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[Q] Root Problems

I am coming from the Galaxy S Vibrant and so far I am not impressed by the whole rooting process for the Skyrocket. I have tried on 3 different windows computers and every time it says it is unable to recognize device. I installed the drivers but I don't believe they were installed correctly. When I click root in super one click, the application stops responding.
I made sure to select debugging and when I connect the phone to the computer nothing prompts me on the phone. Is there something I am missing in order to get the Skyrocket recognized by Windows?

eshewski said:
I am coming from the Galaxy S Vibrant and so far I am not impressed by the whole rooting process for the Skyrocket. I have tried on 3 different windows computers and every time it says it is unable to recognize device. I installed the drivers but I don't believe they were installed correctly. When I click root in super one click, the application stops responding.
I made sure to select debugging and when I connect the phone to the computer nothing prompts me on the phone. Is there something I am missing in order to get the Skyrocket recognized by Windows?
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You need to be patient. the program stopped responding for nearly 5 minutes for me before it started going again and my PC is lightning fast.
Try installing Samsung kies. Should give you all the drivers you need.
If your computer doesn't recognize the phone at all then you most likely dont have the drivers installed correctly or a USB hub driver issue in which case no USB devices would work. Like I said, try installing kies. Once you can get the PC to recognize the phone as a storage device, you should be good to run the root program.
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I tried Kies already and it didn't help. I can connect my Vibrant with no problem to my computer as well.

eshewski said:
I tried Kies already and it didn't help. I can connect my Vibrant with no problem to my computer as well.
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Can you connect other USB devices to your computer? USB drives etc
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i had somewhat the same problem , I rooted my old vibrant first incase i screwed something up , no big loss , it went smooth as butter , then I hooked the SR up and it took forever , 3 try I unplugged alot of my other usb devices , restarted the pc and tried , it hung for a few minutes and I left it alone , it eventually worked the last time. I also have a pretty solid pc , running win7 64bit , unplugging alot of my usb devices seemed to be the thing that really helped.
hope that helps ya

eshewski said:
I am coming from the Galaxy S Vibrant and so far I am not impressed by the whole rooting process for the Skyrocket. I have tried on 3 different windows computers and every time it says it is unable to recognize device. I installed the drivers but I don't believe they were installed correctly. When I click root in super one click, the application stops responding.
I made sure to select debugging and when I connect the phone to the computer nothing prompts me on the phone. Is there something I am missing in order to get the Skyrocket recognized by Windows?
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rooting this device is easier then posting that on the forum =)
1) If you are still 2.3.5 (and didn't do the OTA upgrade) -> use doomlord's script (DooMLoRD_v3_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su) or newer if there is one:
-if you did do the OTA upgrade - search the forum for another way to root.
2) install KIES (if its installed, continue to 3)
3) extract the DooMLoRD_v3_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.zip to anywhere (maybe c:\doom )
4) open a command prompt (run as administrator if your not running windows XP)
5) goto c:\doom\files\
6) type "adb devices"
- if it finds your device - just run the script , it will root your phone
- if it does NOT find your device, troubleshot kies (uninstall it, reboot, reinstall, disable anti virus/firewall, etc etc) because if it can't find the device then the problem is someplace on your computer.
good luck!

[Q] think i bricked it good and proper

ok i need help please , i had gbread on it and installed superoneclick to get root then tried to flash cwm with vipermod. message said out of storage space or something (dont have ext mem only internal)and now phone will not turn on.
have followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1244490 and phone was recognised by omapp but couldnt change the port in device manager and couldnt find a bin to download so i tried to flash a kdz v21a
clicked start on lgflasher but nothing happened so after about 5 mins i cancelled it thinking without the port change it was a waste of time.
now i cant even get omapp to flash up when i connect phone . device manager refreshes but i cant see anything change .
hope thats enough info for some kind person to help.
many thanks in advance
marty

