Starting yesterday, every time my wife plugs in her captivate into the wall, the menu where you chose the usb mode pops up. I cant figure out how to get it to stop. Anyone got any ideas?
Ummm turn on mass storage mode and then usb debugging? Then try plugging it in.
Ionno just a thought since you have to turn debugging off to change usb types maybe having it on will stop that??
OK, I'll give it a try. It's weird how it just started happening
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If you are on Froyo, go to Settings, Applications, USB Settings, and do not use the "Ask on connection" option. For Eclair, go to About Phone instead of Applications. Gingerbread has removed this option.
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Really need help guys. My SGS is doing REALLY funny things...
I just got my SGS a few days ago and so far all I've been doing is installing aps on it (no messing with rooting/flashing).
Today, I was trying to get Keis to work. I reinstalled Keis and unplugged and repluggeed my phone a few times and managed to get it to recognise.
Here's the problem, now it ALWAYS says USB connected on the top left hand corner. Everything seems ok except after a few minutes of the screen turning off, I can't turn it back on again. Absolutely no activity. If I try to turn it back on immediately after it goes off, it can come back on again.
Things get weirder. If I remove my battery or turn it off, I can't turn it back on again (it flashes a loading symbol in the middle of the screen for half a second then nothing happens). To turn it back on, I have to plug it in and wait for the charging screen to come on. THEN it comes on.
I've tried doing a factory reset but nothing changed... Is there a hardware fault? Perhaps flashing will solve the problem?
ps. When it's off, I can enter download mode but not recovery more unless I plug it in...
Sounds like a hardware problem on phone, But I beleive its more of a Grounding problem with your usb. Can you try it with another port or computer? Also does your pc/laptop have a grounding pin for its power supply? I noticed I get odd power spikes when I travel to asia as their power is not always good. You can always buy a surge protector for your computer and one for your samsung charger. Other then that see if you can get new KIEs (I Don't EVER use it as its crap and never reconizes my phone)
Also if you want to kick up a storm, get the thing replaced as it sounds like a phone hardware problem as it should not crash when you take battery out. Could be battery but better to change the whole thing.
Try activating USB DEBUG in settings. Check the option and restart.
It should solve the problem. You can UNCHECK again the option and the phone should work also without USB debug activated
It will happen again, it seem to me a problem with some USB port, or some cables, activating a *waiting for USB* option BEFORE the ROM loading
Thanks
Thanks for the advice guys. Last night it suddenly started behaving itself after the 10th or so hard reset *phew*
Very strange problem and I think I will stay well clear of Kies from now on... Samsung make a good phone but lousy software...
josephlck said:
Thanks for the advice guys. Last night it suddenly started behaving itself after the 10th or so hard reset *phew*
Very strange problem and I think I will stay well clear of Kies from now on... Samsung make a good phone but lousy software...
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I have a desire but the samsung daily briefing app, the media player, .... and my desire has some HW problems too
Im trying to flash my phone to 2.2 *captivate*, but everytime I put my phone off, take out batter and sim card, then put battery in, hold the two volume buttons on the left and plug the usb cable in, odin does not recognize it. It is only recognized when I put my phone on. (drivers installed) Pleae answer, Ive spend so long on this. Also, when I try to go into download mode, the yellow guy doesnt show up, it just goes to a battery charging state
Ensure that phone USB has debug enabled in the development menu under applications in settings... And hold the buttons, insert USB cable until the phone goes into download mode. Yellow triangle... Odin should then see the port...
Are you using original factory cord?
Have you tried all usb ports?
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Yes Im using the original factory chord. Ive tried all of the usb ports except one. Trying it right now. It is still only recognized when the phone is on though.
SamsungCaptivateUser said:
Yes Im using the original factory chord. Ive tried all of the usb ports except one. Trying it right now. It is still only recognized when the phone is on though.
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Do you have odin open
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yeah its open
Where did you get the drivers from?
Try the drivers from samsung
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-I897ZKAATT
If the same message pops up click on it. It should give you the option to choose drivers. Navigate to these drivers, I believe they get saved to c drive, program files, samsung.
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how do you get into recovery mode?
Recovery our download mode?
Recovery
volume up and down and power. Wait till at&t screen comes on let go
download mode, needed for odin
Remove bat, sim, and external sd. Put bat back in, put cover on. Hold volume up and down hold, put usb in . Should be in download mode in a second or two
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My computer wouldnt recognize my phone either after a while... it turned out to be the crappy samsung usb cable. I tried a different cable and everything was fine. If you have a different usb cable try it! Maybe that will solve it. It did for me. Good luck.
my phone is recognized by the computer, just not when it is off
Sounds like you have the"no 3 button recovery"issue. You should be able to use adb with phone on to boot into recovery, just be ready before you get carried away and get/make a jig as you will likely need it at some point to get you out of a bad flash where adb commands are not possible.
So... That didn't work
So i am having the problem with ODIN not seeing my phone when in download mode, although it can when it is on. I really want to get CM7 on my phone and do my own boot animation/splash screen. Yet I can't seem to find any good information as to how to fix this.
I am not a NOOb at this nore am I dev. but this is something new that no one has seemed to be able to fix.
If anyone knows how to fix this that would be awesome, or if any dev with a fair amount of credit would want so give this a go that would be awesome.
Hoping to get some ideas...
I highly recommend buying a jig. I use mine all the time to go to download. I have softbricked many times and it has saved me.
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Im trying to flash my phone to 2.2 *captivate*, but everytime I put my phone off, take out batter and sim card, then put battery in, hold the two volume buttons on the left and plug the usb cable in, odin does not recognize it. It is only recognized when I put my phone on. (drivers installed) Pleae answer, Ive spend so long on this. Also, when I try to go into download mode, the yellow guy doesnt show up, it just goes to a battery charging state
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So i think that i figured it out... After you install the drivers from samsung you need to install mini keis. It loads additional driver that allow the device to connect while in download mode
Good Luck
PM me & let me know how it goes
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Ok so here goes my soft brick story.
First off I've been searching for about 4 days and cant get anything to work.
The captivate has a bad power button, I've tried opening it up, doing that QCD cleaner and nothing works. So anyways I got USB debug on and was able to get into DL mode with ADB and used Odin one click, but thats where the problem started. After about 2 hrs of waiting after the process started it just hung so I pulled the cable, and now Im in a soft brick(Phone---!----PC). I read of some people saying they can flash while in that screen but I cant get Odin or Heimdall to even recognize the phone while it is like this.
I've tried the most recommended way of pulling battery, connecting phone to USB and holding both volume buttons to get it into download mode but that doesnt work. As soon as I pop the battery into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up, I tried with both volume buttons, just the bottom volume and just the top volume button but nothing works, as soon as the battery goes into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up.
Only thing left to try is making a USB Jig but I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before and was able to fix it without the jig. Im doing this for a friend and I dont want to have to wait for the JIG to ship to my house, and Im not confident enough in making my own considering I dont even have a spare mini USB cable(I have an HTC Amaze so the cable isnt the same) and the cable I'm using is someone elses so I cant tear it up to even try and make a jig.
Also I've tried three different USB ports on my laptop and another three on a different laptop but it still doesnt get recognized.
Sorry for the long ass rant. but this is just driving me insane, I'm about to just use this phone as batting practice if I cant get this to work.
Edit: oh yea this happened while trying the Odin one click to get it back to stock, no GB or anything of the sort, the phone was still Froyo, just a custom froyo rom.
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Ok so here goes my soft brick story.
First off I've been searching for about 4 days and cant get anything to work.
The captivate has a bad power button, I've tried opening it up, doing that QCD cleaner and nothing works. So anyways I got USB debug on and was able to get into DL mode with ADB and used Odin one click, but thats where the problem started. After about 2 hrs of waiting after the process started it just hung so I pulled the cable, and now Im in a soft brick(Phone---!----PC). I read of some people saying they can flash while in that screen but I cant get Odin or Heimdall to even recognize the phone while it is like this.
I've tried the most recommended way of pulling battery, connecting phone to USB and holding both volume buttons to get it into download mode but that doesnt work. As soon as I pop the battery into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up, I tried with both volume buttons, just the bottom volume and just the top volume button but nothing works, as soon as the battery goes into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up.
Only thing left to try is making a USB Jig but I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before and was able to fix it without the jig. Im doing this for a friend and I dont want to have to wait for the JIG to ship to my house, and Im not confident enough in making my own considering I dont even have a spare mini USB cable(I have an HTC Amaze so the cable isnt the same) and the cable I'm using is someone elses so I cant tear it up to even try and make a jig.
Also I've tried three different USB ports on my laptop and another three on a different laptop but it still doesnt get recognized.
Sorry for the long ass rant. but this is just driving me insane, I'm about to just use this phone as batting practice if I cant get this to work.
Edit: oh yea this happened while trying the Odin one click to get it back to stock, no GB or anything of the sort, the phone was still Froyo, just a custom froyo rom.
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First, please don't double post, because it clutters up the forum. You could have added a post to your original thread.
Second, with this type of problem, I didn't need a jig. First, take out the battery and put it back in (dont turn on!!). Next, plug the USB part of the data cable in the computer. Use one of the various combos to get into recovery mode, like hold both volume buttons, and power/lock button). It should show the recovery screen. Then plug the microUSB part into your phone and run one click recovery here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989. This should solve your problem.
Please dont quote the OP when youre the first post...
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Are you trying to update from stock?
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You need a Samsung cable... I tried to do the same thing with an LG cable, what a nightmare!
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RXDriv3r,
Use that screen the same as you would the regular Download mode screen.
U may have to try Linux if Windows don't work.
And see this thread by jmtheiss, for more helpful info... Captivate Connection Issues and Download Mode Help
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RXDriv3r said:
Ok so here goes my soft brick story.
First off I've been searching for about 4 days and cant get anything to work.
The captivate has a bad power button, I've tried opening it up, doing that QCD cleaner and nothing works. So anyways I got USB debug on and was able to get into DL mode with ADB and used Odin one click, but thats where the problem started. After about 2 hrs of waiting after the process started it just hung so I pulled the cable, and now Im in a soft brick(Phone---!----PC). I read of some people saying they can flash while in that screen but I cant get Odin or Heimdall to even recognize the phone while it is like this.
I've tried the most recommended way of pulling battery, connecting phone to USB and holding both volume buttons to get it into download mode but that doesnt work. As soon as I pop the battery into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up, I tried with both volume buttons, just the bottom volume and just the top volume button but nothing works, as soon as the battery goes into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up.
Only thing left to try is making a USB Jig but I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before and was able to fix it without the jig. Im doing this for a friend and I dont want to have to wait for the JIG to ship to my house, and Im not confident enough in making my own considering I dont even have a spare mini USB cable(I have an HTC Amaze so the cable isnt the same) and the cable I'm using is someone elses so I cant tear it up to even try and make a jig.
Also I've tried three different USB ports on my laptop and another three on a different laptop but it still doesnt get recognized.
Sorry for the long ass rant. but this is just driving me insane, I'm about to just use this phone as batting practice if I cant get this to work.
Edit: oh yea this happened while trying the Odin one click to get it back to stock, no GB or anything of the sort, the phone was still Froyo, just a custom froyo rom.
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are you putting the battery back in first? if so try leaving the battery out...I just tryed it on my spare captivate i took the battery out removed sim and sd card plugged the usb in and held all 3 buttons to simulate the power button sticking and then put the battery back in and it went right to download mode i hope this helps you.
Sorry about the duplicate threads, didnt realize that one had gone through since I got an error when I pressed post.
