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Soft bricked Samsung Galaxy S6 - And I've tried A LOT of things, advice welcome!

Hey all
I've got a soft bricked Samsung Galaxy S6 where I can boot to the boot loader but not the Android OS. After trying lots of different things and reading a lot of the forum posts on here I'd come to a dead end so thought I'd start my own tread as I can't seem to see a solution for this issue currently.
Here's what I originally tried
So I've downloaded and installed Odin 3.10.6 and set that up on my computer just fine, it's a Vodafone Galaxy S6 so I downloaded appropriate firmware from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/stock-firmware-official-stock-firmware-t3086387.
I then put the phone in to the 'Download mode' by pressing Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons and then connected the phone via USB to my computer. Then I start up Odin which seems to realise that the phone is there, in the top left I get '0:[COM5]' and in the log I get '<ID:0/005> Added!!'.
After this I press on the 'AP' button and navigated to the upziped .tar.md5 file which I stated I downloaded earlier. Odin takes a few moments to do it's thing and load the file. After about 30 seconds in the log I now have this:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> G920FXXU1AOCZ_G920FVFG1AOC4_G920FXXU1AOCW_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
Now I press the 'Start' button and the process fails, here's what my log says;
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> G920FXXU1AOCZ_G920FVFG1AOC4_G920FXXU1AOCW_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> sboot.bin
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
What I've tried so far to fix the problem
Downloaded and installed the Samsung Galaxy USB drivers, restarted the computer and repeated the whole process - no change
Downloaded and installed an older version of Odin (Odin 1.85) and repeated the whole process, same problem
I've then tried this whole process again on the three different USB ports (two USB 2, one USB 3) on my computer but have the same problem
Repeated the whole process on my girlfriends laptop - same problem
So that's where I've got to currently and I've run out of ideas, can anyone point me in a new direction to try here or maybe I've missed something stupid?

Better, closer warmer
So I've gotten a bit closer with this one but still not solved the problem.
So I was trying to think of new ideas to try and resolve my problem - when the phone is in 'download mode' it a few facts and figures on the screen ... namely the model number which is 'SM-G920F' and also a few other interesting details such as 'Reactivation lock' is off. So there's another thing I can eliminate from my list.
Anyway I Googled the model number and found another Firmware to download from Sammobile .com
So I downloaded this Firmware and gave this a try and got a lot further - this time it seems to start to install actually almost all the way to the end before failing. Here's what my log says:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> G920FXXU3DPB8_G920FVFG3DPB8_G920FXXU3DPB8_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> sboot.bin
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> cm.bin
<ID:0/005> boot.img
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
<ID:0/005> system.img
<ID:0/005> cache.img
<ID:0/005> hidden.img
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
The fact it's got this far to me means I'm cross USB drivers off the list too as surely the computer seems to know the phone is there right? ... So I'm not there yet but I seem to be much closer (I hope).
What I've done to try and fix it this time
After this first fail I've tried running Odin as Administrator, thought it may have been an permissions issue but I ran in to the same errors.
I thought I'd give it a try changing some settings in Odin and tick 'Flash lock' ... I know earlier it seems to have stated that reactivation lock was off but right now I thought I'd try anything - This completely stopped Odin in it's tracks when it got to 'Send lock information..' so this totally doesn't feel like the solution to me ...
So I'm stuck again until I think of something else to try ... If any of you lovely people out there have any clues or suggestions for something else I could try I'd love to hear from you ...

And I'm out of ideas!
Alrighty then!
I've tried this whole process with about 5 different firmware downloads now and I'm stuck simply because I'm out of places to download and try different firmware versions from.
Does anyone here have any suggestions for different firmware versions I could try or locations I could download and try different firmware versions from?
Any advice welcome!
N

try the CF- Boot for that phone, flash it with Odin

Richie G said:
try the CF- Boot for that phone, flash it with Odin
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That's done it! Thank you!
And for all you future people reading this who might bump in to this post with the same problem here's what I did.
I found a 'CF Auto root' file for the version of my phone - CF stands for Chain Fire and you can get them from a quick google or from somewhere like www autoroot chainfire eu
This file is simply a tar.md5 file and you treat it like any other firmware file - In Odin click on 'AP' select the file and just hit start, as simple as that really.
N

hazardous_waster said:
So I've gotten a bit closer with this one but still not solved the problem.
So I was trying to think of new ideas to try and resolve my problem - when the phone is in 'download mode' it a few facts and figures on the screen ... namely the model number which is 'SM-G920F' and also a few other interesting details such as 'Reactivation lock' is off. So there's another thing I can eliminate from my list.
Anyway I Googled the model number and found another Firmware to download from Sammobile .com
So I downloaded this Firmware and gave this a try and got a lot further - this time it seems to start to install actually almost all the way to the end before failing. Here's what my log says:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> G920FXXU3DPB8_G920FVFG3DPB8_G920FXXU3DPB8_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> sboot.bin
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> cm.bin
<ID:0/005> boot.img
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
<ID:0/005> system.img
<ID:0/005> cache.img
<ID:0/005> hidden.img
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
The fact it's got this far to me means I'm cross USB drivers off the list too as surely the computer seems to know the phone is there right? ... So I'm not there yet but I seem to be much closer (I hope).
What I've done to try and fix it this time
After this first fail I've tried running Odin as Administrator, thought it may have been an permissions issue but I ran in to the same errors.
I thought I'd give it a try changing some settings in Odin and tick 'Flash lock' ... I know earlier it seems to have stated that reactivation lock was off but right now I thought I'd try anything - This completely stopped Odin in it's tracks when it got to 'Send lock information..' so this totally doesn't feel like the solution to me ...
So I'm stuck again until I think of something else to try ... If any of you lovely people out there have any clues or suggestions for something else I could try I'd love to hear from you ...
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solved ? if not do let me know

Bhargav Hegde said:
solved ? if not do let me know
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Yes this is now solved thank you Bhargav

[Completed] galaxy S6, bootloop, odin - write operation failed.

Hi. i have recently acquired an Samsung S6 SM-G920P. it was rooted with 5.0.1 and it was freezing and restating.
So flash/stock firmware marshmallow but it got stuck at optimizing apps. I restarted the phone and managed to skip it (don't know how). After all the process of name, date&time zone, wifi config, etc...about 10-20min it freezes again and restarts. So i tried to update the software via otta, and android gave me a 19mb, but the same happened, it got stuck at optimizing apps.
After that it began to freezing more and more often. I tried to change the firmware to another version with odin, but now odin shows an error (write operation failed). I installed TWRP and wipe dalvkin/cache and cache and after that, it started to boot-loop and mi stuck on it.
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> sboot.bin
<ID:0/003> FAIL!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
please help me, don't know what else to do.
ill be around often here to check any update on the thread but if anyone can contact me, ill be grateful
whatsapp: +258844797495, [email protected]

Well ,
Ur s6 won't install old bootloader over the newer bootloader mate , so try to use the latest firmware that have the newer bootloader or at least the same firmware that have the same bootloader on ur device ,
Good luck
Thank you for Using XDA Assist ,,

Odin Failed to flash Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920W8

I have majorly screwed up. I rooted my Samsung Galaxy s6 without any problems, it worked out fine. Today I wanted to go back to stock so I could upgrade to 6.0.1....Now I am screwed.
I unrooted my phone through the SuperSU app, which probably wasn't the best idea. It rebooted but stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S6 screen and wouldn't proceed.
I then went online to SamMobile and found the stock firmware for my phone. Halfway through, Odin crashed, wirst off with some sort of Write Error...I left it for 10 minutes or so, nothing else happened.
I rebooted my phone, it kept going into that same screen and wouldn't let me proceed.
I tried flashing again, now I have an error saying "No PIT partition detected"
Rebooted my phone once more, I now have a screen says "An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software"
I tried again, that the info below is my latest result in which it states that some NAND Write operation has failed....
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> G920W8VLU3BOJ7_G920W8OYA3BOJ7_G920W8VLU3BOJ7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> sboot.bin
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/005> Removed!!

[Completed] Samsung Galaxy note 3 - possibly bricked..

Hi,
I am new here, I've read the sticky so this seemed like the right place to post so here goes,
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) which I have attempted (very unsuccessfully) to root, I followed some steps that others have done on various youtube videos using Odin3 and kingroot but unfortunately I believe my phone disconnected from the laptop while it was in download mode and now on each attempt I am left with the below message on recovery mode:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
I tried Kies and have since found several articles stating that kies will never work if you have rooted or tried to root your phone.
When i try to download a new ROM or the original firmware ROM using the desktop Odin3 it fails every time now with the below transcript:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> N9005XXUGBPB1_N9005EVRGBPB1_N9005XXUGBOJ1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/005> Removed!!
<ID:0/005> Added!!
I've read many posts around the web suggesting ways to fix it but everything involves being in recovery mode which i cannot do, does anybody have any idea what i should do? please let me know if you need any further info, hopefully I am just being stupid and it's a really simple answer!

