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captivate starting to piss me off

i cant get kies to work,i cant root, i cant even get it to be recognized by my pc. ive installed drivers,installed .net4 and other stuff but it just wont connect to my computer. im running vista 32 bit,this sucks. any help will be greatly appreciated

It's pissed me off for months.

damn,i at least wanted to remove the bloatware,i cant even do that

Where did you get the drivers?
What cord are you using, oem, or cheap one bought some where?
Have you tried different ports?
Mikey us f ing with you he is a dev

mcord11758 said:
Mikey us f ing with you he is a dev
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It's kinda why I'm a dev.

im using the cord that came with the charger,i got the drivers off of the how to root post here on xda,i like the phone but i want flash and i want to be able to add video and music and i want to try and root

When you plug your phone into your pc what happens
Try these, click software tab
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-I897ZKAATT

To get my pc to recognize my captivate I had to use my rear usb not my front ones.
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And what is your USB settings set to? If you don't know, go to:
Settings->Applications->USB settings

I tried all of the ports and have tried usb debugging and mass storage and kies
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Try different drivers. Like the link I posted. Sometimes you may have to lead your computer to the drivers. When the pop up says unknown device click on it. You will need to know where the drivers are saved. Guide it to the drivers
Or you can insist you have done everything and in which case why create a thread

i installed the drivers,now do i need to restart my computer, thx again

Then take it into an AT&T store and see if they can make an USB connection. If not, then you can get the phone replaced with one that does work.

TopDogg1 said:
i installed the drivers,now do i need to restart my computer, thx again
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Yes, always reboot after installing drivers. It's the safe bet.

Ok ill try that and see if it works...thx guys..i hope i can get this thing workin right
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that still didnt work,i have usb debugging turned on,any more suggestions

TopDogg1 said:
that still didnt work,i have usb debugging turned on,any more suggestions
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Take it to the store and have them do it. Tell em you want to put music on it and it won't connect.
From a phone

TopDogg1 said:
that still didnt work,i have usb debugging turned on,any more suggestions
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Did you pull down the notification menu click mass storage, select mount

Take a screen shot of the my computer folder
From a phone

Kies used to recognize my phone till it was on JF6 stock. Even after 2.1 update 1 JF7, it stopped connecting.

[Q] SuperOneClick broke my USB?

Well a few days I rooted with SOC worked for a couple days now USB doesn't work at all. It charges just fine but computer does not recognize an external device, nor does my SGS4G. This has been happening with multiple computers and multiple cables, which are the 2 solutions I have found. And yes, I did try restarting my phone, toggling debugging mode, toggling SD card mount, etc.
Thank you for any help I can get.

i am having the exact same issue...i will be watching this thread...sorry i can not help

AndyYankee17 said:
Well a few days I rooted with SOC worked for a couple days now USB doesn't work at all. It charges just fine but computer does not recognize an external device, nor does my SGS4G. This has been happening with multiple computers and multiple cables, which are the 2 solutions I have found. And yes, I did try restarting my phone, toggling debugging mode, toggling SD card mount, etc.
Thank you for any help I can get.
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Interesting problem. I've not used SOC so I may be useless here, but have you tried unrooting with SOC to see if it solves the problem?

If its not recognizing your external SD card have you tried reformatting it?
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stephen_w said:
Interesting problem. I've not used SOC so I may be useless here, but have you tried unrooting with SOC to see if it solves the problem?
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I can't unroot, because it connects to the phone via USB
Exodian said:
If its not recognizing your external SD card have you tried reformatting it?
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I could, but it's not recognizing a connection. When I try to tether it says "USB not recognized". I think it's more low-level than the SD card.

Have you tried downloading the drivers again?
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I don't think it's a driver issue, neither my Windows 7 box, nor my CR-48 (Chrome OS) see it as a device. If I had bad drivers it would say "unrecognized device", right? It's just allowing electricity, not data to go over the cable.

AndyYankee17 said:
I don't think it's a driver issue, neither my Windows 7 box, nor my CR-48 (Chrome OS) see it as a device. If I had bad drivers it would say "unrecognized device", right? It's just allowing electricity, not data to go over the cable.
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Have you tried a factory data reset? Heck, maybe just shut it off, remove the battery, put it back together, and hope for the best?

ok....here is what i did....power down,remove sim card and sd card...power up,plug into computer...it recognizes the phone....so it has to be the sd card i would assume...at least it worked on mine....try it,and let us know please?

stephen_w said:
Have you tried a factory data reset? Heck, maybe just shut it off, remove the battery, put it back together, and hope for the best?
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I can but it says it does not affect firmware. As far as power cycling it like that? yes
joeblow7272 said:
ok....here is what i did....power down,remove sim card and sd card...power up,plug into computer...it recognizes the phone....so it has to be the sd card i would assume...at least it worked on mine....try it,and let us know please?
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Did that, no effect.

