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No download mode, no recovery, detected by odin, not kies

Hi,
I rooted my brandnew GT-P3110 with cf, flashed pacman and cwm recovery. I do not blame anybody alse for my issues but myself. I guess I messed up the restoring of NON-system-apps:
After a day of troublefree use the tablet randomly rebooted and came back with the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.". No booting into recovery possible, no booting into download mode, no regular boot. Just the same message over and over again. Battery is unremovable.
I installed Kies, updated it, it downloaded drivers but under "emergency recovery" my tablet didn't appear. I then followed the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" procedure wich downloaded the necessary files but aborted with a korean text shown in the attachment after replugging the tablet. I tried this with 2 different USB-cables on several USB-ports. Kies btw asked me to remove the battery (not possible) after entering device number and serial-number. I turned off by pressing the off button instead and it turned on again.
I uninstalled Kies, rebooted, installed the samsung drivers manually, rebooted. I installed odin 1.85 (and later 1.3) and downloaded my contry's stock firmware (and later a newer version of the same firmware and another country's stock) from sammobile. I tried to flash them first without "repartition" ticked, later with it ticked but without a pit file (i can't find it!). I got four different errors, two are attached, the third was somethign like "cant write (line 1876)" and "cant write (line 1440)".I tried three stock firmwares with two version of odin with two USB cords on everal ports on ONE computer. I remove the tablet every time, exited odin every time, run it as admin, disabled firewall, xp-antispy and antivirus. I'm on Windows 7.
Besides a million other threads I found this one, but I wasn't able to solve my issue with it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
For 48 hours i tried to solve this problem by myself. Now I hope to find out if there's a point in continuing or if I can give up and throw away the piece of samsung.
Cheers,
404

android404 said:
Hi,
I rooted my brandnew GT-P3110
404
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Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose

vizionforever said:
Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose
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I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?

vizionforever said:
Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose
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Thanks but it didn't work.
wd5gnr said:
I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?
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Mine is still bricked. Good luck.

facing same problem in my samsung tab 2 p3100 after root

wd5gnr said:
I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?
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Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
The stock ROM from sammobile. (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/)
The JB Bootloader
The stock JB kernel.
Opened odin v1.85.
Then i used the vol down+home+lock keys together to try to open the download mode ( but ended up in the "Firmware error " page) and connected phone to the pc. It shows "Added!" in the message box.
Repartition with the .pit and it will reboot.
Disconnect
Get into download mode and install the bootloader and it should reboot when done. Disconnect.
Get into download mode and connect
Installed the kernel through odin and reboot
Download mode again and install the ROM through odin.
If the phone gets stuck in boot loop (samsung logo over and over),
get into recovery mode ( for s2, vol up+home+lock, it needs to be pressed intermittently)
Then do a full format along with wipe cache.
And then the phone finally booted completely. :laugh: . Good Luck.
Note: I'm not sure to boot into recovery and download are the same key combos as it was for the i9100g.

novjean said:
Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
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Thanks. Well, I understand the theory. I have had trouble finding a PIT file that I am sure is for my device. I did save a PIT file but I think it is corrupt because using it requires me to let the battery die afterwards to get back to download mode. Same for the bootloader. I have a few things I've tried, but not sure I have one that is exactly for the GT-P5113 (in fact, I never did find a JB for the 5113 just the 5110 and it never would load).

Well no amount of coaxing has put life back into the tab
I may try again out of curiosity, but rather than invest more time I went out and bought a 32G Nexus 7 (2013 version). I would still like to get the Galaxy Tab alive again -- it has corrupted the flash twice before and each time I was able to bring it back to life. Not sure if this is an actual hardware failure or if it is just beyond partitioning.
I have a feeling if I had the right PIT and the right bootloader I could get back in business.

I can do each thing you mentioned, but my device is not getting detected by my PC. When I insert USB it says USB not recognized and it is not detected by Odin, adb and anything else. I am stuck on Boot Logo for my P3100 and when I go into recovery, it says USB not recognized. Fully messed up. Can you help me out here.
novjean said:
Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
The stock ROM from sammobile. (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/)
The JB Bootloader
The stock JB kernel.
Opened odin v1.85.
Then i used the vol down+home+lock keys together to try to open the download mode ( but ended up in the "Firmware error " page) and connected phone to the pc. It shows "Added!" in the message box.
Repartition with the .pit and it will reboot.
Disconnect
Get into download mode and install the bootloader and it should reboot when done. Disconnect.
Get into download mode and connect
Installed the kernel through odin and reboot
Download mode again and install the ROM through odin.
If the phone gets stuck in boot loop (samsung logo over and over),
get into recovery mode ( for s2, vol up+home+lock, it needs to be pressed intermittently)
Then do a full format along with wipe cache.
And then the phone finally booted completely. :laugh: . Good Luck.
Note: I'm not sure to boot into recovery and download are the same key combos as it was for the i9100g.
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2 years later .... did you ever unbrick this? I'm dealing with a P5113 now that's stuck at the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. <sigh>
wd5gnr said:
Well no amount of coaxing has put life back into the tab
I may try again out of curiosity, but rather than invest more time I went out and bought a 32G Nexus 7 (2013 version). I would still like to get the Galaxy Tab alive again -- it has corrupted the flash twice before and each time I was able to bring it back to life. Not sure if this is an actual hardware failure or if it is just beyond partitioning.
I have a feeling if I had the right PIT and the right bootloader I could get back in business.
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No. I finally sent it to one of these ebay guys who will JTAG it since I was too lazy to wire up one of my JTAG probes. They worked on it and said it was simply dead and the only alternative would be to replace the flash chips.
Bought a Nexus 7.

I've got the pit files for P311x and P3100 on my website https://sites.google.com/site/jrc2swebsite/downloads/samsung-galaxy-tab-2-70-p31xx

Is my tab bricked?

Hello guys.
My tab (GT-P3100) have been facing some problems lately.
Before this, my tab cannot be started up for some times although it is fully charged.
Last week, I managed to boot it up and then formatted the tab via "restore factory setting" while the tab is on.
Then, I intended to load custom rom into the tab. However all pc, usb, driver, and kies version cannot help me as the tab won't be recognized. It either not showing up entirely or it simply show an error.
Then, I figured that I must format the phone via recovery mode to get the usb working again.
Now is where this problem happened. While formatting, the system message is only stuck at "formatting cache".
It then took a long time until it turned off on its own. This is when the phone cannot be started.
Initially, I can still boot it up until the "samsung galaxy" screen or in download mode. This need to be done by charging it just for a short minute until the battery charging icon shows up. If the battery icon doesn't show up, the phone cannot be started by any means. Then, the boot screen cease to show up but the download mode can still be accessed. Now, the download mode cannot be accessed as well. Lastly, the batter icon won't even show up.
So this lead to my question, what is wrong with my tab. Is is because of corrupted OS, recovery mode. Or perharps faulty battery. Can it be solved by jtag?

kukuru said:
Hello guys.
My tab (GT-P3100) have been facing some problems lately.
Before this, my tab cannot be started up for some times although it is fully charged.
Last week, I managed to boot it up and then formatted the tab via "restore factory setting" while the tab is on.
Then, I intended to load custom rom into the tab. However all pc, usb, driver, and kies version cannot help me as the tab won't be recognized. It either not showing up entirely or it simply show an error.
Then, I figured that I must format the phone via recovery mode to get the usb working again.
Now is where this problem happened. While formatting, the system message is only stuck at "formatting cache".
It then took a long time until it turned off on its own. This is when the phone cannot be started.
Initially, I can still boot it up until the "samsung galaxy" screen or in download mode. This need to be done by charging it just for a short minute until the battery charging icon shows up. If the battery icon doesn't show up, the phone cannot be started by any means. Then, the boot screen cease to show up but the download mode can still be accessed. Now, the download mode cannot be accessed as well. Lastly, the batter icon won't even show up.
So this lead to my question, what is wrong with my tab. Is is because of corrupted OS, recovery mode. Or perharps faulty battery. Can it be solved by jtag?
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So you aren't able to install any custom recovery neither being able to get your tab detected so I think you should try heidmall
Sent from my GT-P3100 using Tapatalk
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kukuru said:
Hello guys.
My tab (GT-P3100) have been facing some problems lately.
Before this, my tab cannot be started up for some times although it is fully charged.
Last week, I managed to boot it up and then formatted the tab via "restore factory setting" while the tab is on.
Then, I intended to load custom rom into the tab. However all pc, usb, driver, and kies version cannot help me as the tab won't be recognized. It either not showing up entirely or it simply show an error.
Then, I figured that I must format the phone via recovery mode to get the usb working again.
Now is where this problem happened. While formatting, the system message is only stuck at "formatting cache".
It then took a long time until it turned off on its own. This is when the phone cannot be started.
Initially, I can still boot it up until the "samsung galaxy" screen or in download mode. This need to be done by charging it just for a short minute until the battery charging icon shows up. If the battery icon doesn't show up, the phone cannot be started by any means. Then, the boot screen cease to show up but the download mode can still be accessed. Now, the download mode cannot be accessed as well. Lastly, the batter icon won't even show up.
So this lead to my question, what is wrong with my tab. Is is because of corrupted OS, recovery mode. Or perharps faulty battery. Can it be solved by jtag?
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Have you tried restoring to stock rom or installing cwm?
Sent from my GT-P3100 using Tapatalk

shsagnik said:
So you aren't able to install any custom recovery neither being able to get your tab detected so I think you should try heidmall
Sent from my GT-P3100 using Tapatalk
---------- Post added at 05:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:15 AM ----------
Have you tried restoring to stock rom or installing cwm?
Sent from my GT-P3100 using Tapatalk
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Hello
I have downloaded the heimdall zip. However, the zadig.exe cannot find any samsung devices. I have followed the instruction where I have to uninstall kies and other usb drivers. but still no luck.
My ROM is still stock rom. And I can't install cwm because my tab can never be discovered..

kukuru said:
Hello
I have downloaded the heimdall zip. However, the zadig.exe cannot find any samsung devices. I have followed the instruction where I have to uninstall kies and other usb drivers. but still no luck.
My ROM is still stock rom. And I can't install cwm because my tab can never be discovered..
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Try sideloading Samsung USB drivers using uh what's it's called uh yeah go to my computer, right click, mange, device manager, connect your device and see if it appears and try side loading drivers, just Google it on how to do it and tell me if it works
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shsagnik said:
Try sideloading Samsung USB drivers using uh what's it's called uh yeah go to my computer, right click, mange, device manager, connect your device and see if it appears and try side loading drivers, just Google it on how to do it and tell me if it works
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Tried and failed. Thanks for your suggestion though. I'm gonna try third usb cord after this. Will report later.

it is time for taking it to the service centre
kukuru said:
Hello guys.
My tab (GT-P3100) have been facing some problems lately.
Before this, my tab cannot be started up for some times although it is fully charged.
Last week, I managed to boot it up and then formatted the tab via "restore factory setting" while the tab is on.
Then, I intended to load custom rom into the tab. However all pc, usb, driver, and kies version cannot help me as the tab won't be recognized. It either not showing up entirely or it simply show an error.
Then, I figured that I must format the phone via recovery mode to get the usb working again.
Now is where this problem happened. While formatting, the system message is only stuck at "formatting cache".
It then took a long time until it turned off on its own. This is when the phone cannot be started.
Initially, I can still boot it up until the "samsung galaxy" screen or in download mode. This need to be done by charging it just for a short minute until the battery charging icon shows up. If the battery icon doesn't show up, the phone cannot be started by any means. Then, the boot screen cease to show up but the download mode can still be accessed. Now, the download mode cannot be accessed as well. Lastly, the batter icon won't even show up.
So this lead to my question, what is wrong with my tab. Is is because of corrupted OS, recovery mode. Or perharps faulty battery. Can it be solved by jtag?
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i think this must be the fault in the os..
if you are lucky to go to the download mode i think you can solve it using odin.
go to sam mobile site and download the firmware for your device.
then install odin app in your pc
(this is my 5th post so i cannot add links)
now while in download mode connect your device to pc.
now open odin in your pc.
make sure you dont uncheck/check anything new in the app
now select PDA and browse the firmware you downloaded and click start.
this may take some time, and your device might reboot several times.
now once you are done there are slight chances for getting stuck in the bootlogo.
in this case you can go to recovery and do a factory reset. then you are all set to go.
NOTE:Charge your device fully before doing this process.
I think this might help you. if still any problem occurs -please notice me.

Zte blade l said:
i think this must be the fault in the os..
if you are lucky to go to the download mode i think you can solve it using odin.
go to sam mobile site and download the firmware for your device.
then install odin app in your pc
(this is my 5th post so i cannot add links)
now while in download mode connect your device to pc.
now open odin in your pc.
make sure you dont uncheck/check anything new in the app
now select PDA and browse the firmware you downloaded and click start.
this may take some time, and your device might reboot several times.
now once you are done there are slight chances for getting stuck in the bootlogo.
in this case you can go to recovery and do a factory reset. then you are all set to go.
NOTE:Charge your device fully before doing this process.
I think this might help you. if still any problem occurs -please notice me.
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Thanks for taking your time to answer this. Actually, the tab cannot be detected on every pc I have used (3 different pc up to now). Even with drivers and Kies. Do you think it's a problem on the charger port?

I finally found the problem!!
Zte blade l said:
i think this must be the fault in the os..
if you are lucky to go to the download mode i think you can solve it using odin.
go to sam mobile site and download the firmware for your device.
then install odin app in your pc
(this is my 5th post so i cannot add links)
now while in download mode connect your device to pc.
now open odin in your pc.
make sure you dont uncheck/check anything new in the app
now select PDA and browse the firmware you downloaded and click start.
this may take some time, and your device might reboot several times.
now once you are done there are slight chances for getting stuck in the bootlogo.
in this case you can go to recovery and do a factory reset. then you are all set to go.
NOTE:Charge your device fully before doing this process.
I think this might help you. if still any problem occurs -please notice me.
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After extensive research for weeks, I finally knew the problem! Its actually an emmc brick bug!
The symptoms are all the same. My tab started to brick after I formatted in recovery. Causing no booting, and only download mode and cannot be detected by PC. The funny thing is, the emmc chip have been replaced before by the previous owner I bought the tab from. ONLY FOR THE CHIP TO BE AN INSANE CHIP AGAIN.
Remember folks, the symptoms are:
Cannot boot, sometime boot only on logo. very rare though.
Can only access download mode but cannot be detected by PC. Even if it can, the odin flash will stuck half way.
Can be charged.
How to solve:
I don't know ****

Firmware upgrade encountered an issue

First off: Ive searched the forum and there are a few similar posts to my problem but I thought I would ask my question before trying any of the things Ive found because I think its in this mess because Ive messed somehting up so dont want to make it worse.....
So I got given an AFAIK unrooted GT-P5100 (from Belgium) by my friend to try and fix as they had got the Interpol/ FBI thing on it. So i looked around the web and tried Safe Mode but couldnt get that to work at all so I thought I would just do a factory reset. So I got into the options by pressing volume up or down (whichever one it is) and selected wipe cache partition it displayed "erasing" then followed by "error" and the tablet rebooted back to the Interpol screen. Then I tried wipe data/factory reset it seemed to go through it very quickly, no errors displayed and then it either rebooted automatically or I selected reboot I cant remember, but straight back to the Interpol screen.........
Then I thought Odin, Ive used it in the past to flash custom ROMs on my rooted phones...
I downloaded the firmware from sammobiles - P5100XXDNA1_P5100PRODNA1_P5100XXDMG1_HOME.tar.md5
I followed these instructions with odin v3.10
- Run Odin3.exe
- Click on PA button and Select the firmware file.
- Connect your phone to PC via USB cable, And wait until Odin3 detects the phone.
- Click on Start button and wait until the operation done.
All seemed to be going OK, it added it on Com3 and several bits of text appeared saying success
Then Odin came up with fail when it seemed to be abou 90% of the way across, the bar stopped on the tablet and didnt move. Im guessing at this point I should have asked for help
Like a muppet I also closed Odin before I took a screenshot... doh!!!!!!
After a while I disconnected the cable and tried to put it back into download mode but all that comes up on the screen now is "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
So I installed Kies and tried recovery mode but it doesnt detect the tablet at all.
Odin can still connect, this time on Com5
I've read about installing TWRP through Odin, is this something I should try or have I just trashed this tablet now?
Thanks for any advice!!

[Bricked/DEAD] I challenge you to revive it! EARN 50 EURO!!

Dear XDA users,
I got a P5110 from my grand parents. Its barely used and looks like new. It dead,dead,dead,dead,dead. At first i would only charge up.
I tried to revive it with odin, but now it says Firmware has encounterd an issue).
What it does now:
It take 5 Minutes until it connects to the computer, and show "Firmware upgrade has ..." and windows makes the USB disconnected noise, and USB error noise.
It has no recovery, I tried many things but it only shows the Firmware upgrade issue, so im trying to install a custom recovery trough odin.
Trying to put Philz on it, but when Odin has finished and reset the tablet, its dead again , and nothing happend.
Wont turn on by the power button, only after 5min connected to a PC.
I have the feeling the internal storage has crashed and broke.
I OFFER 50EURO to the Person that can revive this!
Good luck.

Just a wild idea. I have a 5113 (virtually identical to yours) that my daughter stopped using about 4 months ago. When there was a screen time out, the Tab would turn off. I did a factory reset and it solved the problem. When I loaded rootbuster, the problem returned and I did a factory reset, and it again solved the problem.
Would add that it is very confusing in that there is a USB driver connection to the Tab's download mode (development driver), and a simple USB connection to the computer that allows you to copy files. If factory reset doesn't work, you should go back to the development driver and see if you can use ODIN. Here is link for development/download mode driver. http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117

decijp said:
Just a wild idea. I have a 5113 (virtually identical to yours) that my daughter stopped using about 4 months ago. When there was a screen time out, the Tab would turn off. I did a factory reset and it solved the problem. When I loaded rootbuster, the problem returned and I did a factory reset, and it again solved the problem.
Would add that it is very confusing in that there is a USB driver connection to the Tab's download mode (development driver), and a simple USB connection to the computer that allows you to copy files. If factory reset doesn't work, you should go back to the development driver and see if you can use ODIN. Here is link for development/download mode driver. http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117
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Thanks for the reply,
I already have the latest drivers, and im using ODIN to try to flash things to it. I tried flashing a recovery, so i can install a ROM, and see if that works but no succes.

ilikecars said:
Dear XDA users,
I got a P5110 from my grand parents. Its barely used and looks like new. It dead,dead,dead,dead,dead. At first i would only charge up.
I tried to revive it with odin, but now it says Firmware has encounterd an issue).
What it does now:
It take 5 Minutes until it connects to the computer, and show "Firmware upgrade has ..." and windows makes the USB disconnected noise, and USB error noise.
It has no recovery, I tried many things but it only shows the Firmware upgrade issue, so im trying to install a custom recovery trough odin.
Trying to put Philz on it, but when Odin has finished and reset the tablet, its dead again , and nothing happend.
Wont turn on by the power button, only after 5min connected to a PC.
I have the feeling the internal storage has crashed and broke.
I OFFER 50EURO to the Person that can revive this!
Good luck.
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What version of windows are you using? I remember having the same problem when I tried using ODIN on Windows 8.1 as that does some weird things with drivers.

Make sure to not install KIES - uninstall if installed.
"Firmware has encounterd an issue" - Odin works on that screen
In Odin uncheck auto-reboot.
Flash latest TWRP.
Wait 2 min, now unplug the tab from PC.
Press the key combo to boot into recovery directly.
Where are you from?

Help with Flashing TWRP

Hi xda, so I need help flashing TWRP on a Sprint S5. The situation : I'm trying to help a friend out who needs to backup absoultely everything on his broken S5, but in order to do that I need TWRP which I'm having trouble flashing. Odin just gets stuck on "Setup Connection" every time, and I don't know how to fix it.
The phone is in very bad condition right now. The screen doesn't display anything or respond to touch as far as I know, and the usb port seems to on the verge of dying as well. He says he has to to bend it just right to even get a connection at all, but once he does it seems like it doesn't just randomly disconnect, so there's that. He also did not have usb debugging enabled before he broke the phone, and the screen has a lock as well so we can't just go and enable it using a mouse or something.
I've flashed using odin before but obviously he doesn't have another samsung with him to test whether it's computer or the potentially damaged usb port causing the problem. Testing with another computer is not an option unfortunately. Same goes for the usb cable, this is the only one he has. I'm pretty sure the cable isn't the source of the problem though.
So far I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the usb drivers, using the other usb port on his laptop, using another version of odin (3.09,3.10,3.12.3 doesn't seem to matter),and another version of TWRP as well, running odin as administrator, going into download mode first then opening odin, and even "Home + Vol Down + Power to get into download mode but not pressing Vol Up to confirm until odin is up and running". But no matter what I do it's always stuck on setup connection.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?

If the phone is rooted download an app called Flashify. Download the img file from the twrp website and install with the app. I have had good luck with this.