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bricked (here we go)

so... i was on cm7 with twrp and i wanted to install the new aokp team acid released with fixes. I thought i read the op correctly and could use twrp to install aokp. i was getting an error but i already wiped system and did a factory reset. anywho i had no os and all my backups on my sd card got deleted a few days prior than today. so i busted out heimdall and everything was going great but the usb cord i was using was some poop and it ""disconnected" during installation. so i rebooted the phone and it gave me the connect to kies message with the 2 computers and i tried i again leaving the phone in one spot. again it came "disconnected" (what a bs usb cord it is). so i went to try a third time and now heimdall cant see my device. but i know its not the cord as poopy as it is it will detect my wifes phone which is a sgs4g too. is there anyway to get heimdall to see what my phone is again?

goddi2010 said:
so... i was on cm7 with twrp and i wanted to install the new aokp team acid released with fixes. I thought i read the op correctly and could use twrp to install aokp. i was getting an error but i already wiped system and did a factory reset. anywho i had no os and all my backups on my sd card got deleted a few days prior than today. so i busted out heimdall and everything was going great but the usb cord i was using was some poop and it ""disconnected" during installation. so i rebooted the phone and it gave me the connect to kies message with the 2 computers and i tried i again leaving the phone in one spot. again it came "disconnected" (what a bs usb cord it is). so i went to try a third time and now heimdall cant see my device. but i know its not the cord as poopy as it is it will detect my wifes phone which is a sgs4g too. is there anyway to get heimdall to see what my phone is again?
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Calm down you will have to buy or use another USB a Samsung USB is preferred and try a different program I always had trouble using hemidall look up stock one click its a Java app
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Either that or you may have a broken charging port also. That could be a broken charging port on your phone. Not always is a usb cable fault. But like Imx said, just calm down and youll see the light at the end. After all, youre using an unbrickable Galaxy 4g. Which worst case scenario is the most simple to apply unbrickable mod.

enelyam said:
Either that or you may have a broken charging port also. That could be a broken charging port on your phone. Not always is a usb cable fault. But like Imx said, just calm down and youll see the light at the end. After all, youre using an unbrickable Galaxy 4g. Which worst case scenario is the most simple to apply unbrickable mod.
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Exactly I brick my phone all the time
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Technically called "soft bricks"

imxsteezin said:
Calm down you will have to buy or use another USB a Samsung USB is preferred and try a different program I always had trouble using hemidall look up stock one click its a Java app
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Actually a blackberry cable is preferred. The samsung cable is not the best quality. I use it but Im also scared Im going to have issues. I use to have a blackberry cable around here somewhere and there wasnt a phone I couldnt get recognized on my pc with it.

thanks for the advice guys i will try a different cord and reply with my findings. i dont think it is my charging port. that should be fine never had a problem charging it. i never applied the unbrickable mod do you think this would help me?
All i get in the unknown device error when i plug the phone in right now. samsung drivers still dont help it. like i said when i hook my wifes phone which is a galaxy s 4g too to my computer it will recognize hers just not mine.

goddi2010 said:
thanks for the advice guys i will try a different cord and reply with my findings. i dont think it is my charging port. that should be fine never had a problem charging it. i never applied the unbrickable mod do you think this would help me?
All i get in the unknown device error when i plug the phone in right now. samsung drivers still dont help it. like i said when i hook my wifes phone which is a galaxy s 4g too to my computer it will recognize hers just not mine.
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When you google one click stock for our device and download it the Java app requires you to install Java on your PC one this is done the program will automatically ask if you won't to install the drivers click yes then you will need to go to list at the top left corner select recent devices then Samsung will pop up install them then you click flash and it does all the work
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goddi2010 said:
thanks for the advice guys i will try a different cord and reply with my findings. i dont think it is my charging port. that should be fine never had a problem charging it. i never applied the unbrickable mod do you think this would help me?
All i get in the unknown device error when i plug the phone in right now. samsung drivers still dont help it. like i said when i hook my wifes phone which is a galaxy s 4g too to my computer it will recognize hers just not mine.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517368
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Look at your base band and if its kj6 you can use my method
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Theres a thanks button you can use by the way
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lol i wil try it and right now i have no base band (it wont boot past the firmware upgrade screen)

i took a look at the link you pasted and thats the method ive been using. the problem is when the one click program loads it says disconnected when i plug the phone in instead of connected

goddi2010 said:
i took a look at the link you pasted and thats the method ive been using. the problem is when the one click program loads it says disconnected when i plug the phone in instead of connected
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Follow the directions in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
Be sure to follow them exactly how they are written. lumin has a guide on how to remove your drivers that is probably what is causing your problems is a wonked out driver.

goddi2010 said:
i took a look at the link you pasted and thats the method ive been using. the problem is when the one click program loads it says disconnected when i plug the phone in instead of connected
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Are you putting it in download mode? Also have you tried to use a different USB cable like I recomended
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It kind of sounds to me like your drivers are borked. I would recommend uninstalling all drivers, reboot and then install the drivers included with the heimdall one-click.
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guys, ive been messing around now for about 5 hrs trying to get this thing going and no luck. i know there has to be a way. this is a list of things that ive tried and any other suggestions would be very helpful.
*tried a different usb cord
*used usbdeview to delete anything android/samsung related
*tried another laptopkn
*tried another sgs4g (which one click will say connected but then if i try my phone it wont)
*deleted all known drivers samsung/android related
im going to the store now to see if i can get a brand new usb cord and see if that helps. other than that fellas im clueless as to why i wouldnt be able to get one click to see my device. its almost as if the device doesnt know what it is. but sometimes by chance when i plug it in to my computer it will try to install and if i have one click open it will say connected and the drivers are being detected and then when the drivers fail it becomes disconnected.
Anyone have anything else i can try???

Install Heimdall.
Plug in phone, while it's on download screen.
Launch zadig.exe from the Heimdall\Drivers folder.
Options->List all devices.
Choose the Samsung one... I'm away from my computer so I can't give you the exact name, but I think it's Samsung Composite Device.
Change the driver to libusb0.
Install/replace driver.
Restart computer.
Log into computer.
Restart phone.
Flash successfully.

I remember seeing somewhere that once on mtd the phone responds to the Google drivers. You can install those from the android sdk. Don't know if that would help, but worth a shot if you don't have those drivers installed.
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unroot with no usb

all but given up on my wifes g2x. can't find a rom/bb that works and even if i did the usb charges but won't connect to my computer.
so i have another one being overnighted to me. i removed the superuser app but its still rooted and has cwm mod.
do they check this crap when it gets back to where ever? is there any way to unroot/removed cwm without usb?

They do check it. And far as I know there is no way to do it with out usb. Does it not charge or just won't connect to PC?
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You CAN unroot it without a usb with the z4root app. Find the apk file and install it, then click unroot.
Edit: are you sure you its the phones problem and not the USB? It sounds like you may not have the USB drivers installed for you computer
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Has to retract what I was trying to imply because it wouldn't display right. Basically what I was saying was reinstall the drivers. Maybe even uninstall the old one first. And make sure you are using a data cable. Some USB cables are simply just for charging and won't transfer data which you PC won't recognize it

juny51 said:
They do check it. And far as I know there is no way to do it with out usb. Does it not charge or just won't connect to PC?
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doesn't connect to pc. i know the cable and drivers are good cause my g2x works fine. and yes it charges via usb to computer
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You CAN unroot it without a usb with the z4root app. Find the apk file and install it, then click unroot.
Edit: are you sure you its the phones problem and not the USB? It sounds like you may not have the USB drivers installed for you computer
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i know the cable and drivers are good cause my g2x works fine
juny51 said:
Has to retract what I was trying to imply because it wouldn't display right. Basically what I was saying was reinstall the drivers. Maybe even uninstall the old one first. And make sure you are using a data cable. Some USB cables are simply just for charging and won't transfer data which you PC won't recognize it
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done the reinstall of drivers to no avail. and once again, i know the cable and drivers are good cause my g2x works fine

fukk me! i grabbed the wrong phone and unrooted mine
nah well.
edit: her phone is all sorts of dorked up. wouldn't even download the z4 using the QR. and when i finally get it up and running it FC's
guess i'll just take my chances and hope they don't try and get in the bootloader to see cwm
edit 2: ok i got it unrooted from here, yet cwm remains. any way to remove that?

