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HOW DO I enter downloading mode!
i press volume button down, home screen button, lock screen button i let go of lock screen button after i saw the screen on and i continue to press it as long as i can hold and it just gets stuck at downloading screen i cannot go to select anything what can i do???

huh what? you want to get into the download mode? well the downloading screen is the download mode... its what you use when you've messed your phone and you need to flash it using odin.
Now if you mean the update/boot mode where you can apply update.zips, then thats volume up + menu + power.

instructions are on the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/GT-I9000
with big pictures too

Just so you don't feel silly for asking, you don't need to let go of the power button to enter download mode.

You are in the download mode, you can't do anything with it from the phone, you put your phone into this mode in order to load a rom onto it from your computer. To get out of the dl mode just pull your battery.

You can just hold down the power button to restart the phone.

how do i get into Recovery Mode i seem to get stuck in the download mode i cannot get into Recovery Mode can anyne help me?

WhatToDo said:
how do i get into Recovery Mode i seem to get stuck in the download mode i cannot get into Recovery Mode can anyne help me?
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have you tried just taking the battery out? waiting a few minutes and then putting it back in?...

I stucked the same way in recovery mod, take out battery then back after 15 minutes and boots back to recovery where it not allows accept anything.
With adb command i was able to reboot into bootloader mode, and phone works.
But i dont have working recovery mode, cannot enter download mode, and the phone not rooted.

[Q] i have a recovery bootloop n9005

After installig android 4.4.2, i tried to root with cf-root, now it is in a loop.
I cannot come into in recovery mode.
The phone starts with: -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid enforcing,- set warrant bit recovery
when i keep the battery out and then put it in, it says again -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid etc.
Who can help me????

poedy said:
After installig android 4.4.2, i tried to root with cf-root, now it is in a loop.
I cannot come into in recovery mode.
The phone starts with: -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid enforcing,- set warrant bit recovery
when i keep the battery out and then put it in, it says again -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid etc.
Who can help me????
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Reflash 4.4.2 - takes a couple of attempts sometimes. - Also don't flash any custom kernels cause they are not set up to run with KK's new BL yet

poedy said:
After installig android 4.4.2, i tried to root with cf-root, now it is in a loop.
I cannot come into in recovery mode.
The phone starts with: -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid enforcing,- set warrant bit recovery
when i keep the battery out and then put it in, it says again -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid etc.
Who can help me????
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try to odin the 4.4.2 tar again and then trying rooting again.

bootloop
Several times, i think 10 till 15, to come in download mode, reflash 4.4.2 with odin its OK now.
Thanks all.

poedy said:
Several times, i think 10 till 15, to come in download mode, reflash 4.4.2 with odin its OK now.
Thanks all.
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Did you manage to root? Do you mean you re-attempted to root 10-15 times?

bootloop n9005
ManUtdRul3 said:
Did you manage to root? Do you mean you re-attempted to root 10-15 times?
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No, to come in downloadmode then i tried to root again with the same problems

poedy said:
No, to come in downloadmode then i tried to root again with the same problems
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I found a fix. Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49438133#post49438133

i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....

facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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For me on Verizon Note 3 this worked, but the button combo is different. It's the same as ODIN/Download mode:
Hold Vol down, Power, and Home... then Cancel ODIN/Download mode using Vol Down.
I had this same problem where I'd got myself in a "recovery" bootloop from Baja KK ROM... I had a custom power menu that allowed you to choose recovery as a boot option as opposed to selecting it at startup (I know, so hard). I would have the Galaxy Note 3 "Custom" screen then say Recovery mode in the upper left corner in blue, then reboot, etc... Anyway this seems to set it back to normal boot mode.

facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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But that doesn't fix the recovery not working
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facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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Thanks a ton man. Was stuck in this problem and this worked.

Awesome thanks for the help
Sent from my SM-N900V using XDA Free mobile app

same here
ManUtdRul3 said:
Did you manage to root? Do you mean you re-attempted to root 10-15 times?
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iam also facing the same issues i have CWM recovery but it does not load custom rom any more as it says signature failure

what i did is flash philz_touch_6.19.3-hlte.tar using Odin3 v3.09 and use philz touch to installed the twrp.zip
everything back to normal.

Still Stuck and unable to enter into Recovery Mode
facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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It didn't work for me and I still unable to enter into Recovery mode. I tried other key combinations but still stuck.
I am able to enter into Download mode by pressing Vol Down+Home+Power buttons and then Volume Up button or Volume Down button (Cancels - restart phone) which shows the downloading screen with the message " Could not do normal boot"
Can anyone here help please?

facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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Thanks!

N9005 bootloop
sshamim said:
It didn't work for me and I still unable to enter into Recovery mode. I tried other key combinations but still stuck.
I am able to enter into Download mode by pressing Vol Down+Home+Power buttons and then Volume Up button or Volume Down button (Cancels - restart phone) which shows the downloading screen with the message " Could not do normal boot"
Can anyone here help please?
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HI man ... I have the same problem, did you found solution to resolve the boot loop ?

facebook.com said:
i was face this problem & i fix it!!
Put Phone to Download Mode Hold (Vol-,Vol+,Power Button)
When phone showing Vol up To Download mode & Vol Down To (Cancel Restart Phone)
Press Vol Down Then See Magic!!
Phone Is Going to Starting....
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dude ... you saved my day!

my n9005 say recovery bit and restart. more and more. and i cant go to downloading mode.
then i cant use odin.
im in a loop by recovery restart.
what can i do.
please please email me to farkhani at gmail . com

Farkhani said:
my n9005 say recovery bit and restart. more and more. and i cant go to downloading mode.
then i cant use odin.
im in a loop by recovery restart.
what can i do.
please please email me to farkhani at gmail . com
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try to findout your solution here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2666432

[Q] Bootloop Recovery is not seandroid enforcing after using quick boot app

It's stuck. No matter what I press, it just says "Recovery booting.... Recovery is not seandroid enforcing. Set Warranty Bit: recovery"
First I used that rom download manager for clockwork recovery, then I downloaded the quick boot app and selected recovery, now I'm stuck like this and I can't do anything.
Did I ruin my phone? I can't afford another one and since I rooted it, the warranty is void. Please help me!
To clarify, I can't access the recovery mode or the download mode. I can't flash anything. All that happens when I turn on my phone regardless of what I press just shows the samsung logo and then says recover booting recovery si not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit recovery.
After praying for awhile, I finally got it. Thank you God!

How did you do it? I've got the same problem!

WhiteKernel said:
How did you do it? I've got the same problem!
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Take battery out and put back in but don't press power. If you want to boot to recovery;
Press Vol Up + Power + Home Button all at the same time until you see the blue letters on top left corner saying " Recovery Booting " then let go of the buttons.
If you want to bootup in download mode instead;
Press Vol Down + Power + Home Button all at the same time until the Warning Notice appears then let go of the buttons then press Vol Up.
None of these might work depending on what you did with your phone, for example you flashed a custom recovery for 4.3 when you have a 4.4.2 bootloader. In this case, you will not be able to boot up to recovery but only in download mode.

Amaku said:
It's stuck. No matter what I press, it just says "Recovery booting.... Recovery is not seandroid enforcing. Set Warranty Bit: recovery"
First I used that rom download manager for clockwork recovery, then I downloaded the quick boot app and selected recovery, now I'm stuck like this and I can't do anything.
Did I ruin my phone? I can't afford another one and since I rooted it, the warranty is void. Please help me!
To clarify, I can't access the recovery mode or the download mode. I can't flash anything. All that happens when I turn on my phone regardless of what I press just shows the samsung logo and then says recover booting recovery si not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit recovery.
After praying for awhile, I finally got it. Thank you God!
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Are you sure that you are not able to go to download mode? I think it's your last option unless you're going to a service center.

hey_joe said:
Take battery out and put back in but don't press power. If you want to boot to recovery;
Press Vol Up + Power + Home Button all at the same time until you see the blue letters on top left corner saying " Recovery Booting " then let go of the buttons.
If you want to bootup in download mode instead;
Press Vol Down + Power + Home Button all at the same time until the Warning Notice appears then let go of the buttons then press Vol Up.
None of these might work depending on what you did with your phone, for example you flashed a custom recovery for 4.3 when you have a 4.4.2 bootloader. In this case, you will not be able to boot up to recovery but only in download mode.
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Yes, i found that out after some trying. Thnx anyway, other people will be helped with this.
My problem turned out to be that i had the wrong CF-auto-root file. It was the one i used for Androisd 4.3. I found one for 4.4.2 KK somewhere on this site.

Did I just hard brick my phone?

I was on efficient rom 3.3 and wanted to update to 3.4 but I was on some older versions of bootloader and modem so I wanted to update them first before moving to efficient rom 3.4. So I downloaded the BPHJ BL and CP for 935F, opened Odin and successfully flashed the files from download mode, it said the flash was successful and the phone attempted to reboot (as it normally does after an Odin flash), and now it's stuck at the Samsung logo with a red "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" in upper left corner. I try to boot into download mode by volume up+power+home button, the phone tries to do it but it gets stuck again at the same screen. If I plug my phone to the PC now, Odin doesn't even recognize it, it doesn't say added or anything, it's like the phone is not even connected.
I know I flashed the correct files because they are for the 935F (exynos international - my phone).
How the hell did this happen? Is the phone dead? Can I try anything else?

You have to get into download mode, otherwise it's normal that ODIN doesn't see anything.
Keep trying to get into DL mode. I've read several times here that people had the same problems with getting into DL mode while being stuck in a bootloop, but eventually succeeded after a lot of tries.

MisterKanister said:
You have to get into download mode, otherwise it's normal that ODIN doesn't see anything.
Keep trying to get into DL mode. I've read several times here that people had the same problems with getting into DL mode while being stuck in a bootloop, but eventually succeeded after a lot of tries.
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I try to but it's just not working. I press vol up + power + home, the screen goes black for a second and then the Samsung logo appears again with the same error.

also i think u have to reflash through twrp the no-verity-opt-encript 2.1 zip. when flash different bootloader.
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lvnatic said:
I try to but it's just not working. I press vol up + power + home, the screen goes black for a second and then the Samsung logo appears again with the same error.
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Download mode is vol DOWN + power + home.
New bootloader also required newest version of TWRP.
So after going into download mode flash the newest TWRP and that's it!.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

NonXtreme said:
Download mode is vol DOWN + power + home.
New bootloader also required newest version of TWRP.
So after going into download mode flash the newest TWRP and that's it!.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
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Yes the vol up was a mistake, I know up is for recovery and down for download mode. I tried booting into download mode and I still can't do it. I opened this up in the efficient rom thread and yes, I ran into this problem because I wasn't aware I needed the latest twrp version.
Anyway, I try booting into download mode by vol down+power+home and it doesn't work. I try vol dow+power and as soon as the screen goes black I keep holding on the home button as well, without releasing vol down and power. Still not working. The screen goes but instead of booting into download mode it goes back to the Samsung logo with the seandroid enforcing error. This is the first time I can't boot into download mode.

lvnatic said:
Yes the vol up was a mistake, I know up is for recovery and down for download mode. I tried booting into download mode and I still can't do it. I opened this up in the efficient rom thread and yes, I ran into this problem because I wasn't aware I needed the latest twrp version.
Anyway, I try booting into download mode by vol down+power+home and it doesn't work. I try vol dow+power and as soon as the screen goes black I keep holding on the home button as well, without releasing vol down and power. Still not working. The screen goes but instead of booting into download mode it goes back to the Samsung logo with the seandroid enforcing error. This is the first time I can't boot into download mode.
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Have you try holding vol down+home+power without release them until the download mode come up?
What I mean is that you don't need to wait for screen to go black. Just holding the button combo and phone will automatically reboot and go into download mode.
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NonXtreme said:
Have you try holding vol down+home+power without release them until the download mode come up?
What I mean is that you don't need to wait for screen to go black. Just holding the button combo and phone will automatically reboot and go into download mode.
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Yes, that's how I usually do it. It doesn't work. I'm thinking of going with the phone for a warranty repair but I'm worried that red seandroid enforcing error will raise questions about root. I booted into download mode a lot of times before, I know how to do it, it just doesn't work.

lvnatic said:
Yes, that's how I usually do it. It doesn't work. I'm thinking of going with the phone for a warranty repair but I'm worried that red seandroid enforcing error will raise questions about root. I booted into download mode a lot of times before, I know how to do it, it just doesn't work.
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You're not hard bricked or you wouldn't have any thing showing on your screen.
First hold the power and volume down buttons only til it black screens then as soon as it does hold buttons for download Mode. It sometimes takes many times.
I've also read quite a few people let the phone die then plug it in to charge and then hold the buttons for download Mode.
That's how a friend of mine got his in download Mode.
"And on that bombshell!"
Sent from my Echoe powered AEL Driven G935F

s7freak said:
You're not hard bricked or you wouldn't have any thing showing on your screen.
First hold the power and volume down buttons only til it black screens then as soon as it does hold buttons for download Mode. It sometimes takes many times.
I've also read quite a few people let the phone die then plug it in to charge and then hold the buttons for download Mode.
That's how a friend of mine got his in download Mode.
"And on that bombshell!"
Sent from my Echoe powered AEL Driven G935F
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Yeah I was thinking of that as well. Thanks.

Out of curiosity, if I go at Samsung now in this state, they will know for sure that the phone was rooted? Can I imply something like I tried updating with Samsung kies and now it's stuck?

lvnatic said:
Out of curiosity, if I go at Samsung now in this state, they will know for sure that the phone was rooted? Can I imply something like I tried updating with Samsung kies and now it's stuck?
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seandroid enforcing error means the device can't load the security policy cuz u voided warranty
you could always say something like your kid was playing with it and it went into a bootloop or that there was an OTA update and it stoped midway and now your phone wont boot up hope for the best if they decline u goto another store to have it replaced/fixed some ppl arent knowledgeable about voiding warranty and issue a replacement

102skysx said:
seandroid enforcing error means the device can't load the security policy cuz u voided warranty
you could always say something like your kid was playing with it and it went into a bootloop or that there was an OTA update and it stoped midway and now your phone wont boot up hope for the best if they decline u goto another store to have it replaced/fixed some ppl arent knowledgeable about voiding warranty and issue a replacement
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Thanks for the reply. The battery finally discharged completely and turned off the device. So from the powered off state I managed to boot into download mode from the first try. Flashed the latest twrp and everything is working fine. Topic can be closed

Phone will not go in Download mode or recovery mode

Hi
Im trying to get in Download or Recovery mode but without of luck. I tried fisrt Download mode. I get first screen and says Volume down for Cancel and Volume Up for Download mode. When i hit Volume UP, Phone restart it self and i have normal sumssung boot then come PIN and after that reboot and that does it all the time. If I go in Recovery Mode, i see Android logo for like a second and that it reboots. Which option do I have

Keklja said:
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Im trying to get in Download or Recovery mode but without of luck. I tried fisrt Download mode. I get first screen and says Volume down for Cancel and Volume Up for Download mode. When i hit Volume UP, Phone restart it self and i have normal sumssung boot then come PIN and after that reboot and that does it all the time. If I go in Recovery Mode, i see Android logo for like a second and that it reboots. Which option do I have
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looks like a bad stock rom, try https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/sidesync
if that doesnt work then your emmc chip is done

zfk110 said:
looks like a bad stock rom, try https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/sidesync
if that doesnt work then your emmc chip is done
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How can Sidesync be helpful?

When you try to go in recovery mode keep pressed longer volume up and home, release power when screen is on. I had this issue and worked for me this way