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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Dear Mr Garwyn,

1) Just out of a quick curiosity ! is it possible to recover damaged partitions by e2fsck command line.

2) There are atleast more than 2000 people on official ICS with root and atleast 50-60 users re stuck at factoryfs at the moment.

3) Many many who panic going back to GB are getting bricked.

4) But getting stuck at factoryfs may have different reasons because I googled and found that there are other forums where people got stuck and randomly got out of it also.

Thanks if you can find time to reply ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
1) - as stated in his quote from Mr. Sumrall - once this damage is done, the eMMC chip needs to be fully reset. (I believe, but am not sure, this means the device has to be JTAGed - so once the JTAG repair guys get some additional information I believe they'll be able to repair Superbricked devices.)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garwynn:
1) For "Superbricks" not according to the Android team. The way that I read his reply this applies to the second bug and only if the zeros result in corrupting the file system.

2) On our (Epic 4g Touch) side, we're concerned this is going to happen to us soon. Best advice I can give at the moment is to share the information that we have here with Samsung and/or your carrier and ask them to patch the bug.

3) The safest way to go back to GB - at least in our E4GT findings - is by ODIN. Maybe they are trying to go back by CWM or trying to wipe (or factory reset) prior to going back? That may shed some light on the problem.

4) It seems that the patch - if made public - will work for devices that can boot. Whether or not it will fix devices that cannot boot is uncertain at this time.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Dear Garwynn,

Can you please throw some light on the Hidden Partitions which were discovered by Chainfire ? Do they contain any partition table information ?? Which sector stores the partition table information.

Is there any other low level format utility for android ? e2fsck is for bad sectors.

I am looking for a low level format utility that will do a bit level format.

Why people are getting stuck at factoryfs where some are able to get out of this situation by flashing in ODIN.

There are 5-6 claims I have seen in SGN but many more in other forums . If you are interested I can search again and link their posts here.

Prabhakar
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garwynn:
My initial thought - after reading what I believe is the thread that you're talking about - is that this isn't about the hidden partition. Maybe it's a fixed location in the eMMC that is having this problem? (The E4GT has a similar problem but a different partition - /data.)

Just curious, can anyone give a parted list of the partitions on the Note? I want to compare to the list from the E4GT.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Please find the partitions as posted by Forest1971.

The post where we discussed about it..

But the partitions posted by Chainfire is different (Leaked ROM - LP1)

---------- Post added at 09:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:56 PM ----------

Will this work to format the /data partition using adb command

/sbin/mke2fs -t ext4 -b 4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0pxx

may be we have to run scandisk before we issue this command.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garwynn:
Well, the partition table is different than the E4GT - but there is about a 200 MB overlap where factoryfs is on the Note sample and where data is on the E4GT. (Range is from 923 MB to 1174 MB) If the same location was being corrupted on both then it could explain that - but that is speculation only as we don't any details on where the locking issues were on the eMMC.

I'm going to put a list of follow-up questions together and send them along early next week - I'll ask about this as well and see if any light can be shed on this.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
He's talking about the boot0 and boot1 hidden partitions, not /hidden

I have a feeling if you run a kernel based on the I9100 update4 sources on your device (I believe there were some proof-of-concept tests from darchstar that had this booting, however there was no cellular radio support), you could use TriangleAway to reset your flash counters. That's the main benefit to being able to access boot0 and boot1

Some of the way Mr. Sumrall worded his responses made me think that it may not be easily fixable for those who can still boot but are damaged:

My guess is that doing this could only be done via JTAG if you are fully wiping the entire flash chip. There's a SLIGHT chance you could do it from a running device (e.g. the kernel is in RAM, so you can nuke and repave the flash chip) - but if ANYTHING goes wrong, it's JTAG-time.

However, being able to make this failure mode JTAG-recoverable would be a MAJOR breakthrough. I think the typical cost for JTAG service is $30-40, while a motherboard replacement is over $200.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] benrees21:
I used PC Odin to flash a GB Rooted ROM and then flashed LPY through CWM and it just went into a boot loop and was glitching out with the Samsung logo. I have tried flashing LPY from CM9 with a full wipe and still wouldn't boot! Now back on CM9. Have Samsung even acknowledged there is a problem?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garwynn:
Think we can do that on our ICS builds right now - at least that's what I have seen from other people's posts. At least now I know why.

My response though was meant to state that the factoryfs.img hang on ODIN is eerily similar to the data.img hang we have on ODIN with the E4GT. That's why I wanted to see the partition table - if there's a space in memory that they both use (one on Note, other on E4GT) maybe this is the spot that's acting up when the wipe occurs.

