Stuck on infinite loop - Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Help!
Wanted to install a clean copy of android. Did it using odin (several versions).
Now it get stuck on infinite loop (Samsung logo).
The only way out is by going to Odin mode again (vol down + home + power) - but i already made all the installation (both edge and regular s6 md5s)
I cant manage to get into the recovery mode (vol up + home + power doesn't do anything).
Tried to drain the battery and than boot into recovery mode but it goes to infinite loop (Samsung logo) again,
Any solutions?
Thanks

orninyo said:
Help!
Wanted to install a clean copy of android. Did it using odin (several versions).
Now it get stuck on infinite loop (Samsung logo).
The only way out is by going to Odin mode again (vol down + home + power) - but i already made all the installation (both edge and regular s6 md5s)
I cant manage to get into the recovery mode (vol up + home + power doesn't do anything).
Tried to drain the battery and than boot into recovery mode but it goes to infinite loop (Samsung logo) again,
Any solutions?
Thanks
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Have you tried Smart Switch? Try initializing it via Smart Switch, got a bootloop also this other time, but that was because activated Knox after rooting via PingPong

Skhulile said:
Have you tried Smart Switch? Try initializing it via Smart Switch, got a bootloop also this other time, but that was because activated Knox after rooting via PingPong
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Nothing happening, smart switch does not recognizing the phone.
The only firmware that im succeeding to install (without being stuck on infinite loop) is my original provider firmware (which i dont want = its full with bloatware).
Does it means that i cant install other firmwares at all? all i want is a clean install

orninyo said:
Nothing happening, smart switch does not recognizing the phone.
The only firmware that im succeeding to install (without being stuck on infinite loop) is my original provider firmware (which i dont want = its full with bloatware).
Does it means that i cant install other firmwares at all? all i want is a clean install
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I'm not sure, it might mean that you can't install other firmware, anyway I'm using the stock one, and i disabled all the bloatware via Debloater

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[Q] Stubborn soft brick (Download mode, no recovery mode)

Hello,
I've been having a nightmare with my Galaxy S2 GT-I9100. The phone had been giving me grief for a few months, the occasional freeze which would be fixed by a battery pull, ever since upgrading to an official ICS rom. Unfortunately I can't remember the exact ROM.
A week ago the phone froze, I pulled the battery and hit a bootloop when I tried to restart. I booted into recovery mode and attempted to wipe data. The phone attempted to wipe the data but froze. I left it for a couple of hours with no progress so I pulled the battery. The phone is now still in the same bootloop but cannot enter recovery mode. It can however enter download mode through both the 3 button technique and using a USB jig. My PC only recognises the phone in download mode and fortunately ODIN also recognises the phone. I have tried flashing various stock firmware and kernels and each time ODIN claims the flash was successful, reboots the phone and hits the same bootloop as before. I have also tried flashing CWM recovery to try and boot into that recovery mode but again this is successful but seems to make no difference.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Thanks for your time.
UPDATE:
This is the guide I used to first fix the problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458&highlight=recovery+mode
Adding the most recent flashed ROM and kernel
ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1608071 - Firmware: I9100XWLPY (4.0.4) (Unbranded UK)
Kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399 - CF-Root-SGS2_XW_NEE_LPY-v5.6-CWM5.zip
Shilleto said:
Hello,
I've been having a nightmare with my Galaxy S2 GT-I9100. The phone had been giving me grief for a few months, the occasional freeze which would be fixed by a battery pull, ever since upgrading to an official ICS rom. Unfortunately I can't remember the exact ROM.
A week ago the phone froze, I pulled the battery and hit a bootloop when I tried to restart. I booted into recovery mode and attempted to wipe data. The phone attempted to wipe the data but froze. I left it for a couple of hours with no progress so I pulled the battery. The phone is now still in the same bootloop but cannot enter recovery mode. It can however enter download mode through both the 3 button technique and using a USB jig. My PC only recognises the phone in download mode and fortunately ODIN also recognises the phone. I have tried flashing various stock firmware and kernels and each time ODIN claims the flash was successful, reboots the phone and hits the same bootloop as before. I have also tried flashing CWM recovery to try and boot into that recovery mode but again this is successful but seems to make no difference.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Thanks for your time.
UPDATE:
This is the guide I used to first fix the problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458&highlight=recovery+mode
Adding the most recent flashed ROM and kernel
ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1608071 - Firmware: I9100XWLPY (4.0.4) (Unbranded UK)
Kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399 - CF-Root-SGS2_XW_NEE_LPY-v5.6-CWM5.zip
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Hmm ... for bootloop issues, this is the correct guide => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
But this requires recovery mode to work.
And you really pressed Volume UP + Home + Power keys, and hold them for about 15 seconds/until recovery menu appears - regardless of any other boot logo or animation which might be displayed inbetween?!
It_ler said:
Hmm ... for bootloop issues, this is the correct guide => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
But this requires recovery mode to work.
And you really pressed Volume UP + Home + Power keys, and hold them for about 15 seconds/until recovery menu appears - regardless of any other boot logo or animation which might be displayed inbetween?!
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Definitely. Booting with Volume UP + Home + Power keys, I am greeted with my usual bootloop Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 boot screen, after around 10 seconds the screen goes black and then the bootloop screen comes back on.
Any other suggestions?
Same problem
Hi,
I have the same problem. I would be interested in a solution for this as well. I've already tried reflashing the ROM, kernel and bootloader, together with repartitioning. Still can't get into recovery mode.
Cheers,
Tudor
need Help
help, I have the exactly same problem, please solve this, I already flash everything, but it no use..
yyanzzz said:
help, I have the exactly same problem, please solve this, I already flash everything, but it no use..
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Hi,
What I finally managed to do is connect to ADB and do a wipe from there. Connecting to ADB in download mode sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, depends on how lucky you are. Try it a couple of times. Afterwards I was able to re-flash and it started. For me, the problem was also a bit deeper; my USB port was shortcircuiting or something. I just took a toothpick and pushed the USB pin a bit (found the idea online) and haven't had any problems since then.
Cheers,
Tudor

S6 Edge Stuck in bootloop - can't flash stock rom

UPDATE: I got stock firmware flashed on it, but as soon as it finished, it just stuck in the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge boot screen, and it won't even allow me to access recovery mode so I can wipe cache and whatnot. I'm running out of patience with this brick of a phone. It just goes straight to the same boot screen, not allowing me to get to the recovery mode. Are there any alternative ways to enter recovery mode, or alternative ways to wipe cache and partition? Please, any advice is welcomed.
Thanks in advance.
Try different odin version and cable before you messing with pit.
Sent from my SM-N920C
I had tried using three different versions of Odin, 3.07, 3.09, 3.106. I also used multiple cords and multiple versions of stock roms. And still, no success. It won't even stay off, every time it juices up, or is plugged in, it goes straight to the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge boot screen and stays there.
Mind you, I am not too familiar with anything outside of stock roms, some custom roms and rooting. Have not tested out much more than that. Any noob-friendly advice would be welcomed.
I had nand write start error once during downgrading my s6 from 6.0.1 to 5.1.1. I just tried odin 3.10 and it got flashed successfully. I was lucky then.
Sent from my SM-N920C
Well, I finally got one of the firmwares to work, it ran through Odin and everything just fine, but after it was done, it basically did the same thing, it stayed on the Samsung black screen, except without the red writing at the top..
Sent from my SM-N910W8 using XDA-Developers mobile app
Enter recovery and factory reset
Sent from my SM-N920C
I can't access recovery, the phone won't turn off, so as soon as it has any source of battery life, it just goes straight to the samsung boot screen and stays there.
Hold vol down+power button for 15-20sec. As soon as it reboot, hold vol up+power+home button to enter recovery.
Sent from my SM-N920C
I've tried that at least 50-ish times now, It just does not work, I tried it with a second or two delay, I tried it immediately after screen turns off, tried it so many times. No matter how long I hold them down for, it just stays at the boot screen. I can get to download mode just fine, but for some reason recovery seems to not be working.
is it a bootloop (it keeps restarting or it is frozen on samsung logo) ?
if bootloop you can try: plug in power corde. press and hold both volume buttons + home + power untill it shuts down. unplug power corde. press and hold home volume down and power for download mode. get another rom and flash it.
Hi i am having exactly the same problem can boot to download but not recovery, let the phone run out of battery and as soon as you plug it in again bootloop, i was running crisscross marshmallow rom ,custom kernel i have a backup but am not sure what or how to flash correctly in Odin any help would be much appreciated thanks .
Edit flashed firmware from sammobiles worked a treat .
Any updates on this?
I have this exact problem however I never attempted rooting my phone or changing anything on the firmware, I was on YouTube when my s6 edge crashed then entered boot loop, I CANNOT ACCESS recovery mode ,but I can access Odin mode. WTF everything is stock on my phone, never even heard of 'bootloop, Odin mode' before this happened .or even had to access my recovery mode on my s6. As I search the web for help I find solutions that require recovery mode, but I can access it. Apparently bootloop happens when people try to root but I never tired that. I don't even know what that is!
This just happened to my S6. Was watching YouTube then it crashed and entered a boot loop, can't access recovery, only download mode.
MarkWCAU said:
This just happened to my S6. Was watching YouTube then it crashed and entered a boot loop, can't access recovery, only download mode.
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Flash stock firmware