[Q] Need URGENT help with USB!

Suddenly my USB isnt detected anymore! What I mean:
- When I plug the USB cable into PC (mac or linux) it will charge but wont show any notification that the usb has been plugged and to turn on mass storage.
- This happens with stock rom, custom rom, anyway, tested 4 roms, happened to all even stock
- I'm also unable to mount the USB with CWM, nothing happens
What can I possibly do???
Thanks

guitmz said:
Suddenly my USB isnt detected anymore! What I mean:
- When I plug the USB cable into PC (mac or linux) it will charge but wont show any notification that the usb has been plugged and to turn on mass storage.
- This happens with stock rom, custom rom, anyway, tested 4 roms, happened to all even stock
- I'm also unable to mount the USB with CWM, nothing happens
What can I possibly do???
Thanks
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Try another cable. Clean your USB port, there's a lot of crud getting in there sometimes.

i tried to clean with a wood stick, some dirty came out but then it isnt working yet.. tried 3 cables already :////

guitmz said:
i tried to clean with a wood stick, some dirty came out but then it isnt working yet.. tried 3 cables already :////
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If you can clean the contacts with a tiny brush (very small pipe cleaner works alright) with a bit of isopropyl alcohol it might helps. Make sure to clean thouroughly. Some people use sharpened toothpicks for cleaning the dirt too.

polobunny said:
If you can clean the contacts with a tiny brush (very small pipe cleaner works alright) with a bit of isopropyl alcohol it might helps. Make sure to clean thouroughly. Some people use sharpened toothpicks for cleaning the dirt too.
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i used a toothpick.. some dirty came out, seems pretty clean imo now :S

guitmz said:
i used a toothpick.. some dirty came out, seems pretty clean imo now :S
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I can't help you much more than that. I'll sound like the negative guy, but if you're sure it's absolutely clean, you tried other cables and other USB ports, then it's not impossible it is broken.

Try going back to stock . Using odin or fastboot
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Thanks man, hope u wrong hehehehe!
raducux said:
Try going back to stock . Using odin or fastboot
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So can this work? I have flashed like 3 or 4 roms, including stock JB... I may try with stock GB to make sure, who knows.. any new ideas are welcome anyway

Does it still charge? Have you tried to mount usb through recovery? Maybe the pc drivers are corrupted? Reinstall them?
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n2d551 said:
Does it still charge? Have you tried to mount usb through recovery? Maybe the pc drivers are corrupted? Reinstall them?
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it does charges... i CANT mount with recovery, nothing happens.. pc drivers arent corrupt because i use linux never needed them...
also.. noticed one thing.. on the boot screen (when u turn on with power + vol up), if i open fastboot devices, it recognizes my phone.. thats really odd!!!

See if you can connect it on another machine, or a Windows machine (I know).
If ADB recognize your device, then you can use commands to copy files to and from the device. You can also use AirDroid to transfer files wirelessly.

I got this same issue today. I have 2 nexus S devices and I flashed all the same things on both using the same USB cable and now one will not mount to PC. This happened after trying that massive tweak package. i will have to wait til next eekend now to try and fix it, when I see my niece again. If you figure this out I would appreciate it if you share with me!

it doesnt make any sense to me fastboot detecting it and android/CWM dont.. thats odd!!!

ok... so it just started to work again now from nothing! cant really explain it! i changed the rom day before yesterday and still wasnt working now with the same rom, started to work again!

I'm having a similar prob as of last night, but fastboot doesn't recognize the phone.
Tried in linux, Windows, Mac, etc......nada.

One S Still not connecting to my Win7??

I just don't get it, I've tried uninstall/reinstall the drivers (current) plus reboots and also multiple usb ports plus turned off all security on my pc just incase with no luck so WHAT IS GOING ON!!?:crying:

Anyone or any site to go to that deal more with computers, I know no links to other sites/forums but maybe PM me
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Well... google knows almost everything
... But.. ."not connecting" isnt really much info to go on. Try to explain a bit better what happens and whats not.

It keeps flashing the 'USB Debugging Connected' than sometimes the pop up comes up on phone to allow 'Charge Mode/Disk Drive' but not always and my computer (Win7) tries to install the driver, it just keeps saying not connected when open HTC Sync and yes have tried all USB ports and uninstalled drivers also under 'Device Manager' there are no exclamation marks anywhere
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Here something I do if something bugged me and can't fix it and that is to format windows lol.

Darknites said:
Here something I do if something bugged me and can't fix it and that is to format windows lol.
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lol yes, Im the same... fuking winblows :laugh:
But anyway... Have you tried on a different PC? Does it charge as it should through the usb ports?

Goatshocker said:
lol yes, Im the same... fuking winblows :laugh:
But anyway... Have you tried on a different PC? Does it charge as it should through the usb ports?
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Ya I wish I didn't game or I wouldn't even be using it. And I think he said he only got one the pc to try on but would be nice if a friend helped out to see if it his pc or the phone.

Wow, I have the same problem, except I'm running Ubuntu on my PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014986
Worst part is that I'm making an app. I can't do this if it keeps disconnecting every half second!

I'm having a similar issue although I'm running Mac. Im running stock HTC rom and have just installed the update. When I plug the USB cable in I no longer get any connection options. HTC Sync can see my phone but I can't access the phone storage from my Mac anymore....Am I completely missing something or is anyone else having similar issues?

glynevans said:
I'm having a similar issue although I'm running Mac. Im running stock HTC rom and have just installed the update. When I plug the USB cable in I no longer get any connection options. HTC Sync can see my phone but I can't access the phone storage from my Mac anymore....Am I completely missing something or is anyone else having similar issues?
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This thread here might help you.

I think you need to download the driver
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Ivanthe17th said:
I think you need to download the driver
Sent from my black Samsung Galaxy Wonder which running on Cyanogenmod 9 beta 4 using XDA Premium.
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You did not read my OP right cuz I said all that in it so next please also I have 'Googled' everything and tried everything they say so any other thoughts, just want to get connected so I can flash ROMs once rooted?

Anyone, please any ideas other than those posted and please read before posting something I've already done?
Thanks

Well, its hard to go further... Try a different cable and a different PC. If it doesnt work with that either its your phone thats fuked up, if it works its your PC.
When you know which is the culprit we can move forward and try to solve it.

Goatshocker said:
Well, its hard to go further... Try a different cable and a different PC. If it doesnt work with that either its your phone thats fuked up, if it works its your PC.
When you know which is the culprit we can move forward and try to solve it.
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Agreed need another pc to test with.

Go to recovery on phone and it should then be recognized by pc...preferably use twrp for recovery. From there you can even mount usb to move Roms to you sd.
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bochocinco23 said:
Go to recovery on phone and it should then be recognized by pc...preferably use twrp for recovery. From there you can even mount usb to move Roms to you sd.
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Not rooted yet because of this issue so I found one thing that might work and will try later when home and that is what I found on Google after days of searching, restart the computer whole phone is shutdown and than turn on phone as computer boots up and see if it will than recognize the phone (crossing fingers)
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Boot into bootloader and see if it's recognized by your computer. If it does then it's a Rom issue and you can factory reset from bootloader... (volume down + power) while phone is turned off
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bochocinco23 said:
Boot into bootloader and see if it's recognized by your computer. If it does then it's a Rom issue and you can factory reset from bootloader... (volume down + power) while phone is turned off
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I'M NOT ROOTED, there for not on a ROM and not trying to be rude or unappreciative but please read my entire post thanks
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Well that worked:thumbup: but under 'Computer' on my Win7 pc out shows 2 kinda drives 'Removable G&F Disc Drives', when I click on then it says 'Insert Disc' and they weren't there before so I'm assuming they or one of then represent my device?
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Won't connect to PC no matter what (Tried everything)

