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[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] :
I know my friend but with emmc brickbug....if you have a brickable chip, and mmc_cap_erase is on.... brick is inevitable. You may brick your device after first or one hundread first factory reset. It's like playing russian roulette.

Mj.vikram's problems can be caused by the same brickbug. He may have corrupted data partition. I thought he could suffer of so called "kernel panic", but looks like it's much more serious. It can be either soft or hardbricked. If you read some threads on GNote or S2 general sections (check Entropy512's posts) you'll see that not all devices reacted the same way. (S2 has recovery partition integrated with kernel - oposite to SGR where you can easily replace recovery without touching a kernel.)

Another thing you don't have ICS-bootloaders on your devices.. you still use GB-ones. It can also cause some booting issues.

Problem is that in case of SGR there are not that many tools that can help you deal with such kind of problems so you have to be especially cautious.

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U used service code but your default recovery is CWM. Yes I know all of you used emmc brickbug check but...problem is SGR is not among supported devices, which means nobody has examined these chipsets thoroughly.

Don't worry if you cannot turn your mobile on...they won't be able to do that either. I may be wrong of course but it looks like only motherboard replacement can revive your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
If you know about the steps / precautions which can be taken to avoid getting a hard brick due to the emmc bug could you please list them here ?

- What are the ways to avoid it ? & What should be done to recover from it except ofcourse giving to the Samsung SC for repairs ?

- Is there anything our devs could change / do to avoid it ? e.g. They could change the mmc_erase_cap be turned off and reupload the RAR Archive ?

- Are you sure we still have GB bootloader & don't have ICS bootloader already ? We can't use USB jig to reset counters, so how can anyone be sure?

Till then I'll read about it in the Note / S2 forums & try to understand the problem.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] :
1) To avoid brick = don't wipe, don't do factory reset, do not restore nandbackups.

a) If you wanna to get rid of this fw.version

-> Flash a safe kernel / or best stock rom directly via Odin.

-> Wipe after installation process is done. NOT BEFORE!

2) To recover...one guy from Note section wrote a tutorial for those bricked devices that was able to turn on. He managed to recover it but he had to sacrifice 2-3 gb of internal storage. If device is not bootable then it's a motherboard replacement.

3) Turning off this function in kernel is not easy thing. I don't think this flag can be easily removed. I'm not a kernel guy....so I'm sorry but don't know much more about that. Our devs can take a look, maybe they can find a solution.

4) Bootloaders cannot be flashed via recovery, not via mobile odin either. And FW-odin version is still unavailable so I assume you still have GB ones.

5) About USB jig - Is your DM protocol the same like before? 2.0? (people with 2.1 have never been able to used jig as far as I remember)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
UnknownzD had tried to use USB Jig reset / Triangle away but wasn't successful, I don't know which protocol he was on but I'll confirm with him.

Thanks for the reply. :)

It'll help a lot of users here & I'll quote your post in the OP so that everyone can read about it if you don't mind.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
Double post.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] CallMeVentus:
I can only wait till Samsung releases the kernel source.....then I'll adapt to erase the eMMC bug code from other sources....might not work , but it's worth a shot if we all work together

"Friends forever." - Ventus
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] :
I'm almost sure UnknownzD has 2.1 ;)

Yeah sure, no problem, but we're still trying to figure out if it's emmc brickbug here. I mean we're still not 100% sure about it, but it's always good to warn people since there are characteristic symptoms of this bug.

It would be really good if our devs could inspect the ics- kernel's bytecode and check if MMC_CAP_ERASE is enabled there.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] UnknownzD:
Mine is ver 2 now after using the unbrick tool.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] :
I'm sorry I didn't know you had to use unbrick tool. But before that you had 2.1?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
Could you please confirm if MMC_EASE_CAP is enabled in our ICS 4.0.4 build ?

Is it possible to make a kernel which has disabled MMC_ERASE_CAP incase it's enabled ?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] CallMeVentus:
I believe the only way to check if it exists without looking from source is by activating it.... :(

The MMC_ERASE_CAP thingy already existed from GB , but it never affected GB , only ICS .

"Friends forever." - Ventus
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandrus1983:
Just an info,

i have installed ICS thrice,

and all the thrice, i have done a FACTORY RESET DATA WIPE from CWM
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
Plz b carefull....

As some said before..d brickbug may occur for the very first tyme or for the 100th time....

From all this..i m feelin a bit scared...

So wanted to ask few Q

1. Can v rollback to gb ??

2. After rolling back to gb can we perform wipe easily ?? Without any fear ??

One thing is sure..after seeing such brickbug..i dnt wish to install any custom ROM...

I fear seriously....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandrus1983:
Ok, i will not try that again!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] xlm13x:
Well this is emmc brick bug for sure. Both this case and vikram having same symptoms. And both were on ICS.

I think as the mmc partition is totally curupted the unbrick tool succeeds in flashing bootloader but when it comes to partition system it fails so we can say that emmc is screwed up and is totally unusable now. And the only option left is to claim warranty, as the mmc is bricked SSC guys no have any other option than changing mother board so probably there is no way left to knw that is device has been rooted or had custom rom (although odin protocol is still accessible in download mod and they can check counters, so use unbrick tool to get rid of this)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] eaglerazor123:
Check your PM!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] xlm13x:
I think all the devs must add the warning do not wipe data to their rom release threads untill our devs sort out how to disable mmc cap script in kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] rosemolr:
I did it!

Thanks Adam77Root for explaining every minute details for Flashing the rom.

Well yesterday i flashed my Galaxy R with ICS.I followed your instructions step by step and everything worked like butter smooth.No hurdles..No panic.

I would like to also thank Vipul Mehta for uploading rom in mediafire.

I'm not planning to restore my apps since a couple of members where facing forced close issue with apps.

Talking about ICS...it is not having much difference with GB..atleast from an from UI point of view.

One of the main reason i flashed because i thought like i will be getting Nexus Kinda look for my phone and i will be having native full screen caller ID pic.

i also thought the gallery will be ICS kinda one but i was pretty much dissapointed with all these things.Not even the Dial pad has changed!!!

Is there any way to get ICS dial pad,Full screen called ID, gallery and touchwiz?

Once again thanks to machram who made this all happen...Dude You're pretty much famous now

Adam77Root: please help me with dial pad and full screen caller ID.

Report: No EMMC bug,No brick..everything worked perfectly fine for me

Thanks too cooleagle too...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] CallMeVentus:
Since we don't have sources (for now) we might need to mod the recovery to try and prevent damage to the emmc partitions

"Friends forever." - Ventus
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Punman1989:
Should we only create the external sd/clockworkmod/backsup folder?Or will it be there already when we install cwm?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] rosemolr:
Regarding folder

it will be created when u instal CWM.you need not create a folder seperately
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Punman1989:
Clockworkmod folder is there.But no backup folder in it.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] bluesky747:
Same issue with me, and my clockworkmod folder is in sd card instead of external_sd. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Punman1989:
Also swipe function in keypad seems to be missing??:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] selva.simple:
Backup Folder will be created only if u do a nandroid backup (CWM Backup). If not, you can create a Backup folder and place the ICS recovery zip and do a restore via CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandrus1983:
You can get it here:

http://beta.swype.com/
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] samghosla:
itssssss ;ooking great awesme sgr now..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
delete the image buddy. dont post such a long thread..;)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandrus1983:
Plz dont quote the whole thread, edit your post and cut it !!

:good:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] dima.bespalov.s:
ROM

I flash frankinstain rom. it is cool!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
I have done already and again now at stock rom..there is few bugs in that ROM.:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Punman1989:
I mean stock swype.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandanbs:
@cooleagle.. :good: :good: :good:

Thanks a million for putting the exhaustive Warning/Caution of "wiping data/factory reset" on ICS rom in your OP with all scenarios.

I was just wondering, if this emmc brick issue would be sorted out once we get an official ICS rom by Sammy ??? with the new bootloader and other stuffs..?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] selva.simple:
I dont think so buddy. In none of the ICS ROM released for other devices, the EMMC erase cap is disabled in the stock kernel. But one thing is that, once we get the sources for the kernel, we can make custom kernel with EMMC erase cap disabled. It will reduce the chance of device being bricked. :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandanbs:
Thanks selva.. I think this ICS rom is kinda lab experiment from SSC?? maybe a test build to test the emmc functionality.. :eek: maybe SSC Sweden were doing some experiments on machram's antique piece.. and given him back with a dangerous rom flashed.. :laugh:

I'm just wondering if i should go back to neo rom...:confused: or stock ZSLE6..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] selva.simple:
Even thats risky buddy with MJ has bricked his device when trying to downgrade to GB. I dont say it will cause brick, but there are chances of getting bricked with this version of ICS to downgrade. So i prefer u to stay in this ICS leak till we get the original release of ICS.:fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] RobbyRobbb:
This doesn't work for me. Still refuses to install.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] selva.simple:
Then try this method of rooting buddy - Root ICS
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] sakiv_19:
Confused about method

Confused about the method:-

The method provided in forum.

Flash CWM from the Galaxy R Dev Section. (Skip if you already have CWM)

Make a backup of your current system using CWM. Boot into CWM => Select Backup and Restore => Make a backup of your current system.

Clear the cache & dalvik cache.

(Optional but recommended)Factory reset your SGR to avoid any problems related to incompatible apps & Force closing of apps.

Extract the RAR archive using WinRAR / 7 Zip & copy the extracted files into the external memory card in the following directory:

Code:

/sdcard/external_sd/clockworkmod/backup/

Boot into CWM recovery & go to Advanced => Unmount system => Mount system.

In CWM => Select Backup and Restore => Restore the ICS 4.0.4 CWM files.

Questions:-

1. The options in CWM are "wipe data/factory reset" & "wipe cache partition". Do we need to do the both?

2. What does "clear the cache & dalvil cache" means. Is it same as "wipe cache partition"?

3. Do i really need to Unmount and mount system?

4. I have galaxy R running on 2.3.5 with default kernel. So can i follow the same procedure.

5. Will my contacts and messages be intact or i have restore it using kies. Not concerned about apps.

Following warning has caused confusion if i have to " wipe cache & data" before restoring ICS 4 as warning says "If you're already on ICS / want to flash ICS ".

CAUTION ! There are unconfirmed reports of two users being affected by a faulty eMMC brickbug. You can flash ICS but there's always a risk of you having a faulty emmc chip. If you're already on ICS / want to flash ICS then just DO NOT perform the following operations after flashing ICS 4.0.4:

Wipe data / cache using CWM / TWRP

Factory reset your mobile after flashing ICS 4.0.4

Resoring a Nandroid backup / Deleting large files while using ICS 4.0.4 kernel.

Any other operation which could invoke recovery to wipe cache / dalvik cache / any other [/data] partition related operation.

Please somebody help
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] selva.simple:
1. Doing factory reset actually clears your cache too. But there is no harm in doing both. Do Wipe cache and do Wipe data (being in GB.)

2. Clear the cache is wiping the cache partition. Clear Dalvik cache (you can find it in Advanced option of CWM recovery). This actually clears the cache generated by Dalvik while the system boots. This cache is used by ur phone so that booting will be done quicker. When u r changing ur ROM or upgrading, u shud clear the Dalvik cache so that the system will build a new Dalvik cache with the new system files.

3. Its not u have to do Unmount and Mount. You have to do a Mount System before flashing any firmwares.

4. Yes u can follow the same procedure.

5. Your contacts and messages will be cleared (as v are doing wipe data in GB). So take a backup of those stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] sakiv_19:
ICS backup not showing in CWM

When i enter CWM backup and restore.....it does not show ICS backup which i had copied in my sdcard as well as phone. It only shows the the recent backup which i had taken before Factory reset of my phone. :(
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandrus1983:
Have you paste the folder or zip ???

paste the folder and not the zip file in BACKUP folder
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] igorer:
Took me few hours to think it all thure :confused:, but at the end it was all OK.

Thank YOU :highfive::):good:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] sakiv_19:
i was expecting this question, i should have mentioned that i had extracted the rar file and then copied to SDcard and phone. That folder has 5 files. I had copied the folder which was name 2012-08-16. I guess, since my recent CWM backup was latest and named 2012-08-20, it didnt show ICS folder. Tried 2 times but it failed to show ICS backup to restore. I just displayed only my recent backup

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Just to add, i havent rooted my phone. I dont think its mandate to have phone rooted

And why this captcha are damn difficult to figure out :p
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] sk8er_boi47:
No word from Samsung about the official ICS update yet right ? Is it time to give up hope ? :(
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Indha Lezzio:
Consider all of us like unofficial Samsung r ics testers

Enviado desde mi GT-I9103 usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
Have patience...if a leaked ver is out....why wld sammy nt release an official...

Where d leaked ver is giving better results....

Consider this some beta or some final beta release...

Also..aug is d month of update stated by samny german
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] abhijitv92:
I am really enjoying the ics experience on the leaked rom..

Samsung should release the official rom at the earliest..

Was thinking what is the difference between ics and gb boot loader we have all installed the leaked rom by recovering the cwm image on the gb bootloader is it likely to cause any problems if sammy does not release ics officialy also should we not start sending them messages again on various social networking sites to release the update at the earliest???
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
Yes we shld...bt since aug being the month of update..we shld few more days...

Also samsung captivate glide is also pending on their list..

Hold down buddy...once aug is finished...we wld definately gear up..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] abhijitv92:
www.intomobile.com/2012/08/20/samsung-galaxy-r-i9103-gets-ice-cream-sandwich-sweden/

Guys found the above link it says that ics is released in Sweden and local people have to go to service center to receive it

the build we have received is it final from Samsung or was it really a leak???
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
It says

The author here is not aware..what it is ?? i think machram should ask the ssc people, is it final build which he got or some test build ??

EDIT

PMed machram
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tidus900:
ICS

I got MD5 mismatch! what should i do when i restore ics. thanks. 2012-08-16.20.07.20.7z.001 and 2012-08-16.20.07.20.7z.002 i have this two files and put on folder ICS and restore it. got md5 mismatch. please what should i do?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Kadaash:
try redownloading/recopying the build ...

I also got the same error because while copying the build from my computer to the external card, it wasnt properly copied somehow, so i deleted the build from the card and again copied from my computer and it worked :D

If it doesnt sove your problem then you have to redownload the build
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] ashvyas:
It might be possible that sammy deliberately left test ICS ROM to his mobile and getting a free testing on many devices from meny contries ;) by just watching this foram :D
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] karthik050782:
Check the size of the zip files(from download site, from ur computer and from ur phone) if something is not matching then do the process again..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] piotridzikowski:
Hello.

I have updated my galaxy r to ics.

It went without problems.

The only thing i have problems with is power button.

When long press it just turns off without any popup.

Another thing is that screen lock doesn't work.

when pressing power button it turns off the display, but when pressing again it goes back to previous screen. Without any lock.

Regards

Piotr

ps. how can I install newer version of touchwiz? is it possible?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
Check the below link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1838016
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] yer0:
What about the bug that has to do with the update of the colurs in the battery status bar (it only was updated if you go to the settings->phonestatus)? Has it been corrected in this rom?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] sanjay.aghara:
Good news guys...

http://opensource.samsung.com got entry for GT-I9103 ICS.

But file name is with GT-I9003_ICS_Opensource_Update2.zip

Don't know if it is a file name mistake...:o
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
It's not a mistake! GT-I9003 is Galaxy S LCD. FYI: There won't be any open source release unless Samsung releases an Official KIES/OTA update.

Hope we receive it soon.:fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] sanjay.aghara:
They kept it in the row of GT-I9103 :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] selva.simple:
Yeah. Either they might have put I9003 in wrong folder or wrongly named I9103's zip file. Here is the screenie for ur reference.:p
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] karthik050782:
Now they have changed the name to i9103... Time for developers to check...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Yup...thats affirmative! But how can they release the source before any official firmware? Can a dev check?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] sanjay.aghara:
Looks like they saw my post :p

Hopefully there will be KIES update also...

Or they just released source after getting tired of fixing bugs themselves... :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] selva.simple:
I actually enquired about the mistake buddy and they changed now. Please see the mail from them.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] CallMeVentus:
I know SII and Note's sources still had the eMMC bug until Update4.....I'll check the sources probably tomorrow or later

"Friends forever." - Ventus
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] abhijitv92:
So the sources are released finally??

Has anyone checked??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] UnknownzD:
This is because the src code of our kernel is almost the same as the galaxy tab 10.1 one. They are both based on the nvidia tegra 2 linux kernel 3.1.10 src code.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Yes it has been released. 183MB of file.. cann't download in the office. please buddies, you people can do it..try it..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
@UnknownzD: Have u downloaded the source already? Is it genuine? I mean is it ICS for our device? If yes, Can we create a ODIN flashable package out of it? Or will it only be useful for devs?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
yes check the subject line of file. Its mentioned ICS..:cowboy:

GT-I9103_ICS_Opensource_Update2.zip
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] xlm13x:
Are those resources are enough to make a kernel without emmc cap?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] CallMeVentus:
I'll try touching the source tomorrow then make the relevant changes

"Friends forever." - Ventus
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] IamSam21:
Great news... WOW

We will have official ICS for our Galaxy R soon...:good:

Me too downloading source...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] CallMeVentus:
I can only hope it has the same code as the Note/SII ones.....otherwise it's a little hard yeah ?

"Friends forever." - Ventus
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] ashvyas:
sorry for silly questions :p , but could you please explain me :

what does it mean for an layman, if Samsung has released source code of ICS for I9103 ? :confused:

does that mean anyone can upgrade to ICS with this code without root? :confused:

also does that mean official ICS update ( via OTA or Kies ) will be rolling out very soon ?? :D

also does this source code apply for all countries ? :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] coldbeermt:
You could download quickly the ICS sources from here (I download it right now) :fingers-crossed:

If doesn't work, just wait 5 minutes so it finish to upload ;)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] xlm13x:
u should read this first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
+1 to that. Very specific yet common questions! Answers to these questions should clear up a lot of confusion.

From what I understand, this source code cannot be directly flashed i.e. ROOT or not, users cannot upgrade to ICS using this directly, for a simple reason that this is raw human readable code.

This code needs to be compiled to machine readable form before it can be flashed as a package using ODIN or other flashing tools. This process of compilation can only be done by developers who often add their own customizations and tweaks before hand.

So AFAIK, this source code does not mean much to the layman unless a developer makes something meaningful out of it("a flashable zip containing compiled code").

About the OTA update, that is entirely upto SAMSUNG as to when they want to release it. They wont release it unless they are done with testing phase. We can only hope that this phase does not last long!

Ideally the source code does not include country specific info like specific baseband, making it universal!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
ICS is final product and Source code is like program buddy, If source code is available it will be easy to our developers to modify it or tweak it..

Eg: Window 7 is build on the .net (I am not sure taking it just for explaining) if we want to add more features to Windows 7 or remove the existing features from Win 7 its not possible because source code is not available for Win 7..

Hope you understood it ;)..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
Just the latest reply from samsung sweeden on fb...

even after the leaked version, they still have no info...i mean WTF it is ??? :confused::confused::confused:

http://www.facebook.com/samsungsverige/posts/425446947505393?notif_t=feed_comment