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[HELP] Wrong firmwire on european Galaxy S

While trying to restore my phone to default, my computer installed at&ts firmwire to my phone. It won't start, just flashing the at&t screen. The original firmwire were JP2. How can I restore the phone back to the download state or do I have a brick in my hand?

Can u enter download mode?
- Remove Battery for about 1 Minute
- Reinsert Battery
- Press VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER
- Now you should see a yellow triangle. This is the download mode.
- Start flashing a fresh firmware with Odin (see big faq thread for infos http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596)

Nope, it only shows either black screen or the at&t logo...

Well some galaxy s phones have download mode disabled, looks like you've bricked.
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Americans must go to hell...

Send it to me!!!
I´ll attach four little wheels to the phone and use it as a finger-skateboard. ;-)

Aery said:
Send it to me!!!
I´ll attach four little wheels to the phone and use it as a finger-skateboard. ;-)
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I don't think it's funny...
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not funny at all.
hey jontsku, can you not get into download mode at all? there's a thread where a guy forced his galaxy to download mode by using heat. can't find it right now coz i'm mobile. it's pretty risky imho so prolly have it as a last resort and wait for other, safer solutions...
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jontsku said:
Americans must go to hell...
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JTAG service will be available in Finland shortly.
Voids the warranty, ain´t cheap either... But less anyway than the price of new motherboard at service.

jontsku said:
While trying to restore my phone to default, my computer installed at&ts firmwire to my phone. It won't start, just flashing the at&t screen. The original firmwire were JP2. How can I restore the phone back to the download state or do I have a brick in my hand?
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Too bad mate. I bought mine but from Ebay.co.uk. Always prefer to buy from there instead of Finland since the devices are cheap to buy and are trouble free. But all hope is not lost
mingersoft.com/blog/2010/09/samsung-galaxy-s-why-download-and-recovery-modes-are-missing/

Im pretty sure someone else had the same issue and hot round it by using the dubug tools to reboot the phone into download (cant rememebr)
There was a tread on here i think

laggedHero said:
I don't think it's funny...
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It's a little funny..
There should be a way to get it working, we just don't know what it is yet..

I sure do hope so...

When someone took their phone to samsung they were told that it damages one of the buses. Only way to fix - change motherboard.
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Try the galaxy s bootmode app.
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Try this
Have to quickly remove & put back the battery, then press the 3 keys repeatedly (vol down, home & on button).
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Or:
If that doesn't work, or if your phone is frozen:
1. Turn the power off. If your Samsung Galaxy S is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it
2. Hold the Volume Down button
3. Press and release the Power button
4. You are now presented with a menu that allows for Fastbook, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock
5. Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button
6. Press and release the Power button
7. Now simply confirm your decision: Volume Up for YES and Volume Down for NO
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And there was a trick something like phone off loading press home and vol down

It seems that the firmware installation didn't finish properly, so the device boots every time after showing the at&t logo. And odly when you plug the usb (datacable or charcher) it dies. But when you take it off the device start againg with the logos.

Did you tried the hard reset ?
If that doesn't work, or if your phone is frozen:
1. Turn the power off. If your Samsung Galaxy S is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it
2. Hold the Volume Down button
3. Press and release the Power button
4. You are now presented with a menu that allows for Fastbook, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock
5. Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button
6. Press and release the Power button
7. Now simply confirm your decision: Volume Up for YES and Volume Down for NO
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None of the key combinations work. Phone just flashes the at&t logo

i think we had the "at&t" bootloader topic several times already or didn't we? i feel very sorry for you jontsku but i'm pretty sure that your device can only be restored by jtag or changing the board. what i don't understand is why people still use the captivate version of odin to flash (destroy) their phones ... maybe some mod should put a huge blinking warning in the howto-flash section ...
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Americans must go to hell...
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lol, it's only your fault for not reading enough before flashing and choosing the wrong odin/firmware

[Q] No really, I bricked it...

OK, I've been reading here for 6 days all manner of Captivate unbricking. Here is my story...
I picked up a Captivate on the Rogers network. I connected it to my email server (Exchange 2010) with no problems, poked around, noticed the lag, noticed the SMS time issue, then promptly rooted, installed clockwork, and then threw cognition 2.2 beta 9.1.3. Quite frankly I was shocked at how much faster it was.
Anyways, after a day of poking around, I could not get my email to my exchange server running (tried the email.pak floating about), so I actually decided I was going to go back to the backup I made of my phone using clockwork before I installed cognition. When I restored my backup, I thought I had bricked my phone.
I let it rest for a day, then came back here, and found one of the 3-4 different variations of the 4 button download mode combo that permitted me to do the 1 click restore. This restored me to the AT&T version of 2.1. It worked, but was less than desirable.
I decided that at that point I really wanted to go back to stock, so I downloaded the stock backup on the Rogers Captivate wiki page, and did the restore using clockwork. The phone has not been the same since.
When i turn it on, I get an at&t splash screen, then in about 20 seconds I get the at&t "jingle", but the splash screen stays on. I can't seem to find any key combination that will permit me to get back into download mode so I can restore using the One Click that worked for me the first time. I have tried:
1. 3 button salute with USB in first, battery out initially.
2. 3 button salute with USB plugged in *as* I was inserting the battery.
3. Power and volume down (both with and without USB, and with battery being plugged in after USB and "during" insertion of battery)
4.Power and volume up with same combo's as #3.
5. Just volume up and volume down with same combo's as #3.
In all cases Odin was running before USB connected, running as administrator. I'm running 64bit windows, but I'm sure I have the correct drivers because I did this the first time with Odin and download mode and I haven't added or changed anything. But just for arguements sake I did uninstall, and then install the drivers again.
Any combination of power and volume buttons just gives me a battery charging logo. Occasionally when holding up until the second black screen I will get a quick indication that the computer might see something, but it dissappears withing a handful of seconds showing it promptly removed.
I'm downloading the Android SDK in the hopes that when I get the normal at&t splash screen after the "jingle" that something might actually be running in the background and maybe I can adb reboot download it but I'm not holding my breath.
Anyone seen this that has managed to get out of it? I'm starting to think the "unbrickable captivate" can be bricked. Assuming it is bricked, short of taking it back, is there anyone on the internet that can jtag these and in some fashion bring back to life?
Cheers,
Tim

This doesn't belong in Development.

MikeyMike01 said:
This doesn't belong in Development.
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ditto
and download mode is easy.
1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer
2. insert proper files if needed
3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.
4. start flash
5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it
alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.

Dani897 said:
ditto
and download mode is easy.
1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer
2. insert proper files if needed
3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.
4. start flash
5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it
alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.
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Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.

MikeyMike01 said:
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Could a moderator move this to Captivate General then? Sorry about that...

timmy22 said:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
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just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them after you plug in usb untill something shows on the screen?
if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.
there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.

timmy22 said:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
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Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time
Swyped...and sorry I don't proofread

Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.
If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?

Dani897 said:
just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them untill something shows on the screen?
if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.
there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.
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Yes, that's exactly correct. I do this:
1. everything pulled (battery, USB, sim, sd)
2. Open Oden (1 click)
3. Install battery
4. hold down (and keep holding) volume up and volume down
5. insert USB cable
6. depress (i.e. don't hold) power button
Goes straight to battery charging indicator.
If I swap #6 with holding the power button down, it continually reboots while just barely showing the battery charging indicator. I've tried letting go between black screens on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th black screen. Still no android dude with the shovel.

Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.

newter55 said:
Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time
Swyped...and sorry I don't proofread
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Goes straight to battery charging.

johnny13oi said:
Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.
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Goes straight to battery charging.

Pull out battery for 10 seconds, hold volume up + down, connect usb into other usb port.
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Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.
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10tonhammr said:
Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.
If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?
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Trying to get into recovery mode gets me the at&t logo and the "jingle", but no recovery mode menu to reboot, etc.
This is what I'm worried about, restoring the Rogers stock over top of the Odin 1 click restore (which is an AT&T image) has bricked it and prevents download mode from invoking.

fatttire said:
Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.
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I know, I played with adb before I bricked it. ADB needs to "see" the phone, it no longer sees it (I have three computers, all three can't see it, but they can see my friends cappy with no problems first time, every time). Same process for his phone works every time to get into download mode, but not on mine.
And yes, have tried other USB ports on the same computer, both on the mainboard, and on the front ports.
Keep the ideas coming though please, I will try every one.

timmy22 said:
I know, I played with adb before I bricked it. ADB needs to "see" the phone, it no longer sees it (I have three computers, all three can't see it, but they can see my friends cappy with no problems first time, every time). Same process for his phone works every time to get into download mode, but not on mine.
And yes, have tried other USB ports on the same computer, both on the mainboard, and on the front ports.
Keep the ideas coming though please, I will try every one.
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There's a trick to prompt download mode through a "jig" which you can hack together for about $2 in parts and a sacrificial microUSB cable...it works on the other SGSes, but I think it should work on the Captivate as well. Never tried it personally...

Merlin_reloaded said:
There's a trick to prompt download mode through a "jig" which you can hack together for about $2 in parts and a sacrificial microUSB cable...it works on the other SGSes, but I think it should work on the Captivate as well. Never tried it personally...
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I work in a tech shop so have access to electronics, sacrificial cables, soldering irons, resistors, caps, etc.... could you point me in the right direction?

Oh, nevermind, found it in the i9000 forum. Will test first thing in the morning!
Cheers,

I bricked one today as well. Exactly what you are talking about here. The only thing is that i was still under the 30days so i swapped it out for a new one. As of right now ive been debating whether i want to do the voodoo fix (which i think is what bricked it to begin with)

Power button is broken? How to reboot to download?

Power everything was working this morning
Noticed that my power button wasn't working...the screen stayed on. Pulled battery, put it back in and the phone booted without pressing power.
Was like "wtf?"
When it booted, I couldn't turn off the screen.
So I just left the battery out and took it home.
Put a new rom on phone, thought "This will fix it."
Wrong.
Had to flash using Rom Manager because in recovery the power button doesn't respond.
When it began to boot "AT&T Screen" wouldn't disappear and show me some Doc's v4.
I can manipulate it to boot into recovery but the power button doesn't work still.
I can NOT get it to go into recovery.
Can someone helps me?

bunnsguy said:
Power everything was working this morning
Noticed that my power button wasn't working...the screen stayed on. Pulled battery, put it back in and the phone booted without pressing power.
Was like "wtf?"
When it booted, I couldn't turn off the screen.
So I just left the battery out and took it home.
Put a new rom on phone, thought "This will fix it."
Wrong.
Had to flash using Rom Manager because in recovery the power button doesn't respond.
When it began to boot "AT&T Screen" wouldn't disappear and show me some Doc's v4.
I can manipulate it to boot into recovery but the power button doesn't work still.
I can NOT get it to go into recovery.
Can someone helps me?
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have ODIN open, and battery removed from phone... hook up usb, hold both vol keys, while inserting battery... you should get download mode fine even with a busted power button... what you do next is up to u....

Once more, I can NOT get it to boot into recovery in that fashion.
I cannot place batter in the phone without it attempting to boot
(doesn't not get past the AT&T boot screen)
I cannot plug it up, hold volume buttons and then put in battery because it will just charge. If I unplug the phone, the phone still thinks it's charging actually.
My question really is Can I 'fix' the power button, or can I reboot it into download mode through command propt? I've never used ADB to access my phone, so that'll be new.

bunnsguy said:
Once more, I can NOT get it to boot into recovery in that fashion.
I cannot place batter in the phone without it attempting to boot
(doesn't not get past the AT&T boot screen)
I cannot plug it up, hold volume buttons and then put in battery because it will just charge. If I unplug the phone, the phone still thinks it's charging actually.
My question really is Can I 'fix' the power button, or can I reboot it into download mode through command propt? I've never used ADB to access my phone, so that'll be new.
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Dude... recovery is useless right now, you have a busted power button... and because of 'said busted power button', none of what you're trying to do is going to work... like youve said...
You are down to trying to force download mode with USB cord, holding the vol keys, and inserting the battery... ADB cannot run commands to a phone stuck at the boot screen... Thread title says, how to reboot to download, and with the button like it is, all you can do is what i've posted...
As to fixing the power button, i don't see why that's not possible... do u feel it press at all?

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As to fixing the power button, i don't see why that's not possible... do u feel it press at all?
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Yeah, it 'presses' and 'clicks'. I mean it worked most of the day, it got low on power and it just quit working.

Any luck forcing download by puttin the battery in while the usb is hooked up with the vol keys pressed in?

I was having the same problem with my power button and eventually the power button stopped working completely even though i could still hear it click. I sent it to mobiletechvideos and they fixed it really fast and it was a great price.
Here's the link: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-captivate-power-button-repair/

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Any luck forcing download by puttin the battery in while the usb is hooked up with the vol keys pressed in?
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goes into boot-loop like if I were holding the volume up/down and the power together. That's what doesn't make sense.

j.curtis.369 said:
I was having the same problem with my power button and eventually the power button stopped working completely even though i could still hear it click. I sent it to mobiletechvideos and they fixed it really fast and it was a great price.
Here's the link: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-captivate-power-button-repair/
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And I could buy another used Captivate for $50. I have an upgrade in less than 3 weeks and this happens

It happened to me once before after flashing a bad kernel. I just did what B-Naughty had suggested. Remove battery -> plug in USB -> hold both volume buttons --> then insert battery. Put me right in download mode and Odin it back with a working power button. Unless it's really a hardware problem, then you're out of luck...

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And I could buy another used Captivate for $50. I have an upgrade in less than 3 weeks and this happens
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Oh in that case imo i would get another used captivate and wait for the sgs 3

Maybe if I went to a store and sucked up to them they'd let me upgrade a month early (especially since I was initially supposed to upgrade in October)

Might be down to getting/making a USB jig if it don't come up... but if you upgrade to gs2, the jig will work for that model as well so won't be wasted...

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Might be down to getting/making a USB jig if it don't come up... but if you upgrade to gs2, the jig will work for that model as well so won't be wasted...
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Maybe a jig would work. But easier, funner solution is adding a line for a Moto Atrix 1 for just a penny plus the $36 fee. Problem solved. Thanks for the help for what could just be a hardware failure. I'll upgrade my other line later when the SGS 3 comes out

Samsung Galaxy S3 gt - i9305 stuck in downloading mode

Hey guys!
I'm using a rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 gt - i9305.
When I tried to open the hard reset menu by pressing the volume up + power + home button it went into the download mode and got completely stuck over there. The phone has no charge left. When I try to charge, it automatically boots up and again shows the "Downloading do not turn off target" but it doesn't get charged. If I press and hold the power button the screen goes black for sometime and then again it's in the Downloading mode. No matter whatever key combinations I use, this is what happens. Please suggest me some ways to fix this. I don't have a PC, so it would be great if you suggest me how to get my phone back without using a PC. But I do have another working phone.
Please guys help me.
Thank you.

19sr98 said:
Hey guys!
I'm using a rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 gt - i9305.
When I tried to open the hard reset menu by pressing the volume up + power + home button it went into the download mode and got completely stuck over there. The phone has no charge left. When I try to charge, it automatically boots up and again shows the "Downloading do not turn off target" but it doesn't get charged. If I press and hold the power button the screen goes black for sometime and then again it's in the Downloading mode. No matter whatever key combinations I use, this is what happens. Please suggest me some ways to fix this. I don't have a PC, so it would be great if you suggest me how to get my phone back without using a PC. But I do have another working phone.
Please guys help me.
Thank you.
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it seems like you have something wrong with the keys circuits, you need to make a hardware check on that phone.
the volume down key and home key must be stuck(like always pressed).

No they're not stuck. I'm able to press and hold them. The phone actually responds to this, first the screen goes black and after awhile again the download mode is on.:crying:

19sr98 said:
No they're not stuck. I'm able to press and hold them. The phone actually responds to this, first the screen goes black and after awhile again the download mode is on.:crying:
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i know you can press them, it's something in the board itself, circuits are touched or something like that, i can't explain because I'm not a good English speaker in "electronic stuff".

MigoMujahid said:
i know you can press them, it's something in the board itself, circuits are touched or something like that, i can't explain because I'm not a good English speaker in "electronic stuff".
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So you mean that I should take my phone to the service center?

19sr98 said:
So you mean that I should take my phone to the service center?
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yes probably.

cant get my note 9 into download mode

Just got the exynos note 9
And with my s9+ etc when pushing volume down, bixby and power buttons it would go into download mode in which i could change software etc
Cant do it on note 9... Phone boots up
What am i doing wrong

Hi,
Power OFF Note9
Reboot Phone in Download Mode (1st connect Note9 to your PC with the USB-cable, then press and hold Bixby + Volume Down buttons)
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...icial-stock-fw-update-odin-thread-xx-t3825204

It doesnt work, have tried

michellejordaan said:
It doesnt work, have tried
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force70 said:
Thats because you have it configured to charge.
Should be able to change this us developer options/USB configurations. My S9 plus and most other sammy devices ive owned are the same in this regard. Once i get my note 9 today or tomorrow i will check
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It's in the thread link...

Note 9 /•DownloadMode
I can't put my Note9 into the Download mode
USB debugging is on
USB configuration is To transfer files so ok
I'm trying the 3Buttons trick but doesn't work
Please help

Elton1999 said:
I can't put my Note9 into the Download mode
USB debugging is on
USB configuration is To transfer files so ok
I'm trying the 3Buttons trick but doesn't work
Please help
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Do the 3-button trick,but,use volume+,to boot to recovery,then select d/l mode from there,or,follow this guide:
https://www.hardreset.info/devices/samsung/samsung-galaxy-note-9/download-mode/

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You should be able to get into Recovery Mode using the standard vol up, bixby and power button combo.

Turn the device off. While plugging in the USB cable, hold the volume down and Bixby button. Phone should go into download mode. Worked every single time I've done it. I even just did it using my zero lemon battery case without a USB cable.

Is the Bootloader & Modem the correct ones. When I follow the link/URL it says S9 & S9+ NOT NOTE 9. This could be the reason my phone is stuck in Boot Loop.

turn off the device and connect the cable while pressing and holding bixby and vol down button the press the power button.

I don't seem to be able to enter download mode as well. I have tried all the methods provided and still unable to achieve this.
Anyone can help with this??

Hold volume down and bixby button together only.. Not power button. And then holding the buttom down and bixby put the cable in it should then go to to the download mode

michellejordaan said:
Hold power down and bixby button together only.. Not power button. And then holding the buttom down and bixby put the cable in it should then go to to the download mode
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it called volume down. lol
and phone must be powered off.

download mode
I recently acquired an unlocked note 9 that kept giving me playstore has stopped working messages. I fixed this, but am pretty sure its a crappy android download that was making this happen. I want to install a fresh copy of android (8.1 is what is on this phone) and I can't get into download mode to do it. When I use the buttons, I got several chinese characters that when translated were not much help. Using the buttons and cable method only caused the phone to reboot back into the crappy android I want to replace. I attempted to sideload the adb and got file error messages saying it could not be read. Any help is greatly appreciated. SM-N960F is the model number. I've wasted so much time on this and just really would like to get it working correctly.

genevaz said:
I recently acquired an unlocked note 9 that kept giving me playstore has stopped working messages. I fixed this, but am pretty sure its a crappy android download that was making this happen. I want to install a fresh copy of android (8.1 is what is on this phone) and I can't get into download mode to do it. When I use the buttons, I got several chinese characters that when translated were not much help. Using the buttons and cable method only caused the phone to reboot back into the crappy android I want to replace. I attempted to sideload the adb and got file error messages saying it could not be read. Any help is greatly appreciated. SM-N960F is the model number. I've wasted so much time on this and just really would like to get it working correctly.
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u sure its not a fake? lol
to get to downoad mode u simply hold vol down power and bixby from powered off state
or power off hold vol down n bixby while plugging it in
its that simple
or go to stock recovery then reboot to bootloader from there

elliwigy said:
u sure its not a fake? lol
to get to downoad mode u simply hold vol down power and bixby from powered off state
or power off hold vol down n bixby while plugging it in
its that simple
or go to stock recovery then reboot to bootloader from there
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None of this works. I never even thought it could be fake since it has all the original parts and box. How would I tell if this is the case? It certainly could be.
Thanks
Geneva

genevaz said:
None of this works. I never even thought it could be fake since it has all the original parts and box. How would I tell if this is the case? It certainly could be.
Thanks
Geneva
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I'd first look at the S-Pen. The butt end will click in and out of the pen, and the tip should be plastic that's a little soft to the touch. If the tip is metal, it's most definitely fake.

well change usb cable. may be usb cable have some issue.