Help! NO OS installed/Need help flashing stock ROM to soft(?)-bricked S6 SM-G290F - Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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
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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.

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[Q] Firmware not installing on S5570

I have flashed multiple roms on the phone, still the same error, could you please suggest further steps?
The phone had been sent to get the simlock removed, once I got back I performed a wipe to remove all personal data. since that time it's not booting at all.
I can turn into download mode and flash anything, but cannot enter to recovery, I got the notification "ramdump mode (arm9 mode)"
Thx in advance for any help.
bbalee77 said:
I have flashed multiple roms on the phone, still the same error, could you please suggest further steps?
The phone had been sent to get the simlock removed, once I got back I performed a wipe to remove all personal data. since that time it's not booting at all.
I can turn into download mode and flash anything, but cannot enter to recovery, I got the notification "ramdump mode (arm9 mode)"
Thx in advance for any help.
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i think they messed up with partitions flash stock firmware in odin
pradeepxtremehacker said:
i think they messed up with partitions flash stock firmware in odin
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Hi Pradeep, I have also attempted to flash stock firmware as well. Course without success.
bbalee77 said:
Hi Pradeep, I have also attempted to flash stock firmware as well. Course without success.
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give me the link that you followed to install i will say correctly
download firmware from www.samfirmware.com and install in odin
I would make a try with samfirmware as well and keep you updated.
Thx once more.

lenovo a850 stuck at logo when enter recovery mode

please help my phone stuck at logo when enter recovery mode .first im a newbie here so please help as much as possible.sorry my english not very good.i was trying to flash custom rom on this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-a850/general/tutorial-install-cwm-twrp-lenovo-a850-t2642431 but fail so my phone became like this
lawren91 said:
please help my phone stuck at logo when enter recovery mode .first im a newbie here so please help as much as possible.sorry my english not very good.i was trying to flash custom rom on this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-a850/general/tutorial-install-cwm-twrp-lenovo-a850-t2642431 but fail so my phone became like this
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First, what build you have? ROW or CN?
If you are unsure, try reflashing TWRP CN and see if it works.
If it doesn't, sorry to tell you that....
YOU ARE NOW HOLDING AN AP SET OF THAT PHONE(SJROM.CN):crying:
That stage, you ain't go anywhere. Just play with your stock ROM and Xposed.
hi lawren91, still having that problem?
irfanadli97 said:
First, what build you have? ROW or CN?
If you are unsure, try reflashing TWRP CN and see if it works.
If it doesn't, sorry to tell you that....
YOU ARE NOW HOLDING AN AP SET OF THAT PHONE(SJROM.CN):crying:
That stage, you ain't go anywhere. Just play with your stock ROM and Xposed.
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I have the same problem and i have row build
AzrulHisyam said:
I have the same problem and i have row build
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Had you ever OTA update the phone at some point? If so, yes flashing will fail because security has been increased whenever an Android phone gets an OTA update. If you didn't, retry TWRP ROW and see how it looks like.:good::good:
irfanadli97 said:
Had you ever OTA update the phone at some point? If so, yes flashing will fail because security has been increased whenever an Android phone gets an OTA update. If you didn't, retry TWRP ROW and see how it looks like.:good::good:
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I received a OTA update notification but never update it yet,i already try the TWRP ROW but still the same whether it TWRP ROW or TWRP CN:crying:
irfanadli97 said:
First, what build you have? ROW or CN?
If you are unsure, try reflashing TWRP CN and see if it works.
If it doesn't, sorry to tell you that....
YOU ARE NOW HOLDING AN AP SET OF THAT PHONE(SJROM.CN):crying:
That stage, you ain't go anywhere. Just play with your stock ROM and Xposed.
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how to reflash TWRP CN? Download mode, select only recovery??
Hi ,
Can you boot it up normally? If yes, then reflash recovery.img using any flasher apps download from play store ( e.g : flashify )
& If not,
if it MTK chip device, the best way to flash new img file is by using SP flash tools.
Also, for MTK device, you're able to create CWM recovery from your original boot.img automatically, using MTKDroidTools. Or PhilZ ( The best ever! )
Good luck!:good:
i have a problem on screen logo.. how to recover back?

stuck in bootloop.

I'm stuck in a boot loop after replacing my build.prop file, I replaced it with my own stock unedited one that I made a back up of with the one I edited with those RAM fixes. That did nothing and made my phone even slower so I used ES explorer and moved my stock file to the system folder and did an overwrite. Now my phone is stuck in a bootloop. I'm rooted not running a custom rom or recovery. Is there any way I can get this working without doing a factory reset? Yes I already tried wiping cache.
EDIT: DID A FACTORY RESET AND WIPED CACHE STILL STUCK IN BOOTLOOP.
st0j said:
I'm stuck in a boot loop after replacing my build.prop file, I replaced it with my own stock unedited one that I made a back up of with the one I edited with those RAM fixes. That did nothing and made my phone even slower so I used ES explorer and moved my stock file to the system folder and did an overwrite. Now my phone is stuck in a bootloop. I'm rooted not running a custom rom or recovery. Is there any way I can get this working without doing a factory reset? Yes I already tried wiping cache.
EDIT: DID A FACTORY RESET AND WIPED CACHE STILL STUCK IN BOOTLOOP.
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always you have to do a nandroid backup for this case, but if you don't have the only way to fix this problem is flashing de stock firmware.
jah2110 said:
always you have to do a nandroid backup for this case, but if you don't have the only way to fix this problem is flashing de stock firmware.
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How exactly do I go about doing this as I dont have a custom recovery or anything?
st0j said:
How exactly do I go about doing this as I dont have a custom recovery or anything?
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only need to put the phone in download mode and flash the stock firmware with Odin.
jah2110 said:
only need to put the phone in download mode and flash the stock firmware with Odin.
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Would you recommend the original stock firmware or using a custom ROM?
st0j said:
Would you recommend the original stock firmware or using a custom ROM?
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first you have to get out of that situation, that mean you need a stock firm. Later read tutorials to install a custom rom, because if you have problems modification build.prop installing a custom rom is more harder. Download and install the stock firmware.
jah2110 said:
first you have to get out of that situation, that mean you need a stock firm. Later read tutorials to install a custom rom, because if you have problems modification build.prop installing a custom rom is more harder. Download and install the stock firmware.
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Agreed. I'm still curious how I managed to put my phone into a bootloop by restoring my own build.prop file.
While using odin to flash firmware my usb connection kept cunning in and out for some reason I dont know why I even installed the updates. And it failed. Now I cant get rid of "An error has occured while updating the device software use emergency........" screen.... Now what.
st0j said:
While using odin to flash firmware my usb connection kept cunning in and out for some reason I dont know why I even installed the updates. And it failed. Now I cant get rid of "An error has occured while updating the device software use emergency........" screen.... Now what.
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ttry to conect to kies and do a emergency restore.
here you have a video.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEnm5TU5KMw
I got back into download mode, and now it gives me an error saying it cant open serial(COM) port.
st0j said:
I got back into download mode, and now it gives me an error saying it cant open serial(COM) port.
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Get into download mode, use odin to flash back the stock firmware.
jah2110 said:
ttry to conect to kies and do a emergency restore.
here you have a video.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEnm5TU5KMw
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I got back into download mode, and now it gives me an error saying it cant open serial(COM) port.
Saafir said:
Did you make sure permissions was set correctly after the replacement? ALWAYS check them after moving crucial system files. build.prop should be set at rw-r-r (0644)
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I got it to work, used another USB cable and odin finished installing it after 20 tries of USB fails.

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?
Sent from my SM-G920F using XDA Labs
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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.

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