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[URGENT] Stuck in download mode without any root!?

Hello everyone.
I have a Galaxy S running stock ROM. No lagfix no custom ROM no root nothing.
Just now I tried going into recovery/download mode to see what features it have by pressing the volume down+home+Power button.
Now the phone says "Downloading
Do not turn of target! "
What can I do to solve this problem. Till now I havent tried to restart the phone? Should I do that?
Regards

Just pull the battery out and then start your phone normaly

almi88 said:
Just pull the battery out and then start your phone normaly
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Thanks for the quick reply. I am quite worried now.
Are you sure about the solution though? I have read about bricked phones though I dont think mine is such the case as I was not installing anything to the phone!
So pulling out battery is safe...or I should 1st try pressing the power button and see if it switches off?
Regards

If you didn't star flashing it with odin and just started download mode with 3 button combo there is nothing to be afraid of... You have to pull out the battery and put it back in.

almi88 said:
If you didn't star flashing it with odin and just started download mode with 3 button combo there is nothing to be afraid of... You have to pull out the battery and put it back in.
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Thanks a lot. I had simultaneously created this thread on 1 another forum also and someone told the same thing there.
I pulled out the battery and restarted the phone and it works fine. This incident have made sure I wont try Rooting the phone until its absolutely obselete!
Again thanks very much for your quick response which solved the problem.
Regards

[Q] Phone Bricked, need help with getting into download mode!

Hi all,
My phone is now bricked with the phone--!--pc symbol on bootup, and I tried to search for solutions everywhere but no go. Please please help me with this as I don't have unlimited warranty on this phone... and won't be able to exchange...
So, the root of the problem is that the normal hold down volume + plug in cable OR hold down three buttons until it reboots twice to go into download mode will not work on my phone! nothing happens at all when I try that, (I even tried every single button combination and holding them for a period of time...)
Here is what happened:
I wanted to get Froyo running on my phone, so I tried to follow directions using the Froyo leak.
I tried to get it into download mode when the phone was running and operational. None of the normal methods would work (volume button OR three button combo)
I eventually got it to go into download mode by using adb, and typing command adb reboot download.
adb got my phone into download successfully, i see the shovel, odin sees my phone, i was happy and started the odin process on my computer.
3 hours passed... odin was stuck at DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET message, phone was still showing the shovel
I thought something must have gone wrong and tried to start the process again.
This is where I am now, adb will no longer recognize the phone, and none of the button combinations will get me to download mode, all I see is the phone--!--PC symbol on startup.
I really have tried to search everywhere for a solution to this, but other than the 2 buttons+plug cable OR three button reboot twice, I can't find another way that will either allow me to get into download mode and try odin again, or just do a factory recovery.
Thank you guys so much! I really need some help on this one....

I don't suppose your battery is dead? Something to try - put the phone on your charger for about half an hour, then take the battery out for about 5 minutes. Make sure your sim/sd cards are removed, then install the battery, hold both volume buttons down, and connect the usb cable from the pc to your phone.
You can also make a download jig, which I'm told works wonders.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

I was hoping that I don't have to go with the full out hardware solution, but I guess that's the way this piece of brick is demanding...
will update on what happened. thanks, kegobeer!

I am in the same boat as you are.....
jetzhou said:
I was hoping that I don't have to go with the full out hardware solution, but I guess that's the way this piece of brick is demanding...
will update on what happened. thanks, kegobeer!
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Jetzhou,
I am in the same boat as you are. So do you have your problem figured out yet???
I am in the hope that now you can shed some light for me.

Not sure if you guys have seen this post or not, but just in case you can get into download mode somehow, this may help get your 3 button working again. There may also be some people in the same position as you that may have posted in this tread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439

Gr8Danes said:
Not sure if you guys have seen this post or not, but just in case you can get into download mode somehow, this may help get your 3 button working again. There may also be some people in the same position as you that may have posted in this tread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
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The problem is I can not get into the Download Mode. It is just stuck in the booting loop and I can not get in either Download or Recovery mode. As soon as I plug in the USB, the phone is shut down to the battery charging screen.
I am desperated!!!! Please help.

Bi_Dao said:
The problem is I can not get into the Download Mode. It is just stuck in the booting loop and I can not get in either Download or Recovery mode. As soon as I plug in the USB, the phone is shut down to the battery charging screen.
I am desperated!!!! Please help.
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The way I have been doing it is by getting Odin running, hold the vol up and vol down then plugging in the usb. I'm sure you may have already tried it that way, but just in case you used the pwr and one of the vol buttons instead, I thought I would mention it.
I know there have been problems with some people's hardware too, so there is a possibility of that.

not every phone has the button combo for download mode. it sounds like your boned, you should of talked to a few people before trying this kind of thing, its not hard but can easily be done wrong.

Look up on my posts in my profile I help a lot of people already going to download mode without using 3 button combo.
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Is my Galaxy S totally bricked?

Okay guys... I was running froyo with OC lag fix,
I didnt know i had to remove OCLF before upgrading thru kies...
Started the update, it was stuck on DOWNLOADING screen(on the phone) .. at 53% for 30 mins +
I removed the battery on the phone, thinking that I have the recovery mode anyway, and now I cant get into the recovery/download mode, nothing is happening, the screen doesnt even turn on.
Is my phone 100% bricked? Is there anything else i can try? If not... If i send it to samsung can they fix it?

"Take battery out for 5 mins. Then hold the 3 button combo for DOWNLOAD mode, THEN put the battery back in, STILL holding the 3 button combo."
@azzledazzle
See the Thread below, maybe it helps you too!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097271

SGS_elko said:
"Take battery out for 5 mins. Then hold the 3 button combo for DOWNLOAD mode, THEN put the battery back in, STILL holding the 3 button combo."
@azzledazzle
See the Thread below, maybe it helps you too!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097271
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Tried this too .. not working

It's bricked because you've messed up the bootloader.

mawardi said:
It's bricked because you've messed up the bootloader.
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If it was at 53% progress I doubt the flashing of the bootloaders had gone wrong. Probably it was in factoryfs.rfs (if it works same way as Odin).
sometimes it takes more time to enter download mode (up to 20 sec).
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Thanks for the responses guys
I tried holding the buttons for upto 1 minute, still no good :/

karan_c1990 said:
Thanks for the responses guys
I tried holding the buttons for upto 1 minute, still no good :/
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Take the battery out for 30 min then place it back and see if you can enter Download Mode, If you can't then you have a problem.

[Ramad] said:
Take the battery out for 30 min then place it back and see if you can enter Download Mode, If you can't then you have a problem.
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After 30 mins, should I PRESS the buttons first and then insert the battry(while keeping them pressed) OR put the battery first and then press the buttons?
UPDATE : I tried it, didn't work.
I guess all left now is to give it for repairs? :/

karan_c1990 said:
After 30 mins, should I PRESS the buttons first and then insert the battry(while keeping them pressed) OR put the battery first and then press the buttons?
UPDATE : I tried it, didn't work.
I guess all left now is to give it for repairs? :/
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No, insert the battery then try to enter Download mode.
If it does not work then send it to be repaired or try USB-JIG: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551 I prefer the last one, cheap and fast.

in my experience.
When the screen is black and not light, I have tried everything and never managed to arrest him. Nor I worked the jig
repair center

Does the device get seen by the pc when you plug a usb cable in?
Have you tried the 301k resistor jig ?

It seems bad. I think you'll have to go to samsung. I think you can try saying, you were doing an update from kies (froyo -> gingerbread - flashes bootloaders) and then suddenly your PC turned off (power failure) . It seems that the phone can boot from USB too, so samsung can repair it without even opening it. Here on xda, there is a thread, where some guys (much more clever than me ) are trying to figure out the protocol.
Sorry for my English

dan542 said:
It seems bad. I think you'll have to go to samsung. I think you can try saying, you were doing an update from kies (froyo -> gingerbread - flashes bootloaders) and then suddenly your PC turned off (power failure) . It seems that the phone can boot from USB too, so samsung can repair it without even opening it. Here on xda, there is a thread, where some guys (much more clever than me ) are trying to figure out the protocol.
Sorry for my English
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I recently got my wife's sgs out of a simalar situation by using ADB. And the command of "adb reboot download" if you search xda you can find a ton of info and download links for adb
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Once I saw someone that had to pull out the battery for several hours.
Maybe do that over night and then try the download mode again in the morning.
Good luck

bristolian said:
I recently got my wife's sgs out of a simalar situation by using ADB. And the command of "adb reboot download" if you search xda you can find a ton of info and download links for adb
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He can't get to the system nor to the recovery (most likely messed bootloaders), so he can't use adb.

riff jtag can recover bootloaders' but a technition has to do it
oh yes and it cost $$$

[Q] Phone stuck on first boot screen after flashing DarkyROM 10.2

I have have flash many roms in the past without a problem so I am relatively experienced with it. This last time that I flashed it has become stuck on the first boot screen that shows GALAXY S GT-I900 in white and 'powered by DarkCore...' etc. I realize sometimes it takes a while for the first boot when flashing a new rom, bu this has been over 30 mins. I decided to try and boot into recovery and re-flash it, but it won't boot to recovery! I hold down volume up, home and power and it just cycles between screen off and the first boot screen and never gets to recovery. If anyone has any suggestions on what to do to fix it I would love to hear it. I fear something bad happened somehow.

Use the android SDK to boot into download mode via ADB or buy a jig from eBay if download mode isn't working dude, or you can try this....take battery out, hold vol up + home + power, and shove battery back in, it does get fiddly so its handy to have someone to help lol
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djice000 said:
Use the android SDK to boot into download mode via ADB or buy a jig from eBay if download mode isn't working dude, or you can try this....take battery out, hold vol up + home + power, and shove battery back in, it does get fiddly so its handy to have someone to help lol
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I haven't faced such a prob. So I don't know if this method would work but someone else also suggested the same method to the same problem in a thread so giving it a try won't be a waste!
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Rom: jetpack

[Q] I think I killed my phone :s

Hi um I'm pretty new to Android phones, and my Captivate's stuck in a bootloop...
I had CyanogenMod 9 on it, based on ICS 4.0.4, which i still have the .zip for if necessary. But I think I did something stupid... in the recovery (which said something about CWMrecovery) mode, I absent-mindedly formatted the /system directory... derp....
Now basically the phone shows the AT&T logo, then shows some kind of recovery screen, it only flashes up for a short time but I can see in the background both an android, like stock recovery mode, and the logo from ROM manager (or something very similar). There is some text at the bottom but it's very small and only flashes up for a split second so I can't read it... and what's worse, it won't boot into recovery...
I'm not exactly sure how to even do it, but random combinations of the volume & power buttons and home.. screen-area-thing work eventually.. but it's just not working now, as i hold the buttons it either just keeps rebooting before it gets past the AT&T logo or ignoring it completely, showing the recovery screen then rebooting again anyway
Sorry it's kinda long.. I tried to be detailed XD
tl;dr CM9 rom Captivate, formatted /system, stuck in bootloop, recovery mode won't work
Any help would be much appreciated
Edit: Forgot to say, I've searched around already but I haven't found anyone else who's bootloop is caused by formatting /system -.-

re flash the rom. you erased the rom.
dont wipe dont format just flash the rom again. you should be back as if it never happened.

If your in a boot loop you might want to invest in a jig, only $6 on eBay
You also said recovery doesn't work? Have you tried putting it into download mode?
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This might help you:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/39685-stuck-on-boot-loop/
If not google Samsung captivate boot loop. Lots of info on how to fix out there. Sorry I don't work on many Samsung phones. Primarily HTC.
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jig will not help bootloop.
you are freaking out because of the bootloop and not holding the button combo for recovery long enough.
take out the battery. and replace
hold both volume buttons
then hold power
keep buttons held for 5 seconds AFTER screen comes on.
if your phone turns on and starts to boot, you have recovery and download.

