i cant get into download mode at all. im on the tmobile version t989 and i tried everything. i did the official update to ics thru odin and now i wanted a pure android rom but i cant get into download mode. i think the problem is that i can only get into download mode when im connected to the computer but my computer or any computer for that matter wont recognize my gs2. i ordered a usb jig but was also thinking of replacing the usb port of the phone. i really have no idea what to do and was hoping someone here would beable to help me. btw when i plug it in to the computer all it does is charge and i can still boot into recovery but its android stock recovery. and i have tried to reinstall kies and have kies reinstall the drivers and go into the kies folder and run the exe file in USB drivers folder. nnothing seems to work. i dont know if it has anything to do with not having Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite device in device manager.
any advice would be greatly appreciated
thanx
Let's just make sure you're following the right steps. Remove the battery for ten seconds, insert the battery, press and hold volume up + volume down and then plug the usb cable that is already connected to your computer. Continue holding the volume keys until the phone turns on into download mode. You press volume up to continue once download mode is down on the screen.
The power button is not used when booting into download mode.
Make sure you have Odin open before you connect the phone and you should see your phone connected. Then you can flash the stock ics for Odin found in development.
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Post your general location.
Maybe a local can hook it up to their computer and give it a try.
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tried it
i did that like other people have said to do but as soon as i plug in the usb it goes straight to the battery charging image. i have odin open i turned off and let the battery ist for 10seconds then i hold both vol up and down and plug in the usb and as soon as it plugs in it goes to the battey no samsung no tmobile logo just a charging battery.
what else can i try
Did you try another USB cord? I know it sounds funny but the cord from my g2x will not allow me to connect to PC with my gs2...just saying it might help...or try to reinstall the drivers
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lol you upgraded from a g2x too.
yeah i have like 4 different cords and none of them work now but to get the updated 4.0.3 i had to use the cord it came with and that along with the other cords i have only charge now. i dont think its a problem with the cord that im using but thnx
forgot to mension a usb jig
i bought a usb jig its comming in the mail. would i beable to use that to get into download mode and get back to 2.3 when things were working?
Had the same problem with the wifes gs2. No matter what i tried, the phone would not be recognized when connected to a pc. It is a known hardware problem affecting some phones. I called up tmobile on saturday and they offered to overnight a new replacement. I suggest you try giving them a call.
i'll try tmobile
only thing is that i dont hav a warranty because i bought it from ebay but i will try thanx
Have you tried blowing a can of air in the usb port? Sometimes dirt or debit gets in there and causes it not to get a good connection.
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but it charges fine would dust cause it to loose connection to the computer and still let it charge?
Might also try removing battery, hold volume keys, hook up to computer, then reinsert battery.
Edit: Have you tried different ports on the pc? Mine, won't connect on one port.
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TheBiggVan said:
but it charges fine would dust cause it to loose connection to the computer and still let it charge?
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Scrub it with a tooth brush. Bought mine from Craigslist and it would charge but computer would not recognize USB connection. That did the trick for me
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Might be helpfull
Maybe i can help,
I know you're on t-mobile but maybe button combination changed or might be helpfull info....
I have the telus version of the SGS2 the ''X'' version..
I tried every possible ways to get access to the download mode but here is the problem i found.. the button combination to get access to the download mode is different from the t-mobile version.
On Telus version if you hold both volume up and volume down while holding the power button nothing will happen and it will only get in bootloop.
If you want to get access to the CWM recovery ( if installed ) or the original installation you have to hold both volume up and volume down but when you press the power button you have to release it when the phone vibrates and keep pressing the 2 volume buttons.
If you want to get access to download mode : you need to keep pressing only volume down and power button.. it will get you download mode after something like 3 seconds. Then it will show you a warning screen and ask you to press volume up to continue or volume down to cancel and restart the phone..
I taught it might help you or others with similar problems
I guess what i realy want is to beable to flash a different rom
is there any other way to flash a custom rom without using download mode. i would like to beable to connect to my computer but the whole point is to get a different rom because i dont like samsungs ICS. i want a pure android 4.0 rom with working camera. can any body please help me
i have tried that
manudion12 said:
Maybe i can help,
I know you're on t-mobile but maybe button combination changed or might be helpfull info....
I have the telus version of the SGS2 the ''X'' version..
I tried every possible ways to get access to the download mode but here is the problem i found.. the button combination to get access to the download mode is different from the t-mobile version.
On Telus version if you hold both volume up and volume down while holding the power button nothing will happen and it will only get in bootloop.
If you want to get access to the CWM recovery ( if installed ) or the original installation you have to hold both volume up and volume down but when you press the power button you have to release it when the phone vibrates and keep pressing the 2 volume buttons.
If you want to get access to download mode : you need to keep pressing only volume down and power button.. it will get you download mode after something like 3 seconds. Then it will show you a warning screen and ask you to press volume up to continue or volume down to cancel and restart the phone..
I taught it might help you or others with similar problems
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This was one of the methods i tried to get into download mode but i think that it goes into download mode when odin is open and the usb is plugged in. this is where i think im having the problem because when i connect to the computer all im getting is a charge no matter what usb i use or what computer i go to. if my computer wont recognize it then odin wont know that its connected and i cant flash any custom rom if i cant use odin.
i was hoping that there was another way to flash custom roms without having to use odin or download mode.
is there any way to do that.
also i can get into download mode using the jig but it doesnt realy help anything if odin still doesnt recognize it
THANK YOU
Thank you again! All this time I was doing it wrong way!!!
vendellarossa said:
Thank you again! All this time I was doing it wrong way!!!
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Yeah? So how did you fix it? Share your knowledge so that we can also benefit.
Stuck in charging
Hey Bro My Galaxy s2 stuck on charging .
not getting ON .
at download or recovery mode .
when i unplug the charger . my phone even dont start ?????
Sorry for my english
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Hi
Just got my note 2 and was going to try and flash stock 4.1.2 via odin, but for the life of me cant get it into safe mode, press and hold power down + home button then press power??
I do this and I get to a warning screen with a yellow triangle, a custom os can cause critical problems etc etc, volume up to continue or volume down to cancel?
scrap that ive done it now, just pressed up lol and ive gone in
lol was wondering
Haha yeah serves me right for try so late didnt both in the end as I think my firmware download was corrupt
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can we use USB Jig?
Can we use USB jig to re make and activate download mode?
for this kind of clone phone. if not how they install this rom on it?
got kernel all
hehe
showthread.php?t=2084222&page=2
hi everyone,,, 2 days looking for anwer to my question.. and couldnt find any thread to help me..soo, i m posting one..!!
heres the scienerio:
i hve custom rom called "milestone 1" and i have rooted galaxy s2 with clockworkmod recovery.. and i wanna go back to to my ics.. :crying:
everytime i hold volume up+down+power button i do not get downloading screen.. infact i get the cwm recovery screen...
and i have been trying 2 days using odin to flash to stock ics.. but everytime it fails... i have also tried to download my stock ics to sd card and then to go through cwm recovery mod screen and clicking upadate from sd card, but the stock ics software file never shows up on sd card in cwm recovery mode.....!! (ics stock file is a .zip file)
i just wanna go back to my old ics 4.0.3...and i also i wanna get download screen instead of cwm recovery screen..!!
any help will be appreciated.
thanks
Make sure USB Cable is connected to computer. Hold volume up+down don't let go, plug USB Cable to phone. When it vibrate, you'll get your download mode.
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muasxees said:
Make sure USB Cable is connected to computer. Hold volume up+down don't let go, plug USB Cable to phone. When it vibrate, you'll get your download mode.
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i have tried connecting with usb cable and then do volume up+down+power.. but it still boots to cwm recovery screen....download screen does nver appears... :crying:
babalgill said:
i have tried connecting with usb cable and then do volume up+down+power.. but it still boots to cwm recovery screen....download screen does nver appears... :crying:
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Read the post again. He never said to press the power button.
