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Ubuntu Driver?

I am a ubuntu n00b!
I cannt seem to find my phone when it is mounted with ubuntu.
I read in another thread how ubuntu doesnt need drivers.
If this is true, how do I copy files to / from my epic with ubuntu please?
Thanks

Ubuntu... lol. Sorry.
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Its the 16 gig drive. But it also has to be mounted on the phone
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joshottley said:
Its the 16 gig drive. But it also has to be mounted on the phone
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I am aware that it has to be mounted on the phone.
With the phone mounted no 16 gig drive shows up in places or under computer or any of file location I can find in ubuntu.
Just tried my girlfriends stock epic when she got home from work, and it works like it should. Get a pop up window. Mine does nothing.
Running:
D18
Noobnl 1.1.1 ROM
Noobnl 1.4.0 Kernel
Hers is stock. So the problem must be related to root or the rom or kernel.

Try Turning off your USB debug.
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a454nova said:
Try Turning off your USB debug.
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Doesnt work.
Need to try a diffrent rom / kernel I guess, Dont want to I like these.

IF your using a PC try using USB ports which are located in the back of the computer, otherwise (laptops) try a different port with the Original cable you got with the phone.
Like already mentioned try to disable the USB debugging mode. Also from the command prompt try running lsusb command and see if the device is recognized. If the only thing your doing is syncing music and photos you won't need to do changes in your rules file like when you would want ADB to work.
Let us know if this worked.
PS. Also you may want to reboot your phone after disabling USB debugging mode, just for giggles.

megabiteg said:
IF your using a PC try using USB ports which are located in the back of the computer, otherwise (laptops) try a different port with the Original cable you got with the phone.
Like already mentioned try to disable the USB debugging mode. Also from the command prompt try running lsusb command and see if the device is recognized. If the only thing your doing is syncing music and photos you won't need to do changes in your rules file like when you would want ADB to work.
Let us know if this worked.
PS. Also you may want to reboot your phone after disabling USB debugging mode, just for giggles.
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Using a back USB port did the trick. Seen this posted before to get the drivers for this phone to work on windows 7. Since I never had to do this I never thought to try a back port.

you can leave usb debugging on, i have no issues with it being on

[Q] Samsung Drivers

I'm sure a lot of you have come across this problem before. I am trying to root my samsung epic 4G, but I need samsung drivers. I downloaded the 32 bit and it would not recognize my phone. I tried the 64 and nothing. I also tried a bunch of reinstalling and updating the drive but it still would not recognize it.
I have USB debugging on; I tried mounting it. I tried just having it on the charging option, but no matter what it would not recognize it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Make sure you know if your pc is 32 or 64 bit. Install drivers; reboot without phone in. When pc is completely loaded then plug in your phone.
If you're using a desktop; use the back USB ports and not the front ones.
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I solved this by hooking up a small external usb hub
Plug and play. The drivers loaded
acer1096xxx said:
I'm sure a lot of you have come across this problem before. I am trying to root my samsung epic 4G, but I need samsung drivers. I downloaded the 32 bit and it would not recognize my phone. I tried the 64 and nothing. I also tried a bunch of reinstalling and updating the drive but it still would not recognize it.
I have USB debugging on; I tried mounting it. I tried just having it on the charging option, but no matter what it would not recognize it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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i having this same issue, besides having a external usb source is there any other way?

takethat365 said:
i having this same issue, besides having a external usb source is there any other way?
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2 things you can try...
1) go into device manager and manually load the drivers once connected (they are in the 16_shrewberry folder)
or
2) load up kies

gTen said:
2 things you can try...
1) go into device manager and manually load the drivers once connected (they are in the 16_shrewberry folder)
or
2) load up kies
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Thanks for your reply.
What is Kies? Can u give me alittle more info
EDIT: I tried manually updating the drivers in device manager by clicking on the " Unknown Device " and browsing to 16_shrewberry folder and making sure "include all subfolders" is checked and windows still says "The driver software for your device is up to date"
EDIT 2: I googled and downloaded Kies and still a No Go... Anybody have any other suggestions ?
I hate 64 bit Os's

takethat365 said:
Thanks for your reply.
What is Kies? Can u give me alittle more info
EDIT: I tried manually updating the drivers in device manager by clicking on the " Unknown Device " and browsing to 16_shrewberry folder and making sure "include all subfolders" is checked and windows still says "The driver software for your device is up to date"
EDIT 2: I googled and downloaded Kies and still a No Go... Anybody have any other suggestions ?
I hate 64 bit Os's
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Are you using a laptop or a desktop?

gTen said:
Are you using a laptop or a desktop?
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Laptop and i've tried all usb ports

takethat365 said:
Laptop and i've tried all usb ports
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Try a different micro USB cable. Mine would show as unknown 90% of the time, I had to keep plugging it back in. The stock cable sucks ass, have any spares around? I used my kindle cable and that works.

Dulanic said:
Try a different micro USB cable. Mine would show as unknown 90% of the time, I had to keep plugging it back in. The stock cable sucks ass, have any spares around? I used my kindle cable and that works.
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I tried another cable from my girlfriends epic and same thing
So that 2 different cables, i've uninstalled/reinstalled/rebooted phone and pc 3 x's, tried to manually install it in devince managers and downloaded Kies (Which takes a LONG TIME to update)
And i still cant get it 2 work, Now its the principle of the thing

yeah laptops and front usb ports tend to have most problems since they are low power ports..
tr restarting you laptop and/or phone

takethat365 said:
I tried another cable from my girlfriends epic and same thing
So that 2 different cables, i've uninstalled/reinstalled/rebooted phone and pc 3 x's, tried to manually install it in devince managers and downloaded Kies (Which takes a LONG TIME to update)
And i still cant get it 2 work, Now its the principle of the thing
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Changing **** for **** doesnt always work lol. Trust me, my wife and I both have the epic and neither of ours would recognize /w w7 64 bit until we used a different cable. Not promising this is 100% the problem, but I have a strong feeling that it is. The samsung USB cable is good for one thing... charging.

[Q] Nexus 4 not recognized by pc at all

So I plug my stock unrooted but unlocked, stock recovery 4.3 nexus into my windows 7x64 PC or windows7x86 laptop and it doesn't get recognized at all. The computer doesn't know it's there... I tried debugging mode but didn't work either, I just removed the abd drivers to make sure it wasn't their fault but no effect.
Sometimes the computer sees something unknown but doesn't want to install drivers to it. I think it's a hardware defect, the cable is confirmed working fine, charging also works fine but the phone does nothing in the pc. Yesterday it sort of worked, bad, but it did get recognized after trying ten times, now nothing at all.
Please can anyone tell me what is going on??? I need to install custom recovery to reset the phone but I can't get any files on it.

at the moment my laptop sees something, but nothing more than unknown, as shown in the image attatched

henkspank said:
at the moment my laptop sees something, but nothing more than unknown, as shown in the image attatched
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Enable USB debbuging in your phone. Go to Settings -> about phone -> tap about 10 times on build number item until USB debbuging is unlocked.
Also, on your computer go to the device manager, look for your phone, if you find it, right click on it, then update Driver Software, browse computer, Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, USB composite device
That should do it.

danielms22 said:
Enable USB debbuging in your phone. Go to Settings -> about phone -> tap about 10 times on build number item until USB debbuging is unlocked.
Also, on your computer go to the device manager, look for your phone, if you find it, right click on it, then update Driver Software, browse computer, Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, USB composite device
That should do it.
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it doesn't show up in device manager, not even a unrecognized device, nothing.

henkspank said:
it doesn't show up in device manager, not even a unrecognized device, nothing.
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If you see a unrecognized device in the "Devices and printers" list, as shown in your screenshot, then it should show up in the device manager as well...
If you can't find it, just use the one displayed right there in your screenshot (if it really is your phone).
- right click on it
- Properties
- Hardware tab
- Properties again
- Driver
- Update driver
- proceed as explained above
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danielms22 said:
If you see a unrecognized device in the "Devices and printers" list, as shown in your screenshot, then it should show up in the device manager as well...
If you can't find it, just use the one displayed right there in your screenshot (if it really is your phone).
- right click on it
- Properties
- Hardware tab
- Properties again
- Driver
- Update driver
- proceed as explained above
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I forgot to mention, for this to work in your phone settings -> storage -> USB computer connection -> Media device should be ticked

danielms22 said:
If you see a unrecognized device in the "Devices and printers" list, as shown in your screenshot, then it should show up in the device manager as well...
If you can't find it, just use the one displayed right there in your screenshot (if it really is your phone).
- right click on it
- Properties
- Hardware tab
- Properties again
- Driver
- Update driver
- proceed as explained above
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I forgot to mention, for this to work in your phone settings -> storage -> USB computer connection -> Media device should be ticked
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The windows plug in plug out sound is now sounding about every 10 seconds, in out in out, could it be the phone has a broken connection? the micro usb? still nothing just unrecognized, mass storage is ticked, but doesn't make difference whatsoever, disabling developer options doesn't help either. computer keeps saying it already has the latest drivers.
I recently flashed all the new stuff I downloaded at the official google site where you downlaod the latest 4.3, I flashed using nexus 4 toolkit the files as shown in the second image. I think this might have broke it, but that would be very unfortunate because there would be no way to ever flash different recovery or install another rom/kernel, or is there?

Also, phone doesn't get recognized in fastboot or adb, but it did before

and now the phone gets recognized as normally would, nothing changed, what the ...?

sorry for wasting your time, I figured out my nexus has a broken connection, it's still usable though when I do it right.

I guess I have the same problem. I also replaced the USB flex, but the problem persists. How can you connect it properly to the computer?
Thanks
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magote said:
I guess I have the same problem. I also replaced the USB flex, but the problem persists. How can you connect it properly to the computer?
Thanks
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Well my Nexus 4 is hardware broken but I can still charge it fine, its just the computer connection that barely works, today I was lucky enough to be able to flash custom recovery to it while holding the phone sideways, it worked just for the moment, not anymore rightnow. I guess I'm kinda screwed and you might be too....
This isn't covered by warranty is it? I think I have water damage which isn't covered I know for sure, I just can't tell if it was the water that did the damage.

Are you guys sure it's a problem with your cable/phone plug and not your USB socket or internal hub? Have you tried different sockets?

danielms22 said:
Are you guys sure it's a problem with your cable/phone plug and not your USB socket or internal hub? Have you tried different sockets?
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Pretty sure, tried different sockets, different computers and even different OS's
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thank you... that last line was the problem for me..

I have the exact same problem and my phone is barely 3 months old.. and i have tried everything. The problem is, i have installed a custom recovery, and i have to install stock to get the updates, i don't know what can i do.

LucidSomnia said:
I have the exact same problem and my phone is barely 3 months old.. and i have tried everything. The problem is, i have installed a custom recovery, and i have to install stock to get the updates, i don't know what can i do.
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My problem is gone it was probably because it was on usb fast charge. Check if that was the problem

henkspank said:
My problem is gone it was probably because it was on usb fast charge. Check if that was the problem
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I am sry for the noob question, but how can i check that? Where is the option?
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LucidSomnia said:
I am sry for the noob question, but how can i check that? Where is the option?
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In the trickster mod app, what kernel are you using?

I am on stock kernel, and i havent ever used that app.
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LucidSomnia said:
I am on stock kernel, and i havent ever used that app.
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OK, try installing a different ROM like cyanogenmod 10 and then see if the computer connection works again

VS980 root troubles

Hey guys ive been pretty stoked to root and rom my g2 now that im bored of LG's UI haha i have been trying to use the IOroot method but something about the drivers is giving me such a hard time! i installed them but every time i open a command window and type in "adb devices" nothing is coming up so obviously its not being able to read my device which isnt alowing me to root my phone any help would be greatly appriciated! thanks in advance

I was having trouble, finally went to LG site to download drivers
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adb is a special android thing. You need to install it to just use it anywhere. Do this:
1. Create a folder on your desktop (you can call it root or whatever you want).
2. Extract IORoot into folder created in step one.
3. SHIFT RIGHT CLICK and do "open command window here" (This is the most important).
4. type
Code:
adb devices
5. if you devices shows run the root.bat file to root your device.
Look at this for a little more help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515978

djraimondi said:
adb is a special android thing. You need to install it to just use it anywhere. Do this:
1. Create a folder on your desktop (you can call it root or whatever you want).
2. Extract IORoot into folder created in step one.
3. SHIFT RIGHT CLICK and do "open command window here" (This is the most important).
4. type
Code:
adb devices
5. if you devices shows run the root.bat file to root your device.
Look at this for a little more help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515978
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IVe done this so many times haha... the problem is when i type that into the command window nothing comes up under listed devices and ive downloaded and installed the drivers from several different locations including the LG website... could it be the ethernet thing that im missing? because thats the only thing i dont believe ive done cause this is a hastle xD ive had no problems rooting in the past

Cyko.Tech67 said:
IVe done this so many times haha... the problem is when i type that into the command window nothing comes up under listed devices and ive downloaded and installed the drivers from several different locations including the LG website... could it be the ethernet thing that im missing? because thats the only thing i dont believe ive done cause this is a hastle xD ive had no problems rooting in the past
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Do you have the phone listed correctly for what mode to be in when you plug in the USB cord???

hd-renegade said:
Do you have the phone listed correctly for what mode to be in when you plug in the USB cord???
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i have tried both with Charge only mode and MTP

Cyko.Tech67 said:
i have tried both with Charge only mode and MTP
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This is just a thought, but maybe, power the phone off, power the PC off. Turn them both back on, re-read the instructions on how to root the phone. It sort of sounds like you could be missing just a little thing on the instructions. You may also try a different USB port on your PC too. I rooted mine back on iRoot 6 so I would have to think that iRoot 10 should be better then what I used.

hd-renegade said:
This is just a thought, but maybe, power the phone off, power the PC off. Turn them both back on, re-read the instructions on how to root the phone. It sort of sounds like you could be missing just a little thing on the instructions. You may also try a different USB port on your PC too. I rooted mine back on iRoot 6 so I would have to think that iRoot 10 should be better then what I used.
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I just dont think im installing the drivers right because ive tried everyone and their mothers usb ports and ive tired it on 4-5 computers there has to be something im missing with the drivers because the process just wont start Daemon will succsesfully start running than nothing...

Cyko.Tech67 said:
I just dont think im installing the drivers right because ive tried everyone and their mothers usb ports and ive tired it on 4-5 computers there has to be something im missing with the drivers because the process just wont start Daemon will succsesfully start running than nothing...
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It has been a while sense I rooted mine, but I think the fix for me was getting the drivers from the LG Site and using the LG Flash tool.

hd-renegade said:
It has been a while sense I rooted mine, but I think the fix for me was getting the drivers from the LG Site and using the LG Flash tool.
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whats the flash tool for?

I think I ended up flashing back to LG stock. Sorry it has been a while sense I played with that stuff.
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I had the same issue. I installed these lg drivers, not sure if they had anything to do with it because it still didn't work. What finally worked was when I turned off debug and may have been in mtp connection. Obviously after you have to put back in debug and ethernet connection to follow the ioroot method.

dp917 said:
I had the same issue. I installed these lg drivers, not sure if they had anything to do with it because it still didn't work. What finally worked was when I turned off debug and may have been in mtp connection. Obviously after you have to put back in debug and ethernet connection to follow the ioroot method.
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alright one more question and thanks for the fast replies guys! i appriciate it but im not to nifty with computer tech as i am Smartphone xD laptops still have an ethernet mode correct? and if so where do i go to enable it?

Cyko.Tech67 said:
alright one more question and thanks for the fast replies guys! i appriciate it but im not to nifty with computer tech as i am Smartphone xD laptops still have an ethernet mode correct? and if so where do i go to enable it?
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Ethernet mode is in enabled in your phone. Settings > scroll to bottom "pc connection."

dp917 said:
Ethernet mode is in enabled in your phone. Settings > scroll to bottom "pc connection."
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awesome thanks so much guys a thanks to both of you ill try it when i get home and let ya know how it went

Cyko.Tech67 said:
awesome thanks so much guys a thanks to both of you ill try it when i get home and let ya know how it went
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Let the folks here know how you make out.

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Let the folks here know how you make out.
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unfortunatly with ethernet on i am still getting the same results... its just not recognizing my device? at least now in the notification bar i get the notification that USB debugging is on so i guess im making progress? uggh this is getting pretty annoying any thoughts guys?

Run it directly from local drive root. IE C:/ Windows 7? Control alt delete. End the stale adb process, you should see two, one not performing sitting around 2000 kb ram and the other using ram. End that and it should force adb to kick in. I had to do this on win 7 multiple times with dif phones. It's like it locks up when finding the com port or whatever the hell it's doing. I take no blame if you screw up your device this way. I have resorted to a virtual xp for all my phone needs as not everything works in Linux.

Here's how rooted my phone with IORoot:
Unzipped IORoot to root of my hard drive
Plugged in phone with usb (make sure debug mode is enabled). When prompted to choose connection, choose modem. You should see debug icon appear in status bar. If not, choose Ethernet.
Opened IORoot folder. Hold down shift and right click an empty area and choose 'open command window'
Type adb devices. If device shows up, proceed. With normal root procedure.

Steamer86 said:
Run it directly from local drive root. IE C:/ Windows 7? Control alt delete. End the stale adb process, you should see two, one not performing sitting around 2000 kb ram and the other using ram. End that and it should force adb to kick in. I had to do this on win 7 multiple times with dif phones. It's like it locks up when finding the com port or whatever the hell it's doing. I take no blame if you screw up your device this way. I have resorted to a virtual xp for all my phone needs as not everything works in Linux.
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simon_lefisch said:
Here's how rooted my phone with IORoot:
Unzipped IORoot to root of my hard drive
Plugged in phone with usb (make sure debug mode is enabled). When prompted to choose connection, choose modem. You should see debug icon appear in status bar. If not, choose Ethernet.
Opened IORoot folder. Hold down shift and right click an empty area and choose 'open command window'
Type adb devices. If device shows up, proceed. With normal root procedure.
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Not sure if it matters but I am running 64 bit Windows 8
- In the instructions didn't you have to change a setting for the Com Port to get it to see the phone??
- Did you ever get the prompt on your phone to accept the Connection. I can not remember what it was, but it only comes up once, and I am not referring to the USB connection IE Ethernet??
- Are you sure you have Developer Options turned on?? The step where you keep tapping on the Developer thing and then the phone finally gives you the Developer Options??

Can't transfer files

Hi
I have my nexus for something like a year and suddenly i cant use my file transfer mod only the charging works when I connect the phone to my computer.
i tried to reinstall the drivers but nothing changed
please if someone have a solution i will be glad.
i have Win 10 maybe because of that,
(sorry for my English)

Make sure you have the latest Google USB drivers installed via either of the two methods mentioned here...
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html

Werner95 said:
Hi
I have my nexus for something like a year and suddenly i cant use my file transfer mod only the charging works when I connect the phone to my computer.
i tried to reinstall the drivers but nothing changed
please if someone have a solution i will be glad.
i have Win 10 maybe because of that,
(sorry for my English)
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Have you tried enabling usb debugging within developer options?

I'm sure you have but just in case Have you remembered to go to the top slid down on your phone and select file transfer mod?
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blitzkriegger said:
Have you tried enabling usb debugging within developer options?
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yes i enabled it
gjkrisa said:
I'm sure you have but just in case Have you remembered to go to the top slid down on your phone and select file transfer mod?
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yes,I switch to file transfer mod