Hi,
I'm new to the GN2 so I guess it does things differently.
In the past I have always done VOLUME UP + POWER to boot into recovery and VOLUME DOWN + POWER to boot in download mode. But now when I do either of these, the phone does nothing.
Weird. Am I missing something?
Sorry, duh figured it out.
Have to push VOLUME UP + POWER + HOME BUTTON.
Will leave this here for anyone else as clueless as myself :silly:
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I am having no luck getting my device into download mode (I can't believe it).
If I hold volume up, menu, and power button, 'samsung' in white letters just keeps flashing slowly.
if i let go of holding them, then it brings me to an android recovery screen.
any advice please?
edit: solved ---- thought it was volume up i was supposed to hold, but is volume down
Gucci.Nexus said:
I am having no luck getting my device into download mode (I can't believe it).
If I hold volume up, menu, and power button, 'samsung' in white letters just keeps flashing slowly.
if i let go of holding them, then it brings me to an android recovery screen.
any advice please?
edit: solved ---- thought it was volume up i was supposed to hold, but is volume down
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Yep... Vol Down + Home + Pwr for Download mode. BTW, it's the HOME (center) button... not the Menu key.
I have a problem. I got stucked in bootscsreen. now i try everything.. adb, power + vol down button and power alone.
How do i get to recovery ?
Edit : So you must hold power + volume up and down.
mikebotte85 said:
I have a problem. I got stucked in bootscsreen. now i try everything.. adb, power + vol down button and power alone.
How do i get to recovery ?
Edit : So you must hold power + volume up and down.
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power vol up reboot ,then power vol down recovery
jaythenut said:
power vol up reboot ,then power vol down recovery
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Didn't work.. it worked only when hold power button + volume up and down at the same time.
did you get it fixed ?
Anyone know how we cold boot this bad boy?
Anyone?
What you are talking about we would call this boot into recovery I believe. It's likely throwing people a bit.
Usually on Samsung devices it would be power, volume up and home.
That's it! Thank you ?
Recovery - Turn on the tablet holing the power + volume up + home button
Download - Turn on the tablet holding the power + volume down + home button
What is download used for?
The "Cold Boot" on the Asus Transformers... Had recovery options but you can also hard clean the cache files. That couldn't be done by app or the device itself.
My Tab S 8.4 is still unrooted.
I tried going into download mode to just check the KNOX status.
Unfortunately you cant turn it off or pull the battery out!
Doesnt work when pressing Power + Vol UP + Menu or Power + Vol Down + Menu or just holding the Power.
Here's what i did. In Download Mode, Press and hold Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN
It should restart the device successfuly.
I hope it helps.
On my 10.5, power + Vol Down is enough.
Thanks
Thanks - that had me puzzled for a bit!
bbrrii said:
My Tab S 8.4 is still unrooted.
I tried going into download mode to just check the KNOX status.
Unfortunately you cant turn it off or pull the battery out!
Doesnt work when pressing Power + Vol UP + Menu or Power + Vol Down + Menu or just holding the Power.
Here's what i did. In Download Mode, Press and hold Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN
It should restart the device successfuly.
I hope it helps.
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first thing i did before bought this tab is check download mode.. and yes. hold vol up+down+power about 10seconds and the tab should be restart
Thank you so much
Definitely thought I'd made myself a paperweight
Orphee said:
On my 10.5, power + Vol Down is enough.
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Absolutely correct. :good: All that is required is hold VOLUME DOWN + POWER nothing else until it restarts.
bbrrii said:
My Tab S 8.4 is still unrooted.
I tried going into download mode to just check the KNOX status.
Unfortunately you cant turn it off or pull the battery out!
Doesnt work when pressing Power + Vol UP + Menu or Power + Vol Down + Menu or just holding the Power.
Here's what i did. In Download Mode, Press and hold Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN
It should restart the device successfuly.
I hope it helps.
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All you probably did there was as above as you had the VOLUME DOWN button pressed.The procedure can be used anytime the tab s is on. Its the equivelant of a battery pull.
bbrrii said:
My Tab S 8.4 is still unrooted.
I tried going into download mode to just check the KNOX status.
Unfortunately you cant turn it off or pull the battery out!
Doesnt work when pressing Power + Vol UP + Menu or Power + Vol Down + Menu or just holding the Power.
Here's what i did. In Download Mode, Press and hold Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN
It should restart the device successfuly.
I hope it helps.
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Thanks it worked for me and nothing else seemed to work.
I hit the thanks button for you.
Rob
thank you
bbrrii said:
My Tab S 8.4 is still unrooted.
I tried going into download mode to just check the KNOX status.
Unfortunately you cant turn it off or pull the battery out!
Doesnt work when pressing Power + Vol UP + Menu or Power + Vol Down + Menu or just holding the Power.
Here's what i did. In Download Mode, Press and hold Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN
It should restart the device successfuly.
I hope it helps.
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Thank you....it worked...I was trying to root and this happened!!!
Thank you, My Samsung 8 Note was stuck in the "downloading" mode. Pressed the Vol + and - and power buttons at the same time for about 4 to 5 seconds and it reset to a screen showing 4 options . use the Vol - to # 4 "power off phone". After it powers down turned it on and it was back to normal.
Hello. A friend gave me a phone, that constantly reboots after ~20 seconds after it boots. So I am trying to erase everything. Thing is, I cannot enter stock revoery. I press vol up + down + power, vol up + powre, vol down + power and nothing. It just boots into Android. Is there a workaround for this?