New Technology Reviews!.: samsung galaxy s

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<span class="mw-headline" id="Recovery_Mode">Recovery Mode</span></h1>
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Recovery Mode</div>
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To enter recovery mode, shut down your phone and wait for it to be completly<br />turned off then you hold the <b>Volume Up + Home + Power</b> and when you see the<br />screen flicker with the B&W logo of SGS let go of the power button<br /><a class="image" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/File:Samsung_Galaxy_S_3buttons.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #b35400; text-decoration: none;" title="How to get into recovery or download mode"><img alt="How to get into recovery or download mode" height="200" src="http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/images/thumb/d/d9/Samsung_Galaxy_S_3buttons.png/200px-Samsung_Galaxy_S_3buttons.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" /></a></div>
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If it was done properly you should see a screen with several options</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Bricked_Screen">Bricked Screen</span></h1>
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(A.K.A. <b>phone-!-pc</b> or <i>Black Screen of Death</i>)</div>
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For reference, this is what a <b>bricked</b> Samsung Galaxy S looks like. To recover from this problem, you'll need to get into the <b>Download Mode</b>.</div>
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Black Screen of Death</div>
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A <b>fully bricked</b> phone (as shown on the screenshot) will <b>not</b> boot, or display the charging logo when connected to a USB charger. This presently cannot be recovered from any recovery attempt, it will require the phone to be sent back to Samsung and be serviced.</div>
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This screen does not always mean your phone is bricked. If you have a hardware locked vibrant, maybe, however, if your phone is not hardware locked, unplug the USB cable from the phone, Hold down Vol UP+Vol Down+Power, the screen will flash black, continue holding down all 3 buttons, you will see the "phone--!--PC" screen again, continue holding all 3 buttons, the screen will flash black again, release the power button only. This will put you into Download Mode.</div>
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If this does not work, open odin. Then connect your usb cable to your phone and computer. While the USB is plugged in and Odin running press and hold volume down + Home + Power. Once the black screen comes (flashes) release the Power Button. It should get into download mode.</div>
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<br />Additionally it is possible to get into the <b>Download Mode</b> using a kind of micro-usb connector, modified with a 301k resistor as showed in this video:</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Download_Mode">Download Mode</span></h1>
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Download Mode</div>
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This mode is mainly used to install new ROM or custom ROM firmwares.</div>
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To enter download mode, turn off the phone and when completly turned off, you hold the <b>Volume Down + Home + Power</b><br />If it was done properly you should see a screen with a big yellow triangle and the Android robot working on construction in less than 1 second.<br />How to get into recovery or download mode</div>
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Pressing <b>Power</b> for at least 8 seconds will reboot the Phone.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Recover_.26_Download_Mode_Warning">Recover & Download Mode Warning</span></h1>
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There have been many reports about a problematic batch of Galaxy S phones that are not able to reach recovery/download mode. If you are going to flash / change roms / Do any customization - Make sure you can reach these modes before doing ANYTHING.</div>
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