How to Boot Galaxy Devices into Download & Recovery Mode

How to Boot Samsung Galaxy Devices into Download & Recovery Mode.

Booting into the download mode and recovery mode are the two words that you must have heard but some of you may not be much familiar how to actually get into these modes on the Samsung Galaxy Devices, whether the Galaxy smartphones or the Galaxy Tabs. While some of you may not even know what are these modes and why do we need to boot into these modes, let me explain you guys a little first.

Download Mode:  Download Mode is also known as Odin3 mode, the mode allows you to flash stock firmwares, boot-loader, modem, pit files, sometimes the root package files or custom recovery files using your PC. To do so, a light tool is used named as Odin3, that’s why the mode is also known as Odin3 mode.  To use the download mode or flash files using your PC, you simply need to boot into download mode, connect your device to your PC and flash your desired file using Odin3. Full guide about Odin can be found here.

Recovery Mode: Recovery mode is of much help when it comes to flashing zip files directly on your phone, but that’s most of the times possible only by having a custom recovery installed on your phone. Using the recovery mode you can clear your phone’s cache, wipe factory data, wipe dalvik cache. In case you have a custom recovery installed on your phone, it let’s you make a nandroid backup, let’s you flash zip files like mods, custom roms etc, custom recoveries also allow you to restore your system if you have backed it up.

Sometimes, what happens is, you are struck in the boot-loop, or your phone doesn't respond. In the case you can either access the download mode or the recovery mode. Wiping cache and dalvik cache may let you get rid of the problems, but just in case non of these works, booting into download mode and flashing a stock firmware will definitely help you.

OK, I hope that you guys probably know about the download and recovery mode. Let’s learn now how to boot into these modes.

For Galaxy Tab devices

• Completely turn off your device, either by pressing and holding power key or by pulling out the battery.
• Now turn the device on by pressing and holding Volume Down + Power Key.
• You should see a warning now, press Volume Up to continue.

For the devices like Galaxy S Duos:

To enter download mode try this:

• Completely turn off your device, either by pressing and holding power key or by pulling out the battery.
• Now turn the device on by pressing and holding Volume Up + Power Key or Volume Down + Power Key.
• You should see a warning now, press Volume Up to continue.

For the devices like Galaxy S II Sky Rocket, or similar devices from variants like At&t:

To enter download mode:

• Completely turn off your device, either by pressing and holding power key or by pulling out the battery.
• Now press the Volume Up & Down Keys, both at the same time and while keep holding the keys plug in the USB cable in your phone.
• Do not leave the buttons until the phone vibrates and turns on.
• You should see a warning now, press Volume Up to continue.

Universal Download Mode Method for All Samsung Galaxy Devices:

• This should work if none of the above method works, but involves a little hard work. You will have to installAndroid Adb(Android debugging bridge) & Fastboot drivers
• Now open settings on your phone and in developer options enable USB debugging mode.
• Connect your device to your PC and allow debugging when it prompts on your phone.
• Open the Fastboot folder that you created using our ADB & Fastboot drivers guide.
• Open the Fastboot folder and then hold the shift key on your keyboard and right click on any empty area within the Fasboot folder.
• Click on “Open Command Window / Prompt Here”.
• Type the following command: adb reboot download

As soon as you hit the Enter Key, your phone should boot into the download mode.

How to enter in recovery mode.

For most of the Samsung Devices, the following method will work:

• Turn off your device completely either by pulling out the battery or by keeping the power key pressed for a while. Now turn it on by pressing and holding Volume Up + Home Button + Power Key. You should see the Recovery interface now.
• For some devices, turn off completely, now turn on your device by pressing and holding Volume Up + Power Key.
• As soon as you see the Galaxy logo, leave the keys and wait for it to show you the recovery mode.
• That’s it! You’re in recovery now, you can flash zips, create backups or wipe your phone now.
• For Galaxy Tab devices the above method will just work fine as well.

For the devices like At&t Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy S Duos and other similar phones the following method will work:

• Turn off your device completely either by pulling out the battery or by keeping the power key pressed for a while.
• Now turn on your device by pressing and holding Volume Up + Volume Down + Power Key.
• As soon as you see the Galaxy logo, leave the keys and wait for it to show you the recovery mode.
• That’s it! You’re in recovery now, you can flash zips, create backups or wipe your phone now.

Universal Recovery Mode Method for All Samsung Galaxy Devices:

• This should work if none of the above method works, but involves a little hardwork. You will have to installAndroid Adb & Fastboot drivers
• Now open settings on your phone and in developer options enable USB debugging mode.
• Connect your device to your PC and allow debugging when it prompts on your phone.
• Open the Fastboot folder that you created using our ADB & Fastboot drivers guide.
• Open the Fastboot folder and then hold the shift key on your keyboard and right click on any empty area within the Fasboot folder.
• Click on “Open Command Window / Prompt Here“.
• Type the following command: adb reboot recovery

As soon as you hit the Enter Key, your phone should boot into the download mode.

In case the key combination doesn't work for you guys, the universal methods will work for sure. If you have any queries/suggestions or facing any difficulties regarding this post, please feel free to stop by the comment box below. We’ll try our best to help you out.

How To mod your boot_logo

How To mod your boot_logo present in /media/images of you MTK device.
 Basics:

--MediaTek android has three boot screens. 1st one is just an image and it is present in logo.bin.

logo.bin --> Which is the first image when the device is booted.

--The second screen is also an image. This is image is from boot_logo in system /media/images folder. You can change this easily by following this guide !!

boot_logo -->This is the second image which succeeds the logo.bin

--The third one is the boot animation. It is present in system /media/ folder and it is of the same type for all android devices. If you want to change, download normal android boot animations with the correct size of your device.

 boot-animation --> This is the animation after logo.bin and boot_logo were
displayed.



 So, here is the guide.

 PART-I CHANGING LOGO.BIN

Requirements:
1) Computer with windows.
2) Custom recovery CWM or TWRP installed in your device( needed to flash boot logo )
3) LogoBuilder tool and logo.bin file

Instructions:
1] Extract the file given below.U will get a .rar file. Extract it once again.
2] Run LogoBuilder.exe from the folder.
3] Click on the first green icon button titled as Create new project.
4] Open the provided logo.bin which is inside the rar file.
5] Select an empty directory or just create new one for the logo.bin to be extracted.
6] Now the tool will process and extract the original boot logo files to the previously selected folder.
7] The original boot logo files are extracted in the folder and the same appear in the application
window.
8] Create the desired boot logo using any image editor of exact dimension of your screen Resolution
and save the image in png format.
9] Create two copies of the desired boot logo and name them as img1.png and img39.png.
10] Move and replace these desired boot logo images in the boot logo folder where original boot logo
files are extracted.
11] In the tool window, the images should be updated.
12] Click on the blue icon button titiled as Make.
13] The tool will create update.zip in the boot logo folder.
14] Copy the update.zip in your SD-card or Internal Storage and then flash it using CWM or TWRP.
15] You're DONE ! Congratulations, you just created a custom boot logo for your mtk device.

PART-II CREATING BOOT_LOGO

Requirements:
1) Computer with windows.
2) Custom recovery CWM or TWRP installed in your device( needed to flash boot_logo )
3) LogoBuilder tool4) Root explorer (preferably es file explorer)
Instructions:

1] Copy your boot_logo to your computer for your backup. It is in /system/media/images/boot_logo
2] Open logobuilder.exe
3] The tool is so simple u can find the option for converting a image into boot_logo.
4] Refer the image if u have doubts.

 

5] Select an image , ensure its resolution is same as your device resolution. Click save.
6] It will automatically save boot_logo in the same directory.
7] U can use any root explorer and delete the old boot_logo and paste the newly created boot_logo to system/media/images/
8] Change permission for boot_logo to 644 (rw-r-r).
9] You are DONE! now.

PART-III CHANGING BOOTANIMATION​

Requirements:
1) Computer with windows.
2) Gif image of hd. (download it from any site. Also u can create your own gif file. Refer Google)
3) Custom recovery CWM or TWRP installed in your device( needed to flash bootanimation )
4)Gif2BootAnimation tool5) Root explorer (preferably es file explorer) 
Instructions:
Take a backup of current bootanimation.zip which is in /system/media/bootanimation.zip (Optional step ) and copy that to any hard disks.

1] Open and extract the Gif2BootAnimation tool.
2] Open the tool.
3] Click on load gif. Select a gif file from your computer.
3] Click on resize. Select center.
4] Then give the width and height of your device.(Resolution of your device) Click to apply.
5] Select “Save bootanimation.zip” and then copy the generated bootanimation to “/system/media/ ” with the use of any root explorer. Set permission as 644 (rw-r-r).
7] You are DONE! now.