My SM-G920i S6 successful rooting experience - Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just wanted to share my experience rooting my S6 successfully.
Don't know yet if I have the deep sleep bug yet - but I will update this thread after a few days of use.
Model: S6 64GB SM-G920i
Firmware: G920IDVU1AOD1 (Updated OTA before rooting)
Steps I tried:
- Used Odin v3.10.6
1. Tried flashing twrp-2.8.6.0-zeroflte.img.tar.
This failed. When trying to go into recovery mode (volume up + home + power button), I just went to normal recovery.
My phone was still functional at this point - but no custom recovery and no root.
2. Tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltedv-smg920i.tar.md5"
This resulted in my phone being stuck on the black and white Galaxy S6 boot screen.
Luckily I could still get into download mode (volume down + home + power button). I had to do volume down + power for 6 seconds to hard reset the phone as you can no longer pull the battery out.
3. Then i tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zerofltetmo-zerofltetmo-smg920t.tar.md5"
The phone rebooted, then rebooted by itself a 3 times (without reaching launcher), then finally the launcher/lock screen came up!
I downloaded Root Checker and confirmed that I now have root!
I hope my experience can help others out there....
Happy rooting!

Awesome thanks for sharing this tip.
Do post if you have any unusual battery drain with the sleep mode bug. Hopefully it doesn't impact you and us.
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Mine's got deep sleep issue after rooting

1ns4nity said:
Just wanted to share my experience rooting my S6 successfully.
Don't know yet if I have the deep sleep bug yet - but I will update this thread after a few days of use.
Model: S6 64GB SM-G920i
Firmware: G920IDVU1AOD1 (Updated OTA before rooting)
Steps I tried:
- Used Odin v3.10.6
1. Tried flashing twrp-2.8.6.0-zeroflte.img.tar.
This failed. When trying to go into recovery mode (volume up + home + power button), I just went to normal recovery.
My phone was still functional at this point - but no custom recovery and no root.
2. Tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltedv-smg920i.tar.md5"
This resulted in my phone being stuck on the black and white Galaxy S6 boot screen.
Luckily I could still get into download mode (volume down + home + power button). I had to do volume down + power for 6 seconds to hard reset the phone as you can no longer pull the battery out.
3. Then i tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zerofltetmo-zerofltetmo-smg920t.tar.md5"
The phone rebooted, then rebooted by itself a 3 times (without reaching launcher), then finally the launcher/lock screen came up!
I downloaded Root Checker and confirmed that I now have root!
I hope my experience can help others out there....
Happy rooting!
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Help Me A Lot... Thanks

Thank you so much. This saved my brand new Samsung S6.
For anyone in Australia on Telstra, our S6 build number is: LRX22G.G9X0IDVU1AOD1, at least mine is and I went through exactly the same process as OP.
I can't believe the root for the G920I is labelled as such on the CF-Auto-Root Repository when it bricks this version of the G920I.
Thanks again...:good::good::good::good::good::good::good:

I am running a SM-G920i with a build number LRX22G.G920IDVU1BOE3 (New Zealand-Spark) and can confirm the above fix does indeed work. I was tearing my hair out after using the Autoroot download for the 920i and it reporting as successful in Odin but then remaining stuck on the blue download screen and when hard rebooted using the volume buttons and power button it remained stuck on the samsung startup screen.
I Flashed the 920T version in Odin and the same thing appeared to happen, successful install reported, blue download screen remained, but when I did the hard reboot it went into recovery, installed root as I expected and after rebooting a couple of times is fully operational.
Thanks for the fix (that sinking feeling that occurs when something goes wrong with your new toy has gone).

1ns4nity said:
Just wanted to share my experience rooting my S6 successfully.
Don't know yet if I have the deep sleep bug yet - but I will update this thread after a few days of use.
Model: S6 64GB SM-G920i
Firmware: G920IDVU1AOD1 (Updated OTA before rooting)
Steps I tried:
- Used Odin v3.10.6
1. Tried flashing twrp-2.8.6.0-zeroflte.img.tar.
This failed. When trying to go into recovery mode (volume up + home + power button), I just went to normal recovery.
My phone was still functional at this point - but no custom recovery and no root.
2. Tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltedv-smg920i.tar.md5"
This resulted in my phone being stuck on the black and white Galaxy S6 boot screen.
Luckily I could still get into download mode (volume down + home + power button). I had to do volume down + power for 6 seconds to hard reset the phone as you can no longer pull the battery out.
3. Then i tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zerofltetmo-zerofltetmo-smg920t.tar.md5"
The phone rebooted, then rebooted by itself a 3 times (without reaching launcher), then finally the launcher/lock screen came up!
I downloaded Root Checker and confirmed that I now have root!
I hope my experience can help others out there....
Happy rooting!
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hey plz help me tried everything and using cf auto root method my phone keeps on rebooting....any suggestions?
thanks in advance..

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Unable to boot GT-P6200 in recovery mode

Hi
I cannot get my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (GT-P6200) to boot in recovery mode.
I tried the following:
1) Switch off the Tab.
2) Press the Power + Volume Up buttons simultaneously until I see the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus" screen, then release the Power button and keep pressing the Volume Up button. The tab then get's stuck on the Samsung screen, even if I release the Volume Up button. It stays on this screen indefinitely, only option is to reboot by keeping the power button pressed for 5 seconds.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks!
same issue
I am having the same issue as well. My tab gets stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus" screen and does not move on from that. When i try to boot in recovery mode the screen is just black and slightly illuminated. Please help
Ces123 said:
Hi
I cannot get my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (GT-P6200) to boot in recovery mode.
I tried the following:
1) Switch off the Tab.
2) Press the Power + Volume Up buttons simultaneously until I see the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus" screen, then release the Power button and keep pressing the Volume Up button. The tab then get's stuck on the Samsung screen, even if I release the Volume Up button. It stays on this screen indefinitely, only option is to reboot by keeping the power button pressed for 5 seconds.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Same problem
any help ???
On which verison thar ur on???? have u tried to wiping data in stock recovery
??
same problem I'm having with my Samsung Gt-p6200, it just boot-loops to the "samsung galaxy tab 7.0" boot loading screen and hangs.. these happened after i flashed my firmware from stock honeycomb to jellybean(the austria firmware, i think that's been posted in this forum).
here's what happened before the problem:
-I flash the stock honeycomb firmware with the jellybean one that i found here..
-after i flashed using ODIN, the new firmware works great, i was even informed that i have free 50GB worth of dropbox space,
the file was named P6200XXMC3_P6200OXAMC3_ATO
- I have used it for a day, until the battery drains and i have to charge, but when i opened it again, it already does this "boot loop" problem
- i have tried flashing CWM with ODIN(as i've read here somewhere that it might help) and do that wipe cache and factory reset thing but that didnt help solved the problem.
hope anyone could help me, im also thinking flashing it back to it's original stock firmware but I dont have a backup of that and I dont know where to get one, I've been searching the net for two days for that stock rom but all i found are the new jellybean ones and some old ones but is uploaded to hotfile which is now deleted or locked.
I hope you guys could help me out and thanks in advance!
try flashing a new , latest firmware on odin
just try it.
ovox0 said:
I am having the same issue as well. My tab gets stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus" screen and does not move on from that. When i try to boot in recovery mode the screen is just black and slightly illuminated. Please help
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Hello guys! Im also having this same issue.
*Using the same firmware that was posted here in xda because i was having trouble downloading those official jellybean firmwares
*The battery got drained
then if i charge it, it will remain in a "blank slightly illuminated screen"
* after a few munutes, the tab gets really warm.
*but if i dont charge it, it will get drained again because it keeps on turning on itself back to this time to the "galaxy tab plus screen"
I cant access recovery mode.
I can access odin mode and can flash successfully with cwm or the same firmware back but the problem still persist.
I havent tried other firmwares though.
4 days passed already and i cant figure this out
Please help
So I had this happen to me yesterday, where it rebooted randomly on me, only to freeze on the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus screen. I had custom recovery (TWRP) don't know if that matters, but I was able to access it by holding Power+UpVol but keep it held. It would freeze on the same spot but since I was still holding the keys it reboots a second time and this time it would go into recovery.
I then wipes cache and dalvik, no go. Sadly did a full wipe. Still no going past the tab plus text. So I flash MF1 official 4.1.2 firmware (I was previously on 4.1.2 UK official) still no go. Put in latest 2.8 TWRP and booted into it still with some trouble as I mentioned above. Did another wipe and it then hung on blank screen or so I thought. Took a long time to boot and after a long time, and the Android is upgrading message, by some weird chance I was on the MF1 official rom but all my apps settings everything was saved.
Working 100% now and I still don't really know what the hell happened. But if this helps anyone then all the better!
My samsung p6200 is woking almost fine but i am not able to go into the download mode when i press volume down button and power the screen is at samsung logo it stays for a while and then it restarts from there,its the stock rom that's messd up i belive any help how to go into downlod mose other way would b apriciated

[Completed] [Q] Samsung S2 doesnt work after SuperSu update

Long story short, day after rooting, SuperSu suggested to update the program. It was late at night and I clicked one of the options which was TWRP/CWMR but for HTC devices . I agreed and it rebooted the device. Now I am stuck in booting page where there is an exclamation mark with product name.
Volume UP + HOME + POWER dont get me nowhere. I also tried to go ODIN mode (Volume DOWN + HOME + POWER) but no help.
Only thing it does is after 8 seconds of power button, it gives me black screen and goes back to boot display.
Took out my and put back in my battery, later external card and SIM but always stuck at booting.
When chargin battery, it doesnt even show the visual of the battery charging(green area) but only buffering ring on battery icon.
I think the whole firmware is bad, but how is it possible to reset everything ?
I hope it isnt bricked.
Hi,
First, we need your exact model number to guide you to help. There are several S2 models.
Also, did you have twrp or CWM installed already? It sounds like SU tried to boot to them but you had stock recovery? Or am I wrong?
How did you root originally?
And yes, you need to get into download mode, you likely need to flash stock with Odin again. Without download mode or even recovery mode... You are stuck.
At the moment I am trying to get my hands on JIG USB which enables me to go Download mode. and then flash ROM from ODIN.
The exact model is S2 i9100.
Hopefully it works for you! In the future then, all questions and issues about your device would go here,
> Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 > Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!

How to do a factory reset after a failed OTA

Hey hey,
I received and tried to install an OTA for my GS7 this morning, but unfortunately it failed (stuck for several hours at 76%).
Now when I restart, the phone stays on the GS7 logo, that's about it. I cannot switch it off (not even when keeping the power button down for >1min), but can force restart (vol down + power) and enter download mode (vol down + home + power). The most annoying part is that I cannot enter the recovery mode (vol up + home + power as far as I know) after a forced restart. I tried to let the battery die, and use the same combo before plugging in the phone, but didn't help.
Any clue without me going to a samsung repair shop (which are closed this weekend).
For info, was running stock M on my Canadian GS7 (Rogers).
Thanks in advance for any tip!
/d
kufa said:
Hey hey,
I received and tried to install an OTA for my GS7 this morning, but unfortunately it failed (stuck for several hours at 76%).
Now when I restart, the phone stays on the GS7 logo, that's about it. I cannot switch it off (not even when keeping the power button down for >1min), but can force restart (vol down + power) and enter download mode (vol down + home + power). The most annoying part is that I cannot enter the recovery mode (vol up + home + power as far as I know) after a forced restart. I tried to let the battery die, and use the same combo before plugging in the phone, but didn't help.
Any clue without me going to a samsung repair shop (which are closed this weekend).
For info, was running stock M on my Canadian GS7 (Rogers).
Thanks in advance for any tip!
/d
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Use the Kies 3 software from samsung. As long as you have your S/N and Model # and can boot into download mode you can get reset and on the newest firmware within 20 minutes
Thanks for info!
So I tried that, but the phone still stays on the Samsung logo after the upload..
Explain in detail your procedure
Sure thing:
- enter download mode on the phone by using volume down + home + power. I have to keep them all at the same time to force the reboot and enter the mode (actually restarts twice most of the times before it works). Once the screen is there, accept using volume up.
- Installed latest Smart Switch, verified it's latest.
- connect phone (nothing detected here, even when outside of download mode)
- went to 'emergency software recovery and initialization'
- again, device doesn't get listed here (even when outside of download mode)
- select device initialization, entered model name and S/N
- started the intialization procedure, which downloaded successfully and updated the phone successfully (so it reads). Phone did show progress bar during the update.
- phone rebooted by itself, and back to square one, on a stuck GS7 logo.
Do you have samsung usb drivers installed?
I tried on PC earlier today, yup, drivers were installed. Also tried the Smart Switch 'reinstall drivers'. Before this issue, I was able to connect to the phone properly (same USB port etc)
Now on Mac and fresh install, did the Smart Switch 'reinstall drivers' (after two tests of re-initializaton). Didn't change a thing.
Hmm Def strange. I have had many s7 bricks..hard and soft. Aswell as bootloops but I have always been able to fall back on smartswitch. I suggest you to try kies 3 and if that doesnt work..find stock firmware on sammobile and flash using odin. ( risk of ruining you device involve when using odin. )
Thanks for the tips, will try that!

