ninji191 :
I don't have a home button, but the the power+volume down combination takes me to the andriod recovery panel. Volume up+Power takes me to odin mode. I'd have used odin mode but the tab isn't connecting to my laptop either, so I can't do that... I've already tried this man I need something new....
Odin mode is very special. It won't be registered by your laptop even with samsungs drivers and all that crap. You need the Odin program. I do a ton of stuff, so I'll pull up a link to the program.
Do you have a model number. Also, if you go into recovery, can you tell me the software build number so I don't brick your device by giving you the wrong tar.
background on Odin: Leaked samsung software that the devs and other users use to repair their phones if bricked(gonna probably have to do that this weekend myself)