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[Q] How to Boot Into Recovery Mode After I9000 Flash

Hey all,
I'm going from the Eclair I9000 ROM back to stock, and then to Unleash the Beast 0.2. I'm back to the stock build (JF6), and am now trying to run update.zip from the root of the internal SD. Problem is, I cannot figure out how to boot into recovery mode to save my life.
I've searched for a couple hours, and came upon one thread that described the exact same problem, but said that a reflash using Odin one-click worked. I'm not so lucky.
I successfully ran the one-click Odin3 tool, but I'm still pretty sure my Captivate thinks it's an I9000, and is looking for me to press a non-existant home key to get into recovery mode. Any suggestions on how to get into recovery mode? I've tried every variation of your standard Vol up + Vol down + Power.
Thanks in advance!

Is the i9000 boot screen still come up before the att screen?
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I'm not sure if you figured this out already but while your phone is off, simply press the volume up, volume down, and power buttons. Once you see the AT&T logo let go of the power button while keeping your fingers pressed down on the volume buttons. Keep the volume buttons held down until you see the recovery menu. Once there, (assuming you've already placed an update.zip file on your internal SD card) select Reinstall Packages and away you go!

Fishbait said:
Hey all,
I'm going from the Eclair I9000 ROM back to stock, and then to Unleash the Beast 0.2. I'm back to the stock build (JF6), and am now trying to run update.zip from the root of the internal SD. Problem is, I cannot figure out how to boot into recovery mode to save my life.
I've searched for a couple hours, and came upon one thread that described the exact same problem, but said that a reflash using Odin one-click worked. I'm not so lucky.
I successfully ran the one-click Odin3 tool, but I'm still pretty sure my Captivate thinks it's an I9000, and is looking for me to press a non-existant home key to get into recovery mode. Any suggestions on how to get into recovery mode? I've tried every variation of your standard Vol up + Vol down + Power.
Thanks in advance!
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Mine did that after I installed the I9000 rom, to fix it I used the one click odin but before clicking start to go back to stock I used the master clear button and let it run for a couple of minutes, even though it never got off the "starting master clear" in the script window it did the trick. I don't have the I9000 boot screen anymore and the normal button combo now works.
If you can't get anywhere doing this you can always use the batch files from SDK tools, just use the reboot into recovery one.

[Q] Can't get into CWM recovery after installing MIUI 1.9.23

This post belongs to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278053 but since I don't have enough posts to reply there, here's my issue.
On my Infuse 4G I had Serendipity VII, then flashed over MIUI 1.9.23 which I downloaded from the abovementioned thread. Backed up rom, wiped data and cache, rebooted all good. But when it comes to enter into recovery to flash the MIUI zip again (as per the instructions at the thread above), my phone is stuck at the "Samsung" logo.
Tried battery pull, various hardware button combos, no luck so far. What is the correct hardware button combination to get into CWM from boot? I thought it was volume up + power on, but that didn't work. Tried volume up + home button + power on, no luck either.
So as of now... I'm with a dead Infuse.
Any help would really be appreciated
Thanks!
- Adriano

Same here, I can't even get into the blue CWM recovery. If I don't hold any buttons the phone will go into MIUI like normal but I want to get into recovery to backup and restore.

for me it's even worse... my phone is stuck at the Samsung logo.

Turn off your phone, press and hold down volume up, volume down, and the power button. When you hold them you'll see the Samsung logo, keep holding them. The screen will go black and in like five seconds a SECOND TIME the Samsung logo will appear, you can then let go of the buttons and you should be on cwm
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I've tried going into Rom Manager and re-flashing recovery for the "Galaxy S i9000" and it says it's successful but I still can't get into recovery.
So I do have a working MIUI phone but now I seem to be stuck on this ROM

florelui001p said:
Turn off your phone, press and hold down volume up, volume down, and the power button. When you hold them you'll see the Samsung logo, keep holding them. The screen will go black and in like five seconds a SECOND TIME the Samsung logo will appear, you can then let go of the buttons and you should be on cwm
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thank you so much! followed your instructions and now I'm in CWM... reflashing...

Kernodle said:
I've tried going into Rom Manager and re-flashing recovery for the "Galaxy S i9000" and it says it's successful but I still can't get into recovery.
So I do have a working MIUI phone but now I seem to be stuck on this ROM
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ROM Manager's recovery is worthless...
Use the instructions given above for the three-finger-salute in order to enter kernel recovery.
Entering recovery from boot can be tricky sometimes.
Sounds like Mikey somehow broke the "reboot recovery" command.

Entropy512 said:
ROM Manager's recovery is worthless...
Use the instructions given above for the three-finger-salute in order to enter kernel recovery.
Entering recovery from boot can be tricky sometimes.
Sounds like Mikey somehow broke the "reboot recovery" command.
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Yeah I've 3 fingered about 10 times now, pulled battery, tried rebooting into recovery from MIUI power menu and from RM menu, made sure to wait for the second SAMSUNG to appear, etc but still have not been able to get into CWM recovery. The logo just stays up forever.
Dang I don't really want to Odin back to stock anyone have thoughts as to how I can get this fixed?

Took me awhile to figure it out, I'm on Miui too and recovery works just fine.
This is what you should be doing:
1. Hold all the buttons down. (Volume Up + Down + Power)
2. When you see the Samsung logo, let go of the power and keep holding both volume buttons until you get into CWM.

himynamesnoah said:
Took me awhile to figure it out, I'm on Miui too and recovery works just fine.
This is what you should be doing:
1. Hold all the buttons down. (Volume Up + Down + Power)
2. When you see the Samsung logo, let go of the power and keep holding both volume buttons until you get into CWM.
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Yup. Same works for any CWM-enabled kernel back in Samsung-firmware-land.

Ok well I got this fixed ghetto style.
I used SGS kernel flasher to put the Bedwa gingerbread kernel, then after reboot the female robot voice said there was not enough space in the partition.
However, at this point I was [finally] able to 3 finger my way into CWM - the red one, not the blue that MIUI was showing, and from there I could reinstall Infused from the SD card. Still no idea why the MIUI kernel would not let me into recovery!

ok figured to let you guys know how did it go for me after I was able to boot into CWM (thanks again florelui001p for the tip btw) -- was able to flash MIUI and after the reboot things went fine.
Played a bit around with MIUI (first time I was trying an MIUI rom), didn't quite like the complete reskinning of the plain vanilla android UI (don't get me wrong, the quality and amount of the work that must be behind MIUI is impressive, it's just me that I prefer things more "barebone" style).
So after my brief experience with MIUI, I tried to restore a couple of CWM rom backups I took earlier today -- and CWM was unable to restore either one... sweet. So I went for flashing the latest Infused (as of now) 2.3.3 -- and no surprise there. A great rom for the Infuse. So far with the Infuse aside from the stock rom, I've been on Infused, Serendipity VII and MIUI. Still hoping/waiting for CM7... used to love it on my old Nexus One.
- Adriano

adri72 said:
ok figured to let you guys know how did it go for me after I was able to boot into CWM (thanks again florelui001p for the tip btw) -- was able to flash MIUI and after the reboot things went fine.
Played a bit around with MIUI (first time I was trying an MIUI rom), didn't quite like the complete reskinning of the plain vanilla android UI (don't get me wrong, the quality and amount of the work that must be behind MIUI is impressive, it's just me that I prefer things more "barebone" style).
So after my brief experience with MIUI, I tried to restore a couple of CWM rom backups I took earlier today -- and CWM was unable to restore either one... sweet. So I went for flashing the latest Infused (as of now) 2.3.3 -- and no surprise there. A great rom for the Infuse. So far with the Infuse aside from the stock rom, I've been on Infused, Serendipity VII and MIUI. Still hoping/waiting for CM7... used to love it on my old Nexus One.
- Adriano
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No problem! Glad to see you got everything up and running
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i've tried all the things u said but no success. then i've tried to enter download mode and after going to recovery with vol up + home + phone worked

Three finger does still work in MIUI/CM7, but it seems REALLY finicky for some reason.

Entropy512 said:
Three finger does still work in MIUI/CM7, but it seems REALLY finicky for some reason.
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I've never had a problem. Here's a trick I use to get into recovery "100% of the time, every time":
Make sure your phone is unplugged from any charger/USB. Remove, and replace your battery. Place your phone on it's side, volume buttons down, on a desk/table. Press down until you feel the volume buttons depressed, and keep holding the phone with pressure. Press and hold the power until you see the Samsung logo, keeping your phone mashed against the table. When you see CWM, you can release the pressure on your phone, reconnect to cables, do whatever.

After flashing 1.9.30, I cannot access clockwork recovery from ANY method, 3 finger salute won't work, trying from MIUI won't work, reflashing clockwork from ROM manager won't work.
What am I suppose to do?

