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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNYD:
After the partition procédure I have some difficulties to copy a zip files from the computer to the internal card after few seconds of copy I got an error is it normal ? do you have an idea to solve italiques
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
You can try to repeat it. Or change the cable. Lastly recreate ums to make sure it is faultfree.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Also it may be useful if you can post screen shot or text version of partition table after parted print command.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNYD:
Thanks a lot for the advice i will try again
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNYD:
Ok thanks i will send you à screenshot when I come back in my house

This is my screenshot
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] a1919kimo:
The hg42 PIT I fiashed via odin this morning, but stay "set XXX", after that, my note can not boot, even if recovery and download.

Any suggestion?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNYD:
I retry the UMS repartition but I have again some difficulties to copy some files from my computer to the phone I always got some errors after few seconds...

Forest Help me !! please !

^_^
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] matiasg85:
It looks like you still have the UMS partition in a bad block part. You should try another.

BTW, did you try formatting the internal sd card from windows before copying files to it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNYD:
Thank you it's work

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Come back from Hell !!!

wonderful thanks a lot guys you are wonderful special thanks for my man Forest you are the best !!!!

So now I have a last question I installed the CheckRom Note HD v6 but I want a stable ICS ROM NOW flashable by CMW because I can't flash by ODIN I always stuck in factoryfs.img.

Can I flash directly a ICS ROM in CMW directly after the installation of CHECKROM HD?

I'm asking this because I don't want go back in repartition Hell
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi. It looks like you got it to a serious condition.

Try to take out battery and put it back while holding the three buttons (home volume-down and ppower to force it into download mode.

If it still not work, there is still a tool from Adam Outler, the magician of Android, which sometime can still help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1257434

Hope that you can figure it out.

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Thanks Mati for sharing this helpful trick! The sdcard (UMS) is fat32 so window management tool should be able to format it.

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It's good to see you got your Note back working again :)!

Well some people would enjoy doing re-partition. This is an useful exercise/technique for not only Note but also other android devices.

About moving to ICS I suggest using CM9 since the problem with the kernel bugs is still out there. There are some useful guide on moving from GB to ICS in the general. One way is to first flash Abyssnote kernel and flash safe ICS rom suing CWM.

Hope you can figure it out.

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] a1919kimo:
I sent my note to samsung service center...

Anyway, thanks you for your patience very very much!!

At least, I did that by using your method.

cheers!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
hi forest, when i wanna make partition for rm 9 from 3322 to 4215, its says the closest location we can manage is 15.8gb to 15.8gb, is it still acceptable? i hit yes n it says error: file system too small for ext2, any solutions?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi. It looks like you have not remove 11 so there is no space to make 9.

Can you post results of partition table now after run (parted) print? Then we can see how to make partition.

Also sometime need do mount/unmount as indicated in some notes in the guide.

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause severe damage, continue?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Just yes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
/shbin/sh/: es: not found
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
There is still some problem with mount/unmount.

Should close cmd window and restart the process from beginning.

Also should refer to the Note in the guide (in post 12) before point 5.3 about mount/unmount. That is often the point that cause problem.

Also can you make a screen shot after do (parted) print and upload it so that we can see where you are now. (text from cmd can also be copied if you right click the title bar of the cmd window then in the drop menu choose mark then it will allow you to mark the text in the cmd window then you can copy text and post result of (parted) print.

--

Edit: if you get to this point and have the same error then: go to the phone get into cwm and choose mount/system and mount/data.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
error mounting data
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
That mean you have already remove data (rm 10) previously.

Now you can go on with converting format for partition 9.

It is better if you can make screen shot of current partition the post as attached file so that we can see where you are now.

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
i can mark the screen but can't copy it, i try to convert manually n fix the first part, the second part it shows / sbin/sh:es:not found again
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
If you have created partition 10 in ext2 and are working on converting partition 10 then:

go into cwm and mount/data

If you can mark text then use right mouse to copy it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
after name 9 factoryfs, quit, it shows 'you may need to update /etc/fstab/', is it the problem?

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when i right click, all selected text is gone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
No problem.

Ah about text: after select you can use to keys: control and c to copy it.

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3

Using /dev/block/mmcblk0

Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.

(parted) rm 9

rm 9

rm 9

Error: Partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 is being used. You must unmount it before

you modify it with Parted.

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 3322 4215

mkpartfs primary ext2 3322 4215

mkpartfs primary 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? n

n

n

(parted) rm 9

rm 9

rm 9

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 3322 4215

mkpartfs primary ext2 3322 4215

mkpartfs primary ext2 3322 4215

(parted) name 9 FACTORYFS

name 9 FACTORYFS

name 9 FACTORYFS

(parted) quit

quit

quit

Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

~ #
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Can you run code below:

~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

and:

(parted) print

Then post the result so that we can see the partition table please.

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
Number Start End Size File system Name

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 ext2 FACTORYFS

12 15.2GB 15.8GB 537MB ext4 HIDDEN
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Ok now go back to the guide my post 12 (i have made some revision to make it easier.

Now you can take steps to create 10 and 11.

Then follow other steps in the guide.

btw: things seem to go in the right direction now.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
Error: Input/output error during write on /dev/block/mmcblk0

Retry/Ignore/Cancel?

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so change the values to?

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forget to mention originally 6362 15200
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Does that happen when you create partition 10? or 11?

in that case will need to explore another range to make partitions.

It may be better to remove 9 again and start explore area from 281 to 3322 to make partition 9.

Please confirm then I will post further codes to explore the area.

Edit: that means there is error in the area of your sdcard. That is a problem.

Let's remove 9, 10 now and start explore from the 281 mb region:

(parted) rm 9

(parted) rm 10

then:

(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 281 1174

see how it goes and report.

Edit 2:

If you just like to make 11 then: try some different regions and explore for example:

6800 15200

7000 15200

7500 15200

8000 15200

..

...

till it works
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
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

all done, no problems, next step is?

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btw for the ums pro, i restart all the steps from the start n no problems already all the way

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how come behind the ums got mstfres
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
The partition looks good! This is good progress.

Now you need to mount sdcard to window so that you can copy rom.zip (or a nand backup of your previous system). Then flash using CWM.

Hope you can figure it out.

Edit: mount sdcard you need to try different things under CWM such as: mount sdcard, mount ext-sdcard, or mount usb storage. one of those options should work then it will allow you to copy zip file to sdcard.

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
do i hve to flash another kernel via odin first b4 flashing a rom via cwm, as the kernel running now is the kernel u provided
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
The current current seem to be ok. But it is better to flash abyssnote or another safe kernel that you know. then flash rom.zip
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
AbyssNote kernel 4.2 Final CW Touch Custom Logo:

http://www.mediafire.com/?2l792xxexd2n59n

AbyssNote kernel 4.2 Final CW Touch Original Logo:

http://www.mediafire.com/?c65mndvpk6ocbaa

AbyssNote kernel 4.2 Final RedPill Touch Custom Logo:

http://www.mediafire.com/?y6eytc7i21iudgo

AbyssNote kernel 4.2 Final RedPill Touch Original Logo:

http://www.mediafire.com/?bocr11rdfjo3iz6

which version?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
They are all fine. choose the first one.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
flashed abyssnote kernel n then flashed checkrom, install complete but phone can't boot, just on the ss logo there, try to flash stock rom via odin but froze on factoryfs, redo all ur steps this time including rm 7, this time use ur kernel n flashed darkyrom, n it worked, i really have no words to describe my feelings now, i only have a thank u for ur support, as i'm a computer idiot n first time i anyhow whack cmd n i did it, looks so incredible, i think ur edited method really helps a lot, thanks mate, i love android community
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Good.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
after i off the phone to insert a sim card, it did not boot up again, wanna flash zip again it says e:\failed to open/etc/recovery.fstab(no such file or directory) n can't install zip from sdcard, when i choose zip from sdcard it shows, e:can't mount/sdcard/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Some the word in your last post sound rude. Respect to the community, please.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xiaojian24:
sorry about tt, its my feelings from eaven drop to hell, update of my status, checkrom, lightning rom can't boot, only darkyrom can boot, weird, n i have to reflash ur kernel first then flash darkyrom if not it will not boot, anybody got a solution?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Phenom2:
When trying to convert data from ext2 to ext4

tune2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

"Could't find valid filesystem superblock."

:(

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Okay, unbricked succesfully my note for the 5th time, lost about 1gb in data, but my ums still intact.

Still no solution to fix corrupted blocks ? :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
:(

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Okay, unbricked succesfully my note for the 5th time, lost about 1gb in data, but my ums still intact.

Still no solution to fix corrupted blocks ? :([/QUOTE]

Not yet mate. 1gb isn't too much is it? I guess by now you already feel comfortable with manual re-partitioning of android device. That is the added benefits isn't it. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] smack_t:
Fixed - need some more info on Partitions for ICS

So i managed to un brick using this method. Lost 2 gigs of space, not bad.

Managed to install GB ROM (STOCK).

Was wondering if the partitions are the same for ICS, or if i try Kies update to ICS it will try to re partition and screw up my device.??

Thoughts?

Does anyone have the printout for parted for ICS?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] smack_t:
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!

I thought i would add some more help on this thread since i had a weird issue before i even managed to get a printout from parted.

Originally, i had sent my gnote to Samsung repair in china, but they returned it saying they cannot fix it since it is not a Chinese version (i have the International version - Europe).

When i got it back, i followed the instructions on this thread, but i could not get a printout of the partitions. Instead i had the following error

"Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!"

I was stumped, because i'm no coding or programming guru. But i used ODIN to push a new PIT file to the device. Then rebooted, and used adb to print out hte parted info, and it showed up.

However, still had a corrupt DATAFS, so then followed the instructions on this thread to fix that.

thought i would post this, incase someone else runs into the same "Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!" situation.

BTW - as i mentioned, im no programmer or guru with these things. So if my terminology is incorrect etc please excuse me.

Cheers

EDIT: Added PIT file (s) used to get partition info showing up in parted again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] speterlau:
My device looks fine by now. The only drawback is the device cannot boot gb custom rom.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] smack_t:
What are you running right now?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Good to know that you have made use of both methods to revive your Note.

hg42 PIT files are very useful for those who cannot make adb to run, while the manual method give more control and help you improve your skills to mange your your android device.

Thanks for sharing good experience. cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] grandmasternz:
Warranty

Info for those living in Germany.

I flash the ICSKernelTest.tar to remove the flash count then flashed Open Germany LPY then sent it back to Amazon.de for repair.

Also deleted all files in the internal SD with ADB shell to delete all custom roms I had there.

It was covered by Warranty. They replaced the motherboard.

Free DHL both ways, and it took 6 days all together.

I haven't checked the emmc firmware version, cos I'll need to root again etc.

Will stay on stock for a while.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] speterlau:
stock gb rom (N7000XXLA4)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jwais:
Curious to know what you gave SRS for repair I.e. Working stock or on boot loop of some sort...

Would appreciate your input as I'm planing to knowgo same route as you! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Morality:
Problems after succesfull unbrick

Thank you very much for this guide as it gave me loads of hope regarding my note :)

However, a couple of issues remain. First:

After first unbrick and going on to stock german LPY installed via advanced restoring Boot and System from nandroid backup, I had "frequent" freezes, which required forced reboot.

I tried the repartitioning again, also with hg42 pit file with success, but both of these ended up as the following:

Not-so frequent freezes, which require reinstallation of rom. Seem to happen regardless of rom (Tried on Kingdroid 2.0 with Franco3, and Asylum CM9).

When trying to reboot after freeze, the system hangs at the load animation (rotating rings at kingdroid 2.0, Samsung -logo at stock etc, not the GT-N7000 one.)

Easiest way to recreate the crash is trying to download GTA3 from android market.

Any ideas, anyone?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Maybe you should try to remove and recreate cache partition as well, since that partition could also be affected by wiping using buggy kernel.

Also some kernels and roms need to time to settle in properly. The suggestion is to try with a GB rom or CM9 rom for sometime first, before moving to other roms.

cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Morality:
Thanks for the quick response.

When I tried the hg42 method I went straight to Asylum (cm9), which ended up freezing at the boot animation after the first force-reboot.

Also, after the last try, where I ended up using Kingdroid 2.0, I recreated the cache partition as well, so no help there =/

I'll try remaking cache, system, data and UMS and then running GB for sometime.

Do you have any theories on what this random freezing could originate from?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Phenom2:
After my 5th unbrick, what i've done :

Reboot recovery and direct install Checkrom v6 but it was very laggy and many app was force closing :(

So I tryed to flash the pit_brick 16gb with odin with a stock rom in PDA

The flash as stuck at the beggining when repartitionning and now my phone won't turn on (no boot screen, only black screen, tryed all the combinaisons possible, download, recovery, normal, impossible to get any thing from the screen)

Also, my pc doesn't recognize my device (nothing in odin, adb or windows)

My battery was 55% before flashing so...

Will try to charge it all the night, tomorow morning I will try if it boot, I don't want to use a JIG (I haven't any of them, and I haven't 300k resistor, and I can't buy one)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] vorny92:
Nice Guide

Nice Guide know my galaxy Note is finally unbricked.

But why is the usb Space smaller than before the brick?

I´ve only 8Gb Space instead of 12-13Gb.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SLA_91:
Hello unbrickers, experts and owners of a bricked Note.

First of all I'm very glad that such a board exists and that you guys try to help each other. (Please excuse my bad english).

I also tried to unbrick my Note by using Forest1971's guide. While I was typing "umount data" (Step #3) the phone rebooted (I don't know why, I didn't make a mistake while using DOS) and I wasn't able to access CWM or recovery mode any more, but download mode worked. I tried to flash the attached kernel via Odin again. Flashing was successful, but I can't get to the recovery mode or to CWM. And the PC doesn't know the Note as an ADB device any more.

So here is my situation now:

Works:

Download Mode

Doesn't work:

Recovery Mode

Access via ADB

I hope that there is a solution for my problem and if it was already posted I'm sorry for not searching carefully enough.

S.-L. A.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crualfoxhound:
yes i had my gnote bk the day after i paid for the return fee.

i think it had lp6 rom on it.

so i installed kj4 and rooted the device again.

about international packages well im in wales so in europe . give then a ring.

i recomment using this service.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] smack_t:
For those that unbrick using this method and still have problems of reboots after flashing ics check factoryfs, datafs, modem parts. I had the problem where it seemed only one partition was corrupt and everything flashed properly.

If even one sector in a part is messed up then during operation if the os accesses that sector you may run into issues.

Also note that the parts dont need to be the exact size indicated. So you can regain some space by reduceing the data part etc. But make sure you research the min you need for the rom you are installing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Good to know you made it.

Yes there is some faulty space in some partitions so we have sued re-partition method to bypass those faulty area.

In fact once you have done it one time and feel comfortable you can go back to re-partition again to explore if you can make use of the area from 281mb to 3322mb.

In many cases you can fit the factoryfs partition in there and save some more space. cheers.

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It was not clear if you type correctly the code. Always try to copy and paste the code to CMD window using right mouse. Still the command of mount/umount should not do any harm.

One the other hand, it is good that you have download mode to work with. I would try to flash a PIT file via odin to re-partition it. Then re-flash the kernel with CWM provided and see if you can get to recovery again. You can also flash PIT file from hg42 someone post in some page earlier. cheers.

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It is not clear if you flash original PIT or custom PIT from hg42. If you use original PIT it will cause problem because it will include the faulty area in the partition so when a large amount of data from rom come it it get stuck and can cause more damage. Also, there are a number of PIT files from hg42, some work and some will not work for certain case. Overall, It is better to flash PIT first then flash rom later.

For now you can try the magical tool from Adam Outler to see if PC can still see you Note and can help it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1257434

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1242466