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[Q] Recovering from a soft-brick help [Volume Up and ADB not working]

Hello,
I am stuck in a unique situation for which I did not find any answer while searching this forum. Any help is appreciated.
I have CM 10 installed on my S3 and am currently stuck in an infinite boot loop (forever stuck on the Cyanogenmod splash screen at boot-up). The problem is, I can't enter recovery because my Volume UP key does not work. I also tried ADB, and it won't detect my phone because most probably it does not have USB debugging enabled.
I have the necessary drivers for S3 installed and know for a fact that ADB is working, because it can see my wife's S3 just fine and I can send commands to it. Yet, it cannot detect my S3.
ODIN *CAN* detect my phone, but since I cannot enter download mode....I can't flash anything.
Is there anything I can try to get into recovery? Or anything else? Thanks for the help.

Download mode is volume down+power+home, you should have no problem getting to download mode.
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d3athsd00r said:
Download mode is volume down+power+home, you should have no problem getting to download mode.
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After doing this, the phone first shows a warning screen and tells you to press Volume UP to continue, which, I can't.

sulhaq said:
After doing this, the phone first shows a warning screen and tells you to press Volume UP to continue, which, I can't.
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This same thing happened to me today, and I am now stuck in ODIN mode, which sucks because I have a Mac and cannot get odin on my machine (to my knowledge)

[Q] Non-noob, soft brick at a loss and needs help!!

Ok, so as the thread title says I'm not a nooby at this, been here for 6 years modding every phone, sometimes flashing rom's almost daily on some phones. I also search before posting cause I hate being bashed for not searching, but I have searched, and tried numerous solutions, but am still in need of of guru help.
Situation: T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2, rooted, updated with new updates for LTE, re-rooted, so far so good, then decided to do some mods, multi-window - good to go and then notifications bar, that is where things went wrong, so went into recovery mode, flash recovery image, got the yellow triangle with phone and computer image saying bad firmware, connect with Kies and do recovery, well Kies never could recognize it, so opened up the Samsung Galaxy Note2 Toolkit, flashed recovery, then phone will not go into bootloader or downloader mode, all I have is a black screen with "Samsung Galaxy NoteII" and it does nothing. I can no longer use toolkit cause it says USB de-bugging needs to be enabled. And when I try to use Odin to flash the root66_TMO_T889UVBMB4 i get failed.
It's not like I've never had a bad flash, but I have always been able to recover, but with not being able to get into download mode, I am at a loss, does anyone know if there is a way to enable de-bugging from command prompt via the computer?
I am totally open to suggestions, otherwise I am left with a very expensive door stop.

Try pressing volume down+home then press power should put you in download ( the yellow triangle pc screen will still work)

deeznutz1977 said:
Try pressing volume down+home then press power should put you in download ( the yellow triangle pc screen will still work)
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I am pass the yellow triangle that is gone, when I pull battery then put back in pressing power and volume buttons, does nothing, just the samsung screen and I can't get out of it have tried dozens of times, that's all I get

MDANavymom said:
I am pass the yellow triangle that is gone, when I pull battery then put back in pressing power and volume buttons, does nothing, just the samsung screen and I can't get out of it have tried dozens of times, that's all I get
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volume down+home,last press power

deeznutz1977 said:
volume down+home,last press power
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Now that did the trick, had to try that combo 5-6 times but finally after a short prayer, am flashed and back up and running! Big thanks to you!

Noob after all?... Just teasing
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FaceMelter said:
Noob after all?... Just teasing
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Lol
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[Q] Need Help - SM T705 stuck on start up screen.

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.

Can't boot into Recovery?! [SOLVED]

Right out of the RetailBox (with stockRom) I couldn't reboot into recovery using the "VolumeUp+Home+PowerButton" step...
Even now after installing a custom rom and twrp recovery I can't do the hardbutton action ("VolumeUp+Home+PowerButton") to get into the "recovery"
so whats the hiccup here? someone plz
thx
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5
IronRom V2.3.5 (lollipop 5.0.x)
odin 3.0.5

drei??? said:
Right out of the box I couldn't reboot into recovery using the Volume up + home + PowerButton...
I just flashed a root... and then downloaded twrp through playstore and always rebooted with Newstart chosing reboot into recovery.... so it was fine till now..
now though, after installing IronRom .zip through twrp, it won't reboot anymore, it is stuck at the "Samsung Galaxy Tab S powered by android" starting screen.
Now I want to simply to the hardbutton reboot into recovery step, since i cant access it otherwise... but it doesn't react.
so whats the hiccup here?
thx
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I would also like to know this, I recently installed the PAC-MAN (unofficial) rom and things went weird. I tried to flash official Samsung ROM through Odin, things went well but got stuck in Samsung booting logo (not the one that says powered by Samsung). The logo that comes after the Samsung jingle.

drei??? said:
Right out of the RetailBox (with stockRom) I couldn't reboot into recovery using the "VolumeUp+Home+PowerButton" step...
Even now after installing a custom rom and twrp recovery I can't do the hardbutton action ("VolumeUp+Home+PowerButton") to get into the "recovery"
so whats the hiccup here? someone plz
thx
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5
IronRom V2.3.5 (lollipop 5.0.x)
odin 3.0.5
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Pilot error.
Use reboot from play.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...etrus&pcampaignid=APPU_1_ogS1Vd-JO4GfUsyfu7gM
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pooranimator said:
I would also like to know this, I recently installed the PAC-MAN (unofficial) rom and things went weird. I tried to flash official Samsung ROM through Odin, things went well but got stuck in Samsung booting logo (not the one that says powered by Samsung). The logo that comes after the Samsung jingle.
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It takes 10 mins first boot to lollipop.

ashyx said:
Pilot error.
Use reboot from play.
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So there is no way to get the HardButton way to work?
(My customRom already has multiple shutdown and restart option... thats how i've been operating.)
But once one is stuck somewhere and can't get to the system level (like boot loop or whatnot) it would be great to enter the recovery anyway... thx

drei??? said:
So there is no way to get the HardButton way to work?
(My customRom already has multiple shutdown and restart option... thats how i've been operating.)
But once one is stuck somewhere and can't get to the system level (like boot loop or whatnot) it would be great to enter the recovery anyway... thx
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You can enter recovery any time you want, you just need to do it right.
Hold POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN until the screen goes blank then immediately change to VOL UP whilst still holding the other buttons until recovery boots.

ashyx said:
You can enter recovery any time you want, you just need to do it right.
Hold POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN until the screen goes blank then immediately change to VOL UP whilst still holding the other buttons until recovery boots.
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Holy Damn... thanks a lot!!!! that was really bugging me. I never found anything apart from just holding home+power+volumeup

I just tried this after trying other button combinations found on the web to try to get it to hard reset but nothing happens with my Tab S...it still stays stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S startup screen. Any suggestions as to why that is?
ashyx said:
You can enter recovery any time you want, you just need to do it right.
Hold POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN until the screen goes blank then immediately change to VOL UP whilst still holding the other buttons until recovery boots.
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ashyx said:
You can enter recovery any time you want, you just need to do it right.
Hold POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN until the screen goes blank then immediately change to VOL UP whilst still holding the other buttons until recovery boots.
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Just signed in to say thanks for this, but for some reason I had to do it slightly differently. I was on stock 5.0.2 and trying to boot into recovery (Power+Volume UP+Home would start Samsung splash screens and then go black without ever booting into Recovery) so my solution was:
Shutdown Tab S, then hold down Power+Volume DOWN+Home (as though to get into Download mode) and then immediately after pressing that initially, I pressed Volume UP while still holding Power+Home.
Problem solved.

samgals said:
Just signed in to say thanks for this, but for some reason I had to do it slightly differently. I was on stock 5.0.2 and trying to boot into recovery (Power+Volume UP+Home would start Samsung splash screens and then go black without ever booting into Recovery) so my solution was:
Shutdown Tab S, then hold down Power+Volume DOWN+Home (as though to get into Download mode) and then immediately after pressing that initially, I pressed Volume UP while still holding Power+Home.
Problem solved.
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Yours worked for me perfect

ashyx said:
You can enter recovery any time you want, you just need to do it right.
Hold POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN until the screen goes blank then immediately change to VOL UP whilst still holding the other buttons until recovery boots.
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wooow it really works thank

ashyx said:
Pilot error.
Use reboot from play.
htt ps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.petrus.tools.reboot&hl=en_GB&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dgoogle+play+reboot+petrus&pcampaignid=APPU_1_ogS1Vd-JO4GfUsyfu7gM[/url]
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It takes 10 mins first boot to lollipop.
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Someone please help me! I downloaded the apk above, chose "Boot into Recovery", gave it root, but it just took me to the "Downloading Do not turn off target!" screen & pressing Home + Power + Volume Down doesn't fix it! I'm using a Galaxy Tab S 10.5 SM-T800, stock Lollipop 5.0.2 and I used the combined TWRP & CF-Auto_root package on XDA to root it. Is all hope lost?

bokusen said:
Someone please help me! I downloaded the apk above, chose "Boot into Recovery", gave it root, but it just took me to the "Downloading Do not turn off target!" screen & pressing Home + Power + Volume Down doesn't fix it! I'm using a Galaxy Tab S 10.5 SM-T800, stock Lollipop 5.0.2 and I used the combined TWRP & CF-Auto_root package on XDA to root it. Is all hope lost?
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Just do this:
ashyx; said:
Hold POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN until the screen goes blank then immediately change to VOL UP whilst still holding the other buttons until recovery boots.
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Wow. Thanks! Didn't see that anywhere else...

None of these work for me so...I have a feeling for whatever reason I locked myself out of recovery. Yet to try adb recovery but have little hope.

podlinux said:
I have a feeling for whatever reason I locked myself out of recovery.
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Not possible, purely pilot error.

Well adb recovery to my surprise and happiness worked! The only thing that worked for me.

I have a tab s that failed an upgrade, I have wiped the cache, and the system but it still will not start up.
Any suggestions?

Ghostwolf01 said:
I have a tab s that failed an upgrade, I have wiped the cache, and the system but it still will not start up.
Any suggestions?
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Reinstall the firmware via ODIN

My j3 emerge says error..invalid boot loop image header can't get fed download mode help please

When and how was this method introduced?
It worked, so many thanks.
Just a bit convoluted... issh...
Is it a twrp thing? Almost a bit like a GitarChord
very thanksful it worked though

'Recovery is not SEANDROID enforcing' endless loop - Bricked?

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