Here we go:
I was trying to install a custom rom today (done it about 20 times before on different devices including this one).
Had rooted stock & CWM custom bootloader (unlocked using Casual months ago I think).
Flashed custom rom and (unfortunately) downloaded and flashed a file for the international version (GT-N7100).
Basically, I accidentally flashed the MJ5 custom bootloader by accident (again, it's for international version, which I have SCH-i605).
It's from here under the SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR 3.6 AND ABOVE heading
(don't ask why, I'm an idiot. Was trying to install this rom and just totally blew past the fact it was for international version)
I've tried using odin to flash "KIES_HOME_I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_1098177_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5" (stock rom) and "sch-i605-16gb.pit" as outlined in the countless 'Restore to stock rom/bootloader from bricked state' articles out there on the webs but it keeps failing. (Part 1b from here)
Current symptoms:
Boot loop almost instant at samsung logo with new N7100 line. Will not boot into bootloader but I can get it into odin download mode.
Using Odin3 v 3.07 (on multiple computers with the right drivers I'm pretty sure) I go into download mode and this is listed:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-N7100
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
WARRANTY BIT: 0
Odin hangs at 'Get PIT for mapping' if re-partition is checked, outputs the following if re-partition is unchecked (only auto-reboot and F. Reset Time checked)
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> boot.img
<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/006> FAIL!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
After this point, it's like the phone stops responding to odin, because if I try to flash again or flash something else, odin just outputs:
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
I've been at it for about 8 hours now and I know I'm getting desperate, so I'm hoping you all can help me out before I resort to new phone/sending in for factory reset
Thanks!
- John
Which stock rom are you trying to put back
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Is the Samsung logo Blickling or is stable
thanks,
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Sorry to say John but that's not a soft brick. Flashing a bootloader for another device causes a hard brick which willl require a JTAG.
nikhil.kdhand said:
Which stock rom are you trying to put back
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Is the Samsung logo Blickling or is stable
thanks,
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Everything you ask is in the op.
Samsung logo not stable.
Stock rom he's trying to flash is vramc3 4.1.2
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Hälftebyte said:
Sorry to say John but that's not a soft brick. Flashing a bootloader for another device causes a hard brick which willl require a JTAG.
Everything you ask is in the op.
Samsung logo not stable.
Stock rom he's trying to flash is vramc3 4.1.2
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Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Guess it's JTAG repair time. I went ahead and purchased a JTAG repair from mobiletechvideos[dot]mybigcommerce[dot]com (Sorry, I haven't posted enough on my account to put outside links in)
For $50, I think it'll be worth having my baby back.
Thanks for your help!
- John Miller
he1calledbubba said:
Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Guess it's JTAG repair time. I went ahead and purchased a JTAG repair from mobiletechvideos[dot]mybigcommerce[dot]com (Sorry, I haven't posted enough on my account to put outside links in)
For $50, I think it'll be worth having my baby back.
Thanks for your help!
- John Miller
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Yeah many people use him. He's also here on XDA.
Let us know how it turns out. :good:
I actually did the exact thing you did. I can flash other roms, but can't get the radio back or flash AOSP roms. Can you let me know how the JTAG goes? I need to do it, too. It's either that or upgrade to a note 3.
Could you guys give me a recommendation on the one I should choose?
Also. I don't mean to sound like a "noob" or anything, but would it be possible to just flash the i605 bootloader back?
Numzi said:
I actually did the exact thing you did. I can flash other roms, but can't get the radio back or flash AOSP roms. Can you let me know how the JTAG goes? I need to do it, too. It's either that or upgrade to a note 3.
Could you guys give me a recommendation on the one I should choose?
Also. I don't mean to sound like a "noob" or anything, but would it be possible to just flash the i605 bootloader back?
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Sounds like you have a different issue. Have you tried reverting to stock? If you can flash roms fine then you should be able to go back to stock which would return you to i605 radio and bootloader. If you go back to stock and still have no radio then you probably borked your efs
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Sounds like you have a different issue. Have you tried reverting to stock? If you can flash roms fine then you should be able to go back to stock which would return you to i605 radio and bootloader. If you go back to stock and still have no radio then you probably borked your efs
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I have tried doing that, but Odin gets stuck on different things. I cant even repartition with the i605 pit file. But it lets me repartition with the N7100 one. Also, I cant flash the stock rom as it gets stuck on sboot, but if I use 66root one, it goes through, but doesn't run properly. (Odin also allows me to flash the N7100 stock file.)
The bootloader baseline file also gets stuck on tz.img. (Unless I'm using the wrong one, but I'm sure I'm not)
I kind of lost hope in restoring my phone to normal. if I flash a 4.3 TW Rom, it works fine, but the radio doesnt read. If I flash a 4.1.2 Rom, it works fine and I might or might not get signal, but data doesnt work and my internal memory reads 0/0. Any ideas?
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Numzi said:
I have tried doing that, but Odin gets stuck on different things. I cant even repartition with the i605 pit file. But it lets me repartition with the N7100 one. Also, I cant flash the stock rom as it gets stuck on sboot, but if I use 66root one, it goes through, but doesn't run properly. (Odin also allows me to flash the N7100 stock file.)
The bootloader baseline file also gets stuck on tz.img. (Unless I'm using the wrong one, but I'm sure I'm not)
I kind of lost hope in restoring my phone to normal. if I flash a 4.3 TW Rom, it works fine, but the radio doesnt read. If I flash a 4.1.2 Rom, it works fine and I might or might not get signal, but data doesnt work and my internal memory reads 0/0. Any ideas?
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Most likely you're going to need JTAG if you really want to be back to original. If not there are a few things I would try.
Anyway, from what I'm reading you're on an N7100 bootloader so that's why you're able to repartition with the N7100 pit file. You're pretty lucky you're even able to repartition to be honest.
What happens when you flash the N7100 stock rom? Are you able to boot?
Are you using your phone on the Verizon network?
Btw, the reason root66 works is because it only contains the system partition. There's no sboot, boot, modem etc in there to conflict with the N7100 bootloader you currently have. But of course it will have issues since the i605 system image won't jell well with N7100 boot, etc.
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Hälftebyte said:
Most likely you're going to need JTAG if you really want to be back to original. If not there are a few things I would try.
Anyway, from what I'm reading you're on an N7100 bootloader so that's why you're able to repartition with the N7100 pit file. You're pretty lucky you're even able to repartition to be honest.
What happens when you flash the N7100 stock rom? Are you able to boot?
Are you using your phone on the Verizon network?
Btw, the reason root66 works is because it only contains the system partition. There's no sboot, boot, modem etc in there to conflict with the N7100 bootloader you currently have. But of course it will have issues since the i605 system image won't jell well with N7100 boot, etc.
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If I could avoid JTagging it would be preferred haha. I don't care about going back to complete original (stock) if that's what you mean. I just want to get my Radio to read while being able to access my storage and data because I'm pretty happy with the 4.3 Touchwiz Rom (at least for now).
When I flash the N7100 stock rom, I can boot. It boot loops until I go into recovery and format data/cache and after that it works fine, with no radio service. Also, I have always been using my phone on the H2O Wireless network with APN settings. But now, the radio doesn't read at all and shows no imei and what not. However if I go back to Jedi X 19 (was my daily 4.1.2 TW driver), the radio reads and I have my imei, but I can't get data and it says my memory is full (can't open gallery and my internal SD says 0/0 bytes).
I know about root66, but what I don't understand is why I was able to flash to the N7100 bootloader and now can't flash back to the i605 one. Is there a specific reason for that?
Btw, Thanks for trying to help me right now. Really appreciated.
Numzi said:
If I could avoid JTagging it would be preferred haha. I don't care about going back to complete original (stock) if that's what you mean. I just want to get my Radio to read while being able to access my storage and data because I'm pretty happy with the 4.3 Touchwiz Rom (at least for now).
When I flash the N7100 stock rom, I can boot. It boot loops until I go into recovery and format data/cache and after that it works fine, with no radio service. Also, I have always been using my phone on the H2O Wireless network with APN settings. But now, the radio doesn't read at all and shows no imei and what not. However if I go back to Jedi X 19 (was my daily 4.1.2 TW driver), the radio reads and I have my imei, but I can't get data and it says my memory is full (can't open gallery and my internal SD says 0/0 bytes).
