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Hello Good people of xda forum
please i have a very big problem at my hand involving my newly acquired galaxy note II, the international version and i was hoping that some of you could help me out here because this is driving me nuts.
My galaxy note II is 2 weeks old and i rooted it 5 days after i got it with Odin and everything seems to work smooth ever since.
My problem now started yesterday when i stupidly went to install the chainfire 3d plugin because i wanted to try my older games that worked better on my qualcomm desire HD that wouldn't work well on my note II and what happened next has left me with sorrows since yesterday evening.
My lovely Note won't boot up anymore. It always gets stuck on the samsung galaxy note II logo. I am on the stock samsung rom.
I have tried everything i could read online to get it working including entering clockworkmod recovery, wiping data, cache, daivik, factory reset, formating sd and external sd card and nothing seems to work.
I have even tried entering odin download mode and downloading a custom firmware to flash but it keeps saying ''downloading'' but never finishes.
I am helpless now and do not want the 619 EURO i paid for this phone to be a waste. I can't return it since it is already rooted and i cannot unroot it in it's current state.
Is there any way for me to copy over the stock rom zip file to the external sd and flash it from there? If yes, can anyone provide me with a stock rom zip file to flash as i cant seem to find it anywhere?
My galaxy note II is the international version, bought at Saturn electronics shop, germany.
I will also admit that i am not so good with the technical stuff so a little explanation could help.
Thanks all.
There are stock roms in the note 2 forum here on XDA. You can boot into CWM recovery and mount your SD card to be able to use on your laptop/PC. If that fails, you can get the Android SDK specifically adb and push it to your internal SD.
I've done the same on my old Galaxy S2, so don't worry it's recoverable! I suggest getting a stock rom and flash via Odin, failing that use the method I mentioned above.
I apologise if I'm unclear, I'm exhausted tonight!
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 through the Space Time Continuum
Best thing to try in ur case is make a full wipe and factory reset from recovery then to flash stock rom using odin then to make a wipe again if any problems,this should solve ur problem. Good luck.
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Thank you both a lot. I am trying your solutions now. I will post back if it worked.
You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.
Any luck with your Note II ?
You can also download a custom rom , then put it in an external card
Slot it in the phone , do full wipe and flash .
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freeway82 said:
You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.
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Glad to hear the phone is alive.
freeway82 said:
You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.
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Happy to hear that man, and welcome
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same problem after chainfire install
i have exactly the same problem as you. i rooted my phone and after installing chainfire from android market the phone does not get past the logo screen.hard reset,recovery nothing works. can you please tell me the method you used to recover the phone and maybe a link to the factory rom or files that i need to download. people say one has to flash the rom, but how exactly does one do that. big help please. my phone is from india.
rocky4 said:
i have exactly the same problem as you. i rooted my phone and after installing chainfire from android market the phone does not get past the logo screen.hard reset,recovery nothing works. can you please tell me the method you used to recover the phone and maybe a link to the factory rom or files that i need to download. people say one has to flash the rom, but how exactly does one do that. big help please. my phone is from india.
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Hello, sorry for late reply. Here is the link you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
Search for your country's version of the stock rom and download it.
Download also the odin files included in that first post.
Once you have the stock rom for your country and odin files downloaded, unrar them if they are zipped and place their folders on the desktop or somewhere else you can
easily find them.
Now open odin from the folder you unrared and turn off your phone (your phone shouldn't be connected to the computer at this point).
Once your phone is off. Press and hold simultaneously the volume down button, home key button and the power button. Keep holding them until you
see the samsung logo. Then let go of the buttons and your phone would enter downloading mode.
Now plug in your phone via usb to your computer and a blue light would show on odin with COM written in it.
Now check the box next to PDA and point odin to the tar file contained in the downloaded rom folder you placed on your desktop and hit start on odin.
A progress bar would now show on your phone indicating that odin is flashing your phone with the stock rom.
Once it's finished successfully, it will show on odin "passed" in a green light and your phone should reboot and voila, your phone is now clean as new.
From there, I believe you continue on your own. Now disconnect your pbone and enjoy.
There are also pictures on the link I posted that would explain the process better.
If you any further questions, just ask.
Good luck.
Thats why i love XDA community, if u care to share your knowledge to help others, they will for sure help another and the knowledge circle grows
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UNREAL. I did the exact same thing. Rooted...no prob. Chainfire3d plugin. Bricked.
I have the Sprint US version. Which ROM do I need?
Same issue
I have the Verizon I605 version, now I am stuck between the downloading, do not turn off target and the System software not authorized screens........Please help, also Im on a Macbook please include proper instructions for my idiotic turn of events.
freeway82 said:
Hello, sorry for late reply. Here is the link you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
Search for your country's version of the stock rom and download it.
Download also the odin files included in that first post.
Once you have the stock rom for your country and odin files downloaded, unrar them if they are zipped and place their folders on the desktop or somewhere else you can
easily find them.
Now open odin from the folder you unrared and turn off your phone (your phone shouldn't be connected to the computer at this point).
Once your phone is off. Press and hold simultaneously the volume down button, home key button and the power button. Keep holding them until you
see the samsung logo. Then let go of the buttons and your phone would enter downloading mode.
Now plug in your phone via usb to your computer and a blue light would show on odin with COM written in it.
Now check the box next to PDA and point odin to the tar file contained in the downloaded rom folder you placed on your desktop and hit start on odin.
A progress bar would now show on your phone indicating that odin is flashing your phone with the stock rom.
Once it's finished successfully, it will show on odin "passed" in a green light and your phone should reboot and voila, your phone is now clean as new.
From there, I believe you continue on your own. Now disconnect your pbone and enjoy.
There are also pictures on the link I posted that would explain the process better.
If you any further questions, just ask.
Good luck.
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What do you do if you can't get your computer to recognize your phone plugged in the USB? I tried to delete the Samsung Drivers and reinstall but it didn't work. I can get my phone to Odin mode but can not get it to flash.
PLEASE HELP.
Make sure you've installed Samsung usb drivers.
Edit: should have read your entire post *sorry* Make sure there are no other usb related proggies running; they might interfere with your sammie usb drivers..
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
kustom1955 said:
What do you do if you can't get your computer to recognize your phone plugged in the USB? I tried to delete the Samsung Drivers and reinstall but it didn't work. I can get my phone to Odin mode but can not get it to flash.
PLEASE HELP.
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-Don't use any extension cable to connect device, if any.
-Try other USB port (2.0)
-Close Firewall
-Close antivirus
-Kies shouldn't working in background
-Still no way then use different machine.
Help please!!!!
I have manged to soft brick my galaxy note 2 without any luck of reviving it through all the methods prescribed in this thread as well as the other countless threads !!
Can anybody please guide me where i am going wrong..
I can put the phone in download mode and using odin 1.85 or 3.04 manage to flash these stock roms but they all FAIL after modem.bin..
typically as soon as the Radio starts flashing it fails... I have downloaded these two files and i a tryng my luck with them...
I cannot enter into recovery mode to do a factory reset :crying:
The files i am using are as below :
1) N7100XXUFND3_N7100ODDFND2_N7100DDUFND1_HOME.tar.md5
2) N7100XXALIE_N7100ODDALI9_N7100DDALI9_HOME.tar.md5
Friends plese helpme out.. dont wanna turn this phone into a paper weight... '
Its the international GT N7100.. and think its a sudden death situation...
Hello.
I've tried to update from leak 4.1.2 to final version but bricked the phone. Everything went well until restart. Progress bar in recovery went to the end, odin told that it's finished and it restarts the headset (green square) but the phone did not started.
Battery is OK, the phone does not start in normal mode nor in recovery ( +vol- +home +power) however, when i try to run recovery and the USB cable is plugged, my PC says that new device is found ("u8500 usb rom")
Odin dont see the phone.
Is there something that may help?
EDIT: ok, I found that in most cases only sending the phone to retailer will help. Please, anyone know if after they reflash the board they will know that I flashed the phone in past? (flash counter was "2" )
Can u enter the download mode and try a reflash? I got the same Problem with my first ace 2. Under jellybean the touchscreen did not work anymore and gingerbread wasnt able to Boot (downgrading and upgrading With pit file worked a lot of times before). Then i tried „heimdall" (an alternative To Odin) and.... Totally bricked my phone... No download mode Or something and the phone wasnt able to turn on. But Samsung gave me a New phone and because the download mode didnt work they couldnt check the flash counter....
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Can u enter the download mode and try a reflash? I got the same Problem with my first ace 2. Under jellybean the touchscreen did not work anymore and gingerbread wasnt able to Boot (downgrading and upgrading With pit file worked a lot of times before). Then i tried „heimdall" (an alternative To Odin) and.... Totally bricked my phone... No download mode Or something and the phone wasnt able to turn on. But Samsung gave me a New phone and because the download mode didnt work they couldnt check the flash counter....
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Found several methods to unbrick. Quite cheap (first 2 $ jig second 20$ jtag). My man at Samsung says that it is possible to read flash counter even at hard-brick state so Sammy service is a last resort
Will update if it works
They can check flash counter when phone is hard brick? Put cable from wall into ace 2 usb port - you burn it. Then they cant check.
piecho said:
Hello.
I've tried to update from leak 4.1.2 to final version but bricked the phone. Everything went well until restart. Progress bar in recovery went to the end, odin told that it's finished and it restarts the headset (green square) but the phone did not started.
Battery is OK, the phone does not start in normal mode nor in recovery ( +vol- +home +power) however, when i try to run recovery and the USB cable is plugged, my PC says that new device is found ("u8500 usb rom")
Odin dont see the phone.
Is there something that may help?
EDIT: ok, I found that in most cases only sending the phone to retailer will help. Please, anyone know if after they reflash the board they will know that I flashed the phone in past? (flash counter was "2" )
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Hi, I had also hard bricked my phone some weeks ago. You can read it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39350626#post39350626
Now is my phone back, 100% working. I was very surprised, the flash counter was still saying "2". Probably, they have no time to check it. Or for service station is it OK to have more business. I did not pay any money.
I would like to apologize in advance if I posted in the wrong category (I think it's the right category). As the title says I have done a mega wipe with my Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747) and completely removed the OS along with the System Recovery and everything. It is basically just the phone and nothing inside. When I plug it in the computer, my windows OS makes a sound signaling it detected a device but then nothing happens. I do see a red light turning on my Galaxy S3, I think it says it's charging. Tried accessing the recovery mode, but no luck.... So my question is...is there any way to reflash an OS? Thank you so much XDA!!
If you can get to download mode, you can use Odin to flash a rom. Why would you wipe the recovery partition?
You need some JTAG action.
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I would like to apologize in advance if I posted in the wrong category (I think it's the right category). As the title says I have done a mega wipe with my Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747) and completely removed the OS along with the System Recovery and everything. It is basically just the phone and nothing inside. When I plug it in the computer, my windows OS makes a sound signaling it detected a device but then nothing happens. I do see a red light turning on my Galaxy S3, I think it says it's charging. Tried accessing the recovery mode, but no luck.... So my question is...is there any way to reflash an OS? Thank you so much XDA!!
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Hi My friend this is happened for me b4 and this what I did
1- take your battery out for about 5 Minutes.
2- Download Odin and The firmware orginal no rooting no custom recovery ** I started with ICS from Samsung-update.com***
3- Start Odin Don't add firmware yet.
4- Put your phone in Download mode by holding Volum down+ home+power and when the screen come push volum up to go to download mode.
5- Now connect your phone to PC and Odin will see your phone on which com.
6- Now add the Firmware by clicking on PDA when it say ready just click start on odin.
7- You are back on orginal Rom ( No root or Custom recovery) and you can go from there.
Good Luck
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saj222 said:
You need some JTAG action.
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I can't even access the Download mode part , is there a thread that could point me in the right direction for JTAG? (wtv that is :S) Thanks!
strawhatluffy28 said:
I can't even access the Download mode part , is there a thread that could point me in the right direction for JTAG? (wtv that is :S) Thanks!
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JTAG repair is done to your phone by an expert with special equipment. You would need to bring your phone to them or ship it off to be fixed. Google '(your city) Jtag repair' . No boot but still having a sound from connecting to PC is a good sign that your bootloader is corrupted.
If the computer makes as noise when you plug it in, try for download mode... Even If the screen of the phone doesn't turn on try to connect and use Odin, sometimes Odin will pick it up...
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Hello I need help with my phone, can't find a solution. What I tried to do was to install new ROM to my phone. I wiped cache, dalvick cache and nothing else. Tried to install the new ROM but it showed me a error "Status 7" and showed "Installation aborted". Then I rebooted the phone and it asked me if I want to fix something, becouse its lost , but I dont remember what. I clicked Yes, my sreen went black. I pulled the battery out and now, I cant start it, the phone doesn't vibrate when I push the power button I can't go into recovery. Doen't respond to anything It just stays black... Can you guys help me, please... I really don't know what I need to do.
The rom I tried to install: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-efextreme-lite-rom-v2-0-t2786248
Phone: SGH-I747
that ROM is for the S3 i9300/i9305. souds like a brick to me. here is a thread that may help get you started. you'll prob. need to know which android version you were on and your bootloader/modem version.
good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2934476
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272285
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mrrocketdog said:
that ROM is for the S3 i9300/i9305. souds like a brick to me. here is a thread that may help get you started. you'll prob. need to know which android version you were on and your bootloader/modem version.
good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2934476
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272285
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When I commenct my phone via usb cable to pc Odin see's it... Can you tell me what to do next?
no, sorry. hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chyme in.
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Svetlozar92 said:
When I commenct my phone via usb cable to pc Odin see's it... Can you tell me what to do next?
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So it appears on a com port in Odin? What stock ROM was on your phone before you flashed a custom ROM?
Yes but odin only says: <ID:0/004> SetupConnection.. and don't continue... I don't remember the ROM, but it was custom ROM. Do you think with SD card I can make it running? I got a SD card, got the files, but don't know how to transfer the files to the SD card, becouse I don't have adaptor to my PC... Can anyone make the card, copy the files and send them to me, so I just move them to my SD card and give it a try?
So the phone does show up in Odin on a com port? Can you post a screen shot of the Odin screen after you try flashing?
What does your phone say when in download mode?
What ROM are you trying to flash in Odin?
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So the phone does show up in Odin on a com port? Can you post a screen shot of the Odin screen after you try flashing?
What does your phone say when in download mode?
What ROM are you trying to flash in Odin?
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I cant get it to download mode, its hard bricked, cant use buttons, cant get to recovery or download its turned off I think...
I see the phone is recognized in Odin on Com 4 which leads me to believe it is in download mode. When you connected the phone to your computer, did you see anything on the phone's screen?
It may be failing because you are trying to flash a 4.1.1 bootloader onto your phone which may have a 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader. Do not check the re-partition option and try Odin 3.07.
Odin v3.07 doesnt recognise it.
Try uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers. If it doesn't appear in Odin 3.07, you may have to have the phone jtagged.
Okey guys my phone is working normaly now. When I installed the unbrick image on the SD card it booted from it, managed to make it to download mode, but I had problems with odin. So I just put the last ROM i was with. I pushed the power button clicked restart -> recovery and from then I installed the ROM , but the problem still remained. THe phone was booting only with the SD card, so I looked for bootloader, downloaded it, put it on the phone and bam everything was okey then. Thanks for all who helped me with this, hope this post will help to other guys with bricked phones
Dear all. I have a note II that has gone wild. The phone was working fine but then I received a note 4 and put the note 2 aside. Then I was trying to install root and was able to do so by installing TWRP V2.8.3 and everything went smooth and the phone was rooted. I then used the phone for a while but switched to the note 4 after. Now, 5 months after, I wanted to check something on my olde note II. I charged the phone and switched it on but it was stuck on the Galaxy note II screen I rebooted then rebooted but still the same. I went in the TWRP recovery to try to do something but I was not able to because it says that it cant mount storage, cant mount efs, cant mount data, cant mount cache and cant mount system.
Then I have decided to install the firmware image from zipped file but that did not work as it sees that the internal and external storags are 0 and cant mount them.
Then I opted to try and install the firmware PDA through Odin but that also did not work as Odin was not able to detect the phone. Now I'm clueless and not sure what to do the only thing I'm able to do is boot in TWRP recovery and that is all. Can any one help.
My phone had the latest official rom from samsung the 4.4.2
Please help
classic, just search. there is a thread with tutorial how to get your n2 back to life. you could also have sds, but try different odin and flash with pit
Ok now I'm in a worse situation. I have managed to get to the download mode and connected it to ODIN and tried to flash with the stock rom but at the end of the writing process it failed and started to get a message on the phone to connect my device to kies and try again. I tried that but did not do anything. Then I tried Odin again but this time I unticked the auto reboot. then clicked start. The same thing happened as before and writing failed now though my phone is blank it does not show anything and it does not want to turn on and no LED that is turning on nor the charging icon. I searched the net and someone suggested that the battery is damaged. I replaced the battery but still no go. Please I really need to get that phone back alive. I think I bricked it. any ideas or directions to help me with this annoying case. I cant even boot to recovery nor download please help
No one can help
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Odin dont detect Phone in Download mode, right?
So test another USB hub or an other or Official Samsung USB connector.. When nothing work try another PC and Flash the Firmware in PDA.
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Odin dont detect Phone in Download mode, right?
So test another USB hub or an other or Official Samsung USB connector.. When nothing work try another PC and Flash the Firmware in PDA.
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Finally someone gave me an advise. Thank you Chris. The problem is the phone is blank and cant go to download mode. It looks like that I have bricked it and not sure how to get back
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Finally someone gave me an advise. Thank you Chris. The problem is the phone is blank and cant go to download mode. It looks like that I have bricked it and not sure how to get back
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Can you make a Video what exactly happens when you :Remove battery and Restart phone, Restart phone into Download Mode and/or Recovery? Thx :good:
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Odin dont detect Phone in Download mode, right?
So test another USB hub or an other or Official Samsung USB connector.. When nothing work try another PC and Flash the Firmware in PDA.
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Can you make a Video what exactly happens when you :Remove battery and Restart phone, Restart phone into Download Mode and/or Recovery? Thx :good:
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As I said when I remove the battery and insert it back the phone remains blank no response to any button pressed.
What I did is that my phone was stuck on opening screen samsung screen. Then someone suggested to flash it with the stock rom. So I went to Sammobile site and downloaded the latest firmware. I tried to install it to my phone using ODIN and just before the end. ODIN failed. I tried it the second time and the same happened. then the third time I read that I have to untick auto reboot. I did and tried ODIN for the 3rd time and on the third trial I got the same fail message and then I wanted to boot into download mode for the forth time but this time the phone went dead and not responding to any button press. I hope that this explains the situation
Hmmm.. That Sounds really tricky.. Never saw a Device before thats so bricked.. When really nothing worked from this Forum may you let an expert give a look on your Phone, i know some official Samsung shops, maybe they can help.. Sry that i cant hell you like you want it and sry for my Bad English.. Good Luck with your Note 2
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Hmmm.. That Sounds really tricky.. Never saw a Device before thats so bricked.. When really nothing worked from this Forum may you let an expert give a look on your Phone, i know some official Samsung shops, maybe they can help.. Sry that i cant hell you like you want it and sry for my Bad English.. Good Luck with your Note 2
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No worries bro. At least you are trying. I have never seen this before either and I'm stumped and where I'm I dont think I can find any samsung pro shop. All what they are going to say is the motherboard is dead and you need to change it. I do have another phone but I hate it when a devise does this to me