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Please help...big problem....

Big problem. Suddenly my phone will not turn on. Sits at the white Galaxy S GT-I9000 screen and does not boot. When I put it into download mode and plug it into computer, its suddenly saying "USB Device Not Recognized".
What do I do? PC won't recognize it, it wont boot. can't flash it.....I'm freaking out here...

Did you flash anything to it or root it?

riwarren said:
Big problem. Suddenly my phone will not turn on. Sits at the white Galaxy S GT-I9000 screen and does not boot. When I put it into download mode and plug it into computer, its suddenly saying "USB Device Not Recognized".
What do I do? PC won't recognize it, it wont boot. can't flash it.....I'm freaking out here...
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Hi Rick. Try to re-install samsung usb drivers. during this time, take out the battery from the phone. once finished installing the drivers, put back the battery into the phone. Go into downloading mode. Fire up odin, put in the necessary firmwares + pit files. Once done, then CONNECT your phone to the usb port of your computer.
Hope it's okay.
Edit: Let's hope that it is the computer usb drivers are corrupted. Alterntively, if you still can't do it, try it on another pc.

Nope. I was rebooting it to flash XXJPC to it, but couldnt do so because it was saying that USB message and wouldnt detect it. So I went into recovery, did a factory reset, and now it wont boot.

Another computer does the same thing *tears*

*BUMP*
Lets try a different route. I will pay a generous sum of money to anyone who offers to and does manage to fix this for me?

rick, looking at this, if your usb is not recognised, it is either the pc or the phone usb port might be damaged.
if it is a hardware issue, then use the bounty to get it fix.

I was at that same point with my vibrant. After failed attempts of getting into download mode using buttons, here's what I did.
Download and install samsung usb drivers and android sdk.
Plug into the computer and use adb to get into download mode (adb reboot download).
Then flash with odin.
Doing that worked for me when nothing else would. Try it ?
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richan90 said:
I was at that same point with my vibrant. After failed attempts of getting into download mode using buttons, here's what I did.
Download and install samsung usb drivers and android sdk.
Plug into the computer and use adb to get into download mode (adb reboot download).
Then flash with odin.
Doing that worked for me when nothing else would. Try it ?
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I can get into download mode just fine.....my pc just doesnt recognize the usb device. tried 3 differente pc's, 2 running win7 and one running xp.

Did you install usb drivers on each of the machines?
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I installed the samsung USB driver executable. and I also tried to use those drivers that it installs to manually update the "unknown USB device" in device manager, but they won't take.

Try uninstalling all drivers, then stick a MicroSD in your phone before plugging it into the usb.

Assuming you have Samsung Kies in your PC, try to upgrade it at 1.5.1.10074_45.
How long do you wait the boot?? The first boot after flash is very long, wait at least 5 minutes with flashing "S".

I did not just flash anything. My phone got really hot and laggy (as I was using it while charging it via USB port) and so I rebooted phone in an attempt to resolve the lag. when I did, it would not go past the WHITE Samsung Galaxy S I9000 screen, does not get to the flashing S screen.

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please anyone able to help?

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please anyone able to help?
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if i understood you correctly, you have two separate problems:
a) your phone does not boot up
b) your phone is not recognized by any computer when plugged in
could be a coincidence, but probably is not. i'm guessing your bootloader got screwed up somehow. if it is a coincidence, it could be that your usb port on the phone is effed, or your usb cable is dead. try first using a different cable and see if your phone can be recognized by any computer. perhaps then you can go into download mode and reflash.
also, have a look at this post, might help you (although, if your usb is effed, there's not much point in trying any solution that involves your phone being connected to a computer): http://androidforums.com/780720-post3.html
EDIT: also, have your tried the obvious stuff, like pulling battery?

