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[Q]is my phone soft bricked or hard bricked?

i tried to install a custom rom but my phone doesnot boot neither it starts in download mode. please suggest what should i do

You could try to flash the stock rom for your phone again. Search Google if there is a stock rom ftf file and flash it with Flashtool
Another possibility is check if you have installed the correct kernel for your custom rom and install both again.

AW: [Q]is my phone soft bricked or hard bricked?
nvnanda said:
i tried to install a custom rom but my phone doesnot boot neither it starts in download mode. please suggest what should i do
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Could you give details about your installation process? A jig could fix your problem or in other words it could boot your phone in download mode.
If your recovery is available flash a custom ROM with it.

Feuersprotte said:
You could try to flash the stock rom for your phone again. Search Google if there is a stock rom ftf file and flash it with Flashtool
Another possibility is check if you have installed the correct kernel for your custom rom and install both again.
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how to flash the rom? my mobile doesnot start at all not even in recovery mode

-star- said:
Could you give details about your installation process? A jig could fix your problem or in other words it could boot your phone in download mode.
If your recovery is available flash a custom ROM with it.
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i installed the rom under normal conditions. for your info i have done this plenty of times but this time i m clueless. i have ordered for a jig but is there any other way to get my phone back?? please suggest.

Have you tried to flash it with 'Flashtool'?
Have you installed the correct Kernel for your custom rom?
Another solution might be to look in the internet for 'wotan server' - here you could try to restore your phone but it will cost a little.

u could also try odin to flash your original formware

Other than the jig is there any way to start the mobile in download mode??

You could try going into flash mode then flash a new kernal or by going into fastboot mode to flash a new custom ROM in Flashtool.
But I think this only works with Xperia Phones.

Feuersprotte said:
Have you tried to flash it with 'Flashtool'?
Have you installed the correct Kernel for your custom rom?
Another solution might be to look in the internet for 'wotan server' - here you could try to restore your phone but it will cost a little.
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but the server is for sony xperia phones

Sadra.. said:
You could try going into flash mode then flash a new kernal or by going into fastboot mode to flash a new custom ROM in Flashtool.
But I think this only works with Xperia Phones.
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workd in nexus one too

sorry, didn't have that in mind but you didn't tell us yet what phone you have and if you have used 'Flashtool' or 'Odin Flash tool' which is for Samsung phones, so it is very difficult for us to help you

Feuersprotte said:
sorry, didn't have that in mind but you didn't tell us yet what phone you have and if you have used 'Flashtool' or 'Odin Flash tool' which is for Samsung phones, so it is very difficult for us to help you
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i have samsung galaxy ace. please tell me how to use any of the tools because my phone is not starting in download mode.

[G925F] Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 rooted - BETA 2 - TWRP

Ok i noticed not many has the latest MM beta, so there you are:
NOTE: im not responsible for any damage to your phone, by proceeding knox will be tripped
Requirements:
1.- No matter what firmware you have installed, but i would recommend to start from 6.0
2.- Install TWRP
5.1.1
- Into download mode flash TWRP (AP) via Odin (UNMARK auto-reboot)
- Reboot into recovery and do a backup, very important
- Reboot into download mode again flash this kernel (AP) via Odin
- Reboot your phone
6.0
- Into download mode flash this old_bl (BL) via Odin (UNMARK auto-reboot)
- Reboot into download mode again flash TWRP (AP) via Odin (UNMARK auto-reboot)
- Reboot into recovery and do a backup, very important
- Once more into download mode flash this bootloader (BL)
- Reboot your phone
3.- Copy 6.0.1 into /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/XXXXXXXXXXXXX/ XXXXXXXX should be numbers and letters each phone is different, inside you should see your previews backup
4.- Reboot into recovery
only for 6.0
- Into download mode flash this old_bl (BL) via Odin (UNMARK auto-reboot)
- Now reboot into recovery
5.- Go to restore and apply the 6.0.1 backup
6.- Wipe cache and dalvik then install this superSU
7.- Reboot into download mode and flash this sboot (BL)
8.- Enjoy 6.0.1 rooted
NOTE if you have no network just rollback your EFS from your own backup to enter into TWRP you need to flash the old_bl each time and then flash back the sboot to allow the phone boot up (this due to TWRP incompatibility with the MM BL)
Give the phone some time from the first boot

can you make a video of this or details steps.
on also pls advice if this safe to flash on 5.1.1.

rockykv2 said:
can you make a video of this or details steps.
on also pls advice if this safe to flash on 5.1.1.
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i did it myself yesterday i was on 5.1.1 and its safe, if you stuck on any step i would advise you

Oh, bloody hell. Just went back to 5.1.1 now I want to try this. Sod it, Ill let a few of you be guinea pigs first.
Nice one OP.

