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Siyah kernel 3.1RC6 and BRICKED GALAXY S2

On 22.4.2012 many people bricked their S2 while performing full wipe having Siyah kernel 3.1RC6.
What disappointed me is the update on development coming from developer in real hurry these days.
Developer need to test their development 1000 times before releasing it to users.
As a rule only we the user are responsible flashed kernel knowing the risk of RCs and BETAs.
We can't blame developer for this disaster.........
This thread is for those who bricked S2 and now are in process to recover their devices.
As a general habit, posts on bricked devices can be avoided easily by fan boys.
So now we need to help each other in the process of device recovery.
Please discuss here, what you are doing, any fix whether you found or not.
Thanks
Kachrukamble

kachrukamble said:
Yesterday many people bricked their S2 while performing full wipe having Siyah kernel 3.1RC6..
What disappointed me is the update on development coming from developer in real hurry these days.
Developer need to test their development 1000 times before releasing it to users
As a rule only we the user are responsible flashed kernel knowing the risk of RCs and BETAs.
We can't blame developer for this disaster, BUT.........
This thread is for those who bricked S2 and now are in process to recover their devices.
As a general habit, posts on bricked devices can be easily avoided by fan boys.
So now we need to help each other in the process of device recovery.
Please discuss here, what you are doing, any fix whether you found or not.
I will add Names for those who bricked S2 in OP
Thanks
Kachrukamble
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Sad story bro. I know that feeling.
GM must be happy to hear that
Sent via my s2 monster

release candidate = not final = beta = not fully tested =still bugs = bricked = bug = because still beta= your own risk = your fault. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the info buddy. I'm in RC6 only. I was planning to do a full wipe and try out a ROM, and luckily I saw your post. Do let us know if you find a fix (for bricked phones). So can I just flash Siyah v3.1 and this problem will go away?

RobinRichard said:
Thanks for the info buddy. I'm in RC6 only. I was planning to do a full wipe and try out a ROM, and luckily I saw your post. Do let us know if you find a fix (for bricked phones). So can I just flash Siyah v3.1 and this problem will go away?
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of course you can flash 3.1, it solves the issue. only the last updated rc6 had the problem. IF you are on rc6 better flash the updated kernel before doing any factory reset/data wipe to be in the safer side.
So did any one had a chance to solve it without going to service center??

bala_gamer said:
of course you can flash 3.1, it solves the issue. only the last updated rc6 had the problem. IF you are on rc6 better flash the updated kernel before doing any factory reset/data wipe to be in the safer side.
So did any one had a chance to solve it without going to service center??
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What the hell happened? Efs cleared?
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I'm one of the "lucky" owners of a bricked-by-Siyah phone
I tried to flash a stock rom with odin but it doesn't work. I tried with:
- KI3, which is a 3-file-fw + .pit. The flash process hangs on data.img
- ILA2, which is a 1-file-fw. The flash with Odin is successful, but the phone can't boot and stays on the "Samsung Galaxy S2" screen all the time.
The only way to access recovery I found is to flash rogue recovery, but it can't mount internal sdcard so I can't flash anything

Ghost-of-the-Sun said:
I'm one of the "lucky" owners of a bricked-by-Siyah phone
I tried to flash a stock rom with odin but it doesn't work. I tried with:
- KI3, which is a 3-file-fw + .pit. The flash process hangs on data.img
- ILA2, which is a 1-file-fw. The flash with Odin is successful, but the phone can't boot and stays on the "Samsung Galaxy S2" screen all the time.
The only way to access recovery I found is to flash rogue recovery, but it can't mount internal sdcard so I can't flash anything
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if you can access download mode, then you have many ways to recover your s2 without reaching SC

RobinRichard said:
Thanks for the info buddy. I'm in RC6 only. I was planning to do a full wipe and try out a ROM, and luckily I saw your post. Do let us know if you find a fix (for bricked phones). So can I just flash Siyah v3.1 and this problem will go away?
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Happy to hear that you saved, many people didnt
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bala_gamer said:
if you can access download mode, then you have many ways to recover your s2 without reaching SC
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Yes I can access it, but the internal sdcard is never mounted so I can't use my phone... I hope somebody will find and share a fix for this problem :-(

Unless the hardware is damaged, every full-bricked Galaxy S2 can be recovered witha J-tag repair.
If one does not have the hardware hardware to perform such a repair, he has to either purchase it or find somebody that has it nearby.

