[Q] OTG intermittently recognized on stock FW - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4

Can someone please help me with this issue. My phone (SGH-M919) doesn't have any working issues, except when I plug an OTG cable in, "most of the time" the phone won't recognize it. I can go a couple of days plugging it in without it working, and then one day it will just work all day. I've tried doing a reset. I've also used Kies to reinstall the firmware and none of those things seem to work. I originally used odin as well and that didn't work. I know it's not the cable because I've tried 5 different ones and they all work on my wife's S4. Any help will be much appreciated.

First assumption is bad otg cable.
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Thanks for the reply, but as stated all cables work fine in wife's S4. I'm experiencing the issue at this moment. Cable started working immediately after posting this problem, just a few minutes ago (@ 10 hours later) it stopped working "again"! Considering an exchange.
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My Epic wont get recognized by any comp

Would appreciate it if someone could tell me how to fix this. It was always a problem my or any computer i used would never find my phone when i connected it via USB. I always got something saying usb port malfunction and when i go to my computer phone never shows but phone does charge through the usb so it is connected. Any help here would be appreciated.
P.S ive tried about 5 different usb cords and atleast 5 different computers even ones on campus
Take it to the store...
Get a new cable...a heavy dudty one like a Blackberry or Palm. It takes nothing to charge through the cable but a lot to pass data.
kennyglass123 said:
Get a new cable...a heavy dudty one like a Blackberry or Palm. It takes nothing to charge through the cable but a lot to pass data.
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If he's tried multiple cords, that's not the problem
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Thanks guys Imma try and take it to sprint store soon and get a new battery while im there also
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.. i had same problem: tried many cords, comp, reinstalled drivers, etc.
Finally i odined the phone as if it was bricked and all was well.
To make long story longer.... initially my comp would ID my phone great, (I rooted, mass storage the card,etc). but i took the phone to Sprint for other problems. I dont know what they did but my comp did not recognize my phone when i got it back, no matter what i did.
Odined the phone and poof! everything was back to normal.
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If he's tried multiple cords, that's not the problem
remember to thank me if I was helpful
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The P.S. wasn't there when I responded.
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[Q] USB connection Issues

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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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

[Q] Problem with OTG

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!
leprkon said:
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!
leprkon said:
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!

Otg reboot

OK I thought I would try my otg cable on my note 8 and well it didn't work. In fact it has rebooted when I pulled it out. It has done it 3 times now since. Any help would be appreciated.
I just tried a generic otg cable I bought a couple of years ago and it worked great. Recognized the cable and usb thumb drive as soon as I plugged it in. I unmounted it in settings before unplugging it and no problems. Wish I could help but no problems here.
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Well I hope I can find a fix. I don't want to have to send it in. I'm not rooted but maybe clearing cache and dalvik would do it. I think I can do that without being rooted.
Ok incase anyone has this issue I believe I fixed it but I had to wipe the tablet. The more apps I uninstalled looking for the problem app the worse it got. So I figured I had a bug.
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T999l No pc connection

Hi there. This is my first xda post but i've been playing with rooted phones for a while now. I have a T999l that i just got and i was able to connect to my pc to root no problem. i ran for a week on a custom rom and it connected fine. yesterday i tried to connect to pull pics and i got no pc connection at all.
What Ive tried,
Several cables,
new drivers
download mode and adb both failed
mobile odin to stock, flashed fine but still no connection
Phone charges fine and software seems fine.
I really need to find a solution as this phone is used for work.
History:
phone is an insurance issued phone less than 2 weeks old. i dropped it in a case and screen cracked. next day i lost pc connection.
could this bee software related or if hardware what are my options outside of a 2nd insurance claim?
any help would be greatly appreciated
my stats:
Samsung Galaxy S3 t999l
S3RX 3.0
4.3 bootloader :/
I'd check to see if your mini-USB port is borked. It will still charge fine but if the 11th pin is borked, the phone won't connect.
Unless you have not done so already, try another PC.
Thanks I did try another pc. Ill pull apart my usb connector and inspect it but I think ill just have to do another insurance claim
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