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Won't Turn On

Samsung Galaxy S5 SM900H, Android version is Marshmallow
It used to be that you could boot into the warning screen prior to download mode and choose cancel/reboot and it would boot past that message.

If that doesn't work and I'm not sure if it still does, then i imagine you did the root incorectly. There is a few different ways to fix your device. Rooted non rooted etc.
Let's see what the forums respond with.
 
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"Odin", I presume it's a Samsung of some sort. But we need to know exactly what you've got there. How exactly did you try to root it?
i root it follow the instructions, this is the steps :
- Download and unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file (see posts below this one)
- If you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you've extracted twice. You need to end up with a .tar.md5 file - don't extract that one
- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot
- Done
 
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i root it follow the instructions, this is the steps :
- Download and unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file (see posts below this one)
- If you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you've extracted twice. You need to end up with a .tar.md5 file - don't extract that one
- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot
- Done
If you go to the official cf autoroot site, your device is not listed....
 
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