I will give it a try this evening but I must go on 6.0 before!
any link for xposed marshmallow?

Not working for me, it just boots back into recovery and won't even think about booting the ROM at all.

Everything works! Thanks a lot mate!!!

Damn , my download crash @ 1.3Go .... And impossible to download again -_-

Went for it in the end, patience got the better of me. Works fine, and is booting now.
Will update after a bit of use
EDIT: No Mobile Signal/Mobile Network settings

Hi, backup have a efs partition. We must also restore?

killyouridols said:
Went for it in the end, patience got the better of me. Works fine, and is booting now.
Will update after a bit of use
EDIT: No Mobile Signal/Mobile Network settings
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I have the same issue with signal. :/

AdisCZ said:
I have the same issue with signal. :/
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same here....
no root
and not be able to start recovery mode :/

m8980 said:
same here....
no root
and not be able to start recovery mode :/
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You need to flash old bootloader if you want custom recovery...
Nevermind I will wait for official update....

right, rom is running, but no signal due to "Unknown" Baseband.
baseband from rom wont work
6.0 baseband wont work
5.1.1 baseband even wont work. maybe there is a bug in the experimental twrp version to install 6.0 modems.
Maybe there is a possibility to fix it with an odin 6.0.1 modem file.

bluedragon38 said:
I will give it a try this evening but I must go on 6.0 before!
any link for xposed marshmallow?
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no exposed for MM i think
Zulake said:
Not working for me, it just boots back into recovery and won't even think about booting the ROM at all.
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did you do the wipes and flash the sboot?
killyouridols said:
Went for it in the end, patience got the better of me. Works fine, and is booting now.
Will update after a bit of use
EDIT: No Mobile Signal/Mobile Network settings
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AdisCZ said:
I have the same issue with signal. :/
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Flash-User said:
right, rom is running, but no signal due to "Unknown" Baseband.
baseband from rom wont work
6.0 baseband wont work
5.1.1 baseband even wont work. maybe there is a bug in the experimental twrp version to install 6.0 modems.
Maybe there is a possibility to fix it with an odin 6.0.1 modem file.
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let me fix this guys, thanks for your feedback, be patience
m8980 said:
same here....
no root
and not be able to start recovery mode :/
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to load recovery you need ALWYAS to flash back the old_bl while there is a TWRP compatible with the MM BL
g-unit2 said:
Hi, backup have a efs partition. We must also restore?
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No, will fix this thanks

eltoffer said:
no exposed for MM i think
did you do the wipes and flash the sboot?
let me fix this guys, thanks for your feedback, be patience
to load recovery you need ALWYAS to flash back the old_bl while there is a TWRP compatible with the MM BL
No, will fix this thanks
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I'm affraid that with the restoration of your EFS partition we have bricked our phone. This must be the reason for no baseband version and no IMEI anymore...

Maybe or maybe is just the modem related issue in working on it, you could try to restore your EFS partition from TWRP and report back to discard this
Enviado desde mi SM-G925F mediante Tapatalk

I have made the mistake to overide mine with yours, I don't have it anymore... That's my mistake...

I can't restore my EFS, don't know why.... I will flash my stock firmware and then I will see. How long does it take to fix no baseband issue on this 6.0.1? I'm trying to fix this F**** issue for 6 hours.... No result!

AdisCZ said:
I can't restore my EFS, don't know why.... I will flash my stock firmware and then I will see. How long does it take to fix no baseband issue on this 6.0.1? I'm trying to fix this F**** issue for 6 hours.... No result!
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i working on it, but the solution would be
1.- flash back the EFS backup fro your own
2.- flash the modem.bin that im extracting (will upload in a moment)

Help! NO OS installed/Need help flashing stock ROM to soft(?)-bricked S6 SM-G290F

