I was running CM10 but I got a message whenever I got into the Camera App that said "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped working", after a research in here I found that I wouldn't get that msg again if I installed this "gapps-jb-picasa-20121011-signed" thing.
I did, but when I got into my Camera App, I didn't have the other options like "Image Effects" and all that stuff.
So, what I did was to Restore my phone from my BackUp folder that I've created before installing CM10, but for my surprise I got a msg saying "VolumeError" or something like that and other things that I can't really remember... and as a good Mexican that I am, I ignored it and hit the Reboot System Now..
What happened next almost made me cry...
I was expecting to get in my stock rom without any problems and yadda yadda but... OH SURPRISE!
I got stuck on the boot screen, where it says "Samsung" and the website of it and I didn't freak out... I waited like 5-6 mins and took the battery out. When I turned again, I tried to get in Recovery Mode but the screen just kept turning off and on and saying the exact same thing, the "Samsung" logo and it's website.
I hope you can help me and please answer me. I don't know if I'm 1000000% screwed but I will only wait for the worst. Sorry for my bad english and don't hate me for being mexican
I don't know if I can get into my phone from my PC but whenever I plug my phone in, it just loads it as if it was in Charging Mode
PLEASE HELP ME!
I BEG YOU!
Flash again CM10 with wipe data, cache, dalvik
If still stuck
Odin to stock ROM, you can search on google to odin the epic
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Like @dropple said, it seems you stuck "SAMSUNG" and in this case you can't get into recovery so you can't flash CM10 as of now. Go find some tutorials and Odin back to stock via download mode. Then install CWM recovery if you want and do whatever you like. Should get you outta trouble.
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AndyYan said:
Like @dropple said, it seems you stuck "SAMSUNG" and in this case you can't get into recovery so you can't flash CM10 as of now. Go find some tutorials and Odin back to stock via download mode. Then install CWM recovery if you want and do whatever you like. Should get you outta trouble.
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Thanks to Everyone!
I solved this like 2 hrs after all this happened.
I got it by Odin. I couldn't go into Recovery Mode, but I got in Download Mode and do it by Odin.
Sorry, I'm a n00b to all this.
Greetings from México and thanks for all your support.
Here's a weird one for you,
Same thing as OP stated. Device is stuck on logo. Can't get into CWM. Was on People's Rom. Device was lagging really bad. Then the system requested superuser permissions. Yes the system requested. Being as I did not request it, I declined. Shut the device down to see if that would help with the extremely bad lag (i mean BAD lag. Like..........................ok it does something then.......................................................................ok it does something else. 10-20 seconds lag)
Connect device to computer to Odin back to Stock or whatever ROM would have worked, computer recognizes device..... wait for it.......
But in download mode Odin does not see it. Com Port will not illuminate. Tried 3 different cables. Tried 6 different USB ports on computer. Still nothing.
Any ideas, because I'm all out?!?
To the OP:
I would follow the instructions in this video from the part where qbking77 talks about putting the phone in download mode, as you presumably did when you first rooted your phone. Download all the files linked/referenced on the site, especially the Samsung mobile drivers, Odinv3 1.87, CWMRecovery, and the deOxed versions of the stock ROM. In sum:
1) get into recovery mode by holding onto the volume down, camera buttons, and then without letting either of those go, press and hold the power button.
if you get into recovery mode, skip to step 4
2) while your phone is completely off, hold onto the "1" button on the slide out keyboard first, then without letting the 1 button go, press and hold the power button until you're in download mode.
3) flash the version of Clockworkmod
4) once in recovery mode, wipe your phone, clear the cache, and dalvik cache, and then flash the deOxed version of the stock ROM
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Here's a weird one for you,
Same thing as OP stated. Device is stuck on logo. Can't get into CWM. Was on People's Rom. Device was lagging really bad. Then the system requested superuser permissions. Yes the system requested. Being as I did not request it, I declined. Shut the device down to see if that would help with the extremely bad lag (i mean BAD lag. Like..........................ok it does something then.......................................................................ok it does something else. 10-20 seconds lag)
Connect device to computer to Odin back to Stock or whatever ROM would have worked, computer recognizes device..... wait for it.......
But in download mode Odin does not see it. Com Port will not illuminate. Tried 3 different cables. Tried 6 different USB ports on computer. Still nothing.
Any ideas, because I'm all out?!?
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Do you have the mobile drivers installed on the computer you're trying to connect your phone to?
Yes. The drivers have been installed previously. The computer will see the device as "Samsung SPH-D700 Card USB Device". But Odin3 1.85 will not see it.
EDIT: When I put device into download mode and connect to computer, the computer only sees it as "Gadget Serial".
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Yes. The drivers have been installed previously. The computer will see the device as "Samsung SPH-D700 Card USB Device". But Odin3 1.85 will not see it.
EDIT: When I put device into download mode and connect to computer, the computer only sees it as "Gadget Serial".
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Uninstall and reinstall drivers.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2
Have already done that. But just for laughs, I did do it again with no change.
can you get your D700 into download mode as described above?
Yes I can get into download mode but without Odin recognizing the device (not computer. The computer recognizes the device) there is not much I can do.
niteNarmor said:
Yes I can get into download mode but without Odin recognizing the device (not computer. The computer recognizes the device) there is not much I can do.
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Try to install another version of Odin or getting Odin from a different server.
My phone is fully recovered and now I'm only SuperUser 'cause I don't want any CM by now.
Greetings from Mexico!
I'm using the same version of Odin I used to root the device. Would a different version really help and if so, what version to use?