Ghost-of-the-Sun said:
Yes I can access it, but the internal sdcard is never mounted so I can't use my phone... I hope somebody will find and share a fix for this problem :-(
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Did anyone try flashing a boot loader? Nothing to lose now really
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Mine is bricked, partly due to me not reading the posts. I'm able to get into download mode, will have a play with Odin on the off chance something fixes it but I guess it's unlikely...

Ghost-of-the-Sun said:
Yes I can access it, but the internal sdcard is never mounted so I can't use my phone... I hope somebody will find and share a fix for this problem :-(
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Try to enter 3e recovery and factory reset phone and see what happens mate. Wait for like 5 mins and if buttons light up ur good...
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Dang I'm on siyah rc6 still running, if I flash 3.1 or another kernel its safe right?
Its safe using cwm app

is CWM available at all on Siyah bricked mobiles?

bartoloandre98 said:
Dang I'm on siyah rc6 still running, if I flash 3.1 or another kernel its safe right?
Its safe using cwm app
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flash immediately 3.1 without wipe
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itchetrigr said:
is CWM available at all on Siyah bricked mobiles?
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its available but working with errors because of the mount problem of some partitions.

itchetrigr said:
is CWM available at all on Siyah bricked mobiles?
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Bricked means dead in this case, you can't do anything with dead piece..

Well this just reinforces my belief to stick with stock kernels.
To the people with bricked phones, hope you guys are able to unbrick it without too much pain!

Does anyone know how to find a jtag service in korea, seoul? my phone is fully bricked and i need it back asap ....

Kernel issue - Bricked By a Stunner Rom version

Hi everyone, I was one of the people who bricked their phone by flashing the ICS Stunner Rom. I thought it would nice if there was a place where we could discuss how to go about solving this. I'm aware that we'll probably just have to send our phones in for repair but I thought it would be best to look at all the options first.

I've ran many versions of the stunner rom without issues. I find it hard to believe you are bricked.
Describe your situation. If the display turns on, you are not bricked. Have you tried connecting to a PC and see if Odin can see your phone?

gedster314 said:
I've ran many versions of the stunner rom without issues. I find it hard to believe you are bricked.
Describe your situation. If the display turns on, you are not bricked. Have you tried connecting to a PC and see if Odin can see your phone?
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Uninformed fail.
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octavian90 said:
Uninformed fail.
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Your right. Why don't you just give the guy razor blades and sleeping tablets even before he explains his issue.
Yes I'm new to the Note but I have brought back many phones back from the "BRICK".

Nothing works, I can't boot into download or recovery

Any ICS kernel based on the leaks seems to carry a danger of permanent damage to the eMMC.
So far the only safe Samsung ICS kernels seem to be those based on the I9100 update4 source base.

Well what would you recommend I do from here though? I want to get this fixed as soon as possible.

Check the end of stunner thread... Send it to mobile video review for jtag
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every time i consider bumping to a Custom ICS I see a thread like this or some issue that is a showstopper for me.
I'm glad I haven't yet had ICS.

I'm also in the same boat as you. I flashed it and it turned into a brick thinking it was the battery being drained. Plugged the phone in and the the phone didn't respond so I knew something went really wrong. Then the bricked news followed on the thread. There is pretty much nothing we can do right now but to send it out to get a JTAG, which is not a guaranteed fix either according to some folks in the thread. The very last resort is to replace the mainboard.

sutekidane said:
I'm also in the same boat as you. I flashed it and it turned into a brick thinking it was the battery being drained. Plugged the phone in and the the phone didn't respond so I knew something went really wrong. Then the bricked news followed on the thread. There is pretty much nothing we can do right now but to send it out to get a JTAG, which is not a guaranteed fix either according to some folks in the thread. The very last resort is to replace the mainboard.
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don't lower your hopes down, I've seen countless and numerous times of Bricked Notes being revived and restored thru JTAG. This process is the much low level process you can get of restoring your Note into it's normal process. I don't see why your Note can't be restored if it's done thru JTAG.
(Not unless you have a broken ICs or chipsets already, which contitutes a hardware failure and that's the time you may have to replace it.)
JTAG is trusted already and proven to restore almost all bricked Notes.
Just from my own experiences..
Cheers

