Boot Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in recovery mode


power - vol down - vol up

Reboot your tablet into recovery mode, as follows:
  1. Hold 'vol down' and 'power' buttons on tablet
  2. Release 'power' when samsung image is shown
  3. Release 'vol down' when the two icons are shown
  4. Use the 'vol down' to navigate between the icons
  5. Highlight the left icon (box)
  6. Press the 'vol up' to select it and boot into recovery mode

16 comments:

  1. DanielJanuary 4, 2013 at 6:22 AM

    Yes, this works perfectly.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 23, 2013 at 8:54 AM

    This works

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  3. Raymond PoonJanuary 25, 2013 at 7:52 PM

    I am loading a custom ROM. Where should I put the zip file and in what name? Thanks.

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  4. Sandra Chami KassisMarch 25, 2013 at 9:51 AM

    Thx!! Works perfectly :)

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  5. AthhosMay 4, 2013 at 4:06 AM

    Thanks a lot.
    Worked like a charm for me.
    Regards.

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  6. UnknownMay 22, 2013 at 2:34 PM

    This method booted me into "safe mode" not recovery. I'm on the Verizon 4G version of the tablet.

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  7. ketoOctober 6, 2013 at 8:55 AM

    Works. But you have to remove USB cable before trying. With USB cable connected, the device simply reboots.

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  8. drayzelleApril 24, 2014 at 5:03 AM

    PERFECT! WORKED LIKE MAGIC :) thanks

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  9. drayzelleApril 24, 2014 at 5:04 AM

    worked like magic! PERFECT :)

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  10. Scott RJune 17, 2014 at 6:43 PM

    Thank you Keto. Removing the power source before rebooting was the key that I didn't get from the SamSung help desk.

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  11. UnknownJuly 5, 2014 at 8:22 AM

    This does not work on the T-537A, however, I can get it into download mode another way; but the boot loader is locked - any ideas on that issue?

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  12. CowboySeptember 7, 2014 at 3:04 AM

    it works perfectly, thanks.

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  13. FishermanMarch 23, 2015 at 4:39 PM

    Worked fine!!
    Thanks

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  14. RollerNovember 30, 2015 at 12:57 PM

    I had the same problem, and the steps listed above worked for me, BUT
    (big BUT!)
    When I selected "reboot" from the recovery screen, the tablet shut off and now the steps no longer work.

    Now what?

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  15. RollerNovember 30, 2015 at 12:59 PM


    dummy me forgot to check the box to be notified of replies.

    I still need an answer, thugh, if anybody knows what I can do.

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  16. UnknownMarch 17, 2016 at 7:25 AM

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