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Recovery menu???

For the life of me I can't get the Vol Up + Vol Down + Power button combo to bring up any menu options in the recovery mode on my Galaxy Nexus. This is a GSM from the Play store. I'm running stock Jelly Bean setup. I was trying to unlock the bootloader and do the factory image install, but I kept getting a boot cycle. I tried to go into recovery to data wipe, but I couldn't ever get the menu options to come up, just have the Android on his back with the exclamation point. Anyone else see this?

that is the stock recovery.
press power and vol down and up and you'll get the menu.

Zepius said:
that is the stock recovery.
press power and vol down and up and you'll get the menu.
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Yeah, that's the problem, pushing those buttons don't bring up a menu for me...

dmarmstr said:
Yeah, that's the problem, pushing those buttons don't bring up a menu for me...
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yes it does, if you're on the screen with the android on its back.

dmarmstr said:
For the life of me I can't get the Vol Up + Vol Down + Power button combo to bring up any menu options in the recovery mode on my Galaxy Nexus. This is a GSM from the Play store. I'm running stock Jelly Bean setup. I was trying to unlock the bootloader and do the factory image install, but I kept getting a boot cycle. I tried to go into recovery to data wipe, but I couldn't ever get the menu options to come up, just have the Android on his back with the exclamation point. Anyone else see this?
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Wait, let's see if you're not confusing things.
To unlock: with the device off, 3bc (3 button combo) power+vol up+vol down. Hold it until you see bootloader screen. Connect the device to pc previously set up with fastboot, and in a command line, type 'fastboot oem unlock'. Accept on the device.
When in recovery (accessable by using volume keys in bootloader screen, also allows to reboot bootloader, start system), press vol up (or vol up+power, can't remember right now) to see stock recovery menus.
Nevermind recovery right now, follow efrant's guide on flashing stock/unlock. Set up fastboot. Don't use toolkits.
Sent from my i9250

bk201doesntexist said:
Wait, let's see if you're not confusing things.
To unlock: with the device off, 3bc (3 button combo) power+vol up+vol down. Hold it until you see bootloader screen. Connect the device to pc previously set up with fastboot, and in a command line, type 'fastboot oem unlock'. Accept on the device.
When in recovery (accessable by using volume keys in bootloader screen, also allows to reboot bootloader, start system), press vol up (or vol up+power, can't remember right now) to see stock recovery menus.
Nevermind recovery right now, follow efrant's guide on flashing stock/unlock. Set up fastboot. Don't use toolkits.
Sent from my i9250
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Ok my phone is now flashed. But I still can't get anything to show up in stock recovery. I can get to bootloader and volume up to recovery then I get the android on his back with bang. No button combo here brings up any menu options.
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Zepius said:
that is the stock recovery.
press power and vol down and up and you'll get the menu.
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It's actually power and volume up.

efrant said:
It's actually power and volume up.
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well good to know... i havent used stock recovery since like... i got the phone.

efrant said:
It's actually power and volume up.
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I'm running stock recovery right now, but havent rebooted yet to check what was the combo. Thanks
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efrant said:
It's actually power and volume up.
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Awesome, thanks! This actually works, not sure why the 3 button combo wouldn't get it every once in a while. Is the 3 button combo used for the CDMA VZ version of the phone? I even saw this used in a youtube video!

dmarmstr said:
Awesome, thanks! This actually works, not sure why the 3 button combo wouldn't get it every once in a while. Is the 3 button combo used for the CDMA VZ version of the phone? I even saw this used in a youtube video!
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Nope. It's power and volume up to get into the recovery menu from the recovery screen. Power and volume up and down is to get into the bootloader.

I tried power and volume up. Nothing happened!!!
I flahsed back to stock.... and got bootloop. since I didn't flash data image.
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Ok got it. press power button first .follow by volume up.

Bootloader Issue

I am having a problem with my phone. I installed CM 11 on it via TWRP 2.6.3 but for some reason the flash didn't workout well and the phone was stuck in the boot animation. The problem is now I am not able to access bootloader because of a faulty vol down button. Before it would work some time, but now have tried it several times but can't do any thing. It just recognizes the power button press and turns the phone on and it gets stuck in bootloader. How do I get in recover to solve this problem.
Any advice?

Kabir999 said:
I am having a problem with my phone. I installed CM 11 on it via TWRP 2.6.3 but for some reason the flash didn't workout well and the phone was stuck in the boot animation. The problem is now I am not able to access bootloader because of a faulty vol down button. Before it would work some time, but now have tried it several times but can't do any thing. It just recognizes the power button press and turns the phone on and it gets stuck in bootloader. How do I get in recover to solve this problem.
Any advice?
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Press and hold back button + power. That will boot into fastboot then use volume up to navigate

try to keep volume down button
try to keep volume down button harder from the start and after the power button, i have the same prolem and it work after 1-2 tryes

VallNAr said:
try to keep volume down button harder from the start and after the power button, i have the same prolem and it work after 1-2 tryes
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Or u could use back button + power aswell and get there first try, no point killing the button even more.

