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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
Hi mates,

since this evening, my Galaxy S2 (unbranded, unrooted, with stock firmware) was connecting fine with my PC in the "kies mode". I could use kies flawlessy, and I could regularly see my phone in my windows 7 (x86) explorer, and use explorer to read and write files from and to its memory.

Then, this evening, I got a notification, from kies, that an update (of kies) was available (2.0.2.11071.182.2), and I gave my consent to the updater. It did all its dirty job but after the installation of the new version, despite the phone connects via USB, every time I try to access the phone's memory from the PC, the connection drops. It restores backafer one second or two, but then again, if I try to access the phone's memory, it drops agains. The problem appears indifferently when accessing phone's memory from kies, and when doing it from windows' explorer, and this makes me suspect of the drivers, that the new version of kies brought along.

The phone connects correctly to the PC in the direct USB mode, and I can access its memory with no problem, and this also suggests that the problem should be the drivers.

So I uninstalled everything (new kies and drivers), and rebooted the PC, then I dowloaded what I believe is the previous version of kies: 2.0.1.11053.99.3, and launched its installation. After the end of the process, I rebooted the PC, just to be safe. According to the list of the installed software in my PC (in "Control Panel > Uninstall a program"), the drivers have rolled back, as expected, to version 1.3.2410.0 (before they were 1.4.something).

At the first connection of the phone to the PC after the reboot, I got notification from windows that the device installed correctly and it is ready to use (all the tree drivers are indeed reported as installed correctly)...

The point is that all this did not solve the problem at all, and USB connection still behaves exactly as badly as before.

I tried again uninstalling and reinstalling everything, also adding a manual clean up of the windows' registry from any entry related to "samsung", checking that the phone was not set in "USB debugging" mode, and disabling the antivirus, but despite everything appears to be fine, the phone regularly keeps on refusing to maintain USB connection alive everytime I try to access its memory. :mad:

What drives me mad is the fact that until this evening, everything was working flawlessly!

What else can I try????
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
I've just made a test on another PC running windows XP, with latest Kies 2.0.2.11071_128 installed. It's my office PC, and although I'm not 100% sure, I seem to remember that, until yesterday, my phone was connecting fine with it, and with that version of kies. But now, all of a sudden, I have the same problem also with this PC...

So, likely, it is a problem of the phone... the MTP application restarts everytime I try to access the phone from the PC, so... what can I try on the phone, to see if I can fix this annoying issue? I DON'T WANT TO FACTORY RESET MY PHONE, PLEASE!!!!

If any of you has any suggestion, I would be more than grateful...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Odia:
I had the same problem the other day and I could not find a way to fix it, in the end I did a factory reset from Settings/Privacy and its ok now, just wiping cache did not fix it, factory reset was needed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
Dear Odia, thank you very much for replying and giving me a clue.

So... it appears that there's nothing else to do, is there? Buhahhaa!!! I want to cry!!!! :-) I haven't made a backup and resetting the phone will be really painful... I'm already starting to feel the pain in my ass!!!

By chance, do you happen to know if I will have to buy again the apps I have already bought from the market? I have always kept both "Backup personal data" and "Automatic restore" ticked in "Settings>Privacy"... Could this be of any help?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Odia:
You can always make a backup now before the reset and you will not have to buy paid apps again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
Yes but how can I backup my phone if kies will loose the connection with the phone as soon as it tries to access its memory?

Oh wait a moment, Perhaps I could use Kies air? Deos it allow to backup the phone? 'cause I can't test it now in my office, there's no wifi here...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YG007:
From what I can tell, its the amount of the power that is supplied to the USB port itself that is the issue. I have the same problem when I put my i9100 on certain computers. Same thing happens to my WD MyPassport. Certain computers it works fine, and some it will power it for a bit, but once the device starts to draw too much current, it just disconnects.

This is why I try to do all my modding and flashing on a laptop, since, for me, they seem to be the most reliable in keeping devices powered up properly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
This is certainly a good point, but in my particular case, USB connection used to work up until yesterday with all the PCs I have (2 laptops and a desktop PC), whereas since yesterday, it works with none (with and without using the same USB ports). In addition if I use straight USB connection (hence not through the MTP app used by kies), it works fine.

Anyway what you have just mentioned is actually what scares me, because it would mean a hardware fault. But I'm crossing my fingers, hopefully it's (just) a software related issue and a factory reset will solve it. After all, straight connection works, so it would be really surprising if it were a hardware fault.

I will try resetting everything when I get home. Another "nice" busy evening to account to Samsung! :mad:

I guess if all samsung customers were honestly paid for every hour spent mending/fixing the issues of samsung products, the company would declare bankrupt in a matter of a few days!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
Ok, I solved the issue with a drastic factory reset.

Thanks Odia for helping.

I spent 8 hours backing up and restoring everything included all the settings and personalisations. I went to bed at 3 am, eating only a quick sandwich in front of the bloody phone.

THANK YOU SAMSUNG, I wish to electrocute all your ****ing managers.

I hate when something in a device screws up all of a sudden and noboby knows why. It could happen again any time, and again I would have to spend hours mending a stupid phone instead of enjoying my life.

By the way, does anybody knows exactly what data is automatically backed up and restored on google servers by these functions?

"Settings>Privacy>Backup of personal data"

"Settings>Privacy>Automatic restore"

I always had both tiched, and I noticed that almost all the applications downloaded from the market that were installed on the phone, were automatically re-downloaded and restored on the phone at first boot after reset, but I'm not too shure I have understood what else was automatically restored.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archer:
I just read this thread for the first time, and was sympathetic to your issue when I started reading. I could see that there had been problems, but suggestions had been made and you seemed to be making good progress.

I was getting ready for offering advice and wishing you well with your problem.

Then suddenly you start to wish physical harm on Samsung employees.

Bye.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vyqas:
This is a simple solution :) try it and it will work for you the next time you face it most of the time it is a hardware issue i have been facing the same issue and nothing helped neither the factory reset nor the *#7284# procedure.

Take a pointy object like a pin or a paper and then clean your usb slot of the phone properly cuz most of the times usb pin points gets connected with each other due to the atmosphere and metal reaction. After that it will work like a charm for you. Before commenting anything negative i would appreciate if those who are facing this issue for a long time try this and then comment :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ysetyobu:
Had the same problem, solved it by upgrading the phone software.

Setting > About Phone > Software update.

No need to afraid losing files. Hope that helps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunilagrawal_99@yahoo.com:
i faced the same problem on the GalaxyS sometime back. i did factory reset too. I got the same problem again. but i remembered it working on my LG TV so i did not go for factory reset. I went for re-install of samsung's USB driver for Windows. now it is working fine.

I fully agree that Samsung needs to be more responsible and responsive in resolving the such problems without causing data losses.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahmonkeys:
You could have saved a lot of hassle by installing a custom Rom and Kernel. I hate MTP mode! Mass storage mode is much better, I never had any problems with that....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zecred:
Workaround - Power Management

This may be fixed, for now. However, in the future, there is a small workaround that you can use so that you're not required to wipe your phone every time this happens.

Here's what I do:

Since the device's connection is severed after the use of a certain amount of power, we can control the power management of the port that the device is connected to.

On WinXP:

Enter "Control Panel" > "System"

Click on "Hardware"

Click on "Device Manager"

Find the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" section

Click the "+" next to that, and find the "USB Root Hub" that the device is connected to.

Right-click on the Hub, then select "Properties"

Click on the "Power Management" tab

Then, UNcheck the box that says "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power."

This will prevent the connection from resetting. It's a quick workaround that works pretty well for me.

However, I ought to note that the changes should be undone after you're done with syncing the device, ESPECIALLY if you're on a laptop. Otherwise, you could risk a lot of battery/power usage within a short time, even if there is no device connected to that port.

Good luck, I hope this helps.

Cheers!

-Robbie (Zecred)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombilliodeaux:
Moderator please help others as this is a community problem

Please don't bail out because of that comment, i have been having this issue for a month and AT&T almost sold me another phone telling me it was the USB PORT.

I changed my phone setup dialing *#7284# and changed the UART to : PDA from Modem and same for USB (to PDA) modes. This helped get connected as before it would not even recognize the phone (computer would not do so).

I was am not sure if it is not the battery or charging circuitry, as others also reported, but my charging circuit is working fine and my battery charges 100% and last all day as normal. I can connect to the USB port and see my phone for a short while but it will suddenly disconnect.

But same as before it suddenly disconnects and will reconnect cycling continuously. I also believe it is the charge circuit because when it is charging, i hear the phone constanlty beeping from turning the schreen on/off. Same as when it is plugged into the usb port on computer.

Am tempted to buy a battery, but is can run the phone on the USB port without a battery in the phone. Problem continues without a battery...disconnecting and connecting to the computer.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zigg49:
I was plagued with this same problem, until I tried the above fix, and it works brilliantly! No more disconnects, great stuff.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raynor.pl:
It's pretty old topic but maybe someone has same issue and doesn't want to loose data. I had similar problem (couldn't connect to device, also couldn't install/uninstall any stuff because of no-space-available error).

I managed to download all pictures/documents via adb - worked pretty well. A sample command to retrieve all camera pictures:

adb pull /mnt/sdcard/DCIM
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roman5:
Is there some feature on the phone I don't know about that automatically inserts "Sent from my GT-I9100M using Tapatalk" or whatever when a message is posted on a forum, or are people typing it at the end of their message?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asgard:
You need the magic_beans.apk from market, here I've enabled it...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roman5:
:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangomango:
Hes taking the piss....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hank00k:
HAHA don't be mean...

OP if your using the xda app press menu key> more> settings > tapatalk signature and it should be there....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roman5:
Heh, I kinda figured he was half taking the piss, :p but when I saw 'sent using XDA Premium App' I kind thought that might be something to do with it. No I don't have that app. What I want is to be able to show I posted from my phone on any message board, not just xda. Do I just need an app called tapatalk to do that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0rtiis:
It's a signature Tapatalk adds to the end of every message if you want it to, it's even customizable. There are probably other forum apps that do this, but I don't know of any.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kingmac38:
It is info that comes from your build prop . The app reads your build prop and adds it

As your signature
[HTC Sensation] stanleynhan:
Okay so i just got a text message and as i was unlocking my phone, it just shut off on me. And now it is plugged into the charger and i only get a blinking orange light and the battery was at 20 percent when it turned off? any solution?
[HTC Sensation] Chris281287:
Hi Stanley , i dont know if this will help but i had the same problem occur twice now and all i have done to fix it is take the battery out put it back in and turn phone on without charger plugged in. (after leaving for a little while just in case it need to charge)

both times that has fixed the problem for me ....

hope it helps
[HTC Sensation] stanleynhan:
Thanks for your help, I already got it fixed but what you said was exactly what I did
[HTC Sensation] Chris281287:
Awesome great to hear ... hope it helps others
[Fascinate Accessories] exzacklyright:
The one I got from verizon easily falls out of the socket. ANd plus the usb cable broke within a week.
[Fascinate Accessories] xtrimsky:
I love my verizon one. It never falls out of the socket and I've had it since November in the USB cable looks like new (even tho I'm an Android developer, so I move it all the time).
[Fascinate Accessories] sageDieu:
Yeah my original one that cam with the phone works fine, cable doesn't let me access USB any more but it still charges the phone. I also have used the charger for an old Kyocera dumbphone, multiple blackberry chargers, HTC, Motorola, etc... I hang out with friends a lot and sometimes use theirs. All the chargers work pretty much the same, the only difference was USB cords. Oddly, the HTC cords were terrible at staying in my phone, and would fall out if i wiggled it. The motorola ones worked even better than samsung's. Just any microUSB charger from amazon should work.
[Fascinate Accessories] imnuts:
I just got 2 of the original chargers shipped to me for <$8
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panflute:
I just came across some great status bar add ons and now have to find a way to remove the at&t logo and/or the clock WITHOUT causing problems or having issues. I running the latest OTA 234 and am rooted. Is there a safe / easy way to do this?

Thanks for any assistance.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panflute:
Bump
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john398:
Are you talking about the very top line where the battery bar is on? if so I do not have the logo there it just says AT&T in letters
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panflute:
Yes, sorry, I am talking about the letters "AT&T". I am out of room so some

icons and messages do not appear unless i switch to landscape. If I could get rid of the AT&T (and also the clock if possible) I would have room for more inmportant items.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john398:
Its possible adw launcher from the market may do what you want
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pukemon:
I don't think adw launcher can do it. Maybe ex version.

I voided my warranty.
[Atrix 4G General] edmarmartins:
As all you know, Motorola had released oficial 2.3.4 Gingerbread update in your country as 16 this month (august). You Korean fellow who had upgraded your Atrix to Gingerbread, your cooperation is needed. If you got your update thru MSU Tool (Motorola Software Update) or OTA (Over the air), please, share your SBF file or zip file. This will allow International Atrix users gain access to an official update to Gingerbread and provide developers an more stable base to build their custom ROMS.

Your effort will be VERY appreciated.

Cheers.

:cool:
[Atrix 4G General] leminhnguyen0703:
I'm sure this request will take a long time, as most users with korean atrix on xda forum will try get rid of the original firmware and flashed 2.3.4, like I did. There's no sbf leak for korean firmware so theres no going back.
[Atrix 4G General] ds2atc:
There are 2 different model numbers in Korea, KT & SKT, and we have OTA update file(KT) and full nand CWM backup(also KT) which was backed up from an unlocked stock rom(there's only 1 unlocked pure stock GB Atrix exist :D, customer service guy SBFed unlocked one). Somebody already has found a method to go back to the stock rom which is using CWM restore, BL&Radio flashing. the only problem we have is removing "unlocked" message to get services. I'll upload the files later(cuz i'm working right now :( ) if those are what you wanted
[Atrix 4G General] edmarmartins:
Mb860 .4.5.2a-skt-75

Thanks my friend.

I guess the correct model number is (MB860_SKT) MB860 .4.5.2A-SKT-75.

KT model is also refered as MOTOROLA ATRIX™ (MB861_KT) MB861 .4.5.2A-KT-75 at Korea Motorola website.

Anyway, we would appreciate if you upload your files and share with us.

Cheers. :D
[Atrix 4G General] ds2atc:
:D Here are the files.

OTA update file(KT MB861)

Blur_Version.4.1.210.MB861.KT.en.KR.zip(thanks to Circle)

files.ucloud.com/pf/D992523_245924_35579

CWM backup stock GB(KT MB861)

4.5.2A-KT-75.zip(thanks to Zove)

files.ucloud.com/pf/D992523_245924_35562

The way to go back to the stock GB(unlocked) Zove found is removing all update scripts except for boot related imgs from the OTA update file and flashing it with CWM.

Anyway, do you think these are enough to make gobstopper, which hides "unlocked" message without SBF? or do we need an SBF to make it?

ps. I'm a kinda newbie here, so i'm not allowed to post outside links :( just put https in front of addresses, and there is limit number of downloading files, so download them carefully :D
[Atrix 4G General] edmarmartins:
Hi brother,

Thanks for your time and interest.

I can't make myself a Gobstopper, but I will forward that files for the one who can if possible.

Thank you. :rolleyes:
[Atrix 4G General] NFHimself:
Hi,

I had a look at the OTA file, it's a regular patch job for folks already running a Korean firmware. Not really sure what the second file is for.

assert(file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "MOTO/KT_KR/olympus/olympus:2.2.2/OLYKT_U4_1.21.0/1307051364:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys" ||
file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "MOTO/KT_KR/olympus:2.3.4/4.5.2A-KT-75/110802:user/release-keys");

So, to create a Gobstopper you need to do a dump of the partitions after the OTA has been applied. I can't apply the OTA since I don't have OLYKT_U4_1.21.0 on my phone. This is required since the existing files are checksum checked and a patch is applied to them. Unless the files are the same, the patch fails.

To do a dump of the partitions:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p1

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p2

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p5

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p6

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p7

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p8

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p9

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p10

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p11

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p12

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p13

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p14

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p17

I did notice that there is a bootloader in there, an ap20bl.img file, if you flash that you will either brick or be with a locked bootloader. That would be how to not have an unlocked message showing. I did notice there is unlocked text in that bootloader, am checking that out now to see if it *is* unlocked, and if it has memory issues.

EDIT: It seems the ap20bl.img in there is unlocked, but it is the same as the IHOP_Bell with the memory issues. So, if you need the "unlocked" message gone, you can try the Bell ap20bl.img file. Which may or may not cause issues on your phone. The radio is 1.35.03P if anyone is interested in that.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G General] xangma:
Aha. The dump of the partitions isn't the same as the nandroid that is about is it? How is it different? I have just been messing about with the system.img to no avail =[

Interesting about the bootloader etc. =] Would love to get a build of this rom on my phone at some point.
[Atrix 4G General] NFHimself:
Hi,

I don't use Nandroid, so no idea. If you want to create a CWM like I did, you dump all the partitions, except pds, userdata, and cache. The point is to be hash check compatible with OTA updates.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G General] xangma:
There is some .img files in a zip in the link above. what will I have to do to make this bootable? Oh the ramdisk?
[Atrix 4G General] ears1991:
If anyone is still running a stock korean rom could they check out the atrix firmwares superthread and send the OP the files so they can try and find an sbf for the korean firmware? Otherwise perform the dump as posted above straight after the OTA to 2.3.4

Thanks
[Atrix 4G General] NFHimself:
Hi,

The second link gives me some error in what I would guess is Chinese. If there are img files that might help. But really you can only apply an OTA to a stock firmware that hasn't been modified, is this case for a Korean phone. So what you want is a gobstopper for the stock korean firmware in order to apply the OTA on other phones. Either that or create a CWM zip from the OTA that takes out all references to boot, recovery, cdrom, cdt, bootloader, radio, etc and apply that to a boot and system partition image flash of the stock Korean firmware of the version that the OTA wants to be applied to.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G General] kidqian:
thx for sharing man,but the website u provide said,the number of download times exceeded the limit .plz try another one.
[Atrix 4G General] xangma:
Ok. I kind of understand what you're saying. I'm re-uploading the cwm .img backup to multiupload now for others to tinker with it.

I know i'm just being silly here. But when I was devving for some other devices a few years back, You could just flash the system.img, grab the ramdisk from the boot.img, pack it up with the kernel zimage and flash that as the new boot.img. Usually wifi wouldn't work because of the wlan.ko file or whatever, but you grab that out of the previous rom etc.

I'm guessing i'm being silly here right? I would love to start work on this official version, but I just don't know where to start. Will post the multiupload link asap.
[Atrix 4G General] ds2atc:
It says download limit exceeded. I'm uploading the file again and i believe we can make a gobstopper without unlocked bootloader :D

btw, flashing all KT stock partitions and Bell BL&BP caused "failed to boot 1 error"
[Atrix 4G General] xangma:
Hehe whoops. Turned my laptop off mid upload ...