So yesterday i done a pretty stupid thing of restarting my phone after I hid my SU binary using hide my root. This left what i think was a soft-brick as it was stuck on the samsung animation. I then stupidly enough got confused with my TWRP recovery menu and ended up wiping out my OS, leaving only the TWRP recovery on the phone. I then decided to download a 6.1.1 stock rom for my SM-G920F. When i tried flashing however, somehow ODIN froze and i made another stupid mistake of restarting my phone from download mode which resulted in the phone being froze on a screen saying " an error has occurred while updating the device software use the emergency recovery function s6 " cant provide an image as this is my first post, but please google the error message if you wish to see it
So i panicked thinking my phone was dead completely and surrendered, but today i managed to hook it up to TWRP and flashed the recovery. Now when i bootup i can access download mode and it boots straight to recovery. To make matters worse I began trying to download the original rom i recieved when i got the phone, however when i try flashing i get errors such as " SW rev, Check Fail: 'x' binary 'y' device "
(x and y vary for each stock rom i tried flashing.)
I have no way of finding out my firmware, bootloader info or anything. Is there ANY fix to this? I've made a huge mess of everything and I'm now desperate. Please, any advice would be a god-send. Thank you for withstanding this crappy post, I'm kind of a noob at xda.
EDIT 1- So I managed to install a custom ROM and kernal as i could transfer files while in TWRP for some reason but a new problem has showed up. So as of right now I have a custom rom installed which works, but when reboot my phone, TWRP is automatically opened after the initial samsung logo. I usually have to reflash my custom ROM (without wiping any data besides cache and dalvik) and the ROM installer will then reboot into the ROM, however this means when my phone turns off, my recovery is booted up instead of the ROM
I'm sensing some sort of Bootloader problem?

Metro221 said:
Now when i bootup i can access download mode and it boots straight to recovery.
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First off i dont own an S6 (im still rocking the S4), but i have had some problems over the years but always managed to fix them in the end.
So while in Download mode are you not able to Flash Stock ROM (downloaded from samfirmware) via ODIN (following the instructions on the site)?
In TWRP are you not able to flash a custom ROM (probably with OTG cable if you dont have the ROM stored on the internal memory).
Any issues i have had i have always been able to do at least one of the above methods. If you cant do either or, im not sure what else i would try.
Thanks

Metro221 said:
So yesterday i done a pretty stupid thing of restarting my phone after I hid my SU binary using hide my root. This left what i think was a soft-brick as it was stuck on the samsung animation. I then stupidly enough got confused with my TWRP recovery menu and ended up wiping out my OS, leaving only the TWRP recovery on the phone. I then decided to download a 6.1.1 stock rom for my SM-G920F. When i tried flashing however, somehow ODIN froze and i made another stupid mistake of restarting my phone from download mode which resulted in the phone being froze on a screen saying " an error has occurred while updating the device software use the emergency recovery function s6 " cant provide an image as this is my first post, but please google the error message if you wish to see it
So i panicked thinking my phone was dead completely and surrendered, but today i managed to hook it up to TWRP and flashed the recovery. Now when i bootup i can access download mode and it boots straight to recovery. To make matters worse I began trying to download the original rom i recieved when i got the phone, however when i try flashing i get errors such as " SW rev, Check Fail: 'x' binary 'y' device "
(x and y vary for each stock rom i tried flashing.)
I have no way of finding out my firmware, bootloader info or anything. Is there ANY fix to this? I've made a huge mess of everything and I'm now desperate. Please, any advice would be a god-send. Thank you for withstanding this crappy post, I'm kind of a noob at xda.
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If you boot in TWRP recovery it can be soved easily.
1)first try do wipe data and internal partition.And then try flashing stock firmware with odin(download proper file basing on ur model)
2)U may download a rom for ur model and flash using twrp.then if u want u can stay with the rom,i u dont u can try to flash again with odin after installing rom
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Rremi said:
If you boot in TWRP recovery it can be soved easily.
1)first try do wipe data and internal partition.And then try flashing stock firmware with odin(download proper file basing on ur model)
2)U may download a rom for ur model and flash using twrp.then if u want u can stay with the rom,i u dont u can try to flash again with odin after installing rom
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Yeah i managed to install a custom rom Tyrannus v 28.1, through TWRP, however, now I am experiencing a new problem, when i reboot - my phone boots up into TWRP instead of the ROM, more information in the edit i made in the post. THanks for all the continued help

Rremi said:
If you boot in TWRP recovery it can be soved easily.
1)first try do wipe data and internal partition.And then try flashing stock firmware with odin(download proper file basing on ur model)
2)U may download a rom for ur model and flash using twrp.then if u want u can stay with the rom,i u dont u can try to flash again with odin after installing rom
Click :good: for my answer
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Waste of a post, but i wanted to say shqiptar, faleminderit. :*

Metro221 said:
Waste of a post, but i wanted to say shqiptar, faleminderit. :*
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Ska gje.
Nga shqiperia je ?

