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[Q] Hard bricked my tablet and some questions

Hi all. First of all, I come here because I hard bricked my tablet (I did some research on some brick terminology.) I have some questions at the end of this thread, to satisfy my curiosity.
I misunderstood instructions and bricked my tablet. I barely had it two months. The instructions I spoke of where to install CM7 beta on my tablet (instructions here).
I downloaded and installed the files, then used heidmall to flash it. After the flash, heidmall said it was sucsessful. The problem was that it was hard bricked. No response to any button I pressed. I went on the Cyanogenmod forums and asked some questions. One of the users asked what the carrier was.. Verizon Wireless, I answered him. He said it wont boot up because I flashed a rom with a different radio or something (I dont remember all the details).
One of my questions is that, yes I did root my devices prior bricking it (voiding it.) If I send it to Samsung to get it repaired, will they be able to tell that I did root it? I did not install any roms on it (yet) or tried to overclock it; only thing I really did to use the root access was to use the wireless tether (just once). I know over clocking can make the device over heat and that leaves evidence on the motherboard, from what I read, thirdparty software. I have seen some videos about fixing bricked tablets using a program called JTAG to fix the boot-loaders. If Samsung are able to fix it, will they be able to see that it is rooted or was?
My primary question is that, can Samsung fix my device when I send it in, regarding the radio. Or will they fix it because it is rooted, or if they can't tell if it is.
I ask the evidence of the rooted device because last year, my Motorola Droid got overheated and I had to send it in to get it replaced. That device was rooted and had CM6 installed on it. I sbf'd it back to original stock and Verizon didn't contact me, so I am assuming they can't tell that it was rooted.
Another question. If Samsung does decide to repair my tablet, how much would that cost? And if they do find out it is rooted and they ask me if I wanted it fixed, how much would that cost? Estimated prices would be appreciated as well.
Another question. I have been browsing around and I found some supposedly reliable people who can fix my tablet. MobileTechVideos to be specific. I am not questioning their authenticity anything. I am wandering if I should send my tablet to them to fix it instead of Samsung. Because I am wondering if Samsung would charge me up the whoohoo to get it repaired.
I know my questions are many and seemed jumbled together. But I am curious.

answers
1- as i'm sure you were on froyo - did you patch the bootloader patch ? if not , then this is what caused the hard bricked
2- samsung will not know if you were rooted your tab , actually they will know because most of people go there with this specific issue because they flashed roms\kernels Unofficial
3- if you still under warranty they will fix it for you (for free) without any cost , all you need is a drama ( i updated via kies and then my tab off and never wont boot again ) it works 100%
4- as i heard MobileTechVideo are trusted people and they fixed alot of tabs
if you still under warranty send it to Samsung with the drama i just mentioned above and they will fix it in( a month or 3 weeks) for free
please from now on , do read guides carefully we all humans and we may miss something or do some mistakes , batter to be careful more than to be sorry
good luck

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127978
Yeah, I heard Mobile Tech do great job with only $50 dolar payment. You should let them fixed it for you..or
I'm not 100% sure, but there is 10 or 20% sammy can detect it is rooted. BUT if you already decide to send to sammy, better you make sure your tab is totally hard brick so that sammy could't detect it rooted at all. Ex:- put your tab inside microwave. I heard some person on HD2 forum do this and they manage to get brand new replacement of HD2. ;P..Just my suggestion.
haha..BUT read on this xda forum first. Do search until you are satistify your tab is screw up and totally hard brick and could not solve by you before you take my consideration..

You voided your warranty if you rooted it. Samsung will charge you to repair it because they will know. They will charge more than mobile tech, I promise. 130 from samsung is about right, 50 from tech.
You flashed a GSM rom into a CDMA device, so if you do get it repaired I recommend a lot of reading before you try again.
Sent from my "better than an iPad" tab... Running Overcome Gingerbread.

