Hi...
Its my first experience with Android... I'm a total noob... not even sure this is the right place to post this.
Two weeks ago I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wifi .... Two days ago while my husband was doing a search on the Android Market the tablet locked with the message "Downloading do not turn off target" and we weren't able to "unlock" it again.
Samsung service says that the ONLY way that message appears is by trying to update the operating system.... and by doing that we lost the warranty, repairing it will cost about 90% of the tablet's cost.... ... we had no desire, need, or knowlege to update the operating system....
I connected the tablet twice to my PC to share files.... I was unable to do so, I saw the directories as empty.... I have LinuxMint Katya.... after the "do not turn off target" I connected it to a PC with Kies and Kies didn't recognize the tablet....
Is there any way that could have happened accidentally? (Maybe a virus or something like that?)
Is there any way we can prove we weren't messing up with the operating system?
Thanks in advance.
It's in download mode..you should just be able to power it off an on as long and you haven't tried to update the firmware...or have you already done that?
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Hey guys, let me just start off by saying I have spent almost 8 hours straight today trying to figure this out and dig myself out of a hole I've created for myself, that being said, I'm going to try and be as detailed as possible so you guys know EXACTLY where I am and what I've tried. This post looks long but that's because it is. It's pretty much my entire day's worth of trouble typed out. So just bare with me and see if you guys can help me out here!
I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S4 model: SGH-M919 it has Android 4.4.2. Now on to the problem: I've had this phone for almost a year now and a few months ago I rooted it. Did a simple Youtube tutorial and used Odin to do the work and everything worked out fine. A couple months down the road (yesterday), after using the phone like a teenager, downloading apps and cluttering it up it started to slow down and not run some apps. After thinking about it I decided to factory reset it. All of my contacts, photos, and videos were backed up on Google so I thought "why not?" Well, this is where $#!% hit the fan.. being rooted then factory reset, right before the phone came online it had me answer two questions about the root. Something to the effect of "Do you want to keep root? (This option is not reversible)" I thought since I wasn't using the features I originally rooted the phone for I figured nah just get rid of the root. So the phone did its T-Mobile boot up and started the Initial setup.
Everything up to to this point was fine until I wanted to log in to my Google account during the setup. Please understand that where I am I have full 4G LTE coverage and have access to a pretty fast and sturdy wifi connection. Well, when it came to the google sign in I entered my email and password and it came up with a message reading "Can't Sign in - Can't establish a reliable connection to the server" (believe me i wish that was the only issue) so after reading that, I thought I'd try with my wifi.. nope. Same thing. Since neither my 4g or wifi worked I thought it was Google's servers so I tried again this morning, same thing. (keep in mind at this point i think my phone isn't rooted anymore.) I call the t mobile store and they give me a technical support number, so I call it and I tell them i cant sign into Google. The gentleman told me he cant do anything because he can tell my phones been rooted. Only thing he suggests is to contact Google, well, the customer care number just tells you go to google.com/support and there's nothing there about my problem.
This is where I dig my hole even deeper. I tried another factory reset and up in the top left corner i still see that root text. Even the rooted android symbol pops up before the Samsung logo or t mobile. Since I saw that I thought "ohh it just didn't get unrooted all the way." I look up ways to completely remove a root and a lot of them require plugin your phone into the computer and using Odin to flash a stock firmware on to the device. I went to plug my phone into the usb port but my computer didn't recognize the usb device, having experienced this a long time ago I searched around for the latest Samsung usb drivers and I installed those. Device still isn't recognized. Let me just note before people tell me to use MTP mode or Developer tools> usb debugging or connection mode.. The only thing that happens when plugging my phone via usb is the phone starts charging and my computer makes the trumpet noise like something is plugged in. Other than that, there is NO notification of it being plugged in. The reason i stress this is because I called Samsung technical support at this point and the guy (not gentleman) treated me like a 5 year old and ran me through all of these options after i told him I already did everything he was suggesting, including downloading Samsung Kies 3 and having it install the drivers. It does not pick up the device either.. at this point I looked up ways to remove the root without the computer. I found out you can just go into the root app "SU" or something and theres a remove root option. I jumped on that opportunity and had it removed. I restarted the phone and all the problems still persist, it even still has the root text on the top left when you factory reset it again. However now, even if you factory reset and select the option "keep root," thinking it would bring back the"SU" app it does NOT.
So lets recap. I have a phone that thinks its rooted and even appears rooted to t mobile but doesn't have any of the root apps or privileges or capabilities to fix my Google log in issue (like the host file in filemanager). And I can't re-root to get that app back because none of my 3 usb ports, 3 different usb cables (one being the cord that came with the phone), or any of the ports/cables on someone else's computer will recognize the darn thing to work on that way! I have all these issues that are supposed to fix each other but I can't do any fixing because they cancel each other out too... I'm at a dead end.
In case this isn't the right forum/website/thread/post area etc.. I have this whole message saved in Microsoft Word document so I can repost it anywhere you guys might suggest better results. Any help/advice will be much appreciated.
I have an Octa core note edge SM-N915S from Korea and i am using it in The Netherlands and have the following problems.
The network keeps dropping out and i have to go into the manual settings and turning it on again.. Is this common?
I can not get it to register when connected via USB to my windows 8.1 OS.
I went to Root (which i have never done before) the device today so i download and read the tutorials bla bla bla and well when i went to plug it into to my pc via USB to commence the root i got no further as i have spent a whole day trying to work out how i can access the MTP box which does pop up on my note 3 when connects to the PC.
I was in the settings part and at the top right corner there is the 3 dots which i held my finger on and then it says
"More options" to which when presses it disappears and does not seem to work. ( I am also not sure if it is a driver problem with Samsung Kies 3 which i have downloaded and replaced various times or it is in fact the phone which is at fault/or both a combination?
I have also read today that apparently this happened on other devices with the Android 4.4.4 update so i am not sure whether this is the cause?
Could these problems be because it is a Korean phone?
Will Rooting the phone rid the thing of Korean-ness, and is it possible to turn this Korean phone into the same model that T Mobile are selling in the UK/EU. I am not a developer etc and just want this phone which i purchased to run on T mobile like other owners of EU phones.
Should it matter being an Octacore phone?
The only thing i can think of is the fact the phone is set to run on the Korean market platform that it is in no way compatible with European platforms?
Is anyone else in the same boat as me?
All help appreciated and i gift you all with praise..
Hello All.
So the other day I paid a visit to the local skip, as you do, and I found a Flytouch Superpad 7 in its' box, so I took it home.
Plugged it in and it started to boot up, first screen had "Tablet PC powered by...." then the next screen was of the Android Droid with its' arms folded, it usually freezes here. Sometimes it will go onto a screen with "Android" in the centre, but no further.
So I have tried various combination of pressing buttons to no avail. Cannot access a recovery anything.
I took it apart and found it is a Yones Top Tech BC1003, so have been searching and searching for information and roms etc for days.
What I would like to know is, do you think this tablet is saveable?
I have plugged it into my laptop but it doesn't recognise it, but wouldn't the tablet have to boot to be recognised?
I have read thread upon thread, but still do not understand how I could get a rom onto this tablet if it is not recognised by the laptop and it doesn't show a recovery section where I could boot from a SD Card.
Any advice gratefully accepted. Just trying to save something from the landfill.
Just an update to say I managed to get the tablet up and running.
I ended up going to a lot of foreign language website through Google Translate and found some firmware for this board at the Koncaso site. Burned the .img file and put it in the tablet, which now works again.
Okay so,
I've been up and down the internet for the last few days reading a plethora of articles and how-to's about how I can bypass the Factory Reset Protection on my Samsung tablet. Out of all of those articles, I have struggled to find one that doesn't rely on the use of Samsungs "SideSync" screen mirroring program. I run Windows 10 on both my laptop and desktop computer. For some reason it seems to have trouble starting the Sidesync program... This could have something to do with the FRP lock being activated on the device, because I dont have the Sidesync app on my tablet, and I can't very well install it when I can't get into the tablet to begin with, so my computer's version of sidesync might not register the device as being there..? idk
I do know that my computer recognizes my Tablet as a Samsung Tab S2 and any other file transfers from my hard drive to tablet have been operating normally.. So I have all the correct drivers for my device, and for Sidesync (I re-installed just to be sure) but when I plug my tablet it, I fail to get the "Open With" pop-up that the articles mentioned that my tablet should get, and Sidesync never gets past the initial screen... I press start, and it shows the directions on how to use it, with the word "Starting..." and a time wheel, like its loading up.. but never does. It stays like that until I close it... its not frozen. It just never recogizes that a device has been connected.
Can anyone help me with this dilemma? I need a way to bypass the FRP "Google Account Verification" lock that doesn't rely on Sidesync, or someone that knows what I'm doing wrong to make Sidesync behave like this. I've been able to flash different versions of Android onto the Tablet, and have even downgraded my version a couple times to see if it made a difference.. annnd it didnt.
So I'm stumped... if anyone knows what I can do It'd be greatly appreciated!
Hello everyone, I have a samsung tablet belonging to my company and this tablet is blocked with the Mobile Device Management software. Now he's just trying to open it in safe mode, but he keeps resetting because he can't turn it on. I need to run this machine and I'm not sure exactly what can be done. I tried root or something with Odin, it didn't work. I tried a lot of things on the internet and realized that if this forum does it, it will. I'm waiting for your help. Thank you