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It's kind of a funny story, actually..

So I bought a Captivate off of craigslist. first mistake, i know. but i inspected the phone meticulously and everything had checked out. That is...
Until I got home. I had seen that CM7 nightlies were posted and I use them on my Inspire so i didn't waste anytime rooting and installing CWM. I then downloaded 2 ROMs, one normal 2.2 ROM and CM nightly build 13. I read about cm7 and how it replaces the EFS file system, so the only way to change ROMs is to odin back to stock.
Here's the funny part. Everything I did up up to and including installing CM7 I did WITHOUT using a computer/USB whatsoever. So I install samsung USB drivers on my 2 PC's (win7 and xp) and I go to connect my phone in download mode. no dice. everytime i plug it in, both of my PCs say the dreaded "usb device has malfunctioned"
2 additional details to note:
1. my friend picked up a stock 2.2 captivate at best buy tonight and i threw it in download mode on the same usb port and it connected fine and installed drivers, + odin saw the device. mine still says malfunctioned.
2. I know USB connectivity works because if i go to the CWM recovery I can mount USB storage.
SO what are everyone's thoughts? did i not read a special instruction? am I missing something really stupid? or am i stuck on CM7 nightly builds for the rest of forever? haha.
Edit: found this in the cm7 nightly post:
**Warning : Not for new users, flash this build only if you know what you are doing !!! Make SURE you can get into Download mode using only buttons (no other method, Download mode from just buttons is essential).**
I didn't read that^ whoops. I cannot get into DL mode using only buttons...does that mean i am stuck on CM7?

3buttonfix.zip is floating around here somewhere

ConeyKiller said:
3buttonfix.zip is floating around here somewhere
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His main problem is odin wont reconize his phone once it is in download mode. Three button fix is secondary mainly because you need odin to flash it.

Try getting jiffy with it
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erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I think you mean jiggy.....as in a jig. Still issue is odin not reconizing phone in download mode.

erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I don't think peanut butter is gonna do any good ;p

Correct me if im wrong but cm7 flash requires nexus s usb drivers(or did at one point). Your friends new phone would be detected with the captivate drivers while yours would not.
If you just have the wrong drivers installed you can get the right ones from the android sdk. Uninstall current usb drivers.. reboot... install nexus s usb drivers.. reboot... plug in phone.

whiteguypl said:
Correct me if im wrong but cm7 flash requires nexus s usb drivers(or did at one point). Your friends new phone would be detected with the captivate drivers while yours would not.
If you just have the wrong drivers installed you can get the right ones from the android sdk. Uninstall current usb drivers.. reboot... install nexus s usb drivers.. reboot... plug in phone.
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Your correct.
Good luck OP.

studacris said:
I don't think peanut butter is gonna do any good ;p
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Hahaha nice

erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I carry a jig in my wallet. Not sure I am up to carrying peanut butter too.

Well I hope you get out of your Jam...
Pun intended
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[Q] Odin doesn't detect download mode

I've been trying to figure this out for hours...
I recently got a Charge (I also have an old Fascinate). and I'm trying to root it. It came out of the box with EE4. I primarily use a macbook pro, but have learned that I can't root EE4 with it. So, I booted up my old school desktop PC.
I can't get Odin 1.82 (or 1.3 for that matter) to recognize my Charge or my Fascinate. I've tried 4 different Samsung driver files, and the computer recognizes the phones in USB Storage mode just fine (telling me that the usb cable is working fine). I can transfer files and everything. And yes, the phones have the yellow road sign looking thing and say "Downloading..."
But when I put either in download mode:
USB device not Recognized.
One of the USB devices attached to this conputer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance click this message.
Basically, acts as though no driver is installed. and when I click the message and go to Update the driver (while still in download mode), I went to C:\Program Files\Samsung\USB Drivers\, but there's tons of folders and non of them contain a working driver for download mode (I tried them all).
I don't care about the Fascinate. I only mentioned it because I thought there was something to neither phone working. And this is the first (and only) time I've tried to get Odin to work (ie. it hasn't worked ever).
I've searched all over the forums, internet, and soul trying to figure this out. I can't be the only one this has happened to. Or I'm missing something really fking obvious.
I'm on an old custom made desktop with an AMD 1700+ processor running Windows XP (not 64 bit).

