Galaxy s5 hard brick or soft brick?? help me - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

some days ago my phone g900f felt inside sea water...
it worked after some minutes and then i rebooted it.. then the phone didn't power on, i still can only se the first screen when you boot it... i entered in download mode and flashed stock rom... and now it should go to recovery mode for the first start but it doesn't... and i can't go in download mode.. when i put the battery the led is blu and even with the charger and when i press power button it vibrates, it boot when says:SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 g900f and on the left corner: Recovery booting but it doesn't do this....
so there is a way to restore a recovery in this situation?

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mc_2348 said:
I've been unable to boot my phone past the "Samsung Galaxy S4" screen for the past few days. When I was using it a few days ago, it suddenly froze and then it got stuck on the logo-screen ever since. The phone was not rooted or modified in any way.The phone's warranty expired a few months ago, so I can't ship it to Samsung without paying ~$100. I suspect that the phone is soft-bricked, but I've been unable to un-brick it.
It's a Fido Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M.
Things that I've tried:
Flick, wiggle, and hit the power button to potentially dislodge a stuck power button
Flashing the stock firmware (I tried this several times)
Selecting "Firmware update and initialization" on Kies
I attempted to boot into recovery mode to clear the cache, but, I'm unable to boot into recovery mode. (I pressed the home, volume-up, and the power button until the blue screen on the upper-left corner appeared. Then I let go of the power button)
Flash TWRP in-hopes of being able to access recovery(It was a longshot).
Thank you for your help!
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If it froze without you doing anything and you cannot boot it anymore then I am afraid you have hardware damage.
Lennyz1988 said:
If it froze without you doing anything and you cannot boot it anymore then I am afraid you have hardware damage.
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Thanks for your reply!
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