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this was much needed over-kill!

jmtheiss said:
"Just get into download mode and..."
Ever find yourself with a phone that's misbehaving, and you can't seem to figure out how to get it to download mode?
Here's a list of things to try (many thanks AdamOutler and Pirateghost), sorted in a "where are you now" setup:
FROM A POWERED-DOWN STATE - BATTERY REMOVED
- Insert battery, then press and hold Vol+ and Vol-, then insert your USB cable.
- Press and hold Vol+/Vol-, Insert Battery, Insert USB cable
- Press and hold Vol+/Vol-, Insert USB cable, Insert Battery
- Use a 301Kohm jig between USB pins 4-5 (can be manufactured jig or homemade chain of resistors)
FROM A BATTERY CHARGING STATE
- With USB cable inserted into Android device, press and hold Vol+/Vol-, then press Power
- (Advanced Method) Use UART, and during battery charging, type "reboot download"
FROM CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY MENU
- Position the cursor (highlighted selection) on "Restart device", Plug in USB cable, press and hold Vol-, then hold Vol+, then press power
- (Where available) Use the "Reboot Download" option in the "Advanced" menu
FROM A FULLY BOOTED PHONE STATE, WITH USB DEBUGGING ENABLED
Note: you may need to have ADB installed on your computer, and/or an Android Terminal Emulator installed on your Android device.
- Connect your Android device to your computer, navigate to your ADB directory, and type "adb reboot download"
- (Where available) Use the rom's power menu option to reboot into download
- From a terminal, type "su", then "reboot download"
- Download the app "quickboot", follow the app directions to reach download mode.
ADVANCED METHODS - REQUIRE HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS OR MORE IN-DEPTH TECHNIQUES
I'm presenting these largely unedited, as I don't want to incorrectly type an important detail of something that I don't understand myself.
- Apply UnBrickable mod to your device, then remove the battery, insert the battery, and click the "Download Mode" button on the computer
- Use UART (619Kohm resistor between USB pins 4-5, D+=RX, D-=TX, 192500bps 8n1 comms), press and hold ENTER while booting, then type USB
One additional thing - your download mode screen should, normally, look like the yellow triangle with the Android guy digging. However, if a flash goes foul somehow, you may be left with the infamous "phone--/!\--PC" screen. If you see this, don't panic. Although it's not technically the download mode screen, many users (including myself) have been able to successfully flash from that screen. Give it a try.
Oh, and thanks mrhaley30705 for suggesting this thread.
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No problem. I'm just glad you had time to do it.

Thank you! I have been trying for MONTHS to get this mofo into download mode!!

Maybe a mod can sticky this and save some extra posts. Wishful thinking possibly.
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Stickied and added to the sticky roll up but I have one question - aren't there differences between getting into download mode between Froyo vs. Gingerbread? Wouldn't that be worthwhile highlighting - or not, just wondering

Only for I9000 bootloaders.
And with those its super easy, no USB chord needed, just volume down and power that's it.

Ok, unstuck and now closing this thread.

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When i finish the installation of an corrupted windows files my qteck 9000 can't enter to the bootloader have you any idea about this problem ??? and thanks
Remove the battery for 24 hours.
Re-install the battery, plug in USB data cable and computer connections.
Press and hold: "light button"+"power button" poke and hold the "reset hole. "
If that does not work, try another key combination key + poke hard and hold the "reset hole"; other models such as the brush the wrong ROM, there may be so into the boot mode.
(Automatic translation tools, the general meaning.)

[Q] bricked?

Rooted my phone, installed cwm and modded 3e recovery, everything seemd to work sofar, clickd to restet into boot mode? i think that was the next step and now im staring at the samsung screen for i cant tell you howlong. Usb dosnt recognize device cant reset it into boot by holding power and volume. Any ideas? sorry if this was covored somewhere but I searchd in the forum and im not reading countless threads in the infused post to see if they had maybe been covored, iv been poking around for an hour now im asking for help.
Start by pulling the battery and follow the instructions found here.
EDIT: If you need any help, I will be around all night.
Don't need to pull battery, I've been able to enter ODIN mode as follows:
Hold down VolUp+VolDn
Hold down power button for a while (10-15 sec)
Phone should reboot, release power button, keep holding VolUp+VolDn
You should be in downloader mode now.
Also some of the instructions for entering downloader mode were a bit funky, they said something like:
Pull battery
Insert USB cable
Hold VolUp+VolDn and then insert battery
In my case the following works:
Insert battery, do NOT touch Power
Hold VolUp+VolDn
While still holding them, insert the USB cable
You should wind up in downloader mode
Pretty much as long as you're able to enter downloader mode you're not bricked. I've been frozen at the SAMSUNG screen MANY times (kernel hackers get used to it...)

[Hint] "Remove Battery" is a shortcut, not required for Recovery/Odin

If you do not use a case, or have quick access to your battery, it may be preferable to just remove the battery as instructed.
However if you have your Skyrocket in a case, such as the Otterbox, you understand the extra steps and frustration of removing the battery. Just thought you may want to know you don't HAVE to remove the battery...
To get into recovery without battery removal:
1) Remove USB cable if attached
2) Reboot (either normally, or by holding power for 10 seconds)
3) When the screen goes black, release any other button and hold VolUp + VolDown
4) Wait until Samsung logo appears and disappears as normal, then release all buttons.
5) You are in recovery
Likewise for Odin, except with USB attached.
1) Connect to PC via USB Cable if not already connected
2) Reboot (either normally, or by holding power for 10 seconds)
3) When the screen goes black, release any other button and hold VolUp + VolDown
4) Wait until Samsung logo appears and disappears as normal, then release all buttons.
5) You are prompted with Odin mode warning
6) Press Vol Up as you normally would.
Just wanted to put this out there so those of you with the cases that bury your battery may like to know you don't have to tear your case down every time

[Q] Trying to root, cant get into download mode

Im following this here:
http://www.techzek.com/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-blaze-4g-sgh-t769-smartphone/
But the power, vol up and down get it to show the yellow "warning" thing that im supposed to see, but it goes away after like half a second so I cant get into it. What else can I do?
how to get to download mode.
As you press the volume +/- and power button , simultaneously plug the micro usb cable into your phone (this cable should already be attached to your pc). This should do the trick.
Happy rooting.
The instructions in the first post are wrong, and should be updated. You have to have the cable plugged in. In the video for example, he has the phone plugged in the entire time. You're not required to have three hands in order to get it done.
I've had no luck with any of the variations on this method either.
Turn your phone off, hold both volume buttons and with your usb plugged into the computer take the other end and plug it into your phone while continuously holding the volume buttons. It will boot into the caution screen and than you press up to get into download mode.
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If none of the above still don't work try this
1. Turn off phone
2. Remove battery
3. Remove sim card
4. Remove SD card
5. Plug in USB from computer
6. Hold volume up + volume down
7. While still holding the volumes insert battery
8. Should now be in download mode
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Thank you both for the replies. I've tried both methods several times without success. I'm tired now so I'll quit for the night. I'll try again tomorrow a few more times. If I can't get it to work I'll take it as a sign that I'm not meant to root this phone. I must have tried 30 times today; it gets old.
Update:
I've tried this ten or fifteen more times. I'm finding that the yellow warning message, whatever it is, doesn't appear at all, ever, unless the USB cable is not connected when I put the battery in. If the USB is connected, I get the gray battery icon every time, no matter what else I do.
If I do connect the USB, with the battery out, I immediately feel the device vibrating every second or so, as if reboooting.
I tried removing the SIM and SD cards again. This had no effect.
It's very strange. In that video the entire process looks about as easy as doing a simple battery pull. It's just not working for me. Is it possible that Samsung made some of these phones "root-proof"?
Worst case scenario you will have to buy a Samsung jig.
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I had to do it a few times myself.... It did not catch for me the first 3-4 times...
Then it worked. Make sure you are holding down all 3 buttons down tight.
amberSamsung said:
I had to do it a few times myself.... It did not catch for me the first 3-4 times...
Then it worked. Make sure you are holding down all 3 buttons down tight.
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I think I've tried it at least 50 times now, with variations, and it's just not happening. I freely admit my ineptness, but holding down buttons is something even I can manage.
By "three buttons", I take it you mean two. I don't have separate volume up/down buttons on my Blaze; just a single rocker button. That's what you mean, right?
I did get as far as the warning screen, but from that screen there is no option for pressing up to go into download mode, so it seems that my warning screen is different from others'.
I guess the next thing is to research "Samsung jig" and figure out whether this is something I can possibly do.
I went through the same thing, I too thought I had to purchase a jig but the method I posted thanks to another member saved me, try again with a modification to step 6
1. Turn off phone
2. Remove battery
3. Remove sim card
4. Remove SD card
5. Plug in USB from computer
6. Hold volume up + volume down + power buttons
7. While still holding the volumes insert battery
8. Should now be in download mode
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xArcane1x said:
I went through the same thing, I too thought I had to purchase a jig but the method I posted thanks to another member saved me, try again with a modification to step 6
1. Turn off phone
2. Remove battery
3. Remove sim card
4. Remove SD card
5. Plug in USB from computer
6. Hold volume up + volume down + power buttons
7. While still holding the volumes insert battery
8. Should now be in download mode
Sent from my Samsung Blaze using my awesomeness
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Thank you. I just tried it a couple of times, without success. I have to go out now, but I'll give it another few tries later.
If I have to get a jig, should the Samsung Galaxy S be compatible? I'd think so, but I don't know for sure.
This is a slight variation of what everyone is suggesting...I was also getting vibrations when trying other methods.
Turn off phone
Unplug battery
hold volume rocker, make sure you're holding down both up and down
Insert battery
Hold power button until the warning comes up...only takes a few seconds
I said three buttons, because it seemed (at least to me) that you need to hold sides of the volume button down at the same time. It does not seem to be just a up/down button.
ubizmo said:
I think I've tried it at least 50 times now, with variations, and it's just not happening. I freely admit my ineptness, but holding down buttons is something even I can manage.
By "three buttons", I take it you mean two. I don't have separate volume up/down buttons on my Blaze; just a single rocker button. That's what you mean, right?
I did get as far as the warning screen, but from that screen there is no option for pressing up to go into download mode, so it seems that my warning screen is different from others'.
I guess the next thing is to research "Samsung jig" and figure out whether this is something I can possibly do.
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rbeier1221 said:
This is a slight variation of what everyone is suggesting...I was also getting vibrations when trying other methods.
Turn off phone
Unplug battery
hold volume rocker, make sure you're holding down both up and down
Insert battery
Hold power button until the warning comes up...only takes a few seconds
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Thanks for this suggestion, but it also didn't work.
This method, like some of the others, takes me into what I think is Recovery Mode. I'm not sure, because I don't really know what I'm doing. The message that flashes on the screen isn't really a warning. Doing it this way, i.e., releasing the power button but not the volume button after the phone starts, takes me to a screen that says,
Android system recovery <3e>
at the top. Then there are some options: reboot system now, apply update from sdcard, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partititon. I can use the volume button to select an option, and the "OK Key", whatever that is, to select.
Near the bottom of the screen, in yellow, is the text that I couldn't read before:
-- Verifying internal MMC block...
checksum confirmation -> check(0)
Not need checksum confirmation
already executed!!...
# MANUAL MODE #
And that's it. In the background of this screen, grayed out, there's a white triangle with a yellow exclamation mark in it and a little green android.
Is there a way to get from this screen to Download Mode?
adb reboot download
should get ya
shabbypenguin said:
adb reboot download
should get ya
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I guess it might if I could get ADB to work. So far, no luck; but that's a whole different problem. There are pages upon pages of posts here from people having difficulties getting ADB to work, so it'll take days or weeks to sift through all that and figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I thought the actual rooting process would be fairly simple, and it would only get complicated when trying to install custom ROMS and that sort of thing, which I'm not trying to do. It appears that I was wrong. I think I just don't have the knowledge to do this.
ubizmo said:
I guess it might if I could get ADB to work. So far, no luck; but that's a whole different problem. There are pages upon pages of posts here from people having difficulties getting ADB to work, so it'll take days or weeks to sift through all that and figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I thought the actual rooting process would be fairly simple, and it would only get complicated when trying to install custom ROMS and that sort of thing, which I'm not trying to do. It appears that I was wrong. I think I just don't have the knowledge to do this.
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Make sure you have Kies Air turned on when you try to connect. You can use USB or wireless mode then. I tried and without Kies, it would not connect.
amberSamsung said:
Make sure you have Kies Air turned on when you try to connect. You can use USB or wireless mode then. I tried and without Kies, it would not connect.
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So I should have debugging mode and Kies Air turned on, and then ADB should be able to find the Blaze? I'll try it tomorrow.
Thank you.

Powering on N5 without a physical power button.

Hi All,
Recently I ran into power button issues. Long story short, tried to fix it and made the matters worse - no more physical power button and I doubt it'll get fixed.
The main problem now: how do I set up the phone so I could power it on without the physical power button?
Any ROMs or tricks to overcome this?
Is it possible to quickly customise a ROM so that a 'volume down + up' would be interpreted as a power button?
Thanks,
Gin
The "power on" function is "physically" bound to the power button, so you cannot use other buttons. It's like using some Windows app to power the computer up by clicking a mouse button.
You can however connect it to a pc so it will start to charge and hold vol-, so you get into fastboot mode and can do "fastboot reboot"
Thanks for the reply.
Hm, I thought fast boot requires Volume + Power combination. Didn't work for me.
WIll take it to the repair shop tomorrow. Hopefully I haven't managed to mess it up completely.
ginsul said:
Hi All,
Recently I ran into power button issues. Long story short, tried to fix it and made the matters worse - no more physical power button and I doubt it'll get fixed.
The main problem now: how do I set up the phone so I could power it on without the physical power button?
Any ROMs or tricks to overcome this?
Is it possible to quickly customise a ROM so that a 'volume down + up' would be interpreted as a power button?
Thanks,
Gin
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if its turned off, connect into pc pressing volume down, then open a cmd on your pc and use fastboot reboot.
then setup volume rocker wake (a lot of roms supports this, incl some xposed mods if you use xposed)
@ginsul
What others have mentioned will work.
I will break it down.
1. Plug the phone via USB to a PC.
2. On plugging press and hold volume down.
3. The phone will now to bootloader.
4. Let it be that way and move to PC.
5. Open cmd.
6. Type in "fastboot reboot"
7. Phone will reboot from bootloader to system and you will get to Android OS.
8. Look for a way to awake the phone with the volume keys, it's totally doable.
N. Go to an LG svc and get the button only replaced, they do it here in India for around 5USD and it makes you feel a lot better.
Update: playstore has a lot of apps doing the volume wake thing.
If you can't find fastboot mentioned in step 6, then Google and download "fastboot Android". Navigate to the download dir and then try step 6.
Cheers
It really works! )
OSX couldn't find the device. Tried on Ubuntu - worked flawlessly.
Brought it to a usable state with Gravity Screen. Just need to be careful with the battery levels.
Thanks!

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