hi guys, i'm new here, but i follow your forum since forever, so i hope i'm going to find an answer here.
2 days ago i was at my computer, and i didn't realize my gear battery was almost dead. when i looked at my watch to see the time, i realized it was off, so i used my charger, but i noticed it wasn't working. thing is, i haven't been able to turn it on again since. it tried everything i've found on the internet: another cable, remove the internal battery, charge it with a computer, try a soft reset, but nothing worked. i even tried to press the power button while charging, but that didn't work either. its only glimpse of life happens when i connect it to my computer, and windows rings the jingle to tell me that something has been connected to it, but nothing appears, not even in the device manager. i've even downloaded a software in which you can see the history of devices connected to the computer, but it's so fast, that it doesn't leave a trace, just the jingle, and only the connection one, because when i disconnect it, there's no jingle, or better it's rare that it happens. so, before i take it tomorrow to a samsung center, i'd like to try everything i can to solve the situation myself, that's why i asked you. i really hope you'll be able to help me, because i'm quite desperate...i've contacted samsung via email, but i haven't received an answer, i tried the samsung online chat service, but no one picked up... i've read that the battery is too drained to charge again, so it takes time and a lot of luck, but the gears i've read about have been left off for weeks before this problem, while mine has been off for just about an hour. i don't know what to do the revive it...
I woke up to the same problem yesterday. I have tried most of the tricks and none have worked. I don't really want to open it up but might have to.
May i help u?
F1USGP said:
I woke up to the same problem yesterday. I have tried most of the tricks and none have worked. I don't really want to open it up but might have to.
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NOT EXACTLY BUT IT WORKS SOMETIME..
1.DOWNLOAD SHUAME
2. INSTALL AND REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER.
3.DISABLE ANY ANTI VIRUSE AND FIREWALL , OPEN SHUAME
4.BYPASS THE DIALOGS AND LEAVE SHUAME SEARCH FOR DEVICES OR IT WILL SAY NO DEVICE CONNECTED.
5. NOW CONNECT YOUR DEVICE USING USB,(WHILE PRESSING POWER+DOWN)
IF NOTHING HAPPEN TRY POWER+OTHER COMBINATIONS LIKE UP BUTTON ETC.
YOUR DEVICE WILL START IF NOT LOOK FOR SHUAME WINDOW..
Please HIT thanks if I helped.
Ok I'll try, even though you might know the gear has only the power button... right now everything is worth a try, since I can't take it to a samsung city point, because they're about to close for summer, so they would give it back in September...if I can make it work until then, it's better.
i've downloaded shuame, but it's called rootgenius, but i can't do anything because it's waiting for a connected device, and it has to be on and with the usb debugging mode on, which i can't enable since it won't power on.... i tried to disassemble it and leave it open for a while, then reassemble it, but there was no use... any other suggestion?
When you took the gear apart did you fully remove the battery from the gear?
yes, fully removed. i did exactly what the guy in the youtube video "Inside the Samsung Galaxy Gear Smart Watch. Tear Down, Fix, and Repair."... now i'm trying to leave it connected to the computer, it's about a day and a half now, but nothing yet... i just don't understand why my laptop recognizes the connection of the device, but nothing more...
no suggestions at all, guys?
I have a dead gear too. I'm my case somehow the bootloader got deleted during a gear manager update and won't turn on now. When I hook it up to the PC I get the SEC S5PC210 Test B/D which tells me the device still works but I'm unsure how to get a bootloader back on there. I was on null23. I'm wondering if your issue is the same.
When I had initially updated the gear manager I went to factory reset my gear and couldn't get it to go into recovery which should have clued me into my problem.
Lucky for me my brother in law just got a gear live and gave me his gear1.
tabPRO8.4
ok, i've kinda lost you. i googled the SEC S5PC210 Test B/D but i wasn't able to understand what it is, the only thing i was able to find was an xda page in which someone suggested to download the samsung usb drivers, which i've found out i already had... i don't know whether it could be a possibility that my gear has just erased the bootloader, since it just went dead due to the battery level, and there was no gear manager update that day, i updated 2 days before then. i don't know... the fact that my computer recognizes a connected device should mean that it still works, but i can't understand why it simply doesn't power on and why it is recognized just at the connection, but it's not seen when disconnected. it makes no sense actually... there must be a way to solve this, i really don't believe that samsung just substitute every gear that won't power on, it would turn into a huge waste of gears...
I'm in the same boat; getting the SEC S5PC210. Thought it was the battery; pulled it apart and checked voltages and it seemed fine. Tried like 4 different cables and nothing.
Dead gear recover
Hello guys..
Honestly I never face problem like this before
I just want to help to solve the dead gear issue
U can try this method..
Reply me if this method works.. peace !
I used this method and its working to recover back my GG error issue
I hope this will help u ..
1 - Download and install odin 3.0.9
2 - Download GG stock rom with the last file name *******NE9 ( If the file is zip file , u must extract it first to get the file *******NE9.tar - something like that )
3 - Connect your phone ( must be samsung phone ) . Odin will detect and auto install driver for usb detection. After that disconnect it
4 - Connect your GG to usb ( It will auto detect your GG )
5 - uncheck AUTO REBOOT & REPARTITION
6 - Click PDA button and set to the location you put the NE9 file
7 - Wait for a while and after odin finish checking that file click START BUTTON
8 - Wait until upgrading proses finish
- ( YOUR GG WILL SHOW BLUE COLOR PROGRESS BAR )
9 - Odin will show PASS ! in green color at the status bar if the process success
10 - Disconnect your gear & manually reboot ( press power button about 5 sec )
* sometimes you must reboot 2-3 times to make GG fully reconfigure back it system
* need to unpair/pair again the bluetooth between GG and the phone
* Usually after bluetooth paring success., gear manager will auto update and then u can
use your GG as usual.
That all .. ENJOY YOUR NEW TIZEN ... PEACE !
kofxi said:
Hello guys..
Honestly I never face problem like this before
I just want to help to solve the dead gear issue
U can try this method..
Reply me if this method works.. peace !
I used this method and its working to recover back my GG error issue
I hope this will help u ..
1 - Download and install odin 3.0.9
2 - Download GG stock rom with the last file name *******NE9 ( If the file is zip file , u must extract it first to get the file *******NE9.tar - something like that )
3 - Connect your phone ( must be samsung phone ) . Odin will detect and auto install driver for usb detection. After that disconnect it
4 - Connect your GG to usb ( It will auto detect your GG )
5 - uncheck AUTO REBOOT & REPARTITION
6 - Click PDA button and set to the location you put the NE9 file
7 - Wait for a while and after odin finish checking that file click START BUTTON
8 - Wait until upgrading proses finish
- ( YOUR GG WILL SHOW BLUE COLOR PROGRESS BAR )
9 - Odin will show PASS ! in green color at the status bar if the process success
10 - Disconnect your gear & manually reboot ( press power button about 5 sec )
* sometimes you must reboot 2-3 times to make GG fully reconfigure back it system
* need to unpair/pair again the bluetooth between GG and the phone
* Usually after bluetooth paring success., gear manager will auto update and then u can
use your GG as usual.
That all .. ENJOY YOUR NEW TIZEN ... PEACE !
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this method doesn't work, because Odin doesn't see the device via USB - no com port
I have the same problem with my gear . No Odin connection.
kofxi said:
Hello guys..
Honestly I never face problem like this before
I just want to help to solve the dead gear issue
U can try this method..
Reply me if this method works.. peace !
I used this method and its working to recover back my GG error issue
I hope this will help u ..
1 - Download and install odin 3.0.9
2 - Download GG stock rom with the last file name *******NE9 ( If the file is zip file , u must extract it first to get the file *******NE9.tar - something like that )
3 - Connect your phone ( must be samsung phone ) . Odin will detect and auto install driver for usb detection. After that disconnect it
4 - Connect your GG to usb ( It will auto detect your GG )
5 - uncheck AUTO REBOOT & REPARTITION
6 - Click PDA button and set to the location you put the NE9 file
7 - Wait for a while and after odin finish checking that file click START BUTTON
8 - Wait until upgrading proses finish
- ( YOUR GG WILL SHOW BLUE COLOR PROGRESS BAR )
9 - Odin will show PASS ! in green color at the status bar if the process success
10 - Disconnect your gear & manually reboot ( press power button about 5 sec )
* sometimes you must reboot 2-3 times to make GG fully reconfigure back it system
* need to unpair/pair again the bluetooth between GG and the phone
* Usually after bluetooth paring success., gear manager will auto update and then u can
use your GG as usual.
That all .. ENJOY YOUR NEW TIZEN ... PEACE !
