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Root Serious S6 brick problem! Please Help!

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epicnick01

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Okay so I got a galaxy s6 from wind mobile canada (SM-G920W8) and I tried rooting using a method my OfficalPhoneRebel on youtube, I used odin, a supersu package, and twrp (The Win Recovery Package). After that I was put into a boot loop and I tried using chainfire auto root but could'nt find my model so I used the closest thing, after that I tried wiping everything using twrp. Now I cannot edit the filesystem through my pc, I can only connect to my s6 through odin. I tried unbricking through using stock firmware and odin but odin keeps saying FAIL. (Yes I am using original cable and USB 2.0 port). Please help me, I know this is a tough fix but google says I am not completely bricked because when I try to boot it still goes into a boot loop with s6 logo. Please help.

EDIT: I doubt I can take my phone to a store because when put in download mode it displays that knox is tripped and it also says odin mode in red letters.
 
I don't suppose you took a backup using TWRP before trying to root the ROM? If you did you can just restore that using TWRP.

Can you still get into TWRP? If so, if you can find a custom ROM for that model (that exact model, as there are different S6 versions) you can flash that using TWRP. Either use adb sideload to load the rom onto the phone, or (as I usually do) stick the zip on a flash drive and use a usb OTG cable to connect that to the phone and flash it from the OTG storage.
 
Hadron said:
I don't suppose you took a backup using TWRP before trying to root the ROM? If you did you can just restore that using TWRP.

Can you still get into TWRP? If so, if you can find a custom ROM for that model (that exact model, as there are different S6 versions) you can flash that using TWRP. Either use adb sideload to load the rom onto the phone, or (as I usually do) stick the zip on a flash drive and use a usb OTG cable to connect that to the phone and flash it from the OTG storage.
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I may have made a backup but I probably wiped it accidentally. However with the roms, I cannot place anything onto the phone's storage, would I be able to flash it using odin and twrp alone?
 
TWRP can flash from OTG storage (a flash drive connected via a usb otg cable). I don't have an S6, but that's what I do with my phone (which also lacks removable storage).

I've never used Odin, so can't advise on that (it's only for Samsung devices).
 
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