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[Q] Phone won't fully boot

Hey guys. I'm still a noob so please bear with me :silly: I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i. Recently I flashed the Alloy UI rom and the phone would not fully boot after an installation abort in recovery mode. The phone will remain at the Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i display. I then tried flashing a Mrage rom as I read that it was compatible and safer, hoping that the overwrite will save the phone. However, the result was the same. I have also made several attempts to flash the original rom back via Odin but it will always fail with the program saying ' Complete(Write) Operation Failed'. I have a strong feeling that I've bricked my phone and I know its asking the impossible but I'd like to believe its not. Someone help me pleeeeease :crying:

dancingfins said:
Hey guys. I'm still a noob so please bear with me :silly: I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i. Recently I flashed the Alloy UI rom and the phone would not fully boot after an installation abort in recovery mode. The phone will remain at the Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i display. I then tried flashing a Mrage rom as I read that it was compatible and safer, hoping that the overwrite will save the phone. However, the result was the same. I have also made several attempts to flash the original rom back via Odin but it will always fail with the program saying ' Complete(Write) Operation Failed'. I have a strong feeling that I've bricked my phone and I know its asking the impossible but I'd like to believe its not. Someone help me pleeeeease :crying:
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if you think that you phone is bricked then please try usb jig or boot into recovery and then factory reset ,clear cache partition and dalvik cache and then try to flash stock rom through odin

[Q] [HELP] Need help unbricking SM-G900V

In the process of rooting my Galaxy S5 I ended up soft-bricking my phone so that it's now in a bootloop. At this point I just want to restore the phone to factory default but I'm having issues doing so.
The issue came when I tried to flash a ROM onto my device using Odin3 which was successful but then, on restart, I got this bootloop. I've now tried a few different ways to fix.
I've:
Cleared cache partition and user data
Tried to use Odin v3.10 to flash stock for different builds (G900VVRU1BOD5, G900VVZW1BOC4,G900VVZW1BOA8) (I believe the phone was on G900VVRU1BOD5 before the bootloop)
I was also stupid and didn't do a backup beforehand.
This thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53454972) seems to suggest that I need to flash the CP and CSC along with the AP but I haven't been able to locate these files.
Any help would be appreciated!

Errors
I guess I forgot to mention that when I attempt to flash the stock firmware I get a FAIL! (Auth) error from Odin almost immediately no matter which ROM I try.

I had this problem. After days of fighting it I went into the stock recovery and did a factory data reset and that fixed it.
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are you trying to flash a ATT stock rom to your Verizon Phone??

Thanks for the replies. I have stock BL and I've tried the reset there and it hasn't helped.
I have a Verizon S5 and am using Verizon stock firmware. Looks like I accidentally posted this in the ATT S5 general section. Sorry...

Softbricked AT&T Galaxy S5

I purchased a soft bricked sm-g900a phone off of Ebay with the idea of using Odin to reflash and recover the phone. Since the phone was purchased soft bricked I do not have a history on what firmware was running on the phone or what the previous owner flashed that may have caused the phone not to boot to the OS or into recovery. I am assuming the previous owner was on 5.0 and tried to downgrade and ran into problems.
Short description of the current state of the phone:
1. Phone will boot into Odin Mode and can be flashed using Odin.
2. Phone will start to boot to recovery but sticks at "Recovery Booting. . . ." and reboots after about 30 seconds
3. Phone boots to Samsung logo and reboots after about 30 seconds.
What works:
Using Odin I can flash the following without errors: After flashing the phone exhibits the behavior above.
G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5,
G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
G900A_OC4_Stock_Modem.tar.md5,
G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions.tar.md5
G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe - reboots to recovery and "Recovery Booting. . . ."
I can flash SM-G900A_pit.pit with Odin 3.07 but not 3.09 or 3.10.
What does not work.
Tried flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 - Odin reports error
<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)
Phone reports errors
SYS REV CHECK FAIL :Refer 2> Binary 1
SECURE CHECK FAIL : System
Tried flashing SM-G900A 4.4.2 G900AUCU1ANCE Firmware - AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 in AP slot
Same errors as above .
Tried to use Kies to recover the phone. It goes through the process of recovering with 4.4.2 and crashes about the same place flashing wit Odin does.
I assume if I could get into recovery to do a factory wipe I would be able to get the phone to boot. I have read multiple forum posts and blogs on getting the bricked phone to work where most recommend flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 and then if you can't get into recovery to flash either G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 or G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 and then you should be able to get into recovery. This of course has not worked for me.
Does anyone have any idea how I might go about getting this phone to boot into recovery? Also is it possible to have the local AT&T store re flash 5.0 on the phone.
I know it is a risk buying soft bricked phones but I sure would not like to have an expensive paper weight.

Bogiemaker said:
I purchased a soft bricked sm-g900a phone off of Ebay with the idea of using Odin to reflash and recover the phone. Since the phone was purchased soft bricked I do not have a history on what firmware was running on the phone or what the previous owner flashed that may have caused the phone not to boot to the OS or into recovery. I am assuming the previous owner was on 5.0 and tried to downgrade and ran into problems.
Short description of the current state of the phone:
1. Phone will boot into Odin Mode and can be flashed using Odin.
2. Phone will start to boot to recovery but sticks at "Recovery Booting. . . ." and reboots after about 30 seconds
3. Phone boots to Samsung logo and reboots after about 30 seconds.
What works:
Using Odin I can flash the following without errors: After flashing the phone exhibits the behavior above.
G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5,
G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
G900A_OC4_Stock_Modem.tar.md5,
G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions.tar.md5
G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe - reboots to recovery and "Recovery Booting. . . ."
I can flash SM-G900A_pit.pit with Odin 3.07 but not 3.09 or 3.10.
What does not work.
Tried flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 - Odin reports error
<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)
Phone reports errors
SYS REV CHECK FAIL :Refer 2> Binary 1
SECURE CHECK FAIL : System
Tried flashing SM-G900A 4.4.2 G900AUCU1ANCE Firmware - AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 in AP slot
Same errors as above .
Tried to use Kies to recover the phone. It goes through the process of recovering with 4.4.2 and crashes about the same place flashing wit Odin does.
I assume if I could get into recovery to do a factory wipe I would be able to get the phone to boot. I have read multiple forum posts and blogs on getting the bricked phone to work where most recommend flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 and then if you can't get into recovery to flash either G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 or G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 and then you should be able to get into recovery. This of course has not worked for me.
Does anyone have any idea how I might go about getting this phone to boot into recovery? Also is it possible to have the local AT&T store re flash 5.0 on the phone.
I know it is a risk buying soft bricked phones but I sure would not like to have an expensive paper weight.
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Its hard to tell what version it was on previously since recovery wont even boot, but from how its acting i'd say it was on LP and bricked for a KK flash, so you flashing NCE(Kitkat) is doing zilch. Seeing as there is no option for you to root, and im assuming you arent interested in that anyway, i would just take it to bestbuy or the att store and get them to reflash it, just say you got it off ebay and it was like that.
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I took the phone to BestBuy and the guy there flashed it with 5.0.1 with the same results. Boots to the Recovery Booting. . . . screen for about 30 seconds and then reboots. My daughter is taking it to an AT&T repair center to see if they have any better luck.

Have you tried flashing the boot image?
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Boot image. Not sure which file you are talking about.
Could you give me a little more information or a link to the file?

Re: Softbricked AT&T Galaxy S5
If you have the oc4 update zip, in the zip should be a boot image, create an md5 tar file from it then flash in AP. If that doesn't work, you flashed a bad kernel and may have to use jtag to fully recover. Or bring it to a repair facility to have them do it.

My daughter took the phone to an AT&T repair center and they also could not successfully flash the phone. The only OC4 update i have found is the G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe update and I do not believe I can extract the boot image from that update. Is there another source of the OC4 update available where I could obtain the boot image.
Thanks for the help everyone.

I'll look for the DL link. But if they tried flashing it, and it didn't work. You may be SOL.

Bogiemaker said:
I purchased a soft bricked sm-g900a phone off of Ebay with the idea of using Odin to reflash and recover the phone. Since the phone was purchased soft bricked I do not have a history on what firmware was running on the phone or what the previous owner flashed that may have caused the phone not to boot to the OS or into recovery. I am assuming the previous owner was on 5.0 and tried to downgrade and ran into problems.
Short description of the current state of the phone:
1. Phone will boot into Odin Mode and can be flashed using Odin.
2. Phone will start to boot to recovery but sticks at "Recovery Booting. . . ." and reboots after about 30 seconds
3. Phone boots to Samsung logo and reboots after about 30 seconds.
What works:
Using Odin I can flash the following without errors: After flashing the phone exhibits the behavior above.
G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5,
G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
G900A_OC4_Stock_Modem.tar.md5,
G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions.tar.md5
G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe - reboots to recovery and "Recovery Booting. . . ."
I can flash SM-G900A_pit.pit with Odin 3.07 but not 3.09 or 3.10.
What does not work.
Tried flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 - Odin reports error
<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)
Phone reports errors
SYS REV CHECK FAIL :Refer 2> Binary 1
SECURE CHECK FAIL : System
Tried flashing SM-G900A 4.4.2 G900AUCU1ANCE Firmware - AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 in AP slot
Same errors as above .
Tried to use Kies to recover the phone. It goes through the process of recovering with 4.4.2 and crashes about the same place flashing wit Odin does.
I assume if I could get into recovery to do a factory wipe I would be able to get the phone to boot. I have read multiple forum posts and blogs on getting the bricked phone to work where most recommend flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 and then if you can't get into recovery to flash either G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 or G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 and then you should be able to get into recovery. This of course has not worked for me.
Does anyone have any idea how I might go about getting this phone to boot into recovery? Also is it possible to have the local AT&T store re flash 5.0 on the phone.
I know it is a risk buying soft bricked phones but I sure would not like to have an expensive paper weight.
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Hello! OP...are you still around?
Did you ever recover this phone?
I was in the same situation...maybe worse...and I was finally able to recover it.
Please let me know what happened with yours?
THANKS!

jebep said:
Hello! OP...are you still around?
Did you ever recover this phone?
I was in the same situation...maybe worse...and I was finally able to recover it.
Please let me know what happened with yours?
THANKS!
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How did you recover yours?

help please!

Hi everyone i desperately need some help, i had a rooted note 4 gave it to my cousin in greece, he just came back and i told him i would update it, i downloaded tekx"s rom and installed i did a full wipe as usual, after it installed the phone kept on rebooting over and over again, so i thought maybe i had to update the firmware, i tried doing that but i keep getting a fail message i cant update anything. so i rerooted the phone tried updating the firmware again and still getting a fail message. so now i dont have anything on the phone i am only able to go into recovery or down load mode, cant go into any type of settings on the phone incase i forgot to unlock something in there. i've looked everywhere on the net and cant find any type of solution, can someone help me out please? Thank you

panitsos said:
Hi everyone i desperately need some help, i had a rooted note 4 gave it to my cousin in greece, he just came back and i told him i would update it, i downloaded tekx"s rom and installed i did a full wipe as usual, after it installed the phone kept on rebooting over and over again, so i thought maybe i had to update the firmware, i tried doing that but i keep getting a fail message i cant update anything. so i rerooted the phone tried updating the firmware again and still getting a fail message. so now i dont have anything on the phone i am only able to go into recovery or down load mode, cant go into any type of settings on the phone incase i forgot to unlock something in there. i've looked everywhere on the net and cant find any type of solution, can someone help me out please? Thank you
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Flash latest stock firmware in odin .
Once odin shows PASS go to stock recovery and do factory reset and wait 15 minutes to boot.
Do you have N910T tmobile note 4 ?
Link below for n910t latest firmware.
Extract the file and flash using odin choose AP
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224408290

Trex888 said:
Flash latest stock firmware in odin .
Once odin shows PASS go to stock recovery and do factory reset and wait 15 minutes to boot.
Do you have N910T tmobile note 4 ?
Link below for n910t latest firmware.
Extract the file and flash using odin choose AP
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224408290
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i tried the cog2 the dok firmware nothing it fails all the time. if i try flashing this newer firmware and it works by some chance then i'm worried i wont be able to get a rom to work because from what i've seen most roms are cog2 or doc 6

panitsos said:
i tried the cog2 the dok firmware nothing it fails all the time. if i try flashing this newer firmware and it works by some chance then i'm worried i wont be able to get a rom to work because from what i've seen most roms are cog2 or doc 6
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yes i have a tmboile note 4

Was scammed and bought bricked SM-G925A. Won't boot into recovery mode.

ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G925A
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICAL
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLED
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0 (0X0000)
AP SWREV: B: 4 K: 3 S: 3
Good evening,
First time poster long time reader/browser. Before posting this message I have read all other posts/threads in an attempt to fix this issue. Long story short I busted my old Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge SM-G925A AT&T and bought this one used online. The seller never mentioned it was bricked as all pictures posted of it showed it operating and at least booting up. When I received phone I turned it on and it is stuck in a boot loop. I have tried to boot in recovery mode by pressing VOL UP+HOME+POWER button and it does nothing. I am only able to boot into download mode. I have attempted to flash multiple stock firmwares which 3 have been successful and passed in ODIN, however once they pass and the phone reboots it is still stuck in a boot loop. I have been successful in flashing the below firmwares. I do not know anything about the phone besides the IMEI number, S/N, SKU and manufactured date. I do not know what firmware was on the phone originally and do not know what was flashed on phone when I received it (I'm assuming phone was flashed or rooted before due to the above stating SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM) Am I stuck with a bricked phone? I've attempted flashes with PIT Files, w/o PIT FILES, with just the AP file, with all 4 BL, AP, CP and CSC files and each time it gets in a bootloop. Can someone please assist me? I've read that sometimes all is needed is to wipe the cache in recovery mode and that would clear bootloop, but I cannot get into recovery mode. Any suggestions. Again, below are what I've flashed successfully but continues to bootloop. Thank you all in advance.
G925AUCS5DPJ1--SUCCESSFUL ODIN FLASH-STILL BOOTLOOP
G925AUCU3BO12--SUCCESSFUL ODIN FLASH-STILL BOOTLOOP
G925AATT3BOJ7--SUCCESSFUL ODIN FLASH-STILL BOOTLOOP
I will say after flashing the DPJ1 files I can no longer flash the BL file for either of the 2 firmwares below it (the AP, CP and CSC files all still flash successful).
I'm just about to give up and shell out the money and buy new phone. Was just hoping someone on here could provide me some advice, some sort of miracle file or a way I can odin flash a tar/md5 file that will wipe my cache/system cache like it would as if you did it in recovery mode.
OH! Also Samsung Smart-Switch will not recognize the phone. I'm able to input the model name and S/N in the emergency software initialization but as soon as I input the S/N and click ok it immediately crashes and closes out Smart-Switch. Thanks Guys!
Paul

You need to find a Marshmallow odin file. The phone has most like;y already been updated to Marshmallow in the past. Once on MM, you cant go back to Lollipop which is what those 3 files you listed are.
Edit, NM....that PJ1 file is marshmallow. Try taking it to Best Buy and having them reflash it with the latest MM file.

Thank you, I will try that. I have tried taking to AT&T but they wouldn't help at all. They said since I'm not AT&T customer then I'd have to go thru Samsung. I'm aggravated. I've been working on this off and on for 3 months now. Thanks again for the reply. I've read a lot of people saying after wiping cache partition and rebooting it fixed bootloop after successful flash.
You said I could go back to Lollipop. If I use anything other than the 3 files I listed Odin will fail with various,
Secure Check fail message. Do you know if anyone has created a Odin file that will successfully wipe the cache partition like it would via system recovery?
Thanks again for the reply.

Any updates on this ? I'm having the same issue with my G925I.

why don't you try to flash the DPK5 update from ODIN in the nougat update thread. that's the latest ODIN file I think

saketkutta said:
why don't you try to flash the DPK5 update from ODIN in the nougat update thread. that's the latest ODIN file I think
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No matter what I flash , it's always stuck on the s6 edge logo.. And I can't enter any recovery be it stock or custom recovery. All I can do is enter download mode and flash official ROMs but none seem to work.

Thats some unfortunate situation. I don't know what to do. If official roms don't boot then it's permanent brick I think. Any senior devs know what to do?
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I am suffering from the similar fate,, its a friend mobile whose stuck on Samsung logo, he tried to fix it with Kies and Smart Switch and it did not workout for him.
The phone does not boot into recovery. I tried flashing G925AUCU1AOCE and G925AUCU3BOJ7 stock firmwares but no luck.
I successfully flashed G925AUCU6EQCF but it is still stuck on Samsung Logo
Any help or suggestion would be welcome
edit 3rd: Ok now I have managed to flash G925AUCS5DPJ1, still it won't boot into recovery and it is looping to Samsung logo

Same for me ... The recovery is not accessible and the phone reboots in a loop, Smart Switch tell me that the S / N does not match the phone model ...