I can't get Odin to work on my 3 day old NS4G. If I put the phone in download mode (a pain in itself because half the time it boots android), Windows 7 and odin won't recognize it.
However, adb still works if the phone is fully booted or in fastboot, and the fastboot commands work. I guess I can get by with fastboot but I was wondering if anyone has run across this problem.
I'm using the pdanet drivers.
Thx...
no real reason to use odin, take my word on it fastboot is easier overall once you learn the commands and much safer
nexus s boot problem
i updated my samsung nexus s to 2.3.6 officially from phone update. but now it wont start without plugging in charger or usb cable connected to pc. if i start the phone without the charger or usb cable plugged a screen pops up saying 'downloading.. do no turn of target' what should i do to remove this bug. would really appreciate any help
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Hey guys, here is the deal. I did toasts instructions but forgot to wipe the cache/data so it was just looping along the 4g screen. So I reboot using volume down key and reflash the original PC36IMG.zip, then I do "adb reboot recover" and restore my nandroid backup. Now I can't connect to my phone with my computer in any way. I can reboot using volume down and go to recovery, but when I try to run the script (I'm on a mac, so I'm running recovery-mac.sh) it just says "error: device not found". Furthermore, if I boot back in to android and try to send the "adb reboot recover" command from my macbook I get the same error. Any ideas?
For the record I have installed the SDK.
Also, I've just noticed that it won't even charge when plugged in to my macbook or my girlfriends win7 machine.
sambow said:
For the record I have installed the SDK.
Also, I've just noticed that it won't even charge when plugged in to my macbook or my girlfriends win7 machine.
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ive only briefly played with the phone. i noticed settings to tell it what action to take when connected via USB. perhaps review these settings, also make sure ADB is turned on in the applications, usb debugging section.
this should at least get you a USB connection in normal android mode.
if you flash the userdebug RUU PC36IMG.zip and reboot into recovery, adb connection should work, otherwise something is wrong and i dont think its the software on the EVO because it seems to work fine for everybody else. perhaps try plugging/unplugging USB, switching USB ports, etc, the usual troubleshooting steps.
let us know how it works out!
No luck, I even tried the exe to reflash to stock (ran while HTC logo was up) and that was a no go.
Any more ideas?
Try a different USB cable. I had a cable suddenly go out on me, and wouldn't charge or act anything like a USB cable should. This was 'not' a cable that came with an EVO... but, worth a shot.
So I been trying to fix my friends Captivate for a few days now.
I posted a video a few days ago. I did get it into download mode with my jig. However everything froze while I used the 1 click captivate heimdall to flash my phone. (It did flash but some things did not work)
Anyhow now My phone has "Phone - ! - PC"
No download mode, the jig sends it back to this screen too. I tried so many button combinations. I really don't want to send my phone in to some website. I was so freakin close...
Please help
My Evo 3D is laughing at me and the captivate.
I pull out my battery and let it discharge for about 15 secs and hold volume buttons then connect USB cable and finally insert battery while still holding volume buttons of course, it'll get you into download mode. Never failed me. I've had my phone not even turn on the screen, it stays dark during a screwed up flash with odin. I then flash UCKI2 with bootloaders and then flash to gingerbread ROM I like. If you plan on installing custom ROMs your phone will semi-brick numerous times. If its showing a phone, exclamation mark and computer with a message saying firmware flashing failed. That is perfect! Just make sure you have Samsung USB drivers and simply flash using odin, it'll show COM and a number like 5 (COM5) then just flash. I'd advise you to remove any external SD card and restart before using odin it acts up. Hope this helps
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So I been trying to fix my friends Captivate for a few days now.
I posted a video a few days ago. I did get it into download mode with my jig. However everything froze while I used the 1 click captivate heimdall to flash my phone. (It did flash but some things did not work)
Anyhow now My phone has "Phone - ! - PC"
No download mode, the jig sends it back to this screen too. I tried so many button combinations. I really don't want to send my phone in to some website. I was so freakin close...
Please help
My Evo 3D is laughing at me and the captivate.
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The "Phone - ! - PC" will be your download mode screen. Just download from there.
However, if a flash goes foul somehow, you may be left with the infamous "phone--/!\--PC" screen.
If you see this, don't panic. Although it's not technically the download mode screen, many users (including myself) have been able to successfully flash from that screen. Give it a try.
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Comes from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351224
Let me reiterate cause it will save you the same thing happening, reboot your computer, be connected to internet, remove SD card and then open odin and then connect your phone and flash otherwise high likelihood of something going wrong again. I'm used to it but its frustrating the first couple times.
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Comes from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351224
Let me reiterate cause it will save you the same thing happening, reboot your computer, be connected to internet, remove SD card and then open odin and then connect your phone and flash otherwise high likelihood of something going wrong again. I'm used to it but its frustrating the first couple times.
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100% - I had similar experience with my first flash but after a few goes at it and 3 or 4 "soft-bricks" all has been great!
Well when I plug it in Windows 7 doesn't even detect it anymore. But the phone will go back to that screen when the USB is connected.
Nothing in ODIN/Heimdall pops up...
Please help..
It seems I got it in download mode this morning with the jig. Just trying to get my damn pc to read it. Sometimes the right drivers work sometimes they don't. ugh
Connection issue in my sig
Any chance you have another pc to try it with? Or possibly another cable?
Going to try one click on ubuntu...
Ive had issues in the past before with certain USB ports on my PC not reading the phone.
Try plunging in your phone to a different USB port and it can make a world of difference with the driver issue (even if you have to plug it in the back of your PC).
try one click unbrick in the android development page
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Well when I plug it in Windows 7 doesn't even detect it anymore. But the phone will go back to that screen when the USB is connected.
Nothing in ODIN/Heimdall pops up...
Please help..
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Are you running x64? If so are you running the 64 bit drivers?
I also had the same issue a couple of times, which is technically called a "soft brick" . You could resolve this issue using ODIN flasher and reverting back to stock. Now coming to USB problem in windows, this is a known issue with windows (especially Vista and Win7) and samsung!! The remedy which I found is as follows :-
1.Disconnect the phone from USB
2.Remove samsung USB driver software from your windows PC.
3.Reboot and then navigate to C:\Program Files\ (assuming that C:\ is your windows OS partition)
Delete "samsung" folder.
4.Download latest samsung USB Drivers for captivate and install.
5.Reboot the phone.
6.Open ODIN and connect your Phone to PC.
It should detect the COM Port by now. Try this and get back
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I have an old Nexus S that runs painfully slow. No amount of factory resetting helps so I want to perform a full wipe with a clean factory image install and unlock the bootloader while I am at it. I am using the Nexus Root Toolkit and the drivers have installed and are working correctly. However, once my phone reboots into the bootloader USB does not seem to be detected and the operation fails. Starting with my phone on with USB debugging enabled, I have no problem using the ADB quick tools in the Nexus Toolkit to list devices and reboot via ADB. Performing a full driver test runs fine until the phone reboots to the bootloader, then I get a fastboot error. Also, in the bootloader beneath the boot options near the bottom of the screen is this text:
Code:
USB Control Init
USB Control Init end
Another stranger thing is that the volume buttons also don't work in the bootloader, but they work fine when the phone is on. It is weird that these two hardware functions don't work in the bootloader but work fine in the OS. Could this be a software problem in the bootloader itself?
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I have an old Nexus S that runs painfully slow. No amount of factory resetting helps so I want to perform a full wipe with a clean factory image install and unlock the bootloader while I am at it. I am using the Nexus Root Toolkit and the drivers have installed and are working correctly. However, once my phone reboots into the bootloader USB does not seem to be detected and the operation fails. Starting with my phone on with USB debugging enabled, I have no problem using the ADB quick tools in the Nexus Toolkit to list devices and reboot via ADB. Performing a full driver test runs fine until the phone reboots to the bootloader, then I get a fastboot error. Also, in the bootloader beneath the boot options near the bottom of the screen is this text:
Code:
USB Control Init
USB Control Init end
Another stranger thing is that the volume buttons also don't work in the bootloader, but they work fine when the phone is on. It is weird that these two hardware functions don't work in the bootloader but work fine in the OS. Could this be a software problem in the bootloader itself?
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Try another cable, another usb point on the computer, unplugging and replugging the usb into the phone while in bootloader, try pressing the power button to reload the bootloader, try installing another driver from NRTK, try booting into the bootloader from a powered off state while connected to the computer.. Good luck
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(These are only suggestions)
Try another cable, another usb point on the computer, unplugging and replugging the usb into the phone while in bootloader, try pressing the power button to reload the bootloader, try installing another driver from NRTK, try booting into the bootloader from a powered off state while connected to the computer.. Good luck
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No luck with any of these suggestions. As a test I booted my Nexus 7 into the bootloader plugged in the USB. My PC immediately made the chime noise to let me know a USB device had been plugged in. This is not the case when the Nexus S is plugged in while in the bootloader. Windows Device Manager also doesn't recognize the NExus S when it is in the bootloader.
The fact that USB isn't a problem in the OS leads me to believe this isn't hardware related. Is there a way to update/reflash the bootloader from on the device without using fastboot?
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No luck with any of these suggestions. As a test I booted my Nexus 7 into the bootloader plugged in the USB. My PC immediately made the chime noise to let me know a USB device had been plugged in. This is not the case when the Nexus S is plugged in while in the bootloader. Windows Device Manager also doesn't recognize the NExus S when it is in the bootloader.
The fact that USB isn't a problem in the OS leads me to believe this isn't hardware related. Is there a way to update/reflash the bootloader from on the device without using fastboot?
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I don't know if there is a phone bootloader update..?? Have you tried the "bricked" option?.. I am sure that you have already backed upp all your data, as unlocking the phone wipes it..
Hi, I hope someone can help, because this looks like a strange one. I was not able to find something similar to it.
I attempted to unlock the boot loader and install TWRP. This worked fine. But I noticed that the fastboot icon changed from being a gray CM face to a white one. That was done using using the Toolbox v6.
I later noticed that some android apps are listed as not compatible with the device. So I thought I'll reverse the process. So I plug it in, and clicked lock boat loader, did a restart; wanting to to flash the stock-recovery. My goal was to reset it back to normal.
The issue I have now is that whenever I try to fastboot, it boots into the white CM face, and the second I connected to the computer via USB, it restart. If I try to hold power+volume up again, it just goes black and does not restart. When I unplug the USB, it restarts again.
How can I get it to reboot into fastboot and remain in fastboot after being connected to USB?
Any ideas? The tools listed in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/index-oneplus-one-resources-compilation-t2843675
require that I fastboot, then connect to the computer. but my very issue is that when it connects to USB it just restarts.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Maher
melkhaldi said:
Hi, I hope someone can help, because this looks like a strange one. I was not able to find something similar to it.
I attempted to unlock the boot loader and install TWRP. This worked fine. But I noticed that the fastboot icon changed from being a gray CM face to a white one. That was done using using the Toolbox v6.
I later noticed that some android apps are listed as not compatible with the device. So I thought I'll reverse the process. So I plug it in, and clicked lock boat loader, did a restart; wanting to to flash the stock-recovery. My goal was to reset it back to normal.
The issue I have now is that whenever I try to fastboot, it boots into the white CM face, and the second I connected to the computer via USB, it restart. If I try to hold power+volume up again, it just goes black and does not restart. When I unplug the USB, it restarts again.
How can I get it to reboot into fastboot and remain in fastboot after being connected to USB?
Any ideas? The tools listed in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/index-oneplus-one-resources-compilation-t2843675
require that I fastboot, then connect to the computer. but my very issue is that when it connects to USB it just restarts.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Maher
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It seems to work fine now... I honestly kept tinkering around, it seems to work now. I wish I could offer a better answer. But I am not sure I am able to remember what I did exactly... it was a bunch of plugging and unplugging, restarts, and lots of prayers.
I had a same problem and similar solution
I believe i had found the solution when I change the USB port from my notebook where I had plug my the USB cable from my smartphone.
Same issue here.. I think it is because of USB 3.0. My laptop don't have USB 2.0 hence fastboot or adb wont detect my device, I was using a USB extender which works as USB hub (2.0) it worked many times before now again facing same reboot on usb connection issue.
hi i have a Samsung galaxy S 4G (SGH-T959V) it has the rom slimsaber
i want to install the stock rom but i cant access the download mode
also doesnt charge while its turn off , but charges fine while its turn on
Vongolazer0 said:
hi i have a Samsung galaxy S 4G (SGH-T959V) it has the rom slimsaber
i want to install the stock rom but i cant access the download mode
also doesnt charge while its turn off , but charges fine while its turn on
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The charging not being fully functional is not a surprise as SlimSaber is based on Android 4.4 which has problem with the charging for our phones.
The next question is, how are you trying to access download mode?
From what I've heard, a download jig is the way to go. However, I don't have one so I turn off my phone, push both volume buttons in, and, with the other end of the USB cable already in the computer, plug in the USB. Sometimes it doesn't go first time so try it a few times (also can take a couple of seconds). It should bring up yellow warning screen asking if you want to continue. Flash away (assuming you have the right files)!
well i have tried with the button combination like you said , but nothing appears and my computer only says ¨unknown usb device¨ and when i try from the recovery it just reboot.
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well i have tried with the button combination like you said , but nothing appears and my computer only says ¨unknown usb device¨ and when i try from the recovery it just reboot.
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Yes, the download mode reboot from recovery not working is a known issue. Fixing it would have probably involved messing with the bootloaders so it wasn't done (if i recall correctly).
Since I'm assuming you're on Windows, have you installed the USB drivers? Also, it would be worth trying a different USB cable and a different USB port if you haven't already. Typically the ones on the back of a desktop are the best. If you have a laptop, trying ports on the other side is recommended.
Can you transfer files from the phone as a mass storage device? Does the phone act as if its plugged in when it is (ie is there a notification to connect storage to your pc?). In Device Manager on your computer, could you please list off any unknown devices. If you have linux, the output of the command "lsusb" would be great (if not, don't worry).