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How can I get in to download mode if Im using steam recovery? I have a brick on my hands!

eramming said:
How can I get in to download mode if Im using steam recovery? I have a brick on my hands!
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Can you access adb? If not, get a jig.

newb here. how can i get in to adb on my laptop? i have the drivers and odin installed already im trying the button combos and all i can get is the att screen and the gt9000 screen. I can also get the steam recovery screen but it just asks if i want to install the steam kernel or not and it doesnt do anything no matter which option i choose

eramming said:
newb here. how can i get in to adb on my laptop? i have the drivers and odin installed already im trying the button combos and all i can get is the att screen and the gt9000 screen. I can also get the steam recovery screen but it just asks if i want to install the steam kernel or not and it doesnt do anything no matter which option i choose
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Check out this link:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html

adamholden85 said:
Check out this link:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
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thanks! Odin recognizes the phone but the phone gets hung up on the gt-i9000 boot screen so i cant get it into download mode. I'll work with the adb and see if i can figure it out otherwise i'll hit the radio shack for a jig and if that fails i'll have to trade it in at att under phone insurance.

eramming said:
thanks! Odin recognizes the phone but the phone gets hung up on the gt-i9000 boot screen so i cant get it into download mode. I'll work with the adb and see if i can figure it out otherwise i'll hit the radio shack for a jig and if that fails i'll have to trade it in at att under phone insurance.
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You shouldn't be seeing any sort of boot screen if you're trying to get into download mode.. Do this: Pull your battery out and take out your sim and sd cards. Connect the phone by the usb. Hold down both up vol+down vol (do NOT hold the power button), and while holding those buttons, put the battery back in. It should take you directly into download mode.

eramming said:
thanks! Odin recognizes the phone but the phone gets hung up on the gt-i9000 boot screen so i cant get it into download mode. I'll work with the adb and see if i can figure it out otherwise i'll hit the radio shack for a jig and if that fails i'll have to trade it in at att under phone insurance.
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You made sure you had the three button fix working before flashing right? Steam doesn't touch the bootloader, and if you're seeing the gt-i9000 screen, your bootloader is good (and so is download mode). If Odin's picking up the phone, you should be able to get adb to reboot it to download if nothing else. And as always, the jig method.

i cant get adb to recognize the device when i type adb devices.drivers are good. my serial number wont come up so cant issue any commands to reboot it or put it into download mode. i assume its because its stuck at the boot screen. i dont think i have the 3 button fix. I was using serendipity 3.5.2 with the oc\uv kernel and wanted to flash back to my previous rom and thats where my problems started. i guess the jig is up!! LOL

eramming said:
i cant get adb to recognize the device when i type adb devices.drivers are good. my serial number wont come up so cant issue any commands to reboot it or put it into download mode. i assume its because its stuck at the boot screen. i dont think i have the 3 button fix. I was using serendipity 3.5.2 with the oc\uv kernel and wanted to flash back to my previous rom and thats where my problems started. i guess the jig is up!! LOL
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Did you try the usb/removed battery method posted above? I know it works for me and my phone does not have the 3 buttons fix...

Slowb00st said:
Did you try the usb/removed battery method posted above? I know it works for me and my phone does not have the 3 buttons fix...
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i tried every button combo known to man! LOL I got jiggy with it and that did the trick. Im back up and running. the good to come out of this is that i did so much research and reading i think i consider myself a novice now! Im schooled in adb now too! thanks for all the replies. thread closed

Volume down + home + power always works.
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The button order for odin that you list above never really worked well for me personally, but I found one that did.
Battery out
Start Odin
Hold volume up+volume down, THEN plug into USB
Using it this way, you never, ever touch the power button on the phone.
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never had it fail using it this way.

jeromekobriger said:
The button order for odin that you list above never really worked well for me personally, but I found one that did.
Battery out
Start Odin
Hold volume up+volume down, THEN plug into USB
Using it this way, you never, ever touch the power button on the phone.
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never had it fail using it this way.
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I've had success with this, as well.

i think this same thing happened to me. Most kernels actually arent able to be used with steam recovery only meant to be used with clockworkmod. THat means in order for your phone to work properly again you have to download a mod that actually works with steam, such as serendipity. So download that, plug your external sd into your computer put it on there, then through steam select intall zip, external sd and select the serendipity zip. Hopefully that will allow you to boot up your phone, download rom manager, click flash clockworkmod recovery, and then you can download any of the roms you want since almost all of them work with clockworkmod

