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[SOLVED] Can't Access Download Mode... :(

I'm trying to access the Download Mode for my Epic 4g but can't seem to do so. I've flashed my phone back to stock several times in the past so I know I'm following the correct procedure.
The problem started after flashing my phone to Eclair DI18 using Odin and using the one click root & recovery 2.55. I was constantly receiving 2.2 OTA update notices so I clicked install thinking that I could restore back to stock if something went wrong. I received an error message during the update but the phone was able to start into Eclair so I didn't think anything of it.
Well, I tried flashing my phone back to stock today for the purpose of updating the phone, but I couldn't get download mode to start. Thinking that I could restore the download mode using one of my old back up files from CW3, I tried the restore option but it was a no go.
Is there any way to restore my phone without using Odin? I'm still able to boot into recovery mode. If that's not possible, is there anyway to remove clockworkmod recovery so I can bring the phone into a Sprint store?
Thank you in advance!

jpark623 said:
I'm trying to access the Download Mode for my Epic 4g but can't seem to do so. I've flashed my phone back to stock several times in the past so I know I'm following the correct procedure.
The problem started after flashing my phone to Eclair DK28 using Odin and using the one click root & recovery 2.55. I was constantly receiving 2.2 OTA update notices so I clicked install thinking that I could restore back to stock if something went wrong. I received an error message during the update but the phone was able to start into Eclair so I didn't think anything of it.
Well, I tried flashing my phone back to stock today for the purpose of updating the phone, but I couldn't get download mode to start. Thinking that I could restore the download mode using one of my old back up files from CW3, I tried the restore option but it was a no go.
Is there any way to restore my phone without using Odin? I'm still able to boot into recovery mode. If that's not possible, is there anyway to remove clockworkmod recovery so I can bring the phone into a Sprint store?
Thank you in advance!
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Download mode is built into the phone. ROMs shouldn't kill it. Pull out the battery, plug the phone into the computer. Now hold the 1 key and then press and hold the power button. If it goes into download mode then you can put the battery back in.

Just tried it but I get stuck in a boot loop. It boots into samsung screen, reboots, samsung screen, reboots...
With the battery in and usb out, i'm able to boot into CW recovery...

If you are holding the 1 button first then holding power you shouldnt go to the Samsung boot screen.
If you are I dont know of any other way to get into download mode. Sorry.

Neckberg said:
If you are holding the 1 button first then holding power you shouldnt go to the Samsung boot screen.
If you are I dont know of any other way to get into download mode. Sorry.
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Darn... that sucks... Thanks for the reply guys.

Try flashing a rom it might get you out of the boot loop
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I found this old thread, which looks promising, but the link to the stock DI18 file is dead...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861259
Trying to search for the file on google but no luck so far.

Maybe your 1 key is broken.
Do you BONSAI?

if the 1 and power= no download mode then maybe keeny is right and ur 1 key is broken, maybe use the samsung update tool with eb13 in it?
Does that make it go in download mode automatically?

Look in the dev section for the re-rfs rom and install that.
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Or lookup the usb jig that will put you in download mode...
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kennyglass123 said:
Maybe your 1 key is broken.
Do you BONSAI?
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Tested key in CWM and it works fine.

davidrules7778 said:
if the 1 and power= no download mode then maybe keeny is right and ur 1 key is broken, maybe use the samsung update tool with eb13 in it?
Does that make it go in download mode automatically?
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Tried it but it did not. I had to manually activate download mode.

deano0714 said:
Look in the dev section for the re-rfs rom and install that.
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This is the first rom that actually flashed! Once the rom is flashed, I reboot the phone and it goes back into CWM recovery... Gawwwd, this is so frustrating!

R u flashing right type of rom
Rfs roms go with green recovery
Ext4 roms go with orange recovery
Blue recovery means your screwed
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gtuansdiamm said:
R u flashing right type of rom
Rfs roms go with green recovery
Ext4 roms go with orange recovery
Blue recovery means your screwed
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Ya, I think so. From what I can tell, re-rfs should have worked on either green or orange recovery.

deano0714 said:
Look in the dev section for the re-rfs rom and install that.
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I took out the battery for awhile, plugged in my usb, and tried accessing download mode and it WORKED! Awesome! Thanks, man! re-rfs was the way to go

SOLVED! Thanks everyone for all of your replies

I am also having similar problem.
On pressing power on botton or Volume Down+Cam+ power button.. NOTHING HAPPENS.
However I can boot into Download Mode (on battery only).
1) Computer do not recognize USB Drive. (tried uninstalling drivers > rebooting > reinstalling > rebotting ) still USB device not recognized. Even tried with different USB cable. And different ports.
2) However I managed it on my other computer. Where only 1 out of 4 USB port recognize my device.
3) Tried Odin to flash EC05 Stock... It hangs at some place or the other, and screen goes off or some times green (very rare).
4) Phone do not restart in Download mode without battery.
I tried to boot download mode without battery (plugged into computer).. but it wont.
Battery+USB = phone wont boot in download mode.
Phone boots to download mode only on Battery.
After that If i plug in the phone and remove the battery.. screen still stays on.