Just say it stop working , they won't know it's rooted i did the same thing and got mine replaced for free you got a year warranty.
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To reply to all above questions.
1. My tablet is completely hard bricked. No response to any hard reset or download mode. The screen bares no response to anything. I can feel some heat from the battery inside, just saying.
2. Microwaving my tablet seems a bit crazy. I might blow up my microwave and I have a feeling that would damage it to where Samsung will not replace it.
3. "You flashed a GSM rom into a CDMA device, so if you do get it repaired I recommend a lot of reading before you try again." Yes I know. I always thought that I could flash it back to fix it. But I can't even get to download mode.
It seems that I got some response that 'No Samsung will not find out its rooted', or 'Yes, they will find out I rooted it and will charge me." I will send it in to Samsung to get it repaired and tell the outcome here.

Hi ripjaw27!
any update on what Samsung said ?
I need to call them tomorrow!
Ofiaich

The Mobile Tech Video guys are very good. They resurrected by captivate when flashed the wrong bootloaders on it. Very fast turn around time and no BS whatsoever. I highly recommend them if you need JTAG services for any device. In the extremely rare event that he cant fix it he'll send the device back no charge - all you're out is shipping.

CDMA and GSM roms can't be used on the opposing devices... The wifi only version, gt - p1010, also shouldn't be flashed. You WILL end up with a brick, guaranteed... Fair enough you want to try these thingsa BUT theres a reason each rom is identified as GSM or CDMA....

They received my tablet, its been a week. But I haven't received any news from them. The ticket page they sent me still doesn't have a estimated repair date. So no updates as of yet.

I'd take down the repair invoice for a device you've admitted to bricking, friend. Just sayin...

Okay got an update from Samsung.
"*08/04/2011//11:49:50//0001773863//Telephone//ASC*
8/4/2011 10:41 AM-Edmond: The unit is repaired. SOLUTION: Replaced PBA"
It got repaired! Haha thanks. What is a PBA?

Okay got an update from Samsung.
"*08/04/2011//11:49:50//0001773863//Telephone//ASC*
8/4/2011 10:41 AM-Edmond: The unit is repaired. SOLUTION: Replaced PBA"
It got repaired! Haha thanks. What is a PBA?

jocala said:
I'd take down the repair invoice for a device you've admitted to bricking, friend. Just sayin...
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Yeah thanks friend!
Just remembered what happened in a movie I saw.

Just for the records: Got my Hardbricked GTab repaired via T-Mo UK under warranty. Apparently they cannot check whether this has been flashed or not...

I think I might have to send my tablet back again. This time my 3G is not working after a few flashes and flashed a zimage to the modem and I bricked the modem now.... I have to find a stock firmware before I send it back. I am sad.

Ripjaw check your settings in > settings > wireless network > mobile network > names and connections and add your carrier UMTS - 3G \APN settings.
I did had the same when i flashed my GT-P1000, it is empty no default carrier settings build in..

OK mate, the 1st they'll repair under good graces but if you go back with the same or a similar problem, chances are they're going to look closer for the problem this time...

[Q] GPU Dead?

Here is my issue, my captivate was hard bricked and I was able to perform the unbrickable mod on my phone successfully. It worked the first time with no issues. I flashed a fresh ROM to my phone and all was well, it played all of the games that it always did, the screen looked just as good as it did when it was new. Then one day while playing a game, the screen changed and now it looks like it is in negative mode...(yellow is orange, white is almost purple) kind of like the colors are all reversed. Plus when even attempting to play a game it is a slow crawl. Is there anything I can try or has anyone else seen this issue? I have already used Odin and went back to 2.1 stock and did a master clear, but the issue still exists.
Can anyone help?

broken. if it is under 1 year old send back for warranty now that you flashed to stock. if not... bummer. try to order a new main board.

Yeah this is my original captivate that I bought in August of 2010...so it is way far out of warranty. I will do some searching to see how much a main board would cost me. If its more than $50, I will just sell it for parts. Thanks for the help though!

PeteSeiler2010 said:
Yeah this is my original captivate that I bought in August of 2010...so it is way far out of warranty. I will do some searching to see how much a main board would cost me. If its more than $50, I will just sell it for parts. Thanks for the help though!
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You might still wanna contact ATT/Samsung for a replacement. I remember that I was able to replace my old Samsung Impression (touchwiz, no android) even though it was way out of warranty (like 6 months out). ATT may not replace it, so definitely call Samsung...

Wouldn't warranty be voided with unbrickable mod?
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In thinking......yes.

I9000 Damage by Water ?!

So i bricked my phone and it seems like that nobody can help me ...
My Phone shows no reaction i don't know if a USB JIG would help.
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I pay every 3th month for an insurance (If my phone get damage by water)
so if i let my phone fall into water they would send me a new phone ?
ps.: Sorry for my bad english :ssss
OH wrong section sorry i report .... was before on Q&A

Try the jig first. It's cheap. Just order one off ebay.
Also make sure that your warranty really does cover water damage. As far as I know there is no warrranty that covers water damage, though I suppose your carrier might offer additional coverage in return for extra charge.

Driv said:
So i bricked my phone and it seems like that nobody can help me ...
My Phone shows no reaction i don't know if a USB JIG would help.
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I pay every 3th month for an insurance (If my phone get damage by water)
so if i let my phone fall into water they would send me a new phone ?
ps.: Sorry for my bad english :ssss
OH wrong section sorry i report .... was before on Q&A
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you have insurance?... the no need to worry... they will fix it.. if it`s not fixable, they will send you a new one
that`s how insurance works.

are you sure you can't acess Download mode? either way try the USB JIG first

I have warrenty from the market i bought it from and an extra warrenty for water and fall damages
the normal warrenty goes until 13.08.12

siky_dude said:
you have insurance?... the no need to worry... they will fix it.. if it`s not fixable, they will send you a new one
that`s how insurance works.
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You mean if i let it fall into water ?

just bring it to the warranty and chill out, insurance will fix it

But what if they see that i flashed a coustom rom ?

Then you get a very very big invoice ...

Unless if they can fix it, they won't be able to tell that you are on a custom rom.

lasickui said:
just bring it to the warranty and chill out, insurance will fix it
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+1
they should not matter on what you're flashing,
can not check

my phone got also water damaged. i changed the whole front panel for under 100 euro and it worked. i think its cheaper than the price you must pay trough insurance. if you need more information, i can help you!
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I don't know if u get it but my phone hasnt a waterdamage it ist just bricked.
So i wan't let it fall into water so maybe i'm lucky and get a new phone..... Know what i mean ?

haha=DD stupid me *biiig facepalm*
how badly bricked? showing up any lights?
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Download mode works ?

nothing works
it is like there is no battery in

Just bring it to them, dude! If they know you've flashed custom rom, that mean your phone fixed. Just take the phone and say good bye. Will they put you in jail? If they do don't worry. Just tell them I buy your phone because of custom roms, if there were no custom roms every phones just look and do the same **** like each other, if every phones look and do the same **** so instead of buy this costy phone why stupid I buy another cheaper 10 time than. You know I am like addicted of flashing custom rom. I flash every new rom as soon as it posted. I think my phone will be brick like you, man. But I don't care, as long as I feel good )
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Dude don't worry this is YOUR phone you buy it with your money so you can even put a dragon in there and trow it in the lava its yours. so try to fix it if you believe you can. the are lots of people here that they are able and will help you just.(i got the same problem with you my phone wont open and wont do a thing its like i Shot it with a shotgun and i have not found a solution yet )if you can't fix it they will fix it i mean will relapse it (i think)
by the aether hand if you don't feed like trow it in the water find a good service and let the professionals do there tricks or you can buy a new one but before you do 1 of all those things think it big time and know that what ever you do its your choice and you consequence if are any
ps try The Dev. section for your Devise

thanks for so many replys.
I have ordered an USB Jig and it it probaly arrive tomorrow.
But if it wont work i will bring it to the shop and look what they can do...

So my USB Jig is here but it won't work -.-
I do anything wrong ?
1.Battery out
2.battery in
3.USB Jig in

Finally, i got hard bricked...

Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Same thing happened to me, nothing worked (tried the JIG). I had to send it in for repair, but they didn't see that it was my fault (still had warranty).

nasdak10 said:
Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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From my experience the only way u can get ur phone back in service is go to ssc and make some reasonable reason why ur phone is dead, so u can still claim for warranty and I am sure they will replace ur engine/mobo like my friends did a month ago.
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nasdak10 said:
Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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No download mode when you use the jig?

I feel your pain. Best wishes on resurecting that thing.

sorry to know. hope things will be Ok soon for you.

nasdak10 said:
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
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It has nothing to do with your battery dying and everything with trying to flash CM9 directly from super-dangerous LP5 or LP6 leak ICS kernel.
No jig or JTag will revive your phone now.
However, if your Note refuses to go into download or recovery mode, you are in luck - if you have a warranty, that is. Just take your phone to the service center and tell them that it died when updating via Kies. There is no way for them to tell what had really happened and they will have to replace your motherboard free of charge.

Sadly, jig didnt solve the problem. Battery isnt hot when plugged in, is my motherboard fried by flashing the note?
Could a jtag solve the problem?

Try to take it back in for warranty before attempting a JTAG and voiding the warranty (that they can tell)
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nasdak10 said:
Sadly, jig didnt solve the problem. Battery isnt hot when plugged in, is my motherboard fried by flashing the note?
Could a jtag solve the problem?
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Yeah, that's a classic superbrick, need replacement mobo. Sorry dude. As mentioned just say you were updating ics ota or through kies.
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I got the same problem few days back..I went to service center and said that i got an ota update and after downloading had completed,it started rebooting and there i got some errors and finally my phone is dead
They were unable to find the exact reason why it got bricked as it was unable to enter download or recovery mode
So they replaced the motherboard under warrenty
Better this it once
All the best :good:

I dont think that warranty thing is gonna work, because i have lost some inside cover screws... yeah, thats a long story trying to fix it. If i borrow a motherboard... could i recover my data? because thats all i want at the moment. Or, is there any website where i can buy it? Otherwise, im going to try it with the warranty...

nasdak10 said:
I dont think that warranty thing is gonna work, because i have lost some inside cover screws... yeah, thats a long story trying to fix it. If i borrow a motherboard... could i recover my data? because thats all i want at the moment. Or, is there any website where i can buy it? Otherwise, im going to try it with the warranty...
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What cover screws??
If you change your motherboard,you will lose all your data

I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:

Mr Colt said:
I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:
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Ivjust tried it bit couldnt get brick to occur no matter how hard i tried. Nm glad you got yours fixed
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Mr Colt said:
I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:
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Good to hear
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Galaxy Note bricked after JB flash

Hey everyone
I'm a bit lost as to how to get started with fixing my hard bricked phone. It occured when flashing a leaked JB rom and now won't turn on, not even in Download mode.
I'm in Australia but bought my phone in Malaysia so the local Samsung shop is refusing to repair it without replacing the main PCB. They advised that a repair would be possible without the hardware replacement, but it would be illegal for them to perform because of issues relating to the IMEI (WTF?).
I haven't been able to get any response out of the phone. The battery was very low when I flashed (terrible move, I know), is it possible that the battery now isn't charging and this is why I'm not able to go into Download mode? I have a few mates with the same phone so I could potentially try a charged battery in it...
All up - I'm guessing that I have to manually write to the EMMC.... Is this just a matter of obtaining a JIG cable and using Odin? I'd like to avoid opening the phone up, but I can do if it's my only option.
Cheers in advance
Paul

zeski said:
Hey everyone
I'm a bit lost as to how to get started with fixing my hard bricked phone. It occured when flashing a leaked JB rom and now won't turn on, not even in Download mode.
I'm in Australia but bought my phone in Malaysia so the local Samsung shop is refusing to repair it without replacing the main PCB. They advised that a repair would be possible without the hardware replacement, but it would be illegal for them to perform because of issues relating to the IMEI (WTF?).
I haven't been able to get any response out of the phone. The battery was very low when I flashed (terrible move, I know), is it possible that the battery now isn't charging and this is why I'm not able to go into Download mode? I have a few mates with the same phone so I could potentially try a charged battery in it...
All up - I'm guessing that I have to manually write to the EMMC.... Is this just a matter of obtaining a JIG cable and using Odin? I'd like to avoid opening the phone up, but I can do if it's my only option.
Cheers in advance
Paul
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886