Its not coz of stunner from... its coz of lp5 kernel with a malfunctioned recovery during system partition format... so please change your title
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sorry to hear that guys i was very reluctant to switch from stunner 5 to any other version....im staying with 5 until it gets stable.....i heard about the bricking earlier today....thats ****ed ...i know they figured it out already...and lp5 is part of the problem as well....good luck

MrSlippyFist said:
sorry to hear that guys i was very reluctant to switch from stunner 5 to any other version....im staying with 5 until it gets stable.....i heard about the bricking earlier today....thats ****ed ...i know they figured it out already...and lp5 is part of the problem as well....good luck
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Just installed 1 4.26... I would recommend you to try it...its on another level than beta 5 ...very smooth n stable
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thebz1 said:
Hi everyone, I was one of the people who bricked their phone by flashing the ICS Stunner Rom. I thought it would nice if there was a place where we could discuss how to go about solving this. I'm aware that we'll probably just have to send our phones in for repair but I thought it would be best to look at all the options first.
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try to use jig bro maybe it will solve the gnote

Oh no...not another CWM touch recovery-esque fiasco. I thought we were over that? And, damn that sucks dude. I've been in your exact shoes. This is my second phone, and I currently use Stunner as my daily driver...so I'm a bit worried now!

androidindian said:
Its not coz of stunner from... its coz of lp5 kernel with a malfunctioned recovery during system partition format... so please change your title
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so why aren't the other roms running lp5 bricking the phone?

androidindian said:
Its not coz of stunner from... its coz of lp5 kernel with a malfunctioned recovery during system partition format... so please change your title
No it's a specific problème of stunner... It happens...
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thebz1 said:
Well what would you recommend I do from here though? I want to get this fixed as soon as possible.
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do you have a JIG or the tools to create one by yourself ? this seems your only solution for now, anyway does your phone enter to boot animation or it just doesn't flick ?!

there isnt much any of us who had our phones bricked can do about, and yes it was a version of ics stunner that did the damage, i have a feeling its gonna be a motherboard replacement

[Q] Confused... ICS leaks can brick the Note, will official releases do the same?

I'm sorry. I SWEAR I read tons of threads but things still aren't clear to me.
ICS leaks seem to possibly brick the Note.
But there are several threads with official ICS firmwares for the Note (ex: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646088)
Can I use the official ICS firmware to upgrade my Note? Or should I wait a bit more?
Thanks!

From what I understand, you should be fine with official ICS as long as you don't do factory/data reset with the stock kernel. What are you using now?

leppo said:
From what I understand, you should be fine with official ICS as long as you don't do factory/data reset with the stock kernel. What are you using now?
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Kernel says 2.6.35.7-N7000UBKK8
I suppose I'll stay on GB. Things look a bit scary even with the stock kernel!

The official can brick the note muaaahuahuahuahuuaaa
Seriously as the previous poster said only if you are into wiping and restoring you MAY be in danger
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fjhuerta said:
I'm sorry. I SWEAR I read tons of threads but things still aren't clear to me.
ICS leaks seem to possibly brick the Note.
But there are several threads with official ICS firmwares for the Note (ex: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646088)
Can I use the official ICS firmware to upgrade my Note? Or should I wait a bit more?
Thanks!
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Well I upgraded my Note and it is completely fine, my friend with a Note as well hasn't told me about his phone being bricked either. But I'm not sure about all the others though, since mine is the Hong Kong official one, and I never use the leaks so they don't really bother me.
Sent from my Galaxy Note

leppo said:
From what I understand, you should be fine with official ICS as long as you don't do factory/data reset with the stock kernel. What are you using now?
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When you say factory reset you mean going into settings and then "data factory reset"? I normally do that after a huge update and format my SD card too. So that is a no no on ICS?
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Hagow said:
When you say factory reset you mean going into settings and then "data factory reset"? I normally do that after a huge update and format my SD card too. So that is a no no on ICS?
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That is correct.

leppo said:
From what I understand, you should be fine with official ICS as long as you don't do factory/data reset with the stock kernel.
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Bull****. I have tried to do wipe from CWM and MobileOdin over and over again more than 15 times at ICS leaks and ICS stocks and custom kernels and custom ROMs. Never got any problem.

anonymous572 said:
Bull****. I have tried to do wipe from CWM and MobileOdin over and over again more than 15 times at ICS leaks and ICS stocks and custom kernels and custom ROMs. Never got any problem.
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You might want to read the stickies in this forum regarding the fact that it's not an issue that effects all users. But it effects some by bricking their phones.
Along with the advice to not tell others that the problem doesn't exist based on your experience.

diji1 said:
You might want to read the stickies in this forum regarding the fact that it's not an issue that effects all users. But it effects some by bricking their phones.
Along with the advice to not tell others that the problem doesn't exist based on your experience.
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Please don't tell others that all N7000 have problems with wiping on ICS roms. I never saw anyone who have this strange wipe "problem".

anonymous572 said:
Please don't tell others that all N7000 have problems with wiping on ICS roms. I never saw anyone who have this strange wipe "problem".
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How can you say that man,,,thr are so many ppl on Xda here that are reporting to have bricked thr devices......or are you saying that as long as you r not rooted , this bricking thing just wudn't happen?

anonymous572 said:
Please don't tell others that all N7000 have problems with wiping on ICS roms. I never saw anyone who have this strange wipe "problem".
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and I never saw anyone without this strange wipe problem, want to know for sure? go install an app by chainfire called got brickbug?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693704
maybe you are lucky to have an unaffected chip ,but 99.9% of users have a known damaged chip fw.
I suggest you go read the sticky in which it says that some people have wiped 19 times and got a full brick on the 20th attempt ,some even more .
I myself have wiped once safely ,but the second wipe made the emmc go nuts ,luckily however it was not fully dead ,and I restored it ,barely .
besides ,samsung and Google have both confirmed this bug ,so who are you to state otherwise?!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27137024
so I would like to suggest that you stop spreading dangerous miss information to the noobs or I'll report your post next time.

MR.change said:
besides ,samsung and Google have both confirmed this bug ,so who are you to state otherwise?!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27137024
so I would like to suggest that you stop spreading dangerous miss information to the noobs or I'll report your post next time.
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+1
The source of the problem has been found and confirmed...how can people still be ignorant and spread bad advice.
As Mr.change said above, yes there is a problem even with official ICS, you may get lucky but you will run into a problem eventually if you keep wiping data/factory reset with affected ICS kernels...so best not to do so.

What would be the alternative to a factory reset then? I'm waiting to receive a new Note and intend to install stock ICS straight away but I worry that I'll mess up my first ever Android install and have to start again. Could you re.install the update without a wipe?

solarboy said:
What would be the alternative to a factory reset then? I'm waiting to receive a new Note and intend to install stock ICS straight away but I worry that I'll mess up my first ever Android install and have to start again. Could you re.install the update without a wipe?
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if you are new to this then I would advise that you stay way from it till you learn your way around the basics of flashing using PC ODIN ,mobile ODIN ,and recovery.
then flash stock ICS with a safe custom kernels and you should be safe.
besides ,samsung stock ICS isn't that different from GB ,same look and same performance . you'd want to install CM9 to get a taste of true ICS.
so like I said ,take your time ,bricking your new shinny phone can be devastating .

anonymous572 said:
Please don't tell others that all N7000 have problems with wiping on ICS roms. I never saw anyone who have this strange wipe "problem".
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The problem is you don't know if you will hit the problem until you find out the hard way.
Once you've hit the problem there is no recovery.
So stop telling everyone that they are safe because you got lucky.
People who want to run ICS should use a kernel that has a safe configuration (MMC_CAP_ERASE removed from drivers/mmc/host/mshci.c) - This includes, but is not necessarily limited to (check the kernel's info) the CM9 included kernel, Hardcore's Speedmod ICS, and Franco.kernel r3 and above. Be sure to verify that you're running a safe kernel with CPUSpy before dropping into recovery - a few people had Mobile Odin fail to flash a safe kernel when they were on a dangerous one and then bricked because they didn't verify.

شكرا

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شكرا
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you are most welcome my friend
لا شكر على واجب

nandihno said:
The official can brick the note muaaahuahuahuahuuaaa
Seriously as the previous poster said only if you are into wiping and restoring you MAY be in danger
What do u mean..? doing a factory reset is a common thing.. who on this earth doesn't do a factory data reset at all on their phone.. and if u ask me we must do a factory reset after updating to a new rom.
Pity on samsung.. their official builds destroy the phone. I can't believe.. how they released it without testing.. and why didnt the stop their ****ty ics update from being live till now..
i also have a question .. Has Samsung acknowledged the fact that their stock ics can cause bricking issues?
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It was nice to meet you!!

It was nice 8 months experience,just Super bricked my Note while perfotming a wipe with CWM,too bad couldnt claim the warrenty.
Thanks for everyone who helped me during this period,both Developers and Members.
Jack

Sorry for your phone man.
Btw which kernel were you using?

Boy124 said:
Sorry for your phone man.
Btw which kernel were you using?
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German LRK DBT stock 4.0.4 and it was running fine no problems,just wiped it to test the Paranoid Android JB 4.1.1,which was actually the last thing it did.

I see. But you can't flash roms using stock recovery. Anyways it confirms the bug still exists.

What CWM did you use or did you wipe from stock recovery?
Does it give any sign of life?
If it boots you can use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check
to see if you have emmc damage.

jgaviota said:
What CWM did you use or did you wipe from stock recovery?
Does it give any sign of life?
If it boots you can use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check
to see if you have emmc damage.
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Unfortunately doesnt boot up,just stuck on the Gt-7000 logo but the download screen works,however when try to flash with PC Odin stops at the factoryfs.img which after research discovered is a Superbrick symptom.

hagba said:
too bad couldnt claim the warrenty.
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Hello hagba, since you cannot claim warranty have you thought of getting your device repaired via the Samsung service centre in your region?
I would suggest you to enquire about the repair cost and then make a suitable decision.

Have you tried this? it worked for many users.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26285877

YLNdroid said:
Hello hagba, since you cannot claim warranty have you thought of getting your device repaired via the Samsung service centre in your region?
I would suggest you to enquire about the repair cost and then make a suitable decision.
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First thing on monday,

dr.ketan said:
Have you tried this? it worked for many users.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26285877
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Dr.Ketan,
I have tried the PIT procedure,but its such a long and tedious process Im not sure will be able to make viable partition for normal usage.
However will see what Samsung does on Monday.

So does this mean that Stock ROMS are still unsafe to wipe rather than how samsung claims that Stock ROM wont brick?
Did you report this to Entropy? Did you wipe after flashing Paranoid ROM successfully or did you wipe on stock. If it was after succesfully flashing the CM10 based JB ROM, it should mean that CM10 doesnt have MMC_CAP_ERASE disabled or maybe no ICS kernel is safe.
Should report to Entropy if you didnt.

He already.wrote 'wipe it to test jb' means wiped on.stock.
Entropy aleeady aware of this (i have already reported 2 case on 4.0.4). And he hav mentioned on his thread, stock ics are known unsafe kernels.
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dr.ketan said:
He already.wrote 'wipe it to test jb' means wiped on.stock.
Entropy aleeady aware of this (i have already reported 2 case on 4.0.4). And he hav mentioned on his thread, stock ics are known unsafe kernels.
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I made a mistake of wiping twice from Settings under android in Indian Stock DDLP8 stock 4.0.3 but luckily never bricked. But now I take care not to. But do you think I may have caused damage in the first two wipes? I see no issues till now but just asked.

It cause damage once in while, not every wipe/reset result to brick (good if it was like that, sammy must have find solution then)
Still if you have any doubts find 'emmc brick bug' application from market n scan ur device.
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dr.ketan said:
It cause damage once in while, not every wipe/reset result to brick (good if it was like that, sammy must have find solution then)
Still if you have any doubts find 'emmc brick bug' application from market n scan ur device.
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I have the affected emmc firmware VYLOOM 0x19. Its just that I turned out to be lucky. I dont believe Samsung would fix the Indian firmware (4.0.3) while the bug remains on the latest 4.0.4 ROMS. If there is a fix from Samsung, we Indians are the ones who usually get it last. But strangely, I havent heard of any superbricked Indian Notes in this forum.

satishp said:
So does this mean that Stock ROMS are still unsafe to wipe rather than how samsung claims that Stock ROM wont brick?
Did you report this to Entropy? Did you wipe after flashing Paranoid ROM successfully or did you wipe on stock. If it was after succesfully flashing the CM10 based JB ROM, it should mean that CM10 doesnt have MMC_CAP_ERASE disabled or maybe no ICS kernel is safe.
Should report to Entropy if you didnt.
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I think Samsung's claim was that you won't get bricked if you stick to stock and don't root. I'm not saying that's true . Even seems unlikely since I think you can factory wipe from the settings without root, IIRC (memory's rusty, haven't been on a stock ROM for ages).
There were some bricks with CM10, but only from people who flashed from stock ICS or stock ICS based ROMs. Flashing from the safe ICS kernels seems to still be safe.
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But strangely, I havent heard of any superbricked Indian Notes in this forum.
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Maybe that's because Indians are careful enough to read the instructions before risking their device? I doubt it's because Indian Notes have had some special pixie dust sprinkled over them while they passed customs.

