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[Q] odin says" Can't open the serial(COM) port." and fails to flash recovery.tar

[Q] odin says" Can't open the serial(COM) port." and fails to flash recovery.tar
hey,...
i am trying to root my tmobile galaxy S2 and i am in downloading mode...put recovery.tar file in PDA section and when i hit start...nothing happens and after a while i get failed notice and says " Can't open the serial(COM) port." what am i doing wrong.

Did you install the usb drivers first? If not here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?6onrjbyd46j4lhj
that could be the only reason i can think of that odin isn't detecting phone. Also try a different usb port on the computer, and if that doesn't work try a different cable.

uninstall Kies if u have ut because the drivers stick i did and now it works lol

hlimbu00 said:
hey,...
i am trying to root my tmobile galaxy S2 and i am in downloading mode...put recovery.tar file in PDA section and when i hit start...nothing happens and after a while i get failed notice and says " Can't open the serial(COM) port." what am i doing wrong.
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Darkshado said:
Kies could be interfering with Odin ...
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I too was having "Can't open the Serial COM". Kies was interfering.
Go into Kies, Tools -> Preferences, unselect "Run Samsung Kies automatically when a device is connected", save the change, close out of Kies, and then restart ODIN 3. Try flashing now.

reinstall drivers with KIES. go to troubleshoot and then you should be good to go after. also check the cable too..

hlimbu00 said:
hey,...
i am trying to root my tmobile galaxy S2 and i am in downloading mode...put recovery.tar file in PDA section and when i hit start...nothing happens and after a while i get failed notice and says " Can't open the serial(COM) port." what am i doing wrong.
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also sometimes you have to try a different version of odin before it works it happens to me alot. one odin wont work but another does. it's crazy.

Can't open the serial(COM) port Error
hlimbu00 said:
hey,...
i am trying to root my tmobile galaxy S2 and i am in downloading mode...put recovery.tar file in PDA section and when i hit start...nothing happens and after a while i get failed notice and says " Can't open the serial(COM) port." what am i doing wrong.
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I had the same problem and I fixed it by exiting from Kies software. You might get this new error "Complete(Write) operation failed". Then all you should do is just pulling your battery out and restarting odin and phone. I disables the firewall too, but I don't think the problem was firewall. Anyway mine is working well and I did it.

Hi, I'm also having the same problem. The 'Charging paused...' message kept popping up so I tried to flash a different official rom via odin (I was on official ICS). Unfortunately the flash failed and now when I try to turn on the phone the 'Firmware upgrade encountered an isuue......' message comes up. I tried connenting to kies also but can not to do so. I have hope as i can get into download mode but can't flash a rom. I got halfway once then suddenly it failed again. Your help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Thank You.
phi11yphan said:
I too was having "Can't open the Serial COM". Kies was interfering.
Go into Kies, Tools -> Preferences, unselect "Run Samsung Kies automatically when a device is connected", save the change, close out of Kies, and then restart ODIN 3. Try flashing now.
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Thank You.
disabled Kies and problem solved

iNeedICS said:
uninstall Kies if u have ut because the drivers stick i did and now it works lol
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Thanks, this is what was causing me this error. I was close to Hulk-smashing expensive things :laugh:

Re: [Q] odin says" Can't open the serial(COM) port." and fails to flash recovery.tar
NomadRip said:
Thanks, this is what was causing me this error. I was close to Hulk-smashing expensive things :laugh:
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Haha yea don't resort to hulk smashing things lol just send them to me instead of breaking them I'll delightfully take them off your hands! I'll pm you my address so you can ship xD jkjklolol
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This worked for me
I had the same exact problem (but this was on my Galaxy Y )
What I had was an old version of KIES (~ 2011 ).
Steps :
1) Uninstall the old Kies
2) Download the latest Kies (2013)

I have installed drivers but i cant connect my phone to pc when odin mode is on in phone but i can connect phone to pc when bootloader is on or recovery mode is on . However, when i boot into recovery mode and connect phone to pc and open odin and start it ,it shoes cant open the serial (com) port.
what to do
I'm flashing stock software to phone as my phone got bricked, hurry please help me to unbrick

ttffjioo said:
I have installed drivers but i cant connect my phone to pc when odin mode is on in phone but i can connect phone to pc when bootloader is on or recovery mode is on . However, when i boot into recovery mode and connect phone to pc and open odin and start it ,it shoes cant open the serial (com) port.
what to do
I'm flashing stock software to phone as my phone got bricked, hurry please help me to unbrick
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The phone needs to be in download mode for Odin. And kies shouldn't be running on your PC. Go to task manager and kill any kies processes.
Download mode on the phone as I remember is power button and volume down.
?

If anyone is using Odin to flash 4.1.2, I found either Odin 3.04 or to be the only ones that worked for me.

Darth said:
The phone needs to be in download mode for Odin. And kies shouldn't be running on your PC. Go to task manager and kill any kies processes.
Download mode on the phone as I remember is power button and volume down.
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when my phone is on download mode for odin, it cant connect to pc as yellow border line is not showing on odin . I have uninstalled my kies.
tell me what to do

ttffjioo said:
when my phone is on download mode for odin, it cant connect to pc as yellow border line is not showing on odin . I have uninstalled my kies.
tell me what to do
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Try different Odin versions perhaps. Uninstall Samsung drivers and install the newest kies again to reinstall them. Don't need to uninstall kies , just be sure all its processes are killed in your PC task manager.
There's nothing you can do until your phone and Odin are communicating. Try another cable, try another USB port on your computer. Last, try another computer.

Darth said:
Try different Odin versions perhaps. Uninstall Samsung drivers and install the newest kies again to reinstall them. Don't need to uninstall kies , just be sure all its processes are killed in your PC task manager.
There's nothing you can do until your phone and Odin are communicating. Try another cable, try another USB port on your computer. Last, try another computer.
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I have downloaded latest kies 3 from official website with latest drivers
I uses cable of my tab 4 (which easily get connects with pc with its cable) to connect my y duos to pc.
Am i doing any thing wrong?

ttffjioo said:
I have downloaded latest kies 3 from official website with latest drivers
I uses cable of my tab 4 (which easily get connects with pc with its cable) to connect my y duos to pc.
Am i doing any thing wrong?
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Try everything I suggested. Otherwise, I'm out of ideas unfortunately.
I'm curious, what does your phone show as in device manager in pc when connected? Or is it not being seen at all?
And Y Duos? You know this is the Tmobile S2 section, right? ?

Lots of Y Duos bricked talk here as well as other links in this thread to review.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275057

[help]USB MODE

Hey friends i m facing a problem as soo as i connevt my sgy to usb cable it just shows charging and usb connected is not shown. I have changed cable and tried diff pc too same prob i need ur help

seems that there is problem with cable.

I tried other usb cable too
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try doing a hard reset, clear all data/cache
go to settings>privacy>clear all data
or if you know how to access recovery mode do a hard reset from there

Do you have KIES installed
?
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GianniDPC said:
Do you have KIES installed
Noooo
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kies is not necessary just install USB driver
and if you don't have USB driver then install kies
also try enabling USB debugging

sheksbear said:
Hey friends i m facing a problem as soo as i connevt my sgy to usb cable it just shows charging and usb connected is not shown. I have changed cable and tried diff pc too same prob i need ur help
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basics:
hold down the notification bar and press " connect to usb"
even without installing the drivers you can still connect to your phone
but i advise you to install them

try READING before POSTING

SolutiON IS herE
try to reset ur sgy and then retry again or if it shows usb connected in notification bar open it and select connect usb storage
hope it works:cyclops::victory:

This has happened to me before.
There must be a problem with the installed drivers.
Uninstall drivers
Uninstall kies
Reboot
Clean pc with any cleaner
Now connect to Internet and then connect your device.
Drivers will be downloaded. Just wait.
Worth a try right
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I know a solution,if you don't ..connect to any charger ,is it always showing charging?

[Q] Odin is not detecting phone

i have strange problem with my Samsung galaxy grand i9082 is not detecting in odwin.
phone is detected by pc, its connected as MTP or PTP mode i can transfer file from pc and mobile. but phone is not detected in odin
also when phone in download mode its not detected in odin (pc can detect it)
i have tried all odin version 3.04, 3.07. 3.09 but same problem.
phone was getting detected in odin with stock 4.2, after i flashed to custom ROM probam-20140312-UNOFFICIAL-i9082-k2wl-build9 , its not getting detected in odin.
please help me..
ROM :- probam-20140312-UNOFFICIAL-i9082-k2wl-build9
recovery :- philz_touch_6.19.3-i9082
i have tried with different USB cabled, but same problem phone is deteced by pc but not by odin, same problem on wint7, win xp, i tried it on different pc also...
please let me know what can be done, i want to re-flash to stock 4.1

Install driver software of Samsung and install the kies in pc but dont open tge kies with odin coz it will fail ur flashing process..See whether drivers r installed or else odin will not detect...
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U can simply find the sammy drivers (~30mbs) on a thread i made [must read thread]... Install drivers from that... Restart pc/laptop... Open odin and it will br detected, if still not; try inserting usb port about 80% or 90%(sometimes its cable problem, have faced many times ).. Do that nd u will be good to go... Hope i helped
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What i mean is, insert usb anf take it a bit back outside (like 10% of it, )..hope u et what i am saying !..all i mean is try adjusting it fr angles and throughs ....
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raghavsharmaxda said:
U can simply find the sammy drivers (~30mbs) on a thread i made [must read thread]... Install drivers from that... Restart pc/laptop... Open odin and it will br detected, if still not; try inserting usb port about 80% or 90%(sometimes its cable problem, have faced many times ).. Do that nd u will be good to go... Hope i helped
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What i mean is, insert usb anf take it a bit back outside (like 10% of it, )..hope u et what i am saying !..all i mean is try adjusting it fr angles and throughs ....
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thanks for help,
issue with my phone is, it's detected by PC but not by odin, so it seems drives are present, also i have installed kies but still same issue....
Will try installing drivers and method you said to insert USB about 80 to 90%.
can i have link for sammy drivers

anup13 said:
thanks for help,
issue with my phone is, it's detected by PC but not by odin, so it seems drives are present, also i have installed kies but still same issue....
Will try installing drivers and method you said to insert USB about 80 to 90%.
can i have link for sammy drivers
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Yeah.. Then its usb connection problem ...
Wait..lemme give u link for it(but i dont think u need link as u have already installed drivers mahn).....
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raghavsharmaxda said:
Yeah.. Then its usb connection problem ...
Wait..lemme give u link for it(but i dont think u need link as u have already installed drivers mahn).....
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tried as suggested, to insert USB cable as 80-90% but no luck, phone gets detected in MTP mode, but not in odin... tried with 4,5 different cables.. but same result (all samsung provided cables only)..
do i need to do any changes in setting, or any other changes ( i have kept USB debugging on. )
is there any other way to flash to custom rom other than odin..

anup13 said:
tried as suggested, to insert USB cable as 80-90% but no luck, phone gets detected in MTP mode, but not in odin... tried with 4,5 different cables.. but same result (all samsung provided cables only)..
do i need to do any changes in setting, or any other changes ( i have kept USB debugging on. )
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Don't use Samsung cables use different one in my case i used old Nokia usb cable and it worked...

anup13 said:
tried as suggested, to insert USB cable as 80-90% but no luck, phone gets detected in MTP mode, but not in odin... tried with 4,5 different cables.. but same result (all samsung provided cables only)..
do i need to do any changes in setting, or any other changes ( i have kept USB debugging on. )
is there any other way to flash to custom rom other than odin..
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Are you getting a notification/warning message like USB device not recognized?
Try this too... Go to download mode by pressing the keys... Connect cable to your phone but not to pc. When u press volume up to continue. Insert the cable to usb 2.0 port of your computer.
I mean insert the cable in to PC qt the same time when you press Volume Up key when prompted to continue to download mode.
The above method is just for a try.The problem may be with your phone/drivers. Drivers which are essential to detect usb phone flashing parent. Bt kies is enough.
So may be a problem with your download mode.
Sent From Galaxy Grand running RR 5.0.6

Uninstall all drivers n kies as well....restart ur pc n install again from scratch....n try...it happened with me many times...just suggestion...