Intalled a New theme and can no longer boot

So i installed a new theme on my cappy and now the thing wont boot up, which would be fine but I cant even access recovery mode what should I do.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
That. Get it into download mode and use odin, the thread explains

ridethelight said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
That. Get it into download mode and use odin, the thread explains
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I cant get it into download mode any help or do i need a jig

1st, do you have drivers installed? Just for clarification, what theme did you install from what rom?
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Dupontrocks11 said:
1st, do you have drivers installed? Just for clarification, what theme did you install from what rom?
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Paragon was the rom and the theme was black froyo (which I realize too late was for a different modem. Also I do have the drivers installed

bethanensinger said:
Paragon was the rom and the theme was black froyo (which I realize too late was for a different modem. Also I do have the drivers installed
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Having a different modem shouldn't effect the booting into recovery part. It would cause a hell of FCs and get into a boot loop.

bethanensinger said:
Paragon was the rom and the theme was black froyo (which I realize too late was for a different modem. Also I do have the drivers installed
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Modem is irrelevant.
Different ROM base was your problem.

you need to build a jig or buy one if your key combo does not work on the phone (usually build number 1010 or later).
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...47234&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_511wt_1139

diablo009 said:
Having a different modem shouldn't effect the booting into recovery part. It would cause a hell of FCs and get into a boot loop.
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I am stuck in a boot loop and for some reason it just will not go into recovery

I am just going to purchase a jig as I am unable to get into download mode through any key combo meathod

bethanensinger said:
I am just going to purchase a jig as I am unable to get into download mode through any key combo meathod
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what is your build number, it is a number under your battery, like 1008, 1010, etc.

mengbo said:
what is your build number, it is a number under your battery, like 1008, 1010, etc.
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1008
10 char

try this:
1. remove sim, external sdcard, battery first;
2. run odin one-click;
3. plug in usb cable; the other end of the cable should connect to your desktop already;
4. hold vol up & down key; do not touch power key;
5. while holding those 2 keys, put the battery in; wait for a while;
hope you can get into download mode by this, otherwise, you have to wait for the jig to solve the issue.

mengbo said:
try this:
1. remove sim, external sdcard, battery first;
2. run odin one-click;
3. plug in usb cable; the other end of the cable should connect to your desktop already;
4. hold vol up & down key; do not touch power key;
5. while holding those 2 keys, put the battery in; wait for a while;
hope you can get into download mode by this, otherwise, you have to wait for the jig to solve the issue.
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this is the meathod i have been trying to use, but after the 20th time i am fairly certain it aint working + now i am just waiting on that jig

in most cases, if you are in a boot loop and are at least getting to the ROM's boot screen, you can reboot into recovery via adb.
I am assuming you have installed the android SDK. open a command prompt and type adb reboot recovery.

gunnyman said:
in most cases, if you are in a boot loop and are at least getting to the ROM's boot screen, you can reboot into recovery via adb.
I am assuming you have installed the android SDK. open a command prompt and type adb reboot recovery.
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thats the problem i forgot to do it this time so I dont hav ethe android sdk for adb

bethanensinger said:
thats the problem i forgot to do it this time so I dont hav ethe android sdk for adb
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download it?

gunnyman said:
download it?
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can i if its not on my phone?

LEarned a lesson today cognition ->eclair ->apex

Learned a lesson today. I been trying to flash back to my stock 2.1 eclair to go from cognition to apex7. But with my version of the phone I loose that "3 button " feature.
I kinda got the download mode to work last night, then I got a soft brick. I fixed it with odin and was happy.
Built a jig today with 302 ohms of resistance and no luck. (still powered on and all but no download mode).
Got it into download mode one time (with the 3 button fix through clockwork recovery), loaded "galaxys-bootloader-JVB.tar.md5" and it went through, rebooted and it went to the standard screen. I didnt want that, so I shut her down and went back into download mode so I can load the second boot loader for apex. Wouldnt go.
I ran the "3 button" fix again. But at the menu of clockwork mod in recovery mod when it said it was done, I took out the battery instead of resetting...brick. Phone doesnt respond.
Damn, lesson learned, always restart phone LOL. All this for a damn netflix app. Now I have no phone, and im going to try to find the guy who does JTAG. I have warrenty but its like 120 bucks to send it for a new one, screw that.
When I did apex7 the first step, after the phone started it said samsung i9000....does that mean I have the wrong rom on my i897? it started and booted and went to the home screen...?

