How to Boot Into Samsung Galaxy NOTE 3 Download Mode

GALAXY NOTE 3 DOWNLOAD MODE

Using Hardware buttons
Using ADB (Android Debug Bridge)
Using QuickBoot App

There are multiple methods to boot your Galaxy NOTE 3 in download mode. The most handy (and hardware coded) method is about pressing a combination of keys for a few seconds on your Galaxy NOTE 3. Others are software based, let’s have a look them below:

1) Boot into Galaxy NOTE 3 Download Mode Using HARDWARE BUTTONS

This method is a fail-proof method that’ll always work for you, unless you’ve broken one of hardware keys. In such a case you’d be left with only the other two methods discussed below.

Power off your device and wait for 5-10 seconds until the device is fully switched off.
└ This is completely optional. You can choose to keep the device switched On if you wish to
Press and hold ‘Volume Down + Home + Power’ buttons together and release them once a Warning screen shows up on your device
Press ‘Volume Up‘ to accept the warning and boot into download mode

2) Boot into Galaxy NOTE 3 Download Mode Using ADB

ADB stands for Android Debug Bridge, a tool used to send terminal commands to a Android device via a PC command line. ADB requires a bit of setup, but it gets the job done with much lesser effort than hardware buttons, so pretty useful in cases when you’ve to boot in download mode frequently. Also, if (for some reason) your hardware buttons aren’t working than this is a very good alternative to boot into download mode.

First off, DOWNLOAD ADB FILES →

And make sure you’ve proper drivers installed for your device. You can download driver from this page →

Extract the file (ADB files for Download Mode.zip) you downloaded from the link above to a separate folder on your computer
Prepare your phone
- Enable developer options: Go to your phone’s Settings » select About phone » Scroll to the bottom and tap on ‘Build number’ seven times to enable developer options
- Enable USB Debugging: Open phone’s Settings » select Developer options » Tick the ‘USB debugging’ checkbox (under Debugging section)
Connect your phone to PC with a USB cable and if/when a pop-up screen shows up on Phone asking you to ‘Allow USB debugging?‘ for the computer, make sure you tick the checkbox and tap OK
Open the folder where you extracted the files and double-click/run the ‘Boot into Download Mode.bat‘ file to reboot your device into download mode
└ If the script shows any error than that means either your device is not connected or you don’t have proper driver for your device installed on your PC. For help with driver, check this page →

FYI, the ‘Boot into Download Mode.bat‘ script file that we used above to boot your device into download mode just uses one line of command:

adb reboot bootloader

If you already have ADB setup on your computer and you know how to use it, then you may just use the command given above to boot into download mode.

3) Boot into Galaxy NOTE 3 Download Mode Using Quick Boot (Reboot) APP

Yes! There’s an app for rebooting your phone into download mode, and it’s more easier than the methods we discussed above. But it won’t work unless you’ve root access on your device, and since not everyone roots their device, we’ve put this as the last method here.

ROOT ACCESS REQUIRED

Install the Quick Boot (Reboot) app from Play Store on your Galaxy NOTE 3 | Play store link →
Open the app and grant Root Access
Select ‘Bootloader‘ from the list of options and it’ll boot your device into download mode

That’s all.