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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cescomanto:
Ics --> cm9 --> 2.3.6 stock

Hi all today i was using my note N7000 with stock ICS 4.0.3 LPY KERNEL and i was thinking to go in CYANOGENMOD 9. I saw that someone say to no passing to cm9 form stock ICS because of KERNEL and MODEM. Infact when i did it by cwm touch, i loaded zip rom cm9 + gapps and when i WIPE CACHE all ok, when i WIPE DATA it will be stopped for many min. so i turn off phone and restart it. CM9 logo appears and it was all moving but still in loop ! Ok i say, i am not so afraid because i can go to download mode and when i go in download mode i think that all is possible. I reflash 2.3.6 KK9 rom for then reflash root and then CM9 but when i restart after correctly KK9 flash appear GALAXY NOTE N7000 and restart... reappear GALAXY NOTE N7000 and so in loop. Ok i say, i go to original recovery and i make a full WIPE and it was good (no stopped). It make a bit of time (about 6 minutes) but wipe data completed. I restart but the result is the same. MMMhhh ok, i say, no problem now i go to reload by odin LPY 4.0.3. ICS STOCK ROM but when finished i restart it and wiped too with the same result... N7000 wroted on start display screen and no go on... mmhhhhhh
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ashren81:
The fact that u WIPE CACHE/DATA/DALVIK using CWMR or RECOVERY while on LPY is the reason u're left with a bricked Note. Never WIPE when u're on LPY. Its a non wipe package.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1653583
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] k@ke:
My Notes binary counter says: No, but when i reboot to download mode i get yellow triangel and warning text, that says something about custom android os.

So does this mean that my counter is ok, but i need to get that yellow triangle away? I'm asking this for just in case, if my Note bricks and i have to send it to Samsung.

I'm very happy with ICS + Root/CMW. Everything is smooth and no problems, even Notes deepsleep mode works. I've read that some ppl are having issues with deepsleep mode. Only problem is that touch buttons "touchsound" doesn't work. Dont know why?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ashren81:
how do u get CMW to install? using mobile odin?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cescomanto:
ok, but you think i can restore it ? i tried indirectly to make the same choose they wrote on link but i'm not able to restart in 2.3.6 rom . So i load it with download mode and a stock GB 2.3.6 KK9 rom but is in loop. I wiped all (cache, dalvick cache and data) but it doesn't restart. So i tried to reload ICS LPY rom but never restarted. Perhaps i didn't waited necessary time in first load with 2.3.6 wiped rom... now i retry :) now with a becks bottle near me :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] anshoo:
Sorry for the off topic guys. Hoping someone can provide their expert advise. I am on LPY - can i flash stock GB over this using pc odin? How can i go back to stunner or gb? Thanks in advance. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
The variable is likely some sort of hardware variance in the eMMC chip. The Epic 4G touch community has been trying to see if firmware revision means anything but so far with little luck at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1644364 (so far, it's looking like the GNex commit talked about in that thread is unrelated to the eMMC damage issues.)

No it is NOT. It is DANGEROUS. Just because you didn't brick doesn't mean that others won't. This is a confirmed problem with XXLPY, all of our leaks, all ICS leaks for the Epic 4G Touch, the SHW-M250S/K/L sources - basically, any ICS kernel not built from the I9100 Update4 source base is not to be trusted. We've had at least one confirmed report of eMMC damage from stock recovery too.

It won't always fully hardbrick you - many people wind up with unusable /data or /system partitions, so your phone is effectively bricked because it's useless without those partitions functioning.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ashren81:
do u pass all flashing procedure in odin? if u did then i dont see any problem booting.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Chest3r:
Well since I've flashed to a prerooted ICS with CWM I had to do my full wipe via CWM, worked fine too :eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] k@ke:
Yeah, with mobile odin. I flashed XXLPY ROM with mobile odin. I did factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache before flash. After that i flashed CF-root with mobile odin and then went to CWM recovery and i wiped cache and dalvik cache. Then i rebooted system, let it settle some time and then i turned my Note off and started it.

Everything OK!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ashren81:
Nice. The fact that u did the factory reset and wiping before u flash LPY is a good step. Not really sure bout doing it again when u're already on LPY though. But glad it went well. Just dont reset/wipe/dalvik on LPY using CWMR or stock recovery again just to be safe. I've seen many members bricked their note by wiping cache/dalvik/data on the first boot of LPY without doing the factory reset under os and boom it went stuck on the bootscreen. Seen it many times. Just remember to do a factory reset/usb wipe using the OS menu and set it as a new device before considering wiping using CWMR or stock recovery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] becknise:
Just to reiterate I have not made this thread to scare anyone. Before I broke my phone I saw a thread where someone asked for help as they soft bricked their phone. You know what I did not do? Read that thread, you know why? Oh this is official ICS so it should be safe using CMW wipe. As soon as I bricked my phone I checked that thread and realised that person bricked their phone because of the same thing I did. If that person made the thread title as mine 'DO NOT WIPE IN CMW' trust me I would not have. I only made the title so other people would take note and not assume like me that the Germany ICS is safe. If you check my profile I don't normally post and I hardly open thread. This is just me trying to safe other people's phone. There are mods here so if they feel this thread is useless well they can close it.

And if you can be bothered to check entropy's response on this thread you will see that you can indeed brick during wipe on CMW. There has also been a case of brick with stock recovery. If this thread is of no use to you, know this, it may be useful and informative to others. And no I and a lot of others with bricked phones are not a noob I have used several android phones and flash as many times as I can remember. Peace out:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cescomanto:
Reload ICS

i tried to reload 2.3.6 KK9, clear data, cache and reload ics and now bypass GALAXY NOTE "STARTING WORDS" and was writing SAMSUNG ANIMATION (SAMSUNG NOW PULSING...). I'm awaiting for another step... mmhh i'm here about 5 minutes ago... How i can a deep clean ? I remeber times ago that i execute in recovery a zip file that auto clean all ... there is any file that make it ? so can clean the real DATA by recovery :=
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shorty66:
I bricked my Note too. But guess what: I didn't use CMWR, not even stock Recovery!

When i first installed kies, i installed the official german update. After playing around with the rom for some hours i had installed a lot of apps and thought it might be a good thing to have a fresh start and only install the apps i liked. I also wanted to look into the asylum rom later.

So i decided to factory reset my phone, went to the settings screen and wiped from there.

After that my device was stuck at the "galaxy Note" screen. Recovery and Download Mode both still worked.

So i tried to reinstall the official german ICS with the stock recovery. Didn't work, "verification issue".

I tried a temporary CWM.zip which installed just fine. It couldn't do anything more than the stock recovery though.

Long story short, i mailed amazon and will be getting a replacement device tomorrow. And i sure wont touch that LPY kernel again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ashren81:
just wait a little longer. the device could be initializing the premium app. it could take a while. i've seen some note took a good 7-8min initializing the apps after a reset before it gets to the setup screen.

---------- Post added at 05:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:21 PM ----------

were u on custom rom when u updated to LPY using kies? did u get this verification issue?

''failed to verify whole-file signature''

''signature verification failed''

Installation aborted.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shorty66:
I got my note on saturday, installed kies on my pc and plugged the phone in. didnt do anything with the rom before the update to ICS via Kies.

ICS ran some hours and felt very well before i decided to wipe.

I had read at that time, that CWM with LPY is dangerous. I wouldn't have thought that a wipe from OS is dangerous though.

I got no error while updating with kies.

I only got the ''signature verification failed'' error in the recovery - not "whole file signature".

Also the recovery said "cant mount data" on several occasions. I wiped about everything (system, data, cache, emmc,...) after bricking the phone to see if anything could revive it but it couldn't. I also tried installing numerous roms via pc odin but it always stopped at "Writing Nand!!!" or "setting up connection".
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Rocheau:
Ok, so now we know that every user at oficial ICS ROM can not wipe from recovery and also can not wipe from phone settings as those steps could let your phone Bricked.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Captain Splash:
I did mine on Saturday and it got stuck on reboot after flash. I went into CWM and wiped, cache, dalvik and performed a full wipe factory reset and it was cool. Phone has been brilliant since I did it.

I think what this shows is that there us no "one size fits all approach" to this problem.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shorty66:
I think its best not to touch the german ICS update. I think it might work forever if you do not wipe but chances are that you still wipe someday and are ****ed up.

I will try to go straight to CM9 with my replacement device without ever touching kies.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crime_of_heart:
Anybody who has "Stick in Samsung Logo"problem after wiping via cwm of any ICS kernel can try the following and i believe they will have %99 chance to recover (the %1 is the hard brick ones which used any chinese repack recovery and wiped with it ending a black screen hard brick) :

1. Flash Abbyyss 4.2 redpill recovery gb kernel.

1b. wipe using it and install a new ROM through this recovery.

If method 1 doesn't work;

2. Put your phone in download mode(vol- + power + menu ) and flash a gb stock firmware via pc odin.

Thats it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
you mean in stock recovery??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ashren81:
I dont understand why would u want to get into recovery and do a wipe from there since u know u're on LPY. I bet if u didnt try to wipe in the recovery mode instead get into download mode and flash the LPY again using odin, u wouldnt have bricked ur device. how long did u wait when u feel u're stuck on the logo before u decide to wipe in recovery? like i've said in many of my post earlier, when u do a factory reset from within the ics os, it'll take sometime for the phone to boot/get into the setup screen because the premium app is installing/initalizing. I've seen 3 notes taking a good 7-8mins of boot time. U just have to be patient. Usually its around the 3-4min mark.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thering1975:
During the cooking of my rom i have gone from gb to stock lpy to my custom rom.

I have wiped in cwm nearly twenty times and restored via cwm my gb backup as many times. Each without incident. Either my phone is built like superman or people are taking the one major brick and blowing out of proportion. Considering chas bricked it by mix n match which obviosly foes not work i think a frenzy has been whiped up from no where
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shorty66:
I have taken a shower in between, so it must have been about 20 minutes.

Also i didn't directly go to wipe when i thought it might be bricked as i knew that wiping might be bad.

FYI i just tried "crime_of_heart"s redpill solution but it didn't work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ashren81:
Alright. Now we have all wipe method affected. CWM/stock recovery/from within OS menu. Me myself is on LPY (stock), and have did like 6-7 times of factory reset from within the os menu but didnt face any problem. Maybe im just lucky, for the time being that is. 20mins is enough to cook a rom. Dang samsung... :mad:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Goldie:
Theres more than one. Ficetos is dead after whilst formatting /data and he didnt mix and match with cm. He had wiped lots of times before the one that killed it. It really is that unpredictable. I think theres a handful more than just one as well :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
What part of "Only a percentage of users (maybe 2-5%) are affected" didn't you understand?

It's still FAR higher than the effectively 0% chance of any problems when wiping with a safe kernel.

Basically, wiping with XXLPY is like playing Russian Roulette. It's not guaranteed to kill you, but it's still ****ing dangerous.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
My phone twice seemed to stuck on cwm while restoring backup (for approx 5-7 sec).

That was on GB even before LPY was released. It was like processor was hung before it resumed restoring process.

Is it normal ? I never flashed leaked ICS not even Cyanogen (its safe, I know).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MR.change:
no mate ,read the sticky PA thread ,there is a user(ruberto) who bricked by wiping from 100% stock recovery on LPY

I wouldn't push my luck if I were you ,two wipes killed the phone for me ,and that's coming from no leaks kernel what so ever.

LPY is dangerous period. why can't you people just accept that ? why the need to defend it so badly ?:confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] fl4r3:
As far as I know doing a wipe within the OS settings still uses the recovery to perform it. So the question is did you install the custom LPY kernel AFTER the kies update? or were you on stock kernel/recovery (I.e. no changes what-so-ever after kies update)?

Would be good to clarify as if you were on stock kernel or more precisely stock recovery (which I highly doubt), then this is the first incident I have heard of with such a case and would mean anyone with the german OTA updates could face this problem.

I see someone mention 'ruberto'...will have to search for this guy's posts to see if he truly was on stock recovery.

Once again, I think only a few people have got the point of the warnings....they are WARNINGS! They are not enforced so its up to you if you want to follow them but its purpose is to make everyone aware of the possibility of a problem. YOU personally may have not had a problem wiping, but the same can't be said for the next person. I know very few people have had bricks as others have stated so it is probably an over hyped issue anyway.

So people stop saying its all completely safe (unless you have tested all possible scenarios) and instead let's all try to get to the bottom of this.

P.s. I think the other problem is the confusion of terminology and people not knowing exactly what they are using/flashing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thering1975:
First off and i will be polite no one can say what percentage as no one knows an actual real figure of number of users of this phone on xda nor what percentage of those users are running ics nor what percentage had the stupid leak which was warned against.

So if i said only .01 percent have had a brick does that make it any more accurate than a fleeting statement. NO.

However i also trust in your abilities as well as peeps like Hardcore and CF in that an issue is possibly present.

But i stated a fact based on my user experience, Recently you cannot move in this forum without "is it safe" "is stock safe" "your phone will melt" and it has become rather tedious

How many of those that had bricked had previously installed the LEAK kernel and repacks? I would think that has a part to play in the overall picture of setting your phone on a dangerous path, Chainfire pointed this out and not to install, but people carried on regardless.

While i wouldnt wish a brick on anyone and understand the precautions need to be taken, i also dont agree with the knee jerk reactionsand posts that took place over the weekend and wanted to put my experiences across, even chas put out a post regarding it. Im not saying do what i do, im just saying people need to calm down abit and not flood the place with hearsay and objecture.

This is the exact reason why i have not released my ics version of my rom yet, i am waiting on the true devs (yourself included (:o)) to highlight an rectify as you do best. While i have suffered no ills, i do not want to be responsible for anyone elses problems whom use my roms, and whoms phone are at a higher level of risk, i was just parsing my opinion in an open forum thats all
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Goldie:
Because...they...must...have....ics!! Any ROM cook who puts out a ROM on LPY with CF before this is resolved is irresponsible to say the least IMO.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] apprentice:
I completely agree. This is the most sensible response so far.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvantisARG:
Hello, sorry for asking this question a bit silly but, someone has a dialer of Sony Ericsson for gingerdx v025? Because that I tested all and have problems with contacts, and the link of the fix did not work. Help please :(

This was translated by google translate, including this ^ ^

PS: The xperia S dialer have a port?

This dialer:

Thanks anyway: D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ARNOB:
As far as I know, Sony dialers usually refers to the Xperia S dialers. The one in the screenshot is the GB dialer from Sony Ericsson. Yes it is available as you can see many custom ROMs includes this but I don't know till what they work fine :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvantisARG:
Oops! is the habit of calling Sony to Sony Ericsson! and corrected the title :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ARNOB:
No problem :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvantisARG:
Ts
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovelygaaz:
go to this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2057898
[HTC Rezound] skater95:
Mine is super tiny and to the corner. Any fix for this?
[HTC Rezound] kryptik06:
There is a thread just below yours with skin fix http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26003543
[HTC Rezound] skater95:
Don't see it.
[HTC Rezound] graymonkey44:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25323764
[HTC Rezound] skater95:
search on the app, and see how well it works.
[HTC Rezound] graymonkey44:
Worked just fine for me. Searched "swype Rezound" and then hit posts tab and it was the third one. And if its that hard then search in the browser.
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
all i do is rotate my screen once and it shows up right from then on.
[HTC Rezound] demmo86rt:
After each reboot, but yes.
[HTC Rezound] rabidpencil:
Same here.
[HTC Rezound] badogg:
If you are talking about the dj dark knight themes in that thread, why not just give him the link: http://jbthemes.com/djdarkknight/daswypethemes/
[HTC Rezound] skater95:
I guess it's too difficult for people to be helpful these days, instead the waste time and be -insert whatever you want- then try and help someone out.:cool:

If you think there's too many threads about something, you have the option to not click on it.:)
[HTC Rezound] uToTMeH8:
Make sure you download the V5 links not for the galaxy nexus. The new ones are still not sized properly for the Rezound
[Epic 4G Apps] peadroid28:
The one I've found doesn't let me use the hardware keyboard to type which I prefer so if anybody can help me out i would greatly appreciate it...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imheroldman:
Supposedly Verizon pre paid is possible with EVO. Search it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spyder3:
There are a few prepaid services available...

What is the most popular for Evo users?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathsled:
I use my EVO on Cricket which is $55 for unlimited everything. The catch is after 1gb of data transfer a month your speeds get capped.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamungGalaxyS2:
Hi,

The battery was showing 15% but I turned the screen off and when turning it back on, its gone back up to 20%. It did go into deep sleep.

Shall I use ExTweaks and reset the fuel gauge chip? Do I need to charge it to 100% before doing that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky23:
it happnd to me once ,i dint consider it...jus leave it....not a issue..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wezi:
This is normal for the S2, tends to happen from time to time when restarting your phone. The battery level will drop sharply from where it was before restart then climb back up to near enough where it left of, less the normal loss of power in that time.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teradark:
I have a 80 G9 250gb version and I update to ICS and then rooted. Everything worked fine from what I can see, but now If i do a factory reset the Tablet will hang on Boot.

Any Suggestions on whats wrong?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gen_scheisskopf:
Which recovery option did you use exactly?

Sent from my Archos Gen9 101
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teradark:
I think the full reset that erases user settings and data. This option was selected with in the OS settings and not the Dev Menu/Recovery menu.

Sent from my Captivate Glide via Cup & String.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gen_scheisskopf:
If you were using custom firmware and did Full Reinitialization (in Settings) you have to flash official firmware using Recovery and once again copy archos.ext4 to the tablet- both system image (stored in /data) and backup (stored in "media storage") are not present.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teradark:
No its stock, all I did was that whole permanent root process within the forums. I'm not stuck in boot, I just want to know why I can't factory reset(Full reinitialization)

Sent from my Captivate Glide via Cup & String.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gen_scheisskopf:
Permanent root=custom firmware, there is no way to permanently root stock one.

Because SDE kernel will not mount system image file (archos.ext4) or restore it's backup- both files will deleted from tabled after Full Reinitialization.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teradark:
Makes sence, so is there a way for (sort of) factory reset, a rom? I mean as in restore it default settings.

Sent from my Captivate Glide via Cup & String.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gen_scheisskopf:
Reset Android- it wipes user and system data, doesn't touch media storage (where archos.ext4.backup is stored)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teradark:
The Reset Android also causes crash on boot.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
do a full format and flash official AOS
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] punk23:
Flash new recovery
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teradark:
Why, i will lose root. I use my tablet but i cant do a factory reset while my tablet is root.

What?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gen_scheisskopf:
Flashing official firmware does not remove SDE, you will still be able to use custom firmwares.

What??? There is no "new recovery" nor way to flash it
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teradark:
Thanks, i already knew that i wouldnt lose SDE but still its a pain to do things that way.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
Uhh yeah? would you rather have a nice tablet that just sits there and hangs on boot screen?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teradark:
I could defiantly use another paper weight. it could also be a expensive picture frame if I tape something to it.

Sent from my Captivate Glide via Cup & String.