Database Users

Bricked, can't even get into download...am I boned?

Basically, thats whats going on. I've followed instructions on various threads, tried everything. The phone simply will not boot into recovery no matter what I try. Is there anything left I can do?

Let it sit for a day and try again. It worked for me many times in the past. Sometimes Odin would recognize my phone that wasn't even in a download mode.
Sent from my T959 using XDA App

Was fastboot enabled? Have you tried pulling the battery before attempting to get into recovery?
Sent from my HTC sensation using Tapatalk

gun said:
Let it sit for a day and try again. It worked for me many times in the past. Sometimes Odin would recognize my phone that wasn't even in a download mode.
Sent from my T959 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Problem is, its already been like this for about 3 days. I guess I'll give it another day then.
StuartTheFish said:
Was fastboot enabled? Have you tried pulling the battery before attempting to get into recovery?
Sent from my HTC sensation using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not that I am aware of, and yes i have

What rom are you in? Try to hold vol up + power
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA Premium App

Semianonymous said:
Basically, thats whats going on. I've followed instructions on various threads, tried everything. The phone simply will not boot into recovery no matter what I try. Is there anything left I can do?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
try to odin back to stock
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
Or try that same method without holding the power button, just the volume rocker (up and down) when plugging into usb that works for some ppl
The vibrant is tough to hard brick so keep trying

[Q] Cant Get into AP Fast Boot!

I accidentally,... . unknowingly wiped the RED "system" button in Safestrap 3.12 on my Droid RAZR M today. (I was suppose to be wiping the cash and dalvik, but missed) I'm a retard I know. :crying:
Now I cant get into AP Fastboot to restore the phone from this hard brick!
When I press the power button along with the volume buttons, the only thing that happens is the red Motorola 'M" appears for a few seconds then the safe strap screen appears with the little sad robot, but that's it no AP Fastboot. Pressing the on screen buttons to enter Safestrap Recover do not respond. Oh boy I'm afraid I really did it this time. Its on the charger but i don't know if its even charging with out as OS?
Battery power was at 60% before i bricked it (i think). RSD Lite or my PC for that matter don't even see the phone when its plugged in.
Can this be saved? Or do I need to take a trip down to the Verizon Wireless store?
Droid RAZR M
4.1.2 OTA
Rooted
Locked Bootloader
Safestrap 3.12
Partitioned 64GB SD card utilizing Linked2SD

You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2

sloosecannon said:
You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Really? Well I hope your right. It gives me some hope. lol So do you have any idea of what alternative key combo i might have to use? Thank you for the reply.

Try holding power & volume down until the screen flickers then hold power and both volume buttons. You gotta be quick
If your boot loader is locked you won't be able to fast boot back until the new fast boot files come out though if your on 4.1.2

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:

sloosecannon said:
You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you! You were right! was able to get into AP Fastboot with a different button combo like u said. :victory:

shane1 said:
Try holding power & volume down until the screen flickers then hold power and both volume buttons. You gotta be quick
If your boot loader is locked you won't be able to fast boot back until the new fast boot files come out though if your on 4.1.2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Shane you were right on the money brother!!! Thank you so very much. It worked perfectly. I'm up and running again.
much respect

bigrob1015 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It worked! I utilized the NEWER version of Mat's utility and it did it!!! Woo Hoo!! Thank you so very much. Thank you all for all the speedy help.

SARM1084 said:
Shane you were right on the money brother!!! Thank you so very much. It worked perfectly. I'm up and running again.
much respect
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hey no prob! i try to help as much as i can !

bigrob1015 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
this process took 1min

Halp
This thread saved my life, then killed me. The suggestion about the different keys was spot on, i got into fast boot mode, then ran that utility. It totally failed me, I must have killed my phone pretty dead, and now there are no more key combos (the suggested one worked at first but now its just making the screen go blank) to try to get back into fast boot to try again. any more suggestions? on the up side verizon just pushed that update so i figure i can blame that to attempt an exchange

Did you take the update before using that utility? If you did, which version did you use? If you were already updated, then you needed to run 1.20. If you ran the wrong utility, that will cause issues. Now, since you can't boot, it sounds like your battery is dead. When you get to the blank screen, plug it in and leave it to charge for a while.

I'm no expert by any means but I'll try to help as best i can. If not me I'm confident someone else will. Now, I apologize because I didn't understand your original post.
Could you elaborate a little more please?
1. What were you trying to do with your phone prior to things going wrong, if they went wrong at all.
2. you mentioned AP Fastboot. So IM going to assume that at least you can access it. (not the same problem that I was having) that's a good thing! lol
3. Are you utilizing a utility like the one by Matt? Or are you doing something else? Like flashing firmware etc.
4. What were you in Fastboot for? What were your intentions?
I hope this doesn't come over a condescending. Just trying to get a Clearer understand of your issue so we can help.
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

Sorry double post

PartyOnINSANE said:
New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
this process took 1min
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Look at my previous post
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

Sorry, my post musnt have updated. As you can see I managed to fix my problem. If there's any issues in the future for anyone I will be sure to advise as best I can.
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

PartyOnINSANE said:
Sorry, my post musnt have updated. As you can see I managed to fix my problem. If there's any issues in the future for anyone I will be sure to advise as best I can.
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problems brother. Glad to see your up and running.
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

Stuck in a Boot Loop
PartyOnINSANE said:
New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
this process took 1min
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Could you help me please?
I changed 2 lines in my build.prop file so i could see if I could get touchless control.
After I changed it, I restarted my phone. Now it is stuck in the Red M Boot, and it stays there, dosent black screen, dosent boot. I can get to the boot selection menu, but i cant choose anything, they all end up at the Red M. I Read that I can fix it in AP Fastboot, but I can get there. Also if i force it off (with power button and volume button) It just goes back to the Red M.
Everything I do ends up at the Red M
Help fast please, its my only phone, and I just got rid of my house phone
I have a
Droid Razr M
Rooted, no custom Roms or Recovery.
Changed my build.prop from XT907 to XT1087
Changed My Boot Animation to R2D2
A: 4.1.2
8gb Sd card on it.

gjhkl said:
Could you help me please?
I changed 2 lines in my build.prop file so i could see if I could get touchless control.
After I changed it, I restarted my phone. Now it is stuck in the Red M Boot, and it stays there, dosent black screen, dosent boot. I can get to the boot selection menu, but i cant choose anything, they all end up at the Red M. I Read that I can fix it in AP Fastboot, but I can get there. Also if i force it off (with power button and volume button) It just goes back to the Red M.
Everything I do ends up at the Red M
Help fast please, its my only phone, and I just got rid of my house phone
I have a
Droid Razr M
Rooted, no custom Roms or Recovery.
Changed my build.prop from XT907 to XT1087
Changed My Boot Animation to R2D2
A: 4.1.2
8gb Sd card on it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Holding the combination of buttons will only cause it to reboot, every time. Holding the power button down will make it shutdown. With that being said, what was your battery like before you started all of this? If it's below 50%, you're going to have a hard time. Shut the phone down and charge the battery ovenight, prior to attempting to fastboot.
If your battery is good, then you can fastboot. Hold all three buttons down, until you get the phone to power off. As soon as power goes off, you'll see a quick line flash at the top of the screen. As soon as you see this flash, quickly let go of the power button and then re-press it. If you got it right, you'll go into the fastboot menu. If you got it wrong, it will attempt to reboot. If it reboots, just try the button combo again. Once you get into the fastboot menu, use the vol- key to get to the option you need, and then hit the vol+ to choose that option.

RikRong said:
Holding the combination of buttons will only cause it to reboot, every time. Holding the power button down will make it shutdown. With that being said, what was your battery like before you started all of this? If it's below 50%, you're going to have a hard time. Shut the phone down and charge the battery ovenight, prior to attempting to fastboot.
If your battery is good, then you can fastboot. Hold all three buttons down, until you get the phone to power off. As soon as power goes off, you'll see a quick line flash at the top of the screen. As soon as you see this flash, quickly let go of the power button and then re-press it. If you got it right, you'll go into the fastboot menu. If you got it wrong, it will attempt to reboot. If it reboots, just try the button combo again. Once you get into the fastboot menu, use the vol- key to get to the option you need, and then hit the vol+ to choose that option.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have done your steps and I get the menu up, but when I try to scroll down with the volume down button, it doesn't move. It just stays on "normal powerup". How can I fix this?

Bricked XT907

I Tried To Flash A GPU Overclocking Kernal Over My CPU Overclocking Kernal But It Had Failed So When I Pressed Reboot System It's Not Turning On Please Help.

Can you get into recovery by holding power+volume up?

KiiDPoLo said:
I Tried To Flash A GPU Overclocking Kernal Over My CPU Overclocking Kernal But It Had Failed So When I Pressed Reboot System It's Not Turning On Please Help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what kernel did u flash?

mic213 said:
what kernel did u flash?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think its safe to say that it wasnt compatible with the XT907

Nope It's Not Turning On At All, Im Gonna Try Leaving It Charging. It Was Some ICS Linpack GPU Kernal.
Here's The Link: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/33830-der-kernel-trinity-gst-vzw-ics/page__st__30
Also Im Have TWRP Recovery V2.3.2.3 and On This Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2355916

KiiDPoLo said:
Nope It's Not Turning On At All, Im Gonna Try Leaving It Charging. It Was Some ICS Linpack GPU Kernal.
Here's The Link: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/33830-der-kernel-trinity-gst-vzw-ics/page__st__30
Also Im Have TWRP Recovery V2.3.2.3 and On This Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2355916
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, bad kernel. That's designed for a SGS3 and CM9 ROMs. With that being said, it won't boot all? The bad kernel shouldn't prevent you from booting into recovery, but like Panther said, your battery may be dead. Leave it on the charger for a while and see what happens. Use Panther's button combo to boot straight into recovery and restore a backup. You can also try holding all three buttons to get into the fastboot menu. Once in the menu, use vol- to go to your choice and vol+ to select your option. Good luck and let us know what happens.

RikRong said:
Yeah, bad kernel. That's designed for a SGS3 and CM9 ROMs. With that being said, it won't boot all? The bad kernel shouldn't prevent you from booting into recovery, but like Panther said, your battery may be dead. Leave it on the charger for a while and see what happens. Use Panther's button combo to boot straight into recovery and restore a backup. You can also try holding all three buttons to get into the fastboot menu. Once in the menu, use vol- to go to your choice and vol+ to select your option. Good luck and let us know what happens.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've Been Charging It For A Few Hours Now. Nothings Happening, Not Even The Charging LED Comes On But Imma Leave It To Charge For A Little Longer; I Switched Outlets.
Still Not Coming On and I Flashed It AT A Full Battery.

RikRong said:
Yeah, bad kernel. That's designed for a SGS3 and CM9 ROMs. With that being said, it won't boot all? The bad kernel shouldn't prevent you from booting into recovery, but like Panther said, your battery may be dead. Leave it on the charger for a while and see what happens. Use Panther's button combo to boot straight into recovery and restore a backup. You can also try holding all three buttons to get into the fastboot menu. Once in the menu, use vol- to go to your choice and vol+ to select your option. Good luck and let us know what happens.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nothing's Happening. No LED, No Signs Off Life, IDK What To Do....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KiiDPoLo said:
Nothing's Happening. No LED, No Signs Off Life, IDK What To Do....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Put it on a charger. Then if you can't get bootloader menu to come on (normal pwr, recovery....).
Then you clobbered the partitions. Got insurance?

aviwdoowks said:
Put it on a charger. Then if you can't get bootloader menu to come on (normal pwr, recovery....).
Then you clobbered the partitions. Got insurance?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay Thanks, and Nope

KiiDPoLo said:
Okay Thanks, and Nope
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
not sure if you resolved you issue, but try again to get to recovery - press and hold all 3 buttons (power + volume up + volume down), release only the power button after 5 seconds and wait for the recovery screen to appear (if not, try releasing the volume buttons, then press the volume down button once, then the volume up button once).

At About 2:30 AM This Morning The Charging LED Finally Came On But It's Green So I Guess It Has A Full Battery, Not Sure and Whenever I Try To Boot Into Recovery The Light Comes Off.

KiiDPoLo said:
At About 2:30 AM This Morning The Charging LED Finally Came On But It's Green So I Guess It Has A Full Battery, Not Sure and Whenever I Try To Boot Into Recovery The Light Comes Off.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
that's a good sign that the battery light came on. getting into recovery can be tricky, so keep trying. you might need to get there blindly - basically, assume that you cannot see the screen, and press the right buttons to get into it. this has happened to me before.

jco23 said:
that's a good sign that the battery light came on. getting into recovery can be tricky, so keep trying. you might need to get there blindly - basically, assume that you cannot see the screen, and press the right buttons to get into it. this has happened to me before.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay So Do My Phone Need Any Source Of Power To Boot And When I Boot Into Recovery Will The Screen Turn On ????

KiiDPoLo said:
Okay So Do My Phone Need Any Source Of Power To Boot And When I Boot Into Recovery Will The Screen Turn On ????
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would leave it plugged in. Once you get to the twrp screen, it should appear.
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

jco23 said:
I would leave it plugged in. Once you get to the twrp screen, it should appear.
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay Thanks Alot Man For All The Help. Im Going To Try Right Now.

It still Hasnt Come Back On. Can You tell Me Exactly How You Fixed Yours and How Yours Got Bricked ??????:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

jco23 said:
I would leave it plugged in. Once you get to the twrp screen, it should appear.
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It still Hasnt Come Back On. Can You tell Me Exactly How You Fixed Yours and How Yours Got Bricked ??????

KiiDPoLo said:
It still Hasnt Come Back On. Can You tell Me Exactly How You Fixed Yours and How Yours Got Bricked ??????
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
21 days later?
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

jco23 said:
21 days later?
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I Slacked Off For Awhile. Here's Exactly What My Phone Is Doing. This Guy Has The Same Problem:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFxL5-kIdSs

[Q] G2 F320K True Brick (need help Very Badly)

My g2 is damaged after installing TWRP and making a flight update..
I cant go into recovery mode
I cant get the download mode
computer can't see my G2
when i switch it on the LG logo blink and gone and that is it nothing happen after that.
Any one can help me please I'm in a very bad need for it ???

any ideas?

Try a factory reset. The procedure is in the phone manual. Something like phone off then power and vol. Down at same time then some other things after that. Heard it works for those who royally screw the pooch.

mahmoudwifi said:
My g2 is damaged after installing TWRP and making a flight update..
I cant go into recovery mode
I cant get the download mode
computer can't see my G2
when i switch it on the LG logo blink and gone and that is it nothing happen after that.
Any one can help me please I'm in a very bad need for it ???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try IOmonster's method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
It might just work.
EDIT: actually since you can't get into recovery try a different button combo. Some people say pressing all 3 keys at once works, some say just vol down + power.
Are you sure you had enough battery before flashing TWRP?

droid_<3er said:
Try IOmonster's method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
It might just work.
EDIT: actually since you can't get into recovery try a different button combo. Some people say pressing all 3 keys at once works, some say just vol down + power.
Are you sure you had enough battery before flashing TWRP?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thank you for replying.
I can't use any method I tried all of them , because I can't connect the phone to the laptop this is the main problem , the laptop can not see the phone .

Mightym83 said:
Try a factory reset. The procedure is in the phone manual. Something like phone off then power and vol. Down at same time then some other things after that. Heard it works for those who royally screw the pooch.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried the hard reset but also it doesn't work.
I need a way to connect the phone to the laptop without the normal known ways .

What link did you use to download twrp?
Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk 4

tdevaughn said:
What link did you use to download twrp?
Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk 4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670

I don't have a G2, but could you use a Factory cable, which also supplies power and puts the device in Fastboot mode.
As I say, just passing through, so don't know if this is a real option.
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

I had an issue getting into download mode while bootlooping on an older recovery. U could try leaving phone plugged into computer, repower, then try getting into download mode. Worked for me.
Sent from Verizon logo plastered G2 bastard

This is a scarry thread!
Any updates?

when I plug the phone to the PC it recognize it as hard drives (more than 10 hard drives with small sizes from 32 meg to 10 meg ) most of them can not be accessed or protected .
than it all I got now

I did the same thing 2 nights ago. I used flashify to flash TWRP but flashed it as boot file causing it to boot loop into recovery. I had to power the phone off through the TWRP interface. Then, with the phone unplugged and off , I held the volume up button for about 3 seconds before inserting the micro usb cable. Keep holding the volume up button until the phone displays download mode. If your laptop still does not recognize your device, make sure you have the correct drivers installed and verify again. Once you are in download mode and your drivers are installed, you can follow the steps in this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 post to get your phone back to stock. Worked for me and I thought my phone was donezo. Also, I installed cleanrom after I finished the above process and am loving it. Hope that helps you out mate!
Sent from my LG-D800 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Phone is bricked help...

Hi everyone. I tried to downgrade from kitkat on my lg g2 d800 and I followed the guide and downloaded the necessary files but now my phone wont boot and windows can't detect it. I can't get into fastboot...please help

I think you just need to do a hard reset. Unless something went wrong during the flash?

Downgrading requires a factory reset. Power off the phone, press volume down and power button until the LG logo appears then press power again. Should take you to factory reset mode.
Otherwise you can flash KK again using the kdz from download mode (plug to your computer whilst holding volume up I believe)
Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk

Johnl120 said:
Hi everyone. I tried to downgrade from kitkat on my lg g2 d800 and I followed the guide and downloaded the necessary files but now my phone wont boot and windows can't detect it. I can't get into fastboot...please help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Pleast try to reboot the phone(if not, just take out the battery.)

Thank you everyone. Something did go wrong during the flash...it just stopped abruptly at 12 percent. I tried doing a hard reset by holding the volume down and then letting go when the logo appeared and then pressing the buttons again. It says resetting in progress but then shuts off.

Hermosa said:
Pleast try to reboot the phone(if not, just take out the battery.)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The phone has a non-removable battery...

AnteusFogg said:
Downgrading requires a factory reset. Power off the phone, press volume down and power button until the LG logo appears then press power again. Should take you to factory reset mode.
Otherwise you can flash KK again using the kdz from download mode (plug to your computer whilst holding volume up I believe)
Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Fastboot doesn't work anymore...my pc doesn't recognize it anymore. Holding the power button brings the lg logo on but then it quickly disappears.

Johnl120 said:
The phone has a non-removable battery...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
uhhh. thorny

offenberg said:
I think you just need to do a hard reset. Unless something went wrong during the flash?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think something did go wrong because I can no longer access fastboot by pressing the power button and holding +. Holding the power button and the volume - key and then letting go and pressing them again when the lg logo comes up again, brings up the hard reset menu. But when I confirm the reset the phone shuts off...

Try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
Don't know if you have experience with Ubuntu. But its easy to install and the process is easier than it looks.
Check if your phone has some if these symptoms. And please note that you CAN'T use the files provided in the OP. You need the files for D800.

offenberg said:
Try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
Don't know if you have experience with Ubuntu. But its easy to install and the process is easier than it looks.
Check if your phone has some if these symptoms. And please note that you CAN'T use the files provided in the OP. You need the files for D800.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried this and the command "ls /dev/sd*" doesn't detect the phone.

Why were you trying to Downgrade?
Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk

Johnl120 said:
I tried this and the command "ls /dev/sd*" doesn't detect the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unplug your device, run the following command and plug the device back in (maybe you have to execute the command again):
dmesg -c
This should show you all USB system events. Your phone should show up as /dev/s<omething>.
However, the phone needs to be powered on. If it shut's itself off, Linux probably can't connect to it ...

AnteusFogg said:
Why were you trying to Downgrade?
Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was trying to downgrade so that I could root.

saimonsez said:
Unplug your device, run the following command and plug the device back in (maybe you have to execute the command again):
dmesg -c
This should show you all USB system events. Your phone should show up as /dev/s<omething>.
However, the phone needs to be powered on. If it shut's itself off, Linux probably can't connect to it ...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you. I will try this later on today. The battery might have completely died which might mean that the phone was on the entire time...

You're welcome. And please don't forget the Thanks-button if my hint was helpful

saimonsez said:
You're welcome. And please don't forget the Thanks-button if my hint was helpful
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks but it still doesn't work...Ubuntu won't detect it.