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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdiem:
Just to ask the question... have you tried just using Heimdall?

jacopo,

I've seriously hard bricked my tab in the past too... even to the point where I purchased a RIFF-JTAG box so I could use "resurrect" mode to reflash the device back to life. It was not an easy fix... (but I did feel like a bad-ass after soldering the JTAG interface to the Tab mainboard so I could fix it).

Assuming you don't want to go through all that... before I totally hard-bricked my tab I did get to the point you were at where it would not even appear "on" while plugged in (no green battery or anything). Here are a few things to try if you haven't sent this back to a repair shop:

1. Do leave the device plugged in for several hours... just in case you haven't really hard bricked it yet.

2. I think I saw you were working with Ubuntu... in which case I recommend getting Heimdall if you don't have it yet. (you can go to glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/) to get the product for Windows or Ubuntu.

3. See if you can get your phone back into flash mode with the down button/power button restart. Even if nothing comes back up on the screen, just hit the power on the phone with the down button pressed, wait 10 seconds, release the power button, and then wait another 10-20 seconds.

4. Try flashing a stock flash already broken into "heimdall" format (so you have a bunch of .img files instead of the stuff that's in the TAR files used for ODIN). The stock flash I would recommend is the one at:

files.devphone.org/gtab7/stock-ef17-odin-tar-pkg.zip

I know the filename has TAR in it, but if you unzip it, you'll see a .tar.md5 file in there, extract that contents of that and you'll get all the files for a heimdall flash.

NOTE: This is a rom for a Sprint Tab (which is what I have). You should not flash the modem.bin file if you are not using a Sprint tab. Flashing the other files should work properly for you. The command line to use (assuming you are not flashing the modem) is:

heimdall flash --factoryfs factoryfs.rfs --cache cache.rfs --dbdata dbdata.rfs --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin -param param.lfs --kernel zImage --recovery zImage

Hopefully something in here can help you. The recovery image in this rom will reformat your /data filesystem (as well as the others) so it should correct any issues you've got with a system booting into recovery but still not flashing.

For "fun" I've taken to trying to build my own kernels... and every time I think I've killed the tab... so long as I can get it into download mode (power/down button), this ROM has been able to restore it to a clean state.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexobys:
Sent from my blek krupuk
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacopo3001:
I am sorry I kept silent for so long, I needed to take some time off to recover from the frustration.

The tab is completely bricked, I left it charging many hours and nothing, it never turn on, nor odin or heidmall can recognize it.

Therefore I cannot flash or format anything.

Samsung repair center in mexico (where I am now) told me they cannot fix it as the mexican version comes with TV antenna and therefore has a different hardware configuration (!?!).

So, I got to bitter a conclusion: I spent way too many hours on this.

Even if I eventually succeed, besides my personal ego, I'll end up with a used product which is almost already obsolete on the market.

Something with these configurations is now on the market for 300usd new.

If I value my time even just a little bit, I should just throw away these piece of junk and wait to buy another used one for much cheaper.

I thank dirlan2001, Mel_ and everyone else who tried to help me, and I conclude with my list of blames:

to start with a huge one to CHINA! to the gov keeping blocking internet services, and to Samsung china to sell an android tablet WITHOUT app market and other Google services, without notifying the customers and for the same price as a fully working tablet in another country. Do you think posting a #fail to dictatorship would be usefull?

myself: I was not planning to start a career as mobilephone repairer, why even put my nose in this? I should have used that time to find a reliable shop and let them to the job. It would have costed nothing and would have saved me so much time, and probably a tab!.

My wife, who wanted to surprise me buying the latest gadget in stores. After only 3 months it was valued half price of what she paid. never buy these stuff when the first come to market but wait few months for the price to go down!!

...and a bit to the pros of these forum, who ignored me completely
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marco201:
Jacopo's GT-P1000 revived

Hi all,

first of all, sorry for my english.

I am a real newbie to android, tablets and all this kind of stuff, but...

Jacopo gave me his tablet and I've tried to revive it.

The tablet was completely dead: no logo, no light, nothing. So after a great googling I found this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312391

The picture on this post is not very clear: you have to open the P1000 and take off the motherboard (here is a clear how-to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGUKerJOhg).

After this you have to locate the CPU. Is the greater chip on the middle of the back of the motherboard. The hard thing now is to find the row of resistors.

In the picture you can see "red xOMs" and "green xOMs". In the reality you can see only the green ones, because the red ones are hidden by the CPU chip. Taking the motherboard with the longest side down, the row is on the lower right side of the processor.

Now you have to remove the xOM5 resistor in the middle of the row. I did it with a small screwdriver heated on the cooker, but maybe you can find a more professional way to do it.

