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Ok, My phone's internal SD decided to quit on me a couple of days ago, so I'm sending it back to Bell/Samsung for service. However, when I was speaking with the bell tech, he asked me to put the phone into recovery mode by doing the following with the phone off.
Hold Vol Up, Home and Press the Power Button.
When the Samsung GT-I9000M logo appears, let go of both Home and Power. (Keep holding Vol Up)
Now, I did happen to have one with 3 button modes enabled. But I tested it anyway and it worked.
Hopefully it's worth a shot if someone could try this with 3 button disabled.
Tried and no go for me (i9000m)
Didn't work for me neither..
Any Idea why the 3 buttons are disabled yet?
Wanna try the same thing, only keep holding power and vol up. Let go of the home button when the logo pops
If I Hold Vol Up, Home and Press the Power Button, I go into FORCED UPLOAD by KEY PRESSING mode, not recovery mode... what is this mode for and how can I get recovery mode? So my buttons arn't disabled, they just go into this mode. I am on JM1. Is this going to cause me problems if I have a bad flash? I have seen elsewhere that this FORCE UPLOAD mode should be accesed by vol down home and power
don't work
the 3 button combination you mentioned is the normal method to go into Recovery Mode, there is no secret there
for a moment i though it was a new combo
AllGamer said:
the 3 button combination you mentioned is the normal method to go into Recovery Mode, there is no secret there
for a moment i though it was a new combo
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The normal way of doing it was to release ONLY the power button. He asked me to release the home button and not the power button. Hence me asking someone without the mode to try it. Nothing more. My phone is working and goes in every time, so I had no way to know. I apologize for wasting your time.
Ok, well i'm glad this thread is started, i was about to do it before i noticed this one!
Right well, i've spoken with an engineer yesterday at a Samsung service centre near me - and he said that the 3-button recovery/download modes has to work, as this is what they use themselves in order to flash customer handsets with their own flashing equipment. So basically, he said if the 3-button modes don't work, it's a fault, and they would send the phone back to Samsung! He did in fact add that he hasn't come across this problem himself as yet. However, he went on to say he's not sure if you could get the handset swapped out purely to access the recovery/download, as customers are not meant to be using this feature!
(By the way the method given by OP didn't work for me, and i've tried quite a few!)
Recovery and download mode work on sasktel i9000m's
hi there, i'll be getting my Galaxy S later on today, just want to ask a noob question here, if the 3 button was disabled and i tried it with the combos, what will happened to my phone? will it brick and i have to send it back to repair? or i can unbrick it myself?
thanks,
Kiay
Nothing. It'll just start up normally and wont go into download- or restoremode.
ianrush said:
Nothing. It'll just start up normally and wont go into download- or restoremode.
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ah.... thanks for the quick reply, but how come people are saying that they bricked their phone and need to send it for replacement or so?
kiay reason why people have their phone bricked is because when your phone doesnt have the 3button enabled and you try to flash your phone to another FW and it stuffs up during that time you will get a PC->!->phone pic on your screen which means it wont respond to any button presses unless you put the phone in recovery/download modes ... obviously if you dont have the 3button to be able to put them in its respective modes you will have no choice but to send it in for either a fix or replacement
hope that makes sense... thats why phones with 3button disabled will have to return their phone to get fixed where as phones with 3button active it will be hard to brick a phone
kiay said:
ah.... thanks for the quick reply, but how come people are saying that they bricked their phone and need to send it for replacement or so?
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Because something happened to their phone (via firmware upgrade, changing system files, or other things) and most of the time to restore these easy fixes, we need Recovery/Download mode and it's disabled on a lot of Galaxy S's.
can some one try these buttons?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8130971&postcount=31
when i do it on my phone all it does is bring up task manager and volume max
still disable
So, is there an alternative if the combo is not working on the phone?
coz, as i read in the earlier posts, end users are not supposed to know this...and the dealer might refuse to take the handset back for this "fault"...
AllGamer said:
can some one try these buttons?
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when i do it on my phone all it does is bring up task manager and volume max
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Forced Upload works for me. My SGS has recovery disabled.
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Hello All,
Had to send my A500 back to Acer after it failed; since they returned I have not been able to use Power + Vol Up to get into APX mode... any ideas on how to get this to work again?
The way that I get into APX mode is to press and hold the reset button then press and hold the power button (don't let up on the reset button yet) for three seconds, release the power button, then after one second more release the reset button. The timing is a little touchy, so really, 3 seconds on power and one more on the reset... You probably already know this but the screen will be black, the power button will be lit and unless you are hooked to a pc there really isn't anything going on that makes you think that something meaningful has happened...
One other thing. I think that the power/vol+ combo starts a install of update.zip if it exists. Power/vol- boots into recovery.
GTablet said:
Hello All,
Had to send my A500 back to Acer after it failed; since they returned I have not been able to use Power + Vol Up to get into APX mode... any ideas on how to get this to work again?
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Did you mean you cannot get into the recovery?
If you sent it to Acer you probably have to re root it.
As stated above....apex mode is achieved with reset and power button from powered off state.
Hi CyaN1de,
I typed that wrong... I did mean APX mode...
CyaN1de said:
Did you mean you cannot get into the recovery?
If you sent it to Acer you probably have to re root it.
As stated above....apex mode is achieved with reset and power button from powered off state.
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I have tried this method several dozen times with no luck... STUPID ME... I have always had the power cable plugged in while doing this... NO WONDER IT DID NOT WORK.
Thank you for your help! I really appreciate it... and I am very sorry for wasting your time :-(
JdgM3NT4L said:
The way that I get into APX mode is to press and hold the reset button then press and hold the power button (don't let up on the reset button yet) for three seconds, release the power button, then after one second more release the reset button. The timing is a little touchy, so really, 3 seconds on power and one more on the reset... You probably already know this but the screen will be black, the power button will be lit and unless you are hooked to a pc there really isn't anything going on that makes you think that something meaningful has happened...
One other thing. I think that the power/vol+ combo starts a install of update.zip if it exists. Power/vol- boots into recovery.
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GTablet said:
Thank you for your help! I really appreciate it... and I am very sorry for wasting your time :-(
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Uhm, not a waste of time. You are very welcome. If it helped at all it has been my pleasure.
Hi All,
I need your quick help, I dont know why but I cannot start my Samsung focus v1.3.
I tried to flash it by pressing power button + volume down + camera button but can't do hard reset.
When I am trying to remove battery and reattach battery again, then phone just showing "SAMSUNG" screen and again goes switched off.
Even I tried to press power button + volume UP + camera button then it shows only "Download Mode" screen only nothing happens after this.
Please need your help!
Many thanks in advance,
Since you just flashed it, I assume that it started up by displaying 'SAMSUNG" and seems to be stuck there.
If that is the case, you need to be patient. It takes a few minutes to get past that point. Every time I flash, I feel like I have done something wrong and the phone is bricked. But it always moves past that point after a few minutes.
wildbilll said:
Since you just flashed it, I assume that it started up by displaying 'SAMSUNG" and seems to be stuck there.
If that is the case, you need to be patient. It takes a few minutes to get past that point. Every time I flash, I feel like I have done something wrong and the phone is bricked. But it always moves past that point after a few minutes.
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Thanks for your reply,
But I haven't flashed my phone..
and from yesterday it is showing same 'SAMSUNG' name screen and then again goes switched off..
dont know what is going wrong.. or is it due to battery issue?
please help!
nah, it's the power button switch which somehow got stuck, it's a relatively common issue with the focus it seems
some people have reported that cleaning the button helps, others simply have replaced the whole switch at a local repair center... do what you think is best
Saiyaku said:
nah, it's the power button switch which somehow got stuck, it's a relatively common issue with the focus it seems
some people have reported that cleaning the button helps, others simply have replaced the whole switch at a local repair center... do what you think is best
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Thanks Saiyaku,
But how power button works when I press (Powerbutton + Volume UP + Camera button), screen shows me "Download Mode" nothing happens after that. Yesterday whole I tried these options..
help
To flash magldr, you need that combo , press power button + volume UP + camera button then it shows only "Download Mode". To flash a ROM, you go Vol DOWN, and then reset your phone, or format, and then go back to the same menu, and when you see the do you want to format your phone stuff, you hit the back button and you'll see the magldr screen where you'll connect your USB and go forward with the flashing process. Perhaps try flashing an actual ROM to your phone. You can't really do squat from from the download screen but add magldr really. Hope that helps you.
Please need your help!
DACHEF81 said:
To flash magldr, you need that combo , press power button + volume UP + camera button then it shows only "Download Mode". To flash a ROM, you go Vol DOWN, and then reset your phone, or format, and then go back to the same menu, and when you see the do you want to format your phone stuff, you hit the back button and you'll see the magldr screen where you'll connect your USB and go forward with the flashing process. Perhaps try flashing an actual ROM to your phone. You can't really do squat from from the download screen but add magldr really. Hope that helps you.
Please need your help!
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Thank you for your comment, but I haven't installed magldr.
[email protected] said:
But how power button works when I press (Powerbutton + Volume UP + Camera button), screen shows me "Download Mode" nothing happens after that.
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because download mode disables the power switch (it even says "do not turn off"), that's why it seems to "work". power switch is active at the format prompt, however, so when you enter that mode the phone turns off immediately afterwards
do a little experiment: remove the battery, then put it on again while you're pressing volume down plus camera... you'll probably see a little surprise there
it's the switch. go repair that nao
i have the same problem, and many unfortunate people out there , but my phone on service center now, and i just wanna tell you about this thread this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007946, maybe can make you calm for a while... look at his problem solution
hey guys
my phone just turned off bye it self and get in bootleg. and i can't flash new rom or any thing else because it won't stay in download mode even with usb j. and i can't go in recovery mode at all. i just take the power button off but still I'm in boot loop, i can't stay in download mode even when using usb jig,after seconds it restarted again, when i pull battery in its turn on bye it self, but with combination key can go in download mode but up volume key won't work to continue to download mode and restart again, i checked the volume keys they're working fine. every thing just end with restart.
can u pls help me
i don't know what is the problem, is it hardware or software problem?!
Hardware. Likely a bad button on the motherboard.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Hardware. Likely a bad button on the motherboard.
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what are u meaning of bad button ?! i told that i took power button off but still its restarting. i want a way to some how can flash my phone!
i read all i can, but no solution!
It appears I actually left out a portion of my post. I apologize for restating the obvious, however, like it or not, you have a hardware failure. Whether it's a button or something else on the motherboard is irrelevant. You need to bring your phone to the service center and have it looked at.
Hi every one,
I come to you because i dont find a way to get in to my oneplus 6t.
My oneplus is Unlocked since last year so everything was fine until yesterday when i ran out of battery, and when i tried to torn it on it didnt wanted to.
It show this on the screen:
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The boot loader is unlocked and software integrity cannot be guaranteed.
Any data stored on the device may be available to attackers.
Do not store any sensitibe data on the device.
visite this link on another device:
g.co/ABH
PRESS POWER KEY TO PAUSE BOOT
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I have tried to press power + up botton for 7 seconds and it start again in the same screen.
I also have tried to press power + down botton and nothing happen.
And also the power botton alone but nothing.
Does any one have any idea of what to do?
Thanks and sorry for my english.
You need to unlock the device bootloader or restore the software using the msmdownload tool.
You need to hold the power button longer. Be patient it will boot.
bladestonez said:
You need to hold the power button longer. Be patient it will boot.
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Yes what he said. First plug it in for a few minutes to get it charged and then hold power button +vol up for at least 20 to 30 seconds. It will turn on you just have to hold button longer