A widespread error that mostly occurs if you root your phone with the wrong file is Kernel is not seandroid Enforcing. Don’t worry; you have not bricked your phone; it is very similar to the boot loop, and we have a guide to fix the Galaxy S6 kernel, which is not a seandroid enforcing error. As you can’t remove the battery of Galaxy S6, you can’t just take out the battery and wait for a few minutes and hope that your phone will get fixed. Mostly, this error arises when you root your phone or try to flash the wrong custom ROM. It is a simple fix, which will be discussed in the following guide.
Fix Galaxy S6 Kernel is Not Seandroid Enforcing Fix:
The solution to this problem is flashing the stock firmware. This error mostly arises while flashing customs ROMS that are not stable or rooting using unsupported files for your Galaxy S6. Now let us move on to the solution of the “kernel is not seandroid enforcing” error. This error is visible on the top left side of the screen, and the phone shows only Samsung Galaxy Logo. If you are unable to proceed further from the Samsung Logo Screen and your phone is stuck at boot loop. Use this guide to fix your phone.
Otherwise, follow the steps below:
Prerequisites:
- Download ODIN v3.10.7 from here. (Click on download from the browser when the window appears).
- Download Stock Firmware for your Galaxy S6 from SamMobile.
- Download Samsung Drivers for Windows PC.
- You will need a computer for this solution.
- Make a backup of your data using this guide (optional).
Selecting the right stock firmware is very important before flashing. However, you can install an unbranded firmware from any country if your phone is not carrier-locked. It is good to first check the PDA and CSC of your phone by dialling *#1234#.
To check if your phone is branded or not, reboot your phone and see if some brand name or logo, like T-Mobile etc, appears at startup. If it’s not branded, then you can flash the ROM of any country that is unbranded on your phone.
Guide on how to Flash Stock ROM on Galaxy S6:
Following are the steps that will let you install stock firmware on your Galaxy S6.
- First of all, Download ODIN on your PC
- On your PC, install Samsung USB drivers for Windows.
- Now, turn off your Galaxy S6.
- Get your phone into Download mode. Press and hold the Volume Down, Power button and Home Buttons simultaneously till you see a warning.
- To continue, Press the Volume up button.
- Now open ODIN on your Windows PC, if you see ID:COM section is turned blue, then your phone is successfully added.
- Click on AP or, in some ODIN versions, PDA.
- Select the stock ROM you downloaded.
- Make sure only Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked in the options, like in the screenshot below.
- Now click on Start and wait for a few minutes. (Don’t disconnect your phone from your PC while ROM is flashing)
- Once complete. Your phone will restart itself. It will take longer than usual to reboot for the first time.
Note: If the firmware you downloaded extracts more than one file, then select the corresponding section according to file type. BL belongs to Bootloader; AP belongs to PDA, CP belongs to Phone(Modem) and selects the CSC file in the CSC tab.
That’s it. I hope this guide works out for you. If you have any query regarding how to Galaxy S6 Fix Kernel is Not Seandroid Enforcing. Let me know in the comments. Do give us feedback if flashing stock ROM fixed your issue or if it didn’t.
hi, i just rooted my s6 edge marshmallow and after that everytime i reboot my phone i can see the message on the top of the screen but everything is working fine, i just want to ask if it is normal to see that message after rooting your phone or i still need to fix it even though everything is ok?or did i rooted my phone wrong and need to root it again ? (all app that need root access is working fine though)
It is totally fine. Dont worry.
Hey, I rooted my phone but when I try to go into recovery I get dm-verify verification failed or something similar. Also getting the seandroid thing as well.
The thing is I’m trying to reflash the kernel but the phone won’t update to it, it says it’s passed but the kernel doesn’t get updated.
Running g920w8, I first installed a kernel for g920f but it’s still voting fine.
Should I restore using smart switch?
Oh and I try to download the firmware from SamMobile but it takes 2 hours. Is that normal?
Yes you can restore via Smart Switch or ODIN. Downloading firmware depends upon your internet speed. if its slow it can take hours. Mostly the firmware is around 1GB in size. So it might take some time.
I tried this, but in ODIN a message “failed” appeared and on mobile screen a red message “SW REV CHECKK FAIL:4 BINARY 3” appeared. Kindly info me what to do. I would be thankful to you
Download the latest version of ODIN from its website and use it to flash the ROM
Best of luck.
hello all,
I have rooted j7 2016 and Kernel is Not Seandroid Enforcing coming again and again.
i have got errors with SW REV CHECK FAIL DEVICE 2, BINARY 1 while flashing stock rom but custom recovery and download mode working .
Please do help to me to resolve this issue.
i have a problem my s6 in the corner kernel is not seandroid is enforcing but i cant use the original rom because odin dont detect the phone i do all drivers and i cant acces the download mode or someting like dat plz help men
Try to flash new rom using Smartswitch. See if your phone is detected when you connect it with PC and run smartswitch.
The pc dont detect the phone wath i do ?
Download and install samsung drivers for Windows PC. Link is given above in the article.
hi.. dis is hari
and i have samsung galaxy tab A 8.0 (sm-T355y) i was trying to roodmy device and done with odin. with cf-auto-root….ect..tar.md5 file and i got dis msg on my screen ecovery is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit recovery and with hlp of odin twrp file again i dis .. and it was fyn…
my doubt is weathr i can root my device or.. while m tryng to update su.. m geting signature verification failed
plz hlp me wth dis issue
hello. i have the same problem. kernel is not seandroid enforcing. i dont have back-up :-((. the phone is nor letting me to go in recovery mode ( volume up, power and home button is not doing anything) i have SM-G928F
You have to get it in Download mode in order to flash new firmware using ODIN.
Turn off your phone and press Volume Down + Power button and Home Button. And when you get the warning press volume up button.
Best of Luck.
Hey, I am trying to add the rom cause I don want it rooted anymore but im not able to use odin. I downloaded the correct firmware and did the instructions ( connected the device so it says added, then the ap, choose the correct firmware and than start) but after I hit start, it doesn’t do anything. how do I solve this issue?
I cant add the firmware with odin. when I hit start it doesn’t do anything. what can I do?
Are you sure your phone is connected and detected by the PC?
On the left side. you can see the log. It displays feedback on whats happening after you press the start button. If your phone is not connected to your PC then the ID:COM windows will not turn blue.
Ok dat works but later wen i finish puting the new rom the red letters leave but i cant start android plz help
hello everyone,
Many times i hv tried to remove FRP Lock on for my mobile SM-A310F, i have downloaded its firmware and i flashed via ODIN. i got the firmware from file:///J:/Marshmallow/Google%20Drive%20-%20Virus%20scan%20warning.html, but, unluckily i didn’t fix the problem.
pls help me out off this problem.
thank you.
Yafet