Hey!
I don't know if this is a common issue or if there has been any possible resolution to this problem, but recently I tried to connect my phone to my Macbook using Android File Transfer, and it wouldn't connect to the phone, giving me the error no Android device found or something? I've used it before through AFT like a good while back though, several months, and it was very touch and go even then, sometimes connecting and most times not.
I googled for every possible solution, and even went as far as checking MTP was enabled, enabling USB debugging, uninstalling AFT and trying to use Smart Switch.... the list goes on.
The funny thing is, even Smart Switch refuses to see my phone and can't pick up a connection. I have ordered a new original S6 data cable just in case it is literally the cable but I'm actually doubting it's to do with the cable itself and more to do with either the phone or the software.
I'm not sure what else I can do at this point... is there any fix or solution to this? Other than the fact the battery life is pretty abysmal I do actually like this phone (when it behaves!) so I don't want to just end up giving up on it.
For now, I've been using Airdroid but it's only a temporary solution as I only get so much allocated data transfer on the free version (?) and I prefer just connecting a cable, selecting everything and pulling it over to a folder. Sigh.
FTR, my phone is not rooted (though I'm wondering if it might be worth doing so)
AFT doesn't work with the S6. Might do on Marshmallow if it ever happens. SideSync for Mac works. I installed an earlier version & had to disable whatever the new security feature is called. You might not need to with current version (4.2.0.15125_9).
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Ah, I've not heard of this. I'll look into it! Thanks.
Would be great if Marshmallow could finally be released for the S6.. been playing this waiting game for sometime now.
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AFT doesn't work with the S6. Might do on Marshmallow if it ever happens. SideSync for Mac works. I installed an earlier version & had to disable whatever the new security feature is called. You might not need to with current version (4.2.0.15125_9).
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AFT does work with the S6, but you need to have Smart Switch (and its associated drivers) completely uninstalled first.
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AFT does work with the S6, but you need to have Smart Switch (and its associated drivers) completely uninstalled first.
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I've never had smart switch installed (TBH - never heard of it till your post, this is my 1st Smasung phone) and AFT has never worked for me
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I've never had smart switch installed (TBH - never heard of it till your post, this is my 1st Smasung phone) and AFT has never worked for me
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Yeah, it's not the most reliable piece of software in my experience. Even when it works, I've had it glitch out on me while transferring files (even on a officially supported phone like a Nexus).
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AFT does work with the S6, but you need to have Smart Switch (and its associated drivers) completely uninstalled first.
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I've never had smart switch installed (TBH - never heard of it till your post, this is my 1st Smasung phone) and AFT has never worked for me
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I also had problems even before trying to install Smart Switch, so I don't entirely think it could be this.. and if even Smart Switch is not working for me then I'm not sure what it's more likely to be?
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Yeah, it's not the most reliable piece of software in my experience. Even when it works, I've had it glitch out on me while transferring files (even on a officially supported phone like a Nexus).
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So there's no particular piece of software that works properly with the S6? I also had the glitching out problems originally when I managed to connect it to the S6 but when it stopped working I haven't been able to get it connected since.
Been there, done that.
Had the same issue few week earlier. Gave up on it.
I tried everything from Samsung Kies (I do know that the S6 is not supported by that software but I was desperate), Smart Switch, SideSync, AFT...the list goes on and on.
Nothing worked out for me so now I have my MacBook Air (my primary "PC" which I have with me all the time), my Sammy phone and an USB stick to transfer files between my MB and Windows PC at home and later to my phone.
It really disappoints me that Sammy is unable to make an app that works with both Mac and Windows
PS: There is no fix for this nor will ever be until Samsung figures something out (but we all know what a crap company Samsung is when dealing with their software) so yea, you should rather save your time and do something else instead of trying to fix this (dont do the same mistake I did wasting like 2 weeks on this problem).
Damn. I figured I was hoping for too much when I decided to get another Samsung phone haha. Typical. So without a PC or something there's not much I can do about it...? I love how it's been almost a year and still no fix for this kind of problem.
Thanks anyway, if this is something that can't be helped, I guess there's not much I can do :/ I also spent a good amount of time trying to get it working about a couple weeks back but nothing worked. Guess it's a lost cause for now!
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every time I try to copy pictures, or anything actually, to my sd card on my nexus 5, I'm getting this error. it completely stops the file copy and I have to physically disconnect my phone and reconnect it to try again. I'm at a loss of what to try to get this to work. I need to get the files copied to my phone but this is making it absolutely impossible.
