[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jack_frost:
Hi Everyone,

I have been going through all i can find in the forums since the 28th of November, but with no clear answers i am now requesting any help with my situation.

I have with me an International N7100 from Singapore that belongs to a friend. He had given it to someone to upgrade the firmware after which the phone does not start and is stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen

Status of the phone :

- Connecting to charger or USB brings the screen "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & Try Again" with the yellow trianlge and phone on left side and pc on right side logo

- I cannot boot to recovery

- I can boot into download mode

On Odin mode it says:

ODIN MODE

Product Name : GT-N7100

Custom Binary Download : Yes (11counts)

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Official

The phone is succesfully detected on odin.

Odin History so far:

- I am able to successfully flash CWM / TWRP / MJ5BLPatch/ Philz Touch/ Kasha Malaga and any other recoveries. Odin show success - but after flashing, its back to the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" message and does not go further. I have also tried skipping the auto reboot and trying to remove the battery and getting into recovery but it just shows ""Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen.

- I have tried flashing 2 pit files - PIT_N7100_16GB_20121102.zip and t03g_0907.pit but both fail with the error message "There is no PIT partition" - This is also why i cannot try the pit+stock rom flashing options i read about on other threads

- I tried Flashing bootloaders from Dr. Ketan's thread both versions fail in ODIN after sboot.bin step. So no success there.

<ID:0/022> Added!!

<ID:0/022> Odin v.3 engine (ID:22)..

<ID:0/022> File analysis..

<ID:0/022> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/022> Initialzation..

<ID:0/022> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/022> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/022> sboot.bin

<ID:0/022> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/022>

<ID:0/022> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/022> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

- So far i have tried flashing 3 official firmwares, following are the results:

1. N7100_OXA_N7100XXDLJ2 - This is where odin makes most progress

<ID:0/022> Odin v.3 engine (ID:22)..

<ID:0/022> File analysis..

<ID:0/022> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/022> Initialzation..

<ID:0/022> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/022> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/022> boot.img

<ID:0/022> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/022> cache.img

<ID:0/022> hidden.img

<ID:0/022> modem.bin

<ID:0/022> param.bin

<ID:0/022> recovery.img

<ID:0/022> sboot.bin

<ID:0/022>

<ID:0/022> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/022> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

2. N7100XXDMB2_N7100OXADMA5_N7100XXDLK7_FACTORY_XEF

<ID:0/022> Added!!

<ID:0/022> Odin v.3 engine (ID:22)..

<ID:0/022> File analysis..

<ID:0/022> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/022> Initialzation..

<ID:0/022> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/022> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/022> modem.bin

<ID:0/022> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/022> sboot.bin

<ID:0/022>

<ID:0/022> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/022> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

3. N7100XXDMG1_N7100ODDDMG1_N7100DDDMG1_HOME

<ID:0/022> Added!!

<ID:0/022> Odin v.3 engine (ID:22)..

<ID:0/022> File analysis..

<ID:0/022> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/022> Initialzation..

<ID:0/022> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/022> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/022> sboot.bin

<ID:0/022> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/022>

<ID:0/022> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/022> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

4. I am currently downloading the recovery firmware N7100XXDLL7_N7100OXADLL4_N7100XXDLK7_FACTORY_XEF and also the latest 4.3 firmware to try soon, but i have really bad speeds for download so it will take a while.

I request everyone with any experience/insight to share their Suggestions/Observations

Thank you!