Tried to root my T210. Something went wrong - Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I managed to get TWRP in it using ODIN, but I used the wrong file by mistake and used one for the T310. It was still fine at this point, so I did the process again and used a file for the T210. The instructions said to go to recovery (power+home+volume up) but it didn't, it just booted to Android. I tried again (ODIN, TWRP, recovery), got nothing. I got annoyed so I just tried doing a factory reset on Android. Now the tablet is not booting at all, it's just stuck on the logo screen.
Can this still be fixed?

vardonir said:
I managed to get TWRP in it using ODIN, but I used the wrong file by mistake and used one for the T310. It was still fine at this point, so I did the process again and used a file for the T210. The instructions said to go to recovery (power+home+volume up) but it didn't, it just booted to Android. I tried again (ODIN, TWRP, recovery), got nothing. I got annoyed so I just tried doing a factory reset on Android. Now the tablet is not booting at all, it's just stuck on the logo screen.
Can this still be fixed?
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You have to download Odin and your stock firmware and turn on the tab and press holding power button+home button+vol down button and press vol up button connect tab to your pc and on Odin tick erase and then press start
Sorry for bad English
I'm italian

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[Q] Odin to recovery? or Odin to reset device to factory

Hey guys,
So I have an interesting issue: I was trying to install a new boot animation but now the phone doesn't start. I tried installing the stock UVLE1 using Odin and that was successful, and the phone goes through the boot animation and the sound plays but the phone gets stuck at the samsung logo screen. I've tried reinstalling the rom a couple of times but everytime it gets stuck at the same spot.
I can't get into recovery (I tried adb but that didn't find a device, the power button is broken so can't do it manually), when the phone gets to the samsung screen it is not recognized by the computer but odin works fine (at boot).
I want to recover the info in the internal storage if that's possible and ideally fix the phone too.
If you guys have any suggestions, that would be awesome!
Thanks!
Edit: I've tried a lot of different stock roms from 2.3.6 to 4.1.2 and they all have the same issue (were successful but stuck on samsung logo)
Edit: Solution: Boot into odin and restart phone while holding volume up/down and remove usb to enter recovery.
Thanks to all that helped!
jzz said:
Hey guys,
So I have an interesting issue: I was trying to install a new boot animation but now the phone doesn't start. I tried installing the stock UVLE1 using Odin and that was successful, and the phone goes through the boot animation and the sound plays but the phone gets stuck at the samsung logo screen. I've tried reinstalling the rom a couple of times but everytime it gets stuck at the same spot.
I can't get into recovery (I tried adb but that didn't find a device, the power button is broken so can't do it manually), when the phone gets to the samsung screen it is not recognized by the computer but odin works fine (at boot).
I want to recover the info in the internal storage if that's possible and ideally fix the phone too.
If you guys have any suggestions, that would be awesome!
Thanks!
Edit: I've tried a lot of different stock roms from 2.3.6 to 4.1.2 and they all have the same issue (were successful but stuck on samsung logo)
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What Odin version? I had issues with 3.07, but 3.04 worked great for stock 4.1.2.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
kj2112 said:
What Odin version? I had issues with 3.07, but 3.04 worked great for stock 4.1.2.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
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That didn't work either
Tried 1.85 and 3.07 as well
jzz said:
That didn't work either
Tried 1.85 and 3.07 as well
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Have you tried clearing cache and dalvik cache after flashing?
Maybe even factory reset after.
And you will need to Odin the image, then Odin custom recovery right after to do those.
If you can't get into recovery ....then something is very wrong.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
kj2112 said:
Have you tried clearing cache and dalvik cache after flashing?
Maybe even factory reset after.
And you will need to Odin the image, then Odin custom recovery right after to do those.
If you can't get into recovery ....then something is very wrong.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
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I can flash the recovery, but can't get into it because the power button is broken. If there's another way to get into recovery, let me know!
I'll try flashing and then flashing recovery right after and see if that works
Thanks for helping!
Edit: That didn't send it straight to recovery on boot either. Still stuck on the samsung logo.
jzz said:
I can flash the recovery, but can't get into it because the power button is broken. If there's another way to get into recovery, let me know!
I'll try flashing and then flashing recovery right after and see if that works
Thanks for helping!
Edit: That didn't send it straight to recovery on boot either. Still stuck on the samsung logo.
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Broken power button ....yeah, that's an issue. There are lots of apps to boot to it, if you're rooted.....but without the phone running and root, I'm not sure what you can do.
Maybe someone else does?
Fastboot command maybe?
I don't even remember if fastboot works with Samsung. Lol
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
Use adb to get to stock recovery, wipe data/factory reset, and it will boot. Easy.
jzz said:
I can flash the recovery, but can't get into it because the power button is broken. If there's another way to get into recovery, let me know!
I'll try flashing and then flashing recovery right after and see if that works
Thanks for helping!
Edit: That didn't send it straight to recovery on boot either. Still stuck on the samsung logo.
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Is the power button stuck in on position? if it is, it will most likely boot up just by putting in the battery and it should also auto restart about 15secs after you see the Samsung logo.
If your power button isn't stuck on and you can get the device to power up, hold both volume up & down while powering on device, no need to hold power on, once you see Samsung logo release volume keys and it should boot to recovery.
Almite said:
Is the power button stuck in on position? if it is, it will most likely boot up just by putting in the battery and it should also auto restart about 15secs after you see the Samsung logo.
If your power button isn't stuck on and you can get the device to power up, hold both volume up & down while powering on device, no need to hold power on, once you see Samsung logo release volume keys and it should boot to recovery.
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Power button was broken (in on position which basically made it reboot halfway while booting up) a while back. I removed the power button, and it was working fine for a couple of months.
BUT OMG YOU ARE A GENIUS! It worked.
Just for future reference if anyone needs it, here is what I did:
Enter the odin screen (with usb) and push vol down to reboot. Then quickly remove the usb and keep pressing the volume buttons until the samsung logo comes up and you're in recovery.
THANKS!!!! :good::good::good::good:
please help me!!!
i have the same problem but my power menu works fine and i can go to recovery and i cleared catch even data but the samsung animation still stucks what to do please help me!!!!

Need help did i brink my tablet

here the deal
had stock rom on my 10.5 T-800
decided to root used Odin 3.09 and CF_AutoRoot_Port_T800_BeansTown106.tar to root
than download flashily (sp) and installed trwt newest one and flashed Blisspop 2.0 and Gapps 5.0.1 and Super Su 2.46
than after I went in to recovery and followed all the directions booted up logged on no issues
but today I was reading and decided I wanted to flash cm-12-20150203-UNOFFICIAL-nvertigo-chagallwifi
battery level was about 85% when I was hook up and transfer the cm-12-20150203-UNOFFICIAL-nvertigo-chagallwifi to my external SD
for some reason I went to download mode not recovery mode by the 3 button combo
so I tried to exit by holding the power button to no avail.
so I entered Odin and thought maybe just to run root again so it would let me exit Odin mode
after it flashed it exited and showed the red android and rebooted and went to a black screen as if it was going to boot back up and now I have nothing
I tried to turn it back on wont turn on
I tried the 3 button combo and then hitting up don't work
I plug it in to the computer and the computer make the connection sound but no icon for it
opened Odin and it shows green but wont do anything
is there something I can do beside sending it out to get repaired
thanks in advance
jimlmackjr said:
here the deal
had stock rom on my 10.5 T-800
decided to root used Odin 3.09 and CF_AutoRoot_Port_T800_BeansTown106.tar to root
than download flashily (sp) and installed trwt newest one and flashed Blisspop 2.0 and Gapps 5.0.1 and Super Su 2.46
than after I went in to recovery and followed all the directions booted up logged on no issues
but today I was reading and decided I wanted to flash cm-12-20150203-UNOFFICIAL-nvertigo-chagallwifi
battery level was about 85% when I was hook up and transfer the cm-12-20150203-UNOFFICIAL-nvertigo-chagallwifi to my external SD
for some reason I went to download mode not recovery mode by the 3 button combo
so I tried to exit by holding the power button to no avail.
so I entered Odin and thought maybe just to run root again so it would let me exit Odin mode
after it flashed it exited and showed the red android and rebooted and went to a black screen as if it was going to boot back up and now I have nothing
I tried to turn it back on wont turn on
I tried the 3 button combo and then hitting up don't work
I plug it in to the computer and the computer make the connection sound but no icon for it
opened Odin and it shows green but wont do anything
is there something I can do beside sending it out to get repaired
thanks in advance
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Try to use resistor JIG 301kom for correctly start Download mode and to flash official Rom through Odin. Here you will find details how to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2999838
It also helps you get the picture Download mode and process flashing on the screen of your Tab.
Regards
All you need do is press power + vol down and hold until the tab restarts. This is a hard reset and always works unless it's a hard brick.
You have only soft bricked.
As soon as it restarts try to enter recovery or download mode.
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
Sounds like you don't have a custom recovery on your Tab S. You can flash TWRP recovery in Odin and see if that helps.
ashyx said:
All you need do is press power + vol down and hold until the tab restarts. This is a hard reset and always works unless it's a hard brick.
You have only soft bricked.
As soon as it restarts try to enter recovery or download mode.
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
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ok that helped out
Now what do I do I can get to DL mode but nothing else
a quick walk trough with some links to what I need to DL would help
im a noob again ive not flashed anything for over 4 years
I can only get to download mode and when I say reboot phone it goes back to black screen
I DL this openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-chagallwifi
ran it in recovery and system uploaded and restarted Samsung logo comes up than screen goes black and nothing after then had to hard reset than boot in DL mode
hope I giving enough info to help
jimlmackjr said:
ok that helped out
Now what do I do I can get to DL mode but nothing else
a quick walk trough with some links to what I need to DL would help
im a noob again ive not flashed anything for over 4 years
I can only get to download mode and when I say reboot phone it goes back to black screen
I DL this openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-chagallwifi
ran it in recovery and system uploaded and restarted Samsung logo comes up than screen goes black and nothing after then had to hard reset than boot in DL mode
hope I giving enough info to help
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Also you can try to use KIES 3 for restoration of your Tab. To do this, you should take only Download mode in your Tab. For this case I recommend to you to restore only original firmware according to the name of model and serial number of your Tab. Here you will find details how to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58515655&postcount=3
jimlmackjr said:
ok that helped out
Now what do I do I can get to DL mode but nothing else
a quick walk trough with some links to what I need to DL would help
im a noob again ive not flashed anything for over 4 years
I can only get to download mode and when I say reboot phone it goes back to black screen
I DL this openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-chagallwifi
ran it in recovery and system uploaded and restarted Samsung logo comes up than screen goes black and nothing after then had to hard reset than boot in DL mode
hope I giving enough info to help
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As I said use Odin to flash TWRP recovery.
maxal said:
As I said use Odin to flash TWRP recovery.
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I did use TWRP openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-chagallwifi and still rebooted than went to black screen than nothing
going to DL sammobile t-800 factory file
jimlmackjr said:
I did use TWRP openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-chagallwifi and still rebooted than went to black screen than nothing
going to DL sammobile t-800 factory file
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Did you flash the TWRP tar file in downloadmode using Odin?
FIXED THANKS all for the help
Finally got it working
I tried to Odin TWRP and it didn't work I used the TAR file
I was able to DL the sammobile file for the Stock rom
Odin Flashed it first time it still had to use hard reset so I flashed it again after reboot it got stuck on Samsung splash Screen
did a 3 button to recovery wiped Cashes and factory reset then rebooted it again got stuck on Splash screen let it sit for over a hour (I had PT in the morning) and when I came back it was at the Samsung Master reset screen (initial start up)
than I rerooted, flashed and installed the ROM
Thanks again for all the help and being patient with me
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Glad to hear that everything worked out for you. I was freaking out yesterday because I was just trying to run the auto root for my device and couldn't understand why odin refused to flash it. I ended up in adb sideload mode and thought it had locked up because I could not reset it at all. Luckily I did some searching on here and found out that holding power + home + vol up+ vol down would reboot it out of that mode.
Then I found out that while my adb drivers were installed properly for the device, they were not correct in download mode which was why odin didn't find my device. If I only would have checked device manager to see the big fat yellow ! It would have been clear but yes I am just a noob lol.

Any way to recover Edge Plus?

Hi...
I got my S6 Edge+ rooted and attempted to install recovery via TWRP Manager app. This was a mistake and it failed. When I tried to reboot the phone, it became stuck on the start up Samsung logo screen, displaying the message "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing." Then it either sticks there...or quickly shuts down.
Pressing volume down/power reboots to logo screen and that's all.
Pressing volume up/power/home does nothing.
Pressing volume down/power/home gets me to screen where I can connect to Odin. That seems to be working okay. I've tried to flash a couple different recoveries, but nothing has an effect. Some seem to flash successfully but nothing changes. Others fail.
I also tried flashing a stock firmware file (G925TUVU1AOCG_G925TTMB1AOCG_G925TUVU1AOCG_HOME.tar.md5), but that failed.
Seems if I found the right file to use through Odin it might set things right. Or is there another possible solution? If anyone has any help or suggestions (or links!) I would much appreciate it.
Thanks...Mike
cosdog said:
Hi...
I got my S6 Edge+ rooted and attempted to install recovery via TWRP Manager app. This was a mistake and it failed. When I tried to reboot the phone, it became stuck on the start up Samsung logo screen, displaying the message "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing." Then it either sticks there...or quickly shuts down.
Pressing volume down/power reboots to logo screen and that's all.
Pressing volume up/power/home does nothing.
Pressing volume down/power/home gets me to screen where I can connect to Odin. That seems to be working okay. I've tried to flash a couple different recoveries, but nothing has an effect. Some seem to flash successfully but nothing changes. Others fail.
I also tried flashing a stock firmware file (G925TUVU1AOCG_G925TTMB1AOCG_G925TUVU1AOCG_HOME.tar.md5), but that failed.
Seems if I found the right file to use through Odin it might set things right. Or is there another possible solution? If anyone has any help or suggestions (or links!) I would much appreciate it.
Thanks...Mike
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You flashed the wrong firmware for your phone, we have a S6 Edge+ G928T and the
firmware you flashed was for the G925T phone.
Make sure that before you odin flash the S6 Edge+ G928T firmware that you go into the
phone's recovery by pressing volume up, power and home button at the same time.
and do a factory reset or factory data reset first.
Your best bet is to odin flash the correct firmware and start from the beginning.
Here is a fast download link for the proper firmware for your phone (COKC):
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24337548750880895
Also the "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing." message you see is normal if
you have rooted and twrp'ed your phone.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Thank you so much Misterjunky!
After I made that post I was looking at the file name that I copied in there...thinking it should include 928. Why I didn't notice before, I'm not sure, I think I was in a panic searching around for an answer.
The only problem is I can't go into the phone's recovery by pressing volume up, power and home button at the same time. I kept trying desperately to do that yesterday, but no luck.
Any suggestions on getting that working? I have the correct firmware file downloaded and ready to go. Thanks again for the help.
Mike
re: going to recovery mode
cosdog said:
Thank you so much Misterjunky!
After I made that post I was looking at the file name that I copied in there...thinking it should include 928. Why I didn't notice before, I'm not sure, I think I was in a panic searching around for an answer.
The only problem is I can't go into the phone's recovery by pressing volume up, power and home button at the same time. I kept trying desperately to do that yesterday, but no luck.
Any suggestions on getting that working? I have the correct firmware file downloaded and ready to go. Thanks again for the help.
Mike
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There is another way to get into recovery, it's a bit complicated but if you do it just
right the phone will either go into stock recovery or twrp if you have twrp installed.
You have to have fast and accurate fingers for for the following:
First you need to go into "download" mode, then press the power,
home, volume up and volume down all at the same time until you
see the full black screen of the phone without any writing on it.
While still pressing all four buttons let go of the volume down button
while pressing the other three buttons, then keep pressing the three
buttons until you see stock or twrp recovery on the screen then let
let go of all the buttons.
Remember, when doing this you need to be not only fast but very accurate.
If you still cannot get into recovery then you need to go into download mode
and odin flash the official stock G928T firmware before doing anything else.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Thanks again for the help Misterjunky. The alternate button presses to enter recovery didn't work either...the phone was very messed up.
Plus the battery wouldn't charge. It had drained out (because at first it wouldn't turn off), and so the phone would stay on only intermittently when plugged in. Not long enough to flash the firmware, which was very frustrating.
But suddenly, in desperation, I got a version of TWRP to flash successfully from Odin and open...which allowed the battery to charge. Then I was able to flash the firmware from your link, and after a couple of false starts, it was working perfectly.
I've subsequently found the correct version of TWRP to flash in your post in another thread, and it's fine. Now the phone is re-rooted and back to normal.
Misterjunky said:
You flashed the wrong firmware for your phone, we have a S6 Edge+ G928T and the
firmware you flashed was for the G925T phone.
Make sure that before you odin flash the S6 Edge+ G928T firmware that you go into the
phone's recovery by pressing volume up, power and home button at the same time.
and do a factory reset or factory data reset first.
Your best bet is to odin flash the correct firmware and start from the beginning.
Here is a fast download link for the proper
Also the "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing." message you see is normal if
you have rooted and twrp'ed your phone.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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I've had the same issue on my phone, however when I download the stock firmware and flash with TWRP I get an error: "could not locate meta-inf/com/google/android/update/binary"
It also freezes and crashes odin anytime i try to flash through there.
Am I missing something? I have the same model (SM-G928T)

HELP! S4 mini stuck! bootloop, power button already removed

hy there!
i'm new here and need your help - my s4 mini just stopped working...from one sec to the other...first i only had a black screen and instantly tried a new battery. nothing changed.
next, i tried snipping against the power button and after a few seconds the s4 mini logo popped up. but it's stuck in this stage. after a few seconds the phone shuts down and starts again. (battery vibrates once, logo appears, shuts down and repeats again) btw if connected via usb charger, first the battery logo appears but no animated charging progress is shown
i tried the recovery mode....display shows "recovery booting..." for about 2 seconds....then shuts down again...starting all over again
i'm only able to get into downloading / ODIN mode....phone doesn't shut down and stays this way!!!
first i thought it had something to do with the power button issue, so i disabled it. i already removed it from the platin. nothing changed.
unfortunately i didn't create a back up recently - maybe there's a way i could get pass bootloop just to create a backup?! any ideas/help...really appreciate it! thank you!!!
Flash stock firmware.
echo124 said:
Flash stock firmware.
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thx for your reply! any chance i can save the internal memory before that step?!
Flash twrp and reboot to twrp after flash, connect to pc to transfer data
Hey,
No if you flash stock firmware you do lose yout internal data.
But your phone is working again and thats where its all about
echo124 said:
Flash twrp and reboot to twrp after flash, connect to pc to transfer data
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just installed twrp via odin3 (but unchecked "auto reboot" and "f. reset time")....although progress "pass!", i'm still not able to get into twrp recovery mode because of bootloop.
btw: phone is not rooted and i only want to save internal data (sms, contacts, etc.)!
sry for bothering but i'm a noob!
cpk_86 said:
just installed twrp via odin3 (but unchecked "auto reboot" and "f. reset time")....although progress "pass!", i'm still not able to get into twrp recovery mode because of bootloop.
btw: phone is not rooted and i only want to save internal data (sms, contacts, etc.)!
sry for bothering but i'm a noob!
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Flash twrp recovery then boot into twrp recover with vol up+home+power, should work.
echo124 said:
Flash twrp recovery then boot into twrp recover with vol up+home+power, should work.
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unfortunately...still stuck at "recovery booting..."! bootloop still prohibits twrp recovery. tried multiple times.
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OMG Please help! Bootloop, can't get into recovery but able to get into download mode

I have a SM-G925T and it started boot loop today. I tried to get into recovery mode by holding Power+VOL UP+Home but that does nothing. When I tried to go into download mode by holding Power+VOL DOWN+Home, it works fine.
Symptom:
Phone boot loops displaying only the very first Samsung screen with Galaxy s6 edge (no samsung boot animation). Once this very first logo screen comes on, the screen goes black and loops again. Even if I plug the OEM Samsung USB charging cable, screen does not show the battery charging screen, just the same Samsung Galaxy s6 edge screen.
I have already tried the following:
1. Flash stock rom using ODIN, flashed successfully, still boot loop
2. Holding Power+Vol DOWN to reset, still boot loop
3. Flash stock rom using ODIN again, flashed successfully, still boot loop
4. Let battery drain, waited 3 hours for screen to boot loop and battery died, plugged back USB charging cable back, still boot loop
5. Flick the power button many times to loosen any dirt, still boot loop
6. Hold the power button for 1 minute, 2 minute, and 3 minute, still boot loop
Please help, any advice very appreciated!
Hm, I had this 2 month ago with a S4...
Same thing, I go to my provider he checked the Handy and said I have a defect on my Mainboard... He use dos tools for Handy analysis... I flash stock with Odin, too... Success but no boot...
CarHDRom V.27.3 by Carotix S6edge
nyknight77 said:
I have a SM-G925T and it started boot loop today. I tried to get into recovery mode by holding Power+VOL UP+Home but that does nothing. When I tried to go into download mode by holding Power+VOL DOWN+Home, it works fine.
Symptom:
Phone boot loops displaying only the very first Samsung screen with Galaxy s6 edge (no samsung boot animation). Once this very first logo screen comes on, the screen goes black and loops again. Even if I plug the OEM Samsung USB charging cable, screen does not show the battery charging screen, just the same Samsung Galaxy s6 edge screen.
I have already tried the following:
1. Flash stock rom using ODIN, flashed successfully, still boot loop
2. Holding Power+Vol DOWN to reset, still boot loop
3. Flash stock rom using ODIN again, flashed successfully, still boot loop
4. Let battery drain, waited 3 hours for screen to boot loop and battery died, plugged back USB charging cable back, still boot loop
5. Flick the power button many times to loosen any dirt, still boot loop
6. Hold the power button for 1 minute, 2 minute, and 3 minute, still boot loop
Please help, any advice very appreciated!
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Hold the button combo pwr, vol down and home as if you want to go into download mode, but try to time it that immediately before the download mode screen comes on, use the Vol up, home and pwr combo and keep holding it down, till it goes into recovery. You have to time it so that right begore the download screen lites up you shift to the recovery mode 3 button combo and hold it till it goes into recovery. This works for me and how I do it all the time whether using stock recovery or TWRP.
Docmjldds said:
Hold the button combo pwr, vol down and home as if you want to go into download mode, but try to time it that immediately before the download mode screen comes on, use the Vol up, home and pwr combo and keep holding it down, till it goes into recovery. You have to time it so that right begore the download screen lites up you shift to the recovery mode 3 button combo and hold it till it goes into recovery. This works for me and how I do it all the time whether using stock recovery or TWRP.
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Thanks for your suggestion Docmjldds but that didn't work either. I think I timed it within 0.5 second of the download mode screen. I always tried cancelling out of download mode and quickly holding the combo vol up, home, and pwr immediately after it and it that did not work either.
nyknight77 said:
Thanks for your suggestion Docmjldds but that didn't work either. I think I timed it within 0.5 second of the download mode screen. I always tried cancelling out of download mode and quickly holding the combo vol up, home, and pwr immediately after it and it that did not work either.
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What version Odin?
What version stock ROM?
What version Recovery?
Have you tried to simply install latest TWRP 3.1.0 "twrp-3.1.0-0-zeroltetmo.img.tar"
nyknight77 said:
I have a SM-G925T and it started boot loop today. I tried to get into recovery mode by holding Power+VOL UP+Home but that does nothing. When I tried to go into download mode by holding Power+VOL DOWN+Home, it works fine.
Symptom:
Phone boot loops displaying only the very first Samsung screen with Galaxy s6 edge (no samsung boot animation). Once this very first logo screen comes on, the screen goes black and loops again. Even if I plug the OEM Samsung USB charging cable, screen does not show the battery charging screen, just the same Samsung Galaxy s6 edge screen.
I have already tried the following:
1. Flash stock rom using ODIN, flashed successfully, still boot loop
2. Holding Power+Vol DOWN to reset, still boot loop
3. Flash stock rom using ODIN again, flashed successfully, still boot loop
4. Let battery drain, waited 3 hours for screen to boot loop and battery died, plugged back USB charging cable back, still boot loop
5. Flick the power button many times to loosen any dirt, still boot loop
6. Hold the power button for 1 minute, 2 minute, and 3 minute, still boot loop
Please help, any advice very appreciated!
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I have the solution for you my friend. Flash TWRP using oding (in download mode), then from TWRP install or flash this rom(for this you need to download the rom, connect your phone to the pc and while you have TWRP open in your screen put the file of the rom in the phone)
Rom right here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ied-development/noble-nougat-rom-1-0-t3565293
This works because this rom comes with its own bootloader and kernel.
maxter55 said:
I have the solution for you my friend. Flash TWRP using oding (in download mode), then from TWRP install or flash this rom(for this you need to download the rom, connect your phone to the pc and while you have TWRP open in your screen put the file of the rom in the phone)
Rom right here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ied-development/noble-nougat-rom-1-0-t3565293
This works because this rom comes with its own bootloader and kernel.
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Really appreciate your help here. Would flashing TWRP with odin trip knox? I'm afraid to flash anything not stock rom related.
Docmjldds said:
What version Odin?
What version stock ROM?
What version Recovery?
Have you tried to simply install latest TWRP 3.1.0 "twrp-3.1.0-0-zeroltetmo.img.tar"
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Really appreciate your help also.
I'm using Odin v3.11.1
Tried both stock ROM version
- G925TUVS5EQA2_G925TTMB5EQA2_TMB
- G925TUVU5EQC2_G925TTMB5EQC2_TMB
Stock recovery was flashed successfully as part of ROM above
I've not tried installing TWRP, could you please point me to where I can find it and how to install it? Also, would installing it trip up my knox?
I also flashed recovery.img by itself by extracting that from the ROM and converting it to recovery.tar.md5 using tar-Tool and successfully flashed recovery only but still no difference.
nyknight77 said:
Really appreciate your help also.
I'm using Odin v3.11.1
Tried both stock ROM version
- G925TUVS5EQA2_G925TTMB5EQA2_TMB
- G925TUVU5EQC2_G925TTMB5EQC2_TMB
Stock recovery was flashed successfully as part of ROM above
I've not tried installing TWRP, could you please point me to where I can find it and how to install it? Also, would installing it trip up my knox?
I also flashed recovery.img by itself by extracting that from the ROM and converting it to recovery.tar.md5 using tar-Tool and successfully flashed recovery only but still no difference.
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Flashing TWRP WILL trip knox. So, if that's a concern to you, then not much more I can tell you about that. BUT.....3.12.3 is latest ODIN. I would use THAT. Then try flashing complete stock firmware from download mode. QC2 being the last. Here is latest ODIN I attached.
nyknight77 said:
Really appreciate your help also.
I'm using Odin v3.11.1
Tried both stock ROM version
- G925TUVS5EQA2_G925TTMB5EQA2_TMB
- G925TUVU5EQC2_G925TTMB5EQC2_TMB
Stock recovery was flashed successfully as part of ROM above
I've not tried installing TWRP, could you please point me to where I can find it and how to install it? Also, would installing it trip up my knox?
I also flashed recovery.img by itself by extracting that from the ROM and converting it to recovery.tar.md5 using tar-Tool and successfully flashed recovery only but still no difference.
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PS: Have you tried turning phone off. Then power on and then immediately hold the vol up home pwr buttons combo. That should also get you into recovery mode. But that said, I would still try my last.
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maxter55 said:
I have the solution for you my friend. Flash TWRP using oding (in download mode), then from TWRP install or flash this rom(for this you need to download the rom, connect your phone to the pc and while you have TWRP open in your screen put the file of the rom in the phone)
Rom right here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ied-development/noble-nougat-rom-1-0-t3565293
This works because this rom comes with its own bootloader and kernel.
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He wants to keep stock. NOT a good idea
Docmjldds said:
Flashing TWRP WILL trip knox. So, if that's a concern to you, then not much more I can tell you about that. BUT.....3.12.3 is latest ODIN. I would use THAT. Then try flashing complete stock firmware from download mode. QC2 being the last. Here is latest ODIN I attached.
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I used the ODIN 3.12.3 that you posted and flashed QC2 again (Passed/succeeded). Still boot loops.
I can easily get into download mode but not recovery mode. I don't know of a way to power off, just reset by holding power button or (power button and vol down). I just realized how ridiculous this sounds but is there any way to actually power off the phone without loading android and holding power button, and selecting power off? As far as I know, there's only soft reset or hard reset.
I'm pretty sure my hardware buttons work fine since I need to hold power button, vol down, and home at the same time to enter download mode perfectly. Then I have to press volume up button to enter download mode. So all the buttons that's needed to enter recovery mode (power, volume down, and home) works.
Wonder if bad battery can be be the cause? I don't get any charging indicator (screen with battery animation) when I plug phone to USB charger. Seems to be able to hold a charge but not that long, no way for me to check battery percentage though.
nyknight77 said:
Really appreciate your help also.
I'm using Odin v3.11.1
Tried both stock ROM version
- G925TUVS5EQA2_G925TTMB5EQA2_TMB
- G925TUVU5EQC2_G925TTMB5EQC2_TMB
Stock recovery was flashed successfully as part of ROM above
I've not tried installing TWRP, could you please point me to where I can find it and how to install it? Also, would installing it trip up my knox?
I also flashed recovery.img by itself by extracting that from the ROM and converting it to recovery.tar.md5 using tar-Tool and successfully flashed recovery only but still no difference.
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It's your only option right now. I was where you were and I have the same phone 925T. I flashed the rom I told you about then I flashed the stock nougat rom that just came out 2 days ago. I'm running the stock nougat and I'm happy at the moment. Battery and performance are great. I tried flashing all of the stock roms using ODIN and nothing would work but flashing that rom I linked you before worked and then I was able to go back to stock. Trip Knox sure but you will have a working phone again.
The reason why I went back to stock is because I need WIFI calling.
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nyknight77 said:
I used the ODIN 3.12.3 that you posted and flashed QC2 again (Passed/succeeded). Still boot loops.
I can easily get into download mode but not recovery mode. I don't know of a way to power off, just reset by holding power button or (power button and vol down). I just realized how ridiculous this sounds but is there any way to actually power off the phone without loading android and holding power button, and selecting power off? As far as I know, there's only soft reset or hard reset.
I'm pretty sure my hardware buttons work fine since I need to hold power button, vol down, and home at the same time to enter download mode perfectly. Then I have to press volume up button to enter download mode. So all the buttons that's needed to enter recovery mode (power, volume down, and home) works.
Wonder if bad battery can be be the cause? I don't get any charging indicator (screen with battery animation) when I plug phone to USB charger. Seems to be able to hold a charge but not that long, no way for me to check battery percentage though.
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Before doing all this, if you don't want to void your warranty.
1-Download the stock NOUGAT, flash it using odin and then if it lets you go in recovery mode, factory reset your phone then try to boot. Give it 5-10 minutes to make sure it doesn't actually boot. I know the first boot takes a while so you will be stuck at the t-mobile logo. If after 10 minutes doesn't go on then try number 2.
2-Having the phone in download mode use the software smart switch.
Follow the instructions in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz6bF-aqk4&t=30s
If none of that works, either use your warranty or
Follow the instructions to install TWRP.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ecovery-official-twrp-galaxy-s6-edge-t3354508
maxter55 said:
It's your only option right now. I was where you were and I have the same phone 925T. I flashed the rom I told you about then I flashed the stock nougat rom that just came out 2 days ago. I'm running the stock nougat and I'm happy at the moment. Battery and performance are great. I tried flashing all of the stock roms using ODIN and nothing would work but flashing that rom I linked you before worked and then I was able to go back to stock. Trip Knox sure but you will have a working phone again.
The reason why I went back to stock is because I need WIFI calling.
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Before doing all this, if you don't want to void your warranty.
1-Download the stock NOUGAT, flash it using odin and then if it lets you go in recovery mode, factory reset your phone then try to boot. Give it 5-10 minutes to make sure it doesn't actually boot. I know the first boot takes a while so you will be stuck at the t-mobile logo. If after 10 minutes doesn't go on then try number 2.
2-Having the phone in download mode use the software smart switch.
Follow the instructions in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz6bF-aqk4&t=30s
If none of that works, either use your warranty or
Follow the instructions to install TWRP.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ecovery-official-twrp-galaxy-s6-edge-t3354508
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So I just flashed the latest nougat stock firmware with ODIN. Flashed passed/succeeded. No difference, still boot loop Still cannot get into recovery mode but can get into download mode fine like before.
My phone is out of warranty so I'm just gonna buy a replacement battery off ebay and see if that makes any difference. Hope someone has other ideas. I'll use TWRP as a last resort. Maybe that will work but I don't know how not being able to get into stock recovery would be fixed by installing TWRP custom recovery. I suspect I would not be able to get into TWRP recovery either.
nyknight77 said:
So I just flashed the latest nougat stock firmware with ODIN. Flashed passed/succeeded. No difference, still boot loop Still cannot get into recovery mode but can get into download mode fine like before.
My phone is out of warranty so I'm just gonna buy a replacement battery off ebay and see if that makes any difference. Hope someone has other ideas. I'll use TWRP as a last resort. Maybe that will work but I don't know how not being able to get into stock recovery would be fixed by installing TWRP custom recovery. I suspect I would not be able to get into TWRP recovery either.
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Why are you so concerned about tripping knox, since you are out of warranty anyways. And BTW it's a myth that a rooted phone loses warranty. I have had plenty of my phones covered under warranty and they were ALL rooted. With TWRP installed, you can use the advanced wipe actions to basically factory reset and load either Nougat or MM stock. I am rooted using stock just released Android 7 for TMobile firmware. Odin Firmware. Odin TWRP. Then install anything you like. Yes...knox tripped. Yes, you will lose Samsung Pay. For me not a big deal. Otherwise just fine. The warranty comany has to prove that your act of rooting caused the issue the phone has. Samsung will tell people that phone warranty is voind if rooted. But it's ONLY a line they are told to state. Again, I have used Samsung warranty direct...NOT TMobile and obtained free warranty service and my phones were rooted.
Docmjldds said:
Why are you so concerned about tripping knox, since you are out of warranty anyways. And BTW it's a myth that a rooted phone loses warranty. I have had plenty of my phones covered under warranty and they were ALL rooted. With TWRP installed, you can use the advanced wipe actions to basically factory reset and load either Nougat or MM stock. I am rooted using stock just released Android 7 for TMobile firmware. Odin Firmware. Odin TWRP. Then install anything you like. Yes...knox tripped. Yes, you will lose Samsung Pay. For me not a big deal. Otherwise just fine. The warranty comany has to prove that your act of rooting caused the issue the phone has. Samsung will tell people that phone warranty is voind if rooted. But it's ONLY a line they are told to state. Again, I have used Samsung warranty direct...NOT TMobile and obtained free warranty service and my phones were rooted.
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The biggest concern about tripping knox for me is that I lose Samsung Pay. It's actually the most useful thing I have on the phone. I can do pretty much every thing on my old phones that I need but it doesn't have samsung pay. I understand it's useless for most people, but for me it's the most important feature.
Do you think i would still have the same problem getting into recovery even if I flashed TWRP? Right now I can't even load stock recovery.
nyknight77 said:
The biggest concern about tripping knox for me is that I lose Samsung Pay. It's actually the most useful thing I have on the phone. I can do pretty much every thing on my old phones that I need but it doesn't have samsung pay. I understand it's useless for most people, but for me it's the most important feature.
Do you think I would still have the same problem getting into recovery even if I flashed TWRP? Right now I can't even load stock recovery.
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I really have no idea why you are having this issue. The one time my phone was so screwed up was I could ONLY fix by doing a complete factory reset including internal memory and that was via TWRP. Installing TWRP WILL kill Knox, therefore no more Samsung Pay...period. Have you tried smart switch out of curiosity?
Docmjldds said:
I really have no idea why you are having this issue. The one time my phone was so screwed up was I could ONLY fix by doing a complete factory reset including internal memory and that was via TWRP. Installing TWRP WILL kill Knox, therefore no more Samsung Pay...period. Have you tried smart switch out of curiosity?
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I think my problem is worst than what you had before because I cannot even get into recovery mode not just a normal boot loop. This issue is boot loop and not being able to get into recovery mode.
I have not used smart switch yet. I was going to do an emergency software recovery but that would basically just wipe all internal memory and flash the stock rom. I thought I could save some of my data by just flashing stock rom with ODIN, which flashed perfectly every time but still boot loops.
nyknight77 said:
I think my problem is worst than what you had before because I cannot even get into recovery mode not just a normal boot loop. This issue is boot loop and not being able to get into recovery mode.
I have not used smart switch yet. I was going to do an emergency software recovery but that would basically just wipe all internal memory and flash the stock rom. I thought I could save some of my data by just flashing stock rom with ODIN, which flashed perfectly every time but still boot loops.
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The only thing I can think of is that your setup is so corrupted you basically have no choice here. It's kind of the old adage about knowing it's important to occasionally back up the internal data, but just never get to it. I'm kind of paranoid to every now and then make sure I have copies of stuff around. I know it's zero solace for you, but without getting into recovery mode, there is no way to get to the Internal stuff that I know of. I'm assuming you never used smartswitch to backup or just use a computer to copy paste Internal stuff to a folder for saving.
HMMMM...Password:
ZiDroid.com
Try this stock Recovery. I found a post I made almost two years ago with a link to this file. Use the password to open the file and try ODIN again
nyknight77 said:
I think my problem is worst than what you had before because I cannot even get into recovery mode not just a normal boot loop. This issue is boot loop and not being able to get into recovery mode.
I have not used smart switch yet. I was going to do an emergency software recovery but that would basically just wipe all internal memory and flash the stock rom. I thought I could save some of my data by just flashing stock rom with ODIN, which flashed perfectly every time but still boot loops.
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I realize I'm kinda grasping at straws here short of a complete nuke of your setup....but sometimes you have to bite the bullet so to speak
Docmjldds said:
I realize I'm kinda grasping at straws here short of a complete nuke of your setup....but sometimes you have to bite the bullet so to speak
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Really appreciate your help. I'm starting to think more that it's a bad battery now. Hope that's just it instead of the main board.
I left phone on charge for a few hours (constantly boot looping the whole time). I'm able to power off the phone by holding Power button and Volume down for 10 seconds. Screen is completely off, no boot looping.
Step1: When try to simply turn phone on by holding power button for three seconds, the first samsung galaxy s6 edge logo screen pops up but then goes away and phone looks to be off. Like it's trying to get power from the battery but can't.
Step2: If I keep holding the power button, that first logo screen would turn on and off as if it's a boot loop. If I let go, then phone is off again.
Step3: If I go into download mode and select Cancel (restart phone), it goes into boot loop with only first logo screen again. It loops until I hard reset by holding power button and volume down again for 10 seconds. Then phone is off. Same thing repeats if I go back to Step1 again.

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