There's no need to "jumper the non-grounded pad of xOM5 to the same side of xOM0 or xOM3": a grounded pin (logical 0) is the same of a not-connected pin. This time, at least.

So I used the magic Unbrickable Resurrector (it works only on Linux). The first light (and what a light!) of the tablet.

From this point onwards was an odyssey of Samsung/Not Samsung ROMs... only at the end I realized what was wrong: the internal SD was broken, so I googled and found this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1463756

Eureka! I bought a 32GB microSD and I put it in tablet (after partitioning on my PC).

Follwing this guide (and this one: http://davewestwood.net/Dave_Westwood_-_Infomation_Risk_Specialist/Overcome_Guide.html) I approached the final solution. Only one thing was missing: I've opened the GB-Stock-Safe-v5.tar (on the GB-Stock-Safe-v5.zip) and I removed movinand.mst and hidden.rfs (maybe flashing movinand.mst is the HW failure reason?...).

And the miracle came true. The Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 was awakened!

It was a tough fight, but I did it!
[Epic 4G General] Mo6152:
Can someone tell me how I can freeze the system update notifications using titanium pro?
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1341859 read that.

Titanium will not work. You need to put FKOTA.APK in /system/app and then it will stop

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G General] Mo6152:
You guys don't seem to have a working solution on that page yet.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Some people said it gives up after awhile. I've been on Gingerbread leaks since they came out. I never got the notification.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denimjunkie82:
I've completely lost 3G ability on my NS, and I'm not sure what happened.

Here's my order of tweaks:

CM7 nightly (with 3G)

MIUI (with 3G)

ICS rom from SDK (no more 3G!)

ICS from kwiboo (no 3G)

ICS from koush (no 3G)

CM7 stable (no 3G)

I guess sometime during my playtime with the ICS from SDK build, something messed something up and subsequently I cannot get 3G anymore, regardless of ROM.

I'm not sure where even to begin troubleshooting.

- Yes, "use only 2G networks" is unchecked

- My APN should be correct, as they are the ones that loaded automatically from the ROMs. That has always worked before

Anyone have any ideas? I'm desperate for help. I haven't had 3G for what feels like a month!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwyman:
Here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19424857 in this post there is a link to the radios try flashing one of those to see if that fixes things. If not try flashing a stock unrooted rom and start over
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denimjunkie82:
You know what? A new radio worked! I don't know why I didn't think of it before. Seems so easy in hindsight.

This brings up another interesting thing. Seems like a lot of the radios that used to give me 3g don't give it to me anymore, including the most popular ones people are using. That's weird...

edit: Actually, no radio issues anymore. My old radio gets 3g again, as well as others. I just needed to rotate the radio versions a few times and reboot a few more times and it fixed itself. Totally weird, but no more problems!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iboj007:
I had the same issue on AT&T 2 nights ago. It turned out that it was an AT&T network issue which was confirmed by tech. support.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idunnou:
So I'm loving my EVO running CM 7.1. It runs really well and I love using the sd card partitioned for s2e, but sometimes I receive texts up to 3 days late. That's unacceptable.

Is it worth switching to another sense based rom? If so, I'd like to use one with God Mode for the increase in speeds, so any suggestions would be great.

On a side note, I was able to install Synergy with God Mode once, but wasn't able to have it boot again. I'm not a noob at rom switching, but I have no idea what the heck went wrong. I wiped everything, tried re-flashing, nothing. I gave up and went back to CM7.

Any responses are greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance.

-J
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
Honestly with godmode the only thing I notice different is higher quadrant scores and that's about it it feels the same as the regular version. Also if you do choose godmode make sure your using amon RA recovery since only compatible with it. Also check out some of the roms in my sig I recommended those to everyone
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Green_Arrow:
check it out

there is more than cm7, click on the link in my sig to find out about all aosp kernels/roms and feel free to post any questions or anything there. i vote for aosp.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idunnou:
Solutions for Late Texts?

Thanks so much for the quick responses. Would switching to a Sense based rom for PRL updates and such fix the delayed text issue? Is there anything I can do with CM7 to fix it? It occurs randomly when I send and receive texts, but mainly receive.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Green_Arrow:
re-install your rom and kernel or install the new radios. all of this is in the link in my sig, check it out
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idunnou:
I've tried those, but I just switched to Tiamat today, so I should give it a few more days to see if that hasn't solved it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Godmode tends to be wacky, works for some, not for others. It worked on my phone for about a week, then went to FC city I tried to re-flash to fix it but then it bootlooped, kept doing that over and over til I finally figured I was one it won't work for and moved to non godmode. That ran fine til I switched to The Classic, the only difference I saw in godmode was benchmarks which IMO are worthless, the non godmode and godmode both performed the same in real life conditions. For your text issues try flashing up to date radios, then flash a stock sense Rom and update PRL and profile and flash back to cm7 see if they work better with everything updated. Otherwise you could use a sense Rom like The Classic v 0.0.4 very fast and very stable I've been running it since release from v 0.0.1 to v 0.0.4 which I am currently running with no issues thus far other than if u set autobrightness it is very sensitive in this release, so it adjusts very easily to small light changes. But it is one of the fastest sense roms I've tried and I've tried a lot cuz something about my evo hates AOSP, runs for a short time then random bootloops on all roms I've tried, cm7.1, miui, salvage mod, decks 1.3. So I stick to sense which I run senseless, I like my HTC apps anyways they look and feel more polished than most stock AOSP alternatives to me. But that's just personal preference. I've had text issues and updating PRL and profile always seemed to fix it for me so you could try just flashing a stock sense Rom update those and flash back to cm 7.1, hope that helps.

Sent from my -EViLizED-EVO-
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Green_Arrow:
well if you click on the link in my sig there is an aosp GoDm0de kernel and i have the dl zip in my thread. in my opinion it is the best non-sbc kernel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] br//0k3/n:
I just got my E4GT a couple weeks ago...all of a sudden, it started going to hell. The touchscreen stopped working pretty much completely, it won't charge and won't acknowledge the USB cable at all, so I can't connect to Odin or flash a stock firmware, or use a usb jig.

It's a hardware issue, I know but can I still take it in? What are the chances they'll say I can't return it because I rooted it? All of the employees at my sprint store seem pretty clueless...is it worth a try just to see if they can fix/replace it?

I really don't want to pay 100 bucks for a new phone just because I rooted it -__-

Also, my parents are REALLY, REALLY pissed.

Thanks, for the love of god, help me.

I have to go on a trip in 3 days and I NEED my phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cordell12:
Isnt this same post in General?

One post in one section is all you really need...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SocialReject:
First you say it's a hardware issue then you blame root. You should just take it back for a replacement. And never root again unless you know what you're doing.

Sent from the future.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tpike:
I've posted this message before in the og epic forum: my grandfather always told me, of you can't afford to replace it, you have no business messing with it. Don't get started modding unless you are willing to buy another phone.

And I agree with the other guy, its either your flash issue or hardware. Not both.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rcalpito:
Your screwed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Guillo1:
I saw a video that someone posted here today. Let me try and find it, it's hella funny and it reminds me of you.

Here you go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19597685#post19597685
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sevenvt:
If the battery is dead resulting in a phone that won't power on... there is no solution that can be offered here besides finding a cable that works to charge it.

If you bought this phone "a couple weeks ago" I'm going to bet we are past your window for returns, and if you modified your phone and don't know how to fix it, or can't do a simple troubleshoot of the USB cable/port... yes, you are completely screwed for the timeline you have setup.

Bring it to a sprint store, ask if you can test to see if their charger will charge your phone. If it does, its the cable and you can go buy a new one (better one) and all the other problems are probably moot.

If it doesn't charge, then its hardware issue on your phone (or an issue with something you did that we cannot reverse without the phone gaining power plus being able to be in download mode,) and you already know what I'm going to say.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bazirker:
This. Don't root your phone if you don't have the means or the willingness to deal with it if you bust it!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osiris2600:
When I tried to switch from ACS EI22 4 to 5 my phone force close looped because of some issue with launcher pro. I went to reflash the rom from CWM and ever since my phone won't properly load roms from CWM. When the phone has a custom rom it boots right to CWM when I power them up only to freeze again when I try to boot the rom from recovery.

I have Odined to stock EC05, and one click flashed CWM. I have flashed pre-rooted EC05 roms. I Odined to EI22 & EC05 modem Tar and went on to install ACS recovery over CWM.

I have Odined multiple times on multiple stock roms and custom roms. The problem persists. Once I'm in recovery (I've tried 3 versions) and I click "reboot" the phone locks with a black screen with the home buttons on or an image of the clockwork logo (depending on which version I'm trying).

The strange thing is, all of the stock roms work just fine and I was able to install EI22 from OTA with no problems. But who wants that icky CIQ? or Sprint nascar/football/bloatware? Yuck!

I've had some limited success with simple pre-rooted deodex etc roms I flash from Odin, but sometimes recovery loads when I power up the phone. And sprint keeps wanting to force the update on me.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I've tried everything I can think of and have searched, to no avail, for a solution.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osiris2600:
Does anyone think this is a hardware issue? One of the kernels I tried on ACS 5 was a beta.

If so, how should I go about getting it fixed since it is under warranty. I do have accidental damage coverage.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neckberg:
Most likely not hardware related. I say that because you said you can run stock just fine.