[Q] HALLPPP! CWM? can't enter downloadmode! only recovery?

I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?

Pull battery out, get sutff ready prior to odin, eithet recovery or stock img, then put battery back on, then put phone on download mode, vol. Up + vol.down then plug usb, tadda! You're on dowload mod make sure you have the right files, homie, if you are able to boot on recovery right now, that means you can boot into dowload mode just know the right button combo
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dudedude987 said:
I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?
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Have you tried putting a twrp recovery flashable zip as in flash twrp usig cwmt?
Then from there you can flash any rom too
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Hey, I had the same problem. Could only get into cmw 6.0.1.2 and all flashes would just freeze up. I flashed darkside superwipe till it stopped, pulled the battery, flashed an old ics ROM, looked like it froze again so i pulled battery and started phone normally, booted perfectly. Then downloaded ROM manager from play store and flashed cwm. Phones been working beautifully ever since.
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suprakarma said:
Pull battery out, get sutff ready prior to odin, eithet recovery or stock img, then put battery back on, then put phone on download mode, vol. Up + vol.down then plug usb, tadda! You're on dowload mod make sure you have the right files, homie, if you are able to boot on recovery right now, that means you can boot into dowload mode just know the right button combo
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... thanks but i cant get into download mode it goes strait to recvoery.... i know the right button combo...
iNeedICS said:
Have you tried putting a twrp recovery flashable zip as in flash twrp usig cwmt?
Then from there you can flash any rom too
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no i havnt ill check that out
bfloFBR said:
Hey, I had the same problem. Could only get into cmw 6.0.1.2 and all flashes would just freeze up. I flashed darkside superwipe till it stopped, pulled the battery, flashed an old ics ROM, looked like it froze again so i pulled battery and started phone normally, booted perfectly. Then downloaded ROM manager from play store and flashed cwm. Phones been working beautifully ever since.
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so? lol flash battery pull flash untill one of them completes? sounds like your phone was working fine and you didnt wanna wait for it to come around lol

Use a usb jig.
If that doesnt boot you in Download mode, then u messed up BIG TIME!
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dudedude987 said:
... thanks but i cant get into download mode it goes strait to recvoery.... i know the right button combo...
no i havnt ill check that out
so? lol flash battery pull flash untill one of them completes? sounds like your phone was working fine and you didnt wanna wait for it to come around lol
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No, none of them fully completed, thats why i had to battery pull. For the first several flashes i let it sit for 10min+ hoping it would work itself out, to no avail. The battery pulls were out of frustration. I just did trial and error until it eventually worked. Sometimes you have to figure things out for yourself.
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bfloFBR said:
No, none of them fully completed, thats why i had to battery pull. For the first several flashes i let it sit for 10min+ hoping it would work itself out, to no avail. The battery pulls were out of frustration. I just did trial and error until it eventually worked. Sometimes you have to figure things out for yourself.
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Give this a try:
1) Go to Samsung Kies & download " Kies " on your PC.
2) Run Kies & click on the Tools tab.
3) Select " Firmware upgrade settings " & follow the on screen steps. Depending on your download speed this my take 1hr.
4) Your phone is back to stock ICS 4.0.4. Put this file on the root of your SD card " root.zip " You can also find this zip in the installed folder for Toolkit Beta.
5) Download & install " [APP] Samsung Galaxy S II Toolkit Beta V2.4 *ICS ROOT READY!!!* "
6) Follow the on screen steps to flash CWMT. This will use odin to flash CWM Touch back on your phone.
7) After odin opens click pda & select the recovery file " recovery.tar.md5 " it should be the only file listed.
8) After CWMT is on your phone and phone has rebooted unplug the usb wire from the phone & turn it off.
9) Pull battery wait for 10 sec then replace battery now push in and hold both volume up & volume down buttons at the same time then hold the power button until the phone vibrates. *Do not let go of the volume buttons until you see CWMT*. It will flash the screen one time then you are now ready to flash the root.zip file you put on your SD card.
10) Find the root.zip file you put on your SD card, now flash it *note it may not flash right away just keep trying until it flashes. Then reboot.
11) You should now be stock & rooted & ready to flash your hart out.
Let me know if this helps, I have done this 4x now & it works with no problems.

dudedude987 said:
I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?
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First plug in the USB to you phone
Second press and hold Vol up and down while you turning on you phone release only the power button then download mode should works now go back to stock and install twrp recovery and try it now
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Another yellow triangle, can I fix this brick? Verizon Nexus

I have been reading the other threads about similar situation both on here and on galaxynexusforums but I think my situation may be slightly different, if not terribly worse.
I has been running my Verizon Galaxy with BAMF 1.25 and was going to upgrade to 2.4 or whatever is the newest. I was doing it all through CWM recovery, I deleted DATA, and Cache, THEN and where Im pretty sure I screwed the pooch was though CWM recovery I also formatted Data, Cache and SDcard
At that point when I rebooted I got the red triangle with the little android being worked on, I was still able to get in to recovery and fastboot and Download mode, but it would not boot past any of that. My assumption is that I deleted the whole OS and since I formatted everything there wasn't even a backup or any rom to install. Everything was gone. My computer also no longer recognized it as a phone/mobile device or even as storage. I re-installed the all the Samsung drivers and still nothing. My phone is not seen by the galaxy nexus tool kit, odin, or kies
At this point I attempted to go to stock via Odin, to mysid-icl53f-factory-65895fa8. This failed, I got the big red box in Odin and was going to pull the battery as the Odin faq says and do it again, but then the phone booted in to the dreaded yellow triangle exclamation point. This is all my phone does. I can not boot back into recovery, or download or any other possible alternate.
So this is where I am at, booting to the phone/pda..yellow triangle..computer screen and can go no further and my phone is not seen as a functional device on my PC even after installing driers again.
I do have one of those dongles that force the phone to boot to download mode coming from ebay. but without any OS at all (or so it seems) I dont know if it will do anything. I do have insurance on it so I'm not that worried on it, but I would rather not have to pay the deductible and be shamed for my success at bricking what is supposed to be unbrickable.
any ideas?

I am not very experienced, but can you get into boot menu? (Just volume up + down + power) if so, you might be able to install galaxy nexus toolbox on PC, install drivers from there, download factory IMG on PC and install IMG through the toolbox via usb.. or reflash cwm through the toolbox and recover nandroid if you have it
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mabast said:
I am not very experienced, but can you get into boot menu? (Just volume up + down + power) if so, you might be able to install galaxy nexus toolbox on PC, install drivers from there, download factory IMG on PC and install IMG through the toolbox via usb.. or reflash cwm through the toolbox and recover nandroid if you have it
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No, I can't get to any other menu. Power + Vol up or Power + Vol Down or Power + Vol up AND down. Don't do anything. I really think I may have completely formatted the phone to nothing or close too it. I was able to get a new one though warranty however so that should be here in a few days.

You try Odin in dl mode yet?
http://www.galaxynexusforum.com/for...how-return-stock-using-odin-vzw-lte-only.html
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then00b said:
You try Odin in dl mode yet?
http://www.galaxynexusforum.com/for...how-return-stock-using-odin-vzw-lte-only.html
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I did, try it before I got the yellow triangle and it didnt work. Now I can't in to download mode, and the odin program wont recognize the phone, either do to it not being able to get in to the download mode or because despite reinstalling all samsung drivers, my computer wont recognize the device as anything.

Schwazilla said:
I did, try it before I got the yellow triangle and it didnt work. Now I can't in to download mode, and the odin program wont recognize the phone, either do to it not being able to get in to the download mode or because despite reinstalling all samsung drivers, my computer wont recognize the device as anything.
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If you can get into fastboot mode, I am assuming the bootloader, then you can use the gnex toolbox and reflash the factory image and start over.

blackwolf77 said:
If you can get into fastboot mode, I am assuming the bootloader, then you can use the gnex toolbox and reflash the factory image and start over.
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No, like I said no combination of button presses will put the phone into any other mode.

Could have used fast boot to push a ROM to the device, then enter recovery and flash the ROM.
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If you look in my post history you might find something, I fully bricked my phone before and someone posted in a thread I made and it involved downloading some program and setting up special drivers, I'm going to bed but if you have not found anything by then, then I'll try and find it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28486568&postcount=2 read this i had a full brick on my phone (nothing would come on no download mode or anything just a black screen. that omap program fixed me right up.

[Q] Help! Might have bricked phone :(

I have the odex blue rom. I decided to download the zip file for the Acid Mod. I used ROM manager and hit download rom instead of doing it manually...now it boots up the initial odex blue boot up screen and goes blank. I have tried booting into recovery by pressing the three buttons, but no luck either. Just goes blank. Any suggestions??

Whew! If I just used the search button I would have found out how KIES works...NM!

So you're good now?
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alius123 said:
Whew! If I just used the search button I would have found out how KIES works...NM!
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You could also try using ODIN. Flashing with KIES will wipe your entre phone clean, including all of the files. ODIN will do clean flash, but will preserve your files, such as pics for example.

[Q] Bricked sgh-i747

Hi,
I tried rooting my SGH-i747, using Odin 3.7 and Ultimatum. For whatever reason that locked up part-way through the install.
I downloaded AT&TGS3CWM6.0.1.2.tar and installed... after reboot, I get the "Rethink Possible" screen and then the phone sits at "Samsung" No further activity.
After going into Download mode I DO NOT get any menu... just a few lines about Odin, the green Android logo, and "Downloading..."
I am not able to access any menu on the phone - it isn't there.
Keis does not recognise the phone.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance....

That's the only thing you should get for download mode
To go into RECOVERY MODE use vol up + power + home
Then you'll have your menu.
Download mode is used to flash stuff thru Odin.
Do a little bit more reading and research before you really brick your phone
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Thanks..
Thanks for the clarification... my mistake.
I now have a fully-working CryanogenMod 10.1...
jayRokk said:
That's the only thing you should get for download mode
To go into RECOVERY MODE use vol up + power + home
Then you'll have your menu.
Download mode is used to flash stuff thru Odin.
Do a little bit more reading and research before you really brick your phone
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