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[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Was just trying this

HEY THANKS

i was just trying this, i downloaded all the 6 or so different pit files and i thought what he heck might as well spend the next 2 hours trying them all one by one,

tried them all by placing pit file and then firmware in ap and then flashing.....

after each one still cannot get into recovery mode anyway at all... but still get diifferent bootloops by the looks of things.

so back to trying you method again . using first open pit file.

pit file and firmware file all flash in odin no problem as i also thought it might fail at the hidden img file stage... byt they both flash perfectly.

so now phone should just boot and continue to install the firmware for first time use right? where at this stage u normally u see the android robot and progress bar,

but im still just seeing the first samsung white logo, the samsung galaxy s6 edge with powered by android in white at bottom too.

feels like its still in some sort of boot loop, as sometimes same sceen will pop up and turn off, and then sometimes it will just turn off like the phone has powered off or something....

from this stage i can always and easily get back into download odin mode no problem...

just cant seem to catch the recovery mode...or is my timing or exact process wrong somewhere along the line...

or is my access to recovery mode just doomed forever?:(:(:(:(

as im thinking all i need to be able to do just wipe cache partition and factory reset and phone should be back to life

arrrgggghhhhhhhhh :(:(:(:(:crying::crying::crying::crying::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::crying::crying::(:(:crying::crying::cyclops::cyclops::crying::crying::eek::eek::eek::eek::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
bootloader and modem (csc) files??

thanks for that advice, i might try this later tonight if everything else fails, i guess another thing to try.

what bootloader and modem (csc) files did u use to flash and where did u download them from please?

what version of twrp exactly did u flash and if link possible please.

thank you
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicolò98:
First of all, now that you successfully flashed stock fw, you have to reflash twrp via odin, unchecking auto-reboot.

After that, try again to reboot into twrp...

It's almost impossible not to be able to enter into recovery mode... Maybe you're missing timing?

Look here, obviously your s6 should reboot into twrp and not stock recovery, but the procedure is the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8v0GYKUN1Y
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerox912:
Like i said in my previous post, wiping cache etc is not needed now. Because you flash a pit file everything is wiped by default.

After flashing the 5.1.1 + pit your device should boot normally. (takes about 15 minutes though)

I should mention that the stock recovery is really slow.. After you pass the bootloader screen it takes about 15-20 seconds before your recovery UI shows up if i remember correctly.

TWRP does not have this delay.

You could try: Flash 5.1.1 rom + pit. Reboot directly to Download mode again and then flash the twrp 2.8.7.1 also as AP and uncheck auto-reboot. After this you should be able to boot to TWRP and then you can adb sideload a custom rom if you want.

Exit download mode just by pressing vol down + home + power until screen goes off and then before the screen goes on again you should already be pressing vol up + home + power and keep it until the bootloader logo goes away. (the one that says powered by android is the bootloader logo)

If you have flashed TWRP it should say Recovery is not seandroid enforcing during the bootloader in the upper left if you pressed the right buttons with the right timing.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Thanks for the above... Have been busy with work but about to try all of the above just now.

Yes i know about the red message Recovery is not senadroid message and been there many times before but ive just always assumed that is the phone still bricked and stuck...

So what are u saying?

That everything's ok if im seeing that message? Should I just be sitting and waiting for something to happen when that red recovery is not seandroid enforcing shows up? As ive always just reset and booted out of there thinking somethings gone wrong...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayush_01:
It might or might not boot into recovery for you but I boot into recovery even after that message shows up.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trazfer:
We had the same problem always stuck at nand write.

Asnwer / solution:

Use odin 3.10.6
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerox912:
Yes if you are using the TWRP recovery is should give the red seandroid not enforcing message. If you have the stock recovery it does not say this.

You should wait if you see this message if you want to enter recovery, should just be like 10 seconds.

But if you flashed the 5.1.1 stock and the pit file, your android should be working, without needing to boot recovery or anything.

You lost all your data obviously so booting will take a while, it's like a factory reset.

Have you tried flashing the rom and the pit file and then just let it boot for 15 minutes without trying to enter recovery or whatever? Just to see if your phone boots at all.

Getting SU and TWRP is not needed at this point, you can worry about that when you got android to boot.

You have a G925F right? In Download mode it shows the product name.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Noooooooo...

Still no damn joy...