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every time I try to copy pictures, or anything actually, to my sd card on my nexus 5, I'm getting this error. it completely stops the file copy and I have to physically disconnect my phone and reconnect it to try again. I'm at a loss of what to try to get this to work. I need to get the files copied to my phone but this is making it absolutely impossible.
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Try installing these usb drivers http://img.media.xda-developers.com/images/XDA2013/header/xdaLogo.png and see if that works.
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Try installing these usb drivers http://img.media.xda-developers.com/images/XDA2013/header/xdaLogo.png and see if that works.
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I'm just seeing a link to the xda logo
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I'm just seeing a link to the xda logo
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Sorry http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514942.
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Sorry http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514942.
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i've tried those, and when I use that, I only get adb, I can't access it through my computer.
I get the same error trying to copy files from PC
Interesting.
I also got errors during transferring some photos across last night.
I ended up disconnecting, setting the USB connection method to the "camera" one (forget the names), this seemed to transfer the files fine. Then i needed to do some music, so disconnected and switched back to other usb method, and seemed to transfer fine after that!
MIght have to keep an eye on it!
Have you tried clearing media storage data and cache?
I have also been receiving this error when trying to drag all my photos from my mac to the N5. My previous phone was an S3 so I dragged them all to my mac and attempted to drag them to the N5.
I was partially successful but after every photo dump, I would restart the phone and that allowed me to get about half my files on the phone. Took much longer than expected. I am going to attempt to get the other half on tonight
I zipped up all my files and copied across the zip file and then unzipped them on the phone, and that worked a treat
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I have the exact same problem...not possible to transfer all my old files from N4 to N5. constant crashes which always need reconnecting USB..pissing me off...
Stylez Ray. said:
I have the exact same problem...not possible to transfer all my old files from N4 to N5. constant crashes which always need reconnecting USB..pissing me off...
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I'm still having the problem as well. I'm glad it's not just me though. I wonder if google has been alerted to the issue yet.
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I'm still having the problem as well. I'm glad it's not just me though. I wonder if google has been alerted to the issue yet.
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I'm honestly kind of pissed how there are ALWAYS issues. Nexus 4 had issues, pretty big ones, and now so does the Nexus 5. Like they really didn't test if the goddamn thing would be able to transfer files with a computer? I don't understand what the deal is with them.
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I'm honestly kind of pissed how there are ALWAYS issues. Nexus 4 had issues, pretty big ones, and now so does the Nexus 5. Like they really didn't test if the goddamn thing would be able to transfer files with a computer? I don't understand what the deal is with them.
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agreed, and I did call google tonight, they were unable to offer any sort of help. the girl on the phone sounded like it was her first day, and as someone who worked in tech support for 8 years, I sure as hell know how a fresh agent sounds. she kept trying to get me to just use google+, which I had to reply that I know I can do that, but that isn't solving the problem, she didn't seem to get it. I might call in again and see what I can find. she said she was submitting it as a bug though and that other people have been calling in about it.
I was trying to bulk copy media from pc to N5 and was getting explorer crashes on my pc
I then tried it via AirDroid and it all worked perfectly
I freaking HATE MTP
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But you guys have to realize we can't be ok with using other software or apps to transfer files! Really this is pissing me off, such an easy task as using USB to transfer files HAS to work! I hope someone finds a solution or knows what the problem is.
I tried some drivers, uninstalled and cleaned them but no success...I don't even know what causes this. Sometimes I transfer many files for like 5 minutes and it crashes, sometimes it happens just after 3 or 4 files...doesn't matter if photo or music or which kind of file, it is a random pattern.
Please don't wipe data of media storage as it kills all your ringtones!
Imagine all those Apple boys wouldn't be able to use the cable to transfer their files to the macbook! No one would say : just use an app for that...sorry!
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Imagine all those Apple boys wouldn't be able to use the cable to transfer their files to the macbook! No one would say : just use an app for that...sorry!
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so go buy an iphone
the point is, if you don't like the way something works, you have the options...use them!
oh come on...are you kidding? please think about your sentence "if you don't like the way something works"...you want to say the phone isn't meant to be used with an usb cable? are you freakin kidding me? you really can't be serious! they bundle a cable and you seriously want to tell me it's not designed to work that way?????
