Download Mode?

1. The easiest/most common method

• Turn off your phone

• Plug USB into computer

• Hold Vol+ (Vol up) AND Vol- (Vol down) at the same time

• Plug USB into phone while still holding both Vol's

• If a Yellow Triangle with Andy shoveling pops up, then congratz! You're in download mode now.

• Power phone off

• Plug USB into Computer

• Plug microUSB into phone

• Hold pwr + vol up + vol down

• When Battery icon goes away, release pwr, still holding vol up + vol down

• Yellow triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol) 

• You should now be in Download mode.

• Power phone off

• Pull battery out

• Hold vol up + vol down

• While holding vol up + vol down, plug in USB cable into the phone 

• While still holding vol up + vol down, put battery back in 

• Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)

• You should now be in Download mode.

• Enable debugging on your phone (Menu>Settings>Applications>Development>)

• With phone on, plug USB into computer and phone 

• Open cmd

• Type in "adb devices" (not totally necessary, but I always do it just to make sure everything is good), making sure it recognizes your device

• Type in "adb reboot download"

• Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)

• You should now be in Download mode.