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[SOLVED] Rooting Nexus S <recovery wont stick>

I missed out something i think.
I have my sdk, with those files.
I went to cmd and type the commant
bla bla bla
fastboot devices >>> no error, means connected
fastboot oem unlock
>>>> it is connected but why it still waiting for my device?
I added the path to the system too, but still cant get rid of
I search the net and I cant get the solution.
Any idea anyone?

What drivers did you install? And yes, I read the "fastboot devices"

installed everyhing...
samsung adb + google package
samsung driver
pdanet

Phone has to be in bootloader mode?
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yup.. it is in volume up + on mode.

If you plug your NS in and look in the Device Manager, do you see an unknown device with the question mark? If so, you should try to manually install the driver located in android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver
And when you issue the command
Code:
fastboot devices
It should display your NS device id, not just a blank line.

melvinchng said:
installed everyhing...
samsung adb + google package
samsung driver
pdanet
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"samsung" driver... no
you use the drivers obtained from the Android SDK or PDAnet
Pretty much what suksit said.

Try pdanet! Last place i go y find drivers
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I tried sdk driver, pdanet driver. I can't unknown driver, it is listed as android. Means my phone is found by computer
I have android 2. 3. 4. Does it effect?
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Just curious, did you enabled the option in Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging?
In Device Manger it should say something like "Android Composite ADB Interface"

I enabled it too... maybe I will try to reinstall and root it via my XP in VM.
I rooted my wildfire with this pc last time, maybe the drive mixed up.
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Just noticed that your location is in Malaysia. Could it happen that you have the i9023 (SLCD) model? If that's the case then I think you should try this.

Ya, I bought slcd set.
I will try it tomorrow at night and report back to you guys.
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It is really strange. Tried everything and won't work.
Pdanet detected my device that it is connected to computer, but it just show wait for device.
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Edit: my full charge is 95%, it is normal right?
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melvinchng said:
Ya, I bought slcd set.
Edit: my full charge is 95%, it is normal right?
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Yeah thats normal, Samsung did some weird battery calibration thing!
However people here have found to get 100% or close to it.
When charging just leave screen on for 1 hour and have tethered wifi On, so far im charging full up to 98%, just waiting to squeeze in the last 2%.....could take awhile.
and yeah the 95% charge is normal. heres a explanation in further detail
Your battery gauge is lying to you (and it's not such a bad thing)

make sure u have following dlls in fastboot folder
AdbWinUsbApi
AdbWinApi

j0l6 said:
make sure u have following dlls in fastboot folder
AdbWinUsbApi
AdbWinApi
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i have these in tools. and still waiting for device.
anyone any idea?

I forgot to tell you guys that my windows is 64-bit
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Try this or this then (the latter is quite hard to read anyway, I think they messed up the code formatting)

Unlocked bootloader!
thanks!
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melvinchng said:
I haven't root yet.
After I root, my storage and Rom will be wipe? So I need to install new Rom?
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Rooting will add su binary and Superuser app to your NS. But your data will be wiped (both on phone and SD card) when you unlock the bootloader -- it's the same as doing a factory reset. However, your system partition will not be affected so no need to install new ROM if you prefer using stock.

[Q] Pulling files off of bricked phone / unbricking maybe

This is a hard question, any help will be appreciated. I have a phone that is pretty much bricked for good, either i will get a replacement phone, get it sent to a special guy to get it fixed (yay!), or just get the skyrocket. What i need, however, is to pull the files off of the phone from the whole sdcard pretty much. I know adb can be used, i just need the commands to do so. Remmember, download mode is really the only mode that it will go into.
Edit: Here is the video of the movie i just posted on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHLUYckTlug (last i checked it is processing, may be bad quality) post ?s here please!

