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Phone isn't recognized in download mode on computer

I'm sure this has already been posted but couldn't find it. But I was trying to flash one of the roms that were posted in here with odin3 and when I put the phone in download mode and Hooke it up to the computer I get either device not recognized or device.malfunctioning but mass storage works no problem. I use the cable that came with the phone and used every USB port on the computer. Any suggestions?
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Have you installed Samsung Galaxy S drivers?

I had that problem when trying to flash EB13.
From what others have said here (and my personal experiences with trying to flash EB13) the cable the Epic comes with is crap.
When using another cable, I had much more luck in getting Odin/Windows/Samsung Updater to see my phone.
YMMV though, but it worked for me.

I think you should re-install the drivers, and try a USB port on the back of the computer. Usually the ports on the front of the computer aren't the best for these things.
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Reboot computer and reboot phone and try it again thats what worked for me in the past

Reinstall the Epic drivers from Samsung. Make sure to use the back ports on the back of your computer that are on the motherboard. These will provide better and cleaner power to your device, also cycle both the computer and the phone and don't plug in the device till after you have went into download mode. This should fix your problem.

Same thing happened to me. I tried using the micro USB cable from my wifes Blackberry. Works great now. Samsung's cables suck

87Octane said:
Have you installed Samsung Galaxy S drivers?
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I've installed uninstalled and installed the drivers again. Tried the USB ports in the front and back of the computer. I'll try and buy a new cable and see if that works.
Thanks for all the suggestions
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Have you tried turning it off and on again?

dmanwithnoname said:
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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Yeah I've tried everything I could think of except using a different cable. Gotta wait and buy a new cable
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ichefae85 said:
Yeah I've tried everything I could think of except using a different cable. Gotta wait and buy a new cable
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Dude I had this exact same problem. What os are you running? and is it 32 or 64bit? I had this problem on windows 7 64bit. I had to connect my to an xp os and wham it detected it fine and did its thing. Weird i know but it worked.
P.S: changing the cables for me didn't work. I just used another computer which was on xp.

Pvt WhoOkid said:
Dude I had this exact same problem. What os are you running? and is it 32 or 64bit? I had this problem on windows 7 64bit. I had to connect my to an xp os and wham it detected it fine and did its thing. Weird i know but it worked.
P.S: changing the cables for me didn't work. I just used another computer which was on xp.
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I'm using a 32bit with XP. So I don't know haha
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im having the same issue on EB13..
every port, any computer from win xp Pro to win 7
to 3 different cables..
it charges FINE.
wont mount or recognize in computer...
i am thinking...... something i flashed....
like asop screen (from dk28) or genocide 0.2a kernal or something..

dmbatson said:
im having the same issue on EB13..
every port, any computer from win xp Pro to win 7
to 3 different cables..
it charges FINE.
wont mount or recognize in computer...
i am thinking...... something i flashed....
like asop screen (from dk28) or genocide 0.2a kernal or something..
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I can get mine to mount no problem it's weird
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I recently reformatted and couldn't get odin to work. I put my phone in debug mode and when I connected it windows ended up installing something else and everything worked after that.
Windows 7 64 bit with 64 bit samsung drivers.
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ichefae85 said:
I'm using a 32bit with XP. So I don't know haha
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Beats me then. Try a different computer.

Guys I've had this issue and tried everything you guys have and some. Look at the port directly on your phone. there are tiny little copper contacts on the tooth that can get bent.
You will have to use some tweezers to get it back down but look at this before buying a new usb cable as this was my issue

seoulseek80 said:
Guys I've had this issue and tried everything you guys have and some. Look at the port directly on your phone. there are tiny little copper contacts on the tooth that can get bent.
You will have to use some tweezers to get it back down but look at this before buying a new usb cable as this was my issue
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I checked that and didn't find anything bent in the USB port on the phone. Might try new cable and different computer when I have access to both
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Okay stupid question. Doest it make a difference if the phone isn't fully charged? Haha if so then I'm stupid haha
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I have done flashes with thirty to forty percent battery. I don't think odin checks your battery. I would caution against flashing with to low of a battery as your phone can die during a flash.
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Got my replacement!

Here's a small little "unboxing" I did. Try not to laugh too much at my southern-self I'm not good with a camera, I'm shy ^_^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBRihHh4R-4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Lol nice... now odin your old broken epic and root your new one woooo first
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Nice unboxing makes me wish I had a brand new one

Hope you got one from a good batch that let's you overclock as high as you want or undervolt. I will be interested to see what differences you have between the two
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I can't believe they send a new 16gb sd card with the replacement. I need to replace mine as well, it has cracks on the top corner of the screen.
Edit: do you have to send a 16gb card back in order to not have a penalty?
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No you keep your old card battery charger everything only thing they want is the phone you even keep the old battery back
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I can't believe they send a new 16gb sd card with the replacement. I need to replace mine as well, it has cracks on the top corner of the screen.
Edit: do you have to send a 16gb card back in order to not have a penalty?
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steviee7 said:
No you keep your old card battery charger everything only thing they want is the phone you even keep the old battery back
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What he said. They say not to send it back. Just the phone.

Ok, so im trying to root using the same method i did last time. but i cant get the drivers to install completely 4/5 install fine but: CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM) is stuck on Installing driver software. Adb says the device is attached, but offline. Any suggestions? Usb debugging is enabled.

Didn't you already have the drivers installed?
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zanderman112 said:
Ok, so im trying to root using the same method i did last time. but i cant get the drivers to install completely 4/5 install fine but: CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM) is stuck on Installing driver software. Adb says the device is attached, but offline. Any suggestions? Usb debugging is enabled.
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1. Plug in epic
2. Go to device manager
3. Uninstall anything samsung, google, android, sprint and epic.
4. Check add or remove software a make sure all drivers are gone
5. Unplug phone
6. Install drivers using the exe
7. Root

ecooce said:
Didn't you already have the drivers installed?
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Yes, but when i plugged it in, it started installing stuff. I unplugged it, and plugged it back in. It worked this time.

Nice video

qbking77 said:
Nice video
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Thanks. Lol

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zanderman112 said:
Ok, so im trying to root using the same method i did last time. but i cant get the drivers to install completely 4/5 install fine but: CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM) is stuck on Installing driver software. Adb says the device is attached, but offline. Any suggestions? Usb debugging is enabled.
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it will work without that one.

CrfEpic4g said:
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Forget something? lol

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steviee7 said:
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Haha
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Nice... commense the rooting process
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I just had mine replaced this week and on low brightness settings the screen seems to have a yellow green tone. Turn up the brightness and the whites are as white as can be. Any issues with your screen on the lowest brightness?
As for over clocking I have had no issues @1300
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Ever since upgrade phone not recognized by pc

Is there sum driver not in the new software thats making my pc not recognize my phone anymore
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You should choose update driver in device manager and allow Windows Update to search for new drivers.
Could also be a bad cable. They are cheap crap. Get a Blackberry or Palm Pre cable.
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Or maybe the 2 of them are going through hard times... Have you tried sending them to counseling?

Lol yeah whut are the odds the cable went bad same day i got the update bought a new cable ****s fine .
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Yuck I wouldn't want a cable that ****s fine.

deisel said:
Lol yeah whut are the odds the cable went bad same day i got the update bought a new cable ****s fine .
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Well **** happens...lol. Glad that worked.
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The Root said:
Or maybe the 2 of them are going through hard times... Have you tried sending them to counseling?
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digiblur said:
Yuck I wouldn't want a cable that ****s fine.
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LOL, what a couple of comedians!
deisel said:
Lol yeah whut are the odds the cable went bad same day i got the update bought a new cable ****s fine .
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I doubt the cable "went bad," more like "was a ****ty cable from the get-go." The stock cables are notorious for having connection issues, especially when using Odin or Heimdall.

Thought the cable was bad so i tried wifes evo w same cable and it connected instantly
Can the charging port go bad and only allow a charge and not a data transfer.
So im back to square one phone stopped connecting to pc since update to gingerbread
Any suggestions or insight on the subject
Plz no stupid grammatical comments or sum other dumb **** thnx
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What type of cable is it I know lg ones don't work for samsung but will for the evo for some reason. Also it could be windows screwing with you. Is it showing it as an unknown device if so I know a workaround its not too difficult.
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deisel said:
Thought the cable was bad so i tried wifes evo w same cable and it connected instantly
Can the charging port go bad and only allow a charge and not a data transfer.
So im back to square one phone stopped connecting to pc since update to gingerbread
Any suggestions or insight on the subject
Plz no stupid grammatical comments or sum other dumb **** thnx
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You spelled fail wrong.
Lol just playing, I say you try installing or reinstalling drivers on the computer, last option would be nandroid your current set up on your phne odin then restore and it should work
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Just use airdroid app, my phone refuses to connect to any computer but my sister's laptop, that includes odin. I just gave up on usb's lol
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I had this same issue recently and come to find out, it was the cable! Its a cheap crappy cable. I used an old one from a blackberry and it worked better than ever!
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Have you checked to see if USB Debugging got checked?

I used a kodak usb cable w a ferrite choke then a blackberry cable a sprint cable and the samsung cable that came w the phone then i tried the evo cable from my wifes phone none worked on my phone they all worked on hers
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deisel said:
I used a kodak usb cable w a ferrite choke then a blackberry cable a sprint cable and the samsung cable that came w the phone then i tried the evo cable from my wifes phone none worked on my phone they all worked on hers
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Check and make sure your phone didn't go back to usb modem... dial ##8778# and make sure usb is set to pda and not modem...
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flastnoles11 said:
Check and make sure your phone didn't go back to usb modem... dial ##8778# and make sure usb is set to pda and not modem...
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I feel like that would definitely be the most likely culprit, seeing as how he updated and it stopped working.
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flastnoles11 said:
Check and make sure your phone didn't go back to usb modem... dial ##8778# and make sure usb is set to pda and not modem...
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Having the same problem and that was the fix!! Thanks headed your way!

flastnoles11 said:
Check and make sure your phone didn't go back to usb modem... dial ##8778# and make sure usb is set to pda and not modem...
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+1 for this. Also, even if your phone is set to PDA, select Modem and then select PDA again. That's what I had to do with my gf's phone to get it to work
Ryan

flastnoles11 said:
Check and make sure your phone didn't go back to usb modem... dial ##8778# and make sure usb is set to pda and not modem...
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omg i have tried a million different cables and was about to replace the phone thru asurion. this worked!!! thank you so much!!!

The dial code also fixed me!!!!!! But.... Now the usb connected continuously pops up like every two second......
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Im trying to make factory

Wht do i do if theirs a cable in pin 4 should i remove it then solder or leave it theres no wire in pin 3
Im base ing the pins on this pic
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...y-make-your-own-motorola-factory-cable-3.html
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That thread.. meh.
I made my own factory cable today, tested and works fine.
From what I've seen, regular USB cables you get with a phone, kindle or buy at walmart usually do not have a wire on pin 4 at the device end.
It's unused.
My guess would be either you dont have a generic usb cable or you're looking at the pins wrong.
Be careful though, as when I was researching factory cables, I came across refferences of some USB cables with pin 4 tied to ground, which is an OTG cable.
You dont want that either.
I think your best bet is to..
Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwwI_6doBWk
Read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693
And then buy one from SkOrPn :good:

WretchedXS said:
And then buy one from SkOrPn :good:
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Lol! Well said.
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SO can i break it and connet the 1 pin to it
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Never mind was looking at the wroung pins
An tips on removeing glue from the board pin 4 is under it
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Can't root with Kingo

I apologize in advance if this has been asked before. I just got my note 3 today its MJ7 and Kingo just hangs on connecting forever it for 10...20...30 minutes. I have disabled anti virus I have enabled usb debugging set screen timeout to 10 minutes and nothing is working. I even unistalled the drivers reinstalled them and even let the Kingo app install. Should I just update to the newest and try like that?
Much help appreciated
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Kelsey Jones said:
I apologize in advance if this has been asked before. I just got my note 3 today its MJ7 and Kingo just hangs on connecting forever it for 10...20...30 minutes. I have disabled anti virus I have enabled usb debugging set screen timeout to 10 minutes and nothing is working. I even unistalled the drivers reinstalled them and even let the Kingo app install. Should I just update to the newest and try like that?
Much help appreciated
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Hmm, sounds like you are doing everything right. Did you try another usb port or possibly have another pc to try?

njfoses said:
Hmm, sounds like you are doing everything right. Did you try another usb port or possibly have another pc to try?
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The only thing I haven't tried is a different pc cause I'm nowhere near one smh I have tried a different port. I'm gonna keep trying I need root! Lol.
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Kelsey Jones said:
The only thing I haven't tried is a different pc cause I'm nowhere near one smh I have tried a different port. I'm gonna keep trying I need root! Lol.
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Maybe try another cable, if you have one.

njfoses said:
Maybe try another cable, if you have one.
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That fits the 3.0 output on the note 3? I don't have one ughh
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You can use any micro usb cable. It doesn't have to be the 3.0 cable. A standard micro usb cable fits in the right side of the charging port.

njfoses said:
You can use any micro usb cable. It doesn't have to be the 3.0 cable. A standard micro usb cable fits in the right side of the charging port.
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Oh I see what you mean I will try that hope it works
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