Galaxy S4 Mini not recognized by Linux in Download Mode
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I'm currently trying to root my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, so to install CWM, I boot the device into download mode using my Linux Mint 17.2 laptop:
$ adb reboot bootloader
Now, as intended, my phone boots into download mode, yet fastboot doesn't recognize the device:
$ sudo fastboot devices
$ sudo fastboot continue
However, in
lsusb
, the phone clearly shows up:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)
As you can see above, I run fastboot as root, so it certainly isn't a permission problem.
I can't find a solution anywhere on the internet, so any help is appreciated. If you need any further information, let me know.
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Let me throw some additional stuff on you, in case it helps:
My PC:
$ dpkg -s android-tools-fastboot
Package: android-tools-fastboot
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 154
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Source: android-tools
Version: 4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu23
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.65), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.4)
Conffiles:
/etc/bash_completion.d/fastboot df71a6a847b1d7c6499ad718502b651f
Description: Android Fastboot protocol CLI tool
Fastboot is a diagnostic protocol primarily used to update the flash
filesystem of Android devices over USB.
.
This package provides the fastboot command-line tool.
Homepage: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
$ uname -a
Linux dracarys 3.16.0-38-generic #52~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 8 09:43:57 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
My phone:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9195
Android 4.4.2
Linux version: 3.4.0-3173303
Asked by s3lph
(156 rep)
Sep 6, 2015, 07:09 PM
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