[Q] no more download mode after flashin cm7? - Captivate General

Actually everything else is running great!!! got the 3.0 recovery, nightlies and all. And i can still get my phone into recovery, i just cant get it into download mode by using the two button and usb cable trick....ive done it before so i know im doing it right. is there a zip i can flash or an update i can get? with out flashing it back to stock w odin because i cant get it into dl mode at all. Just a side note i cant believe you cant long press the power button and select it that way. all of the other roms you can do it with.....guess its still in development...

g35dw888 said:
Actually everything else is running great!!! got the 3.0 recovery, nightlies and all. And i can still get my phone into recovery, i just cant get it into download mode by using the two button and usb cable trick....ive done it before so i know im doing it right. is there a zip i can flash or an update i can get? with out flashing it back to stock w odin because i cant get it into dl mode at all. Just a side note i cant believe you cant long press the power button and select it that way. all of the other roms you can do it with.....guess its still in development...
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The button combos changed with the new CWM and GB. They are document in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045734

oooohhhhh....i c...thank you..

I looked at the link you gave me it was informative but I'm running 2.3.4 android. I've looked and can't find anything on how to get into DL mode with this version.
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[Q] Stuck phone in CWM based recovery mode

Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
atrix4nag said:
Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
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You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
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nash2000 said:
You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
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When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
atrix4nag said:
When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
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First... what where you doing to get it on blue cmw in the first place?
Also im not saying you are doing it wrong... and im SURE you have tried like 1000 times but lets check:
1.-pull battery out
2.-connect cable to PC and to phone
3.- while connected to PC and battery OUT press BOTH volume keys at same time
4.-while pressing both volume keys and conected to pc trough micro usb introduce the battery
Thats how you go into DL mode... if it DOESNT.... damn... you messed up your bootloader? at the VERY least you should get a:
"Phone-----!-----Computer"
sign....
Not working still? hmm get an usb jig on ebay/amazing or anyplace you like to FORCE the DL mode... still try the steps i provided before... when entering DL mode only 2 buttons nedded not 3 like on CMW recovery read the steps... then try... try.... and try.
If nothing yet:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...Accessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2419wt_905
or something similar... yet im 99% sure doing the correct steps should work.
And i repeat... im not saying your doing it wrong... electronic devices may fail anytime still... put the human part to work and read well the instructions and do them as said before we can blame a piece of metal/plastic xD
I really hope you can get it fixed.
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
2 finger/usb...that dude's phone would have been easily fixed but you told him how to get into something he was already stuck in haha
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atrix4nag said:
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
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Bah =) well you got a working phone now... remember cwm its 3 button, dl mode its 2 and usb connected for next time

[Q] Can't get blue recovery screen to load up

I have been running on the gb 2.3.3 rom (rooted) that I have flashed using odin back in summer and now decided to do some more upgrading . So I found a new rom that was very intriguing to me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305145 After doing some research I realized I needed to do a different type of flashing (cwm?), and not through odin. So I downloaded root explorer into my phone and followed the procedures in this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122508 but every time I try to put my phone in the recovery mode (holding volume up + down + power) it wouldn't go into the blue screen. Instead, it would just restart, and restart, etc.. Any suggestions? Do I need to do something with the kernels?
p.s.hahah after messing around and looking through forums all day, I got a little impatient and flashed gb 2.3.6 using odin in the mean time
calvzzz said:
I have been running on the gb 2.3.3 rom (rooted) that I have flashed using odin back in summer and now decided to do some more upgrading . So I found a new rom that was very intriguing to me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305145 After doing some research I realized I needed to do a different type of flashing (cwm?), and not through odin. So I downloaded root explorer into my phone and followed the procedures in this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122508 but every time I try to put my phone in the recovery mode (holding volume up + down + power) it wouldn't go into the blue screen. Instead, it would just restart, and restart, etc.. Any suggestions? Do I need to do something with the kernels?
p.s.hahah after messing around and looking through forums all day, I got a little impatient and flashed gb 2.3.6 using odin in the mean time
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Try this.
Basically do what youre doing but instead of keeping on holding to it, hold on to Volup+voldown+power for 2 reboots, then on the 3rd reboot, the gs4g screen in the beginning lights up a slight lighter than usual. Let go of the power button, See if this works.
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Alright! I can get into the recovery screen. But this is with the 2.3.6 gb rom. The problem now is that I don't know how to root it. The forum tells me to go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16160325 but I don't know which one to dl and flash. Would any of them work?
calvzzz said:
Alright! I can get into the recovery screen. But this is with the 2.3.6 gb rom. The problem now is that I don't know how to root it. The forum tells me to go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16160325 but I don't know which one to dl and flash. Would any of them work?
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Download the Odin KJ1 version.
Just making a quick check. You ARE using a galaxy s 4g right? if so, then from that link, download the kg4.tar from the odin section. Then flash via odin. .
-edit.- listen to fbis. Hes more experianced than me.
I personally used the kg4. cause that was all there was back then. Ahaha. Glw flashing
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WOOOO got it to work!!! thanks again for all the help!!!! hahah I would've just sat around playing with my phone all night if it weren't for the help
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Hi I have the same problem but I still cant get into recovery, I go straight into Download mode. Please Help
It might be because your phone is connected to the computer? If so, try disconnecting it
No its not that, I can access it without it being connected to a computer.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183413
This thread says the original GB rom changed the key mapping. Any ideas on where I can find a fix. I think thats what happened to me.
hmm I'm still relativley new to this kind of stuff as well, so the only route I know that you can do that will most likley fix the problem is to odin to a newer rom, perhaps the one I have linked above, then odin the kernal as well to get it rooted and follow the guide on how to do it if you're confused. Then turn off your phone, hold (volume up + volume down + power), screen should boot up then dissapear, boot up again, then disappear, and on the third boot up, just release the power button but continue holding on to the volume up + volume down buttons and just wait. The cwm screen should come up from what I experienced on two different sgs4g's. Hope that helps somewhat lol. I'm sure there might be a easier way to just fix the key mapping but I'm not to sure on how to do it. gl
I just verified that method works for me as well. I'm lazy, though, and downloaded Quick Boot from the app store as it lets you boot into recovery or download mode. Less fuss.

[Q] CM9, no usb recognized, cant get out recovery mode

hi, my samsung infuse has several problems, my brother installed CM9, but after that it doesnt worked because he miss install the correct bootloaders,
But then I read that one click can help me out, and finally i could run it back to gingerbread, then my brother again put the CM9 and it worked, I install fine, but now the computer does not recognize samsung infuse, that's a problem, now I try to return it to cm7 through room manager, but didnt work it , I can not get out of recovery mode, plus its looks several rainbows , after I download the latest CM9 version and try to install but nothing happened, I know I am new here and i will aprecciate all you guys can help me, do not quite understand the English very well, thank you
wildwarbird said:
hi, my samsung infuse has several problems, my brother installed CM9, but after that it doesnt worked because he miss install the correct bootloaders,
But then I read that one click can help me out, and finally i could run it back to gingerbread, then my brother again put the CM9 and it worked, I install fine, but now the computer does not recognize samsung infuse, that's a problem, now I try to return it to cm7 through room manager, but didnt work it , I can not get out of recovery mode, plus its looks several rainbows , after I download the latest CM9 version and try to install but nothing happened, I know I am new here and i will aprecciate all you guys can help me, do not quite understand the English very well, thank you
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Well...never use rommanager...that will brick your phone...
Here's what you do...
1) get heimdal
2) put phone in download mode
3) press flash on heimdal
4)let it do its thing and you should reboot with stock...
How to get in download mode?
1) pull battery
2) put battery back in
3) hold down volume up and volume down at the same time...do not let go
4)while holding volume keys plug in the USB cord...do not let go of volume keys
5) you phone should now be in download mode...continue with heimdal
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mg2195 said:
Well...never use rommanager...that will brick your phone...
Here's what you do...
1) get heimdal
2) put phone in download mode
3) press flash on heimdal
4)let it do its thing and you should reboot with stock...
How to get in download mode?
1) pull battery
2) put battery back in
3) hold down volume up and volume down at the same time...do not let go
4)while holding volume keys plug in the USB cord...do not let go of volume keys
5) you phone should now be in download mode...continue with heimdal
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I am new to heimdal, so sorry for the silly question..
When you flash in heimdal, you need not select any stock ROM?
yesterday I selected the UCBL3 stock ROM, and clicked flash, and my phone doent turned on, after that. I am getting a replacement phone, but I want to know what I have done mistake, Once I get new phone, I want to install GB bootloaders on it, and this time, i want to do it correct.
TIA.

[Q] i flashed cm9 wrong on accident and need help restoring

I downloaded cm9 to my phone and I didnt think I needed to flash cm7 first so I just flashed cm9 from MIUI and it booted up and i realized i forgot to install gaps. so when i went back into recovery, the top half of recovery had a lot of green and other colors scrambled together and when i clicked reboot system it just kept going back to the messed up recivery. I tried to plug in my phone to the computer while hold both volume buttons when it was off and it kept booting into recovery. could someone help me get my phone to reboot or if not restore it or get it too work?
im smexyy said:
I downloaded cm9 to my phone and I didnt think I needed to flash cm7 first so I just flashed cm9 from MIUI and it booted up and i realized i forgot to install gaps. so when i went back into recovery, the top half of recovery had a lot of green and other colors scrambled together and when i clicked reboot system it just kept going back to the messed up recivery. I tried to plug in my phone to the computer while hold both volume buttons when it was off and it kept booting into recovery. could someone help me get my phone to reboot or if not restore it or get it too work?
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Go back to entropy's cm9 thread and read the op's -all the first several posts he made.
im not understanding what i need to do next. what do i do to be able to reboot my phone. i cant get it in download mode.
qkster said:
Go back to entropy's cm9 thread and read the op's -all the first several posts he made.
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im not understanding what i need to do. I cant get it in download mode so what do i do to get my phone working?
im smexyy said:
im not understanding what i need to do next. what do i do to be able to reboot my phone. i cant get it in download mode.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19445643
the only way i kno is download odin and find the phone pda and pit and put where where belong...this is a stock fix tho but if u kno ur doing it should be quick to get back where u r....nd download mode....take out battery, hold both vol and power, make sure usb is plugged in pc of course, and plug it in , after plugging in keep holding vol but slide finger off of pwer nd pop in the battery .....works everytime for me......any qyestions im flashing my phone and fixing it multiple times a day i know the infuse pretty good
im smexyy said:
I downloaded cm9 to my phone and I didnt think I needed to flash cm7 first so I just flashed cm9 from MIUI and it booted up and i realized i forgot to install gaps. so when i went back into recovery, the top half of recovery had a lot of green and other colors scrambled together and when i clicked reboot system it just kept going back to the messed up recivery. I tried to plug in my phone to the computer while hold both volume buttons when it was off and it kept booting into recovery. could someone help me get my phone to reboot or if not restore it or get it too work?
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Use heimdall one click twice, the second time be sure you mark flashbootloaders toggle....
Here is the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079
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[Q] Samsung Infuse 4g Stuck in Bootloop after Root

I updated the phones ROM and rooted it perfectly. In the process of the newest rom update, while in Clockword recovery mode - wipe data was accidentally selected, in the middle of the data wipe I tried to save the phone by removing battery. Now its stuck in bootloop, Recovery mode doesn't even come up, but I succeeded in getting the phone into Download Mode, but it has the Triangle up with CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES(2 COUNTS) and CURRENT BINARY :CUSTOM. I have used Odin to try to install the Stock Att version, still no luck. as of now the phone is bricked, and can only get it into download mode. Can somebody please help? Ill die if I can't fix this phone, and Just so you know, I don't have a USB jig to delete the custom binary files. Is that the only way I can get the phone to actually turn on and function? Help plz Im freakin here...
Sassy.Rainbow.Bong said:
I updated the phones ROM and rooted it perfectly. In the process of the newest rom update, while in Clockword recovery mode - wipe data was accidentally selected, in the middle of the data wipe I tried to save the phone by removing battery. Now its stuck in bootloop, Recovery mode doesn't even come up, but I succeeded in getting the phone into Download Mode, but it has the Triangle up with CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES(2 COUNTS) and CURRENT BINARY :CUSTOM. I have used Odin to try to install the Stock Att version, still no luck. as of now the phone is bricked, and can only get it into download mode. Can somebody please help? Ill die if I can't fix this phone, and Just so you know, I don't have a USB jig to delete the custom binary files. Is that the only way I can get the phone to actually turn on and function? Help plz Im freakin here...
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After flashing to factory rom I get this error message: E:failed to mount /dbdata (File exists)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount /dbdata your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for forma and reboot actions.
Try using heimdall, go to download mode with that triangle.
here is op:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23118134
Here is my upload if u want them:
http://d-h.st/users/bradman117/?fld_id=17853#files
if u don't now what to download here's my 2 links, using heimdall flash stock then flash kernel.
The kernel will give u root and recovery (faster way of rooting )
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bradman117 said:
Try using heimdall, go to download mode with that triangle.
here is op:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23118134
Here is my upload if u want them:
http://d-h.st/users/bradman117/?fld_id=17853#files
if u don't now what to download here's my 2 links, using heimdall flash stock then flash kernel.
The kernel will give u root and recovery (faster way of rooting )
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Thank you so much, my phone is working now. I just have to find a way to reset the binary download count(get rid of the yellow triangle) without purchasing a USB jig. Any suggestions? Im trying to update firmware to ICS and then Jelly bean. I tried flashing it to a newer version(ics), but then the phone goes back into bootloop (i think bc of flashing it to ics, then jelly bean, and then back to a rooted stock verison), so I have to keep using the rooted stock firmware. Any suggestions? Thank you btw
Sassy.Rainbow.Bong said:
Thank you so much, my phone is working now. I just have to find a way to reset the binary download count(get rid of the yellow triangle) without purchasing a USB jig. Any suggestions? Im trying to update firmware to ICS and then Jelly bean. I tried flashing it to a newer version(ics), but then the phone goes back into bootloop (i think bc of flashing it to ics, then jelly bean, and then back to a rooted stock verison), so I have to keep using the rooted stock firmware. Any suggestions? Thank you btw
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Getting to download mode is all the USB jig does. U can get it with out one. I believe if u hold down volume and plug in cable. Its something like that I forget. And a return to stock using heimdall or Odin should fix anything
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im having troubles too!!
i have a similar problem myself. I rooted my infuse it has cwm9 and ics. but for some reason the phone cuts off and starts boot looping. i cant get it in download mode or recovery. took the battery out put it back in and its starts doing it without touching the power button. ive beat and banged on it still nothing but the loop. this is the longest it has done it, usually it would quit after a few minutes but its going on 24 hours now. any help would be awesome!!!
Try holding the volume up and the volume down (but not the power button) with the USB plug already in the phone and hooked up to the computer and then insert the battery. If you don't get into download then you either need a jig or have a power button problem.
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psal217050 said:
Try holding the volume up and the volume down (but not the power button) with the USB plug already in the phone and hooked up to the computer and then insert the battery. If you don't get into download then you either need a jig or have a power button problem.
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i tried the method you just described and its a no go. where do i get a jig? i didnt have this issue till after i rooted and updated so i wanna rule out power button at the moment and try the jig
Ebay is where I got one.
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Can get into download mode,
I am able to get into download mode, Ive flashed the OS a number of times back to stalk, then tried ICS, and jelly bean, and I still get the same error message I got at the beginning of this post. But I was able to reset the Binary counter, if I could get my phone to work again I would literally pay somebody to help me....I know it is possible to get it back up and running, it's just a complicated process it seems. Help please!
Chainfire had a program called Triangle Away. Do a search but be careful, it might not work with Infuse and you could get a real brick.
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i have bricked my infuse many times, and xda members always have been helpful to me
i am now that the point of believing that my infuse is un-brick-able, so I am writing down my instruction as a noob for you
A/ Preparation in your computer:
1. Install/Update Java (http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp) and Get the driver for the Samsung ready (download and install Kies software at http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-I997ZKAATT)
2. download Heimdall One-Click Back-To-Stock UCKJ4 + Easy CWM install at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381 (maybe put it right there in the desktop)
3. Download SGH_I997 Entropy 4_4_2012-One-Click-Heimdall.jar (maybe put it right there in the desktop)
4. Download: CM-9-20120620 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601844
5. Download: CWM-community-kernel from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119598
6. Download a rom and gapps ( i use the AvatarROM and Gapps from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2174227)
*connect your phone to the computer and copy and paste the 4, 5, 6 items into your sd card
* i am not so sure where you are at, but maybe you don't need flash the cm-9
what you need to do:
a. pull out the battery, put it back on, holding down both the volume buttons while plug in the use cord, the other end of the usb already plug in the computer, that would put you to the download mode
b. by now your computer would be noticing the phone is connected, you then click the Heimdall at 2 above to turn it on (read that thread so you can know what to expect) if you have the drive and the phone is really connected, then, you can click "flash" and the Heimdall will do it job - don't do anything the phone will be rebooting itself back to stock (in the thread, the dev. said you might need to flash two times, but in my case, I only did once and it worked right away)
c. be happy with result for a while, then you put the phone back to download mode and flash the Entropy Heimdall at 3 above, your phone will get the red recovery if things go the way it should
d. then you wipe everything (maybe no need but whatever... after bricking your phone, it doesn't hurt to spend a min. to do this), 2 wipes at the main red recovery and then go to advance and wipe advik catch and battery state .. i would do every wipe 2 times ... and also select the "fix permissions" in there too
e. then you flash the cwm community kernel at (5) assuming that you already put it in the sd card of your phone (if not, then you choose the option from the the red recovery "connect as usb drive, your computer wil read the phone and allow you to copy and paste - i must say here that I tried this step a few times in order to make it work, i even reboot my computer)
then you flash the ROM and Gapps that you want to (assuming that you already put them in the sd card of the phone)
if jellybean didn't go through then maybe you should try the cm-9 first ...
be patient, very patient if things to the way it should, your phone will reboot a few times and recovery will change its color ... and you will get to the ROM you want
while you are waiting for those reboots, take time to read at least the first 3 pages of the threads that I put the links above to learn about the problems and what to expect
don't panic very much it will led to bad decision
your phone will be fine as XDA dev. have spent a great deal of time, energy, thoughts on the infuse
once again, hope you understand my noob instruction and esl writing
you phone will be working again
Thanks but I didn't needed these. I may not be a pro but definitely not a noob. I was only responding to the previous comment.
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opps, i didn't see that I accidentally quoted you
sorry
NP.
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