Hi there,
I am writing to look for kind help from you guys on the i601 which was wrongly updated with a i608 ROM and was caused to possess no phone function at all, though it can be powered on to the home screen with some basic functions like file exploring. Now it has no phone function, and lots of other functions like power signal, user configuration menu, and etc. are not working either. The worst is it doesn't respond when I connect it with my PC via ActiveSync (seems the USB port is not funcitoning as well).
I'm not sure what kind of information should be given to let you guys better understand the symptoms but here is a few of information that might be a little bit insightful:
By keying in *#1546792*#:
Windows Mobile 6 Standard
CE OS 5.2.1620 (Build 18125.0.4.2)
Radio Version 0
RIL Version 2.002
... ...
By entering into Setting mode:
PDA Version
i608ZTGI2
Phone Version
(it is left blank )
Eboot Version
i608ZTGI2
I would love to see if you can shred me a light if and how I can fix it. All kind of help is highly appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Did You try flash with wce downloader? Your phone is recognized by Windows in BootLoader mode? correct? then flash with i601 rom
PS: sorry i don't use english - is not my default language... but i try
thorn_pl said:
Did You try flash with wce downloader? Your phone is recognized by Windows in BootLoader mode? correct? then flash with i601 rom
PS: sorry i don't use english - is not my default language... but i try
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Hi Thorn_pl,
I am always grateful and thankful to see a reply from someone who are trying to help others. Thanks a lot in advance for your kind advice.
To be exact, now the phone cannot be recognized by ActiveSync after plugging in through the USB port. I check through the files inside the phone and found that many sub-folders under Windows are empty, such as:
/My Device/ConnMgr
/My Device/Documents and Settings/default
/My Device/Documents and Settings/Samsung
/My Device/Program Files/Connections
/My Device/Windows/Activesync/ (only one file named CtrlLog)
/My Device/Windows/Systems/ (only some empty folders like CertDtls, ConfigMgr, DumpFiles, SQM, CabQueue)
Can someone be kind enough to teach me how to at least make it connectable with ActiveSync so that I can try flashing again a ROM to this phone?
Also if it can be done, I need to locate where i601 ROM would be available.
Thanks in advance!!!
hi
u are welcome
if u turn your smartphone in bl mode and connect to usb - is recognized? if is possitive then flash it
sorry but i go somewhere to drink becuase i have birthday today
greetz
thorn_pl said:
Did You try flash with wce downloader? Your phone is recognized by Windows in BootLoader mode? correct? then flash with i601 rom
PS: sorry i don't use english - is not my default language... but i try
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Hi Thorn_pl,
Sorry for bothering you again, would you tell me what you mean by wce downloader? Is it a program that I can use in my case? Where can I find this program?
What is BootLoader mode?
Where can I download official i601 ROM? I tried to search on web but couldn't find any info about this strange version - i601.
Thanks again.
thorn_pl said:
hi
u are welcome
if u turn your smartphone in bl mode and connect to usb - is recognized? if is possitive then flash it
sorry but i go somewhere to drink becuase i have birthday today
greetz
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Happy birthday to you!!! Have fun and a good time!!!
i believe the i601 is the same as the i607... try flashing a custom i607 rom.
dermann said:
i believe the i601 is the same as the i607... try flashing a custom i607 rom.
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Hi dermann,
Thankyou for the reply.
The first headache to me is now my PC doesn't recognize the phone through the USB port. I have been looking around on the web and found some Samsung USB Driver files and had them installed in my PC. But it doesn't help at all, my phone cannot be recognized correctly (a few times it was recognized as Unknown Device). So when I power on my phone on BL mode and link it with WCEDownloader trying to flash, the START button is disabled.
I don't know if there can be solutions to make my PC recognize the phone again and am really frustrated at the moment. The only good thing is now I basically know how to flash a Samsung mobile phone and have collected bunches of ROMs and software.
See if someone know how to troubleshoot it.
Anyway, thanks a lot.
ok I have an idea... but I'm at work at the moment. when I get home I'll see if my idea does anything. I'll let you know.
edit!!! was just thinking. what os is your computer running? xp, vista, w7...
if your phone comes up as unknown device, that's better than nothing. here's what i'm going to do... i'll up load the usb drivers from my 607, and we'll see if that changes anything.
edit#2!!! ok here they are, along with the usb registry. put .dll's in windows folder on phone and import the .reg using a registry editor. soft reset after you do all that. let me know how things go.
dermann said:
ok I have an idea... but I'm at work at the moment. when I get home I'll see if my idea does anything. I'll let you know.
edit!!! was just thinking. what os is your computer running? xp, vista, w7...
if your phone comes up as unknown device, that's better than nothing. here's what i'm going to do... i'll up load the usb drivers from my 607, and we'll see if that changes anything.
edit#2!!! ok here they are, along with the usb registry. put .dll's in windows folder on phone and import the .reg using a registry editor. soft reset after you do all that. let me know how things go.
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Hi dermann,
Thanks for the valuable advice.
My PC is running on XP.
Last night i just uninstalled all the SAMSUNG USB Drivers I installed with the following driver pack I could located on earth:
Samsung CDMA Driver
Samsung Composite Drivers
Samsung USB Driver MCCI 4.34 WHQL
Samsung CDMA Modom 4.34
etc. etc.
Typically a shoot in the dark. Haha...
Now I will try to re-install them one by one to find out actually which one would be that particular driver that did at least recognize an "unknown device" (if I have luck... haha...) and make it a likely viable connection first.
There is another symptom that I didn't mention before, and it is that the phone cannot read the Micro SD card, not sure if it is me that I don't know how to explore the content on the card or it is the phone that it card-reading function is disabled as well (It is always strange when I explore the content in different folders and find out many system folders are empty... as I said before).
Let me spend some time on "wrestling" with the USB connection symptom first and the next is to see if I can make something out with your attached file.
Wish me luck.
Millions thanks again to you dermann. Will keep you posted of my status until I officially announce it a brick. Haha...
Have a nice day!
Hi Dermann,
Yet I cannot find the right USB Driver to install on my PC running XP, though the phone can read the MicroSD card now. Unfortunately after I copied all your files in the card (putting into a sub-folder), the phone can show only one file named USB, all the dll's files are now shown. And therefore I cannot really copy them into the Windows folder as you recommended. Do you know what would be the cause to this situation and how I can tackle this issue.
Anyway, it is a step closer. Thanks again and look for your generous advice.
Have a nice day.
ok, if you can install programs. try installing another file explorer like Resco Explorer, or one like it. if you use the the original explorer than the files will be hidden.
dermann said:
ok, if you can install programs. try installing another file explorer like Resco Explorer, or one like it. if you use the the original explorer than the files will be hidden.
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OK!
I will find this program and try installing into my phone right after I get back home tonight. Got to go. Time to relieve myself from this headache... Haha...
Thanks again for your prompt reply. And will get back to you tomorrow and hopefully you still have patience to help someone who is not very smart and savvy with technical stuffs like me.
Have a nice day.
dermann said:
ok, if you can install programs. try installing another file explorer like Resco Explorer, or one like it. if you use the the original explorer than the files will be hidden.
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Hi dermann,
I copied the unzipped folder to the root directory of my MicroSD card, run the "Explorer" and now it can display the content inside folders. However, the strange thing is:
I copied the unzipped files you gave me yesterday into the MicroSD card, when I use the new explorer to browse the files, still only the one named "USB" is shown and all the dlls files are hidden. I can see them only when I use the "Find" Command in the menu of Explorer (find *.*). By doing so they can be visible together with that USB file in the same folder. Unfortunately in the "Find" Menu I cannot find any command such as COPY or CUT so that I can copy them into the /Windows as you instructed.
So now I am kind of stuck at how to copy these files into the folder of \Windows.
Would love to get some kind advice from you.
Thanks a lot.
ok, sorry for the late response. just getting off a 14 hour work day. ok the file explorer... head to menu\options\general\browser, and uncheck everything. then head to the folder you have the files in and click action left soft key, and their is the copy, move, ect.. to move everything over at once click your star key "*" and check mark all the files, then copy or move them. you'll want to overwrite the files that are already their.
dermann said:
ok I have an idea... but I'm at work at the moment. when I get home I'll see if my idea does anything. I'll let you know.
edit!!! was just thinking. what os is your computer running? xp, vista, w7...
if your phone comes up as unknown device, that's better than nothing. here's what i'm going to do... i'll up load the usb drivers from my 607, and we'll see if that changes anything.
edit#2!!! ok here they are, along with the usb registry. put .dll's in windows folder on phone and import the .reg using a registry editor. soft reset after you do all that. let me know how things go.
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Dear Dermann,
Thanks for your generous advice.
The EXPLORER works exactly the way you told me. Now I've succeeded into copying all the files (named USB and the other 5 dlls files) into my phone's /WINDOWS folder.
But I cannot quite understand the next step you wrote "... and import the .reg using a registry editor..." How can it be done or it has been done already by copying all the files into /WINDOWS folder?
Maybe you can advise the next step when you are free. Sorry to have bothered you with this. You needn't give me reply when you are busy with your work or enjoy your leisure time. Just write me when you are really free and don't have better things to do, I can wait very patiently.
Thanks again and you have a nice weekend.
sirs...
i hav d sem problem hir. Cant connect my device to d computer. Iv followed d suggestions like installing a file explorer jst so usb driver and d dll's b manually installed bt d prob is, it cannot even see my files! Damn! It seemed dat my case s even worse. There r no files n my folders. Will anyone help me please...
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Dear Dermann,
Thanks for your generous advice.
The EXPLORER works exactly the way you told me. Now I've succeeded into copying all the files (named USB and the other 5 dlls files) into my phone's /WINDOWS folder.
But I cannot quite understand the next step you wrote "... and import the .reg using a registry editor..." How can it be done or it has been done already by copying all the files into /WINDOWS folder?
Maybe you can advise the next step when you are free. Sorry to have bothered you with this. You needn't give me reply when you are busy with your work or enjoy your leisure time. Just write me when you are really free and don't have better things to do, I can wait very patiently.
Thanks again and you have a nice weekend.
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send me the reg file, i'll make a .cab for you for an auto-install!
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send me the reg file, i'll make a .cab for you for an auto-install!
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Thanks so much for your kindness.
Actually after my post Dermann was kind enough to help me by sending me a CAB file that would let me "import" the registry into the system of my phone. I guess it did import the registry successfully. Unfortunately, after copying all the dll files and importing that particular registry, it didn't change the overall picture - my phone still cannot be recognized when connecting via the USB port, just "Unknown Device" is shown.
It is still a deadlock to me.
Anyway, thanks for the offer and I appreciate it very much.
Thanks.
wthayd said:
Thanks so much for your kindness.
Actually after my post Dermann was kind enough to help me by sending me a CAB file that would let me "import" the registry into the system of my phone. I guess it did import the registry successfully. Unfortunately, after copying all the dll files and importing that particular registry, it didn't change the overall picture - my phone still cannot be recognized when connecting via the USB port, just "Unknown Device" is shown.
It is still a deadlock to me.
Anyway, thanks for the offer and I appreciate it very much.
Thanks.
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i think the only option that's left is to go to a samsung service center! they have the hardware for it to restore your device to the original firmware!
When i transfer songs via usb it says this device may not be able to recognize this file do u wanna copy it anyways, i say yes and still it doesnt copy over .. help plz
EDIT : it says your phone cannot view or play this file
no answers ?
how do the rest copy music over in ics roms ?
Supposedly the MTP support is built in to Windows 7, and if you're on a Mac, you can go to www dot android dot com slash filetransfer to download a utility to transfer files (I can't post links because I'm too new, apparently).
Hello... I have an issue that I hope some one can assist me with.
Synopsis: Dropped my galaxy s6 to the point that the screen no longer functions. It is just black. So I am unable to to do anything. There are files in a folder that I hid by adding a '.' to the front of the file name. So those files are still hidden. When I access the directories via usb on my laptop and copy the folder where the files are, the hidden files are not copied.
the phone does not have USB debugging turned on...
Is there anyway for me to retrieve these files?
thank you in advance...
chiefrocka6 said:
Hello... I have an issue that I hope some one can assist me with.
Synopsis: Dropped my galaxy s6 to the point that the screen no longer functions. It is just black. So I am unable to to do anything. There are files in a folder that I hid by adding a '.' to the front of the file name. So those files are still hidden. When I access the directories via usb on my laptop and copy the folder where the files are, the hidden files are not copied.
the phone does not have USB debugging turned on...
Is there anyway for me to retrieve these files?
thank you in advance...
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Hi and thank you for using XDA Assist
About your problem, on windows before copying your files you should first unhide the hidden files in the folder options.
If you are on Linux instead you should make CTRL + H in order to unhide the files.
Hope that's help
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nilac said:
Hi and thank you for using XDA Assist
About your problem, on windows before copying your files you should first unhide the hidden files in the folder options.
If you are on Linux instead you should make CTRL + H in order to unhide the files.
Hope that's help
Regards
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Thank you for your response. I am running windows 8.1 and I am able to see the NON hidden files and directories when I connect the phone to the laptop via usb. I see the files by going to windows explorer. However the windows "Show Hidden Files" option under "folder options", does not show the android files I am hoping to UNHIDE.
Normally I would access the files on the phone, by using the phones "show hidden files" option. However that possibility is removed because the screen on the phone is completely unresponsive.
chiefrocka6 said:
Thank you for your response. I am running windows 8.1 and I am able to see the NON hidden files and directories when I connect the phone to the laptop via usb. I see the files by going to windows explorer. However the windows "Show Hidden Files" option under "folder options", does not show the android files I am hoping to UNHIDE.
Normally I would access the files on the phone, by using the phones "show hidden files" option. However that possibility is removed because the screen on the phone is completely unresponsive.
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Hi again, well that's not possible, a hidden file is a hidden file and there aren't more types of hidden files (as i know), keep also the possibility that maybe the files are no more or the File manager which you used on the SG6 to hide the files are available only through that file manager. It is really hard to work with the phone if the screen is not responding (broken)