first thing first, my USB connection to the pc cannot detect my memory card, it just displayed it as 'removable disk :E' although i had enable debugging, unknown source and msc mode.
second, after a factory reset, my phone lost functionality on home button and the screen won't lock.
is there any fix for these? will be very appreciating helps!
talzer said:
first thing first, my USB connection to the pc cannot detect my memory card, it just displayed it as 'removable disk :E' although i had enable debugging, unknown source and msc mode.
second, after a factory reset, my phone lost functionality on home button and the screen won't lock.
is there any fix for these? will be very appreciating helps!
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All you need to do for SD card problem is reinstall drivers on PC
For you home button, screen won't lock issue just flash a stock ftf to bring it back to normal(still unlocked)
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I had home button issue before no idea why but flashing stock or any full rom fixed it.
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I want to upgrade rom on may diamond but when conect the phone to my conputer the phone it just starts to charge. The computer does not detect him and I have activated usb conection on the phone.
I am using a standard miniusb cable used also for canon fotcamera, Nokia N95, motorola V3 (v360 L6, L7 etc.)
I did instaled Activesync on my computer but still no result.
You did no say which Win OS you are using - If Vista then you do not need activesync (AS) but windows mobile device centre or any other Win OS Before Vista then AS is what you need. AS needs to be installed before you connect your phone to the PC.
Have you restarted your PC first before install - this also helps sometimes
Try this....
Start>Settings>Connections>USB to PC and here ....uncheck the box Enable advanced network functionality
Just a reminder to please use the Internal Method when flashing a new Rom or Radio. Do not rely on your PC as errors occur more frequently.
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You did no say which Win OS you are using - If Vista then you do not need activesync (AS) but windows mobile device centre or any other Win OS Before Vista then AS is what you need. AS needs to be installed before you connect your phone to the PC.
Have you restarted your PC first before install - this also helps sometimes
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I am using Win XP SP2 and I have tried every thing that you said but nothing.
band27 said:
Try this....
Start>Settings>Connections>USB to PC and here ....uncheck the box Enable advanced network functionality
Just a reminder to please use the Internal Method when flashing a new Rom or Radio. Do not rely on your PC as errors occur more frequently.
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I did uncheck that box but without any results so now I will try internal method. But I'll have to send the file to the phone via bluetooth and see if it works.
band27 said:
Just a reminder to please use the Internal Method when flashing a new Rom or Radio. Do not rely on your PC as errors occur more frequently.
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How much is it supose to take "Internal method"?
After pressing Vol_Down + Back button it showed the three color screen then it changed to a white screen with loading on it and it stays like that (after pressing Vol_Down + Back button I didn't press nothing else).
The Internal Method shouldn't take you any longer then 2 min. or so.
Once you have started the flashing to begin in the Grey menu....it will eventually say OK...OK
and yes
at this stage you soft reset and press vol down and centre round button.
Grey menu then gives you a choice to reset back to manufactures settings which is what you want (vol UP)......this should take an additions 2 min. if that.
band27 said:
The Internal Method shouldn't take you any longer then 2 min. or so.
Once you have started the flashing to begin in the Grey menu....it will eventually say OK...OK
and yes
at this stage you soft reset and press vol down and centre round button.
Grey menu then gives you a choice to reset back to manufactures settings which is what you want (vol UP)......this should take an additions 2 min. if that.
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I have tried everything that you said and nothing.
The only diference is that now when I conect the cable to the phone it asks me witch mode to conect it (Activesync or storage), but the computer still doesn't see's it.
Tried another USB-cable?
chribruu said:
Tried another USB-cable?
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I tried with 3 diferent cables.
Have you tried putting your device into bootload mode (soft reset & vol. down) and the connecting to your pc. The bottom of your coloured screen should switch from serial to usb....If this switches to USB then you are good to go with downloading what ever Rom using the RUU_
Keep me posted...
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Have you tried putting your device into bootload mode (soft reset & vol. down) and the connecting to your pc. The bottom of your coloured screen should switch from serial to usb....If this switches to USB then you are good to go with downloading what ever Rom using the RUU_
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It doesn't switch's to usb it only shows "serial". If I put it into bootmode while it is conected to USB it shows nothing, not "USB" or "Serial" it's blank.
