Can't Start in recovery mode - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

A few days ago I got the S3 Mini with the stock rom (4.1.2), so i downloaded odin in order to install CWM so i can change the ROM, i used the CWM 6.0.2.8 tar in odin 3.07 file and everything finished ok, but when i press the keys combination (volume up+home+power button) nothing happens. the phone starts normally, should i say that this is not the first time I install CWM in a phone (i did't before in alcatel and others but never in this one) please help me!!

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[Q] Flash Custom ROM with Odin?

Hi,
How could i flash Custom ROM with Odin..
Because
1. I am not able to go into recovery mode by holding Volume up+Volume Down+Power Buttons
2. I could not reboot into recovery mode using adb commands (stuck at at&t screen)
3. I could not reboot into recovery by flashing any kernel with CWM.. obviously i have to use volume up+Volume Down+Power Buttons again :-(
I am able to flash stock ROM through ODIN 1 click downloader (currently on I897UCKI2)..and its the only way i could flash a ROM now..
So is there a way to install custom rom through ODIN ?
Please help...
If you can get into download mode (power off, hold V+/V-, insert USB), you can try flashing a ROM via Heimdall. Apex 12.5 has a package you can flash from Heimdall.
You can also try Mosaic 9, as that has an Odin-based installer package.
surendar1863 said:
Hi,
How could i flash Custom ROM with Odin..
Because
1. I am not able to go into recovery mode by holding Volume up+Volume Down+Power Buttons
2. I could not reboot into recovery mode using adb commands (stuck at at&t screen)
3. I could not reboot into recovery by flashing any kernel with CWM.. obviously i have to use volume up+Volume Down+Power Buttons again :-(
I am able to flash stock ROM through ODIN 1 click downloader (currently on I897UCKI2)..and its the only way i could flash a ROM now..
So is there a way to install custom rom through ODIN ?
Please help...
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yes you can, use the link below and download any of the latest rom with bootloader based on odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Galaxy Grand Bricked
Hey there., ive got the same problem too., cant go to recovery mode and stuck in a bootloop.,
IS there a remedy ?? PLEASE HELP
KrisjNoel said:
Hey there., ive got the same problem too., cant go to recovery mode and stuck in a bootloop.,
IS there a remedy ?? PLEASE HELP
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Read above, the answer was given.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
same problem but on a different device its gt-i9070 by samsung I download ROMs already but cant flash them there is absolute no custom recovery for this model tried anything and everything on google and xda , any solution to apply ROM not using recovery
Is this file can use to flash i9300??? Where can i get custom rom for gt-i9300 that flash via odin...bcoz my s3 also cannot boot to recovery mode to hard reset
Hey,
I'm using samsung galaxy star s5282. I rooted this phone 2 days ago. Everything went good until today when i was i my class it suddenly switched off. When i rebooted it, it hang on the samsung logo.
I tried to boot into cwm recovery mode by pressing v+, home, power but it boots into default system recovery mode.
I again flashed cwm recovery many times using odin but it dosent work. Odin shows pass but when i reboot my phone in cwm recovery mode my phone enters in default system recovery mode.
What should i do please please please help.....
Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP. If you don't follow this step, you will have to repeat the install.
applies to all recoveries
cheers
bhavnoor singh
surendar1863 said:
Hi,
How could i flash Custom ROM with Odin..
Because
1. I am not able to go into recovery mode by holding Volume up+Volume Down+Power Buttons
2. I could not reboot into recovery mode using adb commands (stuck at at&t screen)
3. I could not reboot into recovery by flashing any kernel with CWM.. obviously i have to use volume up+Volume Down+Power Buttons again
I am able to flash stock ROM through ODIN 1 click downloader (currently on I897UCKI2)..and its the only way i could flash a ROM now..
So is there a way to install custom rom through ODIN ?
Please help...
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Surenda 1863,
I had exactly the same problem and it took me almost one week of fiiddling and searching the Web to solve it.
The solution was in front me since day ONE : install ODIN on the PC !
In my case, I had I had accidentally wiped out the stock ROM and the tablet was hopelessly frozen on the download mode. I couldn't turn it off to boot it back with any of the usual buttons ( Volume , Home, Power)
I made the wrong assumption that since my PC didn't see the tablet, it couldn't connect to Odin either . I was wrong!
Here is what you have to do:
1. Install Odin on your PC. Connect the tablet to it. You will see that Odin sees the tablet because there will be a caption saying "added" on the top left.
2. Press the AP tab button at the right to go to the location where your Stock ROM is. The stock ROM file will have an MD5 ending.
3 Once the file is loaded (next to the AP button) just press Start. You will see the DOWNLOAD bar gradually filling up on the tablet and at the top left of ODIN.
4. When the operation is terminated, you will see a caption " PASSED" at the top left of he Odin screen and the tablet will automatically boot up to the HOME screen.
As simple as this! I didn't even have to worry about flashing the TWRP ( or CWR) recovery system, probably because the OS ROM was already wiped out. May be your case is different. I only know that in my case it worked like a charm.
Ittiandro

i9001 Always boots to CWM Recovery.

Can someone please help me? I installed CWM recovery 5.5 and now my phone always enters in it after powering up. Some kind of loop.I restart the phone...enters CMW...on and on.
I found a tutorial but it's for Asus transformer prime,and my phone won't cold boot. I tried Volume down + power,and i didn't find any tutorial how to cold boot i9001.
Can i fix the cwm loop? Can i go back to my old recovery ,the stock one?
SlingShot00 said:
Can someone please help me? I installed CWM recovery 5.5 and now my phone always enters in it after powering up. Some kind of loop.I restart the phone...enters CMW...on and on.
I found a tutorial but it's for Asus transformer prime,and my phone won't cold boot. I tried Volume down + power,and i didn't find any tutorial how to cold boot i9001.
Can i fix the cwm loop? Can i go back to my old recovery ,the stock one?
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Your Bootloader is messed up.
1. Goto Downloadmode
2. Extract AriesVE.ops from Ariesve.zip and Insert AriesVE.ops @OPS in Odin
3. extract boot_loader.tar from bootloader.zip and insert boot_loader.tar in Odin @BOOT
4. Flash
Reboot and it should boot to Android
XeLLaR* said:
Your Bootloader is messed up.
1. Goto Downloadmode
2. Extract AriesVE.ops from Ariesve.zip and Insert AriesVE.ops @OPS in Odin
3. extract boot_loader.tar from bootloader.zip and insert boot_loader.tar in Odin @BOOT
4. Flash
Reboot and it should boot to Android
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Can i send you a beer?
Thank you so much!
Next time, read the wiki before posting, I think that we have the most detailed wiki of all the phones...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/GT-I9001
:good:
Thanks for the offer, but I do it for fun. I just like the principle users helping users.
But thanks
HI,
my phone is stuck in recovery reboots and also not entering the download mode. I have tried everything vol- + power, vol-vol+ + power nothing helping..
please help.
ntahmed said:
HI,
my phone is stuck in recovery reboots and also not entering the download mode. I have tried everything vol- + power, vol-vol+ + power nothing helping..
please help.
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First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
Try a solution from My Android Solutions
(Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.)
XeLLaR* said:
Your Bootloader is messed up.
1. Goto Downloadmode
2. Extract AriesVE.ops from Ariesve.zip and Insert AriesVE.ops @OPS in Odin
3. extract boot_loader.tar from bootloader.zip and insert boot_loader.tar in Odin @BOOT
4. Flash
Reboot and it should boot to Android
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Dear friend,
I have the same problem as the Author. I installed CMW v5.5.0.4 so I flash cyanogen ICS.
Anyway, I entered Downloadmode, I connected to Odin and did as you said.
As a result, when the phone is shut down
a. When I press the power button, "Samsung" logo appears, and then black screen forever. Then I remove battery.
b. When I press Vol Up + Power button, it enters CMW (but when I select "Reboot now" it goes samsung-blackscreen like"a"
c. When I press Vol down+power+home key, it goes to downolad mode (I did a 2nd time what you suggested, but Nothing improved).
Please help, I am desperate.
(samsung galaxy s plus i9001)
Eirwn said:
Dear friend,
I have the same problem as the Author. I installed CMW v5.5.0.4 so I flash cyanogen ICS.
Anyway, I entered Downloadmode, I connected to Odin and did as you said.
As a result, when the phone is shut down
a. When I press the power button, "Samsung" logo appears, and then black screen forever. Then I remove battery.
b. When I press Vol Up + Power button, it enters CMW (but when I select "Reboot now" it goes samsung-blackscreen like"a"
c. When I press Vol down+power+home key, it goes to downolad mode (I did a 2nd time what you suggested, but Nothing improved).
Please help, I am desperate.
(samsung galaxy s plus i9001)
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****EDIT : I booted to CMW, and restored the backup I have made, and now it boots perfectly.
Sorry for the inconvinience. I don delete the post in case someone needs that info.
Question to the same problem
XeLLaR* said:
Your Bootloader is messed up.
1. Goto Downloadmode
2. Extract AriesVE.ops from Ariesve.zip and Insert AriesVE.ops @OPS in Odin
3. extract boot_loader.tar from bootloader.zip and insert boot_loader.tar in Odin @BOOT
4. Flash
Reboot and it should boot to Android
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I have flash cwn 5.5 and i'mstuck in a recovery loop; i have put also the cm9 and gapps but still loop.The problem is that i cant modify the files with odin, the reason is the usb sumsung driver that otherwise is working but in downloading mode the phone cant conect with the pc) , so can i use somehow only the sd card and solve the recovery loop.Tx
zorkcas said:
I have flash cwn 5.5 and i'mstuck in a recovery loop; i have put also the cm9 and gapps but still loop.The problem is that i cant modify the files with odin, the reason is the usb sumsung driver that otherwise is working but in downloading mode the phone cant conect with the pc) , so can i use somehow only the sd card and solve the recovery loop.Tx
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the recovery bootloop is normal for first flashing. please see wiki page
solved loop with cwn 5.5 on i9001
zorkcas said:
I have flash cwn 5.5 and i'mstuck in a recovery loop; i have put also the cm9 and gapps but still loop.The problem is that i cant modify the files with odin, the reason is the usb sumsung driver that otherwise is working but in downloading mode the phone cant conect with the pc) , so can i use somehow only the sd card and solve the recovery loop.Tx
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I've put the cwn 6.0 and the problem is gone now, no loop,...works fine, ..i've tried some games/apps, and it seams that not all of them are working ,..but it's ok , the root and the ICS will do
i9001 bootloop
this is the only thing it worked for me:
Put this file on sdcard
Load it via recovery with "install from sdcard"
it will automatically reboot the phone
once solved, copy to sdcard and restore attached stock recovery.img or don't reboot into recovery again, as it will bootloop again:
from within phone, start terminal emulator and type:
su <enter>
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 <enter>
of course, needs root
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i installed supposed "stable" twrp 2.2.1 and it produced bootloop into recovery
don´t know if last twrp 2.4.1.0 or cmw 6.0.3.7 for stock roms will solve it but i won't try, i restored stock recovery.img from a backup i made with "online nandroid backup"
bootloop is veeeeeeery common in i9001, the fix above that worked for me erases (fills with zeros) param partition mmcblk0p14, a partition for temporary commands that non-stock recoveries don't erase before rebooting and cause bootloops
manocao said:
this is the only thing it worked for me:
Put this file on sdcard
Load it via recovery with "install from sdcard"
it will automatically reboot the phone
once solved, copy to sdcard and restore attached stock recovery.img or don't reboot into recovery again, as it will bootloop again:
from within phone, start terminal emulator and type:
su <enter>
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 <enter>
of course, needs root
---
i installed supposed "stable" twrp 2.2.1 and it produced bootloop into recovery
don´t know if last twrp 2.4.1.0 or cmw 6.0.3.7 for stock roms will solve it but i won't try, i restored stock recovery.img from a backup i made with "online nandroid backup"
bootloop is veeeeeeery common in i9001, the fix above that worked for me erases (fills with zeros) param partition mmcblk0p14, a partition for temporary commands that non-stock recoveries don't erase before rebooting and cause bootloops
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AMAZING!!! You are a lifesaver. :highfive:
I had bricked my Galaxy S Plus after flashing TWRP which caused a recovery bootloop. I tried using download mode to reflash bootloader using Odin but my PC said "USB device not recognized". I tried tons of drivers, factory resets/system format(which was a bad decision), different cables and even PCs but I couldn't get my device recognized at all. I thought the phone was a paperweight now but I finally found your post and successfully booted my phone to unofficial CM12 without any problems!
Thanks a lot once again!! :laugh::good:
haha
perfect it worked for you! another smartphone saved!!
nice my explanation helped you!
you are welcome

HELP Me problem CWM button

Hi,
I installed cwm v6 which installed correctly but once i rebooted the device - it landed on recovery mode only. And from recovery i cant select any option either, when i press home button it just scrolls down and power button also not working. I only can go up and down but no select
Help me guys. very appreciate it
if cant repair this, someone can teach me how to change to other recovery mode using ODIN
my device i9001
Try to use menu button or back button. Does it work?
You should be able to flash a Kernel for example Semaphore over ODIN. The .tar files can be flashed after you have set your phone in download mode..
thanks to all reply, i reset my phone with odin use stock rom and flash back with touch cwm. now its working

[Q] Flash CWM recovery on GT-19305?

Can it be done? How to do it?
through Odin. make sure it's for the i9305
The most recent CWM ported is in this thread, which also contains a link to Odin. Make sure Kies isn't running and that you have the right USB drivers, open Odin, put your phone in download mode (turn it off, then hold volume down + home while you turn it on again), connect your phone to your PC, and flash the .tar.md5 file as PDA.
1. First, download Odin from this link
Make sure you have the drivers for your phone installed. *If not download KIES from the Samsung site and install*
2. Plug your phone into the computer and start Odin.
3. Shutdown your phone and boot it in to download-mode by pressing Vol. down + home + power
4. Press the PDA-button in Odin and select your CWM-recovery file.
5. Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes are selected.
6. When flashing is done you will se a message "PASS" and your device should restart automatically.
Congratiulations, you now have CWM flashed on your phone
Here's a link to a CWM recovery flashable file if you not have one alreddy. LINK
Creds for the CWM-recovery file upload goes to codeworkx
I have flashed the cwm file through odin. It passed but when I go into recovery it is still the stock recovery and not cwm. Why?
I've gotten the same problem. So.. i flashed the recovery, but whej the phone restarted i shut it down without booting.(i removed the battery when the s3 lte screen showed up). Then i entered recovery and it worked. (S3 lte reflashes stock recovery and other stock things on stock kernel when booting). If you want permanent cwm recovery, flash a custom kernel! I hope this will help you!
Sent from my GT-I9305 using XDA Premium HD app
I used this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140681
Seems to work fine for me
Sean.

Need a script to force odin to reboot to recovery mode

Hello all,
I have an s3 mini which I am unable to boot into CWM recovery. I have tried countless times and flashed cwm twice but it my phone would not boot to it. Whenever I hold down the Volume up + Home + Power buttons it just boots normally. But I am able to get it into download/odin mode so what I need is a sort of script or file that I can flash through odin to force my phone to boot into recovery mode.
joeandro said:
Hello all,
I have an s3 mini which I am unable to boot into CWM recovery. I have tried countless times and flashed cwm twice but it my phone would not boot to it. Whenever I hold down the Volume up + Home + Power buttons it just boots normally. But I am able to get it into download/odin mode so what I need is a sort of script or file that I can flash through odin to force my phone to boot into recovery mode.
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try to flash the following .tar file via odin. It enables the three button combo and install cwm in one way (thanks to tys0n)
I8190.tar.md5
Thanks it worked
BUMP
can i use it on s4 mini i9195 have same problem + screen lock. forgoten code.

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