Soft Bricked phone after installing xposed from apk file

My phone model is a SM-G925F and I tried installing xposed via the apk file (XposedInstaller_3.1.apk) from the thread below:
The version is 5.0.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
After I installed the apk I downloaded the file by clicking the download button in the app. After the download is finished it asked me to reboot and so i did. Afterwards, my phone got into a boot loop. At this point I managed to boot into TWRP recovery mode. Tried factoring resetting, wiping cache and dalvik and rebooted, still stuck on bootloop.
Afterwards I plugged in my phone into my computer whilst trying to find a solution online. After plugging it out i noticed that my phone was stuck on the "charging" screen which led me to press all buttons at once in an attempt to shut down my phone. What happened was that now its stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge" booting screen (not the animated Samsung one) and it wont even shut down or let me access recovery mode, only download mode. I tried force shutting down again (holding down both volume keys and power button) and all it did was give me a never ending cycle of black screens and "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge" boot screen. Right now my phone is stuck on the S6 Edge boot screen.
I'm thinking of just using ODIN and installing the firmware via download mode. Either that or I'm just gonna wait for the battery to run out and get into recovery mode that way (not sure what I'm gonna do once I'm in). If someone can give me suggestions on what to do in the situation I'd greatly appreciate it!
Download smart switch on your computer and put your phone into download mode. Flash the stock firmware from smart switch.
deandramuhammed said:
My phone model is a SM-G925F and I tried installing xposed via the apk file (XposedInstaller_3.1.apk) from the thread below:
The version is 5.0.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
After I installed the apk I downloaded the file by clicking the download button in the app. After the download is finished it asked me to reboot and so i did. Afterwards, my phone got into a boot loop. At this point I managed to boot into TWRP recovery mode. Tried factoring resetting, wiping cache and dalvik and rebooted, still stuck on bootloop.
Afterwards I plugged in my phone into my computer whilst trying to find a solution online. After plugging it out i noticed that my phone was stuck on the "charging" screen which led me to press all buttons at once in an attempt to shut down my phone. What happened was that now its stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge" booting screen (not the animated Samsung one) and it wont even shut down or let me access recovery mode, only download mode. I tried force shutting down again (holding down both volume keys and power button) and all it did was give me a never ending cycle of black screens and "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge" boot screen. Right now my phone is stuck on the S6 Edge boot screen.
I'm thinking of just using ODIN and installing the firmware via download mode. Either that or I'm just gonna wait for the battery to run out and get into recovery mode that way (not sure what I'm gonna do once I'm in). If someone can give me suggestions on what to do in the situation I'd greatly appreciate it!
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You have tried to flash the wrong version of xposed. The one from that thread isnt compatible you need the xposed unofficial by wanam from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960/page562
What i would suggest now is to flash stock firmware to resolve the bootloop.
Then flash twrp.
Then flash xposed from the thread above.
Flash through twrp and your good to go
callumbr1 said:
You have tried to flash the wrong version of xposed. The one from that thread isnt compatible you need the xposed unofficial by wanam from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960/page562
What i would suggest now is to flash stock firmware to resolve the bootloop.
Then flash twrp.
Then flash xposed from the thread above.
Flash through twrp and your good to go
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It's all good now, my phone is fixed. Thanks for the help!

Stuck on start up screen help!!

Okay so i have been using my s6 edge for a while and got bored with the stock rom and the root was successful but when i flashed twrp onto it i rebooted and it stays on the Galaxy S6 Edge sreen (the one before the flashing samsung logo) it also says "kernel is not seandroid enforcing " but just stays on this screen until the batter dies out i have tried using odin and odin can't read it i tried samsung kies but that can't read it either so i have deemed my pc useless in this situation
really need this phone to work so any advice would be much appreciated
Casey98 said:
Okay so i have been using my s6 edge for a while and got bored with the stock rom and the root was successful but when i flashed twrp onto it i rebooted and it stays on the Galaxy S6 Edge sreen (the one before the flashing samsung logo) it also says "kernel is not seandroid enforcing " but just stays on this screen until the batter dies out i have tried using odin and odin can't read it i tried samsung kies but that can't read it either so i have deemed my pc useless in this situation
really need this phone to work so any advice would be much appreciated
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Can you get into download mode or recovery mode?
If you can get into recovery mode then wipe data/cache.
If you can get to download mode flash stock firmware and start again.
To get into recovery hold only down and power for 10 seconds, as soon as the screen goes off to reboot switch to recover combo, home and up amd power for 20 seconds until it boots to recovery. Try that first.
callumbr1 said:
Can you get into download mode or recovery mode?
If you can get into recovery mode then wipe data/cache.
If you can get to download mode flash stock firmware and start again.
To get into recovery hold only down and power for 10 seconds, as soon as the screen goes off to reboot switch to recover combo, home and up amd power for 20 seconds until it boots to recovery. Try that first.
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this is where my problem begins the home button on the phone clicks but doesn't work the fingerprint sensor still works fine thats it so i was using adb commands from the terminal to boot it into recovery/download mode but now it just gets to the galaxy s6edge screen then just stays there so my computer can't read it so its stuck

Galaxy S3 AT&T stuck in reboot loop

Hi,
I have a hand me down Galaxy S3 which seems to have a custom rom (it's loaded with TWRP 2.x). This device is stuck in reboot loop. Here's what I've tried so far:
1. Cleared dalvik cache
2. Cleared normal cache
It still is stuck in the loop
Downloaded Odin 3.12 and twrp-3.0.2-2-i9300.img.tar.md5, but Odin keeps freezing (Windows 10) so I can't get that to work.
I downloaded the Samsung USB tool from Samsung's website as well. I'm at my wits end on how to fix this reboot loop issue. Any ideas here?
Also, I have NOT been able to find a stock Android ROM for this device either.
Any help is appreciated. What I currently have access to:
1. TWRP screen (with volume up + power + home)
2. Download home (volume down + power + home)
Thanks
The only stock ROM for this phone that can be flashed with Odin is 4.1.1 because AT&T only released ota updates after 4.1.1.
The AT&T s3 forum is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att
This may help: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ile-sgh-i747ucufne4v4-4-2attall-odin-t3305899

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