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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gbcman:
Bricked Note

Hi Forest,

You've helped a lot of people and I know you must be busy but I hope you'll find a minute to help.

I got Note (N7000) that is bricked, it does let me go into download mode but not recovery (stuck on Samsung logo). I wanted to flash it with ODIN but my PC won't see it. Things I've tried:

Different PC , Different OS, like Mac. Win/7 and Win/XP 32 bit, OEM usb cable and after market, different USB ports and so on.

Any ideas of what else can be done? Thank You So Much!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Mr gbcman

You dont sound like a super brick.

Check if you are getting into cwm recovery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gbcman:
Thanks prabhu1980 for your response.

I did try a few times and no luck. If I could only make it work with PC I would have more options.

I open to new ideas and appreciate any comments.

Thank You
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi Gbcman,

It looks like a hardware issue.

Still I would try again to sort out software issue in three categories below:

1. cable: you have tried oem and others so we can rule out. OEM cable seem to be good one.

2. drivers: you have not mentioned so it is worth checking again. Try the samsung driver package attached in the guide in page 2, or the newest set posted by Dr.ketan in another thread in general section. If not work then try Kies which also provide drivers: install, reinstall and update Kies to see if help at all.

3. computer OS: you have tried all possible OS so it looks already rule out. If you have a PC running XP use it to try different drivers since the good old XP seem to be more reliable in handling drivers.

I would also try heimdall as well instead of Odin.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755265

If the above three causes have been ruled out, then you will need help from a service center who may replace the USB port component of the phone. (if they do not have available they can try to use one from another phone to test if it works then then can order spare part (I guess). Hope it helps in some way. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
Usually, you should start from lowest level to highest.

So first check if there is any connection in device manager.

When you plug in your phone, some new device should appear.

If not, there is a cable or contact issue or your phone's usb port is broken in some way inside. You may simply have dirt or some grease film in your phone's usb connector. Or a contact is bent.

If you can see the device appearing, your next step would be to install known good drivers and see if device manager short the correct device name for download mode.

Then Odin should work.

Exchanging a part of the chain (phone-cable-pc-driver-software) is more meaningful, if you check this part with another phone, most meaningful with a working n7000. If you know someone with a n7000, you could also plug in your phone to his computer, this way you could sort out the complete chain outside your phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gbcman:
Thank you for responding Forest!

Yes, I've tried the original cable from Samsung and I did clean it on both ends, just in case if there is some dirt or something

I tried Kies and reinstalled it several times, I also tried different packages of original drivers from different sources. I did install adb packages too.

I guess I will have to take it to a service center. Thanks for all your time!

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Hi hg42,

Thanks for your comment. I've tried that all. I did clean contacts on both ends of the original cables. I tried several different packages of drivers and installed the Kies and had it reinstalled a few times.

When I plug the phone in it is not listed in device manager list. There is no any sound on Windows when I have it connected. I also tried different ports on front of the PC as well as on the back but all produced no results.

Honestly I've never had that happening to me...feeling a little dumb that I cannot fix such a little issue.

Thanks for all your comments! I will check the contacts inside to see if anything broken or bent.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] johnny21a:
Opinion on bricked Note

Hello everyone and congratulations on the great thread.

Now to my question

I've found a Galaxy Note to purchase at a low price. The guy who sells it says that he bought it with a custom ROM and he then flashed the official 4.0.4 using ODIN. He then wiped from recovery and the phone is dead. It can get in recovery and download mode.

Any opinions if this is a hard brick or otherwise ? What are the chances to make it work again ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Young Cardiac:
+1 I'm in a similar situation but mine can't even get into recovery or download mode :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] frankf75:
Is this a good way to check UMS partition and make sure there are no bad blocks?

I followed all the steps mentioned by forest1971 till end of step 4

then mounted the internal SD while it was 11.9GB

then copied 11.5GB data to Interna SD(UMS)

rebooted PC and Galaxy Note

read data back

it worked all fine

Then I started with step 5 remove partitions and created new ones, starting from 3322MB

Creating partitions and checking them gave no error

installing GB was successful but I still have regular freezes while using the Note.

Anybody knows what can cause this kind of behavior? Is this some kind of hardware problem?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
There has been report of freeze in some cases after recovery from brick using repartition. The reason is not clear yet. If partitions have been checked again and has no more bad blocks inside then changing rom is another useful solution. Using a smaller custom rom, especially cm9 such as PA, seem to have helped some people.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Young Cardiac:
bump!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Have you tried a jig? In some cases it can help the phone start again indownload mod. If jig does not help then looks like will need help from a service center.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Young Cardiac:
I have a couple of local guys who say they can JTAG it. I'm not familiar with that but would that fix my problem or would that only be a partial fix?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Jtag will help fix the problem that the phone wont boot (mostly the problem with the boot loader). If it is not a mmc bug damage Jtag will help recover the phone fully. But if it is, there will be bad blocks in some partition and will need repartition workaround to make the phone work. So in some case will need both jtag and repartition. Jtag hels repare bootloader and help make the phone boot while repartition deal with bad block. As for the full fix for mmc bug damage it is till hoping SS may provide code to some devs and they can share but no one is sure yet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Rayams:
Please HELP - Permission denied

Hi,

I'm unable to connect as super user into Galaxy Note - N7000

How I can connect as super user -

Below is the SS -

C:\Deployment_\Samsung\Tools\adb\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

304D19BDB531599E recovery

C:\Deployment_\Samsung\Tools\adb\tools>adb shell

~ $ parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

WARNING: You are not superuser. Watch out for permissions.

Error: Error opening /dev/block/mmcblk0: Permission denied

Retry/Cancel? c

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Hi,

I'm using GT-N7000 and it is bricked...

I'm unable mount / unmount / format system partitions using CWM mode -

How I can connect as super user using adb ?

When I connect - thre prompt shows ~$ instead ~# and I'm not able to execute any shell command-

Below is the details of adb connection -

C:\Deployment_\Samsung\Tools\adb\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

304D19BDB531599E recovery

C:\Deployment_\Samsung\Tools\adb\tools>adb shell

~ $ parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

WARNING: You are not superuser. Watch out for permissions.

Error: Error opening /dev/block/mmcblk0: Permission denied

Retry/Cancel? c

Rayams
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi,

Have you installled the 4_pda kernel attached from the guide yet?

It seems once install that kernel it will provide root access.

Also try to type

su

in adb shell

see how it goes.

Also should consider using custom PIT file from hg42 (link from top of the guide) which does not require root access.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Arsimael:
Worked for me. THANKS A LOT!

I still can't flash with Odin and lost half of my storage, but I have a working Phone! (have a 32GB SD Card, so no problem with the storage)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
most people are not aware of the fact, that formatting (and wiping) does not touch every block. Only the administration areas of the file system are rewritten.

dd can be used to scan each partition.

Freezes after an emmc brick usually means there are still bricked blocks inside the partitions.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
Enter command:

su

Edit: sorry didn't read exactly...adb usually starts in root mode.

If su doesn't exist, you don't have a rooted phone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] frankf75:
Thanks.

Well, I thought that a format just cleans up the file list. But actually dd never gave me any error with partitions starting from block 3322. That was the reason I tried to fill up the UMS with rar files and copy them back. Strangly that worked too.

My factoryfs partition had only around 11MB free, and that could be the reason for freezing.

Installing light ROMS seems to help in my case. Still testing :fingers-crossed:

Look at dr.Ketan thread and download a rooted GB ROM.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
I always thought factoryfs would be static (not changed after flashing), so it shouldn't matter how small the free area is.

All changed data should go to data, sd, cache, and temporary (RAM) file systems.

So I doubt this is the reason...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
hi guys.. adb did not recognize my note.. is there any way that i fix this... odin recognize it.. i can access to downloading mode and recovery.. pls help me.. i am really hopeless to recover my note..:((
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi, if the phone can get into recovery and the tools are ser up properly as desribed in the guide in page 2 then you should be able to connect adb. Still, it is easier to use custom PIT file from hg42. Link is near top of the guide. Cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
dear forest.. i use pit file every things ok by odin but i have boot loop.. and when i use pit file with GB stuck on datafs.. icant pass it.. i got recovery and downloading mod.. but i cant wipe factory it stucks on format /data...tnx for your concern..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
It showed that there are still bad blocks inside your current datafs partition. If you already used patched pit file from hg42, then need to use custom ums pit file so as to leave another 3gb from ums partition (internal sdcard) unused. Or if you can set up adb, then try to remove and recreate partitions in the area of your former ums partition. Cheers.

Edit: also make sure you have flash a gb kernel or safe ics kernel before wiping the new partitions or they will be damaged again by the ics buggy kernel.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
tnx alot dear forest.. i got my note back with 4 gb internal memory.. that sounds not bad.. i am really happy.. you guys are the best men in the world.. tnx alot.. may i recover my internal in some ways ? is it dangerous? i dont want to do any risk. ;) may i flash roms just like older time or not? i just dont want to have brick again..;) let me know ..tnx alot..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Good to know you got it working again, and thanks for kind words :)!

There was hope that SS may release code to help repair damaged chip but it turned out today that the answer from SS is negative about the fix. (It seems they said it is a dangerous operation and could result in high rate of failure and complete hardbrick). So it looks like the partial loss of internal memory of revived superbrick Note will be permanent. The best strategy to compensate is to buy a large-size external sdcard.

About flashing other roms, they should be as before. Just make sure to avoid wiping from buggy ICS kernel, then will be fine. Cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
dear forest i got this error in my recovery .. "cant access to /system/csc/XSG/system/" is it dangerous or something should note be? do u know how can i fix it.. i flash multiple rom with pit and bootloader..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi, it is not dangerous at all. I guess, it seems to complaint about the rom not from the country the phone is intended to. I would find the original rom (for intended country) for the Note from the famous dr.ketan thread in the development section and flash it, then the message should go away. Maybe some people have gone through this and can provide firsthand experience how to deal with it more effectively. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
my dear friends.. if i want to flash an other rom with odin,should i use pit file that revive my note with it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
I believe it is not needed. Still, you can also select the custom PIT file from odin with the rom but do not tick re-partition (it is not needed anymore). Hg42 has much more experience on this and may give more detailed advice. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
dear forest i flash middle east 2.3.6 rom and it stuck .. i use the multiple rom and the pit i revived with it.. now it stucks on cach.img.. and i got only 3.75 gb internal memory..plz help me..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Could you go back to the rom that worked before?

Stuck at cache.img seems to suggest it is cache partition that is having problem now. In that case, you will may need to use adb method to recreate cache as in the guide in page 2. you can also move it to the new area in former ums. let me know if you have problem start adb.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
adb did not recognized my phone.. i really confused .. what the hell happen to my phone...:((
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
You need to make sure:

1. driver is installed. There is a driver package link from the guide in page 2.

2. the phone is booted into recovery (CWM). if right now you only have download mode then flash the kernel named 4pda_kernel.tar attached in my guide in page 2. After that boot the phone into recovery (hold home, vollume +, and power on. Then release power when seeing samsung logo, while still holding the other two button)

3. also make sure cable is good. The OEM cable is good but if you have a spare try to change to a new one.

let me know if you have done all the steps above.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
i got it now in the adb.. should i follow the page 2.. can u guide me on yahoo messenger.. rman_vip is my id.

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i did not get # ..i got something like$...???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Good. If you are patient it is not hard at all. try to follow the steps in the guide should be fine. Still you have much damage now so it is a special case. I only use gmail or skype if you have one of those let me know id then we can chat.

That is the problem with root. we can fix that.

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Download and flash this CF-root kernel from Chainfire. It should give root access.

http://www.mediafire.com/?2rkl30m1qzl6mqv
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
i'm in google talk .. rman.avarzman tnx alot
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
After flash that kernel. Then start the process again to see if adb shell has changed to # sign yet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rman0:
ics are on it now is it ok with cf root ??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Should be ok. This one is safe.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lilizblack:
Process from post #12:

I flashed kernel and got into clockwork mod but adb commands freezes after 10 second i write adb shell

at the end i get

error: protocol fault (no status)

I re installed drivers and still the same. I even had the sdk up to date on the computer.

To make each command work I have to enter them before the 10 seconds passes for them to be successful and after that disconnect, reconnect. and try again. 10 second is not enough to do all this process.

What could it be causing this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
From the case of helping a friend to revive his Note yesterday I found that even in recovery environment for adb connection kernel should match rom regarding GB or ICS. If you have now ICS rom in your (semi-brick) phone then you should use ICS kernel. Attached in this link is a safe ICS kernel that also has parted with it. Try it if the 4pda_kernel.tar does not give full adb access. This kernel has to be installed from CWM (you should have an external sdcard or need to mount internal sdcard (usb storage) to PC to copy it to or adb push it to internal sdcard. Then flash using CWM)

http://www.mediafire.com/?z5zx157zsfaml46

Also, I would check the cable/change to new one to make sure the issue is not caused by the poor cable.

cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
Help

Hi forest1971, i have a galaxy note gt-n7000 super hard bricked, it was dead, i couldnt enter recovery mode, download mode (anything) it was off, the phone was completly dead, the computer didnt recognized it, but i have a friend, he has a machine its called Riff JTag, we Sold the machine to the motherboards phone , and we revive the phone.. we colud enter to download mode, but i cant flash a rom in odin , because it stucks in the last fase, and it stucks in the samsung logo. Is there a solution for this? ( i have no warranty, My iphone is International version... I bought it in Nicaragua) i would apreciate any help! Sorry for my english!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
That is a good way to go for the phone that could not even boot up. The jtag will help recover bootloader so that the phone can boot up but it cannot help with install rom because some partition is danaged. Now you can enter download mode so from there you can do repartition to workaround the damaged partition. Follow the guide in page 2 then you should be fine. Use the custom PIT file method which is easier or manual method if you find comfortable with adb. Cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bakrizalfahmi:
I manage to install custom GB rom (Darky) success. :) but from here.. is it possible for me to upgrade to ICS? because, everytime i try to flash ICS stock rom, still stuck at flashing Factoryfs.IMG in ODIN. can someone guide me.. thank u in advance.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Should install cm9 (which is indeed ics) custom roms, via cwm.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] 84DGR:
You sir are my savour and HERO, I used your method and am now not only unbricked, yet booting up kingdroids ROM

YOU are an legend
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
Resurrected note

I did everything and with help from the riff jtag and your tutorial, i resurrect my note from a super hard brick (from not even turn on, from no boot, from no samsung logo, from no download mode, from no recovery mode, for no pc recognition, from anything, completely resurrected from the death)... Now im running ics with only 8 gb of storage since i used the patched PIT, but thats not such a big problem (is it possible to regain some gigas?), the main issue is that i have no signal (doesnt recognize the sim card) and strangely i dont have a unlock screen (the first page you swipe to enter to the main pages) and when i turn my phone off it doesnt ask me , it just turns off! And ALSO when i factory reset it doesnt show the configuration screens (where you for the first time select the wifi, the backup, the samsung accounts, the user name...and when the android robot tells you welcome.. etc!) I have flashed a lot of stocks official roms and nothing seems to fix this, everythings else seems to work as usual! but i need to fix those issues!

Ps: i have no IMEI number, i dont know whats wrong, Baseband Version Unknown :/ (i did the factory reset and nothing)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
In some cases flash modem will bring back signal. Find links for modem in development section. Cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
i will try to flash some modems, Mmm.... another problema is this: E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument) E:check_selective_file:Cant amount /efs

E:multi_csc:Cant mount/ efs Multi-csc applied failed What does this mean? is something really bad?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
i dont have the efs partition , can i install this in some way? i need those files, whay can i do? i dont have the EFS thats why i dont have signal imei and anything from the phone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
There seems to have some threads a out efs in the forum that may help insome ways. Also try to find a stock rom that have efs. Once install you will probably have a geberic emei. Then there seems to be a way suggested on the web to edit and chane it to your original emei. Still, should try modem first and then try install a stock rom, i mean one step at a time and see how it goes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
Thanks for your help !! but Ive never seen a stock rom with EFS, i mean i dont know but... could you please give me a link to try them? i guess that woul help a lot! because i tried everythimg, a lot of stock roms and modems and no luck :/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
I am reading from my phone and have no access to pc atm. Will try to find something when i can. Try to search in the forum first and also on the web you can find some threads that are useful. Cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
i really need help with this.... i need my phone back :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
XXKL8 has efs.

Don't flash all at once. Only flash what you know and want.

I think this ROM is only for developing and repairing purposes etc.

Especially EFS should not be flashed by people with working EFS, as it deletes all their identification numbers (IMEI, Bluetooth MAC etc.).

All should make a backup of their efs first.

apps: ktool, efs backup, nitrality etc.

or in adb something like

dd if=/dev/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs.img
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Thanks Hg,

More people will encounter efs problem after revived their brick phone, and need this rom. I remember seeing it before but did not keep the link.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
Wow, thank you so much!!!! i really apreciate this a lot! now, i have to revive my phone again with the riff jtag, because i super hardbricked it again trying some other things since i didnt found something helpfull like this! I have only one little question, since i dont even have the EFS folder, i dont have the efs partition (my phone does not show any IMEI number when i dial the imei number *#272*IMEI#) i dont have nothing about my phone because i dont have any EFS files! THIS IS THE ERROR I GET:

***(E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument) E:check_selective_file:Cant amount /efs E:multi_csc:Cant mount/ efs Multi-csc applied failed)**

so i dont have any backup from it, so could you please tell me how to flash EFS? i mean where do i have to put the files? PDA? PHONE? CSC??? Do i have to check Phone EFS clear in odin????? Can i regain my IMEI with those files? i would apreciate a little explication or tutorial, THANKS A LOT!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
You can only see efs partition using adb/parted but not "mount" it in recovery.

should unrar then choose efs_...tar and put it in pda. Not sure about ticking clear phone efs but it should not matter since flashing the new efs will over-write the current one (which could be just an empty partition). There is no guarantee but it could work for you since it works for someone before. cheers.