Try this start on step 3 its in the thrill forum but they are the same phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491870
sent from my acidhazard thrill

marty41 said:
...then tried to flash cwm with vipermod...
marty
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Where did you get vipermod from? The Transformer Prime forums? That's meant for the TFP and would not have worked with the O3D since it flashes to mmcblk0p4 rather than mmcblk0p. You should have used the flasher here.
Download this, this and this. Extract smartflash.zip, install both driver packages. Then, run Windows Enabler, in the notifications bar, click it and make sure it is set to 'on'.
Now remove your phone's battery and sim card, press volume up and connect your phone to the computer. Hold volume up until it is detected by the computer. It should take no longer than 20 seconds.
Now run B_SmartFlashTool_Extern.exe, go to rom copy d/l, select LGP920_CP.fls for CP bin and LGP920_AP.bin for AP bin. Make sure under communications setup that your phone is connected (verify the com port in device manager) and then click start. If all goes well, you'll have a stock v21D phone again

Thanks for the help guys but i'm not getting a com port when i connect the phone so i don't think i can use any of those methods . or can i
i want to go back to the beginning and see if omapp will detect phone and install drivers but i can uninstall the installer but dont think that will remove the drivers , does anyone know how to do that.(cos i think i messed that bit up )
thanks again
marty
vipermod , i think i followed a link somewhere in the o3d forum where someone said u could use it to flash cwm

so , i uninstalled all lg drivers uninstalled omap installer searched registry for for any mention of omap and deleted (some wouldnt delete ) .
restarted computer (xp by the way )
then installed omap installer and lg drivers and connected phone holding vol up
and................. NOTHING whereas yesterday i had a little icon in the task bar and the opportunity to install omap drivers.
conclusion , phone is dead , i had an oppurtunity to fix it yesterday and i blew it
hope someone tells me i'm wrong but its not looking good
marty

take off battery and just put your usb cable and tell us if it shows omap in your device manager
dont press keys

if i connect phone without battery device manager just refreshes a couple of times but nothing changes with regards to ports doesn't matter if i have vol+ button in power button in or nothing
thanks anyway
marty

am i getting somewhere
update : ok so i'm on a clean install of xp and i connected the phone with vol+ and it wants to install omap4430 drivers. is that good news?
i installed omapinstaller , then the 2 lg drivers ca and ma , then reconnected the phone and went thro omap driver install but still don't have any ports in device manager
is there no way i can force it to flash without it having to think it is connected cause if its recognising it as omap4430 there must be something there
don't want to give up on it too easy , if only i put this much effort into it whilst it was working lol
marty

evening all . new update
tonight i've installed the lg support tool and drivers and found that if i leave my phone connected i occasionally get "TI sample boards" popping up in device manager for a couple of seconds without having to press buttons , unfortunately it doesn't stay on for any longer with buttons pressed.
i was wondering how to force install the "LG CDMA composite usb device " drivers cos its never asking for them as it should according to the tutorial
hope someone can help cos i've seen a few threads with same problem as me
marty

Bricked my phone help

Alright so recently.... i wanted to root my Samsung Galaxy S 4g i fount out about odin.... then i found out about connecting it with stock kernels. and thats exactly waht i did. i opened odin and put my phone into download mode and i put a stock kernel uploaded from a user(ChainFire).I used his CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVK-v2.4-CWM3RFS kernel and put it into my device when it said PASS i was glad it worked..... excpet every time i turn it on now it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S 4G SCREEN. SUCKS I TRIED USING DIFFRENT KERNELS AND ALL BUT NOTHING. Man if there is someone out there who could help plz HELP My mom would be so frieked when she found out i briked my phone.
PHONE INFO:
Model: SGH-T959V
Firmware: 2.2.1
Baseband: T959VUVKD1
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build Number: FROYO.VUVKD1

Follow this guide to a tea. When it says do I need to flash bootloader you will select yes. This will get you on gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716

thnx for the reply i will try this out when i get my new usb cable... for some reason other cables that look exactly the same that i own dont connect to my computer. I mean they charge and all but are NO GOOD FOR MASS STORAGE, PHONE MEDIA,TO ENTER DOWNLOAD MODE, etc. only for charging.
ALSO when i plug in my android to the pc using this USB cable it says "USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED"

any more help plz....... i know u guys are tired of helping people with this sort of stuff, but come on thats what this site is for

Alaryze said:
any more help plz....... i know u guys are tired of helping people with this sort of stuff, but come on thats what this site is for
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Actually this site is for learning about all things android. Not holding peoples hands that screw there phones. There is a ton of info on this site to help you. Think of it like going to the library. Sometimes the librarians busy and you have to find things for yourself. Look for the search feature and start using it.

hechoen said:
Actually this site is for learning about all things android. Not holding peoples hands that screw there phones. There is a ton of info on this site to help you. Think of it like going to the library. Sometimes the librarians busy and you have to find things for yourself. Look for the search feature and start using it.
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so does that mean u got nothing. okay then im off to the search bar ill be visiting back here though cause the search bar might lead back to this topic XD

Alaryze said:
so does that mean u got nothing. okay then im off to the search bar ill be visiting back here though cause the search bar might lead back to this topic XD
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Follow this to return your phone back to stock:
[Heimdall][One-Click] The T959V Heimdall One-Click Collection [05/20/2012]
In order to get into Download Mode, hold Vol-Up and Vol-Down while inserting the USB cord that is already plugged into your computer.
Then just click "flash", then when it's done, go back into download mode, check "flash bootloaders" on the computer, then click flash again.
You should be back to factory stock now.

cpkelley94 said:
Follow this to return your phone back to stock:
[Heimdall][One-Click] The T959V Heimdall One-Click Collection [05/20/2012]
In order to get into Download Mode, hold Vol-Up and Vol-Down while inserting the USB cord that is already plugged into your computer.
Then just click "flash", then when it's done, go back into download mode, check "flash bootloaders" on the computer, then click flash again.
You should be back to factory stock now.
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thnx alot man but anyone know abou the usb problem. also when the USB DOES connect and gets signal, the phone dont reboot or anything sometimes usb composite device dont even appear in the list of all devices

If you still can get into download mode on the phone then it doesn't matter. The drivers get installed during the one-click process, just follow the directions when they come up.
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cpkelley94 said:
If you still can get into download mode on the phone then it doesn't matter. The drivers get installed during the one-click process, just follow the directions when they come up.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app
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should it say ERROR Drivers not found before it says on the second line " installing drivers" on the heimdall screen?

samsung usb composite device dont appear, i get gadget serial. and yes i put list all devices

Alaryze said:
samsung usb composite device dont appear, i get gadget serial. and yes i put list all devices
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Hmm...I've never seen that before. I'd ask someone with a little more experience than me.

So, instead of PM'ing me, lets keep the discussion here.
I would have chimed in, but I don't know crap about windows.
Sounds to me like a windows driver issue. If you plug your phone in and see something new in device manager, uninstall the drivers for that device. Rinse - wash - repeat, until you get "Unknown Device".
Then make sure you have the visual c++ redistributable (mentioned in the OP of the oneclick thread).
Then run the heimdall oneclick. It will ask to install the drivers. You may need to reboot the computer after installing the drivers for them to work properly.
If you still have problems, hopefully one of the windows nerds around here can help.

wow... ur saying this ir rare stuff.
man what have i done to my phone, maybe it is just a windows problem -_-

Alaryze said:
wow... ur saying this ir rare stuff.
man what have i done to my phone, maybe it is just a windows problem -_-
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I don't think it's your phone. I think it's your computer.

bhundven said:
I don't think it's your phone. I think it's your computer.
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yah then ill uninstall this unknown device that keeps popping up when i connect my phone, then ill install drivers from heindmall and restart my compu just like u said. lemme giv it a shot

alfrigt it says connected in heomdall looks like u just gotta unplug nd plug a couple of times even though in device manager it has a exclamation mark next to samsung usb composite device. so do i just flash now.....? then what i read the guide yes but its not workin for me. i really need a nother step by step (post by post) tutorial

flashed, runned zadig.... and in all devices i get gadget searial and samsung mobile modem (interface 0) this one was new
should i just give up now or is there actually a way to fix this .

