My Bell i9000 SGS has been locking up several times a day since I got it. Today I was installing Weather Bug and Weather Channel apps and it locked--now it won't boot at all.
I guess the phone is probably faulty and will need to be exchanged. Nonetheless, I'd feel better if I could factory reset the phone before returning it. I'm always happier when my private info isn't on the phone before returning it...
I tried all the key combos I could find on boot up, none of them do anything. If I keep holding any of them, it just powers the phone off and on repeatedly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721111
use the one with the BIG warning
AllGamer said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721111
use the one with the BIG warning
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I can't boot up into Android at all.
try recovery mode
hold volume up key + big square home button key + power button key
when you see the screen light up with the B/W Samsung logo, let go of the power button key
then inside the recovery mode, you have the option to Wipe your data
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try recovery mode
hold volume up key + big square home button key + power button key
when you see the screen light up with the B/W Samsung logo, let go of the power button key
then inside the recovery mode, you have the option to Wipe your data
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The phone just keeps booting as per normal. It gets as far as the Galaxy S logo... then nothing.
scouzer said:
The phone just keeps booting as per normal. It gets as far as the Galaxy S logo... then nothing.
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hmmmm..... then you got one of those model where bell disabled the option to go into Recovery Mode / Download Mode
the only thing you can do now is to go back to Bell and have them exchange it or flash it for you.
similar problem, cant get into recovery mode, but if I remove the battery, then hold volume up + home + power then put the battery in, it will get to a screen with the little android dude and it says forced upload mode due to key press. how very odd.
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I have a big problem with my i9000.
I installed Launcher Pro from Andriod Market. Then i restart the device.
When its restarting it gets to the unlock screen (drawing).
When i draw the right patron it starting to unlock for a second. (circles turn green)
Then i get a black screen for some seconds. After that i get the unlock screen again...
I tryed to connect the device with my pc, but no result.
Also tryed to reset is. (holding down-button and pressing power on)
Does someone know how to get a real hard-reset or some other solution?
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japperr said:
I have a big problem with my i9000.
I installed Launcher Pro from Andriod Market. Then i restart the device.
When its restarting it gets to the unlock screen (drawing).
When i draw the right patron it starting to unlock for a second. (circles turn green)
Then i get a black screen for some seconds. After that i get the unlock screen again...
I tryed to connect the device with my pc, but no result.
Also tryed to reset is. (holding down-button and pressing power on)
Does someone know how to get a real hard-reset or some other solution?
gr
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The vol-dwn + power combination doesn't work - the real combination is vol-up+ home btn + power button. Should take you to the recovery menu(you move up and down with the vol key and select with the home button).
Toss3 said:
The vol-dwn + power combination doesn't work - the real combination is vol-up+ home btn + power button. Should take you to the recovery menu(you move up and down with the vol key and select with the home button).
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Yes!! it works. Strange that everywhere i looked i get the wrong button combination.
No i have a nice clean Galaxy S!!!
Thank you.
Hello!
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S last wekeend. I was about to root it today, but I couldn't enter recovery via the 3-key combo. So, I've read that a lot of users are missing this feature. And that it is very vital if I fail a software update.
Should I return my phone? I don't want to wait for a 4 week reflash. Also, do you think they'll accept the phone because of that reason?
Thanks.
I thought I can't enter recovery mode on my phone too, until I followed these instructions EXACTLY:
HOWTO GET INTO RECOVERY:
- Turn off your Phone
- Hold VOLUME UP + HOME Button
- While holding VOLUME UP + HOME Button press POWER Button until Display lights up, then release only POWER Button
- Still hold VOLUME UP + HOME until you got into Recovery
- Release all Buttons
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HOWTO GET INTO DOWNLOAD-MODE:
- Turn off your Phone
- Hold VOLUME DOWN + HOME Button
- While holding VOLUME DOWN + HOME Button press POWER Button until you reach Download-Mode
- Release all Buttons
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did you read the heating trick?
just don't put it in the oven as mentioned on some posts
see if that makes the 3 button works
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I thought I can't enter recovery mode on my phone too, until I followed these instructions EXACTLY:
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I've tried them exactly as they where written several times, the only way I can get into recovery is via adb
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did you read the heating trick?
just don't put it in the oven as mentioned on some posts
see if that makes the 3 button works
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What heating trick?
Hmm, then maybe you got one of those "recovery-protected" phones that can't get into recovery mode by pressing buttons...
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Hmm, then maybe you got one of those "recovery-protected" phones that can't get into recovery mode by pressing buttons...
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It sounds just like it Should I return it? I don't want to wait 4 weeks if it bricks during a flash...
I can't tell you that.
If you have the bill and the phone is like brand new, then try to exchange it for another, maybe they'll accept yours back...
I feel like this is a stupid question, but here we go anyway. I'm on an LS980 with TWRP 2.6.3.4.
I can boot into recovery just fine, as long as I use adb reboot recovery, or any of the methods to do a reboot to recovery from software. For the life of me, I can't get the volume down + power key combination to work. This would be no problem, except I'm stuck in a bootloop (my own fault), and can't get to either the software solution or ADB.
Yes, I've followed the directions in which you hold the two buttons, and when the LG logo appears, release and repress them both. I've done this about a million times now, in every different pattern and length of delay I can think of.
If I hold all 3 during boot, I get the "hardware control" screen, with a barcode and my IMEI at the bottom. Download mode, using volume up + plug in USB, works as well. Both volume keys have been functioning fine for controlling volume in software, so they are mechanically sound.
Is there any reason the keys might not work during boot? Is there any other way to reboot to recovery? My only idea is to push the stock image to the phone in download mode, and re-root, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Start with the phone powered all the way down (if you're bootlooping, hold the power button for maybe ~10s until there's a short buzz from the vibrator and the LG logo pops up, then hold it down for a few more seconds to power off).
Hold power+voldown until the LG logo appears. Release them then immediately push them again, and hold for a few seconds.
You'll get a 'Factory hard reset' screen that tells you to press Power to confirm you want to do a factory reset. Push Power a couple of times to confirm this. If you have a custom recovery installed, it won't erase anything, it'll just boot into recovery.
I just tried this, and it worked the first time.
Antinorm -
I'm familiar with that process, and have been trying it nonstop! Here's a video; maybe you could critique my technique?
You don't have to hold both buttons after the release.
1. Hold VolDn + Power until LG Logo appears.
2. Release both buttons for a few seconds
3. Hold only Power Btn
4. You get into Hard Reset
5. Push Power Btn 2 times (For executing reset)
After that the phone will boot into recovery.
Don't do this with plugged in USB cable I don't know why, but it doesn't work if you have a usb connection.
Nope, no luck using just the power button for the second press. Thank you, though! I'll write some more detail of what I see.
Initial state: the boot animation is looping.
I press and hold the power button.
The screen goes blank. I continue to hold the power button.
The LG logo reappears for a moment. If I were to release the power button before this point, the phone would restart.
I do not release the power button; I continue to hold it. The screen goes blank.
I now release the power button. This is the phone in its "off" state. If I plug it in to a power source, a battery charge icon and a percentage is displayed center-screen. Entering download mode from this state works. The phone is not plugged in.
I hold the power and VD buttons together. I've also tried pushing one first, then the other, in either combination.
The LG splash displays.
I release both buttons.
I wait an amount of time. I have tried various values from "as quick as I can move my fingers" to "a solid three-count".
I hold either both buttons (pressing them simultaneously), or just power, and wait.
Time passes.
GOTO 1
Does any of that sound wrong?
Weird. This method works for me. But getting into recovery was a bit of a hassle for me too at the beginning. Your doing seems to be ok... well seems like your only chance is adb right now.
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seems like your only chance is adb right now.
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Do you know of any way to ADB without an OS booted or recovery? I don't!
IF your battery is low or almost gone - you can't enter in Recovery with those 2 buttons.
So just charge your battery. I'm using CWM 6.0.4.4 and phone charges battery in this mode. It's slowly, but at the end my battery was 100%.
Now I can go to Recovery with 2 button combo. No download mode for me, but I'll open a new topic for that.
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Do you know of any way to ADB without an OS booted or recovery? I don't!
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Whelp, sorry. Would have thought you can adb while in download mode. Turns out you can't.
Well i don't have a better idea than you with going stock and start from the beginning.
Long press power button no longer works for us on the S5 to shutdown or reset the phone.
What to do if you're stuck in a bootloop and need to soft reset so you can get into recovery:
To get into recovery:
Long press power + volume down reboots the phone.
Wait for it to vibrate and immediately switch to volume up + keep holding power + home key.
Once you see 'Recovery Booting' (in dark blue, top left) release the keys.
To get into download mode:
Wait for it to vibrate and immediately press the home key + keep holding power + keep holding volume down.
Timing is a little critical but at least I don't have to pull the battery every time I get stuck testing something and want to get into recovery to fix it.
Ty sir, good to no.
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Ty sir, good to no.
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Why is Sammy making it so hard for us to enjoy our phone?
Thank you for the 411 [emoji3]. I was wondering what was going on.
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tdunham said:
Long press power button no longer works for us on the S5 to shutdown or reset the phone.
What to do if you're stuck in a bootloop and need to soft reset so you can get into recovery:
To get into recovery:
Long press power + volume down reboots the phone.
Wait for it to vibrate and immediately switch to volume up + keep holding power + home key.
Once you see 'Recovery Booting' (in dark blue, top left) release the keys.
To get into download mode:
Wait for it to vibrate and immediately press the home key + keep holding power + keep holding volume down.
Timing is a little critical but at least I don't have to pull the battery every time I get stuck testing something and want to get into recovery to fix it.
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Thanks for this!
I actually just had this problem and had to phone a friend (switched to the S5 this weekend and ran into a boot loop problem while doing some of my final restorations... it's the reason they're last!).
Didn't do this exact thing as I had ended up pulling the battery out when the Power - Volume Up - Home combo hadn't been working for me. If it happens again, I know this is here!
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my little brother made a pattern lock and forgot the pattern, after many tries the phone erased everything
he doesn't know the email he used it on phone or the password
now it boots welcome screen and asks for the old email, i did tried make new but it doesn't works.
so i figured i should just wipe everything with hard reset
from what i read and saw some videos, i should turn off and then connect to power then wait a little, then press power and vol up for 10 seconds then release my finger from the power button.
i tried it many many times but it doesn't works.
any help?
Switch off your phone,then connect the charger to your phone and quickly press and hold volume up and power buttons,after the screen is blinking a bit release power button,but hold volume up until you are in recovery mode.
it doesn't works, it's like the vol up doesn't work when the phone is switched off, but when i power on the phone and finish booting i can vol up.
i can enter download mode (vol down + power) but it doesn't do anything.
Marius.Petran said:
Switch off your phone,then connect the charger to your phone and quickly press and hold volume up and power buttons,after the screen is blinking a bit release power button,but hold volume up until you are in recovery mode.
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it doesn't works, is there other way for hard reset?
ok, managed boot to recovery mode, did wibe out data, after i restarted, it asked me the email that been used on the same device before format, however my little brother can't even remember the email he used.
Send it to Care Center...they will fix it