Can I recover a soft-bricked Galaxy A5 without voiding the warranty?
I installed Odin and was able to flash a stock version of android Kit-kat onto the phone:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/38455/A5000ZCU1ANJ2_A5000CHC1ANJ2_CHC.zip/

I now have the phone running again but this version doesn't seem to have the play store installed. I'll start a separate post outlining my woes in that department:

How can I install Google Play on my Samsung Galaxy A5?