After much searching and work on fixing my bricked captivate, i broke down and bought a jig from mobiletechvideos.com. It works perfectly as intended, except for the fact that my pc is not recognizing the phone after it enters download mode. I have already installed the proper drivers, I think. Anything i can do to fix this?
I don't know if this will help, but a friend of mine was having problems with is PC seeing his cappy at all. When i used my usb cable to hook it up it worked fine. He was using the stock usb cable but it had failed...even though it would still charge.
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I apologize, i was just trying to get a quick response. Sorry I'm a little new to the forums.
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Ok I have drivers installed and USB debugging is off all the normal stuff and the phone beeps but storage does not show so I can mount the computer does not detect??
Go into settings wireless and networks USB utilities and toggle the setting in there.
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Try to plug your phone in another USB
MJHawaii said:
Ok I have drivers installed and USB debugging is off all the normal stuff and the phone beeps but storage does not show so I can mount the computer does not detect??
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Sounds like PC to me, happens reboot PC and phone if it does not help I would suggest plugging it into another computer. If it works then try your computer again. This happened to me before with an external hard drive. Hope you get it worked out.
This also happened to me, it was working properly before but it just stopped. It seems that the phone always detects that there is a USB connected even if there was none, evidence is it is always in the charging state when I check the battery status. I think this is a hardware problem. I'm still looking for a solution for this.
brevin.antonio said:
This also happened to me, it was working properly before but it just stopped. It seems that the phone always detects that there is a USB connected even if there was none, evidence is it is always in the charging state when I check the battery status. I think this is a hardware problem. I'm still looking for a solution for this.
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USB issues like this will never make sense to me. It's working fine and then not, back and forth. I too am looking for a resolution.
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Ok I have drivers installed and USB debugging is off all the normal stuff and the phone beeps but storage does not show so I can mount the computer does not detect??
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I've never UNCHECKED USB Debugging.... during Odin connections or transferring files between phone and computer. As soon as I plug USB into phone, the USB symbol appears in notification bar and then I press notification to transfer files between computer and phone. My SR internal and external storage are recognized as drive letters on the PC. Try leaving USB Debugging checked and see if that works for you.
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I had this problem using my front USB port on my computer.
When I switched to the rear USB port, it worked fine.
Well... it kills my DVI KVM every time. But the PHONE works.
djgoodonyafanboy said:
USB issues like this will never make sense to me. It's working fine and then not, back and forth. I too am looking for a resolution.
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i highly believe this is a hardware problem because mine started when the phone overheat and turned itself off. I already tried resetting to factory setting but still the problem persisted.
brevin.antonio said:
i highly believe this is a hardware problem because mine started when the phone overheat and turned itself off. I already tried resetting to factory setting but still the problem persisted.
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good point there have been instances where I have had to switch ports to get it to work.
I remember also having the same problem with a USB cable I used with my captivate. This cable worked well with the captivate but when I plugged my Sky, I had the same problem as you. It took me a while to figure it out and change the cable.
Hope it help
y2whisper said:
Go into settings wireless and networks USB utilities and toggle the setting in there.
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Thank you.
Hey guys. I recently came across the same problem as the OP.
My phone will not detect that it is connected to a computer, and the computer will say that the device is not detected/has malfunctioned.
I have tried a factory reset, I have tried USB debugging, checking and unchecking, I have tried going into USB Storage and hitting the connect to PC button.
The phone does not connect using any of the 6 USB ports. It does not connect to my home or work computer. I have used two different cables, the stock and a third party one. (I have always used stock, never any third party until now to resolve this issue.)
This problem also came out of the blue, no changes were made. The phone is stock no rooting or flashing. Although that was the plan, but now it seems pointless.
Judging from the responses on many websites, I would have to say it's a software issue that can't be resolved. Or maybe a hardware issue. Either way I'm sending it into Rogers (Canadian carrier it originated from) tomorrow if I can't fix it by tonight.
I would love help from the outside public, but please respond with suggestions that are more intricate than to hit the connect to PC button, as I have exhausted all of those options already.
If this is a random occurrence, (and it seems like a common problem from all the results I get when searching for answers) then this phone model really needs to have a fix or something down the road soon, because this is ridiculous.
EDIT: Also tried reboot of the PC. It's Windows 7 64-bit so shouldn't need drivers either, and it was working fine last week.
If u did all that, u did ur due diligence in troubleshooting the problem. I almost guarantee ur mini-usb is dead, or maybe damaged so that it still allows charge but won't connect to computer. Send it in to Rogers, they should give u a temp phone in the mean time becuz its under warrantt
Yeah I figured something hardware related decided to crap out on me.
Is there a specific cause for this to happen? I plan on rooting and flashing different roms when I get the phone back, and don't want to have this happen again out of warranty, or else I'm screwed.
I try to take good care of my phone, so it's weird that this happened. If it is a common problem, then I guess I'd have to be careful to not do anything on my phone that's not reversible.
icenight89 said:
If u did all that, u did ur due diligence in troubleshooting the problem. I almost guarantee ur mini-usb is dead, or maybe damaged so that it still allows charge but won't connect to computer. Send it in to Rogers, they should give u a temp phone in the mean time becuz its under warrantt
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Replacing the usb port on some devices arent solving the issue.
For example, i have a usb bricked GT-N7000 and technician said that usb port is working on another device but there is something blocking usb mounting in the emmc. I dont have a bricked emmc, but the thing is i have been searching all over to find a fix for this thing more than a year now.
i just got this and was trying to root it. but when i plug it into the pot {or any port for that matter} i just charges. nothing more. ive installed the drivers, turned on usb debuging, and tried to use mass storage. nothing. please help i really want to root this
well first welcome to the G2x forums. you have alot of reading to do.
make sure you read EVERYTHING before you start ANYTHING. sometimes a few passes over a post really helps.
you say your trying to get root, well there is a guide in the general section stickied up top to show you just how to do this. i linked to it Here for you.
Im not sure if you've owned and Rooted other android devices, but the G2X is a little different than most. just read that ENTIRE post start to finish and then follow all of the steps. if all you want is to be rooted on the stock rom, then you can stop at step 3. otherwise follow all the way through.
have fun and hope it works for ya.
NA. I got the rooting down. But my laptop wont even pick up that I've hooked up my g2x. It just charges.
spade1788 said:
NA. I got the rooting down. But my laptop wont even pick up that I've hooked up my g2x. It just charges.
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what are you trying to do?
are you trying to use NVFlash?
are you trying to connect via USB to transfer files?
or are you trying to get root via the computer?
if your just trying to transfer files via USB, what ROM are you currently using?
im rooting its. but it will only charge when hooked up to my lap top. ive used other cords, laptops, installed the drivera. just wont regester
spade1788 said:
im rooting its. but it will only charge when hooked up to my lap top. ive used other cords, laptops, installed the drivera. just wont regester
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I don't know of any computer applications that gain root for us, so unless you can link to the guide you are using, i can't help
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I'm not using a guide. I'm just plugging my g2x into my laptop so I can start rooting but all it does is charge. No USB message on the phone or computer. I just want to know how to male it connect
spade1788 said:
I'm not using a guide. I'm just plugging my g2x into my laptop so I can start rooting but all it does is charge. No USB message on the phone or computer. I just want to know how to male it connect
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1) you cant root like that, so stop trying.
2) if you are trying to get root, just follow the link i posted above and you will have it in no time
3) if you properly installed the drivers for USB Mass-Storage, it should show up on your computer just like any other USB Drive, try These (i searched Google and picked the first thing) and see if it works.
4) if you are trying to use ADB or another debugging tool, make sure USB-Debugging is checked in your settings.
5)if none of this works, its a hardware issue with either your computer or your phone.
im trying to help, but every time i ask you a question, you seem to ignore it and just re-state your first post. you said you have rooting down, but you obviously dont, you are trying to get root, but it seems as if you wont even read my entire posts.
so this is most likely the last post im going to make in this thread, hope it works out for you.
Just to say, I'm assuming he is aware just plugging the phone into the computer won't root it. It sounds to me like he was saying, he was planning on rooting the phone so he did the steps to get it connected to the computer but it is just charging and not showing up anywhere so he is unable to proceed to the actual rooting steps.
If you're on Windows 7 maybe try XP my phone had issues connecting to Windows 7 even though I see many people that have done it perfectly fine. I had to get the screen replaced when I dropped my phone and since then it hasn't been registering to my computer only charging so as Klathmon already suggested in my similar thread about this, the USB port on the phone itself is damaged so Wednesday I'm getting a replacement -_- good luck with your issue.
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I'm not using a guide. I'm just plugging my g2x into my laptop so I can start rooting but all it does is charge. No USB message on the phone or computer. I just want to know how to male it connect
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Could it possibly be your micro USB cable? I know some of them only support charging and not data transfer. Maybe try another computer if it isn't the cable. Are you rooting it with SuperOneClick? just curious
I had two bad Galaxy Nexus' with a confirmed defective USB port. Bear in Mind with both phones I did not root them. The first one came rooted (Check out NewEggs reviews about this "The Box was Open" issue) and the second one did not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589628
So I returned it (the second one that exhibited this) for refund to NewEgg and ordered one directly from Google Play
On the GNex forums they kept telling me to check if Fast-Charge was enabled. I tried different cables, Different batteries, with or without SIM. Enabling/Disabling fast-charge, Switching between PTP and MTP, well over 100 different computers (I work in IT and have a literal TON (over two thousand pounds) of computers to work with) and USB cables. I personally came to the conclusion that the part of the port that transfers data to an external part is fried. It saddens me to say that your port may be fried on your G2x.
By the way, the G2x absolutely demolishes the GNex in respect to performance, but the GNex's stability makes me very very happy.
Fixed!
After months of searching the net for a solution, my issue was resolved by replacing the usb flex cable in the phone. I can't tell you how elated I was then I first hooked it up.
this is the 3rd bricked g2x i've had and the others worked great. this one however isn't as easy.
here is what the phone does:
-power and volume down lets me in to cwm. i cleared and reset everything and tried to load a rom via sd but it keeps saying no files found.
-just power takes me to white lg then to blue lg and nothing else
-no battery and both volume buttons held, plugged into computer yields nothing.
i've tried numerous computers/drivers, as well as cables to no avail
nm. didn't notice until now that theres a small piece missing on the phone where the usb plugs in. wasn't making a good connection.
alls well now :good:
well the phone is having the same problem. it charges via usb to my computer but it doesn't come up as seeing it?
i know drivers are installed because it sees my g2x. and i know its not the cable cause again, it sees my phone with the same cable
blackbeasst said:
well the phone is having the same problem. it charges via usb to my computer but it doesn't come up as seeing it?
i know drivers are installed because it sees my g2x. and i know its not the cable cause again, it sees my phone with the same cable
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It would help if you posted what ROM and and kernel you are running.
cyansky_1 said:
It would help if you posted what ROM and and kernel you are running.
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doesn't matter. this son beach is going back to t-mo and another will be here tomorrow.
I'm currently on Beans 13 rom and noticed that I cannot connect my phone to my computer via usb, all it will do it charge, I will not get a notification to use usb mass storage or anything like that. I uninstalled the drivers, rebooted my computer and phone, installed the drivers again and still does not give me the usb notification.
I then remembered that I did a nandroid on Beans 12 so I loaded that up and tried connecting to my computer and had the same exact issue. I took my phone to my roommate's laptop who also has a verizon S3 and tried connecting to his laptop. Still just charges, no notification.
I connected his S3 using the same exact cord to my computer and my computer recognizes his phone (although he is 100% stock).
I decided to try and Odin back to 100% stock. I loaded up Odin on my computer (Win 7 Pro 64 bit) and rebooted my computer into the odin/download mode and my computer/odin didn't recognize my phone. At this point I am at a lost. I have a suspicion that maybe the usb port on my phone went bad but in order to replace it with Verizon, I need to odin back to stock. Any one have any ideas?
I apologize if this has been covered before, I used the search and didn't see anything relating this.
NITRO_2 said:
I'm currently on Beans 13 rom and noticed that I cannot connect my phone to my computer via usb, all it will do it charge, I will not get a notification to use usb mass storage or anything like that. I uninstalled the drivers, rebooted my computer and phone, installed the drivers again and still does not give me the usb notification.
I then remembered that I did a nandroid on Beans 12 so I loaded that up and tried connecting to my computer and had the same exact issue. I took my phone to my roommate's laptop who also has a verizon S3 and tried connecting to his laptop. Still just charges, no notification.
I connected his S3 using the same exact cord to my computer and my computer recognizes his phone (although he is 100% stock).
I decided to try and Odin back to 100% stock. I loaded up Odin on my computer (Win 7 Pro 64 bit) and rebooted my computer into the odin/download mode and my computer/odin didn't recognize my phone. At this point I am at a lost. I have a suspicion that maybe the usb port on my phone went bad but in order to replace it with Verizon, I need to odin back to stock. Any one have any ideas?
I apologize if this has been covered before, I used the search and didn't see anything relating this.
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I'm having the exact same problem with my GS3. The problem started after I flashed Beans B13 as well. I directly downloaded MDOB (it's a stock rooted ROM) and flashed it, but I am still having the issue. I haven't been able to figure it out either. Hopefully someone on here can help us out!
Well I think I solved the problem - at least for me. I tried the USB cable from my Dad's Droid X. Plugged the phone into the computer and everything works. No errors and the drivers installed correctly. I tried the cable that came with my phone (the one I have always used and has worked up until now) and it doesn't work. I get the error with it, but as soon as I use the one from the DX again, it works! Not sure why that is but I would say give it a try for sure! Let me know if it works for you too!
By the way, I got the idea from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719539
Take a look if trying the new cable doesn't work!
DROIDLOVERX2 said:
Well I think I solved the problem - at least for me. I tried the USB cable from my Dad's Droid X. Plugged the phone into the computer and everything works. No errors and the drivers installed correctly. I tried the cable that came with my phone (the one I have always used and has worked up until now) and it doesn't work. I get the error with it, but as soon as I use the one from the DX again, it works! Not sure why that is but I would say give it a try for sure! Let me know if it works for you too!
By the way, I got the idea from this thread:
http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719539
Take a look if trying the new cable doesn't work!
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Thanks for replying back! I meant to add a post. I got my phone working again. My roommate and I took apart the tip of my usb cable (the one that came with the phone) and noticed the green wire was broken off, so we soldered it back on and my phone was able to connect to my computer finally. Although it wasn't a strong connection and kept disconnecting.
For now I'm using a different cable from my hp touchpad and it's working perfectly fine so everything is all good now
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NITRO_2 said:
Thanks for replying back! I meant to add a post. I got my phone working again. My roommate and I took apart the tip of my usb cable (the one that came with the phone) and noticed the green wire was broken off, so we soldered it back on and my phone was able to connect to my computer finally. Although it wasn't a strong connection and kept disconnecting.
For now I'm using a different cable from my hp touchpad and it's working perfectly fine so everything is all good now
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That's good to hear! I guess both of our cables just went bad from use or something. Wish I would have tried another cable sooner instead of spending 4 hours installing and uninstalling drivers and wiping and installing ROMs over and over trying to solve the issue! :silly: But good thing we both figured it out! :victory:
I'm having the same problem as well...have now tried 4 different cables, hard reset, and every USB port on my machine and my buddy's computer to no avail. I verified the cables were 'good' on my buddy's gf's gs3 and it worked fine...just wont see mine. Charges just fine just no go on getting any data pass through it seems???
Hi
I recently bought a Desire S from a friend. I went about rooting it but when I plugged it into my PC it is not recognised at all, literally nothing pops up on the phone or the PC.
I've checked the settings in the phone and USB debugging is enabled and I always changed default connection type.
I have even booted into Hboot and plugged the USB in, but still nothing.
The phone charges perfectly fine and I've tried plenty of different cables. My other Android phone works perfectly when plugged it.
I'm starting to think its a hardware issue, anyone else heard of this? common problem? any fixes?
Thanks
Re install htc sync and drivers, then remove sync and try again
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I have the same problem, sort of. When I plug mine in all is well at first, but give the phone one tiny nudge (or just wait a few minutes) and it goes back to charge-only mode. It's probably a slightly loose connection somewhere in the USB port on your phone.
To be sure, try if it works in Linux. The Linux USB stack sucks infinitely less than what Windows uses.
Thanks for the replies. I tried Ubuntu but exactly the same (it worked with my Nexus 4)
Thats a little annoying, thankfully charging still works, just unsure how long that will last for! plus I cant root it! but I dont exactly need it rooted but I tend to do it anyway.
I've sorted it now. It was a loose ribbon cable, plugged that back in after taking the phone apart and its working.
Bootloader unlocked and custom recovery flashed. Ready to rock.