http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=776
there you go buddy he will set you straight. check your pm
it wasnt the not turning the phone on that bricked you. you had gingerbread I9000 bootloaders and flashing the 3 button fix replaced the secondary bootloader with a froyo one. so your primary and secondary now don't match. and you didnt need to flash the fix anyway the gingerbread bootloaders have their own combo and it hasnt been lost by anyone that ive heard of.
it is vol down+ power for download
and vol up+power for recovery.

studacris said:
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=776
there you go buddy he will set you straight. check your pm
it wasnt the not turning the phone on that bricked you. you had gingerbread I9000 bootloaders and flashing the 3 button fix replaced the secondary bootloader with a froyo one. so your primary and secondary now don't match. and you didnt need to flash the fix anyway the gingerbread bootloaders have their own combo and it hasnt been lost by anyone that ive heard of.
it is vol down+ power for download
and vol up+power for recovery.
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So was it wrong to have the i9000 bootloaders? All I did was follow the instructions on what to do. Did I do that wrong?
Installation Instructions: (Thanks to Connexion2005 & ICezar for easy instructions)
1.Download ODIN 1.82: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7qta8hmcd880zth
2.Download the GB Bootloaders: http://code.google.com/p/project-con...ar.md5&can=2&q
3.Download the Talon Kernel: http://berryfx.com/RobBeane/Kernel/i...nDEV-0.1.6.tar
4.Flashback to stock JF6 for clean install.
5.Place the ApeX GB ROM package in your SD card.
6.Open Odin 1.82 and select GB bootloader package in PDA option, Put your phone in download mode using regular key combo and connect to PC. Once ODIN recognizes your phone hit START button. You may have bootloops if you try to boot your phone here. Pull the battery out and then put it back and follow step 7.
7.Open Odin 1.82 again and select TalonDev kernel in PDA option, Put your phone in download mode using 'Volume down + Power' key combo and connect to PC. Once ODIN recognizes your phone hit START button.
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Step 6 is as far as I got, after it finished it booted my phone and didnt let me get back into download mode.

accordztech said:
So was it wrong to have the i9000 bootloaders? All I did was follow the instructions on what to do. Did I do that wrong?
Step 6 is as far as I got, after it finished it booted my phone and didnt let me get back into download mode.
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No the I9000 bootloaders were fine, u messed up trying for 3 button fix. ApeX OP said that after flashing I9000 bootloaders ur download/recovery combo will change.

did u try button combo mentioned in step 7 to get into download mode?

watsaa said:
did u try button combo mentioned in step 7 to get into download mode?
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yeah. From day one the download mode never worked.
Battery pull, holding power and the volume up and down and whatever. Every possibility.

accordztech said:
yeah. From day one the download mode never worked.
Battery pull, holding power and the volume up and down and whatever. Every possibility.
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I meant after step 6 you should have tried this button combo, you shouldnt have flashed 3 button fix and doing this mismatched your bootloaders

If you're simply trying to get your netflix rocks off, go back to stock eclair and flash DG's GB 2.3.3 Cognition 5 ROM. It's packaged very nicely into it's own Odin1Click.
It's so easy, even a caveman(noob) can do it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

watsaa said:
I meant after step 6 you should have tried this button combo, you shouldnt have flashed 3 button fix and doing this mismatched your bootloaders
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It didnt do it for the 3 button download mode. =/

bornjamerican said:
If you're simply trying to get your netflix rocks off, go back to stock eclair and flash DG's GB 2.3.3 Cognition 5 ROM. It's packaged very nicely into it's own Odin1Click.
It's so easy, even a caveman(noob) can do it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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aww man, I didnt know. Well I just wanted to try a differnt rom for the heck of it instead of cognition. hehe

accordztech said:
aww man, I didnt know. Well I just wanted to try a differnt rom for the heck of it instead of cognition. hehe
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Also they still use I897UCKF1 based modem I think. Im trying to get away from it because I have had poor results with it. Im tired of 100-300 kb/s speeds.

After flashing the 2.3.3 GB.....

Ever since I have flashed 2.3.3 I've been having problems.
-Download mode can only be accessed from adb reboot download
-The only way I got drivers to recognize in download mode was to install them from Samsung Kies mini.
-No button combination works to get into download mode, it takes you to recovery mode every time.
-My four touch button lights will not shut off after turning phone off and vibration confirming shut down.
Once I finally got it back to 2.1 stock via Odin one-click, I used Kies mini to upgrade to 2.2. I still have these same problems, all which started happening after I upgraded to the 2.3.3 SamFirmware leak. Not only have I been reading these problems from this leak but from other roms using 2.3.3.
To clarify, I am not blaming anyone, I am simply looking for a fix or to be told that I have done something wrong. Anything will be appreciated, thanks.

Jmurph3 said:
Ever since I have flashed 2.3.3 I've been having problems.
-Download mode can only be accessed from adb reboot download
-The only way I got drivers to recognize in download mode was to install them from Samsung Kies mini.
-No button combination works to get into download mode, it takes you to recovery mode every time.
-My four touch button lights will not shut off after turning phone off and vibration confirming shut down.
Once I finally got it back to 2.1 stock via Odin one-click, I used Kies mini to upgrade to 2.2. I still have these same problems, all which started happening after I upgraded to the 2.3.3 SamFirmware leak. Not only have I been reading these problems from this leak but from other roms using 2.3.3.
To clarify, I am not blaming anyone, I am simply looking for a fix or to be told that I have done something wrong. Anything will be appreciated, thanks.
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I asked this over in other thread too buddy. What are the key combos u have tried?

watsa said:
I asked this over in other thread too buddy. What are the key combos u have tried?
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I have tried the 3-buttom combo - volume - and + along with the power. release power when att boot logo comes up. I've even tried to hold power down and let it cycle through the boot logo a couple times before releasing it. No luck, only recovery mode.
remove battery, sim, sd card. hold both volume - and +. put in battery and Usb cable as soon as battery is in. no luck, only recovery mode.
I've even tried the i9000's download mode. I think its volume down and power...only recovery mode.
The only way I was able to get into download mode was adb reboot download. I haven't tried a jig.

Jmurph3 said:
Ever since I have flashed 2.3.3 I've been having problems.
-Download mode can only be accessed from adb reboot download
-The only way I got drivers to recognize in download mode was to install them from Samsung Kies mini.
-No button combination works to get into download mode, it takes you to recovery mode every time.
-My four touch button lights will not shut off after turning phone off and vibration confirming shut down.
Once I finally got it back to 2.1 stock via Odin one-click, I used Kies mini to upgrade to 2.2. I still have these same problems, all which started happening after I upgraded to the 2.3.3 SamFirmware leak. Not only have I been reading these problems from this leak but from other roms using 2.3.3.
To clarify, I am not blaming anyone, I am simply looking for a fix or to be told that I have done something wrong. Anything will be appreciated, thanks.
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I got the same issue. The worse thing for me is I cannot get it back to 2.1 stock via Odin one-click because the driver can't recognize the device any more (It works fine before flashing to GB). How do you get it back to 2.1 stock?

wzeng2000 said:
I got the same issue. The worse thing for me is I cannot get it back to 2.1 stock via Odin one-click because the driver can't recognize the device any more (It works fine before flashing to GB). How do you get it back to 2.1 stock?
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I downloaded kies mini from the samsung site. Once installed, you can find an option to install the phones drivers when the phone is recognized by kies. Odin registered my phone in download mode after that and I was able to one-click back to stock.
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I am going to try that.

I had this problem when going to a 2.3.3 rom before, sometimes it just needs a little and some tender loving repeatable connects, other times maybe just to be left alone for a day or two... I'm not sure if this will work but if you can get a com port from Odin 1 click without having to be in download mode I.e. the phone is on, try a master clear, let the phone boot up and see if you were able to get a com port again(leave it connected during boot), then do various methods to get in download mode starting with the GB method
Hope any of this helps at all
Sent from my I897 using XDA App

Try powering phone off, then while phone is off, hold vol down (just down, not up and down) and insert usb. Should give you dl mode

mrhaley30705 said:
Try powering phone off, then while phone is off, hold vol down (just down, not up and down) and insert usb. Should give you dl mode
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You're right. It should, but if the 2.3.3 ROM is effecting everyone the same way. NO BUTTON COMBOS WORK. That's just it. You can name it, and I've tried it. It does not work. Only thing that does work is adb reboot download. I have not tried a jig, but why bother if the phone boots.

Does your volume down button work?

philhachey said:
Does your volume down button work?
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It does, indeed. All of my buttons work. Still, I only get to recovery.
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I too am having the same problem with 2.3.3 i897UCKF1 boot loaders. I can't get into download mode or recovery. Hopefully a jig will work

Could it be Rom/Kernel issue? Im on i897UCKF1 Boot loaders with Cog 5 B3 and works fine for me. I have that issue before though the phone just didn't want to go in to down load mode for me, but it was with froyo.

brievolz84 said:
I too am having the same problem with 2.3.3 i897UCKF1 boot loaders. I can't get into download mode or recovery. Hopefully a jig will work
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Download Android Terminal Emulator from market. Once it's installed, open it, and type su. This should have the app ask for root rights. Once you allow it, type reboot download and press the enter button on the virtual keyboard. if the phone just goes black and doesnt reboot after a short while, just battery pull and turn it back on. You can also use this method to get into recovery by substituting reboot download with reboot recovery.

