I noticed a lot of people having trouble booting into recovery mode from the phone. This is how to do it. With the phone turned off hold the power button +vol down button until you see the "Vibrant" logo on the screen. Once you see the logo, take your finger off the power button but keep pressing the vol down untill you see the recovery image. Ive tried every other way that people have posted and this is the only way I could get it to work. Sorry if this is already posted somewhere else but I couldnt find it. Hope this helps.
Open terminal emulator
Code:
su
reboot recovery
....Or are you not rooted yet?
And you have to hold its BOTH volume buttons not just volume down to boot into recovery.
- Hold both volume buttons
- Press power button
- When vibrant comes up, let go of power but continue to hold the two volume buttons
- Bam Recovery
I always let go of all the buttons when the Vibrant logo comes up, and it goes to recovery just fine.
Mr_Tricorder said:
I always let go of all the buttons when the Vibrant logo comes up, and it goes to recovery just fine.
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I can second this. I am my own little vulcan deathgrip to press them all at the same time though, and still be able to release without dropping the phone.
You could also download quick reboot from the market for those already rooted, it has an option to reboot into recovery.
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ju5tiiv said:
You could also download quick reboot from the market for those already rooted, it has an option to reboot into recovery.
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This ... or use the Reboot Into Recovery option from the Clockwork ROM Manager, which I would expect most Vibrant users to have right now if they're rooted.
What if none of this works?
I've a Vibrant (one week old) rooted. Clockwork installed KiNgxKernel-Vib-3-2.6.29.6 etc. However unless I use clockwork I can't get into recovery mode. Would really like to know a working key press combo if possible.
I read somewhere about some Vibrants being hardware locked. Assuming this is true perhaps that's what this phone is.
hi
just got my sgs gti9000, and like the phone alot, however I am trying to root and lag fix my phone, the problem I have is getting the phone to reboot, I have held the buttons (volume up, power and home) at the same time until the screen comes on then release but the phone re-starts and does not go into recovery mode, can anyone help. Many thanks
When you see the boot screen wait a sec and release power but keep holding the other buttons
there are other ways to go into the Recovery Mode, to use the UPDATE.ZIP to root the phone
you can connect the phone to the PC
set USB to Debug Mode
then issue an adb.exe reboot recovery
anyways for full details follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7538723&postcount=2
the phone you have got the 3 buttons disabled, that's why it is not working
stuscotty said:
hi
just got my sgs gti9000, and like the phone alot, however I am trying to root and lag fix my phone, the problem I have is getting the phone to reboot, I have held the buttons (volume up, power and home) at the same time until the screen comes on then release but the phone re-starts and does not go into recovery mode, can anyone help. Many thanks
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After installig android 4.4.2, i tried to root with cf-root, now it is in a loop.
I cannot come into in recovery mode.
The phone starts with: -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid enforcing,- set warrant bit recovery
when i keep the battery out and then put it in, it says again -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid etc.
Who can help me????
poedy said:
After installig android 4.4.2, i tried to root with cf-root, now it is in a loop.
I cannot come into in recovery mode.
The phone starts with: -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid enforcing,- set warrant bit recovery
when i keep the battery out and then put it in, it says again -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid etc.
Who can help me????
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Reflash 4.4.2 - takes a couple of attempts sometimes. - Also don't flash any custom kernels cause they are not set up to run with KK's new BL yet
poedy said:
After installig android 4.4.2, i tried to root with cf-root, now it is in a loop.
I cannot come into in recovery mode.
The phone starts with: -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid enforcing,- set warrant bit recovery
when i keep the battery out and then put it in, it says again -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid etc.
Who can help me????
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try to odin the 4.4.2 tar again and then trying rooting again.
bootloop
Several times, i think 10 till 15, to come in download mode, reflash 4.4.2 with odin its OK now.
Thanks all.
poedy said:
Several times, i think 10 till 15, to come in download mode, reflash 4.4.2 with odin its OK now.
Thanks all.
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Did you manage to root? Do you mean you re-attempted to root 10-15 times?
bootloop n9005
ManUtdRul3 said:
Did you manage to root? Do you mean you re-attempted to root 10-15 times?
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No, to come in downloadmode then i tried to root again with the same problems
poedy said:
No, to come in downloadmode then i tried to root again with the same problems
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I found a fix. Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49438133#post49438133
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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For me on Verizon Note 3 this worked, but the button combo is different. It's the same as ODIN/Download mode:
Hold Vol down, Power, and Home... then Cancel ODIN/Download mode using Vol Down.
I had this same problem where I'd got myself in a "recovery" bootloop from Baja KK ROM... I had a custom power menu that allowed you to choose recovery as a boot option as opposed to selecting it at startup (I know, so hard). I would have the Galaxy Note 3 "Custom" screen then say Recovery mode in the upper left corner in blue, then reboot, etc... Anyway this seems to set it back to normal boot mode.
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i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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But that doesn't fix the recovery not working
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facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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Thanks a ton man. Was stuck in this problem and this worked.
Awesome thanks for the help
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same here
ManUtdRul3 said:
Did you manage to root? Do you mean you re-attempted to root 10-15 times?
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iam also facing the same issues i have CWM recovery but it does not load custom rom any more as it says signature failure
what i did is flash philz_touch_6.19.3-hlte.tar using Odin3 v3.09 and use philz touch to installed the twrp.zip
everything back to normal.
Still Stuck and unable to enter into Recovery Mode
facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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It didn't work for me and I still unable to enter into Recovery mode. I tried other key combinations but still stuck.
I am able to enter into Download mode by pressing Vol Down+Home+Power buttons and then Volume Up button or Volume Down button (Cancels - restart phone) which shows the downloading screen with the message " Could not do normal boot"
Can anyone here help please?
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i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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Thanks!
N9005 bootloop
sshamim said:
It didn't work for me and I still unable to enter into Recovery mode. I tried other key combinations but still stuck.
I am able to enter into Download mode by pressing Vol Down+Home+Power buttons and then Volume Up button or Volume Down button (Cancels - restart phone) which shows the downloading screen with the message " Could not do normal boot"
Can anyone here help please?
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HI man ... I have the same problem, did you found solution to resolve the boot loop ?
facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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dude ... you saved my day!
my n9005 say recovery bit and restart. more and more. and i cant go to downloading mode.
then i cant use odin.
im in a loop by recovery restart.
what can i do.
please please email me to farkhani at gmail . com
Farkhani said:
my n9005 say recovery bit and restart. more and more. and i cant go to downloading mode.
then i cant use odin.
im in a loop by recovery restart.
what can i do.
please please email me to farkhani at gmail . com
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try to findout your solution here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2666432
Hello, for some reason my phone got stuck in the bootloader exception. I know I could potentially fix this through odin but I have quite the problem. I use a chromebook! Also Odin is a windows app so I was wondering if there are any other options for me to try to fix my phone?
trying to get into recovery mode/download mode fails as well. Only thing I could do is turn it off briefly (volume down + menu + power) then it goes back into bootloader.
Cant send it in back cause I bought it from a different country. (will visit that country soon but I need to get this phone working for travel/communication purposes)
Are you sure you can't get into Download mode?
I had this problem and it was hard to fix, but after holding -Vol, Home, and Power, after about 8 reboots it worked and I fixed it with odin.
Hold, keep holding these buttons until Download Mode appears.
hexioum64 said:
Are you sure you can't get into Download mode?
I had this problem and it was hard to fix, but after holding -Vol, Home, and Power, after about 8 reboots it worked and I fixed it with odin.
Hold, keep holding these buttons until Download Mode appears.
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i could turn it off with power + vol down but it would turn back on to the bootloader.
after it was off i immediently press home + volume up but still back to bootloader
aaronj1437 said:
i could turn it off with power + vol down but it would turn back on to the bootloader.
after it was off i immediently press home + volume up but still back to bootloader
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Power/home/volume up is the combination for recovery, not download. Try again with volume down.
B3311 said:
Power/home/volume up is the combination for recovery, not download. Try again with volume down.
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tried that as well, always goes back to bootloader
edit: do i have to plug in my phone first with odin? or it should go to download mode without odin yet?
Hi
Im trying to get in Download or Recovery mode but without of luck. I tried fisrt Download mode. I get first screen and says Volume down for Cancel and Volume Up for Download mode. When i hit Volume UP, Phone restart it self and i have normal sumssung boot then come PIN and after that reboot and that does it all the time. If I go in Recovery Mode, i see Android logo for like a second and that it reboots. Which option do I have
Keklja said:
Hi
Im trying to get in Download or Recovery mode but without of luck. I tried fisrt Download mode. I get first screen and says Volume down for Cancel and Volume Up for Download mode. When i hit Volume UP, Phone restart it self and i have normal sumssung boot then come PIN and after that reboot and that does it all the time. If I go in Recovery Mode, i see Android logo for like a second and that it reboots. Which option do I have
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looks like a bad stock rom, try https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/sidesync
if that doesnt work then your emmc chip is done
zfk110 said:
looks like a bad stock rom, try https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/sidesync
if that doesnt work then your emmc chip is done
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How can Sidesync be helpful?
When you try to go in recovery mode keep pressed longer volume up and home, release power when screen is on. I had this issue and worked for me this way