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[Solved] Reset binary counter and remove yellow triangle without a jig when bricked

Please read this first:
I was able to reset the binary counter and remove the yellow triangle by using the method described in #13 of this thread, but you should understand that my phone was already soft-bricked. As you will know from reading posts #18 and #21, that the Angelom kernel 1.2 should be used to reset your binary counter and remove the yellow triangle, ONLY WHEN your device is ALREADY bricked, otherwise you may brick your working device. Be cautioned.
Original post:
I have been struggling for two days now with an issue of some kind of brick. Without going into whether it is a soft brick or a hard brick, this is how my situation is:
- I can boot into download mode
- I can boot into stock recovery mode
- I am unable to flash any ROM as all of them get stuck at factoryfs
- I flashed several kernels, stock as well as custom, and the latest kernel I flashed was a CF kernel
- After flashing the CF kernel, I saw the yellow triangle at the Samsung boot prompt and the flash counter increased by 1
- I flashed a stock kernel over the CF kernel which made the yellow triangle go away, but I still have the flash count increased
I do not wish to go for any trial and error methods now, so I am thinking of sending my Note to Samsung for repairs. Can someone help me with resetting the flash counter to 0? I do not wish to sound impatient, but I really do not have much time to wait for the JIG solution, so if someone can help with resetting the flash counter without using JIG, it would greatly help.
I have insurance on my phone and I bought the phone a week ago. Please also let me know if I can use my insurance if Samsung decides to charge me. Ideally, I would like a replacement, as it is a confirmed bug from Google that caused my phone to be bricked, and also since I have had the phone only for a week, but I don't know how to convince the seller I need a new phone, as they will try to get it fixed and return the same back.
Is there anything else other than the flash counter that I should wipe/reset before sending it to Samsung? I took a Nandroid backup of a stock odexed GB ROM last week which is under a folder called "CWM". Is the CWM folder in the internal storage (USB storage) or the external SD card? If it is in internal, how do I wipe it? My phone doesn't have any battery so I can't check the location of CWM folder myself.
Thanks.

If you can still enter download mode, there is hope to flash a stock rom.You need the pit file,matching your device version(16 or 32 gb). Also a bootloader wouldn't hurt to have around.
I got 3 errors when i first tried to flash my note,but i solved it with the pit file.Just google for it.

kimitza said:
If you can still enter download mode, there is hope to flash a stock rom.You need the pit file,matching your device version(16 or 32 gb). Also a bootloader wouldn't hurt to have around.
I got 3 errors when i first tried to flash my note,but i solved it with the pit file.Just google for it.
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I have tried flashing stock ROMs but none of them came with a PIT file or a bootloader. I have tried installing a stock bootloader too, by itself, but nothing allows me to go beyond factoryfs. Are you saying flashing a stock ROM with a matching PIT can make the difference?

There's a sticky thread in Development called
How to reset your counter.

chasmodo said:
There's a sticky thread in Development called
How to reset your counter.
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Thanks, I know about it, but I do not have the time to buy the JIG, wait for it and try it out on my device, if that's what you refer to. I am in a time crunch as my 15 days of purchase of this phone will be complete next week, and beyond that I wouldn't get any special privileges from the seller. This is why, I am looking for a method that involves flashing using Odin or stock CWM. It's a long shot, but I am hoping someone can help.

Jig is the only way for you to reset the counter on a bricked phone, sorry.

Wasnt there a kernel that Angelom did to reset the flash counter on his superbricks with Team Rocket ICS?
Maybe dig up the old thread in the dev section and check. It was a quick and dirty to reset counter and make it official again.

hkgrob said:
Wasnt there a kernel that Angelom did to reset the flash counter on his superbricks with Team Rocket ICS?
Maybe dig up the old thread in the dev section and check. It was a quick and dirty to reset counter and make it official again.
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Yes, you are right! I completely forgot about that.
To the OP: I will give you the download link if you can wait till tomorrow.
I am abroad ATM.

incisivekeith said:
I have tried flashing stock ROMs but none of them came with a PIT file or a bootloader. I have tried installing a stock bootloader too, by itself, but nothing allows me to go beyond factoryfs. Are you saying flashing a stock ROM with a matching PIT can make the difference?
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Yes, it can be done.
Use the pit for your version (16 or 32 gb).

kimitza said:
Yes, it can be done.
Use the pit for your version (16 or 32 gb).
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Thanks hkgrob, Chasmodo and kimitza. I appreciate it.
So do I need to just flash the 16 GB (I have 16 GB Note) PIT file using Odin and that should reset the flash counter? Just want to make sure I am doing it right.
Edit: I just flashed the 16 GB PIT file using 1.85 PC Odin along with a stock kernel, but the counter has not reset. Also, there is no kernel file, that hkgrob mentioned, in the zipped attachment.
I am not able to find the kernel through search. Could someone upload the kernel which would reset the counter? I will try again after that. Thanks.

incisivekeith said:
Thanks hkgrob, Chasmodo and kimitza. I appreciate it.
So do I need to just flash the 16 GB (I have 16 GB Note) PIT file using Odin and that should reset the flash counter? Just want to make sure I am doing it right.
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No, flashing pit file will not reset your counter. Angelom 1.2 kernel will, but as I said
I will give you the DL tomorrow (if someone else doesnt post it first).

chasmodo said:
No, flashing pit file will not reset your counter. Angelom 1.2 kernel will, but as I said
I will give you the DL tomorrow (if someone else doesnt post it first).
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Yes, that's what I figured. I found a link to this kernel in this thread and downloaded it, but it's an ICS kernel, which is also supposed to reset the counter. Is this the one you talk about? And, if it is the right kernel, I guess I should flash it with the PIT file with PC Odin. Correct?
I am on stock GB recovery - for your information.
If anyone else can post the kernel before Chasmodo does, that would be great. Thanks.
A little diversion: For some reason the stock recovery shows there are no files on my SD card, while other recoveries do. Is this supposed to be this way? With stock recovery, I am unable to access anything on my SD card.

I will post this as a separate thread, as it does not fit as an edit in my previous post.
I found this thread, and got encouraged to flash the ICS kernel which the OP in that thread also found. Flashing the ICSTest kernel by Angelom rebooted with a yellow triangle at the Samsung prompt and booted into touch CWM. I rebooted the phone using the reboot option on CWM. With the reboot, the triangle is gone and the binary counter says "No." So, I think mission accomplished for now.
Will there be a way Samsung to tell now if I ever flashed custom recoveries, ROMs and kernels or that phone was rooted before the Google-admitted bug screwed everything up?

incisivekeith said:
I will post this as a separate thread, as it does not fit as an edit in my previous post.
I found this thread, and got encouraged to flash the ICS kernel which the OP in that thread also found. Flashing the ICSTest kernel by Angelom rebooted with a yellow triangle at the Samsung prompt and booted into touch CWM. I rebooted the phone using the reboot option on CWM. With the reboot, the triangle is gone and the binary counter says "No." So, I think mission accomplished for now.
Will there be a way Samsung to tell now if I ever flashed custom recoveries, ROMs and kernels or that phone was rooted before the Google-admitted bug screwed everything up?
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Just flash a stock kernel now, and they probably won't be able to tell that you ever used any custom stuff.

No need to removed the counter & triangle, just send it back to SSC, they will fix it for you, because they already know the reason you send it back, cheer up!

amytjia said:
No need to removed the counter & triangle, just send it back to SSC, they will fix it for you, because they already know the reason you send it back, cheer up!
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I am guessing you work for Samsung.
Chasmodo, I have already flashed a stock kernel and am trying to use adb, but I am almost certain I will send it to Samsung. Adb results in "/bin/sh...:No such file...(2)".

chasmodo said:
Just flash a stock kernel now, and they probably won't be able to tell that you ever used any custom stuff.
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Hi chasmode
I am on ALBA ICS XXLPY V2.2 right now. Can i flash this with pc odin to reset binary to 0.
And yes then this ICS kernal will affect the current rom I am running.

samtani776 said:
Hi chasmode
I am on ALBA ICS XXLPY V2.2 right now. Can i flash this with pc odin to reset binary to 0.
And yes then this ICS kernal will affect the current rom I am running.
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No. Angelom 1.2 will reset your counter, but it will also give you a hard brick in
no time at all. It is to be used to reset the counter only in cases where a hard brick is already there, sorry.

Thanks a lot. Bookmarked this page in case if I need it in future.

chasmodo said:
No. Angelom 1.2 will reset your counter, but it will also give you a hard brick in
no time at all. It is to be used to reset the counter only in cases where a hard brick is already there, sorry.
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Is that true that flashing the Angelom 1.2 will hard brick a phone if it's not already bricked? Is that kernel not useful for any ROMs? I am curious because if that's true, I will change the title of my thread.

[Q] Pc Odin Stuck on Factoryfs.img! Please Help!

Guys,
I need your urgent assistance .. I think I have bricked my phone and need assistance.. Basically I was running the Official ICS ROM which I got from XDA website it was the LQ2 kernel for the Galaxy Note.
Last night I custom flashed the Criskelo ICS v7 ROM but wasn't too happy and wanted to go back to stock ICS .. So I went into PC Odin and flashed the stock ICS Firmware.. upon booting I went into CWM (Volume up + home+power) did a factoy reset and cache, dalvik cache wipe.. Then reboot system.. The phone was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note screen .. So I tried to Flash the Stock ICS LQ2 rom again via PC Odin and now it just hangs almost at 90% at factoryfs.img?
Am I completely messed up or is there a way to resolve this please can you guys assist me in what I must do.. I don't know if this is a soft or super brick..
Many Thanks..

Well lets look at some things,
- Can you boot into ODIN mode if you pull the battery?
- Do you have JIG to force ODIN mode?
- Maybe try flashing a stock GB rom to clean everything off if you can, then flash a a CF-root kernel, THEN try to go to ICS.
Stock Roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
CF-Root Kernels:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997

You might have bad IO blocks in your eMMC to which data cannot be written. That might be the reason why ODIN is failing at 90%. You'll either have to go through a complicated way and modify your PIT partition or get your Note replaced. Replacing would be a better idea

tejaswi.rohit said:
You might have bad IO blocks in your eMMC to which data cannot be written. That might be the reason why ODIN is failing at 90%. You'll either have to go through a complicated way and modify your PIT partition or get your Note replaced. Replacing would be a better idea
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He's right

[Q] HELP! bircked note

hello everyone
my friend bricked his note and i don't know what to do for him, my friend has no exper experience, he did a restore on a nonsafe kernel
his phone is semi bricked (if not fully bricked), i tried using odin to flash a stock rom (gb then ics) but had no luck and proccess stops at "NAND write start", i tried only to flash a kernel which was abyssnote but also got stuck on "NAND write start" and i tried to use the pit file from this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886) with a stock rom and with re-partition checked on odin and now it is stuck on:
<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
please help me as the phone has been stuck on this state (pit file way) for over 80 minutes
waiting for your answer...

i unpluged my phone now and i am trying a custom pit file (N7000_16GB_Q1_20110914--patched--brick-between-281-and-3770-MB--FACTORYFS-moved-by-3328-MiB.pit) after leaving my phone for up to 2 hours and with no progress using N7000_16GB_Q1_20110914-stock.pit
file, hope i can revive my friend phone and please try to point me for any solution i can try.

Check your connection. Usually if bricked the process will start ok but halt at factory.fs. Try with a different usb cable, make sure it's in a mobo usb port not front one.
Pit files should be a last resort. I don't think it's bricked personally. Does it power on at all?
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SpyderTracks said:
Check your connection. Usually if bricked the process will start ok but halt at factory.fs. Try with a different usb cable, make sure it's in a mobo usb port not front one.
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how can i use mobie odin if i can't even access phone nor recovery?
hope there is a way

darkelfa2 said:
how can i use mobie odin if i can't even access phone nor recovery?
hope there is a way
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Yeah, edited afterward.
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come on people... there most be someone who knows what i should do, please help

SpyderTracks said:
Check your connection. Usually if bricked the process will start ok but halt at factory.fs. Try with a different usb cable, make sure it's in a mobo usb port not front one.
Pit files should be a last resort. I don't think it's bricked personally. Does it power on at all?
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when odin get stuck on nand write start, the box above the port number with yellow mark says factoryfs, and yes the phone can olny boot to download mode

darkelfa2 said:
when odin get stuck on nand write start, the box above the port number with yellow mark says factoryfs, and yes the phone can olny boot to download mode
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What is the outcome of flashing the "N7000_16GB_Q1_20110914--patched--brick-between-281-and-3770-MB--FACTORYFS-moved-by-3328-MiB.pit" as you mentioned above?
If you can also get into recovery, then better try to use hg42 partition scanner first, to see if and where the damage is in the emmc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823918

forest1971 said:
What is the outcome of flashing the "N7000_16GB_Q1_20110914--patched--brick-between-281-and-3770-MB--FACTORYFS-moved-by-3328-MiB.pit" as you mentioned above?
If you can also get into recovery, then better try to use hg42 partition scanner first, to see if and where the damage is in the emmc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823918
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phone been on odin for about 40 minutes or so (is that normal?) but stuck on set partition and as i mentioned above, i cant access my phone nor recovery but i can access download mode.

darkelfa2 said:
phone been on odin for about 40 minutes or so (is that norma?l) but stuck on set partition and as i mentioned above, i cant access my phone nor recovery but i can access download mode.
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If that long, then that pit doesn't seem to work.
I would try to flash a custom kernel such as hydracore or some other kernel that are available in .tar format. Then see if it help the phone get into recovery.
If that does not work, then just need to try other pit file from hg42 thread which move factoryfs by bigger number until it work. This is not a good strategy but it seems to be the only way.
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This is a gb kernel that can be flashed via odin to see if recovery works.
http://www.mediafire.com/?smwswkxwa3u3p4s

forest1971 said:
If that long, then that pit doesn't seem to work.
I would try to flash a custom kernel such as hydracore or some other kernel that are available in .tar format. Then see if it help the phone get into recovery.
If that does not work, then just need to try other pit file from hg42 thread which move factoryfs by bigger number until it work. This is not a good strategy but it seems to be the only way.
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This is a gb kernel that can be flashed via odin to see if recovery works.
http://www.mediafire.com/?smwswkxwa3u3p4s
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i got stuck on NAND write start agine, i think its time to try your other strategy, should i go with pit file that has factoryfs moved by the largest number first or the one with the less number?

darkelfa2 said:
i got stuck on NAND write start agine, i think its time to try your other strategy, should i go with pit file that has factoryfs moved by the largest number first or the one with the less number?
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I would try the first way of flash a kernel since it does not take much time.
Anyway, if want to try second strategy should move up by 500 mb or 1 gb each time.
I saw some people reported problem after flashing a pit with big number them move back to flash a pit with small number so should try to avoid that situattion.
The next pit I would choose it the one move fatoryfs by 4608mib for example.

forest1971 said:
I would try the first way of flash a kernel since it does not take much time.
Anyway, if want to try second strategy should move up by 500 mb or 1 gb each time.
I saw some people reported problem after flashing a pit with big number them move back to flash a pit with small number so should try to avoid that situattion.
The next pit I would choose it the one move fatoryfs by 4608mib for example.
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thank you for your replies, i will try to try them as you mentioned above and by the way and will wait 15-20 minutes in each operation, i already tried the last version of hydracore but had no success, one last thing, if none of them worked (hope not), is there any other possible way to revive from the brick(other than replacing the motherboard or replacing the phone from samsung)?

bricked or not
same problem here, was on stock ics rooted for quite sometime, today decided to flash alliance rom v2.1, booted to cwm recovery, did a full wipe and after that i just hated myself. phone didnt boot into recovery and odin gets stucked at factoryfs, tried to flash with pit file too but no result same stuck in problem. then i flashed different kernel fm note kernel through odin which was a success, got my recovery back but unfortunately the only rom i have on internal sd was alliance rom which doesnt install, either says emmc error alliance rom or stucks at extracting system. so again flashed abyss kernel and did a full wipe again but odin still does not go beyond factory fs and i am trying to flash ics rom again. any idea what i should do now as i can flash a kernel and go into recovery. help will be appreciated. meanwhile downloading gb rom to check as i read in other posts it works tough not sure.

sahil4u said:
same problem here, was on stock ics rooted for quite sometime, today decided to flash alliance rom v2.1, booted to cwm recovery, did a full wipe and after that i just hated myself. phone didnt boot into recovery and odin gets stucked at factoryfs, tried to flash with pit file too but no result same stuck in problem. then i flashed different kernel fm note kernel through odin which was a success, got my recovery back but unfortunately the only rom i have on internal sd was alliance rom which doesnt install, either says emmc error alliance rom or stucks at extracting system. so again flashed abyss kernel and did a full wipe again but odin still does not go beyond factory fs and i am trying to flash ics rom again. any idea what i should do now as i can flash a kernel and go into recovery. help will be appreciated. meanwhile downloading gb rom to check as i read in other posts it works tough not sure.
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it is good as far as you can access cwm recovery, try to get any external sd, download a rom and put it on the external sd using other phone
and flash it using cwm and dont forget your safe kernel , and can you tell me please what kernel you've used?

sahil4u said:
same problem here, was on stock ics rooted for quite sometime, today decided to flash alliance rom v2.1, booted to cwm recovery, did a full wipe and after that i just hated myself. phone didnt boot into recovery and odin gets stucked at factoryfs, tried to flash with pit file too but no result same stuck in problem. then i flashed different kernel fm note kernel through odin which was a success, got my recovery back but unfortunately the only rom i have on internal sd was alliance rom which doesnt install, either says emmc error alliance rom or stucks at extracting system. so again flashed abyss kernel and did a full wipe again but odin still does not go beyond factory fs and i am trying to flash ics rom again. any idea what i should do now as i can flash a kernel and go into recovery. help will be appreciated. meanwhile downloading gb rom to check as i read in other posts it works tough not sure.
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Once get recovery it is best to try to scan partition to identify where the damage is. You can you adb method in my manual repartition guide or the scanner from hg42 which is even better.
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darkelfa2 said:
thank you for your replies, i will try to try them as you mentioned above and by the way and will wait 15-20 minutes in each operation, i already tried the last version of hydracore but had no success, one last thing, if none of them worked (hope not), is there any other possible way to revive from the brick(other than replacing the motherboard or replacing the phone from samsung)?
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Should try the kernel I sent and also the fm kernel suggested in the post above. Once having recovery it is much easier and there are more options. Otherwise, custom pit is the last resort before mobo replacement.
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sahil4u said:
same problem here, was on stock ics rooted for quite sometime, today decided to flash alliance rom v2.1, booted to cwm recovery, did a full wipe and after that i just hated myself. phone didnt boot into recovery and odin gets stucked at factoryfs, tried to flash with pit file too but no result same stuck in problem. then i flashed different kernel fm note kernel through odin which was a success, got my recovery back but unfortunately the only rom i have on internal sd was alliance rom which doesnt install, either says emmc error alliance rom or stucks at extracting system. so again flashed abyss kernel and did a full wipe again but odin still does not go beyond factory fs and i am trying to flash ics rom again. any idea what i should do now as i can flash a kernel and go into recovery. help will be appreciated. meanwhile downloading gb rom to check as i read in other posts it works tough not sure.
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Hi there, sounds like a bad flash or bad download. Firstly remove your external micro SD card and connect it to a PC / Laptop (standard SD adaptor or Card Reader). Download a "default" ROM and kernel and KEEP them on the card (you never know when you need to go back to them). I use Abyss 4.2 kernel and Chrack ROM personally. I always have the jBroid Kernel Cleaner saved also). Replace the micro SD card.
If you can get into Recovery, flash the jBroid script cleaner. Now flash Abyss 4.2 kernel (GB safe kernel) and reboot into Recovery again. Now flash Chrack Rom. I've had a number of bad flashes and these 3 zips have always pulled me out a hole.
Hope this helps. Hit Thanks if it did.

Alba Donzo said:
Hi there, sounds like a bad flash or bad download. Firstly remove your external micro SD card and connect it to a PC / Laptop (standard SD adaptor or Card Reader). Download a "default" ROM and kernel and KEEP them on the card (you never know when you need to go back to them). I use Abyss 4.2 kernel and Chrack ROM personally. I always have the jBroid Kernel Cleaner saved also). Replace the micro SD card.
If you can get into Recovery, flash the jBroid script cleaner. Now flash Abyss 4.2 kernel (GB safe kernel) and reboot into Recovery again. Now flash Chrack Rom. I've had a number of bad flashes and these 3 zips have always pulled me out a hole.
Hope this helps. Hit Thanks if it did.
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i've already mentioned that it has no recovery mode, and yes, i always have abyssnote kernel in my ex-sd also in my friend's phone, the thing is that he don't know about the emmc bug and he did a restore on a none safe kernel and thats how he bricked his phone
what i've done so far is trying the pit file way but had no luck, now the thing is that the binary counter is 5 and i can't go to have a m/b replacement for free as the warranty is voided, is there any way to reset the counter or to hardbrick the phone except for the jig method?

Stuck samsung logo boot screen on GT-N7000

Dear Developers,
I get stuck Samsung Logo on boot screen after install custom ROM on Galaxy Note GT-N7000.
Firstly, I install custom rom Jelly bean Paranoid Android on my note. One day later, I am not satisfy with this rom then i restore my Gingerbread backup file image. when it is processed nearly done, message displayed error restore.
Secondly, I try to manually flash Gingerbread Stock Rom via Odin, It is processed and get passed successfully. then i go to recovery mode to reset factory, clear partition cache, and format internal USB. But my phone still boot up with Samsung Logo screen stuck.
Could anyone please help me how to fix them?
Best Regards,
Talep Kamel

talepkamel said:
Dear Developers,
I get stuck Samsung Logo on boot screen after install custom ROM on Galaxy Note GT-N7000.
Firstly, I install custom rom Jelly bean Paranoid Android on my note. One day later, I am not satisfy with this rom then i restore my Gingerbread backup file image. when it is processed nearly done, message displayed error restore.
Secondly, I try to manually flash Gingerbread Stock Rom via Odin, It is processed and get passed successfully. then i go to recovery mode to reset factory, clear partition cache, and format internal USB. But my phone still boot up with Samsung Logo screen stuck.
Could anyone please help me how to fix them?
Best Regards,
Talep Kamel
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After flashing through Odin, allow it to reboot the device. Odin will boot the phone, after the flashing process is success. So just try once again.

coolsandie said:
After flashing through Odin, allow it to reboot the device. Odin will boot the phone, after the flashing process is success. So just try once again.
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I tried to flash few times, and wait for rebooting until get successfully passed on Odin. But still boot on Chock . Does my phone get soft brick or hard brick?

talepkamel said:
I tried to flash few times, and wait for rebooting until get successfully passed on Odin. But still boot on Chock . Does my phone get soft brick or hard brick?
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Its probably not a hard brick, because you still get the Download Mode/Recovery. Anyways you would've got more replies if you had posted it in Galaxy Note GT-N7000 forums, as it is more kind of device-specific question.

coolsandie said:
Its probably not a hard brick, because you still get the Download Mode/Recovery. Anyways you would've got more replies if you had posted it in Galaxy Note GT-N7000 forums, as it is more kind of device-specific question.
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Noted thanks, Is it Samsung restrict on flash counter? how to patch for resetting flash counter ?

Moved to Galaxy Note Q&A.

talepkamel said:
Noted thanks, Is it Samsung restrict on flash counter? how to patch for resetting flash counter ?
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Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774208

Try the gb rom with pit inclided
# message swifted from Note, travelled in the air to gateway and wi-maxed to [email protected] #

nokiamodeln91 said:
Try the gb rom with pit inclided
# message swifted from Note, travelled in the air to gateway and wi-maxed to [email protected] #
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Yes, I have already tested this method. successfully passed green color but still choke. Is Samsung lock flash firmware for many times?
how to successfully restore GB backup file image on my note? when restore backup file nearly complete, it stuck error.
I feel android difficult even restore or flash firmware.
Please find attached file for my note issues.

talepkamel said:
Yes, I have already tested this method. successfully passed green color but still choke. Is Samsung lock flash firmware for many times?
how to successfully restore GB backup file image on my note? when restore backup file nearly complete, it stuck error.
I feel android difficult even restore or flash firmware.
Please find attached file for my note issues.
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Mother of all thread is given below.
Just use PC ODIN, download your region file and get your phone to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
Or check Ketan signature and download the pre-rooted rom and install the same. Once rooted you can update your kernal to Hydracore and then proceed with any wipe and install.
If post flashing the stock using ODIN is stuck in boot, you potentially have a hard brick which requires mother board replacement.
Take it to samsung service and if under warranty they will replace the MB for free.

heavenhated said:
Mother of all thread is given below.
Just use PC ODIN, download your region file and get your phone to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
Or check Ketan signature and download the pre-rooted rom and install the same. Once rooted you can update your kernal to Hydracore and then proceed with any wipe and install.
If post flashing the stock using ODIN is stuck in boot, you potentially have a hard brick which requires mother board replacement.
Take it to samsung service and if under warranty they will replace the MB for free.
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Noted thanks, I check this method

[q] help help helpppppppppppppp :(

i was installing parandroid 2.52 ...and the installation failed...nd i wasen able to flash roms either .....so ive used odin and tried to install the stock os of 2.3.6 it didnt complete it paused arnd 95% nd didnt move further .....so ive tried doin the same with 4.0.4 ics nd it paused arnd 90% and it didnt go further either......now my phone cant even go to cwm ...i tried installing cwm even through odin ....i badly need your help.....

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i was installing parandroid 2.52 ...and the installation failed...nd i wasen able to flash roms either .....so ive used odin and tried to install the stock os of 2.3.6 it didnt complete it paused arnd 95% nd didnt move further .....so ive tried doin the same with 4.0.4 ics nd it paused arnd 90% and it didnt go further either......now my phone cant even go to cwm ...i tried installing cwm even through odin ....i badly need your help.....
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First give me your phone specs and let us know how flashed your phone....
provide more details we'll help you out..

galaxy note gt N7000
mine galaxy note gt N7000.....its been just 3 months since ive got it

Does your phone atleast startup in fastboot mode?

nooo....it dosen work....it jsut says firmware update encountered an issue ......

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nooo....it dosen work....it jsut says firmware update encountered an issue ......
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remove the battery, wait for a minute and replace battery. now try starting it in fastboot..
fastboot is essential. if it works, then we can flash a custom kernel and a compatible rom..
So first try getting it in fastboot.

tried it.....fastboot is the vol down +vol up right....well.....it opens up sayin firmware update page ,,,,arrrr i dont even know what to do now

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tried it.....fastboot is the vol down +vol up right....well.....it opens up sayin firmware update page ,,,,arrrr i dont even know what to do now
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first thing you should do now is, relax...
I'm new so cant post outside links..
try googling "samsung gt n7000 firmware error" and choose the first link. (from android authority)
download the firmware and the odin flasher...
follow every step carefully
any doubts, I'm always here...!
good luck!

thanks ...well it didnt work...nothin did...am just downloadin the oldest firmware XXLC1 ....lets hope it works atleast. :fingers-crossed:.......thanks for ya replies.....:good:

Did you successfully flash ROM?
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use Odin 1.85 & i try to flash stock ics it will work don't worry its just that firmware is not flashed so no software is present that's why that message comes.
hit thanks if it works for you... :thumbup:

i ve tried all that....and now the worst part is .......i cant charge my mob,....cause it aint bein detected ............arrrrrrr things just keeps gettin better and better ,,,,

well obv i did.......it aint my fiarst time either flashin......but now its got a soft brick thats for sure......and i cant charge my mob too....since the mob aint even bein detected

But you can still get into download mode and Odin sees it right?
Ok, Lets assume yes. Now download This stock ICS kernel and flash with PC Odin. (put it in the PDA box)
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If the kernel flash was successful, you should now be able to boot into stock ICS recovery
Next step. Download This Philz kernel and get it onto your Ext SD card somehow (Old phone?, camera? card reader?..) and put it back into your Note.
Boot into stock recovery "apply update from external storage", select Philz kernel and flash it.
How's things going so far?
Any way if it works boot back into recovery (now Philz) go to mount and storage, make sure data, cache and system are un-mounted and FORMAT them. You should now be able to flash a ROM, either by PC Odin or flashing a zip.Rom through CWM.:fingers-crossed:

don't worry your phone is charging you have to use charger instead of usb....
& for flashing you have repeat whole process or flash recovery firmware using kies as I have also encountered this on galaxy s duos last week.... or you should another rom perhaps it ay work
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