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3 Button Question

My Captivate is one of the unlucky phones that download mode is deactivated. I've searched the forums only to see bricks everywhere when people are rooting with this problem. Is there a safe way to flash or an adb fix that allows you to enable without the risk of bricking my phone? I purchased my phone used and cannot warranty my phone due to this so I don't have room for error. I'm tired of my stock ROM lag and bloatware. Its been interesting adjusting to this stock ROM after using Cyanogenmod for so long on my old phone. Ideas anyone?
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Coldskiesfullofblue said:
My Captivate is one of the unlucky phones that download mode is deactivated. I've searched the forums only to see bricks everywhere when people are rooting with this problem. Is there a safe way to flash or an adb fix that allows you to enable without the risk of bricking my phone? I purchased my phone used and cannot warranty my phone due to this so I don't have room for error. I'm tired of my stock ROM lag and bloatware. Its been interesting adjusting to this stock ROM after using Cyanogenmod for so long on my old phone. Ideas anyone?
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You could flash this to get you back to stock with the 3 button fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
then you can flash away.

xisruno said:
You could flash this to get you back to stock with the 3 button fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
then you can flash away.
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I am stock. My 3 button doesn't work. If I root and something messes up, I cannot get into download or recovery mode to fix it.
I can't even get into download mode via adb. I'm just at a loss.

Coldskiesfullofblue said:
I am stock. My 3 button doesn't work. If I root and something messes up, I cannot get into download or recovery mode to fix it.
I can't even get into download mode via adb. I'm just at a loss.
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Right but if you flash the stock from that link, it includes the 3 button fix and you will be all set

chipsa964 said:
Right but if you flash the stock from that link, it includes the 3 button fix and you will be all set
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I know I would be if I could get into download mode in order to do so. It is a requirement to flash this, that's my problem.
I hold the volume buttons and insert the USB and nothing happens but the phone charges and the battery is displayed on the screen.
I've loaded all of the software and tried to do this on two computers. One runs Windows 7 64bit and the other runs Windows Vista 32bit. I don't think it's a driver issue, I can adb into the phone but I am also denied permission when I try to use commands like adb reboot download on both computers.
I don't know what's going on but it's a lot more complicated than I've dealt with. I can't find anyone having the problems in the forums or anything.

This happened to me too when I went to stock using the odin that DG posted a while back. What's weird though is that I was able to get into dl mode no problem. I've flashed my phone just fine 3 times up until today when I went to flash the most recent cog. I used that odin to flash back to stock. At that point, I could no longer get into dl mode.. dunno. But, I had already rooted since going to stock. So, I just proceeded to flash. Weird. I'll follow this thread to see what the fix is.

Coldskiesfullofblue said:
I know I would be if I could get into download mode in order to do so. It is a requirement to flash this, that's my problem.
I hold the volume buttons and insert the USB and nothing happens but the phone charges and the battery is displayed on the screen.
I've loaded all of the software and tried to do this on two computers. One runs Windows 7 64bit and the other runs Windows Vista 32bit. I don't think it's a driver issue, I can adb into the phone but I am also denied permission when I try to use commands like adb reboot download on both computers.
I don't know what's going on but it's a lot more complicated than I've dealt with. I can't find anyone having the problems in the forums or anything.
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I see now. Are you familiar with ADB? You can just use the adb reboot download command while your phone is plugged in and it will reboot into download mode. You have to have Android SDK installed and all your Samsung USB drivers installed as well.
Edit: Sorry, I missed the part where you couldn't do adb reboot download. Have you tried the one-click root?

chipsa964 said:
I see now. Are you familiar with ADB? You can just use the adb reboot download command while your phone is plugged in and it will reboot into download mode. You have to have Android SDK installed and all your Samsung USB drivers installed as well.
Edit: Sorry, I missed the part where you couldn't do adb reboot download. Have you tried the one-click root?
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Shouldn't I be able to get into recovery/ download mode before I even think about altering the phone? A simple error could cause a problem I could easily fix in recovery. Without recovery my phone would be bricked. Should I worry about this?
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Coldskiesfullofblue said:
Shouldn't I be able to get into recovery/ download mode before I even think about altering the phone? A simple error could cause a problem I could easily fix in recovery. Without recovery my phone would be bricked. Should I worry about this?
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Well, I can relate because I don't have a 3-button phone either. What I did was first root my phone with the 1-click posted in the forum, that way, you can use adb and get into download mode. Then flash the Stock with 3-button fix, then flash whatever cog rom you want. I have used that method and everything has worked fine for me, but of course, follow those instructions at your own risk.

chipsa964 said:
Well, I can relate because I don't have a 3-button phone either. What I did was first root my phone with the 1-click posted in the forum, that way, you can use adb and get into download mode. Then flash the Stock with 3-button fix, then flash whatever cog rom you want. I have used that method and everything has worked fine for me, but of course, follow those instructions at your own risk.
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Thanks, I didn't even think about needing SU to be able to get into download mode.
I used 1 click root, did the 3 button fix, and flashed clockwork with Rom Manager. I've got it going now. Thanks a lot.

Coldskiesfullofblue said:
Thanks, I didn't even think about needing SU to be able to get into download mode.
I used 1 click root, did the 3 button fix, and flashed clockwork with Rom Manager. I've got it going now. Thanks a lot.
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Great!
10 char

[Q] Please Help!

Any help you are willing to give is greatly appreciated.
Ok so I rooted my phone and deleted the bloatware on my samsung captivate. I only delete the apps i did not want, but i am not an experienced android hacker so i might have done something stupid. My issue is when i try to download an app in the market this message pops up.
"The process android.process.media has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. dumpstate_app_202012092328_android_process_media.l og has been saved. Use *39900# to copy out log"
I have tried force closing the market but it does not work. un rooted my phone and it doesnt work. deleted the app that i used to delete the bloatware thinking it could be the app interfereing and that doesnt work either. I have done a factory reset and id did not work, attempted to use ODIN but i cannot understand how to use it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989.
At the moment i am trying to use rom manager and a rogers stock but it wont flash the new rom. its the clsoest i have gotten to fixing my mess but using the rogers stock it stays on installing and using any other one it doesnt find it.
I am so sad and helpless. I would greatly appreciate any help you would be willing to provide.

it definately looks like you deleted something you shouldn't have, but I have no idea what. although getting back to stock is quite easy with odin.
-first download the odin one click provided by designgears in that thread you linked.
-open it up and connect your usb cable to your computer, but not the phone yet.
-turn off your phone and enter download mode by holding both volume keys down and plugging the usb cable in. hold the volume keys down until you see the yellow triangle with the android digging or whatever. see below if this method did not work for you.
-click start on the odin one click window on your computer and wait until it finishes; your phone will reboot automatically.
if the above method of entering download mode did not work for you, you will need to download another version of odin one click to stock posted in the captivate development forum that has the button fix; it should only be a few pages in. flashing this will fix the button combinations and allow you to use the button combinations to enter either download or recovery mode. however in order to flash this, you obviously need to enter download mode. this is easily done by using adb of which there is a guide posted somewhere on this forum or using the terminal emulator app that I will attach to this post, if you reply saying the above button method did not work, since your problem is that you can't install it from the market yourself. (mods, i hope this is okay since it is a free app. if not I apologize and please remove it) copy this file to somewhere on your sd card and using the my files application, select it to install it. then open it up and type reboot download without having the usb cable connected. after you see the yellow triangle, plug in the cable and click start on odin. using the above command requires your phone to be rooted. (i think?) hope this helps.

unfortunately i do not see the terminal emulator app that you attached to the post?

If I had to take a guess at it you deleted gtalk. Did the same thing a while back.
Do you have loading enabled?
Have you ever heard of or used odin?
Good news is you will recover. You are going to have to learn a couple if things.
What do you know? What type of computer do you have?
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I searched the forums for the terminal emulator and commands to get to download page.
su press enter
reboot download enter
and it worked like a charm. then i followed exactly what you said after that and it worked amazing thank you so much!!!!!

haha glad you got it fixed. I was going to attach the terminal emulator if you had replied saying the button method didn't work.

Can't boot, getting a yellow triangle...

First of all, I'm sorry if the answer is somewhere, I searched, but I "only" found many threads with suggestions for JIG use... The three stickies of Q&A also don't present related information I believe...
After some stuck situation in odin, I can't boot the phone. I get a yellow triangle, between a phone and a computer icons. Even if I try to charge the Phone, I get that static screen.
There's anything I can do without using JIG? I cannot enter download mode (at least with the traditional way), I always get that screen. As fair as I know, the phone is still 2.1 with official firmware (i was trying to apple the 2.3.6)

Maxxd01 said:
First of all, I'm sorry if the answer is somewhere, I searched, but I "only" found many threads with suggestions for JIG use... The three stickies of Q&A also don't present related information I believe...
After some stuck situation in odin, I can't boot the phone. I get a yellow triangle, between a phone and a computer icons. Even if I try to charge the Phone, I get that static screen.
There's anything I can do without using JIG? I cannot enter download mode (at least with the traditional way), I always get that screen. As fair as I know, the phone is still 2.1 with official firmware (i was trying to apple the 2.3.6)
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you are still in download mode, without a proper ROM, so just connect with ODIN and it will function once USB cable is plugged in and flash the correct i9000 gingerbread ROM for your location

xsenman said:
you are still in download mode, without a proper ROM, so just connect with ODIN and it will function once USB cable is plugged in and flash the correct i9000 gingerbread ROM for your location
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The problem is, when entering ODIN, with the phone in this state, the phone is not detected at all by the computer, so ODIN fails to start...

Maxxd01 said:
The problem is, when entering ODIN, with the phone in this state, the phone is not detected at all by the computer, so ODIN fails to start...
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follow the procedure on My Android solutions, link below for connection problems, or else flash with a lap top or on a another PC. But First power down the phone, remove battery, remove EXT SD card and SIM Card and power up again using combo keys for download mode

xsenman said:
follow the procedure on My Android solutions, link below for connection problems, or else flash with a lap top or on a another PC. But First power down the phone, remove battery, remove EXT SD card and SIM Card and power up again using combo keys for download mode
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Yes, I tried the "first step solution" and all other ways you mention to enter download mode, but with no success

Maxxd01 said:
Yes, I tried the "first step solution" and all other ways you mention to enter download mode, but with no success
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Install drivers of your phone to your laptop or PC. If you have correct drivers it should pick your phone straight way.
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rajamahbub said:
Install drivers of your phone to your laptop or PC. If you have correct drivers it should pick your phone straight way.
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I already have the drivers, they were installed back then when I tried to update the phone, so they are present now.
The problem is, I cant get out of the black screen of death.. in fact, I'm not sure if this model/version can enter download mode through combo keys, yesterday when the phone was borrowed to me, I tried and I couldn't, so I was using adb reboot download shell command - but anyway, the drivers are there.

Maxxd01 said:
I already have the drivers, they were installed back then when I tried to update the phone, so they are present now.
The problem is, I cant get out of the black screen of death.. in fact, I'm not sure if this model/version can enter download mode through combo keys, yesterday when the phone was borrowed to me, I tried and I couldn't, so I was using adb reboot download shell command - but anyway, the drivers are there.
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Then try on different PC. It might have corrupted. If you can see the triangle it means it is on download mode so it should connect to PC.
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rajamahbub said:
Then try on different PC. It might have corrupted. If you can see the triangle it means it is on download mode so it should connect to PC.
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Yes. I'm wondering if my Google Nexus S drivers didn't not conflicted with the drivers I installed. I don't know.
Well, I'll try with another laptop, if that don't work, is it advisable to use a jig connector from a "trusted" seller? I'm asking because I already saw a comment or two along the about blewed (is this a word?) up phones.

Hey mate had the same issue your gonna have to get a jig as a lot of the i9000's came with corrupted boot loaders so you can't get into download without the jig and the screen your on isn't download mode I know which one your talking about with the phone the triangle and the computer
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Latrop said:
Hey mate had the same issue your gonna have to get a jig as a lot of the i9000's came with corrupted boot loaders so you can't get into download without the jig and the screen your on isn't download mode I know which one your talking about with the phone the triangle and the computer
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Do I risk blowing up the phone using JIG?

No the jig basicly makes it so a certain voltage signal is sent to the CPU triggering download mode no risk at all
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I tried with another laptop with very well configured drivers, and didn't worked. Still didn't detected by odin. When I tried with another galaxy it works, after entering download mode...
I'm not admired, because before the brick, I was not able to enter the download mode with como keys, I shouldnt be surprised that does not happen now..

Follow this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494493
1) Uninstall your drivers, and re-install the ones following the instructions and link above.
2) Pull your battery out for a few mins and then put it back in and go into download mode (power, volume down, home button).
3) Download stock + odin from the link above, and start odin, and connect phone to pc through usb.
Your phone should be detected -- this is where you got stuck right? I'll assume if its detected, the rest you can figure out (plus its in the link above)
Good luck bro!

xmavrickx2005 said:
Follow this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494493
1) Uninstall your drivers, and re-install the ones following the instructions and link above.
2) Pull your battery out for a few mins and then put it back in and go into download mode (power, volume down, home button).
3) Download stock + odin from the link above, and start odin, and connect phone to pc through usb.
Your phone should be detected -- this is where you got stuck right? I'll assume if its detected, the rest you can figure out (plus its in the link above)
Good luck bro!
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That would be a good suggestion if could get into download mode Tried everything, including some other solutions that I found around the Web. Looks like the bootloader was corrupted since the beginning, and now that I need it more than ever (because the black screen of death phone-!-pc), I stucked until (hopefully) i get a JIG... Already bought one, have to wait a few days to receive it. Until then, I'm going to use a old nokia.

Jig is only option then install a stock gingerbread that will fix 3 button combos
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Hello guys.
Finally solved the problem using JIG. Many thanks for all your help.

Maxxd01 said:
Hello guys.
Finally solved the problem using JIG. Many thanks for all your help.
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Maxxd01 said:
Hello guys.
Finally solved the problem using JIG. Many thanks for all your help.
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Hello, i've got the same prob with you but my bought JIG couldn;t solve the prob.
May I know where did you buy the JIG?
Thanks a lot.

bakatenchu said:
Hello, i've got the same prob with you but my bought JIG couldn;t solve the prob.
May I know where did you buy the JIG?
Thanks a lot.
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eBay.

Maxxd01 said:
eBay.
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Thanks a lot. Managed to get one that revived my phone well.

OTA issue

Recently I was having issues with my phone so I flashed the stock firmware and rerooted my phone. I hit to accept the OTA update by accident, and now I'm stuck in CWM recovery. I looked at other threads and the koush driver is not working, and when I try PDAnet's it thinks my phone is HTC and will not let me change that. I also cannot go into download mode, whenever I try to it just goes back to CWM. So ADB isn't working, nor is download mode. If anyone else has had issue with this and can help I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

jmck273 said:
Recently I was having issues with my phone so I flashed the stock firmware and rerooted my phone. I hit to accept the OTA update by accident, and now I'm stuck in CWM recovery. I looked at other threads and the koush driver is not working, and when I try PDAnet's it thinks my phone is HTC and will not let me change that. I also cannot go into download mode, whenever I try to it just goes back to CWM. So ADB isn't working, nor is download mode. If anyone else has had issue with this and can help I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
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Do you still have any ROM files you can flash on your device? I had an issue just like this, and luckily I had a rom zip still laying around on my phone.

hiddenfive said:
Do you still have any ROM files you can flash on your device? I had an issue just like this, and luckily I had a rom zip still laying around on my phone.
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That won't work, he's probably stuck in a boot loop from taking the ota. There is a thread somewhere in xda that will help you out with this.
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Use the lg flash tool. Its a sticky in one of the g2 forums. Just to double check, your phone was connected to your computer when you rebooted correct? I think you jeedbto hold volume button up as well to get into download mode.
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[Q] Bootloop - After PingPong Root and installation of an Application

Good morning....I am hoping someone has some advice. I have run into a situation I have never ran into before and can not seem to find a work around. Yesterday, I ran the pingpong root application and it rooted the phone fine. My issue came after downloading an application that apparently wrote something to my file system to cause this issue. Upon, rebooting my phone it will not boot into the operating system. It loads the Samsung splash screen and then shuts down and reboots right back to the Samsung splash screen over and over again. I was able to access the area where you can wipe the cache and return the phone back to the state when it was bought and it seems to run those fine but when rebooting it simply keeps looping. I had not turned on developer options allowing me to turn on USB debugging so now I can not use Odin or anything else to sideload the stock software back onto the phone. I am not sure what to do because none of the applications will not recognize my device so that I can fit is. Does anyone have any suggestions before I take it into AT&T to see if they can fix it?
Thanks......I am now forced to use an old Iphone (which is terrible) and I just want my android back.

This is for the Verizon S6 but it applies to the AT&T S6 as well.
Download the full ODIN tar files from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s6/general/odin-tar-files-sm-g920a-t3103835
Follow these instructions in the Verizon thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/general/verizon-s6-stock-restore-files-t3096000

Capt said:
This is for the Verizon S6 but it applies to the AT&T S6 as well.
Download the full ODIN tar files from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s6/general/odin-tar-files-sm-g920a-t3103835
Follow these instructions in the Verizon thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/general/verizon-s6-stock-restore-files-t3096000
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Do you think this will work even though I do not have USB debugging on? I will take a look and give it a try and let you know...thanks

scruff72 said:
Do you think this will work even though I do not have USB debugging on? I will take a look and give it a try and let you know...thanks
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Yes it will work. I did it on my phone because I broke the ROM by uninstalling too many system apps.

Capt said:
Yes it will work. I did it on my phone because I broke the ROM by uninstalling too many system apps.
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Do you know which version of Odin I should download and maybe a link on XDA where it is available?
Thanks again

Capt said:
This is for the Verizon S6 but it applies to the AT&T S6 as well.
Download the full ODIN tar files from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s6/general/odin-tar-files-sm-g920a-t3103835
Follow these instructions in the Verizon thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/general/verizon-s6-stock-restore-files-t3096000
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Odin will not connect to my phone. It does not recognize it. I have downloaded the phone drivers directly from Samsung and installed them but no matter the port or computer I connect it to it is not recognized? Any ideas?

Capt said:
This is for the Verizon S6 but it applies to the AT&T S6 as well.
Download the full ODIN tar files from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s6/general/odin-tar-files-sm-g920a-t3103835
Follow these instructions in the Verizon thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/general/verizon-s6-stock-restore-files-t3096000
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Also, my phone does not have USB debugging activated and I can not get into it to turn it on......should that be an issue?

scruff72 said:
Do you think this will work even though I do not have USB debugging on? I will take a look and give it a try and let you know...thanks
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I guess I am going to have to take it in because Odin will not stay connected to my phone. It will connect entering the splash screen for a brief second and then it immediately disconnects and when I go into the area to wipe and reboot etc by holding the volume up + Home + power and then releasing power at correct time it never connects or recognizes my phone.
If anyone has any input that would be great......just a little more info...at the bottom it says dm-verify verification failed....
What does that mean?

You have to put the phone in download mode by holding the volume down + Home + power and then volume up when you see the messages for odin to recognize it and work properly. When in download mode you see NO splash screen. No need to have debug mode on to enter download mode.
scruff72 said:
I guess I am going to have to take it in because Odin will not stay connected to my phone. It will connect entering the splash screen for a brief second and then it immediately disconnects and when I go into the area to wipe and reboot etc by holding the volume up + Home + power and then releasing power at correct time it never connects or recognizes my phone.
If anyone has any input that would be great......just a little more info...at the bottom it says dm-verify verification failed....
What does that mean?
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wp4jot said:
You have to put the phone in download mode by holding the volume down + Home + power and then volume up when you see the messages for odin to recognize it and work properly. When in download mode you see NO splash screen. No need to have debug mode on to enter download mode.
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When I had the S4 if I didnt have debugging enabled nothing would work via download mode. It would connect to odin but then that would be it.

Capt said:
This is for the Verizon S6 but it applies to the AT&T S6 as well.
Download the full ODIN tar files from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s6/general/odin-tar-files-sm-g920a-t3103835
Follow these instructions in the Verizon thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/general/verizon-s6-stock-restore-files-t3096000
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Will that .tar work on the AT&T Edge also?