Hi, You could try an unbrick jig , its super easy to make or cheap to buy. This thing gets you in download mode instantly!
All my problems:
Stuck in bootloop
Cannot boot into recovery
Cannot connect to odin
Thought it was usb connector port, but got that fixed, and problem still persists.
Anyone, please help me.
necrid11 said:
All my problems:
Stuck in bootloop
Cannot boot into recovery
Cannot connect to odin
Thought it was usb connector port, but got that fixed, and problem still persists.
Anyone, please help me.
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You can't get into with volume and power keys?
necrid11 said:
All my problems:
Stuck in bootloop
Cannot boot into recovery
Cannot connect to odin
Thought it was usb connector port, but got that fixed, and problem still persists.
Anyone, please help me.
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What did you do? Have you put the phone in download mode? (Volume up while off plug in to PC) ive had that problem before and all i did was download mode and reload twrp.
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You can wipe the drivers and clean install as precaution
richardlibeau said:
You can't get into with volume and power keys?
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No, it just keeps pulsing until i let go, then goes straight into bootloop. Can't get past android logo on stock firmware. myphone feels like a paper weight right now. It refuses to do anything
Mrheineken08 said:
What did you do? Have you put the phone in download mode? (Volume up while off plug in to PC) ive had that problem before and all i did was download mode and reload twrp.
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You can wipe the drivers and clean install as precaution
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I cant do a single thing, its not being detected by odin, I cant go into recovery, I cant get to my home screen. unless thers another way to connect to PC
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Sounds like a sticky power button to me maybe
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thakrew317 said:
Sounds like a sticky power button to me maybe
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Opened the housing to check, and its not that
Did you restart your pc after installing drivers?
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necrid11 said:
No, it just keeps pulsing until i let go, then goes straight into bootloop. Can't get past android logo on stock firmware. myphone feels like a paper weight right now. It refuses to do anything
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Are you only letting go of the power button? It sounds like you are letting go of all the buttons at the same time.
Try -
Pulling battery, leave it out for a second or two
Put the battery in...If it powers on automagically, sticky power button as suggested.
If it's still off, hold both Vol keys and hit the power button..You'll see the Samsung logo and then a progressive slider...Should boot into recovery (Factory or custom)
Can't go into recovery? Press the vol up and power and make sure USB is connected and running ODIN or ADB and you should see Windows trying to install some drivers...
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Try -
Pulling battery, leave it out for a second or two
Put the battery in...If it powers on automagically, sticky power button as suggested.
If it's still off, hold both Vol keys and hit the power button..You'll see the Samsung logo and then a progressive slider...Should boot into recovery (Factory or custom)
Can't go into recovery? Press the vol up and power and make sure USB is connected and running ODIN or ADB and you should see Windows trying to install some drivers...
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Did all the above, computer still not recognizing usb, not going into recovery, and when i put the battery in it didnt turn on, so no sticky key. Im losing hope :[
No, I only let go of power button when I try to get into these modes. And yes I did restart my PC after i reinstalled drivers.
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please help
If you have a T989 and you pressed both volume keys and plugged the USB into your computer and couldn't get into download mode I am not sure what to tell you.
Buy a usb jig/dongle. With the phone off insert the dongle in the usb port of the phone and turn the phone on. It should put it into download mode. The fact you can see the Samsung logo indicates it isn't hard bricked and you should be able to get the phone into download mode. I also had issues getting into download mode when using the button combo so I got the usb dongle and it puts it into download mode every single time. They costs only a few bucks so it's worth giving it a shot.
Maybe its your data cable.
Mrheineken08 said:
Maybe its your data cable.
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+1
Try another PC or cable - Did you ever explain how you got into this predicament?
smokinjoe2122 said:
+1
Try another PC or cable - Did you ever explain how you got into this predicament?
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Tried 5 different cables INCLUDING a brand new one AND the original. It started with a charing port repair done by a "profressionals. Then the phone could charge, but could be recognized on a PC OR through download mode by odin. Which led to a hard reset, which led to it hanging on the samsung logo, which led to another hard reset, which led to a bootloop and no recognition through any program. Now i have a paper weight that can charge....
Hey so two days ago my S3 crashed and wouldn't turn on again. I've tried the home button + vol up/down +pwr and nothing. I've tried putting i another battery, still nothing. When I connect it to my computer it makes a chime so its recognizing it.
I bought the phone from a friend like a year ago it was rooted and was running task650s rom. It hasn't been updated for like 6 months though. How can I hook it up to my computer and flash the stock rom if I cant get it into download mode?
anybody?
Can you get into download mode with a USB jig?
audit13 said:
Can you get into download mode with a USB jig?
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A what?
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/need-a-samsung-usb-jig-build-your-own/
i have a tmobile galaxy s2 sgh-t989. i did a hard reset on the phone and something went wrong. When it rebooted and powered on i now have a black screen and a no sync error in little box. the time, bluetooth, wifi all still work. My computer doesnt recognize the phone is plugged to usb, So using odin isn't working. the phone won't go into DOWNLOAD MODE. i have kies, samsung drivers all installed on pc. I have tried using a sd card and using .zip files to recover. "E: signature verification failed" error is all i keep getting when trying the sd card method. i believe the rom is stock, ANDROID SYS RECOVERY <3e> blue screen comes on when holding vol+/-. is my phone a brick or can it be fixed is my question. i dont want to keep wasting my time if this cant be fixed.
MoneyJohnnYinCLeveland said:
i have a tmobile galaxy s2 sgh-t989. i did a hard reset on the phone and something went wrong. When it rebooted and powered on i now have a black screen and a no sync error in little box. the time, bluetooth, wifi all still work. My computer doesnt recognize the phone is plugged to usb, So using odin isn't working. the phone won't go into DOWNLOAD MODE. i have kies, samsung drivers all installed on pc. I have tried using a sd card and using .zip files to recover. "E: signature verification failed" error is all i keep getting when trying the sd card method. i believe the rom is stock, ANDROID SYS RECOVERY <3e> blue screen comes on when holding vol+/-. is my phone a brick or can it be fixed is my question. i dont want to keep wasting my time if this cant be fixed.
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You will not be able to flash anything in stock recovery. To get into download mode, unplug the battery, plug into computer with Odin opened, hold power and two volume buttons, insert battery. You can then flash stock ROM in Odin.
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jrc2 said:
You will not be able to flash anything in stock recovery. To get into download mode, unplug the battery, plug into computer with Odin opened, hold power and two volume buttons, insert battery. You can then flash stock ROM in Odin.
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i have tried every method on this site. phone just wont go to download mode for sh*t. all i get is the recovery menu
MoneyJohnnYinCLeveland said:
i have tried every method on this site. phone just wont go to download mode for ****. all i get is the recovery menu
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Did you try what I just posted? If you can get into recovery, you have to be able to boot into download mode somehow.
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jrc2 said:
Did you try what I just posted? If you can get into recovery, you have to be able to boot into download mode somehow.
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yes sir. tried vol+/vol- + power and plugging usb into phone. also tried leaving cord in pc and phone with battery out, then putting it back in while holding vol buttons. i release power button after the little vibrate when first turning phone on. nothing still. i ordered a jig off ebay hoping it will get into download mode.
MoneyJohnnYinCLeveland said:
yes sir. tried vol+/vol- + power and plugging usb into phone. also tried leaving cord in pc and phone with battery out, then putting it back in while holding vol buttons. i release power button after the little vibrate when first turning phone on. nothing still. i ordered a jig off ebay hoping it will get into download mode.
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The jig should work. I found that it works better to hold it in passed the vibration until you see the download mode screen. And it is plug USB into computer and phone without pushing any buttons and then hold the 3 button combo in. If you want and easy way to root and install custom recovery once you are all fixed up, just let me know and I'll send ya some instructions.
Have a good evening,
jrc2
jrc2 said:
The jig should work. I found that it works better to hold it in passed the vibration until you see the download mode screen. And it is plug USB into computer and phone without pushing any buttons and then hold the 3 button combo in. If you want and easy way to root and install custom recovery once you are all fixed up, just let me know and I'll send ya some instructions.
Have a good evening,
jrc2
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thanks for the help. when i get the jig in a few days will post back
MoneyJohnnYinCLeveland said:
thanks for the help. when i get the jig in a few days will post back
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OK, that sounds great.
Have a good night
jrc2
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jrc2 said:
OK, that sounds great.
Have a good night
jrc2
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Got jig dongle in mail today. took battery off for a minute, put it in then jig. nothing still. dont know whats wrong with this phone. just wont go to download mode
MoneyJohnnYinCLeveland said:
Got jig dongle in mail today. took battery off for a minute, put it in then jig. nothing still. dont know whats wrong with this phone. just wont go to download mode
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Put the battery in and insert the jig maybe. Make sure it is charged.
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jrc2 said:
Put the battery in and insert the jig maybe. Make sure it is charged.
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yes nothing happening. when the phones battery is dying i do get a chance to hit battery usage button. it brings up a menu where i can change vpn, tehtering, etc menus. but tethering is not lit up as option. (not recognized) i can bluetooth, NFC transfer between 2 devices, i see all these options
Try this.
Unplug phone
Remove battery and wait 10 seconds
Plug phone into computer
Hold in three button combo
Insert battery
Keep holding 3 buttons until you see download mode.
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How to use jig
- Turn off your phone and pull out the battery for 2 seconds.
- Put the battery back in the device and don't turn it on.
- Plug the jig into the micro USB port on the phone.
- After about few seconds, your phone should boot up automatically and bring you straight into download mode.
- Unplug the jig.
- Connect your phone with USB cable to computer and then flash your phone via the program "odin".
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From http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/ref-usb-jig-faq-frequently-questions-t1402286
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Jig
jrc2 said:
Try this.
Unplug phone
Remove battery and wait 10 seconds
Plug phone into computer
Hold in three button combo
Insert battery
Keep holding 3 buttons until you see download mode.
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From http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/ref-usb-jig-faq-frequently-questions-t1402286
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when i hold all three buttons the phone doesnt go download mode. it just pulses until i let go of power button
MoneyJohnnYinCLeveland said:
when i hold all three buttons the phone doesnt go download mode. it just pulses until i let go of power button
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i took out battery for 10 seconds. did what you said the phone starts and just resets if i dont let go of power button.
FWIW, you only have to push both volume buttons when plugging into the computer to get to download mode.
meekrawb said:
FWIW, you only have to push both volume buttons when plugging into the computer to get to download mode.
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I was trying to trouble shoot since he said he had tried combos like that already. Idk why the jig didn't work when the phone boots, though. Would adb reboot download work without root?
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I was trying to trouble shoot since he said he had tried combos like that already. Idk why the jig didn't work when the phone boots, though. Would adb reboot download work without root?
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i tried the jig in my note 3. turned right into download mode. wont work on the s2. i have tried 3 button and 2 button combos. recovery mode when i plug cord in holding both vol+/-
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i tried the jig in my note 3. turned right into download mode. wont work on the s2. i have tried 3 button and 2 button combos. recovery mode when i plug cord in holding both vol+/-
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the phone hasnt been rooted. i believe it is stock. i have the android recovery <3e> blue wiriting in recovery top screen
MoneyJohnnYinCLeveland said:
the phone hasnt been rooted. i believe it is stock. i have the android recovery <3e> blue wiriting in recovery top screen
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when the phone is on. the screen is black and i get 1 "unable to sync" popup, and a few "application installer is not responding" wait/ok options
MoneyJohnnYinCLeveland said:
when the phone is on. the screen is black and i get 1 "unable to sync" popup, and a few "application installer is not responding" wait/ok options
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i can take out the battery and put it in the phone, phone does not power on unless i hit power button. if i have the phone plugged in to usb, powered off/ battery in, it powers on the phone, no buttons needed, but does not recognize the usb on pc. has had a new port put in the phone also, was told thats why phone wouldnt sync. had port replaced and still cant sync