Need help reinstalling OS, I think

[mustang7757]

Try to power off or get into the recovery that gives options to reboot.

So Odin said pass and went into recovery?

 

[Ceatram23]

Try to power off or get into the recovery that gives options to reboot.

So Odin said pass and went into recovery?

Yep, it passed. I'm going to try reflashing it one more time and see if anything changes

 

[mustang7757]

Yep, it passed. I'm going to try reflashing it one more time and see if anything changes

Ok

 

[Ceatram23]

Ok

Same error unfortunately

 

[mustang7757]

Same error unfortunately

Your going most likely flash without home CSC and just CSC but will factory reset

 

[Ceatram23]

Your going most likely flash without home CSC and just CSC but will factory reset

It gave me an option to delete app config data and attempt to start in safe mode, I'm going to try that and if not look for an android data recovery place near me

 

[mustang7757]

It gave me an option to delete app config data and attempt to start in safe mode, I'm going to try that and if not look for an android data recovery place near me

Ok let me know

 

[Ceatram23]

Ok let me know

Local place (Batteries + Bulbs) can't do anything unless the device is unlocked, or needs components

Samsung would factory reset the device before working on it

I tried manually booting to safe mode (Power + Volume down), didn't boot

I tried unplugging everything but the battery from the board (I opened it up), didn't boot

In the Rescue Menu, it gave the option to delete app configuration data and attempt a safe boot mode, so I tried that and it worked. All my apps were gone, but thankfully all my files were still on the phone. I copied them to an SD card and am transferring them to my new phone. Samsung also has their own cloud backup, which saved my contacts, sms chats, and a few other minor things. Samsung also converted my rcs chats into sms, so I still have all the messages, just no rcs features for them. Unfortunately Samsung doesn't backup user preferences so I have to tweak about 100 little settings, but that's much preferred to losing all my data. I should also mention, smart switch doesn't work in safe mode, so I couldn't just copy everything that way.

So, should another person encounter the error I did, this is what I tried and failed:
Re-flashing firmware via Odin
Clearing cache
Optimizing apps
Wondershare/Dr.Phone (couldn't connect)
Chimera (paid, I didn't want to pay)
Octoplus Suite (paid, I didn't want to pay)
ReiBoot (paid, I didn't want to pay)
Smartswitch via android (couldn't connect)
Smartswitch via pc (couldn't connect)
Unplugging the battery
Disconnecting every non-essential part

What did work:
Reset app config data

I would recommend anyone in a similar boat try as many of these as possible before the last one, as many others have lost data doing it.