I know about root66, but what I don't understand is why I was able to flash to the N7100 bootloader and now can't flash back to the i605 one. Is there a specific reason for that?
Btw, Thanks for trying to help me right now. Really appreciated.
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Okay, I doubt what I was thinking of is going to work then. I was thinking you should flash the N7105 modem while you're on the N7100 rom. Maybe you can try that or maybe try flashing the i605 modem there's always the risk of fully bricking it though.
If that doesn't work I would try using Heimdall to flash the I605 pit file and sboot.bin.
Heimdall sometimes works in cases where Odin fails (according to a JTAG guy a spoke to once)
I have no problem helping. I have three motherboards myself, two of which i experiment with. One is bricked, one is water damaged and semi bricked (no efs, imei, internal memory only works on 4.3 TW) and one is fully functional :laugh:
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Okay, I doubt what I was thinking of is going to work then. I was thinking you should flash the N7105 modem while you're on the N7100 rom. Maybe you can try that or maybe try flashing the i605 modem there's always the risk of fully bricking it though.
If that doesn't work I would try using Heimdall to flash the I605 pit file and sboot.bin.
Heimdall sometimes works in cases where Odin fails (according to a JTAG guy a spoke to once)
I have no problem helping. I have three motherboards myself, two of which i experiment with. One is bricked, one is water damaged and semi bricked (no efs, imei, internal memory only works on 4.3 TW) and one is fully functional :laugh:
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Well at this point, I was already ready to send it for JTag repair so I'll try anything. Would you mind letting me know which N7105 modem I should flash? I've already tried i605 modems (not through Odin though) and they haven't worked.
I'm a bit confused with how to use Heimdall and where to find sboot for i605. I have it and wanted to try it, but was lost haha.
Oh that's great lolol. Mine is like yours for internal memory right now. I have a back up of my efs folder, but when I restore it, it doesn't read it.
Numzi said:
Well at this point, I was already ready to send it for JTag repair so I'll try anything. Would you mind letting me know which N7105 modem I should flash? I've already tried i605 modems (not through Odin though) and they haven't worked.
I'm a bit confused with how to use Heimdall and where to find sboot for i605. I have it and wanted to try it, but was lost haha.
Oh that's great lolol. Mine is like yours for internal memory right now. I have a back up of my efs folder, but when I restore it, it doesn't read it.
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If you have CWM or TWRP you could try one of these flashable modems from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031575
As I said this might brick you fully
Heimdall is pretty easy after you get the hang of it. After download you will need to setup the drivers with the zadig.exe installer. I would use a different usb port from the one you currently use for Odin so you don't have to reinstall samsung drivers whenever you want to use Odin. You should find a tutorial easily to get started. If you need more help I can go into a bit more detail.
To access the files that Heimdall will need (sboot.bin, boot, tz, system, param, modem.bin etc ), make a copy of the tar.md5 rom file you have. Remove the .md5 at the end and use 7z to extract the contents. You will see all the separate files needed for each partition.
The fact that you can actually repartition sounds good though. I feel like if you can get the I605 sboot.bin (bootloader) flashed, you can then partition with the I605 PIT. This is all speculation though :fingers-crossed:
Hälftebyte said:
If you have CWM or TWRP you could try one of these flashable modems from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031575
As I said this might brick you fully
Heimdall is pretty easy after you get the hang of it. After download you will need to setup the drivers with the zadig.exe installer. I would use a different usb port from the one you currently use for Odin so you don't have to reinstall samsung drivers whenever you want to use Odin. You should find a tutorial easily to get started. If you need more help I can go into a bit more detail.
To access the files that Heimdall will need (sboot.bin, boot, tz, system, param, modem.bin etc ), make a copy of the tar.md5 rom file you have. Remove the .md5 at the end and use 7z to extract the contents. You will see all the separate files needed for each partition.
The fact that you can actually repartition sounds good though. I feel like if you can get the I605 sboot.bin (bootloader) flashed, you can then partition with the I605 PIT. This is all speculation though :fingers-crossed:
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I got it. Alright then I will try this tomorrow when I finish classes (It's 3am right now and I have to wake up in 4 hours). I'll post here with the result! This is a new suggestion for this, so I'm kind of nervous/excited about the result. haha.
Just think of it as another experiment for you. Fingers crossed. I'll let you know and thanks so much.
Numzi said:
I got it. Alright then I will try this tomorrow when I finish classes (It's 3am right now and I have to wake up in 4 hours). I'll post here with the result! This is a new suggestion for this, so I'm kind of nervous/excited about the result. haha.
Just think of it as another experiment for you. Fingers crossed. I'll let you know and thanks so much.
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Also in case you didn't realize, since everything except internal storage works in JediX19, when installing Jedi you can install the swap script, FAT32 script (no need to format external sd card). Then you will have 'internal storage' and a signal. Not the best solution but a workaround. Not many roms have the swap script option so I guess you'd be stuck on Jedi if you choose this route.
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Also in case you didn't realize, since everything except internal storage works in JediX19, when installing Jedi you can install the swap script, FAT32 script (no need to format external sd card). Then you will have 'internal storage' and a signal. Not the best solution but a workaround. Not many roms have the swap script option so I guess you'd be stuck on Jedi if you choose this route.
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So Heimdall didn't work - it failed repartitioning and when I tried unchecking that, failed at bootloader, then at cache, etc. Do you think it's wiser for me to first try flashing the modem then do the SD Swap? or to just do the SD Swap thing on Jedi?
EDIT: I just did the FAT32 script and the internal storage (which is actually my ext SD card), still says 0/0 bytes...
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EDIT: I just did the FAT32 script and the internal storage (which is actually my ext SD card), still says 0/0 bytes...
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Strange it works for me. Otherwise I only have internal memory when I'm on TW 4.3
I guess there's not much more experimenting to do
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Strange it works for me. Otherwise I only have internal memory when I'm on TW 4.3
I guess there's not much more experimenting to do
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I'll keep trying to see if the Swap could work eventually. I'll just stick with Jedi or the 4.3 rom until I JTag repair in 2 weeks. Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.
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I'll keep trying to see if the Swap could work eventually. I'll just stick with Jedi or the 4.3 rom until I JTag repair in 2 weeks. Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.
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No prob. Good luck. It looked so hopeful with you being able to partition. :good:
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No prob. Good luck. It looked so hopeful with you being able to partition. :good:
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I decided to just get the JTag service now and just paid for it. I'll let you know if it really goes back to perfect.
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I'm not noob to flashing or soft brick recovering but this has me confused...
I was running unNamed lastest for a lil while now. Everything was working fine until here recently, while stopped at a rest area checking a webpage my phone cut of and got stuck on a boot loop, only showing the kernal splash screen. Was like wtf? Tried pulling battery ,wiping cache and dalvik. No help. Was like that's fine, have a cwm back up from week ago. Nope didnt work. Was like ok let me try flashing something on my phone that's saved on sd. Flashed Miui, didn't work. Finally got back and tried using this Odin One click "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" by entropy from the flashing without triggering flash counter guide. Still boot loops only showing the black Samsung Galaxy S II screen. This is after 3 what the odin says as 3 successful flash attempts.
I'm at my wits end, of all the soft bricking i've recovered from, where I assumed as long as a bad bootloader flash didn't happen and i could still get to download mode I'm fine, it could be fixed. But this has me stumped.
*After going into 3e recovery and trying to wipe data, it won't even now go back into 3e recovery. Attempts to but says something like deleting cryption meta data or something of that nature.
-confused-
Nerz said:
I'm not noob to flashing or soft brick recovering but this has me confused...
I was running unNamed lastest for a lil while now. Everything was working fine until here recently, while stopped at a rest area checking a webpage my phone cut of and got stuck on a boot loop, only showing the kernal splash screen. Was like wtf? Tried pulling battery ,wiping cache and dalvik. No help. Was like that's fine, have a cwm back up from week ago. Nope didnt work. Was like ok let me try flashing something on my phone that's saved on sd. Flashed Miui, didn't work. Finally got back and tried using this Odin One click "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" by entropy from the flashing without triggering flash counter guide. Still boot loops only showing the black Samsung Galaxy S II screen. This is after 3 what the odin says as 3 successful flash attempts.
I'm at my wits end, of all the soft bricking i've recovered from, where I assumed as long as a bad bootloader flash didn't happen and i could still get to download mode I'm fine, it could be fixed. But this has me stumped.
*After going into 3e recovery and trying to wipe data, it won't even now go back into 3e recovery. Attempts to but says something like deleting cryption meta data or something of that nature.
-confused-
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The one-click downloader is NOT from me, it's a repack of my tar file - and it's starting to sound like the one-click is doing something weird and not flashing the kernel properly.
Use regular old Odin (or Heimdall) to flash the raw tar package.
I'll try it. Though I don't understand how I am in the position I am in from browsing the web on my phone to directly going into a hootloop that neither that odin one click will fix, or any cwm roms won't fix.
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I won't have access to computer till later today but I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong. I was thinking that maybe my partitions were bad, but doesn't that odin used, repartition, using a pit file (think that is what pit is for)? Although, this was not from a flash, but rebooted from a couple weeks old successful flash of unNamed while browsing the web so I don't see how that can be the problem. However, even if the partitions were bad, wouldn't odin fail a flash because it has no where to send the firmware files? Also if it was a type of hardware failure, such as processor, wouldn't it not even show the kernel Galaxy S II splash screen? Or is this something that only the gpu handles? It was able to get into cwm before I used the odin though so I can't believe it's cpu because I'm sure that recovery should use it. Just can't figure it out, never had a problem with a boot loop a flash couldn't fix.
If I can't get it to work, will flashing a stock kernel with cwm increment the flash counter? If not I guess I could access my internal sd, try and pull my pictures and the roms off there and then send it to warranty. However I really don't want to. Thanks to anyone in advance.
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I won't have access to computer till later today but I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong. I was thinking that maybe my partitions were bad, but doesn't that odin used, repartition, using a pit file (think that is what pit is for)? Although, this was not from a flash, but rebooted from a couple weeks old successful flash of unNamed while browsing the web so I don't see how that can be the problem. However, even if the partitions were bad, wouldn't odin fail a flash because it has no where to send the firmware files? Also if it was a type of hardware failure, such as processor, wouldn't it not even show the kernel Galaxy S II splash screen? Or is this something that only the gpu handles? It was able to get into cwm before I used the odin though so I can't believe it's cpu because I'm sure that recovery should use it. Just can't figure it out, never had a problem with a boot loop a flash couldn't fix.
If I can't get it to work, will flashing a stock kernel with cwm increment the flash counter? If not I guess I could access my internal sd, try and pull my pictures and the roms off there and then send it to warranty. However I really don't want to. Thanks to anyone in advance.
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Ok so after flashing the odin file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 it is still bootlooping at splash screen.
I'm not sure what my options are right now. I'm pretty sure bootloaders can't be the problem. I can't re-partition from odin because it says it can't open the specified file "(Line: 1828)". Is this because it doesn't have pit file? I don't understand how this problem manifested.
If I need to pull contents from sd card from cwm, will flashing a cwm kernal increment flash counter?
Don't repartition using a PIT, it's a great way to screw up your phone. (Hopefully you haven't flashed a PIT at all yet... If you have, I don't quite know what's going on.)
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Entropy512 said:
Don't repartition using a PIT, it's a great way to screw up your phone. (Hopefully you haven't flashed a PIT at all yet... If you have, I don't quite know what's going on.)
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Have yet to flash a pit file.
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I'm in the same situation, except with a Sprint GSII. Have you found a fix, yet?
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I'm in the same situation, except with a Sprint GSII. Have you found a fix, yet?
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Hello there from colombia, i have the same thing over here, i`m stuck with a SGS SGH I777 the flash counter says 7 and either flashing CWM 5 or re-uploading stock room wont work, i have no way to buy a jig and it is pretty odd that im in a different country and i can`t send my phone for warranty repair, i`ve read all over and seems like there is no answer for this. Can anyone get rid of the Deleting Crytion Meta data?? this is all i get. ( and eternal boot loop ).
Thanks in advance.
hardgrid said:
Hello there from colombia, i have the same thing over here, i`m stuck with a SGS SGH I777 the flash counter says 7 and either flashing CWM 5 or re-uploading stock room wont work, i have no way to buy a jig and it is pretty odd that im in a different country and i can`t send my phone for warranty repair, i`ve read all over and seems like there is no answer for this. Can anyone get rid of the Deleting Crytion Meta data?? this is all i get. ( and eternal boot loop ).
Thanks in advance.
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Will try to help, but will need more specific information.
The OP of this thread started bootlooping while checking a web page in his browser. So, how did it happen for you? Please give as much exact information as possible. Was it after a flash? Or did it start while you were using the phone? Or how?
Mine was connected to an aftermarket car charger while it happened. I read a post somewhere and a couple ppl it happened to believed the same thing, since it was in my 30 day trail period I sent it back to Sams club and got my replacement today. Since I didn't have a jig at the time, I didn't want to flash a cwm kernel and increase my flash counter so I lost some pics of my kids.
Not sure if it was charger related but I couldn't find a fix and wouldn't really call myself a noob at flashing. Might have some things to learn nut far from a noob.
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My phone is a verizon galaxy note 2 USA verizon that took the vram ota update. Then this -
Hello,
To make a long story as short as possible. I used Adam Outlers Casual to flash my phone to beanstown's "jellybeans" rom. Everything was fine until I didnt like the volume not being able to go high. So using odin I checked the "nand erase all" like an idiot and flashed back to the stock unrooted rom using the pit file and the unrooted stock md5.
Now what happens:
Now the phone boots up but might be stuck in read only mode I am not sure and need help. Because when plugged into the computer it shows -104843489764 bytes for storage and won't let anything download to the phone. When I turned the cam on it says "not enough memory" and the worst part is it says "no sim card" and can't connect to the network for phone calls, texts or internet.
I can enter download mode. I can enter recovery mode. But all my attempts at using the repartition button while flashing again to stock rom did not work. I believe maybe I somehow have to format and repartition the internal storage? It won't let me flash clockworkmod using odin so I guess I have unrooted it. Im just mentioning all the things I have tried. Thank you very much for any help you can give.
Try refreshing the PIT file in Odin which should fix all of the partitions.
Also, a hard brick is only when your phone won't turn on, period. You have a soft brick which should be fixable.
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miketoasty said:
Try refreshing the PIT file in Odin which should fix all of the partitions.
Also, a hard brick is only when your phone won't turn on, period. You have a soft brick which should be fixable.
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Thank you for your help Sir.
I have the PIT file, and I used that when I flashed back to the stock verizon rom using Odin. Is there a way to use it by itself?
ry0t said:
Thank you for your help Sir.
I have the PIT file, and I used that when I flashed back to the stock verizon rom using Odin. Is there a way to use it by itself?
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You should be able to open Odin and Judy flash it by itself. No extra steps needed.
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miketoasty said:
You should be able to open Odin and Judy flash it by itself. No extra steps needed.
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Hello again,
This thread for the galaxy s3 shows how to unbrick the phone that is in read-only mode. I know mine is too just like it says but I cant find the files for my phone or any other information on how to get my verizon note 2 out of read only or make sure it is formatted correctly to reinstall the stock rom. Here is the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
"Sometimes when you flash a ROM (TouchWiz or AOSP), there is a risk of the /system and /data partitions not wiping correctly thus leading them to be formatted with R/O permissions rather than R/W. This makes it impossible for the phone to boot up because no data can be written."
What really concerns me also is when it's plugged in through USB and I click the drive for the internal storage it shows as having -1049874323 bytes of space instead of the usual 9gig free.
Email me with snapshot of the problem.... Nikhil.kdhand at gmail.com
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Hi,
Could you please let me know do you fix this problem? I am in the same situation.
