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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bezeq:
My fault, I forgot that i have SDCARD with splitted to 2 partitions and formatted to fat32 and riserfs.

Now i removed my external SDCARD and here what i got:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/shell2.jpg/

I thought its not connected so i did adb reboot and its rebooted to recovery again and gives same errors, then i tryed to wipe:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/img201207201436181.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/841/img201207201437371.jpg/

I am totally sure that`s my "mmcblk0p2 is broken, because at the beginning of all this story i had this issue like on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMhYYdMB08

And i successfully installed many times roms 2.3.6 in to external SDCARD, but when i tryed to upgrade to 4.0.1, i got boot loop and since then

any tryes to flash again new rom in to external sdcard im receiving such problem like /data (invalid argument)

Do you know how to flash again to external memory? Sorry for my English, and thanks you for your help!!!

Edit:

I can format: /boot, /system, /cache, /datadata.

All other cant.

Here is my usually problem

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/9783/img201207201510251.jpg

usually its just boot looping but sometimes its even booting successfully (if i tryed to flash many times) but without access to memory (says i have 0gb)

and after restart its going for boot loop.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shoey63:
I think this ROM might be helpful:- http://www.newformz.com/android/roms/Rooted_Stock_Odex_N7000XXLC1.rar It's a pre-rooted wipe GB ROM (thanks to bodivas). If it works then all that has to be done is flash one of your modified PIT files via PC Odin (according to your situation), then flash this ROM. Superbrick problem bypassed, and on a rooted, working GB ROM ready for safe flashing!

BTW if only data partition is affected, what is the optimal PIT file?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
did you read my former post?

There I assumed mmcblk0p1 is bricked, so if it's mmcblk0p2, you have to use another calculation.

If your mmcblk0p2 is really the only one which is bricked, you can use parted to shrink mmcblk0p1 by the size of mmcblk0p2 and put mmcblk0p2 into this free space.

Like this:

|-----------p1--------------|--p2---|
|-----------p1------|--p2---|

This way the bricked blocks in p2 would be unused afterwards.

But if you cannot open the device (like in your log) I don't know why.

Overall, I am not familiar with your device, I can only guess. So I think that's not the right place here.

Also, this is a N7000 forum, so please clearly show in your post, that you are talking about another device (perhaps in the signature, if you only have one device). Otherwise it's extremely difficult to follow all the different fibers in this thread.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
the n7000 has no patched pit for this case.

System would be kept in place and only data moved.

I could generate those. But it's a matter of only 893MB.

Would do this if there's desire.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shoey63:
Don't worry about it.Like u have often suggested - just get a bigger external SD card. We take up too much of ur time already. Many thanks for the effort u have already put in tho, many notes brought back to life thanks to you:good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] c0rpse_grinder:
I have a bad feeling that i will try this method very soon.. i can't seem to get my Note back to life..

but I have a good feeling that when i try this method..everything will be ok afterwards.. will post later on
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
but note, it's only a work around, the bricked blocks are not repaired...so your phone is still damaged in some way...

Which means, if you still have your warranty, you should probably use it.

Also all your data in any internal memory will be lost, you can try to make a backup of all accessible parts first.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
from another private message of general interest

Your note will probably be stable (at least mine is absolutely stable).

No, you will not brick again with safe kernels.

But again this is no repair, only a work around. But I can live very well with this work around (2GB lost).

Will be bad for selling, though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] c0rpse_grinder:
bad news :-/ this is what i did.. i first followed forest's guide and i got the phone to boot up on Rocket GB Rom.. however when it booted up it kept giving me repeatedly a force close on android.phone and it wouldnt let me do anything at all.. after a took of the battery and rebooted, it stuck at the note logo.. so..... (tried reflashing via the recovery, same stuff...) so.. i tried the PIT method...i used the lowest one on the ums folder and boom... that's it.. it never woke up.. no DL Mode, no recovery, nothing.. it doesnt even go to DL Mode with the Jig.. i dont have Warranty because there is no receipt...and according to sasmung..they need the receipt.. which is stupid in this case because the Note came out late 2011... there is not one Note device that should be out of warranty :eek:...........
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Young Cardiac:
Try this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] c0rpse_grinder:
thanks alot sir, i ll give it a shot :)

good thing that i have Linux Mint 13 on my laptop

edit: no luck
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] KnukLHead:
After you revive using a .pit how do you go about flashing other stuff, rooting etc. Do you have to Odin everything and use the .pit each time?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
which looks like /data isn't mounted, may be there still were some bricked blocks inside

there is no reason why flashing these pits should result in this behavior.

All pits are identical in the first partitions. The first one ever touched is the /system partition.

It looks like you damaged the boot loader in some way.

The lowest ums-bricked pit was definitely applied successfully by others.

Because I create these with a script, I am also pretty sure, that all generated pits behave the same according to these critical partitions (boot loader etc.).

I read that sometimes the screen can remain off, even when already in download mode.

So you might look at Odin, If it looks like having a connection then it will probably be right.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] wmboss.com:
Please help!

My device is: Samsung Galaxy s2 i9100

Before pit:

_https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iNT7m0CUwpY/UA5ZgYQQL6I/AAAAAAAAH_s/leSPf0QkLqI/s0/VNDownload-beforepit.jpeg

After I used file: i9100_u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4-patched-ums-bricked+0524288-kB.pit

_https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XDiplwAh36Q/UA5Zhs3aW4I/AAAAAAAAH_0/PRg9b8pp14I/s0/VNDownload-afterpit.png

Where is 1,5GB in "USB Storage"

P/S: If I flashed by file: i9100_u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4-patched-standard.pit. My samsung galaxy s2 does not work (not passed Galaxy S2 screen). :(

Help me soon please,

Thanks so much!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
No it's working just like before the brick.

E.g. I flash CM9 all the time, I can Odin (without PIT), etc.

Two exceptions:

1. lesser memory available

2. never flash a stock PIT (usually not needed for the Note, but if so, it has to be patched before)

Flashing a stock PIT would revert the new partition scheme to the stock scheme, which means your partitions are back at those bricked places again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
[pouty]

why so many people don't read, what I wrote in the thread starter?

I am tired of (and have no time for) telling the same things all the time...

[/pouty]

that's why I tried to describe all necessary facts in the first post.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MZWiZard:
I just resurrected my friends Note using the patched standard pit!! I was thinking it had some bad blocks and surely it must have - because its up n running again now! THAAANKS!!! :good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
Use emmc check app to be sure it really was an emmc brick.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
PITs for P6800

added PITs for P6800 (Galaxy Tab 7.7 which got Samsung ICS lately) on request.

Please report, if they work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alvinasnow:
Using Regain pits, i managed to grab hold of another Gig. Its much better having 9.3 GB than 8.2. Thanx hg42 :) though inside us, there will always be a wish for 11.5 GB original space :P
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ZiDanRO:
hg42 do you think it can be posible to make a patched PIT for I9000.? :D

Becouse I have one phone which it cant boot becouse of this error message:

When I flash with Odin with repartition checked I dont't have errors but the phone can't boot becouse of this.

Do you think it is posible to move /data partition a little bit?

Thank you again very much for your efforts.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mustafahusain:
Bricked

I have finally managed to brick my Note after being careful in not doing something stupid for a while. Anyways now I am stuck with just Download mode and no recovery. I have flashed every possible Kernels (including 4pda_kernel from forest1971's guide) out there but I cannot get it to boot into Recovery. Is it a more severe form of brick I am facing or there can be something done about this? I can send it back to SS as its still under warranty but I want to try and revive it first.

I haven't tried flashing the PIT files yet as I want to try and recover files from my internal SD partition if possible. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
the Tab has no separate data and ums partitions like n7000 and others.

If the stock package contains an image for data and data was shrinked, the image will be too big for the new size.

Cm9 doesn't install from images, they install files
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
did you read this post?

I think it's not possible with a pit.

mmcblk0 isn't contained in the pit.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ZiDanRO:
Sorry my bad. I was to tierd yesterday and I forgot that I read already that post. :D

Now I will try to understand what it is written there :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jatin22:
My friend's Note is back...

I asked my friend to give me his note to root and make it faster. but without reading i wiped data n stuck ant the galaxy logo. but after research I come across this thread and now Galaxy Note is back. :good:Thanks it worked for me.... :D:laugh::cool::victory: so happy
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
but it's not *repaired*, it's only worked around.

So what does your friend say?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
emmc-scan

I am working on a scanning solution to find begin and end of the bricks.

The program mainly works.

But I am looking for a way to make it easier to use.

E.g. fake flashing update.zip

Also, I want to allow checking all current partitions at once.

Will probably not be ready in the next two following weeks, because I am on vacation then.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rraaka:
hg42,

you are a hero for us all, i was just going to ask you to simplify this further to a one click unbrick solution because Im a complete noob !

and sorry to digress but there was a time i used to read and save volumes of notes on usb brick (for another android device)......within a short time a talented developer madmax came out with a touch recovery that had usb brick autodetection and solution to repair from within it.

flashable zip sounds like music to my ears....please do extend this further but enjoy your vacation first :)

id like to know too jatin, did you admit your experience to your friend ? and how much space did you lose if any ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
One click solution seems to be impossible.

That's because emmc brick has a nasty "feature":

the flash memory locks up and you cannot access anything inside it afterwards, so you have to reboot in most cases.

The program itself runs in RAM, and the recovery is also running (almost) completely from RAM (in a ramdisk).

You also can access external sdcard, so you can write some information out to it to save for future uses.

I currently don't see a way to reboot into recovery from the little program.

So at least you would have to fake "flash" two times for begin and end of the bricked area (with manual reboot after both actions).

After that you can chould choose appropriate PIT files.

I see I should start another thread for this...perhaps two, one for users and one for developers...

some space is definitely lost (probably for ever, from the latest information from Samsung I read about, a real repair would be too dangerous, they said)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rraaka:
thank you nevertheless hg, absolutely any development in this direction is welcome,

i pop in here from time to time to hear the elation in the voices of those who pour in their success stories like jatin :victory:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
HELP

Could someone please help???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
Help

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

Ps: i have no IMEI number, i dont know whats wrong, Baseband Version Unknown :/ (i did the factory reset and nothing) problema is this: E: failed

to mount /efs (invalid argument) E:check_selective_file:Cant amount /efs

E:multi_csc:Cant mount/ efs Multi-csc applied failed ---- i dont have the EFS partition thats why i dont have signal, imei and anything from the phone (i have no efs backup, i have nothing from backup) can you tell me how to fix this please?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ourtech:
Just wanted to add my thanks. I had been running 4.03 with a safe kernel, but decided to upgrade to 4.04. That went fine, but I lost root. In reinstalling CWM I found that it was unresponsive to keys. It wouldn't reboot. I took the case off to take the battery out as I didn't want to by accident start a wipe but whoa - looking again at the screen it is wiping data, something I didn't select and didn't want. My heart sank as I knew I hadn't yet installed a safe kernel (I wanted to see how 4.04 performed by itself before changing the kernel). I was bricked. Your fix saved me and I am now running 4.04 with a safe kernel where I think I will stay until some real solution to the corruption problem is found. But you saved me enormous headaches. I'll take the hit on the loss of storage rather than try to get it repaired by Samsung. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hg42:
hmm, flashing a custom kernel is installing a boot image, which includes a recovery, so why it doesn't start?

Which error messages come from Odin, or no errors at all?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] frankf75:
If you have no backup theb your IMEI is gone forever. The best you can get is a generic IMEI 0049...

Read forest1971 post carefully and download the required tools Guide for repartition workaround to fix super-brick Note

Here is what I did to get generic IMEI(I take no responsibility for eventual damage to your mobile phone, bla bla bla)

1 - install CWM_4pda_kernel and go to recovery

2- connect your Note to pc using USB

3- adb shell

4- run "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0"

5- "print" to se the result

6- check if your first partition(efs) has a ext4 format (if you cannot mount probably unreadable/corrupted file format)

7- you still can make a dump of the parttion using "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs.img"(quit the parted first)

8- remove the efs partition and create a new one as described in section 5 in forest1971 post "rm 1"(you should be in parted)

9- "mkpartfs primary ext2 4194kB 25.2MB"

10- "name 1 EFS"

11- "print" and check if the efs partition has a ext2 file format (you can later change it to ext4)

12- Install stock GB ROM N7000XXLC1 using win odin

13- disconnect from PC and reboot Galaxy Note

If all went ok you will get signal with the generic IMEI.

Hope it helps and good luck

All credit goes to hg42 and forest1971 so don't forget to thank them.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
Thanks for this tutorial, i guess is a bit easier to read, and it seems to have a lot of logic, i guess this will really work. i will try this method, ill post the results after! Thanks!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
Lost space

Hi guys!! is there anyway to regain some Gigas from the storage, after you flash the custom patched PIT? it only gives you 8.56 Gigas after flashing.. ! Is it possible to regain space? if someone knows , please tell me!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
You cannot fix the damaged blocks but could try the gained pits or manual method to explore and may save some more space. The best strategy is to use an external sdcard.

Still what has happened with your emei and signal so far?

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
I Solved the problem, i finally could resurrect my phone with an different machine called (RIFF JTAG) i had to sold a lot of things to my motherboard, and then revive the machine.. (long procces, Very long) finally i made it, and i flashed the patched pit, then i did a new EMS partition with your tutorial, doing new blocks , and i re made the partition, and then i flashed stock ems files, and in that way i made it, i fixed everything and now, my phone is totally repaired, everythings 100% working! But... the imei number i have its not the one i have on the back of my phone... but now im flashing thru KIES a new stock official ICS firmware, maybe that could fix that! but i guess having another imei number is not such a big deal.. or is it? **Why do i dont have a lockscreen? i dont have any lockscreen.. whenn i lock the phone it locks, but when i unlock it it goes directly to where it was (it just turns the screen on) :eek: **
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Good to know you have been able to fix it from hardbrick condition! It seemed you are the first who managed to win it from emmc bug hardbrick using a combination of jtag, custom pit and manual adb method! And you fix the efs issue as well, that is a big and impressive win! Congratulation! Very nice :)!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sar17:
Yes, it seems like that.. but, i guess the brick i had was a combination of emmc brick and also from flashing bad things at the same time (kernels and pits without pdas) In samsung they said i was SUPER HARD BRICKED, and since i dont had/have warranty , they told me the only solution was to buy a new motherboard, or a new phone (they said it was unusable, because i paid someone to check it without having warranty, and thats what he said to me *smsung techiniquian*) and yes.. it takes a lot of hours to resurrect the motherboard, but its possible! and thanks for the tutorials! theyre very helpull!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
That is the power of peer supporting in xda :)! Still, not many people can make it in similar cases!

Btw, different rom may have different setting for lockscreen. Try to explore under setting dysplay may help. Cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kitson michael:
Thank you guys........ this post helped me in fixing my note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] voongoto:
awesome, works for me, thanks :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DesiMaster:
Success

+1 success in fixing my Super Bricked Galaxy Note N7000. Thanks for the great work guys!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Oscar_david:
Er... knives for me? ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rakeshdev:
E: Can't mount emmc

Hi,

I had the same problem yesterday. I'm not sure if you have managed to get it resolved. If not, here is how i resolved it with help from some threads in XDA. Took the risk of wiping the system.

Assuming you are on CM9 and on CM9 kernel, wipe cache/delvik/wipe data factory reset...then...mounts and storage..format emmc (will give error, never mind)..format sdcard..format SD card...exit....

The phone will just boot with no ROM on it...flash 4.0.3 your region specific Stock Samsung ROM....if all goes well...on the stock ROM it will ask you to format Sdcard/external card....you done...

Please make a backup before you attempt the above...

I did the above and then reverted back to CM9, first by flashing CM ressurection and other steps listed there...(check teamhacksung wiki on google)...

Later i realised, the reason for my issue was earlier i flashed CM9 on Stock Samsung ROM through CM9 ressurection route...however had my office Microsoft Exchange account on it...with encrypted internal SD card....

Hope it resolves your issue.

Cheers...Rakesh
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rabagorr:
Can you tell me if it's going to be possible to flash the modem from the galaxy note n7000 when the galaxy note comes out from t mobile so the phone can get faster data in other words for g4 hope to hear a response thanks rabagorr@gmail.com
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ourtech:
Question about the aftermath of using this method

I have successfully revived my Note after a MMC_CAP_ERASE brick. I am using 4.04 and the Speedmod Kernel to keep me safe. I notice occasional lockups of my Note which do not seem to be reported by other users of the Speedmod kernel. I wiped the cache, the Davlik cache and the data area was obviously reformated using this method. My assumption was that had I not mapped around all the bad areas then when formatting it would have locked up. My question is this: If I am up and operational, then should I expect that I have mapped around the bad areas and thus be focusing on the reliability of the kernel or could I occasionally be hitting an unresolved bad area. if so, how could I know one way or the other. Thanks and thanks again for a working phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AnthonyKuan:
Efs backup

Hi there,

Great effort done. I had tried to unbrick the device everything seems ok but the problem is I did not do a backup on the efs and now my phone doesn't have IMEI and even band version. Therefore my phone now is able to online using WIFI only without making any calls. Any possible way to revive it? Please needed help urgently.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] forest1971:
Hi search a few pages back to find a link of a stock gb rom that has efs and modem file, posted by hg42. Unrar to get the md5 files, you will find them. Flash individual efs file through odin abd try also modem if efs alone has not done the job. It seems to work for some cases already.

This is the link to the rom (thanks to Dr.Ketan), in case you have not found it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20933428
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tannykim:
Thank you

However, anyone have issue with re-starting and bricked....

After I put GB based stock rom. I did try any root or custom rom but it randomly restart and stuck on GT logo screen.

I tried to use different UMD pir file and flash stock GB rom again. I revive and same thing happen.

any suggestion?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Mogi:
Thks hg42. Your post is detail and thks for sharing the workaround for ICS brick.