Hello Dear friends,
This is Alvina Snow, a nooby nooby noob girl, who once liked to play with phones and would make fun of her buddies, carrying the stereo-typed GB versions on thier Note. I am no more interested in flashing Roms and not because i blame developers. They have always been great in thier job and i owe them for their coolest roms, but i blame myself and my hastiness in everything. Cutting the crap, let me come to the point.....
Last night, tired of the mediocre looks of Official ICS, i downloaded Paranoid Android 0.4a along with goodies and following the instructions, I opened Odin to downgrade to GB so i can install PA 0.4a safely. To my surprise, once the GB Rom installed successfully, it got stuck at bootloader, i rebooted it a few times, then i went to recovery and reset factory/ format, wiped cache and rebooted. Note stuck this time on the first screen. :fingers-crossed:
Presuming that Odin install may have been faulty, i redid the Odin method and this time, the install stuck at "factoryfs.rfs". From then on, i tried for hours to make it happen, swapped roms, used kernels, wiped everything... and ultimately i got a nice super brick on my hands. the notorious mobile-cum-triangle-cum-PC sign, asking me to use recovery through kies.
researched XDA all night and finally landed on Dr. Forest's "Easy guide for repartition workaround to fix super-brick Note"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12
Did everything as directed. I used "standard 16 GB pit" and stable GB rom to resurrect my Note and we both came to life to my surprise, only to discover that now i have an 8.24 GB emmc space available, instead of previously held 11.4 GB something. :victory:
I have been praying for Dr. Forest and all esteemed developers and i will always be thankful to them. My questions to my learned seniors is that:-
- Is there any method, adopting which the missing 3 GB should be regained?
- Will I ever be able to regain the missing 3GB space?
- Having this notion in mind that now i have caged 3 GB of voracious malfunctioning space in my emmc, should i expect any further stability issues after revival of Note or it should work just fine.
Once again hats off to Dr. Forest and all other developers for thier compassionate assistance for us noobs. My thanks in advance for help. :angel:
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alvinasnow said:
Hello Dear friends,
This is Alvina Snow, a nooby nooby noob girl, who once liked to play with phones and would make fun of her buddies, carrying the stereo-typed GB versions on thier Note.
Did everything as directed. I used "standard 16 GB pit" and stable GB rom to resurrect my Note and we both came to life to my surprise, only to discover that now i have an 8.24 GB emmc space available, instead of previously held 11.4 GB something. :victory:
I have been praying for Dr. Forest and all esteemed developers and i will always be thankful to them. My questions to my learned seniors is that:-
- Is there any method, adopting which the missing 3 GB should be regained?
- Will I ever be able to regain the missing 3GB space?
- Having this notion in mind that now i have caged 3 GB of voracious malfunctioning space in my emmc, should i expect any further stability issues after revival of Note or it should work just fine.
Once again hats off to Dr. Forest and all other developers for thier compassionate assistance for us noobs. My thanks in advance for help. :angel:
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Thanks for the kind words which is a lovely reward to the people who contribute time and knowledge to the guides to help revive brick G-Note, including me :victory:!
I will try to answer some of the questions:
1- So far there has not been a known method to fix the faulty areas in the partition caused by the buggy ICS kernel yet. There seem to be some encouraging news from some senior developers who are in contact with Samsung developers and it is hope that there may be a Jtag method release. If the method is available then your device can also benefit from it since the re-partition is fully reversible. Let's just hope they can make it.
2- Will the phone be stable or not: for most people it seems to work well and stable. For some people who have a large damaged areas of space in former sdcard region due to the bug, there seem to be some problem of unstable system. In those cases it is likely that there are still some faulty blocks somewhere in cache or data partitions that has not been eliminated yet.
3- If you are comfortable with using adb method you can try again to explore the lost areas and in some cases can regain 1 or 2 GB of space. There is a free app call "eMMC Brickbug Check" from Gplay which can help to scan the whole chip and report the beginning of faulty blocks. Then you can use parted to make partitions in different areas within the lost range (from 281mb to 3322mb) while try to avoid the faulty blocks.
Hope it helps in some ways. cheers.
Thanx a Ton
Ex expected you came to my rescue and encouragement Sir Forest. . Thanx a million for taking time to answer my queries. I hope that Samsung will soon come up with some remedy. As advised by you, i will also try to use the regain method. Though am not sure
Thank you
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3- If you are comfortable with using adb method you can try again to explore the lost areas and in some cases can regain 1 or 2 GB of space. There is a free app call "eMMC Brickbug Check" from Gplay which can help to scan the whole chip and report the beginning of faulty blocks. Then you can use parted to make partitions in different areas within the lost range (from 281mb to 3322mb) while try to avoid the faulty blocks.
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Forest Sir, as you advised i used eMMC Brickbug Check", which says that:
Phone Model: Samsung GT-N7000
eMMC Chip
type: VYLOOM
Date: 03/2012
CID:15010056594c30304d19b9c9013c3fdd
FwRev: 0x19
Brick Bug? : YES. Insane Chip
Now when i check memory.. it started checking and showing something similar to seconds counting and the phone restarted after reaching 671 seconds..
Now pardon my noobness, but i am not clear if how am i gonna get help in determing defected areas out of this.
Help please. God Bless You
alvinasnow said:
Forest Sir, as you advised i used eMMC Brickbug Check", which says that:
Phone Model: Samsung GT-N7000
eMMC Chip
type: VYLOOM
Date: 03/2012
CID:15010056594c30304d19b9c9013c3fdd
FwRev: 0x19
Brick Bug? : YES. Insane Chip
Now when i check memory.. it started checking and showing something similar to seconds counting and the phone restarted after reaching 671 seconds..
Now pardon my noobness, but i am not clear if how am i gonna get help in determing defected areas out of this.
Help please. God Bless You
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No, not yet all. In this case it does not allow to see where the faulty block is.
If you are confident and like to play again with adb then can explore using parted to create new partitions again in different ranges, with part 9 starting from 1174mb, and then move up by 300mb each time until parted is happy with the new area for part 9. with that approach you will probably save more space.
Otherwise, a external sdcard can also compensate more than all the loss of space in the internal sdcard . cheers.
Thank You Sir Forest for ur guidance. I think its time to get me a 32 GB micro sd
Amen !! I only use my internal SD to hold my Mods and ROMs, all the precious stuff is on the external, Just incase.
Plus i have dropbox and google drive to keep my stuff regularly backed up
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Amen !! I only use my internal SD to hold my Mods and ROMs, all the precious stuff is on the external, Just incase.
Plus i have dropbox and google drive to keep my stuff regularly backed up
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Yea Sir, after getting bricked, I know realize its the best way to handle the unseen
Long Live my Seniors... Owe you people very much.:good:
alvinasnow said:
Thank You Sir Forest for ur guidance. I think its time to get me a 32 GB micro sd
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If you get that 32GB micro-SD, you can use it as your phone's internal SD card with an easy vold.fstab swap. Your reduced capacity internal storage would then become your "external" SD card.
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If you get that 32GB micro-SD, you can use it as your phone's internal SD card with an easy vold.fstab swap. Your reduced capacity internal storage would then become your "external" SD card.
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:victory: Ahaa. Another good news after being delved in miseries for a full day. Let's google the Vold.fstab Swap.
Thank you Mister Mxyzptlk
My Options.
Considering my options, I got few questions in my mind...
a. My Note is International version and purchased from KSA, whereas I am in Pakistan now. So can I claim my warranty here with Samsung Service Centres?
b. If yes, I obviously need to reset my binary counter, which is 4 or 5 at the moment. I also need to restore my Note to stock rom and stock kernel. Is there any safe way except Angelo's kernel and USB Jig to reset binary counter? i was looking for "Triangle Away" in the market, but i somehow couldn't find it.
Help my seniors please. If with your help I can go to Samsung and my warranty is validated, all credits with be to you guys for saving me from big troubles. To be honest I had been a poor kinda girl and managed barely to pull off my Note. I can't afford to manage a board replace night now
Hi: I do not have answers to all questions, but for triangleaway.
you can file a free and paid version of your choice:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22463153#post22463153
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=triangleaway&c=apps
cheers,
Thank You Sir, Forest. Hope this would work
Of you've repartitioned the note that will void your warranty I imagine.
What you really need is an untouched superbrick as Samsung won't be able to tell if it has any hits on the binary counter or if its ever been rooted or custom firmwares flashed...
So brick it again if you are able to claim warranty in Pakistan.
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SpyderTracks said:
Of you've repartitioned the note that will void your warranty I imagine.
What you really need is an untouched superbrick as Samsung won't be able to tell if it has any hits on the binary counter or if its ever been rooted or custom firmwares flashed...
So brick it again if you are able to claim warranty in Pakistan.
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So, bricking its again seems a potentially dangerous job :fingers-crossed: besides what do you suggest, i should tell Samsung guys, how it happened. Coz i believe they are gonna ask me if how come the phone went dead and i have also learnt that they have ways to check binary count, even if the phone is Superbricked. I am in a fix, coz after investing 500$ on a Note, living without a 3GB phone space is pain in the a*s.
Help please
alvinasnow said:
So, bricking its again seems a potentially dangerous job :fingers-crossed: besides what do you suggest, i should tell Samsung guys, how it happened. Coz i believe they are gonna ask me if how come the phone went dead and i have also learnt that they have ways to check binary count, even if the phone is Superbricked. I am in a fix, coz after investing 500$ on a Note, living without a 3GB phone space is pain in the a*s.
Help please
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The brick has been acknowledged by samsung, they've admitted it can happen on fully stock uprooted firmware update over kies. That's all you say, you were updating through kies, it failed and you're bricked. They can't check binary count under super brick because it's not possible to enter download mode therefor impossible to get any data or connection off the device. Simple.
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The brick has been acknowledged by samsung, they've admitted it can happen on fully stock uprooted firmware update over kies. That's all you say, you were updating through kies, it failed and you're bricked. They can't check binary count under super brick because it's not possible to enter download mode therefor impossible to get any data or connection off the device. Simple.
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Well Dear spyderTracks, it confuses me further to think whether i was superbricked at all? coz i could go to recovery and could also go to download mode. as far as i know, u r super bricked if ur phone does not installs any rom and through odin, the rom installation stucks at factoryfs. please correct me if am wrong.
thanx for ur time.
alvinasnow said:
Well Dear spyderTracks, it confuses me further to think whether i was superbricked at all? coz i could go to recovery and could also go to download mode. as far as i know, u r super bricked if ur phone does not installs any rom and through odin, the rom installation stucks at factoryfs. please correct me if am wrong.
thanx for ur time.
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No, that's correct. Usually it disables download mode also, my apologies.
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My phone is bricked by ROM manager. My phone can't boot into recovery mode, downloading mode nor normal phone. The phone charges the battery so there is still hope to fix it. I also have a JIG Usb just incase. if you got any questions you need to ask, please ask. I really want my phone back.
Darth343 said:
I also have a JIG Usb
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see this video
Can someone answer me - WHY are you using ROM manager when it's known that it kills our Galaxy Mini? Is it really that hard to use Odin, or just flash CWM recovery through the stock one?
Guess some people love to learn it the hard way. You have a unrepairable (at least at home) BRICK!
domcale said:
Can someone answer me - WHY are you using ROM manager when it's known that it kills our Galaxy Mini? Is it really that hard to use Odin, or just flash CWM recovery through the stock one?
Guess some people love to learn it the hard way. You have a unrepairable (at least at home) BRICK!
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Sorry! Just a thought came to my mind can it b there any solution for this evergreen problem? Like newbies r bricking their phone again & again. ( like warning in stickies) . Just thinking! !! That's all.....
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You have no reason to be sorry . It's a great idea to put a warning message about ROM Manager in a sticky. However, i once was a total noob too, and i flashed CWM using Odin, it didn't even came to my mind to use ROM Manager.
Reading a couple of different tutorials and educationg yourself before doing anything is the best possible thing someone can do to prevent situations like this.But, like i said, some people have money to waste
lol ... ROM Manager is screwing up everyones phone. Even my friend's mini bricked. He was unlucky that his warranty had got over. He asked the samsung service center and they told him that it would cost $90 for a new motherboard. He uses his galaxy mini as a paper weight now. Rather buy a new phone than buy a motherboard for $90.
If your phone is under warranty, you can get your phone fixed for free in samsung service center( free new motherboard ). Even I bricked my phone when I was a noob with ROM Manager thankfully my warranty was valid that time.
Although I was able to use ROM Manager with no problems.
domcale said:
You have no reason to be sorry . It's a great idea to put a warning message about ROM Manager in a sticky. However, i once was a total noob too, and i flashed CWM using Odin, it didn't even came to my mind to use ROM Manager.
Reading a couple of different tutorials and educationg yourself before doing anything is the best possible thing someone can do to prevent situations like this.But, like i said, some people have money to waste
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One real problem is that Rom Manager comes by default on most CM7 based roms. So most new users while experimenting might brick their phone by accident.
TheWhisp said:
Although I was able to use ROM Manager with no problems.
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You were lucky, I guess
anshul sood said:
One real problem is that Rom Manager comes by default on most CM7 based roms. So most new users while experimenting might brick their phone by accident.
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I agree, but nobody forces them to experiment with something they have no knowledge of. Phones are not toys to play with (to some extent )
A big warning in the general and development section would be enough.
domcale said:
I agree, but nobody forces them to experiment with something they have no knowledge of. Phones are not toys to play with (to some extent )
A big warning in the general and development section would be enough.
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Most new users don't browse the stickies, just notice the large no. of redundant and useless threads. They just open the thread pertaining to the rom they want and that's that. It would be nice if each Rom had either the rom manager removed or a warning with the download link itself
never say to anyone that rom manager's brick cannot be recovered in home, it can be
the only step is just press volume down home power button but without panicking, panicking is the main reason of can't able to get into download mode
then just flash with odin, dont think it cannot get into dl mode, dl mode is controlled by bootloader and bootloader is not removed by rom manager
Unsuccesfull flash of bootloader hard-bricks our device, so you can't enter DL mode.
You can always give it a shot with a USB JIG* tho. But in most cases, the only thing that helps is JTAG.
*USB JIG - a 301k resistor between the 4th and 5th pin on the microUSB connector.
Tried that.
I've seen that video like about a thousand times. No luck i even went to a repair men today, he said your phone is dead if it can't go in to recovery menu. Is there any other way i can repair my phone? Sorry for late VERY reply
Yes, either use JTAG or send it to the service center.
Brick caused by rom manager is absolute
Nothing can be done
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Me to I used it for making backups, but currently, I'm using cm 10 without ROM Manager.
Same problem with me the board was not responding so Samsung service centre changed my board.
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If there isn't really anyway, then i'll just buy a new phone.
Darth343 said:
If there isn't really anyway, then i'll just buy a new phone.
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Sorry you had to learn it the hard way. When you're new in this world it's easy to 'trust' all CM standard apps. Nevertheless: using CM means you're a root user. Your phone is rooted which means you can seriously damage your phone when you don't know what youre doing. That's exactly the reason why your phone is NOT rooted when you buy it, and your garantee is void when you root it yourself!
Some of these apps provide a warning: with great power comes great responsability!
Nevertheless: the first thing i do when i buy a new Android is rooting it! But a general warning is at place: root apps can damage your phone. Especially those to install roms. Even with a proper CWM you can flash a wrong or faulty Rom. The risk of bricking your phone is always there.
So think twice when you buy a new phone and read all about flashing on XDA!
Is it common to take about 25 minutes and still not be able to complete the installation of GB Rom using PC Odin..?
I am trying to install KL3_KL1 GB Rom and the PC Odin is stuck at Factory fs for 25 mins ...
unplugged the cable, removed the battery and restarted the process .. still the same no matter what I do...
I am at the moment following steps form dr.Ketan's threads.. but the process seems to take a little too long and am unable to get into recovery mode.. Its only download mode and never going past the factoryfs.img situation in PC Odin..
I was on Stock ICS ROM Indian version before i started the process with PC Odin.
My goal is to get into Criskelo ROM for now.
Any help of suggestions to get me out of the situation please..
Have you ever did factory reset or wipe on stock ICS?
this is bad sign, and highly suggestive of super brick emmc bug. if you cnfirm wiping on stock ICS then it must be that only.
sob sob ... may be i did ...
should i just handover my phone to Samsung service center now ??
Yes, just check your flash counter is zero
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yep.. That one is set to Zero.. Will Samsung just re-install software or replace device in this case ?
I have a nandroid backup taken 2 days back. Can i use that backup on the new phone to get back all my settings ??I primarily need contacts that i do not want to loose.
I believe it's a Motherboard replacement that you will be given, I doubt there will be anything you can pull from the old phone..
I luckily copied the nandroid backup onto my PC along with the md5 checksum... Would that help me ?
what is the process to restore from Nandroid backup
Recovery --> restore --> show the target ? is that it ?
Coolkriss said:
I luckily copied the nandroid backup onto my PC along with the md5 checksum... Would that help me ?
what is the process to restore from Nandroid backup
Recovery --> restore --> show the target ? is that it ?
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No, never try it. You wont be able to restore anything. Just send to repair center and have a new mobo replacement if still under warranty.
Then after get your devices back and check again how to do nand restore. ( please read or ask before do any nand restore).
Good luck, mate.
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As per above post - just wait until they send the device back repaired -
In the meantime read, read, read on how to go about these things otherwise you risk another brick..
To be honest, I'd just start a fresh when the new phone comes back..
Thanks guys .. Thanks for all the prompt responses. I just hope they dont take long time to get me the repaired or new phone.
I will just let my gmail account do the sync.
CJSlim79 said:
As per above post - just wait until they send the device back repaired -
In the meantime read, read, read on how to go about these things otherwise you risk another brick..
To be honest, I'd just start a fresh when the new phone comes back..
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You are right, actually i do believe for those who get bricked with their devices must be a experienced flasher. Those of them ( included myself) surely only read how to unroot the new devices but never read other thread such as ...how to ugrade rom...general section...problem.....
But i think after these brickbug dilemma, a lot of xda member like me and you sure will read ...read and read the whole forum before do any rooting and flashing no matter jump to which brand of devices......
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Usually new user are lazy to read n search, or searching just single targeted topic and follow it without even reading first few comments of op.
Though i remember coolcris is quite senior n if i remember correctly he had communicate with me many times on time of gb rom. But sadly sometime members not taking advise seriously. Or may be selects short cuts.
Have anyone remember single case faced any issue who updates rom theoritically clean or following instruction to d letter?
I believe if you read instruction fully n follow it word.to word, chances of brick is almost zero.
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Usually new user are lazy to read n search, or searching just single targeted topic and follow it without even reading first few comments of op.
Though i remember coolcris is quite senior n if i remember correctly he had communicate with me many times on time of gb rom. But sadly sometime members not taking advise seriously. Or may be selects short cuts.
Have anyone remember single case faced any issue who updates rom theoritically clean or following instruction to d letter?
I believe if you read instruction fully n follow it word.to word, chances of brick is almost zero.
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You're right mate, If the instructions are followed then I can't recall a single issue..
I've used your instructions (after extensive reading) and also had a lot of support from azzledazzle (Who was kind enough to walk me through my first downgrade).
I've had Android for a few years now since ditching the iPhone's and on HTC I used to flash anything and everything and just nandroid if anything went wrong. I think the issue here is that there is an issue, a bug with the eMMC, and people don't bother to research their NEW device, they approach with "I've flashed Android before" attitiude and this is where we end up...
It took me a while, and as I say alot of research before i started dabbling with the Note.... And as I am sure AD will confirm, I asked every n00b question under the sun of him about the process.. Yeah, I was a n00b and I am still learning... I asked the questions, nobody laughed and my Note is still purring...
I guess people either don't wanna feel stupid by asking (Old saying: No such thing as a stupid question!) or they are confident they "Know" how to do it because they have done so on other Android devices...
The guys on this forum are a wealth of knowledge and maybe it's just me, But I like to learn...
Hopefully, I maintain my head and don't mess it up in the near future and I am considering testing NoteCore V7 STD... but still not comfortable with the cleaning scripts etc - So i will read more, ask more and learn more... and hopefully continue to use my Note .. more...
dr.ketan said:
Usually new user are lazy to read n search, or searching just single targeted topic and follow it without even reading first few comments of op.
Though i remember coolcris is quite senior n if i remember correctly he had communicate with me many times on time of gb rom. But sadly sometime members not taking advise seriously. Or may be selects short cuts.
Have anyone remember single case faced any issue who updates rom theoritically clean or following instruction to d letter?
I believe if you read instruction fully n follow it word.to word, chances of brick is almost zero.
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I know and this was perfectly my mistake ..
I have flashed a lot of times and i actually remember know about the eMMC bug.. the only thing is that i did not check if i had that bug ..
Situation for me today.. I started the process and got an email that i had to respond immediately from my office..
In this process, I forgot if i did a reboot into recovery after flashing the Abyss Kernal .. that is when i just went ahead with the wipe cache/dalvik and data ...
This was my lazy A$$ to blame ..
but for anyone doing a flashing .. please concentrate on what you are doing and just dont rush ahead ...
and ofcourse read, read & read before you proceed with any steps...
Coolkriss said:
I know and this was perfectly my mistake ..
I have flashed a lot of times and i actually remember know about the eMMC bug.. the only thing is that i did not check if i had that bug ..
Situation for me today.. I started the process and got an email that i had to respond immediately from my office..
In this process, I forgot if i did a reboot into recovery after flashing the Abyss Kernal .. that is when i just went ahead with the wipe cache/dalvik and data ...
This was my lazy A$$ to blame ..
but for anyone doing a flashing .. please concentrate on what you are doing and just dont rush ahead ...
and ofcourse read, read & read before you proceed with any steps...
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I'm on a wing and a prayer at the mo as before i did any modding i was helping my bro (who lives in another country) and was talking him through it - jumped into Stock recovery and hit wipe cache by mistake...
It can and does happen but I am very diligent now and I've flashed a a good few ROM's and a good few stock recoveries since then so I hope i got away with that stupid mistake...maybe it's the wipe data only that brings forth "The Brick"
Yes..
anyway. I gave my Note to the SSC today .. IT was strange that they said .. DO NOT DO OTA .. you have to come to SSC for any software upgrade.
They initially told me that this is out of warrenty as I did OTA and showed them who the BOSS was .. Instantly they changed the tone and now they say we will do it for now, but the next time bring it to SSC for upgrades ..
They asked me to visit them tomorrow to collect the unit, but i doubt if they can change the Motherboard by tomorrow. Hoping they will..
Will keep you all posted on the status
Thanks a lot for all your guidance guys ...I would not have loved my Note so much if I was not on XDA
Now this has gone bad.. the SSC tells me that the software upgrade is not covered under warranty and is asking me to take back my phone .. They are not ready to repair it ..
Help me here guys ... anyone aware of something that i can scare them with ??
Coolkriss said:
Now this has gone bad.. the SSC tells me that the software upgrade is not covered under warranty and is asking me to take back my phone .. They are not ready to repair it ..
Help me here guys ... anyone aware of something that i can scare them with ??
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You can advise them of many many instances of this brickbug and provide evidences FROM SAMSUNG confirming that exists and acknowledging that this can be triggered by a simple update / large data move or copy.
This is standard practice for Service Centres, unfortunately they always try to get out of it.. Stand your ground, keep your head and you will be given a repaired / replaced device..
Oh - and answer any questions straightforward - Yes / No, Do not offer information.
Did you root / flash / play around - No
How did this happen - Via KIES
etc
Again - This can be triggered via a standard Factory reset / Wipe from within Settings > Factory Reset on ALL stock ICS kernels...
A little research on these forums will give you enough info...
Good luck
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Thanks a lot for the advice.. I am searching if I can find any official Samsung statement anywhere to get this resolved.
I called the head of SCC in my city and spoke to him today. He will check with the center and give me a call tomorrow..
Am just hoping this gets resolved... aaargh ...
Coolkriss said:
Thanks a lot for the advice.. I am searching if I can find any official Samsung statement anywhere to get this resolved.
I called the head of SCC in my city and spoke to him today. He will check with the center and give me a call tomorrow..
Am just hoping this gets resolved... aaargh ...
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Check the thread I posted..
There's a few Dev's here been in touch with SS over this issue since it was realised and I'm pretty sure you've all you need to basically tell them to replace it, No, Demand it...
Even under the Sale of Goods act - the device should be fit for purpose it is sold for.
Given that even on STOCK Firmware you can brick this device without rooting / modding AT ALL.. indicates this statement is not met. The device has a highly publicised and highly know firmware issue and Samsung were stupid enough to release a software modification (Which they encourage you to download via THEIR software) which enables you, without knowledge to destroy your phone..
It's your fault as you know that it happened (As we know from this forum and more the safe way)
But it is THEIR problem that they have the issue.. Do not take no for an answer, And to be honest - I would have refused to wait for the callback.. I would have advised (As I have previously) that I will hold on the line while they contact whoever they need to because you are eager for resolution of this.
You will get a new/repaired device...
Hi,
I have got my Gnote super bricked and I used pit file method to revive it but now these freezes are killing me. I have bought it 9 months ago from mediamarkt in Germany.
Do you think they will accept it now? I mean it is working but every several hours it freezes. What should I tell them about the problem?
I revived my note using the pit files but it isn't giving me problems as you say
I really have no idea where these freezes are coming from. I think sooner or later I should give it for warranty
have you tried already doing the 3 wipes on your phone in CWMR?
if you have tried it already and still getting the hangups on it.. my reasonable suggestion is.... just BORK it more. I mean what have you got to lose if Samsung can't boot your phone anymore right? No more explanations to them other than your phone got toasted when you tried to update via KIES....
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ashkan_mc said:
I really have no idea where these freezes are coming from. I think sooner or later I should give it for warranty
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As long as the binary counter is set to 0 and there's no yellow triangle you should be able to take it to warranty. Of course unroot it first and leave no trace of any customization.
So I'd they ask you what's the problem with your note what shall you say?
letters_to_cleo said:
have you tried already doing the 3 wipes on your phone in CWMR?
if you have tried it already and still getting the hangups on it.. my reasonable suggestion is.... just BORK it more. I mean what have you got to lose if Samsung can't boot your phone anymore right? No more explanations to them other than your phone got toasted when you tried to update via KIES....
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You mean again I try to make it bricked? Just like the last time or with another method? Can they find out I did it deliberately?
The problem is now my internal sd is showing 9.33 GB and if they dig in more, they will find out what I have done to it.
Of course samsung is responsible for this matter cause it is they fault not mine.
Now my phone is unroot and has official LRQ on it.
ashkan_mc said:
You mean again I try to make it bricked? Just like the last time or with another method? Can they find out I did it deliberately?
The problem is now my internal sd is showing 9.33 GB and if they dig in more, they will find out what I have done to it.
Of course samsung is responsible for this matter cause it is they fault not mine.
Now my phone is unroot and has official LRQ on it.
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Yeah sure why not... I mean it may seem ridiculous to advice you this but bricked it back until you can't turn it back on again. I know most other users before who have bricked their phone big time (can't boot up their phone anymore) and they've return it back to Sammy to have the mobo replace. No questions asked. If they try to ask you what you did.. just give them an innocent smuck and say.. "My phone's not turning ON after I tried to update it thru Kies. I dunno what's the problem with it." Give them a casual after stupid innocent look. Most likely they won't drill you anymore.
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Yeah sure why not... I mean it may seem ridiculous to advice you this but bricked it back until you can't turn it back on again. I know most other users before who have bricked their phone big time (can't boot up their phone anymore) and they've return it back to Sammy to have the mobo replace. No questions asked. If they try to ask you what you did.. just give them an innocent smuck and say.. "My phone's not turning ON after I tried to update it thru Kies. I dunno what's the problem with it." Give them a casual after stupid innocent look. Most likely they won't drill you anymore.
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Do they give a new phone or just replace its motherboard?
And btw what did you mean by 3 wipes? I did not wipe the whole internal and external sd though
Thanks alot
ashkan_mc said:
Do they give a new phone or just replace its motherboard?
And btw what did you mean by 3 wipes? I did not wipe the whole internal and external sd though
Thanks alot
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No, they're just going to replace your motherboard.
3 wipes is Wipe DATA, Wipe Cache Partition and Wipe Dalvik... all of these are in CWMR (if your still able to boot in recovery).
hmm, on a lighter point, before you begin the steps above(if you would like to try though), try to format your external SD card and try to place it back again to your phone. See if you still have the hangups.. If you do have it still, then go with the 3 wipes I mentioned above.
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No, they're just going to replace your motherboard.
3 wipes is Wipe DATA, Wipe Cache Partition and Wipe Dalvik... all of these are in CWMR (if your still able to boot in recovery).
hmm, on a lighter point, before you begin the steps above(if you would like to try though), try to format your external SD card and try to place it back again to your phone. See if you still have the hangups.. If you do have it still, then go with the 3 wipes I mentioned above.
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If I try to get it bricked and mediamarkt in germany won't accept it, is it possible that I revive it with pit file method again?
Like I've said..skip the 3 wipes for now and just format first your SD card and see if the hangups wouldn't be there after.
If it's not there anymore then GOOD.. if it's still there, then you do the 3 wipes. I would assume your already using a safe kernel already right?
letters_to_cleo said:
Like I've said..skip the 3 wipes for now and just format first your SD card and see if the hangups wouldn't be there after.
If it's not there anymore then GOOD.. if it's still there, then you do the 3 wipes. I would assume your already using a safe kernel already right?
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I did use hydracore kernel for a while but with that I had freeze more. Now I am in unroot condition with stock kernel. So I can not do the 3 wipes now.
I will try to remove my external sd card and see without that what is gonna be ...
sure, just post back later on your results.
I did all kinds of wipes and formats but again freeze don't know what to do
Well, it's apparent that your phone's boot partition has some bad sectors on it still. That's why everytime your phone reads those particular bad sectors.. it freezes itself up.
try to repartition your phone back to remove those bad sectors or you can try the link here http://www.alliance-rom.com/communi...-superbricked-stage-from-ics-kernel-bug.8018/ , as your reference to remove those bad sectors and scan for possible partition errors as well.
letters_to_cleo said:
Well, it's apparent that your phone's boot partition has some bad sectors on it still. That's why everytime your phone reads those particular bad sectors.. it freezes itself up.
try to repartition your phone back to remove those bad sectors or you can try the link here http://www.alliance-rom.com/communi...-superbricked-stage-from-ics-kernel-bug.8018/ , as your reference to remove those bad sectors and scan for possible partition errors as well.
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I have tried this thread before ... The one which belongs to forest1971 ... Again nothing ...
Mate best thing is return to gb stock with counter 0... ensure everything is stock... give the mobile to ur girlfriend and ask her to take it to sammy center...
Ull get the replacement for sure... tell them updating from kies did this...
Why GB? If it would be ICS it has problem? I mean I want to tell them that I was on LRK and I updated it to LRQ via Kies and then my phone got bricked. Do you think it is ok? GF idea is perfect
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Why GB? If it would be ICS it has problem? I mean I want to tell them that I was on LRK and I updated it to LRQ via Kies and then my phone got bricked. Do you think it is ok? GF idea is perfect
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Bro u have already revived ur mobile... so best thing to do is take it sammy and tell them that ur mobile lags a lot and u have some lost space on ur memory card... (play innocent).... they'll check it and replace ur mobo if needed... so doesnt matter if u r on gb or ics
Hello,
I have a galaxy s4 active that will not flash. Here is the info I have. I rooted my unlocked phone. Superusered and busyboxed. I did a sd card swap from 8gb to 32gb. I tried reistalling the missing apps from titanium backup and root uninstaller. I restored all apps and phone reset and bricked. I have tried to flash various pit and tar and recovery files with odin 1.85 as well as 3.9 and kies. i believe there is a read write error. if i try to install pit file it gets stuck at set partion. I also troed to install these files from sd card through recovery. Nothing is working. ANy help that will help me fix my phone would be appreciated and compensated for through paypal.......Please help!!!!!! I mis
dg10464 said:
Hello,
I have a galaxy s4 active that will not flash. Here is the info I have. I rooted my unlocked phone. Superusered and busyboxed. I did a sd card swap from 8gb to 32gb. I tried reistalling the missing apps from titanium backup and root uninstaller. I restored all apps and phone reset and bricked. I have tried to flash various pit and tar and recovery files with odin 1.85 as well as 3.9 and kies. i believe there is a read write error. if i try to install pit file it gets stuck at set partion. I also troed to install these files from sd card through recovery. Nothing is working. ANy help that will help me fix my phone would be appreciated and compensated for through paypal.......Please help!!!!!! I mis
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i537 or i9295?
Devo7v said:
i537 or i9295?
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I537
in general i would say are you able to read any sd card on this Device from your recovery ?
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dg10464 said:
I537
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Have you tried flashing any of the OneClick packages? They should still work since you have a locked bootloader.
Devo7v said:
Have you tried flashing any of the OneClick packages? They should still work since you have a locked bootloader.
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No Devo7v, through my roughly 15 hours of internet research I have not come across a 1 click fix. Just when I thought I was getting good and learning how to move around the android system I bricked. I don't mind paying for my mistakes and learning from them, but I do definitely not want to have to purchase a new phone. I bought the active because it was compact with a descent size screen, nice hardware, remote control, hdmi to tv and I liked the waterproof dustproof feature that I never even tried because I don't trust how waterproof this phone really is. I think It is a great phone when up and running.
P.S. I really appreciate your quick knowledgable response.
dg10464 said:
No Devo7v, through my roughly 15 hours of internet research I have not come across a 1 click fix. Just when I thought I was getting good and learning how to move around the android system I bricked. I don't mind paying for my mistakes and learning from them, but I do definitely not want to have to purchase a new phone. I bought the active because it was compact with a descent size screen, nice hardware, remote control, hdmi to tv and I liked the waterproof dustproof feature that I never even tried because I don't trust how waterproof this phone really is. I think It is a great phone when up and running.
P.S. I really appreciate your quick knowledgable response.
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I suggest choosing which firmware you would like to flash from the i537 Firmware Thread, download it, and flash it with Odin. If you're currently on ML2, your only option is to reflash ML2 since the ML2 bootloader will not allow you to downgrade to any other version. Before you do anything I would do a little research on Odin so you understand how it works. Far and away, most people that have bricked their phones did it by using Odin incorrectly.
creasqui said:
in general i would say are you able to read any sd card on this Device from your recovery ?
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Yes you are most likely correct. I just might be trying to read the wrong software from sd. The times I've tried I get authorization errors.
Devo7v said:
I suggest choosing which firmware you would like to flash from the i537 Firmware Thread, download it, and flash it with Odin. If you're currently on ML2, your only option is to re flash ML2 since the ML2 boot loader will not allow you to downgrade to any other version. Before you do anything I would do a little research on Odin so you understand how it works. Far and away, most people that have bricked their phones did it by using Odin incorrectly.
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I will definitely read up on odin. My phone is currently at 2nd local cell repair store this week. I called them to have it ready for pick up if they cant fix it today, which I have my doubts. They usually are just phone salespeople that can do a typical flash or change a screen. So this evening or tomorrow morning I will give your recommendation a shot. And when I do and my phone is back up and running I will gladly donate funds to your site or directly to you. I will shoot you a pm tomorrow to touch base.....I should have went this route before I tried these useless cell phone stores around here. I'm sure this post will help many others too....
dg10464 said:
I will definitely read up on odin. My phone is currently at 2nd local cell repair store this week. I called them to have it ready for pick up if they cant fix it today, which I have my doubts. They usually are just phone salespeople that can do a typical flash or change a screen. So this evening or tomorrow morning I will give your recommendation a shot. And when I do and my phone is back up and running I will gladly donate funds to your site or directly to you. I will shoot you a pm tomorrow to touch base.....I should have went this route before I tried these useless cell phone stores around here. I'm sure this post will help many others too....
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You don't need to worry about donating anything, I actually have never accepted donations. If you want to send some money, please send it to a charity you feel is worthwhile. If you really want to pay me back, please read as much as you can on everything and try to help others out when they ask questions or need help. The S4 Active is a small community, so we need as many people contributing to the forums as possible.
If you run into trouble with Odin or anything, let me know.
Devo7v said:
You don't need to worry about donating anything, I actually have never accepted donations. If you want to send some money, please send it to a charity you feel is worthwhile. If you really want to pay me back, please read as much as you can on everything and try to help others out when they ask questions or need help. The S4 Active is a small community, so we need as many people contributing to the forums as possible.
If you run into trouble with Odin or anything, let me know.
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Thank You So Much......!!! I will pay it forward.....
Devo7v said:
You don't need to worry about donating anything, I actually have never accepted donations. If you want to send some money, please send it to a charity you feel is worthwhile. If you really want to pay me back, please read as much as you can on everything and try to help others out when they ask questions or need help. The S4 Active is a small community, so we need as many people contributing to the forums as possible.
If you run into trouble with Odin or anything, let me know.
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Thank you so much, like I expected repair store was unable to fix my phone. I took it home and was up and running in 5 minutes with the 1 click fix.
Your the man......I am now researching uprading to 4.3.. I am still however having this issue of apps not working after moving them to sd card....Are there any app to sd apps you prefer over others, I'm not sure where the issue is arising from.
dg10464 said:
Thank you so much, like I expected repair store was unable to fix my phone. I took it home and was up and running in 5 minutes with the 1 click fix.
Your the man......I am now researching uprading to 4.3.. I am still however having this issue of apps not working after moving them to sd card....Are there any app to sd apps you prefer over others, I'm not sure where the issue is arising from.
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Flashing 4.3 isn't that much harder then flashing the one-click, you just need to read and make sure you put things in the right spot.
As for apps top SD, I don't move my apps so I really can't give you much advice.
I'll try to make this long story short. My experience level is pretty low. I've rooted and flashed firmware to a few devices in the past, but Odin worked well and I was always following instructions.
I have a n AT&T Note 3 N900A running 5.0
I accidentally deleted a folder of photos, and needed to root my device in order to attempt recovering the lost photos.
I Tried King root, kingoroot, etc... and failed to root the device.
Then used the N900AUCUBMI1_OneClickBin which Fails it says "SW REV CHECK FAIL: [sbl1]Fused 2 > Binary 1
then i tried Odin and root De la Vega which also failed
Now my device is stuck at "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
I download latest Kies... it doesnt support my device....
How can I fix this? Is there a rooted rom I can flash to it? I really just want to extract the deleted photos as the device is aging, but now I'm in over my head.
If this isnt something I can do myself, I'm willing to pay monies if there is someone reputable with references that can fix this for me.
Update
I was able to use Odin 3.09 to install CSC_ATT_N900AATTDNL1_CL3032228_QB3188679_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar
the phone is now able to boot and works fine but.... it is completely wiped.
I had saved most of my stuff odd the phone, but I still need to root and run data recovery on deleted photos
still needing help, please. thank you.
dale.
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Currently downloading SM-N900A_OC1_Lollipop_Rooted_Rom.zip
going to give that a try.
DFurno said:
Currently downloading SM-N900A_OC1_Lollipop_Rooted_Rom.zip
going to give that a try.
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This did not install correctly. Now I'm downloading. N900AUCUEOC1_N900AATTEOC1_N900AUCUEOC1_HOME.tar.md5
fingers crossed this works.
DFurno said:
This did not install correctly. Now I'm downloading. N900AUCUEOC1_N900AATTEOC1_N900AUCUEOC1_HOME.tar.md5
fingers crossed this works.
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I had actually downloaded N900AUCUEOC1_N900AATTEOC1_N900AUCUEOC1_HOME.tar.md5 before but it was incomplete and I didnt notice.
it did install, but bricked halfway through, almost done downloading it again, will hopefully h ave device working withfirmware that canbe rooted soon.
i dont care for most current firmware, just want access to device so i can scan for previously deleted files, if they havent been overwritten....
Why are you not posting in your phones forum ??
This is not AT&T Note 3 .
RECUVA may find your lost data but it may be a lost cause already .
Now im trying to downgrade to kitkat 4.4.2 to root.
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Why are you not posting in your phones forum ??
This is not AT&T Note 3 .
RECUVA may find your lost data but it may be a lost cause already .
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I was unaware I was posting in the wrong forum.
JJEgan said:
Why are you not posting in your phones forum ??
This is not AT&T Note 3 .
RECUVA may find your lost data but it may be a lost cause already .
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Does Recuva work with phones?
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I was unaware I was posting in the wrong forum.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3
AT&T forum
Not 100% sure about recuva on internal memory .
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3
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Not 100% sure about recuva on internal memory .
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Would you please let me know how to flag an admin or moderator to move my thread? Thank you for your replies.
I found another software. Jihosoft.
I was able to downgrade from 5.0 to 4.4.2 and am running jihosoft now.
It looks like after flashing, I lost any hope of recovering files... im really not happy with this. I wish i hadn't bricked the thing in the first place.
Your post triangle hottom left.
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DFurno said:
Would you please let me know how to flag an admin or moderator to move my thread? Thank you for your replies.
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Moved in AT&T Note 3 forum :good:
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Your post triangle hottom left.
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Thanks @JJEgan for your help
I've tried several recovery software.
My entire DCIM filder from the device is gone. I'm assuming because I reflashed that I wrote over it? I'm surprised that 1500 pictures wouldnt be able to be found in the device.... Maybe theres solution I dont know about that can do a much deeper scan?
I'm so upset that I lost everything... Didnt realize it wasnt on the SD card... years of military and family photos gone...
I'd appreciate any help at this point. Does someone have access to forensic tools that can recover the lost data?
DFurno said:
I've tried several recovery software.
My entire DCIM filder from the device is gone. I'm assuming because I reflashed that I wrote over it? I'm surprised that 1500 pictures wouldnt be able to be found in the device.... Maybe theres solution I dont know about that can do a much deeper scan?
I'm so upset that I lost everything... Didnt realize it wasnt on the SD card... years of military and family photos gone...
I'd appreciate any help at this point. Does someone have access to forensic tools that can recover the lost data?
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I've given up on recovery tools and want to make a .raw image of the internal storage that I can convert into a disc image which I can scan. I'm not really understanding how to do the directions at http://www.asoftech.com/articles/android-enable-mass-storage.html
Update:
I learned a LOT in the last few days.
I went and bought a 64gb SD card and am using Cygwin with the command dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/storage/extSdCard/system.img
I am not certain if this will strip the entire 32gb internal memory and put it on SD card, but we will find out. It is currently at 3gb and growing fast.
DFurno said:
Update:
I learned a LOT in the last few days.
I went and bought a 64gb SD card and am using Cygwin with the command dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/storage/extSdCard/system.img
I am not certain if this will strip the entire 32gb internal memory and put it on SD card, but we will find out. It is currently at 3gb and growing fast.
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Update file is now 8gb,. That must mean it is reading the entire internal memory. I'm doubting I can recover my files, but this has still been an amazing learning process. Will still need to convert the RAW file to a VHD.
I'm not certain I came to the right forums as nobody seems interested in responding. Maybe my problem is too low level for this place?
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Update file is now 8gb,. That must mean it is reading the entire internal memory. I'm doubting I can recover my files, but this has still been an amazing learning process. Will still need to convert the RAW file to a VHD.
I'm not certain I came to the right forums as nobody seems interested in responding. Maybe my problem is too low level for this place?
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I successfuly dumped internal memory to an IMG file on the external SD. Scanned teh data but did not find waht I wanted.
I imagine that if I could get direct access to the internal memory I could recover the data, but that is not hardware or software possible anymore, so I learned once again to back up important things.
Thanks everyone for the helpful responses.
Now to decide what ROM to flash...
Any layman that comes across this thread in the future and wants to save deleted files off your phone, my advice to you is: Take the battery out of your phone and stop using it immediately. If you don't have root access, send it to a professional data recovery service and explain the type of files you lost.