tifford said:
I've been trying to figure this out for hours...
I recently got a Charge (I also have an old Fascinate). and I'm trying to root it. It came out of the box with EE4. I primarily use a macbook pro, but have learned that I can't root EE4 with it. So, I booted up my old school desktop PC.
I can't get Odin 1.82 (or 1.3 for that matter) to recognize my Charge or my Fascinate. I've tried 4 different Samsung driver files, and the computer recognizes the phones in USB Storage mode just fine (telling me that the usb cable is working fine). I can transfer files and everything. And yes, the phones have the yellow road sign looking thing and say "Downloading..."
But when I put either in download mode:
USB device not Recognized.
One of the USB devices attached to this conputer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance click this message.
Basically, acts as though no driver is installed. and when I click the message and go to Update the driver (while still in download mode), I went to C:\Program Files\Samsung\USB Drivers\, but there's tons of folders and non of them contain a working driver for download mode (I tried them all).
I don't care about the Fascinate. I only mentioned it because I thought there was something to neither phone working. And this is the first (and only) time I've tried to get Odin to work (ie. it hasn't worked ever).
I've searched all over the forums, internet, and soul trying to figure this out. I can't be the only one this has happened to. Or I'm missing something really fking obvious.
I'm on an old custom made desktop with an AMD 1700+ processor running Windows XP (not 64 bit).
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the pc itself doesn't sound like the problem, at least not directly... the only things I can suggest would be to either try different USB ports, a different cable, uninstalling and reinstalling the driver: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34782489/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_I510_v1.3.1900.0.exe (which is made specifically for the Charge), disabling any antivirus that may be installed (or running Odin as administrator), and making sure USB debugging is ticked off under 'development' in applications settings

thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately, i've tried all of those except for disabling debugging. and, sadly, that didn't do the trick.
i've tried all of the usb cables i own (about 7). i've uninstalled and reinstalled divers from every link posted, and rebooted after each time. i've tried all of my usb ports on my computer. i've even cleared out the usb history in regedit.
::sigh::

tifford said:
thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately, i've tried all of those except for disabling debugging. and, sadly, that didn't do the trick.
i've tried all of the usb cables i own (about 7). i've uninstalled and reinstalled divers from every link posted, and rebooted after each time. i've tried all of my usb ports on my computer. i've even cleared out the usb history in regedit.
::sigh::
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well if it was just the Charge I would say there may be a problem with the phone or somethings not being done right, I have heard of some people having phones (Fascinate mostly) that won't go into download mode for Odin but will work perfectly with everything else... however both phones not working seems to be some kind of issue with the pc or cable, but I couldn't say for sure as I'm not knowledgable on the hardware of android phones

1700+. That's REALLY old school.
Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyCharged 2.0

still can't get it to work...
is there any way to go back to eb01 or whatever without root or Odin?
or can someone post the Download Mode driver?

tifford said:
still can't get it to work...
is there any way to go back to eb01 or whatever without root or Odin?
or can someone post the Download Mode driver?
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If anyone is an ADB guru here they may know how to do it with that, like pushing CWM to the phone and then you can probably flash to stock... I only know how to do basic things like install apk's and logcat

