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Okay, I honestly have googled the crap out of this, and scoured the forums and all, but I can't seem to find a solution. My Captivate seems to have become invisible to computers. I've tried it out on 3 different laptops, tried installing kies, installing drivers, restarting the computers, restarting the phone, restarting the usb debugging, turning mass storage on and off, still the computers give no indication that the phone is even there.
I'm guessing the problem is within my phone, as it doesn't work on any computer, and I'd like to get it worked out, as I was hoping to try out Cyanogen mod, and Odin won't work without usb connection. For the record, I am running Firefly 2.4 with the Suckerpunch #50 kernel. Anyone have any ideas?
Try flashing a more updated kernal
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Same Here...
I have also been trying to find a solution to this after I flashed Di11i's 6.0 awhile back apparently my phone can no longer be picked up in download mode by Odin either XD I was also hoping to also try Cyanogenmod.
Tried updating Suckerpunch, no go. Suppose I could try another kernel, but I'm a little nervous as bricking finally seems like a real possibility. Also, I haven't read about anyone having this problem with suckerpunch. This is seriously going to cramp my style.
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I was having the same problem trying to istall darky's ROM.
unplug phone from computor
reboot in colckwork recovery
select "mounts and storage"
select "mount usb storage"
select "mount"
Then select "back" until you can roboot
Hope that helps.
p.s. I've been having this problem all week with every custom ROM i have installed.
I thought that one had potential, but no go. Thanks for the try, though.
I found that after I was still having the same problem when back in stock.
Odin3 would not see the phone in debugging mode, but would see the phone in sync mode.
phone would not mount. I would select mount phone from dropdown, the phone would give normal mounting response, but the computer would not see the phone.
Here is what I finally did.
uninstalled the SGS driver
reinstalled the driver as administrator
while waiting for it to install
entered recovery mode on phone and cleared cache and all user data
read a book while waiting for driver to finish installing...
rebooted computer
enabled USB debugging
connected phone to computer - got an installing driver for device message
ODIN3 worked fine after that
USB mounted with no trouble
did a master clear and everything worked fine
rooted to phone with AIO toolbox - everything went fine and I ODIN3 one click and three button see the phone properly in debugging mode, and USB still mounts properly.
I doubt if clearing the cache and stuff did anything, but it doesnt hurt. I suspect I made a change to the phone that confused the driver. Im also not sure if connecting for the first time in dubugging mode is important or not, but i suggest doing it to be safe
timpac said:
Okay, I honestly have googled the crap out of this, and scoured the forums and all, but I can't seem to find a solution. My Captivate seems to have become invisible to computers. I've tried it out on 3 different laptops, tried installing kies, installing drivers, restarting the computers, restarting the phone, restarting the usb debugging, turning mass storage on and off, still the computers give no indication that the phone is even there.
I'm guessing the problem is within my phone, as it doesn't work on any computer, and I'd like to get it worked out, as I was hoping to try out Cyanogen mod, and Odin won't work without usb connection. For the record, I am running Firefly 2.4 with the Suckerpunch #50 kernel. Anyone have any ideas?
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Load up odin and then try connecting in download mode and see if odin detects it.
opcow said:
Load up odin and then try connecting in download mode and see if odin detects it.
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Not a thing. That's actually when I first noticed that the phone wasn't being recognized, as a matter of fact. I was doing the cyanogen mod thing, already applied the efsbackup.zip. Which didn't hurt anything fortunately, or I'd be completely screwed.
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Went to bed, surfed the web a bit, I had USB OTG Cable connected. Woke up this morning, went to turn it on and nothing. Thought the USB OTG had burned the battery so I charged it up, still nothing.
Connected to PC, tried the command: adb devices
Nothing.
Black screen of deadness on my Xoom. There is a method for restoring I believe, no? All rooting was initially completed using ADB but since 1.4.2 I have just used BRD's downloads and used Clockwork Mod recovery to install in recovery mode from zip on SD card.
The last thing I was trying to get working was NTFS partitions on memory sticks yesterday but didn't have any luck.
Would anyone mind telling me what I need to do?
yanic123 said:
Hi
Went to bed, surfed the web a bit, I had USB OTG Cable connected. Woke up this morning, went to turn it on and nothing. Thought the USB OTG had burned the battery so I charged it up, still nothing.
Connected to PC, tried the command: adb devices
Nothing.