Did you select other and find the other drivers listed?

eollie said:
Did you select other and find the other drivers listed?
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how do u do that?

Help needed

hi have been trying to update to 4.0 via flash tool but ive tried everything and cannot get it to work......ive been trying for 3 days and ive pretty much had enough of trying on my own so i though id would ask for help.
ok firstly i am on gb 2.3 im running custom cm7 no probs but i wana take the next step 4.0 so....i have all lg flash tool etc and fast load etc all nessacary files needed but for some reason my phone wont connet and flash its doing my head in. i have it into download mode, battery out etc but after that nothing i cannot progress further its like the program wont connect/register the phone.
im running win7 i even looked into other post and thought this maybe the problem but i have already installed these when gone into download mode as said here If you plug your Phone on PC without battery, OMAP4430 device appeared for seconds and then disappeared in your Windows Device Manager
(check arsen4oo photo guide in post #3)
On windows 7 sometimes OMAP4430 flashes too fast so you cant install driver.
There is a a windows feature that will help you install the driver easier.
To view devices that were once installed but are no longer attached to the computer, open a Command Prompt window using the Run As Administrator option and enter the command:
SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
Then, from the same command prompt, type devmgmt.msc to open Device Manager. Choose View, Show Hidden Devices. The new instance of Device Manager will show “ghosted” entries for devices that were once present. This technique is especially useful for fixing problems caused by leftover drivers after replacing a network card or video card—you can easily delete the ghosted device or update the OMAP4430 driver.e
i just dont know what im doing wrong
cheers in advance

HI,
Please uninstall all LG drivers, and start again. If you are using WIN7, run it with WINXP SP3 compatibility mode.
Getting the Software upgrade screen is tricky, the timing needs ti be just right for the screen to stay, else it blinks and the OMAPP difficulty starts.
You need to listed to the connect disconnect sounds carefully.
Its not difficult, just that the timing needs to be right for the battery to be inserted.
all the best
schubeir

schubeir said:
HI,
Please uninstall all LG drivers, and start again. If you are using WIN7, run it with WINXP SP3 compatibility mode.
Getting the Software upgrade screen is tricky, the timing needs ti be just right for the screen to stay, else it blinks and the OMAPP difficulty starts.
You need to listed to the connect disconnect sounds carefully.
Its not difficult, just that the timing needs to be right for the battery to be inserted.
all the best
schubeir
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ok so i unistalled all drivers etc done as said but im still doing something wrong.....
1.i have batt out connect phone wait few seconds for it to connect hear a sound connection keep held down till also hear another connection to say all connected etc.(the drivers have installed etc)
2.the screen is blank still battery is out
3.i have installed omap flash, lg flash tool and lg smart flash tool and fastboot and i can get any to work with phone
4.now there is no software update on screen even if i put battery back in phone just stay blank
so thats were i get to so lost.....
cheers in advance

And in FLASH TOOL TUTORIAL there is illustrations of a cable broken down etc do I have to do this to get into download mode and what acctual flash tool do I need to use because there is a few out but tried most but don't work with mine is it to dowith cable? And I have brought new cables etc just in case cheers in advance

Another stupid question but it shouldn't have anything to do with my phone having being rooted and not runngin LG software......I'm so confused with it all as I have tried everything and if it don't work phone can go to someone else lol cheers again

matt2098 said:
Another stupid question but it shouldn't have anything to do with my phone having being rooted and not runngin LG software......I'm so confused with it all as I have tried everything and if it don't work phone can go to someone else lol cheers again
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Make sure all the drivers from the guide are installed. (including omap driver)
Load the DLL and the rom to lg flashtool.
Listen to the port with LG flashtool's port settings. (One is enough , The icon with a printer cable that's the port settings)
Take the battery out but be ready to plug it back in.
connect the usb cable.
Hold volume up
You're gonna hear sounds from windows in this order ;
1.Connected
2. Disconnected
3. Connected (Again , when you hear this plug the battery back in)
If you did it right then you're now in download mode.
Go to the device manager , find the LG device (I don't remember the name , but there is only one so you'll see it.) and go to properties , advanced and port settings.
Change the port to com41.
Flashtool should take over and start.
For extra guidance , see xbsall's thread ;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942836