I know with most phones, you can't go back without root because the system doesn't let you. I'm used to the Droid incredible and incredible 2, where rooting and flashing roms is easy as pie with some knowledge of adb and cwm. none of the ed01, ee4, fu69 stuff to worry about. Odin seems very easy, and its damn near impossible to permanently brick your phone if you have it. BUT I can't get it to work.
is there an adb / non-Odin root method for ee4?
if I understand correctly, the gingerbreak method and one click method don't work with ee4. (I've tried both of those too)
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Your on Mac? Have u tried using heimdall?
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I've tried using heimdall on my Mac and can't get it figured out. heimdall 1.3 (older heimdalls like 1.1.1 wont open) requires a framework.XML file which Odin roms don't have. I can create one but the only way I can do that is by using a .pit file (which creates a partition) which I'd have to take from other rom files. the only way can see it working is by Frankensteining it together to get it to flash which does doesn't seem right.
I could be completely misunderstanding how to get it to work. I could just use heimdall in terminal, but I don't understand it enough yet to attempt. heimdall 1.3 looks nothing like the way I thought it would (where I select all the recovery, bootloader, etc files individually)
grr...
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You know we DO have a PIT file right?
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which should I use? depending on the rom I use, does it matter which PIT file I use?
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tifford said:
which should I use? depending on the rom I use, does it matter which PIT file I use?
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there's only one PIT file and its for getting to stock 2.2 Froyo

so, I should only use it for flashing back to stock 2.2?
can I use it for flashing a 2.2 rom like gummy charged 1.9.1?
does it matter which stock 2.2 I use? ed01? ee4?
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tifford said:
so, I should only use it for flashing back to stock 2.2?
can I use it for flashing a 2.2 rom like gummy charged 1.9.1?
does it matter which stock 2.2 I use? ed01? ee4?
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yes only for stock 2.2 because it is what reformats your partitions after they've been converted to ext4 with lagfix/voodoo
as for stock roms EE4 is the latest and hasn't given me any problems when Odining but I suppose the others like ED1 or ED2 would be fine

just bricked it.
I was trying to revert back to ed1 so that I could root from there with gingersnap / gingerbreak through adb
I downloaded the Verizon stock ed1 file and pit file, inserted all of the files in the correct place (param = parameters.rfs etc.) it got to uploading kernel and failed. now my phone boots into a picture of a cellphone then an arrow pointing at a computer with a yellow triangle with a !
and I have no way of unbricking it.
I'm going to borrow someone's windows laptop and Odin it back to health (hopefully)
then I'm returning it for a thunderbolt. this phone has driven me mad.
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tifford said:
just bricked it.
I was trying to revert back to ed1 so that I could root from there with gingersnap / gingerbreak through adb
I downloaded the Verizon stock ed1 file and pit file, inserted all of the files in the correct place (param = parameters.rfs etc.) it got to uploading kernel and failed. now my phone boots into a picture of a cellphone then an arrow pointing at a computer with a yellow triangle with a !
and I have no way of unbricking it.
I'm going to borrow someone's windows laptop and Odin it back to health (hopefully)
then I'm returning it for a thunderbolt. this phone has driven me mad.
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soft brick, you need to odin EE4 stock with the PIT file and it'll be back to normal.. its almost impossible to permabrick this phone through user error, only if the boot.bin files are corrupted afaik
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

tifford said:
just bricked it.
I was trying to revert back to ed1 so that I could root from there with gingersnap / gingerbreak through adb
I downloaded the Verizon stock ed1 file and pit file, inserted all of the files in the correct place (param = parameters.rfs etc.) it got to uploading kernel and failed. now my phone boots into a picture of a cellphone then an arrow pointing at a computer with a yellow triangle with a !
and I have no way of unbricking it.
I'm going to borrow someone's windows laptop and Odin it back to health (hopefully)
then I'm returning it for a thunderbolt. this phone has driven me mad.
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We don't root through ADB.
Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyCharged 2.0

i borrowed a friend's windows laptop. i used Odin to go back to stock ED1
Then ROOTED THROUGH ADB on my mac...
i'm a happy camper now.
Thanks for the help guys

