Possible temporary fix for GS2 USB port malfunction - Galaxy S II General

After my USB port stopped working on my GS2 for data transfer etc but worked for charging I tried everything possible to get it to work again, after many things I decided to give an app a go called MultiMount-SD. To my surprise after installation my USB port started working allowing me to
Flash back to stock firmware. This could be coincidence or pure luck but I can't test this solution so if anybody has this issue give this app a go and post your results please
P.S. I used the paid version of MultiMount-SD so not sure if the lite version will/does work.
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[Q] tethering does not work on 2.3.4

can some help me with the tethering on 2.3.4.
i try everything i could but it never work.
when i try the tethering it keep freeze for a few second and rebooting..
i have to go back the RC4 2.3.3(90% good accept mms video message)
Its working fine for me. Reflash the rom after full wipe.
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now i feel dumb since i just made a new thread about this. Anyways OP did you try to full wipe and reflash the rom because i'm having this same problem since flashing royalginger 2.0 w/ 2.3.4? Did it work after you reflashed?
Also works for no problem
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Does not not work for me, I cleared both cache's, dalvik, wipe data factory reset, downloaded 2.3.4 from 3 different sites reflashed and once tether connects it reboots.
I would love to use their ROM but I need the teathering feature. I would also post my logcat file in their developer section but I need 10 posts to do that.

[Solved] Earphones not working

Hi everyone.
I just bought a SGY S5360B.
With the stock rom, everything worked out fine.
So I got root and installed evo-x 3.
Then I had some problems (ehhh... a flash went wrong), which made have to use Odin to flash latest stock ROM.
Unbricked and working, did it all again: got root and flashed evo-x 3.
Now my earphones don't work.
I've been reading that some people face the same issued.
One of the suggested solutions was to use Kies and update firmware or use Odin to flash stock ROM (which I did).
So i'm basically out of working solutions.
Anyone has got any idea?
Thanks
Solution:
The following APP solved the issue.
Basically, you select when you want to have earphones or not. The only downside is that isn't automatic.
The app is called toggleheadset2... I can't post the link becaaaaaaause...
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your earphones should work just right except for using them in calls or using the button to change songs...
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why is that?
and i'd really like to use them in calls, rather than to listen to music.
btw, just tested mine, they also don't work for music =\
1- try changing kernel
2-search the development section and google ...
3-u can use some 3rd party apps
Search and u shall find ur answers
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There is someone who claims to have a solution here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642885
But I don't know if this will interfere with my evo-x 3.
Or if I should flash it and then flash evo-x 3 over it again.

Mtp broken after MF9 host

I'm running a totally stock Sprint Galaxy S4. I recently updated my firmware and I'm now unable to connect to Odin or use MTP for file transfer. My phone will mount as a camera. I have used various cables to rule that out. I also went to the Samsung website to get the latest usb drivers. I went so far as to wipe my phone too. Does anyone know how to fix this? I would like to root my phone. I have a stock recovery so I'm limited on what I can flash. I also downloaded official firmware but had signature issues. Please help Lord Vader. I must destroy Jedi Scum.
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Darthvayd3r said:
I'm running a totally stock Sprint Galaxy S4. I recently updated my firmware and I'm now unable to connect to Odin or use MTP for file transfer. My phone will mount as a camera. I have used various cables to rule that out. I also went to the Samsung website to get the latest usb drivers. I went so far as to wipe my phone too. Does anyone know how to fix this? I would like to root my phone. I have a stock recovery so I'm limited on what I can flash. I also downloaded official firmware but had signature issues. Please help Lord Vader. I must destroy Jedi Scum.
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You need to flash the newest kernel for your device, this has been fixed.
Darthvayd3r said:
I'm running a totally stock Sprint Galaxy S4. I recently updated my firmware and I'm now unable to connect to Odin or use MTP for file transfer. My phone will mount as a camera. I have used various cables to rule that out. I also went to the Samsung website to get the latest usb drivers. I went so far as to wipe my phone too. Does anyone know how to fix this? I would like to root my phone. I have a stock recovery so I'm limited on what I can flash. I also downloaded official firmware but had signature issues. Please help Lord Vader. I must destroy Jedi Scum.
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Sounds like you need the latest USB drivers.
http://www.modaco.com/topic/361286-...or-mobile-phones-15270-win-87xp-adb-fastboot/
Good luck
Thank you. Ill be working on this tonight at work. I really need root access. I've been android since the G1.
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CM12 ****ed my phone.

Hey guys ! I am using cm12 unofficial 5.0 lollipop ROM for i9500 for 3 weeks already . My phone started to act very strange and I strongly think it's the ROM who did it. Firstly, I had problem with charging and I changed the charging port with one brand new, now I have even bigger problems with charging and MOREOVER after few days after that my back and menu buttons stopped working, I'm done with CM . All I want to do is flashing any official ROM and never come back to cm. BUT LIKE IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, Odin does not recognize my phone anymore. I have enabled the USB debugging and ofc I have Samsung drivers, it is not a PC problem, I am using same pc and USB cable to flash officialbrom as I did to flash cm ROM ! Help me guys I'm desperate and I hope it is not too late.
wowempire said:
Hey guys ! I am using cm12 unofficial 5.0 lollipop ROM for i9500 for 3 weeks already . My phone started to act very strange and I strongly think it's the ROM who did it. Firstly, I had problem with charging and I changed the charging port with one brand new, now I have even bigger problems with charging and MOREOVER after few days after that my back and menu buttons stopped working, I'm done with CM . All I want to do is flashing any official ROM and never come back to cm. BUT LIKE IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, Odin does not recognize my phone anymore. I have enabled the USB debugging and ofc I have Samsung drivers, it is not a PC problem, I am using same pc and USB cable to flash officialbrom as I did to flash cm ROM ! Help me guys I'm desperate and I hope it is not too late.
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Any ideas ? im desperated.
If the S4 was working for a few weeks with CM12 and now you're suddenly experiencing all these issues, it's extremely unlikely the ROM is the cause of all of it. Take your S4 to the service center. Especially as Odin isn't recognizing the device.
Eh, i took it to a expert where i repaired all of my phones. He said CM is very toxic and i should get rid off it as fast as possible, till is not too late, ofc i don't trust him too much( i'm, sure u know that kind of expert who doesn't trust unofficial sources or smth like that ), but i hate everything happened so suddenly and that strange problem.
EDIT: TAKE IN COUNT THAT : All of my problems appeared few hours after i changed the charger port ! I will buy another charging port and i really hope it will solve my problem, but it's very strange that i tried 3 PCs and no one of them recognize that phone, it's frustrating.
Well, I personally don't recommend CyanogenMod either, but not because their ROMs don't work. Besides, for the S4, Cyanogenmod really isn't relevant. While I can understand why people like it, the S4 is one of the few devices that had a Google Play Edition made available for it. You get 100% functional drivers from Samsung, coupled with Touchwiz-free Android. If you install the custom GPE ROM in Development you can customize the ROM to do things like replacing Google Now Launcher with Apex, and not dealing with the Google apps you never use.
Once you get your phone sorted out, whether by finally getting it recognized in a PC or by having it serviced, install Danvdh's custom GPE ROM and be happy. Especially as you don't have to worry about CyanogenMod.
Eh I can take care of that after but now I need some help because I tried everything.
I already told you what you have to do: send the phone in for service.
You sir are unsuited for flashing custom roms. You are blaming hardware failure on the rom you are using. CM has nothing to do with the issues your are having.
Last tip don't consult that expert anymore. CM is far from toxic. It just has more bugs then the stock because it's coded form scratch. So it's a work in progress.
It's probably a hardware failure.
Eh, I can't be sure yet, I all change charging port and see what is going on with that buttons and come back to tell you.
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Eh, I can't be sure yet, I all change charging port and see what is going on with that buttons and come back to tell you.
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Some words from me, qualified as hardware technician with 10+ years of experience and Android app/mod/ROM development:
Nonsense, there's no Android part that can cause a hardware failure except hard kernel modifications (absolutely not the CM way), and AOSP/CM is way less toxic than the stock Samsung ROM.
Misfortune, hardware failure not caused by ROM
I trusted him at that moment as he said to get rid of it as fast as possible, but i also was under pressure because 2-3 weeks ago i paid a lot of money on touch+display bcs it died suddenly. Thanks for reply !
By the way i may repair the charging and buttons problem but what about 'device not recognized' ? I mean that's what i posted for, because i want back official ROM! Is there any way to flash stock firmware without PC ? I mean just like i flashed CM via cwm recovery ?
HEY but what if there is not any hardware problems ? I mean that was the first thing to come in my mind when I saw so many problem. Tell me what you think about that? That is why I want to flash a stock ROM so help me to do this because there is no way for any PC to recognize my phone.
@wowempire: Are you serious? You've just had two guys with far more experience using this device than I do tell you that you have a hardware problem. The pedigree of @AntaresOne speaks for itself and yet you still insist upon posting a "what if it isn't hardware" question?
You've been told what your problem is and what to do about it, but you go ahead and waste your time. I'm out, as I don't have the patience for this.
OK so I changed charging port with a brand new and BAM in 1 day I got problem with it again. Would u think it is a hardware problem anymore if you would be in that situation? I don't think so Mr impatient.
Ah and what my problem is ? Why the phone is not recognized ? Wait it must be a hardware problem for sure.
And if you still didn't get it : I just want to flash stock ROM because I can solve hardware problem later.
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wowempire said:
OK so I changed charging port with a brand new and BAM in 1 day I got problem with it again. Would u think it is a hardware problem anymore if you would be in that situation? I don't think so Mr impatient.
Ah and what my problem is ? Why the phone is not recognized ? Wait it must be a hardware problem for sure.
And if you still didn't get it : I just want to flash stock ROM because I can solve hardware problem later.
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It's because software can't cause this. If your phone is not recognized by your pc then it has nothing to do with the rom that is flashed. Why don't you just flash a custom TW based rom if you wan't to get rid of CM?
Lennyz1988 said:
It's because software can't cause this. If your phone is not recognized by your pc then it has nothing to do with the rom that is flashed. Why don't you just flash a custom TW based rom if you wan't to get rid of CM?
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He is here only to discredit CM... Convinced that CM (used for 3 weeks) broke his device, in these cases it's better to go away, leave him and his technician with this convinction.
@Alberto96 @frapeti help needed here friends, he said it's i9500, tell him the truth since he won't trust us...
@wowempire you are NOT paying for assistance, you are kindly invited to not deal with us in that way, "Mr impatient".
We already said that your device is broken, I did hardware repairs on more than 30 s4 till now.
If you won't trust us that are KINDLY and PATIENTLY trying to deal with you to help, why are you still here?
It's enough
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I don't know how to get rid of CM since I can't connect it to PC. But thanks for help everyone.
Nevermind, I found out how I can flash stock ROM without Odin/PC, I guess u could tell me that from very beginning since that was what I asked for : to get rid of CM even if I can't connect the phone to PC.
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Hey st###d go see your expert technician to fix your phone and stop arguing with people who are far superior to you in the hardware and android development world.
Again, you trust your technician mate who says cyanogenmod is toxic but you keep harassing people on xda for help.
GTF out of here!
wowempire said:
I don't know how to get rid of CM since I can't connect it to PC. But thanks for help everyone.
Nevermind, I found out how I can flash stock ROM without Odin/PC, I guess u could tell me that from very beginning since that was what I asked for : to get rid of CM even if I can't connect the phone to PC.
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I would tell your technician to check USB switch on motherboard, probably it's damaged...
Did you already try with another USB cable/PC?
If nothing works for you, ask your technician to make a USB jig in this way:
Micro USB type B male connector with 300Kohm resistor+1Kohm resistor in series between pins 4 and 5 of USB connector. If he can't make it for you, you can still order on already built on eBay, it's very cheap. How to use it?
Remove your battery, plug USB jig and insert battery back. Device will power on itself in Factory download mode, unplug jig and plug USB cable. Open Odin and see if it is recognized, if not install USB drivers again and repeat the procedure. If still no luck, most likely your USB switch on the motherboard is broken
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AntaresOne said:
I would tell your technician to check USB switch on motherboard, probably it's damaged...
Did you already try with another USB cable/PC?
If nothing works for you, ask your technician to make a USB jig in this way:
Micro USB type B male connector with 300Kohm resistor+1Kohm resistor in series between pins 4 and 5 of USB connector. If he can't make it for you, you can still order on already built on eBay, it's very cheap. How to use it?
Remove your battery, plug USB jig and insert battery back. Device will power on itself in Factory download mode, unplug jig and plug USB cable. Open Odin and see if it is recognized, if not install USB drivers again and repeat the procedure. If still no luck, most likely your USB switch on the motherboard is broken
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I don't think the jig is going to help. The hardware is fubar. He's got too many other hardware problems that are unrelated to the connectivity issues.
And definitively, CyanogenMod did NOT cause these problems. It hasn't caused these problems on the 10 million other S4's it's been installed on.
Skipjacks said:
I don't think the jig is going to help. The hardware is fubar. He's got too many other hardware problems that are unrelated to the connectivity issues.
And definitively, CyanogenMod did NOT cause these problems. It hasn't caused these problems on the 10 million other S4's it's been installed on.
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Just a try, this would definitely give him the answer. Thinking better, if a USB switch IC is damaged the phone shouldn't work even after flat cable change, but in his case worked for a while... Probably a cable issue? Something stuck inside USB connector (cable side, so male) that is capable of damaging female USB connector (device side)?
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Finally got the custom ROM for G3

Rooting was easy but putting a custom recovery was challenging and one step wrong proved to me a disaster. Last night I was thinking whether I should give another shot or not? I wanted to get rid of this slow stock ROM and get a nice slick and smooth ROM for my G3. I had kept some bookmarks and and I followed one of the videos on youtube. There was a step that showed during the firmware update do not pull the usb cable and wait for a min to perform to root your device. If not 1 min then it means root has failed... well 3 minutes passed and i was looking here and there.. GOD Heavens what to do . So I pulled the cable and remove the battery. When I turn on and notice supersu was installed and I was surprised at how it just happened... Any of you who have gone through this? Let me know.. 2nd step proved to me a blessing... Bless that guy who made app for custom recovery 1 click on play store. It took hardly a min to put it. I finally got the ROM I was looking for and it is awesome ! ... Share your experience of rooting !
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Be sure you are using a USB 2.0 ONLY port when using Odin. I ran into multiple issues myself rooting and installing recovery until I switched to a strictly USB 2.0 port on my PC.
Never ran into any issues by using other port like USB 3.0. Worked like a charm in Samsung. LG G3 is 2.0
Touchsense said:
Never ran into any issues by using other port like USB 3.0. Worked like a charm in Samsung. LG G3 is 2.0
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This was just from my personal experience. What is the model of your phone, who is your provider, and what is the version of firmware installed on your phone? I'll try to help you out best I can.
Edit: Okay, I failed to realize you had gotten the ROM you wanted installed. Apologies. Glad you got it working! I love this phone.

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