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3-Button disabled idea.

Ok, My phone's internal SD decided to quit on me a couple of days ago, so I'm sending it back to Bell/Samsung for service. However, when I was speaking with the bell tech, he asked me to put the phone into recovery mode by doing the following with the phone off.
Hold Vol Up, Home and Press the Power Button.
When the Samsung GT-I9000M logo appears, let go of both Home and Power. (Keep holding Vol Up)
Now, I did happen to have one with 3 button modes enabled. But I tested it anyway and it worked.
Hopefully it's worth a shot if someone could try this with 3 button disabled.

Tried and no go for me (i9000m)

Didn't work for me neither..

Any Idea why the 3 buttons are disabled yet?

Wanna try the same thing, only keep holding power and vol up. Let go of the home button when the logo pops

If I Hold Vol Up, Home and Press the Power Button, I go into FORCED UPLOAD by KEY PRESSING mode, not recovery mode... what is this mode for and how can I get recovery mode? So my buttons arn't disabled, they just go into this mode. I am on JM1. Is this going to cause me problems if I have a bad flash? I have seen elsewhere that this FORCE UPLOAD mode should be accesed by vol down home and power

don't work

the 3 button combination you mentioned is the normal method to go into Recovery Mode, there is no secret there
for a moment i though it was a new combo

AllGamer said:
the 3 button combination you mentioned is the normal method to go into Recovery Mode, there is no secret there
for a moment i though it was a new combo
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The normal way of doing it was to release ONLY the power button. He asked me to release the home button and not the power button. Hence me asking someone without the mode to try it. Nothing more. My phone is working and goes in every time, so I had no way to know. I apologize for wasting your time.

Ok, well i'm glad this thread is started, i was about to do it before i noticed this one!
Right well, i've spoken with an engineer yesterday at a Samsung service centre near me - and he said that the 3-button recovery/download modes has to work, as this is what they use themselves in order to flash customer handsets with their own flashing equipment. So basically, he said if the 3-button modes don't work, it's a fault, and they would send the phone back to Samsung! He did in fact add that he hasn't come across this problem himself as yet. However, he went on to say he's not sure if you could get the handset swapped out purely to access the recovery/download, as customers are not meant to be using this feature!
(By the way the method given by OP didn't work for me, and i've tried quite a few!)

Recovery and download mode work on sasktel i9000m's

hi there, i'll be getting my Galaxy S later on today, just want to ask a noob question here, if the 3 button was disabled and i tried it with the combos, what will happened to my phone? will it brick and i have to send it back to repair? or i can unbrick it myself?
thanks,
Kiay

Nothing. It'll just start up normally and wont go into download- or restoremode.

ianrush said:
Nothing. It'll just start up normally and wont go into download- or restoremode.
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ah.... thanks for the quick reply, but how come people are saying that they bricked their phone and need to send it for replacement or so?

kiay reason why people have their phone bricked is because when your phone doesnt have the 3button enabled and you try to flash your phone to another FW and it stuffs up during that time you will get a PC->!->phone pic on your screen which means it wont respond to any button presses unless you put the phone in recovery/download modes ... obviously if you dont have the 3button to be able to put them in its respective modes you will have no choice but to send it in for either a fix or replacement
hope that makes sense... thats why phones with 3button disabled will have to return their phone to get fixed where as phones with 3button active it will be hard to brick a phone

kiay said:
ah.... thanks for the quick reply, but how come people are saying that they bricked their phone and need to send it for replacement or so?
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Because something happened to their phone (via firmware upgrade, changing system files, or other things) and most of the time to restore these easy fixes, we need Recovery/Download mode and it's disabled on a lot of Galaxy S's.

can some one try these buttons?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8130971&postcount=31
when i do it on my phone all it does is bring up task manager and volume max

still disable

So, is there an alternative if the combo is not working on the phone?
coz, as i read in the earlier posts, end users are not supposed to know this...and the dealer might refuse to take the handset back for this "fault"...

AllGamer said:
can some one try these buttons?
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when i do it on my phone all it does is bring up task manager and volume max
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Forced Upload works for me. My SGS has recovery disabled.
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New method for Vibrant Recovery mode

Hey!
First I have to say Thank You for all the contributions you have made to the forums. My girlfriend and I both just bought Vibrants 2 weeks ago, and being the techy I am, have been reading all sorts of stuff in the forums. I actually have been visiting the XDA forums since last year when I got my MyTouch 3G. I haven't posted anything, because usually by the time I have a question, I come to the forums and find an answers then in the moments of happiness, fail to say thank you to the community.
So it's time to start contributing.
I've been reading about the numerous processes on how to get into the Recovery mode for the Vibrant, and the possibility of the Hardware Locked phones.
After exhausting all options, I decided to call Tmo and see if they could help. Well long story short I went back to the store, and they gave me a new procedure (at least one that I have not seen on the forums so far) to test out. And it works!!
I've been doing it over and over for the last hour and each time I've been able to get into recovery mode.
Here it is...
Start with the phone ON and NOT plugged into the computer OR wall for charging.
1. Power down the phone as usual. Wait until the "Goodbye" disappears and then wait a few more seconds. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME.
2. Press and hold Vol+,Vol-, & Power.
3. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear.
4. Wait for the Vibrant logo to disappear.
5. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear again.
6. Release ONLY Vol+, & Power, and continue to hold Vol -.
RECOVERY MODE!!!
Most of the process I have seen tell you to hold down and keep holding both Vol+ and Vol-, but I could never get it to work.
Please let me know if this works for you.
And I also want to say that I"m sorry if I have posted this in the wrong spot, or this procedure is some where that I haven't read yet. But I finally found something that worked and wanted to share.
Good Luck!
Reg.

Didn't work for me. Lemme try again.
EDIT: Works! Awesome. I never heard of this way to enter recovery, but it's good. +1.
But I don't have a hardware locked Vibrant so maybe it's different for me.

I get in every time with every VIbrant i have used.
Power off phone
Power on holding power, vol up and vol down
When the Samsung logo appears let go of power and continue to hold vol up and vol down.
Works everytime for me..... *Shrugs*

acjames said:
I get in every time with every VIbrant i have used.
Power off phone
Power on holding power, vol up and vol down
When the Samsung logo appears let go of power and continue to hold vol up and vol down.
Works everytime for me..... *Shrugs*
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Granted. But this procedure does not work for all vibrants.

I think OP is saying this method would work with hardware locked phones, where the normal recovery mode method doesn't work.
I'm trying this on my hardware locked phone right now. Third time's a charm?
*Edit* Nothing, 10 times unlucky.

Tested on Hardware Locked Vibrant, doesn't work.
The Vibrant screen disappearing and coming back is nothing but the phone powering on and off, because you are holding down the power key.
I had already tried this in the T-Mo store (the CSR walked usthrough it on the phone - we tried it about 50 times, mind you), and I just tried it again about 30 seconds ago.
I wish these threads would stop.
If you get locked out of your phone, brick it, whatever, and it's hardware locked.
Just get a damn replacement.
You're not going to get into recovery or download mode on it.
Seriously.
You won't.
I've been waiting for a replacement for like 5 days now, and I've been basically living on this forum. I've tried everything there is to try. Making new threads is not going to do anything but frustrate more people, because none of these magic methods will allow them to get into recovery/download via the hardware keys on a boot-up.
Edit: Exception is if you root and can disable the lockout via adb, of course. Most consumers who find this site via Google will already have this issue, and will likely not be rooted with USB debugging enabled. The phone makes it way too easy to disabled USB debugging that even if it came enabled by default, most people who charge with a laptop will see the notification and click it ignorantly (ignorant of the benefits it can provide in the event of a catastrophe like mine).

N8ter said:
Edit: Exception is if you root and can disable the lockout via adb, of course.
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I actually saw someone in a reply mention something like this, but nothing ever came of it. They were looking for boot.bin and another file, which I can't remember at the moment.
Do you have any other info regarding a method to do this?
Reg

I think this is the latest fad for trolls. Post some crazy key combination that is supposed to work for hardware locked phones, claim it "WORKS 100%"! Bottom line, don't get your hopes up, it didn't work for me either.

nermie said:
I think this is the latest fad for trolls. Post some crazy key combination that is supposed to work for hardware locked phones, claim it "WORKS 100%"! Bottom line, don't get your hopes up, it didn't work for me either.
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I"m not trolling, just trying to help. If it only helps one person, I'll be satisfied.

rkwarner2 said:
I"m not trolling, just trying to help. If it only helps one person, I'll be satisfied.
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it will only help you look like a troll, because the hardware locked phones domt evem attempt to read those key states on boot. The only way to fix it is with a firmware update.
there is no magic method to gettimg these phones in dlm/recovery.
so stop making threads about it.
to the person above: if u have usb debugging on u can use adb to disengage the lock, but in that case why even have a lock. the main issue is the android bug not allowimg legit owners to unlock their owm phones using their own google cred en tials.
if tjat didn't exist we wouldnt have to worry about these patt er n lockout threads.
a legit owner who gets the phone replaced would never sell the locked phone, unless they wanma pay t-mo or asurion an extra $300+ USD

rkwarner2 said:
1. Power down the phone as usual. Wait until the "Goodbye" disappears and then wait a few more seconds. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME.
2. Press and hold Vol+,Vol-, & Power.
3. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear.
4. Wait for the Vibrant logo to disappear.
5. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear again.
6. Release ONLY Vol+, & Power, and continue to hold Vol -.
RECOVERY MODE!!!
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Didn't work for me. I've tried everything.

I'm new you the Vibrant and not very techy at all, so what is the purpose of the recovery mode, other than the obvious term?
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I wish these threads would stop.
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Obviously you don't, or else you would not have clicked the clearly marked title hoping for something. I mean...really?
Making new threads is not going to do anything but frustrate more people, because none of these magic methods will allow them to get into recovery/download via the hardware keys on a boot-up.
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Well why did you click on the post, read it, then try the stated method? Did you have any hope? Or, were you looking forward to being frustrated? Really man? Really?
Bottom line: I don't think the OP promised any "magic" fix or claimed it would certainly help all Vibrant users. I took it as he/she was hopeful to be able to contribute something to the community believing it might help. I wish the posts where people are complaining about other people's posts (hardware locks, Froyo, etc.) would stop. Stop clicking.

Did work for me
Did work for me Oddity in the system I guess
Thanks for the find

[NICE FIND] A different way to get into Download mode and Recovery menu

Yesterday i bricked my phone about 10-18 times. In the process, all of a sudden my phone would not go into download mode! I started playing around with the buttons. Long story short, THERE IS A DIFFERENT Button COMBINATION TO THE ONE EVERY THREAD TALKS ABOUT... the conventional volume up+volume down+ power button and you hold them for 3-5 seconds and blah blah blah....
Plain and simple, IDK if it works and ALL phones, someone with the newer batch of phones please try this, tried both of these methods after a BATTERY PULL with the phones still turned off!
DOWNLOAD MODE
VOLUME UP+ Power button Takes you straight to download mode!
RECOVERY MODE
VOLUME DOWN+Power button, When the screen comes on, count to 2, let go of the power button but still hold the VOLUME DOWN button until you find yourself in recovery mode.
Im not sure if this is the right section... mods, feel free to move to right section.. im a noob, sorry..
IM PROUD TO SAY THAT AFTER SO MANY BRICKS, I MANAGED TO FINALLY GET MY PHONE TO RUN AT 1.54 GHZ!!!! THIS THING IS A MONSTER!!!! BENCHMARKS OF 2900-3100!!

Apparently you are having gingerbread bootloader. This is already known as mentioned in gb bootloader thread.

ummmmm lol

this has also been known to work with stock as well

good find again there are about 6 ways to get to dl mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
sorry couldnt resist, I know your not a noob

I had a hard time getting to download mode before but after reading somewhere on here I learned that this trick always work.
a) take out your battery
b) plug usb in
c) hold both volume up and down
d) put your battery back in while still holding volume up and down
BAM!!! You're in download mode.

nickmcminn60 said:
good find again there are about 6 ways to get to dl mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
sorry couldnt resist, I know your not a noob
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everytime i see that i laugh my ass off

nickmcminn60 said:
good find again there are about 6 ways to get to dl mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
sorry couldnt resist, I know your not a noob
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Lolz I thought it was another tutorial video that shows you how to reboot so I ignored it the first time. But nice find dude! That video is funny!

downloading mode

there seems to be something funky going on. this is my second tab and the first one didn't do this. when i power and volume down the image blinks by so fast it doesn't give me a chance to get into downloading mode. it's almost like it's rigged not to let me get in downloading mode. i just got the second one last night. i have searched and one other person has confirmed the same problem but no answers.. help plz

droidrev71 said:
there seems to be something funky going on. this is my second tab and the first one didn't do this. when i power and volume down the image blinks by so fast it doesn't give me a chance to get into downloading mode. it's almost like it's rigged not to let me get in downloading mode. i just got the second one last night. i have searched and one other person has confirmed the same problem but no answers.. help plz
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When that happens, release both buttons and immediately press them and hold. That's what my Tab has begun to do.
Hold the power and volume. Once you see the icons flash on the screen release and quickly hold them down again. You should then be presented with the recovery and downloading icons again.

i will give it a go.. i have held down both buttons and cycled throught like three times.. i will try with the release and re-press..
follow up.. it worked thank you

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When that happens, release both buttons and immediately press them and hold. That's what my Tab has begun to do.
Hold the power and volume. Once you see the icons flash on the screen release and quickly hold them down again. You should then be presented with the recovery and downloading icons again.
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I was starting to think I was getting slow in my old age. Thank you so much. The release and hold again method worked great.

It's good！

My phone Is Bricked Galaxy s8

I think thats what someone on another forum called it, they said to head over here beacause you guys know alot more. My Phone won't get past the "Samsung Galaxy S8 - Powered by Android screen"
I've tried the usual. Down and power key, Up Bixby and power. They either do nothing or keep bringing me back to that screen. I also didnt have Samsung Switch installed to try that way either.
If anyone has any idea I'd really appreciate it and hopefull ive posted in the right section of the forum.

Could you try pressing volume down+power button for aprox. 7 seconds (till the screen goes black), the phone should reboot now. (This next step can be kinda tricky, but you can just try over and over until you do it.) While the screen is still black, press either volume down+bixby+power button or volume up+bixby+power button. This should either boot you into recovery or download mode. Let us know if you can make it to this point

At work ATM, but yeah I will give this a go later when I get back, thanks for the quick reply!

marcusbb1994 said:
At work ATM, but yeah I will give this a go later when I get back, thanks for the quick reply!
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any luck ?