So I soft bricked my S II plus and I when tried to access ODIN to flash an official ROM , ODIN doesnt detect it , i've tried installing all the drivers ,changing USB cables and even pc's still it doesn't work , I got a fried to bring his S III to test with my pc and ODIN doesnt register even his device .
is there any way i can flash to stock ROM and just turn everything back to normal using CWM ? I just dont wanna root my phone no mpre
There was a reply to a thread in Q&A a couple of hours ago where someone listed the troubleshooting steps for when 'Odin doesn't work'. Search for that thread (skim similar threads in Q&A over the past 12 hrs or so), go through the steps.
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There was a reply to a thread in Q&A a couple of hours ago where someone listed the troubleshooting steps for when 'Odin doesn't work'. Search for that thread (skim similar threads in Q&A over the past 12 hrs or so), go through the steps.
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Thanks I'l search it up , if anyone finds that post please do share it and thanks
Pretty sure it was Immortalneo, so have a look at his posts specifically; should help you to narrow it down a bit.
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Pretty sure it was Immortalneo, so have a look at his posts specifically; should help you to narrow it down a bit.
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It was me, but it was actually you.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Nothing seems to be working to get ODIN to detect it :/
I tried to flash ROM with CWM it just says "(bad)"
If you've tried everything (and I mean everything. Not 2 or 3 things) including trying with different PC's, without a screenshot/pic of the Odin output we'd have absolutely no idea why it's failing. However, if you'd care to give us a pic/screenshot of the Odin output when you try & flash, maybe we can figure out why.
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If you've tried everything (and I mean everything. Not 2 or 3 things) including trying with different PC's, without a screenshot/pic of the Odin output we'd have absolutely no idea why it's failing. However, if you'd care to give us a pic/screenshot of the Odin output when you try & flash, maybe we can figure out why.
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well sorry for being a noob :/ but is this what your asking for?
Well vick...that is Download mode...
Push vol up and se if your pc sees it.
Sent from the little guy
I would have thought my post was pretty clear. You're obviously out of your depth & shouldn't be messing with your phone. What we need is a pic/screenshot of the Odin screen from your PC when it's failing like this
I just got too excited when everyone was rooting their phones , shouldn't have done it at all :/
My problem is no (yellow bar) is coming out from odin when i plug in download mode at first it could but after i formatted my phone from CWM it couldnt detect anymore , and I tried with two other laptops and even a different cable
Im so sorry to take up your time :/
(ODIN just looks like normal when i plug everything in :S)
OK. I thought Odin could detect OK but the flash was failing at that stage. So you still can't get the phone & PC to recognise each other given everything you've tried.
Honestly, I can't think of anything else you can do. I'd suggest you keep trying tho. Not a lot else you can do beyond that (Unless there's something really simple/obvious we're all missing here).
Edit -Right. List everything, and I mean everything you've tried to try and get the phone & PC to recognise each other/get Odin to work. Every single little step. Details. The more details you provide, the better the chance you get your phone fixed. The less details you provide, the less likely that is to happen.
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OK. I thought Odin could detect OK but the flash was failing at that stage. So you still can't get the phone & PC to recognise each other given everything you've tried.
Honestly, I can't think of anything else you can do. I'd suggest you keep trying tho. Not a lot else you can do beyond that (Unless there's something really simple/obvious we're all missing here).
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This gonna sound CRAZY but I'l give it a try , maybe I reformat my pc and try again ? :3
I'l get back to you guys when I tried that?
Don't do that just yet. That's a little drastic. Read my edit to my PP first.
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Don't do that just yet. That's a little drastic. Read my edit to my PP first.
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Ok , I have tried
-Installing Kies , samsung Usb drivers and every driver i could fine for samsung (ADB)
- I tried both ODIN v1.85 ,3.04
-different USB cables
-Diferent pc's (2 laptops)
-Friends S III ( sadly even his wasn't detected)
-Formatting every single option there was in CWM
-tried flashing using CWM (failed with installation aborted *bad*)
- I even ended Kies processor before running ODIN
- windows update
You missed:-
Different USB ports (and different USB ports on different PC's - you must use a 'mainboard' port, if you don't know what it is, Google it).
