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Bricked Note :(

I was on Stunner ICS Rom and then decided to try out CM9 so i did the following
1.backed up everything using CWM Backup
2.Copied the main cwm rom and google apps zips onto internal zip card
3.Booted into recovery using CWN menu option.
4.Navigated to install zip from internal sd card and selected the zip
5.Then nothing. no progress bar,no movement etc.
6.Waited for about 10mins, still nothing.
7.Powered off the phone and removed battery.
8.PHONE WONT POWER ON AT ALL.
Anyone had a similar issue and is it resolvable?
Thanks.

I think not!, Sorry, mate - it looks like you've bricked your phone.
Haven't you read this in CyanogenMod 9 Discussion Thread:
- I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO FLASH FROM A CF-ROOTED STOCK GINGERBREAD ROM, JUST TO AVOID YOU HARD BRICKS.
and
- DON'T flash FROM i9220 LEAKED REPACK!
all found here!!!

Well is wrong way because you miss return to gingerbread before flash cm9 first.
Overall,try to flash rooted gingerbread indownload mode with pc odin bro
Good luck

xovox said:
Overall,try to flash rooted gingerbread indownload mode with pc odin bro
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No harm in trying, but I think it's too late for that now.
Motherboard replacement is in order, I fear....

Can you get into download mode? I had a similar problem and fixed it by getting into download mode, connecting to pc, then run Odin and load CF-Root-SGN_XX_SER_LA6-v5.0-CWM5.tar, this reloaded my CWM recovery and then wipe cache etc and install anything. But by using Odin you will be stuck with that yellow triangle

As you said it would not turn on try the following.
Remove the batteyr for about 1hr or so when plug it back in and try to go directly yo downalod mode.
If you can flash a GB Rom and you "should" be OK. If you still can't start it you most likely need to send it in to replace the motherboard.

if its still on warranty, tell them this happened because of kies update fail.
sometimes, its inevitable to lie...

kuriandungu said:
I was on Stunner ICS Rom and then decided to try out CM9 so i did the following
1.backed up everything using CWM Backup
2.Copied the main cwm rom and google apps zips onto internal zip card
3.Booted into recovery using CWN menu option.
4.Navigated to install zip from internal sd card and selected the zip
5.Then nothing. no progress bar,no movement etc.
6.Waited for about 10mins, still nothing.
7.Powered off the phone and removed battery.
8.PHONE WONT POWER ON AT ALL.
Anyone had a similar issue and is it resolvable?
Thanks.
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try a usb jig... if it is able to force ur mobile into download mode use pc odin to flash a gb rom... otherwise the only alternative is motherboard replacement

Thank you guys for your Responses. i appreciate them.
I returned the phone to Samsung Repair office and they said it looked repairable. (fingers crossed). They'll get back to me in a couple of days.

[user_99] said:
I think not!, Sorry, mate - it looks like you've bricked your phone.
Haven't you read this in CyanogenMod 9 Discussion Thread:
- I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO FLASH FROM A CF-ROOTED STOCK GINGERBREAD ROM, JUST TO AVOID YOU HARD BRICKS.
and
- DON'T flash FROM i9220 LEAKED REPACK!
all found here!!!
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No i didnt read that! i got instructions from theandroidsoul.com page called cm9-galaxy-note Which doesnt talk about coming from a Gingerbread rom etc. I should have come straight to XDA and i'm paying the price!
Hope the samsung repair shop can restore it. One representative said they have quite a number of such cases but somehow they get the phone to work again. So i'm hoping mine will work out.

musashiro said:
if its still on warranty, tell them this happened because of kies update fail.
sometimes, its inevitable to lie...
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i told them it failed during an update....didnt say which update (economy with truth

belveder69 said:
Can you get into download mode? I had a similar problem and fixed it by getting into download mode, connecting to pc, then run Odin and load CF-Root-SGN_XX_SER_LA6-v5.0-CWM5.tar, this reloaded my CWM recovery and then wipe cache etc and install anything. But by using Odin you will be stuck with that yellow triangle
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Thanks for the reply. Already took it to Samsung.

Really Bricked note
Just got news from Samsung local repair office that its beyond repair. Hard to believe that the software is so deeply intwined with the hardware that a software process can kill the phone.
Will try get the usb jig and see if it will work.
Thanks to everyone who had a suggestion or comment.

I swear I did the same a few weeks ago and flashed a N7000 STOCK Rom PC Odin and I was ok.

Really Bricked note - had to get new motherboard
Guys...read this before attempting to flash ... I had to buy a new motherboard after trying to flash CM9 on Stunner Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633943

[Q] Is my note superbricked?

Hi,
Tried to install Kingdroid 1.5 yesterday. since than I'm trying to fix my note with no success.
This is what I tried to do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652831
I failed to do the following step:
-We went into recovery and install this kernel without leaving the recovery going to advanced and reboot in recovery
And the rom was not installed successfully.
because of panic, tried to restore my device to stock ICS from a previous backup - failed.
Tried another backup of GB - Failed.
Tried ODIN for Stock ICS and succeeded.
After success on this, tried restoring again to my previous backup, and since than I'm stuck on " factoryfs.img"
Tried Abd, but my device was not recognized on 3 Win machines and 1 linux box.
I have download mode available, and also recovery mode.
Currently, I'm bricked, thinking to take it to the shop I bought it at...
Any other Ideas?
Thanks a lot!

asafki said:
Hi,
Tried to install Kingdroid 1.5 yesterday. since than I'm trying to fix my note with no success.
This is what I tried to do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652831
I failed to do the following step:
-We went into recovery and install this kernel without leaving the recovery going to advanced and reboot in recovery
And the rom was not installed successfully.
because of panic, tried to restore my device to stock ICS from a previous backup - failed.
Tried another backup of GB - Failed.
Tried ODIN for Stock ICS and succeeded.
After success on this, tried restoring again to my previous backup, and since than I'm stuck on " factoryfs.img"
Tried Abd, but my device was not recognized on 3 Win machines and 1 linux box.
I have download mode available, and also recovery mode.
Currently, I'm bricked, thinking to take it to the shop I bought it at...
Any other Ideas?
Thanks a lot!
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If you have download mode available, then you're not bricked, only soft-bricked perhaps.
Try flashing again with Odin...
From my knowledge, superbricks occur when wiping on an unsafe ICS kernel, such as old i9220 leak repack, LPY...

eug3n91 said:
If you have download mode available, then you're not bricked, only soft-bricked perhaps.
Try flashing again with Odin...
From my knowledge, superbricks occur when wiping on an unsafe ICS kernel, such as old i9220 leak repack, LPY...
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in fact all ics kernel will have chances of superbricks, since he trying to restore....which wipe data will take place... that is superbrick i think

whitepandaaa said:
in fact all ics kernel will have chances of superbricks, since he trying to restore....which wipe data will take place... that is superbrick i think
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CM9 kernels, based on i9100 update 4 are safe. That makes official Cyanogen Mod 9 Nightlies and ROMs like Asylum and ParanoidAndroid safe
From his post I got that he was able to flash official ICS with Odin once, meaning it didn't get stuck at factory.fs...so...might be still hope

From what I get, we should add another one to the long list of hard bricks.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

If you are stuck on NAND write, factoryfs.img you are super bricked. Sorry......
I'm guessing you tried restoring your backup in CWM??

My Galaxy note is stuck on black screen no response from buttons just black screen.
This was after I did a wipe data and installed CM9 rom.
What options do I have, will one of these jtag dongles help me?
I just saw some ebay sellers offering an unbrick service for about £21 (im in the uk) where you post it to them to fix.
Any help appreciated

aquanuke said:
My Galaxy note is stuck on black screen no response from buttons just black screen.
This was after I did a wipe data and installed CM9 rom.
What options do I have, will one of these jtag dongles help me?
I just saw some ebay sellers offering an unbrick service for about £21 (im in the uk) where you post it to them to fix.
Any help appreciated
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I think you have SOD.Its a known issue with cm9 to have SOD's.Sorry to ask this silly question,did you try to pull out the battery and boot he phone???

What is SOD ?
Yes pulled the battery, but cant get anything from phone. Even if I put it on charge nothing.. just a black screen

aquanuke said:
What is SOD ?
Yes pulled the battery, but cant get anything from phone. Even if I put it on charge nothing.. just a black screen
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SOD is screen of death.Its nothing but when deep sleep the phone doesnt wake up again and needs to be restarted.
try to put the phone in download mode though the screen is not seen and connect it to odin and see if it gets detected.

Tried to put it in download not mode but buttons are not responding, nothing when I connect to pc either

aquanuke said:
This was after I did a wipe data and installed CM9 rom.
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What Rom were you on prior to flashing CM9?

chasmodo said:
What Rom were you on prior to flashing CM9?
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KingDroid_ICS_NoteMania_Edition_v1.6

aquanuke said:
KingDroid_ICS_NoteMania_Edition_v1.6
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Ah that means you didnt read the guide correctly.It clearly states that you need to be in proper gb with cf-root kernel.

aquanuke said:
KingDroid_ICS_NoteMania_Edition_v1.6
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You are Superbricked. Get your phone to a Samsung Service cetre for the motherboard replacement.
JTag is not an option here, it won't work.

ooopppsss ok thanks.

I even tried re-partitioning using Odin and PIT file. seems that it is always stuck on the same spot.

Fixed!!!
I used this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682444

Nice asafki shame I can't try that as o2 gave me a brand new note :good:

asafki said:
Fixed!!!
I used this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682444
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check how much data space you lost.
Sent from my GT-P1010 using XDA

Bricked Note

I have been searching for a solution, but haven't found any..
I flashed to kingdroid rom a while ago from stock GB with abyss kernel. Everything went fine, and later wanted to try a new rom.
So I wiped the data and factory reset in CWM and tried to restore the old stock GB. I don't know if anything went wrong in that process, but now I can't even turn on the phone? I can't boot up CWM either?

fruddy said:
I have been searching for a solution, but haven't found any..
I flashed to kingdroid rom a while ago from stock GB with abyss kernel. Everything went fine, and later wanted to try a new rom.
So I wiped the data and factory reset in CWM and tried to restore the old stock GB. I don't know if anything went wrong in that process, but now I can't even turn on the phone? I can't boot up CWM either?
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Can you enter download mode??If so flash any GB rom.If the flash is getting stuck at factoryfs or somewhere for long than 15 mins..you have superbricked your phone by doing a wipe.Only way is to replace the mobo or trying this

yeah go on download mode. Use odin pc. It will raise the counter, but its much better than a brick note.. Hehe

Download mode is volume down, home key and turn on key right?
Doesnt work.. how long is I supposed to hold it in?
And what is a MOBO?

Easy ... Don't Panic
fruddy said:
I have been searching for a solution, but haven't found any..
I flashed to kingdroid rom a while ago from stock GB with abyss kernel. Everything went fine, and later wanted to try a new rom.
So I wiped the data and factory reset in CWM and tried to restore the old stock GB. I don't know if anything went wrong in that process, but now I can't even turn on the phone? I can't boot up CWM either?
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The First Thing you did was right, since you did the wipe using the AbyssKernel kernel, witch was safe and away from the HardBrick Thing around the Stock ICS Kernel.
But what you did wrong, is that you did wipe and restore using the Kernel inside the rom you used, wich of course was in cause !!!! so Here is what you will do, just Follow the Steps in My following Post, and you are done
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26772618&postcount=12
IF this Helped, Then you Know what to do

Glad to hear kimifender!
Sorry for not being that bright in all this.. But how can I do all the instructions when I can't turn the phone on? I can't find the sdcards on my computer either when i connect the phone to the computer

Sounds like you have a big paperweight. You need to somehow get it to a Samsung repair center to get the motherboard replaced. There's a thread in the General section that MIGHT help revive it, but no guarantees.
Always make sure you read, read, read before you flash anything. Like other people said, the restore is what bricked it.

kimifender said:
The First Thing you did was right, since you did the wipe using the AbyssKernel kernel, witch was safe and away from the HardBrick Thing around the Stock ICS Kernel.
But what you did wrong, is that you did wipe and restore using the Kernel inside the rom you used, wich of course was in cause !!!! so Here is what you will do, just Follow the Steps in My following Post, and you are done
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26772618&postcount=12
IF this Helped, Then you Know what to do
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He said he wiped after beeing on the other rom. So he wiped with an unsafe kernel.
=> Superbrick.

