Hello,
I got a problem with my Xoom 2 I received today,
First: can't update it to 4.0/4.1 yet, not a big problem.
Second: I can't place any files onto it with a micro-usb cable from my OB, when connecting to the PC it wants to install Motorolacast and transfer apps over the internet, I don't want that, I wan't to place them directly through USB on it, any tips?
I got the second problem fixed, but not the first, so I am wondering, how can I fix the first problem, tried rebooting a few times and check for updates again, no succes.
Also, can I root my tablet with Gingerbreak or won't that work?
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Hi everyone, first, this is my first post, new to the forums, at least as a registered user. I have a problem with my phone. I know most of you are wondering why I have not just read the other posts on the forums, but I have. I have attempted every solution to the problem posted previously.
Background: Phone: Samsung charge.
I was being impatient and did not want to wait for the gingerbread update form Verizon. I flashed the leaked gingerbread 2.3.4 onto my phone using odin. Everything went great. I was able to use my phone with no problems except shortened battery life, but nothing major. About a month ago the battery life was impossible to maintain and there were some software bugs, like clicks during calls, startup taking forever, around 2 minutes on average!, and random restarts that never happened before. I decided to look up some fixes and found that verizon and samsung had released GB 2.3.6 for the charge. I got excited and decided I wanted to get that, but I could not via OTA. I read some forum posts and they mentioned attempting a factory reset on the phone then trying OTA update. I went ahead with factory reset and everything went fine. My startup time is around 25 seconds now and no random clicks or gliches, but still not on 2.3.6, which was the whole point. I then decided to just flash the stock 2.3.6 rom to the phone.
Problem: When I plug my phone in to multiple computers it will charge but not connect to the computer. This means on my Mac it does not show as an external drive, which it has in the past. On my windows 7 machine it says that drivers were installed but could not be used (I can get the exact quote if needed.) I attempted to go into device manager and solve problem that way but it shows my phone as "unknown device". I have tried to enter download mode when hooked up to windows computers and no connection is found.
Possible solutions attempted and their outcomes:
1. As stated, I attempted the method shown in a thread on droid forums for installing the samsung drivers. I have attempted multiple times to install the drivers on my windows machine and the device remains "unknown".
2. I have attempted multiple cables on multiple computers, both mac and windows 7. No change.
3. I have installed adb and attempted to locate devices using adb devices command on mac. No devices found.
4. I have attempted all methods with both usb debugging checked and unchecked.
5. I have tried every possible usb port I have.
Ideas/questions I have had that I have no idea are possible or how to fix!
Would a factory reset take away the ability to connect to a computer from my phone. So, is there a piece of software in the build I have that controls the connection between the computer and the phone, an identifier of sorts, which is now missing, now that I have reset the leaked ROM.
Is there a way to flash a new ROM without connecting to a computer, via the sd card, and what is that? I have read some things in other posts but am too much of a n00b to understand most of them when using sdcards.
ANY help will be greatly appreciated. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! I have been at this for at least 6 hours, sifting through forums, searching google, attempting fixes that others have stated worked for them, only to fail every time. Thank you all.
i've had a few issues with this on my Droid Pro. with windows connection a connection assistant came up with some options that I was able to get it to work as a drive.
Getting it to work with adb is another issue alone. The phone needs to be in "debug" mode. I would search for a tutorial on this because you need to edit files on the computer.
for example on my windows I needed to edit one set of files, while on my linux I had to edit another set of things.
I leave my phone in debug mode because i use it for my android app dev on both computers. try that and see if it shows up on your mac.
I have a Samsung Proclaim that kinda works... I have StraightTalk service. I have searched and searched for 2 weeks now trying to fix this myself. I am too new to Android to figure this out on my own. If some one else has already had this issue please point me in the right direction, I simply cannot find it.
Symptoms:
No Wi-Fi
No Wireless tether
No USB SD card write abilities
No Auto Rotate (maybe no rotate at all)
Intermittent USB Tether
What I think I need:
Stock Rom
Here's what happened:
3 weeks ago I turned on my unrooted phone to be greeted with an OTA system update alert. I clicked install. After my phone reobooted Fox-Fi would not work. I then tried copying all my data to PC to do factory restore to find my SD card shows up as a CD-Rom and I cannot modify files. I found workarounds for this posted on various sites but none worked. I backed everything up to SD then used a card reader to move to PC. I tried a factory reset which completed successfully but changed nothing. I then tried to root my phone using shabbypenguin's method and it appeared to work but then I lost the ability to auto rotate my screen in several places and I lost the ability to connect to Wi-Fi. I installed several different USB tether programs and all of them had issues connecting and staying connected.
I have access to another proclaim that is unrooted and not updated, but it belongs to a co-worker. I dont want to risk damage to his phone by rooting it. Is there any way I can make a rom from his phone without root or does anybody out there that knows of a stock-ish rom I can download? Would I be better off just sending this phone to StraightTalk?
I really can't afford to replace this phone for several more months so I really need it working again. Any help given is greatly appreciated!
Somebody please help! Don't make me drown my phone!
OK guys I have an issue
I now own a tf101 the issue I'm having is a connection issue
I recently purchased my tf101 used as a bargain price as our families 2nd tablet
The lady reset to factory before I purchased
After a couple days I began looking into rooting as an option to restore some functionality to this older tablet when connecting to my computer, I wasn't receiving any notification it was plugged in .... no new device detected ... no sounds..... nothing in device manager
It charges fine... and its an official Asus cord ( least it says Asus on it)
I also got the 40 pin to USB converter and it transfers data from a flash drive to the tablet fine movies pics etc...
