Related
Hi to all.
Not even a week passed since I received back my "repaired" Samsung Galaxy S after a failed firmware upgrade through kies. My phone didn't have the 3-button recovery mode so I was forced to sent it for service. The service told me that they had replaced the main board with a new one so I had high hopes that the 3-button recovery mode was now working but, as you have guessed, no matter how many times I've tried... it didn't work.
So, to cut the story sort, today I stumbled across a thread in an australian forum, while surfing with my phone, where someone post that had the same problem like me but he (or she) discovered that he could boot in recovery mode if the phone was connected to the charger. Well, I've tried something similar and it worked. The strange thing is that it is working now even if the phone is not connected at all with a power source
This is the way I've done it:
-First I connected my phone with the PC using my usb cable. Kies was already loaded and I waited until Kies was connected to my phone (in Kies mode).
-I pressed the Home button of my phone, the phone disconnected from Kies and then I shutdown the phone.
- I've waited until I show the battery charging icon (with the green bar inside the battery which indicates the battery level) on my phone's display and then by pressing and holding down the Volume Up and the Home buttons I pressed and hold the Power button until I saw the Samsung black and white logo. I immediately free the power button while still holding down the other two and... after a few seconds I was in recovery mode.
After that I tried it again and again and it works even if the phone is not connected through USB with anything (PC or Power Source). Now also works the Vol Down + Home + Power combination which boots my phone in the Download Mode.
I don't know if this "solution" really enabled the recovery mode on my phone. Maybe I was doing something wrong all this time and now by chance learned to get it right. No matter what I thought it's a good thing to report it here in order to test it by others...
this method does not function for me...
generally i think something is wrong, i have no chance (anymore) connecting my galaxy s to my pc.
tried different usb-options and even the debugging mode.
3-button recovery mode while connected on USB
milro1970 said:
Hi to all.
Not even a week passed since I received back my "repaired" Samsung Galaxy S after a failed firmware upgrade through kies. My phone didn't have the 3-button recovery mode so I was forced to sent it for service. The service told me that they had replaced the main board with a new one so I had high hopes that the 3-button recovery mode was now working but, as you have guessed, no matter how many times I've tried... it didn't work.
So, to cut the story sort, today I stumbled across a thread in an australian forum, while surfing with my phone, where someone post that had the same problem like me but he (or she) discovered that he could boot in recovery mode if the phone was connected to the charger. Well, I've tried something similar and it worked. The strange thing is that it is working now even if the phone is not connected at all with a power source
This is the way I've done it:
-First I connected my phone with the PC using my usb cable. Kies was already loaded and I waited until Kies was connected to my phone (in Kies mode).
-I pressed the Home button of my phone, the phone disconnected from Kies and then I shutdown the phone.
- I've waited until I show the battery charging icon (with the green bar inside the battery which indicates the battery level) on my phone's display and then by pressing and holding down the Volume Up and the Home buttons I pressed and hold the Power button until I saw the Samsung black and white logo. I immediately free the power button while still holding down the other two and... after a few seconds I was in recovery mode.
After that I tried it again and again and it works even if the phone is not connected through USB with anything (PC or Power Source). Now also works the Vol Down + Home + Power combination which boots my phone in the Download Mode.
I don't know if this "solution" really enabled the recovery mode on my phone. Maybe I was doing something wrong all this time and now by chance learned to get it right. No matter what I thought it's a good thing to report it here in order to test it by others...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This worked for me. Did not require Kies to be connected though. Just the USB connection was sufficient.
It doesn't work on mine. What version is your phone? I got mine from VHA/vodafone and running the official VHA froyo rom.
For Savs...
You've said it worked for you. Does now works even without the usb connection?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Incredible, it worked as I wrote but now it doesn't again. Blind me... This phone is the most unpredictable phone owned by me in a long time. It's an awesome beast but needs to feel some serious love from samsung. I have not seen a single official announcement about the problems so many users faced with the phone, and by the way where is my official froyo upgrade. It is still not available for my phone
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
I get the 3 button recovery/download mode better when I have my phone connected to charger for some reason, discovered this once I had the phone charging and made a test and the recovery mode come up straight away same with download mode, then I tried without charger I got it some time but not all the times maybe 1/10 tries. when I had in charching I get the 3combo every time...strange but tru..
Some people had success by just warming with a hairdryer the back of the phone. Maybe this is the same reason you had success enabling the combo. You see by charging the phone you warming it up and if you warm it enough... bang, you have the 3 button recovery working. It is not a joke, it's true but still pretty ridiculous. Why is samsung not fixing this? My phone returned from the service (and they had it for service for a whole month) repaired after I bricked it upgrading it with kies. The 3 button combo did not work before the service and does not work now after the service... And they told me they replaced the main board of the phone with a new one. Bravo samsung! Job well done
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
It doesn't work for me, I don't know how to enter in recovery mode. Please help me. I have unbranded phone.
Check this thread....
Hi.
Just go to this thread and read carefully the first post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
You will need to download Odin 1.3 (search in XDA and will find it). The rest are there. Follow the instructions by the letter and you will be ok.
It worked for me as well, i have a phone with the : download mode and recovery mode disabled , and i just plug the charger in to the phone, and now i can enter in to recovery mode and download mode , without the cable pluged in, strange, but now is working.
I have an epic 4g. The last week I screwed up baked snack and fixed it yesterday. Today I did five or six odin flashes to help fix a problem when rooting with epic aio or one click root clockwork refused to install and i was stuck with stock recovery. After a failed odin flash to dk28 my phone now doesnt turn. Its almost as if there is no power to it. Download mode and recovery mode included. Any suggestions?
MY suggestion
irule9000 said:
I have an epic 4g. The last week I screwed up baked snack and fixed it yesterday. Today I did five or six odin flashes to help fix a problem when rooting with epic aio or one click root clockwork refused to install and i was stuck with stock recovery. After a failed odin flash to dk28 my phone now doesnt turn. Its almost as if there is no power to it. Download mode and recovery mode included. Any suggestions?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try pulling the battery and holding down the power button, then plugging in the phone without the battery and then placing the battery back in and then when trying to power on the phone for the first time HOLD 1 KEY!
this has worked for me numerous times.... hope it does for [email protected]!
Its really hard to totally brick an epic. Pull the battery and put it back in. It wont turn on but you can get download and try again. This happens all the time with odin
Sent from my Evo killer
fck me
tried both and cant get into download mode
I think that's a genuine brick..
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
if i plead mechanical failure(i woke up and it was like that) can i get it replace for free?
If you have tep, I think you can do that at a sprint store
I'm not good with insurance policies lol
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
Take the battery out, hold down the power and 1 buttons, insert battery while holding those buttons.
Sent from my Emotionlessly Bonsai'd Epic 4g.
I thought that I had total brick when I used Odin.I couldnt get in download mode and when pluged in led light dint even come on!
I was bout to take it back but decided to give it another try so the next day I took out battery and held all buttons for few secconds(to disharge),put battery back in and tried to put it in download mode again(without being pluged in to pc) and boom it worked.
My advice is plug it in and let it charge even if led light doesnt come on for abou an hour,unplug,take out the battery,push and hold every button for like 10 second,and let the phone sit without battery in it for 10 minutes,then put the battery back in and try to put the phone in download mode(without plugin it in pc or charger) dont even turn it on just put the phone in download mode,it worked for me.
I thought it was total brick cuz even led light dint come on but it wasnt maybe even,try to leave the phone off overnight like I did.Gotta say that Epic is hard motherlover to brick,lol.Oh,i had my Sdcard tooken out when I did this.
Thanks foe the suggestion. I did jus t that and voila download. From my expieriences u must be a major screwup to completely brick an epic4g
hey guys, ive never really had any issues far as flashing rom on my phone, ive always just figured things out on my own without the need to ask a question however this one baffles me....
last night i flashed nero v5 over axura 2.2.6, no issues with that the phone rebooted, i let it sit about 10 mins rebooted no problems still so i started setting up the phone like i like it, well the first issue was the market wouldnt download anything at all period, so i reflashed, same thing, i then tried to go to back to axura at which went fine until the phone booted up and is stuck at the devsforandroid splash screen
now naturally the thing to do is hold volume up and volume down plus power get into download mode and odin to stock well heres my dilemma...
my volume up button hasnt worked for a few weeks, not sure why, its just stopped working one day.
is there a way to get into download mode while stuck in a boot loop with the volume button broken?
thanks for any help
chevyman46933 said:
hey guys, ive never really had any issues far as flashing rom on my phone, ive always just figured things out on my own without the need to ask a question however this one baffles me....
last night i flashed nero v5 over axura 2.2.6, no issues with that the phone rebooted, i let it sit about 10 mins rebooted no problems still so i started setting up the phone like i like it, well the first issue was the market wouldnt download anything at all period, so i reflashed, same thing, i then tried to go to back to axura at which went fine until the phone booted up and is stuck at the devsforandroid splash screen
now naturally the thing to do is hold volume up and volume down plus power get into download mode and odin to stock well heres my dilemma...
my volume up button hasnt worked for a few weeks, not sure why, its just stopped working one day.
is there a way to get into download mode while stuck in a boot loop with the volume button broken?
thanks for any help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well for me to get into download mode i dont hold the power button... i know you said your volume button doesnt work, but try taking out the battery, put it back in, hold both volume buttons down, while holding the vol buttons plug in the usb cord to the phone... BUT HAVE ODIN READY TO GO BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING... try doing that if not your gonna have to use adb and thats something im not very familiar with at all...
The above post is right you can also try just holding the down volume button and then while holding it down, plug in the usb cord, make sure you have odin up and ready if it sees then, you are good to go, (it should) You could also use the jig (see the bible for this) once you get the little android with a shovel you can odin back to stock
If you know how to use adb you can type "reboot download mode" and it should reboot into it. Ya I dont ever use the power button when I get into dl mode but hell if your volume buttons aren't all working then I dont know.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
AustinKnight45 said:
If you know how to use adb you can type "reboot download mode" and it should reboot into it. Ya I dont ever use the power button when I get into dl mode but hell if your volume buttons aren't all working then I dont know.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
is there a tutorial on this anywhere? i have never used adb never had any use for it i guess until now...
ive also switched to sprint and got the evo 4g, so should i not be able to fix the vibrant i guess ill sell it to whomever can fix it for cheap
p.s. not that anyone cares but when i swtiched carriers i was discussing the samsung epic with him about the update problems we face with the vibrant, and he showed me that in their monthly employee playbook they just got for next month (february), the epic is in it to recieve the foryo update (some time in february),i read it and it didnt say specifically 2.2 or 2.2.1 just froyo, but like always whos know if itll happen or not, probably not but its what he showed me
So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I won this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Read the sticky topic about JIG/JTAG.
GL.
Hum, i was trying to avoid that method, but i guess i will give it a try later. First i will try to get my warranty.
Ricardo_1991 said:
So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I wont this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The same thing happened to me a month or so ago, I managed to get it in to download mode by removing the battery, putting it back in and being very quick with my fingers to get it in to download then flashed with odin.
You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
Remove your battery for 10 min. then try again if u hadn't solved 3 button combination before
JJEgan said:
You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't think so.. :/
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
JJEgan said:
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
I had a similar problem some time ago (Phone ! PC screen)... I disconnected the battery for half a day came home from uni and put the battery into the phone, while holding ALL (hard) buttons at the same time... then, download mode actually went through
theduckking said:
very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That doesn't work.. the same screen appears all the time
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Ok guys, thanks for the support. I will keep trying, and if it fails, i will get my warranty and go to samsung.
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
To sumerise
Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
rudeboy150 said:
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
To sumerise
Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did that so many times already, but the result is always the same for me...
azleep said:
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I pressed the buttons for 5 minutes, but nothing, the "phone ! computer" icon disappears for 1 second, and appears again, over and over again
@Ricardo_1991
If you remove the battery for some time(10 min.) and you still can't access download-mode then Sbl on your device has been corrupted while kies did flash the ROM, take it to a samsung service center and get it fixed.
You probably have done this but ensure your usb cable is REMOVED until you get the download mode working.
Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
DrFredPhD said:
Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree, but im from Portugal, and i dont have any nearby store where i can buy all the materials. What i can do is order the micro sim thing from amazon.co.uk, and the 301K resistor from somewhere else..
ps: the sellers of resistors in amazon wont send them to portugal, only the micro sim plug
Doesn't power on at all, tried 3 botten /w battery in and out tried two w/battery in and out. I had this happen before and someone help me.
I think this is not the right place to to list this but Im not getting help in the general, please help I need my phone
seens a hard brick. what u did to get this?
Try taking out the battery, starting Odin on your computer, plugging the phone into the usb cable connected to the computer, and while holding both the up and down volume buttons stick the battery back in to get into download mode. From there you should be able to Odin back to stock.
If that doesn't work you're SOL. You'll have to do what was suggested in your thread in general.
Sent from my ZenDroid using XDA Premium App
If you truly are hard bricked you are gonna need to find a JIG because that's the only way out of that. Other wise take your battery out god down the volume keys and put it back in and you should see the download screen. If you don't somthong deeper is wrong.
**Bionix**
davidtanis said:
Doesn't power on at all, tried 3 botten /w battery in and out tried two w/battery in and out. I had this happen before and someone help me.
I think this is not the right place to to list this but Im not getting help in the general, please help I need my phone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need to purchase a (JIG) like the previous member suggested and try getting in download mode, you can buy one on eBay for about $3 simply search for (Download Mode USB Jig for Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant). I hope this helps.
have odin up pull out your battery plug usb into phone then hold power and volume down and insert battery at the same time this should get you into download mode. It may take 3 or 4 tries to get it. you have to pull battery before plugging mini usb into phone and must do the button combo and while inserting battery it would be easier being an octopus to do this but it should work if it doesnt you will need a jig. It is very hard to fully hard brick vibrants keep trying this method it took me 5 times to get into download. search the vibrant forums for odin for noobs it will give you links to all files you will need to get back to stock and start over. pm me if you need further assistance.
thank you, still trying but no luck. Im going in for surgery for my cancer so wont have much time on the phone for a wile
It's Hard Brick. Dont waste your money on JIG, it does nothing. You have to JTAG to recover Bootloader on your phone
nbhnohome said:
It's Hard Brick. Dont waste your money on JIG, it does nothing. You have to JTAG to recover Bootloader on your phone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
how dose that work, how much money
I too have the same problem since this morning. I have Tmobile Samsung Galaxt 4G SGT959V and after rooting and downloading kernel files, it was only going to the T Mobile logo. Last night I was bale to get into the download mode and then I started downloading Gingerbread. Now my phone is not powering up. I called up samsung and as it under warranty, they are ready to fix. My problem is they will find out what I was doing and this might breach some samsung regulation. not sure???
I would like to know what should I do for getting my phone power on or in download mode. I have tried all the above mentioned steps, but it just not works. Duh!!
Please someone help!!
breakmyhead said:
I too have the same problem since this morning. I have Tmobile Samsung Galaxt 4G SGT959V and after rooting and downloading kernel files, it was only going to the T Mobile logo. Last night I was bale to get into the download mode and then I started downloading Gingerbread. Now my phone is not powering up. I called up samsung and as it under warranty, they are ready to fix. My problem is they will find out what I was doing and this might breach some samsung regulation. not sure???
I would like to know what should I do for getting my phone power on or in download mode. I have tried all the above mentioned steps, but it just not works. Duh!!
Please someone help!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
different phone, none of this applies to your phone
Well, I was able to get into download mode last night by running odin, pulling battery and connect to usb. Then holding volume button inserted the battery and my ohone was in download mode. But now its not powering on.
any suggestion how to get into download mode??
breakmyhead said:
Well, I was able to get into download mode last night by running odin, pulling battery and connect to usb. Then holding volume button inserted the battery and my ohone was in download mode. But now its not powering on.
any suggestion how to get into download mode??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
nope, but you can look on the forum for the galaxy s 4g