Twicebak3d said:
Download Android Terminal Emulator from market. Once it's installed, open it, and type su. This should have the phone ask for root rights. Once you allow it, type reboot download and press the enter button on the virtual keyboard. if the phone just goes black and doesnt reboot after a short while, just battery pull and turn it back on. You can also use this method to get into recovery by substituting reboot download with reboot recovery.
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Sorry for being cryptic on my initial post, this is what I'm dealing with. I can't get the phone out of phone---!---computer screen and I've tried all the button combinations.
here's what I did. I was in stock enclair and copied continuum 6.1 to the sd card. I then get into download mode to flash 2.3.3 boot loaders. That was successful so I booted back into download mode to flash the talon kernel. I changed the zip to a tar so Odin 1.83 can recognize the file in the pda section. I clicked start and odin failed (I didn't know you had to be in recovery mode to flash the kernel it wasn't listed in the instructions I had). I rebooted the phone and got the phone---!---computer screen with this message:
Firmware update failed ! Try going into Recovery mode.
Hope this helps

brievolz84 said:
Sorry for being cryptic on my initial post, this is what I'm dealing with. I can't get the phone out of phone---!---computer screen and I've tried all the button combinations.
here's what I did. I was in stock enclair and copied continuum 6.1 to the sd card. I then get into download mode to flash 2.3.3 boot loaders. That was successful so I booted back into download mode to flash the talon kernel. I changed the zip to a tar so Odin 1.83 can recognize the file in the pda section. I clicked start and odin failed (I didn't know you had to be in recovery mode to flash the kernel it wasn't listed in the instructions I had). I rebooted the phone and got the phone---!---computer screen with this message:
Firmware update failed ! Try going into Recovery mode.
Hope this helps
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Does your computer recognize your phone as anything while you're in the phone!pc state? You could try Adam's Once-Click Unbrick.

Twicebak3d said:
Does your computer recognize your phone as anything while you're in the phone!pc state? You could try Adam's Once-Click Unbrick.
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It sure does, odin recognizes it and the sound comes on when the phone boots
EDIT: It says I need to put it in download mode which is the problem I'm having

Did you try the OCUB I posted? It's supposed to work at that screen. Yes, it does run on Windows lol.

Twicebak3d said:
Did you try the OCUB I posted? It's supposed to work at that screen. Yes, it does run on Windows lol.
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I just did and the phone reset and is in enclair. Now lets see if I can get Continuum to flash. Thank you so much!!

Jmurph3 said:
You're right. It should, but if the 2.3.3 ROM is effecting everyone the same way. NO BUTTON COMBOS WORK. That's just it. You can name it, and I've tried it. It does not work. Only thing that does work is adb reboot download. I have not tried a jig, but why bother if the phone boots.
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Even though the phone boots - a jig I've found is a GUARANTEED way to get into download mode. A jig is a VERY useful tool and only costs like $8. If you plan on flashing your phone again in the future - it's certainly NOT a waste to buy one.

[Q] How to get into download/recovery mode with Clockworkmod

I was trying to get my phone back to stock using the Odin one-clicks in this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
I have Clockwork mod installed on my phone and it's been driving me crazy trying to figure out how to get into the download mode required for the one-click.
How is this supposed to work?! Every time I use the key combo (power/volume buttons), I just get the CWM screen ... what am I missing here?

Turn off phone, remove sim & sd card. Open odin, press & hold volume up & down, plug in usb cable. Usb cable should be plugged in to a rear usb port of pc.
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Yeah, when I do that, I get the CWM screen, like with options for update.zip and stuff. Not the download mode icon.

thedot said:
Yeah, when I do that, I get the CWM screen, like with options for update.zip and stuff. Not the download mode icon.
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ok....dont use the power button at all during those steps...
or heres an idea:
learn how to use adb on your computer. from CWM, you can adb reboot download

thedot said:
Yeah, when I do that, I get the CWM screen, like with options for update.zip and stuff. Not the download mode icon.
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are you on a Froyo, Eclair, or Gingerbread rom? Or stock?

Use adb. That always works

Pirateghost said:
ok....dont use the power button at all during those steps...
or heres an idea:
learn how to use adb on your computer. from CWM, you can adb reboot download
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wow... I saw that listed as a step to try and completely skipped over it.
awesome, that worked, many thanks!