Hi all,
I've been having a few issues with my S2 (Randomly resetting, freezing, etc) - so I decided to do a factory reset - but it hasn't worked.
When I turn my phone on, it wont go past the galaxy logo. I've tried holding down VOLUME UP, POWER, and HOME - but it doesn't boot it into recovery mode.
Any ideas?
Fyi, this is the S3 tmobile forum, not S2.
To get recovery hold vol up, home and power, but release after you see blue text flash at top of screen.
For download mode (for flashing full fw with odin) hold vol down, home and power. Then press up once prompted.
Safe mode hold vol down and power.
If factory reset in stock recovery doesn't do it. You probably need to flash the fw with odin.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Fyi, this is the S3 tmobile forum, not S2.
To get recovery hold vol up, home and power, but release after you see blue text flash at top of screen.
For download mode (for flashing full fw with odin) hold vol down, home and power. Then press up once prompted.
Safe mode hold vol down and power.
If factory reset in stock recovery doesn't do it. You probably need to flash the fw with odin.
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Ops - My bad.
Factory reset doesn't work. Will have ago with Odin. Never used it before - Have you got a guide?
Cheers
You can probably use this for the steps. But do NOT use any files you find in this area.
Youd probably be better off trying to find a similar guide in the S2 forum. Just to protect against a simple mistake which could brick your s2.
Good luck man!
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I have a rooted phone with stock ROM (havent flashed any customs yet) with Super User and Clockwork Mod Recovery.
I can get into Recovery Mode by using the option in ROM Manager but I want to be able to get into it from a powered off state using the Volume Up + Power button as would be required if my OS was trashed and I couldnt get into ROM Manager.
I can get into ODIN mode using Volume Down + Power button so not sure whats up here. Is there a knack to it any different than going into ODIN mode?
Press on the middle of the volume rocker until both sides are depressed.
Thanks!! I have managed it in the past but thought I had pressed Volume Up! Wonder why its volume up and down together, when volume up on its own doesnt seem to be mapped to anything. Nevermind! Thanks again!
lol glad you got there
Doesn't Vol Up + Vol Down + Power get into fastboot?
Is there no way to get directly into recovery?
I dont think so. Recovery is only a couple of presses away once you're in fast boot mode anyway.
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As the title says - But how the hell do you get rid of it so that when you do the volume down & power button you get the default boot loader screen?
How did u get into Odin? To get to the boot loader, pull the battery, reinsert it and hold down the volume down button and press the power button till it turns on. This should take u straight to the boot loader so u can enter cwm from there
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justin94 said:
How did u get into Odin? To get to the boot loader, pull the battery, reinsert it and hold down the volume down button and press the power button till it turns on. This should take u straight to the boot loader so u can enter cwm from there
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I did as you say but I end up in Odin, I didn't have out until I installed Manhattan ROM.
Not dissing his ROM, just want to get rid of Odin so I can send galaxy for repair
Odin is built in. U can't just get rid of it. Keep over at rootzwiki for the one stop root/unroot utility
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Hold volume down and up plus power to get to the boot loader.
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power + volume down + volume up = bootloader
power + volume down = odin
recovery mode
not only do you need to hold volume up+ volume down+ power, but I find that once the phone vibrates (after about 10 secs), you have to let off power but not the volume buttons.
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Odin is built in. U can't just get rid of it. Keep over at rootzwiki for the one stop root/unroot utility
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greetings
just go to rootzwiki and do some more reading. you're just giving that forum bad rep coming in here, failing to understand what the op wanted (that can happen to anyone), giving bad advice, and in end you just had to advertise something, outside of xda, which does have in Galaxy Nexus Development the tools you mentioned. rootzwiki doesn't need this kind of attention. it's a pretty cool community, it stands its ground.
like some said, odin is volume down+power; bootloader/fastboot mode is volume down+volume up+power; recovery is volume up+power.
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i've N7100. it is locked because i forgot password. now i want to hard reset it. when i press power+volume down, it does not work. when i press power+volume up; it show green android man and yellow usb icons. but there is no factory reset of wipe data option. on click on green android, it show about bootloader, when click on usb, it waits to attach usb. i dont want to change any thing like replacing rom or root my tab. i just wipe all data and want to restore on factory setting. can any one help me what i do to do it?
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i've N7100. it is locked because i forgot password. now i want to hard reset it. when i press power+volume down, it does not work. when i press power+volume up; it show green android man and yellow usb icons. but there is no factory reset of wipe data option. on click on green android, it show about bootloader, when click on usb, it waits to attach usb. i dont want to change any thing like replacing rom or root my tab. i just wipe all data and want to restore on factory setting. can any one help me what i do to do it?
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press volup + power + menu(center) button when u see samsung logo leave it ,it will enter into recovery then wipe data/factory
asifloya said:
i've N7100. it is locked because i forgot password. now i want to hard reset it. when i press power+volume down, it does not work. when i press power+volume up; it show green android man and yellow usb icons. but there is no factory reset of wipe data option. on click on green android, it show about bootloader, when click on usb, it waits to attach usb. i dont want to change any thing like replacing rom or root my tab. i just wipe all data and want to restore on factory setting. can any one help me what i do to do it?
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Just to clear things up
Vol up + Power button + Home key = Recovery mode
Vol down + Power button + Homr key = Download Mode
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ROM: ARHD 19
KERNEL: Stock
Volume Up+Home+Power but when the Galaxy Note 2 screen comes just let go and it should get into recovery. If that does t work just hold Volume up and Home after yhe Note 2 boot
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What do you mean by pressing the volume + home button after boot?
When the phone has booted how can you enter the recovery?
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EagleOne984 said:
What do you mean by pressing the volume + home button after boot?