Have fun with ED1.. . If you update it will break root.
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odin not recognizing phone

hey guys, need some help from the guru's here. trying some of the newer latest roms and kinda got stuck here. for some reason im not able to use odin(1.7 or 1.81) to go back to stock. i am able to use the heimdall one click versions (stock froyo, uclb3, and entropy DD kernel) but thats it. im on gb bootloaders and heimdall did ask to download some new drivers, wondering if that was why?
been having problems with this touch screen on several roms and was going to call about warranty. if they want it back, it needs to be stock stock.
thanks in advance for any help
brad

How are you entering download mode, manually or through extended power menu/toggles? Powermenu/toggles never worked for me I always had to go manually for it to be detected
Have you tried different USB ports? For me only one USB port works with Odin...even though the rest work out of download mode for transferring files
You probably do, but do you have drivers installed?
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doesnt matter if i enter download mode manually with the button/data cable method or through extended power menu.
im using the same usb port i've always used that has always worked for me. i'll try a different one.
also, i do have drivers installed because i have used odin in the past.
i honestly think it has something to do with the drivers that were installed when i used heimdall one click, they were a different set of drivers. i just dont know how to reinstall odin drivers or put it back the way it was beforehand.
i do have a replacement device on the way and i would like to have uckh1 installed before i ship it back to them.

Reload drivers. Heimdall drivers aren't used with Odin. Adam O just posted some comments on this in another thread recently.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23886132
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ahh sweet relief.. using another usb port works. thank you!

Help Please?? Can't get back to stock through Heimdall:(

Hi guys.
Was wondering if anyone could help me out with my phone. I'd been running the Unnamed rom for a while then last week the phone started acting up on me. Now I'm trying to return it back to stock and for some reason I'm getting a claiming interface error. It says device connected on Heimdall, and the connection is able to initialize but it keeps failing on the interface part.
Any help would be truly appreciated.

I suggest you try another USB port or even another computer if you can.

try this
this happend to me once but what i did was
1.restart pc
2.take out battery from phone nd put it back in
3.enter download mode
4. put usb cable on a different spot (sometimes odin can interfer with heimdall)
5.open heindall with phone already on download mode
6.reinstall drivers for that usb slot
7.then initiate the flash back to stock
8.after its done reboot phone (mine turns on by itself)
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hope i helped if i did plz click thanks:good::good:
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chacua358 said:
this happend to me once but what i did was
1.restart pc
2.take out battery from phone nd put it back in
3.enter download mode
4. put usb cable on a different spot (sometimes odin can interfer with heimdall)
5.open heindall with phone already on download mode
6.reinstall drivers for that usb slot
7.then initiate the flash back to stock
8.after its done reboot phone (mine turns on by itself)
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hope i helped if i did plz click thanks:good::good:
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Thanks for the assistance man. But i got a question on one step. Could you explain how to reinstall the drivers for the usb slot? I'm on a mac os right now btw, but I could switch over to windows if needed.

itzik2sh said:
I suggest you try another USB port or even another computer if you can.
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Tried multiple other ports still same result. Even tried another comp, but no go.. I'm confused.

Hope you get it working. Here's this in case you somehow missed these.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716
Second post on this one
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First thing.... Take a breath and know that everything will be ok
now, you need to try different usb ports
reinstall the sgs4g drivers
make sure you have everything for heimdall
IF NONE OF THESE WORK
it is your cable

dsexton702 said:
First thing.... Take a breath and know that everything will be ok
now, you need to try different usb ports
reinstall the sgs4g drivers
make sure you have everything for heimdall
IF NONE OF THESE WORK
it is your cable
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i agee with dexton but one question so we can help you furthermore what version of stock do you want to go back to (i mean 2.2.1, 2.3.4 , or 2.3.6 )

chacua358 said:
i agee with dexton but one question so we can help you furthermore what version of stock do you want to go back to (i mean 2.2.1, 2.3.4 , or 2.3.6 )
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Thanks so much man! You have saved my life haha. Followed it exactly as you said, worked with no problems. Guess the old drivers just got corrupted and my phone wasn't being recognized anymore. Thanks again, you are awesome. :laugh:

classcsilk said:
Thanks so much man! You have saved my life haha. Followed it exactly as you said, worked with no problems. Guess the old drivers just got corrupted and my phone wasn't being recognized anymore. Thanks again, you are awesome. :laugh:
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hey no problem thats what xda is for is for people to help each other and we have all been on a sticky situation

chacua358 said:
hey no problem thats what xda is for is for people to help each other and we have all been on a sticky situation
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It is always the cord that gets me. I only own one that can one click correctly out of five... Not a fun time downgrading.
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Cooptx said:
It is always the cord that gets me. I only own one that can one click correctly out of five... Not a fun time downgrading.
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the original cable from the phone sucks its too short and thin mine broke 2 months after i bought a motorola droid one and broke like 3 or 4 monts after bought an lg one but all it does is charge the phone no data no flashing no nothing same with a cable from the gas station but the best cable ive used is the mytouchbranded on its been 5 months its the best one yet you should try it mine was from my old mytouch 3g slide:laugh:

Skyrocket will NOT connect to PC, have tried everything

I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (SGH-I727 / AT&T) that I cannot get to connect to a PC after weeks of trying. I have tried to read through hundreds of threads regarding this issue and it seems others have had similar issues but nothing quite like this.
When I connect my phone to a PC, it does charge but Windows XP or Windows 7 will not recognize the phone. Anytime it is connected an error pops up stating "USB Device Not Recognized. One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it."
So to clarify, I have tried the following suggestions from others to troubleshoot and try to narrow down the issue:
1.) I have tried 4 separate USB cables, including the original OEM Samsung brand data cable that came with the phone.
2.) I have tried 3 separate PC's (2 with Windows 7, 1 with Windows XP).
3.) I have installed Samsung Kies on all 3 PCs, uninstalled and reinstalled the program as well as the Samsung Drivers on multiple occasions.
4.) I have done a factory/data reset on the phone twice to see if this was an issue caused by other apps I've downloaded in the past.
5.) I have tried to use USB Debugging/Developer option and then connect the phone to no avail.
6.) I have tried USB Mass Storage option before connecting the phone.
7.) I have tried to connect the phone to a PC in Samsung's default recovery mode and still showed it was not a recognizable device.
8.) I have tried a friend's galaxy S3 on all cables and PC's mentioned above and Kies immediately recognizes her phone.
9.) I have attempted to clean the physical microusb port with a small brush to make sure the contacts were clean and not being blocked by something.
10.)I have done a battery pull and about 20+ phone resets for all above mentioned attempts.
Based on all of these attempts without any success, it seems to me that this being a PHONE hardware issue is highly probable. I've ruled out just about every other scenario and I'm wondering at this point if my phone's Micro USB port is fried somehow.
Has anyone heard of this or is this a reasonable possibility?
I have tried just about everything I can so far, if anyone has any other suggestions or has any information that may confirm my suspicion, please let me know.
This all came about in the past week due to Jelly Bean being finally released by AT&T / Samsung for the Skyrocket and unfortunately, this update only seems to be available via Kies and a direct data cable to a PC. I have tried to go to Settings > About Phone > Software Update > Check for Updates (while connected to Wifi with a full battery) and the phone has told me 3 times over the past 3 days that my current Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0.4 Android is the most current software up to date. I'm guessing they're not planning on releasing Jelly Bean to the Skyrocket via OTA air updates....so now I'm stuck.