Stuck at Asus LOGO can't Enter Fastboot

hi all
Please help
After flashing New update, My phone stuck at Asus logo and can't Enter fastboot (POWER+VOL UP) I also tried all combination (power+vol up and down, power+vol down, etc.... etc...),
hoping for your help, thanks XDA :good:

bajong said:
hi all
Please help
After flashing New update, My phone stuck at Asus logo and can't Enter fastboot (POWER+VOL UP) I also tried all combination (power+vol up and down, power+vol down, etc.... etc...),
hoping for your help, thanks XDA :good:
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How long are you holding VOL-UP? If I recall correctly, it must be held until the device vibrates.
UPDATE: Oops, that was just for the power button. Hold the VOL-UP button until you get the Android robot.

joel.maxuel said:
How long are you holding VOL-UP? If I recall correctly, it must be held until the device vibrates.
UPDATE: Oops, that was just for the power button. Hold the VOL-UP button until you get the Android robot.
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Before I flashed the new update I'm able enter fashboot easily, by holding vol up +pow after vibrate unhold power button,
But now by doing this combination, I only see usb logo, I think the update broke the fastboot mode?

maybe you forgot to remove root,xposed or busybox before update.without fastboot cant imagine what you can do.maybe you bricked.I hope not.good luck.

v500 Stuck Bootlooping - Cant Access TWRP

Hi all,
Have a brand new (to me) v500 that i bought and was able to root, flash twrp, and flash crdroid on yesterday. Today i flashed standard AOSP but now i'm stuck in a bootloop and cant figure out how to access twrp any more. Previously with crdroid on it i was accessing the bootloader/twrp via an app. So far all i can get to come up using hardware buttons is the download mode, and ADB isn't recognizing the device.
Any advice? I tried following a guide to revert to stock using the LG Support Tool but cant find the R&D tools to complete the tutorial.
Any help is appreciated.

Bump - $10 USD to whoever can help me solve this first

To enter twrp via buttons on v500:
Press and hold Power Button + Volume Down
When the LG logo shows up, release the power button only
Now press and hold the Power and Volume Up button while keeping your hold on the Volume Down button
When the factory reset screen appears, release your hold on all buttons
Follow On Screen Indications to make factory reset, but instead you enter twrp
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RUGGNATION said:
Hi all,
Have a brand new (to me) v500 that i bought and was able to root, flash twrp, and flash crdroid on yesterday. Today i flashed standard AOSP but now i'm stuck in a bootloop and cant figure out how to access twrp any more. Previously with crdroid on it i was accessing the bootloader/twrp via an app. So far all i can get to come up using hardware buttons is the download mode, and ADB isn't recognizing the device.
Any advice? I tried following a guide to revert to stock using the LG Support Tool but cant find the R&D tools to complete the tutorial.
Any help is appreciated.
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To enter twrp via buttons on v500:
Press and hold Power Button + Volume Down
When the LG logo shows up, release the power button only
Now press and hold the Power and Volume Up button while keeping your hold on the Volume Down button
When the factory reset screen appears, release your hold on all buttons
Follow On Screen Indications to make factory reset, but instead you enter twrp
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RUGGNATION said:
Hi all,
(---cut---) So far all i can get to come up using hardware buttons is the download mode, and ADB isn't recognizing the device.
Any advice? I tried following a guide to revert to stock using the LG Support Tool but cant find the R&D tools to complete the tutorial.
Any help is appreciated.
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Have you tried LG Flash Tool 2014?

b0li said:
To enter twrp via buttons on v500:
Press and hold Power Button + Volume Down
When the LG logo shows up, release the power button only
Now press and hold the Power and Volume Up button while keeping your hold on the Volume Down button
When the factory reset screen appears, release your hold on all buttons
Follow On Screen Indications to make factory reset, but instead you enter twrp
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Using that combination of buttons doesnt bring up any menus, i see the LG logo and then either holding the power button shuts down the tablet or it tries booting into Android, which then loops.

ze7zez said:
Have you tried LG Flash Tool 2014?
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I did but ive been unable to get it to work and/or find the right file to load into it.

RUGGNATION said:
I did but ive been unable to get it to work and/or find the right file to load into it.
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V50020f_00.kdz
Download LG Official Stock ROM / Firmware [U.S.]
or
Enter the serial number XXXXXXXXXXXXX into the link
http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=LGXXXXXXXXXXXXX
and you will receive a link to the ROM.

ze7zez said:
V50020f_00.kdz
Download LG Official Stock ROM / Firmware [U.S.]
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Thanks for the link, so far i havent been able to get my computer to recognize the usb connection when in download mode. I'm using the OEM cable and downloaded the drivers in the LG Flash Tool thread, but no luck.