I just cant get my head round this and all the hours of flashing and restarting etc etc...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Yes its definitely a SM-G925F

Says in download odin mode and back of fone too.

Maybe im flashing wrong pit file and firmware... although this is the only firmware to ever have worked and flashed properly all the way through...

I think my only options are to try each pit file from the 6 pit files in above links 1 by 1 and then just let the phone try an boot after pit file+firmware flash...

As there are is one open pitfile 5 other different numbered ones...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
5.0.2 or 5.1.1 ????

just a crazy thought occurred to me....

should i be flashing 5.1.1 stock firmware with those pit files ?

or should i be flashing the older 5.0.2 firmware with the pit files?

is it still possible to go back to 5.0.2 stock firmware?? and do the same pit files in previous posts still apply?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerox912:
The pit files are separate things that recreate your partition scheme of the nand. You did that now, so there is no use in using the pit file again. If you use a pit file with say hidden300M that's the one with the largest hidden partition. Then you can also flash the other firmwares that failed at hidden.img before.

Both versions of the stock firmware can be used, but if i'm not mistaking then you can't downgrade to 5.0 if you are on 5.1.1.

What is the current status of your phone? You installed the stock rom and pit, does it hang at the bootloader screen where it says powered by android or at the samsung boot animation?

Try flashing the twrp and see if you can get it to recovery now you know the seandroid warning is not an error.

Or try PhilZ recovery
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Yes pit files are now allowinf flashing of many different stock firmwares that kept failing at the hidden img file stage.

Yes ive tried and flash so many stock firmwares... But no matter what, after each successful flash.

Phone is hanging at the exact stage ur talking about, the white powered by Android message.

Depending on which pit file ive used means different types of hanging and stuck...

What i mean is sometimes that white logo will flash a few times like a boot loop and phone turn off... Sometimes it will just continue to boot loop...

And sometimes it will just stay stuck there and hang there forever no matter how long i leave it turned on, it wont gi further than that stage.

Still cant into recovery at any stage.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
Try charging the battery at 80% at least. But i think your UFS is dead.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Thats what i was thinking that there is no way of telling what the battery charge level is,

So not sure if there is enough charge for it to be able to do what it needs to do.

And after some particular successful flashes as soon as i plug the charger wire in.. The white powered by android message comes on in an instant as though u have pressed the power on/off button,

It will then either conitnue to bootloop non stop or just hang and stay frozen lit up at that stage. Even leaving it on for hours it will just not move past that screen.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Yes i know from previous experience that batt shud be at least minimum 75%

How can i be sure of getting battery charged to that level.

And secondly what does it mean of the UFS is dead?

Is that fixable?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Okay, done a bit UFS research and googling etc...

http://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-ufs-and-why-it-matters-590015/

So its the new way Samsung and other top manufacturers are looking to go in terms of storage technology.

So whats the chances if it is dead UFS on this fone that it can be repaired or fixed?

Read some guides from other older gsm forums etc about fixing dead/unbootable ufs, can the same be done for the galaxy S6 edge?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
First, you can"t be 100% sure that it`s dead UFS, but from what I understood in the previous posts, if you successfully flash the FW, then the device fails to boot, only Download mode works, no recovery, no normal boot.

Have you tried on different PC?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
yep tried 2 pcs and now on my personal laptop?

thats right i just cant get past that bootlader screen no matter what and never ever seen recovery mode after everything i have tried for last 2 weeks

what difference would using different pc make?

is there such a fix for UFS?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
Well, there's a fix for the UFS/flash memory. You can either rehot or replace it, if you cant return to warranty service.

If you have the experience/skill with reworking mobile PCBs, then you can give it a try with re-hotting the chip. If this doesn't solve the problem you have to replace the chip with new one, but I can't seem to find spare one on ebay, so you better give it to the closest samsung service center.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Yes i dont think samsung will honour warranty with the knox security counter showing as tripped.

The knox counter has been showing the warranty void from the day i received the phone, hence why i have been trying to sort this out myself....

Im hoping as a last resort to send it to samsung...

Im hoping to write a covering letter explaining what a silly 16 year old has done with his xmas present... And his parents are going to kill him... As he didn't know how to fix it.

Being such loyal samsung customers with almost 10 different new devices in our house amongst our family members...

Ive personally been a loyal samsung customer ever since the first Galaxy phone...

