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So, I think I am screwed.
I am going to preface this by saying that I am very familiar with Android phones and am certainly not a noob. However, i am stumped here.
A few hours ago I tried updating my girlfriends phone to the latest version of MIUI 4. Well, it turns out that I was the poor guinea pig who found out for everyone that the uploaded file did indeed have an MD5 mismatch.
Anyhow, this borked my recovery (supposedly because a new kernel/cwm version was baked in to this flash).
Ok, I thought, I'll just put the phone in "Download Mode" and Odin back to stock and start over.
WRONG
The phone is NOT RECOGNIZED ON ANY COMPUTER. Not two different laptops running Windows 7 64-bit. Not a desktop running Windows 7 32-bit and not a Linux Box.
This isn't the typical "unrecognized device" error. I literally mean that it is NOT SEEN by any of these machines. There is no Windows "ding" or "noise" when it is plugged in. Nothing shows up in device manager as an unrecognized device. Nothing happens when I plug it in to my Linux machine.
I have tried FOUR different cable. The original Epic cable. My Epic Touch cable (which used to work great). A cable from a Nook Simple Touch and a cable from an HTC phone.
I am 99% certain that this is a hardware error and her phone is now ruined. She does not have TEP (she cancelled it for some reason -_-).
Has anyone ever heard of this? It can't be a driver issue because it would at least be seen by one of my devices correct? Or there would at least be a Windows "sound" when it is plugged in? The phone charges when connected, but nothing more whatsoever. I had issues in the past because of driver issues or bad cables. But, the fact of the matter is that the other day (when the phone was working fine) we plugged it into a computer and it would not recognize the phone at all (as I explained earlier). Even when storage was mounted, not a single thing was detected even though it used to work.
Sorry for the long winded and redundant post... It's quite late and i've been trying to fix this without freaking the woman out for the past 3+ hours. Driving me insane!
Anyone have any ideas? Or, any options I can take for if it truly is a lost cause?
Thanks everyone
uninstall all other phone drivers. Reboot. Install the drivers here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Windows is very very picky with drivers. If that doesn't work none of the cables you have used is a blackberry. I would say go out and buy a good blackberry cable or at least a good thick cable. Try another USB port as well. You can even try a fresh install of windows. If all fails then the USB is borked. Or it is dirty... see if you can't clean it out if you can see any lint or other gunk.
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Try with your battery and SD card out. Sorry to hear this happened to you.
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Battery out has worked for me in the past. Dude, good luck.
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EmperorX said:
So, I think I am screwed.
I am going to preface this by saying that I am very familiar with Android phones and am certainly not a noob. However, i am stumped here.
A few hours ago I tried updating my girlfriends phone to the latest version of MIUI 4. Well, it turns out that I was the poor guinea pig who found out for everyone that the uploaded file did indeed have an MD5 mismatch.
Anyhow, this borked my recovery (supposedly because a new kernel/cwm version was baked in to this flash).
Ok, I thought, I'll just put the phone in "Download Mode" and Odin back to stock and start over.
WRONG
The phone is NOT RECOGNIZED ON ANY COMPUTER. Not two different laptops running Windows 7 64-bit. Not a desktop running Windows 7 32-bit and not a Linux Box.
This isn't the typical "unrecognized device" error. I literally mean that it is NOT SEEN by any of these machines. There is no Windows "ding" or "noise" when it is plugged in. Nothing shows up in device manager as an unrecognized device. Nothing happens when I plug it in to my Linux machine.
I have tried FOUR different cable. The original Epic cable. My Epic Touch cable (which used to work great). A cable from a Nook Simple Touch and a cable from an HTC phone.
I am 99% certain that this is a hardware error and her phone is now ruined. She does not have TEP (she cancelled it for some reason -_-).
Has anyone ever heard of this? It can't be a driver issue because it would at least be seen by one of my devices correct? Or there would at least be a Windows "sound" when it is plugged in? The phone charges when connected, but nothing more whatsoever. I had issues in the past because of driver issues or bad cables. But, the fact of the matter is that the other day (when the phone was working fine) we plugged it into a computer and it would not recognize the phone at all (as I explained earlier). Even when storage was mounted, not a single thing was detected even though it used to work.
Sorry for the long winded and redundant post... It's quite late and i've been trying to fix this without freaking the woman out for the past 3+ hours. Driving me insane!
Anyone have any ideas? Or, any options I can take for if it truly is a lost cause?