I ve seen many threads with the white screen problem ... it has in most cases been the drivers ... you desinstall all drivers from pc using Kies option for resinstall the drivers ... then you pull the battery off few sec (give it a min or two) then you get to download mode and you flash the beast ... dont connect your phone before launching odin or else it will not be recognized ...
for the few other people who didn't manage to fix it ... it was a hardware failure

That post you linked, is worth a try. But its for a motorola.....Where do I get my SGS bootloader to use instead?

ohh you were implying to try to use the motorola usb drivers?

bouzoubaa said:
I ve seen many threads with the white screen problem ... it has in most cases been the drivers ... you desinstall all drivers from pc using Kies option for resinstall the drivers ... then you pull the battery off few sec (give it a min or two) then you get to download mode and you flash the beast ... dont connect your phone before launching odin or else it will not be recognized ...
for the few other people who didn't manage to fix it ... it was a hardware failure
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I never said anything about a white screen. and I am not uneducated on flashing SGS, or using Odin. Far from it. My phone was first showing USB symbol when it wasnt plugged into USB port, then phone started running really hot while charging and got really bloated like it was overheating. So I rebooted and its now force closing at the first boot animation. I can get into download mode and recovery, but will not recognize in any of the 3 computers all running different versions of windows on them, with either of my USB cables that I tried.

[Q] ODIN doesn't see my phone in download mode.

Phone is ATT captivate SGH-I897 1008
Had my phone for 4 months or so, most of the time with cognition 2.x on it. Tried to update to 3.02 yesterday, and it had an error in the middle, left me at a recovery screen of sorts, and I chose to reboot from the possible selections. It got stuck on the ATT worldcom splash screen.
I tried several things. First, I tried to boot into recovery mode (vol up+power, then release) stays on splash screen. However, in this mode, if I connect my phone via USB, an adb devices command shows as connected. From there I tried both an adb reboot recovery, and adb reboot download command. The adb reboot recovery reboots into the worldcom splash screen just like the key combo does. I can't recall what the download option did, though I think it worked.
Secondly, I realized I could reliably get the phone into download mode, so I decided I would try the download mode, and restore to stock. I found an ODIN on the seminal ODIN thread, downloaded it, and started it up. Put the phone into download mode (hold vol + and vol -, plug in the usb) and that worked fine, however, ODIN doesn't see my phone. I left the phone in this mode for a couple hours just to make sure, and tried disconnecting, and reconnecting, and initialized the procedure from the beginning several times -- no go.
So, I am stuck, and coming to the experts. Hopefully, someone has some good suggestions. I was unable to find someone in a similar predicament, so maybe I am SOL.
Thanks in advance for any help.
UPDATE:
I rebooted my laptop (windows XP) and when I plugged in my phone, it saw "new" hardware and the name of the hardware it sees is "gadget serial." This might explain, if it is not initializing the right drivers why ODIN can't see the phone. The only problem is I don't have any clue how to redirect it to see the right hardware now.
Success Update
After reading the seminal ODIN thread a bit more careful, I came across someone who had similar issues with the gadget serial device. Apparently the drivers I got (I think from the Samsung site) are not good enough to cover that aspect of use. I installed with the drivers from links on the ODIN post and my phone was recognized! As I type, I am installing back to stock.
Thanks everyone for their efforts, and I hope my experience could be useful.

Desk top or laptop, have you tried all the ports

I would test to see if adb recognizes your device first during normal operations. I'd that doesn't work, your usb port may not have enough power or you have a bad usb cable. I think adb can also restart right into download mode but check around first.
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mcord11758 said:
Desk top or laptop, have you tried all the ports
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I have tried on my laptop mostly. But I did a cursory try on a desktop as well (the desktop has the drivers installed)

trekie86 said:
I would test to see if adb recognizes your device first during normal operations. I'd that doesn't work, your usb port may not have enough power or you have a bad usb cable. I think adb can also restart right into download mode but check around first.
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I tried two differing cables, both of good quality. One was the cable that came with the phone, the other was a mini-usb cable with a micro adapter. Neither worked. I can't do normal operations right now (that I know of), seeing how the phone is in a bad state.

jbwray said:
I have tried on my laptop mostly. But I did a cursory try on a desktop as well (the desktop has the drivers installed)
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Use rear usb ports on desktop. Make sure you are using original oem cord
Have you used odin before

jbwray said:
I can't do normal operations right now (that I know of), seeing how the phone is in a bad state.
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Sorry, didn't read your first post close enough. I'm not sure what you can do, someone suggested the battery pull method in another thread, but that was just to get their phone in Download mode. It had nothing to do with ODIN after it was in download mode. Hopefully someone will have a suggestion for you. Good luck.

I'm having a similar issue except that odin sees the phone when booted into the rom, which I find odd.
Would you be so kind as to link the drivers?

[Q] UPDATED: ODIN wont recognize my phone with USB debugging on, but will without it

Alright, so I was having some problems with my cognition rom and decided go back to stock so I could flash the new cognition. I put my phone into download mode, and it took a few times for ODIN to see my phone. After I got ODIN to see my phone I tried to master clear, it did not work. I had to pull the battery out and try again. I rebooted my phone again, and many program errors came up. I shut off my phone, tried to get into download mode and it wouldn't let me using the volume down + up then insert USB with ODIN open.
Now to get into download mode I must hold buttons with battery out, put USB in, and put battery in and I get download mode instantly, but I cant get ODIN to recognize my phone at all anymore. I tried many different methods(odin open before DL mode, odin closed before download mode, etc). I looked through a few threads and couldnt find anything that would work. Also my window 7 64 now says it doesn't recognize the USB device when I plug it in. Whats going on with my phone?? Im getting very annoyed! Is there any way to go back to stock besides ODIN??? Any help is appreciated!!
***UPDATE***
Seems like I may have a 3 button combo lock, and no USB support of any kind(besides charging).

UPDATE: I used rom manager to flash over my old rom. My phone works again, but it wont go into download mode at all now. Only when I use the cognition menu to send it to download mode will it work. I still cant get ODIN to see my phone. I want to go back to stock still, but without ODIN working, can I?

ziphoward said:
UPDATE: I used rom manager to flash over my old rom. My phone works again, but it wont go into download mode at all now. Only when I use the cognition menu to send it to download mode will it work. I still cant get ODIN to see my phone. I want to go back to stock still, but without ODIN working, can I?
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under your captivate battery, there is a number like 1008, 1010, what is yours?

I've had the same trouble with download mode + odin on my Windows 7 64 bit pc too.
I have to have odin running, phone off with battery out, and usb cable in. I leave the battery out for about a 10 second count. Then put the battery in and hit all the buttons at the exact same time (power + volume up and down). The key here is that I only had to hit all three buttons momentarily to get it to go into download mode. I didn't have to hold them down for any length of time.
I easily spent 1 hour trying to get odin to work the last time I had to reflash to stock. Only because I forgot how hard it was three last time with my 64 bit machine.
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mengbo said:
under your captivate battery, there is a number like 1008, 1010, what is yours?
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1006
So should I just keep trying to get into ODIN by just fiddling around with it? Ive tried an XP machine and it wouldnt work either. Does booting into download mode from the cognition power menu any different than entering download mode the manual way? Every time I put the battery in with the USB it takes me to the battery charger screen. At first with that issue, putting in the battery last while holding down volume up and down, would put the phone into download mode(as opposed to the normal ways of getting into download mode). Now that wont even work at all.

first you can try the 3 button fix, just search the forum for that.
you may need to build a jig or buy one online just in case, it will get you into the download mode easily.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...47234&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_511wt_1139

im having horrible trouble with adb cmd. I installed the samsung drivers, put my phone in usb debugging, did some tutorials on how to install sdk correctly, went to the correct file paths in cmd promt, and still cant access the adb shell. Any pointers on this?
Also, could I wipe all data off internal storage and use the "reinstall package" option in recovery mode to use rom manager update.zip to restore my rom from my sd card? Im not sure if thats possible. Im getting errors with my rom, and it feels slower since I just reinstalled over the top of my faulty rom.
Seems the only usb function I have right now is to charge it. Hmmm USB brick?

Any help out there???
3g stopped working on my phone when I woke up. I really need to get a fresh rom installed.

If I recall correctly, the path to where adb is had changed. Check all folders inside the sdk folder. to make my life easier, I put the sdk folder right into the root directory (c and renamed it sdk. Don't know if that well help or not...
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I changed the folder to androidsdk from whatever it was.
bueller bueller bueller...anyone?

Well, if your phone is a rev 1006 you "should" have a problem like losing your button combo. I guess that could have happened but I doubt it, I've got a 1007 and never lost it.
So, as for ADB here's what I do. Take the android SDK folder you downloaded and look inside it. There is a folder called tools. I take the tools folder and copy it to the root of my C: drive. Make sure you have all the drivers loaded, speaking of which I would uninstall and reinstall the drivers. Sounds like they flaked out for some reason. Next open up a cmd window, Start > Run > CMD.
Then type,
cd /
cd tools
adb devices <<this shows if your phone is recognized. if it is...
adb reboot download
*or
adb reboot recovery
*or
adb shell
For what it's worth, I have been flashing my phone since I got it in July and the only time I Master Clear is when I have had a problem like a soft brick or something that I was suspicious about the data on my internal SD. Which, so far has been maybe 3 times. I don't think necessary to Master Clear every time you flash to stock.
Also, you shouldn't really have to the pop out the batter to do the download mode trick. I turn my phone off, hold both Vol up and down, then plug in USB and I'm in download mode.