zeski said:
Hey everyone
I'm a bit lost as to how to get started with fixing my hard bricked phone. It occured when flashing a leaked JB rom and now won't turn on, not even in Download mode.
I'm in Australia but bought my phone in Malaysia so the local Samsung shop is refusing to repair it without replacing the main PCB. They advised that a repair would be possible without the hardware replacement, but it would be illegal for them to perform because of issues relating to the IMEI (WTF?).
I haven't been able to get any response out of the phone. The battery was very low when I flashed (terrible move, I know), is it possible that the battery now isn't charging and this is why I'm not able to go into Download mode? I have a few mates with the same phone so I could potentially try a charged battery in it...
All up - I'm guessing that I have to manually write to the EMMC.... Is this just a matter of obtaining a JIG cable and using Odin? I'd like to avoid opening the phone up, but I can do if it's my only option.
Cheers in advance
Paul
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Thought you may need this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25869754
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I'm assuming you only get an LED? ,If you are suffering Erase Cap there is very little that can be done at the stage you're at.
All information regarding Ecap can be found in that thread.
You may say hello in there and get somebody far wiser than me to pick it up..

Thanks for the suggestions guys.
Unfortunately the phone is completely unresponsive (although it does warm up when plugged in!)
I'm guessing it's the EMMC bug rearing it's ugliest form and it now needs me to bit a JIT kit to rewrite to it directly... but it'll take me weeks to learn up on that and get the parts...
I'm guessing I need one of these bad boys to proceed:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RIFF-Box...ltDomain_0&hash=item25755f5616#ht_15039wt_909
Can anyone confirm/deny/comment? I'm gonna go out and grab myself an Ideos X5 to hold me over, but would love to go back to my Galaxy Note.

Leaked JB rom from where did you get that

Actually there is no leaked jb rom
Try using jig to enter download mode

Before flashing what ROM and Kernel are you on?

zeski said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
Unfortunately the phone is completely unresponsive (although it does warm up when plugged in!)
I'm guessing it's the EMMC bug rearing it's ugliest form and it now needs me to bit a JIT kit to rewrite to it directly... but it'll take me weeks to learn up on that and get the parts...
I'm guessing I need one of these bad boys to proceed:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RIFF-Box...ltDomain_0&hash=item25755f5616#ht_15039wt_909
Can anyone confirm/deny/comment? I'm gonna go out and grab myself an Ideos X5 to hold me over, but would love to go back to my Galaxy Note.
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Sorry to learn about your mishap. I suggest you should not waste money on RIFFBOX as there is little chance you will be able to revive your device in the condition it is, and if you are not into electronics, and don't have hands on experience of soldering (i mean really thin wires), this will be useless for you. I am telling this from my experience as I have same bricked note with me. Had it jtagged, but could not get it revived because the bootloader in eMMC is damaged, so the only option is to replace eMMC, which is physically impossible without sophisticated high tech machinery, or to replace the motherboard carrying eMMC chip. That is not available anywhere (not even on eBay last I checked), except Samsung Service Center, and at least in my country, they are charging like USD400 for the motherboard. I read in another thread here (cannot find it now) that it cost another guy about US$200 for the same thing else where (I think it was in India).
How much are they charging for motherboard replacement? I think you should go for this option as even if somehow you get your note revived without mb replacement, it is highly likely you'll still end up with partially damaged eMMC chip.

how did you know that it s the emmc brick?, i have my phone hardbricked before when i tried to use swap partition, and i get no responce from the phone also, i though it was the emmc brick bug, but i get it worked only with jtag, and costed me around 20$ only, and it wasn't the emmc brick, it was hardbrick but without emmc chip corruption.
the only way the emmc brick ocures is by:
wiping or formatting while on unsafe kernel
any thing else isn't emmc brick, and i think this your condition, you have to try jtag dear.

Thanks for the responses guys It's much appreciated.
I've ordered myself a little USB JIG, will see how that goes and proceed from there!

Emmc big is still present in the note 2 with jelly bean?
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u should ask this in the Note || forum mate.. there u will get more response... although.. the emmc was specific to ICS kernels..

nokiamodeln91 said:
u should ask this in the Note || forum mate.. there u will get more response... although.. the emmc was specific to ICS kernels..
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Right, ICS kernels that are being modified to use on JB for phones that dont have jb kernel source... Like a samaung phone
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Ya thats cuz there is no official uodate for note yet