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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. *** 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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