I have a galaxy s 4g I've been trying to root for her, its on 2.3.6. Every time I plug into the windows 7 PC it says USB device has malfunctioned. Pretty sure I installed the right drivers, but I could be wrong. I've also tried on my old winxp laptop but the same thing happens. The device starts charging but nothing else. Any ideas?
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Have you tried multiple usb cables?
Yes I have actually
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Did you install the USB drivers found on xda or from somewhere else? There are drivers for x64 and x86. If you installed it correctly and put your phone on USB mode, you should able to see and access the SD card on your computer.
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I think I installed them from a website I googled. Do you have a link for the correct ones? Thanks in advance
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There are a couple of ways. I use Odin which requires a different set than heimdall. With odin, Samsung's program kies or mini kies will load them up for you.
Heimdall (a one click program that bhuven & lumin30 have put together) will load up another set.
These two sets of drivers are known to clash.
Not sure of the direction that your going with the phone, but, if it's just to connect, Samsung mini kies would be the "manufacturer's recommended" route.
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I was just trying to root with super one click, have had luck with it in the past. Will try installing kies and its drivers and using Odin tonight
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had anyone having problems connecting their phones to their pcs ever find a fix?
my phone still won't get recognized by my laptop. not to sure why. it hasn't been able to recognize it since i flashed to gb. my wife has the same phone stock and the laptop sees hers fine.
things I've tried:
reinstall drivers
restarts
kies
different rom
different laptop
different cables
download mode
factory resets
debug mode and ask on connection
deleting the usbs from device manager
like i say my wifes phone can get recognized by my laptop. i think the bootloaders for gb has something to do with this problem but that's just me thinking.
i get an unknown device error in device manager. also when i was installing the drivers and
hooked up the phone it seemed to fail on CSc and adb our something can't really remember
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In what way are you trying to get your device recognized? Mass storage or download mode?
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either way
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See if your computer will read just the sd card.
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i really want to flash a new rom but i can't cause the pc won't recognize the phone in anyway. the rom i have now doesn't have cwm and i can't odin cause of this issue.
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Screw Odin. Go try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422824
If you have any trouble with it post in my thread
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yeah it reads the sd card by it self. thanks i didn't try that but i also did try no sd card and no sim card in the phone with same problem
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i can't use heimdall either cause the pc won't recognize the phone
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goddi2010 said:
i can't use heimdall either cause the pc won't recognize the phone
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Heimdall runs on different drivers than kies or Odin. Uninstall kies and Odin then install heimdall and the drivers.
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goddi2010 said:
I get an unknown device error in device manager.
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Your computer sees your device it just doesn't know what it is. I thinks this is because Odin jacked up your device drivers. many people have this issue and can resolve it by reinstalling the drivers combined with a different version of Odin. Did I mention Odin is unstable? Lol.
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ok I'll give your thread a shot hopefully it works i wanna try valhalla and the new roms our
devs are working on
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goddi2010 said:
ok I'll give your thread a shot hopefully it works i wanna try valhalla and the new roms our
devs are working on
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use the kj6 with beta 2d kernel one click. The kernel is still beta but it's stable and has voodoo cwm.
If you have trouble installing drivers try using your other stock device for driver installation.
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Is there any way to flash stock rom without the use if Odin? Computer won't recognize phone and I have to send iT back for warranty after trying everything I can think of.
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Can you get to d/l mode or recovery mode?
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It's not clear what state your phone is in but if you can boot and have root mobile odin should work.
lvaldez said:
Is there any way to flash stock rom without the use if Odin? Computer won't recognize phone and I have to send iT back for warranty after trying everything I can think of.
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You can try to flash the below official ICS Stock roms via CWM, then try to reconnect with PC to flash via ODIN for complete stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764747
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764556
Note: These roms are deodexed, so it is not unmodified stock.
Yes I can get to d/l mode and recovery
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OK ill give those a try. Thanks!
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It works, but my phone is still not being recognized by my computer so i could use odin.
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lvaldez said:
It works, but my phone is still not being recognized by my computer so i could use odin.
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Do you have the necessary drivers installed on the pc? Try installing Kies on the pc. It will install the proper drivers for you.
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Yes i have installed keis i even downloaded the drivers straight from the Samsung website too. Everytime i connect my phone to the computer(any computer) it says usb not recognized/malfunction. I have read many threads about how to fix this but none have worked for me. Im thinking about returning this phone because its still under warranty but its rooted.
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lvaldez said:
It works, but my phone is still not being recognized by my computer so i could use odin.
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Did you install Samsung drivers?
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Bummer.....You've cleaned the USB connector, tried a different cord, make sure the port on the PC is working, enabled the USB connection on the phone?
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Did you install Samsung drivers?
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Yes install and uninstall and reboot about 5 times
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but did u try a different cable, preferrably a samsung one
does comp give any messages when connecting phone
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but did u try a different cable, preferrably a samsung one
does comp give any messages when connecting phone
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I tried 3 different oem Samsung cables and 4 different comps. Also different usb ports. It will recognized my captivate but not my skyrocketed. This all started about 2 weeks ago. its says " usb not recognized, usb device may have malfunctioned" something like that.
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In the Play store I see a few USB debug/troubleshooting apps. or is the phone totally not working?
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In the Play store I see a few USB debug/troubleshooting apps. or is the phone totally not working?
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Works fine but i connect my phone to my comp for backing up files and flashing you know that kinda stuff. I wonder what could if caused it. I remember it started when I was using fb app and it suddenly just shut off and wouldnt come on. When I tried to charge it because it seem like it was dead it would keep vibrating over and over again just like boot looping. Even now if phone is off and I connect the charger it won't show the battery meter but automatically turn it self on. So I think I'll have to send it to att warranty.
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Works fine but i connect my phone to my comp for backing up files and flashing you know that kinda stuff. I wonder what could if caused it. I remember it started when I was using fb app and it suddenly just shut off and wouldnt come on. When I tried to charge it because it seem like it was dead it would keep vibrating over and over again just like boot looping. Even now if phone is off and I connect the charger it won't show the battery meter but automatically turn it self on. So I think I'll have to send it to att warranty.
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Don't wanna try those usb troubleshooting apps?
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Don't wanna try those usb troubleshooting apps?
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Which one would you recommend? There is so many of them
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Which one would you recommend? There is so many of them
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Hmm...pick a free one. can't hurt. BTW it doesn't have anything to do with your virus checker does it?
Disable your virus protection. You sure you have your phone in download mode? Can your phone reach download mode?
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iPhone 4S - Gave it away, not cool enough
iPhone 3GS - Went for a Swim
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I have an infuse on uclb3 and I decided to flash aokp. I downloaded the rooted heimdall package and my phone wont show up in download mode.
So I decided to root on PC but USB debugging wont show up at all. Any ideas?
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So you are in ulcb3 stock without root or cwm right?
You made sure your phone was entering download mode when trying to use heimdall?
Edit: in settings > applications> development there should be an option to toggle usb debugging on or off
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I know both of those but the adb icon in the top doesn't show up and download mode doesn't show up in Odin or heimdall
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Sorry I'm not quite understanding you :/
An adb icon where exactly?
For odin or heimdall to detect your phone you must first place it in download mode by:
-Remove battery and put it back.
-While holding vol up and down, connect your device to the Pc
If it still does not recognize your device then it could be the drivers
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I got drivers installed and I can connect and transfer files just debug/download modes don't work or something
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There SHOULD be an adb icon in status bar when USB debugging is enabled there's none on mine
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Okay, so you say you are trying to root your device.. using superoneclick?
You made sure you have usb debugging on? Does the program return any error?
Please I need you to be as detailed as possible to be able to tell what is happening and to be able to give you better assistance.
Edit: agreed, if it is on it should appear right next to the "usb connected" when your phone is connected to a Pc. You double checked it is switched On in settings?
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I'm not using super one click just adb for temp root usb connected woeks
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May I ask why you want temp root instead of fully rooting it?
To obtain temp root through adb is a bit complicated and it requires using a series of commands to push our phones exploit and run it from within.
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Well oneclick wouldn't work
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Well oneclick wouldn't work
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Well that should be because of Usb Debugging not being turned on..
Follow the instructions here and let me know if you succeed. If it does not, tell me what the program returns or if becomes stucked at some point.
It just waits for device. Tried it yesterday
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It just waits for device. Tried it yesterday
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Since it is not detecting it, try reinstalling your drivers using the ones the thread I posted has linked
USB Debugging is on right?
Done. Nope. Uninstall. Reboot. Instal again. Nope
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Done. Nope. Uninstall. Reboot. Instal again. Nope
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Strange.. Well that leaves us with odin or heimdall..
If after entering download mode neither of them still recognize it, then the problem could be the usb cable or the usb port
Oh I never thought of cables I will get my moms and try. At the fair so will try at home
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Didn't work. In download mode the pc says USB device malfunctioned
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I'm all out of ideas :/ what did you use, odin or heimdall?
I'll see if I find something about the error you are having
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Ive been searching and I've used both
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1548253
Andros, thanks a lot for all the help it was awesome of you.
I have tried a 5th computer and it works! well download mode does. havent tried usb debugging anymore
So here's the deal. My phone is stuck at 2.3.6 no matter what I try. I tried Kies update it wont recognize my device. I tried Odin to get CWM the same thing. I have tried numerous computers and none will recognize my device yet all of which I can charge my phone off of. When I press volume up and down all I get is an option to install update from zip, wipe cache, and format phone. Why can I not root this phone? My build number shows GINGERBREAD.UCLA3. Please help.
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So here's the deal. My phone is stuck at 2.3.6 no matter what I try. I tried Kies update it wont recognize my device. I tried Odin to get CWM the same thing. I have tried numerous computers and none will recognize my device yet all of which I can charge my phone off of. When I press volume up and down all I get is an option to install update from zip, wipe cache, and format phone. Why can I not root this phone? My build number shows GINGERBREAD.UCLA3. Please help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Believe me I have read over that post numerous times. Really doesn't help me since my phone is not recognized by a computer. Odin is useless to me until I figure out why
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Drivers
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Installed and reinstalled drivers on all of the machines
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rac99934 said:
Installed and reinstalled drivers on all of the machines
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Are you running vista? I had trouble rooting my phone, tried it on my brothers computer which was windows 7 and had a much better experience
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Only 2 options drivers or the data pins on your phone are screwed
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I would say try other cables but you're just gonna telle you have used several different cables
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Using windows 7 and if the pins were messed up would it still charge the battery?
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rac99934 said:
Using windows 7 and if the pins were messed up would it still charge the battery?
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Ya I think 2 pins are data and 2 are power.
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I know this is rather simple, but in your actual phone settings, did you set up USB connect as charge only? This is what it is sounding like to me that you have done.
Go into phone settings, and then USB Utilities, then connect storage to PC. Low and behold your computer should quickly go nuts and say HEY we've got something here to play with. You might want to try to do this with the Phone unplugged from the computer to start with, then once the phone tells you to plug it into the computer do it then.
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Ya I think 2 pins are data and 2 are power.
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Yes hence why you can get charge only cables
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I am rooting my samsung galaxy victory and the tar is correct, it find the phone... any ideas?
Drivers, cord, try different USB port.
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