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So, after trying out a few firmwares (JM2, JG8, JM5) and kernels (Samset&OC) I can't no longer boot to recovery with Vol UP + Home + power. I can't really say when this problem first occurred, but maybe with JG8 flash. The strange thing is that I can get to recovery with adb reboot recovery and through android console with reboot recovery (when rooted ofc). Also download mode works great.
Things I have tried:
-flash again to JM2 and JM5 with re-partition checked (512 PIT)
-cleared cache+data through recovery
-factory reset through phone code (this also cleared the internal SD)
-took out the battery multiple times
-booted phone without sim
-flashed phone without sim
-changed CSC with phone code
-restore a nandroid backup of JM2. Recovery worked with this one when I took the backup
-there's no external flash card inserted
Soooo..does anyone have any idea about this kind of problem?
i had a similar problem after trying few ROMs. In my case, when i pres the key combi i get the boot logo and then few seconds later the screen goes black and then i see the boot logo again, and this goes forever. and then i tried pressing the same key combination simultaneously and once i see the boot logo i let go the power button and keep the vol up and home pressed, and then only it went into the recovery mode.
hope it works the same for you
Cheers
Agreed, 99.9% chance you are doing it wrong.
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mmthabet: I had the exact same experience. Letting go of the power button when the logo appears lets me enter recovery.
or you may need to take out the battery first for a few seconds... after that, you can reinsert it back and try recovery mode...
at least this work for me...
Thanks for replies but none of the solutions work. The recovery mode button combination DID work for a few weeks, but then just stopped working.
I know that I'm doing it right. I have always pressed vol up and home down until the phone loaded recovery and only briefly pressed power button just at the start. I have also tried to remove battery multiple times and once waited 30 mins before re-inserting it.
Trust me, I'm not doing it wrong :s And recovery is working great through adb reboot recovery and shell.
Darkstriker said:
Agreed, 99.9% chance you are doing it wrong.
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More so a timing issue. Buttons not pressed at the same time.
I get it all the time for all combo's.
Just keep trying.
You might already have this however just in case you dont, check out Quick Boot.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.siriusapplications.quickboot
With this app you can boot into recovery mode. Have to be rooted though.
odyssey61 said:
You might already have this however just in case you dont, check out Quick Boot.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.siriusapplications.quickboot
With this app you can boot into recovery mode. Have to be rooted though.
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this wont work, if you bricked the phone in a bad flash situation.
in times when this app works, you can easily do adb reboot recover
so this app still doesn't address the real issue of how to get the 3 buttons press hardware recovery mode
Laum said:
I know that I'm doing it right. I have always pressed vol up and home down until the phone loaded recovery and only briefly pressed power button just at the start.
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I release the buttons right when the first Samsung texts comes on the screen. It will take it to Recovery mode. I also had a "boot loop" few times, if I keep pressing the buttons all the time.
Have you tried release your fingers right in the first texts? I really don`t know what is exactly the right way to press the buttons, but this always have took it to Recovery.
Looks like my latest full wipe with *2767*3855# cured it. Flashed JM5-->full wipe-->samset1.9b-->samset kernel and now it works. It must've got stuck somehow in my previous JM5 installation.
I cant get into the download- or recovery-mode by using these keys... so i am not able to flash a new firmware! can anybody help me please? is there a chance to get into the download mode by using an adb-command?
please help i just cant get into the download mode!
Igor02 said:
I cant get into the download- or recovery-mode by using these keys... so i am not able to flash a new firmware! can anybody help me please? is there a chance to get into the download mode by using an adb-command?
please help i just cant get into the download mode!
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yes
adb reboot download
but it is dangerous, as you can not recover from a bricked state, if your flash is not compatible or if something went wrong with odin, etc.
I you're bricked and can't get into Download or recovery mode, leave the device to boot, it will just show a black screen for a while then will turn its self off, once this happens you should be able to use the key combo.
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I you're bricked and can't get into Download or recovery mode, leave the device to boot, it will just show a black screen for a while then will turn its self off, once this happens you should be able to use the key combo.
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AHHHHHHHHH OMG, WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THIS SOONER, like 5 hours ago...
i could have tried that, and not had to send my phone back for "repair"
well i'm sure i'll see that screen again in the future, i'll try that next time
AllGamer said:
AHHHHHHHHH OMG, WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THIS SOONER, like 5 hours ago...
i could have tried that, and not had to send my phone back for "repair"
well i'm sure i'll see that screen again in the future, i'll try that next time
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Well I did just get the phone 2 days ago,
Had that problem the same day, discovered the fix two hrs of horror later
Same Problem here i contact samsung here in mexico and a technical aggent tell me if we make a repair our phones we need a jtag and this is so bad alllready contact many people jtag manufacturers in china and honkong trow alibaba.com and no luck don't have other source i try is contact to nspro and z3x and no support for this repairand only hope still have is a reply from the people in the forum SMTi Jtag Repair Tool
Its hard to me go to UK Samsung Service Center i'm in mexico like i said
and i'm waith for a solve this i;m so very sad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8AIvalzBvY
Darkstriker said:
Agreed, 99.9% chance you are doing it wrong.
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I usually release the power button on the boot screen first and then the other two buttons
arch3rm said:
I you're bricked and can't get into Download or recovery mode, leave the device to boot, it will just show a black screen for a while then will turn its self off, once this happens you should be able to use the key combo.
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Any idea how long you waited? Been waiting 5 minutes, hasn't shut off. Mine's a Bell though so I'm guessing I won't have any luck.
The way i do it (no chance of doing it wrong and timing):
hold down+home and then also press the power button for a little more then 10 seconds (so all 3 buttons for 10 seconds). The phone will reset into download mode, never fails in whatever mode the phone originaly was..
Hi,
I try but i cannot get.
I rooted phone while ago (Desire Z) and put over other ROM and OC etc etc. Now i have G2 rom ????
Now i want to go back to Stock Rom.
I see this tread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870369
So i think this is latest official Rom, i run the RUU but it does not work for me it gives error. (not even rebooting my phone).
my S is Off, i understand i need it off to go back to original rom (or can i put S ON and will put bakc original ROM it saved somehwere?)
At recovery mode i get big Triangle with Explemation mark ( the !) . cannot connect to USB in bootloader it seems.
Help pls.
I have the same problem a while ago when had to return my DZ for repair. And had to return back to ctock unrooted. I used this one RUU_Vision_HTC_WWE_1.82.405.1_R_Radio_12.28e.60.14 0f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF_release_168383_signed.exe. Run it, rebooted my DZ into Hboot and then press next on every dilog in ruu program. Everything went fine. So, i think you should try as i did. And if you will have no result, try to reinstall USB drivers for DZ. That's all i can say in help to you.
I tryed,
but i get error
verify that you want to update the rom :
From : 1.19.531.1
to : 1.72.466.4
Next
Next
Checking,
Rebooting to boatloader.
ERROR[155]: Unknown error.
I just downloaded from tread i mentioned earlyer.. i dont understand.
Roachie said:
At recovery mode i get big Triangle with Explemation mark ( the !) . cannot connect to USB in bootloader it seems.
Help pls.
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That's stock recovery...
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oke. so how do i use it ? no idea. anybody?
Roachie said:
oke. so how do i use it ? no idea. anybody?
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Immediately when the triangle appears, you should press the volume down button and the optical trackpad at the same time. It will bring you into the recovery mode.
You can choose the menu from there..
And dont forget to turn off the fast boot mode, before getting into bootloader..
Goodluck
silverwind said:
Immediately when the triangle appears, you should press the volume down button and the optical trackpad at the same time. It will bring you into the recovery mode.
You can choose the menu from there..
And dont forget to turn off the fast boot mode, before getting into bootloader..
Goodluck
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Thanks for your answer.
I tried but it just sits there.. pressing all kind of key combinations but nothing works.
just noticed when in bootloader my Driver (Android 1.0) is not installed..
tryed installing it trough the SDK, theres a google driver that comes with it but it does not accept it. Tryed on Win7 and XP.
Roachie said:
Thanks for your answer.
I tried but it just sits there.. pressing all kind of key combinations but nothing works.
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Have tried to turn off the "fast boot" mode? and Have you remove your battery after turning of "fast boot" mode?
I believe stock recovery requires you to press the Vol Up and Power keys at the same time to get the menu... Will probably say something about not finding a /cache/recovery/command file, and then give you menu options to reboot, apply update.zip, wipe data/factory reset, and wipe cache...
Use Vol up and Vol Down to move around the menu, and Power button to select...
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Have tried to turn off the "fast boot" mode? and Have you remove your battery after turning of "fast boot" mode?
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I have no Fastboot option in the rom i am using (a G2 rom ). Or can i do this with prompt ?
Actually I think you have to re-root if you are on the G2 rom instead of the Desire Z rom. It's propably not let you install a different brand of rom.
Well a friend of mine got a new nexus couple of weeks ago. He's pretty much an android newbie so he didn't root it, it was SimFree so he just used the system update and got JB 4.1.2 (I think was the version) over the stock ICS. Well today the phone out of the blue just got to rebooting on its own, and now it never boots. It gets to the animated X logo after the Google logo and that's it. I did try booting it up vit vol- + pwr btn pressed and it got into ODIN MODE where it says
Start
Downloading...
do not turn off target!!!
I have no idea what ODIN mode is, since I only had a couple of HTC's,huaweis etc.
Is this ODIN mode the recovery? Is there anything I can do with the phone? Hard reset or something like that?
thx
No, it's not bricked. When you hold both vol buttons + power that's the bootloader. Also just flash it back to stock via fastboot.
If u can get to download mode u should be safe. Work from there. Should fined everything u need in Nexus Forum.
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biscuitownz said:
No, it's not bricked. When you hold both vol buttons + power that's the bootloader. Also just flash it back to stock via fastboot.
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How can I do that?From Odin mode or from the bootloader? I got into bootloader and there's the Start ,restart bootloader,recovery mode,and power off options. I tried getting to recovery mode but it also wont start.
I installed a bunch of roms on motorola cliq,a ton of htcs,a couple of huaweis all from cwm but this ODIN mode is something new for me.I have no idea what it's for
celahudini said:
How can I do that?From Odin mode or from the bootloader? I got into bootloader and there's the Start ,restart bootloader,recovery mode,and power off options. I tried getting to recovery mode but it also wont start.
I installed a bunch of roms on motorola cliq,a ton of htcs,a couple of huaweis all from cwm but this ODIN mode is something new for me.I have no idea what it's for
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This would allow restore via download mode... http://www.theandroidsoul.com/update-galaxy-nexus-to-android-4-0-4-using-odindownload-mode/.
kibmcz said:
This would allow restore via download mode... http://www.theandroidsoul.com/update-galaxy-nexus-to-android-4-0-4-using-odindownload-mode/.
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Thx man that worked like a charm :good:
I have sprint Galaxy s3 with jelly bean rooted. On new years eve I installed a 3rd party app from the market to see if I could get a hot spot. don't even remember the name of the app. I ran it and it locked my phone up. I pulled the battery and when it rebooted it was in safe mode. In safe mode I uninstalled the program but it did not help me at all. Any time I reboot it goes right to safe mode. I have tried several times to get to download mode and recovery mode and have not been able to reach either. The phone works fine in safe mode I could even do a factory reset and with no problem the phone resets and goes right back to safe mode when it boots up to the new factory set up. No 3rd party apps are seen and no download mode or recovery mode can be obtained in the usual ways we use to boot to them. I am stumped any ideas from anyone.
Try use kies!
Hi. You can try this method.
1- get or make a usb jig
0r
2- turn off your s2. Pull the batt out for 10 sec and press on button w/out inserting the batt.
After doing that, try to boot into download mode. Sometimes yhe phone need some rest,juat pull out the batt for 5-10min and retry. I suggest that you try to enter recovery mode before heading to download mode..
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BlackCl0udMY said:
Hi. You can try this method.
1- get or make a usb jig
0r
2- turn off your s2. Pull the batt out for 10 sec and press on button w/out inserting the batt.
After doing that, try to boot into download mode. Sometimes yhe phone need some rest,juat pull out the batt for 5-10min and retry. I suggest that you try to enter recovery mode before heading to download mode..
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That could be the problem.. "turn off your s2" He may fix that one.. But the S3 will still be broke :laugh:
safe mode
BlackCl0udMY said:
Hi. You can try this method.
1- get or make a usb jig
0r
2- turn off your s2. Pull the batt out for 10 sec and press on button w/out inserting the batt.
After doing that, try to boot into download mode. Sometimes yhe phone need some rest,juat pull out the batt for 5-10min and retry. I suggest that you try to enter recovery mode before heading to download mode..
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it always gets as far as the warning screen when going to download mode. when pressing volume up or down nothing happens. I have to long press start key or pull battery to get it out of the warning screen
patrick6465 said:
it always gets as far as the warning screen when going to download mode. when pressing volume up or down nothing happens. I have to long press start key or pull battery to get it out of the warning screen
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Strange. I haven't seen any do this before.. So it'll stick at the download totally? Hmm.. can you get to recovery now?
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milky1112 said:
Strange. I haven't seen any do this before.. So it'll stick at the download totally? Hmm.. can you get to recovery now?
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no not at all
patrick6465 said:
no not at all
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Yeah, i'm at a loss, was gonna say if you can get into DL mode, then could odin to sock. I'm not sure of any other way to get around it and force that puppy to boot back into normal land.
Try this.. Power off phone... Restart, once you see Samsung logo, Press the Menu capacitive button repeatedly. (read this is how to get into safemode) maybe it'll work to reboot you OUT of safe mode. (Note i'm just searching the web to see if i can find anything) And i did pull that for a i9300 International, but it may work for this one as well.. (just a shot)
Seen another with similar issue, Pull SD and battery for 10 min.. When rebooted, went back to normal. Again these are all shots in the dark..
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milky1112 said:
Yeah, i'm at a loss, was gonna say if you can get into DL mode, then could odin to sock. I'm not sure of any other way to get around it and force that puppy to boot back into normal land.
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Ya this is strange i've been searching all day on different forums and google and haven't seen any other posts with the same issue.
patrick6465 said:
Ya this is strange i've been searching all day on different forums and google and haven't seen any other posts with the same issue.
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I found a few. Try those methods I posted. lemme know if they work.
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milky1112 said:
Yeah, i'm at a loss, was gonna say if you can get into DL mode, then could odin to sock. I'm not sure of any other way to get around it and force that puppy to boot back into normal land.
Try this.. Power off phone... Restart, once you see Samsung logo, Press the Menu capacitive button repeatedly. (read this is how to get into safemode) maybe it'll work to reboot you OUT of safe mode. (Note i'm just searching the web to see if i can find anything) And i did pull that for a i9300 International, but it may work for this one as well.. (just a shot)
Seen another with similar issue, Pull SD and battery for 10 min.. When rebooted, went back to normal. Again these are all shots in the dark..
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no go with this one either
patrick6465 said:
no go with this one either
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May be time for a visit to your neighborhood Sprint store! Thats the only methods i found that might work.. Just searched for S3 stuck in safe mode.
patrick6465 said:
I have sprint Galaxy s3 with jelly bean rooted. On new years eve I installed a 3rd party app from the market to see if I could get a hot spot. don't even remember the name of the app. I ran it and it locked my phone up. I pulled the battery and when it rebooted it was in safe mode. In safe mode I uninstalled the program but it did not help me at all. Any time I reboot it goes right to safe mode. I have tried several times to get to download mode and recovery mode and have not been able to reach either. The phone works fine in safe mode I could even do a factory reset and with no problem the phone resets and goes right back to safe mode when it boots up to the new factory set up. No 3rd party apps are seen and no download mode or recovery mode can be obtained in the usual ways we use to boot to them. I am stumped any ideas from anyone.
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You have the root, why not use it instead of sudo-randomly smashing keys *Grin* ? If you don't have a Terminal app install one of those, su to root (answer to allow root when Superuser/SuperSu asks you) then run "reboot recovery". When/If recovery comes up wipe Cache, Dalvik-Cache, fix permissions and so forth, then try to restart into the system and see if "Safe Mode" crap persist.
I had my phone come up in Safe Mode one time, can't remember what I played with to even trigger it though. If this doesn't work, you can use something like Rom Toolbox Pro, or another fun tool to wipe the caches while the phone is up in Safe Mode.
Happy Flashing,
sponix
sponix2ipfw said:
You have the root, why not use it instead of sudo-randomly smashing keys *Grin* ? If you don't have a Terminal app install one of those, su to root (answer to allow root when Superuser/SuperSu asks you) then run "reboot recovery". When/If recovery comes up wipe Cache, Dalvik-Cache, fix permissions and so forth, then try to restart into the system and see if "Safe Mode" crap persist.
I had my phone come up in Safe Mode one time, can't remember what I played with to even trigger it though. If this doesn't work, you can use something like Rom Toolbox Pro, or another fun tool to wipe the caches while the phone is up in Safe Mode.
Happy Flashing,
sponix
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"No 3rd party apps are seen" Wouldn't Terminal be apart of this one? If so then he couldn't get into it. Just my guess. and those methods i posted were from others with same issue. Def worth a try. Never heard of Safe Mode on these till now Lol..
Are u sure none of your keys are stuck? Mine would do that if my case was holding in one of the keys IE volume key or power button
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fedge1234 said:
Are u sure none of your keys are stuck? Mine would do that if my case was holding in one of the keys IE volume key or power button
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That is the one thing that has me questioning. The volume button seems to move freely however; I have tried volume button when booted up in safe mode and the volume down does not move. the volume up moved the volume control up. although when pressing vol. down when trying to go do download mode it boots to download warning screen. unless it is stuck on internally. I don't know, cause the button moves freely.
Mine was in safe mode once. All I did is reboot it and mine went away.
Galaxy S3- Cyanogenmod 10!
Nexus Style!
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xxXismakillXxx said:
Try use kies!
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Thanks this d root is no longerdid help me make my decision . I am taking the phone to sprint store. by downloading and using keys it seems that the software does not cause my problem. I hooked up to kies and did a complete firmware upgrade. Although there is no upgrade it still reloaded jellybean. It did a complete restore though and root is no longer present. Super user is gone. But I still have the same safe mode issues. I am guessing that this is a hardware problem probably the volume key. I feel ok with taking it to sprint since root is gone. who knows maybe i'll get a new one. Thanks to all who helped I surely appreciate it.
Patrick
Did u reset flash counter before unroot?
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fedge1234 said:
Did u reset flash counter before unroot?
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no not sure how to do that or if I would have been able too because of safe mode limitations.
Hello,
I wonder if anyone can assist?
I have an SM P607T.
Rooted using ODIN.
Then used the TWRP App to flash the recovery.
It wouldn't go into recovery mode, and now is giving me this: 'Recovery is not SEANDROID enforcing'
It says that for about 2 seconds and then reboots, again, and again...
I tried to go into recovery or download mode to no avail.
Taken the battery out, still does the same on reboot, just have no access to it at all...
Any ideas? Driving me and my poor little tablet nutty!!!
Thanks in advance...
Phil.
Anyone got a clue as to what might be going on?
philclaffey said:
Hello,
I wonder if anyone can assist?
I have an SM P607T.
Rooted using ODIN.
Then used the TWRP App to flash the recovery.
It wouldn't go into recovery mode, and now is giving me this: 'Recovery is not SEANDROID enforcing'
It says that for about 2 seconds and then reboots, again, and again...
I tried to go into recovery or download mode to no avail.
Taken the battery out, still does the same on reboot, just have no access to it at all...
Any ideas? Driving me and my poor little tablet nutty!!!
Thanks in advance...
Phil.
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Should I just give up on it, seems such a shame...
philclaffey said:
Should I just give up on it, seems such a shame...
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Keep the home+vol down+ power buttons pressed for longer time (like a minute or less) and you will get to the menu....
joselitoo said:
Keep the home+vol down+ power buttons pressed for longer time (like a minute or less) and you will get to the menu....
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Hey!
Thanks, that's enabled me to boot up normally, so it is back in use again, with the stock ROM.
Seems like, even though I flashed the latest TWRP with ODIN, that it won't go into recovery mode, just the same error as before.
Was advised to flash to orignal ROM, which I have as a zip file, not one I can use with ODIN.
As I can get into ODIN, is there any way to flash this a ROM with that?
Searched for a zip to an md5 converter, but seems like that is not a route I can go down.
Cheers! Phil.
I have exactly the same problem. It is impossible to get twrp running even if Odin says it flashed everthing and it´s OK.
Running out of ideas on how to get twrp up and running
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Keep the home+vol down+ power buttons pressed for longer time (like a minute or less) and you will get to the menu....
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joselitoo said:
I have exactly the same problem. It is impossible to get twrp running even if Odin says it flashed everthing and it´s OK.
Running out of ideas on how to get twrp up and running
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Ahh, OK, we're in the same boat...
If we could get a stock recovery that might help? No idea as where to get one from though.
Finally after long days it works for me:
1)Use Odin v3.13 with unchecked "Auto Reboot"
2) Use twrp 3.0.2-0 as in this page https://eu.dl.twrp.me/lt03ltexx/twrp-3.0.2-0-lt03ltexx.img.tar.html
3) Disconnect USB
4) Long press "Power Button" to shut down the tablet
5) Press Power + Vol Up + Home until recovery
6) Wait for "Recovery mode"
7) At the message "Recovery is not SEANDROID enforcing" wait a bit to see the twrp
Thanks folks