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windows not recognizing phone

Ok so I'm not sure what happened here, but my laptop wont recognize my phone. I have windows 7 and the phone is currently running octane. I originally had used odin to set the phone up with the proper boot loaders a while back then used cwm to flash ravers octane. I wanted to go back to stock using the official kj6 that raver posted through odin. When ever i hook the phone in to the laptop it says usb device not recognized. Any ideas or ways to fix this? I tried uninstalling and installing the sgs4g drivers again with no luck.

shut off..when u go into dl mode Odin should get it..don't worry about it while it's on...I did that for an hour last week...with octane
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odin still isn't catching it

http://tinyurl.com/KiesMini1
Download and install Kies Mini

So I just went ahead and downloaded the cwm ver that raver posted. moved it to root folder of sd card and flashed that copy instead. Even now that i'm stock the laptop won't recognize my phone so weird. Any other ideas?
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goddi2010 said:
So I just went ahead and downloaded the cwm ver that raver posted. moved it to root folder of sd card and flashed that copy instead. Even now that i'm stock the laptop won't recognize my phone so weird. Any other ideas?
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If it recognized it before, make sure you're plugging it back into the same USB port you previously used. Also make sure the drivers are installed. If they're acting buggy, uninstall them and reinstall them. Downloading and installing Kies Mini (link provided by FB) would insure you get the right drivers installed.

Every time you flash a new Rom, it will probably do that. It depends on your computer. Once you uninstall the drivers, try to run ccleaner from piriform to clean out the registry. Reboot the computer. Then reinstall the drivers using the files from the Bible.
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Yeah I tried UN and reinstalling the drivers I had gotten them from the Bible. I will try ccleaner and see what happens. Also I tried all USB Ports. Thanx for all your ideas I will post if ccleaner works or not
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Ok so i deleted the samsung drivers. used ccleaner to to fix the registry and then restarted the computer. installed the drivers and the computer will still not recognize the phone. any other ideas?

Have you tried/can you try it on a different computer?
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Plug your phone into your computer. Then go into your control panel and under Admin tools open computer managment. click on the device manager extension and find the device/s with the yellow exclamation point. right click and select uninstall. then unplug your phone and install the drivers from the SGS4G Bible and then plug your phone back in and it should work.

I forgot to mention my wife has this phone to stock never touched and my laptop registers gets just fine. When I plug mine in it says
USB device not recognized. And under some other options it says windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. I will try these suggestions though
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goddi2010 said:
I forgot to mention my wife has this phone to stock never touched and my laptop registers gets just fine. When I plug mine in it says
USB device not recognized. And under some other options it says windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. I will try these suggestions though
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if you have one phone that works on your laptop but another that doesn't then it would actually be your phone not your computer. I know windows far better than I do phones, sorry

yeah i'm deff thinking its the phone butderin what would cause this. thats what i'm wondering.

goddi2010 said:
yeah i'm deff thinking its the phone butderin what would cause this. thats what i'm wondering.
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What about flashing Raver's KJ6 via CWM & see if it makes a difference?
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Yeah that's what I did thinking it would help lol
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goddi2010 said:
Yeah that's what I did thinking it would help lol
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Short of a factory data reset (which you'll want to do before sending it in for repair, anyway), I don't know. It's weird that it worked until you flashed a ROM.

I know its crazy, kind of blows if I brick my phone i'm done deal lol.
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Only thing I haven't tried is flashing back to stock 2.2 kd1, think that work work?
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goddi2010 said:
Only thing I haven't tried is flashing back to stock 2.2 kd1, think that work work?
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Can't hurt to try, right?

[Q] Question to [airfluip1]

I Downloaded and installed your rom from HERE using rom manager, And I'm not sure what I did wrong but when I turn on my phone it goes to Phone Logo screen (first screen) then all black with a corrupted blue lines at the bottom about half an inch long. Then, a couple seconds later it goes to a full corrupted screen. then it just does everything repeatedly.
Sorry I can't take screen shots since my phone doesn't work. But any idea of what I might of done wrong?
My phone is already rooted and CwM was already installed. Not sure if the installation process was messed up or not. And I can't get my phone into the CwM recovery to fix this problem.