RUGGNATION said:
Using that combination of buttons doesnt bring up any menus, i see the LG logo and then either holding the power button shuts down the tablet or it tries booting into Android, which then loops.
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b0li gave an invalid TWRP entry instruction.
Read How to enter recovery mode using key combination post #2.
In TWRP, do advanced wipe without internal storage.
Before you flash the ROM, check its checksum carefully to see if it is identical to the one on the server.

ze7zez said:
b0li gave an invalid TWRP entry instruction.
Read How to enter recovery mode using key combination post #2.
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I tried the corrected key combination, but no menus pop up, I either hold the power and vol up/down buttons until the device turns itself off, or it boots to the Android logo and then loops.

RUGGNATION said:
I tried the corrected key combination, but no menus pop up, I either hold the power and vol up/down buttons until the device turns itself off, or it boots to the Android logo and then loops.
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It turns off because you hold 3 keys and don't release them.
You must press them simultaneously and then release them immediately.

ze7zez said:
It turns off because you hold 3 keys and don't release them.
You must press them simultaneously and then release them immediately.
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That did the trick, can't believe it was just because i wasn't pressing the keys exactly right. I was able to get back into TWRP and reflash the ROM so now everything is working. Still having trouble getting usb to recognize the device, so i can't flash anything else on there at the moment.
PM me your paypal or venmo

RUGGNATION said:
Still having trouble getting usb to recognize the device, so i can't flash anything else on there at the moment.
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Perhaps the problem is not the usb socket or cable.
Blow out the socket with compressed air and try again.
If that doesn't work, then your OS may be a problem.
In this case, try [LIVE-ISO][FWUL]adb/fastboot without any installation and driver issues.

I tried another computer too, same result - the tablet recognizes the connection so it starts charging, and despite the USB settings in dev options being set for MTP, it doesn't connect.
I'll try your link later, but it seems like its a problem with the tablet compared to computer.

RUGGNATION said:
I tried the corrected key combination, but no menus pop up, I either hold the power and vol up/down buttons until the device turns itself off, or it boots to the Android logo and then loops.
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You can always transfer data using microSD or via WiFi tethering.
If via WiFi, I recommend the SwiFTP server - simple and reliable.

I tried to update Lineage and am running into an issue now where as soon as the LG logo pops up, a message that says "Secure booting error! Cause: boot certification verify" pops up almost immediately so I can't use the hardware buttons to get into TWRP. Any ideas around this one? Thanks again all!

Have I just bricked my faithful A70?

So I tried to install TWRP and followed the steps, used ODIN v3.14, it tried to upload something but failed with an error.
Now the phone has gone into a perpetual restart cycle:
1) Reboot (by itself or Vol Down + Power)
2) Blank screen with: "Galaxy A70 - Secured by Knox - Powered by Android"
3) Screen with: "This phone's bootloader is unlocked and its software integrity... - Press power key to continue"
4) Blank screen with: "Galaxy A70 - Secured by Knox - Powered by Android"
5) Blank screen with: "SAMSUNG" for a very long time
6) eventually back to step 1
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Is there a way to get back this phone?

I was flashed twrp normally and nothing happened for me. Did you pressed vol up+power ASAP after flash successful ? If not, go to download mode and flash again, then press vol up+power immediately.

I never managed to flash TWRP, ODIN displayed an error when I tried.

1. Your using the wrong version of odin. You need 3.13.3
2. Sounds like your not key comboing fast enough?
3. You can not hard brick the A70. If its in a boot loop, plug into pc and Continue to hold vol up and down till it boots to download mode. Flash latest stock version then reboot.
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Zilliman said:
I never managed to flash TWRP, ODIN displayed an error when I tried.
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Did you boot to Android, check oem in dev options then power off and then enter download mode? Using odin 3.13.3?

Jinetty21 said:
I was flashed twrp normally and nothing happened for me. Did you pressed vol up+power ASAP after flash successful ? If not, go to download mode and flash again, then press vol up+power immediately.
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Dont press power during the end process, its power and vol down till screen goes blank then immediately let go and press and hold just vol up.

OK, I am now in the "Downloading..." screen and the phone is waiting.
All I have on my PC is:
recovery.tar
twrp-3.6.1_9-0-a70q.img.tar
DFE.zip
I do not have the Samsung firmware or anything else.
What should I do now?

Zilliman said:
OK, I am now in the "Downloading..." screen and the phone is waiting.
All I have on my PC is:
recovery.tar
twrp-3.6.1_9-0-a70q.img.tar
DFE.zip
I do not have the Samsung firmware or anything else.
What should I do now?
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Get the original firmware for your phone from a 3rd party website.

