Okay.
I bought a Samsung Captivate from a company on Amazon a few weeks ago, and it started having the problem with the speaker cutting out. I took it apart to try the two fixed I'd googled - loosening the speaker screw and reseating the speaker ribbon - and neither worked, and now the speaker is completely dead. That isn't my biggest problem, though.
Somehow in the process of the above, I did something that made it so that the phone will only boot into download mode. I can hold down the power and volume buttons and get it to reboot, but it only reboots into download mode again, and won't recognize in windows via the USB cable. It did recognize once, and I used Odin3 to get it back to a factory reset image (it was running stock firmware, but I'd rooted it to remove the AT&T apps) thinking in vain that it might help, but it still only boots into download mode.
But there's the weird thing: It won't power off in download mode unless I pull the battery out, but if I put it back in then plug in the USB cable while holding both volume buttons, it boots right into android, no problem. Everything's fine except the speaker still doesn't work, it doesn't show to be charging while plugged into the USB cable, and still won't recognize the USB in Windows. But if I turn the phone off and back on, I'm back in non-recognizing download mode again.
Everything otherwise works fine once I get it into android, I can even tell it to erase all settings and factory reset, and it reboots itself, re-flashes to stock, and works fine until I power off and back on, then back to download mode.
So I guess the question is oh god what have I done?
Freud,
I too am having this issue with my roommate's phone. The only way I can get it to boot is if I perform a restore using a Odin3 image. However once it's turned off it only boots into download mode. I nor the roommate have opened the phone. It just one day decided to keep booting into download mode.
Any asistance in this matter would be appreciated! Thank you.
zeyoner said:
Freud,
I too am having this issue with my roommate's phone. The only way I can get it to boot is if I perform a restore using a Odin3 image. However once it's turned off it only boots into download mode. I nor the roommate have opened the phone. It just one day decided to keep booting into download mode.
Any asistance in this matter would be appreciated! Thank you.
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i have the same problem! the only way to boot my sgs is to flash a stock rom with odin. and every time i turn off the phone then it reboots in download mode!! someone has a fix? i need help!!! thanks
Pink Freud said:
Okay.
I bought a Samsung Captivate from a company on Amazon a few weeks ago, and it started having the problem with the speaker cutting out. I took it apart to try the two fixed I'd googled - loosening the speaker screw and reseating the speaker ribbon - and neither worked, and now the speaker is completely dead. That isn't my biggest problem, though.
Somehow in the process of the above, I did something that made it so that the phone will only boot into download mode. I can hold down the power and volume buttons and get it to reboot, but it only reboots into download mode again, and won't recognize in windows via the USB cable. It did recognize once, and I used Odin3 to get it back to a factory reset image (it was running stock firmware, but I'd rooted it to remove the AT&T apps) thinking in vain that it might help, but it still only boots into download mode.
But there's the weird thing: It won't power off in download mode unless I pull the battery out, but if I put it back in then plug in the USB cable while holding both volume buttons, it boots right into android, no problem. Everything's fine except the speaker still doesn't work, it doesn't show to be charging while plugged into the USB cable, and still won't recognize the USB in Windows. But if I turn the phone off and back on, I'm back in non-recognizing download mode again.
Everything otherwise works fine once I get it into android, I can even tell it to erase all settings and factory reset, and it reboots itself, re-flashes to stock, and works fine until I power off and back on, then back to download mode.
So I guess the question is oh god what have I done?
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I can only offer a solution to the windows connection issue, once the phone is connected to pc, go into device manager and uninstall drivers for whatever it sees, unplug phone then plug back in and windows should reinstall drivers. Worked for me, odin wouldnt see phone . GL
This will solve your speaker issue
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1311&_nkw=samsung+i897+speaker&_sacat=0
And this should solve your download mode issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
I'm having a similar issue where my PC does not recognize the device. Right now I have no ROM installed, I have Devil Recovery, and I can only boot into recovery and Download Mode. However 2 different PC's will not recognize the phone. I've tried multiple cables and one PC was Windows 8, one was Windows Vista. Both had the most recent drivers installed. Nothing works....any clue? I can't mount the /sdcard or USB Storage while in recovery because the PC doesn't pick up the phone. The internal storage doesn't have a ROM or kernel to flash on it neither so I cannot flash anything. I have a captivate that has Devil Recovery and can boot into download mode but will computers will not recognize the device, drivers installed or not.
Jonnyredcorn said:
I'm having a similar issue where my PC does not recognize the device. Right now I have no ROM installed, I have Devil Recovery, and I can only boot into recovery and Download Mode. However 2 different PC's will not recognize the phone. I've tried multiple cables and one PC was Windows 8, one was Windows Vista. Both had the most recent drivers installed. Nothing works....any clue? I can't mount the /sdcard or USB Storage while in recovery because the PC doesn't pick up the phone. The internal storage doesn't have a ROM or kernel to flash on it neither so I cannot flash anything. I have a captivate that has Devil Recovery and can boot into download mode but will computers will not recognize the device, drivers installed or not.
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Have you tried to uninstall the current drivers, reboot pc and reinstall them?
Also, it could be devil kernel that is faulty. If Odin can recognize the phone, you could flash a different kernel. Or even flash stock KK4, then corn kernel and finally, the ROM you wanna flash through recovery.
I just cannot get the PC to recognize the phone at all, even in download mode. I've tried 2 pc's and multiple USB cables, samsung, non-samsung, motorola, universial. Nothing, just says USB cannot recognize this device. Reinstalled drivers on 2 pc's and rebooted several times. I am lost, I know I'm not bricked because I can access download mode and recovery. I do not have a ROM on my internal card so I can't flash a ROM and can't mount my phone to my PC. No clue what to do.
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I just need my PC to recognize my device and I'd be good, odin would then recognize my device in download mode and I could flash a different kernel or rom.
Try cleaning out the micro usb port of ur phone. Maybe the contacts are not making good contact.
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Any recomendations for what to use to clean it out? I have q-tips, any special solution to use or just the q-tip?
Rubbing alcohol should do.
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Still no luck...I got my PC at work to recognize the phone ONCE. It went through and recognized it like it normally would, however it wouldn't recognize it again. I've been trying on my PC at home all last night and all morning and still no go. It won't recognize it. Now one thing I thought about is that I am on Windows 8. The PC at work that recognized it was Windows Vista. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I wouldn't care so much if I didn't just sell it for $150 I just wanted to give the person a more updated ROM and ended up screwing something up when flashing the ROM.
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Still no luck...I got my PC at work to recognize the phone ONCE. It went through and recognized it like it normally would, however it wouldn't recognize it again. I've been trying on my PC at home all last night and all morning and still no go. It won't recognize it. Now one thing I thought about is that I am on Windows 8. The PC at work that recognized it was Windows Vista. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I wouldn't care so much if I didn't just sell it for $150 I just wanted to give the person a more updated ROM and ended up screwing something up when flashing the ROM.
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Ok so I know you've uninstalled and reinstalled drivers several time. But what drivers are you using and when you plug the phone into your pc what is it showing as in the device manager?
They may be exactly what you are using but I added some drivers to this post you might want to try. Just unzip then through device manager update the drivers for your device manually and point it to that folder.
I added these drivers because I'm on Win8 as well and I noticed when I was in recovery that my phone wasn't showing up correctly in the device manager. After installing these drivers it was.
Thanks I'll try that when I get home, I am using the most recent drivers on the Samsung website for the Captivate.
So I got it to boot and be recognized by my computer and I used a 1 click method with CWM and it passed so the Odin flash. So no I basically have a on rooted captivate running 2.5 gingerbread and it is totally sellablebel now. I have no idea what caused my computer to recognize it I didn't even try your drivers yet, but thanks for trying to help.
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Well whatever happened I'm glad you got it up and running.
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Hi to all!
I have a Cherry Mobile One G1, pure stock (Android N, not rooted, no recovery and USB Debugging DISABLED), been with me for almost 2 years bought brand new. What happened was I was going to download a movie then suddenly the phone restarted and its stuck on bootloop. The only thing I can do with it is boot it to fastboot. It can be detected by my pc's device manager as Android Bootloader Interface but ADB terminal cant seem to detect it. Is there anything I can do to revive it? If there is, can any genius mind help me out?
My dilemma now is trying to turn USB debugging via fastboot which is not possible since adb could not even detect my device. If only I can have it enabled, I would know how to fix the rest.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you and God Bless!
This happened to me before. factory reset via stock recovery fixed it. If you can't boot to recovery try removing the sd card first. It will take a while to reset, don't take the battery off while it does and make sure it's charged.
Hi All,
I tried to flash my phone from VZW firmware to unlocked firmware and my odin3b has been stuck on system.img.ext4.
I realized I hadn't installed the samsung drivers the first time around. I attempted to restart the phone as it was stuck on system.img.ext4 - following that my phone shows the screen:
"Software Update Failed Your device didn't update successfully. Use the Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant on a computer to repair your device and complete the update."
I'm unable to re-boot or do anything, when I hold power, bixby, volume down it presents me the warning screen before entering download mode. If I press Volume Up or Volume Down - I hit the same warning screen I typed up above. I am able to view the barcodes by pressing the bixby screen...
When I went back to Odin it still showed as "Added" when I plugged in the phone. I attempted the process again but it's still stuck on the same part.
Anybody have any suggestions of what I should attempt? I've been reading but have been unable to see any solutions.
Thanks for reading.
I Havnt played with the note 9 in terms of flashing or rooting as I have the SM-N960W Canadian Snapdragon version and there is no way yet. I've used Odin many times to flash and it can be fussy for a few reasons, I rooted my Galaxy S7 and nexus 5 and a few others. My tips would be....
First Uninstall Samsung driver.
Then Download "usbdeview" on your pc and Uninstall any previous USB connections labeled Android or Samsung or related, as this will allow you to start off as if it's a fresh connection.
Re-Install Samsung USB drivers, then....
Plug in Using stock OEM Samsung Note USB cord and wait for it to connect.
If no luck try a different USB port. USB 2.0 May work if your using USB 3.0 and it isn't.
Try a different version of odin, there are many, also running odin as administrator may help but not necessarily for sure.
If all this fails try on another computer or laptop. Make sure you only select the proper/necessary options in odin.
It sucks when things don't go as planned but that's the risk you take when you don't stay stock & update OTA. The steps I've written for you have fixed any issues I have ever run in to with odin & flashing but if yours was an incomplete flash and disconnected or interrupted mid way you may be stuck with an expensive paperweight I'm sad to say. Try contacting Samsung for proper odin version & odin settings, I wish you the best of luck. I am in no way a mobile phone technician but I've rooted many phones and always made it work. I hope you can too!
Best of luck!
flash back your official firmware to get back access to fone
if none of this works use smartswitch( it will reinstall drivers)
then tey again with odin 13.3 b using u1 firmware
also to get to dl mode power off the fone. if you have access to recovery ( reboot fone with vol down Bixby and power and quicly change to vol up bixy and pwr when you see it reboot)go there and choose shutdown phone. or let battery die and charge it for 10 mins and do while phone is off :
hold vol down and Bixby with one had and with the other plug the usb cable from rhe pc to fone.
The same problem happened with me. I wonder if anyone knows how to solve it?
Sukrus said:
The same problem happened with me. I wonder if anyone knows how to solve it?
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Try your luck with different odin versions, different cable, different pc, different firmwares
As above first step Samsung USB drivers and Samsung USB cable .
I have an unlocked note 9 sm-n960u1 that has never been rooted or flashed before.
It had an update available about a month ago. I did the update and when I went to check if it was finished it was constantly restarting. It will show the samsung screen and then goes back off and just loops. I can't access anything except for the download mode. I took it to a cell phone repair place and they couldn't fix it. I have tried to use odin to fix it but odin says can't open the serial (com) port. I have tried different versions of odin, used different cables, and different computers but it still doesn't work. The computer shows when the phone is connected but only in device manager. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers but that didn't help. I have also tried kies and smart switch but they don't recognize the phone.
Is there anything else I could try to get the phone working again? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Get a usb 2.0 port hub?
hi, guys
my samsung note 5 has been rooted for a long time, i disabled USB debugging a couple of days ago for some reason i dont remember and i forgot to enable it. i reboot my phone the day before yesterday, and it went reboot loop, theres a note that says custom binary blocked by FRP lock. i was trying to flash a stock ROM in download mode, but the windows10 dosent recognize the USB device.
so im coming here for help, guys, is there any chance that i can get my phone back? what should i do? i can be sure that my phone cable is good, cus i tested it on another phone, i tried some samsung usb drivers by installing/uninstalling then restarting windows, but it dosent help, i think its just because i disabled the USB debugging, so windows cant recognize it.
guys, is there anything i can do to get my phone back?plz, help me! ill appreciate it! thank you very much!
nope, unrelated to usb-debugging. you need to boot into download mode for flashing with Odin. regarding FRP read instructions on samfw.com