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[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Update.....

Bad news guys :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

okay so first of all i tried the 4 part firmware link given by Aerox912,

reflashed no problem

phone boots up to the white powered by android screen, for about 2 secs then goes off, then whye message screen again, did this about 3 times and then turns off,

so i go back into download mode and then cancel download mode by pressing volume down to restart the phone.

same thing back to white message screen and it just hangs/freezes there permamnatly... i decide to leave it on as im hoping its a first boot and could take anything upto 15 minutes or more,after an hour or so still stuck at same screen. to turn phone off i have to hold power +volume down button

i leave the phone on charge for an hour

once again could not get into recovery at all:(:(:( so no recovery mode unless i am doing at completely wrong but tried every method possible known to me

I then try vairas suggestion by using the samfirware tool and getting the firmware from there.

i learned from samsungs smartswitch pc software by going to emergency recovery mode in top left hand menu and doing the device initialization process by putting in model number and the the phones actual serial number it gives you the exact model and firmware details for your handset.

in my case ...PDA: OI9 / CSC: OJ1 / PHONE: OI9 (XEH) i put these details into samfirm tool see screen shot below

although it would not find or fail when i manually put the details, but ny just putting in the model SM-G925F AND XEH in the right boxes, tick auto it found the correct software from samsung servers for this handset and very fast download i was getting like 4-5 megs per sec over wifi

very good tool and very very fast stock firmware downloads

once firmware downloaded click decrypt to give you proper zip file from which u can extract the 4 part tar firmware files to flash

So once again fingers crossed in hope...

flashed firmware 100% no problem and passed in odin , had re-partition ticked to make sure pit file gets used

phone boots to the white powered by android screen again for a second or seems like it goes on off and splashes that screen back a few times like a bootloop sort of thing and goes off again.....

if i plug charger wire in it starts that white powered by android message aagin in an isntant as if you have turned the power button on

i restart phone again by going into download mode, plug charger in and the screen is just stcuk and frozen there...

left on for hours overnight in hope that come morning it might get past that stage, but no.......

just stuck and still frozen and hanging there.......

back to you guys........

i think ive finally given up.....

this s6 edge has defeated me

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[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey_sk:
I know that there are a large batch of G925F's made for the grey market that only work with the XEU or BTU firmwares.

Go to sammobile and under UK try flashing as AP on odin the UK/Ireland XEU. If that fails try the BTU firmware.

This might have solved your problem prior to you trying the hackerish activity above, but give it a try ;)

if you give up pm me i will buy the phone off you and get the sammy peeps i work with to get it back and running. is it a 64gb model?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
why would a certain batch only work with XEU or BTU firmware? is that how they were designed or made to only accept those firmwares??

its 32 gig model

are u in London too??
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey_sk:
i am unsure but i think its to allow the carriers to have a way to ensure things like wifi calling are only available on s6's they sell to their own customers. To ensure they maximise upgrading customers to long term contracts with the phone bundled in. Its not profitable for them to have too many sim only out of contract customers bringing their own unlocked devices who then flash carrier firmware..

Some XDA devs have prob hacked that anyway but its a way of appeasing some very powerful carriers like voda or ATT etc. XEU units are the unlocked carrier free Grey Imports not sold directly by Samsung, and the BTU units tend to be units sold directly by samsung.

also being a 32 gb model this may be a carrier locked unit with a locked bootloader. where did the previous owner get it from?

i have an XEU unlocked 128gb green s6 edge and it only accepts XEA or BTU , it throws a fit if i odin flash a voda, o2 or 3 firmware.

as long as you can get into download mode your phone is fine. Tinker with the file structure too much and only samsung can fix using kit only available to them. That or going down the custom recovery route doing a full wipe and rebuilding the file structure and trying to get a custom rom on; which reading back you are having some challenges over. if the xeu or btu works the phone is effectively back to stock hopefully and should overwrite any file structure changes you made from the suggestions above.

yes i am in london
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
Thanks for the info...so it is still a part of the secondary BL which seems to hang. At old Galaxy s models the splash was a part of the kernel partition, things have changed.

@OP

Do you really give up?

Can't you remember/get your original CSC????

XEH is Hungary I wonder from where it comes?!?

You've flashed the one from Aerox912 which is BTU and the phone/smartswitch displays XEH after it?????

Comes this info from the phone or from Samsung server by serial number?

mikey_sk is right. Some CSC regions might not work/are excluded hence I told you to choose YOUR original region!

To your question (posted already) When you tick binary nature it looks for the 4 part FW, else for the one part FW. ;)

Check anything again. Correct model / original CSC. When bought in GB and it's a open phone BTU/XEU should work. Also OXA should work.

Phones sold as EU version can have other European country CSCs., though....

Is it open or carrier branded???

Alternatively extract the stock recovery and try to flash the recovery partition after it alone...

Can you post details what happens when you try to boot into recovery?

Power off phone completely----->press power + volume up+home
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Originally bought by my 16 year old cousins parents pre xmas from a well known mobile phone shop/wholesaler in manchester, was told that at time of purchase this was a European model and warranty would be directly to samsung and not here in uk samsung service centres.

but it was a brand new boxed sealed unit, worked fine no problems for many weeks until 16 year tried rooting/updating

actually bought 2 identical handsets and one was given to sister, that one is still working fine no problems as she never tried to mess about rooting it

Yes your right about the hungary part....

when problem first occurred, 16 year old fearing for his life took it to official samsung store repair centre, only to be told/confirmed that this was a hungarian model and needed to go back to samsung directly, this is when i was visiting family over new year holidays and it came into my possession in the bricked state, and i could see that knox warranty had already been tripped an void so i have had it since and suffering past 2 weeks, actually repaired an s4 too for the same 16 year old ...lol:D so didnt think this was going to be such an issue either.

so yes its definitely european model confirmed from seller and samsung store so im assuming the hungary part to be correct.

phone was in bricked state since i received so could not extract any information from the phone...the details have been extracted from Samung smartswitch pc software by entring model number and serial number of handset
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
yes can always get into download mode no problem, but never ever even once over a million attempts last 2 weeks have i been able to get into recovery

ive got that sort of feeling too that it just needs the correct particular software maybe as ive tried everything else, and something definitely to do with the locked bootloader??
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
Hi again! Do you know at least what the kid tried to flash and how he tried to root it, Chainfire or pingpong root?

Or did the device worked after the root procedure?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Nope, sorry couldn't get no information out of him, he just clammmed up and denied all knowledge as was too scared to admit anything in case of getting blame and trouble from parents. I tried talking to him Quietly and ask him anything that could help me at all, but i didnt wanna tell his parents either as not to cause any more problems for him.

I will attempt to try and ask him again if it helps and he if he is willing.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
If you still have the will to try it once more:

Use the 4 parts Hungary FW again (seems that should be the right one) exactly like you used ODIN (with repartition) already, but this time untick auto reboot.

After flash has finished unplug the cable and power off phone.

NOW try firstly to boot directly into stock recovery. The phone must not hang somewhere before (normal boot).

If you should be able to launch recovery choose there factory reset and execute it....

Your case is really hard. Perhaps some cells are damaged, but I'd go for one more try. :)

Good luck.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Thanks.

Im. Sure ive tried that process so many times before but 1 last shot with the XEH hungarian software will just ease mental doubt and insecurity about not having tried everything possible...

Im assuming i can use the Samfirm tool to directly get the 4 part firmware file, but this time type XEH in region box...

And it should give me the original stock firmware from. Samsung servers...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
I don't think that region code will change anything causing brick, Right now just flashed my G925F with BTU firmware 4 file and PIT, originally on MTL, now works and get updates for BTU.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
Yes with binary nature tricked....

IMHO it is worth to repeat steps in a slightly different way....for instance to try to boot into recovery after flash first might change things.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
So basically untick auto reboot.

So after flash is finishedin odin it is still in download mode...

And try and boot straight into recovery from there?

Im sure i have i tried that I think many times....

And if remember correctly it doesnt do anything it just still stays in download mode....

I have to hold volume down+home +power again as if to go into download mode again, then when blue download screen comes press volume down to cancel and restart/reboot phone...

But will try that again just to confirm.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
Nope.

There is something wrong concerning Galaxy S6 and buttons to press....and what you've posted...

For instance to exit download mode one has to press volume down and power button several seconds. 2 buttons are enough to leave download mode AFAIK....the phone will not go into download mode again, it reboots then. I don't have my S6 edge handy cannot try again...

Try this (avoid a normal boot): After flash has completed, boot right into recovery by pressing home+power+volume UP! It might take up to 10 seconds until you can release the buttons/download screen vanishes!!!!

Concerning troubleshooting it is good to note down what exactly you have tried and what has failed. So you can be sure not to waste time by retrying things which did not work.

It is quite normal that people sometimes fail to initiate the recovery due to lack of proper timing....it happened to myself a lot of times...the phone just booted up normally.

I am familiar with Galaxy phones since the S(1)...I did a lot of modifications myself (systemUI/framework/services.jar)..... also for friends, I had a lot of soft bricks and odd things, especially with recoveries and bootloops....

I am still convinced there is a chance to get it back working...just force it to boot to recovery, try it hard...:)
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
You guys sure about this device is the F version?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
yep definitely an F version
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
yes ur right as i have had to learn thru trial and error and guessing that button combinations are a bit wierd esepcially when trying to get back out of download mode, or that white powered by android message keeps splashing by pressing just volume down and power button
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
5.0.2 or 5.1.1 from SAMFIRM tool????

just a crazy thought occurred to me guys as im so lost and confused to all the methods tried and tested and if it is something to do with bootloader issue what version of stock firmware shud i be trying exactly?

5.0.2 or 5.1.1 ???????

when downloading the 4 part firmware or even 1 part firmware using the samfirm tool.....

what version does that give you from the Samsung servers???

as ive done the samsung smartswitch pc emergency recovery too, which i assume downloads its own latest stock firmware too, then tells you to put phone into download mode and does exactly what seems to be some sort of flash as u can see it happening "downloading target don ot turn off" just like in odin on your phone screen, but once it boots ive still got no joy past the white message and still freezing hanging at that stage just as i get after successful odin flashes. so im assuming even smartswitch will probably be downloading and flashing latest 5.1.1 right?

if its something to do with bootloader etc should i be trying to flash the older 5.0.2 stock firmware files?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curiouswrecker:
Icecoolpsyco, you should get back to me on the other thread if you want to fix your device because i've read a bit into this thread and you guys are talking about stuff that doesn't even apply! lol

Your fix was simple and maybe it still is, so if you really want to be helped, get back to me on the other thread and answer the questions i've asked.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
can u point me back to that thread please?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Entebox:
you need to go back to SmartSwitch

when using the smartswitch, you need to know how to use the emergency restore option.

use this guide to restore from smartswitch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ncsfXdjL_Q

I'm pretty sure it will help you fixing your phone.

let me know if you solved it
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
trust me....i have used the smart switch emergency option many times... it downloads, restores etc etc....

but when it comes to restarting the phone or booting back up after the install hangs as usual and cant get past the first white samsung screen, exactly the same as flashing via odin etc
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
AFAIK the tool offers always the latest FW available. The 5.1.1. cannot be downgraded. So flashing the 5.1.1. FW makes most sense. It should work if the BL is still 5.0.2 (will be updated) and should work if it is 5.1.1. already.

Your screen still shows system status custom. This means the BL still could not check the system partition which should be original when flashing a stock FW. I guess this happens only when successfully booting.

[MENTION=7205255]curiouswrecker[/MENTION]

To flash a 4 part stock FW via Odin does usually apply very well! Anyway smartswitch can work as well.

Here for some reasons the OP is not able to enter recovery. To me the most reasonable way to go is to try to get to it and to make a factory reset from there....

There are two issues. It does not get past splash at normal boot. And OP cannot call recovery. He is able to successfully flash according odin messages, though.

I don't know how to get past splash, but to try to make a factory reset from recovery is still a possibility.

OP you still have not posted what exactly happens when you try to go to recovery power+home+volume UP, best right after flash without autoreboot.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
thats right.....it looks like it doesnt even start or initiate boot... simply will not boot

just cant get past this screen

http://www.pocketpc.ch/attachments/...49759183-s6-edge-bootloop-20151210_155028.jpg
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
Sorry to say but I think it's best to give it to a tech pro. You've done everything you can do, maybe even it's not the kid 's fault, just a faulty device. This is not likely to happen just from a rooting process.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
The link is incomplete, lol.

I mean what happens when you have the phone just flashed as suggested and push and hold power+home+volume up several seconds?

It should try to boot into recovery, hence it actually should not hang at splash screen, but try to boot into recovery then...sometimes it loops, but when you keep on pressed those 3 buttons it should retry to boot into it...sooner or later maybe just keep those keys pressed a longer time..

It can be a hardware issue, sure....but due to my experiences I can say what firstly seemed to be a hardware brick turned out to be a recoverable soft brick...

Up to you just saying some more efforts might be worth...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
HAVE FIXED THE LINK SORRY

http://www.pocketpc.ch/attachments/...49759183-s6-edge-bootloop-20151210_155028.jpg

i can just never get past that screen
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey_sk:
it looks like your having bad luck. sell it on ebay as a bricked device that someone else can possibly fix and move on.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerox912:
I still don't understand what's preventing the recovery from loading. If you flash the twrp through odin and try it again, do you see the recovery is not seandroid enforcing message? I remember you told that you have seen that message but that you thought that was a error and you rebooted, right?

I was also thinking that maybe you could try safe boot but probably that won't do anything. Safe boot is initialized by turning on the phone normally and when the screen turns on press and hold volume down.

And maybe someone else has any knowledge of the knox warranty void codes. I noticed your device shows KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0X0304) where mine says KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0X0000).

Since your problems are probably the result of the same event that tripped knox.

It sort of looks like the bootloader does not load the kernel and recovery. Could it be that the problem is a result of the cm.bin failed to flash? I have no idea what this is but some people seem to have had trouble with this resulting in not being able to boot anything except download mode. Link to Thread.

Since it can't get any worse you can also try flashing the engineering bootloader and twrp recovery and then see it that gets you into recovery. If that works you can use adb sideload to install a custom kernel and rom.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XDADEVX:
Hey guyyz

I can see icecoolpsyco has veeery BIG trouble SAME as I HAD almost all night last night till 3:00 I had banging headache took ibuprofen.. while unbricking this piece of ... cr ...

And this morning I waked up with kind of fresh head and started reading this thread bcos had same exactly problem as this guy !

SO

I flashed many SM-G925F official firmwares and it just didn't help .. samsung are same bstrds as crApple so they on purpose make it not working.

So I fcuk the official and I went custom way ... and you know guyyz IT ''BASHED'' and god blessed me and I sucessfully unbricked the piece of sh**

[MENTION=3151449]icecoolpsyco[/MENTION] you had ONE ANGEL here in this your thread, and I think you didn't pay much attention on him so he fly away..

And I listened him ..

It is member [MENTION=608013]Crazy_hatteR[/MENTION]

The only person here was right ...

I followed him and he blessed my edge !

Try this :

1.First flash TWRP via odin

2.Download custom rom what he offered to you :http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge/development/g925-g920-uni-stock-odexed-ambasadii-t3205588

3.Copy that ROM on SD card and use OTG

4.Once you have TWRP delete everything what is possible (meaning factory reset ,dalvik , cache , system , wipe everything )

5.In TWRP tap install and find OTG section you will find that custom rom (they call it UNI-STOCK ROM)

6.Flash it wait for complete ..

7.And STILL wipe this time ONLY factory and dalvik and cache NOTHING else ..

8.Reboot samsung edge logo with android will appear (pray to angels it will pass the screen and samsung animation with sound will appear and wait 10 minutes)

9.And STILL pray to god while is doing .. (bcos I had even damaged storage memory had to go manually to TWRP and wipe everything clean

and had to flas all again ad I was praying very HARD and they listened ..

10.Phone booted I am STILL in ''tranz'' (meaning I cannot believ am using the phone :D such reveal ..)

I have checked the phone info and now mine phone isnt ''F'' anymore but ''I'' or ? looks like CSC is australia/au (while am in UK but it works ..
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerox912:
Did you even read the thread? The OP is unable to boot into recovery like ever.

Your problem was just the cm.bin failed flash. That's easy to fix. Reflashing a recovery.img and factory resetting is the only thing you have to do actually to fix your problem.

After this you can use Smart switch emergency restore and then everything is back to normal. Because if you flash something with odin again now you will have the same problems again.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XDADEVX:
I think he doesn't know how to enter recovery :P or does he ?

And DEFO mine problem wasn't easy .. you would struggle too .. by not using custom ROMs.. or custom recoveries .. You playin BIG hero ;)

Smart Switch ? that NEVER worked for me because when I entered S/N it didn't recognized..
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerox912:
Haha that was my first reaction too, but after 2 weeks i don't think he's entering the recovery the wrong way :p

I struggled too, took me about 3 hours to unbrick mine couple months ago. But it's pretty easy afterwards ;)

Smart switch i have never used also, but the problem you were having is not fixed now but you found a workaround. If you flash a full rom in odin the problem is there again, that you can fix with smart switch after you applied this workaround. You get what i'm trying to say? :P
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XDADEVX:
Hahaha, after TWO weeks .. :D

Yeees exactly I know what you saying .. Thnx god we have custom files for our smartphones :)

But my problem with smart switch will continue forever as I received phone from Aliexpress yesterday (haha I managed to fcuk it up within few hours :D) And On the box I have label with IMEI which corresponds with IMEI in the unit BUT looks like I have two serial numbers tho and both does not work ... S/N on label on the box doesn't correspond with S/N in the unit :eek: I tried register unit at sammy site both not recognized..:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerox912:
Haha nice! I also bricked mine also within the first 24 hours so don't feel bad. :D

It could be that your device is tampered with, having different S/N's etc and maybe samsung smart switch banned you S/N or something like that. Probably they replaced the IMEI on the phone with the one that's on the box, swapping IMEI happens in the "less legal" market. :D