Thanks everyone
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This might seem really crazy but i had the exact same problem about a year ago. It wasn't the cable, computer or the drives.
check the little connector piece in the phone where cable meets the phone. Its a small copper piece that can be notorious for bending up or down. I could charge my phone like you but couldn't figure out why the hell it wasnt syncing so try that and i could guess that's the issue. since its your gf's then Im sure she has some tweezers that an bend it back up but be very careful.
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This might seem really crazy but i had the exact same problem about a year ago. It wasn't the cable, computer or the drives.
check the little connector piece in the phone where cable meets the phone. Its a small copper piece that can be notorious for bending up or down. I could charge my phone like you but couldn't figure out why the hell it wasnt syncing so try that and i could guess that's the issue. since its your gf's then Im sure she has some tweezers that an bend it back up but be very careful.
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Tried bending it yesterday as I really think the connector is the issue. No dice
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Try with your battery and SD card out. Sorry to hear this happened to you.
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Tried this as well
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This might seem really crazy but i had the exact same problem about a year ago. It wasn't the cable, computer or the drives.
check the little connector piece in the phone where cable meets the phone. Its a small copper piece that can be notorious for bending up or down. I could charge my phone like you but couldn't figure out why the hell it wasnt syncing so try that and i could guess that's the issue. since its your gf's then Im sure she has some tweezers that an bend it back up but be very careful.
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Also, the connector is physically bent. I'm going to try and bend it again today. The sides visibly form an ever so slight "u" shape.
I took the phone apart as well last night to get a better look. That piece does not appear to be interchangeable whatsoever. The entire input is like, awkwardly soldered to the system board...
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Fiddling with the connector is not helping. I think I can safely say that this is a lost cause.
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... you've failed to even read my suggestion?
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... you've failed to even read my suggestion?
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I've tried everything you suggested aside from reformatting windows.
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I've tried everything you suggested aside from reformatting windows.
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Blackberry cable? I know it seems miniscule but I've seen it before.
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Uninstall the drivers, reboot, and do not install any driver. Connect to pc via usb and see if it finds the drivers and reads correctly on it's own.
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Zeinzu said:
Uninstall the drivers, reboot, and do not install any driver. Connect to pc via usb and see if it finds the drivers and reads correctly on it's own.
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Tried that as well
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Blackberry cable? I know it seems miniscule but I've seen it before.
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Working on getting one now
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Tried the blackberry cable. Still nothing. I guess it lived a good life
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Tried the blackberry cable. Still nothing. I guess it lived a good life
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you could get it JTAG'd. I'd Google for jtag services which will unbrick a hard brick. I doubt sprint will replace it unless you have a cool rep.
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you could get it JTAG'd. I'd Google for jtag services which will unbrick a hard brick. I doubt sprint will replace it unless you have a cool rep.
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Do you think a JTAG would work? I truly think that this is a problem with the actual USB connector (we had problems with it before it got "stuck", EX: It wouldn't mount USB storage on any machines... Not detected at all when plugged in, aside from being charged). It isn't actually bricked... If my recovery would not have been wiped out by flashing the ROM with a bad MD5 OR, if I could get it to work on a PC/Linux machine I could easily Odin/Heimdall. I'm not exactly sure what a JTAG is, but I am 99% sure that I could fix this if it weren't for some crazy ass hardware issue. I'll try calling around.
Thanks man.
Its a direct communication with the board, is what I've grasped from hearing and reading about it. With this and a program it should rewrite things and allow you to flash things. Although now that I think about it your not hard bricked if you can get into Odin. And jtag usually puts it into download mode. Although I'm sure you can flash the stock firmware via jtag. Like I said Google things
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Its a direct communication with the board, is what I've grasped from hearing and reading about it. With this and a program it should rewrite things and allow you to flash things. Although now that I think about it your not hard bricked if you can get into Odin. And jtag usually puts it into download mode. Although I'm sure you can flash the stock firmware via jtag. Like I said Google things
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I found replacement power connectors for 5 bucks online... I am pretty skilled with soldering though (i own a tech company lol). Hmmmm
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Hello!
First things first: i already googled and search-functioned about 8 hours for solutions, tried them all and still got no luck so basically you girls and guys are my last hope. i hope my english isnt as rusty as i think it is. if i make any mistakes of any kind, please bear with them.