When the phone has booted how can you enter the recovery?
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He means when u see samsung logo leave the power button and same goes for when he says boot
Hey all, I was attempting to revert my t-800 to KitKat, put the PDA in the correct area in Odin, flashed it. Odin said Pass, but now I am stuck at the Samsung logo. Anyone know how to reboot the tablet? Thanks guys!
Themetnut said:
Hey all, I was attempting to revert my t-800 to KitKat, put the PDA in the correct area in Odin, flashed it. Odin said Pass, but now I am stuck at the Samsung logo. Anyone know how to reboot the tablet? Thanks guys!
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To force reboot, hold power, volume up and down, and home buttons all at the same time. Then quickly press the recovery or download mode buttons combo
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
To force reboot, hold power, volume up and down, and home buttons all at the same time. Then quickly press the recovery or download mode buttons combo
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Thank you very much!!!
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
To force reboot, hold power, volume up and down, and home buttons all at the same time. Then quickly press the recovery or download mode buttons combo
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He probably needs to do a factory reset and wipe within stock recovery.
Greetings XDA Developers,
Newbie here. I own a Samsung Galaxy Tab S (SM T705). I was able to root it a few weeks ago and I decided to install a custom recovery (TWRP) using an app from the Playstore named "TWRP Manager". I didn't hesitate to do so using this method because I was able to install TWRP on my GT I9300 successfully from the past using this app. However, after being prompted by the app that the recovery was successfully installed and needs to reboot the device, my tab was stuck on start up screen ( See attached photo ). I tried long pressing the power button but nothing happened. I waited until the device ran out of battery and when it did, I plugged in the charger and I'm back at the same screen. After google-ing some possible solutions, I tried to boot it into recovery but was unsuccessful, however, I was able to boot into download mode.
I'd like to ask for the help of some "experienced" users in this forum on how to solve this problem. And if possible, I'm hoping that flashing a stock recovery using Odin wouldn't be my last resort.
Thank you in advance.
paul952102 said:
Greetings XDA Developers,
Newbie here. I own a Samsung Galaxy Tab S (SM T705). I was able to root it a few weeks ago and I decided to install a custom recovery (TWRP) using an app from the Playstore named "TWRP Manager". I didn't hesitate to do so using this method because I was able to install TWRP on my GT I9300 successfully from the past using this app. However, after being prompted by the app that the recovery was successfully installed and needs to reboot the device, my tab was stuck on start up screen ( See attached photo ). I tried long pressing the power button but nothing happened. I waited until the device ran out of battery and when it did, I plugged in the charger and I'm back at the same screen. After google-ing some possible solutions, I tried to boot it into recovery but was unsuccessful, however, I was able to boot into download mode.
I'd like to ask for the help of some "experienced" users in this forum on how to solve this problem. And if possible, I'm hoping that flashing a stock recovery using Odin wouldn't be my last resort.
Thank you in advance.
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Your going to need some fast hands for this one! I've ran into this lots of times when testing kernels and such. Any force reboot by holding Power Button+ Home Button + BOTH Volume buttons all at the same time. Press and hold that combo until the screen goes black. Then once the screen goes black quickly press and hold Power Button+ Home Button + Volume down buttons all at the same time. You should no enter into download mode. You said that you drained the battery so I would suggest charging it in download mode for 30 minutes or so then flash TWRP with Odin.
Your going to need to flash stock recovery or TWRP with Odin to override the boot and get it working
The TWRP app doesn't always work in which is why I use Odin.
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As a side note for future reference, hard reset is simply hold POWER + VOL DOWN.
As said all you need do is boot to download mode and flash recovery.
If you're on lollipop you may need to immediately boot into recovery after flashing to make it stick.
ashyx said:
As a side note for future reference, hard reset is simply hold POWER + VOL DOWN.
As said all you need do is boot to download mode and flash recovery.
If you're on lollipop you may need to immediately boot into recovery after flashing to make it stick.
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Hey, thanks for the heads up. But how exactly do I "immediately boot into recovery after flashing to make it stick." Since after I flash recovery via odin, it would obviously automatically reboot my device? sorry for the dumb question.
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Your going to need some fast hands for this one! I've ran into this lots of times when testing kernels and such. Any force reboot by holding Power Button+ Home Button + BOTH Volume buttons all at the same time. Press and hold that combo until the screen goes black. Then once the screen goes black quickly press and hold Power Button+ Home Button + Volume down buttons all at the same time. You should no enter into download mode. You said that you drained the battery so I would suggest charging it in download mode for 30 minutes or so then flash TWRP with Odin.
Your going to need to flash stock recovery or TWRP with Odin to override the boot and get it working
The TWRP app doesn't always work in which is why I use Odin.
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Thank you for the solution mentioned above! However, just to further clarify things, what is the difference between "klimtwifi and klimtwifixx" ?
paul952102 said:
Thank you for the solution mentioned above! However, just to further clarify things, what is the difference between "klimtwifi and klimtwifixx" ?
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Both are the same I think. Some people name it by our product name or device name (one has xx and one doesn't. Both are the same)
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paul952102 said:
Hey, thanks for the heads up. But how exactly do I "immediately boot into recovery after flashing to make it stick." Since after I flash recovery via odin, it would obviously automatically reboot my device? sorry for the dumb question.
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You either be quick and hold POWER + HOME + VOL UP as soon as it reboots or you uncheck auto reboot in Odin then restart manually.
paul952102 said:
Thank you for the solution mentioned above! However, just to further clarify things, what is the difference between "klimtwifi and klimtwifixx" ?
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So did the solution work? I am looking at a SM-T705 on ebay being sold for parts with similar symptoms. hoping I can fix it for a great bargain.