S6 - Boot Loop - No Recovery - HELP!!!

[MAHASONA]

Hi All,

I a strange thing happened yesterday. My S6 got stuck and when I did a force restart it ended up in a boot loop. To worsen the problem my device had reactivation enabled. I found out that my recovery is not loading also. I guess its due to the reactivation security.

So far I have tried the following:
1. Tried to install the stock firmware
2. Tried to install new stock firmware (marshmellow)
3. Tried Kies and Smart Connect (did not do anything)

I'm pretty much clueless at this point. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advanced...

 

[MAHASONA]

Any captains to help?

 

[emcardle660]

Maybe try flashing ONLY the 'recovery.img' inside the firmware file, and if you can get into the stock recovery after that then clear cache and wipe, then try to flash firmware again

 

[MAHASONA]

Maybe try flashing ONLY the 'recovery.img' inside the firmware file, and if you can get into the stock recovery after that then clear cache and wipe, then try to flash firmware again

Thank you very much for the input. Do you feel that when I flash the original firmware it did not apply the recovery.img that was inside the tar ball? I could manage to create a tar ball with only the recovery image but in that case will it trigger the knox counter and void warranty?

Again, I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks mate

 

[MAHASONA]

BTW I tried with both Odin and smart connect. Nothing helped. They both complete and say it went well but after restart its simply another boot loop

 

[tazaga]

When you flash stock with odin it should say pass and should boot or visit Samsung for fix

 

[MAHASONA]

When you flash stock with odin it should say pass and should boot or visit Samsung for fix

It does say PASS. But when it reboots I end up with the boot loop again.

BTW Reactivation lock is ON. Could this be a problem?

 

[Jonny5isalivetm]

Hi Dude

I just flashed my other halfs S6 loads and discovered a working Recovery was Arter97's after MUCH soft bricks etc

http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420/recovery/twrp/g920fi/

Flashable via odin

For me tho if worst comes to worst getting a fresh rom from sammobile worked okay

Hope you get sorted bro

 

[MAHASONA]

Hi Dude

I just flashed my other halfs S6 loads and discovered a working Recovery was Arter97's after MUCH soft bricks etc

http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420/recovery/twrp/g920fi/

Flashable via odin

For me tho if worst comes to worst getting a fresh rom from sammobile worked okay

Hope you get sorted bro

Thank you very much. I will surely try this tonight. I will post my findings here.

 

[MAHASONA]

Hi Dude

I just flashed my other halfs S6 loads and discovered a working Recovery was Arter97's after MUCH soft bricks etc

http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420/recovery/twrp/g920fi/

Flashable via odin

For me tho if worst comes to worst getting a fresh rom from sammobile worked okay

Hope you get sorted bro

One quick question before I flash this and trip knox. On your device was Reactivation set to ON?

 

[Jonny5isalivetm]

I was not worried about Knox so much so did not pay attention to it. What Warranty Custom ROMs FTW

Where does it mention Reactivation ? In Download mode ?

I can check later when the misses gets home for ya

One thing I did notice is every recovery I have tried the ones that work now say "recovery not selinux enforcing" or something along those lines..(when entering recovery)

 

[MAHASONA]

I was not worried about Knox so much so did not pay attention to it. What Warranty Custom ROMs FTW

Where does it mention Reactivation ? In Download mode ?

I can check later when the misses gets home for ya

One thing I did notice is every recovery I have tried the ones that work now say "recovery not selinux enforcing" or something along those lines..(when entering recovery)

Ha ha, very true about Knox. And yes in download mode it shows if Reactivation is ON or OFF. The purpose is to not allow anyone to factory reset the device if this is turned on. Hence the unavailability of the recovery mode.

I would really appreciate it if you could check and let me know. Thanks in advance mate

 

[Jonny5isalivetm]

OK will do but she at work till 5

 

[MAHASONA]

OK will do but she at work till 5

No worries mate, thanks for been available and the guidance...

 

[MAHASONA]

OK will do but she at work till 5

Any updates please?

 

[Jonny5isalivetm]

I just got the phone lol soz

turns out download mode in MM has no information is there somewhere else I could find out what you need to know ?

 

[MAHASONA]

I just got the phone lol soz

turns out download mode in MM has no information is there somewhere else I could find out what you need to know ?

Sorry for the silence on this. But I decided to hand over the device for warranty claim. At no point I did trip Knox so they accepted for warranty claim process. Ideally I should get it back end of this week.

I will update you all on this matter as soon as I have more details.

 

[huzi7868]

Sorry for the silence on this. But I decided to hand over the device for warranty claim. At no point I did trip Knox so they accepted for warranty claim process. Ideally I should get it back end of this week.

I will update you all on this matter as soon as I have more details.

hello i had the same problem after updating to marshmallow was stuck in boot loop what i did to fix it is go into recovery power home button and volume up factory reset and wipe cache rebooted phone and it worked hope it works for you

 

[MAHASONA]

hello i had the same problem after updating to marshmallow was stuck in boot loop what i did to fix it is go into recovery power home button and volume up factory reset and wipe cache rebooted phone and it worked hope it works for you

Thanks for the info. But as mentioned recovery is not available in Reactiation - ON mode. Its a security feature they provide to prevent people from stealing your phone.

 

[Merken_]

Can't you disable reactivation lock by deleting your Samsung account ? : http://androiding.how/unable-to-disable-reactivation-lock-on-galaxy-s6-try-this-fail-safe-trick/