Zilliman said:
OK, I am now in the "Downloading..." screen and the phone is waiting.
All I have on my PC is:
recovery.tar
twrp-3.6.1_9-0-a70q.img.tar
DFE.zip
I do not have the Samsung firmware or anything else.
What should I do now?
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Get frija from the link in my guide under tools, install it on your pc, then use it to download your latest stock firmware. Make sure you have odin 3.13.3 as well
In frija, enter the model number and the region code of the A70
In my case it would be SM-A705MN/ TTT
Do NOT flash other models, it must be for your Model. Also, dont flash csc_home in this instance, use csc. When loading the AP file, it will take a little bit to load in and you may see odin has stopped working, ignore that and it will eventually load, make sure auto reboot is unchecked everytime you use odin. The first step in my guide says to download and flash latest stock firmware. Anytime your going to do modifications to a device, make sure to have the latest stock firmware first.

Many thanks for suggestions.
I managed to download the stock firmware from https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-a70/firmware/SM-A705FN/BTU/#SM-A705FN and have uploaded it using ODIN 3.14 The phone has now started, like new / factory reset.
I am now setting it up (Samsung firmware) just to make sure I have got my phone back.
After I will try to zap and upload another ROM.

MarvinMod said:
Dont press power during the end process, its power and vol down till screen goes blank then immediately let go and press and hold just vol up.
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I didn't said that hold power button during flash. Press vol up+power after successful flash, that means when odin say pass then phone goes black and boots, while bootsplash is coming, immediately press and hold vol up+power to switch to recovery.

Jinetty21 said:
I didn't said that hold power button during flash. Press vol up+power after successful flash, that means when odin say pass then phone goes black and boots, while bootsplash is coming, immediately press and hold vol up+power to switch to recovery.
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Its not up+power after successful flash.
Its down+power till screen goes blank then immediately hold vol up only. Is what im trying to tell you. It will NOT work the way you described.

Zilliman said:
Many thanks for suggestions.
I managed to download the stock firmware from https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-a70/firmware/SM-A705FN/BTU/#SM-A705FN and have uploaded it using ODIN 3.14 The phone has now started, like new / factory reset.
I am now setting it up (Samsung firmware) just to make sure I have got my phone back.
After I will try to zap and upload another ROM.
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Glad you got her going. Thought you said you had a GM not an FN but if its working

MarvinMod said:
Its not up+power after successful flash.
Its down+power till screen goes blank then immediately hold vol up only. Is what im trying to tell you. It will NOT work the way you described.
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It's not necessary, i can go up to recovery with what i'm saying. What do you mean by vol down+power ? That doesn't do anything. BTW I have FN model.

Jinetty21 said:
It's not necessary, i can go up to recovery with what i'm saying. What do you mean by vol down+power ? That doesn't do anything. BTW I have FN model.
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In download mode, Android 11, to exit, it litterly tells you on the screen to hold vol down and power to reboot. Vol up and power does nothing in this state. To get to twrp from download mode, hold vol down and power till screen goes blank and then press and hold vol up. This will boot to twrp. Other ways to boot to twrp is power off device, plug into pc, wait for it to charge, then hild vol up and power till it boots or if magisk is installed, use magisk reboot options.
Dude, your key combos and information is incorrect. You can not reboot to twrp from download mode by holding vol up and power.

Samsung changed the keymap combination to boot into recovery on 3.1, so to boot into recovery stock or whatever it is, just follow the steps:
Connect your cellphone to the USB port.
Press on Volume UP during boot.
Samsung does weird things

haky 86 said:
Samsung changed the keymap combination to boot into recovery on 3.1, so to boot into recovery stock or whatever it is, just follow the steps:
Connect your cellphone to the USB port.
Press on Volume UP during boot.
Samsung does weird things
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Yes, that's.what i'm saying. I'm using September Update's bootloader to get rid of this weirdness lol

MarvinMod said:
Dude, your key combos and information is incorrect. You can not reboot to twrp from download mode by holding vol up and power.
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My key combo is true, actually the wrong one is yours This is the valid way also on the latest bootloader but like haky86 said, on latest bootloader Samsung wants you to plug USB cable to do this.

So we are agreed, there is no way to get to TWRP unless you are connected to USB? For example, on my one old phone, I used to keep TWRP backups on the SD card, and I could restore anywhere, I did not need to be near the PC with a USB cable.

Zilliman said:
So we are agreed, there is no way to get to TWRP unless you are connected to USB? For example, on my one old phone, I used to keep TWRP backups on the SD card, and I could restore anywhere, I did not need to be near the PC with a USB cable.
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there's a fix in the telegram group, I don't remember which was because I left all cringy groups.