Hello,
I know that this issue had been posted again and again here recently and I've just read a lot of these threads but none of them reached to a solution that suits me, not to mention the difference in details between my case and others. I've experienced soft-bricks before but this is my first time to experience hard-brick. I've used this phone for 3 years (since 2012) and I don't want to lose it now.
TL;DR: The phone is stuck on Bootloader screen "Galaxy Note II", but Odin is able to flash Stock ROMs with PIT and repartition option ticked with no issues (NAND RW). TWRP recovery can be flashed and opened but sees the Internal Storage size as (0 MB) and cannot mount any partition.
That happened 5 months ago, my Note 2 was running Ivan Miller's CM 12.1 and updated to the last version without any issues, and I was charging my phone that day, then unplugged it and got out of home then discovered that my phone is dead.
When I got back home, I tried to charge it again but nothing happened. The lid didn't turn on, and the device didn't give me the charging screen. I tried to turn it on a few times with no avail.
Then I got to a Repair center which told me that the phone needs a new motherboard, which costs practically a new one's price. So I threw it in a drawer and bought a used phone instead.
2 weeks ago, I got my phone back from the drawer and went to another repair center, where they revived the phone again and told me it's a (harddisk issue) which should be replaced with a new one (which costs here in Egypt, a lot of money). But I was happy that the phone is back again and can be turned on, and I had a renewed hope that I can fix it again!
When I got back home, I fired up hiemdall (because I had no access to Windows at that time), downloaded the last stock version from SamMobile, and flashed it on the phone, but it was stuck on the "Galaxy Note II bootloader screen". I flashed TWRP and I could boot to the recovery but it sees the Internal Storage size as (0 MB). When I tried to wipe anything, I got errors in mounting the partitions (this is the only place I can see the logs since TWRP boot).
I followed the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154890 but with a PIT file from a different thread because the last versions of Stock ROMs have no PIT file inside them and the recovery ROM in the Guide points to HotFile website which had been suspended. (First I used Heimdall to repartition and use the PIT, but it couldn't write the PIT partition, then I used Windows with Odin 3.10.7 and it didn't give me any errors).
I flashed the stock ROMS without and with PIT file for repartition but no avail. The phone is stuck on bootloader screen "Galaxy Note II". I don't want to lose hope and give up for purchasing new eMMc chip because I believe the NAND is still able to read and write unlike other cases that I've read here in different threads where they couldn't repartition the phone because Odin couldn't NAND RW or something like that.
Do you have any pointers that can help me solving this issue?
Sorry for the long post.
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I have sold my n7105 on ebay running an actual Carbon ROM (4.4.x). (did a factory reset - booted into Android and checked if all personal user data was deleted and sold it that way)
The buyer is now complaining that the device is not starting and stucks at Note 2-device screen. The auction is a month ago and I got the device back yesterday...
In TWRP recovery I see that no OS is installed anymore. Even my microSD is not detected.
In PC Odin I tried to flash newest Samsung 4.3 stock ROM , but Odin tells that PIT partitions is missing!
What has happened to the device? Could an exhaustively discharged battery (and an electric shock) has led to a sudden death syndrome?
TazZHD said:
I have sold my n7105 on ebay running an actual Carbon ROM (4.4.x). (did a factory reset - booted into Android and checked if all personal user data was deleted and sold it that way)
The buyer is now complaining that the device is not starting and stucks at Note 2-device screen. The auction is a month ago and I got the device back yesterday...
In TWRP recovery I see that no OS is installed anymore. Even my microSD is not detected.
In PC Odin I tried to flash newest Samsung 4.3 stock ROM , but Odin tells that PIT partitions is missing!
What has happened to the device? Could an exhaustively discharged battery (and an electric shock) has led to a sudden death syndrome?
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My only guess, did you run the partition remapper tool found in the N7105 thread?
He made a flash able zip to revert now, if that's the case.
sry, I cant find it..
Is it a tool for repartitioning? Do I need a PIT file then?
Look man, I have Lost my phone Recently Like that
The problem as i thought first, Is in The EMMC card (Sudden death syndrome)
so I have do A JTAG JIG Unbrick for my NOTE 2
But I think that was a big ERROR, because JTAG has failled simply and the EMMC card is gone too...
So I'm now trying to change the Main board but it is too high price for me....
I thing that the loosing PIT Repartition means that the internal MEMORY is dead,
and I'm working hard to find the cause because so many members complain of this problem recently
but what did you do?
Hi,
This morning I woke up to see my phone seemingly booting up but after a few minutes I realised that it was stuck on the boot screen. I can only assume something hardware or software related messed up while I was sleeping and now after reading a few threads I am very scared that my phone could possibly be bricked.
First up, I updated to 4.3 from 4.1.2 about 3 weeks and it has been running fine albeit a few annoyances at the new firmware Samsung deployed. To get root I had to install philz_touch_5.11.2 recovery through ODIN and then go into my new recovery to install root through Dr Ketan's Multi Tool which seemed to work well with no problems, it was quite flawless through the whole update. But now I guess something has happened to my phone and that has changed. When I saw it was stuck, I thought that it would be possible to just reflash to stock firmware and that would fix it. It was working up until the point ODIN got "cache.img" which failed the install. Now, I exited ODIN since it didn't work and restarted my phone and tried to flash the stock 4.3 ROM again. This time, immediately I got a screen telling me that there was "no PIT partition"
(Look at the attachment for the screen, I am new so no outside links)
and now I am getting the message on my phone after restarting "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I am now downloading Kies to try this but does anyone have any suggestions or solutions?
GoonReb0rn said:
Hi,
This morning I woke up to see my phone seemingly booting up but after a few minutes I realised that it was stuck on the boot screen. I can only assume something hardware or software related messed up while I was sleeping and now after reading a few threads I am very scared that my phone could possibly be bricked.
First up, I updated to 4.3 from 4.1.2 about 3 weeks and it has been running fine albeit a few annoyances at the new firmware Samsung deployed. To get root I had to install philz_touch_5.11.2 recovery through ODIN and then go into my new recovery to install root through Dr Ketan's Multi Tool which seemed to work well with no problems, it was quite flawless through the whole update. But now I guess something has happened to my phone and that has changed. When I saw it was stuck, I thought that it would be possible to just reflash to stock firmware and that would fix it. It was working up until the point ODIN got "cache.img" which failed the install. Now, I exited ODIN since it didn't work and restarted my phone and tried to flash the stock 4.3 ROM again. This time, immediately I got a screen telling me that there was "no PIT partition"
(Look at the attachment for the screen, I am new so no outside links)
and now I am getting the message on my phone after restarting "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I am now downloading Kies to try this but does anyone have any suggestions or solutions?
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Update: I spent the past two days trying to solve this and I'm at a standstill in progress. It seems that my phone was one that suffered SDS with a corrupt eMMC chip so I've lost both my firmware and recovery but I can still get into Download mode. It also seems like I have lost my PIT table and I am just completely unable to flash the PIT file back to the phone for some reason. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could just factory reset my phone or reinstall my partition table so that i can get a simple recovery installed? Please help
Exact same issue!
I know exactly what you are going through!
My phone did the exact same thing back in June. It downloaded the firmware update over wifi, then when it went to install, it restarted to the boot logo, and went no further. I had left it for a number of hours, so time doesn't seem to make any difference.
I've been working on it since the end of July, and haven't been able to find a solution yet.
dkinniburgh said:
I know exactly what you are going through!
My phone did the exact same thing back in June. It downloaded the firmware update over wifi, then when it went to install, it restarted to the boot logo, and went no further. I had left it for a number of hours, so time doesn't seem to make any difference.
I've been working on it since the end of July, and haven't been able to find a solution yet.
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Yeah, it doesn't seem like time would fix it, so frustrating. Right now I am getting the glass of my Note replaced (it has a slight crack) which apparently voids my warranty when I went into my carrier to organise a replacement. After it's repaired I will take it to another store and try to get it sent off to Samsung, hopefully they are understanding about it and will honour their warranty end as I do believe it was SDS so it would be their fault for using faulty eMMC chips. The only thing I wish I could do it just start over, flash the PIT file so I can just install CWM to see if any of my files are still there. I just want some peace of mind and it seems impossible at this point. I guess it is impossible to flash a PIT when the storage chip is corrupt, sucks to lose all my messages and data, just wish I had a backup in place but it is a good learning experience for the next time I have a functioning phone.
GoonReb0rn said:
Yeah, it doesn't seem like time would fix it, so frustrating. Right now I am getting the glass of my Note replaced (it has a slight crack) which apparently voids my warranty when I went into my carrier to organise a replacement. After it's repaired I will take it to another store and try to get it sent off to Samsung, hopefully they are understanding about it and will honour their warranty end as I do believe it was SDS so it would be their fault for using faulty eMMC chips. The only thing I wish I could do it just start over, flash the PIT file so I can just install CWM to see if any of my files are still there. I just want some peace of mind and it seems impossible at this point. I guess it is impossible to flash a PIT when the storage chip is corrupt, sucks to lose all my messages and data, just wish I had a backup in place but it is a good learning experience for the next time I have a functioning phone.
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I was lucky having most of my info already backed up. I also had just upgraded another line, so I had a new phone to work with. It just sucks having to switch everything over to a new phone, reloading all the apps etc.
Greetings,
I have an almost 3 year old stock SGH-T889 T-Mo Note II running Android 4.3. The other day I was trying to open facebook and the thing froze. When I tried to reboot, it went to the Sammy boot screen for about 40 minutes and then the T-mo 4G LTE screen where it stayed. I pulled the battery and tried to boot to recovery (Vol UP, HOME + POWER button hold) but it went to a Bugdroid screen with the "downloading do not turn off target" message as if I was using ODIN. I tried it a few times to no avail. I then tried to use ODIN to flash the stock ROM. It said I had no PIT partition. I found a PIT file and tried using ODIN to repartition but that failed as well (I used a few different versions of ODIN to test this out v1.85, .87, v3.07 etc. to see if there were any differences). Is this eMMC failure? Is there a solution to either hard wipe or revive the device short of a hardware fix? I had done the eMMC chip test last year per a friend's recommendation and it showed I did not have the insane chip. I was hoping my old trusty device would find a new home but at this point if I could just hard wipe the thing I'd be happy. I've tried searching for solutions but have had a hard time. Maybe I'm looking up the wrong thing? Any advice or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
Have you found a solution? I have the exact same problem after going strong with the note 2 for more than 2 years.
Same issue here
I recently ran into the same issues - no PIT partition, but I can still get to the downloading screen.
At this point, I'm assuming my EMEC chip needs replacing... I guess I'll just get a new, cheap phone.
I've searched, I've tried but to no avail have I been able to fix my poor note 8..and I'm hoping someone can help!
I HAD a stock 4.4.2 Note 8 (AT&T version I-467) running, and I went with the Kingroot method to root. The device rooted but ran like a dog, and in my infinite wisdom did a wipe/reset to see if that would help.
Now here is where I stand:
1) The device boots to a screen saying unauthorized firmware
2) I can get to download mode (power+vol. down+Home)
3) I can NOT get to the screen with (power+col. up+Home)
I have tried Kies, and it won't take the serial number/model number, and Odin can only seem to flash the boot loaders. I have tried 4 different ROM's from samsung (with different international codes), and none of them are able to update the system (they all fail at about 90%). I've tried the all in one toolkit, and since I can't enable USB debugging at this point, it never recognizes the device as attached.
I've tried manually flashing with Odin TWRP, Phils, and stock recovery,(in the hopes of getting one to take so I could load a new ROM from SD card) and they all fail as well.
When I split any of the system images I can load a boot loader file from them, and it succeeds, but everything else fails.
Can anyone point me in the right direction, or am I completely hosed?
Sparkinman said:
I've searched, I've tried but to no avail have I been able to fix my poor note 8..and I'm hoping someone can help!
I HAD a stock 4.4.2 Note 8 (AT&T version I-467) running, and I went with the Kingroot method to root. The device rooted but ran like a dog, and in my infinite wisdom did a wipe/reset to see if that would help.
Now here is where I stand:
1) The device boots to a screen saying unauthorized firmware
2) I can get to download mode (power+vol. down+Home)
3) I can NOT get to the screen with (power+col. up+Home)
I have tried Kies, and it won't take the serial number/model number, and Odin can only seem to flash the boot loaders. I have tried 4 different ROM's from samsung (with different international codes), and none of them are able to update the system (they all fail at about 90%). I've tried the all in one toolkit, and since I can't enable USB debugging at this point, it never recognizes the device as attached.
I've tried manually flashing with Odin TWRP, Phils, and stock recovery,(in the hopes of getting one to take so I could load a new ROM from SD card) and they all fail as well.
When I split any of the system images I can load a boot loader file from them, and it succeeds, but everything else fails.
Can anyone point me in the right direction, or am I completely hosed?
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+1 on that, I'm stuck in an exact same situation. No help from Samsung either. After rooting with Kingroot my tab started acting like crazy with flickering screen and random reboots, did exactly like you did.
There are many with similar issue and as per my research most of them have given up. Getting a system image dump from a rooted tab running 4.4.2 might be the only way out. Unless of course Samsung/AT&T decides to release full odin flashable image.
I was in a similar situation from trying to fix a eff problem and took my sgh-i467 to a Samsung Experience Center located in many Best Buys and they fixed it free of charge. They were not able to fix my issue with a corrupted EFF file that is keeping my 4G from working though as I had hoped. If you have a Best Buy around with the Samsung Kiosk in it I would give it a try. I ended up trying a few different ones to fix the eff issue and some of the employees at the Samsung centers were about as smart as a head of cabbage (they laughed at me when I said my Note 8 was the issue and said "you can't have a Note 8 the Note 5 just came out") but some were at least helpful and listened when I told them they have the tools to fix my tab (reflash it back to life) and they did. Hopefully they can help you.
man Im in the same exact situation.. And I cant seem to find any help anywhere. I cant locate a stock 4.4.2 kit kat odin flashable file anywhere for the n5120
Sparkinman said:
I've searched, I've tried but to no avail have I been able to fix my poor note 8..and I'm hoping someone can help!
I HAD a stock 4.4.2 Note 8 (AT&T version I-467) running, and I went with the Kingroot method to root. The device rooted but ran like a dog, and in my infinite wisdom did a wipe/reset to see if that would help.
Now here is where I stand:
1) The device boots to a screen saying unauthorized firmware
2) I can get to download mode (power+vol. down+Home)
3) I can NOT get to the screen with (power+col. up+Home)
I have tried Kies, and it won't take the serial number/model number, and Odin can only seem to flash the boot loaders. I have tried 4 different ROM's from samsung (with different international codes), and none of them are able to update the system (they all fail at about 90%). I've tried the all in one toolkit, and since I can't enable USB debugging at this point, it never recognizes the device as attached.
I've tried manually flashing with Odin TWRP, Phils, and stock recovery,(in the hopes of getting one to take so I could load a new ROM from SD card) and they all fail as well.
When I split any of the system images I can load a boot loader file from them, and it succeeds, but everything else fails.
Can anyone point me in the right direction, or am I completely hosed?
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please help me i need de 4 files repair from this tablet
Try the forum thread started by djjiz, https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8-0/help/i467-4-4-2-t3537302... He posted the files and yes I was able to bring back my previously bricked AT&T Note 8.
So, i've ran into many errors on my phone from sboot.bin and a NAND Write Start fail.....but fixed that somehow but manuvering a pullout battery move more like just a mash start button to flash the PIT file and it worked but now its just switched to just another proble which being ...
Me flashing thru ODIN the official stock tar of PB6 or When done flashing the Rev02 MM tar FW
and i result in success BUT
it immedately restarts and i can tell it's trying to go to the Updates screen with light or baby blue text, but gives me a quick yellow triangle and angle android with X covered on its eyes.
BUt it goe's straight into its stock recovery to just tell me that it (can't mount /efs / data )and anything else,
i then try to wipe it and it just say it can't since it's unmounted, thru stock recovery.
If i just click on reboot system now
it cycles but then heads straight into stock recovery,
to tell me unable to mount /efs (invalid arguement)
So, P86 and PD2 Stock FW , flashes completely, i see the Glaxy S6 Logo but then it goes from that baby blue screen to a
rushed right into stock recovery, yelling at me for failure to mount efs.
I'm not entirely sure what to do, i am able to flash TWRP and format to mount the partitions data,cache, dalvik and it's fine but when trying to boot it just gives me a black screen and blue led cycle.....i even waited a full 2 hours....
is there any fixes or suggestions?
i've tried other cables and computers same issue.
Once in recovery i just hit reboot to system, it gives me a blank screen and endless bluelight cycle led
i've tried the PB6 Customs Rom Renegae ,ti flashses completey except i noticed something for it not completed a boot image or something? so im wondering about that
I've tried the other stock tars which are md5 validated and not damaged a.k.a OJ7, OL1, PB6, PD2
OL1 flashes fine, says erasing and then
the device still could not boot past the Samsung boot logo, kept restarting frequently
and others have me just going straight into recovery.
Your EFS partition needs to be rebuilt. Samsung implemented security called DRK if the /efs is tampered with, it wont boot past the galaxy screen. You need someone with an unlock box to fix it.
Actually my problem is now Fixed Thank you guys So much for the support you could provided with my silly act of trying to get support for more nonsense... MAKE SURE TO DO A NANDROID BACKUP And EFS BACKUP from the apps or forums here, definetly saved me so much from here.
So here's my solution i know that not all have insurance and etc BUT this is what happened today...
So i talked to a Sprint Live Chat about my Phone and they proceeded for me to do a Hard Reset which is mainstream for trying to fix my phone. So i proceeded and it did nothing.
So, today i went to the store And I proceeded with my gimmick of (trying to install an OTA update through the service and it didn't work, then tried with Samsung Kies or something and that didn't work either) The consultant took my phone and number to verify, spoke to a tech that took about an hour and with a final answer said the issue was that ( The device is going straight to the bootloader and even after selecting a reset it is not going passed the bootloader )
so in my case they don't know I used a custom thing to wipe everything and accientlly wipe the efs which is a good thing ~
so i played dumb and they repsonded with me for the information i gave them that i do have warrenty and insurance so I'm covered with the TEP Plan or whatever plan and paid 0.00$ FREE basically ,not even a co-pay....all they said really was if i was interested in switching data plans and etc about their accessories usual consultant talk and that if i didnt have the insurance it would've been a minimum of 75$ to 100$ so since this one time this has happened the next is also free from the 2 that they offer within that 1 year. but aftewards i'd have to pay 100 or 200$ for it.
So, ironically i got this phone when it came out in April of last year and ironically messes up by that same time, so as of the next few days i'm getting a replacement or a new galaxy s6 same version everything and new sim card on Monday and they will establish the new phone as this one is defective... So thank you guys
As another note before you take it in to the Store, make sure ( if you used the phone to wipe it ) With TWRP go to Wipe Data/cache/ then advanced and select everything but OTG and then select format data and from there install the Official 6.0.1 stock tar or mine was the PB6 tar and let it do it's thing, and then power it off and then -proceed with the same story - essentially i got the same responses....dm-verify failed and etc. at the bottom of recovery.