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Download Mode Not working?(CM9 Alpha 2)

i was trying to flash back to gingerbread with odin but my pc no longer recognizes the phone when it's in download mode. Never had a problem with this until i flashed CM9 Alpha 2? Am i the only one with this problem ? is there another way i can go back to gb ?

19fonzy said:
i was trying to flash back to gingerbread with odin but my pc no longer recognizes the phone when it's in download mode. Never had a problem with this until i flashed CM9 Alpha 2? Am i the only one with this problem ? is there another way i can go back to gb ?
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Check drivers and cable. I can almost guarantee that CM9 Alpha 2 didn't break download mode.
Just to verify ... and because I'm bored at work ... I'm on CM9 A2 and using odin to go back to el29 as we speak. No problems with pc recognizing the phone.
As for another way to go back ... no, you'll definately need odin.

19fonzy said:
i was trying to flash back to gingerbread with odin but my pc no longer recognizes the phone when it's in download mode. Never had a problem with this until i flashed CM9 Alpha 2? Am i the only one with this problem ? is there another way i can go back to gb ?
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Use mobile Odin to flash back to stock also buT can almost guarantee that it won't fix it...I could go into download from cm9 also ...something else with your setup ....drivers or USB probably
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I'm pretty sure it is not my cable because i use it for when i'm charging my phone and it works perfectly fine. when i connect it to my pc, the computer makes a sound but nothing happens. The notification light on my phone turns on but that's about it, it doesn't even charge when connected to my pc.

i've been trying to use mobile odin but whenever i select the stock rom it says partition not found? a little help.

19fonzy said:
I'm pretty sure it is not my cable because i use it for when i'm charging my phone and it works perfectly fine. when i connect it to my pc, the computer makes a sound but nothing happens. The notification light on my phone turns on but that's about it, it doesn't even charge when connected to my pc.
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To tell you the truth it might sound like a faling usb port. My friend had the same problem with his phone. First it would not connect to transfer data then eventually it would not even charge but in his case the notification light came on as well just nothing else happened.

19fonzy said:
I'm pretty sure it is not my cable because i use it for when i'm charging my phone and it works perfectly fine. when i connect it to my pc, the computer makes a sound but nothing happens. The notification light on my phone turns on but that's about it, it doesn't even charge when connected to my pc.
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USB power and AC charging are separate lines. You could have nicked the usb and still be able to charge the device.
The fact that you can charge doesn't have any bearing on your ability to use any USB functionality. Only using the same cord on another device completely rules that out.
Have you installed any drivers or software on your computer since the last time you used odin?
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well like i said before odin worked perfectly fine before i installed cm9. But i'll try installing the drivers. You guys are probable right though I could have nicked the usb and still be able to charge the device. I just want to go back to Stock Gingerbread (el29) just to see if it was CM9 that was causing the problem or if i really did nick the usb port. Can any of you help me with Mobile odin ?

19fonzy said:
well like i said before odin worked perfectly fine before i installed cm9. But i'll try installing the drivers. You guys are probable right though I could have nicked the usb and still be able to charge the device. I just want to go back to Stock Gingerbread (el29) just to see if it was CM9 that was causing the problem or if i really did nick the usb port. Can any of you help me with Mobile odin ?
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Look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
You just need to download EL29 tar file and put it on your sd card, then in mobile odin choose open file and it will look at the file in your external or internal sd card, once it locates it you hit flash and you should be back to stock roooted el 29

i tried and tried but it just keeps saying " partition not found in file"

are I using the one click self extract....or a tar file
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It has been noted on another thread: Are you using the Sammy USB cable or another? My LG one will charge the E4GT but will not function USB - Sammy one works fine.

[Q] USB connection not working

Hi,
All of a sudden my gio decided not to support USB anymore.
When I connect it, no mass storage thing appears on the phone, and in windows (windows 8 and 7) there are no signs of any device being connected either.
Even ODIN doesn't find it when it's in download mode, although I do have the drivers from sammobile installed.
Except for this the phone is operating normal, and it still charches propperly (which goes through USB too ).
Any ideas? I don't really need the USB connectivity right now, but in case I want to flash back to a stock rom I do need ODIN to work.
Thanks in advance,
Stannieman

Have you covered the basics yet (try another cable, try on another pc etc). Seems to me like a faulty cable or faulty usb port, either on phone side, either on pc side.

coccolino_dbro said:
Have you covered the basics yet (try another cable, try on another pc etc). Seems to me like a faulty cable or faulty usb port, either on phone side, either on pc side.
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My external hdd works with the same cable on the same pc and same usb port. I have tried all ports. Mass storage also doesn't work on a macbook pro, though I don't know for sure if it is supported on OS X but I suppose it should work. Different cable doesn't work either.
It's not the cable and not the pc.
So I think in the luckiest case it's the connector in the phone?
Friday I'll open it, there's some annoying piece of dust on my screen also so I can take that out too + check for the connector.

In this case, yes, you may be right about the phone's port; remember, even if it's somehow flawed, it could still charge - maybe only the data pins are the problem. Hopefully, it will be only some dust blocking the connection, and not something worse...
Good luck!

If the connector is detached from the board then it's also doable (very careful of course), otherwise it won't ever work anymore.
I can't take it to the shop you see, I can't flash a stock rom...

Try trough cwm--->mount & storage -----> mount usb

Frankin96 said:
Try trough cwm--->mount & storage -----> mount usb
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Thanks, but doesn't work.
I've had problems with charging one day, but after an hour of trying (unplugging and replugging) the cable it started charging again. Never had charge problems after that.
Actually, I don't know if data ever worked after that. Now I think about it I never tried data connection since then.
Usually when I flash a new custom rom I always flash the latest stock to have latest baseband and other things that aren't changed by the custom rom install (I like having the newest ). That's the only thing I use usb for (and photo's but not anymore with cm9 without preview).
I think it's the usb connector from the phone.

stannieman go to the shop where you bought it and ask if they can look at it

I returned home yesterday and tried connecting to the desktop. Guess what?... it worked.
I don't understand why, as the hardware of my notebook didn't change and it always worked. I tried windows 8 rp and windows 7 (windows 7 used to work for sure), but nothing on my notebook. On the desktop it works just fine with windows 8 cp.
So I think we can conclude that either it's my notebook + macbooks don't work together with android, or that our desktop has magical powers.

Hello !!
The same thing is happening to me .... the phone can charge battery but is detected as faulty "unrecognized device" but was working before.. the cable work with my second phone .. I found no method to flash it throw another way..

SiNeDeNiS said:
Hello !!
The same thing is happening to me .... the phone can charge battery but is detected as faulty "unrecognized device" but was working before.. the cable work with my second phone .. I found no method to flash it throw another way..
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Having the exact same problem, would love some help with that. This only happens with a specific PC.

Delete drivers and install them again
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voetbalremco said:
Delete drivers and install them again
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Do you mean Uninstall them trough control panel? That I already tried and it didn't help. I also tried to remove the device from the device manager, that didn't word also.
Any other ideas?
Thanks for the help.

Go to device management
Uninstall samsung drivers and also usb drivers
Reboot
Usb will be installed automatically
Install gio drivers yourself ( sammobile.com ), dont use kies
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I have this problem right now BUT..... PC detects it and I can use the USB only kies doesn't detect my phone, I don't know why. I'm currently using CM 7.2 by phiexz.
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kies doesnt work with cm roms only stock

voetbalremco said:
Go to device management
Uninstall samsung drivers and also usb drivers
Reboot
Usb will be installed automatically
Install gio drivers yourself ( sammobile.com ), dont use kies
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The drivers from sammobile did the work!
Thanks! you're the man.

RaideN250 said:
I have this problem right now BUT..... PC detects it and I can use the USB only kies doesn't detect my phone, I don't know why. I'm currently using CM 7.2 by phiexz.
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cuz you don't run samsung firmware

yuvalrozin said:
The drivers from sammobile did the work!
Thanks! you're the man.
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Can you please share the drivers that you mentioned previously, i'm having the same problem with my Galaxy Gio and can't find the drivers on sammobile.com, it would be great if you uploaded them.
Thanks

[Q] Problem regarding super user and USB connection

Dear All,
I have encountered a problem with my note 2 that unfortunately closes a lot of doors for me to fix. I thought about asking you guys and hopefully this has not been asked before. Ok so my problem is that I had rooted phone ages ago and i had SuperSU installed with the root. Later on some official update came out and I let it update. After that I might have lost my root there and then not sure though. When I try to do something in root it won't let me, also it fails when trying to change super user app. What is killing me mostly is that any computer I connect using different cables, won't recognise my phone, as if it was not even connected although it charges normally. At first it was sometimes charging and not, sometimes freezing if connected to the USB. It might be hardware related but I want to try to fix this issue first to be sure. I can't even use Odin since it's not being detected so unrooting and going back to the seller is out of question.
Can anyone help me please? I am thinking of trying custom firmware through sdcard installation but i cant even install CWM and when using official recovery the package is not accepted. (signature issues). There may be some easy workaround I do not know of hence me asking you experienced guys.
Big thanks for reading this and hopefully helping me.
joshua

So you mean odin is not detecting phone in download mode ?
Try connecting the phone and see if adb works but I don't really think it would work. Try another cable. Could be that usb port is damaged.
Try another recovery.
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UtkarshGupta said:
So you mean odin is not detecting phone in download mode ?
Try connecting the phone and see if adb works but I don't really think it would work. Try another cable. Could be that usb port is damaged.
Try another recovery.
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No, Odin is not detecting the phone although it starts charging like normal. I will check adb later tonight when I am on my home pc. I have tried in total 4 different cables same result. I have used 3 different operating systems on different computers, still not detected. Usb port might be damaged but I don't think they will be happy seeing its rooted.(they being the store i bought it from, that is why I have not gone to them yet.

I have a similar issue since 4.1.2 however my phone is recognized by computer and odin in download mode, are you sure you tried it on download mode?

yudodis said:
I have a similar issue since 4.1.2 however my phone is recognized by computer and odin in download mode, are you sure you tried it on download mode?
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Yes I have tried download mode, that's why this problem is killing me :/ The root access is completely unusable and not working too.

[Q] Unrooted GS3 with mobile odin. Broken now and can't fix

Long time listener first time caller (this is my first post here) I'm going to try not to leave out any details. Bear with me.
I rooted my Tmobile Galaxy s3 for the first time and installed CM10.1. It was great for a few months, then it started getting glitchy. So I would flash the nightly release and it would be fine for a while. I decided to unroot and start fresh. It was then that I discovered the PC wouldn't recognize the device. I followed a youtube tutorial to unroot with Mobile Odin. I extracted and flashed a stock image called Tmobile_GS3_SGH-T999_4.0.4 after clearing counter with Triangle Away.
Well it seemed to go well, unrooted my device, but now the OS is incomplete. No internet app, messaging won't work at all, and it keeps crashing and freezing. The usb port is still not working so I cannot root with my computer, and the flash counter still says 1 and status says modified.
Tmobile sent me a new one on warranty, but I'm really worried they're gonna charge me 500 bucks because it's "modified". I have a few days before I have to send it back, Is there anyway that I can fix this without connecting it to my computer? Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks

re: flashing stock rom.
empire-1 said:
Long time listener first time caller (this is my first post here) I'm going to try not to leave out any details. Bear with me.
I rooted my Tmobile Galaxy s3 for the first time and installed CM10.1. It was great for a few months, then it started getting glitchy. So I would flash the nightly release and it would be fine for a while. I decided to unroot and start fresh. It was then that I discovered the PC wouldn't recognize the device. I followed a youtube tutorial to unroot with Mobile Odin. I extracted and flashed a stock image called Tmobile_GS3_SGH-T999_4.0.4 after clearing counter with Triangle Away.
Well it seemed to go well, unrooted my device, but now the OS is incomplete. No internet app, messaging won't work at all, and it keeps crashing and freezing. The usb port is still not working so I cannot root with my computer, and the flash counter still says 1 and status says modified.
Tmobile sent me a new one on warranty, but I'm really worried they're gonna charge me 500 bucks because it's "modified". I have a few days before I have to send it back, Is there anyway that I can fix this without connecting it to my computer? Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks
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First thing to do is to put the phone into DOWNLOAD mode to TEST it and see if ODIN will recognize it.
If Odin recognizes it then there is NO need to send it back to Samsung, all it needs is a proper Odin flash.
Just because when all those missing apps and the usb had issues it does not necessarily mean that Odin will not recognize the phone.
If your computer is not working or you don't have a windows computer find a relative or a friend who has one.
Even a laptop computer would do just fine.
Good Luck!

Tried that
Thanks for your response, I have tried connecting it to Odin in download mode and it still will not see it. I really don't know what the problem could be. the usb used to work fine and there has been no physical damage.

re: try this.
empire-1 said:
Thanks for your response, I have tried connecting it to Odin in download mode and it still will not see it. I really don't know what the problem could be. the usb used to work fine and there has been no physical damage.
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Try a different usb cable and or plug usb into different port,
if that fails, re-install the Samsung usb drivers for the phone.
Remember, if the phone goes into download mode 99.999% of the time the phone
can be flashed successfully using Odin.
The main reasons for usb issues in "download mode" are either loose connection to computer's usb ports,
usb cable intermittant or the Samsung usb drivers in the computer are corrupted in one way or another.

Thanks again
I guess I should have put this in my first post. I have tried 2 different cables in every port on 2 different computers. I have re installed the drivers multiple times as well. Also the new phone they sent me is recognized just fine.

empire-1 said:
I guess I should have put this in my first post. I have tried 2 different cables in every port on 2 different computers. I have re installed the drivers multiple times as well. Also the new phone they sent me is recognized just fine.
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You are in a tough spot. I don't know if you have the stock recovery or not but if not you can either download the stock rom on the phone again...you know the best way although unethical really...being that the usb port is down is to re root it and flash a rom like the gt 1300 or whatever the international version is and intentionally hard brick your phone. Hard brick meaning won't even turn on withOut jtag and that even just clears everything out and reloads software like from the factory.If the phone won't boot up then there's no way for the person to tell its been modified. Majority of the time samsung doesn't get the damaged phones its some idiot making 8 bucks an hour to refurbish phones. That's what I would suggest you do being that the counter is still saying one flash
tmobile s3 running wicked. best rom i've ever used

Pretty sure I'm on stock recovery. it does give me an option to "apply update from external storage"
Thanks for all your help, I'll try to flash the stock rooted rom through the stock recovery although i'm not optimistic.
I will check out the wicked rom you mentioned, although I am a little hesitant to root my new one after this ordeal.

but how do I re root it if I have no usb or custom recovery?

re: flashing
empire-1 said:
but how do I re root it if I have no usb or custom recovery?
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If you can get your phone to boot normally with any stock rom rooting will not be a problem at all.
If you get the phone working and booting properly you would be very lucky but from reading
everything you have wrote so far I highly doubt that you can successfully flash any rom at all
unless you have forgotten to tell us something.
Don't worry about rooting, worry about getting the phone to boot and work properly with stock rom.

yep. running stock recovery. hopeless?

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empire-1 said:
yep. running stock recovery. hopeless?
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I never said a word about stock recovery, I said STOCK ROM.
Invest in a JIG, it puts your phone into download mode instantly even if you cannot
do it manually with the three buttons as long as the phone is not completely dead.
You can buy a jig for less than $4.00 shipped on eBay, it's great little tool.
All you do is remove the battery from the phone and put it back in then simply plug
the jig into the usb port then in a couple seconds it will be in download mode then you
can unplug the jig and the phone is ready to be odin flashed..
Remember what I said before, just because the usb did not work with some
rom you flashed it does not mean that it will not work for download mode.
The jig was one of the best investments I have made when I started using these samsung android phones.
Once in download mode it will allow you flash the stock or stock rooted Jellybean 4.1.1 rom.
This is my best advice.

I am not having a problem getting into download mode, I will take your advice and buy a jig though in case I ever need it. Again, thanks for all your help, I think I may have to send it back and hope for the best.

re: flashing
empire-1 said:
I am not having a problem getting into download mode, I will take your advice and buy a jig though in case I ever need it. Again, thanks for all your help, I think I may have to send it back and hope for the best.
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Before sending it back, if I were you I would find a friend or family member who has
a windows computer and just for the hell of it install the usb drivers in the computer
just to see for sure that while in download mode and connected usb cable if Odin still
is not lighting up the [COM:xx] top left rectangle on Odin screen.
I have odin flashed many phones dozens of times in the past 3 years and I have yet
to come accross one which goes into download mode but odin is not reconized
unless there is something wrong with the windows computer or usb ports and drivers.
That only happens as I said before, if there is something wrong with the drivers,
usb ports and or usb cables or some other malfunction in the windows computer.
Just think, if it works no need send the phone to samsung plus you would have learned
something too.

I did try my other computer with the same results, tomorrow I will try it with my girlfriends laptop, I am starting to think something happened to the usb jack. It didn't work before I unrooted it either, that's why I used Mobile Odin. I am all about learning this stuff though. I plan to root every new phone I get, this has just been a little frustrating.

re: well that's it!
empire-1 said:
I did try my other computer with the same results, tomorrow I will try it with my girlfriends laptop, I am starting to think something happened to the usb jack. It didn't work before I unrooted it either, that's why I used Mobile Odin. I am all about learning this stuff though. I plan to root every new phone I get, this has just been a little frustrating.
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This is the first I heard that the usb did not work before and the usb socket might be broke.!!!
In that case since you cannot use the Wifi in your phone to transfer and install apps since it cannot boot normally
(unless I am missing something again) and you cannot use usb and it would not even help to remove the external
sd and copy any apps at all since you would have no way to install the apps.
Then you are right, you have to send it back, exchange it and hopefully you can come up
with a good enough excuse why it's not working so samsung will not charge anything )which I doubt)

I must not have been clear, I can use the phone. it makes calls, the wifi works, i can use third party messaging and browser apps. again, there has been no physical damage. the socket worked a few weeks ago when I rooted it. I only noticed it not working when I went to unroot it.
So basically it sounds like there is no way to root or install custom recovery without usb, correct?

empire-1 said:
I must not have been clear, I can use the phone. it makes calls, the wifi works, i can use third party messaging and browser apps. again, there has been no physical damage. the socket worked a few weeks ago when I rooted it. I only noticed it not working when I went to unroot it.
So basically it sounds like there is no way to root or install custom recovery without usb, correct?
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I don't know of any way unfortunately
tmobile s3 running wicked. best rom i've ever used

Josh McGrath said:
I don't know of any way unfortunately
tmobile s3 running wicked. best rom i've ever used
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Can you flash it through mobile odin? I don't know anything about the mobile version.
tmobile s3 running wicked. best rom i've ever used

Problem with USB Driver

I just got my phone fixed by a repair shop and they had to replace the motherboard. So when I got it back it has 5.0 on it instead of my KitKat ROM I like. I'm trying to get into Odin so I can reflash a stock kitkat rom but no matter what driver I put on my computer when ever I plug my phone in Windows says Unrecognized Device and Odin doesn't pick it up either. Please help!! I am dying without being able to revert back to KitKat and my favorite rom.
The driver I am trying to install is SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.0
By the way it's a T-mobile Note 3.

djnuffsaid said:
I just got my phone fixed by a repair shop and they had to replace the motherboard. So when I got it back it has 5.0 on it instead of my KitKat ROM I like. I'm trying to get into Odin so I can reflash a stock kitkat rom but no matter what driver I put on my computer when ever I plug my phone in Windows says Unrecognized Device and Odin doesn't pick it up either. Please help!! I am dying without being able to revert back to KitKat and my favorite rom.
The driver I am trying to install is SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.0
By the way it's a T-mobile Note 3.
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Try downloading and installing the newest version of Kies. It will install all the drivers you need. I'll look into that issue in case that doesn't work. Hopefully they didn't install a board with a bad port. It can be bad and still charge.
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ludeawakening said:
Try downloading and installing the newest version of Kies. It will install all the drivers you need. I'll look into that issue in case that doesn't work. Hopefully they didn't install a board with a bad port. It can be bad and still charge.
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I'm trying that right now. As soon as I have some results I will post back. Thanks for your help so far.

Maybe that'll work for you.
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I don't have Lolipop, but don't you have to manually set USB to connect on the phone (MTP mode), otherwise it stays in charge mode only? either that or your phone is set to charge mode only and you need to enable either MTP or PTP under USB options, for connection to work.

ludeawakening said:
Try downloading and installing the newest version of Kies. It will install all the drivers you need. I'll look into that issue in case that doesn't work. Hopefully they didn't install a board with a bad port. It can be bad and still charge.
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So I did exactly what you said to do and I actually have another T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 to use as an alternate. My phone, no matter what computer I use and whether I use just the straight drivers or the install through Kies3, gives me the same issue - when ever I plug my phone in Windows says Unrecognized Device and Odin doesn't pick it up either. Please help!! I am dying without being able to revert back to KitKat and my favorite rom.
Not sure what to do guys?
The other T-Mobile Note 3 I used as an alternate worked just fine.

pete4k said:
I don't have Lolipop, but don't you have to manually set USB to connect on the phone (MTP mode), otherwise it stays in charge mode only? either that or your phone is set to charge mode only and you need to enable either MTP or PTP under USB options, for connection to work.
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You're correct about MTP for mounting as internal storage, but MTP and PTP isn't used while in download mode and connected to Odin. It uses ADB at that point and it does that automatically. You just have to make sure USB Debugging is turned on.
djnuffsaid said:
So I did exactly what you said to do and I actually have another T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 to use as an alternate. My phone, no matter what computer I use and whether I use just the straight drivers or the install through Kies3, gives me the same issue - when ever I plug my phone in Windows says Unrecognized Device and Odin doesn't pick it up either. Please help!! I am dying without being able to revert back to KitKat and my favorite rom.
Not sure what to do guys?
The other T-Mobile Note 3 I used as an alternate worked just fine.
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Just gonna check some things with you. Have you made sure to activate Developer options and turn on USB Debugging? I know it doesn't connect while attached to a computer right now but does it charge? You said you've tried different computers, but have you tried different USB cables as well?
If the phone is charging but not connecting there is a small trick to see if it's a hardware issue. Get a very this piece of plastic or something else kind of stiff and barely wedge it under the charging port. You put it under the lower side that faces the back cover. You only want something that's going to put a tiny bit of pressure there. Most of the time if a charging port goes out, it's because the contacts are loose. If you do this and it connects as it should, then they put a bad board in the phone. This trick should be the last resort though.
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