somehow i managed to get my phone into safe mode it says that in bottom left of screen.i am wondering what does safe mode do. i couldnt find anything in settings that was not there before nothing different in apps menu.so what is the purpose of safe mode.
I believe safe mode means that the phone will boot and only allow access to factory installed apps and setting to trouble shoot issues. On the evo 3d you hold the down volume when the splash screen appears. To take it out of safe mode just pull the battery, replace and reboot.
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I have a hardware locked vibrant. I cannot access recovery with my vol + / - buttons however I have found a way to enter download mode almost 100%
1. power off phone
2. While phone is powering off plug in power cable
3. hold -/+ volume
4. the phone enters d/l mode as soon as the charge connects
DOWNLOAD MODE!!!
but my question is. Is download mode sufficient enough for modding/romming my phone? Is access to Recovery needed or very important? Seeing as I can enter recovery with clockwork.
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wi11 said:
I have a hardware locked vibrant. I cannot access recovery with my vol + / - buttons however I have found a way to enter download mode almost 100%
1. power off phone
2. While phone is powering off plug in power cable
3. hold -/+ volume
4. the phone enters d/l mode as soon as the charge connects
DOWNLOAD MODE!!!
but my question is. Is download mode sufficient enough for modding/romming my phone? Is access to Recovery needed or very important? Seeing as I can enter recovery with clockwork.
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and how do you get out of dl mode? what happens if you get that pc and triangle screen? how will you put it to dl mode again with locked vibrant?
If you can get into dl mode you can get into recovery. Hardware locked means just that. They use the same key combo but different timing.
EDIT: nvm... I can't read lol.
I just pull battery to get out of d/l mode, however, recovery mode has not been obtainable. Regardless of which method i try. I have tried over 200+ times trying to get into recovery so im really confused. Think its safe to still Mod/Rom with only a d/l mode..
so if i can get into download mode. i should be able to get into recovery? because i can't get this damn to get into recovery via hardware buttons. but download works everytime
call tmobile, tell them your phone is defective (cant access boot recovery)... they will send you a replacement phone... profit
(i know, i did this)
wi11 said:
so if i can get into download mode. i should be able to get into recovery? because i can't get this damn to get into recovery via hardware buttons. but download works everytime
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I have this same problem...
You should be fine with just dl mode, tho most roms will be flashed trough recovery. In your case, I would keep your phone. You risk Tmo sending you a completely hw locked phone.
To get into recovery, you still have 2 options:
Rom Manager if your phone works fine or
'adb reboot recovery' in adb if you happen to get a boot loop (this is hit or miss)
If you happen to get the phone!computer screen while ODIN-flashing, dl mode is more than sufficient to restore... hope this helps
I wouldnt start flashing without recovery. I had the same issue and returned the phone. If you don't want to return it, you can always use odin to flash with download mode, but clockwork is much, much more convenient. Like I said tho, I would return it. The phone is defective.
If you can get to DL mode.. install Odin and flash to stock.. Get phone rooted.. Install ROM manager and flash any rom you want and your done.. A lot of users probelm is to get into DL mode.. but if you can get to it.. you shoul have not any problem falshing another ROM..
Download mode is the more important of the two.
If something goes horribly wrong, Download can save you where nothing else can.
As others have stated, as long as your phone is functional, you can always adb reboot recovery and get into the recovery menu to do whatever you need to ['adb reboot download' works as well, but if your phone isn't functional, you can access it]
yeah i bought my phone off CList. The phone has no warranty w/ Tmobile. But after calling Samsung warranty (AKA INDIA) I had to cause a fit and ask for a supervisor. they gave me a shipping label and said they would "Reflash" my phone. Is the issue with entering recovery mode = a software issue or hardware issue?. Now im reluctant in sending in my device because they may send me another locked one.
BTW thanks for all the info.
Both my phones (original then new waranteed) have the same issue. I flash roms/etc. but I am VERY careful when I do it...HW locked phones suck, and T-Mobile says it is not a defect--in essence, they said that function doesn't exist to them.
...riiiiiiight.
YUP. I "soft bricked" my t-mobile galaxy s (vibrant here in the us) or so I hope. The phone was rooted via z4 on the latest android t959uvji6 from t-mobile.
How did i do it? Brick my phone that is...
The 3d gallery was pissing me off by picking up everything on the phone. I tried clearing the default setting via the manage app but nothing changed so I decided to delete it. First backing up the apk and odex file from the system folder with titanium backup then deleted them from the system folder via root explorer. Rebooted the phone, pulled out the battery, waited for 30 seconds or so, popped in the battery and booted up the phone w/o any issues.
I tried installing the backup 3d gallery apk file and got the "app not installed" error on numerous attempts. Then tried simply copying it over again with ti backup and nothing happens. Gave up and said the heck with and went the factory restore route, got all the relevant apps installed and tried reinstalling the 3d gallery apk but resulting in the same "app not installed" error prompt. So I again copied over the apk and odex file into the system folder. Rebooted and nothing... phone does not boot into the home screen.
At this point here is what the phone is able to do.
It will boot up and display the default galaxy s animation, goes through it's array of colors then comes to a stop at all white letters then the screen goes blank and nothing happens - zip. nadda. i left it on for 12hrs like that - blank screen w/all the hard keys lit up.
What i did notice was win7x64 recognizes the phone after it gets into the blank screen of death as mass storage units.
So far i've tried booting into the recovery screen via the three button method and none of them works.
Did the karma-volume up-home-power twist - nothing
Did the karma-volume down-home-power roll - nothing
Did the karma-volume up and down-power jiggy - nothing
I tried the key combos for about 2hrs without any success then jumped into adb. After reading for a bit I realized that the phone was still rooted and the debug mode was enabled the last time i shutdown the phone (good'ol ti-backup)
For a while there adb did not recognize the phone at all but with an odd power cycling while spamming "adb reboot recovery" it was able to finally nab hold of the phone and jump into the recovery console. At first I thought it was pure luck so unplugged everything and tried it again - works every time if i did the odd out of sequence power cycle while spamming the adb console with "adb reboot recovery".
In the reboot recovery - deleted the user data and did the restore.
Here's where I think I really screwed up - now the phone is no longer in debug mode.
Long story short - is there a way to get into the recovery screen w/o debug mode on?
**quickly pulls on flack jacket**
but seriously any suggestions would be great
Wrong section bro. You probably won't get an answer here.
To answer your question. Yes, Remove Battery, Plug your phone to USB, Press and hold the volume down and the power button Put the batter back on. This should get you into download mode. Use ODIN to restore.
the usb jig trick did the work - now i have two phones!!!! (bought the nexus s yesterday) lol
Time to ODIN.
To access Download mode.
Unplug. press volume up and down togheter, and connect USB. VOILA!
If ODIN does not recognize it, plug and unplug again
chichu_9 said:
To answer your question. Yes, Remove Battery, Plug your phone to USB, Press and hold the volume down and the power button Put the batter back on. This should get you into download mode. Use ODIN to restore.
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no!
Why the hell are people giving others ideas on how to get into download when their doing it wrong.
its JUST THE VOLUME BUTTONS, NOT THE POWER BUTTON ALONG WITH IT.
volume + power = Recovery, which in this case you probably cant get into
Volume - Power = Download mode, which everyone can get into unless if they somehow hard bricked, if its possible.
Hi there . Can some1 help me with my HTC hero . I boot it in recovery mode but it comes out in fastboot USB . I dont know how to bring it back to recovery mode again ?
Are you just holding down home and the power button to try and get into recovery mode? If so you've probably got an older version, like mine, and to get into the recovery mode you're gunna have to hold the vol down button and power button to get to recovery mode.
What I often do to boot my htc hero in recovery mode is that i use Droid Explorer . It used to work but for some reasons that It turned into fastboot usb mode . Screen comes out with HERO in the middle and a little red box on right top corner said fastboot usb (and i have to take the battery out to restart it ). Hope you know how to bring it back into recovery mode .
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What I often do to boot my htc hero in recovery mode is that i use Droid Explorer . It used to work but for some reasons that It turned into fastboot usb mode . Screen comes out with HERO in the middle and a little red box on right top corner said fastboot usb (and i have to take the battery out to restart it ). Hope you know how to bring it back into recovery mode .
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Droid explorer actually doesn't work on my computer, can't seem to get it installed. If I were you I'd go ahead and try the vol down and power button option to enter recovery mode or reinstall droid explorer and see if that'll switch it back to recovery. Of course if you have a custom rom loaded I've noticed that many of them give you the option to reboot>reboot in recovery. That's also pretty helpful.
Try home+power button to start, but first install Rom manager and root your phone...
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Just sharing this with All as everybody is not aware of this..
Every Android phone has a safe mode just like we have in windows. This Safe mode can help you uninstall any app which is causing instability of the system. Once you boot your phone in Safe mode it will only run with Stock Apps comes with the phone however you have option to uninstall any downloaded app from App Manager.
To enter in to safe mode in Galaxy S3
Switch off your phone Completely
Switch it on using power button
once you see Samsung logo start pressing the the left touch button at bottom..
You will see you phone will boot in safe mode and a safe mode text will be watermarked on bottom left.
To come out of Safe mode in Galaxy S3 ... Just reboot your phone normally.
Hope this will help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28315455&postcount=2
http://www.tested.com/news/feature/...ds-safe-mode-to-save-a-phone-from-boot-loops/
but i will forward this for inclusion in the INDEX .
jje
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Safe Mode Galaxy II
this one is really simple, at least in my instance.
1 power off
2. remove battery for 1 minute
3 install battery
4 power up and no safe mode.
must be my feng shui luck
Zhi Hai
I did boot into safe mode on my SIII twice by accidental. I know it is there but just do not know how I did. Anyway, thanks for sharing.
Holding Options button (bottom left) while resetting or powering on will bring you into Safe mode. That could happen by accident.
GoLfWRC said:
I did boot into safe mode on my SIII twice by accidental. I know it is there but just do not know how I did. Anyway, thanks for sharing.
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Yeah .. mine too .. while restart, it went into safe mode several times. After restarting back, all my joined contacts were gone and i had to login to social apps again
Im stuck in safe mode.. I tried the normal reboot... no dice.. any other options
In case you need to get into Safe Mode on your Evo 3d:
1) Turn off the phone
2) Turn on the phone
3) On the second HTC scree - "HTC quietly brilliant"
hold volume down and menu button until the phone completely boots up
If you have been successful it will saw "SAFE MODE" in the bottom left corner.
Reboot phone to get out of Safe Mode
Hope this helps people out.....
What does safe mode do or help on a phone? I'm curious because I didn't even know there was a safe mode for our phone. Is it like putting your computer in safe mode??
This thread explains safe mode in a little more detail. A similar procedure is included in post #3.
ramjet73
I wonder if there is a string we can utilize that will allow us to put it as a Boot Option when we restart?