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
Neo-ST said:
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
AllGamer said:
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...
Neo-ST said:
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...
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How to go to the Falshing ROM ? I got the Image from HTC.. and told me to do Vol Down plus Power on..
But I cant make it work ?
Any trick ?
Thanks
Turn the phone off completely.
Hold both volume up & volume down buttons and briefly press power on. Keep holding volume buttons till the screen comes on, then follow on-screen instructions.
johncmolyneux said:
Turn the phone off completely.
Hold both volume up & volume down buttons and briefly press power on. Keep holding volume buttons till the screen comes on, then follow on-screen instructions.
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That's how you reset to the factory defaults.
What you want to do is to completely turn off your device and then hold the vol-down button while tapping once on the power button.
Toss3 said:
What you want to do is to completely turn off your device and then hold the vol-down button while tapping once on the power button.
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What does that do then?
its called "hard-reset" if you do this.
you can reset your device.
regards
bR00k said:
its called "hard-reset" if you do this.
you can reset your device.
regards
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I described a hard reset. I want to know what the other described method does.
johncmolyneux said:
What does that do then?
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It's for flashing your rom.
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
AllGamer said:
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.
I just got my HD2 it boots fine into the stock ROM. The only thing I did was HSPL it.
I noticed that I can't enter the bootloader via the volume button method nor hard reset it....
Any idea whats wrong?
vicso86 said:
I just got my HD2 it boots fine into the stock ROM. The only thing I did was HSPL it.
I noticed that I can't enter the bootloader via the volume button method nor hard reset it....
Any idea whats wrong?
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Do all of those buttons work when the phone is booted? If so, maybe you are doing something wrong. Never heard of this issue.
Yes, the volume buttons work in Winmo.
vicso86 said:
Yes, the volume buttons work in Winmo.
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Are you holding down the volume buttons, and then hitting the power button? You haven't mentioned that you are hitting the power button so I'm just wondering... Sometimes it takes a few tries to get it. Volume down and Power gets you bootloader. Volume up and down and power gets you a hard reset...
crisisinthecity said:
Are you holding down the volume buttons, and then hitting the power button? You haven't mentioned that you are hitting the power button so I'm just wondering... Sometimes it takes a few tries to get it. Volume down and Power gets you bootloader. Volume up and down and power gets you a hard reset...
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Yeah, I'm like 100% sure I'm doing things correctly. It just goes straight to the -t-mo introduction.
I've found one other post some guy saying the same problem maybe i'll PM him.
Does it matter that I'm not using the OEM battery?
First question: Not sure if it's the phone or the software but when I shutdown my phone and try to turn it back on by holding the volume button and the power button, it doesn't work. But as soon as release the power button, it decides to turn on. Can someone help me with this?
Second question: Does my phone need to be rooted to get Android 4.1.1?
NOTE* Currently on Android 2.3
1) Keep trying, you shouldn't have to release a button to turn it on. Are you holding the right buttons? Its down+power
2)Yes
THEindian said:
1) Keep trying, you shouldn't have to release a button to turn it on. Are you holding the right buttons? Its down+power
2)Yes
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Yeah, I watched a video on it and I'm doing it exactly like them and it's not working.
xxhunter95xx said:
Yeah, I watched a video on it and I'm doing it exactly like them and it's not working.
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First Volume down, then the power button, it should be on within 3 seconds.
Do you have ADB enabled? Plug your phone into your computer, if your computer recognizes it via ADB, come back
Help!
My htc my touch won't go into recovery mode after it is chosen. Only shows picture of phone with a red triangle
shelli1998 said:
My htc my touch won't go into recovery mode after it is chosen. Only shows picture of phone with a red triangle
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I would try pushing recovery img through adb. See if that solves the problem.
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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vinman12 said:
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!