Thanks a lot!
ry0t said:
My phone is a verizon galaxy note 2 USA verizon that took the vram ota update. Then this -
Hello,
To make a long story as short as possible. I used Adam Outlers Casual to flash my phone to beanstown's "jellybeans" rom. Everything was fine until I didnt like the volume not being able to go high. So using odin I checked the "nand erase all" like an idiot and flashed back to the stock unrooted rom using the pit file and the unrooted stock md5.
Now what happens:
Now the phone boots up but might be stuck in read only mode I am not sure and need help. Because when plugged into the computer it shows -104843489764 bytes for storage and won't let anything download to the phone. When I turned the cam on it says "not enough memory" and the worst part is it says "no sim card" and can't connect to the network for phone calls, texts or internet.
I can enter download mode. I can enter recovery mode. But all my attempts at using the repartition button while flashing again to stock rom did not work. I believe maybe I somehow have to format and repartition the internal storage? It won't let me flash clockworkmod using odin so I guess I have unrooted it. Im just mentioning all the things I have tried. Thank you very much for any help you can give.
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I am in the same situation. Any updates?
Ok here is my problem.. While testing 4.3 TW and trying to get wifi working for you guys I screwed up my phone.. Ok yes I know how to use Odin to return to stock..blah blah but hear me out..my steps were as follows..
I was on our port from att 4.3 tw here..
I used these files here:
Misc ------------------
Here is the new 4.3 Bootloader
just in case its needed . so you don't have to flash one click just to get there
Contains
4.3 sboot.bin param.bin and tz.img from the latest I317UCUBMJ4 Att 4.3 leak
http://d-h.st/q3a
to flash sboot, param, and tz.img to see if that would kick my wifi on..
Now I am stuck with a screen that flashes Samsung Galaxy Note II when powered on and nothing happens.. no recovery
I am able to get into DL mode but when I try to flash a Stock Odin image or Kies it fails with and without the .pit file.. and seperatly as well
I have tried to use Heimdall to flash everything seperatly but it does not go through.. It sees my device.. I select everything fine.. and nada no progress nothing..
I truly think I have hard bricked my device!!
ANy help would be MUCH appreciated
lacoursiere18 said:
Ok here is my problem.. While testing 4.3 TW and trying to get wifi working for you guys I screwed up my phone.. Ok yes I know how to use Odin to return to stock..blah blah but hear me out..my steps were as follows..
I was on our port from att 4.3 tw here..
I used these files here:
Misc ------------------
Here is the new 4.3 Bootloader
just in case its needed . so you don't have to flash one click just to get there
Contains
4.3 sboot.bin param.bin and tz.img from the latest I317UCUBMJ4 Att 4.3 leak
http://d-h.st/q3a
to flash sboot, param, and tz.img to see if that would kick my wifi on..
Now I am stuck with a screen that flashes Samsung Galaxy Note II when powered on and nothing happens.. no recovery
I am able to get into DL mode but when I try to flash a Stock Odin image or Kies it fails with and without the .pit file.. and seperatly as well
I have tried to use Heimdall to flash everything seperatly but it does not go through.. It sees my device.. I select everything fine.. and nada no progress nothing..
I truly think I have hard bricked my device!!
ANy help would be MUCH appreciated
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you've probably tried this, but have you tried to flash the alt vramc3 Odin image? i believe that odin img doesn't have the vramc3 bootloaders.
lacoursiere18 said:
Ok here is my problem.. While testing 4.3 TW and trying to get wifi working for you guys I screwed up my phone.. Ok yes I know how to use Odin to return to stock..blah blah but hear me out..my steps were as follows..
I was on our port from att 4.3 tw here..
I used these files here:
Misc ------------------
Here is the new 4.3 Bootloader
just in case its needed . so you don't have to flash one click just to get there
Contains
4.3 sboot.bin param.bin and tz.img from the latest I317UCUBMJ4 Att 4.3 leak
http://d-h.st/q3a
to flash sboot, param, and tz.img to see if that would kick my wifi on..
Now I am stuck with a screen that flashes Samsung Galaxy Note II when powered on and nothing happens.. no recovery
I am able to get into DL mode but when I try to flash a Stock Odin image or Kies it fails with and without the .pit file.. and seperatly as well
I have tried to use Heimdall to flash everything seperatly but it does not go through.. It sees my device.. I select everything fine.. and nada no progress nothing..
I truly think I have hard bricked my device!!
ANy help would be MUCH appreciated
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I did the exact same thing. I was able to flash back to stock using VRLJB.
scoobysnack said:
I did the exact same thing. I was able to flash back to stock using VRLJB.
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Im downloading that now.. going to try.. Never had this issue..Even when I odin flashed ATT Leak I was able Odin restore with no issues.. Which is weird bc those are the same files...
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Im downloading that now.. going to try.. Never had this issue..Even when I odin flashed ATT Leak I was able Odin restore with no issues.. Which is weird bc those are the same files...
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Good luck on getting it to work. I have a spare Note 2 if your in the market "White".
scoobysnack said:
Good luck on getting it to work. I have a spare Note 2 if your in the market "White".
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How much?
lacoursiere18 said:
How much?
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How's $200 plus shipping? It has a screen cover so there's no scratches on the screen and very little if any on the body. It's unlocked with Tweaked VZW Remix rom and it's been completely wiped.
scoobysnack said:
How's $200 plus shipping? It has a screen cover so there's no scratches on the screen and very little if any on the body. It's unlocked with Tweaked VZW Remix rom and it's been completely wiped.
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Thats sounds like a good deal but not sure I can afford it right now.. BTW now my odin is failing at the boot.img in the stock verizon ramc3 kies..wtf
EDIT: I'll be shipping it out to JTAG service Saturday morning..$65 with express processing..
lacoursiere18 said:
Thats sounds like a good deal but not sure I can afford it right now.. BTW now my odin is failing at the boot.img in the stock verizon ramc3 kies..wtf
EDIT: I'll be shipping it out to JTAG service Saturday morning..$65 with express processing..
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What firmware did you use in ODIN? I used 4.1.1 VRALJB because that's what my phone came with out of the box and I had no issues flashing it. I never took an OTA...also I could not get into recovery mode easily it took a few tries and finally went into TWRP.
Update 2: Added a Wi-Fi Hot Spot Fix, thanks to @cooperg21
Update 1: I have attached the recovery, EFS and PIT I personally used on my phone to do this fix, as requested by a fellow member
I've seen a few people that accidentally "bricked" their Verizon Note 2 by accidentally installing the N7100 Bootloader. I myself did this, attempted the resistor mentioned by a fellow member and that also would not work for me. So I set out to find an alternative way to do it, and was successful. You don't even have to open the phone to do it.
You will need:
Odin Software
Stock ND3 Odin compatible stock ROM (I used N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_XEF)
N7100 TWRP Recovery (Latest Version, Odin Flashable)(attached to this post)
An i605 ROM (I used DN3).
A backup of your own EFS(if you have one), or the backup I provided(attached to this post)
N7100 PIT File, to repartition your Internal Storage to work with the stock N7100 ROM(attached to this post)
1. Use odin to write the N7100 pit file
2. Then, using Odin, load "N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_XEF" into the "PDA" section, after that was finished, I booted into the stock recovery and did a factory reset. That allowed the phone to boot up, but baseband was "Unknown" and it had no service.
3. Then, use Odin to flash the latest version of TWRP for the N7100(it MUST be n7100 or it will bootloop/stick on the Samsung/Rom Booting screen)
4. Then you must flash "N7100_ND3_DrKetan_Custom_ROM_V82.zip" using TWRP recovery, it will boot that up just fine, still says "Unknown" for baseband(i'll explain later why I flashed this, and am directing you to also flash this, despite bootloader still not working).
5. Afterwards, flash the EFS file(attached to this post) using ODIN. This will help resolve the lost Baseband/IMEI problem encountered with flashing the stock N7100 ROM in Step 1.
5. After that, flash "DN3_v5.2_VZW.zip", again, using TWRP Recovery. After that my phone booted up it had service and all of my apps worked.
When I skipped Step 4, a few apps wouldn't work correctly. Instagram wouldn't refresh the feed or load anything, Snapchat wouldn't open anything or send anything either. I'm not sure why that happens, but it ONLY happened if I didn't flash the N7100_ND3_DRKetan ROM before flashing the DN3 ROM
I know this device is beginning to get old, but I hope this can help someone in the future.
cooperg21 said:
Solution to the DN3 Wifi Hotspot Issue:
1) Download and install Xposed
2) Open and update xposed framework (This didn't work the first time for me but after a clean install of the n7100 rom, then DN3 rom (with all S5 options selected), it worked.)
3) Restart (Might not be necessary but it doesn't hurt)
4) Install the "X Tether" Module in xposed.
5) Restart (Might not be necessary but it doesn't hurt)
6) Turn on mobile hotspot!
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Was your phone previously rooted with an unlocked bootloader?
xnatex21 said:
Was your phone previously rooted with an unlocked bootloader?
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I'm honestly not sure, I got it second hand from someone, went to flash a new ROM to it and accidentally did the wrong bootloader for the ROM prerequisite. But I don't imagine what used to be on the phone will matter, because the bootloader from the N7100 would've written over it, and flashing the stock N7100 Odin files will overwrite anything previously on the phone.
I did this but it was just a white screen. mtvideos fixed it
iiNFAMOUS CHRiS said:
I've seen a few people that accidentally "bricked" their Verizon Note 2 by accidentally installing the N7100 Bootloader. I myself did this, attempted the resistor mentioned by a fellow member and that also would not work for me. So I set out to find an alternative way to do it, and was successful. You don't even have to open the phone to do it.
You will need:
Odin Software
Stock ND3 Odin compatible stock ROM (I used N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_XEF)
N7100 TWRP Recovery (Latest Version, Odin Flashable)
An i605 ROM (I used DN3).
First, you have to flash the stock ND3 ROM to your phone, it will not get past the Samsung screen, that is normal. You will have to enter recovery mode (Vol Up, Home & Power) and choose factory reset, after that the phone will boot android fine, but will not have service.
You will now have to flash the N7100 TWRP Recovery, followed by flashing an i605 ROM. Personally, I used DN3 and it worked for me.
After flashing the ROM and rebooting the phone, I had a 100% WORKING Note 2 that was previously bricked. Download mode shows N7100, yet the phone is working completely. Data, Voice, Text, etc.
I know this device is beginning to get old, but I hope this can help someone in the future.
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I too accidently flashed this N1700 onto my I605
How do you flash the ND3 ROM if you can't get into recovery? With Odin I've tried loading
-N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_N7100XXUFND3_HOME.tar.md5
-root66_VZW_stock_system.tar.md5
-I605VRUAND3_I605VZWAND3_I605VRUAND3_HOME.tar
None with no avail.
They all either never get past the PIT file and or unsuccessful, after rebooting both phone and PC and even tried another PC
at this point I am thinking of paying the 50$ for the JTAG fix. However any advice or suggestions would be helpful.
Also I tried this on both 3.07 and 3.09
PRODCUT NAME : GT-N7100
should be i605. The one that messed this up was N7100
N7100_KK_ND3_BL.tar.md5
... after this, it just rebooted and flash the Note 2 screen with GT-N7100 every 2 seconds... I can only put it in download mode. Recoevery mode will not work
djtenox said:
I too accidently flashed this N1700 onto my I605
How do you flash the ND3 ROM if you can't get into recovery? With Odin I've tried loading
-N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_N7100XXUFND3_HOME.tar.md5
-root66_VZW_stock_system.tar.md5
-I605VRUAND3_I605VZWAND3_I605VRUAND3_HOME.tar
None with no avail.
They all either never get past the PIT file and or unsuccessful, after rebooting both phone and PC and even tried another PC
at this point I am thinking of paying the 50$ for the JTAG fix. However any advice or suggestions would be helpful.
Also I tried this on both 3.07 and 3.09
PRODCUT NAME : GT-N7100
should be i605. The one that messed this up was N7100
N7100_KK_ND3_BL.tar.md5
... after this, it just rebooted and flash the Note 2 screen with GT-N7100 every 2 seconds... I can only put it in download mode. Recoevery mode will not work
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1. Use odin to write the N7100 pit file
2. Then, using Odin, load "N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_XEF" into the "PDA" section, after that was finished, I booted into the stock recovery and did a factory reset. That allowed the phone to boot up, but baseband was "Unknown" and it had no service.
3. Then, use Odin to flash the latest version of TWRP for the N7100(it MUST be n7100 or it will bootloop/stick on the Samsung/Rom Booting screen)
4. Then you must flash "N7100_ND3_DrKetan_Custom_ROM_V82.zip" using TWRP recovery, it will boot that up just fine, still says "Unknown" for baseband(i'll explain later why I flashed this, and am directing you to also flash this, despite bootloader still not working).
5. After that, flash "DN3_v5.2_VZW.zip", again, using TWRP Recovery. After that my phone booted up it had service and all of my apps worked.
When I skipped Step 4, a few apps wouldn't work correctly. Instagram wouldn't refresh the feed or load anything, Snapchat wouldn't open anything or send anything either. I'm not sure why that happens, but it ONLY happened if I didn't flash the N7100_ND3_DRKetan ROM before flashing the DN3 ROM.
These are the exact steps I followed, after accidentally flashing the N7100 bootloader onto my i605 Note 2. You MIGHT also have to flash the i605 EFS file to restore your baseband. On ocassion, I had to or I would get Unknown Bootloader. It would also help to flash the "I605VRAMC3 Modem.zip" file, to ensure you're on the i605 Modem.
iiNFAMOUS CHRiS said:
1. Use odin to write the N7100 pit file
2. Then, using Odin, load "N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_XEF" into the "PDA" section, after that was finished, I booted into the stock recovery and did a factory reset. That allowed the phone to boot up, but baseband was "Unknown" and it had no service.
3. Then, use Odin to flash the latest version of TWRP for the N7100(it MUST be n7100 or it will bootloop/stick on the Samsung/Rom Booting screen)
4. Then you must flash "N7100_ND3_DrKetan_Custom_ROM_V82.zip" using TWRP recovery, it will boot that up just fine, still says "Unknown" for baseband(i'll explain later why I flashed this, and am directing you to also flash this, despite bootloader still not working).
5. After that, flash "DN3_v5.2_VZW.zip", again, using TWRP Recovery. After that my phone booted up it had service and all of my apps worked.
When I skipped Step 4, a few apps wouldn't work correctly. Instagram wouldn't refresh the feed or load anything, Snapchat wouldn't open anything or send anything either. I'm not sure why that happens, but it ONLY happened if I didn't flash the N7100_ND3_DRKetan ROM before flashing the DN3 ROM.
These are the exact steps I followed, after accidentally flashing the N7100 bootloader onto my i605 Note 2. You MIGHT also have to flash the i605 EFS file to restore your baseband. On ocassion, I had to or I would get Unknown Bootloader. It would also help to flash the "I605VRAMC3 Modem.zip" file, to ensure you're on the i605 Modem.
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Ok I followed it to a T and got it up with DN3 ROM, So now it at least has a ROM.
I need to load i605 EFS, I have both that and the Modem.zip. Question now is I saw many installers via app to install it however they all say N7100 loader only. I am not sure weather to use that method or another one. Would Odin install it ? if so what would be the procedures for this?
ANYWAY THANKS A LOT..
djtenox said:
Ok I followed it to a T and got it up with DN3 ROM, So now it at least has a ROM.
I need to load i605 EFS, I have both that and the Modem.zip. Question now is I saw many installers via app to install it however they all say N7100 loader only. I am not sure weather to use that method or another one. Would Odin install it ? if so what would be the procedures for this?
ANYWAY THANKS A LOT..
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the EFS would be flashed via Odin, Modem is flashed via TWRP Recovery. I attached the modem and efs that I used to this post.
I'm glad my post could help you
iiNFAMOUS CHRiS said:
the EFS would be flashed via Odin, Modem is flashed via TWRP Recovery. I attached the modem and efs that I used to this post.
