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I have a Samsung Epic and i rooted it to put the wifi tethering. Everything had worked fine and i decided to try some rom's out and try to upgrade to 2.2 before my provider decided to senf my the download. Anyways i tried to do some stuff with odin in that regaurd and it would never work. I came to find out that it was not reconizing my device on the computer. I have had the phone hooked up before after rooted and it worked fine and i was able to see my sd card and do everything. For some reason no computer will reconize my phone. It installs only three drivers and reconizes all of them, but they are named different then before. It seems that something has happened to the internal program of the phone were it is not sending the correct driver look up to the computer. I dont get the ADB interface driver install to even pop up and try to install. I took my buddys epic and hooked it up to the same computer and it did the proper driver recognition and installed fine as well as the adb driver. I mounted his sd card and it worked fine. I plugged my phone in to same computer it did a totally different 3 driver download all sucessfull put they had different driver names and there was no ADB driver reconized or attempted to install. The proper drivers are already on the computer and every epic will connect just fine except mine. I have done a factory reset and data wipe as well as my sd card wipe and it still does not connect to my computer. The drivers that keep installing when my phone is hooked up is modem cdma technology driver and usb device. Who ever has an epic will know that when you first plugged your phone in you got the name of the drivers as they were trying to install well for some reason mine now say ( unreconized device ) on the three drivers and then downloads them from microsoft and all say sucessfull. Unfortunately sucessfull is not the correct word cause without that adb interface driver loading i cannot mount my SD card. I have tried this on 4 computers with different operating systems and none will see the phone they all load these three wierd never seen driver descriptions and none enable the sd card to be mounted. I dont know what to do i cant take the phone back to sprint to have the factory origianl program put back on it with the correct drivers cause the phone is still rooted. Factory reset did not un root it and i cant connect the computeer to my phone to unroot it. Any advise would be great. thanks
For odin to recognize ur phone you have to be in download mode. To get download mode you have to hold the 1 button the the keyboard and turn the phone on at the same time. Also connect your phone to you computer after odin is already running.
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i did the download mode and odin to reconize the com of the phone but fialed right offf the bat trying to install the new pit file and tar for the 2.2 upgrade so i gave up on that but i cant get my phone to connect to a cmputer to even mount the sd card to save my life. I can wait to get the update from sprint to 2.2 before i can install roms but i cant do anything until my phone will conect to a computer
Recovery mode and factory reset and then restore your nand backup.
Please post questions in General section.
i went into recovery mode then did the factory reset im not sure what (nand backup means) can you be more specific. thanks
swp22 said:
i went into recovery mode then did the factory reset im not sure what (nand backup means) can you be more specific. thanks
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That just means a Clockwork backup. You made one, right?
unfortuneatly i deleted my sd card where clock work was and also when i tried to do clockwork before doing all this it failed as well to make a back up. I have had horrible luck trying to do anything with this phone other then the simpple one click root i did when i got it. So yeah sounds like im screwed cause i have no clockwork backup to refer to. Is there a way to take the sd card out of the phone put whatever it is i need ot on the sd card and then place it back in phone and try running it from there..I have rom manager installed on the phone once i had set it back to factory defaults so i can install custom roms from that. Would putting a custom rom on the phone fix the driver reconigtion problems im having or is that stuff burried deeper into the phone?
Also is it possible to take my friend epic that i have here with me and get the needed files from hhis phone back onto mine. I would hate to think i have a huge paper weight now cause sprint is going to tell me to pound sand cause the phones been rooted. Would this also be possible, If i was to take my buddies sd card put the foryo 2.2 update.zip folder on his sd card or simply place his sd card that has his stock update.zip file on it and place it into my phone and do a update.zip in recovery mode would that possibly fix the problem im having? Something must have happeend to mine cause when i try to do the update.zip from my sd card wit the one that came with the phone i get this meesage while it goes through the verifying update package. (e.file signature invalid abort installation) i can see in that folder from my phone that there is a adb file inside the bin folder which im hoping will fix my problem if i can get the phone to compleate the update.zip install.
I spent all day yesterday trying to fix my Epic with no progress and feeling a little sol.
Yesterday I decided I needed a new ROM/kernel because I was averaging only 4hrs of battery life with Supernova and wanted to try Nebula ROM with EXT4. I backed up everything on my laptop and did a Nandroid backup as well. I also have Titanium backup backed up on my pc. I always always back up. I started fresh by flashing to stock and starting over. I rooted with 1 click, flashed DK28, and where I believe I screwed up is I didn´t upgrade to Clockwork 3 (looking back I don´t know wtf I was thinking by proceeding the following way), instead I went to advanced, reboot recovery and ended up rebooting my system into 2.5.1.2. I rebooted my phone and all was good, powered off, 3 fingered and I still had 2.5.1.2 so like a dumbass I figured I was good to go ahead and flash Nebula. LOL so what happened? the Rom installed, I finished like I always do and when I went to boot up my phone I flashed into v2.5.1.0 and thats where my phone stays. If I try to do anything it gives me E: Can´t open/cache/recovery/log
I tried to restore of course and I get this message. I have tried to Odin back to stock but my phone will not connect to a pc.
Heres my situation. I live in a house with 6 computers that I have attempted to connect to with no luck, 5 of these have adb and the Android SDK, several drivers (including the Epics) installed and the C drives have literally no more space. The other pc has Windows 2000 so I wondered if it won´t install the drivers or pick up my phone because its so old??? My main laptop is running Ubuntu and Im not understanding how or even if I can Odin my phone on it, besides I think this laptop won´t connect to my Epic because of the USB port and I dont have a clue how to detect or fix that. My mom has a brand new PC with Windows 7 thats never had anything connected via USB yet that I thought was worth giving a shot at. I only have the stock USB cable though and I was wondering if I bought a new cable if it would be more likely that my phone would connect.
I am not very educated on Android or computers so I prob shouldn´t have done as much flashing as I have to begin with. If I understood file systems better I would prob figure it out.
Thanks for any help or advice. If I over looked the answer in front of my face I am sorry it is because I am retarded and don´t understand computer lingo.
Are you connecting the proper way to odin?
Step 1: open odin with phone Disconnected from PC (if you dont open it first it may not recognize your phone, so i hear)
Step 2: hold 1 on keypad and power on phone --> download mode
step 3: connect phone to PC
step 4: Flash rom
if odin still isnt recognized I would suggest taking out your microsd card and put it in another phone or a microsd card reader and put a basic dk28 rom/dl18 (maybe the acs one that includes modem) rom on there then put the sdcard back in your phone and flash that in clockworkmod and see if it'll boot (wide data/cache/dalvik before doing this)
Also search the forum i'm pretty sure theres an RFS formatter somewhere that'll format your /system/data/cache back to RFS, you probably need to do that before flashing back the other rom...
So, if I understand the OP correctly, you accidentally flashed an ext4 only rom on rfs with 2.5.1.0?
This thread had a flashable reRFS conversion, just in case you need it.
This thread has a cwm flashable di18 and modem.
Those should get you up and going again with cwm 2.5.1.0. If they don't, Odin is really the answer and I don't know what to tell you.
So I tried both of your ideas and I am so pist off. I am now stuck in download mode and cant get 7 freaken computers (one literally brand new with Windows 7, one with Vista, one with XP, 3 with Linux, 1 with 2000 out of being desperate with 5 different usb cords to connect. Clearly my phone is the problem because the sd reader can read my sd just fine and my mom, sister and gramps connect o the same computers just fine. Ive accepted that I am ****ed at this point. I have never got this phone to stay connected to a pc and I think I hate it.
It is starting to sound like it is time to head to a sprint store.
Erica8123 said:
I am now stuck in download mode and cant get 7 freaken computers (one literally brand new with Windows 7, one with Vista, one with XP, 3 with Linux, 1 with 2000 out of being desperate with 5 different usb cords to connect.
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Have you tried to just pull the battery out? Then, put it back in the phone and boot into CWM? Or pull the battery, then boot into recovery? I personally hate going to the Sprint store and I try every possible option before going.
If you can get another USB cable it will probably work. I use an evo cable. Also for future reference there are no custom kernels on dk28.
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Hey, I just wanted to update.
I had tried several usb cables to connect btw including a new one I just bought. No luck. I had tried literally everything to fix my Epic and I was super pist during my last post lol. I finally had to cave and take the block walk (literally) down to Sprint and thank God I insured my phone. He was hella cool about it, just laughed and said he doesn't want to bother with it and replaced it. I am still trying to decide what I wanna do as rooting goes (besides getting rid of pretty much every app they put on there).
Thanks again everyone
My PC couldn't see my nexus and I noticed this problem before I knew of an update and yet the update was that same day....
Anyhow the PC wouldn't see the nexus but every other device it does see. We're talking mint 13 mint 11 win7 and Xp... All saw the device prior. So I couldn't get the 4.3 update because fastboot didn't work either. I brick proofed my options prime if anybody knows what that is like you know that I know drivers and fastboot lol. So anyway I need drivers I think so I delete them and reinstall ..we forgot what the first attempt looked like but after trying many times and using the nexus tool kit to delete all the old drivers or installed drivers I then reinstall with error. It reads windows could install driver properly or close to that and the device was labeled as nexus 4 adb but it had a exclamation mark in yellow below it and it didn't work. Hard to believe that it can't be seen on Linux at all of course I don't know the tricky tricks I usually plug it in and boom it ask me what I want to do with it and no now nothing.. Also notable is the fact that I was on stick type Roms and then went to cm10 with LTE enabled and of course older radios since then it seems no connection. Maybe it's my cord but I tried two... I hope it a cord issue. . I
Sent from my Nexus 4 4.3 ota with no root now and no recovery at all using xda premium
Edit. After shining my led light into the end of the cord I only can see 4 of the 5 prongs inside the device end of the USB cord. So I guess that's my problem which sucks cause I deleted the drivers I installed before. Oh well... Have 4.3?
stats;
n7,
unlocked,
rooted
running JB
user level: android noob, but have a good grasp of comp stuff (I used to kill my own viruses when limewire was the defacto way to get download)...
comp, Win 7, old athlon dual core 64 4600, 3gb ram...
My n7 hasnt loaded kitkat, and I was getting annoyed with the constant "update ready".
I tried several times to install it, but each time it turned up an error....
Today I thought I would force an update with Skipsoft toolkit.
All seemed to go well, then....
things froze.....both comp and tablet and toolkit
I walked away, I didnt touch anything...for 2 hours. I literally went outside to do some errands, hoping things would "fix themselves".
I came back and disconnected, the tablet but the computer was still frozen...so I waited a few then, restarted the comp...
Now my tablet was stuck on the "google" screen.
I figured out how to get into the fastboot screen,
then the CWM screen.
from there, Ive tried,
Skipsoft toolkit,
Nexus Root Toolkit,
ADB manager (still not sure what this does except for downloads files, none of the apps in the toolkit file do anything)
fastboot.exe,
pdaNet drivers...
a couple of various tutorials (http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/) this one requires the tablet to be awake, but Ill be darned if I can get it to do anything...
On the good side of things, the Skipsoft toolkit, recognizes it, it displays the serial so theres hope. I hope.
But its never recognized in my computer, it did make the beep boop, when ever its dis/connected, until the I was trying the nexus root kit (they ask to remove drivers etc).
99% of the tutorials ask for the debugging to be activated. well it was but now...who knows.
with the skipsoft I get:
insecure boot image found
stock recovery image found
cwm image found
twrp image found
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^are these on the tablet or the comp?
once Im into the cwm screen, Ive cleared cache, and partition etc, nothing seems to help.
can someone help me before I brain my damage?
fixed it..wooooohoooooo
Vishnuisgod said:
stats;
n7,
unlocked,
rooted
running JB
user level: android noob, but have a good grasp of comp stuff (I used to kill my own viruses when limewire was the defacto way to get download)...
comp, Win 7, old athlon dual core 64 4600, 3gb ram...
My n7 hasnt loaded kitkat, and I was getting annoyed with the constant "update ready".
I tried several times to install it, but each time it turned up an error....
Today I thought I would force an update with Skipsoft toolkit.
All seemed to go well, then....
things froze.....both comp and tablet and toolkit
I walked away, I didnt touch anything...for 2 hours. I literally went outside to do some errands, hoping things would "fix themselves".
I came back and disconnected, the tablet but the computer was still frozen...so I waited a few then, restarted the comp...
Now my tablet was stuck on the "google" screen.
I figured out how to get into the fastboot screen,
then the CWM screen.
from there, Ive tried,
Skipsoft toolkit,
Nexus Root Toolkit,
ADB manager (still not sure what this does except for downloads files, none of the apps in the toolkit file do anything)
fastboot.exe,
pdaNet drivers...
a couple of various tutorials (http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/) this one requires the tablet to be awake, but Ill be darned if I can get it to do anything...
On the good side of things, the Skipsoft toolkit, recognizes it, it displays the serial so theres hope. I hope.
But its never recognized in my computer, it did make the beep boop, when ever its dis/connected, until the I was trying the nexus root kit (they ask to remove drivers etc).
99% of the tutorials ask for the debugging to be activated. well it was but now...who knows.
with the skipsoft I get:
insecure boot image found
stock recovery image found
cwm image found
twrp image found
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^are these on the tablet or the comp?
once Im into the cwm screen, Ive cleared cache, and partition etc, nothing seems to help.
can someone help me before I brain my damage?
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I think I got it!!!!!!!!!!
using the skipsoft,
first i did option 1, install usb settings; then
I used option #6 force recovery.. I think i did stock rom.
now Im updating with kitkat and it updating to 4.4.2
Vishnuisgod said:
I think I got it!!!!!!!!!!
using the skipsoft,
first i did option 1, install usb settings; then
I used option #6 force recovery.. I think i did stock rom.
now Im updating with kitkat and it updating to 4.4.2
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thank you for the tips ! the tool kit actually worked i had no os (deleted everything).
and used the 9 option (flashing stock) it worked !
Hello everyone,
I have wiped everything using the TWR recovery boot option in a really poor attempt to unroot my phone since it was behaving strangely.
Now it look like my OS is gone and the phone cannot be recognized anymore by my PCs even if I install the appropriate drivers manually.
Since it is no longer possible for me to attempt to flash the phone with a stock firmware using odin, I have attempted transfering the file on the phone using the sd card and installing it through the TWR recovery menu however it does not seem to be a possible option.
Does anyone have any advice to propose to restore the phone with a working OS?
It should still be able to load a recovery file from TWR, I am just unsure where I could get these since they differ from ROMs available everywhere else, I can also make change directly to the device drive using the file explorer so worst case scenario, I suppose it could be possible to copy past all the content of an image over there via the sd card.
Thanks
what happens when you put it into download mode and connect it to a computer? can you even get to odin mode? there is a way to ADB an OS onto it , but its pretty particular and usually not necessary.
youdoofus said:
what happens when you put it into download mode and connect it to a computer? can you even get to odin mode? there is a way to ADB an OS onto it , but its pretty particular and usually not necessary.
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The download mode seems functionnal on the phone, however the phone is not recognized by any PC which render it useless. My guess is that some files or driver on the phone side got deleted and it is no longer sending the right information to the machines it connects to.
Loading ADB into the OS seems like a neat idea, I didnt know it was possible. I am just unsure if flashing from within the phone is functionnal, my guess is that it probably work, but it is perhaps just a little riskier than doing it from an external device.
Thanks, I will try that, if you have any further advice, let me know
Edit : Oh I just realized you said to ADB an OS into it, yeah I don't thinks its possible, since nothing recognize the phone.
Have you uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers on your computer? Tried a few different computers? And, more likely to be successful, a few different cables?
youdoofus said:
Have you uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers on your computer? Tried a few different computers? And, more likely to be successful, a few different cables?
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Yes, it also worked perfectly fine a minute before everything get wiped. I am pretty confident the only way to get it back working would be to copy the files into the phone manually, I am just unsure what files I should copy to the root since I have never seen how it usually look.
That's weird because I don't know of a way to wipe stuff in such a way to remove the capability of Odin connecting to a computer
youdoofus said:
That's weird because I don't know of a way to wipe stuff in such a way to remove the capability of Odin connecting to a computer
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Hmmm I went on cyaogenMod and installed it on my device using the sdcard. Unsure why the stock OS wouldn't work, but at least now the phone is functional.
The phone is still not recognized but it seems like it is slightly better, it now displays as Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed). Which is better than getting disconnected right away from the computer. Now it probably just is a matter of fixing the drivers or the phone further since I have messed around a lot since everything stopped working.
Alright thanks a lot, it didnt occur to me that I probably could install other roms. Im still unsure whether or not I should stick with it but thats the least of my worries right now
garett_ said:
Hmmm I went on cyaogenMod and installed it on my device using the sdcard. Unsure why the stock OS wouldn't work, but at least now the phone is functional.
The phone is still not recognized but it seems like it is slightly better, it now displays as Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed). Which is better than getting disconnected right away from the computer. Now it probably just is a matter of fixing the drivers or the phone further since I have messed around a lot since everything stopped working.
Alright thanks a lot, it didnt occur to me that I probably could install other roms. Im still unsure whether or not I should stick with it but thats the least of my worries right now
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have you tried a different version of odin? or at least a new download of it? does your computer recognize it when its booted up?