AndyYankee17 said:
I can but it says it does not affect firmware. As far as power cycling it like that? yes
Did that, no effect.
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Yeah, my bad. I saw that in the OP and forgot. What ROM are you running on it? Would it be worth your time to flash a different ROM to see if it makes a difference?
Could be a hardware issue & possibly unrelated to SOC. I'm not a hardware guy, though, so I'm not sure what tools you need/can create to test the USB port.

stephen_w said:
Yeah, my bad. I saw that in the OP and forgot. What ROM are you running on it? Would it be worth your time to flash a different ROM to see if it makes a difference?
Could be a hardware issue & possibly unrelated to SOC. I'm not a hardware guy, though, so I'm not sure what tools you need/can create to test the USB port.
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I am running Firmware 2.2.1, kernel 2.6.32.9, Build number FROYO.VUVKD1.
I can't even send it in for warranty because it's rooted.

AndyYankee17 said:
I am running Firmware 2.2.1, kernel 2.6.32.9, Build number FROYO.VUVKD1.
I can't even send it in for warranty because it's rooted.
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I can only assume CWM isn't installed, eh? If not, then I had to admit I'm at a loss. I don't know hardware so I'm not sure what you would use or how you would use it to test the USB port.

Well, sorry my way didn't help...i tried for you buddy...
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Well, what's CWM?

AndyYankee17 said:
Well, what's CWM?
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I probably can't give you a great explanation, but CWM is the ClockWork recovery Mod. It's a mo-better recovery mode for the phone.
Take a peek at a better definition here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172628
Thanks to golmar88 for putting that together.

if you were to use superone click always use rage against the cage...
also if you have issues with your phone stick it in download mode and plug it into the pc if it was a rom issue your pc would pick it up as download mode is done by the bootloaders not the rom... if it sill not working eather a you have a faluty cable can happen b you do have messed up drivers c you have a debunk usb port... if you still have root access.. you can still instal a new rom just goto krylons cwm final thread use search kinda hard to miss its called KRYLONS CWM FINAL download the files stick them on your sd card ... eather downoad to yuour device directly or use a usb card reader..
oh and for odin to work right 99 percent of the time yuo gotta plug the usb cable into the PORT YOU INSTALLED THE DRIVERS ON

Well, I was able to get USB recognized ONCE, on my laptop that I use for the charging. So, it gets plugged in every day and got recognized once. Unable to reproduce.

I have the same issue, have you tried going settings>wireless and network > Usb utilities click connect storage to PC and then connect the usb cable?
mine says mtp connected but windows still doesn't recognize it

Im having the same.problem to...once i used super one click my computer won't recognize my phone...i have the same builds as you...and even tried to change my drivers...nothing worked...im stuck too...
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[Q] LG USB Driver won't install successfully

Okay I have search XDA and LG AND google search for this problem and have not found any solution to what I'm going through. Here's a little background on my phone
T-Mobile G2x rooted with the ROM HellFire Phoenix V2.1
Before today I was able to mount my SD card to my computer with no problem seeing I've had the phone since it came out. Today my computer showed it was installing the drivers but gave me a message "device drive was not successfully installed...usb composite device failed. Now I have used different usb ports and different usb cables and my computer is STILL giving me the same message!
I have even uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them and still coming up with the same issue. I even restarted my computer after each and I keep coming to the same issue. Can someone please give me a solution to this frustrating problem? It would be greatly appreciated!

Same exact issue except on 2.2
I think you mean HFP, hfs is only up to 1.7
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What about USB debugging is it checked? try the opposite of what it is with a reboot, also link where the drivers are being downloaded from.
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mt3g said:
What about USB debugging is it checked? try the opposite of what it is with a reboot, also link where the drivers are being downloaded from.
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Yeah I made sure USB debugging is indeed checked, and when you say try the opposite meaning what? uncheck debugging...reboot then check it again?
The drivers are being downloaded from the LG Mobile Support tool program that downloads and installs the latest drivers. Which can be found here http://www.lg.com/us/support/mobile-devices/phone-support
I even posted on the LG forum as well, got a response from an employee who told me basically what I had been doing, uninstalling , restart the computer, reinstall, restart again and then connect my device and STILL the same message. I have no idea why its doing this, its never done this before unless there was a new Windows update or something but there hasn't been. Oh and my Windows is Vista by the way in case anyone was wondering.

I used B2CAppSetup.exe From LG. I was having the exact same issue, this solved it. I uploaded it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?e2vnaw5a0ljljj4
EDIT: Vista or Seven - make sure you right-click the .exe and Run As Administrator.

I had the same issue with HFS so I just started taking the card out of my phone and putting it directly into the computer.

I had this issue a while back after re-installing the drivers. Plug the phone in and the little systray icon would tell me the usb composite device failed.
What worked was going to the device manager and installing drivers from there, but instead of browsing to the drivers as I tried many times the solution was letting Windows choose. It popped up with two choices the generic usb composite device and the LG phone. Picked the phone and I was good to go.
Hope this helps someone and if it does please hit the thanks button.

TorrentzRock said:
I used B2CAppSetup.exe From LG. I was having the exact same issue, this solved it. I uploaded it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?e2vnaw5a0ljljj4
EDIT: Vista or Seven - make sure you right-click the .exe and Run As Administrator.
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Thats the exact program I have been using and I still have the same issue, I'm thinking of just going back to another ROM since it seems to be an issue with HFP then I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with this issue.

On the stock ROMs you had to set it for USB file sharing only and then actually enable file sharing once it's plugged in. I can't try anything but a stock ROM (running BB 3/2012) at the moment.
Not sure if HF is the same way.....

Antivirus
Once I had driver issues because of an overzealous Antivirus. Try uninstalling the drivers, restart, disable the antivirus, and reinstall.

I have a question for you guys, I tried restoring to a previous Hellfire ROM i backed up thinking that would work and it didn't.
So what happens if I can't get this to work? Without me being able to access my external/internal SD cards I can't load a new ROM or anything even if i wanted to unroot the phone and get another one from T-Mobile I can't or can I?
Is there any other way to restore back to factory settings without connecting to my PC? This is highly frustrating and i have NO idea why my phone and PC aren't working together like they did before in the past.

Did you run as administrator?
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Yes i have done everything. Run as administrator, restarting my computer after every uninstall and re-install of the drivers, made sure USB debugging was checked, even restored a previous ROM i saved thru clockwork-mod and when i connect the phone through the USB to my computer i keep getting the USB composite device failed.
Nothing seems to work, so I'm thinking of just accepting that its not going to work and save up and get a new phone eventually which sucks cause since rooting the G2x I love it more than when it was stocked.
quest4fire said:
Did you run as administrator?
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Sometimes switching cables help. Once i used a blackberry micro hdmi cable and had problems until i switched to a LG cable. Also running Win 7 in win xp mode helps.
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quest4fire said:
Sometimes switching cables help. Once i used a blackberry micro hdmi cable and had problems until i switched to a LG cable. Also running Win 7 in win xp mode helps.
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Tried that already still doesn't work and I'm on a Vista computer don't have access to Win 7 so suggesting that won't help at all.
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Ok mshoney6, Here is your solution: (you can thank me later)
After much digging and searching, searching, searching I found this driver and I uploaded it for you. Get it HERE: http://www.mediafire.com/?ahc3iklqmoa0gnc
First, go to your control panel > add/remove programs > and uninstall ANYTHING LG! This includes the Mobile Support Tool.
Second, make sure your phone and USB cable are not connected to your pc.
Now, right-click the file you downloaded above and "Run As Administrator".
DONE! Connect your phone to the PC and Viola!

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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Infuse not connecting to PC, but charging

I just bought a used infuse today, and it works perfectly besides that it wont sync up to the computer. If connected to the computer it will charge fine, and the computer shows an unknown USB device has been connected. I downloaded Kies mini to 2 different computers try to get it to work but it does not.. I have tried 3 different cables, all of which charge but do not sync. Both computers used are running windows 7 ultimate, 1 cord is an OEM htc, one is the oem samsung, and the other is an ebay one. I have gone into USB and tried debugging and kies. Nothing works!! Help!

Ask92 said:
I just bought a used infuse today, and it works perfectly besides that it wont sync up to the computer. If connected to the computer it will charge fine, and the computer shows an unknown USB device has been connected. I downloaded Kies mini to 2 different computers try to get it to work but it does not.. I have tried 3 different cables, all of which charge but do not sync. Both computers used are running windows 7 ultimate, 1 cord is an OEM htc, one is the oem samsung, and the other is an ebay one. I have gone into USB and tried debugging and kies. Nothing works!! Help!
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uninstall all drivers that you have tried...go here and download the Infuse drivers and reinstall...kk see if that helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610374

If you can't get it going you could probably do a warranty claim since you just bought it today...the infuse comes with a year warranty from Samsung
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@ bigjoe2675Thank you for that link, I downloaded:
SGH-i997_Infuse4G_USB_Drivers
(Sorry i cant post links)
Then installed it onto my comp. Then reattached the phone and it did the same unknown device thing so I manually took it to the installed driver and it said everything is functioning fine.... It is saying it is an unknown device and it cant find the drivers.
@mg2195
I bought it from a 3rd party, so no warranty. The only real reason I want to connect to my PC is to upgrade to gingerbread.

try the one click lb3 by qkster same place where you got my drivers...one click heimdall uses diff drivers...it will put the latest GB on there....kk
Ask92 said:
@ bigjoe2675Thank you for that link, I downloaded:
SGH-i997_Infuse4G_USB_Drivers
(Sorry i cant post links)
Then installed it onto my comp. Then reattached the phone and it did the same unknown device thing so I manually took it to the installed driver and it said everything is functioning fine.... It is saying it is an unknown device and it cant find the drivers.
@mg2195
I bought it from a 3rd party, so no warranty. The only real reason I want to connect to my PC is to upgrade to gingerbread.
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bigjoe2675 said:
try the one click lb3 by qkster same place where you got my drivers...one click heimdall uses diff drivers...it will put the latest GB on there....kk
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Ok I am installing SuperOneClick now.

Ok so I installed one click, then went to forcefully install drivers and the phone then went into USB mode and windows said it was installing drivers, while the phone said it was connected. After about 10 minutes of it doing this I figured something was up so I restarted both of them...Now I get what it is shown in the picture.

Ok now I have it to the point on the phone where when I plug in the cord I can choose kies, media player, and mass storage. But no matter what I pick on the computer does not respond, still just shows that its an unknown device.

Ask92 said:
Ok I am installing SuperOneClick now.
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Ask92 said:
Ok so I installed one click, then went to forcefully install drivers and the phone then went into USB mode and windows said it was installing drivers, while the phone said it was connected. After about 10 minutes of it doing this I figured something was up so I restarted both of them...Now I get what it is shown in the picture.
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Lol I think you misinterpreted bigjoe...he meant heimdal uclb3 one click back to stock not superoneclick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
You will probably get better luck with that then superoneclick
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Well now it is set to where if its plugged into the computer it will charge immediatly and at all times. However IF I can get it to go into USB mode with the computer(Not really sure why it does, but sometimes the computer recognizes it and I can use mas storage but never Kies). Anyway if it goes into USB mass storage mode and i unplug the cable and plug it into an AC plug quickly the phone will think its still mass storaging with a computer but is actually only charging off of the ac socket....
Seems to be pure software to me as it will get a full charge off of AC when tricked into thinking its in USB mode.

Have you checked usb debuegging in settings??
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McAwesome said:
Have you checked usb debuegging in settings??
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I am not entirely sure how to check the settings... It seems now that when it wont charge all i have to do restart it and it will charge perfectly...

Usb debugging is under apps -> development. But that's not it as your Pc simply doesn't recognize it.
I would keep playing with the drivers.. for now it's your best chance
Sent from my sweet and buttery Infuse

No my PC will recognize it once and a while now.... Kies just never works. and it doesnt always charge and/or recognize.

I have never liked kies personally. It gives me the spine that it causes more bad than good.
I would say your phone's mini usb slot is damaged
Sent from my sweet and buttery Infuse

Same happens to my boss and the Tech Support say that is a hardware malfunction on the USB, he go to the store and they replace is infuse.

Happened to me the other day..
Don't really know what fixed mine.. I am on AOKP ics and loaded a gb rom onto the SD card through my laptop and reflashed it.. ended up getting stuck in red cwm.. I was able to select "reboot in download" and when it rebooted, my laptop instantly started installing new drivers, then I reverted to stock with gtg unbrick and reflashed my current rom and all was well.. not sure if that will help at all.. probably won't, but it might be something to look into..
If it reads sometimes and and sometimes it doesn't, I am inclined to believe the USB port is failing..
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