I would try the new CWM5 just released and see if the problem is still there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffro18:
Disregard post
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osiris2600:
That's what I thought and why I continued to Odin and one-click root different types of CWM and ACS recovery.

I'm going to see if the repair store nearby can run a diagnostic. Otherwise I'm going to stay away from any modifications that require me to use CWM for anything since I was able to Odin a custom rom (but it was EC05).

Hopefully Samsung will release the EI22 modem tar and someone will release a pre-rooted version that I can Odin.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osiris2600:
I tried odin flashing different recoveries yesterday. Odin gave them a pass but they wouldn't boot from the 3 finger salute (like they didn't install).

I've never tried to install CWM this way so I'm not sure if you need to be rooted before hand or you need a specific kernel.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
So it goes back into stock recovery with 3 finger? Easiest fix is Odin in a prerooted EC05 ROM tar like EC05plus then flash a Gingerbread ROM then flash the modem delta.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osiris2600:
Yes it goes into stock recovery. Unfortunately flashing in CWM has been the problem that lead me to flashing CWM through Odin. For more detail see the original post. Whenever I try to flash something through CWM the recovery has problems and it fails to load the rom that is installed.

I'm trying as many alternatives to pinpoint the problem. I'm going to try switching SD cards and see if the problem resulted from some kind of data corruption there. Should have an update on that sometime tonight.

If I can't figure out and fix the problem I'll be at the mercy of sprint or if I want root I'll have to wait for a pre-rooted EI22 rom complete with modem tarball so I can odin that.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I saw the OP but didn't see where you Odin'd a prerooted EC05 ROM like EC05plus. Then flash a GB ROM right after. Just 2 steps. Then if you want the modem one more step to flash the delta. It's worth a shot?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osiris2600:
I can't flash from CWM no matter how CWM gets on my phone. I tried exactly what you said. My original post says I Odined multiple stock and custom roms. I didn't get around to CWM flashing on a different card tonight, finals got me busy busy.

Enjoy your turkey day!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Thanks, you too.

So if Odining the EC05Plus ROM didn't get you a working 3 finger salute CWM, then maybe you should try ROM Manager and downloading CWM 5.X.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1357655
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osiris2600:
It must be a hardware problem. I can odin a rom with CWM and it will boot fine. However if I ever try to open CWM the rom will never load again as the phone boots to recovery and get's stuck there.

I confirmed this by Odin flashing and then going into clockwork and not even flashing anything and it got stuck. Flashing in CWM will actually install things as I can change CWM within CWM but I still get stuck when trying to load the rom.

So the only way for me to enjoy a rooted phone is to refrain from CWM recovery.

I went back to a EH17 odined pre-rooted rom. When EI22 gets a modem tar hopefully someone will make a pre-rooted, deodexed, zipaligned odin tar (and if I'm lucky, CiQ will be removed).

Otherwise I'd like to get a replacement but explaining the problem to sprint is kind of a catch 22 since the issue only appears when I load a custom recovery.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
How about flashing CWM 5.027 and downloading ROM Manager and installing 5.027 through that as well. Rom Manager actually downloads the CWM 5 and keeps it packed on your sd card and installs it everytime you use it. It allows ROM Manager to be able to update the CWM whenever a new version comes out.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] knowsnophones:
New to smartphones, I was just wondering do I need an antivirus for my Galaxy Note? And if the answer is yes, what do you guys recommend?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] foxmeister:
All you need to know about this subject is right here.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] knowsnophones:
That's exactly the article I read that made me ask the question:D

Since it came from google, the manufacturer of android, I think they would try to protect the integrity of their product, so I am not sure....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eksasol:
Checkout these articles: http://www.neowin.net/news/free-android-anti-virus-products-virtually-useless - http://www.neowin.net/news/wp7-avg-antivirus-app-is-possibly-spyware

I personally feel Google trying to do their down things does allow malware to get in once a while and need to improve Android security. I am more worried with the privacy issue (Carrier IQ). I still feel there is a level of openness with Android, its not entire open source, but at least you can see something unlike some competing mobile os.

Personally I use AdFree (which does more than block ads since it block malware sites from loading, it basically adds IP blocklist to your /etc/hosts file, which you can also do manually) and LBE Privacy Guard (which seems to be a great concept allowing to deny permissions of apps, my only concern of it is being closed source, there is a big thread about it).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Souai:
having an antivirus is useful. a few months ago my motorola atrix was having a bug where the screen would only light up when i first turned it on. if i locked it and then tried to unlock it, the screen would work, but the backlight wouldnt work.

i grabbed dr. web light, not expecting it to really do anything. ended up finding malware, and after removing the malware, screen backlight started working properly again.

on a phone like the galaxy note, theres more than enough processing power to run a background virus scanner without running out of puff, so i say, why not?