I'm glad my post could help you
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Ok for the EFS , on Odin, which did you select to install it
Bootloader
PDA
PHONE
CSC
also inside that tar ball there are 3 files. I don't want to "brick" my device again. I've searched plenty of places for Odin flashing EFS but no avail with these instructions, again many thanks.
THANK YOU.
I actually did not find direction, however I found many bash programs that did it automatically and looked at their code, they Added the efs via PDA
then it booted and for good measure I went through the TWRP and installed the modem. Rebooted and I GOT 4G back and a working ROM. If you need any designs / music mixing or anything like that I can see what I can do. Life Saver !
Question, from now on will I need to install roms that are for the N7100 ? I will backup/restore the efs/modem just in case for these too correct if this is the case?
Or can I install i605 ROMS ?
Again MUCH KUDOS !:good:
djtenox said:
THANK YOU.
I actually did not find direction, however I found many bash programs that did it automatically and looked at their code, they Added the efs via PDA
then it booted and for good measure I went through the TWRP and installed the modem. Rebooted and I GOT 4G back and a working ROM. If you need any designs / music mixing or anything like that I can see what I can do. Life Saver !
Question, from now on will I need to install roms that are for the N7100 ? I will backup/restore the efs/modem just in case for these too correct if this is the case?
Or can I install i605 ROMS ?
Again MUCH KUDOS !:good:
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I haven't tried any other ROMs, I do know that some kernels don't do too well, flashing the AGNI kernel caused me to lose my baseband no matter what I flashed afterwards, haven't found out why yet. The ROM that you flashed at the end, that the phone works with, is a i605 ROM right from the Verizon Note 2 section of these forums. And sorry for the delay in reply, had to do some work on my car lol
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I haven't tried any other ROMs, I do know that some kernels don't do too well, flashing the AGNI kernel caused me to lose my baseband no matter what I flashed afterwards, haven't found out why yet. The ROM that you flashed at the end, that the phone works with, is a i605 ROM right from the Verizon Note 2 section of these forums. And sorry for the delay in reply, had to do some work on my car lol
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No worries, I needed to do much research .. But ok. Your method worked well and I tested everything so far, only wifi hotspot did not work, but I don't use it as much to comlain. Thanks
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No worries, I needed to do much research .. But ok. Your method worked well and I tested everything so far, only wifi hotspot did not work, but I don't use it as much to comlain. Thanks
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That's most likely a problem with the ROM itself, but either way you're welcome -- i'm glad I could help you.
I think I have the same issue as you. I wasn't paying attention and I installed a n7100 bootloader on my i605 phone.
Anyway, I did a search for N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_XEF and it looks as if that rom is French. Is that going to cause an issue?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46901976&postcount=741
ran in odin
MJ5 bootloader
Now, gt-n7100 is flashing whenever I plug in my phone
I have about 18% battery life left and can't charge because I get the boot loop as soon as I plug in my phone so I unplugged it.
This shows in Odin
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BL_N7100XXUEMJ5_1903221_REV04_user_low_ship.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> sboot.bin
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> param.bin
<ID:0/004> tz.img
<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/004> RES OK !!
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/004> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
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I think I have the same issue as you. I wasn't paying attention and I installed a n7100 bootloader on my i605 phone.
Anyway, I did a search for N7100XXUFND3_N7100OXAFND3_XEF and it looks as if that rom is French. Is that going to cause an issue?
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No, there won't be any problems. I'm in the USA and speak english and it worked fine for me.
iiNFAMOUS CHRiS said:
No, there won't be any problems. I'm in the USA and speak english and it worked fine for me.
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Thank you very much. I was able to get it installed (kindof). It kept on flashing up with errors. I was able to get TWRP installed. However, my PC says that my phone's capacity is only 107MB now.
I'm going to try putting my SD card back in (had to take it out to get the PIT file working).
I couldn't find the ROM "N7100_ND3_DrKetan_Custom_ROM_V82.zip"but found "N7100_ND3_Prerooted_deknoxed_debloatableV3".
Would that work before I install the i605 rom? Thanks again for all of your help!!!!!!
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Thank you very much. I was able to get it installed (kindof). It kept on flashing up with errors. I was able to get TWRP installed. However, my PC says that my phone's capacity is only 107MB now.
I'm going to try putting my SD card back in (had to take it out to get the PIT file working).
I couldn't find the ROM "N7100_ND3_DrKetan_Custom_ROM_V82.zip"but found "N7100_ND3_Prerooted_deknoxed_debloatableV3".
Would that work before I install the i605 rom? Thanks again for all of your help!!!!!!
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Are you sure you flashed the N7100 recovery, rather than the i605 recovery?
Also, here is a link to the DrKetan ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472270
would be sweet to see if this worked for locked bootloaders and allowed us to flash stuff again
Anybody out there wanna test? I'm pretty close to testing it on mine...since i'm about ready to switch to T-Mobile anyways.
Well, I'm taking the plunge now.
I went in to flash Trent's new B8, wiped data and TWRP crashed or something, then it bootlooped at the Note 2 screen. So instead of ODIN'ing back to VZW stock, i'm going to intentionally brick this beast to try this **** out lol
So annoyed at how bad this phone turned out to be once the 4.3 OTA was accidentally accepted by a lesser being in my house ;
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my phone must be a beast, it fails to flash everything. It's gaurded by an angel!
I can't flash the n7100 bootloader onto it, it asks for pit, i put the pit, nothing. Just sits there saying looking for PIT to partition for bootloader. womp womp.
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Are you sure you flashed the N7100 recovery, rather than the i605 recovery?
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I think so. Here is what I installed.
http://www.androidayos.com/2014/04/26/root-n7100xxufnd3-galaxy-note-2-android-4-4-2-kitkat-update/
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0ByGZ52Krjat1QzdBWVJZTlk0VTg&export=download
Next step is the.... N7100 Dr.Ketan Custom ROM V 8.1
I ran into some issues with the PIT file (tried two different ones that I randomly found) and when I installed the above rom, it froze a couple of times in ODIN, but the third time was the charm. (If there is any way you could upload a link to the PIT file, future viewers with this problem would be really grateful!)
Is this it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653311
or this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927983
I'm moving everything onto my card via another phone and will update when I have an answer as to whether or not it worked. Thank again!
- My phone is currently stuck on the Samsung Screen. I'm thinking I didn't do the setup options correct on the rom....
- Tried wiping and reflashing rom but now I can't get past the Galaxy Note II GT-N7100 screen.....
- OK, Starting process again..... so I went back and reinstalled the French Recovery for the N7100. (Listed above). I think my original download didn't work so I redownloaded it. It flashed through Odin and booted without any weird errors! I'm going to follow the rest of the steps now.
- Installed TWRP: openrecovery-twrp-2.7.2.1-t03g.img.tar
- Installing the N7100 Dr.Ketan Custom ROM V 8.1 now via TWRP
- TWRP said FAILED after the install but I rebooted and my phone now says "Android is upgrading...",
- SUCCESS! The ROM installed. (just picked default/skip options) Now I'm going to install the DN3 Rom via TWRP
- Got DN3 up and running but no cell reception. Went to install the EFS via Odin 3.09 but it crashed Odin.... Trying with 3.07.... 3.07 got to NAND write start and my phone has a blue bar across the bottom but I think it's stuck... Task Mgr. shows little to no activity.... Time to try again.... I was able to restore an EFS via TWRPfrom a backup I had made but still no cell reception..... :/
- It works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was just impatient. After about 30 seconds, I have cell reception! CHRiS, you truly are infamous! You are awesome! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!
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[/COLOR]my phone must be a beast, it fails to flash everything. It's gaurded by an angel!
I can't flash the n7100 bootloader onto it, it asks for pit, i put the pit, nothing. Just sits there saying looking for PIT to partition for bootloader. womp womp.
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Did you try just running the PIT by itself using Odin 3.7?
Hey guys, I have a Galaxy Note II SCH-I605 that won't boot. It's stuck on the Galaxy Note II splash screen, and Odin is failing at NAND write start, Recovery menu has a bunch of stuff about not being able to mount /cache and /sdcard. I tried a lot of things, booting without external sdcard/simcard and trying to load my stock ROM with the external SD card and ADB which both don't work. I'm wondering if my NAND is fried and dead.
