How to Boot the Galaxy S21 to Recovery Mode?

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1. Intro [00:00]
2. Power down the Samsung Galaxy S21 [01:49]
3. Then connect it to the PC with a USB cable [02:02]
4. Wait for the battery indicator to appear [02:22]
5. Now press and hold the Power + Volume Up buttons at the same time [02:53]
6. Continue holding these two buttons down through the splash screen
7. And let them go when you see the Galaxy S21 Recovery Mode main menu appear [03:09]
Samsung has a history of changing the way its customers can boot their smartphones into special Android boot modes. This has typically only been done when the company moves forward with changing the hardware button layout.
However, with the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra, we now have a new way to boot into the aforementioned Recovery Mode.
This change will likely upset some people but it is a move that will prevent people from accidentally booting into it.
So to start with this tutorial, we need to power off the smartphone. With that done, you'll then need to connect the phone to the PC with a USB cable. Once the connection is made you'll likely see an indicator on the screen for the device's battery level.
We're going to ignore that though, and instead begin pressing and holding the Power and Volume Up buttons. Some of you may be familiar with this because the button combination is the same. The thing that has changed is the requirement of the USB cable being plugged in.
After a few seconds of holding these two buttons, you should see the main menu of the stock Android recovery screen.
You can actually unplug the USB cable now if you want.
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From here, you are unable to navigate through this menu with the touchscreen. Instead, we need to use the hardware buttons to change which option is highlighted. This is done by pressing the Volume Up or Volume Down buttons.
As you highlight an option in blue that you want to select, you can then press the Power button to choose that menu option.
When you're done, go ahead and highlight the "Reboot System Now" option and press the Power button to select it.

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@lequinntessential 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this updated instructional! There are so many videos appearing as the topmost results of search engines that still go on with the old way of accessing recovery mode (which cannot be done).

@henrikasromanauskas9237 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, been struggling with this for a couple of days now as other tutorials dont mention to connect the device to somewhere.

@cierraestelle 3 жыл бұрын

I'm on the latest updates for the S21 (March 18 2021) and this worked for me! Thanks. 😊

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. thank you for the feedback :)

@Kelly-yc9iz Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I've been trying to factory reset for days using hardware buttons. I had no idea S21 had to plug into a PC. Thankfully I found your video, it worked first time... halalooya!! Tip if you havent got a pc - I plugged a charging cable with C connection at either end into my tablet and it worked!! Thanks again, I have literally gone grey trying to do this. Legend!!

@ExplainingAndroid Жыл бұрын

you're welcome! Samsung made this change a few years back (with the OneUI 4.0 update, I think) and not many people were aware of it that's a great tip about the USB cable. I appreciate you sharing that information with the community If you're able to, please consider becoming a KZfaq channel member here - www.youtube.com/@ExplainingAndroid/join Or joining my newly created Patreon page here - www.patreon.com/ExplainingAndroid

@soggybawsmoto Жыл бұрын

This recovery mode advice solved our problem with a repeated reboot cycling. Thank you!

@MohammedFarisjilmax 4 ай бұрын

Hello. How did you fix the repeated reboot issue.

@soggybawsmoto 4 ай бұрын

@MohammedFarisjilmax I just followed the guys instructions, step by step, and it worked perfectly. No problems since. Good luck

@dgl692 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is great!

@krzysztofk2977 2 жыл бұрын

6 minutes about pressing side + volume up buttons :D U should also write a book about it.

@WongDonDon 3 жыл бұрын

I think this method no longer works with the latest March 2021 update? I just tried and it did not work in my case. However, it did work before I got the March 2021 update.

@xxorsayxx 3 жыл бұрын

is there any updates to recovery mode after installing new android updates?

@shaenacariah 2 жыл бұрын

Since the new update Samsung rolled out I keep getting that moisture is detected in my port therefore I am unable to plug into pc to clear cachd in recovery mode. Is there a work around?

@influencija 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@FirstLast-pr2pj 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos bro thanks

@AnamariaSoare357 3 жыл бұрын

that was helpful!

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the feedback :)

@nitsujjurolan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it works on my S21+ Exynos

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

welcome Be sure to join our daily Android discussions in the community tab here kzfaq.info/love/nowc_KHgjVNj3Y-E-oQ8awjoin

@lucadoctorbho266 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!! You saved my life!

@ExplainingAndroid 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@oliverivan6 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info sir. Credits to you.. We appreciate this..

