Not entering Download Mode - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, I just bought a Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 ! I want to root the device, but I can't reach Download Mode ! I press Volumedown+Home+Power! The phone vibrates, nothing appears on the screen. Then after few seconds, it boots back to teh ROM. I tried removing battery, keeping it for several time, this is new out of the box. Btw it boots normally into the Recovery Mode that comes by default with the phone. Any help ?

I can't give you clear answer as I own i9500 which is unlocked initially.Do your phone unlocked?
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When you turn on the device releases the power button but hold onto home+ down
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Hold volume down, home and power while S4 is off.
Release power button when S4 starts up.
Push up volume button and ignore the warning.
You should now be in download mode.
Please note that a few clone S4's didn't have download mode. This was how you could tell it was a fake...

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how you resolve it?
can you share it?
i have same issue too
Start with your tab turned off. Then it's either, Hold Volume Up + Power Button at the same time or it's hold Volume Down + Power Button at the same time. One will boot you into fastboot, the other way will boot you into the stock recovery. You want recovery. You will know its right cause you will see an upside down triangle. Then hit i think it was search button or one of the volume buttons to get a menu to pop up. Highlight factory reset and hit the power button. If you boot into fastboot mode and not recovery, the screen will be black and will say please load OS or whatever. Just hold down power button to power off and try the other way.
Bear with me if directions are a little off. Gave my wife my tab months ago so I haven't had to do that in awhile
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Legato Bluesummers said:
Start with your tab turned off. Then it's either, Hold Volume Up + Power Button at the same time or it's hold Volume Down + Power Button at the same time. One will boot you into fastboot, the other way will boot you into the stock recovery. You want recovery. You will know its right cause you will see an upside down triangle. Then hit i think it was search button or one of the volume buttons to get a menu to pop up. Highlight factory reset and hit the power button. If you boot into fastboot mode and not recovery, the screen will be black and will say please load OS or whatever. Just hold down power button to power off and try the other way.
Bear with me if directions are a little off. Gave my wife my tab months ago so I haven't had to do that in awhile
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that the first thing i do..
keeps restarting until the bateray going down..
have another idea?
ceperz said:
that the first thing i do..
keeps restarting until the bateray going down..
have another idea?
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Enter download mode and flash another ROM.
Flash a new rom manually like overcomerom.just follow the step by step instruction on how to.
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[Q] Galaxy s4 wotn boot past "Samsung Galaxy s4" screen.

The phone was working fine this morning, I locked the phone and then it wouldn't unlock when I pressed the power/ home button. I restarted the phone and now it will not boot past that screen. Here is what I have tried:
Battery pull. All it does when I re insert the battery is flash the screen and turn off.
VOL UP + Home + power (Nothing)
VOL DOWN + HOME + Power (nothing)
Phone is NOT rooted.
Keep trying to get into download mode and have Odin ready if it gets there to flash the stock firmware.
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S4 I9500 Boot loop (won't go into download mode)

I have a i9500 S4, it is stuck on a boot loop. It starts up, Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 pops up and within 1.5-2 seconds restarts again to the same screen. I CAN, however get into download mode. Whenever I get into download mode, it will not let me press the "Volume Up" button to continue into download mode. The volume up button works perfectly fine. I cannot go into recovery mode.
Is there any way I can get into download mode without pressing of the buttons or other alternative methods?
Will thank greatly + Rep :angel:
Drasztic said:
I have a i9500 S4, it is stuck on a boot loop. It starts up, Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 pops up and within 1.5-2 seconds restarts again to the same screen. I CAN, however get into download mode. Whenever I get into download mode, it will not let me press the "Volume Up" button to continue into download mode. The volume up button works perfectly fine. I cannot go into recovery mode.
Is there any way I can get into download mode without pressing of the buttons or other alternative methods?
Will thank greatly + Rep :angel:
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Hi mate,
Check your power button it looks like it is stuck or defective.

[Q] Galaxy Note 4 stuck in boot loop with No Command window no acces to recovery mode

I've encountered the following problem with my Galaxy Note 4: I just bought it online from a guy who turned out to be a fraud and I was not able to find or contact him again via the internet market place. So that was really stupid of me...and expensive...and I regret it very much and with hind site I should have picked up the signs but...o well you got the picture...I got ripped.
Anyways after careful inspection it turned out to be a real genuine Note 4 N910F with 64 Gb but with a korean or chinese or something recovery mode (I saw it once when I got home), an imei not to be found on any stolen phone list and working correctly with an european rom that includes English and Dutch at that point.
That's when I decided to factory reset it and then I got into trouble again: For some reason it got stuck in a boot loop with just a No Command message. Normally you can reach the recovery mode by pressing Volume Up +Home +Power but now nothing happens. It's not a real brick but with just the No Command message and no access to the recovery mode I don't know how to fix this.
Can anyone help me with a clue on how to get out of a No Command loop without recovery mode? Or how to get into recovery mode if start with Key Up etc does not work? Or any other clue that could help me?
Thanks in advance!
Kind regards,
Rene (aka the guy who got ripped off but hopes to save the phone)
Can you get into download mode?
Thanks dr.mOx for responding!
I tried both volume up+home+power to get into recovery mode and also volume down+home+power to get into download mode but in both cases the device starts and shows me the android robot on it's back with a red warning triangle containing an exclamation mark and below the robot the message "No command." . The screen blinks every two or three seconds. The power button is not shutting the phone down in this state. I have to remove the battery to retry.
Battey out. Then in. Go to download mode. Flash stock rom with odin
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Hi Ozzyblack. The thing is that, if I'm correct, when I press volume down+home+power to get into download mode I expect some sort of menu to appear asking to go into download mode or not. Am I correct? I saw same sceendump about that. And now I keep getting the No Command window. Do you think I miss something here? I do press volume down first, then home (keeping volume down pressed), and them the power button (keeping all buttons pressed). After a few seconds the display turns a bit more grey for a sec and then the android robot appears. But no message of sorts about getting into download mode.
Hi reborn67.
**Only if you have a galaxy note 4 N910F model**
If you can get into download mode your safe, and you can reflash an offical ROM, there is no menu system in Download mode so don't worry.
Don't stay in download mode forever or a long time, i.e. power off and wait till you have the ROM and Odin before you go into download mode as it sometimes times out even though it still shows in download mode.
Go to here http://samsung-updates.com/details/37086/Galaxy_Note_4_Snapdragon/SM-N910F/DBT/N910FXXU1ANK4.html download the ROM, and then download Odin here https://mega.co.nz/#!UdRRyCAT!H4FyVxYynNWvXqRNmnpMGQRCP-dG3uykgP2pT4rh8Ek
These are the instructions from sammobile on how to flash ROm with Odin.Instructions
1-Extract (unzip) the firmware file
2-Download Odin v3.09
3-Extract Odin zip-file
4-Open Odin v3.09 (make sure the extracted rom file "N910FXXU1ANK4_N910FOXA1ANK4_N910FXXU1ANK4_HOME.tar.md5" is in the same folder as Odin before opening up Odin.
5-Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
6-Connect phone and wait until you get a blue/orange sign in Odin (above text top left ID:COM)
7-Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
IMPORTANT** Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes
I always do a hard reset after flashing new ROM's (settings, backup and reset, factory data reset)
I have a network locked UK N910F on EE and use this German ROM with no problems, this ROM has little bloatware.
Thanks gadjet. I do have odin and a stock rom ready for use now:
1-I tested odin and the usb port plus driver setup with my 'old' galaxy s4 and within a second the ID:Com in Odin turns blue. So that seems to be working fine.
2-So now I put in the Note 4 battery and connect to usb WITHOUT ANY KEYS PRESSED...just to test! And the usb connection bleeps from windows confirm a device is connected...so far so good.
3-Last and most important step fails: Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons), the 'no command' robot is still there, and also connect phone and wait until you get a blue/orange sign in Odin (above text top left ID:COM) never happens. And also there are no windows usb connection bleeps so apparently there's a difference when I tried to select download mode.
Please know that I'm really thankful for all the great tips. But I guess I'm still missing something here.
Kind regards,
Rene
Can you try this,.
1-press and hold Home + Power + Volume up buttons
Do you get a menu?
gadjet said:
Can you try this,.
1-press and hold Home + Power + Volume up buttons
Do you get a menu?
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Tried it. I do not get a menu. Just the No command robot.
reborn67 said:
Tried it. I do not get a menu. Just the No command robot.
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OK next.
1-press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons, now open up samsung kies and see if it repairs your note 4
gadjet said:
OK next.
1-press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons, now open up samsung kies and see if it repairs your note 4
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Unfortunately Kies 3 (latest update) does not recognize any connected device when I try this. The No command screen is laughing at us again
This is different
Turn your phone off or make sure it’s turned off.
Press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons simultaneously.
When the phone vibrates, release the Home and Power buttons, but keep pressing Volume Up button.
gadjet said:
This is different
Turn your phone off or make sure it’s turned off.
Press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons simultaneously.
When the phone vibrates, release the Home and Power buttons, but keep pressing Volume Up button.
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There's no vibration...just the No command window.
OK, corrupt boat-loader Samsung service centre repair job, or local phone repair job.
Requires boot chip to be reflashed at board level.
Sorry we couldn't get you going bud..:crying:
Thanks for trying guys!
I'll see if I can find a local phone repair store.
I used to have the same problem with my SM-P605 when I flashed some ROM in the summer, the only special thing I did was not giving up and after all I got to the Download mode. Hope it'll work for you without Service.
Good Luck
Today I went to visit an official Samsung store. They told me I bought a very good but fake Note 4 and it is not likely it can be recovered. The weight is incorrect...a bit to heavy. Also the serial numbers are unknown in the samsung database and some other details were not correct. Thanks again for trying to help me! I now officially have a really expensive brick that looks like a note 4.:crying:
same issue i am facing..i tried all..but it shows no command error and no menu shows up
ill be going to get my phone checked today..if i get any way out ill let u know
What you did later to recover ? I'm facing the same problem I've visited samsung service centre but they are unable to solve it.
Can you guys help me for my phone Samsung note 4 because its just keep repeating in a logo SAMSUNG...
I tried pressing volume down+home button+power then got "WARNING CUSTOM OS... and stuff and then I press volume high+home button+power then I got the logo SAMSUNG that keeps on repeating. Please help me what to do

[Q] Galaxy S IV GT-i9500 No Recovery Mode

Hi,
I have a problem with my galaxy S iV. I tried all hard reset buttons on the net. i done did search also before posting. Unfortunately I cant open recovery mode its stuck in logo.
and the logo is different from others that i have seen also here is a sample of what it looks like
the one in this :
w w w . gadgethelpline . c o m/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Galaxy-S4-Boot-logo.jpg
or you can search Galaxy S IV GT-i9500 Logo
so i was thinking it must have something to do about it. so any one can help?
i tried
Volume up+ power
Volume up + Volume Down + power
Volume up + home + power
Volume up + volume down + home + power
Volume down + home + power
Volume down + power ( when i do this tho i get to enter test mode)
so any one got any idea?
i'd appreciate any tip. Thanks.!
Flash stock rom. That should sort things out.
But i cant enter download/recovery mode so how can i flash it? and its stucked to logo so i cant really turn on usb debugging mode
Your "SIV" is likely a fake. The logo is a dead giveaway, as Samsung stopped using Roman numerals after the SIII. To test, try to enter download mode using volume down, home, and power. A genuine S4 would present a warning and prompt you to press a key to continue. If nothing happens then your device is definitely fake.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Your "SIV" is likely a fake. The logo is a dead giveaway, as Samsung stopped using Roman numerals after the SIII. To test, try to enter download mode using volume down, home, and power. A genuine S4 would present a warning and prompt you to press a key to continue. If nothing happens then your device is definitely fake.
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For real? wow, so that explains why I cant get it to work. thanks for the info. I guess this solves the problem. thanks alot
you can also reboot ur phone to recovery using adb. Have you tried that?
It may help, but without a ROM to install he's stuck. These Chinaphone fakes don't generally have ROMs available for them, as their only purpose is to defraud the buyer. These things are the fake Rolex watches of the 21st Century.

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