Follow this article to learn how to boot your Samsung Galaxy F42 5G into recovery mode. In addition, you will learn how to boot into download mode and how to use each one. Recovery and Boot Modes are used to modify and change the Galaxy F42 5G’s firmware to improve speed, battery life and more.
How to Boot Galaxy F42 5G into Recovery Mode
What is Recovery Mode?
Samsung Galaxy F42 5G comes with standard recovery installed. This program is very important for Android and all phones have it. It is independent of the firmware containing Android and all of its applications. This is intentional because recovery is an exit point in case you lock your phone and it gets stuck in a boot loop. Phone stuck in download loop won’t boot. It shows loading animation but never loads Android. This could have happened as a result of damaged firmware or incorrect code change.
There are a number of important things you can do with standard recovery, but even more with custom recovery like TWRP. You can flash custom files, ROMs and mods.
There are two ways to enter Recovery Mode on your Galaxy F42 5G. The first way is to use the physical buttons of the phone and the second is using ADB commands. Obviously, the first method is simpler and faster, but ADB commands are needed if the hardware buttons do not work correctly.
1. Physical buttons
It’s pretty straightforward. You need to turn off the phone, press the desired buttons, and the phone will immediately go into recovery mode.
- Press and hold the power button. Click on Disable. The phone will turn off.
- Make sure the phone is completely turned off. Now press and hold the volume up and power keysat the same time.
- Release the buttons when you see the Samsung boot animation logo.
- The phone will go into recovery mode in just a few seconds.
2. Recovery via ADB
If the first method of pressing the volume up and power keys doesn’t work, then the ADB commands will do the job for you. If for some reason the buttons are broken or the phone does not enter recovery mode, even if you do the correct combination, use the ADB commands.
Before you can run commands, you must have the appropriate ADB and USB drivers for your Galaxy F42 5G.
- Samsung Galaxy F42 5G USB Drivers – Download
Go to Settings> About phone> Software information and quickly tap seven times on Build number . This will enable developer options. Go to Developer Options and enable USB Debugging .
Once you have installed the correct drivers and enabled USB debugging, you can move on to the next tutorial.
- Make sure your phone is turned on.
- Connect your phone to your computer using a standard USB cable.
- Open a command prompt. Make sure the directory is set to the ADB installation folder, otherwise the command will not work.
- Enter and run the following command:
adb reboot recovery
Once you run the above command, the phone will shutdown and then automatically boot into recovery mode.
How to Boot Galaxy F42 5G into Download Mode
What is Boot Mode?
Download Mode is a powerful and advanced mode for Samsung devices. Users use this boot mode for flashing stock firmware, custom restores, and more. In cases where you don’t have custom recovery, boot mode is the only way to get out of the boot loop.
The Galaxy F42 5G has a slightly different method of booting into download mode. Here’s how.
- Press and hold the power button. Click on Turnoff to turn off the phone.
- Connect the USB cable to your computer, but not to your phone.
- Press and hold to increase the volumeand the volume down button at the same time, connect the USB cable to the phone.
- Release the buttons when you see the phone bootinto Download Mode .
- The phone will warn you about the risks of switching to this mode. press the volume up keyonce to confirm.
- The phone will now say “Loading”.
When the message “Downloading” appears on the phone, it means that the phone has successfully entered the download mode. You can now use Odin to flash standard ROMs and stock firmware.
This is how you can enter boot and recovery mode on your Galaxy F42 5G. If you run into problems and can’t boot your phone properly, please let us know below.
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