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Help S6. Did a factory reset but I'm stuck during the phone setup.

Crystalline

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Mar 5, 2016
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I did a factory reset, clicked "Start", connected to a wi-fi network, agreed to the terms, etc... and then the phone got stuck in the "Checking network. Adding a few finishing touches. This may take a minute or two" phase. I waited hours, but it would always get stuck at that part, so I skipped connecting to a wi-fi network.

That helped, and got me further through the initial setup phase, but now, and no matter what I do, it'll just get to a point where it tells me "Not signed in. To use this phone you first have to sign in to an owner's Google account in use on this phone when it was last reset. Because you haven't done so, you have to set up the phone again".

The ****ed up part is that, during the setup stages that precede this message, I'm not asked to sign in to Google. I've tried doing a multitude of things but I cannot get past that.

I can't even go back through the debug menu, now, as doing the power+volume+home button combination just starts the phone normally.

How did this happen and how do I fix it?
 
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Google search "My account" It'll take you to the Google page. Go to sign in and security i think it is. Then remove the device from your account. Press volume up to continue. Download the firmware for your device. Flash it in Odin and it'll boot fully.

Side note:
For anyone with custom binary blocked by FRP this will work to recover your device! LG, Samsung, Motorola etc. As long as firmware is available and can be flashed.
 
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Google search "My account" It'll take you to the Google page. Go to sign in and security i think it is. Then remove the device from your account. Press volume up to continue. Download the firmware for your device. Flash it in Odin and it'll boot fully.

Side note:
For anyone with custom binary blocked by FRP this will work to recover your device! LG, Samsung, Motorola etc. As long as firmware is available and can be flashed.

There's no "Remove" button that allows me to remove the device. I even did what Google recommends in such a case and changed my password. Still can't remove it.

What do you even mean by firmware? The firmware that comes pre-installed on the device when you buy it? Meaning, Android 5.0? Or is it 6.0? Or should it be Nougat?

Also, I tried flashing the stock firmware for my S6 with Odin yesterday, but once I clicked on the "AP" button in Odin's interface, selected the .md5 file, and then clicked on "Start" at the bottom, it would run but then come up with a "Failed" red box in Odin's interface.

Can you please be more specific with your instructions? Do I need to enable developer mode's "usb debugging"? Because I can't... because you know, I'm not able to complete the phone's setup and access its settings... That's what my issue is.

Thank you.
 
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Just tried it with a stock firmware version for my device and region but it failed. Here's Odin's log:

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> boot.img
<ID:0/004> cache.img
<ID:0/004> cm.bin
<ID:0/004> FAIL!
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

In the phone's download mode screen I can see something in red saying: [CM] SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 5, BINARY: 3

What does that mean?
 
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