[GUIDE] How to Enter ODIN and Recovery Modes on Verizon Galaxy S4

open1your1eyes0 · May 22, 2013

Not sure if this is the proper section for this but thought I would post this here as I'm sure it would highly assist people in development and other tasks. This is the button combinations you need to enter each mode.

ODIN/Download Mode

Make sure your device is completely off
Key(s): Volume Down
While holding this key down simultaneously press the Power button until you see a disclaimer on the screen
Then let go of both buttons and press Volume Up to accept the disclaimer
Once the green robot is visible on the screen this indicates that handset is in now ODIN/Download mode

Recovery Mode

Make sure your device is completely off
Key(s): Volume Up
While holding this key down simultaneously press the Power button
As soon as the phone vibrates, let go of the Power button but keep holding Volume Up
When you see the "Samsung Galaxy S4" logo (not just the word "Samsung"), right after that, the next screen you should see is your recovery
Don't let go of Volume Up until you see your recovery

BladeRunner · May 22, 2013

It's not necessary to hold the Home button to boot into Odin mode, the combination for recovery is correct though.

So just power/volume down for Odin and home/volume up/power for recovery

open1your1eyes0 · May 22, 2013

mikebuck69 said:
It's not necessary to hold the Home button to boot into Odin mode, the combination for recovery is correct though.

So just power/volume down for Odin and home/volume up/power for recovery

Sorry about that, small typo on copy/paste. Has been fixed.

yyhd · May 22, 2013

Thanks!

Bdubois100 · May 28, 2013

No download mode

I've been trying to get into download mode for days and can't seem to figure it out. I have the Verizon g s4 sch-i545. I've done all of the key combos and even tried some combos + plugging in the USB cable. Nothing is working for me. Any help would be nice. Thanks

I have no problem getting into recovery mode....

SonicJoe · May 28, 2013

mikebuck69 said:
It's not necessary to hold the Home button to boot into Odin mode, the combination for recovery is correct though.

So just power/volume down for Odin and home/volume up/power for recovery

Home isn't necessary for recovery either. I just hold power and volume up, when the phone vibrates I let go of power and continue to hold volume up until I see the booting recovery message in the upper left.

Bdubois100 · Jun 1, 2013

So nothing? Nobody can offer some advice?

Dolphlungegrin · Jun 6, 2013

Moto not working

So I'm having no success with this. I went through all the steps including flashing the pre-release tar ball (MD2). All this went without fail, however once I launched Motochop and pressed enter to root. I get line Daemon not on. run port 5873. Daemon connected or on and then thats it. I don't get a notification at any point prior to me pressing enter or afterwords that I need to accept. It just stops and I get "you should reboot" from the notification bar. Have I done something wrong? I went through all the prior steps several times and I keep getting this error message.

Bloodcrav · Jun 8, 2013

SonicJoe said:
Home isn't necessary for recovery either. I just hold power and volume up, when the phone vibrates I let go of power and continue to hold volume up until I see the booting recovery message in the upper left.

Agreed. Volume up and power for recovery. Volume down and power for odin.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

swieder711 · Jun 9, 2013

Nice summary. Im getting my S4 any day now.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Bdubois100 · Jun 11, 2013

Well I have pushed volume down and power over and over and my phone will not enter odin.

gabidigab · Jun 11, 2013

thanks you !

SonicJoe · Jun 11, 2013

Bdubois100 said:
Well I have pushed volume down and power over and over and my phone will not enter odin.

Don't just push them. You need to hold both until you feel the phone vibrate. Then you can let go of the power button, but keep holding volume down until download mode starts.

onearmsysiphus · Jun 19, 2013

SonicJoe said:
Don't just push them. You need to hold both until you feel the phone vibrate. Then you can let go of the power button, but keep holding volume down until download mode starts.

When someone offers a debloat script that's in a Zip file and says "flash it to your device" do you think they mean flash it in Odin mode or flash using TWRP??

SonicJoe · Jun 20, 2013

onearmsysiphus said:
When someone offers a debloat script that's in a Zip file and says "flash it to your device" do you think they mean flash it in Odin mode or flash using TWRP??

Flash it in recovery

onearmsysiphus · Jun 20, 2013

Thanks SonicJoe. Starting to figure *some of this stuff out haha.

trenthari · Jul 7, 2013

Issue

alrigth i got it to work. is there any way to move cwm backups to the sd card?

Cazrcharge · Jul 14, 2013

Odin Error

I am having one heck of a time flashing to the GS4 with Odin. I follow all of the steps to a "t" but cannot get the custom kernal onto the device. I'm having no problem getting to download mode and all the setting look to be correct, however when I start the Odin process I end up with a "fail" every time. I have been looking around the web for a few days for an answer, but so far this looks like the best thread to get help.

cbmggm · Jul 16, 2013

Make sure the kernel you are trying to flash is compatible with the Odin method. A lot of kernels can be flashed via custom recovery. The first thing I would do is uninstall and then reinstall the Samsung drivers. Make sure you have the latest and it is compatible with your computer OS. You would be surprised how often drivers can screw up Odin.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app

anand812 · Jul 17, 2013

my s4 is getting into download mode itself..

i got my s4 i9500 frm bangkok but now not accepting the network ...so tried to get in download mode n root it n then 2 chg the rom n try but its not getting into download mode itself wen i use (vol down+power+main btn) ... but its going in recovery mode alone wat can b done to dis??? can any one pls help it out>????

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