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!
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So sad. Just bought this phone. I tried to upgrade to ICS via but used the Galaxy S firmware (gti9000) by mistake...turns out ICS isn't out yet for my phone, the SPHD710. While flashing I managed to upload the "modem" file but when it was writing the file (it says "wait 2 minutes for write") odin froze.
and now..
Here's the situation. The phone will boot into the gti9000 firmware (i.e I get to home screen--so I think I'm semi-bricked), but WiFi won't work and the phone crashes a lot. Basically like a "safe-mode". Here are the conditions I'm dealing with
1) Windows 7 will not recognize phone when plugged in. It charges but does not show up in device manger
2) Odin does not recognize the phone at all. It was recognized for a split second on my laptop when I was installing/reinstalling drivers. Can't replicate this.
So basically I'm stuck. I tried going into recovery mode and applying update from SDcard (to revert to stock) but i the SD card won't mount
Anybody help??? PLEASE. I don't want a $500 paperweight.
I can give as many details as you like.
Thanks so much!
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.
Hi all,
I've got a Nexus S 4G CDMA Sprint phone running Stock ICS 4.0.4 IMM76D.
My bootloader is unlocked from previous roots and whatnot.
My problem is that my phone is not being recognized by my computer at all. We're talking complete nonrecognition. No yellow triangle in device manager, no pop-ups, nothing. This phone will just not be read by my computer! I've tried different cords, different computers, re-installation of drivers after resetting my computer, installed PDA net, did a factory reset on the phone, I've literally been on Google for hours upon hours upon hours trying to figure this out and can't figure out why the computer is not recognizing the phone and why the phone is not allowing me to put it into usb mounting. It is however, charging via the computer and wall plug. I can get into stock 3e android recovery, fastboot using V-Up and Power and I can get it into download mode. It is NOT recognized in any modes by the computer nor other computers including my Linux box. The phone states that the usb control initializes but then ends a moment later. I am thinking this is a hardware issue but that leaves me with two issues:
If I was to go to Sprint to have it fixed they would realize my bootloader was unlocked thus voiding the warranty and I'd feel like quite an idiot at the store
If it is hardware related why is the charge working on the device.
I have also tried to bend up the usb plate to make it touch the pins better but that did not help at all. I am at my wits end and really need some help here, I've done everything I could find on Google and here plus more. I want to just return it but with the bootloader unlocked this is really not a possibility. I am looking for help to either become able to lock the bootloader without it having to be connected via the computer so I can then get it fixed if it is hardware related or if I can get the darn thing to be read by the computer once more. so yea, this is where I am at and I would appreciate it so much if someone could help me out, thanks guys!!!
Wireless adb in playstore should help.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA
That would be perfect! Only problem is that it requires root access on the phone which I am unable to obtain because I cannot access the phone. Is there a way to root the phone without having to connect it via the computer? Something like an update.zip with files able to be flashed through android recovery 3e? If I can get root access than wireless adb would be perfect.
*ultimately if I could remove signature checking in Android Recovery 3e that would work so I could in turn try to root the phone and install a different recovery to then try a different rom to see if that in turn fixes the issue.
Ebicoustic said:
That would be perfect! Only problem is that it requires root access on the phone which I am unable to obtain because I cannot access the phone. Is there a way to root the phone without having to connect it via the computer? Something like an update.zip with files able to be flashed through android recovery 3e? If I can get root access than wireless adb would be perfect.
*ultimately if I could remove signature checking in Android Recovery 3e that would work so I could in turn try to root the phone and install a different recovery to then try a different rom to see if that in turn fixes the issue.
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You might be able to download your rom of choice and rename it update.zip. I'm not sure if it will flash though....someone else chime in if I'm wrong. You can use wireless file transfer if needed.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA
Yea I've tried that, everything gets shot down by the recovery with a E:Signature Verification Failed. Thank you for your help so far but I don't think this is something that is going to be helped. I've put in a ticket to Samsung for a repair under it's warranty. In the past I've sent in a rooted phone and they've fixed it so I think I'm going to give that a shot. Just don't want to be without a phone for 2+ weeks.
Well good luck...you are running stock unrooted so it shouldn't matter. It is a dev phone for damn sake. Sorry couldn't help.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA
Well if you want to download a custom rom... Since you are on this forum. Download any rom (preferably CM9 since its quite good from my experience). Flash the stable version and wait till everything is completed. Now when you flash make sure you download a recovery...eg ClockWorkMod Recovery from google market. You should now have a custom rom installed and download wireless adb as chappy said. See if that works
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?
I have a Galaxy Tab A 2016 SM-T580, which I Flashed TWRP onto. Had issues at first getting it to mount internal storage, but I got that resolved. Tho now it wont mount my SD Card. THe bigger issue tho is, when I boot into the stock rom, Wifi will no longer turn on, when I try to turn it on, it just says its turning on, and just hangs there, doesn't do anything. The other issue is when I connect my tablet to my laptop via USB, it says connected device cannot access the tablets data, so I can't transer files or anything. IDK what to do to resolve these. I thought about reflashing the stock ROM via ODIN, but wasn't sure if that was a good idea. I would like to just flash back to stock recovery and ROM, if possible, but IDK how to do it on this device. But if someone could at least help me fix the WiFi issue, then I could at least download the proper files to the tablet allowing to me to fix the other issue of not being able to transfer files perhaps.
I posted this question in the Galaxy Tab A forums, but I've yet to get a reply after 3 days, meanwhile my tablet is useless.
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