He mentioned in the second email:

So it looks like it needs to be able to boot (maybe download mode?) in order to apply. I'm hoping though that the patch can be applied through JTAG as you mentioned since it can still interface with the eMMC - but I don't know if Josh got it to work when the device wouldn't start.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cescomanto:
but is possible to rebuilt partition table without adb commands ? Because of my note doesn't start so it goes only in download mode or recovery. So how i can communicate with phone ?

EDIT 1: ok i can go in recovery original and connecting to pc i see on command adb devices my SERIAL... so i think is possible to fix it ! a zip file, a script, a good command...

EDIT 2 : i try adb devices (OK SERIAL WITH RECOVERY wroted on the right) but if i write " adb shell" it stopped... -.- and says : PROTOCOL ERRORE <no status>
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
Using a PIT with Odin will repartition.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garwynn:
From what I can see here I believe he used a Rogue repack on the E4GT to do it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1504808&page=30

(See drnull's posts)

... and I'm not sure how that would work on the Note. I'll leave that to the resident Note experts.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cescomanto:
i already tried to reflash pit 16gb pitfile but nothing... now i try "garwynn" link....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Emmc bug workaround

Guys ! Watch Forest1971 attempt on recovering this issue.

There should be a way out of this Matrix.

Our saviour is Forest1971. He is our Neo.

Support him !!!

Forest1971 has to put more efforts in believing that he is Neo.

Other users who are stuck I know u have no idea of what I am speaking.

But there is only one way out of this Matrix. You have to take a pill.

Blue Pill - You take your mobile to Service center and change the mobo for 200$ and you are out. Easy and you wake up with your revived Galaxy Note

Red Pill - You go into the adb shell and find that the Rabbit hole goes deeper and deeper and finally you find a light on your way out.

Right now our Forest1971 is travelling down the Rabbit's Hole.

He has almost solved this EMMC Bug.

But now there is a team effort required.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tanclo:
I'm sorry for your experiences. It reminds me of the usb bricking of desire.. two different recoveries seems to have been the cause but no one can really be sure. If I may suggest.. try to retrace your steps. read the details others have written about flashing history. random kernels bootloaders baseband etc it's highly likely that this problem is made worse by the wrong bootloaders or restoring something with the different recovery. look for the light. move towards it and make like me and never flash anything leaked in future. there's usually a reason the stuff is leaked as opposed to released as beta
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
Originally Posted by prabhu1980

Good for you!!

But lets look into Forest1971 attempt on recovering this issue.

There should be a way out of this Matrix

Our saviour is Forest1971. He is our Neo.

Support him !!!

Forest1971 just have to believe in him.

Other users who are stuck I know u have no idea of what I am speaking.

But there is only one way out of this Matrix. You have to take a pill.

Blue Pill - You take your mobile to Service center and change the mobo for 200$ and you are out. Easy and you wake up with your revived Galaxy Note

Red Pill - You go into the adb shell and find that the Rabbit hole goes deeper and deeper and finally you find a light on your way out.

Right now our Forest1971 is travelling down the Rabbit's Hole.

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This is for the EMMC Bug

Yes man, and they made it, right few minutes ago, samsung sucks!!! Yes!!!

For the profy ignorants!!!! This problem have solutions, and one have been found!!!

http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=218

Originally Posted by uggies

Yessssssss it finally boots into cm9 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy fuuuuuuuu !!! I cant explain how excited i am!!!! 2 full days of working !!!!!!!

Omfg thanks heaps especially forest1971 !!!!!!!!!!!

Wowowo i still cant believe this

Nicely done to you and Forest1971, been following this thread since it began.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Braxos:
Stock LPY no root. Had wiped after updating via KIES, now waiting for a brig or a solution what comes first. Don't want a opened device from service center, didn't pay the money for such a device, if it was a random failure in wouldn't mind so much now it drives crazy, because some incompetence mother....s had the idea to deliver, a already postponed for a quarter, a version that had such an issue and the bigger problem is some of them knew it. Already had a SAMSUNG HARDBRIGED Note from LP1 mid of March, had given to Ssc came back with 3 more issues, bessel had marks from opening CPU got overheated and XXX Pcode, send it twice in, only bessel got repaired was a month without a phone, had to buy a second unit for my work. That's why for now on hold and crossing Fingers that the fix comes before a FAILURE.

Even FAILURE has come as ICS update[/COLOR=RED]
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Guys atlast there is a workaround posted by Forest1971

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26362924&postcount=217

Our Neo (Forest1971) has done it !!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
They again have changed the name of the thread to a more relevant one due to solving of the issue... Take this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1661590&page=22
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
we need confirmation regarding the 4 new ICS roms released today regarding their safety.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] airwater9:
ICS keeps on dropping Wifi connections every few minutes where there were no issues with GB.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garwynn:
Update

Got another reply from Ken Sumrall at Android. It's posted here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26521643#post26521643
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MatanZ:
On my GB system (Rocket ROM 18, Abyss kernel 4.2) MMC_CAP_ERASE is enabled in the kernel and the partitions /mnt/sdcard and /data are mount with the discard option. So we still don't know why GB appears to be resistant to the emmc corruption bug.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
Hoping for a possible fix soon..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Mr Garwynn

Can we write zeroes to the partition using the dd command.

Has anyone tried it.... ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] okabum:
hello

here is my cid

VYL00M

0x0

0x0

0x000015

0x0100

02/2012

MMC

0x77851749

15010056594c30304d19778517492fb9
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chasmodo:
Hello! Look at the thread title, will you?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] okabum:
oh, yes, but also I´ve read this other sentence

Note: stop posting eMmc data. Mr. Garwynn got enough stuff already. Just post if you have different cid other than 0x19 (check his thread how to determine)

perhaps i didn´t understand correctly.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chasmodo:
You also have 0x19, so you needn't have bothered.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] speterlau:
Yes, he is my hero. His guide really save my phone.

Still, i look foward to seeing a fix which can recover the corrupted sector other than bypassing that.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ricnar456:
and

i tried to restore a CWM backup of GB and it worked

use cwn for restore, sorry not using stock , cwn is not only dangerous when wipe, restoring with cwn is dangerous and is this case.

ricnar
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Prince107rox:
hey bro,by observing whatever you say,i'd guess that ur note got stuck at boot screen while restarting and on factory.fs while flashing thru odin.

if thats the case then u have bricked ur galaxy note.

more over by doing all the latter things other than wipe,u just can't revive it.

even a usb jig can't help you bro.Only a hardware replace{motherboard} can help you

If you have warranty go n replace it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] antique_sonic:
picture answer better than words.

:cyclops:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Note_E:
Correct. But his phone booted twice. Once with FCs out the ying yang but got black screen on second. Im not saying cm9 caused it but its odd no one is reporting this on official ics. Occams razor

Also what bootloader did chas have prior to this happening? Did he have i9220 by chance?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] superpc:
Man I don't always make a post on XDA, call me lazy but I've been on XDA for years, the intelligence of this dude has managed to amaze me ever since I bought a Note, so much so I just have to make a post here to appreciate it. Mod can feel free to delete my post with a warning or anything, it's just gonna be worth it for me.

On the other hand, the brick really seems to affect only very specific users so I wouldn't be worried so much about it, as chasmodo said, just try not to use CWM it should be fine? 1 report out of the hundreds (thousands?) of flashes really isn't statistically significant, albeit the warning is necessary, but then again, ain't flashers always taking risk?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chasmodo:
Nope. See four posts above yours.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ykkfive:
no, i did it in cm9 recovery, by installing lpy cwm zip there
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Note_E:
Removed.

Time will tell
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
if someone unlucky gets bricked on a different scenario but with lpy cfroot, dafuq here i come..

love the name dafuq by the way.. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Vijay563:
I agree with u bro.... I think physically dead....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Vijay563:
Its the 5% whos getting bricked... But at large it big
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sandeeppathak007:
Hi Friends

Lookineg at all this I am a bit worried now

I have the ICS installed with CF root kernal and I have no issues as well however if I want to just get back to LPY kernal (stock) with root then what it the procedure?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Princeomi:
Is CF Root/CWM a common factor in all the bricks?

If Yes, then by any chance did ChainFire change any code for the Note?

I did a non wipe install yesterday via mobile odin and everything seems fine. But now I will delete the CWM so that I don't accidently use it.

Shall use Bodivas thread to get rooted ICS rom via odin until the reason for the Bricks become clear.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] smarda7a:
I was on cm9 build 7....

Using mobile odin i flashed this LPY update(600 +mb) with cf root without wipe

After installation the device got stucked on samsung logo for a minutes....

Reeboted to recovery.... Made full wipe

Working with out issues till now( i think at least)

Even before that i tried to flash using a corrupted file(unzipped by es file explorer so it didnt gave me any error)... By mobile odin aborted

Then by pc odin aborted....

Also i have to mention that i used the leaked kernels(5,6) with alba(at least three different updates), midnote3.3 &midteam, Criselko, a customized version of stunner... Flashed some themes, toggels without any issue...

Maybe im just lucky.... Or the causing of the bricks isnt what u think

I know nothing.... Only thought my experience could help figuring out the problem...

Sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
Wiping data in CWM (or any operation that includes a wipe) is a common factor - and there have been numerous situations where changing the kernel without changing CWM at all has introduce the issue (see the Siyah 3.1rc6 situation in the I9100 forums - gokhanmoral changed ONLY the kernel, not recovery, and hardbricks ensued.)

There is a possibility that wiping data/factory resetting in stock recovery may be affected - but so few people wipe in stock recovery that it hasn't happened yet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Fortunately or unfortunately, I still have not flashed ICS.

I prepared Odin and saw this this thread.

Should I refrain from rooting and flashing CFROOT kernel ?

Would it be safe on 100% stock ICS?

Or is it possible that people who flashed leaked ICS still have risks of bricking, even on stock/safe ROM and kernels? (I never flashed leaked roms and kernels.)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
so you recommend us to flash dafuq??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
As stated in the sticky post at the top of this forum - Some people are able to safely wipe and flash using affected kernels forever. Some people can wipe a few times before problems occur, some people have problems on their first wipe.

The number of people that broken kernels affect may only be 5-10% - but so far, there is no way to definitively determine that you are safe without putting your device at risk.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ykkfive:
agreed

in the past, i couldnt find a thing that prevent me from booting up the phone except hardware problems. it's ture until i bricked my note

so, you wont know until ur phone bricked
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Princeomi:
The only enhancement app wise is the snote. I think You should upgrade with a safe method i.e. non wipe via pc Odin and you should be fine. Best of Luck.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Reb0rn:
Wow... so i guess that we that flashed the LPY rls WITH chainfire kernel at the same time in Mobile Odin managed to go saved... Jesus christ... the thought of bricking my beloved Note...

F@ck this. I'm reverting to CM9... haha... would be ironic if I bricked it going that way :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] iamnotagoldfish:
Not sure if this is needed or wanted, but I will post my brief scare with LPY.

From Rooted cwm stock gb, flashed CM9 build 6, made nandroid, flashed rooted cwm stock ics, tried to restore nandroid but it hung on restoring system and rebooted, hung on Samsung logo, reentered recovery and could not format any partitions, tried to flash another rom and it hung and rebooted, again stuck at Samsung logo.

At this point, having read all the reports of hard bricks happening from restoring nandroids on the Chinese leaks, I suspected I had just borked my note.

An Odin flash of KKA from PC however rectified all problems, note works fine now. Crisis averted.

I should also point out, I don't keep anything important on my phone, so every cwm step was accompanied by a full wipe.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] markovianmind:
i am on LPY+CF kernel and i flashed it on xxLC2(checkrom 6) without full wipe .. and later on i wiped cache and dalvik cache. So am i safe if i don't wipe anything again. or should i be back on xxLC2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] k1ng617:
Ironic and quite sad. Good luck!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] THFourteen:
I think I'll wait a week or two before getting ICS. there is nothing wrong with Gingerbread at the moment, and there are far too many unknowns right now wrt bricking and potential bugs.

I ain't no beta tester :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nuclearmonkeyuk:
I flashed official lpy with pc odin straight over cm9.. Had to wipe in stock recovery cos of a bootloop.. No problems here at all..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Narada2XK:
So from LC1 with CF Kernel > I used MobileOdin to flash LPY (from sammobile) > I let it settle > Restored the CWM.apk with TB > Flashed CF zImage via CWM app > I let it settle once more > I finally, wiped cache/dalvik cache.

I didn't have any bootloops or have a dead device.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xelir13:
Is it safe to go back to GB Stock ROM using PC Odin then root the stock ROM to install any GB custom rom using CWM?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bamboo12:
it was karma http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1629338&page=4
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mfractal:
Just disregard the troll man. Don't waste your finger clicks on him
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mancuk29:
Is this issue on stock without root or stock with root? im confused and dont want to update my note with german rom if its likely to brick it as im on xeu and dont want any warranty issues if there is a problem

Is it safe to update from gb to ics on stock only im not bothered about root
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] video61:
Yes you should be ok. I personally used mobile Odin Flashed stock gb Rom Routed it then CWM and then restored backup back to custom GB rom :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DonVito2020:
Got scared and jumped to GB 2.3.6 using mobile odin pro. So far so good :) Phone booted every thing fine.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
Hmm, that's strange. I'm rooted but i don't have CWM. I flashed the ICS on top on my GB build yesterday with Mobile Odin Pro without wipe, and i didn't flash CF's rooted kernel.

Well, i guess i can't screw things up now, but i can't restore my GB ROM either.. Well, that's life!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Oh! I know! You can go DIAF. No one deserves a bricked device.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] androidindian:
Not facing any issues with lpy. Tried everything cf rooted kernel lpy..

Stock from lpy

Flashed back to cm9 and also had flashed to lpy from cm9

All seems good to me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] afilopou:
Till you face the problem.I dont think its very wise doing all these dangerous flashes.I dont want to read for another bricked device :)