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I cant't connect my phone to my PC

Hi,
I am having issues connecting my phone to my PC in order to S-Off. I have unlocked the bootloader using HTC-Dev and installed Albinoman's ROM. I have tried the following to remedy the issue:
1 - uninstalled/Installed the universal drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998650
2- Installed/uninstalled HTC sync (I recieve this error while installing: HTC driver Installer 4.01.001' failed)
3 - Updated Java
4 - restarted the computer
5 - Debugging is on
6- using a USB 2 Port
7 - tried another computer using the universal drivers.
8 - Reflashed the ROM without wipe

kapateh said:
Hi,
I am having issues connecting my phone to my PC in order to S-Off. I have unlocked the bootloader using HTC-Dev and installed Albinoman's ROM. I have tried the following to remedy the issue:
1 - uninstalled/Installed the universal drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998650
2- Installed/uninstalled HTC sync (I recieve this error while installing: HTC driver Installer 4.01.001' failed)
3 - Updated Java
4 - restarted the computer
5 - Debugging is on
6- using a USB 2 Port
7 - tried another computer using the universal drivers.
8 - Reflashed the ROM without wipe
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i remember you mate
so you have done a lot of things and still you can't connect your device to the pc
have you considered that probably could be a hardware failure?
have you tried to run a ruu.exe or flash a different rom?

S-On
rzr86 said:
i remember you mate
so you have done a lot of things and still you can't connect your device to the pc
have you considered that probably could be a hardware failure?
have you tried to run a ruu.exe or flash a different rom?
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I have considered hardware failure however I am hoping it isn't, as I have treated my phone with extreme care! :crying:
I don't know what 'ruu.exe' is, also what other ROM would you recommend which simply installs on S-On phones that I could quickly try.
Many Thanks for the help

kapateh said:
I have considered hardware failure however I am hoping it isn't, as I have treated my phone with extreme care! :crying:
I don't know what 'ruu.exe' is, also what other ROM would you recommend which simply installs on S-On phones that I could quickly try.
Many Thanks for the help
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For all things RUU,look HERE

malybru said:
For all things RUU,look HERE
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also you can use any rom for flashing even with S-ON
it doesn't matter if you are on S-ON or S-OFF

[Q] S-OFF'ing the HTC One S4 - Fastboot not working

Hi everyone,
I need a little help here as I find myself stuck between a lot of possibilities and I don't know which one to take or generally what to do.
My girlfriend has an HTC One S4 with unlocked bootloader (HBOOT 2.15), recovery installed, running Viper ROM 3.1.
However because she only has the 1.15 RADIO on the device it tends to reboot quite a lot and she can't have a phone that reboots that often to use on a daily basis.
I want to S-OFF the device so I can upgrade the RADIO.
I've heard of Moonshine method and rumrunner method, however both of these only work with fastboot drivers installed and working.
This is not the case for her S4. I have a desktop (win 8.1, with USB 2 and USB 3.0) and a laptop (win 8.0 with only USB 3).
And none of them can find the device when it is connected while in fastboot. Therefore I can't S-OFF the device that way..
Could anyone point me in the right direction or have some suggestions on what to do?

Hammerbak said:
This is not the case for her S4. I have a desktop (win 8.1, with USB 2 and USB 3.0) and a laptop (win 8.0 with only USB 3).
And none of them can find the device when it is connected while in fastboot. Therefore I can't S-OFF the device that way..
Could anyone point me in the right direction or have some suggestions on what to do?
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Did you try a Ubuntu Live CD? That's what I had to do to get things working reliably.
How did you install fastboot and adb?

808phone said:
Did you try a Ubuntu Live CD? That's what I had to do to get things working reliably.
How did you install fastboot and adb?
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No I haven't tried with an Ubuntu Live CD, and tbh I'm not that well known in the Linux systems.
Well I installed the Google Drivers from the "Android SDK Manager" and I tried a lot of different methods I found on posts alike.
The problem is that neither of my two computers can find the device when it's connected and in fastboot.

Hammerbak said:
No I haven't tried with an Ubuntu Live CD, and tbh I'm not that well known in the Linux systems.
Well I installed the Google Drivers from the "Android SDK Manager" and I tried a lot of different methods I found on posts alike.
The problem is that neither of my two computers can find the device when it's connected and in fastboot.
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How about using some friends computer /laptop?

LS.xD said:
How about using some friends computer /laptop?
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Well I guess I could try out her PC when I get home later today, but I doubt there will be a lot of difference.
However her PC runs Win 7. I will return here as soon as I know more!

Hammerbak said:
Well I guess I could try out her PC when I get home later today, but I doubt there will be a lot of difference.
However her PC runs Win 7. I will return here as soon as I know more!
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Is it a unbranded phone hboot 2.15 eu ??
For me Facepalm was the only wotking one.

The biggest problem is that without adb and fastboot working, you probably won't get anywhere.
The reason I mentioned the Ubuntu live CD is that I have working fastboot and adb and still had problems with windows 7.
I finally created the Ubuntu live CD (actually USB) and it worked. It doesn't take too long to create the live CD/USB and it's worth a try.

LS.xD said:
Is it a unbranded phone hboot 2.15 eu ??
For me Facepalm was the only wotking one.
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Well tbh I don't know if it is unbranded - Since I don't know what that term means.
We live in Denmark and I think she got the phone from germany - bought on a sale somewhere.
Whenever it was booting up (before I rooted and unlocked the bootloader) it came with a splash screen saying "T-Mobile".
Does that mean it is branded to T-Mobile?
808phone said:
The biggest problem is that without adb and fastboot working, you probably won't get anywhere.
The reason I mentioned the Ubuntu live CD is that I have working fastboot and adb and still had problems with windows 7.
I finally created the Ubuntu live CD (actually USB) and it worked. It doesn't take too long to create the live CD/USB and it's worth a try.
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The LiveCD/LiveUSB sounds like an idea and will be my first attempt after "trying" Win 7.
Does the moonshine S-OFF method only support Stock ROM/Firmwares?
I guess I am to try the rumrunner method once on the LiveCD/LiveUSB.
Thanks in advance and again I will return when I know more

Hammerbak said:
Well tbh I don't know if it is unbranded - Since I don't know what that term means.
We live in Denmark and I think she got the phone from germany - bought on a sale somewhere.
Whenever it was booting up (before I rooted and unlocked the bootloader) it came with a splash screen saying "T-Mobile".
Does that mean it is branded to T-Mobile?
The LiveCD/LiveUSB sounds like an idea and will be my first attempt after "trying" Win 7.
Does the moonshine S-OFF method only support Stock ROM/Firmwares?
I guess I am to try the rumrunner method once on the LiveCD/LiveUSB.
Thanks in advance and again I will return when I know more
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moonshine only supports "supported" firmware versions listed on the moonshine.io homepage (page 3)..

LS.xD said:
moonshine only support "supported" firmware listed on the homepage...
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So I will be using rumrunner then..
Thanks however.

Hammerbak said:
So I will be using rumrunner then..
Thanks however.
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wish you best luck

LS.xD said:
wish you best luck
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I am sitting on a LiveUSB right now, but I find that the instructions on the rumrunner webpage doesn't work.
Any suggestions?
It goes through the first steps and I will get to answer ''Yes'' twice.
After a please wait message I get: "ERROR: run rumrunner again and READ (no adb connection to device. Debugging on? Drivers?)
I followed the instructions to perfection. Will I need to install drivers on Linux?

Hammerbak said:
I am sitting on a LiveUSB right now, but I find that the instructions on the rumrunner webpage doesn't work.
Any suggestions?
It goes through the first steps and I will get to answer ''Yes'' twice.
After a please wait message I get: "ERROR: run rumrunner again and READ (no adb connection to device. Debugging on? Drivers?)
I followed the instructions to perfection. Will I need to install drivers on Linux?
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Do you have USB Debugging on? When you are booted into the phone and connected to the computer. Type adb devices and see if it returns a valid value (not offline).
No, you don't have to install drivers on Linux. Also I never was able to get anything but moonshine.io working.

808phone said:
Do you have USB Debugging on? When you are booted into the phone and connected to the computer. Type adb devices and see if it returns a valid value (not offline).
No, you don't have to install drivers on Linux. Also I never was able to get anything but moonshine.io working.
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Well USB debugging is enabled on the device, however it doesn't show the USB debugging icon on the phone that it does when connected to a Windows PC.
I will try to check is ADB is active later tonight.

[Q] OPO Root problem. Device not found

Hello everyone,
I've been a member since the I had my Sony Xperia X10 and Samsung Galaxy S3 and both phones were rooted using xda forums. I greatly appreciate this community and should contribute more but I'm not that advanced as most users here. I do have a little some experience tinkering around with the computer but I'm mainly a hardware type of guy and know only a little on software.
But here is my problem. I tried a few methods of trying to root my One Plus One and had little success. I came to a conclusion that it's a driver issue. When i use the command adb devices, it wouldnt show any devices. When I look in the device manager with my OPO plugged in, the drivers are missing. I tried to manually download android sdk and install from there but still no luck. I tried using the GUI toolboxes which has the adb and drivers to install. But still came out with no luck.
Can anyone assist me with my situation? When I turn on Developer Options and checked Android Debugging and USB Debugging Notify, I would not get the message to confirm and give access to the computer. I can open all folders in Windows 7 of my OPO and I use the original data cable supplied with my phone.
Thanks in advance!

Try manually installing the correct driver in device manager. Chances are that Windows is picking a matching but incompatible driver from your old device or tries to be smart.

d4fseeker said:
Try manually installing the correct driver in device manager. Chances are that Windows is picking a matching but incompatible driver from your old device or tries to be smart.
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Sorry for the noob question, but where would I find the drivers?

archanphel said:
Sorry for the noob question, but where would I find the drivers?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386956
I know OPO isn't listed but the driver works for OPO.

is that for windows 8.1? I'm running windows 7

archanphel said:
is that for windows 8.1? I'm running windows 7
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Works on Windows 7 as well, thats why its called "Universal"
and read more carefully the thread says,
2 & 64 Bit Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP - Attached to this post!
MD5: 5B9EA9C73066E8F655D14BBA8318C176
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zephiK said:
Works on Windows 7 as well, thats why its called "Universal"
and read more carefully the thread says,
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Yup, sorry about that. I figured it out by the step by step tutorial. Thanks
I have successfully rooted my phone. Thanks again for all the help!

Nexus 5 probably briked (adb/fastboot not work)

I have problem starting my nexus 5 (Stock, android 6.0)
Boot stopping on Google logo. However adb unavailable (adb devices shows nothing, but USB debugging enabled in Dev settings)
Ok, when I go to fastboot menu fastboot devices shows nothing too
hxxp://i.imgur.com/gH9G7SS.jpg
I tried this under Windows 8.1 and Xubuntu
On Windows phone displayed as "Unknown USB device", but Windows decline offer to update driver for this device (aka "My system driver up to date")
I also tried to wipe data through recovery, but it returned error - couldn't mount /cache, /data and /system
Please help.

Have you tried under Windows 7? I don't know or use Linux and I also have problems with Windows 8 so I downgraded my machine to Windows 7 and stays on 7.

uninstall and reinstall the drivers in Windows.

Use Wugfresh's Nexus Root Toolkit button "Install & test drivers" - it guides you through the setup of your Windows drivers. I also had problems with Windows 8, though I think that 8.1 was ok, and on Windows 10 I have no driver problems.

blanco2701 said:
uninstall and reinstall the drivers in Windows.
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ok, HOW?

audit13 said:
Have you tried under Windows 7? I don't know or use Linux and I also have problems with Windows 8 so I downgraded my machine to Windows 7 and stays on 7.
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On Windows 7 the same behaviour

Not sure what to suggest but you need to get it recognized so you can unlock the bootloader and flash a stock ROM.

io_zhik said:
ok, HOW?
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Start the device in bootloader mode... Look for DEVICE MANAGER in Windows, connect the phone and look for it on the list. Right click and UNINSTALL (probably Unknown USB device).
Disconnect the phone and reconnect it, it should install by itself and start working. If it works you might have to do the same while the phone is in bootloader mode.
If this doesn't work, try installing Wugfresh's nexus root toolkit, it guides you through everything, including installing/updating windows drivers. A lot of experienced users don't like the toolkit since you don't actually learn much by using it. The way I see it is as a tool (as it's name says) that does all the work for you while you sit back and relax, and so far it has worked well most of the time, specially when doing what you want to do, do a fresh install of Android.

You could also try updating the Windows drivers using the drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...nt/adb-fb-apx-driver-universal-naked-t2513339

"If this doesn't work, try installing Wugfresh's nexus root toolkit"
Is there an echo in here...?
Does anyone actually bother to read previous posts? There were only 7...

dahawthorne said:
"If this doesn't work, try installing Wugfresh's nexus root toolkit"
Is there an echo in here...?
Does anyone actually bother to read previous posts? There were only 7...
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Is there a problem with agreeing with you?

Not if you have the courtesy to add "as suggested earlier by..."

dahawthorne said:
Not if you have the courtesy to add "as suggested earlier by..."
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I didn't know you where the first one to ever suggest the toolkit. By your logic, you too should have quoted whoever suggested the app before you, even if it was in another forum.
Anyways, since you actually took your time to complain about it, and to make you feel better, I'll say sorry. wtf lol
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io_zhik said:
ok, HOW?
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Back to the topic, did you find your solution?

Unable to unlock bootloader

As the title says, i cant manage to unlock the bootloader. My device is GM1910, i am running 9.5.10 GM21AA. i went to OB2 but then rolled back and decided i wanted to unlock and root, but for some reason i cannot. followed all the proper guides, tried the adb method, but when i type fastboot oem unlock, it just says waiting for device. I also tried the all-in-one tool and same problem, the moment i check for bootloader status, the application hangs. has anyone faced this issue before? could use some help. Thanks
Using the OP cable and tried on both USB 3 and 2

linx1287 said:
As the title says, i cant manage to unlock the bootloader. My device is GM1910, i am running 9.5.10 GM21AA. i went to OB2 but then rolled back and decided i wanted to unlock and root, but for some reason i cannot. followed all the proper guides, tried the adb method, but when i type fastboot oem unlock, it just says waiting for device. I also tried the all-in-one tool and same problem, the moment i check for bootloader status, the application hangs. has anyone faced this issue before? could use some help. Thanks
Using the OP cable and tried on both USB 3 and 2
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If your on sprint you cant unless you pay off the phone or have it active for 50days. Not sure about t-mobile. heres a helpful link tho.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/discussion-sprint-oneplus-7-pro-5g-t3963319

lonewolf2k2 said:
If your on sprint you cant unless you pay off the phone or have it active for 50days. Not sure about t-mobile. heres a helpful link tho.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/discussion-sprint-oneplus-7-pro-5g-t3963319
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Sorry but mine isnt any carrier phone GM1910 is the chinese international running GM21AA

Sounds more like a USB connectivity issue, than a problem with the device. Try the command: fastboot devices
And if it just hangs, then you don't have USB fastboot connectivity.
To be clear, the phone is booted to bootloader-fastboot mode (which is required for fastboot commands)?

You need the latest windows 10 drivers, adb & fastboot. And off course Open Beta it's still young... meanning sh.. could happen.

redpoint73 said:
Sounds more like a USB connectivity issue, than a problem with the device. Try the command: fastboot devices
And if it just hangs, then you don't have USB fastboot connectivity.
To be clear, the phone is booted to bootloader-fastboot mode (which is required for fastboot commands)?
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null0seven said:
You need the latest windows 10 drivers, adb & fastboot. And off course Open Beta it's still young... meanning sh.. could happen.
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Yes adb devices does register and adb reboot bootloader command does take me to the bootloader, but when i tried the fastboot devices it didnt register, so i think you are on to something. I will check again once i get home today. Thanks
I was on open beta, i reverted to 9.5.10 Pie in order to unlock bootloader and root.
If its not too much trouble, could you link me to the drivers (i would ask adb too but seeing as it works when i do adb devices command, i think thats working fine)? Thanks

Platform tool 2.9.0.4 (adb-fastboot), latest
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...stall-adb-fastboot-mac-linux-windows-0164225/

null0seven said:
Platform tool 2.9.0.4 (adb-fastboot), latest
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...stall-adb-fastboot-mac-linux-windows-0164225/
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Thanks. This was the version i was working with yesterday. Could you link me to the usb drivers i might need? Since response stops at fastboot i am assuming the drivers are to blame

One thing you can try, on Windows go to Device Manager, find the phone, and pick the option to update the drivers. Select the drivers manually (don't let Windows find the drivers automatically). Then the one called Generic Android Device (or something like that).
I sometimes have to do this, to get Windows to work with adb/fastboot.
This is all on my old Windows 7 machine. So if you have Win 10, it might be a bit different.

redpoint73 said:
One thing you can try, on Windows go to Device Manager, find the phone, and pick the option to update the drivers. Select the drivers manually (don't let Windows find the drivers automatically). Then the one called Generic Android Device (or something like that).
I sometimes have to do this, to get Windows to work with adb/fastboot.
This is all on my old Windows 7 machine. So if you have Win 10, it might be a bit different.
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Thank you. You were right about the driver issue....going through the device manager yielded the driver situation. Had to enable debugging to finally let the driver install. I completely forgot about this. I had to do this same thing when i had to unlock bootloader and twrp for my HTC 10.
Now that i am done with this, a few final things i would like to clear out....doing the local update on root to restore stock system is still valid right? and if i want to go full stock from say custom roms like los and so on, a flash through MSM tool? Will doing that also relock the bootloader? Sorry for all the noob questions and thanks in advance.

Local upgrade works with/without root or twrp.
MSM tool revert youre phone like it's out of the factory. Bootloader locked, no root, no twrp.
If you come back to Oos from custom roms you need to Format Data (this will wipe ALL in youre phone. everything).