Have you tried the steps below?
florelui001p said:
Turn off your phone, press and hold down volume up, volume down, and the power button. When you hold them you'll see the Samsung logo, keep holding them. The screen will go black and in like five seconds a SECOND TIME the Samsung logo will appear, you can then let go of the buttons and you should be on cwm
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The caveat is to wait for the second time the Samsung logo appears, and then release all buttons.
- Adriano

this worked for me.
LG_iiNsTiiNcT said:
Okay so if you were one of the few people who lost recovery for some weird reason "ME" no need to unbrick to stock and re-flash I have a solution.
1: Download sgs kernel flasher
2: Download CWM community kernel
3: Flash kernel via sgs kernel flasher "unchecked the reboot button" when done flashing turn phone of "SHUTDOWN"
4: 3 finger until the Samsung logo pops up keep holding the buttons the screen will go black then Samsung logo will come up, let go of the power button and keep hold the volume up and down buttons "For about 20 seconds" then let go it should boot into Red CWM after a few seconds.
5: Go to install zip from SD card go all the way down and run update.zip it will boot back into RED CWM run update.zip again and it should now boot into GREEN CWM
6: From here Re-Flash MIUI "New Release would be smart", Wipe Fact,Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, Flash, reboot at sign of Samsung logo pull battery, 3 finger into blue recovery and flash again.
7: Presto you should be set and have recovery back.
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I posted a fix in the main MIUI thread. Also copied above!
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Cannot boot into recovery

i have a Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 p3113.
i used heimdall to flash CWM into the tablet.
after what seemed like a succesful flash, my tablet rebooted. but for some reason, it would only go as far as showing the galaxy tab logo. it seems stuck there. i could not turn the unit off. i would hold the power button to force shutdown, but it always starts right back up. it seemed like i could only shut it down if it was connected to my mac while holding down the power button. i can however, boot into download mode.
after consulting google, it seems like the appropriate step was to restore the unit to stock. problem is, i can't seem to boot into recovery. i'm being told by the internet that to boot into recovery, i need to hold [power] and [volume down] until it turns on and then release [power] but keep on holding [volume down] and CWM will load. but nothing happens.
i know this is a total noob post, but i've been scouring the web for two days. i'm at my wits end. any help would be greatly appreciated.

I think recovery mode accessed via volume up+power if you could not so use download mode to flash stock or so to return to normal operation
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I press the power and UP ( button next to the power button) I normally hold BOTH buttons down at once and let the boot cycle process twice just to make sure i am going into recovery .....so i see the white samsung text twice i mean. It may take around 10 seconds to complete the process. Then release BOTH keys at once.
The battery needs a good charge for it to work.. Try charging over night before you try it via the mains supply.
Holding the power button and down will bring you into download mode and thats what you use for an odin/heimdall flash.
Hope that works for you
Let us know how you get on .....

Thanks. The battery of the gtab2 drained overnight, so i've got it charging back up now. Will definitely post my results when i have something.

Thank you guys. I'm able to boot into recovery now.
But unfortunately, i still need a little guidance on my original problem. And that problem being that my gtab2 will not startup. After rebooting, it gets stuck on the logo screen. It also plays a startup audio clip. But after that, it just displays the startup logo screen. It does not go into the animation screen and start.
I should also mention that when i plug my gtab2 into my computer, no drives show up.
My question now is, if i were to select [wipe data/factory reset] in CWM, would this restore my gtab2 to it's original factory state? Or would I need to flash a ROM for this? And if i need to flash a ROM, could i place a ROM on a microsd card and flash from there?

*********UPDATE*************
Everything is fine (so far).
I went poking around CWM and realized that I had put a cyanogenmod 9 update.zip in the root of the internal sd card before all this happened. So i went back to cyanogenmods wiki on how to install it on my gtab2 and followed the rest of the instructions on flashing it and VOILA!! I have my gtab2 back.

you should use ODIN instead CWM.
CWM is not designed specifically for Gtab2.