DMJoh said:
Are you getting a notification/warning message like USB device not recognized?
Try this too... Go to download mode by pressing the keys... Connect cable to your phone but not to pc. When u press volume up to continue. Insert the cable to usb 2.0 port of your computer.
I mean insert the cable in to PC qt the same time when you press Volume Up key when prompted to continue to download mode.
The above method is just for a try.The problem may be with your phone/drivers. Drivers which are essential to detect usb phone flashing parent. Bt kies is enough.
So may be a problem with your download mode.
Sent From Galaxy Grand running RR 5.0.6
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Thanks for you help. it worked.. now odin is able to detect my phone.. :good:

anup13 said:
Thanks for you help. it worked.. now odin is able to detect my phone.. :good:
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Thats Great!! HAppy to hear that :laugh: :good:

DMJoh said:
Are you getting a notification/warning message like USB device not recognized?
Try this too... Go to download mode by pressing the keys... Connect cable to your phone but not to pc. When u press volume up to continue. Insert the cable to usb 2.0 port of your computer.
I mean insert the cable in to PC qt the same time when you press Volume Up key when prompted to continue to download mode.
The above method is just for a try.The problem may be with your phone/drivers. Drivers which are essential to detect usb phone flashing parent. Bt kies is enough.
So may be a problem with your download mode.
Sent From Galaxy Grand running RR 5.0.6
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Thanks alot man, it worked great! i had the same problem as above!

Odin is not detecting my phone
I have tried almost all methods, but still my samsung i9082 is not detected by odin. And when ever i connect my samsung with laptop during download mode.. One driver is shown as not installed name "CDC serial".
Please help

Not Detecting Odin + Dnt have CWM , and need custom rom
i have same problem , it says Base Station Not Installed ,
1. I am unable to enter to recovery mode it goes on both volume up+ home + power & volume down+ home + power , into download mode .
2. I need to flash custom rom and want any CWM so i can go to recovery mode whenever i want
3. When i factory reset from setting , it only runss on android cartoon , and after that it goes straight to screen , no language selection as we do in all androids after reset by clicking next next , but it goes directly to screen.
Install every driver , and also changed phone , buy another one but same problem
Please sir help me regarding above issues i will be greatful to you .
Thanks & Regards,
Inayat

inayat1988 said:
Install every driver , and also changed phone , buy another one but same problem
Please sir help me regarding above issues i will be greatful to you .
Thanks & Regards,
Inayat
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What do you mean exactly by changed phone and buy another one?

INVALID IMEIs / SIMS not working
Dear Sir,
I got that i need IMEI fixing as it is showing invalid both imeis. (board is MT6572)
1. Set is LG L Bello , info is given in pix attched please.
2. For rooting Tried almost all methods GUI but all failed rooting.
3. Tried To fix IMEI from MTK-DROID-TOOLS , showing errors, pix are attached.
Please help me to flash CWM , Root my device and fix Invalid IMEIs issue.
Note : all info i considered needed for you to help me, is attached in shape of pix
Best Regards,
Inayat

please help me and save me
please help me my grand 2 is made by Vietnam, and its not detectable in any of the trick mentioned above , please help me , one thing when i plug my mobile with pc , and check the my pc properties , it shows yun os interface .. please help me how i can able to detect this interface with odinn please help ...