If all you want is the files from the sdcard just take the card out and put it in your computer.
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Now I have no experience with this phone at all. But on other phones. If you can get in to download mode you can normally un brick your phone.
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john21511 said:
If all you want is the files from the sdcard just take the card out and put it in your computer.
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Ha sorry on samsung devices, there is a regular sdcard then external one. The sdcard im talking about is the internal one.

Veritass said:
Now I have no experience with this phone at all. But on other phones. If you can get in to download mode you can normally un brick your phone.
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....and i can not unbrick lol. Driver connecting to my phone is fried, on my phone end. Will not connect at all.

Ryanscool said:
....and i can not unbrick lol. Driver connecting to my phone is fried, on my phone end. Will not connect at all.
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Ryan,
post a youtube vid of what you are doing...maybe some one can point out to you why the odin or heimdall is not working for you...

qkster said:
Ryan,
post a youtube vid of what you are doing...maybe some one can point out to you why the odin or heimdall is not working for you...
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I am doing that right now lol.

I'll check it out tomorrow if time permits
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i think ur phone is soft bricked since it still turns on and u can get to download mode right?
ive had the exact same problem 2 weeks ago.. actually i couldn't even get to download mode.. but i bought jig from ebay and that fixed it
you should try getting a new usb cable or try different usb ports on your computer
and make sure to get kies for the driver installed on your computer
hope this works!!

e0mandaniel said:
i think ur phone is soft bricked since it still turns on and u can get to download mode right?
ive had the exact same problem 2 weeks ago.. actually i couldn't even get to download mode.. but i bought jig from ebay and that fixed it
you should try getting a new usb cable or try different usb ports on your computer
and make sure to get kies for the driver installed on your computer
hope this works!!
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I have download mode and everything, but if you want to waste 7 minutes of your life (LOL) i am posting a video now. I will try anything, and it simply just will not connect. I have tried about six different downloads and none work. It says it is already installed, but idk if it really is. It is so confusing. Ive tried all ports, even tried another computer we have on xp, (took thirty minutes to try where as on my laptop 3 another lol). Thanks anyway.

Video !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHLUYckTlug
My problem, tell me if i am doing anything wrong. It may be extremely slow, bad quality etc. not viewed it myself just the one i took before. Thanks for your help. Do not mind my bad desktop either lol. Post ?s here please!

I couldn't watch any more so I don't know if you showed but what does the phone actually show up as in device manager? Have you uninstalled the driver and remove the inf file? Maybe remove the inf's for all the drivers you have installed?
Also have you tried different stuff like rebooting the phone into DL mode while Odin is running and the phone is plugged in. Weird stuff like that may help Odin see it.
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This MIGHT work but here's a good idea that you could try... Go to the super thread and go to the completely stock state for rogers users... Do the first step and see if it unbricks a bit, then try doing gtgs ultimate unbrick... I guess last resort?
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Looks like your anti virus is blocking Odin o.o
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Have u tried different USB cable's? I've had issues with Samsung cables before.
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Have you tried uninstalling all of the drivers you have reset comp and then reinstall Kies only I use windows 7 and havent had a problem at all could you show us a pic of your phone in download mode hope youve got it working i see your from denver if you were a little closer to grand junction I would see if I could help

