Booting to recovery with button combination not working

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So, after trying out a few firmwares (JM2, JG8, JM5) and kernels (Samset&OC) I can't no longer boot to recovery with Vol UP + Home + power. I can't really say when this problem first occurred, but maybe with JG8 flash. The strange thing is that I can get to recovery with adb reboot recovery and through android console with reboot recovery (when rooted ofc). Also download mode works great.

Things I have tried:
-flash again to JM2 and JM5 with re-partition checked (512 PIT)
-cleared cache+data through recovery
-factory reset through phone code (this also cleared the internal SD)
-took out the battery multiple times
-booted phone without sim
-flashed phone without sim
-changed CSC with phone code
-restore a nandroid backup of JM2. Recovery worked with this one when I took the backup
-there's no external flash card inserted

Soooo..does anyone have any idea about this kind of problem?

i had a similar problem after trying few ROMs. In my case, when i pres the key combi i get the boot logo and then few seconds later the screen goes black and then i see the boot logo again, and this goes forever. and then i tried pressing the same key combination simultaneously and once i see the boot logo i let go the power button and keep the vol up and home pressed, and then only it went into the recovery mode.

hope it works the same for you

Cheers

Agreed, 99.9% chance you are doing it wrong.

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mmthabet: I had the exact same experience. Letting go of the power button when the logo appears lets me enter recovery.

or you may need to take out the battery first for a few seconds... after that, you can reinsert it back and try recovery mode...

at least this work for me...

Thanks for replies but none of the solutions work. The recovery mode button combination DID work for a few weeks, but then just stopped working.

I know that I'm doing it right. I have always pressed vol up and home down until the phone loaded recovery and only briefly pressed power button just at the start. I have also tried to remove battery multiple times and once waited 30 mins before re-inserting it.

Trust me, I'm not doing it wrong :s And recovery is working great through adb reboot recovery and shell.

Originally Posted by Darkstriker

Agreed, 99.9% chance you are doing it wrong.

More so a timing issue. Buttons not pressed at the same time.

I get it all the time for all combo's.

Just keep trying.

You might already have this however just in case you dont, check out Quick Boot.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.siri...ions.quickboot

With this app you can boot into recovery mode. Have to be rooted though.

Originally Posted by odyssey61

You might already have this however just in case you dont, check out Quick Boot.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.siri...ions.quickboot

With this app you can boot into recovery mode. Have to be rooted though.

this wont work, if you bricked the phone in a bad flash situation.

in times when this app works, you can easily do adb reboot recover

so this app still doesn't address the real issue of how to get the 3 buttons press hardware recovery mode

Originally Posted by Laum

I know that I'm doing it right. I have always pressed vol up and home down until the phone loaded recovery and only briefly pressed power button just at the start.

I release the buttons right when the first Samsung texts comes on the screen. It will take it to Recovery mode. I also had a "boot loop" few times, if I keep pressing the buttons all the time.
Have you tried release your fingers right in the first texts? I really don`t know what is exactly the right way to press the buttons, but this always have took it to Recovery.