TRusselo said:
jig will not help boot loop
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You sure? Fixed my phone from boot loop!
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TRusselo said:
jig will not help bootloop.
you are freaking out because of the bootloop and not holding the button combo for recovery long enough.
take out the battery. and replace
hold both volume buttons
then hold power
keep buttons held for 5 seconds AFTER screen comes on.
if your phone turns on and starts to boot, you have recovery and download.
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Tried that, isn't working :\ it just ignores it, shows the recovery screen realy quick then reboots again...

I've had this happen on my captivate...only option is to flash back to a stock ROM and work your way back up to CM9 or whatever you were trying to flash originally. To do this your gonna have to get into download mode. A jiff is your best friend in this situation as suggested by several others. however if the button combo for download mode works for you, that is best. Try unplugging the battery, wait for like 10 seconds and plug back in. Have a PC running, and make sure you have the drivers installed. have the USB cable plugged into your computer, and while holding both the volume buttons down, plug the cable into your phone as well. This should put you into download mode and your good to go.
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thanks cmilldrummin (and everyone else)
I got my phone into download mode fine... but i don't think I have the drivers :s (googling still, but can't find them so far)
Also I got it into recovery mode earlier, re-flashed the same custom ROM but when I tried to load it it just kept loading with the blue android on a skateboard until the battery ran out (It was the same one, CM9)
Is the like actual android system openable in download mode? so I could re-write the /system folder? if not I guess I'll just try to re-flash a stock rom then upgrade.. *crosses fingers*

Best way is to flash back to stock and start fresh.
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Np Dolei, but yea back to stock is best, gives you a nice clean slate, with no glitches or errors
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TRusselo is right. The other posts here are taking the sledgehammer approach for a simple fix. If you cannot get into recovery mode - you're doing it wrong, try again. reflash your rom from recovery and all done.
Dolei said:
Hi um I'm pretty new to Android phones, and my Captivate's stuck in a bootloop...
I had CyanogenMod 9 on it, based on ICS 4.0.4, which i still have the .zip for if necessary. But I think I did something stupid... in the recovery (which said something about CWMrecovery) mode, I absent-mindedly formatted the /system directory... derp....
Now basically the phone shows the AT&T logo, then shows some kind of recovery screen, it only flashes up for a short time but I can see in the background both an android, like stock recovery mode, and the logo from ROM manager (or something very similar). There is some text at the bottom but it's very small and only flashes up for a split second so I can't read it... and what's worse, it won't boot into recovery...
I'm not exactly sure how to even do it, but random combinations of the volume & power buttons and home.. screen-area-thing work eventually.. but it's just not working now, as i hold the buttons it either just keeps rebooting before it gets past the AT&T logo or ignoring it completely, showing the recovery screen then rebooting again anyway
Sorry it's kinda long.. I tried to be detailed XD
tl;dr CM9 rom Captivate, formatted /system, stuck in bootloop, recovery mode won't work
Any help would be much appreciated
Edit: Forgot to say, I've searched around already but I haven't found anyone else who's bootloop is caused by formatting /system -.-
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TRusselo said:
re flash the rom. you erased the rom.
dont wipe dont format just flash the rom again. you should be back as if it never happened.
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TRusselo said:
jig will not help bootloop.
you are freaking out because of the bootloop and not holding the button combo for recovery long enough.
take out the battery. and replace
hold both volume buttons
then hold power
keep buttons held for 5 seconds AFTER screen comes on.
if your phone turns on and starts to boot, you have recovery and download.
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Try doing this, this has worked for me since I can't get into recovery with the traditional button combo method of holding all three buttons at the same time.
Turn the phone off. Hold the power button, vol up, vol down. Once the ATT boot screen comes on, let go of the power button. Keep holding the volume buttons and voila, you're in recovery.

Agree. Definitely go back to stock if possible first.
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