@mrb214mrb214 2 жыл бұрын

hey man! big like , thank you,

@kawakle 3 жыл бұрын

Grazie molte non riuscivo ad entrare in recovery non sapendo della necessità di inserire un cavo usbc. Thank you very much😉

@reeshar1234 Жыл бұрын

Nope, plugging into a PC doesn't seem to work any more with latest Android 13 on an S21 Plus. If the phone shows it's charging it won't work. According to another KZfaq video that has been true since Android 11 & 12, but I can't verify. What *did* work for me, following the other video's instructions, was inserting a headphone adaptor and then doing power and up-volume. Straight into recovery. Could you update your video please for others with the same issue. Thanks!

@QuinchGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Mine won't even turn off without my PIN, which I've entered wrong at set up somehow. HOWEVER, I can use the DOWN volume and power to force the reboot to Recovery mode...why does Samsung keep changing things!!

@megatronus6649 3 жыл бұрын

My man 🤝

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

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@patzeda 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I just watched another video how to reset forgotten passwor and I tried maybe 50 times with power/volume up buttons. Than I saw this video and entered recovery mode from first time.

@Mr.Geilschwanz Жыл бұрын

its always startung the phone, even after the long vibration. help please

@BlessedAreTheBignoses 2 жыл бұрын

Latest update UK version - Does not work. NOT yet found a way plugged into PC or not. up button or down or ANYTHING, also crazy ,even if it did work, if you were out & emergency & needed recovery (however unlikely) but sods law operates this way so very annoying & unnecessary!

@Dennsievilja 10 ай бұрын

still works fine :) Thx

@TomatoKiller21 4 ай бұрын

Thanks that worked. Yes very annoying way to for them to set it up to do it but thanks for posting this for us.

@stanleyapple03 2 жыл бұрын

before updating to oneui 4.0, i can boot without plugging in the type c cable. But after updating to oneui 4.0 i cant boot anymore.... thanks to this guide i can now boot to recovery mode to wipe cache partition.. thanks a lot. the only problem left is refresh rate is stuck in 120hz even it is set to adaptive

@Mr_Penguins_Pet_Human 2 жыл бұрын

Did deleting the cache help the general lag after upgrading to android 1w and to one ui 4?

@stanleyapple03 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Penguins_Pet_Human i havent experience any lag.

@100GTAGUY Жыл бұрын

So I got a wild card here. My s21 did some weird stuff during a forced update, started to overheat at 99% on install. Took about an hour of playing with the power button to power on, and worked despite me not knowing what made it turn on again. Second update came through a few weeks later, no overheating but the same issue with the power button. Device battery finally died despite my efforts to usually keep it charged above 10%, plugged it in to charge and it indicated it was charging on screen, woke up the next day and now it just won't turn on and I've been playing with it for over a week now. The screen lock functions worked fine through all this despite the power on issues. AT&T considered it "unresponsive" and basically told me to kick rocks when it came to a data transfer. New S21 arrived in the mail, and when connecting via USB C through the provided cord it will charge the old device, but due to the old S21 not powerimg on it seems a c to c transfer is put of the question. Can I potentially reboot it remotely via a PC ADB or an ADB software on the new device? Since I need to erase data before sending the old device in I may as well try, I just have a potato PC from 2007 and no 2.0 to C dongles.

@ExplainingAndroid Жыл бұрын

if you can execute ADB commands on the thing, then the command "adb reboot" should work just fine or "adb reboot recovery" will reboot the phone and send it into Recovery Mode

@100GTAGUY Жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingAndroid ahah! Cool beans dude. Every service center near me won't even claim to know about ADB so it's all on me to try. Even authorized sansumg service centers. Thanks for the pointers

@100GTAGUY Жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingAndroid well I gave it a whirl but unfortunately despite accepting a charge from my other phone it didn't get picked up by the PC even with a dongle adapter. Thanks for doing what ya do though, seems like we need more android/Linux people out there to make working on em a bit more common.

@DrDrobotnik 2 жыл бұрын

Power + vol ^ on startup, but release only the power button when the splash screen pops up.

@cousinchris5851 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly THIS. You do not need to plug any cable into anything.

@xxorsayxx 3 жыл бұрын

My screen is black and I don't know when will all the power be drained for me to this..

@ethanj1598 3 жыл бұрын

download mode dont really work .. i guess theres a trick to it .. if you know it can you please upload a new video on how to do it

@y0usuk3 3 жыл бұрын

No need to connect it to a pc, not sure if is because the update, but now is the same way as older galaxy versions

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

that's interesting. which update are you on?

@bxkunhx7685 3 жыл бұрын

I have the newest update. I have to use the usb cable to get it work

@ImranHossain-xb8zr 3 жыл бұрын

Can I use otg flash drive to activate it?

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure. I've read that only certain things with a USB cable works and I don't have an OTG flash drive to test. If someone else has tested this, please let us know!

@rsingh.1 3 жыл бұрын

I just tried. It works with OTG. I used an adapter + a thumb drive.

@Oeskov 3 жыл бұрын

It's the same way it's done on my Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 👍with Exynos 990.

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

that's interesting. the regular s20 (exynos) uses the previous method. I wonder what caused the changed for the 20 fe release

@Oeskov 3 жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingAndroid Before 11 and One UI 3.0 I could do it without tne cable.

@tommybohman6540 3 жыл бұрын

You can also connect usb headphones instead of connecting it to a pc.

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

yes! I've read a few comments that mention this as well. thanks so much for the feedback don't forget to hit the "Thanks" button on the video, if you can, and definitely join the channel membership area here kzfaq.info/love/nowc_KHgjVNj3Y-E-oQ8awjoin

@gislijonkristjansson5547 7 ай бұрын

Really weird that samsung is making things difficult for people. Probably most owners want to sell their old phone for a new one. And have to do a "Factory reset". This is NOT a "customer first" service company. Really annoying. Thanks for good informative video.

@nicolewise2194 2 жыл бұрын

My Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G was working very well with the Christmas decorations on there. I received a text message from a female hacker saying: I got your number and i hacked your phone. Few minutes later my phone started to act very strange than it got stuck on the boot loop. I went into the Android recovery mode to wipe out the partition than I get an error message at the bottom of the screen saying: [ libfs_mgr ]Error updating for slotselect. I select "Reboot system now" than my phone still were stuck on boot loop 😟 Can somebody please help me ? 😨 and is it because it was hacked ? 😨 I am crying 😰

@johnpa2006 Жыл бұрын

Sadkly this didn't work for a pretty new Galaxy S21 Ultra, and Samsung wonders why people switch to iPhones..... I shake my head in disgust at Samsung. But thank you for posting this video ! I tried all the steps shown, but it's stuck on a loop to green screen and download, with Chinese lettering, any button combos, press and hold, it loops right back to same screen.

@ExplainingAndroid Жыл бұрын

this process may have been updated along with the release of the Galaxy S22. Check my channel for the "galaxy s22 recovery mode" video and see if that works for you

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn`t work for me, whatever I do it just turns on

@Ron55O 2 жыл бұрын

If it really works, I give you a like.

@Ron55O 2 жыл бұрын

And it's work

@katelights 2 жыл бұрын

how do you power the phone off if you can't unlock it?

@thewonderingape6383 Жыл бұрын

idk wait for the battery to die or smth??? and why are u trying to enter recovery mode if u dont know the code

@Djfletch978 Жыл бұрын

somy phone is having the moisture detection problem, i dont have it linked to my pc and it is out of battery so i cant connect it to my new laptop. cheers samsung

@BlackCat. 9 ай бұрын

Hello. Where can I find the files for odin? I forgot pattern and I lost my google account. Any idea?

@spiritofsaintlouis 3 жыл бұрын

great

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

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@MrBeido1 3 жыл бұрын

Hi how to root note 10 plus android 11

@michaelyepp40 Жыл бұрын

Well that sucks, my main PC is my PHONE! so what do ppl do who don't have either a PC or notebook of any kind ?

@salmanyasien1 2 жыл бұрын

But the thing is . What if someone doesn't have a pc. How can they boot it into recovery mood. :(

@ExplainingAndroid 2 жыл бұрын

I've read that it can be a USB connected to many things. Possibly a pair of earbuds or something with a USB connector I haven't personally tested it but I think I do remember reading that it does work

@salmanyasien1 2 жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingAndroid I will try and will reply here. If it works.

@salmanyasien1 2 жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingAndroid it didn't work with earbuds. So not sure with anything else.

@salmanyasien1 2 жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingAndroid it worked with usb .. finally. :)

@muhamadjamal9175 2 жыл бұрын

USB cable only !!!

@austinkongwenhao2111 Жыл бұрын

I Dont Have A Computer :(

@hi2jz 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!! what a load of shit samsung lol

@porgturtles9997 2 жыл бұрын

Samsung why did you do this? This is very inconvenient.

@yslpn 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful, but tooooooo slow.....

@ExplainingAndroid 3 жыл бұрын

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@bladgier 2 жыл бұрын

Doesn`t work for me, whatever I do it just turns on

@ExplainingAndroid 2 жыл бұрын

are you using a USB cable too?

@bladgier 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I have. It worked when I tried a way from other video. Switch off, then connect to pc and instantly before charging icon appears press power and volume up, then when Samsung logo appears release power button but keep volume up and then it finally appeared. What a hassle.

@shibilimujeebvp157 2 жыл бұрын

@@bladgier dude thanks. after two moths I got it.