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[Q]-Verizon-GTab-How to return to stock

First off, I have searched and performed a few different recovery processes and my Tab is partially functional (FC's on a lot of apps)
I used Z4Root.
Next I used the Verizon_zImage to install CWR (converted to Ext4)
I installed the Dodexed Verizon from this forum
Everything ran fine for about a month
I started getting FC's on a lot of apps
Decided to revert to stock via this post: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...84-how-restore-vzw-galaxy-tab-stock-dj11.html
Used Heimdall to flash the Cache, Param, factory, Kernel and Recovery
Following the directions, I booked into recovery (stock)
When I tried to wipe Data and Cache, is where the problems started
I get a bunch of errors about not being able to mount /Data
I have tried to get back to where I was with flashing the Verizon_zImage and wiping data and cache that way (seemed to work but all my apps and data are still there)
If someone can tell me how to get the Data wiped, I think I can get ther rest working...
Help please as I'm going to visit my brother this month and he's an Apple guy so I was going to show off how much better Android is...

Did you repartition with a PIT file? If you've gone to EXT4, I believe you need to repartition the device before you can go back to an RFS ROM.
Regards,
Dave

Can't find anything telling me how to do this or a PIT file for Verizon, so no. Kind of was thinking the same thing.
Anyone have a PIT file for a verizon Tab?

I screwed my tab using Verizon Tab Boostrapper from the market, trying to get to EXT4, it was already rooted with SuperOneClick; it booted into recovery and did a nandroid backup but i think failed the first time then tried to do some flashing then rebooted back into a nandroid backup finally completeing after what i think was a successful backup and EXT format. It may not be successful because when i try either of the md5 in Odin they both fail and i dont think i did enough research to find out how to push these files to the device yet.
After not reading what i should have nor having found a suitable stock verizon rom i tried relfashing with a JMF rom using odin which i am not sure if i jacked it even more but got it to boot to a different samsung startup screen but just hang up there, no carrier logo. Point being i can finally get back to a verizon startup screen after reformatting with P1_add_hidden.pit, it boots to a verizon logo and does the single single vibrate followed by a double vibrate i notice this thing doing everytime it fails with an app or software in general.
After trying this method with heimdall and all files in their right places as instructed by the first post i can flash in download mode but heimdall never tells me that the flash is successful even after waiting a good 10-15 minutes after the progress bars stop. Should it take this long to complete the flash?
Also, i know you said not to use any other files in heimdall but if i try using a CWM zImage file from the forums or even one i found for verizon, i can get heimdall to flash and say successful completed flash but it still vibrates and loops on startup. Any suggestions? Or can someone point me in the direction of how to restore my backup with heimdall?
I can boot into stock recovery and download mode, ive also tried to just flash the CWM from the CWM beta post with heimdall and it says successful flash but it still has stock recovery after reboot.

SUCCESS! ok so my brother has a vzw tab also, i used roto's backup method and backed up his device thru adb, i then heimdall with my bros factory.rfs, kernel(zImage), param.lfs, boot.bin, cache.rfs, dbdata.rfs, modem.bin and recovery(zImage) but got black screen of death so reformatted with P1_add_hidden.pit to get back to looping verizon logo, then back to download mode and this time i removed the kernel and recovery files and tried again which got me back to a verizon logo loop but then i tried a wipe data and wipe cache and WALA! tab booted right up, only missing modem (i think its modem bc i cant get carrier service) and menu/home/search buttons dont respond in android. CWM 3.0 flashes on both tabs but doesnt boot up to it so i used the galaxytabandclockworkmod combo found in these forums to get CWM 2.5.1 on it and am trying to restore from my odin claimed mismatched( but md5summer tells me they are good) nandroid backup, will post findings soon

cooljo555 said:
SUCCESS! ok so my brother has a vzw tab also, i used roto's backup method and backed up his device thru adb, i then heimdall with my bros factory.rfs, kernel(zImage), param.lfs, boot.bin, cache.rfs, dbdata.rfs, modem.bin and recovery(zImage) but got black screen of death so reformatted with P1_add_hidden.pit to get back to looping verizon logo, then back to download mode and this time i removed the kernel and recovery files and tried again which got me back to a verizon logo loop but then i tried a wipe data and wipe cache and WALA! tab booted right up, only missing modem (i think its modem bc i cant get carrier service) and menu/home/search buttons dont respond in android. CWM 3.0 flashes on both tabs but doesnt boot up to it so i used the galaxytabandclockworkmod combo found in these forums to get CWM 2.5.1 on it and am trying to restore from my odin claimed mismatched( but md5summer tells me they are good) nandroid backup, will post findings soon
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Any chance you could post the files, there are a lot of us stuck at verizon logos without other tabs to copy data from haha.
Thanks in advance!!!

After all the things I tried, I gave in and took it back to Verizon (still within the year Sansung warranty) . I'll have a new one either tomorrow or Monday. Once I get it, I'll preform Roto's backup via command line and get all the required files if they are not posted first. If I read Roto's command strings correctly, I can even get the .pit file so we should be covered.
Like I said, if cooljo555 doesn't post these I'll work on posting them when I get my new device...

MrCheetah said:
Any chance you could post the files, there are a lot of us stuck at verizon logos without other tabs to copy data from haha.
Thanks in advance!!!
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rjansen110 said:
After all the things I tried, I gave in and took it back to Verizon (still within the year Sansung warranty) . I'll have a new one either tomorrow or Monday. Once I get it, I'll preform Roto's backup via command line and get all the required files if they are not posted first. If I read Roto's command strings correctly, I can even get the .pit file so we should be covered.
Like I said, if cooljo555 doesn't post these I'll work on posting them when I get my new device...
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Please post these file when you get the chance! I would really appreciate it!

The stock files are posted here
Hello everyone,
All the files are here in the XDA-Developers, in advance I'll like to apologize if I am breaking any rules by adding the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955342
I downloaded the files I just don't know how to flash them, including the pit.pit files, help please since my tab is severely broken and I need to flash all files to bring it back to factory.
I'll appreciate anybody helping me. I already tried with heimdall, but it will not do anything when I put the pit.pit file, I tried odin, but it does not work neither, since I don't have a tar file for this, I no matter what I do, if I created one it does not work. If the instructions to do this are included somewhere else, can you please point me in the right direction?

[Q] Stuck in Boot-Loop (Gingerbread,Juwe'sROM 4.0, CR-Root3.1, ext4)

Hi all,
I upgraded to Gingerbread and Juwe's ROM last night and all went well. That is until today when I ran the script to convert the filesystem to ext4. It rebooted into CWM and all seemed to go well except my phone is now stuck in a boot-loop. It gets as far as the initial "Galaxy S GT-I9000 Samsung" screen and then restarts to it every few seconds.
Background:
I followed the instructions as given in Juwes thread. Initially flashed XWJVB XEE firmware with bootloaders from this thread (this exact firmware I think) with re-partition,etc checked. After that I flashed CF-Root-XW_XEE_JVB-v3.1-CWM3RFS (no-repartition) and flashed ROM. ROM was working perfectly till I ran ext4.
Does anyone know of any way to fix this problem? I can boot into Download mode and CWM Recovery v3.0.0.5. I'm trying to avoid reflashing the ROM but if I can't get a solution soon I guess I'll just have to do that

Hmmm,
Are you able to get into recovery or download mode?
Edit: Just noticed you can.

Another question,
What did you use to convert to ext4?
Did you install Chainfire's ext4 addon?

electrotune1200 said:
Another question,
What did you use to convert to ext4?
Did you install Chainfire's ext4 addon?
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Ya it's Chainfire's ext4 addon I used. Although it's just occurred to me that I think I used the one packaged with the ROM instead of the newest one from Chainfire's thread. Could it be an older version?

