Downloading... Do not turn off target!!

[Aaron Malinga]

Samsung S4 mini keeps on downloading for the whole night, its downloading do not turn off target, please help

 

[PsychSkeletons]

Thank you so much for this tip! All of sudden my phone did this. Life saver of all my pictures!

Did you not do Power+Home+Down Volume= Restart?

 

[Ezio Autistore]

same problem at me. but i tried the recovery mode combination twice and now it doesn't want to start. the screen is black. if it helps: samsung galaxy express 2
Please help me

 

[Kassi50]

Hi Fal92 I am having the same problem as u ..could u figure out how to solve it ?

What is this for and about do I need to worry?

 

[Melinda1967]

Ok so same thing happened to me, I forgot my password so I read that if you wipe everything completely that it will take the password away but instead when i finished with the clearing it restarted and went to the Samsung screen and just stays like that.
i turned the phone off and tried the custom os downloading and now is on a screen that says \
downloading ...
Do not turn off target!!
Oh and i have a Samsung galaxy s3

I've read on this Forum to just take the battery out but scared to because its been on this downloading screen for about an hour and half. Don't want to mess it up if it is downloading
HELP!

Well I would suggest that you turn the phone off and press restart instead of power off and see what happens after it restarts. Now if my 20 year old son was here he'd know exactly what to tell you but I've had something similar to that happened before and he just restarted my phone and it fixed itself. It's just a suggestion and it may or may not work good luck to you

 

[whateveruSay]

YES! IT IS SAFE! go ahead and turn off the target, u won't be sorry. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM- w/a galaxy centura TOOK a chance and took out the battery, put it back in - and doo do doo... it turned on... like it is supposed to, with theme song. IT WILL not TURN OFF, with the power button. Except not sure about a custom os, u could always wait until the battery runs out. I guess I shouldn't get all like "there's a warning not to gtet a custom os" and maybe it will all work out you'll have the custom os u want. Good Luck.

if u don't worry now, don't worry. There is always something to wory about later.

 

[aamirpalash]

I turned the phone off and tried the custom os downloading and now is on a screen that says \
downloading ...
Do not turn off target!!
Oh and i have a Samsung galaxy e7

I've read on this Forum to just take the battery out but scared to because its been on this downloading screen for about an 2 hours. Don't want to mess it up if it is downloading
HELP!

Ok so same thing happened to me, I forgot my password so I read that if you wipe everything completely that it will take the password away but instead when i finished with the clearing it restarted and went to the Samsung screen and just stays like that.
i turned the phone off and tried the custom os downloading and now is on a screen that says \
downloading ...
Do not turn off target!!
Oh and i have a Samsung galaxy s3

I've read on this Forum to just take the battery out but scared to because its been on this downloading screen for about an hour and half. Don't want to mess it up if it is downloading
HELP!

But my phone did not off on power button also my battery is attached nw what can i do

 

[Gabriel Lesbasa]

Re: Downloadin2g... Do not turn off target!!

Sorry, but my handphine stay downloading. I dont know what happen of my handphone ?

 

[Kenneth Thomas 420]

Stuck on downloading ttargets on galaxy5 Samsung' lost my google.iniminformation and can't remember number lost recovery

 

[Melisakarlo1234567]

i tried this method and it still doesn't work on my galaxy tab A, do you have another method??

 

[rose spring]

hello i wanted to open my password but i couldn't and i try to use a way(i push the power and volume down at the same time)but i doesn't work and it's a few min that it shows
DOWNLOADING...
DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
what should i do??
please help me
I USE TABLET AND I CAN'T REMOVE THE BATTERY

 

[B. Diddy]

I'm pretty sure this has been mentioned already previously in the thread, but to remind you, you can force a shutdown on Samsung devices by pressing and holding Power and Vol Down together for about 15 seconds. Then power on again normally. This should get you out of Download Mode.

 

[Willie5224]

My wife having this coming up on her galaxy 8 how to get rid of it

 

[Hoorma Naeem]

how can I fix my problem?
my system go on rebot loader by mistake now what to do?

plz rply soon

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Do you also have a Nexus 10?

In general, on Samsung devices, if you're stuck in the Download Mode screen, and you're not connected to your computer via USB, you can force a shutdown by either (a) removing the battery, if possible, or (b) pressing and holding Power and Vol Down for about 15 seconds (as I already mentioned 3 posts ago -- did you happen to read that while you were reading through this thread?).