This is my 24th smartphone I owned and transferring files was never an issue, and as this is a basic operation one does almost every day it should just work!
yes it should, i agree with you ..I wish it were plain old usb storage
I tried MTP maybe 3 times when I got the N4 year ago and it sucked, so I stopped using it
stop banging your head against a wall and use an alternative method
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called google play support again today and the person I spoke to was another airhead. what is up with their support line basically not being able to help at all?
Hi, I have a Pixel 3 that won't turn on, won't charge, won't get into recovery mode, and gets recognized as QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx when connected to a pc. I am an ignorant regarding phones, flashing, etc... Is there any way of getting this phone to work again?
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Hi, I have a Pixel 3 that won't turn on, won't charge, won't get into recovery mode, and gets recognized as QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx when connected to a pc. I am an ignorant regarding phones, flashing, etc... Is there any way of getting this phone to work again?
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if it doesnt power on then how are you connecting to the pc? i dunno about this but you might need to do some hard troubleshooting. replace the battery and if that doesnt work then you might have a bad motherboard.
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if it doesnt power on then how are you connecting to the pc? i dunno about this but you might need to do some hard troubleshooting. replace the battery and if that doesnt work then you might have a bad motherboard.
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I'm just connecting it through USB to my pc, I have never rooted it, it was in perfect condition, the battery was healthy, it just happened overnight.
aespinal said:
I'm just connecting it through USB to my pc, I have never rooted it, it was in perfect condition, the battery was healthy, it just happened overnight.
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Oh.... Okay. In that case, get into recovery by pressing vol+ and powering on. If that doesn't work, then get into fastboot and see if your pc detects your device.
aespinal said:
Hi, I have a Pixel 3 that won't turn on, won't charge, won't get into recovery mode, and gets recognized as QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx when connected to a pc. I am an ignorant regarding phones, flashing, etc... Is there any way of getting this phone to work again?
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Interesting. I have the same problem and it started a few days back. Nothing would appear on screen, not even the charging sign if I plug it in. However, when i connect it to my PC, i get the same popup. It was a perfectly healthy phone until this. I have given it in to a repair shop here in Dubai as there's nothing much I could do with a black screen.
I have this same issue. I was able to install QFIL and the Qualcomm driver, but I can't located the firehose (.mdn of .elf?) files to complete the steps in this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-how-to-return-to-stock-flash-images-with-qfil.3901510/.
Am I on the wrong track? Should I use this as an excuse to get a 4a?
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I have this same issue. I was able to install QFIL and the Qualcomm driver, but I can't located the firehose (.mdn of .elf?) files to complete the steps in this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-how-to-return-to-stock-flash-images-with-qfil.3901510/.
Am I on the wrong track? Should I use this as an excuse to get a 4a?
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Did this just happen to you today? I'm having the same issue. Wondering if google pushed an update or had a security breach or something that killed multiple phones.
Last night around 11pm (EST). The phone was charging, I went to unlock it and nothing, just a blank screen.
Sorry to necro this thread, but this literally just happened to me over night. Did anyone find any solutions or am I SOL?
twizted786 said:
Sorry to necro this thread, but this literally just happened to me over night. Did anyone find any solutions or am I SOL?
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I was SOL. The 4a is nice ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
OK, this is really getting weird. My wife's phone just did the exact same thing. I've never seen anything like this so I thought it was an oddball thing, but this thread tells me otherwise. I wonder if the Pixel 3 is just a ticking time bomb or if we all did something to brick them. I know in my case, I just recently (2 weeks ago) replaced her charger with an Anker charger from Amazon. Figured maybe that could be part of the reason. Anyone else have any suspicions as to what might have caused the issue? I'm going to work on trying to bring it back to life or at the very least recover as much information from the device as possible, so if anyone's already working on that, please share with the group!
Another Pixel 3 here, same symptoms - died overnight last night, no visible signals on the device but plugging to a pc shows QUSB_BULK. Can't detect the device with adb. Attempts to power cycle don't seem to achieve anything.
As far as causes, no idea. It picked up the monthly update earlier in the week and was rebooted then. No change to the way it had been getting charged.
Same thing happened to my Pixel 3XL last night. Reached out to Google support and they said the only option was to get it repaired for $380. Ended up picking up a Pixel 5 today instead.
Wow! This has to be some kind of major update done by Google to brick people's phone like this. This happened on my POCO F1 phone after connecting to a OnePlus Dash Charger. Be careful guys just take warranty services and hope you will at least get a refund on the amount you have invested.
Oh wow this literally just happened to me today. I picked my phone up from my desk and checked my notifications, put it down and then picked it up 10 minutes later and it was completely bricked. This is what Device Manager shows:
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My phone was at 50-60%. I've tried everything. I guess next would be to let it die and see if it boots back up. I have some important data on this phone that wasn't backed up. I hope there's a fix .
Same thing happened to my Pixel 3 this morning. Everything was fine last night, woke up this morning and the phone won't turn on or reboot. Power button isn't responsive, Power button + Volume down to get into recovery mode is also not responsive. When I connect my phone to my PC I also get QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx.
I did some searching around and it sounds like the phone might be stuck in Emergency Download Mode? Anyone have a solution on how to fix this issue?
Phone is stuck in Qualcomm's Emergency Download (EDL) mode. We need a signed, model specific "firehose" programmer to be able to restore an OS. While some manufacturers publish these files, Google does not. Unless one leaks for our specific model, Google has just destroyed our phones and rendered them useless while we slept. Don't go out and by another Google phone because they just killed your current one.
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Anyone have any luck finding the "firehose" / "mbn" file for the pixel 3? Mine crapped out a few days ago just like others described above. It had no physical damage whatsoever.
Same thing happened to my Pixel 3 this morning. Everything was fine last night, the phone won't turn on or reboot. Power button isn't responsive, Power button + Volume down to get into recovery mode is also not responsive. When I connect my phone to my PC I also get QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx SN:xxxxxxxx.
Stuck in Emergency Download Mode? Anyone has a solution on how to fix this issue?
Anyone has the solution !! Please help !!!
Same issue here, set it on the table and came back 15 minutes later. Black screen, QUSB_BULK_CID when attached to PC USB, and reboot into recovery attempts unsuccessful. Mine also did an OTA update within the last week.
Very frustrated but more than that... have important files and can't get them off the device. Has anyone been able to retrieve their files at least?
Yeah, so I feel really dumb as I cannot figure this out and I have searched the web and here. Found some really old posts, but damn...
When I plug any USB Storage Device into my phone, I get the following:
"Security policy prevents use of USB host storage"
Any ideas? I have stuff I want to transfer off my phone and can't use an external storage or even USB to PC.
Thanks!
Talderon said:
Yeah, so I feel really dumb as I cannot figure this out and I have searched the web and here. Found some really old posts, but damn...
When I plug any USB Storage Device into my phone, I get the following:
"Security policy prevents use of USB host storage"
Any ideas? I have stuff I want to transfer off my phone and can't use an external storage or even USB to PC.
Thanks!
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Try on your pc, and you've installed USB drivers? And your phone is not rooted or anything? Once connected to pc, in phone drop down select file transfer. And see if you can transfer.
Jostian said:
Try on your pc, and you've installed USB drivers? And your phone is not rooted or anything? Once connected to pc, in phone drop down select file transfer. And see if you can transfer.
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So, here it is:
Note 20 Ultra 5G
Stock Android 11 (Sprint OTA)
Non-Rooted
I have installed the drivers and have tried to connect it. No dice.
Anything USB as far as Storage goes, it denies me. I can see the phone and it comes up, but there is NO storage listed (Internal or SD Card). In order to get what I needed, I ended up pulling the SD Card and copying things, but that was so much slower and more of a pain, I normally use my 1TB USB SSD and it is so much faster.
(https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-Portable-External-SDSSDE60-1T00-G25/dp/B08GTYFC37)
Thanks!
Maybe Q's security screwing with you... not sure.
Go into Developer options and check USB settings.
Go into drive management and connect from there; use rescan for drives option.
Sounds like a PC driver issue. Check event Viewer for errors messages.
Try another cable/port.
Does Smart switch work? Load that on the PC to get the driver.
Muck around in device manager if that doesn't work.
Very Strange, I am running TMB version of Android 11 on Note 20 Ultra and USB Storage works fine? Didn't have to do anything to enable it...
Talderon said:
Yeah, so I feel really dumb as I cannot figure this out and I have searched the web and here. Found some really old posts, but damn...
When I plug any USB Storage Device into my phone, I get the following:
"Security policy prevents use of USB host storage"
Any ideas? I have stuff I want to transfer off my phone and can't use an external storage or even USB to PC.
Thanks!
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I know this is 3 years old but I am having this exact issue. Did you ever find a solution?
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I know this is 3 years old but I am having this exact issue. Did you ever find a solution?
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Unfortunately, while I had my Note20U, I never found the solution.
Since then, I have had a Z Fold 3 and now an S23 Ultra and no issues. Not sure what happened here.
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Unfortunately, while I had my Note20U, I never found the solution.
Since then, I have had a Z Fold 3 and now an S23 Ultra and no issues. Not sure what happened here.
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Thanks for the response. Did you ever try to do a factory reset? That is what I am going to try next. I also can't enable usb debugging. Not sure if it's related.
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Thanks for the response. Did you ever try to do a factory reset? That is what I am going to try next. I also can't enable usb debugging. Not sure if it's related.
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I did reset it before I traded it in, but, alas, I didn't try to use it afterwards. Sorry mate and good luck!
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Unfortunately, while I had my Note20U, I never found the solution.
Since then, I have had a Z Fold 3 and now an S23 Ultra and no issues. Not sure what happened here.
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USB settings in Developer options?
Possible bad port PCB.
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I also faced a similar problem. with my Note 20 ultra 5G. After a long time of searching found that the "Smart Switch" App was in deep sleep. so I opened that, it was asking for an update and done. my all USB drives can be connected to my phone now.
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I also faced a similar problem. with my Note 20 ultra 5G. After a long time of searching found that the "Smart Switch" App was in deep sleep. so I opened that, it was asking for an update and done. my all USB drives can be connected to my phone now.
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Man I thought this comment was going to save me. I opened up my smart switch app. It was all up to date but my usb drive still won't connect. My wife has the exact same phone as me and when I plug it into her phone. It comes up no problem like it suppose to. I'm stomped here.
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Man I thought this comment was going to save me. I opened up my smart switch app. It was all up to date but my usb drive still won't connect. My wife has the exact same phone as me and when I plug it into her phone. It comes up no problem like it suppose to. I'm stomped here.
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Sounds like a configuration or permissions issue on your device. Check special permissions in accessibility. Try in safe mode. Try disabling Developer options temporarily. Clear system cache. Do some gookill searches, doesn't have be that same model but should be same OS version. Possibility of malware. More remotely a possibility a C port pcb failure, these rarely fail; is it clean? Inspect. A soft bristle tooth brush can be used to clean it and a blower bulb.
Play with it. Do you remember when it was first noticed? Were any updates or apps added?
This could provide clues. Relax, think of it a game, eventually you'll find.
Hey, title is very much self descriptive. After debloating and removing a lot of what i would think were not essentials for the phone, GPS STILL does work, but only on OsmAnd, and not on other aps that use the map, and even then it takes several minutes for me to find location on the map. I ASSUME that this is because i removed something that lets app interact with mobile towers to get location and instead it relies only on sattelites to know where i am however this is mere speculation. I'd like to know if anyone with a lot more knowledge than i have could point me at which apps this phone would use stock with GPS or location services so that i could reinstall them and see what exactly did i break.
Consider this a bump, but in more specific terms. Could anyone help me identify or show me a list of potential GPS-related functionality APKs that would make other map apps not work properly?
Come on dude. Re-flashing is clearly your only option.
You would be better asking in other more popular Samsung Galaxy forums for general advice.
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Come on dude. Re-flashing is clearly your only option.
You would be better asking in other more popular Samsung Galaxy forums for general advice.
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This is usually where most of the advice regarding modifying the OS and debloating came from so i suspected it was the best place to ask.
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Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device. - 0x192/universal-android-debloater
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use this and connect your phone via USB cable and enable ADB debugging in developer settings and give it perms when it pops up a prompt. Then set the 3 menus on the right to say All, Disabled/Uninstalled(Try Disabled and if it doesn't show anything try Uninstalled), and All Lists. It should show you a list of all the apps you have that you got rid of and you can press the button to get it back. It might work for you or it might not. If you mess up your phone even more its on you not me.
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Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device. - 0x192/universal-android-debloater
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use this and connect your phone via USB cable and enable ADB debugging in developer settings and give it perms when it pops up a prompt. Then set the 3 menus on the right to say All, Disabled/Uninstalled(Try Disabled and if it doesn't show anything try Uninstalled), and All Lists. It should show you a list of all the apps you have that you got rid of and you can press the button to get it back. It might work for you or it might not. If you mess up your phone even more its on you not me.View attachment 5476313
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Interesting, so that way i can keep track of which apk i removed?