Black screen of deadness on my Xoom. There is a method for restoring I believe, no? All rooting was initially completed using ADB but since 1.4.2 I have just used BRD's downloads and used Clockwork Mod recovery to install in recovery mode from zip on SD card.
The last thing I was trying to get working was NTFS partitions on memory sticks yesterday but didn't have any luck.
Would anyone mind telling me what I need to do?
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Can you boot into fastboot mode using vol down + power?
Heart attack averted. Thanks for that rschenck!
Didn't know about this button combination.
Iain
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First off, I have 3 Charges in the house. One is stock , one is on GBE 1.8 still and mine is GBE1.9RC2.3 with EXT4 on /system, /data, /dbdata and /cache. So, I have some idea what I'm doing.
This issue is driving me crazy. My daughter's Charge (stock with voodoo) will not connect properly so she can sync with Doubletwist. If I plug my phone it, it is recognized as a USB device and Doubletwist see it without a problem so it shouldn't be the drivers on the computer. When I plug hers in, the phone asks if I want to turn on USB mode (like mine does), but the computer says device drivers failed and it shows up only as a CD drive. Doubletwist will not work with that.
I've gone through her phone several times looking for the magic switch that will make it work, but I can't find anything. I've tried 3 different computers - all of which recognize my phone fine, but not hers...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm just about to the point of flashing her phone with GBE1.9RC2.3 and telling her to get over not having TW (she's just used to it) and hoping that the new rom will work.
Set the USB settings to "Ask on Connection", it's a known problem with Gummy. Also, if that doesn't work you will need to flash the SD card fix(if you haven't already)
blarrick said:
Set the USB settings to "Ask on Connection", it's a known problem with Gummy. Also, if that doesn't work you will need to flash the SD card fix(if you haven't already)
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I have tried ask on connection. The phone does ask but doesn't end up working right. This phone is stock. Not Gummy. I think I voodoo'd it but need to verify. Regardless of the kernel and recovery its running Verizons latest rom software - EE4?
Could the SD Fix work even on stock?
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Try the trick that worked for the Fascinate. Plug her phone into the usb with usb debugging enabled then reboot the phone while it is still connected.
Also try re-installing the Samsung drivers on the computer.
tdenton1138 said:
Could the SD Fix work even on stock?
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I may be wrong on this, but my understanding was the sd card showing up as a CD drive on EE4 roms stemmed from flashing a custom kernel, which seems applicable in this case if the phone is stock with voodoo. When this happened to me I already had the fix file on the sd card, and flashing the fix ... well, fixed it.
I too was having similar issues with this on my charge running rc2.3, lo and behold, all I needed to do was reboot my pc, then reconnect my charge to the usb cable... Its been so long since I have actually used my desktop properly. Lol
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Hi.
I don't know much about details about root/room/recovery, but know some about
ODIN, CWM and other ROM to use.
I've been using Humble 5.0 for a while and my phone got unstable recently, so I ODIN the same Humble rom again, but that is how the problem started.
The main problem is, I can't wipe userdata or cache at all.
CWM says it wiped, but I always get Force close, so many that I can't even use the phone normally.
I tried to go back to stock ROM or any other, but all failed.
Stock ROM with stock recovery says, E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (Invalid argument). and most of the time, Bootloops.
Humble is the only option I can go into, and actually use the phone, but it has all the apps and data from the past, even though I wipe data/cache thousand times.
I even erased all SD data, formatted in FAT32, and nothing works.
Finalizing my status,
Can't mount...error with Stock ROM.
Bootloop with other ROM.
Constant Force Close with Humble 5.0 (Can't wipe data/cache).
Please help.
So stock, you used ODIN EE4 and PIT file to go back to stock and took the newest update and still have problems?
Thank you for the reply.
Yes. I tried ED1 and EE4, and even with PIT(repartition) and I get "Can't mount..." error.
I went back to Humble 5.0 which has all kind of force close (still showing all app names I had, mysterious), and formatted SD, factory reset, and tried ODIN ED1/PIT, but result is same.
I have a feeling my internal SD partition got screwed.
I am no pro myself.. But I am running GummyCharge Froyo 2.0 which comes with Imoseyon's Kernel and its rock stable even overclocked to 1,200 mhz for me.. You may want to try getting a copy of that as well as flashing with your SIM Card out and Battery in after booting into recovery.. Let me know if this helps at all!
jiehooni said:
Thank you for the reply.
Yes. I tried ED1 and EE4, and even with PIT(repartition) and I get "Can't mount..." error.
I went back to Humble 5.0 which has all kind of force close (still showing all app names I had, mysterious), and formatted SD, factory reset, and tried ODIN ED1/PIT, but result is same.
I have a feeling my internal SD partition got screwed.
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I had a similar problem but dont remember what I did to fix lol like that helps you. Did you format your sd card on a computer or with your phone? If not try using an adapter and format on computer. Going back to stock has always solved my problems. There is a new cwm that came out. Just throwing stuff out there. Have you tried re downloading images of the stock ee4 and pit? It is loading so shouldnt be a problem , hmm. Maybe someone with more knowledge will pop in.
I tried GummyCharge 2.0.zip from SD but it didn't help.
I tried CWM 5.0, with many ROMs to wipe cache/data, no use.
I formatted my SD on PC, and from phone, same result.
What I don't understand is, even after I flashed Humble 5.0 ROM which I used right before, and only ROM it works now, it shows all apps I had even after many times of Wipe Data/cache/dalvic.
Even funnier, I delete some apps causing Force Close, and I reboot my phone, it always goes back to where I start. Same Home, the app is still there.
It is just weird.
Im getting FC now all of a sudden. It's you fault damn it lol. Said I was gonna reload anyhow. Just didnt want to do it twice in one night. Oh it is past 12pm so I guess it is another day.
It's been now 3 days, and I found this thread hopelessly.
Same problem I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191650&page=2
I hope somebody can help me fix it.
Now I can't even flash Humble, can't even get through recovery(stock or CWM).
I can't do anything now.
I will Odin back to stock and take it to the verizon tomorrow.
Thank you all of you for the help.
Tried a different usb cable, how did you flash the new cwm? So everytime it says pass through ODIN? Are you checking the right selections through ODIN and using PDA? Man just trying to think of everything and thats about it. Get another phone lol. Superuser and busybox?
I tried different USB cable, PC, installed Samsung driver again.
I took the phone to Verizon today, and they can't hard reset it either at that place.
I dropped the phone 3 month ago and it has a little dent, so that they refuse to repair it under warranty. I am sending it to MobileTechVideo tomorrow.
Thank you.
I'm having the same issues. I was on Humble 5.0 and had been using it without a problem for about 2 weeks and yesterday I noticed my phone reboot on it's own. After the reboot it was stuck in the boot loop. I've also tried reflashing Humble 5.0, tried the instructions on the fix your phone thread, tried flashing to stock and also tried the all in one Gingerbread 2.3.6 W/Root/CWR/IMO Kernel 4.0 to see if CWM would help any.
All successfully pass according to Odin, but they all still boot loop and all give error messages in their recovery modes if I try to do anything involving /cache or /data stating that they fail to mount.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Okay, I started this thread with the issue of not being able to root. I bit the bullet and wiped it all and ended up being able to root. Now I have a much bigger issue... My phone wont go into storage mode. Not in the OS, not in CWM, not in download mode. It just can't be recognized by a computer. Yes I have the drivers installed, and the phone knows it's plugged in, it will charge and everything, it just wont give me the option to go into storage mode. This will be an issue if I ever need to flash it for any reason since download mode can't be recognized in ODIN. It was working a day ago... Think it's a hardware issue?
JoeVsFox said:
Okay, I started this thread with the issue of not being able to root. I bit the bullet and wiped it all and ended up being able to root. Now I have a much bigger issue... My phone wont go into storage mode. Not in the OS, not in CWM, not in download mode. It just can't be recognized by a computer. Yes I have the drivers installed, and the phone knows it's plugged in, it will charge and everything, it just wont give me the option to go into storage mode. This will be an issue if I ever need to flash it for any reason since download mode can't be recognized in ODIN. It was working a day ago... Think it's a hardware issue?
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Storage mode and download mode are different to me atleast.
Have you tried settings/usb settings/ask on connection.
When you connect your usb cable from your computer to your phone it should beep and then ask what you want to do. Is your sd card good? Have you checked it maybe on your computer with an adapter?
Or are you talking about getting into ODIN?
Have you usb cable connected to the main usb port. Pull the battery,put it back in, connect the usb cable , hold the volume down button and power key. Worked every time for me. Not sure what else to say from me atleast. Someone else might chime in. Ive done it both with the battery and with out. Try a different usb port.
ODIN Flash Stock
blueis300 said:
So stock, you used ODIN EE4 and PIT file to go back to stock and took the newest update and still have problems?
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If you have the charge pit file and EE4 you should be able to wipe everything on your phone. If I am correct, this bypasses all permissions and partitions and basically supercedes any roms or data you have. This should work. try another cable on a different usb port or another computer. I have hard brocked my phone numerous times and this was the only workable method. (if you want you can do a little solder job and have phone by fixed with the unbrickable mod here
I already sent my phone to the repair shop.
Btw, it is the normal case you described, but I tried different PCs, drivers, cables, USB slot, nothing works.
Thank you anyway.
blueis300 said:
Storage mode and download mode are different to me atleast.
Have you tried settings/usb settings/ask on connection.
When you connect your usb cable from your computer to your phone it should beep and then ask what you want to do. Is your sd card good? Have you checked it maybe on your computer with an adapter?
Or are you talking about getting into ODIN?
Have you usb cable connected to the main usb port. Pull the battery,put it back in, connect the usb cable , hold the volume down button and power key. Worked every time for me. Not sure what else to say from me atleast. Someone else might chime in. Ive done it both with the battery and with out. Try a different usb port.
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Tried it with 2 different computers, different cables, different ports. Ask on connection is on. The SD card works fine when I put in in an adapter. The phone just doesn't data connect via usb. ODIN can't find it. Nothing. Pretty sure this is a hardware issue...
My phone just got back from the repair shop and they say they can't fix it. They think NAND got corrupted. Now I am really stuck...Man...
So I've been running Vegan-TAb GingerEdition 7.0.0 (using clockworkmod I don't remember the version) for a year or so and decided I was going to upgrade. I plugged the USB into my Win7 64bit PC and it told me it was unsupported please format. I of course wasn't going to let Windows format it and since I had upgraded ton Win7 since I had last connected the tablet I figured that was the issue. I started searching the forums on how to fix this and the tablet died. I figured I had just forgot to plug it in so I did and let it charge. When I went to turn it back on later, I got past the birds then to the Vegan-Tab loading screen. It would come on, flash, then go blank, come on again flash and repeat a total of 9 times, then just go blank. The PC recognizes it as there but when I try to open the drive it says "Please insert a disk into removable disk H:". I've tried installing the usb drivers through the SDK, it seemed successful, but I still get the Please insert disk. I then tried the USB drivers suggested by the nVflash thread and still nothing.
Any suggestions? Should I try a Linux machine? I've searched around and haven't found anyone else with this same problem.
GreenMan1976 said:
So I've been running Vegan-TAb GingerEdition 7.0.0 (using clockworkmod I don't remember the version) for a year or so and decided I was going to upgrade. I plugged the USB into my Win7 64bit PC and it told me it was unsupported please format. I of course wasn't going to let Windows format it and since I had upgraded ton Win7 since I had last connected the tablet I figured that was the issue. I started searching the forums on how to fix this and the tablet died. I figured I had just forgot to plug it in so I did and let it charge. When I went to turn it back on later, I got past the birds then to the Vegan-Tab loading screen. It would come on, flash, then go blank, come on again flash and repeat a total of 9 times, then just go blank. The PC recognizes it as there but when I try to open the drive it says "Please insert a disk into removable disk H:". I've tried installing the usb drivers through the SDK, it seemed successful, but I still get the Please insert disk. I then tried the USB drivers suggested by the nVflash thread and still nothing.
Any suggestions? Should I try a Linux machine? I've searched around and haven't found anyone else with this same problem.
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You might have to nvflash the tablet back to factory stock ROM for BL 1.2 and then upgrade the rom to VeganTAB 7.1 from their site.
When you set your tablet in apt mode ( power and the + volumn buttom, the 3 birds will display and then screen goes blank, that is
normal) and plug it to the PC, the PC should make a sound then you are ready to do a nvflash.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com
tsukaza said:
You might have to nvflash the tablet back to factory stock ROM for BL 1.2 and then upgrade the rom to VeganTAB 7.1 from their site.
When you set your tablet in apt mode ( power and the + volumn buttom, the 3 birds will display and then screen goes blank, that is
normal) and plug it to the PC, the PC should make a sound then you are ready to do a nvflash.
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I've already tried that, it didn't work.
Clockwork mod is still working. I've been holding power and vol - not vol+ I feel dumb. Hopefully I don't have to factory reset.