I still need help with recovering data off my phone but that's not what this thread is about.
This thread is about the immediate problem I'm facing which is, well exactly what you read in the thread title.
I've tried cleaning the contacts with compressed air, a brand new paint brush to pick out any debris, plugging into different ports, different cables, no usb hubs, restarting phone, restarting computer.
I need to mention that this phone will not boot normally, or into recovery, I can't even get the phone to go into download mode by holding down the buttons. Tried it innumerable times. It will only go into download mode if I turn it on, leave it plugged into the computer or charger for a couple minutes, and SOMETIMES the screen will blink and then proceed to enter download/Odin mode and not sure if it matters but qualcom secure boot is enabled.
I have never tried any rooting, custom recovery, this thing is stock. The thread title said it all, please help.
P.S. I'm willing to build/try a Linux computer if you think it's going to see my device better than Windows, but I am not experienced with Linux, and I think odin is windows only, but heimdall could work?
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Trying to fix a friends Vibrant...
He was running jk6 software when the phone bricked itself in his pocket (?).
Now, the only thing we can do is access download mode by holding down the power button.
If I run Odin, and try to start up the phone into download mode, none of the COM Ports detect the phone, even though he is in download mode. Conventional methods don't work (Starting up ODIN, Plug in USB, hold down volume buttons). Only way I access download mode is by holding the power button down.
Any Help?
Try switching to a different USB port.
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Dimitri_010 said:
Trying to fix a friends Vibrant...
He was running jk6 software when the phone bricked itself in his pocket (?).
Now, the only thing we can do is access download mode by holding down the power button.
If I run Odin, and try to start up the phone into download mode, none of the COM Ports detect the phone, even though he is in download mode. Conventional methods don't work (Starting up ODIN, Plug in USB, hold down volume buttons). Only way I access download mode is by holding the power button down.
Any Help?
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You need to make sure the computer has the usb drivers installed. Simple plug and play won't work. Its good you can get into download mode. Look in the bible sticky and download and install the usb drivers. Also if its windows vista or 7, when you open odin don't double click it. Right click and run as administrator. Also, make sure you open odin first before you connect the phone to the computer. Good luck.
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Drivers have already been installed.
I can access download mode perfectly using my Vibrant and ODIN recognizes it, but when i plug my friends Vibrant in, thats when the problems happen.
For the record, when I plug my friends Vibrant into the USB port..a message pops up saying that one of the usb devices attached has malfunctioned (Code 43). I'm thinking this is directly related to ODIN not recognizing it (although it recognizes mine)
If you can reach download mode fear not its not an issue with the phone its definitely a problem with the drivers or maybe even try a different usb cable.
Yea, but I can only reach download mode. Phone will not boot into recovery, or even start up, just download mode lol. And i dont think its the USB, seeing as how i can plug in my other Vibrant and odin detects it immediately (on the same computer).
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Yea, but I can only reach download mode. Phone will not boot into recovery, or even start up, just download mode lol. And i dont think its the USB, seeing as how i can plug in my other Vibrant and odin detects it immediately (on the same computer).
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Well if the very same usb cable and port recognizes your phone (I'm assuming you both have the same exact phones) and odin recognizes your phone and not his, then his usb port on his phone must be where the problem lies... Try looking it, or even opening your phone and cleaning his usb port or something. Or try a different computer. if you can get into download mode don't worry, you'll find a way to fix your phone.
Still having the same problems. Tried a different USB cable, different computer running Odin...no luck. Only my computer detects that the phone even exists by shooting me an error saying that the device has malfunctioned. Phone just stays in download mode...Odin doesnt detect it. I've tried different methods to have ODIN detect it and still nothing.
Had to go through this too, but didn't have another phone in download mode to test against.
Win7 x64, tried a bunch of different drivers, but in the end was running the ones that come with Samsung Kies. In my case it ended up working without the original samsung cable (just a generic one), and with a USB port hanging right off my motherboard at the back of my tower. I have two USB ports on the front of my tower and they always errored, no matter what combinations I tried (including the same cable and driver). But when I switched to a port at the back, I got past the malfunctioning USB device error. Also, it seemed like Odin likes to be running when the phone boots into download mode. This took hours but phone runs perfectly now.
Just ran into a problem which took me some time to solve. Thought I would share it to save other people some frustration.
After an adb reboot the i5800 got stuck in "modem" mode. i.e. android booted fine but gave a modem and a serial port over usb rather than adb. Reboots did not solve the problem.
The solution is to enter recovery screen:
reboot recovery
OR
press proper buttons to get into recovery mode
And then perform a reboot from there
Is this the same as *#7284# and selecting "PDA" on UART and USB, or just on USB? Or is this a completely separate thing?
miki.antena said:
Is this the same as *#7284# and selecting "PDA" on UART and USB, or just on USB? Or is this a completely separate thing?
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Thanks so much for this!!!! After helping hack a friends build.prop to enable Apparatus compatibility in the Market, I found USB wasn't working properly anymore. Resetting changes in the phone didn't help (I had to do this via the phone terminal) although I at least managed to buy Apparatus before the sale ended.
After initially getting confused due to a lack of drivers and the occasional 'nH' showing up devices without drivers which made me think something was borked, I worked out from the VID & PID it was just the lack of drivers making (well I'm not sure why it did the 'nH' sometimes it got serial something instead), once I installed the drivers all was fine.
Except still mass storage wasn't showing and the Samsung connect manager didn't show up on my phone when I connected USB, nor did ADB work at all. In fact, it didn't even show up in the phone menu as debugging mode if I didn't start phone with it connected (or something like that). Funnily enough when I did get it the debugging to show up I did get the USB mass storage to show up in the phone, but it didn't help (it just unmounted the card which I think is all it ever does).
Anyway after a bit more fooling around I eventuall came across http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215103 and the stuff about modem and mkasick's post which sounded a lot like it could be my problem. The code for that Samsung phone didn't work so I searched for the 5800 and came across this giving me the right code. Sure enough UART (but not USB) was set to modem instead of PDA. I was unsure whether that was wrong but changed it anyway and yep that fixed it!
I still have no idea what went wrong. I had thought may be the phone didn't like me rebooting via ADB but I've now done that several times. In fact most of the stuff except install a superuser update has been more or less repeated. I guess it was just some strange rare occurence that it somehow got changed. I did have to reconnect the USB while working the first time, not sure why but ADB lost connection then I found couldn't connect. Perhaps that's somehow related. Now that I know what to do, it's trivial but very annoying when I didn't. I still don't get why Samsung decided to make the connect manager (my phone doesn't have that) only to have some hidden option where it can be set to modem or USB.
Partially because of this, I never got to get Tilestorm HD become compatible in time for the sale although my friend wasn't so interested in that. (Eventually I worked out using the THC Tattoo modded market which reports a fake resolution enables it. Well, I also modified the build.prop but I don't know if that was necessary. I wasn't able to do it solely by the build.prop. But it was way too late by then to buy Tilestorm HD cheap.)
Nil Einne said:
I still have no idea what went wrong. I had thought may be the phone didn't like me rebooting via ADB but I've now done that several times.
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This may sound like crazy idea, but is your USB port/connector clean?
(The USB port allows for dozens of different phone functions when using very specific resistance between data pins.)
i bought a LG D802 32gb last night as i was using a 16 gb before i wanted to flash cloudy g3.. so i tried to install custome recovery twrp...
now i am in fast boot mode..
it says :
[880]fastboot mode started
[910]udc_start()
when i attach usb cable
[1100]-reset-
[1110]-portchange-
[1120]-reset-
[1130]-portchange-
[1140]-fastboot: processing commands
i tried holding volume + and and attaching the usb cable but no luck ... so now i have NO RECOVERY, NO DOWNLOAD MODE, AND MY WINDOWS PICKING UP MY PHONE AS "USB MODEM PHONE ADB PORT"
please help
Got myself a google LG Nexus 4.
Connecting via USB - 2 different cables, 2 computers, 3 different operating systems (archlinux, debian, windows vista ) - i get nothing (*).
the phone does not acknowledge that it is connected to a computer, but it charges ok.
the computers do not recognize the phone in any way, not even in dmesg (or device manager in windows).
i have tried changing options inside the phone (debugging on/off, mtp/ptp...), even a full factory reset, and going into recovery and wiping cache/dalvik cache. - nothing.
wiggling the cable and such does not help.
i even replaced the usb connector, no change whatsoever.
so something tells me that it is not a hardware problem.
the phone has been upgraded to android 5.0 (before i became the owner).
my endless searches show that nobody knows what's going on, it might be hardware fatigue, it might be related to the upgrade to 5.x, it might be a firmware problem...
any helpful pointers, including downgrading & softbricking the system would be helpful (i just want to install ubuntu phone onto it).
(*) my other android phone connects ok with both cables, to all machines and operating systems.
With the phone in fastboot or recovery mode, is it recognized?
The fact that the usb port has been changed could indicate a problem with the motherboard connector.
Go into device manager with your phone connected and uninstall the drivers. Then install "universal adb driver"(google it it's from Koush) with your phone NOT connected.
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With the phone in fastboot or recovery mode, is it recognized?
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i tried adb, the device list is empty.
booting into recovery, replugging the usb cable, i still get nothing. it's like there's nothing to communicate to, both from the computer's and the phone's point of view.
i will have to play with fastboot (i gather it works only while the phone is booted into recovery?), but i doubt it'll change anything.
The fact that the usb port has been changed could indicate a problem with the motherboard connector.
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do you mean the connector from the usb port, that flat cable snap-on thingy (far right on this image)?
is it realistic to try to fix that?
PS:
meanwhile the battery drained completely and i had a "Red light of death" which i managed to fix like this. i think it will take a while to recharge properly.
Adb commands will work with the phone booted into the rom. Use fastboot commands with the phone in fastboot mode.
Yes, the flat part at the it her end of the USB cable is what connects to the motherboard and is not worth fixing if that is causing the charging problem.
With a red LED, just connect it to a 2.0 amp charger using the original charging cable and let it charge for a few hours.
thanks again.
next thing i realized that the volume rocker isn't working (anymore?).
so i can't boot into recovery.
i don't know how, but once i managed to get into recovery, but couldn't make any choices in there.
anyhow, that sort of cinches it: i'm done with this phone. project failed.
(nevermind, it was a cheap ebay shot)
ubuntu phone will have to wait.
Well. First things first. the root of the issue is probably a bad usb port i guess as it's very unstable it even sometimes reboots into download mode on its own when i plug my phone to charge or even gives a Not charging state until i replug it many times then it gives the normal charging (AC) so it's a really messy one.
that's the usual anyway i was rooted and flashed a lollipop rom normally then bugged some apps so i decided to reflash stock kitkat rom however like i said it's a bad usb connection so sometimes the flashing goes slowly and i have to replug the cable for it got smoothly again.
this time i noticed this at 15% and instead of staying in download mode stuck at that the phone rebooted and ofcourse this time only a black screen no download mode no recovery no nothing i guess a typical hard brick? this is my first time dealing with a hard brick so i didn't know what to do at all so i'm still figuring out stuff anyway i installed Qcomm drivers and checked the device manager it's the 9006 one not the 9008 and it shows many drives on my pc (windows 7 64-bit) but no partitions in windows xp 32-bit on another pc and on the laptop it gives no drives i think. i tried with SRK tools it says everything as it should but when it's done i unplug the cable then reboot however still shows many partitions and no download mode.
I don't use my phone alot however i don't own another one so i kinda need help fast please so if anyone has any ideas don't hesitate please.
Thanks in advance.:good:
Update: After following the linux method i now don't have a black screen only stuck on lg logo and still no download mode.
the phone isn't recognized by the pc at all not even 9006 or 9006
the recovery gets stuck at processing and it doesn't say fastboot either on the logo screen.
Croshio said:
Well. First things first. the root of the issue is probably a bad usb port i guess as it's very unstable it even sometimes reboots into download mode on its own when i plug my phone to charge or even gives a Not charging state until i replug it many times then it gives the normal charging (AC) so it's a really messy one.
that's the usual anyway i was rooted and flashed a lollipop rom normally then bugged some apps so i decided to reflash stock kitkat rom however like i said it's a bad usb connection so sometimes the flashing goes slowly and i have to replug the cable for it got smoothly again.
this time i noticed this at 15% and instead of staying in download mode stuck at that the phone rebooted and ofcourse this time only a black screen no download mode no recovery no nothing i guess a typical hard brick? this is my first time dealing with a hard brick so i didn't know what to do at all so i'm still figuring out stuff anyway i installed Qcomm drivers and checked the device manager it's the 9006 one not the 9008 and it shows many drives on my pc (windows 7 64-bit) but no partitions in windows xp 32-bit on another pc and on the laptop it gives no drives i think. i tried with SRK tools it says everything as it should but when it's done i unplug the cable then reboot however still shows many partitions and no download mode.
I don't use my phone alot however i don't own another one so i kinda need help fast please so if anyone has any ideas don't hesitate please.
Thanks in advance.:good:
Update: After following the linux method i now don't have a black screen only stuck on lg logo and still no download mode.
the phone isn't recognized by the pc at all not even 9006 or 9006
the recovery gets stuck at processing and it doesn't say fastboot either on the logo screen.
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You must have flashed wrong version of the rom .
After trying the linux method, if you cant get into fastboot mode, recovery or not in download mode, then try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/lg-g2-unbrickable-fix-real-hard-brick-t2904404
This requires you to open your phone so be cautious .
Thanks I followed that guide. Download mode after. Using the Windows tool instead of Linux then flash tool normally.
Hello
Please forgive me my English, it;s not my everyday language. I hope I will write everything clear, if not please tell me.
I had already read many tutorials, topics in some similiar situation but I cannot find any working for me information.
I have bought Nexus with crashed system. I could only get into recovery or bootloader, but system cannot start (it stops on google logo). It has got TWRP bootloader. I tried to mount/install there some another kind of bootloader (newer) by the flashtool and then try to start the system but it wont work. After that I just thought about connect an USB-OTG adapter and try to install system from it. Turned off the tablet and just go to shop for OTG-adapter. When I came back with new cable my tablet won;t start anymore.
What I have already tried:
- charging for more then 20 hours (charger 2.1A, 5V)
- unplug baterry for about 10 minutes
Both of this solutions wont work for me. Everytime I try to turn it on I'm pushing buttons "Power" and "vol+" or "vol-". Both or not both, or only "power"- Nothing.
When I connect it to PC I'm getting an notification "Unknown USB device", and it is not visible by abd or fastboot. Is it normal? It has some kind of... live in itself.
Please tell me some suggestions what can I do more, or something.
Thank You in advance.
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Well,if it reconize by the PC and you can see the file in it, you can use it as a USB (That's a good option because mobile device always has faster transfer speed)
And sorry w/my vocabulary mistake .I am from Viet Nam