Any thoughts?
EDIT: This is my only phone, same phone I've had for 3 years plus. I reeeeally want to get this working again. I don't have the money to buy a new phone, and I have all my contacts and data on this one. I hope someone can lend a hand!
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Hey guys, I have a Galaxy Note II SCH-I605 that won't boot. It's stuck on the Galaxy Note II splash screen, and Odin is failing at NAND write start, Recovery menu has a bunch of stuff about not being able to mount /cache and /sdcard. I tried a lot of things, booting without external sdcard/simcard and trying to load my stock ROM with the external SD card and ADB which both don't work. I'm wondering if my NAND is fried and dead.
Any thoughts?
EDIT: This is my only phone, same phone I've had for 3 years plus. I reeeeally want to get this working again. I don't have the money to buy a new phone, and I have all my contacts and data on this one. I hope someone can lend a hand!
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Try booting to recovery and factory reset and wipe cache and then try Odin again. Verify that you are using the correct stock firmware for your model number and your region.
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Try booting to recovery and factory reset and wipe cache and then try Odin again. Verify that you are using the correct stock firmware for your model number and your region.
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Thanks for your suggestions, I appreciate all help I can get. I have already tried Recovery Mode. I haven't had any success. Every time I attempt to launch recovery mode it won't launch the traditional way I am familiar with. It always takes a while to start, then goes into a picture of the Android with the spinning geometric shape, then it turns into a red triangle with an exclamation point. Then it has a bunch of red text show up on the screen about "E: failed to mount /efs (No such file or directory), E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log, E: Can't open cache/recovery/log, E: failed to mount /system (No such file or directory), E: failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory), E: failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)". I then get a blue menu with all the red text still in the background. I have 6 selections on this menu: reboot system now, apply update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, apply update from cache. I've tried apply update from ADB, to which I can't get ADB to recognize my phone. I've tried loading my ROM on the external SD card, but the menu won't navigate to the external SD card and i get more additional red text stating E: failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory).
I've tried the laymans ways to flash the phone (I've rooted with GhettoRoot before, but recently reverted to a stock ROM about 2 months ago due to not having the time to stay on top of things so I'm familiar with all the standard troubleshooting. I'm out of the general options that I can think of.
I have tried flashing the stock ROM with Odin, but it always fails at NAND write start. I've tried different USB cables, and I'm using Odin 3.07. The stock ROM I have is good, I've used it before to recover a soft brick I had a year and a half ago (tried installing TWRP from the play store, didn't know about bootloaders back then).
If you have any other ideas on how to fix it, I would be happy to listen and try. I'm heading to Best Buy tomorrow (they're going to try to flash me with a stock ROM.)
Thanks
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Thanks for your suggestions, I appreciate all help I can get. I have already tried Recovery Mode. I haven't had any success. Every time I attempt to launch recovery mode it won't launch the traditional way I am familiar with. It always takes a while to start, then goes into a picture of the Android with the spinning geometric shape, then it turns into a red triangle with an exclamation point. Then it has a bunch of red text show up on the screen about "E: failed to mount /efs (No such file or directory), E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log, E: Can't open cache/recovery/log, E: failed to mount /system (No such file or directory), E: failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory), E: failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)". I then get a blue menu with all the red text still in the background. I have 6 selections on this menu: reboot system now, apply update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, apply update from cache. I've tried apply update from ADB, to which I can't get ADB to recognize my phone. I've tried loading my ROM on the external SD card, but the menu won't navigate to the external SD card and i get more additional red text stating E: failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory).
I've tried the laymans ways to flash the phone (I've rooted with GhettoRoot before, but recently reverted to a stock ROM about 2 months ago due to not having the time to stay on top of things so I'm familiar with all the standard troubleshooting. I'm out of the general options that I can think of.
I have tried flashing the stock ROM with Odin, but it always fails at NAND write start. I've tried different USB cables, and I'm using Odin 3.07. The stock ROM I have is good, I've used it before to recover a soft brick I had a year and a half ago (tried installing TWRP from the play store, didn't know about bootloaders back then).
If you have any other ideas on how to fix it, I would be happy to listen and try. I'm heading to Best Buy tomorrow (they're going to try to flash me with a stock ROM.)
Thanks
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When you get the blue menu, have you tried the factory reset and the wipe cache and then flashing with Odin?
Have you tried finding the PIT file for your model number then flashing it along with the stock firmware in Odin. Those mount errors tell me that your partitions are corrupted somewhere, the PIT will make sure its flashing everything to the correct partition.
If you can find your firmware in a 4 part file you can flash them in Odin but you have to put each part of the firmware in the slot they go in when using Odin. This is different than having an all in one firmware, these you flash in the AP slot but the 4 part is not flashed in the AP slot.
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When you get the blue menu, have you tried the factory reset and the wipe cache and then flashing with Odin?
Have you tried finding the PIT file for your model number then flashing it along with the stock firmware in Odin. Those mount errors tell me that your partitions are corrupted somewhere, the PIT will make sure its flashing everything to the correct partition.
If you can find your firmware in a 4 part file you can flash them in Odin but you have to put each part of the firmware in the slot they go in when using Odin. This is different than having an all in one firmware, these you flash in the AP slot but the 4 part is not flashed in the AP slot.
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Yes, I have tried clearing the cache. I only get errors on not being able to mount /cache. I have just located a .pit file that says it's for SCH-I605. I will try to flash that with Odin. I'm using an old version of Odin because I didn't understand the newer ones. Last time I had to use it was about a year and a half ago, so I wasn't familiar with all the new fields in Odin 3.12.
I wasn't able to find many different links with the .pit file for the SCH-I605. I found one link that was still good, and I'm going to try it. I believe the file is 3k, which makes sense to me because it's just partition data.
I'll let you know how this works out.
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Yes, I have tried clearing the cache. I only get errors on not being able to mount /cache. I have just located a .pit file that says it's for SCH-I605. I will try to flash that with Odin. I'm using an old version of Odin because I didn't understand the newer ones. Last time I had to use it was about a year and a half ago, so I wasn't familiar with all the new fields in Odin 3.12.
I wasn't able to find many different links with the .pit file for the SCH-I605. I found one link that was still good, and I'm going to try it. I believe the file is 3k, which makes sense to me because it's just partition data.
I'll let you know how this works out.
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Use the newer Odin and put the PIT in its own slot and the stock firmware in the AP slot. Do a search if you don't know where to put the PIT in Odin, also, make sure you have the correct options checked in Odin, if you select the wrong options it'll mess the device up.
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Well, I hope I didn't jump the gun. I did use the .pit file in Odin 3.07, I just saw your message about Odin 3.12. I loaded the PIT in the PIT slot, loaded my ROM in the PDAslot, and it seems to be taking a while on the <ID:0/003> Get PITfor mapping..
Droidriven said:
Use the newer Odin and put the PIT in its own slot and the stock firmware in the AP slot. Do a search if you don't know where to put the PIT in Odin, also, make sure you have the correct options checked in Odin, if you select the wrong options it'll mess the device up.
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How long should it take for the "Get PIT for mapping.." part? I've been waiting about 8 minutes, and it's still on that step. I have a newer computer, i3 processor 16gb ram and I don't remember it taking this long before. Would I be safe to unplug if it takes much longer, or is it a bad idea since I'm using the PIT file?
Hellstorm32 said:
How long should it take for the "Get PIT for mapping.." part? I've been waiting about 8 minutes, and it's still on that step. I have a newer computer, i3 processor 16gb ram and I don't remember it taking this long before. Would I be safe to unplug if it takes much longer, or is it a bad idea since I'm using the PIT file?
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Don't ever unplug it while flashing, that's a brick scenario for sure. You can cancel if it doesn't start the flash process, I'm not sure what results will be though.
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Don't ever unplug it while flashing, that's a brick scenario for sure. You can cancel if it doesn't start the flash process, I'm not sure what results will be though.