I actually have a different version of Odin I used for another device and tried that one as well, with no luck.
EDIT: I have now downloaded and tried 4 different Odin programs with no avail. Again, that makes 6 Odin programs, 6 different USB ports, 3 different cables with the same exact results. The computer recognizes device but Odin will not.
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I'm using the same version of Odin I used to root the device. Would a different version really help and if so, what version to use?
I actually have a different version of Odin I used for another device and tried that one as well, with no luck.
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Had a simular issue when I had two odins on the same computer, for a lark and as I had nothing better to do, tried installing drivers and one version of odin to a vertual machine running vista and checked to see if my computer's vertual machine would reconize and it did, I took it as a sine that at one point I had done something to my computer's main os sometime between rooting my epic 4g and frying it (recovering from a backup from a different parition layout I think, bad times with bootloops and seeing way to much of the samsung logo.) So as I'm not brave enough to run odin on vm I instead removed all of odin from my main os and all of the samsung drivers, then reinstalled rebooted and repluged my epic in, got reconition and reflashed with plesure.
The other issue might be that your computer is reconizing the device and try/failing/hanging and not allowing odin in. Had an issue when my computer was failing to pop up a 'what do I do with this' window and hanging round in the system. A reboot with the internet unpluged strangely solved that for some reason, might be the reboot might be the combo, but I find better connection reconition with my computer when I've fewer things connected.
Don't mind the spelling to much I clean up with my other device.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using xda app-developers app
One question I noticed that hasn't been asked is when you plug the phone into the computer while the phone is on, is usb debugging checked? If not, check it, and reinstall drivers again.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2
jeffreyjicha said:
One question I noticed that hasn't been asked is when you plug the phone into the computer while the phone is on, is usb debugging checked? If not, check it, and reinstall drivers again.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2
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Phone does not boot past the "Samsung - www.samsung.com" logo. Plus, as with all of my devices, USB debugging is always checked.
Thanks for the suggestion though. Always helps to double check things.
I believe I am going to take it to Sprint tomorrow.
If I can't get into it, they should not be able to get into to it either. If they can't get into it, HELLO WARRANTY....
Perhaps before doing the whole getting found out thing with the return center, perhaps they do know what they're doing, try rolling this link past your eyes?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
I know I've been in your boot problem situation and recovered, it just took persistence and eyenumbing amounts of reading.
Note On the multiple Odin, USB, and driver installation: if you've access to another computer it could be worth wile to run once though on a previously virgin computer, meaning your phone and computers' USB's have never touched. Just do the installation, rebooting, and plugging in exasperatingly meticulous order.
Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs using XDA app
"it never hurts to help"
Yep tried the "virgin computer" computer as well. The computer sees the device but Odin does not. Com light will not illuminate.
Sounds grim.
So to rap up all the cables, plugs, computer, and software with odin is out of the debug process.
So I did some digging into the past and if your computer is reconizing and odin is not then ADB (android debug bridge) and the sdk are the other option
http://forums.androidcentral.com/epic-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/33427-how-access-your-adb-shell.html
Ran across this and it might just be what you need. Its not quick but it has worked for me in the past.
The other thing that may work is ejecting the sd card and battery before doing anything. Though its likely something you've already tried.
Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs using XDA app
"it never hurts to help"
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I know. There's number of similar threats. I have read them all. Or at least feels like it.
I managed to soft brick my sgs2. I was playing with this new lol boot (dual boot app) from market. I think I pushed something wrong in this app. After that my intention was to make a CWM backup before I start to play seriously with lol boot. At the second I pressed backup from the menu, my phone shut down. Now I'm in a sitsuation whre I can't enter recovery mode. There's just this Samsung Galaxy logo. At the time I had CheckRom v4 installed.
My intention was to flash stock rom via odin. I can enter to download mode just fine BUT odin or kies isn't able to connect to phone. Kies is recognizing the usb connection, but fails to connect it properly. Here's a list what I've tried so far:
- Restart PC (100x)
- Restart Odin (101x)
- Restart Kies
- Reinstall USB Drivers (with Kies and without)
- Trying different computer which has never seen Kies or any Samsung USB drivers
- Reinstalling Windows (W7 x64)
- 3 different USB cables (2 stock Samsung)
- Different USB ports
- Also Nexus S USB drivers as mentioned on another thead in XDA
- Starting odin after USB connection, and before
- Googling with any keywords I have come up
Is there anything else I can do for now?
you mean when you try to connect to odin there is no yellow square ?
maybe try to remove battery for + 90 sec and try to enter in odin ?
ps in this situation you must forget kies since its barely work when everything is fine with the phone ...
Thanks for your reply. Odin doesn't 'do' anything when i connect my device. I'm using version 4.43. When I connect s2, windows install two drivers, Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device and Samsung Mobile USB Modem. I also tried taking battery off. Actually the battery wasn't attached for 6 hours, still no success.
I didn't see this in your list, but have you tried entering download mode and connecting?
Sent from my GT-I9100
can you enter recovery? which recovery you have? Clockwork? 2e, 3e?
Just trying to feel out your situation...
Guys. I think there is some Android God that came to help me. After ~36 hours of googling, crying and throwing the phone to the wall, I've managed to solve my problem! As I was googling cheap shotgun for me, I had a vision. Why not, let's try older odin. The solution was v1.83. And right when I plugged in my phone with this odin, it got recognized! At the same second! Nuff said, I'm satisfied. And do you know what is the best part? I flashed with original stock rom and every app, every launcher and so on was STILL WORKING and running!
Thanks to everyone. I'll be more careful next time!
EDIT: How the heck the custom binary counter went to zero? I was thinking its only possible with usb jig?
not older odin! but the one u need for sgs2 (and 1) only use odin 3 v. 1.83 or v. 1.3.
The one you said IS NOT FOR YOUR PHONE. Sorry I missed that text.
So if I understood you correctly, u are saying that I flashed my phone with wrong version of odin (1.83) ? Sorry, I'cant understand english too good, so can you say your point more literally and s_l_o_w_l_y? Thanks
I only use odin3 v1.3 or odin 3 v.1.83.
As far as I know, you cannot use anything else, since it is not made for your device!
I might be wrong, if so, somebody correct me.
Sent from my GT-I9100
So if you're correct on this, the reason why I couldn't get my phone recognized was the wrong version of odin?
pazzio said:
Guys. I think there is some Android God that came to help me. After ~36 hours of googling, crying and throwing the phone to the wall, I've managed to solve my problem! As I was googling cheap shotgun for me, I had a vision. Why not, let's try older odin. The solution was v1.83. And right when I plugged in my phone with this odin, it got recognized! At the same second! Nuff said, I'm satisfied. And do you know what is the best part? I flashed with original stock rom and every app, every launcher and so on was STILL WORKING and running!
Thanks to everyone. I'll be more careful next time!
EDIT: How the heck the custom binary counter went to zero? I was thinking its only possible with usb jig?
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gratz!
to reset your binary, there is only one way to do it. u are right, usb jig.
however, beware, i read somewhere saying that GB ver 2.3.4 onward has a new version of bootloader which prevent usb jig from resetting the counter, which mean samsung is trying to lock the bootloader now. however, flashing the old bootloader still helps (claim by others).
I'm dying for any type of help here. For the life of me I can't get my phone to be recognized in download mode. I was using stock EC05, it didn't work. Rooted via oneclickroot. Unrooted with RFS/StockRecovery. Manually updated to EI22. It has not worked through any of this. Not on any computer or OS (though admittedly only been Windows XP, Vista, and 7). Not with any different cable. Not with any different port. I've reinstalled the drivers hundreds of times as well. Windows recognizes it when it's off. When it's powered up and connected in debug mode there are no issues whatsoever. The end result I'm looking for is rooted EI22. So a few questions:
1. What exactly is download mode and how is it different from having the device on/off?
My phone is obviously not communicating what it is in this state.
2. What driver/s does the PC look for to communicate with download mode?
3. Are there any workarounds to getting download mode to work (in other words, could mine just be bugged in some way that can be updated)?
Thanks in advance!
With the phone off, press and hold the 1 key on the keyboard. Now add pressing and holding the power button until download mode pops up. This is used to Odin or Heimdall files in. If you are on EC05 rooted you can simply backup with Titanium Backup and flash a custom EI22 ROM that will be prerooted. Then you can upgrade the modem if you like.
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Dang kenny always hogging the q&a help id like to feel like a hero sometimes too XD. Btw he didn't ask how to get into DLmode he can't get odin to com.
Anways try popping out the sd card and battery using the computer as the power source and get into download mode. Odin seems to like certain phones in that state. I think download mode is a path to the phones brain cavity ^^ kinda like a zombie willing to do what ever you tell it (odin).
Sent from my OG Epic
HaHa, B. I didn't see where he put the phone into download mode in the OP. This one is all yours. I will go watch football and leave Q&A in your capable hands tomight.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
Thanks for the quick replies!
I've tried sans battery, SD card, and any combination thereof. I'm completely stumped! My last attempts were reinstalling drivers with the phone in each state. Still no luck. By the by - I can say with some confidence that:
Odin is not the problem. With the phone up in debug mode Odin recognizes it just fine.
My PC could be the problem, but that would mean so were all the others I've tried.
Guess I'm just curious if maybe download mode changes voltage to the USB or some other anomaly. If that were the case maybe a separate, powered port might be the answer. I'll keep digging!
So your saying you can't get Odin to com while in download mode?
With any different cable or USB port.....
I remember having a similiar issue when you have in download mode does it read as an unknown device in device manager on your PC?
Sent from my OG Epic
Does your phone say "download mode" when you power up with holding power and 1 keys at the same time?
Sent by my CleanGB Epic using XDA App
A good idea would be to let windows install the drivers it could be the drivers your installing are bad. If it comes up as unknown there is a process to get it to install custom drivers but id have to figure it out again I forget it exactly.
Sent from my OG Epic
Custom drivers may be the solution. The drivers installed work perfectly. Depending on the state of the phone, it identifies itself in different ways to the PC. Being off, on as charging or storage, and on as debug all return with different identities, and Windows loads the appropriate drivers. Download mode only ever gets "Unknown Device" and Windows seems to think that no other inf file contains information about the device (obviously false since those same files allow it to be identified as an Android device)... Leading me to believe that Download mode is not identifying itself correctly to the PC.
Again thanks for all the help this is giving me a new search angle.
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Custom drivers may be the solution. The drivers installed work perfectly. Depending on the state of the phone, it identifies itself in different ways to the PC. Being off, on as charging or storage, and on as debug all return with different identities, and Windows loads the appropriate drivers. Download mode only ever gets "Unknown Device" and Windows seems to think that no other inf file contains information about the device (obviously false since those same files allow it to be identified as an Android device)... Leading me to believe that Download mode is not identifying itself correctly to the PC.
Again thanks for all the help this is giving me a new search angle.
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Did you try "update drivers" from Windows with phone in usb debugging on mode? There are 5 drivers it needs and may take awhile to load the last one. The other option is to try Heimdall which loads it's own drivers. It is in the second post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
B, you handled this perfectly...sorry for butting in.
Yep okay windows recognises it as unknown I know exactly how to work around that. You have to go into the device manager and unistall the software it tried to install for the unknown device. Once you do that advance install the drivers you have and it should recognise it make sure you don't unplug and odin goes thru the first time otherwise you'll have to do it again. also make sure it says successfully installed and your hardware is ready to use. Good luck.
Sent from my OG Epic
kennyglass123 said:
Did you try "update drivers" from Windows with phone in usb debugging on mode? There are 5 drivers it needs and may take awhile to load the last one. The other option is to try Heimdall which loads it's own drivers. It is in the second post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
B, you handled this perfectly...sorry for butting in.
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I was going to tell him to use hiemdall if the process above didn't work thank you
Sent from my OG Epic
Biggoron said:
I was going to tell him to use hiemdall if the process above didn't work thank you
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Awesome B! Nice to see you and some others stepping up to help out. I will try to back off and let you guys handle it but it's hard to let go....LOL.
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Awesome B! Nice to see you and some others stepping up to help out. I will try to back off and let you guys handle it but it's hard to let go....LOL.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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Not a problem I don't blame you its fun to herd these isheep haha. I'm sure most new people are coming from a closed source iphone to an open buffet of android.
Sent from my OG Epic
Thank you all for the continued support.
kennyglass123 said:
Did you try "update drivers" from Windows with phone in usb debugging on mode? There are 5 drivers it needs and may take awhile to load the last one. The other option is to try Heimdall which loads it's own drivers. It is in the second post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
B, you handled this perfectly...sorry for butting in.
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Heimdall also seems to rely on Windows first recognizing the device which is the only step I'm having problems with. Perhaps someone could connect in download mode and give me the specs on what driver/s windows loaded (I'm using XP, 32-bit)? I have 6 instances reserved for my device already. I'm attempting to manually install each device that shows up while in debug now. Let's see how that goes.
For my win xp 32 it shows three drivers installing the Samsung usb composite device, Gadget Serial Component ( I think its that didn't write it down) and the Samsung mobile modem with these three Odin coms instantly. Ill send you the drivers I use it may make a difference.
Sent from my OG Epic
I'm getting an "installation package could not be opened" error. However, I paired your earlier suggestions and now it works! Here's what I did:
Connected in debug mode so the Samsung Android USB Composite Device showed up. I then had Heimdall install its driver. I notice this DOES replace the PC device driver from ssad...(something) to WinUSB. Then I uninstalled the driver installation package. I was using SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe that came with Kies. I turned the device off and booted into Download Mode, then reinstalled the driver package. Somewhere along the lines those last 2 instances (Samsung USB Composite Device, Samsung Mobile Modem) decided to show up!! Finally, I'm rooted again. Thank you all so much!
And if anyone was curious, there is a difference between the modes. Phone off or powered on and connected reports a power of 96mA. When it's in Download Mode, it's at 50mA! I used the utility USBDeview for the statistics. Also attached a screen of the basics reported on my PC. I highlighted all the stuff involved in the driver installation, the phone was off. I hope this helps anyone else.
Thanks again!!
Nice job everyone, especially Biggoron for being on top of this.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
Awesome cue the hero song ^^
Anyways glad you got it to work and are back in the rooted world I hate seeing my phone on stock ec05 everytime I flash back to it.
Sent from my OG Epic
Device Unknown 700
Years later in a world full of HTC Ones, Galaxy S4s and Nexus 7 part two, one warrior emerges to a post which has been untouched for two long year's...to present the second half of this...dilema.
How was that for an entrance? I have the same issue as our original poster here. I tried the solution that helped him solve his case and all it did was completely make my girls D700 unseeable by ODIN even when on USB Debugging and on. Download mode is just giving me the crappy "Unknown Device" excuse. Got this phone MINTish for $20 as my girls temporary phone, and for 3 weeks since I got it have been stuck on this one. This and my HTC Evo 4G LTE have been my worst devices in history.
I got a BlackBerry USB as some recommend, installed the actual drivers, installed them ziagwhachumucallit drivers and no good.
I'm in hell with this one...
Any of you guys wanna help out on this one?
Hello guys this is my first post so forgive me if I don't have the terms down to key.
I've recently flashed to the Codename Android ICS rom and while it's a beautiful rom my battery life after 4 cycles or so hasn't improved past 8 hours a day. I was previously getting decent life on Blazer so I want to revert back to GB. After doing my research on the million topics of reverting from ICS to GB, I thought I would give it a shot. Right now I still have the Codename Android rom, FC22 Kernel, and the EL26 modem. I followed sfhub's well written guide using the EL29 one-click modem program. I had my phone in download mode and recognized by my computer, but when I clicked the start button ODIN almost instantly showed a red fail box and as far as I know the cable is fine and the computer never lost power. Fearing the worst I quickly unplugged my phone and restarted it and luckily still booted into the rom fine and everything seemed normal. However my phone is no longer recognized by my computer, in download mode or not. The phone charges and my computer makes the device recognition beep, but one second later it makes the device unplugged beep and this keeps continuing and the phone is never fully recognized. I still want to revert to GB so I installed mobile odin to cut out the pc part. Before I do anything I want to make sure I have the right files downloaded (EL29 or 26 files), and that mobile odin will work fine on ICS to get me back to GB without breaking my phone. With all the brick stories lately, I want to make sure I have everything down.
Any help will be appreciated.
I would try a different USB port on the computer. I used to have problems with my Samsung moment where out would stop seeing the phone but changing the port let it redetect. Reinstalling the drivers or trying a different PC to see if it detects the phone could point you to which end is the problem.
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I tried different USB cables and computers, but still having the problems. My girlfriend also has the E4GT, albeit all stock, and I plugged it into my computer and everything recognized correctly. I have the mobile Odin application installed on my phone and I just want to make sure I flash the correct files from the ICS Codename Android rom to get me safely back to GB. Seeing one red fail box from Odin has me on the cautious side.
Ok re download the el29 stock root one click first. Get rid of the one you have. Now download Calkulins format all and download auto root eg39-el29. Make sure you have system debugging checked. (settings /applications or settings/developer options) That is why your computer is most likely not recognizing. If it is checked then check your drivers. Go in to recovery. Run calls format all av few. Times. Pop o out the battery when its finished and go to Odin download mode. Flash one click rooted el29. Reboot. Check USB debugging again and connect usb but don't go into usb mode. Start auto root el29 cwm rogue to get recovery. Reboot. After successful reboot flash blazer offer whatever el29 rom you.like. Hope i helped.
Thanks for the reply Tinmetal. I checked my phone and I have Android Debugging and USB Debugging Notify checked. I also tried reloading the drivers on different computers, switching cables, and rebooting the devices. I'm pretty sure the connectivity problem came from the failed Odin flash, which I still don't know what went wrong.
I looked more into when I connect the phone to the computer and I recognizes the device, but before the drivers are applied the device gets disconnected. This lead me to a USB cable or port problem, but I tried every combination and still had the problem.
Do you still feel that Calkulin's wipe all is necessary being on a ICS rom, I read that flashing the cache's while on ICS can cause problems. I extracted the .tar files for the stock root el29, do you expect any problems if I use mobile Odin?
kal727 said:
Thanks for the reply Tinmetal. I checked my phone and I have Android Debugging and USB Debugging Notify checked. I also tried reloading the drivers on different computers, switching cables, and rebooting the devices. I'm pretty sure the connectivity problem came from the failed Odin flash, which I still don't know what went wrong.
I looked more into when I connect the phone to the computer and I recognizes the device, but before the drivers are applied the device gets disconnected. This lead me to a USB cable or port problem, but I tried every combination and still had the problem.
Do you still feel that Calkulin's wipe all is necessary being on a ICS rom, I read that flashing the cache's while on ICS can cause problems. I extracted the .tar files for the stock root el29, do you expect any problems if I use mobile Odin?
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Check out this thread...bricked my phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
First of all yes you should ruin Calkins format all. Its not the same as using the recovery wipe. Next i would try to run sfhub's E4GTAUTO EL29EL29 auto root. You don't have to be in DOWNLOAD MODE OR USB MODE. IF YOU'RE HEARING THE CONNECTION SOUND THEN YOUR PC IS RECOGNIZING THE DEVICE. IF e4gtauto doesn't connect to your device i would uninstall kies and all Samsung drivers from the device manager on your computer and reinstall with just the sprint drivers. Put in a search for the sprint drivers here on xda and it should come up. If you can't find the sprint drivers hit me back and I'll post them for ya
Alright I have an update hopefully this will help someone who may be experiencing the same problems. My phone was working perfectly fine the day before. I woke up this morning and my phone was completely uncharged even on the charger overnight and would not turn on or charge (PC or wall outlet). I tried different cables and usb ports/wall outlets and I didn't do any flashing at all for a while and I was still on Codename ICS with USB not working. The blue light kept flashing and when I tried to go into download mode I got the "Low Battery, No Download" in red letters.
I took out my gf's battery from her US Cellular gs2 which is basically the same except no WiMax. Put it in my phone and it worked booted up, albeit with really weird touch issues (my battery didn't work/charge in her phone if anyone was wondering). Thinking I had no other choice at this point I used Mobile Odin to flash my phone back to GB in el29 with sfhub's .tar file. Surprisingly everything seemed to work. I am currently back on gb el29 without root (all stock) and I put my battery back in and it wouldn't turn on. I put the charger on and it took about 10mins of charging without the phone on and then I turned it on with it working. I unplugged the charger and it is holding a charge pretty well. However, I am still experiencing the same USB problems. When I plug the phone into the PC it recognizes it and I get the mtch-usb?? (sorry I'm not at home to be exact) on my notification bar, but I cannot get into USB debugging. My PC keeps beeping device recognized then beeping device unplugged and I don't see any activity on device manager. Any explanations, questions, or help would be appreciated?
It sounds to me, unrelated to ODIN, you coincidentally had USB port problems when you were doing this flashing.
Have you tried blowing compressed air into the USB port to dislodge any particles that might have gotten stuck?
I just blew some some compressed air into the phone and it didn't change much. When I plugged it in this time the installing drivers bubble came up and installed "Gadget Serial", which turned into Samsung CDA... My phone's USB connections were working perfectly before I tried my initial ODIN back to the el-29. When I tried that ODIN ran for a good 2 seconds before having the red fail box. I think I set everything to directions, but something happened that caused the failure (slight cable disconnection, bad USB port...) but I have no exact idea what caused that initial red fail box i"m only speculating. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. After that failure thought my phone couldn't maintain a USB connection. sfhub are you aware of a bad ODIN flash compromising the USB connection, even if ODIN ran for only around 2 seconds, I don't know if it even had enough time to unpack the .tar files.
Mobile Odin el26+cwm. Hold power+volume up and reboot into recovery. Run Calks format all, flash ROM and reboot.
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sfhub are you aware of a bad ODIN flash compromising the USB connection, even if ODIN ran for only around 2 seconds, I don't know if it even had enough time to unpack the .tar files.
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The ODIN OneClicks are purposely arranged to flash recovery.bin first before anything else for just the situation you described. Recovery.bin is basically the *unused* recovery partition so losing it would have no detrimental affects on the phone. The leaked tar releases from Samsung/Sprint are arranged differently and flash the bootloader as the first item. If something went wrong there, I suppose USB could be compromised.
I just don't see how a compromised recovery that is unused could affect your USB and that is the basis of my suggestions.
That's exactly what I was thinking. I never used the modified ICS recovery, because of the problems people were having. I guess either the USB cable wasn't plugged in all the way or some kind of hiccup caused the failed ODIN attempt.
I have more information on my current USB connection. It says USB Connected, MTP-Connected on the notification bar. I've made sure USB debugging is on, but that is as far as my connection gets for either my phone or PC. Other than that notification on my phone I get no activity from my phone, or from Odin, the Samsung drivers, or Windows recognizing the phone.
For anyone new I've tried all the common fixes: switching cables, PC's, usb ports, and every variation of restarting PC/Phone and re-installing drivers, wiping data to factory settings(while on gingerbread), and blowing out the USB port.
Can you open an "adb shell" session to your phone when it is booted into android?
When you are going to ODIN DL mode, do you start ODIN first, then boot to download mode, or do you boot do download first, then start ODIN?
Are you using software to reboot to download mode or Power+VolDown.
Is it actually getting to download mode or not getting there?
I got confused when you said something about not being able to get into usb debugging. Can you change toggle that setting in the configuration? On GB ROMs if you enable USB debugging, it also disables MTP and switches you USB Mass Storage mode.
If you want you can try a ##786# reset from the dialer. It will reset NVRAM and your Android User Data. You'll need your MSL which you can get typing "getprop ril.MSL" in a termina or adb shell.
Mobile Odin might be your only choice if your pc doesn't see your phone. I have flashed from AOKP ROM numerous times using mobile odin and flashing the el26+cwm GB kernel. Just hold power+vol^ to boot into recovery as soon as phone starts to reboot. Just wipe everything and flash new ROM.
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killaphatboy: I just successfully used Mobile Odin today to go back to gb, but my USB problems continued.
sfhub: Another thing I never mentioned was that before I went to ICS about a week ago Google Voice kept auto-starting and enabling Car Mode, that quickly went away when I flashed another rom so I didn't initially think it caused a problem.
Also sorry for the confusion. I could always cleanly get into download mode without any errors using Vol Down+Power. However no matter which sequence of starting Odin/plugging in USB cable/and going into download mode, the result is the same which the PC recognizes the phone, but gives the disconnected beep a second later. Can you link me a adb shell thread, I think I know how to set it up but 'adb devices' can't find any devices. Once in a while an installing drivers bubble pops up in in Windows for a split second before the device is disconnected. I caught the processes and found out that there are two drivers that install even though I have no recognition through Odin and no functionality through windows. The first is 'SAMSUNG Mobile USB CDC Composite Device' and the other is 'SAMSUNG Mobile USB Modem #2'. Both install and says Ready to use but I have no further recognition through Windows or Odin.
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sfhub: Another thing I never mentioned was that before I went to ICS about a week ago Google Voice kept auto-starting and enabling Car Mode, that quickly went away when I flashed another rom so I didn't initially think it caused a problem.
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Enabling of car mode is a common symptom that has been reported when the USB port on the phone is starting to malfunction. Other people have reported the same thing when their USB port was on the way out. Sometimes cleaning out the port helped, sometimes not.
So it seems that ODIN can only recognize my phone if the phone is powered on and running but will not recognize it in download mode. I am using the same cables I have used in the past as well as the same computer running Windows 7. Running stock ICS FH13 Unrooted and trying to root but cannot because once I enter download mode, ODIN stops seeing the device. Have tried re installing drivers many times and all USB ports on the computer with different USB cables. Hoping that somebody has a suggestion for getting the phone to be recognized in download mode for me.
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So it seems that ODIN can only recognize my phone if the phone is powered on and running but will not recognize it in download mode. I am using the same cables I have used in the past as well as the same computer running Windows 7. Running stock ICS FH13 Unrooted and trying to root but cannot because once I enter download mode, ODIN stops seeing the device. Have tried re installing drivers many times and all USB ports on the computer with different USB cables. Hoping that somebody has a suggestion for getting the phone to be recognized in download mode for me.
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Is usb debugging checked
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Yes debugging is checked.
Some more information. Turns out the phone (originally my friend's) needed to be taken in for service and when he did this he read somewhere about the USB jig to remove the custom binary counter. When he did this he flashed a gingerbread bootloader to use the jig. Only thing is, he didn't ask me for help (I've usually helped him out with this stuff in the past) and I think he flashed an international version of the bootloader. Reason being when I boot the phone it says Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 where it should not have that last part. I remember reading somewhere about this and how it happened to somebody but they had CWM recovery and flashed a special zip. I do not have this option because of the stock recovery and unrooted ROM. Just wondering if there is anything that can be done to reverse this. I can run the phone and use it still but would rather root it and continue the way I have always done with my past phones.
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Some more information. Turns out the phone (originally my friend's) needed to be taken in for service and when he did this he read somewhere about the USB jig to remove the custom binary counter. When he did this he flashed a gingerbread bootloader to use the jig. Only thing is, he didn't ask me for help (I've usually helped him out with this stuff in the past) and I think he flashed an international version of the bootloader. Reason being when I boot the phone it says Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 where it should not have that last part. I remember reading somewhere about this and how it happened to somebody but they had CWM recovery and flashed a special zip. I do not have this option because of the stock recovery and unrooted ROM. Just wondering if there is anything that can be done to reverse this. I can run the phone and use it still but would rather root it and continue the way I have always done with my past phones.
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Does it have the yellow triangle when you see that? My phone shows that when I have the triangle.
No yellow triangle.
Mine has said gti9100 before. Don't remember what I flashed. Think it was a leak through mobile odin. So you may or may not be screwed...
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Hoping not but this is stock FH13. Did not flash anything and my computer/ODIN does not recognize my phone being plugged in when in download mode... Hoping someone can chime in here about something they would try or something I might have missed. I think I got all the basic troubleshooting stuff out of the way but if anybody can point something out, great!
Do u put your phone in download mode then hit volume up then connect to usb?
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Yes, I go from full power off with USB unplugged and press and hold the power and vol down keys until I get the warning screen. I then hit vol up to continue and then plug in my phone to the computer.
With further research seems as though I am hosed. In download mode it lists my device as "product name: GT-i9100" where it should say "product name: SPH-D710" Still hoping someone can save me so I'm not stuck on stock but seems as though this device had a international phone's bootloader flashed onto it.
Yes, I go from full power off with USB unplugged and press and hold the power and vol down keys until I get the warning screen. I then hit vol up to continue and then plug in my phone to the computer.<br />
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With further research seems as though I am hosed. In download mode it lists my device as "product name: GT-i9100" where it should say "product name: SPH-D710" Still hoping someone can save me so I'm not stuck on stock but seems as though this device had a international phone's bootloader flashed onto it.
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Thats the problem i couldnt help u there but u can try installing the drivers u need
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You could get Mobile Odin and flash using that. There's a lite option that will let you flash Agat's kernel and then you can go from there.
Hello all,
I have flashed ROMs via recovery and Odin plenty of times. I would say I generally know what I am doing and I flash ROMs on the regular. This is my second Samsung device and have been rooting/flashing for almost two years, so not a noob.
I was stuck in a bootloop on my Note and it wouldn't even let me boot into recovery, so I decided to Odin and back to stock and try again... I got the one-click, phone recognized, yellow COM box popped up, hit start, walked away for 10-15 minutes. Come back and there has barely been any progress at all... I could barely see the green progress bar. I figured something is wrong because I've done this before and it only takes a minute at most. What I did next is what I think messed me up...I pulled my phone and closed the Odin dialogue box and tried to redo it. Problem is, nothing I could do would get me the Yellow COM box. The phone goes into download mode but Odin doesn't seem to want to recognize it. I've tried EVERYTHING. When I boot the phone normally, I get the Samsung error screen saying there was an issue with a firmware upgrade and I should try Kies. I download Kies and attempt to upgrade firmware that way, but I get to the last step where it says "Upgrade Firmware" or something like that on the button but the button remains greyed out and I can't click it... I have tried everything. I downloaded the toolkit and installed drivers but each time I do that, the driver install freezes my PC at the end of the install. Same thing happens if I try to get the drivers from the Samsung site directly, the computer freezes. I have rebooted a million times and tried every USB port there is. I have had the computer try to "set up" the deivce while it's in download mode a few times but usually hangs at the end (probably bc drivers not properly installing). Once or twice it setup fine, but still Odin won't recognize. I think the driver thing is moot because it was recognizing the device before this mess just fine and it recognizes and accesses my wife's S2 just fine.
I am at my wit's end. Did I destroy my phone???? Is there nothing I can do to salvage it?
I just aged about five years in the last 2 hours. Please someone help!!!
Longshot, but try installing the toolkit on a different system and try again. I've had drivers from different systems mixed up and it worked fine when installed on a fresh system. Probably not your problem, but worth a try before trying to warranty your phone. Good Luck.
Also try a different usb cable.
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Also try a different usb cable.
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Longshot, but try installing the toolkit on a different system and try again. I've had drivers from different systems mixed up and it worked fine when installed on a fresh system. Probably not your problem, but worth a try before trying to warranty your phone. Good Luck.
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Different cable didn't work.
I'll try a different system but I'm not holding out hope.
Will warranty work if in Odin mode the phone says that I have a custom ROM and custom recovery installed???
Am I out of luck here? I always thought that if it boots up, it's not completely bricked. Shouldn't a PC see it if I get the drivers installed???
If no computer sees it and the Download/Odin screen shows Root and custom ROM/Recovery so no warranty replacement, what are my options?
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Am I out of luck here? I always thought that if it boots up, it's not completely bricked. Shouldn't a PC see it if I get the drivers installed???
If no computer sees it and the Download/Odin screen shows Root and custom ROM/Recovery so no warranty replacement, what are my options?
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You say it finds your wife's phone just fine and she has the same model? Have you tried installing the drivers manually through the driver update in device manager?
As to other options, if you're paying for the additional insurance Sprint offers, and are willing to pay the $200 deductable (as opposed to the $500 replacement cost) you could always turn it on and drop it in a bucket of water. They won't be able to pull root/rom info from the unit at that point. Otherwise I think it's a matter of luck as to what kind of techs work in the store you go to. I've heard stories about those who were sticklers and those who didn't care (the latter tend to those who root their own phones). All you can do is ask, hypothetically of course.
Wish I could be more help. Good luck.
Please help!!! Does anyone have any other advice?
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You say it finds your wife's phone just fine and she has the same model? Have you tried installing the drivers manually through the driver update in device manager?
As to other options, if you're paying for the additional insurance Sprint offers, and are willing to pay the $200 deductable (as opposed to the $500 replacement cost) you could always turn it on and drop it in a bucket of water. They won't be able to pull root/rom info from the unit at that point. Otherwise I think it's a matter of luck as to what kind of techs work in the store you go to. I've heard stories about those who were sticklers and those who didn't care (the latter tend to those who root their own phones). All you can do is ask, hypothetically of course.
Wish I could be more help. Good luck.
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Appreciate your help. Wife's phone is a different model, but also Samsung.
I do not have the Sprint insurance unfortunately. I will probably try to go through the Samsung warranty, but not holding my breath....
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Appreciate your help. Wife's phone is a different model, but also Samsung.
I do not have the Sprint insurance unfortunately. I will probably try to go through the Samsung warranty, but not holding my breath....
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If you can get the drivers to extract (I know it crashes when you try to install) you could still try the manual update method for your phone's drivers. (can't count how many times I've had to do that for peripherals and my win7 laptop that isn't certified for win7)
Did you try completely uninstalling the drivers before you tried to reinstall them?
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If you can get the drivers to extract (I know it crashes when you try to install) you could still try the manual update method for your phone's drivers. (can't count how many times I've had to do that for peripherals and my win7 laptop that isn't certified for win7)
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Not sure how to do this. I'll look into it.
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Did you try completely uninstalling the drivers before you tried to reinstall them?
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Yes. I'm going to try a different computer tonight.
I had the same problem.forgot what I did though. It was something like a oneclick selfextracting installer to install factory rom.older than ljc. let me look and ill try to find it for u..
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try this.http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=228 same idea just different modem. read through and make sure you understand what garwin is saying. If you dont have anything special on your internal sd card I would use the wipe all as the no data restore didnt work for me some reason. also download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 as it will hook you up with the right drivers.
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I had the same problem.forgot what I did though. It was something like a oneclick selfextracting installer to install factory rom.older than ljc. let me look and ill try to find it for u..
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try this.http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=228 same idea just different modem. read through and make sure you understand what garwin is saying. If you dont have anything special on your internal sd card I would use the wipe all as the no data restore didnt work for me some reason. also download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 as it will hook you up with the right drivers.
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Thanks but this is exactly what I tried first and continue to try... The problem is I unplugged the phone while the one-click was doing its thing because it wasn't progressing. The phone still goes into to Download mode but the one-click no longer 'sees' the phone when I plug it in, so I can't try again...
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Thanks but this is exactly what I tried first and continue to try... The problem is I unplugged the phone while the one-click was doing its thing because it wasn't progressing. The phone still goes into to Download mode but the one-click no longer 'sees' the phone when I plug it in, so I can't try again...
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You said the computer doesnt recognize it right? If it did I would recommend flashing a custom recovery then going from there.
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You said the computer doesnt recognize it right? If it did I would recommend flashing a custom recovery then going from there.
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If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?
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If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?
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I would download the tool kit and reinstall the drivers from their. I had the exact same problem months ago. took hours of trying to flash different stuff to get it to work. make sure that you try to unplug then replug in the cord and I think you must use a cord that is made for your phone. Mine wont work unless I use the one supplied with it which is weird but I read somewhere that the prongs are longer or something.open the oneclick oden then plug the phone in and let it sit for a min or 2
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I would download the tool kit and reinstall the drivers from their. I had the exact same problem months ago. took hours of trying to flash different stuff to get it to work. make sure that you try to unplug then replug in the cord and I think you must use a cord that is made for your phone. Mine wont work unless I use the one supplied with it which is weird but I read somewhere that the prongs are longer or something.open the oneclick oden then plug the phone in and let it sit for a min or 2
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I'm going to try tonight on a different computer.
So you think I should do the following:
1. install drivers
2. open odin one-click
3. put phone in download mode
4. plug phone in
5. even though yellow COM thing should pop up right away let it sit for a while
6. flash one-click back to stock
I'll give it a shot after work.
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If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?
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I have actually had this happen before. I couldnt get anything to work even the one click. So what I did was use the toolkit to flash a custom recovery with the stock kernel. Then when it rebooted I held the volume up home, and power buttons. Go into recovery and nandriod back to my previous rom and it worked. But my pc did recognize my device.
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I have actually had this happen before. I couldnt get anything to work even the one click. So what I did was use the toolkit to flash a custom recovery with the stock kernel. Then when it rebooted I held the volume up home, and power buttons. Go into recovery and nandriod back to my previous rom and it worked. But my pc did recognize my device.
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I didn't know you could flash a recovery to the phone without booting to Android. The toolkit says boot to android as pre-req for installing recovery. If I could get to recovery I could fix this. I'll give it all a shot again tonight.
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I didn't know you could flash a recovery to the phone without booting to Android. The toolkit says boot to android as pre-req for installing recovery. If I could get to recovery I could fix this. I'll give it all a shot again tonight.
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Never mind I miss understood. Good luck with the pc switching
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