Cant connect my Grand to pc

I cant connnect through usb because my pc doesnt recognize it, kies neither, I have tried differents usb cables, differents pc and nothing
I have read that I have to change the usb mode to pda using the code *#7284# on the phone dial, but when I use it and select pda it restarts and when I put the code again the pda its toggled off I dont know what else can I do??
Please help!
Edit: the phone its on stock 4.1.2, its rooted and has cwm installed, and cant udpate though ota cause its says that the device its modificed

Ofwolfman said:
I cant connnect through usb because my pc doesnt recognize it, kies neither, I have tried differents usb cables, differents pc and nothing
I have read that I have to change the usb mode to pda using the code *#7284# on the phone dial, but when I use it and select pda it restarts and when I put the code again the pda its toggled off I dont know what else can I do??
Please help!
Edit: the phone its on stock 4.1.2, its rooted and has cwm installed, and cant udpate though ota cause its says that the device its modificed
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If u wanna do ota update dn u gtta unroot your phone.. U can try triangle away app.. Or if u wanna flash via odin then first you should download 'usb driver for grand.' install it and ur pc should detect it

Kishan14 said:
If u wanna do ota update dn u gtta unroot your phone.. U can try triangle away app.. Or if u wanna flash via odin then first you should download 'usb driver for grand.' install it and ur pc should detect it
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I have usb driver installed, and my pc still doesnt detect it, I have tried the triangle away app as well, but it keeps searching for the ota udpate forever
I cant flash using odin because my pc doesn t detect it, maybe if someone has a flashable through cwm zip file of stock 4.2.2 maybe Usb will fix or atleast I could be installing some custom rom

Ofwolfman said:
I cant connnect through usb because my pc doesnt recognize it, kies neither, I have tried differents usb cables, differents pc and nothing
I have read that I have to change the usb mode to pda using the code *#7284# on the phone dial, but when I use it and select pda it restarts and when I put the code again the pda its toggled off I dont know what else can I do??
Please help!
Edit: the phone its on stock 4.1.2, its rooted and has cwm installed, and cant udpate though ota cause its says that the device its modificed
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Have you checked in Device manager to see if Drivers are working,
GOTO device manager on PC
Connect fone via USB and check Device tree as in pic 1
You Should see Samsung/Android, possibly 2, one is ADB, and other in USB as in pic 2.
YOU MAY HAVE YELLOW TRIANGLE indicating an issue
either way , RIGHT CLICK opposite Samsung USB and try all options available, Enable/disable, AS IN pic 3
check properties and try options
UPDATE DRIVER
1.BROWSE MY COMPUTER
2.LET ME PICK FROM LIST OF DEVICES
3.SELECT SAMSUNG USB DRIVERS
OPTION 4. IF 3. DOESNT WORK
SELECT HAVE DISK, AND BROWSE FOR UR DRIVERS ON UR PC.
This also works to flash using ADB with SDK installed

bodmar said:
Have you checked in Device manager to see if Drivers are working,
GOTO device manager on PC
Connect fone via USB and check Device tree as in pic 1
You Should see Samsung/Android, possibly 2, one is ADB, and other in USB as in pic 2.
YOU MAY HAVE YELLOW TRIANGLE indicating an issue
either way , RIGHT CLICK opposite Samsung USB and try all options available, Enable/disable, AS IN pic 3
check properties and try options
UPDATE DRIVER
1.BROWSE MY COMPUTER
2.LET ME PICK FROM LIST OF DEVICES
3.SELECT SAMSUNG USB DRIVERS
OPTION 4. IF 3. DOESNT WORK
SELECT HAVE DISK, AND BROWSE FOR UR DRIVERS ON UR PC.
This also works to flash using ADB with SDK installed
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Thank you for the answer but I tried everything and still the device is still showing as "unknown device",:crying:
I dont know if someone could make a flashable zip file of stock 4.2.2?, so I can update my phone atleast

ODIN isn't recognizing my note 2 in download mode

The title says it all... ODIN recognizes my phone when its on and it isn't recognizing it when in download mode.

Have you install the drivers ?

Chrisamgad said:
The title says it all... ODIN recognizes my phone when its on and it isn't recognizing it when in download mode.
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1. Enable USB debugging
2. Install usb drivers. Check.
3. Odin is extra sensitive. Try a different port. Not all usb ports are the same.
4. If this fails, buy a different data cable.
5. If still disconnected, in download mode, remove phone battery while ur phone is still connected to PC and quickly put it back. This sometimes works.
Report back.
Press thumps up if you found this suggestion helpful.
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