How To Boot Into Recovery Mode In Samsung Phones/Tablets!

Recovery Mode is a very important in Samsung phones and tablets.   Through this mode, you can do the following tasks based on the type of recovery that you have (stock or custom recovery like CWM or TWRP).

Stock Recovery:

1. Apply update from ADB.

2. Apply update from External Storage.

3. Wipe data/ Factory Reset. (WARNING: Doing a factory reset in stock recovery erases EVERYTHING on your phone!)

4. Wipe Cache partition.

5. Apply Update from Cache.

Custom Recovery:

1. Install Zip (for flashing custom roms, kernels, mods, themes, apps via CWM, Philz Touch, or TWRP recovery).

2. Wipe data/Factory Reset  (factory reset). (Doing a factory reset in custom recovery does not erase everything on your phone but it erases your settings, apps, and app data.)

3. Wipe Cache Partition.

4. Backup and Restore (including Full Backup of the phone (Nandroid Backup).

5. Mounts and Storage

Booting Into Recovery Mode

Steps:

1. Turn off your phone.

2. Hold down Power, Home, and Volume Up buttons at the same time.

Recovery Mode

3. Keep holding those 3 buttons until Samsung Logo Appears.

4. Let go of Power button and keep holding down (Home & Power buttons).

5. You should now boot into Recovery Mode.

Example of stock recovery (Galaxy Note 4) below:

Stock Recovery Galaxy Note 4

Example of a custom recovery (Galaxy Note 8.0) below:

Custom Recovery Galaxy Note 8.0

Note:

Some Samsung Tablets does not have physical home button.   In that case booting into recovery mode requires only holding down power and volume buttons.

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