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How To Enter & Exit Download Mode On Marshmallow Galaxy Smartphones?

Hi friends, this tutorial will help you to enter and exit Download Mode On Marshmallow Samsung Galaxy Smartphones.
All most all major Android Smartphones from Samsung has already got the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update, but do you know how to enter and exit from the “Download Mode” in those phones, if not please continue reading this tutorial.
To enter into “Download Mode” there are two options in Android Marshmallow (6.x.x) Galaxy Smartphones which are given below.

Steps to enter your Galaxy Smartphone running on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow into Download mode

Method-1 using key combinations

The first method is the old school method. In this method press and hold the “Power”+”Vol Down”+”Home” buttons until you get the warning screen like the one given below.
Once you get the warning screen please press “Vol Up” button to enter into the download mode. Please see the final download mode screen below.

Method-2 from recovery

In this method first you need to enter into the Android Recovery Mode. In order to enter into “Recovery Mode” press and hold the “Power”+”Home”+Vol Up” buttons at the same time for a couple of seconds. Please check the below screenshot.
Once you are in the main recovery mode menu please press “Reboot to bootloader” to enter into “Download Mode“.
So now you know how to enter into download mode/Odin mode on your Galaxy Marshmallow Smartphone, but how to exit the from download mode, for that please continue reading.

Steps to exit Download Mode on Marshmallow Galaxy Smartphones

In Android Marshmallow unlike the previous versions you will not be able to exit from the “Download Mode” just like that by pressing and holding the Power button. So in order to get out of “Download Mode” you need to press and hold two buttons at the same time which are “Power button” and the “Vol Down” button.
Also if you have a closer look you can see that the “Download Mode” screen is also changed completely in the Android Marshmallow 6.0 and higher firmware versions of Android phones.

Compatible Galaxy models

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, Galaxy A7, Galaxy A5, Galaxy A3, Galaxy S5, Galaxy S5 Edge, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy J5, Galaxy J7, Galaxy Note7, Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung Galaxy On8, Samsung Galaxy J1 mini Prime, Samsung Galaxy On5 2016, Samsung Galaxy On5 2016 &Samsung Galaxy C9.

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