Yeah I really don't know about that. When we get the phone sorted, I would install his most recent addon to see if that's the issue.
As far as I know, you may only have 2 options.
First, you can try to do a factory reset in CWM.
If that fails, I'd start from the beginning, flashing with a 512 pit and re-partion.

electrotune1200 said:
Yeah I really don't know about that. When we get the phone sorted, I would install his most recent addon to see if that's the issue.
As far as I know, you may only have 2 options.
First, you can try to do a factory reset in CWM.
If that fails, I'd start from the beginning, flashing with a 512 pit and re-partion.
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I was afraid you'd say that. Just got the phone setup as I wanted it
Just tried the factory reset in CWM and no joy. Guess I'll re-partition when I get home. Should probably be doing some work at the moment anyway

Sorry man,
Next time, set everything up after you convert it to ext4. Might save you another headache.
Also, make sure you have some free space on your internal sd card. I try to leave 1.5gb free for file system conversions.
Oh and,
get some work done already

Before you go and flash everything again.
Try flashing Chainfire's 3.1 kernal again. It might pull it out of the boot loop. Worth a shot though before starting all over.
Hopefully it works out for you without starting all over.

I tried reflashing the kernel but no joy. Just went with the complete reflash in the end. Was painless enough because I had everything set up to go from the night before
Thanks for all the help electrotune! Appreciate it

[Q] Stuck in bootloop...need help

So I updated the MIUI on my Cappy from whatever I had before to 2.3.30 that is GB 2.3.7 from this location:
http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/archived-miui-versions-captivate-gb.16558/
I didnt care for it so I downloaded SlimICS. I downloaded the base and the cappy essentials. Put them both on my internal sd. I factory reset, wiped data, cache and system and dalvic, just as i do for every phone i work on. I ran the SlimICS base and now it keeps rebooting and going back into recovery and doing this:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Slim ICS
Once Slim ICS pops up, it reboots and does it all over. I can yank the battery and manually go into recovery, but if i try to boot it up normal, it goes back into the loop. I am on CWM 5.0.2.7 also.
So what did i miss?

GB bootloaders most likely missing - flash 'em using Heimdall. And SlimICS doesn't have modem. So. Flash my ROM for a change may be.

Sounds like you just need to flash again. You have to do that when you are going from GB to ICS, and vice versa I believe.

And you flashed the base and the cappy essentials right? Not just the base
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

korockinout13 said:
Sounds like you just need to flash again. You have to do that when you are going from GB to ICS, and vice versa I believe.
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trying to flash again just put it back in the loop. And I read that that does happen alot going from GB to ICS on the Cappy. But for Slim it didnt work.
Wdustin1 said:
And you flashed the base and the cappy essentials right? Not just the base
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I never could get that far because it was the base that I started to install and it got bootlooped on, everytime it restarted, it went back into recovery and started to run the base again, and repeated boot loop. I read somewhere that teamhacksung's rom would get me over the GB to ICS bridge. This one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
It did the bootloop to, but when i yanked the battery and went back in and installed it a 2nd time, it didnt restart and installed correctly. After that I installed SlimICS. But I dont like it as much as i thought i would and now when i try to reinstall teamhacksung ROM, it errors out during the beggining of the installation. The MD5 is still fine. I dont think it likes the version of CWM recovery that SlimICS installed. I know CWMR went to an older version when i went from teamhacksung to SlimICS.

Flash glitch kernel first. Also, don't use the builds from that thread, it is old. Just flash the latest CM9 nightly
Swyped from my ICS Samsung Captivate

Stuck in A boot loop after flashing paranoid rom to cappy i897
I downloaded all needed files to internal SD just as the (how to upgrade the captivate i897 to Paranoid ROM said to do )
wipe data factory reset,wipe cache,selected install zip zip>package (pa_captivatemtd-1.99-13AUGUST2012.zip, md5sum: cc03bacf0f07a94bf25b482d64b94e63) then it started boot looping / att screen twice then android guy ,, then falling over with exclamation point in the middle of him , let it go considering options of 3 button combo weren't working ,, beside guide said 5-10 min to install then it made it to devil kernel installed gapps >> (gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip, md5sum: f62cfe4a827202899919fd932d5246d7) now back in the boot loop again>>
i did make a nandroid backup but cant seem to get into cwm recovery or download mode . I did follow that guide to a tee.
any help or suggestions on this i would greatly appreciated if this post in wrong spot sry im new.

Also stuck in bootloop reverting to Gingerbread
I am also stuck in boot loop after attempting to restore back into Gingerbread.
Here's how I got in this mess: I had been running Gingerbread on my Captivate for several months (rooted). I decided it was time to try upgrading to Jelly Bean (cm9 version). I installed ClockworkMod Recovery and that appeared to be working, so I made a NANDroid and proceeded to install CyanogenMod on my phone.
It booted OK, but I didn't like it and figured I'd just revert by restoring my NANDroid. Only thing is, it didn't restore correctly and my phone was stuck at the initial AT&T "bars" screen.
So I attempted to reboot in recovery and restore my latest update.zip. This did not seem to help at all. My phone would just boot to the AT&T screen and be stuck there. I checked to see adb was reachable behind the scenes but it wasn't.
After that I loaded Odin 1.85, downloaded a copy of the stock Captivate ROM, unzipped it and loaded it to my ROM (using the method described in this link I'm not allowed to show you because I'm a new user), more or less.
Odin said it was successful, but the phone is now still stuck in a boot loop. The ClockworkMod Recovery options are gone from the recovery menu. Now it looks like my stock recovery menu. There are some diagnostics on the recovery screen:
-- Copying media files --
E: failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mont /dbdata
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu
for format and reboot actions.
Meida files copy failed.
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied CSC-code 'ATT'
Successfully copied multi-CSC.
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the bold text indicating errors appears in orange.
I tried "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" and rebooting. This had no apparent effect. The Captivate still continues to loop on reboot.
What next? It seems like it's missing something it needs to boot that's not in the standard Gingerbread Captivate image I downloaded with Odin. What else do I need to do? Keep in mind that right now the only way I can get files onto the phone is Odin (or similar) via the USB port. The phone never gets booted enough to get to it with adb, let alone mounting as a drive on my computer.
Thanks

Reply Back.
HG_User said:
I am also stuck in boot loop after attempting to restore back into Gingerbread.
Here's how I got in this mess: I had been running Gingerbread on my Captivate for several months (rooted). I decided it was time to try upgrading to Jelly Bean (cm9 version). I installed ClockworkMod Recovery and that appeared to be working, so I made a NANDroid and proceeded to install CyanogenMod on my phone.
It booted OK, but I didn't like it and figured I'd just revert by restoring my NANDroid. Only thing is, it didn't restore correctly and my phone was stuck at the initial AT&T "bars" screen.
So I attempted to reboot in recovery and restore my latest update.zip. This did not seem to help at all. My phone would just boot to the AT&T screen and be stuck there. I checked to see adb was reachable behind the scenes but it wasn't.
After that I loaded Odin 1.85, downloaded a copy of the stock Captivate ROM, unzipped it and loaded it to my ROM (using the method described in this link I'm not allowed to show you because I'm a new user), more or less.
Odin said it was successful, but the phone is now still stuck in a boot loop. The ClockworkMod Recovery options are gone from the recovery menu. Now it looks like my stock recovery menu. There are some diagnostics on the recovery screen:
-- Copying media files --
E: failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mont /dbdata
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu
for format and reboot actions.
Meida files copy failed.
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied CSC-code 'ATT'
Successfully copied multi-CSC.
-----
the bold text indicating errors appears in orange.
I tried "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" and rebooting. This had no apparent effect. The Captivate still continues to loop on reboot.
What next? It seems like it's missing something it needs to boot that's not in the standard Gingerbread Captivate image I downloaded with Odin. What else do I need to do? Keep in mind that right now the only way I can get files onto the phone is Odin (or similar) via the USB port. The phone never gets booted enough to get to it with adb, let alone mounting as a drive on my computer.
Thanks
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While searching threw all this mess on this site and various other :
I did stumble on something that might help u get your cwm
mode Look up Captivate Q&A the scroll to T, Russel thread has file needed to get your cwm mode working using rageagaistcage method.
Odin has multi file upload for stock alone check to make sure you selected right one . then just reflash should be good
mine i examine really thoroughly and figure out i try to jump to high .
i had stock then firefly then darkfire which is based off i900 <> Cappy rom bad <>idea on my part i try to jump to paranoid rom from darkfire '
don't think files were save to SD internal card - download section instead so firmware lost track of it self .
reviewing errors made on my part order 2 jig for my 2 cappys
my plan use jig get into download flash back to stock using odin one click using kies flash to froyo and stick with it for another six months
while reading everything i need to know about flashing that high up , besides that rom will become more stable less bugs and it will give me
time to see what errors occurs with this phone model on that rom last time i check there was only 7 posted user using it
again i was trying to flash paranoid rom for Samsung captivate SGH_I897'' I hope you get your issue resolved.
If u try one click unbrick and on win xp uninstall kies the drivers will not work together log in to administrator account <> just Google it if not on welcome screen there a few ways to get into that account,, but that did work for me on my cappy . let me know how u make out. ??
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321321wrick said:
While searching threw all this mess on this site and various other :
I did stumble on something that might help u get your cwm
mode Look up Captivate Q&A the scroll to T, Russel thread has file needed to get your cwm mode working using rageagaistcage method.
Odin has multi file upload for stock alone check to make sure you selected right one . then just reflash should be good
mine i examine really thoroughly and figure out i try to jump to high .
i had stock then firefly then darkfire which is based off i900 <> Cappy rom bad <>idea on my part i try to jump to paranoid rom from darkfire '
don't think files were save to SD internal card - download section instead so firmware lost track of it self .
reviewing errors made on my part order 2 jig for my 2 cappys
my plan use jig get into download flash back to stock using odin one click using kies flash to froyo and stick with it for another six months
while reading everything i need to know about flashing that high up , besides that rom will become more stable less bugs and it will give me
time to see what errors occurs with this phone model on that rom last time i check there was only 7 posted user using it
again i was trying to flash paranoid rom for Samsung captivate SGH_I897'' I hope you get your issue resolved.
If u try one click unbrick and on win xp uninstall kies the drivers will not work together log in to administrator account <> just Google it if not on welcome screen there a few ways to get into that account,, but that did work for me on my cappy . let me know how u make out.
There also Ginger Bread Boot loaders Needed for it to start up Correctly - i personally don't know that much bout gingerbread rom i didn't like it as much as froyo WiFi issues'' the the stock odin should erase all info on your part thou 'e use Is OCD 1 i897UCJF6>lowercase work every time for me.
cept now because my usb is not able to charge phone or enter download mode or recovery which leaves jig option .
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HG_User,
U can't go back to GB (or froyo/eclair) from CM, MIUI, ICS, JB, AOSP etc., etc. without using Odin or Heimdall---because of the different partitions used---Stock firmware is bml/rfs and all the AOSP etc etc are mtd/yaffs(2).
And u can only restore a backup when u r back running the base rom where u made the back up.
Use this...Stock i897ucKK4 GB 2.3.5 with or without bootloaders... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912
This kk4 should get u going. Then u can use Odin to flash Corn Kernel to get a cwm back...:thumbup:
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

