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[Completed] Need Help Fixing my Semi-Bricked Galaxy S5

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Hello everyone, and thanks for taking the time to attempt to help me.
Earlier today, my T-Mobile Galaxy S5 updated to 5.1.1. I searched google and came across a few links on how to root my phone (G900T) - The one I ended up using was CF-AutoRoot
I used Odin 3.07, used the tar5 file from that site above where I downloaded the root, and attempted to root the phone. Odin says everything worked as planned ''passed'' was displayed with 0 fails. I waited about 20 minutes, but my phone never rebooted, it was stuck in a boot logo loop ' 'Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by Android'' or ''T-Mobile'' was displayed.
I tried going into recovery and reseting all data / factory wipe but that didn't help, and made it even worse. Now my phone says this when I try to turn it on: ''Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again''
How do I go about getting back to stock firmware , that is rootable, so I can then proceed to install CyanogenMod?
EDIT: I used Kies and was able to get back to stock firmware and the phone turns on.
Can anyone recommend a reliable root for the G900T S5?

FreakLikeChewy said:
EDIT: See bottom of post
Hello everyone, and thanks for taking the time to attempt to help me.
Earlier today, my T-Mobile Galaxy S5 updated to 5.1.1. I searched google and came across a few links on how to root my phone (G900T) - The one I ended up using was CF-AutoRoot
I used Odin 3.07, used the tar5 file from that site above where I downloaded the root, and attempted to root the phone. Odin says everything worked as planned ''passed'' was displayed with 0 fails. I waited about 20 minutes, but my phone never rebooted, it was stuck in a boot logo loop ' 'Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by Android'' or ''T-Mobile'' was displayed.
I tried going into recovery and reseting all data / factory wipe but that didn't help, and made it even worse. Now my phone says this when I try to turn it on: ''Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again''
How do I go about getting back to stock firmware , that is rootable, so I can then proceed to install CyanogenMod?
EDIT: I used Kies and was able to get back to stock firmware and the phone turns on.
Can anyone recommend a reliable root for the G900T S5?
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Hello and thank you for using XDA Assist.
It's good to hear that you managed to revive your phone. Many of us find it convenient to install a custom recovery such as TWRP which makes backing up and restoring, switching ROMs, and many such activities much easier. XDA happens to have an active and friendly area dedicated to the Samsung Galaxy S5, and specifically to the T-Mobile version at http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s5. I suggest you search that area or simply post your question in the Q&A forum there at http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s5/help where our experts will be most likely to be able to guide you.

Galaxy Core Prime SM-G361H- Softbricked After Trying To Root

Softbricked Galaxy core prime please help!
I have a Galaxy Core Prime Value Edition (sm-g361h), I was trying to root my phone and a fool told me that sm-g369h and sm-g361h are same models (he means no change) and I believed him and flash twrp recovery for sm-g361h and when I tried to boot but I got this message "recovery is not seandroid enforcing", then I download stock firmware and tried to flash with Odin, I tried all versions of Odin, but it failed in recovery_sboot.bin and I found a thread about frp which is lock and I can't even access my phone software to turn OEM lock on (or whatever it is), now I know that I soft bricked my phone and your help, is there any way to turn off frp or anything else? Please help me
Thanks in advance

Does your phone ever boot in system? What does it shows when you turn it on?

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Mr said:
Does your phone ever boot in system? What does it shows when you turn it on?
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Only Samsung logo with message "recovery is not seandroid enforcing"

MujtabaOria said:
Only Samsung logo with message "recovery is not seandroid enforcing"
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Try flashing this file...it's the stock kernel...it should make the system boot normally https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-agjODzYpwPR0VvTnlFNGc4SDA/view?usp=docslist_api
Sent from my GALAXY Core Prime (G361H) using Tapatalk

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Mr said:
Try flashing this file...it's the stock kernel...it should make the system boot normally https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-agjODzYpwPR0VvTnlFNGc4SDA/view?usp=docslist_api
Sent from my GALAXY Core Prime (G361H) using Tapatalk
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Sorry for late reply and thanks soooooooooooooo much dear friend, now phone is started, and I will never ever listen to any stupid again...
Thanks once again bro.

MujtabaOria said:
Sorry for late reply and thanks soooooooooooooo much dear friend, now phone is started, and I will never ever listen to any stupid again...
Thanks once again bro.
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No problem bro its a pleasure to help [emoji2] [emoji2]
To prevent flashing wrong files join our official XDA thread everything there will be for our device...
Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...e-ve-g361h-t3211451/post63022055#post63022055
Sent from my GALAXY Core Prime (G361H) using Tapatalk

I am having same issue. I tried this process but still same. Any other solution?

I am having same issue. I tried this process but still same. Any other solution?need badly emergency solution....plz any one help me.....

Hi, i have rooted my core prime SMG361h recently with my pc on odin and using twrp,It works well, Things get worst,WHEN I accidently delete the whole OS system of the android phone.I download a custom firmware from (sammobile firmware).directly flashing from Twrp wont work, say MD5 not found,Later on I check again this time twrp wont show up till now,it only show the samsung GAlaxy core prime icon and a RECOVERY ISNOT SEANDROID ENFORCING and at that time i connect the usb cable with pc it charges and on the left top corner there a display of KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING (this thing never shown while CHARGING when the TWRP was working)So i press the Volume down +power+menu for the download mode the Download mode show up,unfortunately,the device cannot detect by my Pc,(I install the samsung driver from kies as well,insta;; and reinstall)I also Replace the USB cable as well thought the cable might be problem ,it did CHARGE but the pc cannot recognise it.when pc cannot detect the device the odin cannot detct as well....M desperate right now...PLz help...

Hey, I flashed the stock rom but it is still on the start screen.\
Any suggestions?

galaxy s3 semi-bricked need help!

bought this second hand verizon galaxy s3 4.4.2, rooted it with towelroot, and flashed twrp using twrp manager and when i tried to boot into recovery, i had a warning sign that software has been tampered with and i should contact verizon for help, i tried to recover using a stock rom with odin but it fails each time, i did some researcch for many hour without success.
sometimes the screen tells me to use software repair assistant, i was able to download it but it never detected the phone, just sits there while phone is connected, btw drivers have been successfuly installed.
i tried kies, didn't work either.
i know now that it had to do with locked bootloader, but this is my first verizon phone.
please any help will be appreciated!

Edit and solved!!!
refer to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319&page=31#post65689151

Bricked Device after flash TWRP recovery

Hi all,
I'm not new in XDA but i'm new in Samsung and yesterday i bricked my device. i own a Samsung Galaxy S8+ G955F
What i did was, first ticked OEM Unlock and USB Debugging in Developer options and then flashed the original TWRP recovery for Galaxy S8+.
After reboot the phone bootloop, i only can go to Download Mode and after that i trigger the Knox too.
If i try to flash an original Samsung rom i solve the problem?
Any help please?
Thx.

Solved by flashing a stock rom.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+ using XDA Labs

Reflash stock recovery.

Jtag dead phone to life and rewrite IMEI
First of all my phone is the s8+ G955fd, but I am sure that the people that helped me can help most Samsung owners with bricked phones.
My phone ended up being stuck on the first boot screen, I couldn't get into recovery or download mode. I installed TWRP and after that I lost my IMEI numbers( dual sim), so I tried to reflash stock and thats when i became bricked. I searched someone to help and found reference to the Fonefunshop in England. I sent it there and they said that the eMMC chip was bad. I searched for someone who could write to it or put a new one on the motherboard . I found A2Z cellular in Ottawa Canada. They used jtag to restore it to stock and they told me that the Fonefunshop had not opened the phone which is necessary to use jtag as they claimed, so avoid them.
The phone was now back doing everything it should except the IMEI's were null like before. I gave them the original IMEI's and the phone is working like new.
If your Samsung is bricked these guys can probably fix it and it won't cost much to find out.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried flashing TWRP Recovery 3.3.1-0 on Galaxy Tab A 10.1 LTE (2016) via Odin and when i tried to load into TWRP in just goes to the custom download mode without showing twrp, on top of all of this my tablet is now soft bricked and i can only access the download mode.
please help me...WHAT CAN I DO?????????????

JimJimJim22 said:
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried flashing TWRP Recovery 3.3.1-0 on Galaxy Tab A 10.1 LTE (2016) via Odin and when i tried to load into TWRP in just goes to the custom download mode without showing twrp, on top of all of this my tablet is now soft bricked and i can only access the download mode.
please help me...WHAT CAN I DO?????????????
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You need to find that devices forum and post there. This is for s8 plus only

Samsung SM-G930F

I bought a used samsung s7 Sm-G930F but after using the phone for some days i saw an update release so i decided to update it but after download the update it couldnt install it due to some error i dont know is talking of. So after some days to went off and it couldnt come on. So i decided to flash the firmware BTU on it through odin3 but after get PASS in odin3 it keeps gets stuck on SAMSUNG. I have also try factory reset wipe cache before even doing the firmware flash. Also i try downgrading to 7.0 and 6.0 but didnt work. Please help am guessing am missing something. I also notice something when even i boot the phone in recovery mode and plug to my system, my system recognise as SM-G930S, while at the back is written SM-G930F. Pls provide with any possible solution to this issue.

Used phones are often rebranded as other models to try increase resale value. If it says G930S in download mode then that's the phone you have. If you tried flashing G930F software you've probably soft bricked it.
You could try flashing again but using G930S software.

Beanvee7 said:
Used phones are often rebranded as other models to try increase resale value. If it says G930S in download mode then that's the phone you have. If you tried flashing G930F software you've probably soft bricked it.
You could try flashing again but using G930S software.
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Thanks for quick respond. In download it says Sm-g930f.but if i plug it to a system in recovery mode it shows as Sm-g930s. So am really confuse. And 8 have flash it with Sm-g920f firmware several times it keeps getting stuck on samsung logo sometimes it even load up to where i start setup with googke account and alk that but getting stuck again and couldnt respond at all.