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[SOLUTION] Enabled 3-button Recovery mode by just connecting the phone with the PC

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...
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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
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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
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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.

Stuck at Omnia7 Logo

Hi,
Omnia 7 had been working fine up until now, steps leading up to the event:
* Debranded registry using chevron tool to install a regedit app.
* received pre nodo update and installed
* Used vpn workaround to install nodo update
* Phone worked fine for a month then when the 'walsh tool' was released I ran that. Went through OK and phone was still useable.
* A few hours later I was browsing the market place and phone rebooted itself and was stuck at the Omnia7 logo. Started phone in USB mode and connected to Zune to restore - got to 34% and errored saying "phone not responding".
* Power cycled again into usb mode and connected to PC but now the device is not recognised at all in Windows (nothing showing in device manager)
* restore mode is disabled but I have ordered a 'jig' tool.
My concern is that if USB mode is no longer picked up in Windows, that restore mode won't be picked up either. I should have the 'jig' in the next day or so.

I had the same problem about a week after I got my Omnia 7 in October last year.
Obviously I hadn’t used any tools for debranding or anything then, It seems like a fault with the phone to begin with, not due to anything you done.
I rang Orange and they sent me a brand new phone the next day. So try ringing your provider.

I tried connecting the phone again tonight and zune picks it up, gets to 99% complete on restore then stops. Seems the USB is being detected again - I did have the battery out of it overnight.

I have the same exact problem but without any jailbreaking
please I you find any solution just tell me
beacuse I don't have warranty I bought it via Ebay

Using the "jig" tool, I was able to enter download mode and reflash the device. I now have a "Welcome to your Samsung Omnia7" screen.
So I can confirm this method works.

Hi
In the Microsoft answer forum someone wrote that the problem was form the battery. So, I will go first with this one.
Regarding the download mode I have problem as well. When I hold pressing the volume up, camera and the power button it display the USB connection logo same as the one in the update. I don't know why!!!

Abd654 said:
Hi
In the Microsoft answer forum someone wrote that the problem was form the battery. So, I will go first with this one.
Regarding the download mode I have problem as well. When I hold pressing the volume up, camera and the power button it display the USB connection logo same as the one in the update. I don't know why!!!
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That is because your bootloader does not support the Download Mode and enters the Zune Recovery Mode instead.

Hi! try with this
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_...spx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Did you try Hard reset?
1. Press and hold down the Power button + Volume down button + Camera button all at the same time until the device vibrates, then let go of the Power button while continuing to hold down the Volume down button and the Camera button.
2. Shortly you should see the message displaying "Are you sure you want to format?", you can now release the Volume down button + Camera button.

I just formated and same problem appear again and again
I don't what to do
please help
in addition to that I don't have the download mode

You will have to get the jig tool to enter download mode to reflash, or send away for repair.
My phone is still playing up, random crashes then stuck at Omia logo. To get it started again I have to reinsert the battery and even then sometimes it gets stuck at the Windows Phone logo. I will try one more flash and if I still have problems I will be raising a warranty claim.

This happened to my phone this morning. Tried to open Beezz, but it wouldn't start (went right back to home screen).
I obviously tried a reboot, but it got stuck at the Samsung Omnia 7 -screen.
So far I have:
(no difference between the steps)
Installed the samsung update patch\fix
Hard reset
Reflash via download mode to KB2
Hard reset
Reflash via download mode to JK1
No success so far. At the moment I'm letting it stay turned on, and every minute or so it flashes black, but returns to the logo screen.
Any help would be appreciated :d

Mine seems to work for a day or so after a reflash, then starts playing up again. Sometimes stuck at logo until I take the battery out and then put back in. I had a problem opening the messaging app, would get the tile animation then back to homescreen. I have arranged to have my Omnia sent back under warranty so will see what they find.

After a power surge, my Omnia hanged then when I rebooted, its now stuck at that Logo Screen. Did everything possible (hard reset, flash rom, go into recovery mode which gets stuck after zune reboots the phone....)
Used the windows support tool and I get this message: The phone is not in the 'Connect to PC' state. Please, make sure that you follow the instructions and your phone shows the 'Connect To PC' image
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Sounds like you have tried everything I would have already. I would send it for repair / warranty.
Turns out my phone WAS faulty and it has been replaced - should receive replacememnt today (Has taken over a month)

[Q] impossible to restart/boot Nexus 7

Hi there, have a specific problem, tried to google and search through the forum but no success.
I have stock ROM with 4.2.1 android, no root etc., I was browsing web via Firefox, opened 3 pages, battery cca 48% when suddenly everthing freezed, even home button and whole screen become unresponsive. I pressed the Power button for several seconds to turn it off and to restart it, however the screen is off all the time. I have tried to do hard reset, hold the power button for 30-180 seconds, hold all 3 hardware buttons for 30-180 seconds, hold just power and one volume button, connect to PC (always connects as Unknown device, not able to load any driver), tried all of this with and without power supply connected. After all this I am still not able to boot the device. Any idea?

Try unbricking Nexus 7 guide
Hi, you should always be able to get your Nexus 7 back to factory defaults by following one of the many "unbrick nexus 7" guides, like:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250
Good luck !

unfortunately I am not able to flash it as my screen is still black, I do not see whether it is on or not, I am also not able to connect it to computer as it still pops up message that the device is unknow and I am not able to install any driver for it, nor automatically, nor google usb drivers... still getting unknown device message...

I'd just return it to Google and get a new one
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD

harweyko said:
unfortunately I am not able to flash it as my screen is still black, I do not see whether it is on or not, I am also not able to connect it to computer as it still pops up message that the device is unknow and I am not able to install any driver for it, nor automatically, nor google usb drivers... still getting unknown device message...
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Ouch ! That sounds like a broken device to me. I'd also RMA it.

Have you try plugging your tablet into your charger and check if your device is charging or not? (you'll see a battery status in the center of the screen) if so try to charge it for an hour or so and then after that try to press the ff.
while your tablet is off press and hold both vol. up and vol. down button then press and hold the power button. keep it press for at least 10 secs. and see if you can go/access your fastboot mode..

charged for more than 4 hours, tried that, did not helped, already sent for repair... hopefully will be changed for new one...

Just pry off the back and unplug the battery, ubereasy and will work fine again. Unless you got a lemon
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

so at the end it was faulty motherboard, so I receveid new device...

[WiFi] [1st Gen] - hardbricked? Doesn't boot but Windows makes a sound when plugged

I also posted a thread on Android Central.. Sorry I can't post links
Hi guys,
So last night when I was working on a website design, I decided to test it on a tablet too. So I asked my dad if I can take his tablet and he told me that I can and once I'm done to restore it because it's very slow. I decided to restore it before using it so I don't lose time while long loading happen.
Initial status:
- rooted
- Android 4.2 or 4.4 (he doesn't remember)(I don't remember since I used Nexus Toolkit with auto detection)
- debugger mod activated
- about 50% battery
So yeah, I plugged it to my computer. I chose Auto Detect Device from nexus toolkit. I selected "Device is on/Normal" from Flash Stock + Unroot. The Nexus 7 was unlocked.
The process started.. the Nexus 7 was on my desk and I was browsing the web when I realized that it was stuck on the Bootloader screen for some long minutes.. I stopped what I was doing and looked at it for 2-3mins and nothing changed. Then I took a look at the logs and I saw some errors that I don't remember.. I tried to use the volume buttons to switch the Bootloader options and nothing worked.. Then I decided to unplug the tabled and press Power Button and Volume Down. It stopped and never booted again.
Current status:
- can't boot
- can't reach Bootloader
- when I plug it to Windows, I hear the sound that Windows detected some USB but nothing popup
- when I press the Power Button and both Volume and the tabled it's plugged, I head some sounds like USB disconnect/connect
- no little flashing light at the bottom
- black screen
I tried all Power and Volume buttons combinations, plugged and unplugged.. nothing worked..
It's possible that my Bootloader was deleted? Anything I could try?

My new yotaphone 2 dosn't start

EDIT: I FINALLY HAVE FIXED IT, THANKS!
Hi, I just have recibed a Yotaphone 2 from CooliCool today. I started it and i have been "playing" with it for 10-15 minutes, I have only downloaded Whatsapp and signed up in the google services. Then, I have tried to actualise it to android 5.0. with the official yota flasher but my PC doesn't recognise the yotaphone, so I looked for the drivers on the internet. I have disconnected it and when I looked up to the phone, the e-ink display were locked but it dosn't respond to the gestures, and the phone do not respond. I have tried to start it with up vol button+power button and nothing happens. Do anybody know what can it happens to the phone?
Thanks.

Maybe a stupid question but is your phone charged? If it is try holding volume down and power for around a minute, most of the time this will get the phone in download mode.