I am begining to belive that there is a hardware problem in my phone.
Do you have .NET framework installed on your PC! if not, get it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
Hi folks, I have a problem with my Verizon Xperia Play. I have installed Launcher Pro on it (big mistake) and set it as the default launcher.
Yesterday I tried to change the wallpaper using an app from the Market. When I pressed Save to save the new wallpaper, I then pressed home to get to the home screen, then tried to enter the camera app. That's it. That completely screwed up my phone. Now I cannot get into the Launcher Pro home screen at all. Because of that, I cannot get into the settings to clear the cache on the program. When I boot up I get the standard lock/unlock screen. The wallpaper is black. None of the unlock options work (they don't move at all). If I mash the screen enough times sometimes I get a force-close option on Launcher Pro. Clicking it does nothing (it just restarts Launcher Pro).
If I connect it to my PC I get the standard SD card message. I can mount the card but cannot see it in Windows Explorer. I also cannot drop the notifications bar (whether connected to the PC or not). Is there any way that I can clear the Launcher Pro cache from Windows? I also don't think that I have USB debugging enabled to use the SDK to uninstall the piece of crap program. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Anna
If you can't do anything, as a last resort you could bring up the energency dialer (from lockscreen) and type in a factory reset code
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Cannot enter dialer from lock screen.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I cannot do anything from the lock screen. My only options are press the power button (makes the screen go black), press the home button (makes the screen go black) and press the volume control (increases/decreases the volume but nothing appears on the screen). The other buttons do nothing. The screen fades to black after 30 seconds anyway due to the timeout setting on my phone.
Anna
Methinks thou might need this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350875
It's a restoration package for your phone that you apply with the Flashtool program. It will wipe your data, though.
If you don't want to resort to it, you can try your luck using ADB.
Thanks Logseman, I hope it doesn't come to that, I don't want to have to reinstall everything. After testing some more last night, I found that I could drop the notifications bar when connected to the PC. I can also mount the SD card and view the files within it. When I choose any of the notifications, the app that sent the notification will not open (eventually Android will offer to force-close the app). Is there any combination of button presses that will allow me to load an alternative home screen. Or reset the phone somehow? Can I put the phone in USB debugging mode over WIFI or USB, without using the phone itself? Or is all lost..
Anna
You can use adb to push the stock launcher app to /system/app/ then correct its permissions. Upon reboot, it should work. Or even use 'adb install' to install a different non-system launcher if you can get the apk for it
Hi Jacklebott, I did some testing yesterday with Android Injector, and I'm fairly certain that I do not have USB debugging switched on. I tried using it to install a new launcher program (ADW) and it said that USB debugging was not switched on. I tried it with a different Android phone (Orange San Francisco), where I switched on USB debugging on the phone, and it worked first time, so I think that Android Injector is setup correctly.
So, that leaves the following questions?
Can I switch on USB debugging mode from my PC (via WIFI or USB cable)?
Can I have remote access to the phone without having any access to the phone to install companion apps?
Can I root/install a new firmware without having USB debugging switched on?
Thanks for all your help friends, I appreciate it!
Anna
You can't have remote access to the phone without companion apps. And certainly you can't access debug mode from out of the phone, it would be a security flaw. However, you can (actually you must) switch off the phone to install a new firmware with Flashtool.
Thanks, can I install new firmware with Flashtool without having access to the phone? I don't think that I have USB debugging switched on
Anna
What do you mean you don't have access to the phone?
I mean that I cannot access any options on the phone at all, because it is both frozen on the lock screen, and I do not have USB debugging switched on
The only thing that I can do with it is change the volume, access the SD card, and occasionally drop the notification bar (if I mash the screen enough times).
Anna
Then just charge it to full capacity, switch it off, use Flashtool (look up my super compilation for a how-to) and flash the phone wiping data and all.
I'm reluctant to use Flashtool because I have a Verizon CDMA Play and I would have to pay to get it unlocked. In the meantime, how about using the Side Load Wonder machine? Would that work? Or does it just do the same thing as Android Injector? Also, I have been reading that apps should install over WIFI when downloaded from the Market. If all was correct, I should be able to log into the Market webpage from the PC, choose an app, have it download to my phone, and install. Is that correct? Would I have to press OK to install it? I tried it with my Orange San Francisco and the new app never showed up (it too is WIFI only - no 3G data).
Thanks for all your help!
Anna
AnnaDougherty said:
Thanks, can I install new firmware with Flashtool without having access to the phone? I don't think that I have USB debugging switched on
Anna
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Do you have a locked bootloader? And yes you can use flashtool, usb debugging is not needed as device is connected in flash mode.
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Apps downloaded on a pc usually download automatically for me, no need to press anything on the phone
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You don't need an unlocked bootloader to use flashtool. It's only needed to use fastboot.
I think you're only hope is to start fresh by reinstalling the firmware with flashtool. You don't even need root to do that, it's all done on the PC end.
Fixed!!
Fixed now!! What I had to do was to run SE Update rather than PC Connect to update the phone, the difference being that SE Update is run when the phone is initially switched off, while PC Connect is run when the phone is switched on (and therefore locked due to the frozen unlock screen). SE Update avoided the frozen lockscreen and updated successsfully! Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate it, 10 gold stars for all of you!
Best wishes,
Anna
All is well that ends well ^^ enjoy your Play!
S3 screen is totally dead including touch. We cannot enter the PIN to unlock the device due to dead screen. We need to get the pictures from the internal SDcard/built-in storage.
We tried booting into recovery mode (we used another S3 to test the timing since we can't see the screen). Once in recovery mode we used the Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit, it recognizes the device/serial number but trying to pull data it says "waiting for USB debugging" - how can we get past this?? I even tried with a working S3 and even in recovery mode it still says waiting for USB debugging.
How can we get to the files?
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androidnoob10 said:
S3 screen is totally dead including touch. We cannot enter the PIN to unlock the device due to dead screen. We need to get the pictures from the internal SDcard/built-in storage.
We tried booting into recovery mode (we used another S3 to test the timing since we can't see the screen). Once in recovery mode we used the Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit, it recognizes the device/serial number but trying to pull data it says "waiting for USB debugging" - how can we get past this?? I even tried with a working S3 and even in recovery mode it still says waiting for USB debugging.
How can we get to the files?
Thank you,
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Without usb debugging turned on, you won't be able that way (or any ADB based way).
You can try to get in recovery and mounting your sd card. (will have to use you other S3 to know how many times you need to go down).
One thing though, even with the PIN to unlock, when the phone is on and plugged to the pc, shouldn't you be able to see the storage?
damn PIN
BWolf56 said:
Without usb debugging turned on, you won't be able that way (or any ADB based way).
You can try to get in recovery and mounting your sd card. (will have to use you other S3 to know how many times you need to go down).
One thing though, even with the PIN to unlock, when the phone is on and plugged to the pc, shouldn't you be able to see the storage?
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A computer can see the device but when you go into it no drives/shares appear until you enter the PIN in the phone, as soon as you enter the PIN the storage appears with all pics and such.
androidnoob10 said:
A computer can see the device but when you go into it no drives/shares appear until you enter the PIN in the phone, as soon as you enter the PIN the storage appears with all pics and such.
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Ah ok. Well flashing a ROM will remove the PIN lock so that's another option (stock included).
Never tried, but just a thought: what if you connect USB keyboard through micro USB port, then enable Debugging.
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hi. I encountered a problem on my phone that doesn't boot properly.
When i tried to switch on my phone it showed at first the welcome msg "Samsung S4 mini gt-i9192" then after that, a pitch black screen, could not properly boot. But i learn that it does not turns off after the screen turns all black, i have to press the power button first to turn off the phone.
This problem started when i installed an app with some compatibility problems.
I wanted to root my phone hoping that can solve the problem, but then again a problem occurred when i tried to connect my phone to my laptop. It fails to install MTP usb device to my computer. I tried connecting it again provided that samsung kies was installed but again failed to connect my phone. Therefore i cant root my phone because i cant copy the files needed to root to my phone sd card.
I tried reinstalling kies, installing mtp drivers but nothing happened. I tried also restoring the previous boot image, restoring factory settings using recovery mode. But then problem still exist.
And fyi my phone can't mount any external sd card using recovery mode. And i think it was not in a debugging mode.
Phone: samsung s4 mini gt-i9192
firmware: i dont know
So basically, the problem is:
my phone wont boot,
i cant connect it to my pc
and i cant root it.
How should i root or even flash my phone when i cant connect to my computer? Do you have any idea on how to solve this problem? Any solutions or suggestions would be much appreciated. tnx.
champagneerantja
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Have you tried putting the phone in download mode (Volume Down + Home + Power) and then connecting it your p,c , if not give this a shot it should pick up the drivers , once done , take out the usb cable hold the power the button to shut down and boot up .
since you have not mentioned your OS am assuming it is windows , try taking out Kies via some software like revo uninstaller which will remove all directories plus all registry entires then reinstall it if you really need it.
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Have you tried putting the phone in download mode (Volume Down + Home + Power) and then connecting it your p,c , if not give this a shot it should pick up the drivers , once done , take out the usb cable hold the power the button to shut down and boot up .
since you have not mentioned your OS am assuming it is windows , try taking out Kies via some software like revo uninstaller which will remove all directories plus all registry entires then reinstall it if you really need it.
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tried both yet still unable to connect.
emzgames said:
tried both yet still unable to connect.
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dial *#0808# from your cell this would take you in usb settings, tick both mtp+adb , reboot , if they art already ticked uncheck them and check them again.
dovakinn said:
dial *#0808# from your cell this would take you in usb settings, tick both mtp+adb , reboot , if they art already ticked uncheck them and check them again.
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im afraid i cant do this coz i cant boot my phone properly, up to welcome msg only then screen black out, but not power off.
emzgames said:
im afraid i cant do this coz i cant boot my phone properly, up to welcome msg only then screen black out, but not power off.
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ohhh best take your cell to your nearest service center then . if you can't flash anything and usb is not getting detected i don't see any other option , maybe someone more experienced here can help.
dovakinn said:
ohhh best take your cell to your nearest service center then . if you can't flash anything and usb is not getting detected i don't see any other option , maybe someone more experienced here can help.
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yah, thats what im thinking. i just brought this here hoping to solve this problem without going to a shop. thanks anyway.
aac. To me put your phone in download mode then use moborobo(a windows software) . Just open it and it will install the driver. If it dies not work then use adb installer . Remember you should have only any one of the software at one tim means either moborobo or kies or adb installer
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btw have you tried to boot the phone in safe mode ?? if it boots in safe mode it is still fixable without going to service center. power down , power up+ tap the menu button 3 or 4 times at THE same time to boot into safe mode if it boots into safe mode that means the hardware and OS is fine if it does not well then your out of luck.
dovakinn said:
btw have you tried to boot the phone in safe mode ?? if it boots in safe mode it is still fixable without going to service center. power down , power up+ tap the menu button 3 or 4 times at THE same time to boot into safe mode if it boots into safe mode that means the hardware and OS is fine if it does not well then your out of luck.
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tnx man, but no luck..
Tried flashing a custom rom?
Hello all....really appreciate some assistance here.
Wifes phone kept scanning for media...I thought ok....stop the service and re-boot.....once re-booted it was android welcome screen and internal storage is gone.
I don't mean empty....I mean gone! There is no internal storage over USB computer connection, in phone storage or anything. Cannot install apps, but if anything is configured, once reboot.....same thing, back to welcome screen.
When trying to connect to PC using USB Debugging, the message is USB debugging connected as installer.
I've tried factory hard reset by volume down+ power......but it doesn't go into the process, just hangs.
I've tried flashing via kdz via flash tool and download mode......but reboot still has same problem.
Lastly....Bell has me by the balls, so no options for early upgrade, and downgrading the plan costs more (go figure).
Can anybody please help.....Thanks so much in advance!
Shutdown the phone. Press volume down and power button, make a hard reset... Check if it works
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Hi MZ....tried that already....any other thoughts?
Tried this all:?
Flash kdz
Hard reset
Factory reset (kinda useless infront of both others)
Then it might be hardware damaged! :/
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