The $15 Samsung Galaxy… 

Does Heimdall on Linux/macOS work?

Could it be that you're using usb 3 ports instead of usb 2? Not sure if that's what's going on here, but I've faced this problem multiple times where a modern laptop wouldn't detect a device in fastboot, but my t460 does 100%

Even used a Windows XP PC with an Athlon 64, no dice.

Honestly im very surprised with the issues that you had with this phone, ive messed with plenty of old samsung phones, and even own 2 galaxy s3's myself, and i managed to root them and mod them quite easily from what i remember. Ive got the stock rom on one phone, with a custom kernel, and on the second one ive installed android 13, and honestly it felt faster than the stock rom, but then again thats just google play services slowing the phone down to hell on the stock rom, and i have microg installed on the one running android 13. I will say microg is significantly faster and less resource intensive than standard google play services while maintining most functionality. Its also interesting because you could also theoretically use contactless payment on the phone since the developer behind the android 13 rom managed to get nfc working.

Could be the phone's connector? Should be the Micro USB connector? Might be having issues. Or maybe the battery? Might not be sending enough power to the Micro USB connector. Or if really random, the ram or storage on the device.

He either didn't have the phone in download mode (appears to be the case) or it suffers from a faulty port that a lot of s3 to s6's had a big issue with.

Thanks for the information. That would explain why a Samsung Tab A8 failed to usb tether except with specific micro usb cables. Have a water flosser that also fails to charge with a number of micro usb cables some work but the cables that dont work with that work to charge other devices so go figure.

Also, I've found trying a different version of odin SOMETIMES works

​@talibong9518 ur right download mode and a micro usb that has data compatibility then u need twrp for that specific model and lineage os or cyanogen mod should work

​​​@@dazzle187tab A8 has a Usb type C, i have one...

Nah it can't even run half life 1 android port

​@@hatsumi_rou_ But it did run lol

No

I keep my phones stock

Only reason it wont be a good option is the battery life

no i aint waking up

​​@@ttkftykyftsWake up NOW

He's back

you communicate with your girlfriend in youtube comments? cute

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That's what I did

Yes , to make it communicate with odin need to be on download mode , not recovery mode.

I often struggled flashing my phones (mostly others than Samsung, HTC, Sony, Xiaomi, but now a S8) with Windows because of drivers, then I booted linux and it worked instantly, just launching the Terminal, put the phone into the Download/Fastboot mode and then enter the command...

yeah in the UK this will only work on O2 and Three, because EE and Vodafone have shut down 3G (the thing this actually uses to make calls - though I think this did have basic 4G support).

O2 will still be providing 2g in 2095

​@@TheSpotify95only the lte versions did

@@talibong9518 the UK phone networks have committed to shutting down 2+3g by 2033.

In many cases, they can't shut down those low speed networks because a lot of essential services depend on them and it would be too expensive to upgrade the services to be compatible with faster standards.

I remember spending an entire night just trying to get my S III to be recognized by my pc.

Strange I got zero issues with exynos variant

A lot of S3 to S6's shipped with faulty USB ports.

I have 2 with a exynos, no issues to flash them

He tried to flash a custom recovery with the phone just connected to the pc while being in the recovery. He never touched the download mode

Exactly

Tho doubt that gpay will work unless u'll use magisk

@@Senkothepamperfox does this even have gpay?

@@tezcanaslan2877 wdym just download the app

​@@Senkothepamperfoxnowadays, gpay on custom roms isn't reliable anymore. Maybe those weird signed ones for the pixel would do the trick, but plain normal builds like lineage/pixelos have trouble in passing the playintegrity needed for gpay to work. Google tightened the grip on their side and there are only temporary fixes possible.

Used to have it and it was for a long time a phone that made me resent Samsungs. Laggy, crappy plastic that kept cracking, overheating. It looked neat tho. The phone that made me appreciate Samsungs again was a second hand Note3 I got when needed a new phone fast and got it for cheap (just needed new battery and charging port). That one I had well into 2019 and was still very much usable, but when Ckvid came around I needed a phone that was up to corporate spec to have 2FA on it so Note3 went out for Note10 lite. And that one I consider to this day the best value Samsung of the decade.

I remember most people having that thing back then (they were dirt cheap on contracts, back then in my country rules against getting a expensive phone on contract didn't exist yet) But I never had it, I got myself a Nexus 4 16GB which had beyond terrible (even for it's time) battery life on 3G (2 hours of SoT at best on 3G, 3 to 3,5 hours on Wifi) The S3 did that better.

If u had an s3 (or even s3 mini) at my school u were one of the cool kids

@@VanBourner I was using a Note 3 until October last year when I upgraded to a Zenfone 9 (a VERY noticeable difference haha). Went through 3 batteries but they're only $10 on eBay and take 30 seconds to replace with a fingernail, and the MicroSD slot was very useful. It's such a nice size and weight as well; not too tall and not too wide.

@@deanchur What a goddamn coincidence lol. I bought a Zenfone 10 last year, mostly because of the camera (Note10 Lite has very average camera even for it's time). I still have my Note10 Lite but I use it as a work phone (battery needed replacing and where I live a replacement OEM would take 2 months, generally the one big issue with Note 10 Lite is how Samsung hates it and barely provides spare parts for it). Great phone. The size difference is still hard to get used to.

I know Tracfone does this.

american models have the snapdragon S4 chip i believe, the global i9xxx models say their model number on the boot screen so there’s no real way to confuse them when powered on AFAIK only the Verizon S3 had a locked BL and there are still custom roms for it. i’ve found that my S3 has a finicky micro USB port and doesn’t like most of the data cables i have due to how samsung made the port, could be unrelated but that has caused me many issues flashing to the phone.

indeed, it should be rebooted into download mode by holding power, home, and the volume down buttons, then odin will accept it that way

He's aware of that.

Have you tried flashing any other OS?

yeah I know the S7 series supports VoLTE (But on some carriers you have to flash carrier specific firmware!) but the S4 certainly doesn't as I have one of those. The S4 also loved dropping to 2G whenever it pleased, despite 3G being there (albeit weaker) and offering much better internet speeds.