Well, i just installed a maps app in the phone after having a reset from factory and.... Its working exactly like it used to? It still wont get GPS signal. Now im wondering what's going on.
hahaNSAgoBRRRR said:
Interesting, so that way i can keep track of which apk i removed?
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Yep
hahaNSAgoBRRRR said:
Well, i just installed a maps app in the phone after having a reset from factory and.... Its working exactly like it used to? It still wont get GPS signal. Now im wondering what's going on.
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Strange... maybe update the os?
You need to reflash everything with Odin *mod and start again. Sorry I cant help you as I needed it myself when I did the same with camera as I was debloating, and Im not sure how to do it.
I am, however, sure this is what you need to do. It is more than a factory reset.
Well... I did a factory reset again and this time the second that i connected the phone to the internet i downloaded a maps apk that i was using and... Yeah, it cant locate the phone, so either using only GPS no wifi the phone is hardly able to locate itself, or the phone is doing something weird about the GPS that my previous phone didn't, or the only time i accidentally dropped my phone from like 1 feet into the ground i broke something which is real unlikely, or the GPS receiver of this phone is THAT bad and my house is THAT good at blocking GPS signal.
What a weird conondrum.
I mean, crap, even google maps doesn't know where i am. Is this because i refused google's location services?
You need to reflash everything with Odin *mod and start again. Sorry I cant help you as I needed it myself when I did the same with camera as I was debloating, and Im not sure how to do it.
I am, however, sure this is what you need to do. It is more than a factory reset.
TimmyP said:
You need to reflash everything with Odin *mod and start again. Sorry I cant help you as I needed it myself when I did the same with camera as I was debloating, and Im not sure how to do it.
I am, however, sure this is what you need to do. It is more than a factory reset.
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Dont worry dude, i already did a factory reset. My problem persists with the factory reset is the current topic of trouble to me.
FACTORY RESET WILL NOT FIX. REFLASHING ROM WILL NOT FIX.
I screwed my Camera up the same way, with just removing apks. You need to reflash the slots in odin and run multi-disabler and all that again.
TimmyP said:
FACTORY RESET WILL NOT FIX. REFLASHING ROM WILL NOT FIX.
I screwed my Camera up the same way, with just removing apks. You need to reflash the slots in odin and run multi-disabler and all that again.
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Is it really "again" if i never did it to begin with?
Yes.
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Yes.
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Im a bit lost, how does this all work, what do you say i broke, and why do i need to use odin that factory reset wont fix?
idk why did I need odin when my camera stopped from doing the same thing? I flashed a new rom and went through initial setup, also did a factory reset, it still didnt work! Its a guess obviously since its not the exact same problem, but id say something similar is happening to your gps hardware.
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idk why did I need odin when my camera stopped from doing the same thing? I flashed a new rom and went through initial setup, also did a factory reset, it still didnt work! Its a guess obviously since its not the exact same problem, but id say something similar is happening to your gps hardware.
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Well, my issue so far seems to be quite similar to this one:
Is there a way to get GPS to work without Google Location Service constantly enabled?
The GPS on my Samsung Galaxy S2 cannot find my current location whenever Google Location Service is disabled. I have it disabled most of the time because my battery drains much faster when the ser...
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If I were you (op) I would reflash stock, copy everything to PC (all apps/apks) and slowly remove a few at a time and test gps as I go along. I know that would take some time but eventually you would find which ones have to do with gps. You could also make a list of all the names of the apks and throw them in your "search" on a browser and see what all you can find out about them that way..
The most detailed explanation I have ever seen of descriptions of apps is definitely xXx No Limit magisk rom for OnePlus 6,7,8 devices. The dev has a user configuration file where you choose whether you want to keep, delete, replace each apk in the entire device and he has an explanation for every single app that tells what it's used for and if it's safe to delete or not. I would search all I could, and maybe do the copy/delete apk first and see what all you can find then maybe shoot No Limit rom dev a msg asking him. IDK him personally except from here using his rom when I had a OnePlus 6t but I bet he would respond. Most people will help you out "if" they can see whoever is asking for the help has already done some work in to whatever it is themselves.
Hi!
My wife woke up this morning with a bootlooping S7 (G930F). She had scheduled the new samsung GPS update to be installed tonight.
This morning the phone showed "failed to mount /efs", similar to this image:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After showing this log, the phone went back to a android logo and it looped to the log/error again.
I tried booting it to download mode, but that seemed to have bricked the phone completely. It is no longer recognized by any PC, it doesn't react to any button press (or a combination thereof).
Do people have a similar problem with their S7 and the new stock update of Samsung? Any idea how to possibly fix this? Is there any data left on the device to salvage?
I was thinking of opening the back and trying to reconnect the battery, in the hope to get it recognized again by a PC.
Thanks!
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I tried booting it to download mode, but that seemed to have bricked the phone completely. It is no longer recognized by any PC, it doesn't react to any button press (or a combination thereof).
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Charge the battery and try again.
I'll try it without a new one first, as I'll have to buy that on aliexpress or something. However if there is nothing to salvage on the device, I don't really want to buy a new battery just to maybe get it unbricked.
i have the exact same failure with this update
I'm having the same issue. Did anyone figure this out?
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Nope, tried to open the phone and disconnect and reconnect the battery. However this sadly didn't fix it. I'm really not sure what broke in the phone, maybe the battery or maybe another part of the thing.
I've since broken down the phone in pieces, pierced the memory chips and recycled it.
Sorry for the bad news.
Fineness5618 said:
Nope, tried to open the phone and disconnect and reconnect the battery. However this sadly didn't fix it. I'm really not sure what broke in the phone, maybe the battery or maybe another part of the thing.
I've since broken down the phone in pieces, pierced the memory chips and recycled it.
Sorry for the bad news.
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Thanks for letting me know. I'm thinking about calling Samsung or the carrier since it seems like the GPS update broke the phone. I know they don't support the phone any longer but since they issued a update to it maybe they will help I'm also thinking about using odin to reload either the stock rom or a custom rom.
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Thanks for letting me know. I'm thinking about calling Samsung or the carrier since it seems like the GPS update broke the phone. I know they don't support the phone any longer but since they issued a update to it maybe they will help I'm also thinking about using odin to reload either the stock rom or a custom rom.
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Good luck! It sure seems to be Samsungs fault so you can definitely try that route.
In my case I wasnt even able to use Odin so I hope you can get it working with your device.
Fineness5618 said:
Good luck! It sure seems to be Samsungs fault so you can definitely try that route.
In my case I wasnt even able to use Odin so I hope you can get it working with your device.
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If it didn't work for you it probably won't work for me. I found this link in a reddit thread for the same issue. The person who shared it said it shows the same issue at the beginning of the video. Video seems to be how to fix it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/comments/wsclmm/_/il6ivrm
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If it didn't work for you it probably won't work for me. I found this link in a reddit thread for the same issue. The person who shared it said it shows the same issue at the beginning of the video. Video seems to be how to fix it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/comments/wsclmm/_/il6ivrm
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Yeah found that too. Didn't work for me sadly.
shaggy2 said:
If it didn't work for you it probably won't work for me. I found this link in a reddit thread for the same issue. The person who shared it said it shows the same issue at the beginning of the video. Video seems to be how to fix it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/comments/wsclmm/_/il6ivrm
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Same issue with my S5 or similar. Final software update kills the phone.
Is this related to Lineage on the phones, or are you talking about bricked phones with original stock ROM?
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Is this related to Lineage on the phones, or are you talking about bricked phones with original stock ROM?
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literally says stock in the thread name
Fineness5618 said:
Hi!
My wife woke up this morning with a bootlooping S7 (G930F). She had scheduled the new samsung GPS update to be installed tonight.
This morning the phone showed "failed to mount /efs", similar to this image:
After showing this log, the phone went back to a android logo and it looped to the log/error again.
I tried booting it to download mode, but that seemed to have bricked the phone completely. It is no longer recognized by any PC, it doesn't react to any button press (or a combination thereof).
Do people have a similar problem with their S7 and the new stock update of Samsung? Any idea how to possibly fix this? Is there any data left on the device to salvage?
I was thinking of opening the back and trying to reconnect the battery, in the hope to get it recognized again by a PC.
Thanks!
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try leaving it to charge while in recovery as kernel is loaded there and handles charging.
after device is somewhat charged download full latest firmware from samfw.com and try flashing it with odin if device gets recognized, use csc and not home csc to format data
Ok, so LOS does not use the part of the Stock ROM for GPS?
I thought, GPS, NFC, etc... are "recycled" from the original SW