Dark9 said:
I Downloaded and installed your rom from HERE using rom manager, And I'm not sure what I did wrong
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There are a bunch of threads and a sticky! (2nd topic in the Dev Forum) that state Rom Manager does not work with this phone. That is what you did wrong.
you should have flashed the rom in CWM, but since the damage is done, you will have to get the phone in download mode and use ODIN to flash a new rom and start over again.
Hopefully, you can still get in DL mode by holding both volume buttons at the same time and inserting the USB cable.
use FB's starter pack post for the files you need for ODIN, and don't use Rom Manager anymore!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765

Or you can use the easier more stable alternative: Heimdall one click
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422824
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I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..

Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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That's another download mode screen. The previous screen you described sounds like you didn't have the right boot loaders in place. Check out The KJ6 Heimdall One-Click Collection. Select any of the three of those you want to use, and follow Bhundven's instructions (really easy). All you need to have installed previously is Java.
Let us know how it goes.

Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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This is another form of download mode. Heimdall should recognize the device and flash it.
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Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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I think thats like the last resort for our phones. I get it if i mess up during the first attempt to unbrick

Sweet thanks for the help I've got my phone UP and running now. ^^

Dark9 said:
Sweet thanks for the help I've got my phone UP and running now. ^^
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> rom manager
Found the problem
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tehgyb said:
> rom manager
Found the problem
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Lol
That or ignoring the sticky (first threads) in the development section entitled "don't use ROM manager"
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Bassmanjames said:
Lol
That or ignoring the sticky (first threads) in the development section entitled "don't use ROM manager"
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Yeah. Lots of people don't read those. They just want to flash a ROM as quickly as they can. All the noobs should get a popup when they first join xda instead so they DO read it. Lol
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After the popup they should get quizzed on what they read lol
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erikmm said:
After the popup they should get quizzed on what they read lol
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We need operation iron fist back lol
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The only reason I used Rom manager is cause I was told it was one way to install the roms

Wifi,Odin, kirles problems

I bought the phone from someone already rooted and ran into some problems.....
I installed the correct drivers for this phone off one of the xda forums for flashing. I also noticed when setting it up the wifi will not obtain the IP Address. It is running firmware 2.2.1
Odin will recognize the phone and start to flash but then get held up at the "setup connection" tried multiple roms
Kies when It is downloading binary files it gets an error
I fallowed all instructions to the letter, I have never ran into this problem in all the phones I have flashed , any ideas would be greatly appreciated
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As far as the wireless goes, are you absolutely sure you put in the correct network key? Is there a network key? Are you home and can mess with router settings?
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Andrew.80 said:
I bought the phone from someone already rooted and ran into some problems.....
I installed the correct drivers for this phone off one of the xda forums for flashing. I also noticed when setting it up the wifi will not obtain the IP Address. It is running firmware 2.2.1
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The one time I had that problem I just reset my wifi router. If you're using encryption (I hope you are), make sure the settings on the phone match the settings on the wifi router (WPA, WPA2, TKIP/AES, etc.) & that you're using the right pass code.
Odin will recognize the phone and start to flash but then get held up at the "setup connection" tried multiple roms
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The phone must be in download mode for ODIN to recognize it. Were you able to get it into download mode?
Kies when It is downloading binary files it gets an error
I fallowed all instructions to the letter, I have never ran into this problem in all the phones I have flashed , any ideas would be greatly appreciated
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If you're wanting to get it updated to Gingerbread, I'd suggest following FBis251's Gingerbread Starter Pack or using one of Bhundven's One-clicks. The latter option only requires that you have Java installed.
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goddi2010 said:
As far as the wireless goes, are you absolutely sure you put in the correct network key? Is there a network key? Are you home and can mess with router settings?
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Using an open network like mcds wifi and still doesn't work
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stephen_w said:
The one time I had that problem I just reset my wifi router. If you're using encryption (I hope you are), make sure the settings on the phone match the settings on the wifi router (WPA, WPA2, TKIP/AES, etc.) & that you're using the right pass code.
I tried even going to mcds and with wouldn't us open networks either
The phone must be in download mode for ODIN to recognize it. Were you able to get it into download mode?
No will only go into android recovery
If you're wanting to get it updated to Gingerbread, I'd suggest following FBis251's Gingerbread Starter Pack or using one of Bhundven's One-clicks. The latter option only requires that you have Java installed.
Tried both of those and neither worked fallowed them to the t
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Andrew.80 said:
Using an open network like mcds wifi and still doesn't work
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Weird. Have you tried performing a factory data reset on the phone? It couldn't hurt & might clear up some problems.
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I tried even going to mcds and with wouldn't us open networks either
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Factory data reset, maybe.
No will only go into android recovery
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That's odd. That would prevent ODIN from working for sure. If it's rooted, download and install a terminal emulator from the market. Then open the terminal and issue these commands:
su
reboot download
That should get you into download mode unless something's really hosed.
Tried both of those and neither worked fallowed them to the t
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That would be due to it not going into download mode. Try what I said above and see if it works

Tried factory reseting didn't work I will try the terminal in a little bit i didnt think about that and I know its rooted cause I used root check basic and super one click to reroot to see if that would work
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Andrew.80 said:
Tried factory reseting didn't work I will try the terminal in a little bit i didnt think about that and I know its rooted cause I used root check basic and super one click to reroot to see if that would work
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Cool, let me know how it goes. I'm thinking that if we can get you into download mode that getting you updated to GB might help a lot.
If you're not looking to go that route and want to stay Froyo, you might want to look at GPS Aids in the market. It has a "hard reset" feature that might be of help.

Thank I forgot all about terminal emulator I will mess with it in a min and let u know thanks for the support
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Flashed first thing and got a cell phone with a computer and a yellow triangle with "!" In it is it it bricked ?
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Andrew.80 said:
Flashed first thing and got a cell phone with a computer and a yellow triangle with "!" In it is it it bricked ?
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No, you're not bricked. That's another screen that's equivalent to download mode. What are you using to flash (ODIN, Heimdall, CWM)?

Odin
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And Odin wont find. It either now
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Andrew.80 said:
And Odin wont find. It either now
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Is it plugged into the same USB port as before? ODIN & Win7 are funny about that some times. If that doesn't help you might have to power it off & back on to get ODIN to see it:
Power off the phone
Unplug the USB cable
Remove the battery
Plug the USB cable into the computer and the phone
Hold down the volume up and volume down keys
While holding those down, re-insert the battery
See if that gets you back into download mode and/or recognized by ODIN. Also make sure you're using ODIN 1.85.

I tried this and couldn't figure out why it won't work
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Andrew.80 said:
I tried this and couldn't figure out why it won't work
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When you tried it, what happened exactly?

[Q] Help me!!! SAMSUNG GALAXY S 4G Kicks me back

Hello everybody, Pls i have been suffering from getting kicked out from my phone school each time i try to open message, call logs..... Sometime, phone will kick me to home screen when I'm trying to type a message, it doe it too when I'm trying to dial a number.... I used to love my phone when i just bought it, until when Tmobile release gingerbread via kies using USB.... Pls, how do I get my phone back to normal... How can I get it back to the official android that comes with it, or is there a fix for my problem..... I have done hard reset for thousands of time. pls help meeeeeeeeeeeeeee

You could try the heimdall one click or the gremlin remover
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pls can u give me the links?? I dont know what those names mean

Heimdall:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
Gremlin:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500427
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thank you very much... I will work on it tonight...... Pls, will this restore my phone to factory settings or will it push my phone back to froyo? or will it just refresh galaxy s 4g and solve my kicking off the screen, hanging, reboot problem? Thank very much for your help.

It will give you stock working 2.3.6 GB with root,unlike with kies

Thanks a lot, Please, which one would u recommend? heimdall one click or the gremlin remover?

