I was trying to flash 3e recovery or whatever and ClockWork Mod and seemed to have almost no luck until I finally decided I'd plug my phone in to the computer after shutting it off. I then held the volume keys and power button to try to get into recovery, but then I got taken to a warning screen I guess telling me about flashing custom OS and it said to press the volume up key to continue or volume down to reboot, so I pressed volume up and now my screen says "downloading..." with a droid shoveling stuff and the bottom says "Do not turn off Target!!!" It's been like this for a while... what is it trying to do? Did I do something wrong or what?
you put your phone in download mode if you are not trying to odin back to stock or hemdaling one of the leaks just unplug your phone from your computer hold the volume up button and power button till your phone reboots
Alright I got out of that, but now my phone just says "Samsung". If I hold the volume up + down + power buttons, the screen will black out and "Samsung" will pop up again, but nothing happens. Am I bricked or something? I'm new to this. I just got my Infuse like two hours ago.
just hold the volume up button and power button once the phone goes black release them if it is stuck on the samsung screen you are soft bricked go to the infuse super thread and look for gtg ultimate unbrick download it and read instructions in the op
edit: i use the first one in the thread that will also give you root plus mod 3e recovery if you want to do custom roms there are some good posts just do a search
Yeah I found that thread in case something like this happened before-hand and got it to work again. Thanks!
your welcome there is a very good guide right below this post it is very hard to brick this phone for roms i would recomend zeus it is quick and stable
That's what I'm going for.
glad i could help i remember that panicy feeling the first time i soft bricked my phone you will like zues there are alot of themes for it too
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Please need Help when i try to download my new firmware and find for the odin3
google search put the result this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
and i download odin from here and but mistake i clik in the start dowload button
and OMG this is a odin for a captivate and now my phone only display AT&T logo and cant put any more in download mode with the keys volume+power buton
please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my phone is death
celtichazard said:
Please need Help when i try to download my new firmware and find for the odin3
google search put the result this page
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
and i download odin from here and but mistake i clik in the start dowload button
and OMG this is a odin for a captivate and now my phone only display AT&T logo and cant put any more in download mode with the keys volume+power buton
please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my phone is death
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wut?
are you running this on a captivate or a different model?
What happens if you hold down volume up, down, and power? Can you get to a screen with a yellow exclamation point? Or just a frozen AT&T logo? Details are invaluable. In particular, what phone is it?
magicdanw said:
What happens if you hold down volume up, down, and power? Can you get to a screen with a yellow exclamation point? Or just a frozen AT&T logo? Details are invaluable. In particular, what phone is it?
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only show AT&T logo and then turn off and on the same logo many times. The command to put in download mode no work any more
the phone is Galaxy S i9000
It says here the download mode for the Galaxy S is volume down + home + power
http://android.modaco.com/content/s...o-com/311349/flash-now-your-samsung-galaxy-s/
Did you try that? Also, try volume up instead of down, since I think I read the Galaxy S and Captivates may have reversed up and down buttons.
You'd probably do better off posting in the Galaxy S subforum however, or on Modaco, since this subforum is mostly full of people who have never even seen a Galaxy S.
OHOHOH this happened to me first download the samsung new pc studio for drivers and install then open odin(first) and plug phone in after that hold power button and volume up and down the screen should flash once then keep holding it should flash once again then let go of power and you should be into download mode (this happened to me before and i fixed it like this)
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OHOHOH this happened to me first download the samsung new pc studio for drivers and install then open odin(first) and plug phone in after that hold power button and volume up and down the screen should flash once then keep holding it should flash once again then let go of power and you should be into download mode (this happened to me before and i fixed it like this)
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I make this short video of the problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8AIvalzBvY
Samsung Captivate
Did you try and flash a Samsung Captivate ROM on a Galaxy S i9000? From looking at your device it definitely not a Samsung Captivate. I would re-flash a i9000 ROM and it should fix your problem.
Turn off your phone. Hold down the Volume down button and then press the power button. The phone should be in download mode.
Download this firmware from here. http://www.multiupload.com/2TNDO4LQYW
This should fix your problem.
OP: Did you try the suggestion about releasing the power button when the screen goes black? On my captivate, I would hold power + vol up + vol down and it'd show a logo on the screen, then the screen would go black, and I'd let go of the power button while holding the volume buttons. Then I'd get to download mode. I'm thinking you could do something similar, maybe vol up + power + home and let go of power when the screen goes black? Or try vol down + power + home. Play around with different combinations.
trust me my method works sadly i cant make a vid (sent my captivate back) for another captivate
labbu63 said:
trust me my method works sadly i cant make a vid (sent my captivate back) for another captivate
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I know your method works, but the OP has a Galaxy S, not a Captivate. Buttons might work differently at the low level, especially if it's been flashed with the Captivate button mappings.
I try so many combinatios and no luck no can intro in download mode
this situation is killing me any other ideas
thanks
Afraid not...to my knowledge you're the only person who's flash a non-Galaxy S rom on a Galaxy S phone.
I don't know anything about the Samsung warranty, but could one assume that since they offer source code, roms, and flashing tools, they would cover problems related to flashing? Somehow I doubt it, but it'd sure be nice...
celtichazard said:
I try so many combinatios and no luck no can intro in download mode
this situation is killing me any other ideas
thanks
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Maybe try the Galaxy S forums? Here or Modaco.
any one find a fix to this ?
When I had this problem on my Captivate heres what fixed it for me.
Pulled the battery to make sure it's off. Put the battery back in, hold both the up & down buttons, and then plug in the USB cable.
This puts it into download mode so you need to have the correct firmware ready to go.
Mike
Try "adb reboot download" , over and over again while it boots or when it's in recovery mode.
Maybe you can get through.
HI!
I just one click rooted my phone and afterwards tried to install the gingerbread android revolution rom. Now I am stuck in an endless boot. I have tried to hold down the power button and the volume up and down button and also the power and up volume button. I get vibration and then the orange indicator lights blinks....but no boot.
Any idea what to do here? I'm stumped. Used to the captivate where I could easily get into recovery and odin it back.
Ok... uggh held down the down volume button and power and got into recovery mod. Doing a fresh data wipe and going to try and reinstall the rom...
Ok, well second flash was a charm. Phew! I was in panic mode a bit. There doesn't seem to be as many safe guards available for this phone compared to my captivate. With that said, enjoying the new rom and 2.3
Okay guys, I have an annoying problem. My phone after the ICS update does not want to go into CWM Recovery with the Power button + vol down (or up) method. I can never get the darn thing to work. It just loads up until the white samsung logo and then goes black and just vibrates. Any idea what could be the problem? It's an issue because it means I can't root or anything since stock won't allow me to go into recovery. The only way I used to get into recovery was through rom manager and I obviously need super user permissions to do that.
Another thing is, whenever I power on my phone with the usb cord plugged in, it automatically enters download mode. I know you're suppose to hold certain buttons but I just power the thing on and it goes straight to the DL mode screen. I'm thinking these two things could be related.
Any idea on how to fix this? I went back to complete stock and it didn't do a thing.
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Okay guys, I have an annoying problem. My phone after the ICS update does not want to go into CWM Recovery with the Power button + vol down (or up) method. I can never get the darn thing to work. It just loads up until the white samsung logo and then goes black and just vibrates. Any idea what could be the problem? It's an issue because it means I can't root or anything since stock won't allow me to go into recovery. The only way I used to get into recovery was through rom manager and I obviously need super user permissions to do that.
Another thing is, whenever I power on my phone with the usb cord plugged in, it automatically enters download mode. I know you're suppose to hold certain buttons but I just power the thing on and it goes straight to the DL mode screen. I'm thinking these two things could be related.
Any idea on how to fix this? I went back to complete stock and it didn't do a thing.
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check ur pm mate
Its power button + volume up AND down... hold both buttons and the power button.
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Its power button + volume up AND down... hold both buttons and the power button.
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I wasn't being specific, I just named the buttons off the top of my head. Either way, the methods don't work
ArecxP said:
I wasn't being specific, I just named the buttons off the top of my head. Either way, the methods don't work
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My phone was being a bit finicky with this as well, I found the below sequence to work for me every time.
Press and hold both vol+ and vol-
Press and hold power
Wait until phone is vibrating once every couple of seconds
Release power
Release vol+ and vol-
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I wasn't being specific, I just named the buttons off the top of my head. Either way, the methods don't work
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u need to b specific to get proper help.
u stated "Either way, the methods don't work ", specifically what methods r u talking about, there is only one method in using the buttons that works as RabidSmurf has stated, but first pull battery and dont keep usb plugged in, if that didnt work redownload cwm, check the md5 checksum and reflash using odin
To get into download mode I'm holding power+vol up+vol down
after the phone starts up release the power and keep holding up+down.
Let me know how it works.
ArecxP said:
Okay guys, I have an annoying problem. My phone after the ICS update does not want to go into CWM Recovery with the Power button + vol down (or up) method. I can never get the darn thing to work. It just loads up until the white samsung logo and then goes black and just vibrates. Any idea what could be the problem? It's an issue because it means I can't root or anything since stock won't allow me to go into recovery. The only way I used to get into recovery was through rom manager and I obviously need super user permissions to do that.
Another thing is, whenever I power on my phone with the usb cord plugged in, it automatically enters download mode. I know you're suppose to hold certain buttons but I just power the thing on and it goes straight to the DL mode screen. I'm thinking these two things could be related.
Any idea on how to fix this? I went back to complete stock and it didn't do a thing.
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Make sure it is not attached to any USB. Not even the power outlet because it will take you to firmware update mode (download mode) and hold up down volume keys and power until you see the white Samsung logo. good luck!
i had to deal with this when the firmware failed to ugprade for some reason, what i did was download odin and the stock rom and flash it with odin, i was back up in no time
Not booting
Frnds plz help
After flashing am n m same soc chipset custom rom my phone is not going in cwm also another problem is after pressing the power button the phone screen is gping black n then boot audio is playing but phone is not booting completely.
To be more specific i have cqnvas 2 plus with mt6589 and pne site there was eom name note 5 evolution for a116 hd with same soc i.e. mt6589 hence i flashed the rom it flashed succesfully also but then the problems occurred.
Plz help me fast thx in advance.
Tried making my own Custom Rom using Rangerby, Fallen Saint, Shabby Penguin and arrrghhh parts to make a Sweet Pie (mod lol)... Now... The Phone Just keeps rebooting into recovery mode TWRP, CWM or even Recovery. I know I haven't "bricked" it yet... but any advice on how to remove this little issue?
To recap... turns on phone... shows moto logo... then turns to revcovery mode,
turn it off again/reboot... the same thing... any advice would be appreciated and i mean real advice
EDIT:
Alright good news... After careful research, I found a logical Item I kept overlooking over 2hrs ago
Make sure phone is turned off, then hold PWR + CAMERA until you see boot mode, then use the VOL DWN KEY till you reach BP Tools, then Hit VOL UP to select. Sit back and enjoy
Sup, just had this problem like 30 minutes ago lol, and then I said to myself "would that even work?..." and guess what, it worked!
I guess you want to know how to unbrick it lol, here's how + ur welcome + i bet you thought your phone bricked lol
Press down vol- + power until it powers on and keep on holding down, as you can see it keeps on rebooting as long as u keep on pressing down the buttons, now we have to get in download mode, its kinda tricky tho -
First put the usb into the charger BUT not completely, halfway. Now press vol- + power and hold until it restarts AND as soon as the screen goes black
1- completely connect the USB
2- release the power button (dont release the vol - button) and at the same time press the vol+ button
Thats it, you should've booted into download mode - if it didnt work and the screen went green and crashed, keep on trying and do it as quickly as you can. If you cant pull it off, ask me. at least your phone isn't bricked, it's only tricky to fix it.
Once you're in dowload mode, use EFTSU flash tool and flash it with your firmware version (you can find it in etsu . com)
You can also flash it with ODIN and the non-modified recovery image, or just factory reset it with the original ROM and start again.
and this time around be careful trynna twrp flash, me too ofc, i wont even do it anymore, i was just messing around lol
UltraVegito_420 said:
Sup, just had this problem like 30 minutes ago lol, and then I said to myself "would that even work?..." and guess what, it worked!
I guess you want to know how to unbrick it lol, here's how + ur welcome + i bet you thought your phone bricked lol
Press down vol- + power until it powers on and keep on holding down, as you can see it keeps on rebooting as long as u keep on pressing down the buttons, now we have to get in download mode, its kinda tricky tho -
First put the usb into the charger BUT not completely, halfway. Now press vol- + power and hold until it restarts AND as soon as the screen goes black
1- completely connect the USB
2- release the power button (dont release the vol - button) and at the same time press the vol+ button
Thats it, you should've booted into download mode - if it didnt work and the screen went green and crashed, keep on trying and do it as quickly as you can. If you cant pull it off, ask me. at least your phone isn't bricked, it's only tricky to fix it.
Once you're in dowload mode, use EFTSU flash tool and flash it with your firmware version (you can find it in etsu . com)
You can also flash it with ODIN and the non-modified recovery image, or just factory reset it with the original ROM and start again.
and this time around be careful trynna twrp flash, me too ofc, i wont even do it anymore, i was just messing around lol
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It works, thank you so much! )