other options. Thanks anyway. I will continue my online research and try things on my own (avoiding complete BRICK).
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You never know! Maybe someone else here will have something you can try.

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You never know! Maybe someone else here will have something you can try.
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This is true. If I find something, will surely post in here. Also, would like an opinion. My phone is going back due to a hardware malfunction, not software. Is it a possibility that the counter won't even be an issue?

Cannibalshymn said:
This is true. If I find something, will surely post in here. Also, would like an opinion. My phone is going back due to a hardware malfunction, not software. Is it a possibility that the counter won't even be an issue?
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If they check it, it will be an issue. This is why so many have major problems with this practice. Rooting the phone, or flashing a rom has nothing to do with a faulty usb port, speaker wiring, loose button, etc. But they can and have refused warranty claims for this before.
Like I said though, I have seen plenty of people claim they got theirs replaced and the counter was tripped. So apparently they never checked it. But on the other side, there have also been people who verified that their claim was denied due to the counter.
If you have insurance though, such as Asurion through Tmobile, this doesnt matter at all. You can flash it, drop it, kick it, drown it. light it, and then throw it across the room, and they will still replace it, minus deductible of course.
I have seen where a few people have replaced the usb port on their phone though. The part is probably pretty cheap, and if its an easy replacement, you may want to consider it.

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If they check it, it will be an issue. This is why so many have major problems with this practice. Rooting the phone, or flashing a rom has nothing to do with a faulty usb port, speaker wiring, loose button, etc. But they can and have refused warranty claims for this before.
Like I said though, I have seen plenty of people claim they got theirs replaced and the counter was tripped. So apparently they never checked it. But on the other side, there have also been people who verified that their claim was denied due to the counter.
If you have insurance though, such as Asurion through Tmobile, this doesnt matter at all. You can flash it, drop it, kick it, drown it. light it, and then throw it across the room, and they will still replace it, minus deductible of course.
I have seen where a few people have replaced the usb port on their phone though. The part is probably pretty cheap, and if its an easy replacement, you may want to consider it.
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OK. I get that. I went to a T-Mobile store yesterday with my issue and was told that, if there was an issue with the warranty, I would have to pay $110 (I currently do pay for insurance/protection plan through T-Mobile). The man who looked at the phone said that it looked as though it was just damaged by a faulty Micro-USB plugin, and said that in his opinion, there should not be any issues as far as the warranty goes. That is why I was wondering about the counter and if that would impact it. But the insurance I have is through T-Mobile, and on that note, I should not stress too much about it? I receive the replacement phone as early as tomorrow, in which time, I will send the old one back, where they will inspect the damages and come to their conclusion on whether or not I will have to pay, or if everything is covered. I have found a couple of wireless ADB connections for the phone, but it has been so long since I have rooted the phone that way, that I am just going to take my chances and hope all goes well with the exchange process. Thanks for everything!

Please let us know the final outcome.

If you filed through T-Mobile it's going to be warranty. If you went through Asurion it's insurance. Insurance has a $150 deductible, so either way it sounds like you're better off using warranty.
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Update: The phone that they sent me is a T999L. Now have 4G LTE. I am returning the old T999 tomorrow afternoon through UPS. As soon as I know something from T-Mobile, I will share the results here.

Cannibalshymn said:
Update: The phone that they sent me is a T999L. Now have 4G LTE. I am returning the old T999 tomorrow afternoon through UPS. As soon as I know something from T-Mobile, I will share the results here.
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Nice! Congrats on the free upgrade!
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Cannibalshymn said:
Update: The phone that they sent me is a T999L. Now have 4G LTE. I am returning the old T999 tomorrow afternoon through UPS. As soon as I know something from T-Mobile, I will share the results here.
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Please make sure you read my T999L thread before flashing anything! Some important stuff you should know first is in there.
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