[HELP] Galaxy Note II N7100 bricked? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II (N7100) phone which will not turn on. This occurred after I attempted to enter recovery mode by pressing UP+HOME+POWER. The screen said something about an SD card (the message appeared very briefly). I removed the SD card, and found that my phone will no longer power on. I have tried putting the phone into download mode, pulling the battery, putting the phone into recovery mode, accessing the phone via ADB, all of which failed. The phone is not appearing as a USB device on my PC, and rather alarmingly, while plugged in, the charging light doesn't come on. I would try putting the SD card back in, but, rather foolishly, I wiped the card.
Is there anything that can be done for this phone, or am I going to have to return it to Samsung? I'm concerned about returning it because I had just installed a new ROM before the phone bricked itself, and so didn't get the chance to reset the custom ROM counter. If the phone doesn't turn on at all, is there any way of Samsung knowing if the phone has been modified?

hi, does anyone know the answer to this ? my N7100 recently did the same thing as well. thanks !

as u say it bricks, i think samsung cant tell whats inside, unless the counter binary still works

May be Battery died. ..charge it for few hrs and try again
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Same here
WeirdEars said:
Hello everyone. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II (N7100) phone which will not turn on. This occurred after I attempted to enter recovery mode by pressing UP+HOME+POWER. The screen said something about an SD card (the message appeared very briefly). I removed the SD card, and found that my phone will no longer power on. I have tried putting the phone into download mode, pulling the battery, putting the phone into recovery mode, accessing the phone via ADB, all of which failed. The phone is not appearing as a USB device on my PC, and rather alarmingly, while plugged in, the charging light doesn't come on. I would try putting the SD card back in, but, rather foolishly, I wiped the card.
Is there anything that can be done for this phone, or am I going to have to return it to Samsung? I'm concerned about returning it because I had just installed a new ROM before the phone bricked itself, and so didn't get the chance to reset the custom ROM counter. If the phone doesn't turn on at all, is there any way of Samsung knowing if the phone has been modified?
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Similar has happened to mine nothing is working so ive downloaded the stock firmware and a pit file and just waiting for a jig i bought to show up. I'm hoping the jig will put it to download mode so I can re partition and upload the stock firmware. if that works I swear ill never touch it again lol. But if anyone has already solved this in a reasonably easy way please enlighten us

teat007 said:
Similar has happened to mine nothing is working so ive downloaded the stock firmware and a pit file and just waiting for a jig i bought to show up. I'm hoping the jig will put it to download mode so I can re partition and upload the stock firmware. if that works I swear ill never touch it again lol. But if anyone has already solved this in a reasonably easy way please enlighten us
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same happened with me and I also tried the JIG but in vain.

Guys I feel sorry for your phones. As a friend mentioned up, usb jigs are not puting download mode. Sad to say but should send it to a Samsung service center.

In the end, I just sent the phone to Samsung. Even though I couldn't reset the flash counter (the phone died straight after flashing), I'm hoping Samsung don't notice. I'm pretty optimistic about them not noticing; after all, the phone is completely dead, so I don't think they'll be able to tell unless they have some kind of special gadget to read the flash counter.

if they have a special device to get to a point where they can read flash counter... that would probably fix it straight up

I had this on my note 1 and there was nothing i could do. I sent it off for someone to jtag it but still noting so sold it broken for £150.
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Very weird what appeared about the sd card? Why would that even appeared? I mean did you do something before going to recovery mode?
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looks like sudden death Syndrome to me
please details on your kernel version build number before having bricked!
Have you been running on old FW ?
or
HAve you updated to the latest Software?

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Helllllpppp

I just did the regedit trick and downloaded the froyo update but when i go into the phone i just keep getting error messages about launcher not loading etc.
I have factory resent and cleaned cache but still wont work. I cant download the old updates through kies any more how do i get it back to how it was with the old software? I am stuck and freaking out lol
guess you have to flash an older FW like JM2 with Odin ... check out FAQ in this section (sticky).
I really stuffed it up now i somehow flashed a captivate rom onto it from atnt and now it wont even go past the white screen. I cant use the 3 buttons to get it into recovery mode or download mode. And the computer is not recognising the phone. Have i stuffed it for good?
try volume up + volume down + power
the AT&T / Tmobile version uses that combination
instead of Volume down + home + power
Go into recovery mode and factory wipe if you have issues such as services force quitting.
livefree2x said:
I really stuffed it up now i somehow flashed a captivate rom onto it from atnt and now it wont even go past the white screen. I cant use the 3 buttons to get it into recovery mode or download mode. And the computer is not recognising the phone. Have i stuffed it for good?
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Captive rom onto Galaxy phone? Curious how did you do that as these two are two different phone. You are not the first one but reading from the posts from people who did the same mistake, I'd say you have bricked it. Sorry to be the bearer of the bad news
i have
I have tried all combinations of keys and it just keeps loading up with white att international phone and then that screen just flashes every few seconds and doesnt go any futher. It wont go into downloadin or recovery.
im thinking of doing the update
did you do anything eles besides the update to cause this
Look, the only possible way to brick the phone (that i know of) is to flash others phone rom(Captivate being the usual suspect) into Galaxy.
This changed the button combo to enter download mode in Galaxy (as Captivate has different combo for download mode) so it is not possible to enter the download mode and reflash. Therefore you are stuck and cant do nothing Im afraid
Just curious , why so many people flashing Samsung Captivate rom into their Galaxy?
Some other examples
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749546&highlight=captivate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751712&highlight=captivate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=767420&highlight=bricked
ok with that said then will the JPC update work on the bell galaxy s GT-I9000M
Bobler420 said:
ok with that said then will the JPC update work on the bell galaxy s GT-I9000M
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Since it is the same Galaxy S i9000, I'd say It'll work. But I could be wrong To be on the safe side, you could ask for other Bell Galaxy users' feedback. Dont know about Bell, but Romanian Orange users are getting their phone locked after the flash.
usualy when something wrong w/0 3 buttons
usualy when something wrong w/0 3 buttons the phone rebooting in recovery mode itself to reboot it in download mode install correct adb drivers and use command "adb reboot download"
decided
I have just decided i am going to take it to one of the local Samsung repair centres i explained it over the phone and they said they could fix it for $49.95 or they could try and push for warantee but i told them i would just pay it will take longer for them to apply for warantee get rejected and then i pay anyways.
I miss it already i had to go back to my nokia N95 which was from a few phones ago now lol
i think the benfiets can wait till the official release ryanza lagfix fix all the lag problems that i had how important is flash really use your computer
Please explain exactly where you got the rom from so we don't make a similar mistake.
I'd pay the 50 too instead of waiting weeks and weeks :\
I got
I got the original rom through samsung kies using the reg edit trick that was shown in one of the threads. After a factory reset and a cleared cache it loaded up but started coming up with all these pop ups that things wont load and need to be forced shut etc.
So i decided to just flash it back using Odin but at 12 at night and in a panicy state thinking i have stuffed my phone for good i clicked on a captivate rom without looking at the heading of the thread that a link took me to for the galaxy s.
But as i said before for 49.95 to get it fixed is easier then me trying all these other things and getting in more of a panic about doing worse things to it. I assume it will be easy for them to fix it. A friend said he had a nokia he bricked where USB wasnt connecting and the screen wouldnt come on etc and they just used a computer that does something and fixes it.
got
Just got the phone call they managed to fix my galaxy for $49 and getting it back tomorrow oh how i have missed it i had to go back to a old old phone the nokia 95 lol.

[Q] Unroot Galaxy S3 mobile odin. Unique problem Charging port broken

I've done my fair share of searching and I couldn't come up with much so I strongly believe I have a unique problem. I hope someone can point me in the right direction
Im have a rooted GS3 747 running Paranoid Android. A couple days ago the phone wouldn't charge. I tried different cables and batteries and after some testing with other GS3's I realized that my phone's charging port was broken. As a result I couldn't even connect my phone to the computer to unroot it with odin. I want to unroot so I can send in the phone for repair under warranty. So I downloaded mobile odin pro and proceeded to unroot my phone. I copied the original rogers rom to the external sd, followed the instructions and started the process. Everything looked like it was going fine until I got stuck on the samsung screen. Did some more research and learned that I had to do a factory data restart by booting into recovery mode. Did that. By now I'm feeling pretty good about all this. I followed the instructions all the way and I'm thinking that I'm gonna get a stock phone shortly. Wrong! The phone was still stuck on the samsung screen.
Now since I cant connect my phone to the PC cuz the charging port is broken I dont know what to do. I would have just flashed Clockwork Mod like I did when I first rooted and started all over but I cant.
If no one has a solution then Im just thinking of sending it in as is. Maybe they wont be able to see that the phone is rooted since they wont be able to connect it their PC without swapping out the motherboard to fix the problem.
I should add that I went to a repair store to try and fix it and they told me that the only way would be swap out your mobo.
machdown said:
I've done my fair share of searching and I couldn't come up with much so I strongly believe I have a unique problem. I hope someone can point me in the right direction
Im have a rooted GS3 747 running Paranoid Android. A couple days ago the phone wouldn't charge. I tried different cables and batteries and after some testing with other GS3's I realized that my phone's charging port was broken. As a result I couldn't even connect my phone to the computer to unroot it with odin. I want to unroot so I can send in the phone for repair under warranty. So I downloaded mobile odin pro and proceeded to unroot my phone. I copied the original rogers rom to the external sd, followed the instructions and started the process. Everything looked like it was going fine until I got stuck on the samsung screen. Did some more research and learned that I had to do a factory data restart by booting into recovery mode. Did that. By now I'm feeling pretty good about all this. I followed the instructions all the way and I'm thinking that I'm gonna get a stock phone shortly. Wrong! The phone was still stuck on the samsung screen.
Now since I cant connect my phone to the PC cuz the charging port is broken I dont know what to do. I would have just flashed Clockwork Mod like I did when I first rooted and started all over but I cant.
If no one has a solution then Im just thinking of sending it in as is. Maybe they wont be able to see that the phone is rooted since they wont be able to connect it their PC without swapping out the motherboard to fix the problem.
I should add that I went to a repair store to try and fix it and they told me that the only way would be swap out your mobo.
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You will want to be sure that your flash counter says 0. This can be found by entering download mode (vol down, home, power) and you will see "custom binary count". that is how they will tell that you have rooted. Have you entered recovery and done a factory reset to get past the boot screen? If you can full wipe/ factory reset and get back into Android, I recommend you use "triangle away" app to clear your flash counter.
BCSC said:
You will want to be sure that your flash counter says 0. This can be found by entering download mode (vol down, home, power) and you will see "custom binary count". that is how they will tell that you have rooted. Have you entered recovery and done a factory reset to get past the boot screen? If you can full wipe/ factory reset and get back into Android, I recommend you use "triangle away" app to clear your flash counter.
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I entered download mode and dont see flash counter anywhere. I got the warning screen were you have the option to restart or download.
Ya I entered recovery and did a factory reset but nothing. Really cant do anything with charging port broken.
I sent it in anyways for repairs. Hopefully they just replace it
I'm having the same problem with my Gs3 with CM10 4.2.2 running. Thought this would help.
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[Q] I need help. My s3 i747M shows zero signs of life.

So I wanted to install a new custom ROM and I all ready had one. It wasn't the first time. So, like usual I download the files needed and put them on my phone, boot into recovery and flash them ( but I didn't factory reset or anything because with the ROM I had I didn't need to for it to work I could just fix the not responding errors) Then i go to reboot and I wait. Nothing, nothing at all. Now I try to remove the battery and try again and now none of my buttons do ANYTHING the only sign of life there is, is when I remove the battery and plug my phone to a usb cable and attempt to charge it, all that happens is a red LED comes up. It's probably due to one of the things i installed on my phone that flashes a red LED when battery is low. Please help me with this. My last resort is to give my phone to rogers for them to fix it because I still have a warranty.
Specs: S3 i1747M Rogers
I had aokp jellybean 4.3 as my ROM
I do have a nandroid but its on my phone's sd card
Thank you for your time and I hope we get this to work.
Can you get into recovery mode or download mode?
FoxTrotz said:
Can you get into recovery mode or download mode?
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No there's litteraly nothing I can do. pressing all the buttons does absolutely nothing. Just stays black and no signs of life
bump. I need help fast with this.
Not sure exactly what you did but I hate to say its sounds hard bricked. Mine was exactly the same, with only the red light coming on for about a minute when cord was plugged in with no battery. I screwed mine up with a file I grabbed without reading properly what it was for and in my haste I installed it. After I rebooted it never came back until I got it back from warranty with a replaced control board. Im guessing they didnt even check the internal memory or they would haven known what a dumbass i was since i voided the warranty doing stuff i had done before that mistake. Glad I had made a nandroid before i pooched it so i didnt lose anything after i got it back.
Yeah after some research I found out I hardbricked it but this isn't the first time and I had a warranty for both( different phones btw )times so I guess I'll just send it out. :c
could just be out of juice, leave it on the charger for around an hour then try and go into download mode.

[Q] Multiple phone problems

Hi i have Galaxy s4 that was ran over. The only thing that was broken was the display and maybe the internal memory because it wont show up on my computer when i connect it via usb. The phone turns on and i can tell it made it to the home screen because of the little jolt the phone does when it completely starts up. I put a sd card inside of it and it still didnt recognize any memory on the phone when i connected it to my computer, but the phone itself did come up. So i got the bright idea of re-flashing stock firmware onto a rooted phone without formatting it because i cant get to the memory (which is a problem as well) and now the phone is stuck at the samsung logo (i can tell this because of the continuous blue led staying lit). So is there anyway i can format the phone and reflash stock firmware on it? This is only because someone wants to buy the motherboard to repair a verizon galaxy s4. Please answer as soon as possible i have a few people wanting to buy it tomorrow, thanks!
**EDIT** Nevermind ive performed a factory reset on the phone and all is well. Sorry for the trouble!

[Q] Is it bricked? If not what is it? What do I need to do? My life can depend on it.

Hi friends!!
After my S4 decided to run away without insurance I had to revert back to my s2. It still had Hellybean on it so I upgraded it to PA 4.45 just to check it out on my phone. Then I went into the instructions on how to unlock the phone. I went to revert it back to stock ICS that it came with to do so and when I rebooted it gets stuck at the samsung logo that pulses. I can't get into recovery but I still can get into download mode but nothing works when flashed. I tried using ODIN for every stock ROM available and still nothing. I never bricked a phone before and this doesn't seem like one to me since the bricks I fixed before have never been able to go into DL mode without being jigged, Can somebody help me. I need this running asap for medical reasons. I'm a sitting duck without this phone if something should happen to me. I live alone and have no land line if I need to call 911.
ScottPomroy said:
Hi friends!!
After my S4 decided to run away without insurance I had to revert back to my s2. It still had Hellybean on it so I upgraded it to PA 4.45 just to check it out on my phone. Then I went into the instructions on how to unlock the phone. I went to revert it back to stock ICS that it came with to do so and when I rebooted it gets stuck at the samsung logo that pulses. I can't get into recovery but I still can get into download mode but nothing works when flashed. I tried using ODIN for every stock ROM available and still nothing. I never bricked a phone before and this doesn't seem like one to me since the bricks I fixed before have never been able to go into DL mode without being jigged, Can somebody help me. I need this running asap for medical reasons. I'm a sitting duck without this phone if something should happen to me. I live alone and have no land line if I need to call 911.
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Are you trying to boot into recovery while you are plugged into a computer?
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jrc2 said:
Are you trying to boot into recovery while you are plugged into a computer?
Sent from my SGH-T989
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Of course not. But I think the problem may be that I didn't know that Kies was still installed in this computer.
And removing Kies didn't work either. I was talking to a guy that does jtag repair near me he said try that first. Gave me a pit file and it didn't help.
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Of course not. But I think the problem may be that I didn't know that Kies was still installed in this computer.
And removing Kies didn't work either. I was talking to a guy that does jtag repair near me he said try that first. Gave me a pit file and it didn't help.
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Here is something something that has worked for me twice. Use JOdin3 ( https://builds.casual-dev.com/jodin3/) Plug your phone in before going to the websute and put the TWRP tar file in PDA. Click start. It will say it needs to obtain a pit file. Click OK. Ignore the part about using in the download mode combo. It should bootloop your phone and you then might be able to unplug your phone and boot into recovery. I use this as a last resort but it has worked twice for me.
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