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Ok. It's still on this step, "Getting PIT for mapping.."
All the buttons are greyed out (can't click on them) so that tells me that the flash process is undertaking, but I can't understand why it's taking so long. I don't see my HDD light flashing, and Odin is using zero CPU in my resource monitor.
I'm wondering if my flash process is stuck and not progressing.
Text in Odin so far..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
Hellstorm32 said:
Ok. It's still on this step, "Getting PIT for mapping.."
All the buttons are greyed out (can't click on them) so that tells me that the flash process is undertaking, but I can't understand why it's taking so long. I don't see my HDD light flashing, and Odin is using zero CPU in my resource monitor.
I'm wondering if my flash process is stuck and not progressing.
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Yep, its stuck, close Odin and then disconnect the device.
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Text in Odin so far..
File analysis..
SetupConnection..
Initialzation..
Set PIT file..
DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
Get PIT for mapping..
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Check this thread out and see if it helps
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831
Ignore that its from the S2 forum, its about Odin issues so it might help.
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Yep, its stuck, close Odin and then disconnect the device.
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Check this thread out and see if it helps
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831
Ignore that its from the S2 forum, its about Odin issues so it might help.
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Ok, I've closed Odin. I've disconnected my device. I've checked and yes, I can still enter download mode (phew, I don't have much hardmod skills to get it running if it's hard bricked).
I'm going to bring it in to Best Buy today and see if the Samsung staff can flash it there. I was running stock when this happened. It's crazy, I was driving my car and I had my phone in my mount on the dash. I just happened to look over and it was stuck on the boot screen. No warning. It just restarted and froze on it's own.
Thanks for the help, I'm going to keep working on it today and see if I can get things moving.
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Yep, its stuck, close Odin and then disconnect the device.
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Check this thread out and see if it helps
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831
Ignore that its from the S2 forum, its about Odin issues so it might help.
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Ok, so here's an update. I was able to send my stock ROM to my device using the ADB sideload option from the recovery menu, but was unable to load the ROM due to the partition being corrupted.
I attempted a flash in Odin 3.12.3 with the PIT file and my stock ROM in the AP slot. I haven't been able to obtain a ROM in 4 seperate parts like you had suggested, I'm only still using the ROM that I have had for a year or so. This flash fails at partitioning. Odin message: Re-Partition operation failed.
I scoped out the guide you linked to me for the S2, and from what I'm seeing they say that if Odin fails a partition operation there is no hope. Only thing I can do is get a new motherboard.
Looks like the phone is completely dead. I'll look on Ebay for a new MB, but I may just end up getting a new phone.
Thanks for the help man. Too bad we couldn't get it up and running. I'm probably going to still mess with it. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions.
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Ok, so here's an update. I was able to send my stock ROM to my device using the ADB sideload option from the recovery menu, but was unable to load the ROM due to the partition being corrupted.
I attempted a flash in Odin 3.12.3 with the PIT file and my stock ROM in the AP slot. I haven't been able to obtain a ROM in 4 seperate parts like you had suggested, I'm only still using the ROM that I have had for a year or so. This flash fails at partitioning. Odin message: Re-Partition operation failed.
I scoped out the guide you linked to me for the S2, and from what I'm seeing they say that if Odin fails a partition operation there is no hope. Only thing I can do is get a new motherboard.
Looks like the phone is completely dead. I'll look on Ebay for a new MB, but I may just end up getting a new phone.
Thanks for the help man. Too bad we couldn't get it up and running. I'm probably going to still mess with it. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions.
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Don't give up yet, I'm not done with my bag of tricks.[emoji6]
There is a method that involves using a debrick.IMG to boot from extsdcard like using a bootable USB drive on PC.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
You'll have to find the debrick.IMG that was created from the same stock firmware that you have. If you can find someone with your same model number device that is rooted, you can get them to pull a debrick.img from their device using Terminal Emulator, you'll have to do a google search to find the terminal command for your model number to pull the debrick.img.
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Don't give up yet, I'm not done with my bag of tricks.[emoji6]
There is a method that involves using a debrick.IMG to boot from extsdcard like using a bootable USB drive on PC.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
You'll have to find the debrick.IMG that was created from the same stock firmware that you have. If you can find someone with your same model number device that is rooted, you can get them to pull a debrick.img from their device using Terminal Emulator, you'll have to do a google search to find the terminal command for your model number to pull the debrick.img.
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Wow man, that sounds good! Never heard of that before...I gotta admit though, I'm wondering what my chances are of finding someone with a Note 2 SCH-I605 that's rooted nowadays...I gotta admit my phone feels kind of ancient. I think it's going to be tough to find, but I will do some searches and look around. Thanks for the suggestion! I'll report back what I find.
Also, how do I do this method? If I find the file, do I load up recovery and try to load from SDcard?
UPDATE: Also, I tried enabling the Nand Erase All checkbox in Odin, and no dice. The error was that it failed to write to the NAND during the erase process. The more I mess with this the more I think my flash memory in the NAND is dead. I'm still completely open to your advice though and appreciate it very much.
Hellstorm32 said:
Wow man, that sounds good! Never heard of that before...I gotta admit though, I'm wondering what my chances are of finding someone with a Note 2 SCH-I605 that's rooted nowadays...I gotta admit my phone feels kind of ancient. I think it's going to be tough to find, but I will do some searches and look around. Thanks for the suggestion! I'll report back what I find.
Also, how do I do this method? If I find the file, do I load up recovery and try to load from SDcard?
UPDATE: Also, I tried enabling the Nand Erase All checkbox in Odin, and no dice. The error was that it failed to write to the NAND during the erase process. The more I mess with this the more I think my flash memory in the NAND is dead. I'm still completely open to your advice though and appreciate it very much.
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If you did NAND erase all its dead. I started to warn you when you first mentioned NAND to leave it alone and don't mess with NAND in Odin. You can send it in for JTAG service, its usually $50 and they send it back to you fixed. Cheaper than replacing the motherboard. JTAG is the last ditch effort.
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If you did NAND erase all its dead. You can send it in for JTAG service, its usually $50 and they send it back to you fixed.
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I can still load to the Download screen. Does that mean that there's still hope? Or is the fact that the erase operation fails to write indicate that the flash hardware is bad like I've thought?
I also have thought about just getting a new mobo for it. Is there soldering involved in installing one? Also, is there some sort of hardware signing that will prevent me from installing a different mobo than was shipped with the phone?
Hellstorm32 said:
I can still load to the Download screen. Does that mean that there's still hope? Or is the fact that the erase operation fails to write indicate that the flash hardware is bad like I've thought?
I also have thought about just getting a new mobo for it. Is there soldering involved in installing one? Also, is there some sort of hardware signing that will prevent me from installing a different mobo than was shipped with the phone?
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The mobo you have is shot. You can replace it yourself, no soldering involved unless the battery wires are soldered, if so, you'd have to solder that back on the new mobo. You have to get the same motherboard from the same model number you have, a different mobo will require altering your firmware. If you do it yourself just be careful disassembling the device.
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The mobo you have is shot. You can replace it yourself, no soldering involved unless the battery wires are soldered, if so, you'd have to solder that back on the new mobo. You have to get the same motherboard from the same model number you have, a different mobo will require altering your firmware. If you do it yourself just be careful disassembling the device.
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Great help. Thanks man. I think I'm going to look at new models and see about upgrading. I believe with all the battery problems on the Note 7 that Verizon is offering 0$ down as incentive to purchase one. I'll have to do my research, but it's listed as 36$ a month and I may be able to afford that. After I get a new phone, I'll do my best to get the old one working again (new mobo) and probably look to unload it on Ebay after it's up and running no problems. Either that or let my wife take tthe Note 2 over (She has an S3).
I'm bummed. Especially because this happened out of the blue. I was running stock ROM and phone rebooted out of the blue to the splash screen and BAM...dead. I've been able to recover devices before (I bricked a Stealth Trio 7 before and had to write .sh files to get the touch screen to work again), this is the first time I've been unable to fix an android device. Had to happen sometime.
Thanks again for your efforts.:highfive: