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Computer does not recognize my Phone HELLLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!

Ok sorry to be posting the same thread again but i cant seem to get any help ive tried asking in other threads but got no help.........so no computer will recognize my phone i need to odin back to stock to take my phone into the sprint store cause i cant hear anyone except through the headset or bluetooth i have
i have tried reinstalling drivers 3 different usb cords and 2 computers one was a PC and the other was a Laptop both used to work now nothing if there isnt a way to get it to recgonize it is there anyway else to get back to stock id really appriciate ur help
btw im on the newest sfr 1.2

thall302559 said:
Ok sorry to be posting the same thread again but i cant seem to get any help ive tried asking in other threads but got no help.........so no computer will recognize my phone i need to odin back to stock to take my phone into the sprint store cause i cant hear anyone except through the headset or bluetooth i have
i have tried reinstalling drivers 3 different usb cords and 2 computers one was a PC and the other was a Laptop both used to work now nothing if there isnt a way to get it to recgonize it is there anyway else to get back to stock id really appriciate ur help
btw im on the newest sfr 1.2
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I read something about not using a computer to root; but I could not find anything on getting back to stock without a computer (the question was posed on a few different sites).
My only thought would be to have someone on stock rom, to root and do a backup with CWM; then copy that backup folder off their phone to someplace you could download it using your phone (like google documents).
then you could boot to recovery and flash EXT42RFS.zip from :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1109362
then use cwm to restore from that backup and it would put stock ec05 on your phone; seemingly back to stock except for the recovery.

thats what i was thinking also couldnt find a downloadable back up to put on to my phone if any one is willing to help me with a flashable backup for clockwork mod im using version 3.0.0.6 i think

Similar issue.
I am looking into a solution. Let me get right back at you.

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I am looking into a solution. Let me get right back at you.
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that would be appriciated i kno alot of people having this issue would be nice to get a fix the more the better

As far as I know there is no way to unroot without a computer. However you can make it look like stock for the return. When you installed CWM 3.0.0.6 on your phone and it converted to EXT4 it made a nand backup called beforeEXT4conversion or something like that. Restore that nand and do a factory data reset from inside settings>privacy on your phone.

Click on my video link in my signature. I have a way to unroot without a pc video.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Who knows, that may also fix your phone to connect again. Does it make the connection noise on the computer? If so, go into Control Panel, System, Device Manager and look for something connected to your USB or Other. It will probably say Samsung Android. Choose Update Drivers on that and it will take about 10 minutes to get the drivers and install and you should be able to work from the computer again.

qbking77 said:
Click on my video link in my signature. I have a way to unroot without a pc video.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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I need to see that myself....thanks q!

Damn that video on unroot w/o PC is sweet.
Dowloadning those files just incase too.

Ok here's another problem I erased the before EXT4 backup when I formatted my sd cause I thought that could have been an issue....will using another persons back up work???? And if so can someone give me theirs????
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and also my computer doesnt make the connection noise
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Is anyone able to give me their before EXT4 backup????? Plz lol
Sent from my Nexus S with a keyboard!

[Q] believed soft brick and more

OK for start i rooted my gs2 and installed cm9 update-cm-9-20120416-SNAPSHOT-epic4gtouch-alpha3-signed. this loaded and was running just fine. but then I noticed when trying to install update-cm-9-20120512-NIGHTLY-galaxys2-signed i had lost my cwm recovery and decided to investigate and experiment.(got an answer on bold issue) (bad Idea) So then I re flashed cwm recovery and loaded cm9 5/12 it loaded but i had no data/WiFi so i booted back into cwm recovery and formatted everything (i think this is were i messed up). I can still get into down loader but now my computer and Odin wont recognize when I connect my phone. I can get into cwm recovery but it cant mount my SD card and says there is nothing in internal storage. I have uninstalled kies and all Samsung related drivers/software. rebooted computer, reinstalled kies and software and still nothing.Any help would be great and any more information needed I will do my best.
So now, that is about everything I can think of. So I guess my main question would be How do I get my phone and computer to talk to each other again and most of all get it back up and running.
Also just for the record im not a complete noob I was a ROM addict with my transform. and I have searched forum after forum and have had no luck finding the info i need. which is why i am creating a new post.

yeehaw1130 said:
OK for start i rooted my gs2 and installed cm9 update-cm-9-20120416-SNAPSHOT-epic4gtouch-alpha3-signed. this loaded and was running just fine. but then I noticed when trying to install update-cm-9-20120512-NIGHTLY-galaxys2-signed i had lost my cwm recovery and decided to investigate and experiment.(got an answer on bold issue) (bad Idea) So then I re flashed cwm recovery and loaded cm9 5/12 it loaded but i had no data/WiFi so i booted back into cwm recovery and formatted everything (i think this is were i messed up). I can still get into down loader but now my computer and Odin wont recognize when I connect my phone. I can get into cwm recovery but it cant mount my SD card and says there is nothing in internal storage. I have uninstalled kies and all Samsung related drivers/software. rebooted computer, reinstalled kies and software and still nothing.Any help would be great and any more information needed I will do my best.
So now, that is about everything I can think of. So I guess my main question would be How do I get my phone and computer to talk to each other again and most of all get it back up and running.
Also just for the record im not a complete noob I was a ROM addict with my transform. and I have searched forum after forum and have had no luck finding the info i need. which is why i am creating a new post.
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First question, which version of CWM were you using?
Second question, when you say that your computer didn't respond is it just not reading as an extra drive? If you have your sound on does the computer make the new hardware detected ding sound?

Looks like you flashed the intl version galaxy s2 cm9, this phone is usually listed as e4gt or epic touch in rom files not galaxy 2 so more than likely your USB is corrupted and no longer will be recognized by your PC which makes your phone FUBAR
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thanks for the speedy response. I am using cwm 5.5.0.4 and No noise at all. The computer ain't regerstering that i plugged any device in via usb. I tryed different cords and nothing. I did try different usb devices to ensure it wasnt my usb and they worked just fine. it was working not a problem then what ever i did to my phone it stopped. My internal storage says there are no files. dont remember if i mentioned that before.

yeehaw1130 said:
thanks for the speedy response. I am using cwm 5.5.0.4 and No noise at all. The computer ain't regerstering that i plugged any device in via usb. I tryed different cords and nothing. I did try different usb devices to ensure it wasnt my usb and they worked just fine. it was working not a problem then what ever i did to my phone it stopped. My internal storage says there are no files. dont remember if i mentioned that before.
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K. Unfortunately it is a hard brick. You will probably need to look at getting a JTAG service. Other than that it's pretty much gone.
Sorry!

Yup you flashed a rom for the intl gs2, next time read a little more carefully anything with gs2 or galaxy s2 is not for the epic touch. 2 completely different devices and anything for the galaxy s2 will Bork the epic touch. Jtag is your only hope, and I'm pretty sure it can fix your version of a brick since it can still boot. I wouldn't try doing anything else cuz if you get the blue light of death there is no hope aside from getting it replaced at that point. Mobile tech videos website will have more info on jtag for you, it'll cost around $50
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thank you I will go drop it in a bucket of water and get insurance claim on it. thank you for the help

Just take it to Sprint and play dumb! Seems like a lot of folks are getting them replaced for free or 35 bucks tops.

I can try that to I actually tried zapping it with a 6.5mill volt tazer with a wire ran in through usb port but didnt work haha. Only issue I see is you can still boot to recovery and download and recovery is cwm recovery. I was trying to figure out how to just fry the motherboard and then play dumb.

yeehaw1130 said:
thank you I will go drop it in a bucket of water and get insurance claim on it. thank you for the help
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Jtag is cheaper than ins deductible and if they can't fix it the refund your money so I'd give it a shot first
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

I would not drop it in a bucket of water!!! When you take it to sprint the first thing they do is check for water damage. They know because there are stickers on the inside of the phone that change colors when they come in contact with water. Trust me, I know.

[Q] Need help please

Hi, I am new to the epic touch. I had a rooted epic 4g. I know how to use odin and I've downloaded the .Tar files for the root acess and the drivers for samsung. It is also a brand new USB cable. I need help because odin doesn't see my phone when it is plugged in and in download mode. When the phone is on and i plug it into the computer Windows reconizes my phone fine. I am so ready to root this thing but I can't. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong or point me in the right direction?
New phone: epic 4g touch Stock
Old phone: epic 4g, CWM Recovery, Thunderhawk V ROM, Samuria Kernel, And OC'd 1.2 GHz

g_ding84 said:
Hi, I am new to the epic touch. I had a rooted epic 4g. I know how to use odin and I've downloaded the .Tar files for the root acess and the drivers for samsung. It is also a brand new USB cable. I need help because odin doesn't see my phone when it is plugged in and in download mode. When the phone is on and i plug it into the computer Windows reconizes my phone fine. I am so ready to root this thing but I can't. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong or point me in the right direction?
New phone: epic 4g touch Stock
Old phone: epic 4g, CWM Recovery, Thunderhawk V ROM, Samuria Kernel, And OC'd 1.2 GHz
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I would make sure that no other Samsung software or drivers are installed. Also, check your device manager to make sure that the drivers installed for your phone when you plugged it in.

Thank you. I will try this when I get home tonite.

g_ding84 said:
Thank you. I will try this when I get home tonite.
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Goodluck and let us know what happens.

Try to run Odin as administrator.
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Second everything said already. 1st uninstall/remove ANY samsung drivers on your PC. You may have to look in device manager for 'hidden devices' too. Redownload and install (as administrator) the Samsung drivers. Reboot your system. sfhub has the links for everything here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705730 . When running the One-click make sure you also run that as Administrator too. Also do try another USB cable and/or USB port too.

This might be kinda obvious but have you tried a different usb port? Sometimes just switching to a new port will get it to recognize it.
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Thank you huys so much. Ill try another USB port as well. But that is the same port that I have always used. I have a few cables so ill try that as well.
Edit, I had the wrong Samsung drivers. Success, fully rooted! Thank you everyone

just install skies

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I thought I did install it. but I had the epic 4g drivers from my old phone. Guess I got confused.

g_ding84 said:
I thought I did install it. but I had the epic 4g drivers from my old phone. Guess I got confused.
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Glad to hear you got it working. It's usually the simple things that's why I mentioned the drivers because you mentioned the previous phone. I've seen that happen before. Stick around, do loads of reading and you'll find this is a fantastic community. Enjoy your phone.

leaderbuilder said:
Glad to hear you got it working. It's usually the simple things that's why I mentioned the drivers because you mentioned the previous phone. I've seen that happen before. Stick around, do loads of reading and you'll find this is a fantastic community. Enjoy your phone.
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This is an ae community. I just learned about this site back in may. And issues or new roms, kernels or themes I got from here. Everyone is very helpful. Lol, I just need to learn this phone now.

HELP! Firmware Won't Upgrade!

I'm having problems completing a firmware upgrade on my wife's Galaxy S2. It's at ICS and I want to get it to Jelly Bean. We're using the horrible Samsung program Kies, which is hosting the update to us. It sees the S2 fine... No problems there. It identifies the phone and tells us there's a newer firmware version we can download. Every time I perform the update, it downloads the firmware and when it reboots the phone, I get an error that the device can't be found and I should try again. When I go in device manager, I see an exclamation point on Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device and it says the device couldn't be started.
It looks as thought, when the phone reboots to download the firmware from the laptop after the laptop has the firmware, Kies isn't seeing the phone. So I did vol-up-down to get it in programming mode and then reinitiated the download. That little trick doesn't work since Kies isn't identifying the device.
I've checked that I have the most current drivers, which I do. I've uninstalled them and reinstalled them and uninstalled Kies and reinstalled Kies and still get the error. I've also already updated the firmware on my Galaxy S3 using Kies on this computer and it worked fine. Now when I do it on my wife's S2, it bombs.
I then loaded Kies on another laptop and it's even worse. It downloads the firmware update and the entire application totally crashes.
I've gone to T-Mobile and they can't help with anything. They suggested turning USB Debugging on in the Developer Options on the phone, which I did. Still, nothing.
I located the hooks in the registry editor for the CDC composite device driver and everything *looks* good, as far as I can tell. Driver is dated 1/23/2013. As I said, it updated the firmware on my S3 fine... It just won't do it on my wife's S2. I don't know what to do.
Can anyone provide any advice or help? I've spent about 11 hours on this over two days and am running out of ideas.
-Paul

premington said:
I'm having problems completing a firmware upgrade on my wife's Galaxy S2. It's at ICS and I want to get it to Jelly Bean. We're using the horrible Samsung program Kies, which is hosting the update to us. It sees the S2 fine... No problems there. It identifies the phone and tells us there's a newer firmware version we can download. Every time I perform the update, it downloads the firmware and when it reboots the phone, I get an error that the device can't be found and I should try again. When I go in device manager, I see an exclamation point on Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device and it says the device couldn't be started.
It looks as thought, when the phone reboots to download the firmware from the laptop after the laptop has the firmware, Kies isn't seeing the phone. So I did vol-up-down to get it in programming mode and then reinitiated the download. That little trick doesn't work since Kies isn't identifying the device.
I've checked that I have the most current drivers, which I do. I've uninstalled them and reinstalled them and uninstalled Kies and reinstalled Kies and still get the error. I've also already updated the firmware on my Galaxy S3 using Kies on this computer and it worked fine. Now when I do it on my wife's S2, it bombs.
I then loaded Kies on another laptop and it's even worse. It downloads the firmware update and the entire application totally crashes.
I've gone to T-Mobile and they can't help with anything. They suggested turning USB Debugging on in the Developer Options on the phone, which I did. Still, nothing.
I located the hooks in the registry editor for the CDC composite device driver and everything *looks* good, as far as I can tell. Driver is dated 1/23/2013. As I said, it updated the firmware on my S3 fine... It just won't do it on my wife's S2. I don't know what to do.
Can anyone provide any advice or help? I've spent about 11 hours on this over two days and am running out of ideas.
-Paul
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First u got check USB debugging ON (on the phone)
disable anti virus on the pc/laptop
kies will put your phone into download mode and will take awhile (Kies is super slow) for good reasons
Also consider rooting your phone and install custom recovery (CWM) and flash all the rom(s) you wish [if that's an option]
hit Thanks if i helped

Thanks for the help, Sam.
I'll try it again with the virus protection off. I disabled the Windows firewall and that did nothing. I've tried it about 12 to 15 times, which takes a long time because Kies takes so long to download what it needs.
Can I root a T-Mobile phone? I used to have a Motorola Atrix 2 and rooted that and did manual firmware and ROM upgrades, but that was an unlocked and rooted phone. I'm afraid I may screw up the phone or my T-Mobile service by rooting it and doing custom installs. Does anyone have experience with this on a T-Mobile phone they purchased at T-Mobile? I don't want to mess the phone up.
At this point, I think that's the only way I'm going to go Jelly Bean on my wife's phone.
-Paul

Rooting your s2 is simple and easy to do. Go to the dev section and look at the threads on how to do it.
You will use Odin to flash a custom recovery such a TWRP whick will install supersu. At that point you can flash the ROM of your choice and not have to deal with Kies anymore.
Hope this helps
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use this as a ref. http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s2-sgh-t989/
make sure to backup your current ROM as soon as your get root& cwm
after that u can flash any rom here is a list :http://www.androidmodmarket.com/ModMarket/Devices/Device-XDA-F-1332.html
i think u will like a clean fast 4.2.2 (jb) rom like slimbean....
try 'em & see which one u like......xda is your best bet for help & just about anything ROM
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sam.balia1012 said:
use this as a ref. http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s2-sgh-t989/
make sure to backup your current ROM as soon as your get root& cwm
after that u can flash any rom here is a list :http://www.androidmodmarket.com/ModMarket/Devices/Device-XDA-F-1332.html
i think u will like a clean fast 4.2.2 (jb) rom like slimbean....
try 'em & see which one u like......xda is your best bet for help & just about anything ROM
hit thanks if u like
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This is all great information... Thanks so much. I've pressed "Thanks" to each of you. :good:
-Paul

[Q] Root the unrooted Note 2 N7100

Hi,
I have rooted by Note 2 N7100 in the past using the ODIN tool and CWM. But I had issues with some apps that were being closed at random etc. So I got tired and unrooted. But now I wanted to root it again using the ODIN. But ODIN is not able to detect my phone at all.
Please someone help me. Now that my note 2 got the 4.3, it is bloated with all kinds of crap from Samsung. I need to root to remove all the crap.
Thanks n Regards,
Harsha Puttagunta

puttagunta_h said:
Hi,
I have rooted by Note 2 N7100 in the past using the ODIN tool and CWM. But I had issues with some apps that were being closed at random etc. So I got tired and unrooted. But now I wanted to root it again using the ODIN. But ODIN is not able to detect my phone at all.
Please someone help me. Now that my note 2 got the 4.3, it is bloated with all kinds of crap from Samsung. I need to root to remove all the crap.
Thanks n Regards,
Harsha Puttagunta
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Remove samsung usb drivers and reinstall them,that might work

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singhpratik87 said:
Remove samsung usb drivers and reinstall them,that might work
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Naa... this is a new laptop. So all new. still deleted the drivers and reinstalled. No luck.

puttagunta_h said:
Naa... this is a new laptop. So all new. still deleted the drivers and reinstalled. No luck.
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i did google this issue and people have come up with various possibilities what could be wrong right from faulty usb cable to re installing drivers to factory resetting their device 3x for ODIN to be able to detect their device, i am a newbie too at these things so i am not really sure what could possibly be stopping from ODIN detecting your phone but i'll be on the look out and see if i can refer to you a solution if you haven't solved it already but if you do fix it somehow please post what exactly you did to make it work so it could help future users in case they run into the same issue.
EDIT: follow this word to word ,might work for you,let me know http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34625034&postcount=7

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singhpratik87 said:
i did google this issue and people have come up with various possibilities what could be wrong right from faulty usb cable to re installing drivers to factory resetting their device 3x for ODIN to be able to detect their device, i am a newbie too at these things so i am not really sure what could possibly be stopping from ODIN detecting your phone but i'll be on the look out and see if i can refer to you a solution if you haven't solved it already but if you do fix it somehow please post what exactly you did to make it work so it could help future users in case they run into the same issue
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It can't be the issue with the cable as I am able to use the cable for other things like backups and moving data from phone to PC etc. The issue with the Factory reset is that i dont have a spare phone at the moment. So if this device screws i am dead without a mobile to use.
Let me search some more and if I can find a solution i will post it here. Else I am going for the Cyanogenmod installer. I am tired of this.

puttagunta_h said:
It can't be the issue with the cable as I am able to use the cable for other things like backups and moving data from phone to PC etc. The issue with the Factory reset is that i dont have a spare phone at the moment. So if this device screws i am dead without a mobile to use.
Let me search some more and if I can find a solution i will post it here. Else I am going for the Cyanogenmod installer. I am tired of this.
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Alright goodluck dude,hope you can fix it