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[Q] Can't seem to enter recovery mode.

Hi, I'm trying to flash Clockworkmod using this method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446593&highlight=clockworkmod+recovery&page=10
But now I don't seem to be able to get it to go into recovery mode at all any more.
I hold down up home and pwer and it gets to the screen with the picture of the android and the box with the arrow coming out of it. But then it just seems to reboot.
The phone still works other than that.
Is there a knack to getting it into recovery mode thaqt I just haven't got?

Ok I've managed to get it into recovery (but only once- there's clearly a knack to it I'm missing)
But the problem now is that it's still the stock recovery.
My phone is rooted and debugging is on.
any ideas (on either)

u use adb to flash? if that didnt work y not try to flash using odin v4.43?

vanir29 said:
u use adb to flash? if that didnt work y not try to flash using odin v4.43?
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That worked thanks

tmcthree said:
Ok I've managed to get it into recovery (but only once- there's clearly a knack to it I'm missing)
But the problem now is that it's still the stock recovery.
My phone is rooted and debugging is on.
any ideas (on either)
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I seem to have the same problem, did you figure out how to go in recovery without getting reboot right after you press the menu button?
EDIT: I might have been pressing buttons in the wrong order or too long/short. As soon as I see samsung logo I released power button and I holded menu button a bit longer. I'm not sure about the last one tried again with a short press and it worked as well, I think the most important thing here is when to release power button.

tmcthree said:
Hi, I'm trying to flash Clockworkmod using this method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446593&highlight=clockworkmod+recovery&page=10
But now I don't seem to be able to get it to go into recovery mode at all any more.
I hold down up home and pwer and it gets to the screen with the picture of the android and the box with the arrow coming out of it. But then it just seems to reboot.
The phone still works other than that.
Is there a knack to getting it into recovery mode thaqt I just haven't got?
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is it using odin method?

[Q] Note 4 stuck in boot loop. Please Help

I was trying to use twrp to make a backup before I updated to lollipop but when it rebooted it got stuck in a loop. I tried going into download mode but it just says "Downloading.... Do not turn off target!!"
Any way to get out of this?
Thanks

KingKobra813 said:
I was trying to use twrp to make a backup before I updated to lollipop but when it rebooted it got stuck in a loop. I tried going into download mode but it just says "Downloading.... Do not turn off target!!"
Any way to get out of this?
Thanks
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try going into the stock recovery and select factory reset/wipe data.

psmith1539 said:
try going into the stock recovery and select factory reset/wipe data.
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Where can I do that? I can't get into recovery mode. I push "vol down+home+power" and it just says "downloading do not turn off target" Is there another place to factory reset?

Pull the battery and try getting into recovery

dschachm said:
Pull the battery and try getting into recovery
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I pulled the battery and it still just says "downloading.. do not turn off target" and won't go any further
But the strange thing for the boot loop in the top left corner it says "recovery booting" in blue and then its the android guy for a split second and then it reboots.

Pull the battery, then press volume down + home and power and see if you can get into download mode. Then press volume up and Odin stock tar.

dschachm said:
Pull the battery, then press volume down + home and power and see if you can get into download mode. Then press volume up and Odin stock tar.
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I can get there but it just says "downloading... Do not turn off target!!" I have waiting for about 15 minutes and it doesn't change.

If I do volume up it goes into the boot loop. I was trying to make a backup with twrp and I think my phone is stuck in recovery mode boot loop

KingKobra813 said:
I can get there but it just says "downloading... Do not turn off target!!" I have waiting for about 15 minutes and it doesn't change.
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This is what you are supposed to see. Hook your phone up to tour computer, load the stock tar in the PDA slot, make sure you see com# ie. com6 and then hit start. It will flash the ROM and reboot your phone.

dschachm said:
This is what you are supposed to see. Hook your phone up to tour computer, load the stock tar in the PDA slot, make sure you see com# ie. com6 and then hit start. It will flash the ROM and reboot your phone.
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I did that, now I am no longer rooted. Now when I try and root it like I did before I get stuck in a boot loop and can't root my phone.

