[Odin issue] N4 not being picked up on Windows 8.1

[Ste_JDM]

Howdy,

My question is, does Odin not work with Windows 8.1 in general? If you have managed to get Odin to register that a device has been connected was there any special way you managed to get around this?

Some background:
I mentioned this issue in the noob friendly section but it seems I am the only one having the issue there. So I'm asking around here if anyone has had this issue under Windows 8.1. All I wish to do is flash the unbranded firmware to remove carrier bloat-ware.

I've downloaded Odin 9.07/9/10 and have the same result, that the device just does not appear.

System is running Win8.1 and has driver signature disabled.
Kies is installed and picks up the device without error
Phone has USB debugging on and appears under 'Device Manager' when in Download mode.

I've had a look around and found nothing with this issue, watched folks do it in various videos too but they were using Win7.

Thanks for reading!

 

[ernani]

Howdy,

My question is, does Odin not work with Windows 8.1 in general? If you have managed to get Odin to register that a device has been connected was there any special way you managed to get around this?

Some background:
I mentioned this issue in the noob friendly section but it seems I am the only one having the issue there. So I'm asking around here if anyone has had this issue under Windows 8.1. All I wish to do is flash the unbranded firmware to remove carrier bloat-ware.

I've downloaded Odin 9.07/9/10 and have the same result, that the device just does not appear.

System is running Win8.1 and has driver signature disabled.
Kies is installed and picks up the device without error
Phone has USB debugging on and appears under 'Device Manager' when in Download mode.

I've had a look around and found nothing with this issue, watched folks do it in various videos too but they were using Win7.

Thanks for reading!

My guess is that you need to install Samsung's USB drivers for your device. Have a look at the instructions at this, and this page. I suspect that you haven't installed SAMSUNG's Android ADB Interface Driver (look at OP of the second thread), which is used by Odin if I'm not mistaken to talk to your phone and push the images you want via ADB.

 

[Itchiee]

Install the Samsung usb drivers!
Odin works fine on my windows 8.1 computer.

 

[Ste_JDM]

My guess is that you need to install Samsung's USB drivers for your device. Have a look at the instructions at this, and this page. I suspect that you haven't installed SAMSUNG's Android ADB Interface Driver (look at OP of the second thread), which is used by Odin if I'm not mistaken to talk to your phone and push the images you want via ADB.

That was it. Thanks so much! I removed Kies, rebooted, installed the driver from samsung and rebooted again, after that Odin worked like a charm.