I have always used heimdall and it has never given me any problems
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The Heimdall One-Click will not give you root unless you flash a custom kernel afterwards.

I prefer gremlin but thats cuz I like and know odin

Well I'm not very familiar with Odin. Also, if you use the gremlin remover, can you use mobile Odin?
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Mobile Odin doesn't support this device as of yet.
I turned in logs for it but haven't heard back.

+1 for Gremlin Remover. I have used it MANY times now, and it's EPIC!

Hello, pls help me again oooo..... I put my phone in download mode, 1 click show connected at first, I click on flash, it didn't finish, and it says ERROR: Not Found. I dont know is not found. I restarted my system, and I put it back to download mode, but 1 click keeps showing Disconnected. I have done all thing, change the usb cable, port and so on.. No luck.
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I have always used heimdall and it has never given me any problems
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darryshine4real said:
Hello, pls help me again oooo..... I put my phone in download mode, 1 click show connected at first, I click on flash, it didn't finish, and it says ERROR: Not Found. I dont know is not found. I restarted my system, and I put it back to download mode, but 1 click keeps showing Disconnected. I have done all thing, change the usb cable, port and so on.. No luck.
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Try the 1 click gremlin remover, see how that works out
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No, I only want to do the Heimdall one click bcos it looks easy, I don;t know how to go through the Gremlin process. Pls, the only problem I'm having is, when I put my phone into download mode, the computer wont see it. even now I restarted my phone to access my sd card via USB, but it wont show up sd card anymore. pls helpppppppppppp

Uninstall your drivers, reboot, put phone in download mode and start the one click and let it reinstall the drivers
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Did u mean to uninstall the USB driver that came with the computer from the computer?
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Uninstall your drivers, reboot, put phone in download mode and start the one click and let it reinstall the drivers
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I'm sorry but you are not ready for this.....you don't listen nor follow instruction.
I don't know what to tell you anymore...and since you do not follow instructions.....I feel I will no longer follow this thread and try to help you.
You have been offered so much help by so many.....not to mention all the tutorials available here and on Google.
Rooting and flashing is so damn easy....
In your case......your at a simple to fix state but you won't read,and follow instruction.
I give up... peace out

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Did u mean to uninstall the USB driver that came with the computer from the computer?
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Yes, uninstall all Samsung and or Google drivers and let the heimdall one click install drivers. I've had the same prob using heimdall and that worked for me
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please help. Phone boot looped

I am on the samsung infuse. SGH-I997 from at&t running gb 2.3.6 my phone is rooted. I don't have it overclocked or underclocked or anything like that. i just went into setting menu and did factory data rest and checked the erase sd card option as welll. My phone will come up to the boot animation i have set and then screen will go dark. I press the screen on button and the boot animation is still on, Like it's just starting again. Then twice now it has started up and let me unlock sim card then goes to the setup wizard which i connect to my wifi after accepting googles terms or whatever. once i put in password I can't see an option for next or back or cancel. I see quit in the top right corner and when I press that to get out of the setup wizard the screen is just plain black. I can see the notification bar and that's it. I can't pull it down. I can't even turn the screen off. Please help me. Should I attempt to go back to stock/rooted gb 2.3.6 via odin??? Please help me out quickly if you can I need this phone for work purposes and have not the means to get another one.

Yes, use odin or heimdall, which ever you are most comfortable with.

Thank you. Worked like a charm. Odin is a lot easier to use I might add
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Thank you. Worked like a charm. Odin is a lot easier to use I might add
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no it's not...

How so? I could never get heimdall to work
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With heimdal did you click options then install drivers for it?
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No I didn't because they were automatically installed when I plugged my phone into the PC
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Oh OK just checking I have to reinstall every time I switch to heimdal to Odin.My PC is haunted lol
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TJj33p3rz said:
Oh OK just checking I have to reinstall every time I switch to heimdal to Odin.My PC is haunted lol
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lol that's a hassle.
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