Well I've tried everything to get Odin and Heimdall to see my phone and NOTHING will work. I used the .apk to get root access and put the modded bootloader on the phone to flash it. That all worked fine but I flashed a new rom with an incompatible bootloader so now I can not read anything on it and it will only bootloop the samsung logo.
I've tried every driver I can find and multiple USB cords. My Galaxy Mega will connect to Odin without any issues at all (So I assume it's not the USB cord or USB slots on the PC), however NOTHING will allow this darn Infuse to show up.
I am using Windows 8 on a Lenovo PC (if that matters). Does anyone have any suggestions that might be able to get me to be detected by Odin so I can take it back to stock and start fresh? Really getting annoyed with this phone's unwillingness to cooperate with my PC.
Thanks in advance for any/all suggestions.

So, I guess nobody has any suggestions on what I can do?

Have you tired using Heimdall?
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magnetboard said:
Have you tired using Heimdall?
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Yes I have, it also will not pickup on my phone, no matter what I do/try.

Jamio1988 said:
Yes I have, it also will not pickup on my phone, no matter what I do/try.
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So what happens when u connect the phone in DL mode to ur PC/LAP ?
Yeah.....its typed on Note 3.

rkkaranrk said:
So what happens when u connect the phone in DL mode to ur PC/LAP ?
Yeah.....its typed on Note 3.
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Absolutely nothing happens at all. I've tried two different computers now, with a total of 6 different USB cables, and EVERY driver I could possibly find.
Even before I bricked it, it would charge via the PC, but would not show up any options for PC connectivity.

I may sound stupid but how u putting ur phone in DL mode ?
Yeah.....its typed on Note 3.

rkkaranrk said:
I may sound stupid but how u putting ur phone in DL mode ?
Yeah.....its typed on Note 3.
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I pulled the battery, held in both volume controls, plugged in USB cord, then popped the battery back in. It gave me the warning screen about flashing another OS, and I had to hit Vol Up to confirm going into Download mode.

....Any suggestions on where to go from here?? This is getting to be rather disheartening.

It's a long shot but try using another computer. I can't think of any reason why it would make a difference but it's worth a try.

jkakkanad said:
It's a long shot but try using another computer. I can't think of any reason why it would make a difference but it's worth a try.
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I've already tried that. It would not show up on that computer either. A buddy is gonna bring over a laptop in the next few days so I can try it on that one, but since it has already failed to be recognized on two PC's, I imagine it will also fail on the third.

You might need to buy a jtag for your device.
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I think I'm just gonna chuck this thing in the trash. It's not worth the headache.
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Jamio1988 said:
I think I'm just gonna chuck this thing in the trash. It's not worth the headache.
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Sell it to me.......
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Sell it to me.......
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How much you willing to offer?
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If you are able to get your phone into DL mode, it sounds like it is still salvageable.
The idea is to get a device recognition with a PC.
If you have already remove and re-install the original samsung drivers, tried different PCs, different USB ports and different USB data cords - then it could the the usb port on the device that is not working correctly.
You can try gently forcing the port in different directions etc..or just take the risk and replace the port yourself or sending to a repair shop.
USB replacement runs about $35 to $50. Mobiletechvideo's currently charges $35

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qkster said:
If you are able to get your phone into DL mode, it sounds like it is still salvageable.
The idea is to get a device recognition with a PC.
If you have already remove and re-install the original samsung drivers, tried different PCs, different USB ports and different USB data cords - then it could the the usb port on the device that is not working correctly.
You can try gently forcing the port in different directions etc..or just take the risk and replace the port yourself or sending to a repair shop.
USB replacement runs about $35 to $50. Mobiletechvideo's currently charges $35
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your problem is simple : uninstall all the drivers and Kies. Then reboot and reinstall Kies. now you can connect your phone with odin. It's because in some way, you got your drivers corrupted or changed and they are not able to be used with odin. It happens to me so many times that i cannot count them
So good luck with this issue but im pretty sure you will get rid of this problem with this procedure
Have a nice day !