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[Q] Will not go to DOWNLOAD MODE

I was given a table from my friend and when I tried to power it on it went the the default recovery mode. But when I try to reboot it to go into Dowload mode to set it back to Default Firmware it gets stuck on the Samsung GALAXY Tab 2 10.1 loading screen. Anyone know how to fix this?

loaded recovery mode
So I was finally able to load into recovery mode after a few times of trying. But I got a bunch or errors.

Seems like something´s wrong with the partition or fstab... maybe something happend to the Bootloader?
Have you flashed anything? If yes please write all steps you did and post the links from files you used.
Boot the recovery,
If it´s booted pres Power+Volume Up until it entered Download mode!
- No DownloadMode - No easy chance
Flash a Stockrom using Odin.

Well, I'm not sure how your table is able to go to download mode, let alone power on.
jkjkjkjk lol It looks like all of your partitions are corrupted. Maybe you have to flash a pit file with Odin?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552155

[Q] tablet not working properly

when i factory reset the tab and installed a rom. it started normally. i did everything normally and it showed google account manager has stopped.
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery so factory reset the tablet and then tried wipe cache participation but shows error. I think that the problem is the cache and the dalvich. but i cant use usb debugging so i cant delete the cache and the dalvich.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
so does any body know how to fix this
thanks in advance :laugh:

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yolo squad dodo said:
when i factory reset the tab and installed a rom. it started normally. i did everything normally and it showed google account manager has stopped.
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery so factory reset the tablet and then tried wipe cache participation but shows error. I think that the problem is the cache and the dalvich. but i cant use usb debugging so i cant delete the cache and the dalvich.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
so does any body know how to fix this
thanks in advance :laugh:
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Can anyone help me please!!!!!!!

yolo squad dodo said:
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery
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You are not reading what you are typing.
Obvious answer: If you end up in the STOCK RECOVERY you simply do not have a custom recovery installed (Clockworkmod as you wrote). Get yourself a copy of a recent recovery from AndroidAndi's download repository (TWRP, Clockworkmod Swipe, PhilZ Touch), and flash the .tar.md5 of the recovery with ODIN in download mode.
Obvious question: How did you flash a ROM, other than some OTA Stock Samsung update on the device itself, in the first place when you don't have a custom recovery installed in order to do so?
EDIT: What exactly do you mean by "factory reset"? Did you re-flash your tablet with a Stock ROM? If that's the case, then any custom recovery you had installed was wiped and replaced with the stock recovery. Hence why you now don't have a custom recovery anymore.

BoneWithABeagle said:
You are not reading what you are typing.
Obvious answer: If you end up in the STOCK RECOVERY you simply do not have a custom recovery installed (Clockworkmod as you wrote). Get yourself a copy of a recent recovery from AndroidAndi's download repository (TWRP, Clockworkmod Swipe, PhilZ Touch), and flash the .tar.md5 of the recovery with ODIN in download mode.
Obvious question: How did you flash a ROM, other than some OTA Stock Samsung update on the device itself, in the first place when you don't have a custom recovery installed in order to do so?
EDIT: What exactly do you mean by "factory reset"? Did you re-flash your tablet with a Stock ROM? If that's the case, then any custom recovery you had installed was wiped and replaced with the stock recovery. Hence why you now don't have a custom recovery anymore.
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Odin won't recognise my tablet in Odin mode neither does my computer is there another to install a CWM recovery. By the the I do have back up on the phone if that helps.
By the way I am a noob

