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Big problem with Epic 4G! New UPDATE I/O device error.

This is when I put my phone into mass storage.
My phone is taking forever to be recognized by my Windows 7 computer, my laptop recognizes it right away, I am using my front USB ports and have tried the back one even. Also, I have installed drivers and un-installed them, I have also done everything under the sun to try and get it to sync better. But alas it takes a while for my desktop to recognize that I have put my phone into mass storage. It is really bugging me, I am also using the stock cable that came with the phone and have even installed the official drivers. But to no avail.

My windows 7 laptop recognizes it fine
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Maybe its ur usb port then if ur laptop picks it up fine. U can't blame it on the phone
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b1indsided said:
Maybe its ur usb port then if ur laptop picks it up fine. U can't blame it on the phone
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I am not blaming the phone at all. I am just trying to understand why this phone doesn't mount and my Hero did fine and does fine on the same port. How can I not say maybe its the phone...

Lol well maybe its the usb like I was saying. Or maybe it just doesn't like the micro usb??
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b1indsided said:
Lol well maybe its the usb like I was saying. Or maybe it just doesn't like the micro usb??
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Very very possible my good sir. I will keep trying different ports!
EDIIITTT AND UPDATE!
I AM GETTING AN I/O device error.

Try reformatting the card... Use a card reader to pull your data off first..
You could also have a defect on your device, but I'd test it in a different computer before concluding its the phone..

nicknomo said:
Try reformatting the card... Use a card reader to pull your data off first..
You could also have a defect on your device, but I'd test it in a different computer before concluding its the phone..
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It is definatetly not a device defect for I have a samsung laptop with Windows 7 home premium 64 bit and it recognizes right away. Also, I find that if I enable mass storage the computer reads it (my desktop) but it just takes a while to. I will jsut have to be patient I guess. lol

I'm having the same problem...I've tried both sets of drivers.
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Blitzpwnage said:
It is definatetly not a device defect for I have a samsung laptop with Windows 7 home premium 64 bit and it recognizes right away. Also, I find that if I enable mass storage the computer reads it (my desktop) but it just takes a while to. I will jsut have to be patient I guess. lol
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Very few defects exist across ALL the epic phones.. I was suggesting it could be a defect with that specific phone, but that conclusion should only be reached after further testing..

I had trouble with my Win 7 64bit laptop when I first tried to connect it. I switched to the usb port on the other side of the lappie and it recognized instantly. There seems to be a bug in Win 7 and how it recognizes the Epic on certain ports. My Blackberry worked fine in all ports. I did install the 64 bit drivers and still had problems with that port.

Newbie having problems opening mass storage

Hi I just got this phone last week and just can't seam to open mass storage. That option just does not appear when I plug in the usb cable on my laptop. I have usb debugged mode turned off and even updated to 2.2 .....I too would like to enjoy to import files straight thru my phone u.U
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Do you have the samsung drivers installed. Get from sgs site.
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Yea no matter what I do the usual Charge/ mass storage / teether options do not appear on my telephone screen
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I've just learned to live with it and have to rip my damn sd card out
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I know the feeling I'm just worryd about not being able to root my phone since windows isn't detecting anything. This is my 2nd epic u.u
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Turn usb debugging on and let it install and then try?
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There is no fix for this, it works when it wants to on win 7 64bit. I can't get mine to work until I try every usb port on a small hub I got. I've tried offical drivers, unoffical, viper team drivers it just sucks. Only time I've had it work at go was when I braught odin and the one click to the campus and did it on a vista machine. All I can say is, reinstall the driver buy a small usb hub and plug and pray
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Just spoke wit a rep they said I have to go into a store. Seams to be a hardware issue. Hopefully they give me a new one since the replacement they gave me was refurbished.
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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

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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

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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.

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Forget something? lol

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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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im going to burn all usb leads

im sorry to sound so stupid and ask a ridiculous question,but why cant i install my nexus 4 drivers???????i cant make it show at all......no matter what i do......it charges via usb but thats it.
Different leads etc more drivers than the paris dakar rally but still cant get it to even show in the bloody devuce manager

hippopig said:
im sorry to sound so stupid and ask a ridiculous question,but why cant i install my nexus 4 drivers???????i cant make it show at all......no matter what i do......it charges via usb but thats it.
Different leads etc more drivers than the paris dakar rally but still cant get it to even show in the bloody devuce manager
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Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Follow all the instructions and it should work for you.
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thats what ive been trying to use and follow....ive now got it to show as an android composite adb interface but only with the exclamation mark........when i try to install any drivers from that point i just get error code 10 that its been unable to start

hippopig said:
thats what ive been trying to use and follow....ive now got it to show as an android composite adb interface but only with the exclamation mark........when i try to install any drivers from that point i just get error code 10 that its been unable to start
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Ok, try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
Delete the dm Android device and install this program. Both of them are installed on my computer and working fine.
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still no,now i cant even see it at all again.....cant believe im having such problems

What OS are you running on your computer? Have you tried a different computer?

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What OS are you running on your computer? Have you tried a different computer?
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hi Audit,win 7 ultimate x64 and yes tried different ones and still the same.....cant even put any files on it
This device cannot start. (Code 10) is all i can get out of the twatting thing

hippopig said:
hi Audit,win 7 ultimate x64 and yes tried different ones and still the same.....cant even put any files on it
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When you connect the phone to your computer, do you get an RSA security message on your phone allowing the computer to access your phone? I'm asking because I didn't notice the message on mine at first. Once I clicked yes, it was fine from that point forward.

no,nothing...i can just make it charge thats it....even with different leads

Wow, that's a mystery to me. Maybe the usb port is defective?

audit13 said:
Wow, that's a mystery to me. Maybe the usb port is defective?
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hippopig. i was having the same problem, and this simple (can't believe how simple) fix worked. try it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LirXNHRsGJE

I have the same problem whenever I load the kies drivers for my wife's phone....Samsung works...nexus is never seen. I have to uninstall all Samsung and nexus drivers, then reinstall the nexus ones and it communicates again.
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maulich said:
I have the same problem whenever I load the kies drivers for my wife's phone....Samsung works...nexus is never seen. I have to uninstall all Samsung and nexus drivers, then reinstall the nexus ones and it communicates again.
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That's more of a Windows issue.
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maulich said:
I have the same problem whenever I load the kies drivers for my wife's phone....Samsung works...nexus is never seen. I have to uninstall all Samsung and nexus drivers, then reinstall the nexus ones and it communicates again.
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the way kies works (and my disdain for touchwiz) are the two main reasons i never liked samsung phones.

hippopig said:
hi Audit,win 7 ultimate x64 and yes tried different ones and still the same.....cant even put any files on it
This device cannot start. (Code 10) is all i can get out of the twatting thing
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Language! My 4year old says that now! Kidding
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howard bamber said:
Language! My 4year old says that now! Kidding
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i know....frustrating though
still the same,although now i can get it to show as unknown device

Same problem here.. i noticed on the latest purity update..
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hippopig. i was having the same problem, and this simple (can't believe how simple) fix worked. try it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LirXNHRsGJE
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Worked just fine!
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ive just tried on my sons laptop and again it wont show up.....ive reset it twice and tried different leads.....all i can do is charge it

I've had something similar happen in the past. The only way I was able to resolve it was to plug the USB cable in and then toggle USB debugging on and off.

CmptrGk said:
I've had something similar happen in the past. The only way I was able to resolve it was to plug the USB cable in and then toggle USB debugging on and off.
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I can get it to display now as an android device but whatever driver i try it just fails and has error code 10 saying that it cant start.........this is a bag o ****e