If you dont mod your device then how many chances are.there to make hard reset device?
I know lot ppl they purchasing and selling.device without single reset.
So rooting opens.100 ways to explore ur device, simultaneously opens 100 ways to put u in situation,u needs reset. That is the only reason rate.of bricking is high with rooted device, but if you read carefully and avoid reset/wiping there is almost zero chances to brick.
And yes if you look, compare to selling of notes in india, u don't see indians are quite less on forum?
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dr.ketan said:
If you dont mod your device then how many chances are.there to make hard reset device?
I know lot ppl they purchasing and selling.device without single reset.
So rooting opens.100 ways to explore ur device, simultaneously opens 100 ways to put u in situation,u needs reset. That is the only reason rate.of bricking is high with rooted device, but if you read carefully and avoid reset/wiping there is almost zero chances to brick.
And yes if you look, compare to selling of notes in india, u don't see indians are quite less on forum?
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I'm really worried because you said if I avoid wiping I'm almost zero chance of briking.. I got my note clean, I mean I don't dare to put music and movies into it because then I don't dare to delete all those files... Will this brick my phone? I'm stock 4.0.4 rooted
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Obviously the culprit is wiping with CWM,I have factory Reset million times with no consequences at all,and just once with CWM was enough to Superbrick it,and yes I was on stock ROM.

msedek said:
I'm really worried because you said if I avoid wiping I'm almost zero chance of briking.. I got my note clean, I mean I don't dare to put music and movies into it because then I don't dare to delete all those files... Will this brick my phone? I'm stock 4.0.4 rooted
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It says big files shudn't be deleted. Though frankly speaking i have not seen any case brick by that, though we cant ignore comments from recognised developer.
But wat best idea i found to manage file is
Connect device with PC as mass storage and manage files from PC explorer. I believe that is safe way.
hagba said:
Obviously the culprit is wiping with CWM,I have factory Reset million times with no consequences at all,and just once with CWM was enough to Superbrick it,and yes I was on stock ROM.
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That was your bad luck this time, otherwise both have same effect.

XXLS1 JB leak and eMMC "brickbug" safety

I was going to put this in the JB thread, but that has apparently been locked due to flaming.
As mentioned in other threads on the eMMC "brickbug", Samsung's official patch for this issue is NOT to remove MMC_CAP_ERASE, but to only disable secure erase in the kernel.
See: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1383661/
Now, we've been highly disappointed that Samsung hasn't included this patch in many updates for a variety of devices. However, on analyzing the kernel, it appears it *might* be safe due to having Samsung's official patch.
If you unpack the kernel, and then run "strings" on the unpacked image, you will see the following:
Code:
M8G2FA
MAG4FA
MBG8FA
MCGAFA
VAL00M
VYL00M
KYL00M
VZL00M
e.g. the exact list from the above patch, in the correct order.
So it looks like the XXLS1 JB leak is *probably* safe from the Brickbug - unless Samsung is wrong about nonsecure erase being safe.

+1
Good news for Note Community

I agree..... thanks for taking the time to share your findings with us.
:good:

Good to see some improvements from Samsung! Thanks a lot Entropy.. without your precious help this wouldn't be possible

Many thanks Entropy..
So now we can do full wipe without any fear...??
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Brilliant..thanks mate!
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thanks for the update.
Its great to see people like you care for the rest

Entropy512 said:
I was going to put this in the JB thread, but that has apparently been locked due to flaming.
As mentioned in other threads on the eMMC "brickbug", Samsung's official patch for this issue is NOT to remove MMC_CAP_ERASE, but to only disable secure erase in the kernel.
See: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1383661/
Now, we've been highly disappointed that Samsung hasn't included this patch in many updates for a variety of devices. However, on analyzing the kernel, it appears it *might* be safe due to having Samsung's official patch.
If you unpack the kernel, and then run "strings" on the unpacked image, you will see the following:
Code:
M8G2FA
MAG4FA
MBG8FA
MCGAFA
VAL00M
VYL00M
KYL00M
VZL00M
e.g. the exact list from the above patch, in the correct order.
So it looks like the XXLS1 JB leak is *probably* safe from the Brickbug - unless Samsung is wrong about nonsecure erase being safe.
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Well, well.
Samsung finally at last!
Thanks Entropy for the good find.

Lets hope Samsung did a good job !
Now to download that leak.......

I am still wondering about the update. If we have the brick bug in ics how are we able to flash ota jelly bean?? Wont there be chances of bricking while updating our phone to jb.
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qazibasit said:
I am still wondering about the update. If we have the brick bug in ics how are we able to flash ota jelly bean?? Wont there be chances of bricking while updating our phone to jb.
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The usual applies... Flashing anything via Odin is safe. Flashing anything from a safe kernel is safe. Flashing something with a "safe" update-binary should be safe even on a dangerous kernel.
I'm not going to guarantee the safety of the XXLS1 kernel, as it's hard to guarantee that it is doing what we think it is, but it is PROBABLY safe as opposed to definitively dangerous like any previous official ICS kernel binary. We won't know unless people take risks unfortunately...

ok using the jb rom i did indeed soft brick has taken 5 hrs to get my note working, i had a custom rooted 404 rom on with hydracore install the jb with cwm and that was it stuck on samsung logo ,so i then tried to flash stock 404 with pc odin and was stuck on flashing fs image,finally got it working with the pit method and by updating bootloader and clear efs, this has kinda scared me as after a cple hrs trying that it would be sent to repair
be aware this worked for me it may not for anyone else

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anubis1126 said:
ok using the jb rom i did indeed soft brick has taken 5 hrs to get my note working, i had a custom rooted 404 rom on with hydracore install the jb with cwm and that was it stuck on samsung logo ,so i then tried to flash stock 404 with pc odin and was stuck on flashing fs image,finally got it working with the pit method and by updating bootloader and clear efs, this has kinda scared me as after a cple hrs trying that it would be sent to repair
be aware this worked for me it may not for anyone else
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I was going to write a sarcastic post but... that sucks
This means the Samsung work around did not work.
Either that or you might have repartitioned for no reason.
Did you try a nandroid restore first?

anubis1126 said:
ok using the jb rom i did indeed soft brick has taken 5 hrs to get my note working, i had a custom rooted 404 rom on with hydracore install the jb with cwm and that was it stuck on samsung logo ,so i then tried to flash stock 404 with pc odin and was stuck on flashing factoryfs....
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So you bricked bricked flashing on Hydracore? I thought that was safe!

shoey63 said:
So you bricked bricked flashing on Hydracore? I thought that was safe!
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He already flashed the jb leak, overwriting hc with its own kernel in the process. Flashing back to 4.0.4 on the leaked rom caused the soft brick, NOT hc.
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randomtext said:
He already flashed the jb leak, overwriting hc with its own kernel in the process. Flashing back to 4.0.4 on the leaked rom caused the soft brick, NOT hc.
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He used PC Odin to "flash back". I thought that was safe too!
Anyway odin stuck on factoryfs and needing PIT file method to revive Note is SUPERBRICK, not "softbrick"

Entropy512 said:
The usual applies... Flashing anything via Odin is safe. Flashing anything from a safe kernel is safe. Flashing something with a "safe" update-binary should be safe even on a dangerous kernel.
I'm not going to guarantee the safety of the XXLS1 kernel, as it's hard to guarantee that it is doing what we think it is, but it is PROBABLY safe as opposed to definitively dangerous like any previous official ICS kernel binary. We won't know unless people take risks unfortunately...
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I've tried it a dozen times and seems to be ok
Ran the check and lost no memory at al
Thanks would be nice for my daring? Stupidity ? Did full wipes etc
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howard bamber said:
I've tried it a dozen times and seems to be ok
Ran the check and lost no memory at al
Thanks would be nice for my daring? Stupidity ? Did full wipes etc
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Actually it's the same as wiping on stock ICS recovery. Well done for trying to verify :thumbup:

what can i say i am a flashaholic flash at least once a week trying varied roms themes etc this time it just happened to me
redone pit file and gained a bit more space

anubis1126 said:
what can i say i am a flashaholic flash at least once a week trying varied roms themes etc this time it just happened to me
redone pit file and gained a bit more space
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Happened to me too useing stupid Cwm.zip - accidentally hit factory reset and BANG! Superbrick! Thankfully grey retailer replaced it.:thumbup:
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