So there is no way I can revive my phone?
Maybe im just not turning it on the right way?

fruddy said:
So there is no way I can revive my phone?
Maybe im just not turning it on the right way?
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If you're pushing the power button, you are turning it on. If you are holding down volume up/down + power + home button you are trying to put it in download/recovery.
Sorry, but it sounds like it is a paperweight/brick.

fruddy said:
So there is no way I can revive my phone?
Maybe im just not turning it on the right way?
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Check battery. make sure it still has power. Pull out and leave out 5 minutes and replace it back as well.
Then turn it on and try to enter download mode (Home volume-down and power) and connect it to PC odin (even in case the screen does not turn on) and see the yellow box is there. If there is, you can flash kernel that has CWM as well, and there is hope to revive it.
If you cannot get odin to see it, then SS service is the only way.

fruddy said:
So there is no way I can revive my phone?
Maybe im just not turning it on the right way?
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Well Of course, If your phone is not ON, it won't show any usb storage on the PC.
Don't Give up Yet !!!
Are you sure your phone has enough battery charge,
Not Sure? well Do this :
- Keep your phone under AC Battery Charger (no USB charging) for at least 45 min.
- Take Off the Battery for at least 10s seconde,
put it back, Then try to to enter to download mode directly : Vol down + Power + Home Button at the same time untill you see the Yellow Dowload Logo, Don't Try to turn your phone on by Pressing the power Button as Normally, It Simply won't turn on !!
Keep taking the Battery Off and Back untill it works, believe me this happened before.

How much would it cost to get it fixed?
How much would a new motherboard cost?

fruddy said:
How much would it cost to get it fixed?
How much would a new motherboard cost?
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Try My Post First untill it works, Believe it or not !!!!!

I really doubt that will work if he has a superbrick. If it does it would be amazing.

But how can i flash, when I can't even turn on the phone?

fruddy said:
But how can i flash, when I can't even turn on the phone?
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Try what I told you in Post N°12,
If you get the chance to get into the download mode : then Follow My Post N°5.
You Have to Make sure your phone is really Dead, or just need a push to wake up again.
I swear this happened to me before, and believe me I'm no noob.
Just Try First. If it doesn't work, then Buy another one ;;;;

how i fixed it
Iám new as a member here but not new on reading here on this forum.
Want to post fast how i brickt my phone with ics and kernel problems and wipe going wrong.
Cwm still working but nothing is going anymore.
In cwm flash a franco kernel (i used Franco kernel 10 because had it on my sd card) then reboot into recovery and flash the Abys kernel.
Reboot into recovery and install your rom or restore an backup you made.
I hope sthis works for all.

annoniem said:
Iám new as a member here but not new on reading here on this forum.
Want to post fast how i brickt my phone with ics and kernel problems and wipe going wrong.
Cwm still working but nothing is going anymore.
In cwm flash a franco kernel (i used Franco kernel 10 because had it on my sd card) then reboot into recovery and flash the Abys kernel.
Reboot into recovery and install your rom or restore an backup you made.
I hope sthis works for all.
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Reaaaaaaad,
He can not wake his phone up, or turn it on !!!
So How would he install any Franco or what ever ...... !!!!!!!!

bricked Note
kimifender said:
Reaaaaaaad,
He can not wake his phone up, or turn it on !!!
So How would he install any Franco or what ever ...... !!!!!!!!
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You tell him lol, i love how he wrote "Im new as a member here but not new on reading here on this forum"

phone wont work after failed root

I tried to instal jelly bean (Android 4.1.2 AOKP Milestone 1 Jelly Bean) after 3-5 mins my phone just went blank. at first i thought the screen timedout. but then it didn't work, and still doesn't. Since nothing has popped up on the screen. I took the sd card and my sim card out, and put it on charge. Help me im going to cry.
and when i try to boot into recovery nothing happens (volum up + power + home) & (power + volume down)

baldeep66 said:
I tried to instal jelly bean (Android 4.1.2 AOKP Milestone 1 Jelly Bean) after 3-5 mins my phone just went blank. at first i thought the screen timedout. but then it didn't work, and still doesn't. Since nothing has popped up on the screen. I took the sd card and my sim card out, and put it on charge. Help me im going to cry.
and when i try to boot into recovery nothing happens (volum up + power + home) & (power + volume down)
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try holding vol down+home+power button and see if you can still go into download mode.
if yes, then download stock gingerbread and flash it through PC odin (link can be found in Dr. Ketan's thread)
don't try to do things too fast else you'll end up doing something wrong again, have patience.
if this doesn't work, others im sure will post more help.
thanks

sujaishukla said:
try holding vol down+home+power button and see if you can still go into download mode.
if yes, then download stock gingerbread and flash it through PC odin (link can be found in Dr. Ketan's thread)
don't try to do things too fast else you'll end up doing something wrong again, have patience.
if this doesn't work, others im sure will post more help.
thanks
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Nothing

baldeep66 said:
Nothing
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Which rom u were previously on, before flashing this rom?

shyamub4u said:
Which rom u were previously on, before flashing this rom?
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i was on ics official update, then i wanted to go on jelly bean.

baldeep66 said:
i was on ics official update, then i wanted to go on jelly bean.
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Did u flash safe kernel before flashing JB? I hope, u did not wipe/factory reset on Stock ICS..wiping/factory resetting on stock kernel will hard brick ur phone..

shyamub4u said:
Did u flash safe kernel before flashing JB? I hope, u did not wipe/factory reset on Stock ICS..wiping/factory resetting on stock kernel will hard brick ur phone..
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I dont know what you mean but this is what i did:
1) download the aokp
2) put it on my sd card
3) turn phone off
4) boot in recovery mode (power + volume up + home)
5) then i went onto something like external downloads
6) clicked on the aokp on my sd card
7) it then said it was installing
8) phone went blanc/dead, and its the same since.

baldeep66 said:
I dont know what you mean but this is what i did:
1) download the aokp
2) put it on my sd card
3) turn phone off
4) boot in recovery mode (power + volume up + home)
5) then i went onto something like external downloads
6) clicked on the aokp on my sd card
7) it then said it was installing
8) phone went blanc/dead, and its the same since.
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When u r on official/stock ICS, you need to flash/install safe kernels like Hydracore, Speedmode, Philz etc first..only then u should flash custom roms/wipe data/factory reset..so ur phone is now not going to recovery mode as well as download mode?

shyamub4u said:
When u r on official/stock ICS, you need to flash/install safe kernels like Hydracore, Speedmode, Philz etc first..only then u should flash custom roms/wipe data/factory reset..so ur phone is now not going to recovery mode as well as download mode?
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yes it wont go into either modes

did you just try to install a rom without even being rooted?

nokiamodeln91 said:
did you just try to install a rom without even being rooted?
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yes

baldeep66 said:
yes
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I think you have hard bricked ur phone.. this link explains about the eMMC brick bug http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633938
If your phone is under warranty, you can try claiming warranty from Samsung..

your recovery, was is clockworkmod or android 3e?
How much was the battery before flashing the rom.?

nokiamodeln91 said:
your recovery, was is clockworkmod or android 3e?
How much was the battery before flashing the rom.?
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battery was 57% and it was clockworkmod

This is why it makes sense to go through the forum, ask about and carefully read instructions before you do anything you are unsure of. Flashing a custom rom without root from stock ICS. That's the worst scenario I've seen. In any case, seems like you did hard brick your phone. If you're under Samsung warranty, send it to them, they will replace the chip. If you're not under warranty, you can try using some of the guides floating around, search for revive bricked phone, go through the threads and look at other people's results. But that's only if you're not under warranty, cause at this point you can't do anything else to make it worse.

baldeep66 said:
battery was 57% and it was clockworkmod
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once they a charged battery in the note. If that also does not have any effect on the phone. that is no download mode, then it's hard bricked and motherboard is the only option

baldeep66 said:
battery was 57% and it was clockworkmod
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Go to the Samsung service center..tel them that you were updating the android though Kies & it is not turning on..dont talk/act as if u knw rooting, flashing, kernels etc etc..act like u dont knw anything..chances of getting replacement will be high..good luck bro :good:

shyamub4u said:
Go to the Samsung service center..tel them that you were updating the android though Kies & it is not turning on..dont talk/act as if u knw rooting, flashing, kernels etc etc..act like u dont knw anything..chances of getting replacement will be high..good luck bro :good:
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Cheers man, i have sent my phone back to my carrier saying it just went dead. If unsuccesful, then i will do as you told me. I will let you know how it goes

hopefully they will be able to sort it out under warranty as the phone was not rooted and possibly a wrong file installation has messed up the phone

nokiamodeln91 said:
hopefully they will be able to sort it out under warranty as the phone was not rooted and possibly a wrong file installing has messed up the phone
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sent it off just have to wait and see now

[Q] problem after doing wipe cache partition on cwm

Ok, so my phone is rooted and i was going through the steps before applying they cyanogen mod 10 nighly.
In cwm i had:
- Created a back up
- Wiped data / factory reset
- Wiped cache partition (it took a wil then the screen went black as if it had reset)
And now i am unable to power 'on' the device?
Any ideas

hal9000 said:
And now i am unable to power of the device?
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Do you mean you cant power the device ON ?
What happens when you connect usb cable ? Does anything light up, Does your computer 'beep' to notify you of a connected device ?
Have you took battery out and reinserted ? or just left it to charge for around 10 mins before trying to power on ?
Also, What ROM + Kernel were you on before you did the wipes in recovery ?

Ahh yes, in my panic i miss typed.
O cant power on i have tried taking the battery out etc. but with no luck.
I just plugged it into my laptop pc and not a thing
I was on stock ICS (uk) and i don't think i changed the kernel either
I had just rooted and did the super user thing
I also probably didnt fully install CMW as i ran the CWM.zip from external sd from recovery each time.
azzledazzle said:
Do you mean you cant power the device ON ?
What happens when you connect usb cable ? Does anything light up, Does your computer 'beep' to notify you of a connected device ?
Have you took battery out and reinserted ? or just left it to charge for around 10 mins before trying to power on ?
Also, What ROM + Kernel were you on before you did the wipes in recovery ?
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If you are on stock kernal that implies you are prone to emmc bug, you shouldnt do wipes on stock kernal
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

You can Revive your phone with a pit file like me. I bricked mine with the same way as you. Check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12

Thanks but I don't know if that will work as i can't get the phone to power on (as far as i can tell) and it doesn't seem to do anything when i plug it into the laptop.
No ping no beep.
It had about 60% power left when i did it so it has juice.
I am thinking might have to take it to carphonewhorehouse and tell them i was just doing a factory reset cos it had slowed down with all the apps and it reset while doing it and now won't turn on?
KvnTM said:
You can Revive your phone with a pit file like me. I bricked mine with the same way as you. Check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12
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in this ERA of auto-root kernels, people still using CWM.zip...
probably should have just read some stickies. but too late...
if there is no response from the device, the pits are not going to work. only way is to get a replacement motherboard under warranty,
and as the device is non responsive.. they will not be able to detect anything about root.
Good Luck

Yeah i did some reading, but clearly not in the right place
back to the shop it goes. If you have a guide that you could point me to to get this doen the correct way then that would be much appreciated (if and whn i get a working replacement)
Thanks
nokiamodeln91 said:
in this ERA of auto-root kernels, people still using CWM.zip...
probably should have just read some stickies. but too late...
if there is no response from the device, the pits are not going to work. only way is to get a replacement motherboard under warranty,
and as the device is non responsive.. they will not be able to detect anything about root.
Good Luck
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when you get the phone check what rom its on. just update to the latest ICS rom..(donot wipe).
download philz kernel for the rom you have updated to.
put it in the sd card
boot into recovery
and apply update from ext storage.> point to the kernel > install
thats it. your phone gets rooted, safe kernel and CWM inbuilt.
now you can follow the procedure in the CM10 rom to install. (The Safe Way)

Thanks!
I have just got back from CPW where the nice lady said that it looks like a hardware fault given what i had described so she is sending it off to be either mobo replaced o plain replaced.
I have emailed myself your guide and will look into it if and when i get it back.
Thanks !
nokiamodeln91 said:
when you get the phone check what rom its on. just update to the latest ICS rom..(donot wipe).
download philz kernel for the rom you have updated to.
put it in the sd card
boot into recovery
and apply update from ext storage.> point to the kernel > install
thats it. your phone gets rooted, safe kernel and CWM inbuilt.
now you can follow the procedure in the CM10 rom to install. (The Safe Way)
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see you soon with your new phone mate

annoyingly it will only be a couple of months till my contract is up, at which point i will buy outright a new galaxy note 2 and stick a giffgaff sim in it.
nokiamodeln91 said:
see you soon with your new phone mate
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Goodluck to you my friend