Try Odin V1.3
Have you used the USB cable that came with the phone ? Uninstall Kies. Reboot. Redownload Kies from Samsung website. Reinstall. Reboot. Run Odin as administrator in Windows (R-click the Odin .exe & choose 'run as administrator').
That's all I got given it's almost 3.30am here.
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You missed:-
Different USB ports (and different USB ports on different PC's - you must use a 'mainboard' port, if you don't know what it is, Google it).
Try Odin V1.3
Have you used the USB cable that came with the phone ? Uninstall Kies. Reboot. Redownload Kies from Samsung website. Reinstall. Reboot. Run Odin as administrator in Windows (R-click the Odin .exe & choose 'run as administrator').
That's all I got given it's almost 3.30am here.
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ah yes i changed port to , to the back of my pc (motherboard) , yup usb cable that came with the phone and my friends one , I'l try it after I wake up , got work :3
Thank you so much for dealing with me man <3
(its 2 a.m here in malaysia hahah)
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Ok , I have tried
-Installing Kies , samsung Usb drivers and every driver i could fine for samsung (ADB)
- I tried both ODIN v1.85 ,3.04
-different USB cables
-Diferent pc's (2 laptops)
-Friends S III ( sadly even his wasn't detected)
-Formatting every single option there was in CWM
-tried flashing using CWM (failed with installation aborted *bad*)
- I even ended Kies processor before running ODIN
- windows update
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There, your friend's SIII wasn't recognised. You wanna pay a friend a visit to use his/her pc with no kies pre-installed. You go and get it's latest version and repeat all steps.
When you say "kies processor" you mean one kies application running or all 4 that there are actually running?
Sent from the little guy
Well now I have reinstalled Kies , but this time when i plug the usb be in , I can hear my pc detecting it but ( Mobile USB Modem 1.0) fails to install in windows update .
and i've tried with my 2 other laptops without kies installed
oh and I end task for KiesPDLR.exe (said by someone in a post here in Xda)
Are you hitting 'end process tree' when you close Kies in Windoze Task Manager ? It's important anything associated w/Kies is closed, not just the main application.
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ok, this problem is notorious on my laptop. this time its a little different though. i reset my laptop and put windows 7 on it yesterday. now ive been spending all day personalizing it to my comforts and that includes getting my laptop to connect my phone to ODIN. i ODINed my phone to JT's vanilla GB on my friend's laptop a few days ago and now i want to switch to CM7. I installed both, the Nexus S drivers AND the Samsung drivers and everytime i connect my phone and go into download mode, it fails to connect to ODIN because of the drivers. i dont know what to do but i really want to get this thing working and not worry about these damn drivers anymore! >_< ....please help lol
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ok, this problem is notorious on my laptop. this time its a little different though. i reset my laptop and put windows 7 on it yesterday. now ive been spending all day personalizing it to my comforts and that includes getting my laptop to connect my phone to ODIN. i ODINed my phone to JT's vanilla GB on my friend's laptop a few days ago and now i want to switch to CM7. I installed both, the Nexus S drivers AND the Samsung drivers and everytime i connect my phone and go into download mode, it fails to connect to ODIN because of the drivers. i dont know what to do but i really want to get this thing working and not worry about these damn drivers anymore! >_< ....please help lol
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What version of odin are u using? For windows 7 I use odin3 v1.7
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What version of odin are u using? For windows 7 I use odin3 v1.7
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where can i find that version? lol and idk if that even has anything to do with my drivers not working haha
try the samsung drivers and odin in this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
ODIN does NOT recognize my Droid Charge
Fist of all let me tell you what I have done to resolve this on my own:
Uninstalled/Re-installed the drivers for the Droid Charge
Put device into USB Debugging mode
Unknown sources are checked
Power cycled
Uninstalled/re-installed ODIN
Tried different pc's (all Windows)
Tried different USB ports on all of the pc's I have used
Factory reset on the device
I have read blogs that other people are having this same issue, suggested those troubleshooting steps, they did not work for others but hey I might get lucky right? And this is still a no go, so could someone PLEASE provide me with the correct troubleshooting steps to take to resolve this?
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where can i find that version? lol and idk if that even has anything to do with my drivers not working haha
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did you get things working?
I honestly have been searching the internet and this forum for the last 2 days, and have found NO solutions for this problem.
In short, i am on villainrom v3.0. And i want to upgrade to ICS.
It is apparently officially available via kies because i have an unbranded handset. I plug it into my pc, and kies doesnt detect any firmware updates at all. So i decided to try and flash the ics rom using odin.
I did everything. Odin detects my phone when it is on. But as soon as i put it in download mode to try and flash ICS, odin does not detect it. AT ALL. When its in download mode, and i plug it in, in the bottom right corner a pop up says ''USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNISED''. Again, i'm sure i have the drivers for it because Kies detects my phone when USB debugging is off. And Odin detects my phone when my phone is on and debugging is on.
- I've tried it on 3 different pc's.
- The phone is definitely in USB debugging mode
- tried 2 different usb cables
- flashed different roms (using CWM)
- Drivers are definitely installed because odin detects the phone when its on, just not when its in download mode
- Kies is definitely closed when odin is running
I dont know what to do. its doing my head in.
Any help would be appreciated!
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I honestly have been searching the internet and this forum for the last 2 days, and have found NO solutions for this problem.
In short, i am on villainrom v3.0. And i want to upgrade to ICS.
It is apparently officially available via kies because i have an unbranded handset. I plug it into my pc, and kies doesnt detect any firmware updates at all.
No you have a non official rom = no Kies update ever .
I did everything. Odin detects my phone when it is on. But as soon as i put it in download mode to try and flash ICS, odin does not detect it. AT ALL. When its in download mode, and i plug it in, in the bottom right corner a pop up says ''USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNISED''. Again, i'm sure i have the drivers for it because Kies detects my phone when USB debugging is off. And Odin detects my phone when my phone is on and debugging is on.
- I've tried it on 3 different pc's.
- The phone is definitely in USB debugging mode
WHY turn it off .
- tried 2 different usb cables
Use the Samsung cable .
jje
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(tried EVERYTHING, searched the entire internet)
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Since you already have root, you can always flash using Mobile Odin ensuring you use a CF-root kernel in the process. I won't elaborate further as you're clearly well versed in searching and digesting the entire internet.
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Since you already have root, you can always flash using Mobile Odin ensuring you use a CF-root kernel in the process. I won't elaborate further as you're clearly well versed in searching and digesting the entire internet.
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thats mean
figuratively speaking of course!
wanted you guys to know that i'm not a lazy idiot who posted a thread on here without searching google first
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thats mean
figuratively speaking of course!
wanted you guys to know that i'm not a lazy idiot who posted a thread on here without searching google first
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No maybe its just poor search techniques .
Your problem has been asked thousands of times on XDA alone .
jje
JJEgan said:
No maybe its just poor search techniques .
Your problem has been asked thousands of times on XDA alone .
jje
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i know that.
you dont think i've spent hours reading through them!? I havent found a solution yet, which is why i started this thread.
How about you just tell me what you think the problem is instead of wasting both our times with posts like that
This is not going to end well after that last post :-|
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This is not going to end well after that last post :-|
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yea i can see that.
forget it. i'll just have to carry on searching by myself and try every possible solution a hundred times until it works.
Thanks anyways everyone.
Hope no1 is offended.
I did tell you two common reasons .
There are as posted other reasons
Like no USB drivers or broken drivers .
Phone firmware faulty .
USB port faulty .
Wrong firmware downloaded .
Firmware in the wrong format#
Firmware in the wrong section of Odin .
But no one single this is what's wrong with your ODIN/USB connection .
Might even be worth trying the posted Samsung USB drivers supposed to be for ICS .
jje
if youv used 3 pc's and done it urself it means 2 things....
1: ur phone is faulty [i doubt it]
2: ur doing it wrong [drivers that is]
if ur phone install drivers while on, that means usb is working. you have to install correct drivers when in download mode, thats when odin works.
hope your doing that in download mode, iv seen ppl tring odin while phone was normally booted
Alright, so I feel like a huge noob :| but i Boot Looped my Samsung Galaxy SII, I was trying to flash a new ROM but they kept failing, and I didn't do a backup the second time I formatted my phone (after restoring it from the first time I BLed it tonight). Also, I've seen on a few threads that I can do the Down Volume + Power to go to the downloader screen and then go to ODIN and flash a stock ROM but i cannot get my phone and ODIN to connect to each other (I made sure I had all KIES programs closed via task manager and that it connects via Device Manager).
Any Advice???
Update: Alright, after downloading like 2 different versions of ODIN I finally got it to connect!!!! But now I'm stuck, I cannot find a rom thats a .tar nor the stock rom for my phone (samsung galaxy s II I9100 sprint) and yes, i have looked on the thread where it has all the stock roms.
advise?
Stuff to try when Odin doesn't work (PC/phone don't recognise each other):-
*Must run Odin as administrator in Windoze.
*Ensure Kies & it's processes aren't running in Windoze task manager. Kill them if they are.
*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.
*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)
*Try different versions of Odin (search on here/Google)
*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again.
*Check the rom/kernel you download for corruption. Programs like 7Zip, IZarc, WinRar, etc will allow you to 'test' the rom file you download. If there are any errors/any of the files fail the test, bad download. Try again/try downloading with a different internet connection if it keeps happening.
*Run Windoze Update.
Try everything on this list if necessary. And if all this fails, try a different PC. If the different PC doesn't work first try, go thru as many of the above steps as you need to with the 2nd PC. If that still doesn't work, either user error or possibly HW problem with phone.
[READ THIS] Got a Boot Loop? Don't post a New Thread!
@Sejk97 Hahahaha ;-) Classic.
I've tried almost all of those and nothing....if none work any ideas on what to do???
And to the guy above me with the huge font :| i did all 8 steps 3 times before I ever thought about posting this :|
Or simply be connected to internet when you plug your phone in Odin mode. Specially if windows 7, it will install some drivers and will work after that
@atifsh I'm always connected to the internet, no go :\
@MistahBungle I tested both the different ROMs and they both tested fine
If you've tried all those steps with one PC & it's a no go, you'll need to try a different PC as per my post. Again, if still no go with the 2nd PC, who knows ? Could be anything.
Edit to add - If you've tried 'almost all of those', you need to try the things you haven't tried yet (almost all isn't all).
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@atifsh I'm always connected to the internet, no go :\
@MistahBungle I tested both the different ROMs and they both tested fine
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I've tried all but trying a different computer...this really sucks :|
r u good on usb phone drivers or pm me, in detail....
sorry
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Update: Alright, after downloading like 2 different versions of ODIN I finally got it to connect!!!! But now I'm stuck, I cannot find a rom thats a .tar nor the stock rom for my phone (samsung galaxy s II I9100 sprint) and yes, i have looked on the thread where it has all the stock roms.
advise?
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Sprint user means you are in the wrong place, and have been flashing the wrong firmware to your Epic 4G Touch, aka SPH-D710. (look on the label under your battery) That's a totally different phone from an I9100. Your boot screen reads I9100 because you've been flashing I9100 firmwares.
I'd advise you to go to the Epic 4G Touch forums for help.
Hi all, I understand this issue has been posted many times but I may have a different issue than most. Both of my s2 phones cant be seen by Odin in debugging mode but recognized when booted up.
1. I have checked and both Samsung USB and ADB drivers are installed fine and seen in devices and printers within windows 7. (tried different flavours of the driver too)
2. Debugging mode is on before going into download mode
3. I have tried 2 known working cables as I used them previously to update.
4. Tried 3 different versions of Odin
5. Tried 4 different USB ports
One is on stock android ICS and the other on the wrong version of ICS I9100P instead of I9100. I did this in error when first playing with ROMs.
I haven't tried it on another machine although that may be an option later next week. I am guessing it has to be the PC but at a loss as to what could be causing it.
Any help would be appreciated since I have been playing around with this for 4 hours and getting no where.
thanks in advance
Chris
Well Chris, it's time for you to download Kies.
And close the antivirus just in case.
Laptops are good for this kind of thing too.
Sent from the little guy
It happened to me once. I just restarted my laptop and it works.
But make sure that Samsung drivers is installed. uninstall the kies and disable your anti-virus.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
araz.rozh said:
It happened to me once. I just restarted my laptop and it works.
But make sure that Samsung drivers is installed. uninstall the kies and disable your anti-virus.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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I tried rebooting and disabling the antivirus but it made no difference. Never tried it without kies installed, although I opened up task manager and killed all related processes to do with kies. I suppose its something to try tonight!
I checked to see if kies would see the devices and the GT-I9100 Stock ROM connected fine but the fact that I have a foreign rom on the other one causes issue.
Its an odd one
uninstall all the adb or samsung drivers including kies restart and then just only install kies
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uninstall all the adb or samsung drivers including kies restart and then just only install kies
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Its worth a try mate, I will give it a go tonight.
I have been going over it in my head. It has to be the adb driver as it works in kies, gets recognised by odin when turned on and affects multiple devices. What really puzzles me is that when in download mode the driver loads fine and the phone is showing in devices and printers. The only thing not seeing it is odin.
Try 3 odin versions at least.
Another usb port/cable.
Another pc/laptop.
Sent from the little guy
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MorNando said:
Its worth a try mate, I will give it a go tonight.
I have been going over it in my head. It has to be the adb driver as it works in kies, gets recognised by odin when turned on and affects multiple devices. What really puzzles me is that when in download mode the driver loads fine and the phone is showing in devices and printers. The only thing not seeing it is odin.
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Hi.
Did you manage to solve your issue? I am trying to root my samsung trend s7572 and have kies installed so I got the drivers, i have tried odin 1.85, 3.04, 3.07 and 3.09, have used all laptop ports, have tried different cABLes too... to no avail.
Please help
THANKS
professor.abner said:
Hi.
Did you manage to solve your issue? I am trying to root my samsung trend s7572 and have kies installed so I got the drivers, i have tried odin 1.85, 3.04, 3.07 and 3.09, have used all laptop ports, have tried different cABLes too... to no avail.
Please help
THANKS
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Yeah, in the end I just put the os image and kernel on an sd card then ran them direct. That way I didn't need to use Odin or a pc at all!
Hope that helps!
ive got this same issue. but I don't even know what abd is. but like, times running out. I must quit and try something else.....
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ive got this same issue. but I don't even know what abd is. but like, times running out. I must quit and try something else.....
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Please read this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831
gsstudios
Thank you. I'll keep your suggestion on hand. I just found a twrp zip that I was able to flash an atm I'm downloading a stock rom which I go hope will install. A year ago or two I attempted a rom install but I guess it got something stuck in its throat during the flash. Hopefully this will clear it out
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Please read this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831
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Wow, looks deep. How do you ruin a motherboard with software? That sounds scary. Like ghosts are involved.
Guys I have already rooted my sgs3 and used many other roms. but few months earlier i put 4.3 stock rom to my device.
even now my phone is getting detected via odin(when it is turned on) and kies. But when i put it into the download mode phone isnt getting detected by odin. what i actually need to do it install custom recovery and root this device.
but now framaroot is not working and i have tried many other apks. please help me out
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Guys I have already rooted my sgs3 and used many other roms. but few months earlier i put 4.3 stock rom to my device.
even now my phone is getting detected via odin(when it is turned on) and kies. But when i put it into the download mode phone isnt getting detected by odin. what i actually need to do it install custom recovery and root this device.
but now framaroot is not working and i have tried many other apks. please help me out
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Aren't you just missing some drivers? Maybe try to reinstall them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956
Also make sure to allow drivers to interact with your device if anything prompts while in Odin.
Android Debugging activated?
blint6 said:
Aren't you just missing some drivers? Maybe try to reinstall them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956
Also make sure to allow drivers to interact with your device if anything prompts while in Odin.
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Have you tried installing Sammy's USB driver?
And I'm presuming the device IS on download mode already (I don't believe it appears on Odin while on normal mode)
1. yes i have already installed drivers and phone is detecting via KIES and ODIN when it is turned on.. it suddenly disconnect whenever i put into download mode.
2. yep usb debugging is activated...
3. Im using 4.3 stock rom.. arent there any other way to root this device without pc .. coz i checked lot of forums but none helped me..
4. my pc - windows 10. but i dont think that it will be a issue coz it's detected when it's turned on (means not using download mode).
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1. yes i have already installed drivers and phone is detecting via KIES and ODIN when it is turned on.. it suddenly disconnect whenever i put into download mode.
2. yep usb debugging is activated...
3. Im using 4.3 stock rom.. arent there any other way to root this device without pc .. coz i checked lot of forums but none helped me..
4. my pc - windows 10. but i dont think that it will be a issue coz it's detected when it's turned on (means not using download mode).
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Bumping Up this thread since i have really same issue, as in literally the same.
Anyone can help me/us?
xaiury said:
Bumping Up this thread since i have really same issue, as in literally the same.
Anyone can help me/us?
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mate you have to try a different PC or a port. I have fixed my issue using another PC
Download vroot PC Latest Version VRoot 1.7.8
http://www.vrootdownload.com
Downloading mode only..
I have tried 10000000000000000000000000000 tips tricks and almost everything in this and other websites.. but there is no solution for this:
I have GT-I9300 Pathetic galaxy SIII and since I tried flashing recovery to this it goes into download mode... and its been there ever since.. i have downloaded 32 different kind of drivers claiming Samsung drivers.., buying and trying 8 different USB Cables, formatted my laptop 3 time in order to get it detected by ODIN 3.04 to 3.12... or kies or Smart switch.. working on this piece of crap since 3 weeks day and night but getting nowhere,... If any one knows a way to get it fixed... EVEN IF IT NOT DETECTED BY ODIN OR KIES.
PLZ HELP....
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I have tried 10000000000000000000000000000 tips tricks and almost everything in this and other websites.. but there is no solution for this:
I have GT-I9300 Pathetic galaxy SIII and since I tried flashing recovery to this it goes into download mode... and its been there ever since.. i have downloaded 32 different kind of drivers claiming Samsung drivers.., buying and trying 8 different USB Cables, formatted my laptop 3 time in order to get it detected by ODIN 3.04 to 3.12... or kies or Smart switch.. working on this piece of crap since 3 weeks day and night but getting nowhere,... If any one knows a way to get it fixed... EVEN IF IT NOT DETECTED BY ODIN OR KIES.
PLZ HELP....
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Relax.. I understand how frustrating it can be.
I need a detail explanation of what you did to get it into that state and what you've tried. A bullet point list will suffice. I just need to know so I can work out how buggered it is and where to go from here.
I need to know which PC operating system you're using, which variant of s3 you have including its region (this can be determined by the sticker in the battery compartment unless you already know.
There is a possibility it is your os not detecting the device because of drivers but if you've tried formatting and starting over then it shouldn't have any issues. The only other option is to manually edit the drivers ".cat" file with the s3's actual physical address before installing the drivers, but this is in extreme circumstances when the os is not "playing ball".
Also remove kies or at least stop all of its running processes when using odin.
My advice at this stage is to manually remove all drivers from the pc OS regarding the s3 and wait until we figure out where the s3 is at. I have a gdrive with some useful stuff that I know works on Windows XP flawlessly. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4vTiHTBB629ZW5vQndpbjFnblk
One question though.. When you pull the battery out and reinsert it. Does the phone automatically boot to download mode, is it stuck there permanently or does it boot loop?.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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Relax.. I understand how frustrating it can be.
I need a detail explanation of what you did to get it into that state and what you've tried. A bullet point list will suffice. I just need to know so I can work out how buggered it is and where to go from here.
I need to know which PC operating system you're using, which variant of s3 you have including its region (this can be determined by the sticker in the battery compartment unless you already know.
There is a possibility it is your os not detecting the device because of drivers but if you've tried formatting and starting over then it shouldn't have any issues. The only other option is to manually edit the drivers ".cat" file with the s3's actual physical address before installing the drivers, but this is in extreme circumstances when the os is not "playing ball".