siv4444 said:
Hi,
I am new here, I've read the sticky so this seemed like the right place to post so here goes,
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) which I have attempted (very unsuccessfully) to root, I followed some steps that others have done on various youtube videos using Odin3 and kingroot but unfortunately I believe my phone disconnected from the laptop while it was in download mode and now on each attempt I am left with the below message on recovery mode:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
I tried Kies and have since found several articles stating that kies will never work if you have rooted or tried to root your phone.
When i try to download a new ROM or the original firmware ROM using the desktop Odin3 it fails every time now with the below transcript:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> N9005XXUGBPB1_N9005EVRGBPB1_N9005XXUGBOJ1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/005> Removed!!
<ID:0/005> Added!!
I've read many posts around the web suggesting ways to fix it but everything involves being in recovery mode which i cannot do, does anybody have any idea what i should do? please let me know if you need any further info, hopefully I am just being stupid and it's a really simple answer!
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Greetings and welcome to assist. There are a few things it could be, you could try a different version of odin, it could be an older version of firmware you are flashing or a file has become corrupt. If you connect your phone to kies and select emergency firmware recovery then that will return your phone to stock
Good Luck
Sawdoctor

[Completed] Please help: Samsung S6 SM-G920F (cannot install any APKs)

Originally posted to reddit.com/r/androidtechsupport/ and XDA Forums /Questions&Answers/
Dear XDA Assistance
Ok so let's put it straight, I'm one of those tech noobs trying to do **** on PC and Android but failing almost everytime.
I wanted to be able to install Lucky Patcher on my Samsung S6 SM-G920F so I followed one simple and basic guide by tomsguide(dot)com on rooting my phone that told me to install Odin and then flash a file name "CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltexx-smg920f.tar.md5" on AP. Then reboot.
I went on with updating SuperSU, installing Busybox and Lucky Patcher and was finally able to cheat in a solo game I downloaded last week.
Since then however, I am not able to install ANY App (external or Play Store). Downloading works fine but I get either invalid APK file (adb install command) or Error -505 from Google Store. And I did only patch my game, not Play Store ...
Now I thought, I might as well just undo the root through Odin and then begin from point A, because I don't know the root cause.
I then followed a guide buy wonderhowto(dot)com to un-root and flash into firmware (right country etc.) but now I am stuck (after trying to flash my phone provider firmware) with this log on Odin:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> sboot.bin
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
<ID:0/005> <ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
... and on my phone screen (odin mode) it says "SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 4, BINARY: 3
When on recovery mode it says Supported API: 3, dm-verity verification failed...
SuperSU Free 2.74 is installed and I yet denied updating it again. But that doesn't help either.
Can anybody help me out of the mess I made?
I'd like to install a custom ROM (CarHDRom_V.27.0_5DPL4.zip) and be able to install any app (like normal).
PS: I already did a factory reset, but it did not help. And of course all of the data/cache deletion as well as removing app updates etc...

mr_vanderhamm said:
Originally posted to reddit.com/r/androidtechsupport/ and XDA Forums /Questions&Answers/
Dear XDA Assistance
Ok so let's put it straight, I'm one of those tech noobs trying to do **** on PC and Android but failing almost everytime.
I wanted to be able to install Lucky Patcher on my Samsung S6 SM-G920F so I followed one simple and basic guide by tomsguide(dot)com on rooting my phone that told me to install Odin and then flash a file name "CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltexx-smg920f.tar.md5" on AP. Then reboot.
I went on with updating SuperSU, installing Busybox and Lucky Patcher and was finally able to cheat in a solo game I downloaded last week.
Since then however, I am not able to install ANY App (external or Play Store). Downloading works fine but I get either invalid APK file (adb install command) or Error -505 from Google Store. And I did only patch my game, not Play Store ...
Now I thought, I might as well just undo the root through Odin and then begin from point A, because I don't know the root cause.
I then followed a guide buy wonderhowto(dot)com to un-root and flash into firmware (right country etc.) but now I am stuck (after trying to flash my phone provider firmware) with this log on Odin:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> sboot.bin
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
<ID:0/005> <ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
... and on my phone screen (odin mode) it says "SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 4, BINARY: 3
When on recovery mode it says Supported API: 3, dm-verity verification failed...
SuperSU Free 2.74 is installed and I yet denied updating it again. But that doesn't help either.
Can anybody help me out of the mess I made?
I'd like to install a custom ROM (CarHDRom_V.27.0_5DPL4.zip) and be able to install any app (like normal).
PS: I already did a factory reset, but it did not help. And of course all of the data/cache deletion as well as removing app updates etc...
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Lucky Patcher is banned on xda, we can not help you with anything that will get paid applications for free. To fix your phone I would use kies/smartswitch emergency firmware recovery which will return you phone to stock and then re root
Regards
Sawdoctor