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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnotes2019:
Does anyone know how much an out of warranty repair on a note 2 be for either replacing the EMMC chip or main board? Thanks for your help !!

And is it samsung policy that if it's found to be rooted it cannot be touched by samsung for even an out of warranty repair ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaBountyHunter:
Took my Note 2 (had since March 2013) to Samsung repair center... definitely SDS as in download it doesnt show the product name. Well annoying as it shows custom they don't want to touch the phone. Quite annoyed as I've been running stock on this phone and haven't touched anything else. Not sure what to do? O2 said they'll take it back to repair but worried samsung will just say the same thing to them and I'll have to pay grrr!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anonymous-Guy:
Samsung Policy

As long as you rooted your phone:

They will still repair for you , charge you very expensive , void your warranty.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unlocked01:
Cheaper way would be to replace the motherboard. PM me if anyone is interested. I may have a few coming my way.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackpanther2209:
Gonna check mine too...

Thanks for the info.

send using kinahoy rom...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecka6:
I feel like I'm going to lose my mind.

I've contacted Samsung twice about getting the eMMC chip replaced. Both times they've sent it to a third party repair centre, and both times it's come back still faulty. I got it back yesterday after it was away for EIGHT WEEKS being repaired. They sent back a note saying that I had too many apps which is why it was freezing. Unbelievable, I just don't even know what to do now to get it fixed. :( :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SugarBumblebutt:
just had a VTU00M 0xf7 suffer SDS (the half kind, no recovery, no product name, PIT error etc.) too. It was updated immidiately to 4.1.2 on purchase, and subsequently to 4.3.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
kinda strange, 0fx7 is in theory safe. Probably a different bug. did this happen randomly or while flashing something?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SugarBumblebutt:
randomly, it did suffer intermittent freezes and reboots, until one fine day it just rebooted itself into the ODIN mode with the SDS symptoms (product name blank, system status custom)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
AFAIK the phone just stays without connection,it should not reboot to download mode. I recommend you to write your problem into Q&A sections since it doesn't seem a common SDS and it is not in the xip supposed to be affected
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acedeejay:
this is exactly whats happening with me

hey SugarBumblebutt did u find any solution?:crying:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalehua4791:
sprint note 2 with sds

hello

what did you do to remedy that situation as I have just come across this problem in the last two days with my wifes sprint galaxy note 2

any help would be appreciated......

k
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SugarBumblebutt:
unfortunately, all I could do was sell it off since the cost of the board replacement was'nt worth the risk of geeting another faulty eMMC again.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johnny909:
SDS?

I have had my Note 2 since Nov 2012. Some hic-ups along the way, but nothing major. My Note 2 is the AT&T type, and it is stock, updated to Android 4.3.

This afternoon it froze, although the screen did not black out. Could not make the phone do anything, including would not turn off. Did battery pull and a restart. The phone restarted properly, and worked for about 30 seconds, then refroze.

Restarted in SAFE mode, and then went in and deleted all my free games to see if something was causing the problem. (just before the freeze was playing a free game call "hill climb").

While in SAFE mode I downloaded eMMC bug app. The app downloaded and I could see in on the app manager. But, no icon and could not open the app. Then, restarted the phone in regular mode, and it worked for a little while. Accessed eMMC and it is said that the phone did not have the insane chip. Then another freeze.

The phone woks okay in SAFE mode, can make calls and do text messages. Most apps are hidden. Due to the sudden freeze I could not check to see if VTU00m or 0xf1 was present.

Does it appear that my phone has SDS, and if so, is there a cure?

Thank you for your assistance with this.

John.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mubeenshahid:
I dont think ur phone has SDS.SDS cant be fixed.Atleast your phone is working
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johnny909:
About the only thing I know what to do is a Factory Reset. Do you think that might solve the problem? I do appreciate your assistance with this.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mubeenshahid:
Yes do try a factory reset .That might solve freezing problem
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johnny909:
Yes, did the factory reset and everything is now working a-okay. The phone seems to be running faster too, but that may or may not be the situation.

Thank you for your assistance.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevins01109:
SDS

my note 2 GT-N7100 have VTU00M Fwrev : 0xf7. is it effect of SDS?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zendeavesta:
Help please!!!!

Hey all ....I have the below stated error on any stock rom that i try to flash..

Can someone please guide me if there is any way around this..

And if this is a case of sds...

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> N7100XXALIE_N7100ODDALI9_N7100DDALI9_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> system.img

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> boot.img

<ID:0/004> cache.img

<ID:0/004> hidden.img

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mephike:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=hu
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2be3_80:
Hello everyone,

I have option to buy used note 2 for about 250$ with 6 month Samsung warranty left (it is from November 2012), but unfortunately it has got insane chip Fw rev. 0xf1. I plan to use it for at least 2 years.

It was in service in January 2014 - it was freezing lot of times - they replaced camera and updated software.

I think it was SDS symptome, but it's my assumption only.

I would be glad if someone could give me an opinion: if that is worth buying or this phone WILL die because of SDS and this is only matter of time?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonna:
I suggest you not to buy Note 2. Because SDS wasn't completely fixed by Android jelly bean(now Kitkat update) so when it will die it only matter of time. And for this price you have much better option without any SDS is Moto G or cheaper device Moto E.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
in fact If they cleaned the EMMC memory when they updated the software you should be safe (mine has the chip and never had any problem as long as I updated after a week of purchasing it. but just in case of I were you I'll not buy it.

aka_sirok
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2be3_80:
Thanks

I haven't bought it
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viewer2008:
Do I have SDS

I have two note 2 (N7105T)

Both Note 2 showing

emmc type MAG4FB

FwRev:0xf7

Doest these devices have it? :confused:

If so I am underwarranty how to cause it early so chip can be replaced under warranty.

Thanks please help
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
since it is not the chip you should be safe

best

aka_sirok
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gemtin92:
Hi guys,

is this problem still existing? I have 0xf1 chip in my note 2 and im running Ditto rom 4.4.2 with Agni kernel.

Do I have to worry about SDS? What can I do to prevent this bug?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
It does exist yet, unfortunately there's nothing to do with it; the problem is in the chip and since we cannot flash a chip we cannot revert it. You should be safe if your phone was flashed fast to a rom higher than 4.1.2 dlk7 or if it was already in that range from dlk7 to 4.4.2 and has not been corrupted in that period between "safe" and "unsafe". However, it is not 100% sure that the problem will not happen; I've seen several cases in this thread about problems with people that had a version higher than 4.1.2.

So to conclude there's no possibility to be sure about it but if you have updated it is quite difficult.

best

aka_sirok
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naeem76:
My friend has a Note 2 that has been purchased more than a year ago, and it wasn't updated, it was stock 4.1.2, I had never heard of this SDS before sadly, anyways few days before it started experiencing random reboots, so I rooted it and updated to a custom ROM Ditto Note, to see if 4.4 fixes the problems, and the problems persisted so I realised its a hardware problem, and after researching found this SDS.

Now is there anyway to fix it? Or do I have to send it to Samsung? There is no warranty anymore
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc6500uk:
SDS is as the name implies "Sudden" and is characterised by a sudden failure of the phone rather than random crashes/reboots. It does not sound like the phone has SDS. As you have rooted the phone, the best course of action would be to use Titanium to backup all the apps and other utils to save old sms messages etc and then flash a stock rom to start with a clean slate.

If you find my post useful, a click on the 'thanks' is appreciated.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naeem76:
I cleaned it and put on a custom ROM, will try with a stock ROM and return, and what do you think is the reason for these random freezes? They have no correlation, it started suddenly and happens anytime while using the phone, and it has to be rebooted.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc6500uk:
It may well be a hardware problem but not SDS. I assume the battery is OK and holds its charge well. If the battery is OK and you still have problems even with a stock rom then you may have to send it to a Samsung repair centre. They will probably just replace the main pcb and charge you around 100 UKP if not under warranty.

If you find my post useful, a click on the 'thanks' is appreciated.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
I have to disagree; even though the "issue" is called Sudden death, there are quite a lot of posts mentioning problems of random freezes and reboots before the "Death" of the phone. You should consider running the memory test that the app "Emmc bricknug check" has. It will identify if there is a problem in your chip and it may reduce the freezes since other users have reported that, sometimes, the test has this "ability".
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naeem76:
Sadly the stock 4.4 ROM causes even more freezes, can not even use it for one minute. My battery is OK and holds charge well.

I would rather buy another phone then, since a PCB is charged a lot here, my previous S2's pcb change cost around 275 in US dollars.

Sigh its just been 1 and a half years I think that this phone was bought ( and it was on 4.1.2 all this time) , and I was the one who recommended it.

I ran the memory test, and astonishingly there were no errors, weird.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
not everyone agree in the reliability of the test but in fact it should be right. If, as you said, the phone was on 4.1.2 when you bought it (suposing that it was higher or equal to dlk7 base) and it has passed the test, it may be another hardware problem or a internal sdcard problem... maybe try to save your files into your pc and format both sdcard then flash another rom and try.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naeem76:
I tried the memory check on 4.4 though on a custom ROM, I had flashed it earlier to try to solve the freezing, but only after did I learn about this SDS.

I have removed my SD Card, and completely from my Internal memory, still it persists, I flashed 4.4 with ODIN though.

Now I'm going to flash 4.3 with Odin, and then upgrade via KIES if that helps anything

I might even try another custom ROM, i tried Ditto Note, the problems were less in that, but nevertheless it was there, is there any other good custom ROM?

Thank you for you help!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scionmessenger:
sds

OK, so phone starts locking up on music player, I pulled the battery, and put it back in , stuck in boot loop. Never been rooted, stock image. Try to load into recovery, it says my E: drive is not there. Try to ODIN into it to factory restore image, hardbrick. Send it off to mobiletechvideos.com for 50 bucks to fix, and they said it was my EMMC, and it was going to be 150 to fix. I went ahead and did it because I only paid 150 for the phone, so with the 150 charge to fix, thats still around the standard price to buy one of these used. I was super pissed though. Never even heard of SDS on these, but my symptoms, IE the E partition saying it was not there definitely puts it in the SDS category. Haven't got it back yet, but if all is good, mobiletechvideos seems to be one of the cheaper places. I am an electronics engineer, and I replace chips all day long. Honestly , the repair price should not be 150, more like 50 bucks for labor, and the 13 dollars for the EMMC, but I don't have any of the tools to program so oh well.

Ill repost an update later
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
I'm using phantom but in fact there shouldn't be any problem like that in any ROM. It seems a hardware problem then. Try a rom without a lot of ram comsumption and see what happen.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naeem76:
Just flashed stock 4.3, and its working good until now, weird stuff this
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naeem76:
The phone is now on stock 4.3, and when I try to update via KIES, it says firmware up to date lol

There is 4.4 on sammobile though, is my KIES drunk :|
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
I agree totally
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatty:
I think I am suffering from a similar issue. The bad chip tested said there was nothing wrong with my chip. However, my phone will freeze every chance it gets, which is annoying. On top of that, I have to connect it to a power source to boot it back up. My sim card does not work and turning data off and on turns off the phone.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
Try to make a factory reset or flash the firmware again. As long as your chip is not affected you should be safe and that will make the phone run smoothly.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatty:
Won't I have to go back to stock? I'm running CM11 and don't want to go back to touchwiz.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
if you are in CM11 its normal that it has freezes and so. Try to reflash CM11, maybe it'll help somehow.

best

aka_sirok
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NVM5282:
guys i went very worried now :( after i read this . i installed the app and here what i got : check attachments

does this mean i'm safe? please some one answer asap cuz now i'm very very worried :( :( :( :crying::crying:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonna:
Yes,sane means you're safe. :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NVM5282:
thanks you sir . now i can sleep well :) :) :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluepi:
I had the sane chip in my second note 2 which died a few days ago. Checked a txt message, put the phone back on the table, picked it up a few minuets latter and it was dead.

Sent it of to samsung who have replaced the motherboard, memory chip and SD card holder.

My first N7100 just died on the charger, but it was within 6 months so I just demanded a new phone. Getting a bit sick of this.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
can you provide a few more detail about your chip? mfd etc?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluepi:
Sorry... I dont have that info. I should get my phone back on Monday/Tuesday But I guess it will have all changed now.

I did run the SDS app on my phone after the first one died so I do know it was the sane chip. I have to say I am surprised at how much they had to replace. But they did say that the board can take other parts out.

I was rooted and running c-rom for several months.

I was going to get the note 4 but now I am not sure...However Samsung's 2 year warranty is good to have...but had they been able to switch it on, would they have still honoured it?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antoinefinch:
Note 2 no power

My wife's note 2 SCH-I605 (Verizon) wanted to turn the side to side motion feature on, I allowed the feature then her screen dimmed then went off, When I pushed the power button to turn screen back on nothing? It had been getting hot near the motion sensor so I replaced with a new one(before the shut off happened) everything was going fine, But it shutoff like I said earlier and won't come back on. I can't enter any mode as it wont come on its unresponsive. I have just purchased two OEM batteries and still nothing, Have a OEM charger new still nothing? When I hook it up to the Computer or charger nothing no battery icon or LCD light? The SKU is SCHI605ZWV if that helps. All I want is someone to point me in the right direction whether its a motherboard replacement or what ever? Can I ask would a bad power button stop it from charging or showing the battery icon when charging? Can a bad USB charging port stop it from turning on? Need a list of possible things that would stop all functions from working and not turning on? Its not rooted have the official 4.4.2 update from Verizon. :crying:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.LOVER:
mine is

Type: VTU00M

FwRev: 0xf7

and im new in note 2 customizations, so after installing custom rom Omni and agni cm latest kernel with settings "Battery Save" main agni profile, my phone sometimes shut suddenly (as if you pull out battery), am i infected of this bug or something else is wrong with my phone?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darshana4it:
Is FwRev : 0xf7 safe?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optimusPRIME:
VTU00M

0×f1 are Affected,but

if u r on latest 4.3/4.4.2 Rom then you are safe.& don't worry about it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
From where did you get this info?

As far as I am looking through the thread and Xda site 0xf7 is 100% safe and contains sane chip
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optimusPRIME:
Corrected my post.

I mean 0×f1 are affected.

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TIGER 123:
hi guys i have a note n7100 died on me last week just went to boot screen while i was driving i didnt have it rooted was using stock 4.4.2 in uk it just kept bootlooping so went to recovery done a factory reset didnt work so tried fto root it with odin now it wont turn on at all,gutted only have it 8 months samsung wont cover warranty because the screen is broken,it has been working for the last three months with a broken screen,can the chip be replaced and where can i buy one thanx.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remedya:
You should approach Samsung for a warranty claim. The law is on your side. If you have to spend money then put it towards a non-Samsung device like the OnePlus One.

Its now 20 months since I had a main board replacement (sane chip) on my 7100 (UK model) and its still running OK.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TIGER 123:
bought a cubot s308 waiting on it getting delivered it will do for now contract up for renewal in june ,it will do until then ,cheap alternative for now 85 quid ffor 2GB of ram 16 GB memory .seems ok there is a couple of reviews on youtube and on xda where did you buy your emmc chip from and how much was it
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proioxis:
So my Note II died today, it was a Verizon SCH-I605 with Jedi X13 on it.

I started noticing the occasional reboot, apps crashing and randomly turning off, but yesterday evening it would not boot up anymore. As if it had deleted its OS.

It does turn on now and again if I'm lucky, I managed to get into TWPR and flash Jedi X20 hoping that would fix it, but now it simply does not turn on anymore after selecting to reboot the phone after installation.

I only read up on this problem today, and it seems like I was one of the people with this chip.

I didn't manage to back up any data, and lost a few photo's and some documents...

What phone should I get? Anything is better than my current HTC Desire S, haha :D

Looking at S5's because my Note II is really dead..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiFIL:
Ahh i see and now you are not infected right? i was definite on getting this phone until i read this thread, i am a bit weary now, i thought they would have resolved such problems by now, i mean this existed in the 2011 Galaxy S2 GTI9100, which is appalling that they haven't fixed it by now. I am torn between this device and the xperia Z, ahhhh decisions decisions!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotham78:
Hi. I have device with the bug. I am very comfused about the roms, kernels and patches. Please give me a solution for me. I have galaxy note2 with this info (photo).

Its solved the bug or I must do something more? PLEASE tell me the steps and not to read and search the forum because I dont know very good english.

Ps1. Can I have unrooted phone with original rom and waranty and the bug fixed?

Ps2. With this rom and kernel i have now, I think is back one problem I had in my last galaxy s3. The sound of camera capture sucks. You think It is true or is in my mind?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] owl74:
That kernel has the fix. There is a mod to enable/disable sound of camera. Search for "hidden csc"
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiFIL:
Ahh very sorry to hear that :/! I think there is a fix by samsung but as far as i know it's not the "Full Solution" to the problem. You just have to stay on kernels such as Philz kernel that have erased the command that could brick your device, so in other words stay with kernels that have fixed the SDS and Brickbug, but if you flash a kernel that doesn't fix this, you may perhaps brick your device, my best advice to you would be to stay stock and unrooted because your phone could die at any moment and they may tell you that you flashed different customs roms ect (they would do anything just to save themselfs fixing your phone). I remember when i had the galaxy s2, i had the brickbug and my phone died on me and i sent it to factory and they didn't even fix it, instead they made up some story about how i flashed custom firmware on the device.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mumiamuma:
Omega v11 have the SDS fix?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotham78:
Now i am comfused again Owl74 said its ok and xifil not. Because I have the bug is sure my phone will die? Its any percent to not die?

PS. the sound of camera I said, I didnt mean the shutter sound. I mean when I capture a video the whole sound of video, dont have a good quality.