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Booting to recovery with button combination not working

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.

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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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..

No recovery mode?

When I try to start my phone in recovery mode it stalls with the screen and samsung galaxy s on the screen.
Download mode works fine, but it hasn't stalled on recovery screen before. I have rooted the device, do I need to install anything additional?
What is the solution? to factory reset the device? reflash?

to enter recovery mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/GT-I9000
you have to briefly let go of the power button and immediately hold back the power button
when you are doing the 3 button combo to go into the recovery screen

AllGamer said:
to enter recovery mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/GT-I9000
you have to briefly let go of the power button and immediately hold back the power button
when you are doing the 3 button combo to go into the recovery screen
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That is what I do, I have gone into the recovery screen many times.
But now it will not :S

try flashing it again with another ROM

AllGamer said:
try flashing it again with another ROM
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I did that so now it works as usual again. Thanks for taking your time to help!

you'r welcome

Phone won't boot to recovery, won't boot to system after upgrade TWRP 2.6.3.0

OK, trying to install CM10.2, which requires TWRP 2.6.3.0. So I installed GooManager from play store and updated to 2.6.3.0, now my phone won't boot, black screen after the samsung logo. It won't boot to system, won't boot to recovery.
I have usb jig, so I can go to download mode.
So how do i fix this?

OK, flashed twrp via odin, see pics.
brisk5181 said:
OK, trying to install CM10.2, which requires TWRP 2.6.3.0. So I installed GooManager from play store and updated to 2.6.3.0, now my phone won't boot, black screen after the samsung logo. It won't boot to system, won't boot to recovery.
I have usb jig, so I can go to download mode.
So how do i fix this?
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Oh man. You're not the only one.
This happened to me yesterday. I had to flash back to stock. Now, I am about to root again. Good luck, mate.

This seems to happen with Goo everytime there's a new version of TWRP. I have read that the easiest fix is to flash the TWRP tar file with Odin. Every post I have read, said that everything was fine after that. Sounds like Goo doesn't mess with anything but the recovery in those cases. I used this fix once when I flashed a recovery zip that didn't work.

As of date. It appears Goomanager is the culprit.

I installed openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-hercules.tar using odin since goo obviously doesn't work... but I can't seem to boot past the teamwin screen... any pointers?

tthreeoh said:
I installed openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-hercules.tar using odin since goo obviously doesn't work... but I can't seem to boot past the teamwin screen... any pointers?
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That's u are because u are softbricked buddy, twrp2.6.0.3 is a bad file, nobody can boot past slpash screen, u need to Odin twrp v2.6.1.0 and itll work fine, u can find the tar file here techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules
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Can I install 4.3 with twrp2.6.1.0 recovery?

I installed 2.6.1.0 and I still can't get past teamwin...

Soft Bricked
tthreeoh said:
I installed 2.6.1.0 and I still can't get past teamwin...
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GooManager updated me to 2.6.3.0, now when I reboot, I see Samsung splash screen for a few seconds and then a black screen of death, won't boot, won't go into download mode no matter what I do. tried rebooting with both vol keys pressed down, tried holding vol keys down while inserting usb cable, tried rebooting while holding the down volume key, tried rebooting holding vol keys and power then releasing power. Nothing works. If anyone can help me get into downlaod mode, I'd appreciate. From there, I can revert back to 2.6.1.0

if you cannot go to download mode, you need USB Jig, check it here:
http://www.diygadget.com/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000-s2-i9100-download-mode-usb-jig.html
Use USB jig to get into download, then follow the 2 photos I pasted at the 1st post to Odin 2.6.1.0
VermontKindBud said:
GooManager updated me to 2.6.3.0, now when I reboot, I see Samsung splash screen for a few seconds and then a black screen of death, won't boot, won't go into download mode no matter what I do. tried rebooting with both vol keys pressed down, tried holding vol keys down while inserting usb cable, tried rebooting while holding the down volume key, tried rebooting holding vol keys and power then releasing power. Nothing works. If anyone can help me get into downlaod mode, I'd appreciate. From there, I can revert back to 2.6.1.0
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brisk5181 said:
if you cannot go to download mode, you need USB Jig, check it here:
http://www.diygadget.com/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000-s2-i9100-download-mode-usb-jig.html
Use USB jig to get into download, then follow the 2 photos I pasted at the 1st post to Odin 2.6.1.0
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I appreciate, There's so many on Amazon, how do I know which one is correct ?