Literally bricked my S6, help required.

I wanted to start new on my S6 so I did a factory reset but all the photos seemed to still be there so I went into TWRP and wiped everything, including /system. Then I went ahead and installed the firmware for the G920F and attempted to flash it using Odin 3.10.6 and it didn't work. The blue box appeared, but it would always fail trying to flash the md5 to "AP". I also noticed Windows kept giving me errors detecting my phone even though I had the Samsung drivers installed. (everything was obtained through xda) But I ignored it and assumed it was only because I was in Download mode. Now I reinstall the drivers and still nothing so I give up and instead of flashing stock ROM, I go for a custom ROM. The A8 port. So now I hold down power and home and it doesn't turn off... Download mode is still there and display is on. Isn't the hard reset a hardware thing that software cant mess with because I literally cannot get the display to even turn off after holding just power, holding home+power and home+power+volume (tried both up and down, not both at once though) but nothing. Even for 30 seconds, no luck. So I really need help now. This was way easier with a S4 but I'm having so many issues with the S6 it is insane. Could someone link me a guide on how to flash stock ROM after I wiped and reformatted /system, /cache and /data to F2FS? Thanks
This is pretty much the total opposite of "literally bricked"
I had this same issue 2 weeks ago with my G928 S6 Edge+ Press and hold Power + Volume Down and hold until your device shows the Samsung screen. It probably will not go past the Samsung screen. When it doesn't, press and hold Power + Volume Down again until you are booting to Download Mode. Next, switch to a different version of Odin to perform the flash of the factory firmware. This is what I had to do to get my Odin flash to pass and my S6 Edge+ to boot normally. Hope this helps. Good luck. Let us know the outcome or if you have issues or need more help.
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fast69mopar said:
I had this same issue 2 weeks ago with my G928 S6 Edge+ Press and hold Power + Volume Down and hold until your device shows the Samsung screen. It probably will not go past the Samsung screen. When it doesn't, press and hold Power + Volume Down again until you are booting to Download Mode. Next, switch to a different version of Odin to perform the flash of the factory firmware. This is what I had to do to get my Odin flash to pass and my S6 Edge+ to boot normally. Hope this helps. Good luck. Let us know the outcome or if you have issues or need more help.
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Turns out I had to hold down volume DOWN + home + power, no other combination seemed to work. After that I installed Smart Switch and booted into Download Mode again to install the stock firmware. It automatically chose the correct firmware and everything is fine now so I didn't have to mess with ODIN. Weird how holding home+power or just the power button does nothing and how simple flashing the stock firmware actually is.
Glad you got it worked out. Good job
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bricked s7 edge HELP!

hello
i fear i may have f##cked my phone and am panicking!
i installed a custom rom and the installation seemed to go well but aftetr when i rebooted it seemed to stay on the loading screen for ever even after multiple reboot attempts. anyway i messed around with it (not remembering what i done) and everytime i boot after it shows the s7 edge text it immediately loads a red screen. i have tried to get into recovery by holding home, power and vol up but again boots to red screen. i can boot into downloading mode by holding home, power, vol down.
so ive done some searching on google and it points to i need to flash stock rom with odin whilst in download mode. i got the stock rom for my model and attempting to flash but after sboot.img it fails. (screenshot attached).
please someone help!
james
jamos316 said:
hello
i fear i may have f##cked my phone and am panicking!
i installed a custom rom and the installation seemed to go well but aftetr when i rebooted it seemed to stay on the loading screen for ever even after multiple reboot attempts. anyway i messed around with it (not remembering what i done) and everytime i boot after it shows the s7 edge text it immediately loads a red screen. i have tried to get into recovery by holding home, power and vol up but again boots to red screen. i can boot into downloading mode by holding home, power, vol down.
so ive done some searching on google and it points to i need to flash stock rom with odin whilst in download mode. i got the stock rom for my model and attempting to flash but after sboot.img it fails. (screenshot attached).
please someone help!
james
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That error means it's the wrong firmware. Flash the stock that was on it before you messed about with custom ROM.
Also please read ALL instructions when flashing custom ROMs, some take 15 minutes on first boot.
UPDATE
the error only happened as i wasnt flashing the very latest stock rom. downloaded from samsung website and now is working fine
phew

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