yolo squad dodo said:
Odin won't recognise my tablet in Odin mode neither does my computer is there another to install a CWM recovery. By the the I do have back up on the phone if that helps.
By the way I am a noob
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Just to recap on the steps you should have done...
1. You downloaded the .tar.md5 of the recovery you want to install, from Android Andi's filehost, on your PC
2. You installed the Samsung USB drivers on your computer
3. You installed ODIN on your computer
4. You unplugged the tablet from the charger and powered it off
5. You took your tablet and HELD VOL-UP while you powered it back on (to get into bootloader mode)
6. You plugged the tablet in to the computer and waited for a moment while Windows was installing the driver
--- Here the story ends, according to what you wrote as you say ODIN does not find the tablet.
Well, are you sure you did the steps so far in that order? Can't be that ODIN doesn't detect the tablet when it's operational (read: no a total dead brick) and it's in download mode.
The ONLY problem possible: You installed Samsung KIES, and not just the USB drivers, on your computer. KIES interferes with ODIN. You need to exit ODIN, bring up the Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and select "Task Manager"), find "kies" and end the running process(es) - ignore any warning message.
If that's too complicated: Uninstall KIES and then find the "Samsung Mobile USB drivers" installation package ... with a bit of searching (just to assign some homework to you) you will the links right here in this forum section more than just once.
Once KIES is terminated, or uninstalled and just the USB drivers installed, start ODIN again ... now it should detect the tablet.
Once ODIN confirms that the tablet is detected...
7. Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery as the "PDA"
8. Flash the recovery. Once complete the tablet rebooted into the newly installed recovery.
As for on-device flashing. That's possible...
- Your installed ROM must be ROOTED (no root, no fun)
- You need Chainfire's "MobileODIN" (the free version from the Play Store would suffice), and you need to let MobileODIN install the "p311x flashkernel package" (I think with the free version you need to download it manually from Chainfire's thread and install it manually) - jump into Chainfire's thread and read on
Once you have Mobile ODIN installed it is just a matter of:
- Download the .tar.md5 of the recovery on your tablet once more (or transfer it over from your PC)
- Start Mobile ODIN
- Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery (should automatically be set as a "PDA")
- Flash and reboot into the recovery
However, as a fair warning ... as with every flashing of your device ... keep in mind something could go wrong (just to straighten it out that there's always room for user mistakes or murphy's law getting into the way ("Everything that can go wrong will go wrong"))

BoneWithABeagle said:
Just to recap on the steps you should have done...
1. You downloaded the .tar.md5 of the recovery you want to install, from Android Andi's filehost, on your PC
2. You installed the Samsung USB drivers on your computer
3. You installed ODIN on your computer
4. You unplugged the tablet from the charger and powered it off
5. You took your tablet and HELD VOL-UP while you powered it back on (to get into bootloader mode)
6. You plugged the tablet in to the computer and waited for a moment while Windows was installing the driver
--- Here the story ends, according to what you wrote as you say ODIN does not find the tablet.
Well, are you sure you did the steps so far in that order? Can't be that ODIN doesn't detect the tablet when it's operational (read: no a total dead brick) and it's in download mode.
The ONLY problem possible: You installed Samsung KIES, and not just the USB drivers, on your computer. KIES interferes with ODIN. You need to exit ODIN, bring up the Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and select "Task Manager"), find "kies" and end the running process(es) - ignore any warning message.
If that's too complicated: Uninstall KIES and then find the "Samsung Mobile USB drivers" installation package ... with a bit of searching (just to assign some homework to you) you will the links right here in this forum section more than just once.
Once KIES is terminated, or uninstalled and just the USB drivers installed, start ODIN again ... now it should detect the tablet.
Once ODIN confirms that the tablet is detected...
7. Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery as the "PDA"
8. Flash the recovery. Once complete the tablet rebooted into the newly installed recovery.
As for on-device flashing. That's possible...
- Your installed ROM must be ROOTED (no root, no fun)
- You need Chainfire's "MobileODIN" (the free version from the Play Store would suffice), and you need to let MobileODIN install the "p311x flashkernel package" (I think with the free version you need to download it manually from Chainfire's thread and install it manually) - jump into Chainfire's thread and read on
Once you have Mobile ODIN installed it is just a matter of:
- Download the .tar.md5 of the recovery on your tablet once more (or transfer it over from your PC)
- Start Mobile ODIN
- Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery (should automatically be set as a "PDA")
- Flash and reboot into the recovery
However, as a fair warning ... as with every flashing of your device ... keep in mind something could go wrong (just to straighten it out that there's always room for user mistakes or murphy's law getting into the way ("Everything that can go wrong will go wrong"))
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odin recognize tablet and it got flash or what ever its called. it restarted but it didn't go into recovery but just restart as normal

I got it working by installing custom rom.
Thanks a lot by the way for the tips

yolo squad dodo said:
odin recognize tablet and it got flash or what ever its called. it restarted but it didn't go into recovery but just restart as normal
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For future reference: keeping VOL DOWN UP held while powering on/rebooting the tablet takes you into the recovery in case you borked the system and selecting "Reboot" -> "Recovery" from within the _custom_ ROM's power menu is not an option (the Stock Samsung ROM does not have that option by default). Though keep in mind that this only works when the tablet is _NOT_ connected to the charger/computer ... when the USB cable is plugged in it seems to ignore the hardware keys.
yolo squad dodo said:
I got it working by installing custom rom.
Thanks a lot by the way for the tips
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Great you got your recovery and custom ROM installed. Have fun.

BoneWithABeagle said:
For future reference: keeping VOL DOWN held while powering on/rebooting the tablet takes you into the recovery in case you borked the system and selecting "Reboot" -> "Recovery" from within the _custom_ ROM's power menu is not an option (the Stock Samsung ROM does not have that option by default). Though keep in mind that this only works when the tablet is _NOT_ connected to the charger/computer ... when the USB cable is plugged in it seems to ignore the hardware keys.
Great you got your recovery and custom ROM installed. Have fun.
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Umm isn't recovery power and volume UP? At least that's how it is on my 7'' tablet and the 10'' I rooted and installed a ROM on.
jrc2
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jrc2 said:
Umm isn't recovery power and volume UP? At least that's how it is on my 7'' tablet and the 10'' I rooted and installed a ROM on.
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Now that you mention it... yes, you're right jrc... "VOL DOWN" == Download Mode / "VOL UP" == Recovery (I failed to recall the "UP as in update.zip" association).

Phone shows a blank screen

Hello
Having some issues with my phone
I was using a custom rom beforehand and decided to flash the official stock rom because of a mobile app game that wouldn't boot on the phone. Doing that got rid of twrp and opened the stock recovery. Whenever I tried to reboot the phone it would keep taking me to the stock recovery. From there I decided to do a wipe but it continued to take me to the stock recovery. Not sure what to do I fast booted a .img file I used for the previous custom rom I was using and that booted the phone to a point where it had official stock and was rooted but the game still didn't work. So when I rebooted into recovery mode the twrp recovery appeared but when I checked my files everything was gone. Whenever I tried to reboot the phone it would just continue to take me into twrp recovery. Also I couldn't move files while it was in twrp. So I decided to format everything and that fixed my issue of booting. Now the phone booted as normal even tho I had to go through the intro again. I downloaded the game and huzzah it worked just fine. I booted into recovery mode to make sure it would boot fine from recovery to the phone and it did, but whenever I told twrp to reboot it would say there is no os installed but it would boot fine. Next I decided to get magisk back and running. So I got the manager and download the .zip and booted twrp and flashed it. When I rebooted my phone I just get a blank screen. Nothing happens when I press anything and pressing power + vol up restarts the phone but it goes back into a blank screen.
Help?

3ds1234 said:
Hello
Having some issues with my phone
I was using a custom rom beforehand and decided to flash the official stock rom because of a mobile app game that wouldn't boot on the phone. Doing that got rid of twrp and opened the stock recovery. Whenever I tried to reboot the phone it would keep taking me to the stock recovery. From there I decided to do a wipe but it continued to take me to the stock recovery. Not sure what to do I fast booted a .img file I used for the previous custom rom I was using and that booted the phone to a point where it had official stock and was rooted but the game still didn't work. So when I rebooted into recovery mode the twrp recovery appeared but when I checked my files everything was gone. Whenever I tried to reboot the phone it would just continue to take me into twrp recovery. Also I couldn't move files while it was in twrp. So I decided to format everything and that fixed my issue of booting. Now the phone booted as normal even tho I had to go through the intro again. I downloaded the game and huzzah it worked just fine. I booted into recovery mode to make sure it would boot fine from recovery to the phone and it did, but whenever I told twrp to reboot it would say there is no os installed but it would boot fine. Next I decided to get magisk back and running. So I got the manager and download the .zip and booted twrp and flashed it. When I rebooted my phone I just get a blank screen. Nothing happens when I press anything and pressing power + vol up restarts the phone but it goes back into a blank screen.
Help?
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OK here is some quick help: https://piunikaweb.com/2019/05/29/how-to-unbrick-oneplus-7-pro-using-msm-download-tool/

I've tried this but it doesn't work. Whenever I boot the program nothing shows up. I checked my ports and I have Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM8) which doesn't match the guide and I have no idea how to change the port.

3ds1234 said:
I've tried this but it doesn't work. Whenever I boot the program nothing shows up. I checked my ports and I have Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM8) which doesn't match the guide and I have no idea how to change the port.
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The COM number actually doesn't matter, it will vary from pc to pc so yes it will work, nothing will show up on the phone screen its self, once u see HS-USB QDLoader 9008 open the msm tool and u will see it connect and start.

What custom ROM?
What game?
Which TWRP?
Which boot.img?
What firmware?
What everything?
How on earth can you expect anyone to help you when you decide to cloak your whole setup in mystery?

I fixed the issue. I didn't know about the button combo to boot into fastboot so when I did boot into fastboot I fastbooted into twrp and fixed everything from there

N8010 - stuck at downloading mode

Hi, after flashing TWRP update from TWRP itself I am now stuck at download mode.
I can access downloading mode using Power + Volume down
I cannot boot into twrp using Power + Volume up, this brings download mode up.
I cannot boot into system, this results in the same behavior as previous situation.
The main problem is that for a long time my cable or port is not working correctly. I can charge tablet but the data transfer is not established. I cannot say if it is caused by cable or port but I think it is the port itself - other reduction does not work as well. Thanks to this I cannot easily flash recovery back.
So I am looking for other solutions than buying new port board/cable and replacing it. SD card is currently the only one interface working. I am asking if there is possibility to flash recovery/stock via sd card - maybe some files detected right after entering download mode, i. e. recovery.img.
Other possibility would be to get adb over wifi working.
Thank you.

Hi,
does the flash process even start when you try it with odin or heimdall?
Once recovery boot is triggered, it will alway's try to boot into.
You could try to:
heimdall print-pit
If this is succesfull, you may can boot into system and then flash a new twrp with root rights.

html6405 said:
Hi,
does the flash process even start when you try it with odin or heimdall?
Once recovery boot is triggered, it will alway's try to boot into.
You could try to:
heimdall print-pit
If this is succesfull, you may can boot into system and then flash a new twrp with root rights.
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Hi,
my problem is that my cable (probably charging port) is not working (it does charge but does not transfer data) so I cannot do flash via cable.
I flashed twrp update using twrp. I do not understand however why I cannot boot into system or does bootloader need working recovery?
Here I am sending two pics:
1. boot into download mode directly using Power + Volume Down - https://pasteboard.co/JU4sQdr.jpg
2. standard reboot or Power + Volume up - https://pasteboard.co/JU4t6gR.jpg
Is I get somehow to system, I can flash recovery easily as I have rooted device.

Question No Download Mode - bricked S21+

Hi,
I've managed to brick my S21+, after a mistake during flashing of a newer twrp version with Odin.
I basically placed the (patched) stock AP file in the AP slot instead of the TWRP tar, and the vbmeta_disabled_R.tar in the userdata slot.
After reboot, I got a boot loop, and I am not able to boot to recovery or to download mode as before when using the key-combo.
Previous to this flashing, I had the TWRP 3.6 and Lineageos 19 GSI for about 6 months, with no issues.
My question - how can I get to Download mode now? and is it possible that I ran over my recovery?
Is it possible that the download mode is no longer available due to the AP flashing (no BL, CSC files)?
Appreciate any suggestion and help!

connect it to the PC and do the combination that you did before, that is volume up and volume down pressed at the same time, that same thing happened to me, when I wanted to update twrp better install the stock first and then the new recovery, so you take advantage of updating the firmware of the phone and the new recovery

Strangely, the recovery entry or download does not work without being connected, so I recommend you better install the magisk to enter the recovery from there, otherwise you will have to do that process when you want to update or install custom roms

CallmeNeos503 said:
Strangely, the recovery entry or download does not work without being connected, so I recommend you better install the magisk to enter the recovery from there, otherwise you will have to do that process when you want to update or install custom roms
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Thanks for your reply!
the key-combo in S21x are with USB plugged to PC, otherwise recovery cannot be reached, unless using ADB command. I have tried this many times since the wrong Odin flash occurred, but nothing happens except from reboot, warning screen (about unofficial software) and reboot again.
Even previous to the bricking, typically in order to get to download mode in this device, you need to go through recovery first and then select download mode. Alternatively, adb reboot download command, but neither are now an option.
So my last resort was a USB-JIG device to get to download mode - but I don't know of any such device for a USB-C connection.
Anyone here has experience with that? or can direct me to such a device for the newer Samsung models?
Thanks!

Wl40WaBL9hQcjo said:
CallmeNeos503 said:
connect it to the PC and do the combination that you did before, that is volume up and volume down pressed at the same time, that same thing happened to me, when I wanted to update twrp better install the stock first and then the new recovery, so you take advantage of updating the firmware of the phone and the new recovery
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Thanks for your help! - indeed the PLUS and MINUS volume keys with the usb cable plugged in gets you directly to d/l mode. I just tried it with the power key all the time, as in previous models, and that got me nothing.
Issue solved!