S3 wont flash custom recovery

Got a buddy that has a S3 and he ODIN back to stock and hes rooted but everytime he goes to flash CWM recovery it does the process like normal but when he goes to recovery, its just the stock recovery
any help?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439

Make sure you have USB debugging on and allow unknown applications before trying to flash the recovery. Just a simple check that I have forgotten in the past myself lol
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Jason Roach said:
Make sure you have USB debugging on and allow unknown applications before trying to flash the recovery. Just a simple check that I have forgotten in the past myself lol
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what he said. Also, some of the videos were a bit confusing, but the more reading I did, I found that it may be important to wait for a "Pass" green sign to show up at the end of each ODIN step, THEN wait 10-15 minutes after you get the pass before moving on to the next step. I had messed up one device once, and did these extra steps (debug mode and waiting for pass patiently) and was successful the second time around.

olufadi1 said:
what he said. Also, some of the videos were a bit confusing, but the more reading I did, I found that it may be important to wait for a "Pass" green sign to show up at the end of each ODIN step, THEN wait 10-15 minutes after you get the pass before moving on to the next step. I had messed up one device once, and did these extra steps (debug mode and waiting for pass patiently) and was successful the second time around.
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I always unplugged the phone and restart Odin for each flash or Odin get stuck or something
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steve0mac,
I'm embarrassed to admit what mistake I made... but maybe it will help you and someone else. After I flashed my choice of custom recovery in ODIN and got a “Pass,” I pulled the battery/usb, etc... and then went to boot back into the custom recovery…
Here’s the silly mistake I made -- I would continue to hold in the power button along with the volume up and home button... thinking that I needed to have all of them pressed in until the custom recovery booted up. I finally figured out that you have to let go of all the buttons after you see the Samsung logo briefly appear on the screen. (Alternately, you can also just let go of the power button after the Samsung logo flashes quickly across the screen and then continue to hold down the volume up and home buttons until the custom recovery boots up--- this isn't necessary, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything).

mattnmag said:
steve0mac,
I'm embarrassed to admit what mistake I made... but maybe it will help you and someone else. After I flashed my choice of custom recovery in ODIN and got a “Pass,” I pulled the battery/usb, etc... and then went to boot back into the custom recovery…
Here’s the silly mistake I made -- I would continue to hold in the power button along with the volume up and home button... thinking that I needed to have all of them pressed in until the custom recovery booted up. I finally figured out that you have to let go of all the buttons after you see the Samsung logo briefly appear on the screen. (Alternately, you can also just let go of the power button after the Samsung logo flashes quickly across the screen and then continue to hold down the volume up and home buttons until the custom recovery boots up--- this isn't necessary, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything).
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That is a common mistake and is posted several times in the root thread. Hold too long and it skips recovery. :laugh:

[Q] CM 10.1 Permanent Soft Brick?

Running CM 10.1, 06/08 Nightly
I did search the threads and google, but could not find any posts about a phone that works normally except for download and recovery.
Problems:
1. Can't boot into recovery (via apps, power menu, or manually). It gets to the boot logo, and then blank screen and resets. It will keep resetting trying to go into recovery (a battery pull will put it back to normal).
2. Can't stay in download mode. When I put the phone in download mode, it turns off after a couple seconds. I can't ODIN it if it keeps turning off.
3. Power button doesn't work properly (sometimes it works, most of the times it doesn't). Example: I press the power button to close the screen. No response. A few minutes later I might press it, and the screen will close, but come back on and this time with power menu. I took out the button to verify that it wasn't stuck, and tried pressing the actual button inside the phone with the stick. I can feel it click, but it still has the same problems. Pretty sure it's not a stuck button.
What's working:
-Everything else. If I let the phone boot normally, it loads perfectly fine and into cyanogenmod. No issues with voice/data, any apps, or instability. No battery issue. No lag. No crashes. The only issue is with the power button, and my inability to boot into recovery or go into download mode.
History:
-I was experiencing a random reboot problem (and power button issue) from an earlier nightly, and I waited a couple months for a more stable version. The CWM recovery for some reason only worked sometimes. When I did get it to work, I flashed RC5 (format and wipe data, dalvik, cache, factory reset, etc.), which fixed my reboot problem, but not my power button.
-I came across this thread: at plus.google(.com)104277415207525128383/posts/iAVpVPYqMtM and updated the radio, even though the RC5 fixed my random reboot.
-I did try flashing CWM, TWRP, and Stock recoveries (the latest ones, and from CWM/EZ recovery apps), but have not tried CWM Touch. It doesn't seem to matter, it won't boot into recovery.
Perceived Solution:
-I have a plan with Best Buy - I am considering smashing the phone and getting it replaced with a refurb, but would like to avoid that if possible.
Anyone have any ideas? I am okay with the phone as is, but I would like to be able to update CM or to another ROM in the future
Thanks for helping me out!

Can you get into recovey just long enough to do a system wipe?
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DarkMenace said:
Can you get into recovey just long enough to do a system wipe?
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Thanks for responding; It doesn't boot into recovery at all. Right after holding Vol. Up, Menu + Power, I get the screen with the small text in the corner, so you know it's going to enter recovery. Then the logo appears, except after that the phone either hangs with a blank screen, shuts off, or resets itself.
I think something got corrupted, but I'm not sure how to find out what, or what steps I could take to fix it.

phospholipid1 said:
Thanks for responding; It doesn't boot into recovery at all. Right after holding Vol. Up, Menu + Power, I get the screen with the small text in the corner, so you know it's going to enter recovery. Then the logo appears, except after that the phone either hangs with a blank screen, shuts off, or resets itself.
I think something got corrupted, but I'm not sure how to find out what, or what steps I could take to fix it.
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Unfortunately if you can't get into the recovery mode or the Odin mode then you would need to replace the phone. It's bricked.

DarkMenace said:
Unfortunately if you can't get into the recovery mode or the Odin mode then you would need to replace the phone. It's bricked.
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Thanks for the response.
Yeah, that's what I thought. I've never really heard or seen someone with a "functionally bricked" phone, so I'm not sure what to do.
Before I go ahead and smash it for the insurance replacement, I want to see if anyone else has any ideas..
Like I said, the phone boots normally just fine. Is there some kind of app that can flash files? Or maybe some commands I can enter in the terminal emulator?

phospholipid1 said:
Thanks for the response.
Yeah, that's what I thought. I've never really heard or seen someone with a "functionally bricked" phone, so I'm not sure what to do.
Before I go ahead and smash it for the insurance replacement, I want to see if anyone else has any ideas..
Like I said, the phone boots normally just fine. Is there some kind of app that can flash files? Or maybe some commands I can enter in the terminal emulator?
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Have you tried Odin Mobile Pro? I've never used it myself, but I've heard a lot of good things about from some friends.

It sounds to me like a faulty power button, it isn't hardbricked because your phone is able to boot into recovery and download mode. But If for some reason your power button is stuck in the on position, it will skip booting into recovery and eventually boot out of download mode. Just because the power button physically moves and clicks doesn't mean it can't get stuck, there's obviously something funny going on with it that isn't rom/kernel regulated.
You can try terminal emulator to see if it will work, but I honestly wouldn't do anything in any menu because your phone has the potential to reboot during a process and destroy your phone. Commands are:
su
reboot recovery
su
reboot download
If it's a power button issue, best buy should replace it anyways, you shouldn't have to smash it. Samsung will also fix it under your manufacturer warranty despite it being rooted.
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Thanks for responding, guys
rellomar said:
Have you tried Odin Mobile Pro? I've never used it myself, but I've heard a lot of good things about from some friends.
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Yes, I did. This brings me back into download mode, at which the phone just turns off.
BadUsername said:
It sounds to me like a faulty power button, it isn't hardbricked because your phone is able to boot into recovery and download mode. But If for some reason your power button is stuck in the on position, it will skip booting into recovery and eventually boot out of download mode. Just because the power button physically moves and clicks doesn't mean it can't get stuck, there's obviously something funny going on with it that isn't rom/kernel regulated.
You can try terminal emulator to see if it will work, but I honestly wouldn't do anything in any menu because your phone has the potential to reboot during a process and destroy your phone. Commands are:
su
reboot recovery
su
reboot download
If it's a power button issue, best buy should replace it anyways, you shouldn't have to smash it. Samsung will also fix it under your manufacturer warranty despite it being rooted.
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Thanks for the commands; they ended up just shutting the phone off.
Yeah, I did ponder the idea that even though the power button "clicked," it might not necessarily be working. I google searched "galaxy s 3 broken power button" and there was a video with a description where the guy mentioned something about the circuit always being switched "on"
But his phone experienced different symptoms than mine (because the circuit was always switched on, the phone actually restarted itself while in normal operation. This hasn't happened to me).
Is there an app for me to definitely determine which buttons are being registered as they are pressed? Similar to programs that tell you what buttons you're pressing on your keyboard.
I would take it back to Best Buy, but I just don't want to give them any reason to say it was my own fault since I rooted and put a custom ROM on it.
Haha, I'll dunk it in salt water in favor of smashing it
Thanks again for your suggestions and ideas :cyclops: