Hi, I am having a slight problem and am at a loss.
First of all, my phone is stock. I bought my OTG cable a few months ago and it worked just fine. I was using it to play games with my PS3 remote. However, with less time on my hands, I put the games aside and with it, I was no longer using my OTG cable.
Whenever I plug in the OTG cable, nothing happens and I don't get a notification that a USB device is connected. I have confirmed that it is not the OTG cable as I have tried it on 3 other phones, all of which responded to the cable connecting.
I am not sure when this problem started happening, but I didn't notice until yesterday when I was trying to use my OTG cable. In addition, when I plug in my phone to my laptop, my phone doesn't give me the option to turn on debugging mode. Again, I don't know when this problem actually began. I mention this because I am not sure if it is relevant to my OTG cable problem. Yes, I have checked and debugging mode is enabled.
I am not sure what to do and I have scoured the web trying to find a solution. Maybe I am searching in the wrong places, or maybe I am not just searching correctly, but I figured that my last option was coming here.
I thank you ahead for your time and hope that a solution can be found. I will be more than happy to provide any more details of needed.
leprkon said:
Hi, I am having a slight problem and am at a loss.
First of all, my phone is stock. I bought my OTG cable a few months ago and it worked just fine. I was using it to play games with my PS3 remote. However, with less time on my hands, I put the games aside and with it, I was no longer using my OTG cable.
Whenever I plug in the OTG cable, nothing happens and I don't get a notification that a USB device is connected. I have confirmed that it is not the OTG cable as I have tried it on 3 other phones, all of which responded to the cable connecting.
I am not sure when this problem started happening, but I didn't notice until yesterday when I was trying to use my OTG cable. In addition, when I plug in my phone to my laptop, my phone doesn't give me the option to turn on debugging mode. Again, I don't know when this problem actually began. I mention this because I am not sure if it is relevant to my OTG cable problem. Yes, I have checked and debugging mode is enabled.
I am not sure what to do and I have scoured the web trying to find a solution. Maybe I am searching in the wrong places, or maybe I am not just searching correctly, but I figured that my last option was coming here.
I thank you ahead for your time and hope that a solution can be found. I will be more than happy to provide any more details of needed.
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Sounds like a bad USB port. You can replace it yourself, or do a warranty exchange. I don't think it's software related but try factory resetting. Or another ROM.
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It sounds similar to what my phone was doing a few days ago. I don't have the OTG, but when I plugged my phone in to the computer, it only went to charge mode and didn't give the USB options, and the computer didn't recognize it at all. I ended up flashing back to stock rooted and it started working again. I flashed CM and then AeonFluxx again and it continued working, so I assume that it was either an app I had installed or something extra I had flashed. Either way, it's working now.
TL;DR Try reflashing before you start tinkering with the hardware, that fixed a similar problem for me.
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Alright, thanks guys.
I think I am just going to do a factory reset.
I am able to charge my phone just fine and it connects to the computer just fine as well (Heck, I can do what many others can't....connect to Kies). I have no problems with data transfers either.
So I assume this is a software based problem.
...I may as well root while I am at it....
Haha, I will tinker around a little bit more before I do a factory reset and come back with my results.
Thanks again!
Are you using a kernel with fast charge?
Never mind. You are not rooted so that is not the issue.
Well, it looks like the factory restore didn't solve either issue. So I ended up calling it in and hopefully the replacement phone will work. Gonna have to wait a bit though...GS3's are currently on back order.
Thanks again for the advice though guys! Appreciate it!
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Well, it looks like the factory restore didn't solve either issue. So I ended up calling it in and hopefully the replacement phone will work. Gonna have to wait a bit though...GS3's are currently on back order.
Thanks again for the advice though guys! Appreciate it!
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Sorry to hear that man, hopefully you get your new S3 soon!
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Well, it looks like the factory restore didn't solve either issue. So I ended up calling it in and hopefully the replacement phone will work. Gonna have to wait a bit though...GS3's are currently on back order.
Thanks again for the advice though guys! Appreciate it!
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HA i had to wait THREE weeks before FINALLY getting my warranty replacement. Oh and then the replacement was just absolute **** so i sent that back. ANd am now waiting for another device. Good luck buddy! Hope you have better experience with this replacement crap then i do!
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I need some serious help. I just got this phone and was getting ready to root it and here is what happened. I opened up odin, unchecked f. reset time, put victory_8G_100528.pit in pit according to http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SPH-D700-ODIN, then added stockdeoEC05.tar.md5 in PDA. Hit start and the screen said something about partition, the phone shut off and nothing since. I can't even get a charge. The phone has no life at all.
Please help
Try leaving your battery out for 30 min and see if you can get into download mode with usb plugged only. Also, check this thread. Its a guide for bringing a semi bricked epic back to life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Also see this for the most current one click root and revovery with cwm 3.1.0.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076967
Thanks I will try but phone won't do anything so far... 30 mins it is...
What did I do wrong?
No luck...
Phone will still not power on, charge or go into download mode
smartbeatz said:
Phone will still not power on, charge or go into download mode
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Take the sd card and batttery out, and plug in the charger llike this but while holding 1 and the power button at the same time
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You rock!
Phone is in downloading mode and I'm downloading the tar from the link you gave me. Any idea what happened so I don't do it again? This was my first time using Odin so I'm not familiar with it. Did I set it up right? I have to learn from my mistakes and I promised my mom m Moment, which I had to reactivate just now. Geez Laweez...
Glad to hear it. I would buy a better usb cable for the future if you are still using the stock one.
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The factory usb cable is great for charging but nothing else. You need a good cable for data transfer. I always use my old Blackberry usb cables they are awesome, BB depend on a lot of data sync with the computer their cables are great.
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Here we go...
Okay now I can't get the pc to recognize the device. I tried the drivers from the pack ont those links you gave me prior, and even tried some others. Swapped 3 different usb cords too BTW the only thing it will do is go to download mode by taking battery & card out, plugging in usb while holding 1 & power.
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Okay now I can't get the pc to recognize the device. I tried the drivers from the pack ont those links you gave me prior, and even tried some others. Swapped 3 different usb cords too BTW the only thing it will do is go to download mode by taking battery & card out, plugging in usb while holding 1 & power.
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Did you reboot your computer after installing the drivers?
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Yes I did. Still have the same issue. Last time it worked was when I used Odin and the phone never rebooted. That's what started this thread.
I'm trying to see what happens when I try this on my desktop... Will update soon...
Drivers not working
Even when I tried my desktop (XP, laptop Win 7) I got the same results... Device not recognized...
Even when I click on there was a problem with the device message and go to update driver, it tells me there is no driver installed or needed for this device. I'm hopeful this can be fixed but I can't get the device to be seen and it's stuck in downloading mode. I have searched all the forums and haven't seen this issue yet. Does anyone know how to fix this when it only turns on without the battery in while plugging in the USB and holding 1 & power? I had issues with the device being seen before this happened but man I'm lost as what to try. I even tried the one on the samsung site... of course uninstalling the previous ones and resetting the computer before my attempts.
Are you using the usb ports in the back of the computer that are directly connected to the motherboard?
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Phone is reset!!! All is good!!!
Now everyone said to not use the usb that came with but you know what... I went to work and grabbed it and it worked... Phone is getting worked over as we type...
Thanks for all your help. I want to lean more about development so if anyone can point me in a good direction???
smartbeatz said:
Now everyone said to not use the usb that came with but you know what... I went to work and grabbed it and it worked... Phone is getting worked over as we type...
Thanks for all your help. I want to lean more about development so if anyone can point me in a good direction???
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Cooooool I helped lol glad to see my method for getting into download mode worked for you!
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I owe you...
If it weren't for you I'd be still looking at my phone mad as hell ready to sell it off for parts... Thanks to you I'm up and running 2.4 now clockworked and all. I just want to learn more about development so I can return the favor to others.
smartbeatz said:
If it weren't for you I'd be still looking at my phone mad as hell ready to sell it off for parts... Thanks to you I'm up and running 2.4 now clockworked and all. I just want to learn more about development so I can return the favor to others.
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I was in the samee dilema, that came from expirience man lol, except no one told me this so I figured it out on my own. I'm srprised how calm I was actually lol.
As for the development stuff I'm not so sure
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Hello XDA members,
Couple of weeks ago, I plugged my charger and then all of a sudden, smoked started coming out accompanied by a burning smell. I quickly took out the charger and now I am not able to charge my phone. I recently sent it back to Samsung for repair but they could not fix it under warranty and was asked to pay $200. Imo that is way too much considering brand new Galaxy Nexus is around $500 where I am from.
Prior to sending my phone, I unrooted my phone, reverted back to stock rom and now I am wondering if there is a way of rooting my phone without having to be connected to the computer via the USB cable. I want to install a custom rom but is that even possible without having the ability to connect to your computer?
Thanks
sgs064 said:
Hello XDA members,
Couple of weeks ago, I plugged my charger and then all of a sudden, smoked started coming out accompanied by a burning smell. I quickly took out the charger and now I am not able to charge my phone. I recently sent it back to Samsung for repair but they could not fix it under warranty and was asked to pay $200. Imo that is way too much considering brand new Galaxy Nexus is around $500 where I am from.
Prior to sending my phone, I unrooted my phone, reverted back to stock rom and now I am wondering if there is a way of rooting my phone without having to be connected to the computer via the USB cable. I want to install a custom rom but is that even possible without having the ability to connect to your computer?
Thanks
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You can fix the USB port for a few bucks, i seen people say it cost $10, not really sure as i never came across one, but it should be out there on ebay.
You will be looking for a microUSB board
sgs064 said:
I am wondering if there is a way of rooting my phone without having to be connected to the computer via the USB cable.
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No.
sgs064 said:
I am wondering if there is a way of rooting my phone without having to be connected to the computer via the USB cable.
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efrant said:
No.
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I am in the same situation as sgs064. I have a Gnex that I need to root, but it will not connect to the PC with the USB cable (strangely, it does still charge via USB). I probably will just fix the microUSB port as Mach 3.2 suggested, but in the meantime it would be nice if there was a way to do it without USB. I realize that it probably is impossible, as efrant indicated, but if anyone has any ideas, I'd be willing to try em out. This is an extra Gnex, not my everyday phone, so im willing to mess around with it a lot more.
Thanks.
PeteCat said:
I am in the same situation as sgs064. I have a Gnex that I need to root, but it will not connect to the PC with the USB cable (strangely, it does still charge via USB). I probably will just fix the microUSB port as Mach 3.2 suggested, but in the meantime it would be nice if there was a way to do it without USB. I realize that it probably is impossible, as efrant indicated, but if anyone has any ideas, I'd be willing to try em out. This is an extra Gnex, not my everyday phone, so im willing to mess around with it a lot more.
Thanks.
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It's a driver issue of It still charges but nothing else, and as far as rooting without PC goes, I don't think you can
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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.
dberend said:
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.
ALpHaMoNk said:
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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dberend said:
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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dberend said:
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
Hi, all...
Quick question: did somebody in this forum ever had problems with USB? Mine seems to work only for charging. 'Till the last week, it worked as MSC, with no major problems, then it became faulty, disconnecting and connecting.
Now, to have data connection, is necessary to put pressure at the male connector and hold it this way. I think that it'll require a new PCB, as it doesn't look like software failure. I've googled up and there were other people having trouble with Xperia, but not M, specifically.
So, must I bring it to the assistence?
There's only one way to find out where the source of the problem is: to reflash the ROM.
The USB connector might have got damaged somehow. You can try it with any other device or maybe another xperia m to check for software fault or damage of the USB connector. Try to keep your device at a level below the port for USB in your computer.
elmkzgirxp said:
There's only one way to find out where the source of the problem is: to reflash the ROM.
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Tried with CM 4.4 (FXP one, that's, by the way, terrifc). But it presented the same failure, then I reverted to the stock 4.3's CWM backup, because I didn't want to reinstall every app. Well, at least I,'m now sure that's a hardware failure.
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The USB connector might have got damaged somehow. You can try it with any other device or maybe another xperia m to check for software fault or damage of the USB connector. Try to keep your device at a level below the port for USB in your computer.
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Tried everything (or near everything). It charges, however. There are a little failure, but it should work if the phone is left quiet or not shaken while using it connected to the outlet.
So, for now, I'm going to transfer things using Samba or detached SD (the last being the fastest). Later I'll send it for repair... Shame it perhaps won't work with OTG (a feature I've been searching for, when I bought XM), but, when having money, I'm going to get it fixed.
Thanks for the replies, anyway.
prppedro said:
Tried with CM 4.4 (FXP one, that's, by the way, terrifc). But it presented the same failure, then I reverted to the stock 4.3's CWM backup, because I didn't want to reinstall every app. Well, at least I,'m now sure that's a hardware failure.
Tried everything (or near everything). It charges, however. There are a little failure, but it should work if the phone is left quiet or not shaken while using it connected to the outlet.
So, for now, I'm going to transfer things using Samba or detached SD (the last being the fastest). Later I'll send it for repair... Shame it perhaps won't work with OTG (a feature I've been searching for, when I bought XM), but, when having money, I'm going to get it fixed.
Thanks for the replies, anyway.
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Most problems don't get fixed just by restoring /system. You have to flash the whole
ROM, if it failed with system. If you're worried so much about your data, then just backup /data then restore it afterwards...
I also have this problem.i just elevates the charger cable and its charging but its not working if its not elevated.tried different charger but the problem still persist.so i conclude that its the port in the phone that s malfunctioning.
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even my usb cable didn't work. I tried connecting other mobiles too but dint work. And i realized its not problem with the os, but the cable itself was fault!
I am having tons of issues with Android P and the headphone adapters. When I was running dev preview 1 I had a strange issue where they worked with headphones, but not aux cables. I posted here and no one else was having issues so I just dealt with it for a bit. Then the beta came out and I upgraded. Everything started working again after that and I had no issues for a few days. Then it started acting up again. This time with headphones. It would randomly drop the headphones and start playing out of the speakers. Usually a reconnect or reboot would fix it. Then they just quit all together, nothing I did would make them work at all, headphones or aux. So I reflashed back to Oreo. All worked fine, so I upgraded back to the beta. Once again all was good until a few days and everything quit working again. That is where I currently am now. The other thing of note is that it has charging connected device via USB in the notifications. It seems to me that something changes and it starts seeing the adapters as some sort of USB device and not an audio adapter.
I also have 2 adapters and always test both with the same results. Is anyone else having issues? Could this be a hardware issue? I guess the next step is to go back to Oreo for a while and see if it happens there. Maybe it was just a coincidence that it happened when I upgraded.
I only had the issue on the first Dev preview where my aux cable would not play. On the second beta it is still working perfectly and I've been running it since it came out. I don't use headphones, so I have no tested it. I'd say no it is not a hardware issue and is just due to software issues with the beta. If you are worried about hard ware, go back to stock and see if you have the issue. If not, that will tell you it is the software and issues are expected as it is in beta.
I have tried some more steps. I flashed back to stock by opting out of the beta and it still didn't work. So I flashed back to stock with the factory image and that didn't work either. Now the same thing happens no matter what, it just says its supplying power to the device. I contacted support just to see what I could do about it. They are sending a new dongle to test. I do already have two, but it cant hurt to try another first. I suppose if that still doesn't work, the next step will be a new device.
I'd bet bad USB components. Can you connect to your computer? Bet it's not recognized.
Just got my second replacement for bad port. 1st one was smoking.
Second one behaved like yours.... no headphones or PC connection.
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I have tried some more steps. I flashed back to stock by opting out of the beta and it still didn't work. So I flashed back to stock with the factory image and that didn't work either. Now the same thing happens no matter what, it just says its supplying power to the device. I contacted support just to see what I could do about it. They are sending a new dongle to test. I do already have two, but it cant hurt to try another first. I suppose if that still doesn't work, the next step will be a new device.
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Im in the same boat as you. It's suspicious that a lot of people had the same problem.. I dunno if its a HW problem..
I started to have this problem last night. Very frustrating.
akenis said:
I'd bet bad USB components. Can you connect to your computer? Bet it's not recognized.
Just got my second replacement for bad port. 1st one was smoking.
Second one behaved like yours.... no headphones or PC connection.
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Yeah, it seems like that has started to go too. Tested it and windows says device unrecognized. Still seems to be charging for now.
Frustrating
Ever since the last update it stoped working all together.
This is so frustrating.