Bizarre issue you got there mate!
Sorry to disappoint you, but this isn't the right section for your device.
Please report ur post to the moderators and have it moved here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1372
Thank you..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II

immortalneo said:
Bizarre issue you got there mate!
Sorry to disappoint you, but this isn't the right section for your device.
Please report ur post to the moderators and have it moved here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1372
Thank you..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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you sent him to the i777 forum?
as to op, seems a bad/dead usb port
read this on installing stock firmware even w/a dead usb port http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29977559#post29977559

vincom said:
you sent him to the i777 forum?
as to op, seems a bad/dead usb port
read this on installing stock firmware even w/a dead usb port http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29977559#post29977559
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Wow, thank you so much. This is the first thing I've seen from anyone regarding a possible fix outside of direct USB connection. I sincerely appreciate it!

xyberelite said:
Wow, thank you so much. This is the first thing I've seen from anyone regarding a possible fix outside of direct USB connection. I sincerely appreciate it!
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You should also try a different computer if you can. It works on my laptop but not my pc. I have no idea why and have tried everything I can think of. Also, use the usb ports on the back of the computer, not the front
Edit: sorry I didn't read your whole post.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

You should probably hit this.

vincom said:
you sent him to the i777 forum?
as to op, seems a bad/dead usb port
read this on installing stock firmware even w/a dead usb port http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29977559#post29977559
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Well after getting into the details on the post, it looks like this is created for a phone that already has a custom recovery such as CWM or TWRP installed. Since I do not have a USB port to use on this phone as of right now, is there any way to install a custom recovery on my phone without using USB?
I did download the stock 4.1.2 Jelly Bean firmware directly on the phone's default directory already and it's sitting there in a zip format. If I'm not able to root and/or install a custom recovery without using a USB cable, would it be possible to install the stock firmware using the default samsung recovery mode?

xyberelite said:
Well after getting into the details on the post, it looks like this is created for a phone that already has a custom recovery such as CWM or TWRP installed. Since I do not have a USB port to use on this phone as of right now, is there any way to install a custom recovery on my phone without using USB?
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Yes you need to search the skyrocket threads the answer is out there.
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xyberelite said:
Well after getting into the details on the post, it looks like this is created for a phone that already has a custom recovery such as CWM or TWRP installed. Since I do not have a USB port to use on this phone as of right now, is there any way to install a custom recovery on my phone without using USB?
I did download the stock 4.1.2 Jelly Bean firmware directly on the phone's default directory already and it's sitting there in a zip format. If I'm not able to root and/or install a custom recovery without using a USB cable, would it be possible to install the stock firmware using the default samsung recovery mode?
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no afaik, but read below
mtdew said:
Yes you need to search the skyrocket threads the answer is out there.
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if there is ive never seen it, let us know how, that is how to install a rom/firmware w/out custom recovery and w/a dead usb port

Crap if he's bone stock then no if it were stock rooted he could use dd commands with terminal emulator.
Also nowhere in his description did he ever say he deleted the old drivers from device manager.
Also I'm wondering how you are installing these drivers.
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vincom said:
no afaik, but read below
if there is ive never seen it, let us know how, that is how to install a rom/firmware w/out custom recovery and w/a dead usb port
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Well I did find this older thread that will supposedly allow me to install CWM and root without using a USB cable or PC. I'm going to try this since you all have confirmed that I'm not able to install a stock firmware/rom using stock recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
Edit - Didn't work, apparently this was for 4.0.3, not 4.0.4.
I'm going to need to figure out how to root and get CWM on my phone just to install Stock Jelly Bean all without using a USB cable. Still no luck so far.

mtdew said:
Crap if he's bone stock then no if it were stock rooted he could use dd commands with terminal emulator.
Also nowhere in his description did he ever say he deleted the old drivers from device manager.
Also I'm wondering how you are installing these drivers.
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I initially thought he had cwm/twrp installed
xyberelite said:
Well I did find this older thread that will supposedly allow me to install CWM and root without using a USB cable or PC. I'm going to try this since you all have confirmed that I'm not able to install a stock firmware/rom using stock recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
Edit - Didn't work, apparently this was for 4.0.3, not 4.0.4.
I'm going to need to figure out how to root and get CWM on my phone just to install Stock Jelly Bean all without using a USB cable. Still no luck so far.
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that's not for our phones, that would of bricked ur device if it had flashed successfully
get ur usb port fixed or try some tips in fixing it in the 1stop sticky
edit: try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34906725&postcount=6

vincom said:
I initially thought he had cwm/twrp installed
that's not for our phones, that would of bricked ur device if it had flashed successfully
get ur usb port fixed or try some tips in fixing it in the 1stop sticky
edit: try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34906725&postcount=6
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It wouldn't work. Nothing will install in Android System Recovery <3e>. Everything I tried still came back with Signature Verification Failed.
I also tried lifting the "tongue" inside the usb port on the phone several times previously and that didn't work either. I must assume at this point the usb daughterboard or something inside is messed up.
Since stock recovery can't install any type of files and I can't connect the phone to a PC in any way and my phone is 100% stock without root or any custom recovery, I can only imagine I'm stuck in this situation. I have yet to see any solutions for getting root or installing CWM without having a USB connection that works. Unless I can do either of those things, it looks like I'm SOL for updating from ICS to JB.
If they had only made Jelly Bean an Over the Air update, none of this would be a problem really.

xyberelite said:
It wouldn't work. Nothing will install in Android System Recovery <3e>. Everything I tried still came back with Signature Verification Failed.
I also tried lifting the "tongue" inside the usb port on the phone several times previously and that didn't work either. I must assume at this point the usb daughterboard or something inside is messed up.
Since stock recovery can't install any type of files and I can't connect the phone to a PC in any way and my phone is 100% stock without root or any custom recovery, I can only imagine I'm stuck in this situation. I have yet to see any solutions for getting root or installing CWM without having a USB connection that works. Unless I can do either of those things, it looks like I'm SOL for updating from ICS to JB.
If they had only made Jelly Bean an Over the Air update, none of this would be a problem really.
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Too dangerous the ota bricks tons of people when they do it I can only assume at&t is tired of it and opts for kies only. Also you could buy a daughter board and replace it. It's a relatively easy fix.
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mtdew said:
Too dangerous the ota bricks tons of people when they do it I can only assume at&t is tired of it and opts for kies only. Also you could buy a daughter board and replace it. It's a relatively easy fix.
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So .... lesson learned here is that you CANNOT root a phone or install any custom recoveries such as CWM or TWRP without having a working USB connection. As a result, you CANNOT install any updates, stock firmwares and especially custom roms without the above.
Only option at this point is to order the replacement part for the USB port on the phone or to purchase a new phone (if it's outside of the warranty period).

xyberelite said:
So .... lesson learned here is that you CANNOT root a phone or install any custom recoveries such as CWM or TWRP without having a working USB connection. As a result, you CANNOT install any updates, stock firmwares and especially custom roms without the above.
Only option at this point is to order the replacement part for the USB port on the phone or to purchase a new phone (if it's outside of the warranty period).
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No you need USB to root that's it technically. If you have root you can install a recovery IMG without a computer using a terminal emulator and dd commands.
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Thanks for the update. Hopefully it will help others:thumbup:
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mtdew said:
No you need USB to root that's it technically. If you have root you can install a recovery IMG without a computer using a terminal emulator and dd commands.
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yes and no, its the chicken and the egg kind of question, for the sr to get root u need to flash the su files, but u need to have a custom recovery to flash the su files. is there a way to get the su files onto the sr w/out a custom recovery? I haven't seen one yet unless there was a oneclick method which I never used

vincom said:
yes and no, its the chicken and the egg kind of question, for the sr to get root u need to flash the su files, but u need to have a custom recovery to flash the su files. is there a way to get the su files onto the sr w/out a custom recovery? I haven't seen one yet unless there was a oneclick method which I never used
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I used a one click waaaaaaaaay back when the phone was released probably wasn't supported lol but this was long ago on 2.3.5.
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mtdew said:
I used a one click waaaaaaaaay back when the phone was released probably wasn't supported lol but this was long ago on 2.3.5.
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There is no one click available for 4.x forward.
I am wondering, however, if something like this would work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270