Also remove kies or at least stop all of its running processes when using odin.
My advice at this stage is to manually remove all drivers from the pc OS regarding the s3 and wait until we figure out where the s3 is at. I have a gdrive with some useful stuff that I know works on Windows XP flawlessly. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4vTiHTBB629ZW5vQndpbjFnblk
One question though.. When you pull the battery out and reinsert it. Does the phone automatically boot to download mode, is it stuck there permanently or does it boot loop?.
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1st of all I want to thank you bro for reply...
Now..
I am using Windows 10 64bit, using Samsung galaxy sIII GT-I9300 Indian single sim varient.
I rooted it using KingoRoot successfully but I found I wasn't able to get SuperSU and without that I was not able to use root fun properly so I tried to flash the same with flashFire.. it failed as it require SuperSU. So I tried installing TWRP recovery from playstore and it started flashing and after reboot, It stuck on the Downloading mode.. No matter how many buttons I tried pushing combined it stuck on downloading mode...
I tried almost all method on YouTube and websites but it still don't work. Worst thing .. I tried fixing the same by Kies as well as ODIN but .. I never detect my phone.. when i connect my phone after uninstalling and Or installing the samsung driver and Kies as well.. windows didn't recognise it.
I am about to give up n this and almost ready to smash the phone with wall hammer and throw it under my car tyres but I committed myself not to do that before 14th May.
The problem is most likely Windows 10 64bit. I'm quite sure the drivers don't agree with them.
You're going to have to find an older OS and try it. Either use a virtual machine or dual boot and load up a real OS like XP. Then we can begin the proper problem solving. I hate putting percentages on things but I'm 90% confident that windows 10 is an issue here, mainly for the fact it is 64bit and the drivers aren't made for that.
As for button combo's if they don't work while booting and it goes straight to download mode then there is a big problem and it could be bricked. You can try holding just the power button for about 15 seconds while in download mode and it "should" attempt to reboot. If not then as I said, big issue ahead.
No matter what you need to get it seen by odin so get yourself xp somehow and use the stuff on my gdrive. You need to get yourself a copy of the latest firmware for your phone, ready to flash via odin should you get it to see the phone.
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shivadow said:
The problem is most likely Windows 10 64bit. I'm quite sure the drivers don't agree with them.
You're going to have to find an older OS and try it. Either use a virtual machine or dual boot and load up a real OS like XP. Then we can begin the proper problem solving. I hate putting percentages on things but I'm 90% confident that windows 10 is an issue here, mainly for the fact it is 64bit and the drivers aren't made for that.
As for button combo's if they don't work while booting and it goes straight to download mode then there is a big problem and it could be bricked. You can try holding just the power button for about 15 seconds while in download mode and it "should" attempt to reboot. If not then as I said, big issue ahead.
No matter what you need to get it seen by odin so get yourself xp somehow and use the stuff on my gdrive. You need to get yourself a copy of the latest firmware for your phone, ready to flash via odin should you get it to see the phone.
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I have moved to windows 10 to win7.. and tried all over again (in the process to downgrade the same i formatted by all drive.. thanks to my idiot brother)..
i tried all the same thing again but still no luck..
now trying windows XP 32 bit in virtual machine.
i will let you know..
and i am thinking to hand it over to samsung service center.. lets see what they can do?
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I have moved to windows 10 to win7.. and tried all over again (in the process to downgrade the same i formatted by all drive.. thanks to my idiot brother)..
i tried all the same thing again but still no luck..
now trying windows XP 32 bit in virtual machine.
i will let you know..
and i am thinking to hand it over to samsung service center.. lets see what they can do?
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If you can afford to have them look at it then it's up to you but you will be billed for it as the s3 is out of warranty. They haven't made the s3 for about 3 years now.
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If you can afford to have them look at it then it's up to you but you will be billed for it as the s3 is out of warranty. They haven't made the s3 for about 3 years now.
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I know.. hopefully it will be done under my expectation.. or last thing I know to donate the same to hammer and trash bin :cyclops: