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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi Talhamid: Thanks for your very kind words and thoughts. I am very grateful too!

Will try my best to share the tricks that I know. Still, sometime there are more difficult problem than one or two faulty partitions. But we will just try to our best. lets work together see what we can do.

It is good that you can get into recovery and flash rom.

it looks like sometime we have mismatch of rom and kernel so they may not work well. If you have tried the ICS but still does not work then try one of those GB:

such as rocket, litening, darky ...have you tried with them yet?

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Hi: it looks like your phone is messed up much more than the other phones. We have encountered some similar cased in another forum and one of them could get out but some still stuck.

We just try anyway. Have you flashed some PIT file yet. It may help to correct the partition table issue. After that hopefully parted can see the partition table again and deal with it. try original PIT file and custom one from hg42 as well. See if any luck.

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Not sure where the problem lies yet. So I just try to do some guess work here:

Maybe tried to re-partition using using the space that used to be factoryfs and datafs as well. (start from 281 up.) In case the partitions all ok then the problem may lie somewhere else.

Try different rom. wipe and non-wipe rom. Different kernel. Hope that it can solve the problem.

The problem with booting may also caused by wrong bootloader: it seems that when upgrade to ICS the bootloader has also been upgraded. So try to flash a GB bootloader as well then install GB rom. It should work if the problem is with bootloader.

also a screenshot or text of the partition table may sometime help provide useful info.

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Admor: Thanks for sharing good news and your very kind words. Happy feeling is contagious, so very happy too :):D.

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Archangel919: Thanks for sharing good news :D and experience on how to install adb using sdk. Yes that is the official way, although the installation take long time. cheers.

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Good to see you get it back working again:). hg42 PIT file is already the custom PIT for your phone in this case. Try odin with this PIT see if it works. It it still does not work, then just flash using CWM. cheers.

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Very good to see you get your Note revived. Can try CM9 then use triangle away. I have not used them so suggest a search in the forum. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] FerretAD:
Just got mine back from Samsung, thanks SS :)

They "Replaced PBA", as suspected they would.

Back to GB it is for me until it's safe, I wouldn't like to do that again :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] unkeen:
CWM or Odin 1.85 after repartioning:

I unbricked my Note 3 times :D so far. I tried to use Odin after repartitioning, but without success. Therfore like described by forest1971: flash kernel via odin, rm partitions, repartition. I stuck to a GB rocket rom via CWM, afterwards update via CWM to "AbyssNotekernel42CWTouchOriginalLogo" and "AlBa_DDLP8_Full_Repack_xaoc747_v2".

No problems so far.

_________________

Shame on Samsung again.:mad:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Good to know you made it :).

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihec161:
i tried this :http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12

i did remove these partitions and remake them but it still fails at factoryfs.img
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] apurvapatel:
Forest, the first time I recreated the partitions, I did it from their default sectors. That gave me the bad sectors errors and hence moved them up to the UMS area. I, anyway, have to re-partition, will try again and see. I'll post the partition table in my next post.

I havent flashed ICS yet after the partitioning... flashed just the checkrom v6 rom.

I have downloaded the ICS_Stunner_1.4.26.1.zip rom to flash via Abyss 3.9 CWM. I mainly want to get ICS to use the triangle away apk to reset the counter and get the yellow triangle off.. once that is done, I can claim warrenty. My Note is barely a 2 months old purchase...

I am planning to skip GB and directly install ICS Stunner via Abyss CWM. Stunner has got its own zimage within the zip file, so I am assuming the mis-match wont happen with it.

What do you suggest?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
You need to find rom.zip and install via CWM. Odin still fail unless you can have a custom PIT file.

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You can tried with CM9 which will also run triangle away well.

Still I have no idea about the guarantee issues. So you just need to figure it out or find info from some other threads.

cheers

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] apurvapatel:
mahic, once factoryfs writing fails, dont use odin, pc or mobile. Your only option is to get a custom CWM (I used Abyss 3.9) and install the rom via it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Robotu:
This thing hapene to me too. Just restart your phone, restart the entire process and confirm with Fix for the two first questions asked by the command line and so hopefuly everything should work fine as in my case...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] a1919kimo:
Good to see you get it back working again:). hg42 PIT file is already the custom PIT for your phone in this case. Try odin with this PIT see if it works. It it still does not work, then just flash using CWM. cheers.

If I flashed another custom PIT, should I restart all the steps?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
If I flashed another custom PIT, should I restart all the steps?[/QUOTE]

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If it works for you then do not need to do further. But it is likely that that PIT file is not the right one for you then it will change the partition table again and probably will include with it the faulty area. In that case you may need to do repartition again. cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] derekzxy:
Thanks for you advise, and I managed to print the partition table of my GN and I have looked at the table and found out the DATAFS partition has missed the ext4 files. (see attachment)

so my next step is to:

(parted) rm 10

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 4215 6362

(parted) name 10 DATAFS

(parted) quit

~ # tune2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

~ # e2fsck -fDp /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

~ # tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

~ # e2fsck -fDp /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

(parted) print

then check the partition table again, if it workout perfectly then does that mean I can flash my GN with GB Stock rom ? do i need to use the pit file to flash?

Sorry for asking so many questions, but i really hope i wont make anymore mistakes.

thanks alots, waiting for your confirmation, and then pray.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
It is good that now parted can see the partition table. Promising sign!

The start and end block in the code is not correct. It should be:

(parted) rm 10

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 1174 3322

In case it give error and cannot do then try:

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 1174 2274

if still not work then try:

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 2274 3322

If this also not work then you have to remove partition 11 and use the space in there for partition 10.

Let's do some steps and see how it goes first. I hope you can figure out how to do it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] derekzxy:
I have tried, but no luck, it stopped at 45% and given me an error:

Error: Input/output error during write on /dev/block/mmcbk0

Retry/Ignore/Cancel?

I have retry, ignore and Cancel, its still gave me the same error

any suggestion?

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] talhamid:
Hello Fores1971

Frankly I am amazed at your diligence regarding helping people. After I got back from the Brick, initially I installed ICS STunner ROM. It got hanged etc too often, and after repeated ODIN flashes of Abyss kernel, my binary counter read 38(!) and I lost my IMEI and my phone functions too.

I tried various methods to restore it to no avail. Then I stumbled on B&G Rom's forum and I liked their method of flashing via Nandroid rather than conventional means. Also, since that is based on stock Samsung ROM I had a feeling it MIGHT do something about the IMEI.

So I flashed Abyss once again and flashed Midteam B&G as per instruction. The ROM booted! It detected my SIM! sure enough, it had assigned a generic IMEI to my phone but at least it is now usable. During setup it hanged repeatedly and I had to reboot mutliple times, but once I had set up the Google account everything was fine.

I also had a mind to try GB-based ROMs as you suggested, but I cannot stand GB anymore so took my chances.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] a1919kimo:
If I'd like to repartition again, I have to follow the method that you mentioned, right?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] petersteier:
there has to be a blank after the command, before the parameters:

unmount /system

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

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There should not be a blank after the / in a unic path:

unmount /system
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Thanks for your very kind words and sharing good news :) and experience. It sure will be useful for some people. I really do enjoy supporting people to fix their Note. When they get success and happy I feel very happy too :). cheers.

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Good observation: I have noted in the guide that the codes should be copy and paste right click mouse to the CMD window. thanks.

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I have you tried the other two options to create 10 yet. I did not see that in the screenshot.

If you have tried them and still did not work. Then should follow the guide from beginning to remove and recreate 9, 10 and 11. Hope it work out for you. cheers.

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Yes. Partitions can be removed and recreated again and again. Just follow the guide correctly then you should have no problems with the partitions. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihec161:
It still fails at bootanimation cannot go pass it. :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
In that case I would try another rom. If not work then recreate partition 9 and 10 again to make sure they are fault free.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jwais:
I was also stuck with soft brick until recently....actually I was one of first people who got this unfortunate case after whipping from ics LPY after GB update to LPY. Now, thanks to this thread & hg42 pit file my phone is working well on lpy with root from speedmod kernel & i have added the s3 mods too. I love all XDA members!!! (lost a few gb along the way but guess thats part pf the deal:D)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Nice :-). Via XDA we can learn from oneanother and do many wobderful things with our devices. That's lots of fun isn't it? :-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] talhamid:
OK Forest1971 and fellow super-brick club members

As I reported my phone booted up all right with MidTeam Code B&G ROM. I even recovered the lost phone functions and managed to get a generic IMEI. It's a wonderful ROM by the way.

Trouble is, the phone is quite unstable. Every few minutes of usage it gets stuck. A battery-out reboot fixes it but few minutes later it gets stuck again.

Please advise what are my options, short of re-partitioning. Shall I re-flash Abyss kernel, wipe everything and try the ROM installation via Nandroid restore again? Or shall I flash another ROM?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
No clear cut solution. It will take time so you should have time to play with it with different options. I would try:

1. another rom. It is no harm trying another rom.

2. Uggies did lost his emeil and signal but then just got it back after flash modem extracted from a stock rom. So try this as well. Maybe if Uggies is only he can point to the link for the rom he used or you may browse his posts.

3. Yes may also need to remove and recreate 9,10 and 11 to make sure they are fault free.

hope it work out for you.

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] speterlau:
My gnote also failed to boot GB rocket rom v2. Installation via CWM with abyss kernel was successful. The phone however stuck at the boot animation. Now, i m using rooted stock rom...:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Similarly: there is no clear cut solution.

Try to:

1. change rom

if not work then

2. Try to flash hg42 PIT file.

if not work then

3. remove and re-create partitions 9, 10, 11.

Hope it work out for you.

cheers,
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNYD:
Hi Forest first of all I want to thank u and all XDA followers.

I have a problem when i try to tune2fs the partition 10

tune2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

tune2fs : Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock

An idea??

Thank you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] a1919kimo:
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If it works for you then do not need to do further. But it is likely that that PIT file is not the right one for you then it will change the partition table again and probably will include with it the faulty area. In that case you may need to do repartition again. cheers[/QUOTE]

(parted) name 9 FACTORYFS

name 9 FACTORYFS

name 9 FACTORYFS

(parted) mkpartfs primany ext2 3322 4215

mkpartfs primany ext2 3322 4215

mkpartfs primany ext2 3322 4215

Warning: You requested a partition from 3322MB to 4215MB.

The closest location we can manage is 3322MB to 3322MB.

Is this still acceptable to you?

Yes/No? Y

Y

Y

Error: File system too small for ext2.

(parted)

Is it nromal?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prabhu1980:
Hi forest

Just out of curiosity.

Is it possible to convert the corrupt partition into fat system.

I guess the bad blocks stored will not allow to do it.

Im not able to still find a way to read the emmc firmware.

Lost my hope that Samsung can fix tbe problem.

May be there is a simple workaround for tbr corrupt partition.

Also i recently understood lots about superuser and cwm.

Will share details...

Still I hope that we can have a turnaround.

We love for your continuous support.....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JazonX:
Lost a few GB ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crualfoxhound:
just some intel about motherboard replacement services

i sent my gnote to http://www.freesamsungrepairs.com/ phoneland ltd

with a corrept emmc and 40 flash counts in download mode.

thay contacted me and said the gnote needs a motherboard replacement.

and sent to samsung service centre.

i payed £6.70 to send to phoneland

and £6.99 today for my gnote with motherboard replaced for return.

should have it tomorrow.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] a1919kimo:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 4194kB 25.2MB 21.0MB ext4 EFS

2 25.2MB 26.5MB 1311kB SBL1

3 27.3MB 28.6MB 1311kB SBL2

4 29.4MB 37.7MB 8389kB PARAM

5 37.7MB 46.1MB 8389kB KERNEL

6 46.1MB 54.5MB 8389kB RECOVERY

7 54.5MB 264MB 210MB ext4 CACHE

8 264MB 281MB 16.8MB MODEM

9 3322MB 4215MB 893MB ext4 FACTORYFS

10 4215MB 6362MB 2147MB ext4 DATAFS

11 6362MB 15.2GB 8838MB fat32 UMS msftres

12 15.2GB 15.8GB 537MB ext4 HIDDEN

it means the UMS area faulty ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jwais:
Is this for real? If so do they accept international packages sent to them?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
The "msftres" just means it is system fat32 for windows. It is normal.

You can tell if soem area is faulty when you create partition in there and it give input/outut error.

If you can create the above partitions fine then just go on with flash rom.zip via cwm (load the rom from computer to sdcard, then flash). cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNYD:
Hi guys thank you for your help but I have a little problem I follow the entire tutorial and install the CheckRom Note HD v6 but i have bootloop and the phone stuck at the samsung logo and restart.

Do you have an idea?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] talhamid:
I installed MIDTeam Code B&G ROM through their preferred method of Nandroid restore from Red Pill recovery, and that is the only ROM that booted for me. I tried others (though not CheckRom) and they failed to boot.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNYD:
Thanks man for your quick reply do have a link for the MIDTeam ROM?

. Download "TheMIDTeam 1.4" zip file with MD5 "d82ca31273672565c0295c476c52a018" AND UNPACK IT in "[your SD card] / clockworkmod / backup" directory. THIS NEW VERSION ALREADY includes UPDATE 1 AND 2

From CWM recovery, flash "Abyss Kernel 4.2", reboot recovery (advanced/reboot recovery), go to backup/restore option, select "restore", then select TMT_1.4_FINAL

4. Reboot and enjoy

Did you follow these instructions ??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] talhamid:
I followed exactly the same instructions. And you can get the link where you got the instructions :-).

One caveat: On initial boot, during Google setup, the phone froze every few seconds. I had to reboot almost 10 times till I was able to sign in to Google. Following that, the frequency increased to every few minutes. Today, since morning, the phone has frozen only once. So I guess it takes time to sort itself out.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Thanks for sharing useful experience!

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Similarly to experience sharing from some members, I would try to change a few roms see if a certain rom works.

If none work then I would try to recreate partitions to make sure they are still fault free. Otherwise, try hg42 custom PIT file may also help.

cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] uggies:
I was thinking of using updater-script and flash it through CMW, but I do not know how to set up an updater script.... :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] friedje:
@realparia,

these guys have the Emmc corrupted, only chance they have for now to revive the phone is to relocate the /system and or /data partitions manually, using the parted tool.

However the ppl being successful for now did have shell access, which is not the case here...

They cannit flash using odin as it fails to write the image into the nand
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nitrate:
i'm about to do a script which sets the permissions

therefor you need shell access. ADB PUSHing /SYSTEM/BINaries works. But executing ADB SHELL doesn't because permissions are not set (error 13). Maybe an CWM updater script can reset the permissions for SHELL and then PARTED can be executed. It's a possible solution. We need the right permissions...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] friedje:
@nitrate, are you able to make a new /data directory and push the whole /data to the phone , like you did with the /system ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] uggies:
Same for me :(

Could you please post it once you are done? And this is what I extracted from updater-script. Might be helpful

View attachment updater-script.txt
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Nitrate:

Your case seems to suggest perhaps it is datafs partition that is faulty but not the factoryfs (which is the case for drnull and some other people).

So in that case may need to create a new datafs partition but not the factoryfs.

Still that is the story when you can get adb shell to work.

Hi guys who are struggling with adb:

Now I will upload my adb folder in a few minute. try to download, extract zip can replace the entire contents of your adb folder (normally it is platform-tools under sdk-or wherever you put it) with the content of my adb folder then try to run adb commands from the folder (when in cmd).

I have just double check gain with my Note using all the commands until parted and it works perfectly (my Note is in recovery using CWM 5.0.2.7). the screen shot is attached.

Ok now also the link for my adb folder contents:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1q4w9qa9a7mqebx

It is about 15 mb. give it a try.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] incisivekeith:
As I mentioned, I am not able to flash any ROM right now as the flash always get stuck at factoryfs. This is why I wanted to try formatting /system and /data. I will post my results when I try the things you guys suggested.

On a sidenote, I reinstalled the latest version of kies, but I still get stuck as "exec..."/bin/sh...failed: No such...(2)" It's frustrating I can't even get adb shell working.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] uggies:
Since me and nitrate share same problem, I instead tested it, but adb shell still gives the permission deny.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] friedje:
Reinstalling kies is only necessary if the adb deamon cannot find the device.

This is not your case.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nitrate:
It's not working - i still get "exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: Permission denied (13)"
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] incisivekeith:
Okay, so I was able to format /data (took around 5 mins and propmted a message "Done") and /system (took a few seconds and prompted a message "Done").

Should I also format /emmc?

I will wait for the a reply regarding /emmc and then try to flash a stock GB ROM (most likely KJ4). As I am cautious now, is it okay to flash the ROM using Odin 1.87 while I am rooted? Anything I need to make sure before I go to the next step. I really hope I can flash a ROM this time.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] friedje:
If your /data formatted successfully you might be good to go.

Try to flash using Odin
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
No you can't format the entire emmc (bootloader and other things are there too in some different partition).

If your system partition and data partition is ok you may consider to flash a safe GB system rom. But make sure you have had a GB kernel install first. The reason is that ISC kernels are not safe. So while your phone is having ICS kernel you need to replace it with a GB kernel as soon as possible. This is a very important thing. Do not miss this point.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nitrate:
what the hell... :eek:

now /DATA formatted for me without any reboot. It stated for me "DONE." as well :confused:

edit:

now i formatted /SYSTEM - worked too. Now i'm really confused...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] incisivekeith:
After replacing the content of my adb folder, I still get the "exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No file...(2)" error.

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Okay, I will try that right now. I will flash a GB kernel first (I will search for KJ4 kernel and then flash the KJ4 stock GB ROM and post the results.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] uggies:
LOL I was not the only one who got that .

I was like 'WHAT THE F***?' when it prompted 'done' message

But it does not mean that some of our partition is good to go is it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] incisivekeith:
Wasn't the whole point of formatting the /system and /data partitions to make sure those partitions were not corrupted and that we can reuse them?

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Do I need to flash a PIT file with the kernel or the ROM? I will wait for an answer before I flash.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nitrate:
my note doesn't even turn on anymore now, LOL!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] uggies:
What happened?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] RealPariah:
NEVER EVER FORMAT INTERNAL SD, EMMC OR INTERNAL STORAGE (all same thing) E V E R. THAT'S AN INSTANT BRICK ON RESTART

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