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[Recovery]CWM for Samsung Galaxy SIII mini - official

Few days ago an official CWM recovery was made from the ClokworkMod team for our device. Here you can find the link for the site to download or you can download the ROM Manager app from the play store. It's version 6.0.2.7 and it is the latest version.
It's official so don't ask if it work, cos it works.
ClockworkMod website link
Play Store link
This has nothing to do with me, it's not my work, i'm just sharing the info!

thanks how to uninstall cwm?

furuko1231 said:
thanks how to uninstall cwm?
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Find a backup of original recovery.img for i8190 and put it on your external sd.
Use Terminal emulator with "dd if=/storage/extSdCard/recovery.img of=dev/block/mmcblk0p21" command, and it will be written to your recovery partition.

What different between CWM recovery and original recovery?
Is both support three key combo reboot? Volume up + home + power when phone starting..... or how?
Which is better for usage?

S3miniFin said:
What different between CWM recovery and original recovery?
Is both support three key combo reboot? Volume up + home + power when phone starting..... or how?
Which is better for usage?
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Cwm recovery allows you to flash .zip files not signed by samsung. And it also has some othet function wich the stock recovery doesnt have.
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my old phone (galaxy mini) had bricked by ROM Manager.. any confirmation with this methode? just want to make sure, cz i already bricked my phone with this methode before..

adipradana97 said:
my old phone (galaxy mini) had bricked by ROM Manager.. any confirmation with this methode? just want to make sure, cz i already bricked my phone with this methode before..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140530
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tys0n said:
Find a backup of original recovery.img for i8190 and put it on your external sd.
Use Terminal emulator with "dd if=/storage/extSdCard/recovery.img of=dev/block/mmcblk0p21" command, and it will be written to your recovery partition.
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Thanks for this, where would I find an original recovery image please?

magickdude said:
Thanks for this, where would I find an original recovery image please?
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I posted a link HERE.:good:

works great! ^^

tys0n said:
I posted a link HERE.:good:
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Thank you so much for this, worked perfectly, greatly appreciated my friend.

after rebooting from cwm recovery softbuttons dont work anymore unless i turn off the phone. anyone else?

DocMAX said:
after rebooting from cwm recovery softbuttons dont work anymore unless i turn off the phone. anyone else?
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I had this issue with all the 4.1.2 roms, it went away when I went back to 4.1.1

AW: [Recovery]CWM for Samsung Galaxy SIII mini - official
DocMAX said:
after rebooting from cwm recovery softbuttons dont work anymore unless i turn off the phone. anyone else?
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Have the same problem, but wasn't sure if rom problem. After waiting, locking and unlocking they work for me.
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DocMAX said:
after rebooting from cwm recovery softbuttons dont work anymore unless i turn off the phone. anyone else?
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Yes I have this after whatever I do with the recovery, wip, install, clear cache... After boot, I reboot the phone again and it's ok.
Its the same with twrp recovery..
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Same here, usually i have to shut down 2 times to fix it. Just rebooting doesnt help.
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i'm install cwm and uninstall tool : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093727 but increasing custom binary count : 1 how to reset ????

You can't reset it not yet.
Why did you even flash it with Odin? You should've asked me to make a flashable zip with stock recovery, like the ones you saw in other CWM topics.
But most importantly, why did you reflash stock recovery in the first place?

I`m not able to access CWM recovery mode by holding down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME UP' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 5 seconds . The phone show me a black screen and reboot again , if try again to enter recovery mode I face same reboot , if no key are pressed is just booting normally . Strange is that TWRP recovery is working perfectly with the combination of vol up + menu + power

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I`m not able to access CWM recovery mode by holding down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME UP' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 5 seconds . The phone show me a black screen and reboot again , if try again to enter recovery mode I face same reboot , if no key are pressed is just booting normally . Strange is that TWRP recovery is working perfectly with the combination of vol up + menu + power
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So the 3 button combo works with twrp? If so am gonna try twrp.
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no recovery mode after cwm and cyano

hello guys, after installing cwm and cyanogen mod does not work in the recovery mode.
how can I fix this?

Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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Eddy130306 said:
Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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I installed the twrp through gooManager and nothing has changed.

Can you be a little more specific on your problem? What do you mean nothing changed? The recovery?
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Eddy130306 said:
Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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Can you be a little more specific on your problem? What do you mean nothing changed? The recovery?
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still does not work the recovery mode with buttons Volume Down and the Power Button

domy88 said:
still does not work the recovery mode with buttons Volume Down and the Power Button
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in TWRP, the vol up + down aren't supposed to be used. Power button just locks the phone while in TWRP
EDIT: Wait, I'm losing it. Do you mean trying to access the recovery through vol down and power doesn't work? And then if you are in cwm, it doesn't work?

Eddy130306 said:
in TWRP, the vol up + down aren't supposed to be used. Power button just locks the phone while in TWRP
EDIT: Wait, I'm losing it. Do you mean trying to access the recovery through vol down and power doesn't work? And then if you are in cwm, it doesn't work?
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sorry but I do not understand.
I had the Nexus S if I could get into recovery mode with volume up + power buttons, always! both stock rom and with CyanogenMod.
the Nexus 4 worked perfect with stock rom volume down + power but with CyanogenMod + cwm does not work anymore.
ps I can get into recovery mode only with gooManager.

domy88 said:
sorry but I do not understand.
I had the Nexus S if I could get into recovery mode with volume up + power buttons, always! both stock rom and with CyanogenMod.
the Nexus 4 worked perfect with stock rom volume down + power but with CyanogenMod + cwm does not work anymore.
ps I can get into recovery mode only with gooManager.
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So you still have CWM correct? And you already tried flashing TWRP through gooManger right? If that's not working, you need to fastboot from your computer. BTW it's vol down + power.

Just go to recovery in the cm powermenu. Enable advanced rebooting in developer options. You don`t need buttons to get in recovery.
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Eddy130306 said:
Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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This is utter BS, CWM is more reliable than TWRP atm imo.

gee2012 said:
Just go to recovery in the cm powermenu. Enable advanced rebooting in developer options. You don`t need buttons to get in recovery.
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This is utter BS, CWM is more reliable than TWRP atm imo.
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Not kidding. I've always had problems on every phone with CWM.

gee2012 said:
Just go to recovery in the cm powermenu. Enable advanced rebooting in developer options. You don`t need buttons to get in recovery.
is done.
but there is no way to get into recovery mode from phone off?
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domy88 said:
gee2012 said:
Just go to recovery in the cm powermenu. Enable advanced rebooting in developer options. You don`t need buttons to get in recovery.
is done.
but there is no way to get into recovery mode from phone off?
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Power down the phone, press volume down and power button and you get into bootloader mode, scroll down with the volume button and select recovery and press power button and you should be in CWM or TWRP. If you are not you need to reflash a custom recovery in fastbootmode. Flashing CM does not affect recovery, bootloader and radio.
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Eddy130306 said:
Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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Not kidding. I've always had problems on every phone with CWM.
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This is an OPINION from personal experience, NOT a fact as you presented it in the first post. Don't spew out BS without any valid justification. There's a reason most people use CWM and it's fine for everyone else, you're in the minority here by a long shot. Just because it doesn't work for you doesn't mean it won't work for anyone else.

gee2012 said:
domy88 said:
Power down the phone, press volume down and power button and you get into bootloader mode, scroll down with the volume button and select recovery and press power button and you should be in CWM or TWRP. If you are not you need to reflash a custom recovery in fastbootmode. Flashing CM does not affect recovery, bootloader and radio.
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maybe I did not explain well.
it does not enter in recovery mode and even in bootloader
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domy88 said:
gee2012 said:
maybe I did not explain well.
it does not enter in recovery mode and even in bootloader
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Try turning off the phone and charge it fully, then try again. Volume down and power button to get in bootloader mode, if you succeed reflash a stock rom, reroot and reflash a custom recovery (if you want/need that). Good luck
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ilPSas west
gee2012 said:
domy88 said:
Try turning off the phone and charge it fully, then try again. Volume down and power button to get in bootloader mode, if you succeed reflash a stock rom, reroot and reflash a custom recovery (if you want/need that). Good luck
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I did reflash a stock rom and OEM lock.
not even go into bootloader mode. even with stock rom
helpppppp :crying:
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domy88 said:
gee2012 said:
I did reflash a stock rom and OEM lock.
not even go into bootloader mode. even with stock rom
helpppppp :crying:
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Honestly, all I do is hold volume down while booting to enter bootloader. Works every time. Not sure what is going on with you. Try rebooting. As soon as the screen goes black, hold volume down. Keep holding it until you get into the bootloader.
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domy88 said:
gee2012 said:
I did reflash a stock rom and OEM lock.
not even go into bootloader mode. even with stock rom
helpppppp :crying:
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Holding the volume down + power should get you into the boot loader no matter what rom or custom recovery you have installed, whether you have your boot loader locked or unlocked. This it's hard wired into the hardware, and if it does not work you have a hardware problem, not a problem with rom or recovery. Flash stock Rom and stock recovery, and the then RMA the phone.
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estallings15 said:
domy88 said:
Honestly, all I do is hold volume down while booting to enter bootloader. Works every time. Not sure what is going on with you. Try rebooting. As soon as the screen goes black, hold volume down. Keep holding it until you get into the bootloader.
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I always had nexus. nexus s nexus 3 years and now nexus 4.
I'm not a novice but I assure you it does not work anymore.
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domy88 said:
estallings15 said:
I always had nexus. nexus s nexus 3 years and now nexus 4.
I'm not a novice but I assure you it does not work anymore.
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now function with battery > 90%
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please help!!! My s4 its stuck!

All i did was restart the phone, than realized it wouldn't boot up! its stuck at the att page. Ive trying to go manually reboot it several times. took out the battery that didn't work either. I rooted it again nope that didn't work. It wont go to recovery mode! (Hold Home Button + Power + Up) just turns off. I'm desperate please help. Should I just return it?

Can you get in download mode ? Volume down +power+home button If so flash a stock fw with odin

armedking said:
can you get in download mode ? Volume down +power+home button if so flash a stock fw with odin
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omg weird! I took out my 64gb card and it allowed me to go to recovery mode! What should i do next?

Go back out and go into download mode (vol down + home + power) and flash stock fw
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exquisitelion said:
omg weird! I took out my 64gb card and it allowed me to go to recovery mode! What should i do next?
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Wipe data/factory reset, then reboot

exquisitelion said:
omg weird! I took out my 64gb card and it allowed me to go to recovery mode! What should i do next?
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If wipe data doesn't work, look for a stock rom compatible with your device and carrier, and flash it using odin.
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p4j1 said:
Wipe data/factory reset, then reboot
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+1
and wipe cache partition
if not, flash via odin...

exquisitelion said:
All i did was restart the phone, than realized it wouldn't boot up! its stuck at the att page. Ive trying to go manually reboot it several times. took out the battery that didn't work either. I rooted it again nope that didn't work. It wont go to recovery mode! (Hold Home Button + Power + Up) just turns off. I'm desperate please help. Should I just return it?
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Friend, I had the same problem like you. The difference is that my phone could connect through Odin. I revive it as showed in my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41195930#post41195930
I dont know if that procedure could help you, but, if yes, I'll be happy to help you!!!
Good luck!

exquisitelion said:
All i did was restart the phone, than realized it wouldn't boot up! its stuck at the att page. Ive trying to go manually reboot it several times. took out the battery that didn't work either. I rooted it again nope that didn't work. It wont go to recovery mode! (Hold Home Button + Power + Up) just turns off. I'm desperate please help. Should I just return it?
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simply go to download mode and flash stock firmware for ur phone using odin

[Q] S4 only boots into stock recovery

My S4 only boots into stock recovery with blue text 'recovery booting'. I cannot get into download mode or boot normally. I've tried to data factory reset but the same thing occurs and also I cannot clear the cache as it ends in an error. I have managed by fluke a couple of times to boot the phone up in normal. but cannot install superuser to get root. I also restored with kies but again reboots into recovery mode. please help as I don't want to keep booting into recovery. any questions ill try and answer them.

spongerob500 said:
My S4 only boots into stock recovery with blue text 'recovery booting'. I cannot get into download mode or boot normally. I've tried to data factory reset but the same thing occurs and also I cannot clear the cache as it ends in an error. I have managed by fluke a couple of times to boot the phone up in normal. but cannot install superuser to get root. I also restored with kies but again reboots into recovery mode. please help as I don't want to keep booting into recovery. any questions ill try and answer them.
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Try and use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803

spongerob500 said:
My S4 only boots into stock recovery with blue text 'recovery booting'. I cannot get into download mode or boot normally. I've tried to data factory reset but the same thing occurs and also I cannot clear the cache as it ends in an error. I have managed by fluke a couple of times to boot the phone up in normal. but cannot install superuser to get root. I also restored with kies but again reboots into recovery mode. please help as I don't want to keep booting into recovery. any questions ill try and answer them.
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Have you tried flashing a pure stock using Odin?

jaythenut said:
Try and use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803
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thanks, but wont I have to get into download mode to use odin?

spongerob500 said:
thanks, but wont I have to get into download mode to use odin?
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Have a look here http://galaxys4root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries/
You are holding down power home and volume down to get to download mode

jaythenut said:
Have a look here http://galaxys4root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries/
You are holding down power home and volume down to get to download mode
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yes it doesn't display the booting recovery blue text but the screen goes blank and reboots

kingzain900 said:
Have you tried flashing a pure stock using Odin?
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I cannot get into odin mode or download mode.

spongerob500 said:
I cannot get into odin mode or download mode.
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That's weird. Can you install the Android SDK or ADT and get adb.
Then plug your S4 to the computer (I assume the drivers are installed?) and open up cmd. Set adb to your path variables or just browse over to the adb where you installed your SDK and run
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adb devices
to see list of devices and check if yours is there. Then type
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adb reboot download
Let me know if that works.

kingzain900 said:
That's weird. Can you install the Android SDK or ADT and get adb.
Then plug your S4 to the computer (I assume the drivers are installed?) and open up cmd. Set adb to your path variables or just browse over to the adb where you installed your SDK and run
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adb devices
to see list of devices and check if yours is there. Then type
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adb reboot download
Let me know if that works.
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This is what I get:
List of devices attached
b81172a6 offline

spongerob500 said:
This is what I get:
List of devices attached
b81172a6 offline
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Did you connect the phone to the PC? Seems that it cannot detect your phone. Bad drivers maybe? Try installing these:
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=US&CttFileID=4132034&CDCttType=SW&ModelType=C&ModelName=SGH-T959HABTMB&VPath=SW/201212/20121213040816385/Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0.exe

kingzain900 said:
Did you connect the phone to the PC? Seems that it cannot detect your phone. Bad drivers maybe? Try installing these:
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managed to flash this recovery - i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2-4. installed ok, but it got stuck on reboot with recovery booting and Samsung boot screen, and just hung. I'm gonna try and flash a rom using odin and report back, to what happens next.

now the phone boots into recovery mode now but iits clockwork recovery. what should I do next?

spongerob500 said:
now the phone boots into recovery mode now but iits clockwork recovery. what should I do next?
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Well if CWM works, and you flashed a stock ROM using Odin, does the issue persist? If so, it could be a hardware issue then.
EDIT: Although the issue in the OP seems to be solved partially no? Can you boot normally to your ROM? Can you boot to recovery (vol-up + power)? Download mode (vol-down + power)? Anyone of them through adb?

kingzain900 said:
Well if CWM works, and you flashed a stock ROM using Odin, does the issue persist? If so, it could be a hardware issue then.
EDIT: Although the issue in the OP seems to be solved partially no? Can you boot normally to your ROM? Can you boot to recovery (vol-up + power)? Download mode (vol-down + power)? Anyone of them through adb?
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I am in a situation where the phone boots but only into clockwork recovery. cannot boot phone or download mode.

spongerob500 said:
I am in a situation where the phone boots but only into clockwork recovery. cannot boot phone or download mode.
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Do you get a bootloop? Download a zip of a ROM and flash it through CWM.
Can you still access download mode through the hardware buttons or through adb?

kingzain900 said:
Do you get a bootloop? Download a zip of a ROM and flash it through CWM.
Can you still access download mode through the hardware buttons or through adb?
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Every time I boot the phone it has the blue text saying booting recovery and boots into clockwork. I cannot access download through either adb or pressing the buttons. When I press down power and menu the phone freezes on samsung black screen.

spongerob500 said:
Every time I boot the phone it has the blue text saying booting recovery and boots into clockwork. I cannot access download through either adb or pressing the buttons. When I press down power and menu the phone freezes on samsung black screen.
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You're supposed to press vol-down and power. Not menu. I guess that's a typo?
Anyway, if it doesn't work in those ways, I'm not sure what's left besides taking it to the shop and getting it replaced.
Does adb devices detect the phone as online? If so, you can try this toolkit and maybe that boots you to download mode?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226263

kingzain900 said:
You're supposed to press vol-down and power. Not menu. I guess that's a typo?
Anyway, if it doesn't work in those ways, I'm not sure what's left besides taking it to the shop and getting it replaced.
Does adb devices detect the phone as online? If so, you can try this toolkit and maybe that boots you to download mode?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226263
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No its not. You push in down volume, home(menu) and power button for ODIN and up volume, Home(menu) and power for recovery. Have NEVER got into download or recovery by holding volume up\down and power. Not since my Gtab 7" 1st edition....

ultramag69 said:
No its not. You push in down volume, home(menu) and power button for ODIN and up volume, Home(menu) and power for recovery. Have NEVER got into download or recovery by holding volume up\down and power. Not since my Gtab 7" 1st edition....
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What. That is totally weird. You are right but I can get into both recovery and download mode without touching the home button.
@spongerob500: Try what ultramag69 suggested with Menu button. Sorry about the wrong info in that regard, but on my phone I don't press the Menu/Home button.
EDIT: Sorry @ultramag69, it seems that both methods work. So no need to hold the Home button!

kingzain900 said:
What. That is totally weird. You are right but I can get into both recovery and download mode without touching the home button.
@spongerob500: Try what ultramag69 suggested with Menu button. Sorry about the wrong info in that regard, but on my phone I don't press the Menu/Home button.
EDIT: Sorry @ultramag69, it seems that both methods work. So no need to hold the Home button!
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update - cannot get into download or odin mode with the buttons. what im gonna try to do is install a custom rom. where can I find stock roms also please? can I flash the stock ones through recovery too? thanks.

Sprint S4 Stuck at Yellow Splash/Bootloop

So I got this S4 shortly after it came out running 4.2. I flashed CM 10.2 shortly afterwards, and ran that until the first milestone of CM11 was released. I switched to that for about 2 months, but decided I wanted to return to stock this evening.
I followed Qbking77's guide on unrooting to MDC, and all seemed well until I got to the restart stage and the phone started hanging at the yellow Sprint logo until switching to a bootloop. I've since tried reflashing the image multiple times and no dice.
I have a nandroid backup from 1-18-14 that I took after installing CM11. At this point I'd take anything functional, CM or stock.

After flashing mdc in odin just turn off the phone. Boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset. Reboot. Profit.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
After flashing mdc in odin just turn off the phone. Boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset. Reboot. Profit.
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Maybe I'm confused but... Isn't that when you hold volume up + power? If I understand what I'm doing, I think I'm only able to get download mode and not recovery.

Eazy B said:
Maybe I'm confused but... Isn't that when you hold volume up + power? If I understand what I'm doing, I think I'm only able to get download mode and not recovery.
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Volume Down + Power is 'Download mode'
Volum UP + power is Stock recovery
Look here

leaderbuilder said:
Volume Down + Power is 'Download mode'
Volum UP + power is Stock recovery
Look
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I see.
So I'm tried those on the phone and I can get download mode, but not recovery mode. It will flash with the text in the top left corner, but then go right back into the boot loop like before.

Eazy B said:
I see.
So I'm tried those on the phone and I can get download mode, but not recovery mode. It will flash with the text in the top left corner, but then go right back into the boot loop like before.
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You not letting go of, or holdin onto the buttons too long.

leaderbuilder said:
You not letting go of, or holding onto the buttons too long.
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So... I couldn't get recovery mode to work and I assumed that somehow I had erased it.
I went searching for tutorials on how to restore a stock recovery + rom and found an application that acts as an Odin All In One.
I'm not allowed to link yet, but something tells me that the author Rwilco12 is known around here because it's a pretty helpful piece of work he's done. I used the tool and suddenly I was able to boot into recovery per leaderbuilder's instructions.
The good news is: ITS ALIVE!
Thanks everyone for your help!

If you have an SD card and are stuck at the yellow sprint screen take it out and reboot the phone and it'll boot. After that first boot you shouldn't have a problem anymore
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leaderbuilder said:
You not letting go of, or holdin onto the buttons too long.
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It can be a real pain to get the timing right sometimes.
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After holding down the volume up and power you can let go of power and hold the volume down. This will make sure it boots into recovery.
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