Adb pull system/sdcard internal
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Ryan,
If you want to use odin, un-install or stop your anti virus program
or boot windows in safemode with networking
then try odin gtg unbrick again.
I had more luck with heimdall. @ 4.00 minute in your vid, you did not show your phone in the video or if it was connected
I don't know if you are putting your phone in DL or not. (phone not pluggged in, off, pull battery; press vol buttons connect usb, battery in)
If you had it in DL mode with the android/triangle shoveling
when you go to heimdall options and list device it should show.
FOR SOME REASON, usb port or cable or wrong mode, your pc is not seeing your phone in DL mode.
If you can put your phone in DL mode, IT IS NOT BRICKED.
with all the drivers etc install and such, the process may have corrupted your Windows ability to see your phone -( if it was in DL mode)
Ryanscool said:
Video !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHLUYckTlug
My problem, tell me if i am doing anything wrong. It may be extremely slow, bad quality etc. not viewed it myself just the one i took before. Thanks for your help. Do not mind my bad desktop either lol. Post ?s here please!
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djlobes said:
I couldn't watch any more so I don't know if you showed but what does the phone actually show up as in device manager? Have you uninstalled the driver and remove the inf file? Maybe remove the inf's for all the drivers you have installed?
Also have you tried different stuff like rebooting the phone into DL mode while Odin is running and the phone is plugged in. Weird stuff like that may help Odin see it.
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joeym11 said:
This MIGHT work but here's a good idea that you could try... Go to the super thread and go to the completely stock state for rogers users... Do the first step and see if it unbricks a bit, then try doing gtgs ultimate unbrick... I guess last resort?
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Veritass said:
Looks like your anti virus is blocking Odin o.o
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brorex said:
Have you tried uninstalling all of the drivers you have reset comp and then reinstall Kies only I use windows 7 and havent had a problem at all could you show us a pic of your phone in download mode hope youve got it working
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I will try using using another computer altogether. Ive got friends who have a computer they will let me use. If it wont work, then i know there is something on the phone end. Ive tried 3 different cables to no avail. I would do the driver thing but idk how to really do it lol. Having kaspersy block odin may just be the problem thanks for that. Ill investigate when im home.

Make sure you have the correct drivers. To make sure
1: download mode. MAKE SURE YOUR IN DOWNLOAD MODE!!! cant stress this enough.
2: Connect your phone, windows should make a sound.
3. open your start menu and type device manager. It should come up. Select it then scroll down to usb and expand it. Find the samsung one and right click and find thw option that says to update it. In doing so windows will tell you if your drivers are correct.
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[Q] Phone won't connect to PC in download mode

I recently obtained a Charge stuck in download mode, thinking it would be an easy fix... guess not!
The phone seems to be working fine (minus being stuck in download mode) and it should be an easy restore through Odin or the Samsung programming tool, but I can't my computer to recognize the phone. I've tried multiple ports and multiple cables (all of which worked when flashing other Samsungs—Galaxy S phones) and nothing seems to be working. No driver installs on Windows and if I boot into OS X on my Mac, Heimdall doesn't detect a download mode device.
Is there something obvious I'm doing wrong here or could it be the phone itself?

Have you tried installing the windows drivers for the charge from samsungs website
Edit: Attached the windows drivers for the charge as samsung took them down
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you can get your phone debricked for 40 bucks, but I am not sure if your phone is even bricked.
Try pulling the battery for a while- make sure all residual power is gone.
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check to see if your phone set to 'USB debug mode".

Installed the drivers, which didn't help. The phone is still not being recognized (it doesn't even show up as a USB device).

Does the phone boot at all? Or have you tried?

Endless2232 said:
Does the phone boot at all? Or have you tried?
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The phone doesn't boot at all. Any attempts to get it into recovery or to boot normally just make it turn on in download mode again. I haven't been able to try PC based methods as it's still not being recognized.
I actually opened up the phone, grabbed a multimeter, and tested out the USB port. Surprisingly, it seems to be good, so that doesn't seem to be the problem with getting the computer and phone to talk.
Any more ideas?

When you plug it into your computer, go to start (assuming you have Win 7) and type "device manager". Does anything even pop up when you plug it in?
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Nothing pops up.

Self-bump, any ideas? I'm about to sell it for parts as I can't think of any way to get this to work.

redct said:
Self-bump, any ideas? I'm about to sell it for parts as I can't think of any way to get this to work.
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Can you get it to show up on adb
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No, it's stuck in download mode. Can't get it in recovery.

i couldnt get comp to recognize mine in download mode, turned out to be missing driver for comp usb ports....