bobbylx said:
Well, if your phone is a rev 1006 you "should" have a problem like losing your button combo. I guess that could have happened but I doubt it, I've got a 1007 and never lost it.
So, as for ADB here's what I do. Take the android SDK folder you downloaded and look inside it. There is a folder called tools. I take the tools folder and copy it to the root of my C: drive. Make sure you have all the drivers loaded, speaking of which I would uninstall and reinstall the drivers. Sounds like they flaked out for some reason. Next open up a cmd window, Start > Run > CMD.
Then type,
cd /
cd tools
adb devices <<this shows if your phone is recognized. if it is...
adb reboot download
*or
adb reboot recovery
*or
adb shell
For what it's worth, I have been flashing my phone since I got it in July and the only time I Master Clear is when I have had a problem like a soft brick or something that I was suspicious about the data on my internal SD. Which, so far has been maybe 3 times. I don't think necessary to Master Clear every time you flash to stock.
Also, you shouldn't really have to the pop out the batter to do the download mode trick. I turn my phone off, hold both Vol up and down, then plug in USB and I'm in download mode.
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Im having USB driver problems, windows 7 will not recognize my phone. I think this is why adb wont recognize my phone correct? I can only get into download mode now but using the power menu thats custom from Cognition. Is my phone screwed?? Can I flash a ROM without ODIN?

ziphoward said:
Im having USB driver problems, windows 7 will not recognize my phone. I think this is why adb wont recognize my phone correct? I can only get into download mode now but using the power menu thats custom from Cognition. Is my phone screwed?? Can I flash a ROM without ODIN?
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Like I said, have you tried uninstalling the drivers from windows and reinstalling them? I am running Win 7 x64 and have had that happen. After i flash a rom or flash to stock sometimes windows doesn't recognize my phone at all. The first time I just used my laptop to flash but the second time I uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled. It's also important that you plug into the USB ports directly on the motherboard on the back of your PC. There are known problems when trying the front usb ports or through a hub.

bobbylx said:
Like I said, have you tried uninstalling the drivers from windows and reinstalling them? I am running Win 7 x64 and have had that happen. After i flash a rom or flash to stock sometimes windows doesn't recognize my phone at all. The first time I just used my laptop to flash but the second time I uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled. It's also important that you plug into the USB ports directly on the motherboard on the back of your PC. There are known problems when trying the front usb ports or through a hub.
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Ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling many many times. I am using a laptop and ive tried all the USB ports but still no luck. I hate having my phone like this, it will drive me insane until its fixed.. or officially considered usb bricked.

ziphoward said:
Ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling many many times. I am using a laptop and ive tried all the USB ports but still no luck. I hate having my phone like this, it will drive me insane until its fixed.. or officially considered usb bricked.
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Just curious, is it a Dell laptop? My Dell never recognizes my phone unless I power the laptop on with the phone/USB plugged in. If the laptop is on, and I plug phone in it never works, so I leave it plugged in and reboot and it works. It drives me crazy, but whatever it's my work PC.

bobbylx said:
Just curious, is it a Dell laptop? My Dell never recognizes my phone unless I power the laptop on with the phone/USB plugged in. If the laptop is on, and I plug phone in it never works, so I leave it plugged in and reboot and it works. It drives me crazy, but whatever it's my work PC.
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It is a dell actually, but I just tried your method and it didnt work for me. Thanks for the input though!

Alright, I downloaded kies mini today and it actually installed some drivers correctly. I was able to pull up my internal drive on the computer, but it wouldn't read it. I was able to get ODIN to see my phone(first time in weeks), but it only shows up when my phone is NOT in debugging mode. So im assuming Master Clear will work now. I was using AIO captivate tool box, and my phone rebooted at the click of the button into download mode, but once again it wont see my phone in ODIN while in download mode. Im getting closer!
Why wont ODIN recognize my phone with USB debugging on? Any more suggestions on how to make this happen?

[Q] What is this?

Everything went wrong here.
This is the result of a failed odin upgrade/clockworkmod recovery flash/ loading custom ROM (FastyII) ...
I just want to know if this is fixable. I can't get into recovery mode either but download mode works fine. The phone seems to be in a bootloop, it goes into the AT&T screen then what is shown in the photo.
Oh and I believe I'm in the right section, 1001 apologies if I am not. I looked through different posts to see if anyone had this problem and didn't see anything.
If this is fixable, can someone recommend a VIDEO or explain things to me as if I had 0 knowledge of anything android-related...

IBeSoNoob said:
Everything went wrong here.
This is the result of a failed odin upgrade/clockworkmod recovery flash/ loading custom ROM (FastyII) ...
I just want to know if this is fixable. I can't get into recovery mode either but download mode works fine. The phone seems to be in a bootloop, it goes into the AT&T screen then what is shown in the photo.
Oh and I believe I'm in the right section, 1001 apologies if I am not. I looked through different posts to see if anyone had this problem and didn't see anything.
If this is fixable, can someone recommend a VIDEO or explain things to me as if I had 0 knowledge of anything android-related...
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If I'm not mistaken you have flashed a gingerbread ROM. Tried to look up the thread on Fasty 2 but couldn't locate it. Anyway it looks to me like you tried to install a gingerbread ROM without installing gingerbread bootloaders. Since you have access to download mode and have odin I would suggest you follow the steps in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266 After following that you should be good to go flashing whatever ROM you would like.

m1batt1 said:
If I'm not mistaken you have flashed a gingerbread ROM. Tried to look up the thread on Fasty 2 but couldn't locate it. Anyway it looks to me like you tried to install a gingerbread ROM without installing gingerbread bootloaders. Since you have access to download mode and have odin I would suggest you follow the steps in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266 After following that you should be good to go flashing whatever ROM you would like.
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Okay this is what I used last time. I'm at step 6, I press start and "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" comes up. Which means nothing is happening, right? Even if it is, I progress to step 8 and then eventually 9 and I get the "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" when I hit start.

IBeSoNoob said:
Okay this is what I used last time. I'm at step 6, I press start and "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" comes up. Which means nothing is happening, right? Even if it is, I progress to step 8 and then eventually 9 and I get the "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" when I hit start.
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You are correct that its not doing anything which leads me to believe Odin isn't seeing your phone. When your phone is plugged in it should it should show you the com port in Odin. If you're not seeing that then you're having connection issues. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930 have a look there for troubleshooting your connections.
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IBeSoNoob said:
Okay this is what I used last time. I'm at step 6, I press start and " All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" comes up. Which means nothing is happening, right? Even if it is, I progress to step 8 and then eventually 9 and I get the " All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" when I hit start.
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Umm, r u connecting in Download mode ?? If yes, then try removing ur phone from the pc connection, pull battery, replace it and cover.. Close Odin. Re open Odin, load the .tar file into the PDA slot, connect phone in download mode and once Odin recoqnizes ur phone select Start.
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m1batt1 said:
You are correct that its not doing anything which leads me to believe Odin isn't seeing your phone. When your phone is plugged in it should it should show you the com port in Odin. If you're not seeing that then you're having connection issues. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930 have a look there for troubleshooting your connections.
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Actually, my phone connected and disconnect and keeps doing so while going to the colorful screen. But it goes to download mode and doesn't want to be recognized by odin. My cpu will recoginze that it is in download mode but odin won't connect. After seeing that, I put my phone into what is supposed to be recovery mode...now it goes to the AT&T screen and sits there.

4-2ndtwin said:
Umm, r u connecting in Download mode ?? If yes, then try removing ur phone from the pc connection, pull battery, replace it and cover.. Close Odin. Re open Odin, load the .tar file into the PDA slot, connect phone in download mode and once Odin recoqnizes ur phone select Start.
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IBeSoNoob said:
Actually, my phone connected and disconnect and keeps doing so while going to the colorful screen. But it goes to download mode and doesn't want to be recognized by odin. My cpu will recoginze that it is in download mode but odin won't connect. After seeing that, I put my phone into what is supposed to be recovery mode...now it goes to the AT&T screen and sits there.
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First quote is your answer.......reboot the pc and follow those directions exactly in the order it says and odin should recognize it......
m1batt1's post is your cause....flashing a GB or better rom without flashing to GB boot loaders. The stickies in this section have all your answers...Including screenshots that look exactly like yours!!.:good::fingers-crossed:

rmntruexjr said:
First quote is your answer.......reboot the pc and follow those directions exactly in the order it says and odin should recognize it......
m1batt1's post is your cause....flashing a GB or better rom without flashing to GB boot loaders. The stickies in this section have all your answers...Including screenshots that look exactly like yours!!.:good::fingers-crossed:
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I've done exactly what was told and I still can't get it connected to odin..is there a different software I could use? My phone isn't going to that screenshot anymore, it is stuck at the at&t screen. It can connect to my cpu in dl'ing mode but it won't connect to odin.

IBeSoNoob said:
I've done exactly what was told and I still can't get it connected to odin..is there a different software I could use? My phone isn't going to that screenshot anymore, it is stuck at the at&t screen. It can connect to my cpu in dl'ing mode but it won't connect to odin.
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If your phone is in download mode, and odin is loaded on the pc, and you then connect the cable and the little square doesn't turn yellow in odin.......
you could have a cable issue, a pc device driver issue, or you might need to use a different usb port, or worst of all a bad micro usb port on the phone.

rmntruexjr said:
If your phone is in download mode, and odin is loaded on the pc, and you then connect the cable and the little square doesn't turn yellow or green in odin.......
you could have a cable issue, a pc device driver issue, or you might need to use a different usb port, or worst of all a bad micro usb port on the phone.
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If I had a cable issue, port issue, or a bad micro usb port then wouldn't that mean my phone won't charge? o.o [/B]Edit[/B] or connect to the pc?

IBeSoNoob said:
If I had a cable issue, port issue, or a bad micro usb port then wouldn't that mean my phone won't charge? o.o
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No, the data wires or port pins could be the issue. those don't prevent charging.....the reason I mentioned those is because if odin is running and all is good, and your in dl mode when you connect, there is no other reasons it wouldn't work that I have seen.

rmntruexjr said:
No, the data wires or port pins could be the issue. those don't prevent charging.....the reason I mentioned those is because if odin is running and all is good, and your in dl mode when you connect, there is no other reasons it wouldn't work that I have seen.
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What can I do to fix this?

IBeSoNoob said:
What can I do to fix this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161102 ........ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 ..If these don't help I'm not sure what else you can do. I would try a different cable or usb port, a different computer with the device drivers installed, or maybe even re install the device drivers or try a different microusb device you know works to see if it will transfer data to rule out the cable and pc/port.
Edit: quick search found this....very good writeup... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294

rmntruexjr said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161102 ........ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 ..If these don't help I'm not sure what else you can do. I would try a different cable or usb port, a different computer with the device drivers installed, or maybe even re install the device drivers or try a different microusb device you know works to see if it will transfer data to rule out the cable and pc/port.
Edit: quick search found this....very good writeup... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294
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Hmm, Thanks..
think I will try to redownload le drivers. Do you know where to get them?

IBeSoNoob said:
Hmm, Thanks..
think I will try to redownload le drivers. Do you know where to get them?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I897 ....scroll down a bit.

IBeSoNoob,
Have u read through the 1st page of the thread that m1batt1 linked earlier ?? ...-->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33227541
A lot of info to help ya there.
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What OS are you using on your PC. Cause windows 7 usually grabs all the right drivers for download mode, and then you can flash away. I know I had trouble trying to flash stuff from an from an old XP, soft bricked it in the process. But on 7 I had no problem. Try it.
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ih8legal said:
What OS are you using on your PC. Cause windows 7 usually grabs all the right drivers for download mode, and then you can flash away. I know I had trouble trying to flash stuff from an from an old XP, soft bricked it in the process. But on 7 I had no problem. Try it.
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Agreed. Had issues with old cappy. Found it to be the USB port on the cappy itself. Got a new one, plugged it in, Windows 7 had no problem detecting it and dling the drivers on its own. Even for download mode.
Worst comes to worst and you can't send data to the phone via usb cable, only option would be to have the port repaired which is about $35. I paid $70 for my cappy used so if yours has other issues it would probably be more cost effective to just buy a new one and use the old for spare parts.
Again this is ONLY if you can't get anything to work.

ih8legal said:
What OS are you using on your PC. Cause windows 7 usually grabs all the right drivers for download mode, and then you can flash away. I know I had trouble trying to flash stuff from an from an old XP, soft bricked it in the process. But on 7 I had no problem. Try it.
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Windows 8.

UPDATE. The phone died and came back to the colored state again. Odin will recognize the device as it is in the colored state, but doesn't seem to recognize it in DL mode.

[Q] Note 4 boots to download mode but Kies and Odin can't detect it. Hard Bricked?

I've rooted and flashed ROMs on three previous android phones but I still consider myself something of a noob.
I have a SM-N910T that I've had for a couple of months. I was trying to flash TWRP for the first time. Windows detected the phone (as it always has in the past) and Odin detected the phone. Halfway through the download the process failed and Odin threw up an error message.
Now I get 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue' with a straight boot. I can boot into download mode on the phone but neither Windows, Odin, or Kies can detect the phone as far as I can tell. There don't appear to be any 'unknown devices' in Device Manager. I've tried different usb ports, different cables, and tried both my laptop and desktop (both are 64-bit windows 8.1) with multiple reboots.
I'm assuming from this point that the phone is hard bricked, but I wanted to see if anyone more knowledgeable had any ideas or input.

Well this is interesting. I can't guarantee this will work, but lets try . . .
1st. Pull the battery from your phone
2nd. Disconnect all usbs from your computer and reboot it
3rd. Once your computer turns back on - open kies 3, click Tools, and then click Reinstall Device Driver. Once finished, close out of kies
4th. Manually boot phone into download mode (Vol down + Home)
5th. Open ODIN and connect phone up to computer
Let me know if the device shows in ODIN before doing anything.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my problem 147aaron.
I followed your steps carefully and ODIN still doesn't see the phone.

halfsmart said:
Thanks for taking the time to look at my problem 147aaron.
I followed your steps carefully and ODIN still doesn't see the phone.
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Does windows make that noise that something has been connected when you hook it up? If not, it sounds like you are going to have to have it sent in for repair.

I have now also tried installing Heimdall on my Ubuntu laptop and it also fails to detect the phone:
ERROR: Failed to detect compatible download-mode device.​

147aaron said:
Does windows make that noise that something has been connected when you hook it up? If not, it sounds like you are going to have to have it sent in for repair.
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No, it does not (it did before the failed flash). I figured as much, thanks for trying to help.
I'm guessing that the 'premium handset protection' insurance won't cover this?

halfsmart said:
I have now also tried installing Heimdall on my Ubuntu laptop and it also fails to detect the phone:
ERROR: Failed to detect compatible download-mode device.​
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Just checking, did you run as Sudo? Or have you set udev permissions. I always forget this the first time when flashing a phone via linux.

First check that your phone is inserted to a USB2.0 port.
Secondly turn the phone completely off for a few seconds, then manually boot into download. Don't let it boot into download mode by just pressing power!
Finally after plugging it in type dmesg in the terminal, it should show your phone connecting as an USB device.
If not post the output of dmesg > dmesg.log

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Just checking, did you run as Sudo? Or have you set udev permissions. I always forget this the first time when flashing a phone via linux.
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Good catch. However, running as sudo I still get the same error.

halfsmart said:
Good catch. However, running as sudo I still get the same error.
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Shoot. Sorry man.

Seems like you have a bad phone.

sfjuocekr said:
First check that your phone is inserted to a USB2.0 port.
Secondly turn the phone completely off for a few seconds, then manually boot into download. Don't let it boot into download mode by just pressing power!
Finally after plugging it in type dmesg in the terminal, it should show your phone connecting as an USB device.
If not post the output of dmesg > dmesg.log
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Unless I reading it wrong (I'm a command-line noob as well) all USB events took place within the first couple of seconds after booting the laptop. I plugged in the phone probably a minute or so after I got to the desktop, so I don't think it's registering. [EDIT: I typed sudo dmesg | grep -i usb and scanned down the time codes on the list]
Here's the dmesg.log:

Just going to throw this out there but have your checked that reactivation lock is unchecked

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Just going to throw this out there but have your checked that reactivation lock is unchecked
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I'm certain that I never enabled anything like that, and on the downloading screen it says 'REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF'
according to a quick google reactivation lock is only available on Verizon and US Cellular models..

I was talking about the one under settings and security. But if this isn't the problem then sorry idk.

fcpelayo said:
I was talking about the one under settings and security. But if this isn't the problem then sorry idk.
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I think we're talking about the same thing. Either way, thanks for taking the time, I appreciate it.