To enter download mode .
Your phone in your hands without anything :-
1- Pull out battery .
2- hold vol+ and keep holding .
3- Connect your phone and you are still holding....
4- Now the phone is connected and you are holding vol+ . Insert battery and keep holding for about 3 seconds . Now the phone in download mode (there are some korean words on the screen) .
That's all
Good Luck
Sent From My P920 (ICS ported)
Hit Thanks Button If I Helped

ok i bloody given up going to use it as a bloody paper weight doing my head in.....no matter what i do i cannot get up software screen in download mode??? i do exactly as stated and still it doesn't want to do it every time blank screen phone will not power on.
with battery in screen blank went through listerning to conect disconnect connect etc do as descriped and now phone is connectected with blank screen as stated i know its connected installed everything.
cheers for the help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkHry0gRZw this is excatly what im doing and nothing......

When you're online pm me when you can be online tomorrow.
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

Read the #3 post in this thread :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942836
Maybe it will help .
Sent From My P920 (ICS ported)
Hit Thanks Button If I Helped

and works it
mayby this help
http://lg-usb-modem-driver.soft32.com/free-download?rel=center
good luck

ok so further update i can get it into fastboot which has a small lg symbol and says fastboot at the top but still no Korean writing software upgrade screen and in device manager i have lg cosmo come up now. It doesn't have LGE CDMA USB SERIAL PORT this up any more, ive insalled all new driver the lot everything prgressed a little further but stuck again lol cheers for the help so far

u want to flash ported ics im right?
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OIKk finnally im on software download screen YAY!!!!!!!!!!! but flash tool keeps saying fail and at the top were is says model its say su660 not p920???? which i now have managed to sort so i press start and its says ready and nothing............hasnt done much phone pwers off then back to the begin again cheers again

Because you're flashing the baseband before you flash the ROM. Change the sequence , ROM first then baseband. (Just remove the baseband you added on the flash tool ".fls file" then add it again it's gonna be flashed after the ROM )
Edit : I can help via team viewer if you want.
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if u read this u should know that u neednt fastboot to flash this ported ics and have to flash bin file first then fls file
and at the thread of first ported ics from xbsa tell u everthing what u use to know to flash this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17177547
2nd post is in english
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its all son confusing as there is so many different guides tutorals etc the only way i can get in software mode is by fast boot i can progress further to here but now im stuck tottaly lol its gets to 27% and stops because of a omap fail???

and all the time ive only been tryig to insatll the rom bin file as of present....not the fls so im now up to here and dont have clue with team viewer lol

Look at your pm
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Com ports and not finding phone

I feel like I posted in the wrong section, but upon plugging my LG phone into the computer and the little noise going on to know it's connected, I'm trying to unbrick it so I'm on the download mode on the phone and I go into the software I'm using to unbrick it and it won't show up when I want to select a COM, how come?
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do not understand you well .

Well like,theres a program for LG phones, it resets the phone to factory settings but the program won't recognize the phone...I see it in device manager but not anything else
The phone is stuck in download mode or something
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I don't know for sure, but if you have bricked it by trying to root or mod, I don't think the program from LG will help you. I'd search the forums and see if someone else has done the same thing and maybe posted steps to fix it.
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It sounds like you may not have the phone in the right mode, or perhaps you don't have the right driver for the usb serial device?
It's tough to provide more specific help without knowing more about what model phone you have, which software you are using, what steps you took to get the phone into "download" mode, etc.

are you getting an error something like "fail to connect to the mobile handset, please check COM port and connect in idle screen. Due to the multifunction, despite the idle screen it can be failed to connect" please check the drivers on your pc which operating system are you using is the pc detecting other devices in the same port.