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Samsung Captivate Flashing Help?????‏

Hello
I am having the Unlocked SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE (SGH-I896) of Canada Rogers Network. I am using the same from last December, 2010. As now the firmware of my phone is crashed and it is not even going in DOWNLOAD MODE or in RECOVERY MODE, by which I can repair my crashed firmware and also now my phone is not working.
My request to you is that can you tell me that if you can FLASH my SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE (SGH-I896) with the ROM of the mobile if you have with you, otherwise I will provide the Original Firmware Backup which I am having with me. So please tell me whether you can upgrade the firm with the ROM you have or mine.
Please help me to solve my number, as I am from India, now I cannot send my mobile to Canada back.
Thanks

I'm sorry I know english isn't your native language but could you try and reword your question?
And what do you mean by the phone isn't working? What exactly does it do?

studacris said:
I'm sorry I know english isn't your native language but could you try and reword your question?
And what do you mean by the phone isn't working? What exactly does it do?
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Eh thanks Studa, I came across his question earlier and didn't understand it either.
@ OP - if you could rephrase that, we'd be more than happy to help you

Hmmm...this is a tough one, and I work with offshore resources on a daily basis. My guess is he unlocked his cappy, took it to India, tried to flash something, bricked it, and needs help restoring a rom file he has on his phone, or a rom from here.
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sailzfast said:
Hmmm...this is a tough one, and I work with offshore resources on a daily basis. My guess is he unlocked his cappy, took it to India, tried to flash something, bricked it, and needs help restoring a rom file he has on his phone, or a rom from here.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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So far, it seems to me like he needs a way to flash Eclair or Froyo. If so here's the answer: Odin3 one click.

BWolf56 said:
So far, it seems to me like he needs a way to flash Eclair or Froyo. If so here's the answer: Odin3 one click.
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+1 and just to answer a possible question ... The phone should still be unlocked after flashing to stock with odin.

Hello
thanks for replying me, my original post link is this of whom you made the reply:----
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041785
Actually I flashed my Samsung Captivate with Froyo GT-[I9000] and the same ROM was flashed with Odin v1.8 and when I restart my mobile then i come to find that the BACK KEY of mobile is not working and then I mistakenly apply this method on my New flashed Samsung Captivate, the link of the post after searching on Google.com is as below:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...d-recovery-mode-in-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000/
and after that when I switch off my mobile for checking whether my problem of BACK KEY get solve or not then I come to know that my Mobile is not starting normally and the same was also not starting in RECOVERY or DOWNLOADING MODE. I tired all key combination but all get in vein.
So can you help me in solving my SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE problem. and I have the unlock code with me, so that I can unlock my mobile again easily without any problem.
I will wait for your reply.
Thanks

Buy a jig. It will put it in download so you can do odin one click. I use AIO toolbox to do it.
rocktheway_2009 said:
Hello
thanks for replying me, my original post link is this of whom you made the reply:----
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041785
Actually I flashed my Samsung Captivate with Froyo GT-[I9000] and the same ROM was flashed with Odin v1.8 and when I restart my mobile then i come to find that the BACK KEY of mobile is not working and then I mistakenly apply this method on my New flashed Samsung Captivate, the link of the post after searching on Google.com is as below:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...d-recovery-mode-in-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000/
and after that when I switch off my mobile for checking whether my problem of BACK KEY get solve or not then I come to know that my Mobile is not starting normally and the same was also not starting in RECOVERY or DOWNLOADING MODE. I tired all key combination but all get in vein.
So can you help me in solving my SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE problem. and I have the unlock code with me, so that I can unlock my mobile again easily without any problem.
I will wait for your reply.
Thanks
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my suggestion is to buy and use this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...21187&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_651wt_1139

[Q] Can I flash recovery and roms from the phone?

Hello everyone. I have a question. Can I flash the recovery image (whether CWM or anything else) and also the Roms from within the phone without using a PC.
The problem is I don't have access to a PC (all my laptop usb connections got fried) and I have an HTC Hero. I just download whatever I want to the SD card and flash it without the need for a PC. I wonder if that is possible?
I got T-mobile Tab a couple of days ago. I rooted it and I got Rom Manager. But after I reboot in recovery, I get the verification error.
So, can I do this without the so-called Odin or Heimdall?
Thanks in advance...

if you got the CWM work on your tab so probably yes u can do so , u just need to download the rom and read the discretion given by the dev and flash it via cwm
but
there is always a need of odin , in case u stuck or something ,
and also its depend about the dev is made it to be flashed by odin or cwm .
out of topic : how is egypt , really do miss it

Thanks a lot for your answer. And it is great to find someone else misses Egypt besides myself. I guess everything there is a mess now and I'm going to check it out by the end of the month.

ahmadshawki said:
Thanks a lot for your answer. And it is great to find someone else misses Egypt besides myself. I guess everything there is a mess now and I'm going to check it out by the end of the month.
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In my country is more messy .. its F><cked by GAddafi A><hole lolz
maybe i'll visit egypt by ramadan that in case if my family went there
i really do miss eat saber , husny , samakmak etc

You seem to know it better than me :-D
I'm going on the 27th and I'll stay there for a month. You should let me know if you go there at this time, seriously...

i'll pm u if i went there

no service on SGS I9000

Recently, I flashed my SGS I9000 with DarkyROM v11.0 Black Edition and all went smoothly. I did this while I was in Pakistan for the holidays. When I came back to the UK, I found that my phone wasn't getting any service, not from my old sim or my new sim. My new sim had been activated on the day I got back and it just showed the crossed-out triangle. My old sim was supposed to be working but it wasn't working on the phone for some reason. After a fair amount of hours spent on researching on the problem, I figured that my efs was corrupted. A symptom of this was that my imei had changed and I'm not sure how to get it back.
Samsung Services decided to shut the door in my face and I haven't any solutions as of yet.
What's your take on this? Do you have any solutions to this problem?
All help is greatly appreciated, thank you.

Any one have any solutions to this problem?

Why you did not backup of efs folder before flashing? ...sometimes flashing official gingerbread rom helps in getting imei back, so try that :/

This should help (replace Froyo by a Gingerbread release)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647890
Did it today with my dad's Galaxy S that lost service after installing CM9.

juvenile582 said:
What's your take on this? Do you have any solutions to this problem?
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check out My Android Solutions, link below for the various options to solve efs & IMEI problems

juvenile582 said:
Recently, I flashed my SGS I9000 with DarkyROM v11.0 Black Edition and all went smoothly. I did this while I was in Pakistan for the holidays. When I came back to the UK, I found that my phone wasn't getting any service, not from my old sim or my new sim. My new sim had been activated on the day I got back and it just showed the crossed-out triangle. My old sim was supposed to be working but it wasn't working on the phone for some reason. After a fair amount of hours spent on researching on the problem, I figured that my efs was corrupted. A symptom of this was that my imei had changed and I'm not sure how to get it back.
Samsung Services decided to shut the door in my face and I haven't any solutions as of yet.
What's your take on this? Do you have any solutions to this problem?
All help is greatly appreciated, thank you.
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i slove my IMEI problem buy using this step:
1) flash to stock rom and Check IMEI (*#06#) you will get the right IMEI number
2) connect you phone to the PC and copy the EFS file to the PC
3) Root the Phone and Flash to custom ROM you like (Check IMEI if is Wrong end with (0000)
4) Connect your phone to the PC and delete EFS folder on your PHONE
5) Copy the EFS file from your PC (Step2) and paste to your PHONE and restart the PHONE.
Hope this will help.

Samtan4326 said:
i slove my IMEI problem buy using this step:
1) flash to stock rom and Check IMEI (*#06#) you will get the right IMEI number
2) connect you phone to the PC and copy the EFS file to the PC
3) Root the Phone and Flash to custom ROM you like (Check IMEI if is Wrong end with (0000)
4) Connect your phone to the PC and delete EFS folder on your PHONE
5) Copy the EFS file from your PC (Step2) and paste to your PHONE and restart the PHONE.
Hope this will help.
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Actually when I enter that code in, it gives me the IMEI i'm trying to get rid of.
Thanks for the suggestion!

When I lost my imei I just reflashed to stock couple times and my imei got restored automatically
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Mantis64 said:
This should help (replace Froyo by a Gingerbread release)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647890
Did it today with my dad's Galaxy S that lost service after installing CM9.
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gun said:
When I lost my imei I just reflashed to stock couple times and my imei got restored automatically
Sent from my SGH-T959 using xda app-developers app
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I tried both of your ideas but it just wouldn't restore my imei for some reason. How many times did you flash yours?

I flashed different custom roms I think 4 and kept replacing them with stock rom
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Okay, I've hit a new low. You can blame my stupidity for this.
I was looking at xsenman's suggestions and I asked about one of his methods, he told me to use the M110S Repair kit which I downloaded. I opened it up and it shows a bunch files that I had to flash to my phone. While flashing my phone and eventually bricking it, I realised that the M110S is the Korean version and I just tried to flash that firmware onto mine, resulting in a brick. Basically, I hold the power button and it shows the Samsung Anycall logo and that's about the extent of the boot and my capabilities. I cannot go into download mode or recovery mode (via 3 buttons) it just tries to boot up the phone.
I have realized my complete idiocy at this point but I could use anything just to get my phone back up so that I can atleast continue trying to sort out the IMEI.

Today, 07:39 AM
juvenile582 said:
Hang on, this is for a different model...I've got the Samsung Galaxy S I9000 not the M110S.
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Today, 07:46 AM
xsenman said:
hmmm, than you are on the wrong forum, anyway than you should try the solutions available for i9000 do you have any EFS backup? If not try downgrade to Froyo to see if it will work for you
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Today, 05:58 PM
juvenile582 said:
Okay, I've hit a new low. You can blame my stupidity for this.
I was looking at xsenman's suggestions and I asked about one of his methods, he told me to use the M110S Repair kit which I downloaded. I opened it up and it shows a bunch files that I had to flash to my phone. While flashing my phone and eventually bricking it, I realised that the M110S is the Korean version and I just tried to flash that firmware onto mine, resulting in a brick. Basically, I hold the power button and it shows the Samsung Anycall logo and that's about the extent of the boot and my capabilities. I cannot go into download mode or recovery mode (via 3 buttons) it just tries to boot up the phone.
I have realized my complete idiocy at this point but I could use anything just to get my phone back up so that I can at east continue trying to sort out the IMEI.
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Ok, this is rather strange and sad to hear , as you made a post in the Korean M110S Forum, my suggestions were for you to use the Korean repair kit at Today, 06:13 AM in response to a post made at Today, 03:07 AM.
But by Today, 07:39 AM, you responded I am referring to the wrong model and by Today, 07:46 AM, I advised you to use the i9000 froyo ROM instead .
So it sad to hear you still used the M110S repair kit knowingly , even after I advised you not to use it, at 07:46 AM today?
Anyway, what you should do is first power down, remove battery, remove SIM Card and Ext SD card, , press power button for a few min, than reinsert battery only and try for download mode or use Methods mention on MY Android Solutions, link below to achieve download mode .
Forget about recovery mode, get download mode and use PIT and full i9000 ROM package, use JVZ or JVU with boot loaders
I, Personally had tested i9000 ROMS on the M110S and spend a few hours flashing M110S repair kit over and over again to recover, so as long as your phone can get into download mode or with a help of a JIG, its not bricked.

xsenman said:
Today, 07:39 AM
Today, 07:46 AM
Today, 05:58 PM
Ok, this is rather strange and sad to hear , as you made a post in the Korean M110S Forum, my suggestions were for you to use the Korean repair kit at Today, 06:13 AM in response to a post made at Today, 03:07 AM.
But by Today, 07:39 AM, you responded I am referring to the wrong model and by Today, 07:46 AM, I advised you to use the i9000 froyo ROM instead .
So it sad to hear you still used the M110S repair kit knowingly , even after I advised you not to use it, at 07:46 AM today?
Anyway, what you should do is first power down, remove battery, remove SIM Card and Ext SD card, , press power button for a few min, than reinsert battery only and try for download mode or use Methods mention on MY Android Solutions, link below to achieve download mode .
Forget about recovery mode, get download mode and use PIT and full i9000 ROM package, use JVZ or JVU with boot loaders
I, Personally had tested i9000 ROMS on the M110S and spend a few hours flashing M110S repair kit over and over again to recover, so as long as your phone can get into download mode or with a help of a JIG, its not bricked.
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At 7:39am, I had already flashed. At 7:30, I discovered that it was a different model. I spent some time trying to fix it before I sent that message.
Also, I'm going to try that jig method, see if it works.

juvenile582 said:
At 7:39am, I had already flashed. At 7:30, I discovered that it was a different model. I spent some time trying to fix it before I sent that message.
Also, I'm going to try that jig method, see if it works.
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download combo keys may change when OTHER firmware are used on a phone, so you should try different combinations for download mode . For M110S , download mode is home key +power key...give it a try or
1) To enter download mode [volumedown+home+power] or home +power
2) While in this position, insert the battery

I once lost mine, and to get it back, I flashed back the last known good configuration.
Unfortunately sometimes these things happen.

Right, the phone is back onto Gingerbread 2.3.6 after a cheap jig that I ordered forced it into download mode. I then flashed froyo then gingerbread and now I'm back to where I started, no service and a missing imei.

I've had a development!
Okay, so after playing around with the phone, rooting and stuff. I managed to get my 3g working somehow but still no imei, texting or calling. Really strange how I can use internet but not be able to text or call anyone

juvenile582 said:
I've had a development!
Okay, so after playing around with the phone, rooting and stuff. I managed to get my 3g working somehow but still no imei, texting or calling. Really strange how I can use internet but not be able to text or call anyone
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is it still in warranty?

TotallydubbedHD said:
is it still in warranty?
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From what I know of rooting, my warranty's void by now. (It's like the tenth time I've rooted it)

juvenile582 said:
From what I know of rooting, my warranty's void by now. (It's like the tenth time I've rooted it)
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if you get back on stock rom, wipe everything - samsung won't know
So my question remains
I would try figuring it out via google searches etc - but if you can't you could always send it into samsung.

S3 mini (8190) HARD BRICKED PLEASE HELP!!!!

I tried to flash Lollipop 5.1.1 (Carbon) 20150701 on my S3 via odin and the cable failed and hard bricked my S3 mini. No download mode,No recovery,No Bootlogo,No Vibration…just dead. Is there a debrick img available so i might be able to save my phone? I cannot afford JTag right now. Please assist. I think it has to be the bootloader.

NOBODY?
QuintusE said:
I tried to flash Lollipop 5.1.1 (Carbon) 20150701 on my S3 via odin and the cable failed and hard bricked my S3 mini. No download mode,No recovery,No Bootlogo,No Vibration…just dead. Is there a debrick img available so i might be able to save my phone? I cannot afford JTag right now. Please assist. I think it has to be the bootloader.
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Nobody out there on this site full of "experts"? Not one? Pathetic

Quick question. Can you get into download mode? If not then how is a debrick.img going to help?

spydr97 said:
Quick question. Can you get into download mode? If not then how is a debrick.img going to help?
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If it works on other S3 models that are hard bricked why no the mini?
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Quintus Erasmus said:
If it works on other S3 models that are hard bricked why no the mini?
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hxxp://androidforums.com/threads/verizon-debrick-hardbricked-s3.869570
Why not the S3 8190? This one in the link above has a corrupted bootloader too.
I wish someone would help a brother out and upload an img instead of making remarks. Anything worth trying is better than getting a Riff Jtag. It seems as if this forum is all about reposting stuff from other sites or members are smartasses.

1. I'm trying to get an idea of the status of the device.
2. I'm just a guy that has the same phone without any android development knowledge who is trying his best to help.
3. There are some real geniuses on this site.

spydr97 said:
1. I'm trying to get an idea of the status of the device.
2. I'm just a guy that has the same phone without any android development knowledge who is trying his best to help.
3. There are some real geniuses on this site.[/QUOTEI
I apologise, I had been scouting every forum possible with no solution in sight and no hope of finding one. I was frustrated. The device has been taken to a repair center and the technician looked very confused but said he would try. As a south african you will understand my lack of confidence in the device being repaired as he was hired due to AA.
Apologies once again.
PS: I have bought a J5 brand new and I hope i dont kill it. Trying very hard to keep it stock...
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I see that there is still nobody on this forum that actually knows what they are doing. ****ing morons.

Flashing phone via JTAG port could be a solution. You need a JTAG debugger ( Riff Box, Medusa, Z3X etc.) which supports your phone. The trouble is, this devices is not cheap so its better to send it to a phone service.

QuintusE said:
I tried to flash Lollipop 5.1.1 (Carbon) 20150701 on my S3 via odin and the cable failed and hard bricked my S3 mini. No download mode,No recovery,No Bootlogo,No Vibration…just dead. Is there a debrick img available so i might be able to save my phone? I cannot afford JTag right now. Please assist. I think it has to be the bootloader.
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what do you see when you plug it into your computer?

I see usb8500 rom

Bricked Samsung s6 from straighttalk

Okay so i had rooted my phone using Iroot and I wanted to unroot my device so I can give it to my brother so he can use it for his new phone he has a different company though and wanted to see if he could switch I tried unrooting it but it just wouldn't work and next thing I know my brother factory data resets it without un rooting and now it's stuck on the Samsung s6 screen it won't let me go on recovery but it will let me on odin/download mode is there a way I can fix this.

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
Okay so i had rooted my phone using Iroot and I wanted to unroot my device so I can give it to my brother so he can use it for his new phone he has a different company though and wanted to see if he could switch I tried unrooting it but it just wouldn't work and next thing I know my brother factory data resets it without un rooting and now it's stuck on the Samsung s6 screen it won't let me go on recovery but it will let me on odin/download mode is there a way I can fix this.
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Yep, go to Sammobile .com or samsung-updates .com and enter your model number to find the stock firmware, download it then flash it in Odin.

Droidriven said:
Yep, go to Sammobile .com or samsung-updates .com and enter your model number to find the stock firmware, download it then flash it in Odin.
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Yea that's what I tried doing but for the straighttalk or tracfone it shows the stock firmware but it has no way to download it so I can't do that :/

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
Yea that's what I tried doing but for the straighttalk or tracfone it shows the stock firmware but it has no way to download it so I can't do that :/
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What is the model number? If it shows the firmware you can download it, you just aren't doing something right. Sometimes antivirus blocks downloads.

Droidriven said:
What is the model number? If it shows the firmware you can download it, you just aren't doing something right. Sometimes antivirus blocks downloads.
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The model number is SM-S906L

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
The model number is SM-S906L
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Have you tried using Smart Switch? It may restore your stock firmware for you.

Droidriven said:
Have you trued using Smart Switch? It may restore your stock firmware for you.
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I have. it won't even connect to the phone and this is what my phones keeps showing on the screen when I plug it in and it's all that it's been doing so i dont know what to do

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
I have. it won't even connect to the phone and this is what my phones keeps showing on the screen when I plug it in and it's all that it's been doing so i dont know what to do
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Unless I'm doing it wrong i have no idea

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
I have. it won't even connect to the phone and this is what my phones keeps showing on the screen when I plug it in and it's all that it's been doing so i dont know what to do
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When you connect the phone to PC, what is device manager showing for the device name?

Droidriven said:
When you connect the phone to PC, what is device manager showing for the device name?
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Nothing it doesn't even connect to the device

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
Nothing it doesn't even connect to the device
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If you can't connect to PC or boot to any modes then you're not gonna be able to flash it. You're device isn't completely dead though, a JTAG might work. Also, flashing via Odin might work whether USB debugging was checked or not, when the system is corrupted bad enough, that doesn't matter because there is nothing there to tell it that it is blocked from flashing.
The debrick from sdcard method for S3 linked below might work for the S6.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
If you can find someone with the exact same model device that has theirs rooted, you can get them to pull a debrick.img from the device then you can use that debrick.img to create a bootable SDcard to boot the device from it. Then you can restore the device.
You need to understand that the S3 and the S6 are partitioned differently so everywhere in those instructions for S3, when it mentions a file or partition or partition location(mmcblk0), you will have to ignore what it says for the S3 and research your device to make sure that you are using the correct files, partitions and partition locations for the S6 and not the S3. This method may or may not work. You need to find some of the experienced S6 members that might understand this method enough to adapt it to your S6.

Droidriven said:
If you can't connect to PC or boot to any modes then you're not gonna be able to flash it. You're device isn't completely dead though, a JTAG might work. Also, flashing via Odin might work whether USB debugging was checked or not, when the system is corrupted bad enough, that doesn't matter because there is nothing there to tell it that it is blocked from flashing.
The debrick from sdcard method for S3 linked below might work for the S6.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
If you can find someone with the exact same model device that has theirs rooted, you can get them to pull a debrick.img from the device then you can use that debrick.img to create a bootable SDcard to boot the device from it. Then you can restore the device.
You need to understand that the S3 and the S6 are partitioned differently so everywhere in those instructions for S3, when it mentions a file or partition or partition location(mmcblk0), you will have to ignore what it says for the S3 and research your device to make sure that you are using the correct files, partitions and partition locations for the S6 and not the S3. This method may or may not work. You need to find some of the experienced S6 members that might understand this method enough to adapt it to your S6.
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So how would I go about finding these people?

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
So how would I go about finding these people?
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Also the s6 doesn't have an SD card

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
So how would I go about finding these people?
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In the S6 forum here, start reading through threads that have recently been posted, or other threads where there are guides to unbrick or restore to stock, I'm sure you're smart enough to figure who there is well experienced by how/what members there are posting. The fix for problems aren't always as simple as saying "here's some links, here's some files", sometimes it takes hours/days/weeks of reading to find what you need. Get to looking on the S6 forum for experienced members, reply to their posts in threads to ask them about what you want to know, send them a PM to ask them. I'm trying to help you but I've reached the end of what I know that will help you. Its up to you find what you need, I'm just telling you where to look.