Help softbricked or hardbricked device?

[jackrabbit72380]

Help softbricked device

well i was running more rom on the device when i droped it then i got the screen and digi replaced
and when the tech tuned it on for the first time after repair we got a udc start screen that says unknown error at the top
i can get to download mode though. but even after trying to restore the bootloader or flash a new modem i cant get to any recovery.

right now this is what it says in download mode.

odin mode
product name : SM-G900P
current binary: custom
system status : custom
knox warranty void 0x1 (4)

i can go to download mode or try and let it boot up to the samsung boot but it says recovery booting in blue and loops there on reboot.
i forget the name of the modem i was on in more rom. i think it was the one be4 ota6
but i want to update to latest version of modem and rom not sure where to start.
i cant seem to get back to stock or custom recovery at all. or even boot up to a rom now. and i honestly have no idea why? =( can someone help?

 

[Ramer]

Help softbricked device

well i was running more rom on the device when i droped it then i got the screen and digi replaced
and when the tech tuned it on for the first time after repair we got a udc start screen that says unknown error at the top
i can get to download mode though. but even after trying to restore the bootloader or flash a new modem i cant get to any recovery.

right now this is what it says in download mode.

odin mode
product name : SM-G900P
current binary: custom
system status : custom
knox warranty void 0x1 (4)

i can go to download mode or try and let it boot up to the samsung boot but it says recovery booting in blue and loops there on reboot.
i forget the name of the modem i was on in more rom. i think it was the one be4 ota6
but i want to update to latest version of modem and rom not sure where to start.
i cant seem to get back to stock or custom recovery at all. or even boot up to a rom now. and i honestly have no idea why? =( can someone help?

Follow the instructions from this post. Since you are soft bricked at the moment, you'll need to start at step 4. If you have an extSD in your phone, you might want to pull it until after you're up and running because the "Android" folder from Kitkat needs to be deleted and rebuilt for Lollipop.

 

[jackrabbit72380]

That's what I tryed first but it didn't work,

First step.... flash SM-G900P_OA6_FullRestore.
(on boot i have samsung galaxy s5 screen with blue letters at the top saying recovery booting and it loops.)

sense that didn't work i tryed... SM-G900P_NI3-Full_Restore_Unrooted (Compressed Archive)
(on boot i have samsung galaxy s5 screen with blue letters at the top saying recovery booting and it loops.)

then i tryed SM-G900P_OA6_FullRestore. again but still no luck im out of ideas
I cant get to any recovery.
please help.

 

[Ramer]

That's what I tryed first but it didn't work,

First step.... flash SM-G900P_OA6_FullRestore.
(on boot i have samsung galaxy s5 screen with blue letters at the top saying recovery booting and it loops.)

sense that didn't work i tryed... SM-G900P_NI3-Full_Restore_Unrooted (Compressed Archive)
(on boot i have samsung galaxy s5 screen with blue letters at the top saying recovery booting and it loops.)

then i tryed SM-G900P_OA6_FullRestore. again but still no luck im out of ideas
I cant get to any recovery.
please help.

Are you using the wrong terminology? You have to use Odin and a PC to install the .tar. Also, the first boot into Lollipop can take about 20 minutes. You have to be patient. I see you posting in different threads and you seem to be digging deeper into a hole.
Are you using Odin and starting by downloading (to PC) the file in step #4? Then follow the remaining steps "exactly". Re-read those instructions and if you not already downloaded the needed files, do that first.

 

[jackrabbit72380]

Are you using the wrong terminology? You have to use Odin and a PC to install the .tar. Also, the first boot into Lollipop can take about 20 minutes. You have to be patient. I see you posting in different threads and you seem to be digging deeper into a hole.
Are you using Odin and starting by downloading (to PC) the file in step #4? Then follow the remaining steps "exactly". Re-read those instructions and if you not already downloaded the needed files, do that first.

Yes I downloaded the files to the pc.
Im using odin3.07
in pda I add the file Odin'd the [ODIN][TAR][5.0] SM-G900P OA6 (Official!) - Full Restore (ROM, Modem, Kernel),
put phone in download mode.
flash file!
ODIN SAYS PASS
next phone reboots to samsung galaxy black screen with with blue letters at the top saying
RECOVERY BOOTING......
then boot loops there.
I CANT GET TO STEP 5
I am not able to boot to the rom or recovery

 

[Ramer]

Yes I downloaded the files to the pc.
Im using odin3.07
in pda I add the file Odin'd the [ODIN][TAR][5.0] SM-G900P OA6 (Official!) - Full Restore (ROM, Modem, Kernel),
put phone in download mode.
flash file!
ODIN SAYS PASS
next phone reboots to samsung galaxy black screen with with blue letters at the top saying
RECOVERY BOOTING......
then boot loops there.
I CANT GET TO STEP 5
I am not able to boot to the rom or recovery

Try this: Do a battery pull, then put the phone in Download mode, hook up to PC and then open Odin and then Odin custom recovery, either twrp or Philz. Uncheck auto reboot in odin and once it passes, pull the battery, unplug and boot into recovery. Also, you might update Odin, there's a link to Odin 3.10.0 in my post. Let's see if we can get that far and go from there.

 

[jackrabbit72380]

try this: Do a battery pull, then put the phone in download mode, hook up to pc and then open odin and odin custom recovery, either twrp or philz. Uncheck auto reboot in odin and once it passes, pull the battery, unplug and boot into recovery. Also, you might update odin, there's a link to odin 3.10.0 in my post. Let's see if we can get that far and go from there.

ok used odin 10
tryied everything you said exactly phone reboots on samsung galaxy s5 boot logo everytime. Whether i try booting to recovery or the rom.

 

[Ramer]

ok used odin 10
tryied everything you said exactly phone reboots on samsung galaxy s5 boot logo everytime. Whether i try booting to recovery or the rom.

Which recovery tar did you Odin? You pulled the battery after Odin said PASS, then unplugged the phone, put battery back in and immediately tried to get into recovery? If so, I'm stumped.

 

[jackrabbit72380]

Which recovery tar did you Odin? You pulled the battery after Odin said PASS, then unplugged the phone, put battery back in and immediately tried to get into recovery? If so, I'm stumped.

Yes I tryed
I pulled the battery after Odin said PASS
Yes I tryed
kt_twrp_recovery_boa6_firmware.tar
and
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-klte
and
philz_touch_6.57.8-klte

NOTHING!
when ever i try and boot the rom the phone vibrates 2 times and resets.

when ever i try to boot to recovery
i get
recovery booting....
recovery is not seandroid enforcing
set warranty bit : recovery

then phone reboots.
then it trys to boot the rom.
and vibrates 2 times and resets.

Im not new to using odin or flashing roms or recoverys i sort of know what im doing. not to sound cocky.
Im Stumped to!

 

[Ramer]

Yes I tryed
kt_twrp_recovery_boa6_firmware.tar
and
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-klte
and
philz_touch_6.57.8-klte

NOTHING!

Im not new to using odin or flashing roms or recoverys i sort of know what im doing. not to sound cocky.
Im Stumped to!

I saw your post count, I knew you knew what you're doing, just wanted to double check everything. Sorry, I'm out of ideas. I did ask @tdunham to take a look at this thread, if he has some other ideas, but he's offline right now. Hopefully he'll check in later.

 

[tdunham]

What about flashing back to an older version of android? Full tar flash.

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Like ne5, and nothing else, just see if you can get stock to boot, no messing around trying to flash recovery.

 

[Ramer]

This is RWillco12's NE5 stock.. Have the phone in download mode and run the .exe
Thanks TD.

 

[jackrabbit72380]

This is RWillco12's NE5 stock.. Have the phone in download mode and run the .exe
Thanks TD.

I tryied ni3 already
but as far as i know you cant downgrade the bootloader.
if i could flash just the bootloader for ota6 maybe that would help.
i will try downloading ne5 now but my last rom was running a nkd modem.
im going to try and flash G900P_NKD_FullRestore.tar in odin if that dont work ill try ne5
and will report back shortly.

well nkd full restore boots up to
unknowen error!
wait..
done!
udc start.

power reset or
unknown
upload mode.

this is the way i got it back from retech after they replaced my bezel and digitlizer and screen
i never had an issue with anything software wize before that.

 

[tdunham]

Have you tried flashing the phone without any sim cards inserted including the sprint card? You are flashing from a powered off state right? You know it wont work unless phone is powered off before going into download mode.
As a last resort attached is the pit file for the 16gb G900P. Unzip and put it into the pit section of odin and flash the stock firmware again. It will repartition the entire phone when it flashes the stock image.

 

[jackrabbit72380]

Have you tried flashing the phone without any sim cards inserted including the sprint card? You are flashing from a powered off state right? You know it wont work unless phone is powered off before going into download mode.
As a last resort attached is the pit file for the 16gb G900P. Unzip and put it into the pit section of odin and flash the stock firmware again. It will repartition the entire phone when it flashes the stock image.

Yes I was using the pit file and yes I know to go to download mode from power off state. and no sim card is in the phone.

flashing ne5 stock with fingers crossed.
brb
nope
is there any bootloaders only i can flash?
well tryed everything all it does is vibrate 2 times. same as be4 im dead in the water. i don't know what's wrong or what to do.
I have tryed everything i can think of.

I can boot to download mode and flash anything i want but nothing works.
no recovery. no rom.