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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bla1011:
A problem with power button, a chance of hard brick?

Hi guys!

I have a problem with my beloved galaxy note n7000, international version.

A few weeks after I ran out of my warranty a problem with my power button occurred. The button completely stopped working so I could not turn off the phone or the screen with it. That same problem happened to me a couple months earlier, but after a week or so the button started to work correctly. But that was not the case this time. I wanted to make sure it is not software related issue and i installed a 4.4 rom. I think I have done everything correctly (avoid the brick-bug), because afterwards the rom and everything worked as it should. Anyhow the power button did not start working again, so I found out it is probably a hardware failure.

Therefore, I have decided to take my phone for a repair to a nearly phone repair shop, because I am not very skilled with soldering and I do not have the appropriate equipment.They said they would change the power button for 15€ so I left the phone there, because i thought that is a reasonable price. But after I came to pick up the phone I found out the phone did not even turn on anymore. The repairman told me that the phone will not turn on anymore, because it was rooted and now there is a bug on the motherboard and that he should somehow change some connections on the motherboard in order to make it work again. I was really pissed off and i assume that he only wanted to steal some money from me. I took the phone home, completely disassemble it and found out that the power button was soldered only on 2 instead on 3 places (I assume it should be on 3).

I would like to make sure, the power button should be soldered on 3 places in order to work and if is possible that after changing the switch the phone would become hard bricked (although it was working as it should, apart from the power button).

And if you think that the phone is hard bricked (i cannot enter the download mode, but it still shows that is charging), and the switch is soldered correctly, are there any other solutions to unbrick the device apart from changing the motherboard or doing JTAG repair?

I would really appreciate your help.

P.S. I am sorry if I have made any language related mistakes (English is not my first language), but I still hope i wrote clearly enough what my problem is.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Your case is about hardware power button, so only some good repair shop can help. GL.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Cuanhog:
Thanks for info

Thanks for this post
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] parwathy:
Hey there, just got a N7000 device superbricked. It's my brother's and I'm unsure which ROM he had. Anyway it bricked when he wiped in recovery with an (I guess) ICS rom.

So I got no access to the recovery, but download mode works. So, following forest's guide, I tried to flash the Pit files (one by one) but it seems none of these worked. I would select the pit, press start on Odin and wait for like 5 minutes before I get a "Fail" message. So am I stuck for good?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Try to flash using heimfall. It is better than odin. Also tryvto flash kernel alone as well to see if it helps

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] parwathy:
Thanks, I'll try Heimdal. But could you point me to kernel I could try to flash? I downloaded Philz CWM (last version on its goo.im page is philz_touch_6.12.8-n7000.tar.md5 ) but it didnt flash.:confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
You have to flash philz kernel, not cwm. Find from his thread in ori dev. You need to go to some lower links not the one that says latest download. Let me know if you still can't find.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] parwathy:
Thanks for the quick answer!

I checked the thread in original android dev section ( I'm guessing you were pointing to this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901191 ) , but I'm unsure which kernel I should use :s
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Use any kernel from this link. Use the odin version.

http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=16061#files
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] parwathy:
Thanks.

I am now using Heimdall 1.4.0 on linux.

- I can access the device, but it seems it only works 1 time : I can print/save the pit, but once it is done, heimdall can't set the interface. I wonder if that's normal. So I need to restart download mode on the n7000 everytime.

-I downloaded the kernel. It's my first steps in Heimdall, but according to the doc, I have to go in the 'flash' tab, select a pit (one of the custom pit you provide in your guide), then I add the Kernel partition and select the kernel I downloaded. Not selecting "repartition" gives me :

Session begun.

Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.

Local and device PIT files don't match and repartition wasn't specified!
ERROR: Flash aborted!

And repartition option gives me "ERROR: PIT upload failed".

Am I doing things wrong? Any tips? I can attach the pit file I dumped.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
I would try to flash stock pit and tick repartition.

File for 16Gig version is attached in case
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] parwathy:
I tried and get the same error :

Session begun.

Uploading PIT
ERROR: Failed to confirm end of PIT file transfer!
ERROR: PIT upload failed!

Ending session...

I notice the stock and patched pit are ~2kb while my dump is around 4... Is my dump any useful actually?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
The dump is not useful.

I would now flash kernel only without pit and repartition. then try to combine the kernel with differen custom pits. After that I would probably run out of idea...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] parwathy:
Trying this atm, but I get this :

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Attempt failed. Detaching driver...
Claiming interface again...
Setting up interface...

Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!

Session begun.

Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.

Uploading KERNEL
0%
12%
24%
37%
49%
62%
74%
87%
99%
100%

ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
ERROR: KERNEL upload failed!

Ending session...

Oh, and comparing the print of my device's PIT and a stock one, I see the kernel partition (#6) looks the same. So I'm guessing it should at least write a working kernel...? Anyway it doesn't.

I guess I have to try different pits/kernel combinations. But it seems repartitioning never works... :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Probably the recovery partition is alao damage. Hg42 has made some custom pits that also move ip the recovery. Check it out ftom his thread.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] parwathy:
I checked his topic, very interesting :good: I think the solution could be in one of his PIT file.

But as I have no access to a recovery, I can't use his scanner. Maybe this is dumb, but do you think the pit comparison could help to find which pit file I should use? This is all the info I can get as I have no ADB and no recovery.

I posted in HG42 topic, but here's the chart I did. It only highlights differences. Other partitions are not reproduced because there was no differences.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] omriten:
if i cant go on download mode?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Do not quote the whole long post!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thezharry:
help

sorry for my bad English. but I fail to do my work Gnote

does not go into recovery mode

not enter donwload mode via jig

battery not charging signal

and I would like to repair the unit because I have 1 year as a brick

please help thank you for your attention
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
U need to use jtag riffbox service or replace the board.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Green-Bot:
I tried your custom pit with stock firmware. But no luck. Odin says Re-partition operation failed. I am attching the screenshot. Please help me on this as i am still unable to enter stock recovery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Green-Bot:
Hello,

I am facing similar problem with my Note. It cannot go into recovery. Only Download mode is working. Tried to flash abyss kernel from your post but stuck at NAND writing step. I tried flashing with custom PIT files with stock firmware via odin but no luck and i ended up increasing my binary counter.

I am seeing Yellow Exclamation mark warning sign at bottom of my screen. Is it beacuse i tried to flash wrong kernels? When i try to charge battery, i only see empty battey logo with a round sign (specifies processing/loading process).

Is my phone beyond repairs? Please reply as i really need some help to go into recovery so that from there i can follow some process to revive my note. Any replies/suggestions would be much appreciated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Green-Bot:
How did you make this progress? I am also stucked on my Note. Only download mode is working. I tried to flash Abyss Kernel but my phone always fails at any NAND write operation. I also flashed many custom PIT files but no use. I would appreciate if you can tell me how can i get into recovery mode or get out of this bug? Your replies will be highly appreciated.

---------- Post added at 07:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:45 AM ----------

Hello friedje,

I am also facing this same problem with my Note. Only download mode is working. I tried flashing different kernels, custom and then stock PIT files but no success.

However i do noted that odin fails at "NAND write operation failed" step everytime. It always stucks at factoryfs.img in the upper box, it just doesn't move forward(the green indicator, it stays at the same point). I am also unable to write the image file into NAND. I had battery issues, my battery was swollen and it caused the phone to reboot many times, i guess that was the reason for my Emmc to go corrupt.

Is it repairable as i cannot enter into recovery mode? Please reply to me. Your suggestions would be highly appreciated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ThaiDai:
You got the necessary suggestions already in the other threads/posts.

But it seems you simply do not listen.

One more time:

With factoryfs.img you have a bricked device. You can replace the motherboard for complete repair, you can repartition and losse some GB memory, and - this should be the first thing to do - make a scan and damage repair with the method in the link I gave before.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Junaid1460:
once i also faced same prob

no charge no usb

at the time my preference is to charge your battery

remove battery from device

after removing battery press power button for some time or wait for 10 seconds

reinsert battery

goto download

now ateast you'l pass till hidden.img and stuck there

refollow above steps and flash philz kernel

:):):):):)

---------- Post added at 07:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:44 AM ----------

try remove and insert battery

connect usb(imp)

now keep pressing home + vol up + power

this will work

because once me had this prob without connect cable doesnt boot

no recovery no donwload.

this case was faced with my galaxy s plus

your case may be different
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Green-Bot:
Thanks for your reply. I guess we are having some communication gap here...I am telling you that the methods provided in the link are only applicable and will only work when your recovery mode is working. In my case, i am unable to boot into recovery.

Even i hate to say it agian and again, can you suggest me some information regarding to my case because i can only go to download mode. Recovery just doesn't works for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Should try to use heimsall to flash instead of odin.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] inayat1988:
could this be a zero-length partition??

hi sir thnx for info but i got issue .

running

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

~ # e2fsck -f -c –y /dev/block/mmcblk0p9

~ # e2fsck -f -c –y /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

i got same result for all of these 3 partitions error is "could this be a zero-length partition?"

Please help me in this .

thnx and regards,

inayat new memebr
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Boot into recovery, then format cache, system and data, if u have not done so.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kecoax:
2. Case B. If you only have download mod, no recovery: if you flash using odin and it gets stuck at factoryfs or datafs repeatedly and you have made wipe/factory reset using ICS stock kernel, then you certainly have emmc brick. You can try to flash some kernel attached in this guide to see if can enter recovery. IF yes, then go back to Case A. If not you can use a blind method using the custom pit files below. Try one by one. The one from 2.0 should work for you. If not then from 2.1 to 2.5, one of those should work.

2.0. Custom pit that works for most cases of emmc brick

2.1. Custom pit option 1

2.2. Custom pit option 2

2.3. Custom pit option 3

2.4. Custom pit option 4

2.5. Custom pit option 5

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i was using all of that custom pit, but no ones is working,

always failed,

and i was flashing kernel and rom, always failed

can somebody help me to guide?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] elintripido:
Same here, help! :(

Same case here, please isn't there any way to recover it? Any way? :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Try to change cable. Find a cable that fit tightly with the usb port. it does not have to be original one. In fact the original one is a bit loose after sometime. If it feels loose it may not work. that is my experience with flashing via usb cable. After make sure good tight cable, then try the pits again.

Also try some other custom pits from hg42 thread.

BTW: if you feel sure have been hit by mmc bug, then the phone likely not work so well after recover. So change the board or find another one should be a good option.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] elintripido:
Cable is new. Thanks though!

Cable is new and fits well, will try hg42 pits, it's my last chance! :(

Thanks though!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Your problem looks like not because of MMC bug.

Try to factory reset again using recovery and flash stock rom again via odin. Try to find a wipe rom and flash it may also help.

The guide in this thread is probably not relevant.

Good luck!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] majeida:
I tried several times with odin "flash stock + unroot" odin say "pass" but when I reboot nothing changes the same with recovery flash .zip cwm playing "" done. install from sdcard complete" but when I reboot nothing changes.:confused:

thanks :good:

---------- Post added at 01:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 PM ----------

:confused::confused: you mean i dont have MMc bug ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Look like no.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bratboo:
[MENTION=4576973]forest1971[/MENTION]

Thanks for the guide on post #12. I made a mistake on flashing a custom pit file and since then I was unable to mount data and on first boot my Internal storage was gone and showing 0 file size. Now everything seems to be working and internal sd is now showing but I have a question. My internal sd now only shows 8GB of spece unlike in previous where I get 11GB. How can I retrieve the missing 3GB of internal sd space? I want to re do the custom pit file "6GB" to be able to install more apps on LP but if I did, it will only left me with 2GB internal storage if I cannot retrieve that missing 3GB space.

Many Thanks!

EDIT:

I tried to do a print command and on 11 UMS I have a msftres under FLAG.

11 7649MB 15.2GB 7551MB fat32 UMS msftres.

I already did the point 5.1 to 8.0.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
It is important to make sure u had mmc brick or not. Use hg42 partition scanner to check first and report back. Basically if your Note did not suffer mmc brick then use custom pit with larger data partition found in dev threads. If u had mmc brick then u need to do it manually. Still in the second case the brick may cause instability in any rom.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bratboo:
Good day Sir!

It seems that I didn't have a mmc brick. I run the test "emmc_scan_all_partitions_once.zip", "emmc_find_brick_start.zip" and "emmc_find_brick_end.zip" by hg42 and I got a Completed OK message so I guess I only messed up on flashing a custom pit file.

Could you please guide me to the right thread to fix my partition for 16GB model. Should I use your on this thread on Post 12? or the pit files by hg42? I saw this pit files for N7000 with stock pit inside the zip.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Use this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2642299

choose the pits with 4 or 6 GB data would be sufficient.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sanioclement:
Very nice ! Guide Forest1967. Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mikagami29:
My prbolem is, cant connect with adb. cant boot to recovery coz home button broken. any other way to boot to recovery?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] laidsz67:
Need Help On Galaxy Note 1

So sorry if i am in the wrong thread, as i am new to this forum.

i have with me a Samsung Galaxy Note 1 (GT-N7000) .

the device cannot :

1. start up - stuck at "Samsung Galaxy Note GT-7000" logo screen

2. boot into "recovery mode"

however, the device is able to boot into "Download Mode".

I have tried several PIT files via ODIN (presuming my device is classified as emmc-bricked)

i remember once it was stuck on factoryfs.img and it won't proceed further.

please anyone, any assistance is most appreciated.

also, please advice me, am i lacking a driver for the note 1 on my computer?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
U need to install usb driver for the computer to recognize the phone. All the info is in the guide. Can no longer provide personal support. GL.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jenseth11:
Hi. My case is stuck in Odin in factoryfs (no recovery), I did the

Case B. If you only have download mod, no recovery:

and use

2.0. Custom pit that works for most cases of emmc brick

and install a Samsung Jelly Bean and the installation got completed.

After that the boot logo looped and what I did is I entered into recovery mode and use wipe/factory reset

and my Galaxy Note is fixed! Thank you so much!

I've been struggling from a lot of trial and error from different ROM and PIT files, but yours worked like a charm. Thank you so much!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cataphract:
Can't access recovery

I was using dirty unicrons and recently I had been getting strange constant crashes of Google Play Services. Finally the phone started rebooting everytime ~ 2 minutes after boot. I was going to recovery to wipe everything but I found I can't access the recovery. I've tried flashing a dozen or so different kernels (to the KERNEL partition with heimdall) with no success.

I tried flashing the N7000XXLT5 official image (the 5 partitions it has), but it got into a boot loop (and anyway I couldn't clear data because I had no access to the recovery).

When I try to boot into recovery (UP+HOME+POWER), the Galaxy Note will appear very briefly, then the screen goes black and the phone reboots. There was one boot.img/zImage that sort of worked. There was no image, but the volume rocker would make the phone vibrate and I could abd into it (though su would return 1, so it was useless).

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
Keep pressing the buttons buttons until you actually enter recovery. Some people report seeing the N7000 screen appear 2-3 times before it goes in.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cataphract:
Thanks, but no luck. I tried three times to keeping pressing the three buttons and the behavior was always the same: Galaxy Note logo for ~1 second, black screen for ~ 3 and then the usual boot sequence (7-8 seconds on the Galaxy Note logo followed by the boot animation).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SchusterIX:
Hello all. I seem to have had my device brick itself randomly. It says the internal storage is 0mb, cannot read anything. It says my External SD Card is empty sa well. My computer sees the phone in recovery, but once I put it in download mode, the phone is not seen. So I cannot push sideload or push anything.

Is there any hope to fix this? I'm on a T0lte device.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] silvers01:
does this work for samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] p4pentium4:
HELLO ... please assist me for dead boot recovery for GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bm425:
Great guide!

Thank you "forest1971"! :good:

It is really question about read, read and read again until you understand how to do.

My GT-N7000 works again:) after been i a draw for 5 years. Will use it as camera, calculator and GPS.

Andy from Sweden
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Mobilelearner:
Some rooting software has option to recreat PIT partition information table. You can use adb for that. turn on usb debugging connect mobile to computer. Open terminal

adb shell

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176. Pit is different for different storage, different country, locked and open version and carrier.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lenco75:
DESPERATE FOR HELPPPPP....pleaseeee

my phone got stuck, either able to get in download mode, but tried gazillions time to flash stock ROM (not sure if those files were corrupted), FAILED all the time.

somehow phone was rooted, with android 7 or above, but i can't get into recovery mode for wiping.

can anyone help me out please? ><
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cescomanto:
So i remake the procedure and when it make my error i think to make something to repartition all and i thinked to reload by odin KK9 GB rom + pit file so when i reload adb i see in mount that my partition is now ext4 (before was ext2 and i shut off phone). Now i will try to load phone but when i returned just now in adb when i wrote "print" it say me :

"WARNING : NOT ALL OF THE SPACE AVAILABLE to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be used, you can fix the GPT to use all of this space (an extra 2048 blocks) or continue with current setting ?

i make ignore. Now i want to check misures of partition with original 1st post to see where are these blocks...

PS: IN THE SAME IMAGE I POSTED THERE WAS ALL 2 ERRORS (PARTITION LOST BLOCKS AND TUNE2FS NOT FOUND)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] copperdawgnc:
Flash Abyss 3.9 Kernel (not 4.2 its got a different recovery)

reboot recovery to get into redpill recovery.

Form here I cannot remember exactly but I would usually do a factory reset and wipe dalvik & cache.

Then try a nandroid backup or flash new "safe" rom
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
You use odin with pit file so the partition was now come back to the original but it seems to have cause some problems. You should have use odin without pit. It has caused problem for some people. That is why we need to use parted to manually re-partition and to get rid of the faulty blocks. You have mixed two things. But do not panic. Just take it step by step. If you connect adb properly and work carefully you can recreate the needed partitions.

Also from the screen shots: the partition is already in ext4 so when you ask TUNE2FS to convert it, it cannot file the things in ext2 that it need to convert.

But if you can run your phone then you can just go with it. The partittion table looks now similar to the original.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cescomanto:
yeah now i remake all but it was fantastic to re-seeing my green android that ask me the language... before i see that i can choose numbers of block in recent posts...

1- so if i set partition block from xxx to xxx of /data i can modify it more smaller to bypass error sectors ?

2- if "print" ask me to check my unloaded blocks i say to him ok ? or Ignore ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] matiasg85:
Now i'm getting the attached error