Hello All,
My friend has a Verizon S6 that is not booting up. Stays frozen or in a boot loop on Samsung logo.
No idea what Android version it had.
I downloaded the latest firmware md5 file for it from SamFirm and tried to flash it with Odin. It was a single file so I used the AP button as usual.
It starts flashing but when it comes to System.img Odin fails. I tried many times with many Odin Versions and re-downloaded the firmware file and tried many usb cables and 2 different PCs but no go.
As I'm writing this, I tried it again and it completed the flash successfully but the phone booted up in a blue Android screen and it said installing system update, then erasing and it froze right there. I go into recovery and reset to factory settings and wipe cache. And the purple LED is on all the time.
So now it's stuck in a boot loop on the Verizon logo red screen.
I believe something is messed up in the partitions or memory, I'm not sure. Anyway I can revive this phone for him?
He's not interested in rooting but if it's a must, no problem; anything to get the phone started.
The phone is sim unlocked cos he was using it on sim cards outside the US, so he would like to keep doing that as he no longer lives in the US.
Thank you kindly in advance.
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Hi guys, so recently I bought a Galaxy S6 Verizon off of eBay. I got it for fairly cheap because it was stuck in a boot loop. I usually have no problem fixing stuff like this, but this time is different. So the first thing I tried when I got the phone was to do a reset and cache wipe from recovery. I rebooted the phone and it showed a screen that said "Android is starting, optimizing app 9 out of 31." when it got to 21 the phone rebooted and went back to 9. It did this several times before I attempted to wipe/reset again. I then downloaded the tar file G920VVRU4CPH1 and flashed it in Odin. I did a manual reset before the phone booted, and it is doing the same thing again. reboots to a green screen where it tries to optimize apps, stays there for about 20 seconds, and reboots over and over again in the same cycle. I have tried all other stock marshmallow roms that i can find, Odin won't flash older ones, (assuming its not letting me downgrade). Also another weird thing, every time I flash, the blue update screen goes to 32%, stops, erases, and reboots. Phone is on 6.0.1 version MMB29K.G920VVRU4CPH1 as seen in recovery. Any help would be gladly appreciated. Thank you!
I am having a similar problem with loading new rom. The farthest it gets is 32%. Sometimes it doesn't get even that far.
I ended up just buying a trashed s6 and swapping the motherboards. Only way I could fix it
I had my phone just sitting on a wireless charger this morning and had been there for about 15-30 minutes. I noticed it was rebooting, odd I thought? I took it off and then realized it was going into a boot loop. I gave it a soft reset and then it would turn on and stay on for about 10 seconds before boot looping again. I again gave it a soft reset after a couple loops and now it seems to totally dead, as the title implies.
No button combination has worked and I've held them all down for well over 30 seconds each. I've tried plugging it into my PC and haven't gotten any response that way. The blue LED is on so I know it's not dead...I think? To make matters worse, I bought this phone off Craigslist about 5 months ago and it's the Exynos version so I definitely can't get any kind of warranty on it. I'm hoping someone has had this problem and can help or just has some advice. Thanks everyone.
EDIT: To keep this updated, I have been able to get into Odin Mode and have tried to flash stock firmware. Odin says everything went fine but the phone hangs up at the Samsung Galaxy S7 logo. I'm unable to boot into recovery mode and I've even tried to reinstall TWRP with Odin and that has not worked.
Seen the LED only problem before, waiting for the battery to drain and the phone to turn off seems to be the only known cure atm
Once it does, connect the charger for 15 mins, then boot directly into recovery and clear caches to try fix the bootloop, possible it may need factory resetting / clean flash of stock ROM
Using the MicroUSB > USB white adapter, you may be able to connect a power hungry USB peripheral to the phone to drain the battery faster, I use a USB desktop fan, but some people report it not working when it is stuck in this LED loop and have just had to wait it out
Thanks for that advice, I'll let it drain over night. However, I have been able to get it to boot into Odin Mode and Odin v.3 recognized it. I flashed the stock firmware but upon rebooting nothing happened and now it gets stuck at the Samsung logo screen. I can still get it back into Odin mode, which I believe will be the fastest way to kill the battery, but I find it odd that I can get into that but not recovery? I am rooted and have TWRP installed, if that matters at all.
If you can get into Download (ODIN) mode, then letting the battery drain probably won't help, that only seems to help when the phone is completely stuck with nothing but the LED working
Make sure you flash CSC (Not HOME_CSC) along with the other 3 sections of the ROM, using ODIN 3.12.3, that should factory reset the phone after the flash
If you successfully flashed stock with ODIN already, you are no longer rooted and do not have TWRP installed, flashing stock with ODIN replaces all that with stock
I updated Odin and once again tried to flash the 4 parts, making sure I used the right CSC file, but I'm still getting hung up at the Samsung Galaxy S7 logo. Do you have a suggestion as to which region's firmware I should use? I have been trying the Australia one from SamMobile's site.
EDIT: And to clarify, I have the G930FD(the duos one).
jonny727272 said:
I updated Odin and once again tried to flash the 4 parts, making sure I used the right CSC file, but I'm still getting hung up at the Samsung Galaxy S7 logo. Do you have a suggestion as to which region's firmware I should use? I have been trying the Australia one from SamMobile's site.
EDIT: And to clarify, I have the G930FD(the duos one).
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Any region would work, and the F firmware works for the FD too
Hello, I have a note 5 that is currently stuck in a boot loop. I am not 100% sure how it go into this state, it is a customers phone. I am able to access Odin Mode, and Recovery but am not able to run factory reset or boot into bootloader. In Odin mode I have downloaded stock software from US Cellulars website, I'm not sure if it matters which version I select? There is a couple for 6.0, I assume just different release dates? The flash completes successfully, or atleast it appears to. The phone reboots but will only show Samsung logo then boot into recovery. I've tried different stock software, and different cables with pretty much the same result. Sometimes it will boot into android system update, but fails about 25% and reboots. Do I have any other options? Any help is greatly appreciated!
Hi !
I want you to be sure that you have flashed the correct firmware for your device variant
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...rification-t3293306/post64808458#post64808458
Good luck !
I was having trouble with random lock ups and reboots so i wanted to flash my 915A to another version of firmware that i had installed before. I used odin and it updated successfully. I then wiped cache and then did a wipe data/factory reset and then a
reboot. And then the samsung logo and then the AT&T logo and then nothing, The logo stays on for ever. The blue led is on and
dims in and out and thats all. I have left it for over a hour and nothing. SO i reflashed a few other firmwares that i have saved and have used all of them in the past and they all load via odin just like they should. I follow the same steps i have always used and
everytime it hangs on the AT&T logo? I have tried pulling out the SD card, I have tried with and without the SIM card and still
the same? IS my 7 month old phone bricked? PLEASE help me i really want and need my phone back. Does anyone have any ideas
on what i can do or try? Thank you for reading.
Ron
So im trying to fix a freinds phone. He said it randomly shut off and started bootlooping on the samsung screen. So I flashed the same firmware using odin. It succeded restarted and still does the same exact thing?
No matter what I do I cannot get this damn phone to boot up. After holding vol down and power to soft reset it goes to a screen with a triangle and says installing update then to no command. If i soft reset then hold vol down and home with power download mode will come up. I cant get this phone to go into recovery the combination just brings me to the triangle screen. Maintenance mode wont even come up the triangle screen shows instead. I have knowledge of odin and flashing. Ive been flashing since the motorola cliq lol But this is making me scratch my head...Any ideas?
I want to add that when it freezes at the samsung logo the logo corrupts and gets black lines through it then restarts several seconds after?
Are you flashing all 4 firmware files with Odin or just AP?
Of course I am. I even went ahead and flashed another "non carrier" firmware to see if it made a difference and no luck.
BL
AP
CP
Home_CSC, I flashed the CSC when flashing a different firmware.
By the books and nothing seems to get this phone booting.
Have you tried just normal CSC? Home_CSC keeps data, it's basically acts as an in place upgrade rather than a fresh image.
If you're having issues you'll want a full clean wipe which means using CSC.
When trying a new firmware I flashed the "CSC" because it contains the pit file. So yes I have and that didn't work either.
The phone gets to download mode which tells me its not a brick. Still says "samsung official". FRP lock is off.
And just waiting it out doesn't work? Flashing from a custom Nougat ROM to stock Oreo was like 10+ minutes on the Samsung logo for me.
No as I said in op it always freezes at the Samsung logo over and over and over again.
My best guess is the system partition is corrupt and is un-repairable or the hardware was defect from the factory...but the phone has been In use for 2 years flawlessly...besides that it still boots up Odin(download) mode....so... Does anyone have any idea wtf is going on with this phone? Because anything I do just won't boot it normally. I can't root it and try a custom rom because "OEM unlock" isn't enabled. So WTF?
Please does anyone have any idea what is going on here?
I had some luck with getting it to the bootloader by using odin to flash the corresponding BL file. Then I flashed a combination file obtained from hardreset. But I am still stuck bypassing the FRP lock myself. Either I flash stock rom or firmware with ADB. It always get an error cllose to the end. Or the flash finished and the warning message is still there and I couldn't get pass the google authorisation stage.