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To give a final update on this. I attempted the Oreo downgrade, upon reboot the phone was stuck in a bootloop so I updated to Pie again. When the phone booted I tried the pin code as quickly as I could, and after some glitchy graphics on the screen it unlocked. From here I turn on the stay awake...

Hey guys, just to update. I have tried flashing multiple version of Pie using ODIN, using the HOME_CSC file to keep user data intact. Unfortunately none of them worked. I am now looking at trying to downgrade to Oreo while retaining user data, which seems like a very risky prospect.

Thanks for the heads up guys. I know a firmware flash would definately wipe the device but I was thinking only sideloading an OTA update. This should retain all data and simply act as if the phone had updated as normal using OTA. The issue I am having with this at the moment is that I assume the...

Yeah, camera application opens and works, though trying to access the gallery, Bixby Vision or any other unlock-only features yields the same issue. Contacts is inaccessible without unlocking. Currently I am looking at the possibility of sideloading an OTA update using adb and recovery mode...

Thanks for your efforts luclanus, still no ball with the launcher even after a restart and SmartSwitch requires my phone to be unlocked while connected to do anything. I could try connecting to smartswitch in download mode, but I assume flashing any new firmware would delete all user data.

Very nice idea, I gave it a go with Nova but the home button, along with everything else it seems, is completely unresponsive immediately after putting my pin in.

Google backup was enabled, but unfortunately not in the Photos app. I have tried connecting to PC, but without unlocking I am unable to allow access to any of the files on the phone.

I don't believe so, model number is SM-G965F, so it should be ROW with an Exynos Processor.

Ah good idea, I never thought to try there. It does look like I am going to have to do something exceptional to try and recover them. I am not too familiar with flashing OS upgrades/downgrades to the phone, but at a glance it doesn't seem possible without wiping all user data. Thanks again!

Thanks for the advice mustang, unfortunately I never logged into my Samsung account on the device. I only recently got it and never bothered setting up any of the Samsung apps so this isn't an option for me. I have tried the same using the Google Find My Phone feature as I am logged into my...

Hey all, My phone updated today and ever since I cannot move past the initial lock screen. When unlocked, the UI appears to crash and send me back to the lock screen. A video of this can be found here: I have tried the standard fixes like wiping the cache partition and booting into safe mode...