yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
Only stock ics kernels are unsafe, so your safe to flash, but once you update to ics, you'll need to flash a safe kernel.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] vickygovind:
From the link i gave its a rooted leak Jelly bean 4.1.2. does it has a safe kernel?

and ya since my android is version 2.3.4 should i update to ICS4.0.3 first then update to the one in the above link or can u update directly to JB 4.1.2 found in the above link?

THANK FOR YOUR HELP. I never did these on android before that's why asking so many things.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
As you're on a safe kernel you can flash direct. Any leaks or custom roms have safe kernels. Read up on brickbug in the stickies mate.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] :
If he helped you hit thanks on his post.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] vickygovind:
urgent help needed

please help me someone. i installed the JB 4.1.2 all was fine but suddenly my phone stuck and now when reboot its stuck on the samsung book logo on loop.

please help urgent
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
It's unusual for this to occur after a while, but try going into cwm recovery, clear cache and dalvik, then try booting.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] vickygovind:
i did all. but still nothg. just used odin n flashed again just now. working well for now but some lag in lock screen n low wifi signal
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
Ok.... Download betterbatterystats and just check on wakelock. It sounds like a rom issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] steamguage:
First Post-NOOB on Galaxy Note N7000 eMMC Brickbug

First of ten NOOB posts>..Apologize in advance!

I bought a used Galaxy N7000, European Bloc Spanish Origin. I also have an ATT Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 and had done a lot of reading on Android 4 before receiving the Note and had run across this issue from a news item on GSMArena.

The very first thing which came up when I turned on the phone was the OTA update for ICS but caution heeded me from being too hasty. Also the previous owner had not deleted everything account wise which I knew he would not like hence I thought about a Factory Reset.

I went back to the GSMArena news item,downloaded and ran Chainfire's "Got Brickbug" (does have the bad chipset) and realized a Reset might not be a good idea and wound up here and am attempting, along with other research, to determine if I should avoid the ICS update. I definitely would like to get it and practice a little in anticipation of the possible (official) Android 4.1JB which is rumored. As one can imagine it is difficult for me to sift through this whole thread and others to find out.

I've read just enough about Rooting and Custom ROMs to be completely dangerous so am not ready for that yet; I will keep plugging through to learn all I can but my question is simply:

Is this ICS OTA Update safe for me, has any official Samsung fix been made (would it be part of the ICS Upgrade?) or is it the Firmware Chip problem still which my reading revealed was ignored early on by Samsung and only after insistence by xda guys did they acknowledge?

Again, thanking humbly but I guess everyone has to begin somewhere...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
The ota ics updates have frequently failed half way causing semi brick conditions. Updating is fine, but I would suggest doing it with pc odin and official rom download from samfirmware. And no, they never corrected the Emmc bug, so when on ics or jb, make sure you flash a safe kernel.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] steamguage:
"so when on ics or jb, make sure you flash a safe kernel. "

Thanks SpyderTracks..

Again as a NOOB, I understand some of which you say but as far as a "safe kernel" does that mean rooting first and then the 'official' ROM from samfirmware?

In Googling further I found this xda thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1698977-"Samsung working on Emmc brick fix"

in which I will also post and begin plodding through, all 69 pages!

I pushed your 'Thanks' Meter but again I appreciate your explanation.:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
Thanks SpyderTracks..

Again as a NOOB, I understand some of which you say but as far as a "safe kernel" does that mean rooting first and then the 'official' ROM from samfirmware?

In Googling further I found this xda thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1698977-"Samsung working on Emmc brick fix"

in which I will also post and begin plodding through, all 69 pages!

I pushed your 'Thanks' Meter but again I appreciate your explanation.:fingers-crossed:[/QUOTE]

Safe kernels have changed recently, there's now phillz kernel which can be flashed straight from unrooted stock recovery and will give full root and cwm, it's that easy. So you would flash stock ics with pc odin, then enter recovery and install phillz kernel zip file and all done.

May be worth reading the following thread also, discusses safe kernels and lists them all:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25637375
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] wickedcairo:
Does this bug affects Galaxy Nexus phones? I've got the same bad chip and manufacture date. However, when i ran the app it says I'm not in danger.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] steamguage:
Flashing Philz kernel

Hopefully SpyderTracks will still be monitoring this thread...

After a lot of reading and video viewing I feel I understand the basics and am closing in on exactly how to upgrade and flash Philz Kernel.

I found the thread by Phil:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901191

located in:

Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 > Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Original Android Development > [20.12.2012][PhilZ-cwm6][N7000]v3.81 Safe Stock Kernel+CWM6_No BrickBug_Root_UBLS4...

In Post#3 Phil's instructions read:

"Download xxx-signed.zip kernel matching your ROM"

I am assuming I find my ROM in Settings| About phone | Kernel versions and Build number, in my present case:

2.6.35.7-N7000XXLB1-CL933381

se.infra@SEP-101 #2

+

GINGERBREAD.XXLB1

the XXLB1 being the ROM for Gingerbread and which will obviously be different after updating via ODIN to ICS?

Again thanks in advance for the NOOB help; your earlier tips narrowed it greatly down for me allowing more productive reading!:highfive:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
That's all correct, at the moment it would be an lb1 kernel you'd need. That will give you root and cwm... IMPORTANT. When you first boot up the phone, immediately and first thing to do is open supersu app and update binaries, it will do it automatically when you first open it. If you don't do this its possible to lose root. Then once you have cwm and stable root you can flash any custom rom you like, or update to ics using mobile odin which has the option to keep root.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Kouya1600:
My version of the S2 is the VIS00M.

So unknown, I have to worry more or not?

Sorry for my bad English, im from german
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
Play it safe anyway, don't risk it with stock kernels.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] moparfreak426:
I have bad one:(... I plan on upping to an s3 soon anyway

Sent from an Apple killing JellyBean
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] steamguage:
I am presently lost as to exactly where I find the appropiate LB1 kernel for my next step.

The following thread indicates one may flash directly from GB toJB. Should I do this?

Looking at the Philz Thread, Post #3, I don't see any reference toan lb1.

If I did update incrementally to ics does the required kernel designation still remain LB1 or change?

Thanks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1857556
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
I would personally just download a suitable ics rom, any will do for your region, use pc odin to flash, then find corresponding phillz kernel and flash via stock recovery to obtain root and cwm, then flash jb via cwm. You can flash from gb but need to be rooted with cwm and if there's no corresponding phillz kernel for lb1 then you'd have to do it the old fashioned way. Alternatively download a pre rooted gb rom, flash and then immediately update to jb.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Kouya1600:
Thanks SpyderTracks for this Info.

From German
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
No problem, use the thanks button if it helped.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] supersincero:
I have the GT-I9100, my eMMC chip is a 0x9 revision. This is a unknown chip.

The last edit form the Chainfire was at 05/09/12,

I would like to known if now this chip is a bad OR good, OR stay unknown...

Sorry my english
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
Its unknown for now, so best to treat it as unsafe.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] steamguage:
Fifth Noob post:

I searched on Sammobile and found the 4.0.4 upgrade file showing a sequence of prior installations which matched the GB on it exactly.

I upgraded successfully and am now a little confused which one of the 'Safe' Philz packages posted on his thread is correct. I did find the xda thread "[REF] Samsung letter codes to check firmware compatibility" but want to be completely certain I would be using the correct one.

.

I now have:

PDA: N7000XXLRI PHONE: N7000XXLRB CSC: N7000XXLP8 Build Info: Wed Jul 11 19:41:13 KST 2012

I would be desirous of having a rooted phone as suggested hence the .zip files using stock recovery are desirable.

The next Noob question is merely I want to verify that it is obviously correct to flash the .zip from one's SD card without needing to wipe?

And lastly what procedure should I use if something does go wrong such as a hang, etc.?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] :
Spydey sense

Sent from my GT-N7000000000 using Tapastalker 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] steamguage:
My GT-N7000 is completely safe and rooted with Philz - cwm6-XXLRI-AUT-3.99 as advised by Shoey 63 on the 'Safe Kernel' thread and I again would like to thank him and SpyderTracks whom advised me here and helped make the task less daunting for a noob!

And I found a cool Steam Guage live wallpaper......
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] :
If you want to thank them then use the thanks button...instead of posting.

Sent from my GT-N7000000000 using Tapastalker 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SpyderTracks:
Glad you got it sorted mate.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] qazibasit:
Seems like samsung intentionally created this bug as a self destruct for a device. So once we all are out of warrenty they can trigger it , it could be someone else hacking our device and trigering it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] amd-dude:
Don't know if this is good or bad, tried searching the thread for the 0xE and nothing found
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] xmilitary:
My samsung tab is effected. Is there a fix for it, or is the only solution is a board replacement? :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] :
Just don't do any wipes on stock kernel

Sent from my GT-N7000000000 using Tapastalker 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] theBeachBoy:
My GT-I9100 is bricked, mobiletechvideos can't do anything.

Aside from breaking the phone in a rage moment, can I do something? Where can I buy a new board to swap (maybe worth the $ since the phone is a brick right now)?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] :
If I were in your position I may find another i9000 on eBay with a broken screen or something and if you are technical replace it...also you may be able to flash a pit file but I don't know if hg42 has set them up for your device or just the n7000

Sent from my GT-N7000000000 using Tapastalker 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] satish0101:
Are you still under Manufacturer's warranty?

If yes then, you can get the motherboard replaced from any Samsung Service center.

Just play dumb and you might get lucky.:)

Otherwise my sympathies bro. Because if jTAG can't do anything I don't think you have any other option than getting it replaced from Samsung with heavy price.:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] keithross39:
My s2 has an unknown chip...

Is there anything further known about it?

My wife's s2 has an "insane" brick bug chip. She's on stock 4.0.4 and doesn't want to go custom.....says she likes it as it is (go figure lol).

I have rooted her phone in order to be able to install an ad blocker and a bloatware "freezer". I've installed a "non persistent" CWM which I guess although it's fully functional, I shouldn't use to wipe any data. So my question is, can I install a standalone kernel (siyah or dorimanx) on top of a stock ICS ROM in order to data wipe if needed?

Sent from my CM10.1 powered Galaxy S2 with tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] lilluu:
Hello guys,

my Note 2 Lte also has an unknown chip. eMMC says Sane chip, but I've read somewhere that if u have FwRev: 0xf1 then you have a faulty chip.

It has no warranty and it came with JB 4.1.1. Main issue is that it kills a lot of apps (google play, calendar functions, gallery, contacts functions etc.), basically I can't used them and the other day wasn't ringing although it was registered to the network. Restarted and start ringing again. Was advised to update to 4.1.2 with full wipe before. Now I'm not sure what should i do, but for sure gonna need guidance to perform it. Advices?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] keithross39:
First thing is......you're running JB......you don't have to worry about brickbug as it affects ONLY ICS 4.0.4. ....so feel free to wipe away without issue. Then you can update the OS via odin....just search for the right one on sammobile. .....

sent from my rooted, debloated, stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ Kernel and Tapatalk 4 beta
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] :
Actually this has not been conclusively confirmed by anybody, which is EXACTLY WHY Philz still patches his JB kernels to be brickbug safe.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Buzzmovies:
Thanks for all the Info
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Daedalus93:
I have only been in JB and somehow got this bug. Not even recoverable via ODIN and fixing partitions. Didn't test with this app because I simply didn't knew of the bug's existence. Only option was to return it to Samsung for repair.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Strike_Riku:
Is a GSM Galaxy Nexus Safe? It says probably.

Nexus'd
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] hisue:
Help!

Downloaded the App and it said that i have

eMMC chip

type: VYL00M

CID: *long number*

Revision: 0x19

Verdict

DANGER! This eMMC chip is *KNOWN* to have the brick bug!

I have samsung galaxy s2 (GT-I9100)

Does this mean i shouldn't try to root my device?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] nokiamodeln91:
You may if you follow the correct procedure. Find it on the s2 thread not here.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] molak:
Hi guys,

I am using on my SGS2 JB stock rom with root (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=20293). I used the app GotBrickbug and here are the results:

VYL00M

0x19

DANGER! This eMMC chip is *KNOWN* to have the brick bug!

So I wish to know if it is possible to solve this problem by flashing GB stock rom, and than flash som custom rom (Slim/CM...)?

Thank you lot.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Azeazezar:
As long as you stay away from ICS builds you should be fine.

So there is no problem requiring your immediate attention.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] molak:
So its not possible to have this bug on JB rom even the results from the app are negative?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Azeazezar:
The result of the tset tell you what hardware is in your note, and your hardware, like most, is vulnerable.

However, the software on all except ics intelligently avoids triggering that bug.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] molak:
So if I understand it right, I can wipe factory/cache etc. and flash some other rom, is it right?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Azeazezar:
Right.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] qmscreatives:
thanks bro nice share
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] ebullube25:
gt-i9100 upgrading to ics

Hello :) I have a problem in my Samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100 and I'm stock with my current Rom gingerbread 2.3.6 that is super safe in Samsung galaxy s2 :). I'm just afraid of flasing other Roms that can cause my phone to death. I just want to upgrade my current Rom because other games won't work with the gb Rom. please can you help me. just give me some safe Rom that i can use and also the steps. I already know how to flash through odin, that's what I used in my current Rom. please please please help me..

Hope you'll reply soon.. :) thank you reply:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] :
You can't come here, post, and expect people to restate to you things that have already been explained.

Many people have spent countless hours making guides on this.

Go to your device's forums and read the sticky threads.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Stefan2142:
I tested my phone with three different applications

First: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check

And it said that I have a bad emmc chip.

Then I checked it with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lowlevel.exynosmembug this app and it said that my chip is fine.

Then I checked with yours and it said the same as the first one - bad chip.

Is my chip really bad? I know it is 2/3 for the bad chip but I want to be sure.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] :
Why don't you read the sticky threads in this device forum and learn about the brickbug, as opposed to second-guessing the premier developer on xda
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] andreww88:
Or just flash last GB and stay on it and don't worry about flashing ICS.

---------- Post added at 04:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:07 PM ----------

CM9 ROMs and kernels are SAFE. You do not have to stop flashing the nightlies. The Samsung official and leaked ROMs and kernels are the faulty ones. Franco and Speedmod kernels are safe as well.

---------- Post added at 04:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM ----------

The emmc bug is on the official and leaked Samsung ROMs and kernels. On the Note, CM9 is safe. I'm not sure which ROMs are safe for SII but I'm sure CM9 is one of them. Avoid wiping data on the Samsung ROMs, or in my opinion, avoid Samsung ROMs entirely.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] KennyLegend:
This is interesting..... if u flash a stock GB rom, do u then, in theory, make the corrupted sectors if any good again? A question for Chainfire me thinks ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Namida:
A method called JTAG bit blasting, which is supposed to bypass all but hardware issues, is known not to work.

Flashing a rom probably won't fix any sectors. I'm sure people have tried it and if it worked XDA would be awash with posts jumping for joy over the relatively simple fix. My understanding is hazy, but the eMMC chip seems to get corrupted internally because its wear leveling code is bugged. Wear leveling is low level stuff independent of write methods used during a flash. It can be recovered, but the code to do so is only known to developers who aren't permitted to share it.

Source: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26255080&postcount=159

Incidently, chainfire had already provided a link with tons of background on this issue including a link to this very post that says:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] andreww88:
Yeah, the Android Developers, like Mr. Sumrall, have the means of fixing the emmc chip by basically reformatting it (bad terminology) but Samsung hasn't given permission to release it yet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] JoshuaTumanda:
Gives me a heartbreak for a while, but reading this post took it. Thank man!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] BrandoHD:
You are advising people to stay away from Samsung ROMS, are you sure this is correct?

Is this issue not a Kernel issue, therefore the ROM is of no consequence, but the kernel/recovery is what is really responsible for the issue

As far as my understanding goes, and from reading in the relevant thread that is dealing with this issue, ROMS were never discussed, Kernels were, you can use any ROM you like, the fix is at a kernel level

On another note, since Chainfire was able to release this tool that can check if your hardware is the one affected, is it at all possible to release a tool that can check to see if the kernel you are running has the dangerous code disabled???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] stephencwl:
Bingo! I got the bug! ha ha. Thanks for letting me know.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Namida:
It's important to understand that the source of this problem is bad firmware in the eMMC chip. There is nothing technically wrong with the kernel itself. The eMMC claims to support a method of erasure that causes it to write bad data when it's used.

To achieve safety, you either fix the chip so that it supports the method it claims to properly or avoid using that method of erasure.

Cyanogenmod 9 is safe because it doesn't erase using that method. They use their own kernel built from their own source code.

Samsung ICS kernels are not safe because they call the best method the eMMC claims to support when erasing, which is bugged within the chip's firmware.

Anyone who uses the official Samsung ICS kernel or the ICS leaks of Samsung's kernel are at risk. Chainfire's kernel is risky because Chainfire uses Samsung's official kernels and adds Clockwork Mod to them at the binary level. He doesn't have source to modify to make his kernels safe. Samsung must make their kernel safe before Chainfire can release a safe one himself. What Chainfire has done is modify the recovery so that it won't ask the kernel to erase the eMMC in a potentially dangerous way, but it won't stop sources other than that recovery from asking for a potentially bricking erase operation because the kernel hasn't been modified and will still do it if asked to.

Because we know something of which versions of the eMMC chip are affected by this flaw, we can determine if a user is at risk simply by asking the chip to identify itself.

Decompiling a kernel is a completely different ball of wax. I wouldn't hold my breath for a tool that can do that and identify if your kernel is patched or not. Besides that, the source of the problem is now known with certainty and can be avoided by not flashing Samsung kernels until Samsung gets off their lazy butt and fixes theirs, or provides the code that can be used to fix the eMMC chip that is the source of all our troubles.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] nipuna:
@CF: i know this prolly is asking too much, but is there a way u could scan for bad sectors? Could u possibly have such a tool?

@others, just coz u hv this firmware doesnt mean u r bricked, if u been using a safe kernel. My device got fried, n it only came evident whild trying to go back tl gb via odin.

Replacement i got under warrenty has been running happily under CM9 and official ICS with Speedmod.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] aneeqkhan:
I have an unknown chip see the screenshot. Now dont know should b happy or not... :confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] M3TALLICA:
Do you want to exchange your note with mine?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] andreww88:
I'm saying avoid Samsung roms, absolutely. Yes, it is only the Samsung kernel. But, it is easier to just avoid the entire Samsung official ROMs for noobs.

The franco and speedmod kernels are stock (kinda) and they just disabled the MMC_Cap_erase code. So, they are pretty safe. If you HAVE to run a Samsung rom, you can flash one of these kernels. I was just making it easier on users.

---------- Post added at 10:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:37 PM ----------

That's odd. Probably a good thing. You might have a Note that is a rare bird without the faulty emmc chip firmware.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jon3sh:
Damn my Note shows VYL00M brickbug too:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] aneeqkhan:
Lol

Why would u want to? Is chip on my unit safe?? :p