So I'm on the original stock firmware (AOCE), was rooted with PingPong (since 4/2015). Phone stopped doing fast charge so I was going to wipe and go back to stock with ODIN for troubleshooting when I also found that the device will not be recognized by PC either when I went to pull files. Drivers are fine, see's the gf's Note 4. Download mode isn't recognized either by PC or by ODIN. When plugged into PC, just get 'Cable Charging'. So I called AT&T and they're going to send another one out..... So how f'd am I? After factory reset, running the AT&T update fails, so I'm guessing there's still stuff on there in the /system partition or other 'protected' partitions. Without the ability to connect to it, are they going to find the root stuff? (completely hypothetical)
bigblue95z said:
So I'm on the original stock firmware (AOCE), was rooted with PingPong (since 4/2015). Phone stopped doing fast charge so I was going to wipe and go back to stock with ODIN for troubleshooting when I also found that the device will not be recognized by PC either when I went to pull files. Drivers are fine, see's the gf's Note 4. Download mode isn't recognized either by PC or by ODIN. When plugged into PC, just get 'Cable Charging'. So I called AT&T and they're going to send another one out..... So how f'd am I? After factory reset, running the AT&T update fails, so I'm guessing there's still stuff on there in the /system partition or other 'protected' partitions. Without the ability to connect to it, are they going to find the root stuff? (completely hypothetical)
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Send it to samsung. hardware problem. Trust me.
Sunderwear said:
Send it to samsung. hardware problem. Trust me.
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That's what I've read. Didn't realize direct to Samsung was an option. May check that out.
Just a follow up on this. Decided to replace the USB socket board and it has resolved the issue. Was fun tearing into a $800 device! Actually wasn't bad once the back panel is off.
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Is it possible to unroot your phone without your usb connection working anymore? I plug my phone into my computer which is running Windows XP Media Center edition Version 2002 Service Pack 3 and it says USB Device not recognized. I tried to manually update the driver in the device manager but it tells me that the specified location does not contain information about your hardware and I verified that they are the drivers for my hero. I even tried a new cable to eliminate that as a problem but I still have the same issues. To give it one last try I plugged it into my laptop Running Windows Vista and also came up with usb device not recognized. I would like to return my phone to Sprint so I can get the usb connection problem fixed but I need to unroot the phone first. PLEASE HELP! - Josh
Bassman4LF said:
Is it possible to unroot your phone without your usb connection working anymore? I plug my phone into my computer which is running Windows XP Media Center edition Version 2002 Service Pack 3 and it says USB Device not recognized. I tried to manually update the driver in the device manager but it tells me that the specified location does not contain information about your hardware and I verified that they are the drivers for my hero. I even tried a new cable to eliminate that as a problem but I still have the same issues. To give it one last try I plugged it into my laptop Running Windows Vista and also came up with usb device not recognized. I would like to return my phone to Sprint so I can get the usb connection problem fixed but I need to unroot the phone first. PLEASE HELP! - Josh
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you can "re-flash" the stock .img files from Better Terminal. I lucked out on my last phone that went completely dead for no reason I knew of. The techs couldn't revive my rooted phone, so I got a replacement.
Since then, I do a "watered down" root - @forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
Without having to wipe everything clean and start from scratch- Flashing the stock and removing root works for me through this:
I copied unrevoked and RA1.6.2 to my sdcard. Use step 7 & 8 (sh /sdcard/unrevoked and flash the RA recovery img). After reboot, I make a nand backup.
For me anyway- by doing none of the rest, it allows me to remove the apps I want to remove and allows me to reflash the stock 2.1 recovery image. I can then update to .6 if necessary to seal it up...flashing the recovery image can be done from the phone using Better Terminal as well.
The only reason I prefer it this way is, I don't want to use a custom ROM and I only want to pull some of the unecessary (for me) apps out. I'll back it up and if need be, I am 1 step closer to "unrooting" it.
I know, I know...but to each his own...I've taken a rooted phone in (no custom ROM) with a speaker issue- no hassles. I've taken a rooted phone in for dust under the screen, way back when- and had to argue the point that ROMS and rooting had nothing to do with a defect in manufacturing that caused the dust under the screen (was able to get a replacement just slightly after my 30 days was up).... So when this last one was completely dead - I thought for sure it was going to cost me.
Long Lost Thank You!
I tried that and it totally worked. I appreciate the detailed feedback. I just realized I never commented back! Now I have an EVO and I just put MIUI on it, can't wait to try it out. Thanks again!
The USB on my phone has jacked up somehow. It will charge, but refuses to connect to my PC to mount the SD card.
I have 2 captivates, one works, one doesn't. Using the same USB cord and port, so I know the drivers are installed properly. (Since one phone works perfectly).
So, I have Gingerbread 2.3.3 (Mikeys) flashed on it. Is there any way I can restore back to factory without needing to use odin? Since it wont connect via usb, I cannot get it to work.
I can get a .zip on the phone by using dropbox and downloading it, or just dling straight from the internet.
Basically is there a rom or zip that will flash everything back to stock so I can take it into an att repair shop and they will replace it?
thanks.
Nope, you can flash cognition, that has a froyo secondary boot loader in it so flashing that from gingerbread will result in a hard brick. Go up to att, play dumb tell them you were using kies to update and it never came back on. They should replace it with no, or very few questions asked.
Well, your idea is good.
I got it to connect via usb after wiggling it big time, and odin found it so I tried to reformat the phone to stock really fast.
I literally didn't touch the phone and it became disconnected, according to odin, and stopped flashing durig the factory.fs. Now it's a hard brick
I'll just take it in tomorrow and say I was updating it and something happened.
I've had luck replacing old phones like the HTC Kaiser. Every time I took it up there, they fiddled with it for a few minutes, then gave me a replacement. (I think I bricked the Kaiser at one point and got a replacement).
This should be fun, lol.
Haha different approach, same result ;p
Enjoy the refurb.
Lol it's something we all (almost) have to go through
Just have to act like a noob = win
We have two Galaxy S Captivates. One connects to the computer fine, the other no longer does.
First the phone started randomly rebooting or becoming locked up. Then we had external SD issue and couldn't mount the "emmc" which, since it was using Cyanogenmod 9, was the external_sd. Pretty soon the phone was stuck at the boot animation, wouldn't get any further. So obviously I needed to reflash it, but now suddenly the USB did not even work either (it only charges). I did a factory reset and was able to get back into the OS, but when I connect the USB cable, no message pops up to connect, no matter what setting I use.
So I did a CWM restore to a much older backup. But in that one, USB is not working either now too.
I don't think it's physical, it suddenly stopped as I was trying to fix it. So is there any way to do the kind of reflash Odin and Heimdall do, but without USB? I can solder if some sort of serial cable needs to be made..
Or perhaps, if I know what COMORT it's connected to, I can do a manual choose, instead of letting Odin do it automatically? Since I can connect my other Captivate and see the name of the port...
Many thanks, I hope I really hope I can get this fixed...
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We have two Galaxy S Captivates. One connects to the computer fine, the other no longer does.
First the phone started randomly rebooting or becoming locked up. Then we had external SD issue and couldn't mount the "emmc" which, since it was using Cyanogenmod 9, was the external_sd. Pretty soon the phone was stuck at the boot animation, wouldn't get any further. So obviously I needed to reflash it, but now suddenly the USB did not even work either (it only charges). I did a factory reset and was able to get back into the OS, but when I connect the USB cable, no message pops up to connect, no matter what setting I use.
So I did a CWM restore to a much older backup. But in that one, USB is not working either now too.
I don't think it's physical, it suddenly stopped as I was trying to fix it. So is there any way to do the kind of reflash Odin and Heimdall do, but without USB? I can solder if some sort of serial cable needs to be made..
Or perhaps, if I know what COMORT it's connected to, I can do a manual choose, instead of letting Odin do it automatically? Since I can connect my other Captivate and see the name of the port...
Many thanks, I hope I really hope I can get this fixed...
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This would be the first step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
BWolf56 said:
This would be the first step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
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Thanks, but I've read that whole post. I've tried all possible regular solutions you can find around the net. My main question now is, is there a way to flash all those core components without using Odin or Heim. Can I use my CWM? Or perhaps ADB? Is there a way to specify a specific COMORT I'd like to connect to? Or any more tech savvy solutions like a serial cable connection? I need a solution for flashing without Odin or Heimdall.
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Thanks, but I've read that whole post. I've tried all possible regular solutions you can find around the net. My main question now is, is there a way to flash all those core components without using Odin or Heim. Can I use my CWM? Or perhaps ADB? Is there a way to specify a specific COMORT I'd like to connect to? Or any more tech savvy solutions like a serial cable connection? I need a solution for flashing without Odin or Heimdall.
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Not on the Captivate. Everything is done by Odin or Heimdall using the usb port. There's a mobile Odin but it doesn't flash bootloaders and you can't get root with it.
Have you tried cleaning the usb?
Either fix the USB by cleaning it or replacing the port, or have fun with a barely usable Captivate :\. I don't understand why they made the port so flimsy if it was such an important part of the phone, seems kinda dumb imo.
If you do happen to find a fix, please let me know, kind of in the same boat .
So about two nights ago I noticed my phone wasn't taking a charge and eventually died. Once the phone was powered off it charges fine but turn it on and no more charging or connect to PC. So I've been searching for a solution since then as this would seem to be a software issue but nothing I have done has made a bit of difference. Now I want to bring the device back to 100% stock to either start fresh or make an exchange with T-Mobile.
Every way to restore to stock required fastboot & adb which obviously I cannot do since I cannot connect to PC. Please share any insights or at the very least steer me in the direction of the light. Thanks
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So about two nights ago I noticed my phone wasn't taking a charge and eventually died. Once the phone was powered off it charges fine but turn it on and no more charging or connect to PC. So I've been searching for a solution since then as this would seem to be a software issue but nothing I have done has made a bit of difference. Now I want to bring the device back to 100% stock to either start fresh or make an exchange with T-Mobile.
Every way to restore to stock required fastboot & adb which obviously I cannot do since I cannot connect to PC. Please share any insights or at the very least steer me in the direction of the light. Thanks
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First, if you can boot into android, download a zip of your stock from your phone and flash it through recovery. If you can't do that, see if you have another micro usb cable, try connecting it to your phone and pc and see if that works. If not, cycle through your boot modes connected to pc (bootlader, android -if possible-, and recovery). Do you hear any sounds from your pc that indicate something is connected to it? Especially important for recovery to stock. If you hear a sound when you boot into recovery, you can flash the stock RUU or zip to get your phone back to stock. Next, disconnect phone from your pc, uninstall htc sync and all drivers for the phone. Reconnect the phone to your pc after that, and if it boots to android, it should reinstall sync and drivers automatically. Aside from this, the only other thing I can think of would be an exchange due to faulty usb. Hope this helps. I've included a couple of links to your stock RUU and zip (I'm assuming your T-mobile US). I hope this helps. -Mike
T-Mobile stock nandroid zip (Note: You need CWM for this)
T-Mobile stock RUU (It's an .exe you run with the phone connected to pc in recovery. Scroll to the bottom for the download. You need stock recovery for this)
I hope this helps.
Mike
One more thing: You got lucky no one flamed you for posting a question in the general thread. Next time you should post a question in the Q&A thread. Not everyone is as nice as me around here.
hi. i'm having the same issue on att variant... reported in depth here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2408656&nocache=1
Hi, I have a Verizon Tab S2 9.7 that seems to be having a major USB malfunction... No matter what USB setting I use (mtp,ptp,randis,midi,ext) when i plug in my device to a computer (i have tried 3 diff comps) the computer will not even register anything connected to it. the device will charge no problem but no matter what drivers i have installed or what cable i use it will not show up. It also does not show anything in download (odin) mode, or recovery so i can not even re-flash the stock firmware to try to fix it that way. i asked Verizon if they could get me an update.zip of their latest firmware ota update and was told there was nothing they could do. So I am left in a bind as if anything goes wrong with the tablet other than not being able to transfer files, there is nothing i can do to repair it. It has never been rooted and is on the latest firmware release for its model with a locked bootloader. Im not sure what to do or what my next step should be. I am attempting to root it using kingroot but no luck as i expected. thought it would be a lot easier to fix with root but with the locked bootloader im out of options. Any help is appreciated as this is my main tablet which i use for everything. thank you in advance.