im new to the Gnex and im trying to install the device drivers and i cant seam to figure it out. i have installed the toolkit and tried to intall the drivers through there, no luck. i have also downloaded the drivers from the samsung website and tried manually installing them and no luck either. i also tried the PDAnet method and i encountered an error and the install aborts it self. i did have an Epic4gtouch before im thinking those drivers are causing some sort of problem i think. i read and watched the instructions on how to do things but i just cant seam to get it to work. if someone can point me in the right direction, that would be much appreciated. :good: also im not so sure what other info to provide here for someone to better assist me. im doing this through my PC that is running Windows 8 and its a sprint galaxy nexus running 4.1.1, build JRO03U.L700FH05 , UNLOCKED
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I'm trying to root my Evo using the latest version of unrevoked, I've tried it both on my mac and pc. I've had no trouble installing the drivers for pc. My only problem is that every time i connect my phone to either computer its just says " waiting for device" and never starts the process. I've read that if i mount it as a storage device on my mac that it would work and I've tried it and it still hasn't. any suggestions?
someone tell me if im wrong but i believe the latest revisions of the evo come with an currently unrootable bootloader..i havnt done much research lately on that but this is what i read a few weeks ago..good luck with that
edit:appears to be hacked with latest version// http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895208
Please help me root this device. I have only ever done my Gs2 a few times with flashing etc, so am basically a complete noob.
I have tried for the last couple of hours and am wanting to go mad. I have followed all the lines about unlocking the device and the fastbook oem unlock, But all it ever tells me is waiting for device. Im guessing im missing drivers, but I have dont the samsung drivers a couple of times, and unzipped and followed the instructions.
Any easier to follow guides or info out there that can help me?
When I plug the phone in to unlock it, i dont get the usual ding from windows, i just get a little thre dings like it doesnt know what it is.
please help. Thanks....
Ps, sorry if I am being stupid or cluttering the forum. cheers..
No help out there at all???
If any one can I will be so grateful, Or if anyone is near to welwyn garden / st albans maybe youd fancy rooting 2 of these nexus' for me and il give you a drink?
Thanks..
Look in the development forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352413
Install the android version of pdanet on your PC... it will uninstall but will leave the drivers you need.
kravevr6 said:
No help out there at all???
If any one can I will be so grateful, Or if anyone is near to welwyn garden / st albans maybe youd fancy rooting 2 of these nexus' for me and il give you a drink?
Thanks..
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Haven't rooted mine yet, I'll be doing it at the weekend. Had loads of issues with the drivers when I rooted my Nexus S. In the end I installed PDA net on my PC - the drivers installed with that worked fine (you don't actually use PDA net thereafter) Not sure if this works with the GN but you will not do any harm trying it.
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Look in the development forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352413
Install the android version of pdanet on your PC... it will uninstall but will leave the drivers you need.
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Beat me to it
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Cheers guys, Im so new to this, its so frustrating. Its got to be a driver issue. My comp reconises the phone when its on, but when its in bootloader mode, windows is giving me three dull bells when connecting the device....
will have a look at the other thread, Have already read that one I think, and looked so foreign to me!!! lol
I cant pst in the other thread, but have downloaded and installed pda net for android, and when it gets to installing the drivers from the phone, it does it all, ie galaxy nexus , the other driver that i cant remember and the galaxy driver is not installing. Even gone two miles down the road and got a different laptop. no matter what I download or ty and install it just dnt do it.
can some one either make a real simple idiots guide for me the idot, or locally please let me pay you a small fee to root these two phones. Im almost in tears after 5.5 hours of constant crap and pathetiness.
Wishing right now i had not bthered with these phones. At least my s2 and flashing was simple.
It says "waiting for device" because for some crazy reason when you are in fastboot mode Windows (which is what I'm using) uses a different USB driver than when you are in "normal" usb connect mode.
What you need do to sort it out is to go to Device Manager and change the driver to use the Samsung instead of whatever crazy one Windows has decided to use. Then you can carry on with doing the bootloader unlocking.
kravevr6 said:
I cant pst in the other thread, but have downloaded and installed pda net for android, and when it gets to installing the drivers from the phone, it does it all, ie galaxy nexus , the other driver that i cant remember and the galaxy driver is not installing. Even gone two miles down the road and got a different laptop. no matter what I download or ty and install it just dnt do it.
can some one either make a real simple idiots guide for me the idot, or locally please let me pay you a small fee to root these two phones. Im almost in tears after 5.5 hours of constant crap and pathetiness.
Wishing right now i had not bthered with these phones. At least my s2 and flashing was simple.
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Ok so what have you done so far?
You have the pdanet drivers installed on your pc?
You need to boot into fastboot mode to install the driver you need to root your phone.
*THIS* guide will explain what adb and fastboot are exactly.
*THIS* guide will show you how to set up adb and fastboot.
When unlocking the bootloader you will need the file fastboot.exe which you can put in the root of your c drive for easy access. The atteached file needs to be renamed from .zip to .exe as you cant attach .exe files in xda.
If you have any more questions then just ask .
Mark.
ok..... having gone through similar a few minutes ago.
The drivers kept saying that they had failed to install. kept trying over and over.
then i twigged:
1) made sure debugging mode was on
2) Rebooted the unit into bootloader mode - suddenly the adb driver installed successfully doh !
wonder if this is the same issue you are having ... the adb drivers only install successfully once the nexus is connected via usb and in bootloader mode
of course you may know all that already but it had me stumped for a while
Thank you guys, some good info and detailed posts, which is what I was hoping for! I'm in bed now, but will give this a blast and report back tomorrow!
Really appreciated!
Thanks .......
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Big thanks to everyone. Woke up with a clearer head and proceeded to try again. Done as wilbur said and installed drivers in recovery mode. And perfect.......
after so many problems all was sorted. Then used superboot, and all was ok. 2 galaxy nexus's rooted. think the lesson learnt is to walk away instead of furiously trying things.
Cheers for all the input. What a easy methd ONCE all the drivers are there!!
Cheers people
Glad you got it sorted
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So I tried to root my SGN using Chainfires' thread, my phone got unlocked but I couldn't boot it so I got stuck with a black screen with the Google logo and an unlocked lock-logo. Now I have unrooted it and reset it back to stock using droid-life.coms' "How to", but when I try to boot now I only get the balck screen with Google-logo, and no lock-logo.
Do anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks for the help!
When I try to unroot, re-lock and set to factory state I get an error, probably because my driver isn't working, the 'SAMSUNG Mobile MTP Device'..
I tried the PDANet drivers, Samsungs' drivers and yeah.. I also downloaded the "Naked drivers" wich I found on another thread on XDA.
I really need help
How far into rooting it did you get? A link to the instructions you followed, and a detailed account of what happened and what you saw will help someone else help you.
as far as drivers go, if you installed a bunch drivers from different sources, uninstall them all, reboot, install the drivers from Samsung. Also remember that when you plug your phone in and the drivers start to autoinstall, that process can take awhile and you have to be sure it completed before trying to continue. It should show a status you can open in the system tray
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Also, be sure to scour all the sticky posts in these galaxy nexus forums, and also all the replies in the thread you were following. Chances are someone has explained an 'all else has failed blow it away' recovery step by step. Follow it closely!
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eovi said:
When I try to unroot, re-lock and set to factory state I get an error, probably because my driver isn't working, the 'SAMSUNG Mobile MTP Device'..
I tried the PDANet drivers, Samsungs' drivers and yeah.. I also downloaded the "Naked drivers" wich I found on another thread on XDA.
I really need help
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Have you tried downloading the Google USB Driver package from Android SDK? Its under Extras. If my memory serves me right, our phones actually require two drivers (one for adb and fastboot modes, and one for normal operation). Also, when you are restoring your phone are you sure its the right version? Like you're not installing an LTE ROM on a GSM device?
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I got the rooting all done until the phone was going to boot, then I got stuck at the black screen with the Google-logo. Unfortunately I can't post links, but I used Chainfires' ODIN method.
I can try to uninstall the drivers and only try Samsung drivers.
@nbeebe24
Yes, I downloaded the Android SDK drivers before I started the rooting. I am not 100% sure that it is the right version. I got the GSM, do you have a nice guide or 'How To' for restoring GSM?
Thanks for the help so far!
Let's take it form the beginning. First I followed the steps in Chainfires' thread about CF-Root for SGN (Galaxy Nexus). I used the ODIN-way to flash my phone. I followed the instructions to the letter and when I tried to boot the phone I only got a black screen with a white Google-logo in the middle and an unlocked lock-logo. Nothing else happens than this. My phone is GSM-version and is bought in Norway. One of the issues is that I'm not 100% sure of what build-number my phone is.. anyone know how I can find this out?
When I tried to fix this problem myself I tried to unroot, lock and reset the phone, and then unlock/root again with another version, the same happend (with the black screen and google logo + lock-logo). It doesn't work to unroot, lock and reset, if I do this I only get a balck screen with google-logo, but no lock-logo
I really hope someone can help me with this problem! All help and tips is appreciated!
Fixed!
I've finally fixed this problem. Can tell you how I fixed it if someone else need help.
I uninstalled the PDANet drivers, Samsung drivers and uninstalled the SDK-drivers. Then I reinnstalled the SDK driver and followed this to restore the phone to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806
So I guess the problem was that I used the wrong version or for another build when I CF-Rooted. I have ITL41D build.
Thanks for the help and I hope this can help other with the same issue!
Love my GNex, it's a beast! Upgraded from a SGS, this was a beast when it first came out but the electronic power are growing fast! Go Samsung and Google! Love ICS
Ok to start off with I have read several walkthroughs and seen several videos on how to install the drivers to unlock the galaxy nexus, however I have never seen or heard about this error or whatever it is any help would be greatly appreciated. please don't be a smart ass.
I have the Sprint Galaxy nexus I am trying to manually install the drivers as i cant get them to install through other methods but I keep getting this message( see pic).
What I've tried:
Rebooting computer
re install android sdk and setting up adb
confirmed adb is working
tried different cord
tried different usb
factory reset the phone
download the Samsung drivers and the usb.zip drivers from multiple places
but for the life of me I cant get past this
thanks in advance
farmerwill said:
Ok to start off with I have read several walkthroughs and seen several videos on how to install the drivers to unlock the galaxy nexus, however I have never seen or heard about this error or whatever it is any help would be greatly appreciated. please don't be a smart ass.
I have the Sprint Galaxy nexus I am trying to manually install the drivers as i cant get them to install through other methods but I keep getting this message( see pic).
What I've tried:
Rebooting computer
re install android sdk and setting up adb
confirmed adb is working
tried different cord
tried different usb
factory reset the phone
download the Samsung drivers and the usb.zip drivers from multiple places
but for the life of me I cant get past this
thanks in advance
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Uninstall the drivers you've installed and delete the drivers you downloaded. Reboot. Download the drivers again and install again.
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The drivers might not be Windows 8 compatible.
That's what I heard. just gonna try in the morning on my laptop
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Hey,i got a galaxy w from a friend and i decided i put it to good use and give it to my sis as a christmas present.
the problem is,the os is old.i looked online and saw that you can download an update or something like that.(from 2.3.6 to 4.something)
so i looked around,downloaded odin and the files, connected the phone only to see that there are no win10 drivers.
i used kies (new and old),usb driver for it and tried different things.
but always it couldnt detect the phone at all(kingo,Kies) or not in downloading mode(odin)
my pc always detects the phone as a serial port or something like that.
i tried going in the directory of the usb driver,didnt work.
i tried downloading some .cab files ,didnt work.
im so tired and lost in in, please help
BTW im using win10 64bit
PS can someone give me a WORKING copy of jelly bean cyanogenmod?
Thanks for your help
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