Anyway @nirajpant7 I cant pop the battery in the phone without it coming on by itself. Even if I dont press any buttons as soon as the battery goes in, the screen comes on with the phone--!--PC screen. Also my power button does not work so I cant really try all the button combos.
@SGA was trying to stay stock, phone was on a custom 2.2 rom so I wanted a stock 2.2 rom for the phone. Also does the cable matter that much? Hmm I dont think I have a way of getting a OEM Samsung cable.
@4-2ndtwin Yea thats what I heard but Odin, nor Kies, nor Heimdall recognize the phone while in that screen. Also on that thread you posted I've tried all the different ways more than once with no luck.
Anyway thanks for the fast replies guys I'll keep working on this and update with any new info...or a nice video of a flying captivate Lol
Just try another cable... even if it not OEM. In most cases where the PC does not match up the drivers its the cable. Even when I assigned the drivers manually to the device it would not work. It would always register as an unknown Google device. A new cable quickly sorted the problem out, and you can see that has been the main issue for anyone where Odin does not recognise. I am currently using a generic cable from the dollar store and it works, but the phones are picky. Sometimes they don't even like their own cables.
My cappy is recognised with cheap cable, my nexus s won't for the life of it identify with anything other than its own cable....
Its worth a shot...
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Just try another cable... even if it not OEM. In most cases where the PC does not match up the drivers its the cable. Even when I assigned the drivers manually to the device it would not work. It would always register as an unknown Google device. A new cable quickly sorted the problem out, and you can see that has been the main issue for anyone where Odin does not recognise. I am currently using a generic cable from the dollar store and it works, but the phones are picky. Sometimes they don't even like their own cables.
My cappy is recognised with cheap cable, my nexus s won't for the life of it identify with anything other than its own cable....
Its worth a shot...
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Found something that might help you, do you still have the same problem?
Hi,
first off, i have searched the forums and i have googled my problem, but i think this is a real specific problem,
my phone boots just fine. but my bottom three buttons aren't working whie in software. i CAN go into recovery using the three button method. (using the home button, so it workes just fine) but as soon as i enter recovery the homebutton (and menu and back button) wouldn't work anymore.
so i thought; it is an software problem so a new rom should do the trick. at least it is a good guess.
problem being, the phone isn't recognized by my, and others, pc. whenever i connect the phone (phone "on", at homescreen) the phone starts to charge but the pc does nothing. it doesn't even show "unknown device". Also in download mode no luck. not recognizable.
Strangest part? if i start to connect, disconnect, connect, disconnect (etc.) the phone 20-30 times, there is a chance it will be recognized. this is only not the case in download mode.
i replaced the cable and reinstalled (and redownloaded) the drivers numbers of times, also i used different USB ports (USB3.0 and 2.0)
Hope you guys can help me out.
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have you tried to toggle the usb debugging mode ?
Yes, tried that already. any other ideas?
bump, nobody an idea what to do?
tbh it sounds like the microusb port on the phone itself is dodgy. possible that the solder needs to be reflowed.
sounds logical, would it be possible to do this on my own? i have got a good bit of experience soldering. and is there anything i should know beforehand?
and the buttons, is it possibly in the software? or is there something else going on?
edit; it would be strange if the connector is dodgy, because every time i plug in the cable it starts charging, so atleast 2 pins are properly connecting
did u try to connect another phone ? or try to coonect it to another pc, maybe problem is in ur pc ?
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did u try to connect another phone ? or try to coonect it to another pc, maybe problem is in ur pc ?
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my own phone is working just fine (xperia s), my brothers sgs2 works fine, and an i9001 also works good. tried it on a other pc and works just fine
bump, any other ideas? see above posts
Hello,
is there any way to turn off MTP mode ?
It automatically goes on whenever i connect my phone to computer via usb cable.
I want just simple usb charging.
I tried opening notification area and clicking on MTP Enabled item, but it does just nothing. I see click, but it doesn't turn off.
Any help ?
I am S-OFF, maybe it has something in common ?