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[Q] computer wont recognize phone after gingerbread

... and two buttons have different function; back and search.
i am from canada and have an unlocked galaxy s gt -i9000 (sgh-i896). its originally on rogers ut i use fido on it. it was rooted and running fine on froyo. then i think i stupidly upgraded with some wrong files. two buttons don't work and the computer will only recognize it as a memory stick when i have the micro sd in. it goes in to download mode, but the computer doesn't see it, in both oden and kies. i have tried with usb debugging. nada. the reception is horrible. im new to androids and have searched many forms. i keep getting close to the answer but its not for my device.
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phone i9000xxjvt
csc i9000oxajvt.
i searched around and found that the "i9000xxjvt" is for the uk captivate. seeing as i live in canada and this is a rogers phone i see this as being a possible problem?
i have done a factory data reset. no good. is there any way to update or downgrade so that i can start messing around with my phone again?
i hope you can help

See the Sticky Thread in the General Forum -- "Captivate Connection Issues..."
If that helps, then u can go to the "Stock Rom One Clicks" that is Stickied in the Development Forum and choose a stock to go back to.
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The i9000 and the i896 are different phones. You can't simply flash files for the other one and expect them to fully work, unless they are made for that purpose. The i897-i896 is Captivate, i9000 is the Galaxy S.
Make sure you have Odin open first, then plug in. I recommend trying a one click back to stock
Sent from my ICS Samsung Captivate

ive looked at many connection issue pages and no luck.
i've tried the 1 click a few times. im gonna try it again from another computer soon. hopefully that will help.
and im a little confused. on the back of my phone it says i896 and when i boot up it says gt-i9000? so how are they different?
**update
so im trying 1 click from a new computer and no good.
is there a way to reinstall an os from the memory stick?

U have an i896 phone that has a ported i9000 rom flashed on it.
That is all.
U may want to give Heimdall a try. It uses different drivers and so may work where Odin hasn't.
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4-2ndtwin said:
U have an i896 phone that has a ported i9000 rom flashed on it.
That is all.
U may want to give Heimdall a try. It uses different drivers and so may work where Odin hasn't.
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It actually sounds like he has an unported firmware. That's why the buttons don't work right. You also have different bootloaders. Download mode can be achieved by turning phone off (pulling the battery then replacing it is easiest way). Then hold volume down (not volume up and down) and plugging usb in. As for drivers, uninstall the drivers you have. Look in program files for a folder labeled Samsung and delete it. Restart your computer. Reinstall drivers. As said, Heimdall might be a better route to take since it uses a different driver.

bmjerome said:
and im a little confused. on the back of my phone it says i896 and when i boot up it says gt-i9000? so how are they different?
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You have a Rogers Captivate that has i9000 bootloaders on it. If you didn't flash them, then somebody else did before you bought it. I think you are trying to run unported i9000 ROMs. i9000 roms only work if somebody reorients the kernel and modifies a few parts of the ROM.
Anyway, download mode on i9000 bootloaders (from powered off state) is Vol down + USB. Then... well what do you want to put on it? Stock i896 Gingerbread?

yeah id like stock i896 gingerbread. i have no problem going in to download mode.
ill try heimdall and get back to you guys.

usoimon this
so i tried with hiemdall and tried to find my phone is zadig but no luck.
i can go in to download mode no problem. do i possibly have to get the i9000 driver for my computer. and if yes which one in particular?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351224
Read through that again. The same driver package should work for i896,i897, i9000.
Try a different cable, and make sure to use the proper usb port.

ive tried all my usb ports, new usb wire, different computers. ive followed may walk troughs. uninstalled and reinstalled a bunch of different driver packs.
phone goes in to download mode no problem every time. but both odin and heimdall don't recognize.
when the phone is powered up it goes in to usb mode and says connected but on the computer the usb doesn't see anything. no pop ups in the tray or anything.
id this a lost cause? am i missing something? im usually pretty good with this kind of stuff...
*update.
ive been reading all over the internet and have found that it may be a hardware issue. maybe happening randomly after i had installed the gingerbread.
is there a way that anyone would know of to update my firmware through wifi blue tooth or micro sd?

FIXXXXED!! woohoo
so i went to my brothers who sold me the phone and it worked immediately. i guess his computer remembered it. i dont know why nothing worked on my 3 computers with all the drivers and stuff that i tried. thank you for all the help.

Help with Soft brick! Edited with "MY" solution!

Before ppl start asking me, this is what happened. I gave my Cappy to my daughter and after months of running Dlev Rom, I decided to upgrade to ICS. She was not happy with the rom and wanted to go back to gingerbread. I tried downgrading via recovery but had issues with the downgrade. Long story short....ignorant me, I used Odin and end it up with eclair.
Now here is where the problem started. The phone was succesfully flashed with eclair but button combo wasnt working at all. So, I rooted first and then with adb, I adb reboot download, then once in download, I flashed ginger bootloaders and thats how i end it up with the infamous phone /!\ comp. soft brick. Since originally i had no button combo working, I cant get into download mode. My comp just wont recognize the Cappy.
I have searched for hours and tried all ways possible to get into DL mode but "nada"! Even with Odin opened or heimdall, batt out, batt in, all combinations of buttons...nada (nothing), no luck. Also tried the program by Adam to unbrick the Cappy (that I've found searching) but still nada! I have windows 7 with java and that program by Adam just wont work on my comp.
Can someone try to help me on what can I do without sending my daughter's Cappy to a shop...lol?
Edit: In this post I explain what got "me" out of the softbrick after 2 days of trying! It might not work for who ever falls in a similar situation and even mayb is not a proper way of doing things, but it worked on my end!!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26305016&postcount=23

You can use that screen as a download mode.
Remove Java. And then go download Java JRE.
Java JRE 32 bit
Java JRE 64 bit
Try going and grabbing the Heimdall KK4 1 click. Or you could try any of the Gingerbread Heimdall packages in the OneClick Master Collection
I think you'll be fine to run Heimdall after the Java reinstall.

Red_81 said:
Try this:
Take out battery
Plug in usb cable
Hold volume+ and volume-
Pop in battery
This should take you straight into download mode. Just have to flash a new ROM/Stock Image
This came from another post about 10 down from yours.
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Lol....Trust me, I've done that and all ways possible. At least the phone isnt hard bricked. All i need is DL mode and I should be good! Thx sweety!

Baby Liz Sandra said:
Before ppl start asking me, this is what happened. I gave my Cappy to my daughter and after months of running Dlev Rom, I decided to upgrade to ICS. She was not happy with the rom and wanted to go back to gingerbread. I tried downgrading via recovery but had issues with the downgrade. Long story short....ignorant me, I used Odin and end it up with eclair.
Now here is where the problem started. The phone was succesfully flashed with eclair but button combo wasnt working at all. So, I rooted first and then with adb, I adb reboot download, then once in download, I flashed ginger bootloaders and thats how i end it up with the infamous phone /!\ comp. soft brick. Since originally i had no button combo working, I cant get into download mode. My comp just wont recognize the Cappy.
I have searched for hours and tried all ways possible to get into DL mode but "nada"! Even with Odin opened or heimdall, batt out, batt in, all combinations of buttons...nada (nothing), no luck. Also tried the program by Adam to unbrick the Cappy (that I've found searching) but still nada! I have windows 7 with java and that program by Adam just wont work on my comp.
Can someone try to help me on what can I do without sending my daughter's Cappy to a shop...lol?
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The [Phone /!\ Computer] screen is another method of Download Mode. You should still get Odin to recognize the phone. If Odin recognizes the phone, you should flash KI2 from This thread, since it has CWM injected. Once you have CWM, you have a clean slate to install any ROM you desire.
If Odin does NOT recognize you phone no matter which USB port you connect the phone to (as it happened to me once), you could try what I did. I downloaded Windows installer for Ubuntu Desktop, and that got me Linux. Once I had Linux, flashed KB2 from the ROM thread linked above. Why Linux? Because I never got Heimdall to work on Windows, but I did on Linux. After my phone was completely stock, I followed the instructions on TRusello's Guide to Flashing ANY ROM to get my phone set up the way I wanted.
I'm sure there are faster ways than the one I just gave you, but I can vouch that my method works, and you might get your phone sorted out while you wait for a better response. Good luck!

That will teach me to edit my post without refreshing first!

kafepuya said:
The [Phone /!\ Computer] screen is another method of Download Mode. You should still get Odin to recognize the phone. If Odin recognizes the phone, you should flash KI2 from This thread, since it has CWM injected. Once you have CWM, you have a clean slate to install any ROM you desire.
If Odin does NOT recognize you phone no matter which USB port you connect the phone to (as it happened to me once), you could try what I did. I downloaded Windows installer for Ubuntu Desktop, and that got me Linux. Once I had Linux, flashed KB2 from the ROM thread linked above. Why Linux? Because I never got Heimdall to work on Windows, but I did on Linux. After my phone was completely stock, I followed the instructions on TRusello's Guide to Flashing ANY ROM to get my phone set up the way I wanted.
I'm sure there are faster ways than the one I just gave you, but I can vouch that my method works, and you might get your phone sorted out while you wait for a better response. Good luck!
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Yeeee....finally someone with a good heart and willing to share knowledge!!! And BTW, yes I tried all usb ports. The difference between your comp and mine is that I can run heimdall but like I said, way i plug the usb, my comp nor heimdall and/or Odin recognize the phone after the brick.
I'm not home at the moment but thank you from the bottom of my heart for your info. I'll get home kind of late tonight but I will follow your info to the tee and keep u post it...if u dont mind!
Thx and a kiss for you sweety!
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Heimdall and odin use different drivers, Once you install Heimdal and use your phone on a USB port, that USB port will only work with Heimdall. Odin will no longer work on that USB port, Until you uninstall the heimdall drivers

TRusselo said:
Heimdall and odin use different drivers, Once you install Heimdal and use your phone on a USB port, that USB port will only work with Heimdall. Odin will no longer work on that USB port, Until you uninstall the heimdall drivers
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Short and sweet...i installed ubuntu last night on my pc and I thought i lost windows. Did some search and I can choose when my pc start up either W7 or ubuntu. Went to bed at 4am trying to install java to ubuntu with no luck. To b honest, i'm about to quit trying to get this phone in DL mode. My daughter hates me and my husband told me, u messed it up...u fix it! Agh!!!!! I'm trying again but if I cant get it to work I rather just buy my kid a new phone....and thats a shame because that Cappy has been a warrior!
Any other method to get DL mode??? PLEASE...SOMEONE????

Once you're at that screen, it is download mode. You could try a jig. You can build one or buy one.
Did you reinstall java on Windows 7 and then try Heimdall?

Red_81 said:
Once you're at that screen, it is download mode. You could try a jig. You can build one or buy one.
Did you reinstall java on Windows 7 and then try Heimdall?
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Yes I did and pc still not recognize device. Tried all ports and different usb cable...still no go!

Did device manager not recognize it or Odin/Heimdall not recognize it? I know my system wouldn't show it was connected but Odin/Heimdall still would.

Red_81 said:
Did device manager not recognize it or Odin/Heimdall not recognize it? I know my system wouldn't show it was connected but Odin/Heimdall still would.
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Neither one recognize the device. With Odin you're supposse to see the yellow light meaning its connected...but nothing, and with heimdall clearly says disconected. I am sooo exausted looking for an answer as to what to do to get this phone on DL mode! I've used both programs in the past but the phone just dont want to come alive!

I understand how frustrating it can be to get a phone to respond.
I went back to your first post to make sure I didn't miss anything and I realized what the issue might be. Since the phone was upgraded to ICS it wouldn't be using the standard captivate drivers any more.
Let's try this:
Download and install the Android SDK
Add the Google USB Driver
Try ODIN/Heimdall again.
I think I had a similar issue when I was reverting a phone from CM7 back to Stock captivate.

Red_81 said:
I understand how frustrating it can be to get a phone to respond.
I went back to your first post to make sure I didn't miss anything and I realized what the issue might be. Since the phone was upgraded to ICS it wouldn't be using the standard captivate drivers any more.
Let's try this:
Download and install the Android SDK
Add the Google USB Driver
Try ODIN/Heimdall again.
I think I had a similar issue when I was reverting a phone from CM7 back to Stock captivate.
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Oookkkk...will give this a try! Thank you.

Baby Liz Sandra said:
Oookkkk...will give this a try! Thank you.
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I think it will work. Sorry it took so long for me to realize it. I actually had to do the same procedure within the last week but less sleep + work + cold is making me a little foggy.

Red_81 said:
I think it will work. Sorry it took so long for me to realize it. I actually had to do the same procedure within the last week but less sleep + work + cold is making me a little foggy.
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Just finished installing both...restarting pc now and will report back. Thank you yet again!

Baby Liz Sandra said:
Just finished installing both...restarting pc now and will report back. Thank you yet again!
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Ok...thats it! That did not work either. I connected my SGS II just to see if my pc would recognize the phone, and indeed my pc picked up the device as well as my husband's Sensation. So thats it! Just called Radio Shack for a jig and the guy never heard of that...lmao! You guys should see my daughter's look at me....awh!
Anyway...I'm subscribed to this thread so if anyone has another bright idea I'll give it a shot. Thanks again!

Sorry that didn't work either. Here's another thread about connection issues to the computer. I hope this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351224

Red_81 said:
Sorry that didn't work either. Here's another thread about connection issues to the computer. I hope this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351224
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Well...thank you! Don't know if i should keep DLing stuff to my pc. Now I have ubuntu, sdk manager, hemidall, dont know how many odins, etc. My husband just ask me for a new pc because he tried to uninstall ubuntu and he was unsuccesfull at it. Now this softbrick is gonna cause me some major issues family wise. This really sucks! But hey, me been a female, I just learned that nothing is impossible for us. If my hubbie dont wanna help me...I'll get it done one way or another. I will see my daughter smile....believe that!!!!!
Thank you!

I have a 2.5 year old daughter and would do anything to see her smile.
Here is a guy here on XDA who makes the jigs. However, I still believe you just have a driver issue. At this point I can only say to take off all the drivers, odin, and heimdall and start fresh.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=500006
I used his kindle fire cable and it was great.

[Q] Stuck

HI, This is my first android so bear with me!! I purchased a galaxy s4 active last October. Since then I dropped it and it has a small crack in the glass in the corner so Samsung wont help me. My phone worked fine after the drop and later took the update, however, aftyer some time I connected it to the computer and an ap i had on my computer ( I think it was part of an antivirus app) said my device needed a new driver and asked to install it at which I said ok. Whatever happened my phone doesnt work. I can start it up but I only get a message that says: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I have done this time and time again to no avail. Kies says it doesnt recognize my device firmware. I have the update software on my pc and odin and I've tried to reinstall it on the phone with this notice on and in download mode. Either way it fails. Please help if you can, I'm stuck,aggravated, etc....etc.. Thank you MUCH for your time, Herbie :crying:

hbaer said:
HI, This is my first android so bear with me!! I purchased a galaxy s4 active last October. Since then I dropped it and it has a small crack in the glass in the corner so Samsung wont help me. My phone worked fine after the drop and later took the update, however, aftyer some time I connected it to the computer and an ap i had on my computer ( I think it was part of an antivirus app) said my device needed a new driver and asked to install it at which I said ok. Whatever happened my phone doesnt work. I can start it up but I only get a message that says: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I have done this time and time again to no avail. Kies says it doesnt recognize my device firmware. I have the update software on my pc and odin and I've tried to reinstall it on the phone with this notice on and in download mode. Either way it fails. Please help if you can, I'm stuck,aggravated, etc....etc.. Thank you MUCH for your time, Herbie :crying:
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Ok Sir in new in here but there are certain things i have already understand.
1. Your phone is the intl national versión or regular a&t version (SGH-I537)
2. Wich Android version were You runing before it brake down?
3. Have you tried to push volume down + power? That gets you to Odin mode.
4. If yours is attending version please check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625033
That's the whole 4.3 package if your noon look for Odin 3.09 it's way more understandable on where you have to put each package.
5. If your phone is intl version please check samobile
For your phone software and make sure you have downloaded the drivers for your phone.
You can look for them in Samsung.com

