Unbrick my verizon s4, stuck in Download/Odin mode - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

Well, I did something majorly wrong. I'm not a newbie, I've rooted and installed roms before, but this time...I screwed it up.
So I got a new phone from Asurion and it came with lollipop. I used kingroot to root the phone, then wanted to install TWRP, using the Manager. Eventually I got to a prompt which asked me if I was sure it was the right partition, and I said Yes. It reported it was unsuccessful and tried to boot into recovery mode. It never made it. My initial screen now says "Samsung Custom" and it throws me into the Downloading screen and I can't do anything at this point. I remove the battery, try rebooting, etc.
So I figured I would load the stock rom using Odin 3.09, but my device never gets discovered. So, I'm up the creek right now.
Can anyone assist me in potential ways to bring this thing back to life, or will I be stuck putting in another claim to Asurion. I guess spending 200 overall isn't the worst thing...but Odin used to be pretty solid, and it IS in download mode, so I figure there must be some way to get the phone to be recognized. I'm going to of course try installing USB drivers again and see if that works.
Thanks in advance for any help. I feel real stupid as I'm an IT professional and really rely on my phone for alerts, emails, etc, so this is quite an embarrassment.

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Swasser said:
Well, I did something majorly wrong. I'm not a newbie, I've rooted and installed roms before, but this time...I screwed it up.
So I got a new phone from Asurion and it came with lollipop. I used kingroot to root the phone, then wanted to install TWRP, using the Manager. Eventually I got to a prompt which asked me if I was sure it was the right partition, and I said Yes. It reported it was unsuccessful and tried to boot into recovery mode. It never made it. My initial screen now says "Samsung Custom" and it throws me into the Downloading screen and I can't do anything at this point. I remove the battery, try rebooting, etc.
So I figured I would load the stock rom using Odin 3.09, but my device never gets discovered. So, I'm up the creek right now.
Can anyone assist me in potential ways to bring this thing back to life, or will I be stuck putting in another claim to Asurion. I guess spending 200 overall isn't the worst thing...but Odin used to be pretty solid, and it IS in download mode, so I figure there must be some way to get the phone to be recognized. I'm going to of course try installing USB drivers again and see if that works.
Thanks in advance for any help. I feel real stupid as I'm an IT professional and really rely on my phone for alerts, emails, etc, so this is quite an embarrassment.
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Update: I got it discovered!! So I'm going to look for a quick tutorial to get this thing up and running, but if someone has a quick link that would be great. Yeah, I know I'm being a wuss asking for handholding, but, like I need to get this thing alive tonight. Ha

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Further update. Not having any luck. When I tried to use Odin with an md5 file, I got a NAND write fail almost immediately. I'm scouring all over to find a good (appropriate) stock rom for this, but I'm getting a bad feeling even though its softbricked it may not be writable for whatever reason. I'm not having any luck with anything.
Most articles I find are either outdated or for a different model. So, I'll take any desperate measures at this point. Here is the Odin log:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> ALL_VZW_I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_1151670_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Again, thanks for any help.

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See if you install the OC1 tar. If you got your phone from repair, they probably updated the phone to the latest. You won't be able to install NC5.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

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Hey Rohit that worked, man!!! Thank you so much! I was wracking my brain for hours last night. I'm also from NoVa, so it's good to see someone from my hometown.

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You also can't install any custom recovery with the phone that you have, try reading up here on what you can and can't do with it

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Ah crap. Bricked S4
Swasser said:
Update: I got it discovered!! So I'm going to look for a quick tutorial to get this thing up and running, but if someone has a quick link that would be great. Yeah, I know I'm being a wuss asking for handholding, but, like I need to get this thing alive tonight. Ha
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How did you get it to discover your phone? I'm now in the exact same situation as you. Kingroot tricked me into thinking I had rooted my phone and could install TWRP. Now I'm stuck in "Downloading..." mode.

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