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For this error any solution. I can't connect on pc via wireless because I recive error that is blocked. Work only USB connection , I tried but I recived error that don't have driver for connected with USB. How can solve that ?
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Okay, let's start:
Flashed the spacemoose Honeycomb, then tried flashing a GSM version to start experimenting with all the different versions. Tab is bricked and will not boot. When my PC see's the tablet, the tablet is still dark (no images on screen, etc.)
I tried Kies (installing drivers, etc). I tried to load with Odin (no luck). Android Commander says "Loading..." but will never do anything.
What I know:
Samsung GT-P1000N shows as USB Mass Storage
Run > cmd > .... > adb devices > shows "serial number #### recovery"
Not sure where to go from here. Any thoughts?
so your pc is seeing the tab , here is what been saying here for like this kinda of problem ..
plug your tab into your pc and run odin , leave it for at least 1hour plugged , make sure every 5mins you check it , neither odin showing it or not yet .. after ur tab is showing pls flash any rom you want , and stop playing with it too much and give it a break also the tab sometimes needs break
Edit : forgot to mention that this is not the right place to ask a question ( Q\A) section is the right place
k0sh said:
so your pc is seeing the tab , here is what been saying here for like this kinda of problem ..
plug your tab into your pc and run odin , leave it for at least 1hour plugged , make sure every 5mins you check it , neither odin showing it or not yet .. after ur tab is showing pls flash any rom you want , and stop playing with it too much and give it a break also the tab sometimes needs break
Edit : forgot to mention that this is not the right place to ask a question ( Q\A) section is the right place
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Sorry, I must have not been paying attention when posting.
Odin will see the device but can never successfully set up a connection.
after u plug your tab into wall charger do u see the tab is charging ? ?
and try to reboot your pc , maybe odin lag .. who knows .......
Still got nothing on that.
Any suggestions anyone?
Fully recharge tab from home power. Then use a different usb port on your pc.
Use Heimdall to flash. Much more stable. First install the drivers , and make sure the .net framework (I believe) is installed. Put your phone in download mode and flash the rom/kernel.
That should work. Also you could check out Lite'Ning v3.0
Maybe http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878686 could help as well.
Good luck and let us know!
Hi has uploaded ICS 3333, and it worked for a few weeks then today when it in airplane mode I took it out my pocket and it was in a bootloop mode.
Samsung --> Semaphore
So decided that I would retry installing ICS starting with 2.3.6 using ODIN but it crapped out, and now it's only allowing me to go into download mode. It said failed, retried a few times but I did not record the exact error (aaah)
As it is allowing me to get to download mode thought that would be ok, but when I connect it to the PC, it is not recognised at all now. So ODIN does not seem to work..
Im sure you are going to say just install a specific driver or something, but I don't what it would be. The PC recognised the mobile earlier, but just not now.
Update: Now the Phone is fully dead, and does not appear to be charging at all. So maybe dead because the battery is flat.
I've updated ROm's a few time's and always had the recovery mode to recover things and even have the USB item which should allow to move into download.
Any idea's folks.
thanks in advance... Bill
I was following this initially
1st Install this - this flashes Andoid 2.3.6 first
I downloaded I900XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA.rar
Disconnect your phone if it’s connected to PC. Then Switch it Off. Wait 5-6 seconds for vibration to confirm complete switch off.
Now, put the Galaxy S in “Download Mode” — press and hold these keys together: Volume_DOWN+Home+Power until a screen saying ‘Download Mode’ comes up.
Open Odin (from step 5) — Odin3 v1.7.exe.
Connect your phone to PC now. You should get the message “Added! !” under the Odin’s message box in the bottom left. If you don’t get “Added! !” message, than probably there is a problem with drivers. Make sure you’ve drivers installed (links given above under heading ‘Pre-Installation thoughts’).
Now, in Odin, select these files at respective tabs (for visual help, see the screenshot at step 11 below):
a) Click the PDA Tab, and select CODE_I9000XXJVU_CL851880_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 (from step 3.1)
b) Click the Phone Tab, and select MODEM_I9000XXJVU_REV_00_CL1092175.tar.md5 (from step 3.3)
c) Click the CSC Tab, and select GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJVU.tar.md5 (from step 3.2)
d) Click the PIT Tab, and select s1_odin_20100512.pit (from step 2)
Make sure the ‘Re-Partition’checkbox in ODIN is selected. Also, Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time checkboxes should be selected too. Leave everything else on Odin untouched.
