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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kamoteq23:
Here was my experience -

Was on Rocket ROM v 22 with Abyss 4.2, flashed the Alba ICS repack and it was working great until I realized that I lost root because I couldn't make any changes in my system folder.

Restored back to Rocket and downloaded mobile odin to flash the stock LPY ROM, CF kernel image and root at the same time.

Flashed it at least 5 times because it would always get stuck at the SAMSUNG logo for about 15 minutes, I'd get impatient and go back to CWM, flash Abyss 4.2 and restore my nandroid only to try again.

It's only after I asked what I was doing wrong that I was advised by the folks here that I needed to full wipe to enable me to move forward.

So I checked the full wipe option in mobile odin and flashed again. Was stuck again at the SAMSUNG logo so rebooted to CWM and did a full wipe there, rebooted and was able to get it working with full root this time.

And now I come accross this thread about potential bricks with LPY and CWM so I guess I've been lucky at least 6 times :o

No problems so far and ICS has been smooth and responsive. Will report back if anything changes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
I was on darkkyrom and

1flashed Abyss note kernel 390 in recovery.

2 booted advanced recovery

3factory reset,wipe data and dalvik

4installed zip Alba lpy full.

and rebooted successfully.

Then later updated to new Alba lpy full.

By wiping data factory and dalvik.

Booted successfully.

its been two days since latest flash and all is smooth and good but snote and smemo is laggy. I am lucky:) or there is no bug in lpy?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JuliancitoD:
I was on TheMIDTeam 1.0. What I did was flash stock GB kernel with pc odin, root the rom, flash LPY with mobile Odin and that's it.

No problems so far
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Please read this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650209

Now I'm scared lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MR.change:
Can we please have another option in the poll that says "went back to cm9"

Cause that's what I did.

If I understood you correctly then both of you wiped from abyssnote

kernel which is not LPY ,so no you weren't lucky but you wiped before flashing LPY .

Which is a good thing ,considering that two wipes from LPY nearly killed my note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Nneo B:
I flashed ICS over stock GB and applyed a factory wipe - didn't root the phone !

Is it safe to go back to stock GB using PC Odin ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MR.change:
Yes PC Odin is safe

Even mobile Odin is safe
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Probably. I would downgrade too.

I've big balls but my wallet is small. Saving for new bike.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Nneo B:
Thanks my friends for the reply .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mikhil92:
Using official ics 4.0.3 with cf root.. Works fab.. No fc yet..

This is what i did..

1. Download the official ics

2. Xtract n keep files

3. Get cf kernel (zimage)

4. Browse d files on mobile odin

5. Ur through

Worked well for me. . :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nightfox11:
Wow hos weird is this.... I have wiped my phone 3 times already with the new kernel and nothing has happened to me...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] croatia1:
Does this mean that i can flash the lpy cfroot kernel without risks with mobile odin?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MR.change:
Are you wiping from CWM or stock recovery?

If from CWM then I wouldn't push my luck any further ,two wipes were enough to give me a near brick condition.

But if from stock recovery then it may or may not be safe ,only time will tell.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mikhil92:
Yup.. I came from a pre rooted gb rom.. The flashing went sm00th :D

Just follow simple mobile odin flashin or dr. Ketans guide
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alias_neo:
Actually, this is partially correct, but, if you have root access, even with ro.secure=1, you can still remount system read/write with the mount command, root explorer and all such apps still work, essentially all that doesnt work is adb remount, which isnt required anyway unless you plan to modify via your pc.

Call it partial root, call it what you like, but i just call it root, because secure or insecure kernel is (in part) irrelevant here.

If you would like me to clarify ask away, im happy to share whatever knowledge I have.

If anyone would like to disagree, feel free, that too is allowed. :D

Peace out.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
still no other record for hard bricks..:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] greenlant:
Hmm one question: Is it save to make a factory reset out of android itself? Meaning: settings --> storage --> factory reset?

And is it save to flash abyss 4.2?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thebobp:
Does this affect the AT&T Note as well? I haven't seen any threads pop up there.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Note_E:
Different SoC, different kernels
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mfractal:
and here's another proof that wiping from LPY recovery can brick - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650209
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hkgrob:
That thread poster does not give much history on his previous flashing. Perhaps he flashed LP5 or 6 via PC Odin, and has the new dodgy boorloader from the I9220 leaks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mfractal:
Well you might be right. Each to his own but I believe where there's smoke there's fire, i personally have enough evidence to not use LPY.

Sent from my CM9 powered Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hkgrob:
Yep, fair enough. I have stayed on it (LPY) but just a rooted with stock kernel. Have no immediate desire to use CWM recovery functions.

I think to be fair though, "CM9" has created far more bricks than LPY, albeit simply because of people flashing it from the leaked ICS kernel.

We are also taking the word of the Devs of Teamhacksung / CM9 that their Kernel is "safe", when in reality it is possible its only one update away from bricking devices... As with anything flashed from XDA :eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
i think i wont use CWM for now until another ICS is released or another safe kernel from ICS source (n7000 source) is made
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] altae:
Flashing a (rooted) rom is never 100 % save. There is always a slight risk that something goes wrong. What's more you have certainly heard the stories about the LPY CF-Kernel.

I have flashed the Greman ICS + CF-Kernel to obtain full root. It works as it should. Generally I would say the risk is limited as long as you don't use cwm functions. But if you don't want to take any risk at all stay with a rooted GB rom or flash the German ICS rom without the CF-Kernel.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tillum:
Onto my fourth android device now, rooting, and the potential of a very expensive brick has always been part of it. Rooting and custom mods are never safe. Get over it people! If a potential brick bothers you, stay on stock, so that if your phone dies you are covered by the warranty. For myself, Im gonna keep living dangerously...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] copperdawgnc:
I would like to know how many bricks have occurred on other samsung devices with data wipes.

Luckily only one brick has been reported on LPY lets hope it stays that way. I have flashed loads of roms and now stopped until we get a better understanding of exactly what is happening.

As Chas said who knows what straw will break the camels back!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
I have exactly the same problem! Here are the exact steps I took to create these so hopefully others won't do the same...

Installed the Official German ICS ROM - all ok! Installed over stock GB N7000XXKKA ------ 2.3.6 2011 November------- N7000CPWKK3 -----------United Kingdom (Carphone Warehouse), wich was rooted and with Abyss Touch Kernel

Before install LPY i did a factory reset (with wipe every thing), as i read over XDA, i installed over Odin PC, before login i did another factory reset with Wipe every thing, than i loged in, it worked, though a bit slower than GB, i rooted with Ketan methot withoth CWM i played with rom a few hours than i decided to do app restore with Titanium..., and i sleeped, in the morning looked like every thing was restored, but very meny apps that i restored over Titanium gave me FC, and the OS itself was very unresponsive, i thought that is because i restored with app+data option, decided to do another wipe with factory reset with intention of restoring only app without data, so in stock recovery i did wiped every thing, but it got stocked when i choosed factory reset, after some time i pulled the battery..., and after that nothing was working, got stock in boot looping, no recovery, but download mod, and tried to flash different roms GB and ICS through PC Odin, it can not finish the process, tried to flash differnet kernel and it worked, finaly got CWM but without turning on the phone, still bot looping, tried pit, still not working, odin can not finish the process, it does not give any error but it seems to flash forever without finishing, i flashed again LPY kernel CF-Root-SGN_XX_OXA_LPY-v5.3-CWM5, to get CWM, i tried to restore a CWM backup of GB and it worked, that backup was with Abyss Touch Kernel 4.2, wich i get it once the restore finished, still boot looping, tried to format every (not wipe) thing from Abyss CWM (formated data, system, cache, eemc), and i did fine, still boot looping, can not start the phone. I decided to let odin to see if it will ever finish to flash a stock non rooted gb rom...

But i am open to any sugestion. Please help me!

Thank you!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Sorry. Please delete this post.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
You are adressing to me? If so, i would like to know why!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tanazzz:
For god sakes I can't take it anymore.I read like 1000 posts and I still don't get it.Pro'z can get mad at me as much as they want but I HAVE TO ask.So I rooted my phone with a tutorial by aphroditelikesme(Cursed4Eva) on youtube and then installed ICS Stunner mode.Afterwards I got scared by all those topics about phones getting bricked and i followed the same guy's tutorial for unrooting and now I'm with stock Gingerbread.So what I want to ask is what tutorial should I follow if i want to root and add custom roms to my phone without bricking it and what kernel or whatever should I use.I don't get anything so far.Cuz I'm with this stock ROM and it's so laggy that I wanna throw my phone at a wall and the ICS rom was sooo fast.Please tell me or ban me or kill me already I'm dying here!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
Here is evreithing you need! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424997

Personally recomend to stay on GB, preferably the most recent one, and use Abyss Touch Kernel 4.2. This scenario is way better than ICS, more reliable and more stable.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tbong777:
Until this issue gets sorted out I am not using CWR. Seems as long as Samsung does the wipes everything is fine. Clock Recovery seems to be the problem.

All in all ICS is way better than GB in my experience. GoLocker used to lag when swiping screens. Smooth as butter now. There are some "non instantaneous" actions but I don't expect perfection. Just "better"
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
If you wold read a few post above you will see i bricked mine wiping with the stock recovery....OOOOOPS
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Markuzy:
Is musahiro the TS compiling all the bricks still? I will like to know a list of bricks and the causes so that we all can get a clear view of what is happening and how often.

Those who bricked can PM him to update?

I really appreciate his effort in these times! :-)

Sent from my GT-N7000 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tanazzz:
You're just giving me the list of stock roms.I'm using one right now but it lags when I try to use ANY launcher and it's really annoying,while when I was using the ICS rom it was smooth.How can i root to any rom SAFE (even 2.3)?I just want to get rid of the lag cuz I gave a ton of money for a top notch Android phone and it's acting like a freaking Symbian S60! :mad:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
Man, do not be lazy! Please! Read the entire first page and so you would not have any question, i know exactly what you asked for, and i gave you the right thing. Jast do not be lazy.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sotmax:
How you re get in to dpwnload mode?

Buttons or jig?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
Buttons! I do not think that the device is really bricked. Cause as i said, i even succesfully restored a previous backup in CWM, but the phone can not boot properly and is stocked in boot looping....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] copperdawgnc:
Three buttons Volume up home button power button
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
Yes man, that was an answer, not a question mark. I am not that nooby, actually i do not think i am a nooby. Yes, with buttons!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] copperdawgnc:
sorry my English obviously isn't as good as yours:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
Ugh... I am not surprised that stock recovery is also affected - there are likely far fewer reports since VERY few people wipe in stock recovery. Thank you for sacrificing your Note to confirm this.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
im enjoying ICS and i will avoid CWM until further clarifications
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thebobp:
Xplowild's cm9 should be safe according to the public service announcement.

Disclaimer: I'm a noob, don't trust me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ashren81:
i stop reading when i reach the part "restore titanium backup from gb over to ics" and "i decided to wipe using recovery" part. thought of helping.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Shadow69:
Hey.

I wipe data with recovery (not CWM) and got brick too...

Damn, isn't there any solution?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mfractal:
Sorry pal, looks like you've been superbricked.

Are you under warranty ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] altae:
Damn I do not understand why people still wipe their devices under ICS with CF-Kernel. People haven't you heard of it? It's dangerous. If I had to wipe my device I would flash a GB rom first. Then I might reflash ICS. Or stay GB.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mfractal:
I'd say the poll of this thread is pretty much useless now...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] REVERSiN:
Guys all of you with bricks can you confirm using abyss kernel an pc odin or restoring data ?

There must be something wrong another step you are using and it makes the problem as many bricks there are people happy with LPY lets gather information instead of talking about more brick.

Start buy giving full description about usage.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MR.change:
I don't understand why people would think that the PA announcement is a joke ?!!

it clearly states that LPY is effected , stock recovery and CWM alike .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garwynn:
Request: Please send CID data!

Hello fellow XDAers!

I'm looking into something and need to kindly request some data from Note owners for comparison. We found a potential attempt to fix this and want to check Note eMMC cid data to see if it matches.

Can you please run the following from adb shell?

(Thanks to sfhub for original steps, two additions to it.)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MR.change:
it wouldn't be cleared until source code is released ,so the best thing to do right now is just to avoid it ,till devs get their hands on that code.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garwynn:
The fix in question mentions a firmware revision that we think may be a bug. While yours is the first that I've gotten this information on it does support the idea. Hopefully this will be confirmed with more responses.

Thanks again!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Here's mine

cat name hwrev fwrev manfid oemid date type

VYL00M

0x0

0x0

0x000015

0x0100

09/2011

MMC

cat cid

15010056594c30304d1902c9647e9e7f
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Latoc:
So it seems anybody on totally stock ICS LPY could brick just by wiping from settings...

That's bad stuff Samsung did there...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] puncosorock:
Im in lpy ics running like a charm. Midrom team is la leche. Follow the info to the letter. A little bit battery eater but is worth.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gattari:
I want know if I am LUCKY :o

I switched several time from cm9 to leak lp5 lp6 or now lpy with full wipe.

If I was on cm9 simply flashing lp* rom doing full wipe and factory reset.

If I was on ics lp* rom, first in recovery I flashed the abyss 4.2 then reboot recovery - full wipe factory reset and fInally flash cm9.

I am lucky. ...what do you think about?

Never used odin pc and never installed a gingerbread rom to flash any ics rom.

Inviato dal mio GT-N7000 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
with the increasing number of bricks in LPY, i decided to:

1. flash stock KL3 India

2. its no wipe but my phone FC as expected. so i entered stock recovery (man, this is my first time, ive been using CWM but now stock recovery)

3. even though im too lazy to restore all my apps, i forgot to make backup..

4. will restore apps again root and update to LC2...

the only bad thing is that i have to install apps again... its like having a brand new and virgin note... :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] fl4r3:
Here's mine;

VYLOOM

0x0

0x0

0x000015

0x0100

02/2012

MMC

0x7f961c2e

Cid:

15010056594c30304d197f961c2e2fef
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
how do you run adb shell??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] phedders:
My SGN was bought about 6 weeks ago in the UK through T-Mobile:

root@android:/sys/class/block/mmcblk0/device # cat name hwrev fwrev manfid oem>

VYL00M

0x0

0x0

0x000015

0x0100

02/2012

MMC

0xa38d2b1d

root@android:/sys/class/block/mmcblk0/device # cat cid

15010056594c30304d19a38d2b1d2fbb
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] fl4r3:
You either use adb shell on the pc (in cmd), or an easier option is to download terminal emulator from the market on to the phone and type the commands shown in bold.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
ive been thinking of using terminal emulator... thanks...

VYL00M

0x0

0x000015

0x0100

09/2011

MMC

0x22692a64

15010056594c30304d1922692a649ee3
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] junnojules:
Someone tell me whats the best jogging app that can monitor my mileage,steps,calories etc. Thanks in advance! :)
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] sidkota:
WALKMATE

Not a perfect jogging app, but we can't expect more from sony, it just counts steps...
[General Questions and Answers] mrjonnyrock:
I have an issue with the accelerometer always being on even when the phone is untouched on a flat surface.

How can I fix this?
[General Questions and Answers] TigaTiger:
I think your accelerometer is broken. Get it fixed or go to play store and download an app which let's you manually rotate your screen if your accelerometer is broken.
[General Questions and Answers] mrjonnyrock:
Really?? How do you fix an accelerometer?

Its acually not rotate thing bugging me, that works just fine from what i can see. Its the GPS that is the problem. It thinks that i am always moving and over time and distance, a 25mile walk for example, the data is wrong.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jkm2282:
Hello everyone - Please apologize if this is not the right place to ask this and feel free to move this thread where it belongs. So I have finally decided to root my HTC Inspire (Desire) - primarily to get rid of the bloatware and improve the battery life. I had a question before I do it - do I need to make any kind of backup before I proceed? Also, how easy/hard is it to go back to stock after you root? When you get an official software update, you need to be in the stock mode before you can get that update, correct?

I am planning to use the titanium backup pro after I root to freeze the bloatware - is there a better option available to do that or would you guys recommend titanium? Thanks much!
[HTC Inspire 4G] pazzo02:
After you root, you won't want to have any "official" updates. We're not getting official ICS anyway. The ace hack kit does include a method to return to stock if you really needed to, say for warranty purposes. Rooting won't erase anything on your phone, but make sure all your contacts and everything are synced before you flash a new ROM. You need to wipe everything before that.

Titanium backup is the way to go for freezing/removing bloatware. Just be careful what you remove. I suggest freezing something before removing it to make sure the it doesn't make the phone act wierd. I made the mistake of removing a system app that I thought I had no need for, and it made my sync stick. Always had to manually cancel it or it would run forever. I ended up having to reflash to fix it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jkm2282:
Thanks a bunch. Could you clarify what you mean when you say that there is no need for the "official" updates after I root the phone? Won't I need the software updates from AT&T or HTC in the future? Let's say an upgrade to Android in the coming days or something similar?

For only rooting purposes, I don't need to make any backups, correct? I am under the impression that I need to make a backup only if I need to flash a ROM. Is that a correct assumption?

If I freeze a bloatware, does it still hog the system resources (CPU/memory)? Or is it just a way to hide it from the app drawer?

Thanks for your help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] biglittlegato:
There will be no more updates from AT&T or HTC for the Inspire. Your only choice for updates will be to use a custom rom. They are much better than anything "official".

A back up is recommended before you start making changes once you have root. It is easier to restore a nandroid than to flash a RUU file.

Apps that have been frozen do not use CPU or ram but are still using storage.

Sent using the power of the dark side
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25822169

I had posted something for the user in this thread maybe the info I made could help you out or give you the idea

My Inspire
[HTC Inspire 4G] sinco54:
to ease you mind, I just rooted my Inspire using aace.. its totally easy basically plug and play, just read the directions and make sure you followed the prereq' directions.. Its not hard at all and very worth it, can belive i didnt do it sooner, just flased CM7 today and it AWESOME!!!! do and dont look back!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Careless_:
I'm finding that the ICS roms have just a tad more quirks/bugs than I'd be able to deal with on a daily (being that the phone is primarily my business line too, lulz!)

I'd like to know what your guys thoughts are on the most active/stable GB roms are for the Vision/G2/Desire Z.

I loved Bulletproof MIUI but it's no longer being actively maintained. Are there any well maintained MIUI roms, or are should I go straight to ILWT?

I am staying away from roms like mexDroidMod because being that I'm in the design/UI business- I could honestly say no matter how well that rom performs, it is an eyesore to look at (nothing personal if you like the way it looks). Keeping that in mind, I'd rather not install that rom and play with theming. Just looking for a good out of the box well featured/stable/snappy GB rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Everyone has their own prefrense, mine is also gingerbread for now. I've used 15 to 20 diffrent roms and difrrent versions of a few. The one I keep going back to is elitemod, it hasn't been updated for a few months now but is still my favorite rom. Used 3 or so versions of ilwt and I do like the new aroma installer he uses but I still find I like elitemdod better. If you don't want to try many this is what I recommend but only tial will tell you your preference
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TenMaKo:
I would say ILWT or CM7 for performance and stability. But if you want something that looks a little bit better, you should try to find a good Sense 2 ROM (sorry, i've tried a lot of ROM but none with Sense 2 :p).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android_Monsters:
Latest cyanogen nightly or release candidate.