Had the cognition 216 ROM installed and working. Then tried to install the cognition 217 unhelpful ROM. It failed during the install of the files. Now I am unable to get the phone into download mode. It will go back into recovery mode. I have tried all the button combos for download mode. All I get is the battery image. Any help would be appreciated.
bubbasbaitshop said:
Had the cognition 216 ROM installed and working. Then tried to install the cognition 217 unhelpful ROM. It failed during the install of the files. Now I am unable to get the phone into download mode. It will go back into recovery mode. I have tried all the button combos for download mode. All I get is the battery image. Any help would be appreciated.
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Which button combos did you try for download mode? Since you see the battery image, I believe you should be able to get back to download mode.
if it will go into recovery mode, then it will go into download mode....
method 3 in the ONE CLICK ODIN STOCK ROM thread....
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Method 3KEY COMBO)
Remove the battery, sim card, sdcard if you have one
Insert the battery
Hold both Volume buttons (from i9000 just down, don't touch the power button)
Plug in the USB cable and continue holding both Volume buttons
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holding the volume buttons down. It goes to the battery image. I will try again and see if I get different results. Took out the battery, no sim, pushed in the center of volume button, boots into recovery screen.
I can get the phone into the recovery screen no problem. Using the volume buttons does not get me into download mode. If I hold the volume bottons, it still boots into the recovery screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
on the table of contents, click post 3: adb tutorial and follow the instructions on there until you get to where the command prompt says something like "\android-sdk-windows\tools\", plug your phone in through usb while it is recovery mode and in the command prompt type "adb reboot download" and unplug your phone immediately after the screen goes black. it will then boot into download mode, so open odin on your computer, for whatever you want to flash, plug the phone back in, and click start on odin.
edit: fixed the url
That got it. Was not aware that you could still use the SDK at this point. It is restoring from ODIN. Many thanks.
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When I hold both the volume buttons and press the power button, I am calling that 'recovery' mode. Is 'download' mode something different? If so, how do I get into download mode?
Yes, download mode will display a big yellow triangle with the android robot in the middle.
In download mode you can't do anything. Odin3 send files to the phone and all other commands.
I'm not sure if once in "download mode" you can boot back without flashing your phone...
To get into download mode you power off the phone (You can remove the battery to be sure) then plug the phone into USB. Let the battery screen show up, then do your key press (Volume up + Volume down + Power) hold all three until the third black screen (immediately black, battery, black, battery, black) then let go of power. That should give you the big yellow Android shovelling the crap.
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LGSilva said:
I'm not sure if once in "download mode" you can boot back without flashing your phone...
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Just yank the battery out. As long as nothings flashing onto the phone or anything (the blue progress bar isn't showing) then you should be fine. At least in my experience.
Yes there is.
Recovery Mode is where you would load an update.zip file. Two ways to access: 1. from adb type: adb reboot recovery 2. Power and both volume button method.
Download Mode is where you would load roms and kernels with Odin. Multiple ways to access, two easiest IMO: 1. if adb is available type: adb reboot download 2. Pull battery and usb, Install battery, hold down both volume buttons, keep buttons held and plug in usb cable. Dont touch the power button.
That is correct, if you havent flashed anything just battery pull and reboot to get out of download mode. Also if you botch a flash and your phone is frozen, when you reset the phone will go into a bricked mode that will show a phone, warning sign and computer. If your phone does this you'll need to do a battery pull and manually enter download mode reflash.
diff btw download and recovery mode
bird333 said:
When I hold both the volume buttons and press the power button, I am calling that 'recovery' mode. Is 'download' mode something different? If so, how do I get into download mode?
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yes there is a difference between download and recovery mode
"download mode"
is that where you can able to install custom or stock roms or you can flash your android in this mode
but in
"recovery mode"
you have some commands given by phone you can use these command for reboot your android or reset to factory and other commands
Retore con2.3b6 with Rom Manager, flashed data back, reboot, now stopped at Samsung Recovery Utils mode, Installing Muti-CSC ..., been like this for an hour, be able to use volumn key move up and down, tried clear cache and re-install package, after reboot, goes back to the same screen. Tried to use odin but can't set to download mode anymore, eveytime reboot back to Samsung Recovery Utils.
Thanks for your help.
Possibly try this.
1. Pop the battery out
2. Start Odin on your PC.
3. After 30 seconds, insert battery. Do NOT power on.
4. Hold the volume up and volume down at same time.
5. Still holding the volume buttons, plug into USB. Release once it's in download mode.
Following these steps should force Odin to boot up the phone in download mode. At no point during this should you push the power button at all.
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Possibly try this.
1. Pop the battery out
2. Start Odin on your PC.
3. After 30 seconds, insert battery. Do NOT power on.
4. Hold the volume up and volume down at same time.
5. Still holding the volume buttons, plug into USB. Release once it's in download mode.
Following these steps should force Odin to boot up the phone in download mode. At no point during this should you push the power button at all.
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You saved me, flashing to stock now, thanks.
BTW, do you have idea what's cause the problem?
Sorry, wish I knew. I've never had much luck with restores in dg's roms. I'm running Axura RC1 now, and had one successful restore on it.
Hi guys,
Great to hear you sorted out download mode mate.
I have the same problem, and can get into download mode, but Odin stock JF6 just freezes at DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET. It doesn't proceed any further and I have left it as long as 10 minutes.
I have reflashed to stock many times previously and it only takes a second to start flashing.
I'm so worried that my phone is permanently soft bricked... :-(
Any ideas?
Its the lagfix Causing problems.
Captivate: Assonance v3.1
AreikUSA said:
Its the lagfix Causing problems.
Captivate: Assonance v3.1
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Sure, but for now the reason why it wouldn't boot in the first place is irrelevant because my problem applies to any soft bricked phone.
Please see here for fix: (post)
I used "galaxy one click root" for rooted captivate, but unfortunately it was failed.
i tried to get into download mode by volume down + up + usb or recovery mode by volume down + up + power button but nothing happened (before doing it, i still get into donwload and recovery mode by phone button normally)
I had to use resistor for download mode and flashed original rom 2.1. And then, I tried to get into download and recovery mode by phone button but i coundn't.
Can anyone help me to fix it?
thank you so much
please look at the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
msm903 said:
please look at the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
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i used to try it
does your phone boot?
Help guys.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate I897. Last night I installed the Clockworkmod ROM Manager in there and was messing around with it.
I choose my phone model to be the the I9000 and then I went into recovery mode to restore the previous ROM, but guess what? It went into recovery mode, the volume up and down buttons select the menu items and it asks me to hit the "OK key" to enter.
The Captivate doesn't have an OK key, it uses the power button. So the Android Recovery Mode here thinks the phone is a I9000 and I can't get it to do anything other than reboot into that mode.
I've tried using the ADB to try to get back into download mode but it's no longer reading the phone. The volume + power buttons to go into that mode has never worked for this phone either.
I'm at a loss at what to do. Is there anyway I can get out of recovery mode and into download mode or back to regular phone usage here? Would I need to take it to an android developer?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
vancouverguy said:
Help guys.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate I897. Last night I installed the Clockworkmod ROM Manager in there and was messing around with it.
I choose my phone model to be the the I9000 and then I went into recovery mode to restore the previous ROM, but guess what? It went into recovery mode, the volume up and down buttons select the menu items and it asks me to hit the "OK key" to enter.
The Captivate doesn't have an OK key, it uses the power button. So the Android Recovery Mode here thinks the phone is a I9000 and I can't get it to do anything other than reboot into that mode.
I've tried using the ADB to try to get back into download mode but it's no longer reading the phone. The volume + power buttons to go into that mode has never worked for this phone either.
I'm at a loss at what to do. Is there anyway I can get out of recovery mode and into download mode or back to regular phone usage here? Would I need to take it to an android developer?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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Shut off the phone, open up odin(DG's flash to stock one) hold the power and the menu button. Once you see the ATT screen release the power while continuing to hold the volume buttons. Once odin recognizes your device flash to stock using the utility. Once this works donate to DG for saving your ass. Also, quit using ROM manager. Just use the update.zip method everyone else uses.
+1 for just using CWM update.zip It is sooo much easier/faster.
Thanks, but it didn't work. My Galaxy S is one of those where the volume + power buttons don't work to get it into download mode.
I did try power + menu as you suggest, but that doesn't work either.
try this
1. open odin.
2. With phone unplugged remove battery
3. with battery removed plug phone into pc via USB
4. with battery still removed simultaneously hold down Vol. + / - (forget about power button just hold down the two vol buttons)
5. While holding down the vol + / - insert the battery (keep the vol buttons down and hopefully DL screen comes up)
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+1 for just using CWM update.zip It is sooo much easier/faster.
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I cannot stress this enough.
Also, OP, if the above doesn't work, it might be USB jig time.
pwr isn't used to go into dload mode - that would turn your phone on.
Do this:
Open odin
Remove bat, sim, ext mem card
replace bat
hold vol -/+ and plug in data cable to computer
(should be download mode)
If that fails, then get yourself a jig... gotta search for the thread though - should cost a couple dollars. Then once you're back up... look up the thread to fix the 3 button combo.
You might try turning the phone off then hold VOLUME DOWN and POWER (not vol up/dwn/pwr) to get into download mode. Make sure to remove the sim and sd cards.
I bricked my phone over the weekend and had similar problem you did.the easiest way too get out in to download mode is a jig. Its easy and cheap to do.look on you tube under un brick captivate fort a tutorial.
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Question about using update.zip to install clockwork recovery after flashing to stock (and avoiding Rom Manager):
Is rooting still required?
doreyu said:
Question about using update.zip to install clockwork recovery after flashing to stock (and avoiding Rom Manager):
Is rooting still required?
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Nope. No root needed
mcord11758 said:
Nope. No root needed
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Awesome, great that would be hugely faster, thanks.
doreyu said:
Awesome, great that would be hugely faster, thanks.
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Once you learn that trick you are on stock for like 2 minutes before you flash
Yeah I'm kind of a lurk but I've been around for about a month just flashing everything, and I had no idea it could be done like this till today. Going to make my next one even faster.
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Nothing seems to work.
I'm going to try the jig method Wednesday morning. Wish me luck!
I tried the jig and it didn't work.
What happened was that it got me back into recovery mode, not download mode. Tried it several times. So unless I'm hitting the wrong points on the phone usb plugin (other than the last two), I'm hooped.
I tried the direct resistor wire to points in usb plugin method. I didn't try the one where I cut open a mini-usb cable and use the plug as a dongle, although I think it may get the same result.
What do you guys think?
Hey
I used cwm to install Darkys Rom 10.2, it said successfully installed unfortunately when I reboot it shows the at&t logo and then goes back to the recovery menu. I tried installing it a second time same result. When I try to go into download mode using these methods
"2. The Power + Volume Down Method: If the phone doesn't display the "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture on power up:
Remove and replace the battery.
Hold the Volume Down button while pressing the power button until the "Download Mode" picture displays. Then release the buttons.
3. If the phone is "semi-bricked"; i.e., the "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture appears on power up (perhaps from a bad ROM flash):
Be sure the Samsung USB drivers for the phone are installed on your computer.
Remove and replace the battery.
Connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable. The "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture should display on the phone's screen.
Hold the Volume Up+Volume Down+Power buttons down simultaneously.The screen should go blank, then the picture should appear again. When the screen goes blank a second time, release the Power button while continuing to hold the Volume Up+Volume Down buttons down.
4. If the phone does not allow you to go into Download mode after trying the aforementioned steps above you can try this method to "force" it into download mode:
Be sure the Samsung USB drivers for the phone are installed on your computer.
Remove the Battery, SIM Card, and any External SDCards.
With the Battery removed plug the USB into your phone.
While holding both the Up+Down Volume button and the USB is plugged into your phone - put the battery back into the back of the phone. You should see the Download mode screen pop up.
If you see the Powered Off Charging screen - attempt the above steps again."
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it never goes into download mode, it simply shows an image of a battery. After a while it goes into recovery mode.
Any idea what I can do? I am still able to get into CWM, is there any way for me to get another ROM file in there so that I can try flashing another?
I tried putting in an external SD card but I can't browse it to use other rom files
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be very grateful
Thanks
woodyear99 said:
Hey
I used cwm to install Darkys Rom 10.2, it said successfully installed unfortunately when I reboot it shows the at&t logo and then goes back to the recovery menu. I tried installing it a second time same result. When I try to go into download mode using these methods
it never goes into download mode, it simply shows an image of a battery. After a while it goes into recovery mode.
Any idea what I can do? I am still able to get into CWM, is there any way for me to get another ROM file in there so that I can try flashing another?
I tried putting in an external SD card but I can't browse it to use other rom files
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be very grateful
Thanks
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In CWM, go to mounts and storage to mount your SD card and put another ROM on. Also, Darky 10.2 REQUIRES lagfix for data AND system which could be your problem now. Enable them if not and reflash
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