My Verizon GS4 won't boot up unless I hold the VOL- and Home button. This wouldn't be a problem if I could boot into Download mode, however I cant. VOL+ Key doesn't work because I dropped my phone, and it says in small blue letter in top left corner of the screen "Recovery Booting" when I don't hold the VOL- and Home button when booting. Please help I cant root or install custom recovery or rom!! I need to downgrade my current firmware but can't do that without download mode. Thanks for the support!
joseph.walker.samuel said:
My Verizon GS4 won't boot up unless I hold the VOL- and Home button. This wouldn't be a problem if I could boot into Download mode, however I cant. VOL+ Key doesn't work because I dropped my phone, and it says in small blue letter in top left corner of the screen "Recovery Booting" when I don't hold the VOL- and Home button when booting. Please help I cant root or install custom recovery or rom!! I need to downgrade my current firmware but can't do that without download mode. Thanks for the support!
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if you can boot into the rom then you need to setup adb
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
once you have adb configureded and have a shell running type "su" then "reboot download" into the shell
if you don't already have root you are pretty much screwed until you get the button repaired
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A boot loop happen after i tried installing cyanogenmod 7 early realease from this forum. Now the device stuck in boot and will display cyanogenmod 7 blue circle around 3 -4 seconds over and over. Can anyone of you help me because i think i need to do a factory reset, but now it stuck in boot loop and it does not have a key combination to go into recovery mod. Help
Noone answer till now...
There is a key combination. Search it on google. How to boot lg optimus (your model) into recovery. Once in wipe data then wipe cache
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From searching other forums and google I found the following:
You can enter update mode by removing the battery, then while holding down the VOL + button plug in your usb cord(i assume while it's connected to your computer).
Then you can search the forums here and find:
[LG P970] Upgrade Kit 3.5
(the title is longer than this i just didn't put it all in here due to laziness)
This should help you in your quest of retrieving your phone from light up paperweight status. I don't really know though. Since I've never used your phone. Good luck.
recovery mode
you need to press the home button,volume -, and power,
to enter to the recovery mode.
sorry for my bad english.
Does not work on the LG-P970g from Telus aka Optimus Black
To get into Recovery mode :
Press and hold Volume down + Home key
then press and hold the above combination and also press and hold power button for a while
You'll get into Recovery mode
Hope it helped :angel:
awesomestvi said:
To get into Recovery mode :
Press and hold Volume down + Home key
then press and hold the above combination and also press and hold power button for a while
You'll get into Recovery mode
Hope it helped :angel:
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works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Home Key?
but which key is home key on lg optimus p970?
can anyone please tell me the key combination for optimus black p970 to get into recovery mode.
i have cwm touch installed and can get into recovery mode with aneboot application.
but now i am stuck in bootloop. please help.
raevilman said:
but which key is home key on lg optimus p970?
can anyone please tell me the key combination for optimus black p970 to get into recovery mode.
i have cwm touch installed and can get into recovery mode with aneboot application.
but now i am stuck in bootloop. please help.
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The Home key is actually the touch key on the Optimus Black..it's not a button but a touch input
The combination is the same as above :good:
Vol Down + Home not working for me! Straight booting into cm10.1
awesomestvi said:
To get into Recovery mode :
Press and hold Volume down + Home key
then press and hold the above combination and also press and hold power button for a while
You'll get into Recovery mode
Hope it helped :angel:
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Doesn't work when you power up your device with those keys.
Power on your device before you press the key combination.
Took me a frustrating half an hour to find out...
washbeer said:
Doesn't work when you power up your device with those keys.
Power on your device before you press the key combination.
Took me a frustrating half an hour to find out...
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can you please explain in a little more details?
tried to get into recovery with the instructions, but a straight boot!
BTW I am on stock gingerbread ROM rooted!
power up your phone, then press and hold vol down + home key and then also press and hold the power button until the phone restarts. then it should boot into recovery.
btw i made a small video tutorial
youtube.com/watch?v=Iu4O_zvrn6U
washbeer said:
power up your phone, then press and hold vol down + home key and then also press and hold the power button until the phone restarts. then it should boot into recovery.
btw i made a small video tutorial
youtube.com/watch?v=Iu4O_zvrn6U
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Just watched your Youtube-Tutorial.
Thank you. Finally i can boot into recovery
washbeer said:
power up your phone, then press and hold vol down + home key and then also press and hold the power button until the phone restarts. then it should boot into recovery.
btw i made a small video tutorial
youtube.com/watch?v=Iu4O_zvrn6U
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this dont work for me
vladnosferatu said:
this dont work for me
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power up your phone, when the buttons start to blink (or the cm logo appears or whatever boot logo you have) press and hold vol down then press power button (home key is not really needed like the video ) . it also works on stock rom if you have a recovery installed.
note that it won't work at the early bootup when the lg logo appears or when android is booted and ready.
washbeer said:
power up your phone, when the buttons start to blink (or the cm logo appears or whatever boot logo you have) press and hold vol down then press power button (home key is not really needed like the video ) . it also works on stock rom if you have a recovery installed.
note that it won't work at the early bootup when the lg logo appears or when android is booted and ready.
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Thanks a lot ! :laugh: You almost saved my life ! USB PC connexion don't work, I couldn't do anything else than achieving booting recovery without adb.
washbeer said:
power up your phone, when the buttons start to blink (or the cm logo appears or whatever boot logo you have) press and hold vol down then press power button (home key is not really needed like the video ) . it also works on stock rom if you have a recovery installed.
note that it won't work at the early bootup when the lg logo appears or when android is booted and ready.
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It takes me in safe mode, i'm not even sure what it is (I guess is something similar to window's? It has less apps when I am in safe mode!
I'm not sure what to do, I tried to reboot in recovery mode with the ROM manager but it doesn't work (nothing of the ROM manager works actually).
Any ideas on what safe mode is?
Thanks!
UPDATE:
I tried this app to reboot in recovery mode
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot&hl=en
It rebooted the phone, the android robot showed up with some stuff turning in the stomach (like this: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Android_Update_Screen.JPG) and then it turned on normally except that all my data now is gone (which is not a problem since I wanted to wipe it from the recovery mode, the problem is that I still can't get into recovery mode!
P.S.: it wouldn't let me post normal links because I'm a new member, I hope I didn't break any rule posting them like this! (after all it's not spam!)
If I remove the battery and press volume up and power, I just get "Starting RSD Protocol Support" across the top of the Dual Core Screen. But it just sits there and I lets it go for 5+ minutes before removing the battery.
If I do this with the volume down button I get "Fastboot" across the same Duel Core Screen, but this just sits there also?
I want to go into recovery and clear app cache to see if it will stop freezing on me!
PLEASE HELP!!!!
Press and hold power + Vol down until you see fastboot. then press Vol down cycling through the available options until you see android recovery. Then press Vol Up to select.
jrebo said:
Press and hold power + Vol down until you see fastboot. then press Vol down cycling through the available options until you see android recovery. Then press Vol Up to select.
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It never made it that far. The Duel Core screen comes up and stays there, 1 second later I see fast boot at the top of Duel Core Screen. I let it sit there for 10 minutes, nothing!
You probably did get that far. The top of the screen says fastboot above the dual core icon/text. Then you push the volume down key until you get to "Android Recovery". Or you can plug it into your computer and type in "adb reboot recovery" assuming you have adb set up on your computer. Or you can download an app like EZboot, and reboot to the recovery that way (assuming you have root).
studentjunk said:
You probably did get that far. The top of the screen says fastboot above the dual core icon/text. Then you push the volume down key until you get to "Android Recovery". Or you can plug it into your computer and type in "adb reboot recovery" assuming you have adb set up on your computer. Or you can download an app like EZboot, and reboot to the recovery that way (assuming you have root).
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OK, did that. went into tool, hit vol up, it booted and now I have no 3G?
Hey Guys,
I decided to unlock my Prime after a year now.. Today I unlocked it, by using the asus unlock tool and tried to install cmw recovery with Rom Manager.
After that I hit the "Restart into Recovery" button and an Android with an Red triangle appeared. I pressed the power button and hold, to restart the Prime. All fine, I thought and tried to boot into recovery by using vol - and Power.
After that the Prime stucks on Splash Asus Screen and I have no adb or fastboot access. I cant turn it off, it just restarts when I hold the power button.
Im on JB bootloader (nvidea logo on the left bottom).
Can anyone Help me please?
R3b00t369 said:
Hey Guys,
I decided to unlock my Prime after a year now.. Today I unlocked it, by using the asus unlock tool and tried to install cmw recovery with Rom Manager.
After that I hit the "Restart into Recovery" button and an Android with an Red triangle appeared. I pressed the power button and hold, to restart the Prime. All fine, I thought and tried to boot into recovery by using vol - and Power.
After that the Prime stucks on Splash Asus Screen and I have no adb or fastboot access. I cant turn it off, it just restarts when I hold the power button.
Im on JB bootloader (nvidea logo on the left bottom).
Can anyone Help me please?
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Nvidia logo is never bottom left it will either be bottom center or bottom right.
If it is bottom right then you have installed Cwm which is made for an ICS bootloader onto a JB bootloader and you have now hard bricked yourself.
There are warnings all over this forum about not using Cwm on prime sorry.
Not sure if this is the proper section for this but thought I would post this here as I'm sure it would highly assist people in development and other tasks. This is the button combinations you need to enter each mode.
ODIN/Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key(s): Volume Down
While holding this key down simultaneously press the Power button until you see a disclaimer on the screen
Then let go of both buttons and press Volume Up to accept the disclaimer
Once the green robot is visible on the screen this indicates that handset is in now ODIN/Download mode
Recovery Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key(s): Volume Up
While holding this key down simultaneously press the Power button
As soon as the phone vibrates, let go of the Power button but keep holding Volume Up
When you see the "Samsung Galaxy S4" logo (not just the word "Samsung"), right after that, the next screen you should see is your recovery
Don't let go of Volume Up until you see your recovery
It's not necessary to hold the Home button to boot into Odin mode, the combination for recovery is correct though.
So just power/volume down for Odin and home/volume up/power for recovery
mikebuck69 said:
It's not necessary to hold the Home button to boot into Odin mode, the combination for recovery is correct though.
So just power/volume down for Odin and home/volume up/power for recovery
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Sorry about that, small typo on copy/paste. Has been fixed.
Thanks!
No download mode
I've been trying to get into download mode for days and can't seem to figure it out. I have the Verizon g s4 sch-i545. I've done all of the key combos and even tried some combos + plugging in the USB cable. Nothing is working for me. Any help would be nice. Thanks
I have no problem getting into recovery mode....
mikebuck69 said:
It's not necessary to hold the Home button to boot into Odin mode, the combination for recovery is correct though.
So just power/volume down for Odin and home/volume up/power for recovery
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Home isn't necessary for recovery either. I just hold power and volume up, when the phone vibrates I let go of power and continue to hold volume up until I see the booting recovery message in the upper left.
So nothing? Nobody can offer some advice?
Moto not working
So I'm having no success with this. I went through all the steps including flashing the pre-release tar ball (MD2). All this went without fail, however once I launched Motochop and pressed enter to root. I get line Daemon not on. run port 5873. Daemon connected or on and then thats it. I don't get a notification at any point prior to me pressing enter or afterwords that I need to accept. It just stops and I get "you should reboot" from the notification bar. Have I done something wrong? I went through all the prior steps several times and I keep getting this error message.
SonicJoe said:
Home isn't necessary for recovery either. I just hold power and volume up, when the phone vibrates I let go of power and continue to hold volume up until I see the booting recovery message in the upper left.
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Agreed. Volume up and power for recovery. Volume down and power for odin.
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Nice summary. Im getting my S4 any day now.
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Well I have pushed volume down and power over and over and my phone will not enter odin.
thanks you !
Bdubois100 said:
Well I have pushed volume down and power over and over and my phone will not enter odin.
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Don't just push them. You need to hold both until you feel the phone vibrate. Then you can let go of the power button, but keep holding volume down until download mode starts.
SonicJoe said:
Don't just push them. You need to hold both until you feel the phone vibrate. Then you can let go of the power button, but keep holding volume down until download mode starts.
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When someone offers a debloat script that's in a Zip file and says "flash it to your device" do you think they mean flash it in Odin mode or flash using TWRP??
onearmsysiphus said:
When someone offers a debloat script that's in a Zip file and says "flash it to your device" do you think they mean flash it in Odin mode or flash using TWRP??
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Flash it in recovery
Thanks SonicJoe. Starting to figure *some of this stuff out haha.
Issue
alrigth i got it to work. is there any way to move cwm backups to the sd card?
Odin Error
I am having one heck of a time flashing to the GS4 with Odin. I follow all of the steps to a "t" but cannot get the custom kernal onto the device. I'm having no problem getting to download mode and all the setting look to be correct, however when I start the Odin process I end up with a "fail" every time. I have been looking around the web for a few days for an answer, but so far this looks like the best thread to get help.
Make sure the kernel you are trying to flash is compatible with the Odin method. A lot of kernels can be flashed via custom recovery. The first thing I would do is uninstall and then reinstall the Samsung drivers. Make sure you have the latest and it is compatible with your computer OS. You would be surprised how often drivers can screw up Odin.
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my s4 is getting into download mode itself..
i got my s4 i9500 frm bangkok but now not accepting the network ...so tried to get in download mode n root it n then 2 chg the rom n try but its not getting into download mode itself wen i use (vol down+power+main btn) ... but its going in recovery mode alone wat can b done to dis??? can any one pls help it out>????
I can not boot into recovery mode on my unlocked S7 since I need top press power to get past the warning, but that only works if no other button is pressed, and I then boot to the system not recovery. I've watched multiple youtube videos and read up nothing seems to work as you need to hold Power and Vol+, yet you can not do this with an unlocked boot loader.
ERIC
You need to hold it through that warning.. so soon as screen goes black press and hold power and vol+ until you see recovery screen.. or u can use adb reboot recovery or if rooted theres apps that can reboot to recovery or even from magisk manager