Rremi said:
Ska gje.
Nga shqiperia je ?
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Po po nga shqiperia.
But living in London ????

Would Samsung smart switch not help installing the stock rom?
Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

jr866gooner said:
Would Samsung smart switch not help installing the stock rom?
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'Device not recognised' fixed it though. Flashed custom ROM with TWRP

Emergency recovery will and should help.

My galaxy s6 is stuck on bootloop nothing works please help.

Hello I am so new to this things, my S6 got stuck on installing system update. I downloaded official firmware and tried installing it with odin, it passed but then again got stuck installing system update. Can someone please help me, I am from El Salvador and I saved so much to buy this phone. When I go into recovery mode I get TWRP but i dont know what to do.

try downloadmode and install rom again wirh odin??

lambik333 said:
try downloadmode and install rom again wirh odin??
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I did, same thing it gets stuck on installing system update screen

dbuyck1 said:
I did, same thing it gets stuck on installing system update screen
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sometimes you have to wait for 10 mins......same as custom rom..

lambik333 said:
sometimes you have to wait for 10 mins......same as custom rom..
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I waited for almost 5 hours nothing happened

dbuyck1 said:
I waited for almost 5 hours nothing happened
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If you flashed a stock firmware successfully it will not boot into twrp, flashing a stock firmware will install stock recovery, which means the stock firmware did not flash properly. Have you tried smart switch at all? Are you sure you have the correct firmware to flash through odin?

sofir786 said:
If you flashed a stock firmware successfully it will not boot into twrp, flashing a stock firmware will install stock recovery, which means the stock firmware did not flash properly. Have you tried smart switch at all? Are you sure you have the correct firmware to flash through odin?[/QUOTE
Yes I am sorry I didn't explained that. Atfer I tried to install stock ROM it got stuck, then smart switch didn't recognize the device but I manage to do the emergency recovery thing with model number and s/n but same thing it got stuck on the same installing system update screen. After that I installed TWRP via Odin to try to push a custom ROM zip, I did that but when I tried to install it failed.
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Download Samsung SmartSwitch and from the upper menu select Emergency Recovery Mode, put your phone in Download Mode and connect it to your computer, enter your model number and S/N when asked, and it will download and install latest firmware for your model.
Sorry, i haven't seen that you already tried that.

dbuyck1 said:
sofir786 said:
If you flashed a stock firmware successfully it will not boot into twrp, flashing a stock firmware will install stock recovery, which means the stock firmware did not flash properly. Have you tried smart switch at all? Are you sure you have the correct firmware to flash through odin?[/QUOTE
Yes I am sorry I didn't explained that. Atfer I tried to install stock ROM it got stuck, then smart switch didn't recognize the device but I manage to do the emergency recovery thing with model number and s/n but same thing it got stuck on the same installing system update screen. After that I installed TWRP via Odin to try to push a custom ROM zip, I did that but when I tried to install it failed.
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That means TWRP works and Fastboot/Download works. What is the actual Galaxy S6 model? Mine is G920F.
What custom ROM did you try?
What version of TWRP are you using? The wrong one can create issues.
Did you wipe the phone trough TWRP first? Twice? Including internal memory?
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galaxy s6 g920F only booting in download mode

Hi guys,
got an s6 from a friend and trying to fix his problem. the phone only boots in dowbload mode. never rooted, and i tried flashing an official firmware through odin. Hidden.img doesn't flash so I extracted it blablabla flashed it the right way afterwards and passes but..no succes. I've done this before but this phone is a pain in the *ss! so I only get download mode. flashed stock recovery...no succes...
someone encountered this problem??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeSAQOYbWd0
follow the steps in the video tutorial exactly ! you will succeed

apaxtc said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeSAQOYbWd0
follow the steps in the video tutorial exactly ! you will succeed
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Hi,
Thanks for the help. Watched the video and follow his steps...
But now suddenly the hidden.img flashes on the phone.
So I get a green pass by Odin.
But phone doesn't start!
Tried "auto reboot" on and also off.
It doesn't fail anymore.
Deleted the hidden.img file and flashed it afterwards.
I can't get him alive. I'm gonna try other official firmwares with an older android version. I don't get it.... Why only download mode? Not even recovery opens. #notgivingup
should I try to root it with cf root and try to get a recovery mode on it? This phone needs to be wiped I guess.

try to get into recovery , and give general reset....
or try to install twrp -to install a custom rom...
does not make downgrade to android , it can break

apaxtc said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeSAQOYbWd0
follow the steps in the video tutorial exactly ! you will succeed
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apaxtc said:
try to get into recovery , and give general reset....
or try to install twrp -to install a custom rom...
does not make downgrade to android , it can break
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I already tried flashing a downgraded firmware... So the phone is dead you think? I Wil give it some more tries today. Thanks for twrp... Don't I need to be rooted?

liobeir said:
I already tried flashing a downgraded firmware... So the phone is dead you think? I Wil give it some more tries today. Thanks for twrp... Don't I need to be rooted?
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excuse me for delayed reply , it does not have to be root , (Enable USB debugging and OEM unlock ) but unfortunately you can not do it , but you can try if it works

apaxtc said:
excuse me for delayed reply , it does not have to be root , (Enable USB debugging and OEM unlock ) but unfortunately you can not do it , but you can try if it works
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I really tried everything, this phone won't wake up again I guess...
Thanks for the help.

apaxtc said:
excuse me for delayed reply , it does not have to be root , (Enable USB debugging and OEM unlock ) but unfortunately you can not do it , but you can try if it works
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Could it be that I super hard bricked this phone by flashing everything over and over? I always think, as long the phone boots in download mode you're pretty safe.
Can't flash twrp, stock recovery.....
No official firmware is booting the phone up. I used to have the hidden.img problem but nog every firmware flash completes but still doesn't boot the phone.
Is there an order in which I need to try to flash? Like, try firmware first, then a recovery,.... Or first a bootloader and modem, then a firmware...
Oh God help me!
Thanks for the replies I already got!

normal you should first bootloader ...after firmware
you tried that job ? https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/guide-repair-hard-bricked-devices-t3573865

apaxtc said:
normal you should first bootloader ...after firmware
you tried that job ? https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/guide-repair-hard-bricked-devices-t3573865
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Wow that link is a whole lot of Chinese for me. but I'll look into it this weekend! Thanks for keeping up with me. My phone still boots in download so I'm a step ahead. Gonna try flashing stock firmware without auto-boot ticked in Odin, then reset and restart phone manually in download mode and try to flash right bootloader. Should I go for the latest firmware or more like a 6.0.1 firmware?

firmware 7. is to good , why use it 6. ?
"Wow that link is a whole lot of Chinese for me. " lol for me too

apaxtc said:
firmware 7. is to good , why use it 6. ?
"Wow that link is a whole lot of Chinese for me. " lol for me too
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Well because I flashed like a couple of firmwares... And heard about downgrading is bad but... Yeah this isn't really downgrading.... Im just trying to wake up my friends phone. I will try to flash the latest firmware and then the bootloader right after it.

Hi guys,
So still no luck. Flashed latest stock firmware, tried flashing bootloader right after the successful flash, no luck. Tried rooting with cf-root, which completes but no custom recovery... Not booting. So yeah I'm on that download mode again. Anyone has some solutions I could try? Could I try converting a custom Rom zip to a tar file and flash it with Odin?
Thanks!

Hey guys
So I think i'm facing a similar problem on my s6 sm-g920f. When I flashed a stock rom 7.0 it passed with no errors, but when it tried to restart it just stays at Samsung logo. I too can't access recovery mode, only download mode. And when I try to do the "removing battery" method using volume down and power button it turns off but turns on right after and gets stuck on Samsung logo.

CrySomeMore said:
Hey guys
So I think i'm facing a similar problem on my s6 sm-g920f. When I flashed a stock rom 7.0 it passed with no errors, but when it tried to restart it just stays at Samsung logo. I too can't access recovery mode, only download mode. And when I try to do the "removing battery" method using volume down and power button it turns off but turns on right after and gets stuck on Samsung logo.
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At least your phone is booting to the logo. I literally flashed everything! Recoveries, stock roms, tried rooting, bootloaders, stock rom with and without hidden.img...pit files.... if you find something... Let me know!

Huh am facing similar situation one s6 was in softbrick I I had odin mode successful but it showed G9280d, custom binary system official, I got a similar stock recovery then The device did boot to home screen but system wasnot stable everything stated crashing I did reboot that's when it could only stop at Android s6 then I did cross check to get it labled g920f flashing ends with either CM erorr or bootloader, in miracle it stopped at hidden or CM or pit in odin am clueless.

Man try holding V- ,home button and power key it will work just try harder. I faced it just today though mine is still.