[Q] May have bricked my phone; confused at this point.

[Benzeleton]

So, I was on the journey to rooting my S5, and I seem to have run into a block in the road.

The issue: My phone gets stuck at the 'Samsung Galaxy S5' screen when being rebooted/turned on. After sitting there for a while, it goes into recovery mode.

The cause: In order to root my phone using Towelroot, I was told that I would have to flash my OS back to 4.4.2 (it is currently up-to-date). When I tried flashing it back using Odin, the transition was a failure. I was then told that I would need to switch my kernel to the ncg version, which I proceeded to do by following a guide on these forums, also using Odin. Odin said that the transition was a success, but now my phone won't turn on and I am being faced with the aforementioned issue.

Am I screwed? I'm assuming that I'm not, seeing as my phone definitely isn't hard-bricked. How can I fix this?

Thanks in advance for responses!

 

[Veid71]

Download the stock firmware and flash that then start over

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[Tulsadiver]

Use the full odin tar for NCG.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880

 

[Chopstix9]

Use the full odin tar for NCG.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880

I had been running rooted NI2 for a long time, never went up to 5.0.x ... Had to get a warranty replacement that I just got yesterday and it came witih BOE1. From what I have found so far, it looks like I am borked and locked out from any hope of rooting or moving back down the chain?

 

[Tulsadiver]

I had been running rooted NI2 for a long time, never went up to 5.0.x ... Had to get a warranty replacement that I just got yesterday and it came witih BOE1. From what I have found so far, it looks like I am borked and locked out from any hope of rooting or moving back down the chain?

There is always a possibility of root in the future but as of now, no. And no, you can't go back. S5's aren't worth as much as they were. I, personally would sell this on swappa and then buy one on swappa with a different build.

 

[Benzeleton]

Download the stock firmware and flash that then start over

Sent from my SM-G900V using XDA Free mobile app

Where could I find the stock firmware? I already downloaded what I thought was the stock firmware, and Odin said that the flash wasn't successful. I've tried downloading the most recent OE1, and 4.4.2, and everything just shows up as a failure.