I tried the cord on 3 different PC's, and 2 Macs nothing
Tried downloading and installing Asus sync and naked drivers neither helped
(Gonna get my friends cord this weekend see if it does anything)
I also tried most of all of this stuff in USB debugging mode , and toggling sync tool, as well in and not in apex mode
I tried a j5 wormhole USB to USB cord from the 40 pin converter still nothing...
I've read post after post about this topic however NONE have solutions
I had a friend suggest that it may have been rooted before she factory reset it and something got corrupted...
Some other info I'm sure I'll get asked about
Firmware version IML74K.US_epad-9.2.1.27-20120615
Kernel version 2.6.39.4 [email protected]#1
Android version 4.0.3
Whenever I try to boot into any kind of recovery it shows a belly up android with red exclamation mark
Any help would be appreciated
Anyone know if I can root from usb
Same USB Connection Problem
I recently reset my tablet to "factory" and had the exact same issue. Probably searched all the same sites and found the same results you have already seen. "Buy a new cable." "Buy a new tablet."
I used Baiduroot to get temporary root and install TWRP. Unfortunately, I had to download it from a Chinese server and the app is in Chinese, so you are really guessing as to the use of the tool. I poked around till I got it.
So now I can boot into recovery, but have not yet attempted flashing a ROM such as KatKiss.
Rooted, Bootloader, and Flashed
I took courage and flashed. I now have a TF101 with Katkiss 4.4.2 and Gapps running. All done without the cable. In fact, I just plugged it into my computer and it still doesn't recognize it. This is a weird problem.
Bradley Norris said:
I recently reset my tablet to "factory" and had the exact same issue. Probably searched all the same sites and found the same results you have already seen. "Buy a new cable." "Buy a new tablet."
I used Baiduroot to get temporary root and install TWRP. Unfortunately, I had to download it from a Chinese server and the app is in Chinese, so you are really guessing as to the use of the tool. I poked around till I got it.
So now I can boot into recovery, but have not yet attempted flashing a ROM such as KatKiss.
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Hi all,
I'll try to keep this short, I am new to this and if anyone can help/point me in the right direction to find a solution it would be greatly appreciated.
I bought an mk809iv off of geek buying (I wanted to link the page of the stick I bought, but since I'm new here I can't)
I tried rooting it but jumped in too quickly and now nothing works. It doesn't connect to the PC or television. USB debugging is not checked on the stick.
I tried rooting with an Eazyroot image from an usb stick and got stuck in boot loop, then I found a rom that was said to be working and tried flashing it with RKbatchtool 1.7 and the drivers that came with the pack. The stick connected to my PC, i tried the to flash it, but at the end of the process i got flash failed as a message.
Now the PC doesn't recognize the stick, so even if i can find a rom (stock or otherwise) I can't even try to flash it.
Is it possible that I wiped the stick clean and that's why the PC wont recognize it? I have been reading a lot on fastboot and ADB, and am wondering if I could fastboot the device so i can load a new kernel (?) onto it so it would finally communicate to the PC.
Am I wasting my time with this? Is there anyway to get the stick to work again? I'll keep reading but if anyone can help or tell me where or what to look for to learn what I need to do to get it to work, it would be really appreciated.
Thanks!
* Edit: After reading some more, I seem to have hard bricked my stick... So just in case, is there anything to do or should i just throw it out?
Hi there.
I have an U11 now and I am quite happy with it.
But there is one problem.
It takes ages till I see the U11 appearing on the PC. USB debugging is on, data transfer chose at the U11, tried several USB connections on the PC tried even another laptop.
Sometimes it is even not showing the phone.
Are here people around who are facing the same problem?
Any solutions?
Thx a lot.
Schuertzi
Yeap exactly the same...
No problem here, each new usb port you connect to loads the drivers and takes a few seconds but after that connection is fast.
Thing that has me peeved is the lack of OTG support. I like to backup straight to an external HDD. No go with the U11.
Tried and waited really long after the drivers were installed. Nothing changed really. Even with using the same USB connection.
May be I did something wrong during flashing TWRP and then the Viper ROM.
Will check and let you know.
Thx
Sxhuertzi
I had the same issue even though i didnt root. I tried on multiple pcs and still got a message saying usb device not recognized. So i returned it and ordered the solar red. I should receive it today and I'll let you know if I still get the same result.
Great, just let us know.
Thx
Hi Guys,
I solved my problem.
I had first the wrong TWRP installed then deleted. Tried then again to install via fastboot. Was not possible.
Then, I installed the official TWRP app from the playstore. Installed the actual TWRP from there. And voila, TWRP installed, rebooted and everything works.
Just for your info. May be you have similar problem.
Schuertzi.
So i definitely had a defective device as this new one connects without any issue.
schuertzi said:
Hi Guys,
I solved my problem.
I had first the wrong TWRP installed then deleted. Tried then again to install via fastboot. Was not possible.
Then, I installed the official TWRP app from the playstore. Installed the actual TWRP from there. And voila, TWRP installed, rebooted and everything works.
Just for your info. May be you have similar problem.
Schuertzi.
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Hello Sir,
I have almost the same problem which is when I try to connect my HTC U11 to any windows computer it gives me error that the usb is malfunctioned and don't recognize my phone, I also tried to install different TWRP and it doesn't work either, any help would be much appreciated also what type of TWRP you have installed to fix this issue, thank you.
jhill110 said:
Thing that has me peeved is the lack of OTG support. I like to backup straight to an external HDD. No go with the U11.
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I can use external HDD and pendrives. In fact, the u11 recognises NTFS even.