Used Hardware: Galaxy Nexus, the original Samsung OTG cable and the original Samsung charger
Software: Rooted, Bootloader-unlocked, stock-Android 4.0.4, 4.1.1 and 4.1.2
What is my problem?
as soon as i plug in the original charger it charges (duh!)
however, the moment i unplug it, the phone keeps thinking it is being charged. forever!
plugging in a original samsung USB cable without connecting it to something doesnt help, it still thinks of being charged.
but plugging in the original OTG cable stops the phone from thinking of being charged! (i dislike the thought of running around with a OTG dangling around the phone so that isnt a solution to me )
what happened before that incident?
bought on 15th December 2011
last software update 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 on 16.10.2012
worked perfectly until Yesterday
Recently i played around with the OTG cable and tried the following hardware to see wich works with my setup:
external HDD - NTFS formattet
PS3 Sixaxis controller
Corsair Flash Voyager USB3.0 Stick
AKAI MPK mini USB MIDI controller
Newest apps installed:
Sixaxis Compatibility Checker (18.10.2012 installed, used for half an hour and deinstalled)
Wolfram Alpha (17.10.2012 installed)
MyBoy (an GBA emulator - 12.9.2012 installed)
-latest ROM for that emulator downloaded on 13.9.2012
what did i try to fix the problem (in exact order)?
rebooting
changing the battery from 2000mAh (its an original, bought about half a year ago) to stock 1750mAh
removing the battery for 10 minutes
draining the battery to absolute zero and fully recharge it
carefully cleaning the microUSB port (with battery remover of course)
super carefully bending up the thounge-like part inside the microUSB port so that it doesnt get in contact with any surrounding metal parts (battery removed of course. when i say super carefully, i mean super duper carefully! i know how fragile those parts are!)
trying to hard reset the phone (that was a failure i just got from fastboot mode to a droid with a red triangle and an exclamation mark on its open stomach)
factory resetting the 4.1.2 via factory reset option (backup with Titanium Backup was made correctly but i forgot to copy it from droid to PC :silly: )
wiping the cache via fastboot
quick reflashing the 4.1.2 via fastboot
quick downgrading back from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1
quick downgrading back from 4.1.1 to 4.0.4
quick upgrading to 4.1.1 (it still is in that state)
complete reflashing the 4.1.1
- with reflashing bootloader
- with reflashing radio
- with reflashing recovery partition
now i am out of ideas
i think the USB port is seriously damaged. but since i am not so good with soldering and electronics i fear that i am not able to exchange that.
any more suggestions or ideas what might have been the cause?
next few days i will take it to the service center wich i really dislike to do because here where i live that means they keep it for about 6-9 weeks to fix it and i will not get a replacement in the meantime. anyhow my hopes are low that they might fix it i rather believe they replace it for a new one wich i also would dislike. Good thing i made a insurance for that device so in worst case i dont have to pay a single buck...
greetings everyone
Weird. Did you try flashing a stock Google 4.1.2 image? (Check out mskip's thread in Galaxy Nexus Android Development and download the toolkit - make sure it's compatible with 4.1.2 first)
Yes your USB port is most likely broken. Many others have had this problem including me.
Mine was so bad that my PC wouldn't recognize it and neither of my pogo pin docks would work.
I replaced the USB flex cable this week and it works great now. It was a relatively easy repair if you take your time and have the right tools.
The part only cost me $7. http://www.ebay.com/itm/190704059979
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thanks mohitrocks but i also tried that, not only once.
El Daddy are there some how-to's? If it is easy i will try to do this before handing it in to the service center.
greetings
El Daddy said:
Yes your USB port is most likely broken. Many others have had this problem including me.
Mine was so bad that my PC wouldn't recognize it and neither of my pogo pin docks would work.
I replaced the USB flex cable this week and it works great now. It was a relatively easy repair if you take your time and have the right tools.
The part only cost me $7. [link removed because i am new ]
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is that part compatible with the European version of the GNex?
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is that part compatible with the European version of the GNex?
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The USB ports should be the same as micro sd is a universal standard I believe.
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thanks mohitrocks but i also tried that, not only once.
El Daddy are there some how-to's? If it is easy i will try to do this before handing it in to the service center.
greetings
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Yes, read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32696962 there is a video and ifixit guide on the last page
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is that part compatible with the European version of the GNex?
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Yep, any gsm version.
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I had that same issue after my phone got wet. After about 2 weeks the issues with my USB port went away altogether.