They going into recovery and doing a factory reset.

I get to 3:50 in this video and it starts a boot loop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2oOvf5tOCY
I followed the instructions but I'm still stuck in a loop

I did a factory reset but I am no longer rooted and now I can't root.

Stuck in boot loop
so I have been basically in boot loop all afternoon and having issues for 2 weeks now.....finally factory reset and it is stuck there permanently. I am familiar with rooting as I used to root my EVO BUT I think I need some help and guidance.
I am so mad about this awesome stupid phone PLEASE HELP!
Sprint Galaxy Note 4
TIA

nicolemiles said:
so I have been basically in boot loop all afternoon and having issues for 2 weeks now.....finally factory reset and it is stuck there permanently. I am familiar with rooting as I used to root my EVO BUT I think I need some help and guidance.
I am so mad about this awesome stupid phone PLEASE HELP!
Sprint Galaxy Note 4
TIA
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Pull the battery, insert and factory reset again. Pull battery again and Odin stock tar; pick one of the tars in this thread. The steps and tools needed to start are clear.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56853325
Note: the thread was just updated for lollipop; the support posts and help posts are related to the KitKat tars. Original is last of the three. OB7 I'd most likely what you're after unless looking for Xposed framework compatibility which is KitKat only, for now.

[Q] Tablet Samsung Galaxy Pro 8.4 Boot loop teamwin screen

Hi, my device after a soft reset, reboots to the teamwin blue screen flashes black and then again to the teamwin screen. I cant get to recovery mode to restore rom. Any help would be appreciated.

Gloriel said:
Hi, my device after a soft reset, reboots to the teamwin blue screen flashes black and then again to the teamwin screen. I cant get to recovery mode to restore rom. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hold power+home+volume up and down buttons all at the same time until it's fully shutoff. Then quickly press the download mode button combo and reflash twrp

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Hold power+home+volume up and down buttons all at the same time until it's fully shutoff. Then quickly press the download mode button combo and reflash twrp
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Thanks for the answer but i can't get the device to enter download mode. When i reboot the device (with any combination of keys) it says on top left corner of the screen "Recovery Booting..." and then it enters to teamwin screen loop, no matter what i press.

Gloriel said:
Thanks for the answer but i can't get the device to enter download mode. When i reboot the device (with any combination of keys) it says on top left corner of the screen "Recovery Booting..." and then it enters to teamwin screen loop, no matter what i press.
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Same thing happening here. I have tried everything and can't get over it.

Does anyone knows how to fix this. I 'm afraid that my tablet is beyond repair

Gloriel said:
Does anyone knows how to fix this. I 'm afraid that my tablet is beyond repair
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Wait till its completely dead. Plug it in and press the download mode button combo. Might be your last hope

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Wait till its completely dead. Plug it in and press the download mode button combo. Might be your last hope
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Thanks for your answer but the same think happens.

Same appened here. After a factory reset its stucked on teamview boot loop.
Anyone got a solution??

Solved by flashing cf-auto-root with odin on download mode.

Just ran into this myself haha. The device is just soft-bricked and I managed to get it into Odin mode (Download). Will let it charge for a bit then either flash stock firmware with Odin or try flashing TWRP again to see if that fixes it
Edit: flashing the latest TWRP worked

Same thing is happening to me. I get stuck in the teamwin boot loop and cannot get into the download mode to fix with Odin.
This all came about after trying to factory wipe the device due to Google Play not working correctly. I'll repost if I have success...

Just recovered my tablet from the same issue. In order to get into download mode, I had to let the battery fully drain. Then, holding the home and vol down keys, I plugged it into the charger. Plugging the charger in while the battery was drained automatically powered it up. After I saw the download warning, I released the buttons and entered download mode as usual. Then I flashed the latest TWRP with Odin.
No other combination of booting or button pressing worked. Trying to enter download with home+vol down and pressing power did not work for me either.
Good luck and PM me if you have any questions about this. I hope I explained it correctly.

[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.
Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk

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.
Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
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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