When all else fails...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245391
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Yeah, those guys still debrick Charges, right?
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xdadevnube said:
Yeah, those guys still debrick Charges, right?
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No that is the unbrickable mod aka you take apart your charge and solder stuff. There are some other guys who debrick but i don't know the link.

Do you know anyone with the charge software already on their computer? Or anyone that can send you the link?

One S Still not connecting to my Win7??

I just don't get it, I've tried uninstall/reinstall the drivers (current) plus reboots and also multiple usb ports plus turned off all security on my pc just incase with no luck so WHAT IS GOING ON!!?:crying:

Anyone or any site to go to that deal more with computers, I know no links to other sites/forums but maybe PM me
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Well... google knows almost everything
... But.. ."not connecting" isnt really much info to go on. Try to explain a bit better what happens and whats not.

It keeps flashing the 'USB Debugging Connected' than sometimes the pop up comes up on phone to allow 'Charge Mode/Disk Drive' but not always and my computer (Win7) tries to install the driver, it just keeps saying not connected when open HTC Sync and yes have tried all USB ports and uninstalled drivers also under 'Device Manager' there are no exclamation marks anywhere
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Here something I do if something bugged me and can't fix it and that is to format windows lol.

Darknites said:
Here something I do if something bugged me and can't fix it and that is to format windows lol.
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lol yes, Im the same... fuking winblows :laugh:
But anyway... Have you tried on a different PC? Does it charge as it should through the usb ports?

Goatshocker said:
lol yes, Im the same... fuking winblows :laugh:
But anyway... Have you tried on a different PC? Does it charge as it should through the usb ports?
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Ya I wish I didn't game or I wouldn't even be using it. And I think he said he only got one the pc to try on but would be nice if a friend helped out to see if it his pc or the phone.

Wow, I have the same problem, except I'm running Ubuntu on my PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014986
Worst part is that I'm making an app. I can't do this if it keeps disconnecting every half second!

I'm having a similar issue although I'm running Mac. Im running stock HTC rom and have just installed the update. When I plug the USB cable in I no longer get any connection options. HTC Sync can see my phone but I can't access the phone storage from my Mac anymore....Am I completely missing something or is anyone else having similar issues?

glynevans said:
I'm having a similar issue although I'm running Mac. Im running stock HTC rom and have just installed the update. When I plug the USB cable in I no longer get any connection options. HTC Sync can see my phone but I can't access the phone storage from my Mac anymore....Am I completely missing something or is anyone else having similar issues?
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This thread here might help you.

I think you need to download the driver
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Ivanthe17th said:
I think you need to download the driver
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You did not read my OP right cuz I said all that in it so next please also I have 'Googled' everything and tried everything they say so any other thoughts, just want to get connected so I can flash ROMs once rooted?

Anyone, please any ideas other than those posted and please read before posting something I've already done?
Thanks

Well, its hard to go further... Try a different cable and a different PC. If it doesnt work with that either its your phone thats fuked up, if it works its your PC.
When you know which is the culprit we can move forward and try to solve it.

Goatshocker said:
Well, its hard to go further... Try a different cable and a different PC. If it doesnt work with that either its your phone thats fuked up, if it works its your PC.
When you know which is the culprit we can move forward and try to solve it.
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Agreed need another pc to test with.

Go to recovery on phone and it should then be recognized by pc...preferably use twrp for recovery. From there you can even mount usb to move Roms to you sd.
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bochocinco23 said:
Go to recovery on phone and it should then be recognized by pc...preferably use twrp for recovery. From there you can even mount usb to move Roms to you sd.
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Not rooted yet because of this issue so I found one thing that might work and will try later when home and that is what I found on Google after days of searching, restart the computer whole phone is shutdown and than turn on phone as computer boots up and see if it will than recognize the phone (crossing fingers)
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Boot into bootloader and see if it's recognized by your computer. If it does then it's a Rom issue and you can factory reset from bootloader... (volume down + power) while phone is turned off
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bochocinco23 said:
Boot into bootloader and see if it's recognized by your computer. If it does then it's a Rom issue and you can factory reset from bootloader... (volume down + power) while phone is turned off
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I'M NOT ROOTED, there for not on a ROM and not trying to be rude or unappreciative but please read my entire post thanks
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Well that worked:thumbup: but under 'Computer' on my Win7 pc out shows 2 kinda drives 'Removable G&F Disc Drives', when I click on then it says 'Insert Disc' and they weren't there before so I'm assuming they or one of then represent my device?
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[Q] i tried to root infuse 4g but got struck

hello i tired to root samsung infuse 4g at&t through odion but the process got struck and now i cant update it. when i switch on the phone it says recover through kies but again i coudnt recover it or kies mini. I tied to connect the usb cable and tried to root the phone but the same mesage firmware encountered a problem recover through kies.
Some one please help me what should i do to resolve this problem.
thanks...

Try doing another flash or using heimdall in download mode
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@sandos16 That screen is kind of download mode just hook your phone to your PC/LAP and you will see the odin recognise it, flashing just the kernel will not help you will have to flash the whole Rom to get your phone boot.
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rkkaranrk said:
@sandos16 That screen is kind of download mode just hook your phone to your PC/LAP and you will see the odin recognise it, flashing just the kernel will not help you will have to flash the whole Rom to get your phone boot.
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i tried to connect as you said but odin din't recognize. is there any other way. please help me.

Take the battery out
Hold both volume buttons
Plug the USB cable in
Put the battery in
Let go of the volume keys
Press volume up
You should be in download mode
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the first image this what the message my mobile display when ever i connect the usb and after i followed the procedure u said.
the second image nothing happens there is no progress in the odin software and in mobile.
i hope you understand. now help me what i should do. how can i reset my phone.
thanks for your valuable comments.

sandos16 said:
the first image this what the message my mobile display when ever i connect the usb and after i followed the procedure u said.
the second image nothing happens there is no progress in the odin software and in mobile.
i hope you understand. now help me what i should do. how can i reset my phone.
thanks for your valuable comments.
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Odin does reconizes ur phone u can see that on the odin, The yellow mark on the left side its says com4. What happens ones it says firmware update starts ?
EDIT- Is that a infuse in the first pic ? it looks like a skyrocket to me.

Is that the rogers infuse???
I think you are in the wrong thread and you are flashing the SGH-I997 firmware to a different phone because the samsung infuse 4g don't have that light in the upper right corner of the screen.
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alexischino said:
Is that the rogers infuse???
I think you are in the wrong thread and you are flashing the SGH-I997 firmware to a different phone because the samsung infuse 4g don't have that light in the upper right corner of the screen.
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Even the Rogers infuse does not have the led on the right corner.
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Even the Rogers infuse does not have the led on the right corner.
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Agree!
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the mobile image i posted i s for understanding. But i have infuse, since i dont have a camera i downloaded the image from internet and posted.

rkkaranrk said:
Odin does reconizes ur phone u can see that on the odin, The yellow mark on the left side its says com4. What happens ones it says firmware update starts ?
EDIT- Is that a infuse in the first pic ? it looks like a skyrocket to me.
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that picture i uploaded is to show you what is the message displayed in mu mobile. i downloaded it from net. but i have infuse 4g only.
after that yellow mark nothing happens either in the mobile or in the pc. i waited more than 20 minutes but no progress. when the mobile is connected the same message is only displayed.

sandos16 said:
that picture i uploaded is to show you what is the message displayed in mu mobile. i downloaded it from net. but i have infuse 4g only.
after that yellow mark nothing happens either in the mobile or in the pc. i waited more than 20 minutes but no progress. when the mobile is connected the same message is only displayed.
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that pic is still download mode.
the phone is telling you it's ready for a firmware flash
to get recognition of phone with pc, try different usb port, different data cord, different pc or uninstall and reinstall driver with pc reboots