Phone will not connect as USB - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I'm currently on Beans 13 rom and noticed that I cannot connect my phone to my computer via usb, all it will do it charge, I will not get a notification to use usb mass storage or anything like that. I uninstalled the drivers, rebooted my computer and phone, installed the drivers again and still does not give me the usb notification.
I then remembered that I did a nandroid on Beans 12 so I loaded that up and tried connecting to my computer and had the same exact issue. I took my phone to my roommate's laptop who also has a verizon S3 and tried connecting to his laptop. Still just charges, no notification.
I connected his S3 using the same exact cord to my computer and my computer recognizes his phone (although he is 100% stock).
I decided to try and Odin back to 100% stock. I loaded up Odin on my computer (Win 7 Pro 64 bit) and rebooted my computer into the odin/download mode and my computer/odin didn't recognize my phone. At this point I am at a lost. I have a suspicion that maybe the usb port on my phone went bad but in order to replace it with Verizon, I need to odin back to stock. Any one have any ideas?
I apologize if this has been covered before, I used the search and didn't see anything relating this.

NITRO_2 said:
I'm currently on Beans 13 rom and noticed that I cannot connect my phone to my computer via usb, all it will do it charge, I will not get a notification to use usb mass storage or anything like that. I uninstalled the drivers, rebooted my computer and phone, installed the drivers again and still does not give me the usb notification.
I then remembered that I did a nandroid on Beans 12 so I loaded that up and tried connecting to my computer and had the same exact issue. I took my phone to my roommate's laptop who also has a verizon S3 and tried connecting to his laptop. Still just charges, no notification.
I connected his S3 using the same exact cord to my computer and my computer recognizes his phone (although he is 100% stock).
I decided to try and Odin back to 100% stock. I loaded up Odin on my computer (Win 7 Pro 64 bit) and rebooted my computer into the odin/download mode and my computer/odin didn't recognize my phone. At this point I am at a lost. I have a suspicion that maybe the usb port on my phone went bad but in order to replace it with Verizon, I need to odin back to stock. Any one have any ideas?
I apologize if this has been covered before, I used the search and didn't see anything relating this.
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I'm having the exact same problem with my GS3. The problem started after I flashed Beans B13 as well. I directly downloaded MDOB (it's a stock rooted ROM) and flashed it, but I am still having the issue. I haven't been able to figure it out either. Hopefully someone on here can help us out!

Well I think I solved the problem - at least for me. I tried the USB cable from my Dad's Droid X. Plugged the phone into the computer and everything works. No errors and the drivers installed correctly. I tried the cable that came with my phone (the one I have always used and has worked up until now) and it doesn't work. I get the error with it, but as soon as I use the one from the DX again, it works! Not sure why that is but I would say give it a try for sure! Let me know if it works for you too!
By the way, I got the idea from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719539
Take a look if trying the new cable doesn't work!

DROIDLOVERX2 said:
Well I think I solved the problem - at least for me. I tried the USB cable from my Dad's Droid X. Plugged the phone into the computer and everything works. No errors and the drivers installed correctly. I tried the cable that came with my phone (the one I have always used and has worked up until now) and it doesn't work. I get the error with it, but as soon as I use the one from the DX again, it works! Not sure why that is but I would say give it a try for sure! Let me know if it works for you too!
By the way, I got the idea from this thread:
http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719539
Take a look if trying the new cable doesn't work!
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Thanks for replying back! I meant to add a post. I got my phone working again. My roommate and I took apart the tip of my usb cable (the one that came with the phone) and noticed the green wire was broken off, so we soldered it back on and my phone was able to connect to my computer finally. Although it wasn't a strong connection and kept disconnecting.
For now I'm using a different cable from my hp touchpad and it's working perfectly fine so everything is all good now
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NITRO_2 said:
Thanks for replying back! I meant to add a post. I got my phone working again. My roommate and I took apart the tip of my usb cable (the one that came with the phone) and noticed the green wire was broken off, so we soldered it back on and my phone was able to connect to my computer finally. Although it wasn't a strong connection and kept disconnecting.
For now I'm using a different cable from my hp touchpad and it's working perfectly fine so everything is all good now
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That's good to hear! I guess both of our cables just went bad from use or something. Wish I would have tried another cable sooner instead of spending 4 hours installing and uninstalling drivers and wiping and installing ROMs over and over trying to solve the issue! :silly: But good thing we both figured it out! :victory:

I'm having the same problem as well...have now tried 4 different cables, hard reset, and every USB port on my machine and my buddy's computer to no avail. I verified the cables were 'good' on my buddy's gf's gs3 and it worked fine...just wont see mine. Charges just fine just no go on getting any data pass through it seems???

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USB not mounting and computer does not detect

Ok I have drivers installed and USB debugging is off all the normal stuff and the phone beeps but storage does not show so I can mount the computer does not detect??
Go into settings wireless and networks USB utilities and toggle the setting in there.
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Try to plug your phone in another USB
MJHawaii said:
Ok I have drivers installed and USB debugging is off all the normal stuff and the phone beeps but storage does not show so I can mount the computer does not detect??
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Sounds like PC to me, happens reboot PC and phone if it does not help I would suggest plugging it into another computer. If it works then try your computer again. This happened to me before with an external hard drive. Hope you get it worked out.
This also happened to me, it was working properly before but it just stopped. It seems that the phone always detects that there is a USB connected even if there was none, evidence is it is always in the charging state when I check the battery status. I think this is a hardware problem. I'm still looking for a solution for this.
brevin.antonio said:
This also happened to me, it was working properly before but it just stopped. It seems that the phone always detects that there is a USB connected even if there was none, evidence is it is always in the charging state when I check the battery status. I think this is a hardware problem. I'm still looking for a solution for this.
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USB issues like this will never make sense to me. It's working fine and then not, back and forth. I too am looking for a resolution.
MJHawaii said:
Ok I have drivers installed and USB debugging is off all the normal stuff and the phone beeps but storage does not show so I can mount the computer does not detect??
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I've never UNCHECKED USB Debugging.... during Odin connections or transferring files between phone and computer. As soon as I plug USB into phone, the USB symbol appears in notification bar and then I press notification to transfer files between computer and phone. My SR internal and external storage are recognized as drive letters on the PC. Try leaving USB Debugging checked and see if that works for you.
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I had this problem using my front USB port on my computer.
When I switched to the rear USB port, it worked fine.
Well... it kills my DVI KVM every time. But the PHONE works.
djgoodonyafanboy said:
USB issues like this will never make sense to me. It's working fine and then not, back and forth. I too am looking for a resolution.
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i highly believe this is a hardware problem because mine started when the phone overheat and turned itself off. I already tried resetting to factory setting but still the problem persisted.
brevin.antonio said:
i highly believe this is a hardware problem because mine started when the phone overheat and turned itself off. I already tried resetting to factory setting but still the problem persisted.
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good point there have been instances where I have had to switch ports to get it to work.
I remember also having the same problem with a USB cable I used with my captivate. This cable worked well with the captivate but when I plugged my Sky, I had the same problem as you. It took me a while to figure it out and change the cable.
Hope it help
y2whisper said:
Go into settings wireless and networks USB utilities and toggle the setting in there.
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Thank you.
Hey guys. I recently came across the same problem as the OP.
My phone will not detect that it is connected to a computer, and the computer will say that the device is not detected/has malfunctioned.
I have tried a factory reset, I have tried USB debugging, checking and unchecking, I have tried going into USB Storage and hitting the connect to PC button.
The phone does not connect using any of the 6 USB ports. It does not connect to my home or work computer. I have used two different cables, the stock and a third party one. (I have always used stock, never any third party until now to resolve this issue.)
This problem also came out of the blue, no changes were made. The phone is stock no rooting or flashing. Although that was the plan, but now it seems pointless.
Judging from the responses on many websites, I would have to say it's a software issue that can't be resolved. Or maybe a hardware issue. Either way I'm sending it into Rogers (Canadian carrier it originated from) tomorrow if I can't fix it by tonight.
I would love help from the outside public, but please respond with suggestions that are more intricate than to hit the connect to PC button, as I have exhausted all of those options already.
If this is a random occurrence, (and it seems like a common problem from all the results I get when searching for answers) then this phone model really needs to have a fix or something down the road soon, because this is ridiculous.
EDIT: Also tried reboot of the PC. It's Windows 7 64-bit so shouldn't need drivers either, and it was working fine last week.
If u did all that, u did ur due diligence in troubleshooting the problem. I almost guarantee ur mini-usb is dead, or maybe damaged so that it still allows charge but won't connect to computer. Send it in to Rogers, they should give u a temp phone in the mean time becuz its under warrantt
Yeah I figured something hardware related decided to crap out on me.
Is there a specific cause for this to happen? I plan on rooting and flashing different roms when I get the phone back, and don't want to have this happen again out of warranty, or else I'm screwed.
I try to take good care of my phone, so it's weird that this happened. If it is a common problem, then I guess I'd have to be careful to not do anything on my phone that's not reversible.
icenight89 said:
If u did all that, u did ur due diligence in troubleshooting the problem. I almost guarantee ur mini-usb is dead, or maybe damaged so that it still allows charge but won't connect to computer. Send it in to Rogers, they should give u a temp phone in the mean time becuz its under warrantt
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Replacing the usb port on some devices arent solving the issue.
For example, i have a usb bricked GT-N7000 and technician said that usb port is working on another device but there is something blocking usb mounting in the emmc. I dont have a bricked emmc, but the thing is i have been searching all over to find a fix for this thing more than a year now.

[Q] Infuse Stuck at Boot

I have installed a rom on my phone today but when it powers up, it gets stuck on the Samsung screen. I have tried putting it into download mode to restore to factory and start over, the problem is that I cannot get neither Odin nor Heimdall to recognize that the phone is plugged in and in download mode. On a windows machine, the device manager doesn't even pick up the phone is plugged in. The windows machine is the one I usually use for this procedure.
I have a Ubuntu machine as well that I am trying to use but it isn't recognizing the phone either.
Any suggestions besides toss it out the window on a busy freeway?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Try switching different usb cable and port some time they play in mysterious ways . Also i had this experience when i flashed for the first time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24993662
Here qkster and other have some suggestion that worked for me. Hope it may help you.
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Thanks for the suggestions....not the first time I have flashed this phone. I originally had Dman's Catyrom which is really nice...then I went to CM7....then back to CatyRom Extreme edition...then CM9 but was too buggy still so I wanted to revert back to CatyRom again. I put the rom on but think I chose the wrong update file and now its locked up on the Samsung screen. Been on that screen for hours with no luck. Have tried Heimdall, Odin...but nothing ever recognizes the phone plugged in. I have 2 different USB cables for it and both of them have always been used to charge it and flash it. One stays at home for flashing and charging...one stays in my truck for charging while on the road.
Guess its toast now...if so...no biggie...it was a 29cent phone from ATT store. Just go buy another.
Still no luck. Using a different cable...different computer all together. I have installed Kies and tried Odin as well on this computer (Win 7). Still no luck. I am in download mode but no computer nor software thus far has even detected the phone being plugged in. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers a few times but will not detect the device.
My guess is that the phone is really too far gone. Guess I will have to toss it now.
Dude don't toss it. Give it to a Dev or get $40 JTAG repair.
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Why not trying to change the charging port. Sometimes those phones will not be recognized by the computer due to a broken charging port. It may charged it but woould not be read by the computer, sometimes they dont charge but the computer can communicate. So i would go for the charging port first.

Root samsung infuse without odin/heimdall 2.3.6

hello I have a doubt I can do as root, I infuse without odin or Heimdall, as my pc does not recognize my phone in download mode only gives me the error: Windows does not recognize the usb device, and try to install drivers kies , kies mini and samsung usb drivers
- I use windows xp sp 3
- Phone found on
- I have version 2.3.6 uclb3 stock
sorry my bad english
Checklist:
:good:Try rebooting ur PC after installing the official up to date drivers.
:good:If not try different USB port...
:good:Try another different USB Cable...
:good:TRY ANOTHER COMPUTER......
slicingtaco said:
Checklist:
:good:Try rebooting ur PC after installing the official up to date drivers.
:good:If not try different USB port...
:good:Try another different USB Cable...
:good:TRY ANOTHER COMPUTER......
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already, already, already and not :/
with another PC if it is recognized but I have no access to another for now
Oddly enough I just acquired a Samsung Infuse 4G this morning, and I've gone through 4 USB cables (that work perfectly with a number of other devices, all tested one by one this morning just to prove it to myself), I've gone through dozens of USB ports across 4 computers (3 laptops and 1 desktop), and no matter what I try to do and how many times I install/uninstall/reinstall either Kies/Kies mini/the USB drivers all by themselves, I cannot get any response from Windows (or even Linux) with respect to this Infuse and I gotta say I'm a bit peeved about it (not at anyone here, or Samsung, but at the person that sold it to me - my fault there for not checking it out completely).
It'll charge fine off the microUSB port, it'll even recognize that it's been plugged into a computer and ask what mode would I like (Kies firmware upgrade, Media, USB storage) and regardless of what I do in any respect, still nothing. Windows never recognizes it at all - there's no error message about not being able to use a device, it just doesn't "see" it ever no matter what's attempted - the classic "ba-donk" sound when attaching a USB device is never heard from any computer I've plugged this phone into, nor detached it from.
What pisses me off the most is the device is at pure factory stock condition, running Froyo 2.2.1 and I can't get it to update over the air to Gingerbread 2.3.6 in any respect - it'll connect with the AT&T servers but then it says "Your device is up to date" which obviously is not correct.
So I'm stuck with a device that's not allowing me to get it off the most basic stock build - if I could just get it to Android 2.3.6 I'd be much happier with it but, I don't see it happening and I have no idea how to proceed.
Don't want to try and dump it off on someone else now even though that would be pretty easy to do off craigslist, probably get $125 for it in no time flat.
Any suggestions as to how I can make it somewhat useful past that dreaded Froyo 2.2.1 would be greatly appreciated.
It's pure stock, not rooted, but it is unlocked as it works with a T-Mobile SIM installed when I tried it. Guess there's just no potential way to force it to update to 2.3.6... dagnabbit.
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And no, download mode, recovery, nothing works outside of the OS either, the phone goes into Download mode obviously without issues but attaching the USB cable does nothing, it's just not visible to the computer in any respect. Seems a bit odd but whatever, guess it's just dead for USB data transfer at this point.
br0adband said:
Oddly enough I just acquired a Samsung Infuse 4G this morning, and I've gone through 4 USB cables (that work perfectly with a number of other devices, all tested one by one this morning just to prove it to myself), I've gone through dozens of USB ports across 4 computers (3 laptops and 1 desktop), and no matter what I try to do and how many times I install/uninstall/reinstall either Kies/Kies mini/the USB drivers all by themselves, I cannot get any response from Windows (or even Linux) with respect to this Infuse and I gotta say I'm a bit peeved about it (not at anyone here, or Samsung, but at the person that sold it to me - my fault there for not checking it out completely).
It'll charge fine off the microUSB port, it'll even recognize that it's been plugged into a computer and ask what mode would I like (Kies firmware upgrade, Media, USB storage) and regardless of what I do in any respect, still nothing. Windows never recognizes it at all - there's no error message about not being able to use a device, it just doesn't "see" it ever no matter what's attempted - the classic "ba-donk" sound when attaching a USB device is never heard from any computer I've plugged this phone into, nor detached it from.
What pisses me off the most is the device is at pure factory stock condition, running Froyo 2.2.1 and I can't get it to update over the air to Gingerbread 2.3.6 in any respect - it'll connect with the AT&T servers but then it says "Your device is up to date" which obviously is not correct.
So I'm stuck with a device that's not allowing me to get it off the most basic stock build - if I could just get it to Android 2.3.6 I'd be much happier with it but, I don't see it happening and I have no idea how to proceed.
Don't want to try and dump it off on someone else now even though that would be pretty easy to do off craigslist, probably get $125 for it in no time flat.
Any suggestions as to how I can make it somewhat useful past that dreaded Froyo 2.2.1 would be greatly appreciated.
It's pure stock, not rooted, but it is unlocked as it works with a T-Mobile SIM installed when I tried it. Guess there's just no potential way to force it to update to 2.3.6... dagnabbit.
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And no, download mode, recovery, nothing works outside of the OS either, the phone goes into Download mode obviously without issues but attaching the USB cable does nothing, it's just not visible to the computer in any respect. Seems a bit odd but whatever, guess it's just dead for USB data transfer at this point.
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Did you ever find a solution for rooting your Infuse? I'm having the EXACT same issues with mine and would love to root it and move on.
I had the issue had to take it out of debug mode to get it to recognize even then only heimdall would recognize it in download mode
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juggernaut76 said:
Did you ever find a solution for rooting your Infuse? I'm having the EXACT same issues with mine and would love to root it and move on.
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If you would like to root 2.2.1 without usb, see this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28975506&postcount=2
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[Q] No USB connection

So I hadn't really messed with my tablet in quite some time, but I recently came across a ROM I wanted to try (Team EOS 4 - Nightlies TF101 ). My tablet was already rooted running TWRP 2.4. I tried connecting my tablet to my PC to copy the ROM over to my microSD, but it would not recognize as a MTP Device. It would show up under USB Controllers in Device Manager, but as Unknown. I tried to reload the drivers, but was unable to get them to load. I just figured something was going on with my PC. So I copied the ROM straight to my microSD card and put it back in my tablet and flashed. Something went wrong (probably user error), because the tablet would't boot afterwards. So I thought no big deal, I'll just use EasyFlasher and take it back to stock. Put my tablet in APX Mode, but same thing. Unrecognized USB Device. Tried loading Naked Drivers, but it didn't see my tablet as compatible device. So I connected it to my laptop, same thing. So then I downloaded the stock firmware, put it on my MicroSD card, put the card back in my tablet and flashed it back to stock through TWRP. It booted up just fine, but I ran out of time to mess with it because I had to be at work. I just took my tablet and cable with me to work and figured I'd do it there if I got a chance. Later in the day, I connected it to one of our PCs at work, and now it wont ever recognize anything at all is being plugged in. Tried on multiple PCs and even brought it back home, and same thing. Tried to scan for hardware changes, and still nothing. What are the chances there is something wrong with my cable? I have rolled the cable up and carried it around with me in my pocket multiple times. The fact I can't get it to be seen as a MTP and / or APX device is what makes me think it could possibly be my cable. Any suggestions?
Thanks in Advance.
emoti0n
Yeah first thing to try would be the cable. Sadly there's no other way to access APX than through USB. I'm guessing if you can push/pull using ADB or other tools, the tablet itself is just fine.
I bought this cable and it works fine for both data and charging, it just takes a long time to arrive.
Lethe6 said:
Yeah first thing to try would be the cable. Sadly there's no other way to access APX than through USB. I'm guessing if you can push/pull using ADB or other tools, the tablet itself is just fine.
I bought this cable and it works fine for both data and charging, it just takes a long time to arrive.
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Thanks for your reply Lethe6. I was able to get in-touch with a friend I hadn't talked to in awhile and use his cable (TF300) and it worked just fine as MTP and APX. I even flashed back using EasyFlasher. Also thanks for the link. It's worth the wait IMO. I was scared to order just any ol'cable and find out that it only works as a charging cable, and not data.
Sweet, glad it all worked out!

[Q] Desire S, USB not working but charges? Pls help.

Hi
I recently bought a Desire S from a friend. I went about rooting it but when I plugged it into my PC it is not recognised at all, literally nothing pops up on the phone or the PC.
I've checked the settings in the phone and USB debugging is enabled and I always changed default connection type.
I have even booted into Hboot and plugged the USB in, but still nothing.
The phone charges perfectly fine and I've tried plenty of different cables. My other Android phone works perfectly when plugged it.
I'm starting to think its a hardware issue, anyone else heard of this? common problem? any fixes?
Thanks
Re install htc sync and drivers, then remove sync and try again
“Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.”*―*Peyton Manning
I have the same problem, sort of. When I plug mine in all is well at first, but give the phone one tiny nudge (or just wait a few minutes) and it goes back to charge-only mode. It's probably a slightly loose connection somewhere in the USB port on your phone.
To be sure, try if it works in Linux. The Linux USB stack sucks infinitely less than what Windows uses.
Thanks for the replies. I tried Ubuntu but exactly the same (it worked with my Nexus 4)
Thats a little annoying, thankfully charging still works, just unsure how long that will last for! plus I cant root it! but I dont exactly need it rooted but I tend to do it anyway.
I've sorted it now. It was a loose ribbon cable, plugged that back in after taking the phone apart and its working.
Bootloader unlocked and custom recovery flashed. Ready to rock.

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