alphabeast said:
Ok Sir in new in here but there are certain things i have already understand.
1. Your phone is the intl national versión or regular a&t version (SGH-I537)
2. Wich Android version were You runing before it brake down?
3. Have you tried to push volume down + power? That gets you to Odin mode.
4. If yours is attending version please check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625033
That's the whole 4.3 package if your noon look for Odin 3.09 it's way more understandable on where you have to put each package.
5. If your phone is intl version please check samobile
For your phone software and make sure you have downloaded the drivers for your phone.
You can look for them in Samsung.com
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My phone is regular at&t version SGH1537 and I updated it to 4.3 OTA before it broke down. As I stated I have the update ( 4.3 ) on my computer and Odin, so of course I tried the download mode but odin said the process failed and my phone is stuck. It wont start up any further than this message!!! :crying:

hbaer said:
My phone is regular at&t version SGH1537 and I updated it to 4.3 OTA before it broke down. As I stated I have the update ( 4.3 ) on my computer and Odin, so of course I tried the download mode but odin said the process failed and my phone is stuck. It wont start up any further than this message!!! :crying:
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Try reinstalling the drivers for the i537 (as mentioned before they're on Samsung's site). Also make sure you're using the USB cable that came with the phone. For some reason, not all USB cables will work properly. As long as you can get into Download mode there is no reason you shouldn't be able to Odin back to stock. Make sure the Odin files you downloaded aren't corrupted by checking the MD5. Just keep trying Odin on different computers, with different cables, and different USB ports until it works. It sucks, but for some reason Odin is super picky about what it needs to work properly.

Devo7v said:
Try reinstalling the drivers for the i537 (as mentioned before they're on Samsung's site). Also make sure you're using the USB cable that came with the phone. For some reason, not all USB cables will work properly. As long as you can get into Download mode there is no reason you shouldn't be able to Odin back to stock. Make sure the Odin files you downloaded aren't corrupted by checking the MD5. Just keep trying Odin on different computers, with different cables, and different USB ports until it works. It sucks, but for some reason Odin is super picky about what it needs to work properly.
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Awesome, thank you so much! I will try everything you said. I will let you know how its turned out. Thanks again Herbie

Odin won't recognize my device.

My Galaxy s5 att has been buggy lately running dynamic cat 3.0. I want to go back to stock. I downloaded the stock rom and Odin and tried to plug my phone in (on download mode) and it would not recognize it, my computer doesn't either. I tried to install the drivers but I got a message saying they weren't installed correctly. I tried a few times, restarting my computer and nothing will work. Please help.

jeffcojake said:
My Galaxy s5 att has been buggy lately running dynamic cat 3.0. I want to go back to stock. I downloaded the stock rom and Odin and tried to plug my phone in (on download mode) and it would not recognize it, my computer doesn't either. I tried to install the drivers but I got a message saying they weren't installed correctly. I tried a few times, restarting my computer and nothing will work. Please help.
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Try different PC, data cable or usb port. Delete drivers restart PC then connect phone with out installing drivers back. Install KIES 3.. This is all I can think of for now. Let us know.
Clicking from notecable N910A

norbarb said:
Try different PC, data cable or usb port. Delete drivers restart PC then connect phone with out installing drivers back. Install KIES 3.. This is all I can think of for now. Let us know.
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I installed kies. It didn't find my device either. I will try a different data cable and get back to you, thanks

norbarb said:
Try different PC, data cable or usb port. Delete drivers restart PC then connect phone with out installing drivers back. Install KIES 3.. This is all I can think of for now. Let us know.
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So I tried a different cable and same thing. Computer won't recognize the device. It does charge though so I guess that's good. My computer is saying there is an error with my device. I have an idea, if I go to recovery mode and wipe everything and then try to plug it in, will it recognize my device? I'll make sure to make a backup before I do that

jeffcojake said:
So I tried a different cable and same thing. Computer won't recognize the device. It does charge though so I guess that's good. My computer is saying there is an error with my device. I have an idea, if I go to recovery mode and wipe everything and then try to plug it in, will it recognize my device? I'll make sure to make a backup before I do that
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Do you have access to different computer, any PC , just trying to find out if there is nothing wrong with phone. Seems to me like PC or cable problem but i want to be sure. I had similar problem with note 10.1. I change 4 cables then finally got one working. If all file you can try to wipe just make sure you will have working rom in case if that is hardware or usb port in your phone not working. Also you can try flash rom true Mobile Odin.

norbarb said:
Do you have access to different computer, any PC , just trying to find out if there is nothing wrong with phone. Seems to me like PC or cable problem but i want to be sure. I had similar problem with note 10.1. I change 4 cables then finally got one working. If all file you can try to wipe just make sure you will have working rom in case if that is hardware or usb port in your phone not working. Also you can try flash rom true Mobile Odin.
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I looked at that app and it says do not use for Android 4.4 and up. They are working on it. I will try a different computer as soon as it's available.

jeffcojake said:
Oh wow I didn't know there was a mobile Odin. So can the app completely wipe my phone and install stock rom without a computer?
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I can't answer this question because i personally never done this but people claimed they done this. Just search more in XDA forum if this can be done on At&t S5. I know for fact people done this on at&t S3 back in days, but S5 have lock bootloader and i don't know if this will affect this any way.. That was just suggestion if you willing to try, like i said i don't know if this will work.
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jeffcojake said:
I looked at that app and it says do not use for Android 4.4 and up. They are working on it. I will try a different computer as soon as it's available.
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See you got your answer... .. Look for another PC. This is safer way.

norbarb said:
I can't answer this question because i personally never done this but people claimed they done this. Just search more in XDA forum if this can be done on At&t S5. I know for fact people done this on at&t S3 back in days, but S5 have lock bootloader and i don't know if this will affect this any way.. That was just suggestion if you willing to try, like i said i don't know if this will work.
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See you got your answer... .. Look for another PC. This is safer way.
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There are tutorials all over saying you can and how to do it. I'm just having problems with getting the computer to recognize my phone. I will try it with another computer to see if my wire is bad like you said

norbarb said:
I can't answer this question because i personally never done this but people claimed they done this. Just search more in XDA forum if this can be done on At&t S5. I know for fact people done this on at&t S3 back in days, but S5 have lock bootloader and i don't know if this will affect this any way.. That was just suggestion if you willing to try, like i said i don't know if this will work.
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See you got your answer... .. Look for another PC. This is safer way.
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It's definitely not the pc. This other pc is also not recognizing it even after drivers are installed. It says the device has malfunctioned. So I'm guessing it's something wrong with my phone. I would bring it back to AT&T but I have to get it back to stock before that so I can keep my warranty.

I am at my wits end here. I'm about to just break down here. G900A help please

So, I have a Galaxy note 3 G900A. Not sure what version and I don't have access to that. So, it has the Alliance rom installed on it. It was working fine for months with absolutely no problems. Then all of a sudden, earlier, it said NFC has stopped working, over and over again. Then, I turned off the phone and it failed to turn on. It will not get past the splash screen. It just wants to stay dark and if I leave it alone long enough, it automatically goes into recovery mode. I can get into recovery mode and download mode normally. I already tried factory reset and all of that. None of my computers will recognize the phone and I have tried multiple cables as well. Odin won't recognize it and neither will samsung kies. I tried installing stock rom through SD card and it says
Verifying update package:
E:Footer is Wrong
E: Signature Verification Failed.
It does that no matter what rom I try to install. I can't afford to get another phone right now and it is the only one I have and I just don't know what else I can do. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Well to start backwards, the stock recovery isn't really meant to flash zips, but it should go farther than saying Footer Is Wrong
Signature Verification has failed. For me, it says that, then if you wait a few seconds, it'll say a few other things, then install from sd card complete and it wipes data and cache then reboots. Next, you have to use an official cable for that, Media Transfer doesn't work correctly without oem cable
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

Have you tried reinstalling the drivers on your pc or tried a different pc?

spookykidmm said:
Well to start backwards, the stock recovery isn't really meant to flash zips, but it should go farther than saying Footer Is Wrong
Signature Verification has failed. For me, it says that, then if you wait a few seconds, it'll say a few other things, then install from sd card complete and it wipes data and cache then reboots. Next, you have to use an official cable for that, Media Transfer doesn't work correctly without oem cable
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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I do use an oem cable. Same thing. The rest of what you said does happen though.

dustincrock said:
I do use an oem cable. Same thing. The rest of what you said does happen though.
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The cord is funky sometimes. Try to "mangle" it a little bit to see if odin will say "Added!". I know I have to basically wrap mine around the computer to get it to work correctly
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sparx said:
Have you tried reinstalling the drivers on your pc or tried a different pc?
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Yes I have. Still the same problems.

dustincrock said:
Yes I have. Still the same problems.
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Any luck?
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spookykidmm said:
Any luck?
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No. No luck..

A Last Resort
dustincrock said:
So, I have a Galaxy note 3 G900A. Not sure what version and I don't have access to that. So, it has the Alliance rom installed on it. It was working fine for months with absolutely no problems. Then all of a sudden, earlier, it said NFC has stopped working, over and over again. Then, I turned off the phone and it failed to turn on. It will not get past the splash screen. It just wants to stay dark and if I leave it alone long enough, it automatically goes into recovery mode. I can get into recovery mode and download mode normally. I already tried factory reset and all of that. None of my computers will recognize the phone and I have tried multiple cables as well. Odin won't recognize it and neither will samsung kies. I tried installing stock rom through SD card and it says
Verifying update package:
E:Footer is Wrong
E: Signature Verification Failed.
It does that no matter what rom I try to install. I can't afford to get another phone right now and it is the only one I have and I just don't know what else I can do. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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As a last resort, put the device into download mode and connect to KIES 3. Go to tools and do a complete reinstallation. This will return you device to full factory specs and latest approved software, no custom ROM, no root, and no saved data. But at least you will have a functioning device. As soon as possible look into getting a new battery.

zancro said:
As a last resort, put the device into download mode and connect to KIES 3. Go to tools and do a complete reinstallation. This will return you device to full factory specs and latest approved software, no custom ROM, no root, and no saved data. But at least you will have a functioning device. As soon as possible look into getting a new battery.
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I even used different batteries. And kid won't work because the phone isn't detected by the computer as being a phone. Kies doesn't pick up the phone, even in download mode

dustincrock said:
I even used different batteries. And kid won't work because the phone isn't detected by the computer as being a phone. Kies doesn't pick up the phone, even in download mode
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Your only remaining option might be to send your device away for professional help. In the past I have used the services of Josh at: http://mobiletechvideos.com/ . (I am not related to that organization in any way.) For around $50.00 they can do a complete refresh, and in my case offered to root and load the custom ROM of my choice for a small additional fee. It took about one week.
Good luck.

G900A?
zancro said:
Your only remaining option might be to send your device away for professional help. In the past I have used the services of Josh at: http://mobiletechvideos.com/ . (I am not related to that organization in any way.) For around $50.00 they can do a complete refresh, and in my case offered to root and load the custom ROM of my choice for a small additional fee. It took about one week.
Good luck.
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I checked back to see if you had solved the problem and noticed something I missed earlier... Your OP says you are using a G900A. Are you referencing a Note 3 or some other device?