Double check everything said in step 10 and 11 above. Your Odin’s screen, after selecting all the files and ticking and not-ticking the checkboxes, should look like this:
Screen capture can be found at weblink
Now, hit the START button to begin the flashing process. When it finishes, your phone will automatically reboot, upon which you can unplug the cable. Plus, you’ll get a PASS (with green background) message in the left-most box at the very top of the Odin. ***I got a fail here***
read that kies is different from usb drives. Not 100% sure that would be the issue as could connect previously with ODIN, which I think means the drivers are ok.
Next question that I have, if the battery has gone flat, and it does not appear to be charging either with USB or wall mounted, where do I go from here...
Im not a total newbie, and have been on DarkyRom for most of the versions, just this boot loop has got me big style... Can anyone give me a few idea's of what to try...
You might try a direct battery charger for which you won't need your battery to be in phone and one charged you can try the usual things as flashing through odin.
Try to install another driver..since i use ics for my sgs..pc wont recognise my phone..i install s2 or nexus driver ( mtb driver ) and it works perfectly as before..
If you have flashed ICS then you will need to install the GNexus drivers that are contained here
Try and get your hands on a external charger as erpurohit has suggested or borrow a friends battery
Flashing back to stock or Darky's 10.2 should get your phone going again
Thanks folks for responses (did the button as well).
Did not need extra charger / battery. Sat it on charger all night with no change... So tonight when I came in tried one more time to put into download mode and it worked..
Tried connecting it to ODIN and it worked fully so installed Gingerbread stock and away the baby went.
Not sure root cause, but was not drivers.
Won't be installing ICS until it becomes more stable and does not put phones into boot mode without a simple way out.. (never say never though)
Cheers Anyway..
hi ppl
i just bought me a used sm-v700 and its stuck in screen of death,
i have tried connecting it to both Kies and Kies 3, fully updated ofc, restarted my pc after installations,
none of the above programs can connect to my watch :/
tried calling samsung support to no use (send it in)
what do i do next?
my objective with the watch is to get it working ofc, and get it rooted to work with my sony xperia z2
Use Odin 3.09 to flash a stock image. I'm commuting right now so I doing have a link.
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Hi mate, this has happened to me as well, i was sure i had ruined my watch. What fixed it in my case was to drain the battery. Because once i was in the screen of death the watch doesn't seem to ever turn off. When i turned the watch back on i used heimdall to restore the firmware. Odin failed miserably.
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pzayx said:
Hi mate, this has happened to me as well, i was sure i had ruined my watch. What fixed it in my case was to drain the battery. Because once i was in the screen of death the watch doesn't seem to ever turn off. When i turned the watch back on i used heimdall to restore the firmware. Odin failed miserably.
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the battery on my watch has drained by now, tho i have had it both connected to my pc and to my usb wall charger it looks like it wont charge, it only starts up to the screen of death when its connected and goes all black when i remove the usb cable :/
the watch only turns on for a few sec's and then dies, turns on automatically and then dies,, over and over :/
since that it just whent black, googled a bit and found a thread about this on this site which had this youtube link on it v=5WzGC0786U0
removed the battery from the motherboard and at least it charges normally, i think,,
it charges at least now, and i can access "download" and "recovery" mode but neither Heimdall or Odin can find it :/
anyone got any ideas? got the **** to find the download mode again, but pc cant find it
hi, sorry i have been away from the computer for a while.
exactly, how did you get to the SOD screen btw?
for me my pc found the watch when it was in the SOD screen after i got the d..n thing restarted.
but when i tried to use odin it froze for forever so i had to repeat the drain/restart cycle and then heimdall played nicely with it.
other than that i really got no idea other than what you have allready brought up. i guess you just have to try and try and try.
removing the battery is probably a better way to restart instead of draining it.
i might add that i used heimdall on ubuntu(for me heimdall has always seemed better in linux for some reason)
and if it is a driver issue the driver you need should come with the distro. so you could try to power up a livedisk and try.
or you could try to get it recoqnized in a different usb port if you haven't tried that.
Cant hurt, right.
Good luck!
pzayx said:
hi, sorry i have been away from the computer for a while.
exactly, how did you get to the SOD screen btw?
for me my pc found the watch when it was in the SOD screen after i got the d..n thing restarted.
but when i tried to use odin it froze for forever so i had to repeat the drain/restart cycle and then heimdall played nicely with it.
other than that i really got no idea other than what you have allready brought up. i guess you just have to try and try and try.
removing the battery is probably a better way to restart instead of draining it.
i might add that i used heimdall on ubuntu(for me heimdall has always seemed better in linux for some reason)
and if it is a driver issue the driver you need should come with the distro. so you could try to power up a livedisk and try.
or you could try to get it recoqnized in a different usb port if you haven't tried that.
Cant hurt, right.
Good luck!
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well today or more like just now i tried and tried and tried to get the tizen uppdate flashed into it with odin and i finally got the damn thing to accept the file,
only problem i got now is that it wont connect to my sony xperia z2
and now the touch wont work :/
kaviar said:
and now the touch wont work :/
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Flash TizenMOD 3.0 with Odin ?
Recover back GG from sceen of death
I used this method and its working to recover back my GG error issue
I hope this will help u ..
1 - Download and install odin 3.0.9
2 - Download GG stock rom with the last file name *******NE9 ( If the file is zip file , u must extract it first to get the file *******NE9.tar - something like that )
3 - Connect your phone ( must be samsung phone ) . Odin will detect and auto install driver for usb detection. After that disconnect it
4 - Connect your GG to usb ( It will auto detect your GG )
5 - uncheck AUTO REBOOT & REPARTITION
6 - Click PDA button and set to the location you put the NE9 file
7 - Wait for a while and after odin finish checking that file click START BUTTON
8 - Wait until upgrading proses finish
- ( YOUR GG WILL SHOW BLUE COLOR PROGRESS BAR )
9 - Odin will show PASS ! in green color at the status bar if the process success
10 - Disconnect your gear & manually reboot ( press power button about 5 sec )
* sometimes you must reboot 2-3 times to make GG fully reconfigure back it system
* need to unpair/pair again the bluetooth between GG and the phone
* Usually after bluetooth paring success., gear manager will auto update and then u can
use your GG as usual.
That all .. ENJOY YOUR NEW TIZEN ... PEACE !
kofxi, Your a star man. Just got my gear today and tried flashing updating to _V700OXAAMK7 and got screen of death nothing I tried worked.
Just grabbed the NE9 file and worked like a charm, I owe you several drinks.
George
i was trying to update to tizen my galaxy gear 1 using kies 3 but the update got stuck on 2% and than i disconnected my galaxy gear from my pc . I pressed the power button for a while and then it showed up in download mode so i tried to update it to tizen but this time with odin and that too failed and now my galaxy gear is just showing dots and lines of random colors. and now nor kies 3 ,2 or odin are detecting it.. Please help help needed
thanks
jordan235 said:
i was trying to update to tizen my galaxy gear 1 using kies 3 but the update got stuck on 2% and than i disconnected my galaxy gear from my pc . I pressed the power button for a while and then it showed up in download mode so i tried to update it to tizen but this time with odin and that too failed and now my galaxy gear is just showing dots and lines of random colors. and now nor kies 3 ,2 or odin are detecting it.. Please help help needed
thanks
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if you reboot by holding the power for like 10 sec, can you get to recovery? Or download mode?
noellenchris said:
if you reboot by holding the power for like 10 sec, can you get to recovery? Or download mode?
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No just random colors as I mentioned please help
jordan235 said:
No just random colors as I mentioned please help
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Hmm, does it charge? It may have been bricked. If there is no chance of returning it or warranty then I'm not sure what to do. Since it seems it's been this way for a few days, you may have to be creative. I've had mine fail a few times via Odin and after a few times holding the power I would get back to the kies screen on the Gear which I would try to fix in the recovery part of kies and that would not work since I wasn't installing the update via Kies. But moral of the story was after trying to see the gear in kies and failing, I again tried with Odin 3.09 and it would see the device again. Where I loaded the Odin version which failed, then rebooted gear and tried 2nd time and closed my eyes.. and it loaded. I would make sure nothing is running in the background ( 1st fail I noticed windows detecting device halfway through Odin flash and that caused my issue).
Also if you have another device like a samsung phone, you may see that device in Odin (only suggest this as a way to test if Odin and windows drivers for samsung device are loaded). But hopefully with some reload of the drivers on you computer (on that....try another computer if possible) you will have some success.
If you try all that and it's a no go and still crazy colors and lines.....only thing I can think of is to let battery die and then connect charger and see if it charge's or goes to charge screen. Let me know if you can get to anything else...
Chris
jordan235 said:
No just random colors as I mentioned please help
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Ditto - rushed into the update before reading up properly and ending flashing with latest Tizen when I should have used the older version with boothloader. Thought I'd recovered the situation when I managed to flash with Android 4.2.2, Odin showed as completed but the Galaxy Gear continued to be stuck on the downloading screen albeit with a download bar showing however it did not reset. Switched it off after a while and then that's when the corrupt screen started and failure to be recognised by the pc
Any help would be appreciated before it hits the bin.............
Binda69 said:
Ditto - rushed into the update before reading up properly and ending flashing with latest Tizen when I should have used the older version with boothloader. Thought I'd recovered the situation when I managed to flash with Android 4.2.2, Odin showed as completed but the Galaxy Gear continued to be stuck on the downloading screen albeit with a download bar showing however it did not reset. Switched it off after a while and then that's when the corrupt screen started and failure to be recognised by the pc
Any help would be appreciated before it hits the bin.............
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Did the same, reflashed STOCK 4.4.2 (has to original it came with) and restored android. Then updated to NE9 rom then to NF1... Unfortunately the NF1 rom needs some base files installed in NE9. Can't just jump to lastest...
Then rooted it...
How to unbrick galaxy gear !
Hello friend.. ( u can try this method to unbrick your GG )
Previously im also got the same problem as u when im trying to upgrade my GG1 but after a long search i found this link . What u need is just follow the instructions as given and the important things is dont try to skip anything !
How to UnBrick Galaxy Gear: h*t*t*p://youtube/fS4878klPAQ
( delete * from h t t p coz im not allowed to post link yet )
I hope this will help u coz my GG1 has been recover back .. not to original stock rom but it also upgrade my GG1 to TIZEN !!! :good:
And dont forget to thanks to that guys that send the video and me ( coz i need a credit to post another reply to whom that need a help ) and good luck to u all.
AND TO ADMIN : PLEASE DO NOT BANNED ME COZ IM JUST TRY TO HELP SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ME .... PEACE !
thanks for posting....will give it a try
update: no joy - pc or odin fail to detect the Galaxy Gear when connected via USB
Try this.. maybe it can help
1 - close odin
2 - connect your samsung phone first with the pc via usb cable
* ( pc will detect your phone and auto install usb driver for it )
3 - disconnect your phone
4 - open odin
5 - connect your GG with odin via usb cable that you use to connect your phone to pc
6 - Repeat back the instruction as given
This happen to me before.. but its works for me
*( sorry to forgot to mention that situation ) ... peace
I've got the same problem with my Gear. Screen with random colored dots and lines. Did anyone find a way to fix this? Any help is appreciated.
Did you get this fixed?
I'm a newbie with the rooting and custom rom installation, I've actually never done one before attempting in on my phone a SM-G730A mini S3, I have searched online and was unable to find the factory rom for this device or instructions how to install.
I was able to root my phone using king root, Then I started removing all the factory programs that ill never used. It was great until a few days ago I removed 2 programs that affected my phone operates. It now gets stuck on the at&t screen when powering on, but the funny thing is that if someone calls me, the screen pops up for me to answer.
Issues with my phone: gets stuck on at&t screen, no home screen at all, only way to access apps is through S voice.
I first started looking into the custom rom because I wanted wi-fi calling since the phone signal is low on this phone. I appreciate any help on this. Thanks
rotorholic said:
I'm a newbie with the rooting and custom rom installation, I've actually never done one before attempting in on my phone a SM-G730A mini S3, I have searched online and was unable to find the factory rom for this device or instructions how to install.
I was able to root my phone using king root, Then I started removing all the factory programs that ill never used. It was great until a few days ago I removed 2 programs that affected my phone operates. It now gets stuck on the at&t screen when powering on, but the funny thing is that if someone calls me, the screen pops up for me to answer.
Issues with my phone: gets stuck on at&t screen, no home screen at all, only way to access apps is through S voice.
I first started looking into the custom rom because I wanted wi-fi calling since the phone signal is low on this phone. I appreciate any help on this. Thanks
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Any guru's in here that can help?
rotorholic said:
Any guru's in here that can help?
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I think you should reflash your current firmware version via Odin3. You can get stock ROMs from sammobile.com/firmware. You will lose your root access and you will get these system apps back what you deleted before.
I download it to my SD card and then what? excuse my newbie questions
those stock roms from sammobile youll need to flash via odin / heimdall
rotorholic said:
I download it to my SD card and then what? excuse my newbie questions
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Firmwares from SamMobile are only flashable via Odin3 on your PC/Laptop. Move your downloaded firmware to your PC/Laptop and unzip it. Move the ...HOME.tar.md5 file to your desktop.
1. Now download Odin3 and install the drivers for your phone.
2. Open Odin3 as Admin to avoid errors or "Fail" messages while flash. (If you use Windows XP then open Odin like always) and make sure only "Auto reboot" and "F.reset" are checked.
4. Close all Samsung Kies process in task manager to avoid errors. (ignore this if you don't have Kies installed)
5. Tap on PDA/AP and choose the ...HOME.tar.md5 file (wait until Odin finish check the MD5 check sum)
6. Now on your phone. Turn off your device. Then hold volume down + home button + power button till you see a "Warning!!" screen and continue with volume up.
7. Connect your device to your PC/Laptop via USB.
8. Wait until Odin detect your device. (You will see a blue box) If your PC/Laptop install the drivers again then wait a moment.
9. If everything is OK then you can start flashing. (A flash process take up to 10 Min, so be patient)
10. Now your phone should reboot and you're done.
Don't forget you will lose ROOT access and you will get your system apps back what you deleted before.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
For more information visit this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159660
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xXPR0T0TYPEXx said:
Firmwares from SamMobile are only flashable via Odin3 on your PC/Laptop. Move your downloaded firmware to your PC/Laptop and unzip it. Move the ...HOME.tar.md5 file to your desktop.
1. Now download Odin3 and install the drivers for your phone.
2. Open Odin3 as Admin to avoid errors or "Fail" messages while flash. (If you use Windows XP then open Odin like always) and make sure only "Auto reboot" and "F.reset" are checked.
4. Close all Samsung Kies process in task manager to avoid errors. (ignore this if you don't have Kies installed)
5. Tap on PDA/AP and choose the ...HOME.tar.md5 file (wait until Odin finish check the MD5 check sum)
6. Now on your phone. Turn off your device. Then hold volume down + home button + power button till you see a "Warning!!" screen and continue with volume up.
7. Connect your device to your PC/Laptop via USB.
8. Wait until Odin detect your device. (You will see a blue box) If your PC/Laptop install the drivers again then wait a moment.
9. If everything is OK then you can start flashing. (A flash process take up to 10 Min, so be patient)
10. Now your phone should reboot and you're done.
Don't forget you will lose ROOT access and you will get your system apps back what you deleted before.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
For more information visit this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159660
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I was finally able to load the stock rom via Odin3 v3.09, I re-rooted my phone and removed all of the att pre-loaded junk software,
I was stuck for a few days since my pc was not finding the phone so I re-installed the Samsung drivers and it worked!
Now im hoping to find a kitkat rom to install, Thanks for all your help guys:good:
touchwiz
rotorholic said:
I'm a newbie with the rooting and custom rom installation, I've actually never done one before attempting in on my phone a SM-G730A mini S3, I have searched online and was unable to find the factory rom for this device or instructions how to install.
I was able to root my phone using king root, Then I started removing all the factory programs that ill never used. It was great until a few days ago I removed 2 programs that affected my phone operates. It now gets stuck on the at&t screen when powering on, but the funny thing is that if someone calls me, the screen pops up for me to answer.
Issues with my phone: gets stuck on at&t screen, no home screen at all, only way to access apps is through S voice.
I first started looking into the custom rom because I wanted wi-fi calling since the phone signal is low on this phone. I appreciate any help on this. Thanks
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You probably uninstalled touchwiz. You can try installing a theme from the app store that might work.
Newbie Help
I am getting ready to do a first attempt at rooting on a Samsung S3 mini, G730A. I don't know how to get the Samsung USB driver onto the desktop because I'm not sure where it's actually located. I downloaded the Samsung Driver Zip and it's loaded on my C: drive but didn't find anything is there that seemed specific to that phone. I did locate what appears to be the generic Android device USB driver for this phone through Device Manager and put that on the desktop but not sure that is the one that I'll need when I go root. Any suggestions?
Thanks