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SgS Problem Rooting

I turn My sgs off. But when i hold Power + Volume up + Menu, It just boots phone normally. It will not go into recovery mode no matter how long i hold them for.
Any suggestions?

If you have download mode (same but with volume down key) then recovery mode should also work. For me to get to recovery I release all buttons once the galaxy s screen shows then recovery screen pops up about 5 secs later.
If you dont have download mode then check this out. I have used the Odin method numerous times without issue but take your time reading the instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821698
This should fix it.
EDIT: just noticed you mentioned menu key....its actually the home key you need to press instead.
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Cheers. I'll try it out. If i message back its because im too thick to figure it out

Cool. But I hope you read my edit at the bottom first.
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sxi200 said:
Cool. But I hope you read my edit at the bottom first.
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I give up with this. Ive read about 7 trillion step by step guides and my phone just aint havin it.
Im buying an HTC Desire HD.
Screw galaxy Ive had enough.
Thanyou for your help :]

I always have trouble getting to recovery mode using the power + up + home method, the easiest method to get into recovery mode seems to be using the extended power menu or quick boot apps.

can't get into download more....

I TRIED EVERYTHING the phone will NOT get into download mode... i forgot my got damn password to my gmail and now i cant even activate the phone.. i found out i can use odin3 but the thing is no matter what i do it will NOT go into download mode

Pull battery. Plug phone and computer using usb cable. Hold both volume up and down. Insert battery. Works everytime unless of course you flashed i9000 boot loaders in which case only hold either up or down.
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i tried everything and all i can get it into is recovery mode and thats.. this phone is stock and not even rooted..

do i need anything else installed other trhan samsung drivers?

how come it can boot into recovery mode but not download mode? i have takin the battery off plug it into to my comptuer hold vol + and down and put the battery in and still nothing half the time it will boot into recovery and thats about it...

explodingboy70 said:
Pull battery. Plug phone and computer using usb cable. Hold both volume up and down. Insert battery. Works every time unless of course you flashed i9000 boot loaders in which case only hold either up or down.
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Do this + try tapping the menu key and or the home key while holding down the other buttons.......... there is a timing trick to this but one of these will work . Also in Q & A S14274N Noob bible has all the other ways check it out.

as a last resort u can always get a usb jig to get u into download mode!

oka1 said:
Do this + try tapping the menu key and or the home key while holding down the other buttons.......... there is a timing trick to this but one of these will work . Also in Q & A S14274N Noob bible has all the other ways check it out.
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thanks, but it still wont get into download mode =\

as i said before u may need to get a usb jib and order one online to get into dl mode!!

bongholio said:
thanks, but it still wont get into download mode =\
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If thats red recovery, voodoo, then go down to voodoo and in there should be reboot to download mode.
If its not there or you dont see red then search in recovery as some have dl mode. Also if you have adb set up on your computer and you can get to recovery then in command line type adb reboot download.
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bongholio said:
how come it can boot into recovery mode but not download mode? i have takin the battery off plug it into to my comptuer hold vol + and down and put the battery in and still nothing half the time it will boot into recovery and thats about it...
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Try this:
Take the battery out and put it back. Then you should hold both volume keys while plugging the usb cable to the phone. Don't release the keys until download mode appears.

maybe ur hardware locked? s thats why u cant get into dl mode!

bongholio said:
thanks, but it still wont get into download mode =\
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What ROM are you running?
If you are completely stock, then use Kies to update to the latest official stock ROM, this will fix your 3 button issue via a SBL fix.
I love the SBL fix.

Can't downgrade from cm7.

Ok so these last few hours I've been trying to Odin my phone to stock jfd and Ive hhad no success. Ill load the pda and pit files and everything and Odin wont even recognize my phone. Any help? I really want touchwiz back. Excuse me if I didn't do enough research, I'm impatient right about now !
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Ive never installed cm7, but i think sn172.... wrote up a nice tutorial in the dev section. Take a look.
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did u put the phone into download mode? because if u dont odin wont reconize ur phone
1. power off ur phone
2. hold the volume up+down and plug in the usb cable
3. u should enter recovery mode with the picture of the green robot digging
4. load all the neccesary file in odin and start flashing!

kinzkarazy said:
did u put the phone into download mode? because if u dont odin wont reconize ur phone
1. power off ur phone
2. hold the volume up+down and plug in the usb cable
3. u should enter recovery mode with the picture of the green robot digging
4. load all the neccesary file in odin and start flashing!
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I've tried this a million times, it goes into cwm3 and nothing happens. Awh maaan!
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ohhh wait i forgot to mention one more thing u dont hold the power button during the process just only the volume up+down button

power off phone
pull out battery
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers

You need the Nexus S drivers.

None of this iis working!
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Try diff pc or diff usb and keep trying w/ odin
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Try this:
1. Turn off phone
2. Press Vol DOWN
3. Power the phone
Thats the only way i can get into download mode...weird, isn't it?

Segnaro said:
You need the Nexus S drivers.
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I'm pretty sure he is right.
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Alex530 said:
Ok so these last few hours I've been trying to Odin my phone to stock jfd and Ive hhad no success. Ill load the pda and pit files and everything and Odin wont even recognize my phone. Any help? I really want touchwiz back. Excuse me if I didn't do enough research, I'm impatient right about now !
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ok .... first you need to find a flashable vibrant 2.2 kernel, that has the new edifiy script (I used eugene's 2.2.1 deadhourse kernal with added edifiy) .... go into recovery, flash the kernal, then from the recovery ,reboot recovery .... DO NOT TRY TO BOOT UP THE PHONE ....then you will need ODIN and JFD stock rom ...set up ODIN ,pull the battery ,and replace it, then press and hold vol up and down and plug in the usb .. the phone should now be in download mode .... make sure you use a pit file and select reportion in ODIN.... hope this helps .....

I just had this problem. Easiest way for me to get my PC to recognize my phone was to connect it to kies mini and then have it download the drivers. It will download the nexus s drivers and then Odin will recognize your phone. From there, you're good to go.
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Bricked, can't even get into download...am I boned?

Basically, thats whats going on. I've followed instructions on various threads, tried everything. The phone simply will not boot into recovery no matter what I try. Is there anything left I can do?

Let it sit for a day and try again. It worked for me many times in the past. Sometimes Odin would recognize my phone that wasn't even in a download mode.
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Was fastboot enabled? Have you tried pulling the battery before attempting to get into recovery?
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gun said:
Let it sit for a day and try again. It worked for me many times in the past. Sometimes Odin would recognize my phone that wasn't even in a download mode.
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Problem is, its already been like this for about 3 days. I guess I'll give it another day then.
StuartTheFish said:
Was fastboot enabled? Have you tried pulling the battery before attempting to get into recovery?
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Not that I am aware of, and yes i have

What rom are you in? Try to hold vol up + power
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Semianonymous said:
Basically, thats whats going on. I've followed instructions on various threads, tried everything. The phone simply will not boot into recovery no matter what I try. Is there anything left I can do?
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try to odin back to stock
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
Or try that same method without holding the power button, just the volume rocker (up and down) when plugging into usb that works for some ppl
The vibrant is tough to hard brick so keep trying

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I am stuck in twrp my nandroid fails "when its finished installing I revert to twrp I have all the tools needed to revert to stock its just I cannot get out of twrp. It aslo wont power off so I cant get into download mode either..... what can I do?
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MikeJennni said:
I am stuck in twrp my nandroid fails "when its finished installing I revert to twrp I have all the tools needed to revert to stock its just I cannot get out of twrp. It aslo wont power off so I cant get into download mode either..... what can I do?
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I had this when running TWRP and if I remember you hold the "off" button down until it starts to reboot and then quickly hold the up button while it's rebooting.
You may be able to just hold the start and up button at the same time then turn the start button loose when you see the logo.
Again; I can't remember exactly what I did but it's safe to say to device is not broken.
One note: I was never able to get TWRP to run correctly (consistently) on this device without at least some issues.
I use CMR with no problems.
Also when I had this problem i had to do a complete wipe to get completely into download mode...
Good luck...

Gabriel51 said:
I had this when running TWRP and if I remember you hold the "off" button down until it starts to reboot and then quickly hold the up button while it's rebooting.
You may be able to just hold the start and up button at the same time then turn the start button loose when you see the logo.
Again; I can't remember exactly what I did but it's safe to say to device is not broken.
One note: I was never able to get TWRP to run correctly (consistently) on this device without at least some issues.
I use CMR with no problems.
Also when I had this problem i had to do a complete wipe to get completely into download mode...
Good luck...
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Ill try wiping holding volume up or both at logo isnt working ....im guessing because its restarting instead of power off. Ill report back
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MikeJennni said:
Ill try wiping holding volume up or both at logo isnt working ....im guessing because its restarting instead of power off. Ill report back
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That's correct! it will auto restart so you have to get your timing right. Try holding down the start button and as soon as the screen goes blank release the start button and grab the up button..

Gabriel51 said:
That's correct! it will auto restart so you have to get your timing right. Try holding down the start button and as soon as the screen goes blank release the start button and grab the up button..
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No luck with the timing. And now after wiping my nandroid is gone
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Ok. I got it. Full wife allowed me to fully power off. Once powered off in achieved download mode by holding volume up and plugging device into laptop via micro usb.
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MikeJennni said:
Ok. I got it. Full wife allowed me to fully power off. Once powered off in achieved download mode by holding volume up and plugging device into laptop via micro usb.
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This is why I abandoned TWRP which was always my favorite, but not for this device.
I'm glad your up and going again...

Gabriel51 said:
This is why I abandoned TWRP which was always my favorite, but not for this device.
I'm glad your up and going again...
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Yeah twrp is new to me ive always used cwm. Thanks for the quick responses the full wipe definitely helped. Thanks again
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