[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
Sent from Squishy's N⁴!
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.
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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
I tried to install new software with odin but my pc shut down during the process. Now the phone shows a message to recover with kies but I can`t connect with computer. When I try with odin I get a message "can not connect with stock COM port". Can someone help me to recover the phone and get it working? Thanks!
I SUCCEEDED TO FLASH PHIL`S RECOVERY AND IT`S FIXED
My device is soft bricked. Booting it returns the error I wrote in the title (picture at http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/how-to-fix-firmware-upgrade-encountered-an-issue-on-kies/). However I can't use the solution given at that link because Kies doesn't connect with my device (it's stuck saying "connecting..."). And I can't use Odin because I have a Mac (or mobile odin because my device is bricked). I tried using Jodin3 (http://casual-dev.com/2014/01/04/jodin3-web-browser-or-offline-flashing-tool/) to flash the kitkat tar file I found on Sammobile.com, but I've encountered loads of errors in it and it's just not working.
Any help you could offer would be much appreciated, again with the considerations that I only have a mac, not a PC. Thank you so much.
Hi,
I am a local repair shop for phones, tablets, iDevices, laptops, pc's etc and I have a customer's phone here Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7105 that am pretty sure they have tried to flash it with some dodgy ROM and hard-bricked it. It is stuck in a boot loop so I can not boot into the android system to change anything in there. When I put it into download mode and connect to the PC (any PC/Laptop), windows says "The device has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it". I have tried going into device manager on the PC and uninstalling the UNKNOWN DEVICE, then pressing "Scan for hardware changes' and letting windows try to install the drivers again but it immediately comes up "Driver was not successfully installed' and goes straight back to being an unknown device, so using the cable and Odin seems to not be an option. I also have the Samsung USB drivers installed.
This is what I have also tried installing from the SD card in recovery, however I am getting the 'E:signature verification failed' error on all of them:
~ Installing the firmware
~ Installing Clockwork Recovery
~ SuperSU v2.46 (this also gives 2 'Failed to verify whole-file signature' errors as well as the normal 'signature verification failed' error)
~ TWRP 2.8.7.0
I tried CWM because in my searching, I saw that if I install that, I can disable the signature verification, however I can not install that because I get the 'E:signature verification failed' error.
I am pretty much at an end as to what to do now.
Again to sum up:
~ Can't boot into Android system (stuck in boot loop)
~ Can't use the cable and PC (device not recognized/device malfunctioned/unknown device)
~ E:signature verification failed' error with anything I try to install from recovery mode
Does anyone have any ideas ?
Hello, whenever I try flashing my Samsung Galaxy with Odin 3.14.1 Patched, I am getting "Can't open the serial(COM) port." I have tried using multiple USB cables and ports, nothing is working. Are there any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks!