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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baazavtaar:
Format/re-partition internal storage

Hi Guys,

My Samsung Note II is showing an internal memory of only 10Gb, whereas it should be around 16 Gb. Please see attached pic of Diskusage. I would have thought the ROM takes up considerable memory, but there is 'System data' worth 5 Gb already.

From what I understand, formatting the internal storage or re-partitioning it would restore the lost memory. There is an option in recovery which shows format /data, but I don't know if that's safe to do. I haven't found a concrete step-by-step solution to this across forums, can somebody guide me how to do this. Or am I missing something here? I am running PA 4.6.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaywonderboy:
Freezing Phone

Hi!

I'm totally a noob! Can you please help me?

My device is a note 2 GT-N7100. I have it since 2 years.

It was N7100XXDLK7, and I did an upload to JZO54K.N7100XXDLL7 like quite 22 months ago (android 4.1.2).

I sure have the faulty eMMC VTU00M FwRev 0xf1...

I can say with what I found on the web, that apparently, with 4.1.2, my phone is safe from SDS.

Everything was going allright for these 2 years, but since 3 days my phone is insane: it freezes whatever app is used, sometimes after a reboot without touching anything, sometimes on a internet page, on SMS, on anything. Sometime it freezes and defreezes after a while, sometimes it doesn't and the screen is staying on indefinitively, the home and back and power button don't work, sometimes only the power button if pressed for a while is shutting down the phone. Sometimes I have to remove the battery. Sometimes the phone shuts down by himself and when I turn it on it's on the pin code page... All of this like 10 times a day or more if I try to use it.

The samsung kies offers me to upload to the PDA:MK9 / PHONE:MJ9 / CSC:MK1 (BOG) (actual: PDA:LL7 / PHONE:LK7 / CSC:MA1 (BOG)) but I don't know what android version it is.

What should I do?

Upload to that version? is it safe? will that solve my problem?

Or try to do something via Odin with an older version like XXDMC3?

Why is this problem appearing now? do you think it's a technical problem? My phone has a outter screen shattered since march but it worked pretty well since, and it fell again like 10-15 days ago, without any problems, until freezing 3 days ago.

Thank you

PS: tell me if you need more information
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemar66:
K

First think is .....are u still in warranty?

you wanna root your device and become superuser? mean you can do everything u want....without permission of Samsung?

If u are still in 4.1.2 and u care about warranty.......the way is root.....put good recovery....an install a bootloader can let u return back in. official status (MJ5 bootloader) IF U MIND warranty. with this bootloader you can FLASH new rom ( KETAN is the best i think) BUT you cannot charge ur mobile when is off ( not is a problem....it restart).

OR.....u can follow The upgrade of samsung-

Try to connect with KIES for now...let it recognice ur device...and look good the real status of upgrade.....Regards
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
All OK now mate? Also network? Otherwise try to change modem only. I was using Hurricane Modem Changer for that, Aroma installer, very easy.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edong23:
yes buddy its ok now. network and data are perfectly working.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lajkonik3000:
A very kind request for urgent help

Dear Sirs,

I have used Jedi Roms for years now and love it. You guys do a fantastic job and please- never stop rocking!

however I am in trouble I can not sort out myself therefore asking you for help...

I have a Note 2 in which I have uploaded Jedi X2 Master. The phone is unlocked and of course rooted. My locale is AU and language is English UK.

Recently I put a Vodafone AU prepaid simcard in it. In order to acess internet Voda wants me to dial *555#. When I dial that access code the screen shows Korean (and I can not understand that at all). All other functions such as talk, txt etc work without problem.

Can you please help me what to do to change dialpad replies back to English?

To see the pictures from dialpad please PM for a link to box.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Kind regards,

Ro
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiftymccool:
Hi Ravi,

Thanks again for your reply,

I'm aware of the standard procedure for flashing ROMs via ODIN. My problem is that this standard procedure is not working for me. My PC will not detect my Note in download mode. I was hoping that there was a non-standard procedure that I wasn't aware of, hopefully involving the external SD card, which seems to be the only way to gain access to my phone at the moment.

I am really hoping to not have to buy a new phone since I know that there is a working install of Android on the device if I could just make it stop trying to boot to TWRP instead of Android. Any advice that helps fix my phone would be greatly appreciated and could earn you a free beer!

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grtbhl:
Well can't think of anything else at this time.

I am familiar with flashing bootloaders for htc phones when you place a file named pmg581.img (or similar) on the root of the sd card which the phone auto detects and flashes but don't know if it works for the samsung phones.

Just some advice which you may have already followed-

Don't use a usb 3.0 port. Use a standard usb 2.0 port directly connected to the motherboard. No hubs or front cabinet ports too.

Swap your usb cable with a different one.

Use a different computer. Uninstall samsung kies.

Uninstall (not disable) any antivirus software that could be causing problems.

Double check your usb driver installation in windows by going to device manager and see that there are no devices listed with yellow exclamation marks under the usb controllers tree.

Make sure all your motherboard drivers are installed properly.

Run ODIN as administrator in windows by right click and select RUN as administrator inthe context menu.

Reboot after making all changes.

Just read somewhere that at a particular time when the phone is booting, you have to fire up adb on your pc and push the files to the phone in such cases. Was a cyanogenmod thread perhaps. I will try to search it for you but can't say for sure if I will be able to find it now.

As far as my knowledge goes, it is really a very very basic mode of the phone which must work in all cases. There is a 99.99% chance that you have a bad configuration which needs to be fixed.

Just a slim chance that your usb port on the phone has gone bad. Are you able charge the battery properly? I know it is tough to say that because the phone is not booting so how can one know?

Yes, Pray to God that it starts working :D Just worked for me many times. Believe me!!

Ravi.

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Is it possible that you have flashed recovery for another type of Note 2 (like N7100)? Another two ideas: is the latest Samsung Mobile USB driver installed properly on your PC? Is Kies installed on your PC and if yes, did you kill all Kies processes by Task manager?

tetakpatalked from P5110
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiftymccool:
Hi tetakpatak,

Anything is possible, but I'm usually triple careful every time I flash anything, especially recovery. I've tried a few versions of the USB driver but I'm currently running 1.5.14.0. I had Kies installed at one time (during troubleshooting this issue), but I've since removed it. The main problem I seem to be having is that no matter what PC or OS I use it just doesn't recognize that the phone has been attached (not just ODIN, ADB, etc... The OS doesn't even show "unrecognized device" or anything similar). It's like the phone isn't enabling the USB port in download mode.

The mistake I made was, apparently, to select "reboot to recovery" from the power menu. This obviously sets some flag somewhere to tell the phone to continue to attempt to boot into recovery even after it's failed. Is there any way to reset this flag, or some key combo to tell it to boot normally? Is there some file I can put on the external SD (I have no access to internal SD) to flash new recovery or bypass booting to recovery?

I've always assumed that if you could get your phone to download mode, all could be corrected... this situation has certainly disillusioned me.

Thanks for all of the ideas guys, I hope you have more because I'm fresh out.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Hey, mate- that driver is quite old :) I'm not sure if it supports your phone. Here is newer one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=56123981

Regarding other settings: make sure that USB debugging is enabled under developer options and choose under USB connection the option "MTP device".

tetakpatalked from P5110
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grtbhl:
How can he do it when he can't even get to boot it properly?

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grtbhl:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660596

Head over to section Chapter 3 Using ADB as solution

See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2426426

Ravi.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
He needs to flash with Odin... no-go without driver.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
(bricked) GT-N7100

i hope someone can help me with this...

Last night my note 2 restarted by itself and got stuck on the Samsung logo. ive flashed a new firmware with Odin and it succeed.

now when i want to go to recovery mode it shows the teamwin.img and thats it... it wont go to the recovery mode. ive flashed a new recovery package/rom and it shows succeed as well but still cant go to recovery mode. only teamwin logo.

i really appriciate all help..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
There are several models of Note 2. Are you absolutely sure to have flashed the right files?

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhanmohan:
i flashed stock 4.4.2 on my indian note 2..after flashing its showing not resisteed to network..everything is fine.. imei also there but no calls or data..help me please..urgently..thamks in advance
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
yeah i am sure i have flashed the right files. i even tried it from sammobile. i have tried KIES as well but still cant get into the recovery mode...

Odin says that it succeeded so thats why i find it weird.

This is what i flashed through Odin: N7100XXUFNE1_N7100PHNFNE1_N7100XXUFND3_HOME.tar.md5

i have searched for some fixes on this website but i don't wanna do anything stupid or mess up my phone any further. i do know a few things about android but it isn't much :P
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnymulani4u@gmail.com:
just a ques.

As i m a learner i got a note 2 GT-N7105T Vodafone Australia as a gift from my uncle , and i m on android 4.3 & there is no availability of android 4.4.2 for it . so can i flash GT-N7100's Stock rom (India) which i have downloaded from sam mobiles .And yes my phone is rooted and i have flashed TWRP recover by flashify . but i have not bootunlocked it . so can anyone reply to my ques. that can i flash indian gtn7100's stock rom or not ? please
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaywonderboy:
well thanks for your answers, but I found someone on youtube who said that erasing update of the google play app solved the problem.

So I tried that, and it decreased the number of freezing, and if it freezed, a message that there is a bug showed up so I could close the app and send a report, which I couldn't before. No more restart.

Then like 2 days after that, the whole app of Google play disappeared all by itself, and no more freezing or reboot at all... If someone has an explanation... :confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhanmohan:
someone help me with this problem
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tLi0:
there are so many roms for n7100,why no rom for n7102?only offical.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
N7100 = more popular

More popular = more owners

More owners = more development

Look at the S series.

S3 International (i9300) has more Custom roms than it's S3 variants (Neo, LTE, etc) and even it's successors; the S4 and S5.

If Cusroms are important to you, make sure you chose a popular device[emoji6]

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
Can someone help me with this please? i still can go into download mode, so it is soft bricked right?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
No.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

---------- Post added at 10:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------

It sounds to me that it is just a soft brick. It is strange that it has TWRP splash animation, as fkashing a stock FW with Odin should has rewritten all system partitions, also the recovery.

My question was if you for sure own a N7100? If yes, try to flash again that FW with Odin, here just a small checklist:

* make sure all Kies processes are killed with task manager (otherwise it runs in the background and blocks the flashing process)

* run Odin 1.85 or 3.04 or 3.07 as administrator, FW under PDA

* make sure re-partition is unchecked

* run Note2 in DL mode and connect with USB cable

* Odin must now display USB port no and "Added!" in status bar

* if so, you can hit "Start" button and wait several minutes until the FW is installed

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
Okay i am not at home right now, when i am back home i will do what you posted here.

I will let you know if it worked!

Thanks for the help you gave already!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnymulani4u@gmail.com:
Can u please tell me why not ! So that I can get the reason and also tell others not to do this !
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
AMAIK, the hardware of N7100 is bit different. Flashing an incompatible OS can result in hard brick, which would be very pity.

I own myself a N7100 so I wasn't yet interested in N7105x ROMs, but check here, there should be some good KitKat ROMs for LTE variants:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-2/development

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnymulani4u@gmail.com:
Can I flash the dn4 rom ? By team electron ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemar66:
Is only for N7100. Search inside threads a properly rom for your model. Rgrd
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
Okay i have flashed it and it passed again (done it 2 times). when Odin says reset in the top bar, my phone restarts and 30 secs later Odin says passed and my phone is still showing the Samsung GT-N7100 screen.

i took out the battery and restarted my phone. Pressed the key combination, volume up + power button + home button and i it shows the Teamwin splash again, nothing more. i have waited for several minutes but nothing happens.

Mayby an corruption in the recovery from TWRP?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mithundperfect:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6gljhze781d2atj/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-t03g.img.tar?dl=0

Flash this through PC odin and let me know.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
Thanks for your link! i have flashed it and it passed, but it is still the same. i even tried an battery pull after, but no use...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mithundperfect:
Uncheck reboot option while flashing in Odin and reboot manually after flashing. Of it doesn't help flash stock recovery (you'll find this in Dr. Ketan's thread) and then try custom recovery again.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
The internal memory of your device could be corrupted. If so, it would be a hardware bug, it should be replaced.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
damn okay, how can i check if it is really corrupted? it happend suddenly at night. i wasn't busy on my phone when it happend.

so i need to go to an repair store right? Is there no other way to fix it, like erase everything and start from the beginning?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corsicanu:
Did you tried with stock rom flashing to restore partitions and after with custom recovery?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed.Amar:
Hey guys

Im in custom recovery and knox is flagged 1*0

When the lolipop firmware will release can i upgrade with odin ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
If the recovery mode isn't working, it is impossible to format the partitions of /system /cache and /data.

I assume it is likely that the memory isn't working anymore, as flashing with Odin should otherwise have fixed the issue. But not only that OS can not be flashed, also custom recovery didn't install.

Please give me a moment, I will send you within ca 1,5 hours another custom recovery to try with Odin.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
i have not tried that yet, to be honest i don't know how to restore partitions. if someone can explain me how, i will do it right away!

i have downloaded the custom recovery already
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corsicanu:
First of all download stock 4.4.2 fw from www.sammobile.com according to your zone and preferences. Extract the zip and flash .tar.md5 file via odin under pda tab and the partition table will restore by itself.. Don't tick/untick anything in odin options on the left.. After flashing enter stock recovery using same 3 button combo and wipe data/factory reset.. If you still have errors accessing even stock recovery or while wiping data probably your storage is dead.. Try and report. Cheers!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
Ah i see re-partition unmarked in Odin. thats what you meant i think? so i must mark it right?

---------- Post added at 11:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:05 AM ----------

okay mate, i am at home all day now. i have the time :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
You may check re-partition only if you flash the PIT file made for your device and no other (mind that the PIT files differ depending to the internal memory capacity of the device) and only if you flash an entire stock firmware aside PIT file for your device at the same time. Otherwise, a total brick will be result.

I suppose that the risky re-partitioning step isn't necessary, as the partition sizes on the N7100 aren't getting changed by any stock or custom ROM, but it is your decision. I have attached you PIT for N7100 16GB.

I think you should try before that step to flash with Odin for example this PhilZ N7100 recovery on following way:

make sure all Kies processes are killed by the Task Manager

run Odin (version 1.85 or 3.04 or 3.07) as administrator

file of the PhilZ recovery in Odin under PDA

all options unchecked (auto-reboot, re-partition, reset time)

run N7100 into download mode and connect via USB cable

wait until Odin recognizes the device (USB-Port No gets displayed and "Added!" appears in status bar

now hit button "Start", it should take only several seconds until "PASS" will be displayed in upper left bar of Odin

now disconnect USB cable and wait for 30 seconds

now switch off the phone (ignore warning) and run it directly into the recovery mode with 3-button-combo (power & volume up & home)

If it works and PhilZ recovery boots successfully, then you should be able to format all desired partitions within the recovery.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
i have flashed PhilZ and no use :( its still showing the teamwin splash again. its on for several minutes now. i guess i can only try the PIT file you have sent me and hope for the best right?

One more question: i have an stock firmware downloaded from sammobile. So i need to flash that with the PIT file you gave me right?

I am waiting for an answer and then i will give it a try :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
If you own a 16GB model of N7100, yes- try this PIT file. Extract it and choose under PIT in Odin, and choose your stock firmware file under PDA. Options: re-partitition, auto-reboot and auto time reset checked. Other steps like in my previous post (killing Kies, running Odin as admin etc).

If it doesn't work, it could be due to corrupted memory. I think it is worth repairing it, as the device is up to date regarding hardware... and it is the third least radiating phone (SAR value) ever produced!

Good luck, mate! :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
i am having bad luck i think. :( teamwin splash again... Thanks for all the help guys! i guess i need to go to an repair center. Any idea's what it will cost me?

I really like my note 2 and still wanna use it. Is there a way to check if my internal storage really is damaged/broken?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Depends on the service fares in your country. If the flashing was displayed as successful and old splash still appears, it indicates on hardware bug which can not be solved elsewhere than in the service.

You can try as last hope to flash recovery.img with Heimdall in Linux.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cremers33:
I am not familiar with Linux, so that will be hard for me. Thank you very much mate, for all your help and time!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmy-iglesiaz:
usb cable problem

I have galaxy note 2 .. My problem started with low speed charging ,i changed my usb cable with new one with 1.8amp(measured by galaxy charging current) ..it much fast than the other .. After while i had power drain in the battery.. Noticed that my battery is puffed , i bought new one from sumsung and it work great .. My problem is that i am afraid of the new usb cable (1.8) may be the cause of battery is puffed ?!!! *and there is little heat in mobile back when i charge with the new cable , am afraid that cable may harm my new battery .. Do i keep using it or use another low amp cable and that heat is normal or not ?!!!

Help plzzz, and thx for advance .. :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Don't worry: Note 2's standard charger has 2000 mAh, every Li-Ion battery is getting warm during charging process- it is normal.

But in general: charging with about only half power and voiding deep discharging will prolong battery life. Charging process will take longer time, but the battery won't get so warm- that prolongs its life time.

If you wanna leave the phone battery unused for longer time, discharging it to ca 40% capacity and storing it that way is the best thing you can do.

tetakpatalked from the legendary i9000
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmy-iglesiaz:
But in galaxy charging current app the reference 1700 ! Is the reference and maximum is the same ? If they are the same ,then how reference 1700 not 2000 as you said ?!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
1.7 Ah is perfectly fine, mate. Don't worry :)

I wrote about 2 Ah for the charger, but the device regulates it that way, 1700 mAh is perfectly fine.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo