[Q] ODIN not working

[thany2]

Trying to flash the stock ROM here, but ODIN isn't working. ID:COM doesn't turn blue! I've booted my Note 8 into download mode, but absolutely NOTHING indicates that anything has been connected. The regular Android has been disconnected, and NOTHING new gets connected that might be the "download mode" device (whatever that device may be).

How do I get this to work?

For reference, at the ltop left of the screen, it says:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-N5110
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (1 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Official

NOTHING CHANGES IN THE DEVICE MANAGER WHEN PLUGGING IN THE DEVICE
This leads me to suspect I need to do something on the device itself to get it to "do" something, whatever the flipping heck is needed to make a pc connection.

Kies has been installed. Same problems before installing it.
I've used the Toolkit from skipsoft, and used the drivers that came with it. No change before or after.
I've installed and uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, and more dirvers, but nothing.
NONE OF THIS WORKS.

USB connection for ADB mode works fine, both in recovery and when fully booted.

Android is currently Cyanogen 11, pc is Windows 7. I'm trying to get the stock ROM on it again, I've got it ready for upload, now all that remains (hopefully) is to get the device to connect so that it can download the "update".

Please help, I'm out of ideas.

 

[thany2]

Okay, time for an update. For some odd reason, the tablet needed to be plugged into a USB 3.0 port in order for download mode to work. Very odd. Very odd indeed. NONE of the guides mention anything about this, but apparantly it's a thing.

Anyway, Now that I'm back to an official stock ROM with Android 4.2.2, booting the device takes abnormally long. It's been in a boot process for the last 10 minutes now. IT DOES NOT LOOP, it just shows the samsung logo with an animating blue glow behind it. And nothing else.

The tablet is quite warm, which is nice for my hands, but not great for the battery. It will probably drain out in the next hour.

When I connect the tablet to the pc (on the USB2 port again), it detects a normal range of Android devices. They all install normally, except for the MTP device - that one fails. Not sure if related, but it's a thing that happens nonetheless.

What can I do to make it go and boot through to Android?

 

[DizzyDen]

Boot into stock recovery and factory reset... wipe cache... should take care of the excessive boot time.