You take your phone places where water might condense on/in it?
thanks miketoasty and thanks El Daddy! i really like this forum a lot very helpful people here.
i ordered the part. Estimatet shipping date somewhat between 30. october and 5. november.
will post updates
at least that error of mine doesnt drain extra battery
reuthermonkey:
i cant think of any place i visit frequently with high levels of moisture or with wet places. I am really careful about that because i love my Nexus witch even goes as far as never ever taking it into the bathroom (not even to a save and dry spot) while showering or bathing. Rain is a bit rare here and even if it is raining i wont leave the house without putting the phone inside a phone-pocket and into the inner side of my jacket.
greetings
I had the same issue as you. I ordered a new charging port cable for $7 on ebay, installed it in 15 minutes, and all is well in the world.
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If anyone else is having issues, I have a spare USB flex cable that I can send you for just the price of shipping...most likely $3 or so.
i know it is already posted but my issue is different. Some can charge their phone when it is off but mine cant charge even if its off.
When its off and i plug the charger the lightning logo appears, it indicates that its charging but when i turn it on the percentage of the battery remained the same. it didnt charge at all. Also my pc does not recognize my phone whether if its off or on.
i tried with no luck changing rom, kernel, used different cables and chargers (i even used one from LG).
i want to take it back to samsung but my bootloader is unlocked, im using costume rom, and rooted. They will not accept or repair it
EDIT: i want to install the stock rom and relock bootloader but how? since my pc doesnt connect to my phone
Look in the development section and download the nexus toolkit.
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ticholas said:
Look in the development section and download the nexus toolkit.
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How can i use it if my pc can't recognize my phone? Driver is already installed and it was working before
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Use a cocktail stick and try push the chipinside your phone slot upwards a little (if the phone were laid faceup on a table). Be delicate as you dont want to force it, but a little nudge up and your problems should aaaaall be resolved.
ive already done that no luck.
bump!
if i can restore my phone to stock recovery, stock rom, stock kernel, remove root will they accept it(warranty)? or do they have something to know that i modified my phone?
EDIT: because im planning to return in back to samsung
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FNM
Is it a play store model or international? If it is international and you are located in the USA, Samsung will not do it. You can replace the usb port yourself..
mine too
Mine did the exact same thing. Good luck sending it in and having them actually fix it. I'm beginning to think their tech guys are really just a room full of chimps randomly putting stuff together.
I told them exactly what the problem was (because I looked it up before sending it in and my problem was the exact same as everyone else's) and they ignored me and just switched out the battery. That didn't work, so I sent it back again. Then, they updated the software. Since it's a hardware issue, obviously that did nothing. Now, they have repaired the PBA. I don't know what a PBA is or what it has to do with my USB port, but I'm betting the issue still will not be fixed and I'll have to send it back, yet again. After all this mess, I think I'm done with Samsung entirely.
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Mine did the exact same thing. Good luck sending it in and having them actually fix it. I'm beginning to think their tech guys are really just a room full of chimps randomly putting stuff together.
I told them exactly what the problem was (because I looked it up before sending it in and my problem was the exact same as everyone else's) and they ignored me and just switched out the battery. That didn't work, so I sent it back again. Then, they updated the software. Since it's a hardware issue, obviously that did nothing. Now, they have repaired the PBA. I don't know what a PBA is or what it has to do with my USB port, but I'm betting the issue still will not be fixed and I'll have to send it back, yet again. After all this mess, I think I'm done with Samsung entirely.
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i have sent it already. fortunately i was able to return to stock without USB. Hope they cant detect that ive done a mess on my phone.
probably the repair shop where you took your phone are just too lazy to repair. I hope they wont do the mess they did to you but i think it depends on tech guys if they are lazy enough to repair.
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Is it a play store model or international? If it is international and you are located in the USA, Samsung will not do it. You can replace the usb port yourself..
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it is international and im in Italy. i took it back to the shop where ive bought and they'ce accepted it. The problem is that this shop will send my phone to samsung and i afraid that they will call me and ask me if i did something that voids my warranty
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i have sent it already. fortunately i was able to return to stock without USB. Hope they cant detect that ive done a mess on my phone.
probably the repair shop where you took your phone are just too lazy to repair. I hope they wont do the mess they did to you but i think it depends on tech guys if they are lazy enough to repair.
it is international and im in Italy. i took it back to the shop where ive bought and they'ce accepted it. The problem is that this shop will send my phone to samsung and i afraid that they will call me and ask me if i did something that voids my warranty
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Did you get it fixed?
This is kind of what my phone is doing too (here's the thread i've made)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2059289
It will charge, but only to a certain point, regardless of rom, kernel, on or off, etc
over the past few days the maximum charge has gone down and down. Now it only charges to a max of 82%. I have 2 batteries and it does the same thing on each. My (hopeful) solution is that i bought an external wall battery charger and will charge batteries that way. I have the verizon model so if i wanted to do some sort of warranty work i'd probably have to go through them (not even sure if im still covered). I really dont want to deal with it. It boggles my mind why my phone is doing this though, charges fine but not to full. Oh well c'est la vie.
cymru said:
Use a cocktail stick and try push the chipinside your phone slot upwards a little (if the phone were laid faceup on a table). Be delicate as you dont want to force it, but a little nudge up and your problems should aaaaall be resolved.
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i wouldnt recommend that to people, for me it went from a phone with "phantom charging" (ie flashing on and off for charging) and issues charging to a short circuit on the usb connection, so that the phone switches off when a usb cable is plugged in. What is well worth trying first is simply giving the port a good clean, a little bit of alcohol and that same cocktail stick may well solve your issue. I've been left charging via a chopped up usb cable to the dock connectors.
i dont doubt that forcing the tab in the port may have worked for you, but it has failed badly for others (ie me), so just be careful suggesting it
I had a similar problem as my micro usb socket was damaged. Don't worry about sending it for repair, do it yourself. The circuit board with a new micro usb socket is available on ebay, I paid £5 for mine. Watch a tear-down video or 2 on youtube and you will be sorted.
The GNex is easy to take apart requiring just a small philips head screwdriver and a pry tool, i used a guitar pik, and these are also available on ebay for just a few ££'s.
Can do the whole job in 15 minutes.
For the past few days i have been racking my brain trying to figure out what went wrong.
For some reason I can no longer connect my phone to my computer to transfer/move files. it acts as if the drivers will not take. when i check the device manager it reads SAMSUNG_Android with the yellow !
I have reinstalled lastest drivers from Samsung site, removed all drivers and tried from Kies software/ rebooted pc and phone countless times. tired my laptop where it use to always work and same results. One this i did notice was at some point i got an error on my internal sd card and that i should format it. I backed up all files via ftp formated the internal sd and tried again.. all with the same results. I have also tried 3 different cables.
PCs both windows 7 one 32bit the other 64.
Phone e4gt rooted FI27, everything else stock
All and Any Help greatly Appreciated.
Here it comes!!
I'm hoping that I'm wrong BUT, that is exactly how my EMMC brick started. Let us know if your phone just shuts down and the only thing you will get is a blue light. There us nothing you can do then but take it back to Sprint for a free replacement. I couldn't figure my USB issues out for maybe a week and then it just died when i plugged it in to transfer photos I'd just taken 30 seconds before it died. Lets hope I'm wrong but I'm writing this with my new phone ate the exact same symptoms with my previous Sammy. Try to get your internal memory backed up now! Boot your CWM and mount your external USB. I wished I'd have.
Try a brand new cable and see if that helps. This phone seems to be especially intolerant of if connections.
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I'm hoping that I'm wrong BUT, that is exactly how my EMMC brick started. Let us know if your phone just shuts down and the only thing you will get is a blue light. There us nothing you can do then but take it back to Sprint for a free replacement. I couldn't figure my USB issues out for maybe a week and then it just died when i plugged it in to transfer photos I'd just taken 30 seconds before it died. Lets hope I'm wrong but I'm writing this with my new phone ate the exact same symptoms with my previous Sammy. Try to get your internal memory backed up now! Boot your CWM and mount your external USB. I wished I'd have.
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Not sure what you mean by boot my CWM. External memrory is ok I can just pull that out. the internal I backed up with FTP was a pain but i did it. I hope you are wrong about the phone dying out on me I am sure they will give me a referb if that is the case.
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Try a brand new cable and see if that helps. This phone seems to be especially intolerant of if connections.
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I tried 3 different cables I have another in the car I will give that one a shot as well. Just odd how all of a sudden i started getting this problem.
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Not sure what you mean by boot my CWM. External memrory is ok I can just pull that out. the internal I backed up with FTP was a pain but i did it. I hope you are wrong about the phone dying out on me I am sure they will give me a referb if that is the case.
I tried 3 different cables I have another in the car I will give that one a shot as well. Just odd how all of a sudden i started getting this problem.
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ok tried cable that i had in the car and same thing
I still say try a brand new cable. When I first had this issue I tried 3 or 4 old ones before buying a new one.
Today my brothers nexus s wouldn't charge except with one particular cable. I think that the cable and port are still within individual tolerances but together there is just too much play in the connection.
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I still say try a brand new cable. When I first had this issue I tried 3 or 4 old ones before buying a new one.
Today my brothers nexus s wouldn't charge except with one particular cable. I think that the cable and port are still within individual tolerances but together there is just too much play in the connection.
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took your advice and tried a brand new cable. I am stil having the same issue. anything else i can try? I tried with both usb debugging on and off still same issue
Damn, I was sure that'd work. I guess if you were able to back it up it's time for a replacement.
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Damn, I was sure that'd work. I guess if you were able to back it up it's time for a replacement.
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i was really trying to avoid the replacement. it was worth a shot trying the replacement cord
My phone started acting up about 2 weeks ago. It would not charge all the time and my PC had a hard time staying connected to it. I ordered a new USB port from eBay and installed it. I am getting a weaker than normal signal, but what is really weird is that when I remove the sim card, I still have 1 bar and sometimes 2 bars of signal. I have tried rebooting and pulling the battery. Is there a way to reset my signal meter or something? Maybe I could reflash my ROM? I don't know, does anyone have any suggestions?
Oh and this is the second USB port that I have received from an eBay seller. I sent the first one back for this reason but the new one is acting the same way.
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My phone started acting up about 2 weeks ago. It would not charge all the time and my PC had a hard time staying connected to it. I ordered a new USB port from eBay and installed it. I am getting a weaker than normal signal, but what is really weird is that when I remove the sim card, I still have 1 bar and sometimes 2 bars of signal. I have tried rebooting and pulling the battery. Is there a way to reset my signal meter or something? Maybe I could reflash my ROM? I don't know, does anyone have any suggestions?
Oh and this is the second USB port that I have received from an eBay seller. I sent the first one back for this reason but the new one is acting the same way.
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Chk settings/more settings/mobile network/network mode -gsm only see if there is any diffrence now
Be sure while fixing the usb that the network wire attached to it fine as that may be the culprit
shhbz said:
Chk settings/more settings/mobile network/network mode -gsm only see if there is any diffrence now
Be sure while fixing the usb that the network wire attached to it fine as that may be the culprit
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Thanks for the suggestions but nothing helped. I'm in my house now where I should get hspa+ and I only get edge. I guess I might have to try another source for the USB port.
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lyall29 said:
Thanks for the suggestions but nothing helped. I'm in my house now where I should get hspa+ and I only get edge. I guess I might have to try another source for the USB port.
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Well as u already replaced the usb again it must not be faulty as I had problem wth the usb 2 and when the servc guy changed it in frnt of me and after fixing it back I got no network as the wire connected to it which is on the right hand corner went kaput as a little force applied by the servc guy resulted in no netwrk and it was fixed replacing the signal reception wire .I hope u get which wire I m talking abt its the thin wire to right of the pcb board dat is attached to the usb port by just pressing it to the usb port on the lower right.
Yeah I know the wire your talking about. I can plug my original USB port back in and it gets a good signal but as soon as I plug the new board in the signal goes to crap again. If I can't get it to work I may just use it as a small tablet and use my nexus 4 as my main phone. Thanks for the help.
Yep, I just put my old USB port back in and got H+ right away. I re-installed the new one, and now I get no service.
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lyall29 said:
My phone started acting up about 2 weeks ago. It would not charge all the time and my PC had a hard time staying connected to it. I ordered a new USB port from eBay and installed it. I am getting a weaker than normal signal, but what is really weird is that when I remove the sim card, I still have 1 bar and sometimes 2 bars of signal. I have tried rebooting and pulling the battery. Is there a way to reset my signal meter or something? Maybe I could reflash my ROM? I don't know, does anyone have any suggestions?
Oh and this is the second USB port that I have received from an eBay seller. I sent the first one back for this reason but the new one is acting the same way.
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A few pieces of information:
- USB has nothing, repeat _nothing_, to do with radio reception levels and adding a "USB port" (I assume that means a additional USB adaptor for your laptop) is not going to change that.
- If your cell phone does not charge properly, or not at all, the very first, and cheapest, thing to check is your USB cable (I had that happen to my daughter and her Blackberry), so try another cable. A short one preferably as I have a fairly long (1.9m or 6'3) one on my desk that is next to useless
- the second thing to check is to plug other USB devices (USB stick, camera, other phone, hard drive, camcorder, whatever...) in that suspected faulty USB port to see if they behave properly or not. If they do, then the port is most probably not at fault.
- If the phone is set to only use GSM, or you have selected manually a GSM cell to attach to, the phone will stay there and monitor the GSM network. You could have 5 bars H+ signal in the home and not know about it (at least all the phones I've used over the years behaved that way).
- You're supposed to be able to make emergency calls with a bare phone, so I would hope you still get reception when the SIM is out.
Finally, and seeing your other posts where you signal that changing "USB ports" changes the radio behaviour of your phone (which I have a very hard time believing), I have to assume there is a communication problem there...
Could you describe a little better, maybe with pictures, what it is you are really trying to achieve, please? Does the phone work fine when _not_ attached to a "USB port"? What do _you_ call a USB port and why do you need the phone to work while attached to it?
If indeed plugging the phone in some USB ports impacts its radio behaviour, then I would assume the phone is FUBAR and should be returned and replaced...
HTH,
François
lyall29 said:
Yeah I know the wire your talking about. I can plug my original USB port back in and it gets a good signal but as soon as I plug the new board in the signal goes to crap again. If I can't get it to work I may just use it as a small tablet and use my nexus 4 as my main phone. Thanks for the help.
Yep, I just put my old USB port back in and got H+ right away. I re-installed the new one, and now I get no service.
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Well in this case as mentined above that the usb has nthing to do wth the signal but the wire that is connected to the usb has so try to get org samsung note2 usb port as I even found that few usb slot that I being sold in ebay are not exact the same as original so try to get an authentic usb port as definately the wire which is attached to your new usb port is hvng prob catching signal so it seems that the port is nt wrking fine try to get one from a geniune seller from ebay whose feedback is positive related to the usb he is selling and 1 more thing do u have an international version I.e. n7100 or n7105 or other specific carrier be sure on what you are being rather bfr purchasing confirm with the seller the exact model code written on the usb port.
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Well in this case as mentined above that the usb has nthing to do wth the signal but the wire that is connected to the usb has so try to get org samsung note2 usb port as I even found that few usb slot that I being sold in ebay are not exact the same as original so try to get an authentic usb port as definately the wire which is attached to your new usb port is hvng prob catching signal so it seems that the port is nt wrking fine try to get one from a geniune seller from ebay whose feedback is positive related to the usb he is selling and 1 more thing do u have an international version I.e. n7100 or n7105 or other specific carrier be sure on what you are being rather bfr purchasing confirm with the seller the exact model code written on the usb port.
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Sorry to interrupt but what is a "org samsung note2 usb port"?
Could you post a link, maybe?
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Sorry to interrupt but what is a "org samsung note2 usb port"?
Could you post a link, maybe?
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Well on my phn now so its difficult to search fr the usb slot or port or whatever u call it exactly but I better to confirm the seller wth the exact model code printed on the usb slot
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Sorry to interrupt but what is a "org samsung note2 usb port"?
Could you post a link, maybe?
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We are talking about this, http://www.witrigs.com/replacement-parts-charging-port-usb-flex-cable-for-samsung-galaxy-note-2
I have a video that I recorded this morning that I I am uploading to YouTube. I will post a link as soon as it is done uploading so that you can see how the antenna plugs in to the USB port and that it does make a difference in my signal and data connection.
There was no need for all the sh*t talk in your first post. If you don't know what you are talking about then you shouldn't make posts before researching the topic.
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We are talking about this, http://www.witrigs.com/replacement-parts-charging-port-usb-flex-cable-for-samsung-galaxy-note-2
I have a video that I recorded this morning that I I am uploading to YouTube. I will post a link as soon as it is done uploading so that you can see how the antenna plugs in to the USB port and that it does make a difference in my signal and data connection.
There was no need for all the sh*t talk in your first post. If you don't know what you are talking about then you shouldn't make posts before researching the topic.
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Back off, man!
Nowhere does it say in the OP you are trying to replace the USB port INSIDE the freaking phone, and I made it abundantly clear that I wasn't sure what you were talking about and assumed laptop USB port. I even guessed I was misunderstanding you and asked for the picture to clarify.
Based on that, I tried to offer advice based on my own experiences with cellular phones both at home and the office. And to bash me like that when it's obvious I'm not a native english speaker is a bit disingenious.
Anyway, however you want to write it, the antenna doesn't plug into the USB port, as you say. Again. The part you bought may accomodate for the connection of both the motherboard and the antennas, it does not mean antenna and USB are interconnected. They are not. The only thing I'll concede is that the amplifier may derive power directly from the power lead in the connector (and why it would do that when it gets it from the battery already?)
that's it for me, feel free to ignore me in the future I won't miss it.
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Back off, man!
Nowhere does it say in the OP you are trying to replace the USB port INSIDE the freaking phone, and I made it abundantly clear that I wasn't sure what you were talking about and assumed laptop USB port. I even guessed I was misunderstanding you and asked for the picture to clarify.
Based on that, I tried to offer advice based on my own experiences with cellular phones both at home and the office. And to bash me like that when it's obvious I'm not a native english speaker is a bit disingenious.
Anyway, however you want to write it, the antenna doesn't plug into the USB port, as you say. Again. The part you bought may accomodate for the connection of both the motherboard and the antennas, it does not mean antenna and USB are interconnected. They are not. The only thing I'll concede is that the amplifier may derive power directly from the power lead in the connector (and why it would do that when it gets it from the battery already?)
that's it for me, feel free to ignore me in the future I won't miss it.
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Were you dropped on your head when you were born? Or did you eat lead paint chips? English not being your native language has nothing to do with this. I understood you fine. Its just you don't know what your talking about. The antenna does plug directly into the USB port flex cable.
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Were you dropped on your head when you were born? Or did you eat lead paint chips? English not being your native language has nothing to do with this. I understood you fine. Its just you don't know what your talking about. The antenna does plug directly into the USB port flex cable.
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Curiosity killed the cat
Flex cable are the operative words there. But you're right in a way, I didn't know what you were talking about until I saw this picture.
Also, I do think miscommunication can clearly be attributed to country differences. You were not being very clear and I missed your point entirely. At least I thought about the possibility,you should give me that...
Peace?
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Yes, that's the same picture I found. That antenna connector links to the radio on the motherboard.
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Curiosity killed the cat
Flex cable are the operative words there. But you're right in a way, I didn't know what you were talking about until I saw this picture.
Also, I do think miscommunication can clearly be attributed to country differences. You were not being very clear and I missed your point entirely. At least I thought about the possibility,you should give me that...
Peace?
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Yeah I say we call peace. I don't like arguing at all. My video is almost done uploading so I will post a link in the next few minutes if you want to look at it.
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Here is my video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCDVTRlIWkc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Yeah I say we call peace. I don't like arguing at all. My video is almost done uploading so I will post a link in the next few minutes if you want to look at it.
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Me neither, and I get fed up witnessing people getting dragged into meaningless disputes.
About your problem, now that I can visualize it...
I have a Note 2 LTE whose radio stopped working correctly last january, as well as a co-worker's S3 (lab phones). We thought it was a bad manipulation in the phone service menus originally (we had to apply the same to both for work reasons), but that has been ruled out since.
The real reason for the mess up, it seems, the only one left to us at least, is that we were working on a bench with wired radio and had to plug radio leads into the connectors (there are two on the LTE model) to get coverage. Must have broken or changed something within the phone to explain the loss of sentitivity...
Not sure that's going to help, but you may have more than just the USB port flex cable broken on that phone...
I take that back. I now have a clear view with the video and context. I'd say your issue is with your spares. You'll probably have to swap them until you find a good enough one.
good luck
Thanks for the info. I would definitely assume that it was something other than the USB port flex cable if I did not get good signal and data connection with the old USB flex. I've seen people on the galaxy s2 forums that have the same problem as me and have actually cut the original part in half and the new part in half, taped them together, and this worked! I haven't tried that yet. The thing that threw me off is the signal with no sim card. In the USA when you take your sim card out the, the signal meter goes blank, on every phone I've had at least. I know I can make an emergency call to 911 but the signal meter is always blank. This is also true on my nexus 4 when I remove the sim card. Maybe I can find a part with the same rev. # that will work for me. Thanks to everyone for your input.
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Thanks for watching my video Frank. That was my first video to make for YouTube. I was starting to think nobody would watch it.
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lyall29 said:
Thanks for watching my video Frank. That was my first video to make for YouTube. I was starting to think nobody would watch it.
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Well whatever u r doing is completely fine so just chk the model of the flex usb as it seems that is the culprit to your prob as if in org is wrking fine thn u nead to deal wth he usb flex find a genuine dealer in ebay or rather take it to servc center if u hv ny n pay thm to fix the usb flex