VermontKindBud said:
I appreciate, There's so many on Amazon, how do I know which one is correct ?
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any should work.
this is what I bought
http://www.diygadget.com/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000-s2-i9100-download-mode-usb-jig.html

VermontKindBud said:
GooManager updated me to 2.6.3.0, now when I reboot, I see Samsung splash screen for a few seconds and then a black screen of death, won't boot, won't go into download mode no matter what I do. tried rebooting with both vol keys pressed down, tried holding vol keys down while inserting usb cable, tried rebooting while holding the down volume key, tried rebooting holding vol keys and power then releasing power. Nothing works. If anyone can help me get into downlaod mode, I'd appreciate. From there, I can revert back to 2.6.1.0
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In case you missed it. You have to remove the battery. (it would be nice if this helps your problem)

soupysoup said:
That's u are because u are softbricked buddy, twrp2.6.0.3 is a bad file, nobody can boot past slpash screen, u need to Odin twrp v2.6.1.0 and itll work fine, u can find the tar file here techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thanks man... Got me out-of hat water with the wife. .

You guys are life savers! Thank you!!!!

Jig not working either
So, as mentioned before, GooManager updated me to TWRP 2.6.3.0, and now I can't boot past samsung splash screen. No method I used would get me to download mode so I took the advice in the thread and bought a USB Jig. Even removing the battery and leaving it out for 2 minutes and then reinserting it, followed by inserting the jig in the charger port and waiting, and nothing happens. Turning the device on with the jig in the port also does nothing but a quick flash of the splash screen logo and then darkness forever. Definitely doesn't bring up download mode or any kind of yellow triangle. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? You'd think that as long as I can get to the samsung logo screen that there would be some way to recover this device and that I'm no hard bricked. Other people have managed to recover from the GooManger TWRP 2.6.3.0 issue, so why can't I?

shot my USB jig came in today & can't get it into to download mode at all NO

gata love odin it saves you every time

Soft brick, but can't access recovery mode

Hey there, so my phone randomly decided to stop working today.
Whenever I put the battery in the phone or plug in the charger, the Samsung screen loads then nothing. This all happens without me pushing the power button btw. Then the power button doesn't work, nor can I access recovery.
Like I mentioned, this all happened very suddenly and unexpectedly. I haven't flashed a rom in awhile so I'm not sure what caused the problem. One tidbit worth mentioning is that my phone would randomly reboot on the rom I've been using, but it wouldn't happen too often.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Not exactly sure what I should do in this situation. Thanks for reading.

nfsplayer99 said:
Hey there, so my phone randomly decided to stop working today.
Whenever I put the battery in the phone or plug in the charger, the Samsung screen loads then nothing. This all happens without me pushing the power button btw. Then the power button doesn't work, nor can I access recovery.
Like I mentioned, this all happened very suddenly and unexpectedly. I haven't flashed a rom in awhile so I'm not sure what caused the problem. One tidbit worth mentioning is that my phone would randomly reboot on the rom I've been using, but it wouldn't happen too often.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Not exactly sure what I should do in this situation. Thanks for reading.
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try to be quicker to access recovery, power off the phone. then press the power, vol up, and home then AS SOON as you see the blue text on the left top side of the samsung logo screen let go of the buttons, it should boot into recovery then wipe data factory reset and reboot.

Andy_nu said:
try to be quicker to access recovery, power off the phone. then press the power, vol up, and home then AS SOON as you see the blue text on the left top side of the samsung logo screen let go of the buttons, it should boot into recovery then wipe data factory reset and reboot.
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Yeah, I was able to do that once, but then the phone just goes to a black screen and doesn't load anything

nfsplayer99 said:
Yeah, I was able to do that once, but then the phone just goes to a black screen and doesn't load anything
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flash this recovery attached with odin by booting into download mode via power vol down and home, wipe data factory reset and reboot
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390212717148635222 (recovery)
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390275921635705049 (odin)
place in pda with only f. reset time and auto reboot checked. it SHOULD only take about 10 seconds to flash. as soon as your phone reboots hold the recovery combo and it should go to it

I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.

nfsplayer99 said:
I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.
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kinda odd. never had that happen before. ,maybe you could try to reflash the download mode into your phone using this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125(make sure you use a debrick.img http://d-h.st/iEy for att not sprint BTW)
or use a jig. since your phone can still access the boot interface.

nfsplayer99 said:
I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.
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Have you done this and then connected the USB to see if ODIN will recognize the phone? it's entirely possible that you are getting into download mode, but just can't see it..
It's certainly worth a try.

[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.