I tried the volume down plus home button thing but it does not work.
FWIW, I had a Captivate and rooted/customized and installed every ROM on the planet. Did the same on the Infuse...so I'm familiar with the process but every post I read about rooting says the same thing.
To enter download mode:
Down on volume button
Hold home button
Power button
The thing is, from the pictures, this phone looks different than the Euro version.
Wrong section, you should be in the AT&T section instead http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1302.
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Hi,
After struggling trying to hard reset my Verizon TP I thought I would share it here. Turns out the same phone but from different carrier might have different hard-reset procedures. For example, everywhere I looked they said to:
1. Turn the phone off
2. Hold VOLUME DOWN and ENTER (center of D-Pad)
3. While holding the above press and release POWER button (although some said to hold them all together until warning screen comes on)
Turns out Verizon TP is totally different. To hard reset you have to:
1. Turn the phone off
2. Press and hold Center D-Pad button (also reffered to as ENTER)
3. While holding that one button, press and release POWER button, but keep holding ENTER.
Amazingly, all those methods are described at the end of each phones User Manual, so there is only one thing if something doesn't work:
RTFM (sadly, that applies to me as well).
I am trying to root my GT7510 (wifi only) and can't get into downloading mode to use odin. I tried posting in that forum, but i do not have enough posts. I have tried the volume down + power button method, but all it does is reboot the tab over and over. If it makes any difference i am on build HMJ37.UEKME P7510UEKME. Should i do a factory restore and try before applying any updates? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Are you releasing the power button or just continuously holding it down? If it's the latter, that's your problem. Hold volume down, and hold the power button down. As soon as the first Samsung screen pops up, release the power button immediately while still holding the volume down button. You should get into bootloader mode.
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Are you releasing the power button or just continuously holding it down? If it's the latter, that's your problem. Hold volume down, and hold the power button down. As soon as the first Samsung screen pops up, release the power button immediately while still holding the volume down button. You should get into bootloader mode.
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Wow, i feel pretty dumb now lol. That was it. I thought it was like getting into the CWM on my epic. Thank you!
No problem! I was new once too, I actually made the same mistake with my Vibrant, trying to get it into download mode.
I like how easy it is to get into download mode on the galaxy tab compared to how I had to do it on the Vibrant
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Hello all. Have a question. Never rooted a phone before and figure it's about time. When holding volume up + home center button + power then letting go of power button upon reboot I do not get the warning screen where you are supposed to hit volume up button. Instead I get into manual mode. Does anyone know if I am doing anything wrong or if you had the same problem? Much help needed and thank you so much in advance!
it's supposed to be vol DOWN, home and power. not "up".
you use "up" AFTER it's rooted, you'll be using "up" most of the time, if not all of the time after it's rooted.
but to actually START the root process. to root the phone, you need to hit "down" to get into "download mode"
Haha! Thanks a bunch man I feel a bit "slow" after that one. I have since rooted :laugh:
My issue is as stated as above. I presume my phone has this feature disabled, making this phone near useless for me.
Tried having phone completely off and holding down volume down + home + power like in the videos, to no avail.
I've come from a Galaxy 3 which automatically started up download mode during the boot sequence.
Is there a way to root my phone without Odin or enter download mode with another method? Can't use "reboot download" in terminal as it's not rooted.
I haven't found any topics quite like my issue here. My phone is a international Galaxy III with label being exactly I9300. Any help is appreciated.
You could buy usb jig that will sort it iv never heard of this issue ever
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Interesting, atleast there's something to fall back on if there are no other solutions.
Postage to New Zealand would be horrendous.
Please confirm it doesn't work in the following order.
- Make sure you have no case on the phone.
- Power off the phone
- Unplug it from the charger
- Remove the battery for 30 seconds
- Press and hold Volume-Down and center hardware button.
Make sure both buttons are proplery pressed, and the center button is pressed in the middle.
- Press the power button, and release it when the logo appears. Keep the other 2 buttons pressed
- Wait for it to boot
If it doesn't work, try repeating 2 times starting at the top.
If it still doesn't work something is faulty. Check if all the buttons work as expected.
Thank you very much d4fseeker, the battery out was the crucial thing I was doing wrong.
It shouldn't be necessary (and usually isn't) but I've seen on multiple occasions that Samsung phones sometimes don't react to the Download mode or Recovery mode when normally powered down.
I have a Galaxy Mega GT-I9205, which I have rooted and installed CWM recovery. I have had enormous problems in getting this phone into download mode with the stated key sequence of pressing Volume down, Home and Power simultaneously. It does work but probably only once in 40 tries, the other 39 times it just starts up normally and then has to be shut down before you can try again
I managed to find a different way to do this that works nearly every time and thought I would share it with you in case anyone else has the same problem, this is what you do.
Get your usb lead and plug it into your charger or a live usb socket on a computer. Plug the micro usb end into the phone and then without delay hold down the home and volume down buttons. Do not touch the power button. Keep these two buttons held down until the download mode warning screen appears (do not be tempted to let the buttons go when the phone vibrates to tell you it is connected to a power source or the method will fail). When you get the warning screen use the volume up button to confirm as per usual.
A couple of things I should say, there is absolutely nothing wrong with any of the buttons on my phone, they work perfectly in normal use, and secondly, I am not really a 'power user' when it comes to phones, I am more at home with computers, so this may be old news to you, but I have never read it before.
Hope this helps someone.
You could just install this Quick Boot (Reboot)
I also fail sometimes. Hold down vol down and home. Then press power and hold the three buttons until I see download mode. If I loosen any of the three keys too early, it may fail.
Download mode is Vol Down and Power only not the Home button as well.
Press both until the phone powers down and then you can release the power button but keep the Vol Down pressed until you see the warning screen.
And Recovery Mode is Power + Vol up (no home).
When we see a little blue line on top, pull up from Power but continue press the Vol up until Recovery arrive.
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Kangburra said:
You could just install this Quick Boot (Reboot)
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Whit "Quick Boot" we can go directly to Download Mode or to Recovery Mode. (no more Power + Vol xx)
Thanks for the replies. I discovered Quick Boot for myself, only today! It is certainly the best answer.
Sorry for not replying earlier, I subscribed to the thread, but got no notifications of replies, don't know why.
BTW Troute is absolutely right, Download mode is just power+Volume Down.
I got the 'home' key as well info from here: Edit Can't post outside links due forum rules, never mind.
Also
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
works as well (if you have adb on your computer).
Found a.convenient way to go into recovery or download mode a while ago:
Recovery : long press power button , select restart , confirm, put a finger near volume button, as soon as the phone vibrates, press vol up until booting recovery line shows up. The pressing must be quick and immediately after the vibration.
Download mode is the same as as above, only in the place of press vol up, do press vol down once and need not hold. Download mode shows immediately.
You can use Wanam Exposed module which has function of Power submenu. Tick Enable 4 way reboot menu option.
Can someone tell if triangle away works for Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 GT-I9152 or not ??
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