We have like 3 brand new galaxy Tablet s, 2 note 4s, 2 s6 edges, samsung tvs and various other purchases over last 6 years with Samsung.

Just hoping to try an appeal to thier better nature and see if they will fix it under warranty...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Is the UFS fix something a half competent person with decent amount of computer knowledge able to do?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nanonex:
Could you please answer this;

How does the device function?

Does the device turn on? Does it go into Odin mode or Recovery mode? Or does it only show "problem during upgrade connect to smart switch"?

Also does it give errors when flashing with Odin? If so?? Which error or errors?

Please try to use clear and short sentences. Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
replacing emmc or a computer chip in general doesn't require just computer skills, it's electronics stuff, soldering skills and so on. Not so easy to do. And as for the warranty, I think they will not deny it just because the knox fuse is tripped. All in all this is an UFS and It's supposed to be durable, I used to flash my g925f countless times till i flashed back stock and gave it to my gf and no issues so far.

[MENTION=7204303]nanonex[/MENTION] you can read the whole thread and see how device behaves. It's sort of dead. :D

Added: [MENTION=3151449]icecoolpsyco[/MENTION] What happens if you flash TWRP from odin3 and boot to recovery and flash a ROM zip from xda unofficial custom roms?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
My oh my!

I don't want to be personal, but most of the replies here are without any reasonable concept....

First OP needs to get the phone working again on stock FW. THEN OP can think about to use custom recovery or mod ROM!

I don't think it is a hardware issue.

The phone is the F version, means international.

Important is to use a full FW means which comes with 4 PARTS in order to make a full flash/proper factory reset with clean partitions.

Use ODIN 3.10.7 and this tool to get your 5.1.1. FW http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647

Auto-reboot/re-partition and f reset time has to be ticked when using the 4 part FW, no extra pit needed since the right one comes within the CSC part.

To get the 4 part FW is important.

AT the download tool choose model and your region and tick auto, tick binary nature and check for update, tick decrypt automatically.

After you have got the zip, extract it once and load the 4 parts into Odin. You need separate AP,BL, CP and CSC files....
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Wow...

Thanks for all the above replies guys.

Ill see if i can help answer some of the above to give u guys a better picture.

Phone turns on.

Goes into download/odin mode no problem

Flashes stock firmwares and pit files

Flashes twrp if needed

But regardless of whatever firmware flash i do and twrp, i have never manage to get into recovery mode... And trust me by god i have tried a million different ways
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Hi,

Thanks for that,

I think ive read what ur saying somewhere else too...

That i should be flashing the 4 part multi file firmware that would also include the correct pit file needed.

I just didn't know where exactly to find those downloads..

And to be honest i have been relying on the stock firmwares avaialble on sammobile...

But i think im coming to the conclusion that those stock files will only work properly once flashed as long as the phone is setup correctly in the first place in order to take them...

Maybe because different pit files etc have been used in last week or so the set up has changed??

Could u please point in me the right direction of where exactly to get the right 4 part multi file firmware?

I think thats what i will have to try now as my last resort

All your help much appreciated.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
[MENTION=3383606]Vaira[/MENTION], please explain why do you think It's not a hardware issue, all symptoms point at it. And as far as I know there are no more 4 part split firmware-s, they all come in one tar.md5 that contain all images of the flash memory partitions.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
I had been able to get phones back working at least using the multiple parts version of several galaxy s models....

When you tick binary nature at the download tool, it checks for the full FW (4 part FW) only.

The tool is made to get the latest original Sam firmwares...instructions above...

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647

I guess if such a 4 part FW does not work it might be a hardware issue then......alternatively try another USB cable.....

4 parts FW automatically reset to factory and initialises new partitions/CSC while the one part FW does not!

Add: I don't think it is an HW (phone) issue, because the symptoms have varied and the OP never had a original recovery back, which indicates that the phone never had been able to get all data needed....I hope I am right......and it is no HW issue.....the symptoms still are indicating a brick not a hw issue/dead flash....

Good luck.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
thanks guys, although not as knowledgeable as you guys, thats what my brain was also thinking, just exactly as you said

"4 parts FW automatically reset to factory and initialises new partitions/CSC while the one part FW does not!"

that the 4 part firmware will reset everything as it should be for a complete factory reset flash, like a completely clean install if you get what i mean...

having worked in networking and built many computers and installs,

similar thing to like doing a complete new install of an operating system like windows onto a completely new formatted fresh new hard drive, whereas doing an install onto existing drive thats not been completely been cleaned and all sectors on disk properly formatted and wiped, we called this a dirty install, have always experienced that a dirty install always gave some sort of issues soemewhere along the line.

so i guess im looking for exact correct/specific firmware for this handset and complete reset and preparation of the fone for a nice clean fresh install...

if that all makes sense to u???
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerox912:
If you flash a firmware package, the system.img, boot.img atc get replaced with factory one's. But the userdata.img stays intact. (Dirty flash) this is why you are unable to boot even after flashing with odin.

If you flash a firmware + pit file, all the partitions get reformatted and reset. So this should be enough. I don't see any reason why a 4 part firmware will work here but i have never needed a 4 part firmware so i don't know, maybe it does something extra here that i'm not aware off :p

You don't need to have the exact one that came on your phone, just one that fits your model. The 5.1.1 COI9 BTU is the UK unbranded G925F, we know this one has no problems flashing on your device, so start with that one. Here is a .zip containing the 4 parts of the 5.1.1 BTU fw. The name says where you should load it in odin. The pit file is not needed i guess, since you already applied that multiple times now.

Vaira is right that you should be able to get it working in stock mode before trying anything custom. But i think this has to be a hardware fault because not being able to boot into recovery is nearly impossible if it's not bricked.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
You can install an OS without to delete the partitions or not. This applies to win as well.

To delete the partitions before means to have the flash/SSD closer to factory condition, means is a cleaner installation.

When Samsung flashes the device from factory they always have to go for the full parts...

The pit file is created to recreate some of the partitions. And the 4 part FW initialises the CSC on reboot/factory resets the device, just watch the screen messages on first reboot..

The one part FWs are designed to update the OS and usually keep user data/CSC.

You have fiddled now with BL and pit and whatnot without to know what actually is the right one.

I have unbricked phones by flashing the full part FWs while the one part could not.

The 4 parts FW are official sam FWs.

Just go for them, you cannot do more wrong than you probably did already...as long as download mode works you are safe.

Just choose the latest one for the F version and your region...they do not even trip knox because they are official...does not matter to you anymore, though...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
Even if the multifile firmware will fix this issue, what I fear is that you will not be able to flash it because it will probably be version android 5.0.2 and you cant flash 5.0.2 after upgrading to 5.1.1

Edit: Apologies, I figured out what you ment to say. Yes that tool does download multifile fw. Better give it a go!! Good luck with that!
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
Well I am no fortune teller, but still optimistic.

Since OP did not try the 4 part FW there is a good chance to get it back to work. Hardware issues are rarely and to have not back the recovery is IMHO a sign that full flash never has completed.

Important is to tick Auto-reboot AND re-partition and f reset time when using the 4 part FW since the corresponding right pit is located inside the CSC file.

To test if the recovery partition is on damaged cells OP can try to flash the stock recovery alone if it should not work anyway.

So far I could get back hopeless cases..but as said I am no fortune teller...

Good luck.:)
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curiouswrecker:
Nanonex asked what error does Odin show or does it flash the device 100% and 'succeeds' BUT still doesn't turn on?

OR DOES ODIN SHOW AN ERROR?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Yes it flashes stock software 100%

Originally first few days it would not flash any firmware i was trying properly, but since getting hold of certain stock firmwares and certain correct pit files it has been flashing the single tar stock firmwares files no problem, but will just turn on never go past the white bootloader powered by android screen...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
okay thanks.

will try this 4 part file method first and see how it goes.... hopefully this will be the clean install im looking for...

will update after this...:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icecoolpsyco:
Thanks Vaira, what you say makes a lot of sense too, so hopefully fingers crossed this will be the complete clean install....

update soon:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaira:
This also indicates that there is no hw issue, at least nothing that is detected by ODIN.

It goes past primary and secondary bootloader already, the powered by android screen is a part of the kernel, correct me if I am wrong.

I know that if the bootloader is another revision than the recovery it can lead to issues. I.e. not booting the recovery.

I think you still have a combination of partitions/contents on your phone which do not work together...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasko_spasko:
Powered by android is part of the boot splash and when kernel boots up the samsung animation shows up. So it can't even load the kernel. For that I am one hundred percent sure.