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I'm trying to get into recovery mode because I'm stuck on a boot loop, but I can't manage to do it. I've Googled and Googled but the only thing I've managed to find was how to get into download mode, and factory reset. All of the instructions for getting into recovery require you to use adb, but neither adb nor fastboot work for me in any of the modes I've mentioned.
So how can I get into recovery mode (or at least fastboot) without using ADB?
For future reference, since I can't seem to find a single guide out there for this:
Factory Reset Mode
Completely power off phone (hold power button until it resets, keep holding after LG logo shows up to power off)
Hold Vol.Dn + Power until screen powers on
When screen power on, release and hold Vol.Dn+Power again
Downlaod Mode
Completely power off phone (look above)
Hold Vol.Up
Connect USB Cable
AlexRamallo said:
I'm trying to get into recovery mode because I'm stuck on a boot loop, but I can't manage to do it. I've Googled and Googled but the only thing I've managed to find was how to get into download mode, and factory reset. All of the instructions for getting into recovery require you to use adb, but neither adb nor fastboot work for me in any of the modes I've mentioned.
So how can I get into recovery mode (or at least fastboot) without using ADB?
For future reference, since I can't seem to find a single guide out there for this:
Factory Reset Mode
Completely power off phone (hold power button until it resets, keep holding after LG logo shows up to power off)
Hold Vol.Dn + Power until screen powers on
When screen power on, release and hold Vol.Dn+Power again
Downlaod Mode
Completely power off phone (look above)
Hold Vol.Up
Connect USB Cable
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the factory reset mode woks without adb, when you get to the mode press power twice to confirm doing a factory reset(it wont actually wipe your phone) and you should get into recovery
aliaksei said:
the factory reset mode woks without adb, when you get to the mode press power twice to confirm doing a factory reset(it wont actually wipe your phone) and you should get into recovery
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Wow thanks. That's a weird process
So even though there is a scary message up that says your phone will be wiped, it doesn't actually happen and you will just go to recovery?
I'm curious about this as well since I heard about people losing data due to this hardware button combination.
AlexRamallo said:
I'm trying to get into recovery mode because I'm stuck on a boot loop, but I can't manage to do it. I've Googled and Googled but the only thing I've managed to find was how to get into download mode, and factory reset. All of the instructions for getting into recovery require you to use adb, but neither adb nor fastboot work for me in any of the modes I've mentioned.
So how can I get into recovery mode (or at least fastboot) without using ADB?
For future reference, since I can't seem to find a single guide out there for this:
Factory Reset Mode
Completely power off phone (hold power button until it resets, keep holding after LG logo shows up to power off)
Hold Vol.Dn + Power until screen powers on
When screen power on, release and hold Vol.Dn+Power again
Downlaod Mode
Completely power off phone (look above)
Hold Vol.Up
Connect USB Cable
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What's the difference between the factory reset mode and the download mode? I couldn't get the Factory Reset mode to work so I tried the download mode method and it worked but it took me to a screen that says "Firmware Update: Do not unplug the USB connection until the process is complete"... But it sits at 0%. What should I do?
SikkNazty said:
What's the difference between the factory reset mode and the download mode? I couldn't get the Factory Reset mode to work so I tried the download mode method and it worked but it took me to a screen that says "Firmware Update: Do not unplug the USB connection until the process is complete"... But it sits at 0%. What should I do?
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I think download mode is to restore/update the software through LG's tools in case of corruption or something that doesn't let you get into recovery. I got the same message as you with it being stuck at 0%, but I just held the power button until it turned off. Nothing happened to the phone or my data.
And on the factory reset screen, even though it says it'll wipe everything, it actually won't (at least for me it didn't). It just took me into TWRP (recovery mode). However, if you don't have TWRP installed, then I think it actually will wipe all your data.
I dont know what happened but I rebooted my phone today and it booted into fastboot.. I cannot in any way get it to boot normally. The buttons are not being held down and I have tried to pull the battery.. I dont get it, anyone else have this issue and fixed it have an idea??
Was it stock (including recovery) or modified?
I would try to fastboot the TWRP over and then boot into that (Power & Vol+). But then... I seldom run stock.
SoNic67 said:
Was it stock (including recovery) or modified?
I would try to fastboot the TWRP over and then boot into that (Power & Vol+). But then... I seldom run stock.
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No, it wasn't stock and I dont know what happened.. I was running the latest CM13 and rebooted this morning and it freezes up with the ASUS logo and saying "Fastboot Mode!!!" at the top... I've tried flashing twrp via fastboot but not getting anything.. I need a copy of the stock firmware with the boot system and recovery image in it but I'm having a hard time finding it.
BiasedThunder said:
I dont know what happened but I rebooted my phone today and it booted into fastboot.. I cannot in any way get it to boot normally. The buttons are not being held down and I have tried to pull the battery.. I dont get it, anyone else have this issue and fixed it have an idea??
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I too had this issue. Tried lot of key combinations. Didn't work. My solution was to connect to PC and run
fastboot continue
Then it booted normally. Everything stock.
Hope this helps.
BiasedThunder said:
I dont know what happened but I rebooted my phone today and it booted into fastboot.. I cannot in any way get it to boot normally. The buttons are not being held down and I have tried to pull the battery.. I dont get it, anyone else have this issue and fixed it have an idea??
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Phones boots into fastboot mode in two situations
1. Pressing vol up and power button simultaneously for rebooting
2. Your phone doesn't have recovery AND any OS installed
I guess your vol up button is constantly in pressed state.
Second situation cannot occur unless you wipe your system and recovery manually. So you are in the first situation
Your phone's vol up button is constantly in pressed state or electrically shorted may be due to water entering the case
Solution: You will have to open your phone's case and clean the area near the volume button. I guess you had opened the case/body and didn't fit it properly.
sziraqui said:
Phones boots into fastboot mode in two situations
1. Pressing vol up and power button simultaneously for rebooting
2. Your phone doesn't have recovery AND any OS installed
I guess your vol up button is constantly in pressed state.
Second situation cannot occur unless you wipe your system and recovery manually. So you are in the first situation
Your phone's vol up button is constantly in pressed state or electrically shorted may be due to water entering the case
Solution: You will have to open your phone's case and clean the area near the volume button. I guess you had opened the case/body and didn't fit it properly.
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something happened when it rebooted and it lost recovery.. I fastboot flashed the new TWRP and reflashed the rom and all seems fine now.
Thanks for the quick responses!!
even I've witnessed a similar problem.. please help me.....out
BiasedThunder said:
No, it wasn't stock and I dont know what happened.. I was running the latest CM13 and rebooted this morning and it freezes up with the ASUS logo and saying "Fastboot Mode!!!" at the top... I've tried flashing twrp via fastboot but not getting anything.. I need a copy of the stock firmware with the boot system and recovery image in it but I'm having a hard time finding it.
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Can any one please suggest where to find the stock firmware with the boot system....Please help me out here
Hello the second situation is happening to me. What can i do? In desperate
Help Me
Hello,
I have a similar problem. My phone is turned off and on the fastboot mode screen. Normal keys with volume keys, recovery mode, open, restart, even if I try to reboot on this screen opens. I tried to connect and format the computer, but I do not install all the drivers and files, but computers do not see my phone. Can you find me a solution?
grafikermc said:
Hello,
I have a similar problem. My phone is turned off and on the fastboot mode screen. Normal keys with volume keys, recovery mode, open, restart, even if I try to reboot on this screen opens. I tried to connect and format the computer, but I do not install all the drivers and files, but computers do not see my phone. Can you find me a solution?
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Reinstall twrp from fastboot & install rom
please help, woke up today with phone in boot loop and very hot, tryed odin to flash new firmware it was working fine, but near the end i get fail, so i used smart switch for phone initialization, with model and serial, it did his thing, but when it finishes and goes to reboot device it goes back to boot loop, what can i do?
So i take it from the lack of replies it's dead, so is there a way i can pull photos and videos from the internal memory? it still powers up, just stuck in boot loop, i can still get to download mode, just cant get into recovery, is there a way to get to the files?
If the phone is in bootloop she's not dead.
Try wiping it trough the fast boot menu and start over.
Sveneezy said:
If the phone is in bootloop she's not dead.
Try wiping it trough the fast boot menu and start over.
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How do i do that?
sfynx1 said:
How do i do that?
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Search for fastboot and ADB in either the forum or Google.
Sveneezy said:
Search for fastboot and ADB in either the forum or Google.
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Ok, i searched and donwloaded platform tools to get ADB and fastboot, but from what i read i need to be in recovery for adb to pick up my phone, and i cant seem to get into recovery mode, pushing vol up + home + power does nothing, holding power to turn off phone also does not work, as soon as i connect phone to charger it turns on and goes into boot loop, only thing i can do is enter download mode, but in download mode i cant seem to get adb to find phone.
Put it in download mode, push an original OS from Samsung on it and after that you should be good 2 go.
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sfynx1 said:
Ok, i searched and donwloaded platform tools to get ADB and fastboot, but from what i read i need to be in recovery for adb to pick up my phone, and i cant seem to get into recovery mode, pushing vol up + home + power does nothing, holding power to turn off phone also does not work, as soon as i connect phone to charger it turns on and goes into boot loop, only thing i can do is enter download mode, but in download mode i cant seem to get adb to find phone.
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I'm just getting used to my Samsung device and as yet, I have little experience with it however, with other devices
adb reboot-bootloader
or fastboot reboot recovery
Sveneezy said:
Put it in download mode, push an original OS from Samsung on it and after that you should be good 2 go.
Sent from my SM-G928F using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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Already tryed puting with odin, and with smart switch, odin gives error at the end and does not complete, smart switch finishes but phone just goes back into boot loop.
bobsie41 said:
I'm just getting used to my Samsung device and as yet, I have little experience with it however, with other devices
adb reboot-bootloader
or fastboot reboot recovery
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tryed those, but it seems i cant get adb to recognize my phone, maybe it's because it's in download mode?
sfynx1 said:
Already tryed puting with odin, and with smart switch, odin gives error at the end and does not complete, smart switch finishes but phone just goes back into boot loop.
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So you already did this;
Phone in recovery mode; wipe it completely and restore to factory settings.
Phone in download mode; original OS via Odin.
After those steps it should work. Had to do the same to my phone last night. Lol.
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Sveneezy said:
So you already did this;
Phone in recovery mode; wipe it completely and restore to factory settings.
Phone in download mode; original OS via Odin.
After those steps it should work. Had to do the same to my phone last night. Lol.
Sent from my SM-G928F using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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the only part i didnt do is
Phone in recovery mode; wipe it completely and restore to factory settings.
because i cannot enter recovery, it supposed to be vol up+ home + power, but i think it requires phone to be off, and i cant turn phone off, holding power to turn it off does nothing, already let batery die, but as soon as i plug the cord it turns itself on, and goes back into boot loop, so again when i try the combo to go to recovery it does nothing (because i think it really needs to be off to enter recovery) so all i can do is do vol down + home + power and go to download mode, but i'm not getting adb to recognize phone in download mode, so i could command it to reboot to recovery =(
If you hold all buttons down it will restart the phone. And as soon as the screen goes black release all but volume up and power you should get into recovery mode
saxobully said:
If you hold all buttons down it will restart the phone. And as soon as the screen goes black release all but volume up and power you should get into recovery mode
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This
Sveneezy said:
So you already did this;
Phone in recovery mode; wipe it completely and restore to factory settings.
Phone in download mode; original OS via Odin.
After those steps it should work. Had to do the same to my phone last night. Lol.
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I'm having similar issues with my Galaxy S9+. When you say "Wipe it completely" I should do the standard wiping or advanced wiping and select all folders?
I installed LineageOS 14.1 but I was having some blue screens so I decided to go back to stock ROM but I had a brainfart and rebooted after wiping everything except microSD, and now I can't boot my phone normaly, nor enter recovery mode or download mode.
What is happening with TWRP recovery mode is that it seems to load properly but then it doesn't give me options or anything it just starts formatting cache or something for like 2 seconds and then just tries to reboot normally, but there's no OS so it just gives me a blue screen(im not at home right now but im panicking, i will upload a video for better understanding in a couple hours).
And with download mode it just stays on the charging screen.
Did I just brick my ****ing phone? Im on the verge of tears, I have been watching videos and reading for the past 2 hours and nothing seems to help
Patala1 said:
I installed LineageOS 14.1 but I was having some blue screens so I decided to go back to stock ROM but I had a brainfart and rebooted after wiping everything except microSD, and now I can't boot my phone normaly, nor enter recovery mode or download mode.
What is happening with TWRP recovery mode is that it seems to load properly but then it doesn't give me options or anything it just starts formatting cache or something for like 2 seconds and then just tries to reboot normally, but there's no OS so it just gives me a blue screen(im not at home right now but im panicking, i will upload a video for better understanding in a couple hours).
And with download mode it just stays on the charging screen.
Did I just brick my ****ing phone? Im on the verge of tears, I have been watching videos and reading for the past 2 hours and nothing seems to help
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To boot into download mode, you must first turn it off then connect your phone to pc and then long press power up button.
As with the twrp formatting cache or something like that, you must have downloaded a buggy version. For now, if you have a pc nearby try to boot into twrp with adb.
mayankjet said:
To boot into download mode, you must first turn it off then connect your phone to pc and then long press power up button.
As with the twrp formatting cache or something like that, you must have downloaded a buggy version. For now, if you have a pc nearby try to boot into twrp with adb.
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Download mode still isn't working with the computer im trying, are you saying I just have to turn it off, plug it into the pc(charging screen appears), and just hold power button alone until I get to DL mode? Does my computer need a specific driver already installed for this?
And how would I go about giving my phone commands with adb if I can't boot it into anything? Should my pc recognize the device and be able to use adb when it's in the blue "Subsystem Crash" screen, or maybe when in the first 2 screens before booting into recovery where you have to press "Yes" twice, or when? Maybe when it's charging?
Thanks a lot for the help
Patala1 said:
Download mode still isn't working with the computer im trying, are you saying I just have to turn it off, plug it into the pc(charging screen appears), and just hold power button alone until I get to DL mode? Does my computer need a specific driver already installed for this?
And how would I go about giving my phone commands with adb if I can't boot it into anything? Should my pc recognize the device and be able to use adb when it's in the blue "Subsystem Crash" screen, or maybe when in the first 2 screens before booting into recovery where you have to press "Yes" twice, or when? Maybe when it's charging?
Thanks a lot for the help
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Yes, you need to turn off your phone and plug the usb cable in your phone while holding volume up button until it goes into download mode( you must connect it to a pc or laptop). Also, you don't need specific drivers for that.
To boot into twrp with adb, you must first boot into os, or boot into twrp with hardware keys, assuming you can't do any of these then your only option is flashing a new kdz via download mode.
Edit: You need adb drivers installed on your pc if you're going to use adb commands on your pc.
mayankjet said:
Yes, you need to turn off your phone and plug the usb cable in your phone while holding volume up button until it goes into download mode( you must connect it to a pc or laptop). Also, you don't need specific drivers for that.
To boot into twrp with adb, you must first boot into os, or boot into twrp with hardware keys, assuming you can't do any of these then your only option is flashing a new kdz via download mode.
Edit: You need adb drivers installed on your pc if you're going to use adb commands on your pc.
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Fixed it, thank you a lot my friend, saved my ass
Patala1 said:
Fixed it, thank you a lot my friend, saved my ass
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OK I have added the fix in guide
Well, I did it this time.
In a valiant attempt to install a custom ROM, I erased every partition using fastboot,
Code:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase cache
Now what I meant to do here was flash a recovery, using
Code:
//fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
but repeating this so many times over the last 48 hours, I did not do above and instead went quickly right into below,
Code:
fastboot reboot
The system rebooted as I told it to ... right into a black void of nothing. Now their is no 'recovery' image and no 'bootloader' image ... the phone is hard bricked, won't turn on at all, dead. I was so close to getting to the custom ROM! Is there any chance to get it back into recovery mode? or have I learned a $350 lesson?
Edit: Further research indicates it may be possible to force the system into fastboot using a USB jig. Has anyone tried this method?
apsommer said:
Well, I did it this time.
In a valiant attempt to install a custom ROM, I erased every partition using fastboot,
Code:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase cache
Now what I meant to do here was flash a recovery, using
Code:
//fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
but repeating this so many times over the last 48 hours, I did not do above and instead went quickly right into below,
Code:
fastboot reboot
The system rebooted as I told it to ... right into a black void of nothing. Now their is no 'recovery' image and no 'bootloader' image ... the phone is hard bricked, won't turn on at all, dead. I was so close to getting to the custom ROM! Is there any chance to get it back into recovery mode? or have I learned a $350 lesson?
Edit: Further research indicates it may be possible to force the system into fastboot using a USB jig. Has anyone tried this method?
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When you plug it in while holding volume up what happens?
TheVan28 said:
When you plug it in while holding volume up what happens?
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Nothing. LED flashes red every few seconds. The same response if plugging it in without holding volume up. Along these same lines, holding the power button on for a few seconds causes the small vibration haptic feedback to occur as if it is turning on normally ... but nothing happens the phone remains dead. Similarly, holding volume down and the power key causes a small vibration haptic feedback as it was booting into recovery ... but nothing happens the phone remains dead. I haven't seen anything on the screen appear, or the phone turn on it any way, since executing the fastboot sequence previously described.
Whatever you did, you should still be able to enter in flash mode and flash a stock firmware. And by this I mean full stock firmware, not a ROM.
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Ilko said:
Whatever you did, you should still be able to enter in flash mode and flash a stock firmware. And by this I mean full stock firmware, not a ROM.
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Ok, that would be great. I would be thrilled to get the stock ROM back, at this point getting the phone to turn on at all would be a victory! Would you please describe precisely how to do enter flash mode with the phone in the current state? To reiterate, the phone will not turn on in any way (normally, or volume down + power to boot into recovery). The only life in the device is a slow blinking red LED when it's plugged in, and a quick vibration after holding the power button. The screen has not turned on in any way, or the LED shown any color other than red, since executing the fastboot sequence previously described.
hold power button + volume up and to force shutdown
and then hold volume up (or down, i don't quite remember) while connecting it to a pc (hold the button while connecting the usb cable).
If the led turns green or blue, congrats
The power key has nothing to do in this context. It is used only to boot into recovery or force OFF.
While holding VOL ↑, plug the USB cable to your PC to enter into fastboot mode (blue light)
While holding VOL ↓, plug the USB cable to your PC to enter into flash mode (green light, or maybe nothing)
TheVan28 said:
hold power button + volume up and to force shutdown
and then hold volume up (or down, i don't quite remember) while connecting it to a pc (hold the button while connecting the usb cable).
If the led turns green or blue, congrats
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Nothing. Device still unresponsive as described.
does your PC detect the device ? (new device sound notification)
Ilko said:
does your PC detect the device ? (new device sound notification)
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No, the PC does not currently detect the device. All drivers are correctly installed as the phone was recognized accurately prior to the described fastboot sequence.
This is weird. I already erased everyting via fastboot too a while ago, and I could still flash it.
Just to be sure.... unplug all other "smart device" before anything (drivers can't handle more than one device at a time when it comes to FB or flash mode). Open the device manager and let it to the foreground. While you hold the vol down key, plug it and keep holding it until the device is detected. Don't expect any reaction on phone's screen, it remains OFF in both fastboot and flash mode. So, if the device manager reacts, you win.
Ilko said:
This is weird. I already erased everyting via fastboot too a while ago, and I could still flash it.
Just to be sure.... unplug all other "smart device" before anything (drivers can't handle more than one device at a time when it comes to FB or flash mode). Open the device manager and let it to the foreground. While you hold the vol down key, plug it and keep holding it until the device is detected. Don't expect any reaction on phone's screen, it remains OFF in both fastboot and flash mode. So, if the device manager reacts, you win.
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I'm getting something here which is very encouraging! Executing your sequence causes the device manager to blink (refresh) as if it sees something, however no new devices are recognized in the tree. The phone LED goes to a solid green, reminiscent of a fully charged battery, stays on for about 30 seconds, briefly blinks red and then back to green, etc. The device manager is certainly reacting here it just doesn't recognize the device.
So here we are, you win. Because you have the "two", detection and green led. And if this state goes off after a certain time, it is normal. There is a kind of countdown and the device quits that mode if nothing is sent to it. You should be able to flash a firmware now with flashtool software.
Just ensure you have proper drivers installed properly (WinUSB drivers need to turn signature verification OFF before or Windows will block the installation)
Ilko said:
So here we are, you win. Because you have the "two", detection and green led. And if this state goes off after a certain time, it is normal. There is a kind of countdown and the device quits that mode if nothing is sent to it. You should be able to flash a firmware now with flashtool software.
Just ensure you have proper drivers installed properly (WinUSB drivers need to turn signature verification OFF before or Windows will block the installation)
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Unbelievable! You saved me! I'm back up with the stock ROM and peace of mind to attempt the custom ROM process again. Saved me $350 ... thank you!!
That's great : )
It is almost impossible to hard brick a Xperia. If something goes wrong, remember flashtool ^^