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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rbiofire:
Thank you. I will wait for the jig to arrive and try. I actually want to get the mother board replaced but the ss service people are not accepting my phone here.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] purple zebra:
The Manual ADB method didn't work for me for some reason, but the alternate method using .pit files via odin has worked like a charm. Many many thanks to all involved in these guides, you're an asset to the community.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
note its brick

hi

I followed the steps in my g note its brick My problem I can not be completed for repartition & can not unmount 9 .10 .11 im try by recovery to unmount but dont work

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi test result show that you have faulty blocks in three partitions: 9, 10 and 11. Test result also could mean you will have to forgo a lot of space of internal sdcard.

About disk label not recognized: this has happened in some cased so far. If you restart CMD/adb it should recognize the emmc/disk label again. Still, it point to a difficult case to revive. Should try a few times by restart cmd/adb and follow the steps.

Otherwise, should also consider to use custom PIT file and choose the ums custom pit file with some high value. It may work out for your case.

BTW, please edit your post and cut down the quoted part to save space in the forum and make it easier to read. thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hashmi81:
Thank u so much forest sir :D my phone is working now but my internal storage is only 1.67GB. Previously it was 16GB... is there any way to recover the lost memory?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi: thanks for letting us know you can make it work :).

Your case looks quite extreme, loosing almost 10gb of internal storage. It is good that you can make it work now, but obviously you will need a large external sdcard (like 32gb?) to compensate for it.

About that loss memory, unfortunately so far there is still no ways to recover it.

cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alvinasnow:
Yea, like Dr. Forest said, its quite an extreme loss. I had recovered from a super brick and lost 3 gb, having a 8.2GB internal memory. My suggestion is that you download "emmc brickbug check" app from Playstore to check if your emmc is good or not. Either way you may try to use regain PITs provided by hg42 here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667886

I recovered another 1GB using regain PITs. Now i have a 9.3GB internal memory, which is quite enough for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Namanarusia:
I did as you said

I actually got I/O error when inspecting partitions using DD command on each 9, 10, 11 but when I made partitions after removing, the error you mentioned - I quoted -, occurred only at UMS partition.

Instead of Cancel, I tried my luck, did Retry once and then it showed (parted) like it showed on above else commands, i.e., a successful run at parting.

So I just after naming the partitions simply quit PARTED, then exit ADB, then closed CMD.

Now I connected the phone via Odin in Downloading mode and then started flashing (via PDA option in Odin, other options intact) the XXKL3 GB Rom which is supposed to be safe but it is stuck at factoryfs.img again.

PLEASE HELP ME!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alvinasnow:
Looks like u didn't do, what was said... once u got I/O error during partition inspection, you were not supposed just to remove the partitions and recreate partitions at the same range. you should have changed your range as creating partitions on the faulty blocks would naturally give you factoryfs error. Besides, another point, which i guess you missed out was flashing recovery and than doing a full wife/ format before flashing a GB rom. So far i can remember, partitions, created through parted, needs to be naturalized by Samsung for use.

U should retry keeping these points in view. I also suggest you don't miss even a single line in the guide while recovering your note from super brick.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
the next

hi

this screen after flashed another ums pit & step rm is ok but i don't can made any part by next step

parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 3322 4216

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 4216 6363

(parted) mkpartfs primary fat32 6363 15200

(parted) name 9 FACTORYFS

(parted) name 10 DATAFS

(parted) name 11 UMS

or

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 4216 5200

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 5200 7257

(parted) mkpartfs primary fat32 7257 15200

Thank you for your patience
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi, if you have partition using parted then should use custom rom (zip format) and installed via cwm as suggested in the guide. That will work.

Also your sharing of experience of "getting parted to accept the partition in second time after first time it says I/O error" is very helpful! thanks. This points to the issue that sometime parted reading of emmc is not very reliable and once should retry a few time if it says I/O error. I will update the guide on this point. thanks.

Sent from my phone

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Hi, if you have used custom ums pit fils then the partitions are already created as can be seen from your screenshot. That mean you do not need to make the other steps to remove/recreate partition manually. Now just go into cwm then Format system, data and sdcard then you will be able to flash roms normally using odin or cwm. If you have done some the rm step you can flash ums pit file again then the partitions will come back, then you can go format them. Let us know if there are problems, we will guide you through. Cheers.

Sent from my phone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
format

hi

ok into cwm Format system, data is ok but sdcard i cant formated &cant mount unmount .When a try more than once the same thing

many thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hellkun:
My note stuck at the 1st boot screen, almost tried to reflash a PIT with storage loss, but eventually reflashed a offical ROM and then CWM, and seems everything is fine now!! So exciting.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi,

This is a problem with some recovery/cwm that cannot format sdcard (hg42 also mentioned he encounter this issue before). The solution in my opinion is:

1. Continue to install a rom first, since sdcard is not needed to install a rom. Then once booted into android you can booted back into recovery and do format or full wipe again (full wipe will wipe/format also sdcard I believe).

2. use adb to remove partition 11 and recreate it in fat32 using the command in the guide.

let me know how it goes. cheers.

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That is why it is advised to use manual/adb method as well to check if there are faulty blocks or not, before applying re-partition. Also, the history of the problem and symptoms are important. If you wipe using CWM and stock ICS kernel and later try to flash stock rom and it stucks at factoryfs.img or datafs.img (if the rom has datafs file) then it is very very likely emmc bug damage and need re-partition. If you only use GB or safe kernel then bootloop is mainly caused by mismatch of kernel and rom and can be resolved by flashing a new rom and wipe. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] No.01:
Very very useful, it fixed my device, I searched for thanks button but didn't find it :confused: so THANK YOU forest1971
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Thanks for letting us know :). I can still see the thank button clearly so I will hit it now. cheers :).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Pinkorek:
Hello,

I'm getting an I/O error dd when using "if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/dev/null" command.

After restarting ADB, when executing "(parted) print" there's an error :

Error: /dev/block/mmcblk0: unrecognised disk label

same thing with "(parted) rm 9, rm 10, rm 11"

Do I have to create partitions from this place?

I would appreciate any help, Pinkorek

//EDIT: I dealt with partitions. Now I'm flashing stock 4.0.3 (XXLPY) rom :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi: If it has errors unrecognized disk label, then should restart adb and it should recognized again. Always try to complete the test (in step 4 of the guide) first before moving to rm partitions. since after the test we know the best options for repartition.

Anyway, could you post the current partition table please, if parted/print can run and recognize it.

If you can complete the test, then we have guide for best scheme for repartition in step 4 in the guide.

Let me know more info. best.

Edit: Btw, I have just updated the guide today in page 2. So try to read it carefully, should be useful for your case.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Pinkorek:
I dealt with re-partition. Now the Samsung Logo from XXLPY rom still flashes (its like 10 minutes or so.)

It seems like I'm in the same place I was before (fault blocks?)

//EDIT: CWM still hangs when doing full wipe :(

Question: Should I install 4.0.3 XXLPY after formatting /data and /system with Re-partition checked in ODIN?

//news: When installing GB rom, should I rm 7 (cache)?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
There seems to be few issues in your case:

1. CWM hang when wipe that probably means there are still bad blocks in side some partitions. should wipe one by one to identify where it gets stuck.

2. The picture you upload may suggest a case when bootloader does not like the new rom (maybe for some Note version bootloader is locked. I am not sure but this is similar to a case I just dealt with the day before and the problem is solved after flash new bootloader). So you may want to flash bootloader from Dr.Ketan toolbox in his signature (thanks to Dr.ketan) so that it will accept new rom.

3. Should not install stock ICS right after repartition, since it has a dangerous kernel and can cause more harm to the phone when you have to wipe with it.

4. No need to deal with cache yet. Cache should be dealt with when the system freeze when install app from G-play.

5. If you still want help then will need to provide more details:

- have you used manual or PIT file method, which PIT file or which manual steps have been used so far? post the current partition table if possible

- what rom or kernel have been tried so far and which is the latest one?

Hope it helps. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] leoni1980:
I bought my Note WITH the patched pit already in place. Not realizing I installed stock ICS and probably wiped a few times. I've tried all the pits and the best I can get is my current state with around 3gb of UMS remaining. I'm running CM9. I find that occasionally when installing an app the system will completely lock up and will require reboot. It will then lock up again when the Play Store tries to continue the download. After a third reboot the device will stop trying to download and the device will run normally again for a while. I'm wondering if perhaps I could bind whichever partition is responsible for this to an external SD card. How hard is this to do? Unfortunately I've stepped straight into the fire with this one so I'm a bit of a noob. The seller I innocently bought this off isn't replying to my calls and texts.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi: cache partition will store downloaded application before it is fully downloaded and can install from there. So you may want to start adb and scan cache partition (partition 7) using dd as in the guide in page 2. If cache is still fine then we do not know what is the other problem yet. Still should try to deal with cache first.

Hope you can figure out how to do it using the guide. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] leoni1980:
Thanks for your reply. The strange thing is, on the same install I installed loads of apps and no issue arose for ages. Then about half a day later I went to install Chomp SMS and the lockups began. I then wiped System, Data, Apps and reinstalled and the lockups happened a lot sooner.

I think I've basically shot an already shot NAND to pieces by wiping in recovery when I first got the phone.

Do you think there's any chance that a tool will come out to find, flag and bypass all the corrupted sectors on each NAND chip and allow us to run a device normally again? (Albeit with vastly reduced memory) Or should I just sell this Note for parts on eBay.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Pinkorek:
My Note is now dead, screen doesn't even turns on when charging... I guess I'll give it to the repair service. Thanks for your effort and help, anyway.

//EDIT: Do not install app called "Mobile Mouse Pro" on ICS 4.0.3 :) It caused to hot reboot phone and then only samsung logo was flashing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
If the price you bought is not so high and resell for parts does not make too much a loss then should consider.

Otherwise, I would try to connect adb and scan partitions to see if there are problem some and re-partition again to solve it. of course, this will require time patience and skill so it depend if you do not want to go with it.

As for fixing it: so far there is no know method that can fix the damage blocks. There was hope some weeks ago for a solution from ss but unfortunately the answer come out is negative.

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How to use e2fsck tool:

Some of minor damage of the ext4 partitions (7,9,10) can be fixed with a scan tool call e2fsck. Right now I have just removed it from the guide to make it more simple for users. it will repair minor damage or flag the damage and tell kernel to avoid those area. Still I do not know if it is useful in your case and what happen when kernel is changed. below is some suggestions on using e2fsck:

It is noted that it can be used only for scanning of ext4 partition (partition 7, 9, and 10) not fat32 (part 11), and e2fsck should only be run after "umount" the partition using the commands in the guide in page 2.

For example, if you like to check/repair partition 7, which is cache, then run:

~ # e2fsck -f -c –y /dev/block/mmcblk0p7

You can do the same with 9, 10: just change partition number after "p".

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Sorry to hear that. Hope you can get it fixed by the service center. If it cannot even turn on then hopefully they will accept to repair under warranty. btw, can you identify what has caused it to not even turn on at all. thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Sorry

Forest I could not participate actively.

Stuck for more than 16 hers in work.

e2fsck can clear all lockups till system is alive.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Thanks Bro, it will be nice if you will have more time and sometime can post and support/contribute in the thread. I must admit that my device is having no damage so it is a bit difficult for me to test some solutions. Cheers.

Sent from my phone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
fail

hi

first step I tried to flash rom by odin give me fail as you see in screen . after imake this step 2. use adb to remove partition 11 and recreate it in fat32 . in cwm i format sys.data.sdcard all ok i tried again to flash rom 4 Files by odin give me fail .& also rom from recovery after flash rom gb in restsrt Freeze in loop

if nandroid backup can slove The problem but idont have any backup

? What are the correct

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi, your partition table does not look right yet. The size of partition 9 is too small to hold stock system image. It seem you have a special case with damage area being from about one gb to 5 gb. Im order to make it easier you should choose to applied a custom pit file from hg42 which is ums pit plus about 3 gb more loss compared to standard patched pit then it should work. Otherwise if you do manual you can save some more space in this case but uou need help to make partition size correct. I would suggest better to applied ums pit file.

Sent from my phone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
wait

hi

Very Good Yes, I need help to make the correct size of the partition I am waiting for you to support my case file and new pit file.

And explain the steps complementary

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi i am on the move atm, but can give help about 2 h later. I guess you can try ums pit file from hg42 as suggested or take your time until i can get to a pc and give more detail suggestions. Cheers.

Sent from my phone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mehalaktas:
Hi All

I installed miui rom and I tried to update it today by using MIUIs own update procedure... I entered to CWM by itself and started to update than it did not do anything. I waited for a long time. I switched off the phone and It did not start again. It is not powering up. There is no way to enter to the download mode or recovery mode...

Could you please suggest me something. I guess it is totally bricked. A hard birck I guess. I already request a service by using Samsung online webpage...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
Greetings

hi

I am waiting to be empty, and unfortunately, that you and your time Daa

in the first time in adb found 2048 Bad blocks

I do not know the Correct ums pit file Because I have 17 pit

Take your time

Greetings to you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi if you found only faulty blocks in data partition (partition 10) then should use Q1_20110914_16GB-patched.pit. it should work out.

Let me know how it goes. cheers

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Hi, do not know if MIUI is having anything to do with EMMC bug or not (sorry I have not used or read about it yet). Still your phone cannot even boot up so it is a right move to send to SS service. If for some reason you cannot get help from them then your choice would be:

1. use a Jig to get it into download mode (google picture and you will find it).

2. Jtag riff box (googele and will find easily). they have service in many countries.

Hope it helps in some way. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mehalaktas:
Hi forest1971

I tried the jig but it is not working it is not entering to the download mode even with jig. I still have waranty so I will firts try the service and depend on their action I will decide what to do.

Thanks for your respond.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Thanks for letting me know. Good Luck!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
hi

im try 2 pit file Q1_20110914_16GB-patched.pit

on adb the first gave the 9,10 , 11 error . another gave the 7 ,9,10,11 error and slow in Scan partition & both cant RM partition

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Have you flash the 4_pda kernel yet?

If already then try to use "Q1_20110914_16GB-patched-ums-bricked+1572864-kB.pit" then go into cwm recovery and format system, data and sdcard. Then try dd again to see if partition are ok. Then flash rom.

If that PIT does not work then try: Q1_20110914_16GB-patched-ums-bricked+2621440-kB.pit

and move up that way until a Pit work for you.

btw, for the "unrecognized disk label" error: if you restart adb, parted should recognize it again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Dwinone:
Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
Success

nice now im in ice 4.0.3 this only rom worked with me are gb worked with my case again

many thanks forest1971
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Ok i ll participate in this thread.

Have u suggested any one to try asylum rom. It is just 95mb. It has safe kernel cm9.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Good to see you finally made it :). Our communication and progress has been slow, though. Feel good you made it. Congratulation!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hosamomr:
hi

Thanks for your kind words and your contributions smart

i have Problem many force close then restart &too slow .& sdcard now about 7 g

Allow me to convey this successful experience to another forum

thanks forest1971
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
For many the revival will be accomplished after re-partition, but in some case there are still other problems to be solved including force close or some random reboot. The causes are not known yet. The suggestions are to recheck partitions and if they are fine then also try to change rom. Some people seem to get CM9 rom to work properly and solve problem with CM9 rom. One reason could be that the rom is very small in size <150 mb or even < 100MB as the Asylum rom that Prabhu has just suggested.

Yes, please go to thank hg42 in his thread for his very useful custom PIT file. thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tannykim:
I did got re-partition and finally get Asylum Rom and Gapps installed....

However, still have issue with random reboot and force close....

Anyone have suggestion for this?:crying:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] canw:
Thank you Forest! My Note is ALIVE AGAIN, ALIVE AGAIN! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Can you please run an e2fsck on your system.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Josvaz:
hi guys ! I manage to get my note alive again but this storage available seems weird.

Any solution?

Only 2 gb space
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi: you also have an extreme case, like some others before, where there are so much damage in the internal sdcard area. There is no sure ways to fix the damage blocks caused by emmc yet, unfortunately. So, it is better to use a large external sdcard to compensate for the memory loss. It is good that the phone is working again :)!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Josvaz:
Aww! Thank lots ^^
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tannykim:
Did you post this for me?

Actually I do not know e2fsk is stand for...

Please help me
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Josvaz:
Hi forest, went back to adb n try again n got as pic. Whats the next step i can do?

Tried fixing no avail lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
I would cancel and re-run parted again. If same happen again then choose fix.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Frank_s_ph:
Hi guys!

I was able to revive my Note and it left with 3 gb less of internal storage.

Then I was able to run CM9. From that point I been trying with some ICS based roms. Some of them installs OK and some others get stuck at bootanimation sometimes.

When I finally gets to start the system with a rom, it crushs when I try to install apps from Google Play. The Note gets slowly and then it's freeze and then starts making random reboots, and I unable to re-install my applications and have to start all over again to going back into CM9.

Do you think it may be cause I'm trying to install custom ICS roms and that I should try with GB custom roms? If that the case, may you recomend some?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi: Some people have reported having problem with ICS before.

So better to use gb and CM9.

GB rom can be found here:

http://rootgalaxynote.com/category/galaxy-note-roms/page/3/

Cheers.