... one step on the way: Back to Eclair
thanks for the advice. Ultimately, I decided I should use Odin 3 1-click to revert back to original (2.1 Eclair) firmware that I found on the first post of thread titled
[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE ONLY
This is a huge step forward because it makes my phone work, but it's also a step back in time to the early Eclair days.
Now my next step is to upgrade back to Gingerbread...
Edit: Thanks to all who pointed me in the right direction. I took the phone back to Eclair then used Samsung KiesMini (twice) to get it back to Gingerbread. After re-rooting and removing the AT&T Bloatware, it works fine again. I might try upgrading again to ICS or JB, but I didn't like Cyanogen 9 at all. Maybe I'm just used to the way AT&T polishes the UI, but Cyanogen didn't appeal at all. Now looking for a relatively polished but lightweight ICS or JB version... Also, it would be nice if when I upgrade it preserves the installed apps and what's on my home screens, but that seems unlikely going from AT&T-branded Gingerbread to an independent ICS or JB.

Phone won't boot

Hello, i have had my galaxy note for a couple of weeks now.
bit of this and that, you know how it is, flashing a few roms, checking things out, keeping it safe and stuff.
idiotic of me, didn't do a backup.
now
everything was working perfectly fine.
'till i decided to put some music on my sdcard
so i shut the phone down, open it up, take out the battery, take the sdcard, put it in pc, put some music (music i had on it before, so the files could've somehow magically ****ed up the device) then but it back on.
ever since, my device won't boot, it will go to CWM recovery, it will go to download mode, but not like, properly boot. all it does is show the Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 thingie, then screen goes black, and back again to Samsung Galaxy Note N7000, then black again, over and over again.
i figured, it must be something wrong with the bootanimation, had a custom one put there, so i deleted it, cuz that way it goes back to stock.
did that, didn't help, same thing.
then, decided to flash the rom again, even tho it was working perfectly for a few days now, (stock 4.0.4 deodexed zipaligned with hydracore safe kernel)
reflashed, didn't help, nothing happened.
things were weird, i thought i should go back to a GB rom, that always...fixes the problem.
tried to flash with ODIN, stuck at factoryfs, when i pulled the cable out, it would tell me the thingummyjig with firmware update has encountered an issue please bla bla kies.
then, I EVEN TRIED the kies, it won't connect, even tho my drivers are right, and i used kies with it before.
NOW, i thought to myself, ****, the phone won't go to recovery anymore, won't boot normaly, just in download, well, download a speedmod kernel which is safe and flash it, that should give you a CWM and safe kernel to flash from
did that, worked.
flashed the stock 4.0.4 rom again, then flashed philz latest kernel for the rom, and i'm back to square one.
nothing changed, i still can't use my note.
WHAT. DO?

right, well, i tried flashing alliance rom, and it gets stuck at mounting partitions....
the blue bar goes on and on till it gets out of the designated loading space
i can't wipe cache, i can't wipe dalvik, it just gets stuck.

Etnoscope said:
... tried to flash with ODIN, stuck at factoryfs ...
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I just quoted the bad line in your post. This is a strong indicator that you have a bricked device.
So you should try to install a different stock GB or ICS Rom with Odin again. If it stucks there again: bricked.
Then you can try to use the workaround described in hg42's thread with repartition. Or send your device for a motherboard replacement to Samsung.
hg42 has a partition scanner which allows to check for emmc problems. Try this.

ThaiDai said:
I just quoted the bad line in your post. This is a strong indicator that you have a bricked device.
So you should try to install a different stock GB or ICS Rom with Odin again. If it stucks there again: bricked.
Then you can try to use the workaround described in hg42's thread with repartition. Or send your device for a motherboard replacement to Samsung.
hg42 has a partition scanner which allows to check for emmc problems. Try this.
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Thing is, phone worked flawlessly before, safe kernel,could flash anything,then this just happened....
Phone doesnt have warranty, sending it to some service would only have me end up with extra costs for putting the motherboard there, which i can do myself

right, welll
i tried flashing speedmod kernel with odin, it worked.
then i tried installing a GB rom via CWM
works well till it gets stuck at flashing modem.
what does this mean?

Etnoscope said:
...what does this mean?
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As I wrote before: possibility that you have a bricked device.
Why don't you try the partition scanner or why don't you try to flash a stock GB and check if you get stuck again with factoryfs.img.
As long as you try different things without a "plan" what you want to test you'll get nothing in the end.

ThaiDai said:
As I wrote before: possibility that you have a bricked device.
Why don't you try the partition scanner or why don't you try to flash a stock GB and check if you get stuck again with factoryfs.img.
As long as you try different things without a "plan" what you want to test you'll get nothing in the end.
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tried flashing a stock gb with odin (tried 1 file in pda before, now i tried with 3 files(modem, rom, csc), same thing happened.)
stuck at factoryfs again
i didn't want to get to the partition scanner yet, wanted to clear out any other possibility first, using the scanner as a last resort.
what about pit files?
***
also, i really wanna thank you for showing some interest in my issue, means a lot to me, just wanted to let you know i really appreciate it, and i acknowledge the fact that you're a good, helping member.
thanks bro, you're awesome.

If you have tried also with the correct original pit, then it's time for the scanners to do its job

nokiamodeln91 said:
If you have tried also with the correct original pit, then it's time for the scanners to do its job
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right
so, i've checked out this thread, about the pit method, and after i opened the emmc_find_brick_start.zip, it started scanning normally, and it finished without being stuck anywhere, and then at the end it said scanned 15027 MiB = 15757 MB completed --> OK then the ---end thingie and done.
so the brick start isn't there, which i assume means my phone is NOT bricked, at least not by the emmc thingummyjig
but if so, what the hell am i to do? like really?
tried flashing gb with cwm, stuck at flashing modem
tried flashing gb with odin, stuck at factoryfs
what the ****?

Get the pit file from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
Then flash the GB rom using pc odin. Make sure pit is selected and the repartition is ticked.
Also if you still have access to cwm try to install a CM10 rom first before trying out the above method.

SOOOOO
bit of an update.
right, after the whole emmc scanning brick mbs and stuff, decided to try and flash allianceROM 4.0.4 final
did it, worked, the flashing.
now i'm stuck at a non blinking, non changing non nothing, Smasung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 screen, with the yello jello triangle, same as before, but its not blinking now.

Ok. Try booting into recovery and performing a full wipe.

nokiamodeln91 said:
Ok. Try booting into recovery and performing a full wipe.
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full wipe means:
factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
reboot.
right?
did that, as soon as i hit reboot, it got stuck again there, the frozen CWM screen.
battery in/out, back to square 1

Still try a cm rom as it's small in size and easier to download. CM10.1 flash from recovwey

nokiamodeln91 said:
Still try a cm rom as it's small in size and easier to download. CM10.1 flash from recovwey
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official 4.2.1 will do?

Yeah

nokiamodeln91 said:
Yeah
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any way we could talk via IM?
would be much better conversation-wise

We could but where I am, it's 4 am. And I will be off to sleep in a while. Hehe

nokiamodeln91 said:
We could but where I am, it's 4 am. And I will be off to sleep in a while. Hehe
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i get status 7 error when i try to flash a CM rom btw, i know what to do, updating philz kernel as we speak
i want you to know i really appreciate this bro, couldn't have come so far without you. thanks a lot man.

right, well, i was using kangbang kernel, tried to install the cm rom, and it gets stuck at installing update...
been there for too long now,so i guess thats a safe bet.
gonna try with a different cm rom
right, well, apparently anything i try to flash gets stuck at installing update....
any solutions?

Softbrick N7000 Need Help

When my phone boots it only gets to the samsung logo
I am able to use the recoverymode and downloadmode.
Wiping data won´t work. Wiping cache works.
Can´t flash a CustomROM from my SDcard through CWM
I was able to connect my phone to the PC. ADB finds the phone but adb shell won´t work. (No such file or directory <2>)
How can I install either a regular Androidversion or a CustomROM now.
found this but only for Galaxy S3, so the files won´t help me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
Hope you can help me
Tobias

Download a Stock Rom from sammobile.com or one of the prerooted Roms (I always use a GB LC1 from bodivas for this) and install it with the PC version of Odin.

tried that, Odin stops at "NAND write start!!"

AW: Softbrick N7000 Need Help
What Rom did you have and what did you do before this happened?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Now I used a regular Android 4.0.4. ROM
Before that I tried with a 2.3.1 ROM. This is probably the reason for the trouble, isn´t it?

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tried that, Odin stops at "NAND write start!!"
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I wrote to download a new rom and to try it with Odin. 15 min later you said: did this.
So I want to ask: Did you really download a new Rom or did you use one you had already?
And what Rom exactly?
And what did you do before stopping at boot logo?

ThaiDai said:
I wrote to download a new rom and to try it with Odin. 15 min later you said: did this.
So I want to ask: Did you really download a new Rom or did you use one you had already?
And what Rom exactly?
And what did you do before stopping at boot logo?
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I was already downloading the 4.0.4. ROM. Because I read somewhere it´s not possible to go from ICS to Gingerbread.
The download just finished right after you answered and I tried. I am 100% sure i got the right ROM.
Before getting all these Problems, I wanted to get a CustomROM on my phone. Android 4.0.4 was installed at that point of time.
I rooted my phone and did a backup with CWM. Then i chose wipe data, while doing that I started to charge my phone (I don´t know if that matters). I didn´t see what happen exactly because i wasn´t looking at my phone all the time, but when i looked at it again there was only the charging sign shown. Then I tried to get into recoverymode again. This wouldn´t work. I tried to flash CWM with Odin which worked after some time. Then I tried to Wipe data and cache again. wipe data wouldn´t work. Wipe cache worked. I tried to install the backup. After waiting for more then 1 hour it looked like nothing happend and the installation was stuck. But the regular recovery of Android was installed.
Because flashing a ROM through CWM wouldn´t work, I tried to flash it through Odin. First time I tried with a Gingerbread Version. I was thinking, I don´t care which version as long as it works and try again to install a CustomROM from there on. Odin stopped at NAND Write Start!!. Tried it with the ICS Stock version. Same thing.
This is where I am at now

Did you use cwm.zip?

To use with Odin? No
When I started it from the regular Android Recoverymode? Yes
Don´t you think this might be exactly the problem I have?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030

Tobias H. said:
I was already downloading the 4.0.4. ROM. Because I read somewhere it´s not possible to go from ICS to Gingerbread.
The download just finished right after you answered and I tried. I am 100% sure i got the right ROM.
Before getting all these Problems, I wanted to get a CustomROM on my phone. Android 4.0.4 was installed at that point of time.
I rooted my phone and did a backup with CWM. Then i chose wipe data, while doing that I started to charge my phone (I don´t know if that matters). I didn´t see what happen exactly because i wasn´t looking at my phone all the time, but when i looked at it again there was only the charging sign shown. Then I tried to get into recoverymode again. This wouldn´t work. I tried to flash CWM with Odin which worked after some time. Then I tried to Wipe data and cache again. wipe data wouldn´t work. Wipe cache worked. I tried to install the backup. After waiting for more then 1 hour it looked like nothing happend and the installation was stuck. But the regular recovery of Android was installed.
Because flashing a ROM through CWM wouldn´t work, I tried to flash it through Odin. First time I tried with a Gingerbread Version. I was thinking, I don´t care which version as long as it works and try again to install a CustomROM from there on. Odin stopped at NAND Write Start!!. Tried it with the ICS Stock version. Same thing.
This is where I am at now
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Why did u buy SGN? To brick it?
Do you even read and search before doing something for the first time?
LOOK, READ AND LEARN THIS for stock ROMs and kernels, specialy for ICS:
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371007
-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827394
To run ur device find something and READ.
Try leaked JB custom ROM and stock rooted kernel with safe emmc_cap_erase block (emmc bug fix) -Philz Kernel
READ and LEARN.
Have fun
P.S. Maybe you will need our friend hg42 and his famous .PIT files so here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886