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[How to UNBRICK] Galaxy Note 3 N900W8 - Canadian or Mexican

HOW TO UNBRICK:
Debrick.img:
Courtesy of @jtl999 https://mega.co.nz/#!xZxBwRDa!HupJL9sNXANhTk3Dl1IJslT6NmfZMqwV4kNFNV25Fhc
Courtesy of @turilo https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx0cWHq6jupFcUZMNnh3b2JkQjA/edit?usp=sharing (This zip contains TWO IMG files. Just use ONE..)
UNBRICK METHOD:
Following directions taken and modified from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2583603
Part 1: What you need
A SD Card that is the Same Size as your Phone's internal memory.
The unbrick image as above
A program to put the image on a SD Card which is here for windows users: http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager
The Stock ROM. I got mine here. http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N900W8
ODIN 3.0x
Part 2: Prep
Get the battery charged to 100%.
Find a PC and plug the powercord (microUSB Cord) directly into the motherboard. NOT ANY OTHER PORT.
Format the SD Card to ExFAT you need from Part 1.1.
Using the #3 Program from Part 1.3, burn the image to the SD Card. Its simple.
Part 3: Turn it on
Put the battery into the phone.
Plug the charging cord into the phone.
Put the phone into download mode by holding: <Volume Down> + <Home Button> + <Power>
Once you are in download mode press <Volume Up> to enter download mode. Now go to part 4
Part 4: Putting the ROM back on
Don't Deviate from anything here or do extras.
Open Odin from Part 1.5.
Press PDA and Select your STOCK ROM from Part 1.4
Wait a min for Odin to analyze the file.
Hit Start on Odin.
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MY OP:
SaHiLzZ said:
Hello,
I am in URGENT need of someone who can help me with an UNBRICK img. You should be on stock and/or rooted firmware, but not on leaked TW KitKat bootloader. Please flash the following two files here in custom recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2540537&d=1390754238
and http://shabbypenguin.com/getdownload.php?file=Tools/Unbrick-Creator.zip
This will NOT flash anything on your device, but it will create a debrick.img file, and Debrick folder. This does NOT contain any sensitive IMEI or anything like that information. Please either PM me directly, or post it here. I will appreciate it greatly.
Trying to follow the Note 3 unbrick threads, and in need of one now..
Unbricking on Note 3..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625332
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531224
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SaHiLzZ said:
Hello,
I am in URGENT need of someone who can help me with an UNBRICK img. You should be on stock and/or rooted firmware, but not on leaked TW KitKat bootloader. Please flash the following two files here in custom recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2540537&d=1390754238
and http://shabbypenguin.com/getdownload.php?file=Tools/Unbrick-Creator.zip
This will NOT flash anything on your device, but it will create a debrick.img file, and Debrick folder. This does NOT contain any sensitive IMEI or anything like that information. Please either PM me directly, or post it here. I will appreciate it greatly.
Trying to follow the Note 3 unbrick threads, and in need of one now..
Unbricking on Note 3..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625332
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531224
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403
try this one this is for 4.3 looks like the one you tried are for 4.4.2

jaythenut said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403
try this one this is for 4.3 looks like the one you tried are for 4.4.2
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You may want to realize the difference between a EFS-based bootloop, versus what I am looking for after a hard brick.
But thank you for your input.

How did you brick it? - Reason I ask, is cause the w8 is downgradable from 4.4.2 so bootloader playing should not have affected you. Unless you flashed something on it you shouldn't have?

Its not mine, but for someone else who asked me to help. I am not sure how it was bricked. Regardless it is a hard brick..

Bump
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SaHiLzZ said:
Bump
sent from my mobile device
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Unfortunately I can't help on the W8, but have you tried any other note 3 debrick image? Any difference with that?

I have the n900w8 but currently on leaked 4.4.2 kk. I will downgrade and flash the 2 files and see if I can help you out..
EDIT: I have created the N900W8 Canada debrick.img

Uploading now.
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Try this.
https://mega.co.nz/#!xZxBwRDa!HupJL9sNXANhTk3Dl1IJslT6NmfZMqwV4kNFNV25Fhc
It sure is fun uploading at over 900KB/ps on Telus DSL

here is the N900W8 Canada latest 4.3 Mj4 debrick.img https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx0cWHq6jupFcUZMNnh3b2JkQjA/edit?usp=sharing :good::good:

Much appreciated
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SaHiLzZ said:
Much appreciated
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very welcome, Thanks button be greatly appreciated also

Absolutely will do when I'm on a computer. Xda doesn't let me do that out select the lay post of a page!
sent from my mobile device

Also which zip did you flash to create this file?
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SaHiLzZ said:
Also which zip did you flash to create this file?
sent from my mobile device
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Like I just messaged you Shabby's Unbrick_Creator.zip

Hello i'm about to perform this method..Just wanted to confirm with someone that I can use any of the debrick.img provided for version 4.4.2 on my w8. Thanks! I hope to god this works!

Just and FYI -
You don't mention it in the steps about actually putting the sdcard with the unbrick image into the phone again. I assume at or after 3.3 .

Unbelievable ! This worked for me as well. This feature of the Note 3 makes it tinkerer's dream, it makes it virtually brick-proof. I thought I was done when I could not get back to download mode. I was starting to plan out what I was going to do for my next phone.
By the way in my case it was a N900W8 from Puerto Rico. I purchased it locked to Clairo and unlocked it and flashed to Telus stock ROM. If anyone else has gone this route this method works to unbrick. At first it would not go into download, I had to pull the battery and let it sit for a day. The next day I put in a fresh battery and it booted right to the download selector screen. WAhooo! ...and I was off to the races. Much thanks to the OP and the OOP for this solution.
FYI - formatting the sdcard with the boot recovery partition makes it unusable in the state. Just reformat it again to Fat32 and you can use it as a sdcard again. If you have trouble formatting it I used Mini Tools Partition Wizard, it does the trick.

Alawishis said:
Unbelievable ! This worked for me as well. This feature of the Note 3 makes it tinkerer's dream, it makes it virtually brick-proof. I thought I was done when I could not get back to download mode. I was starting to plan out what I was going to do for my next phone.
By the way in my case it was a N900W8 from Puerto Rico. I purchased it locked to Clairo and unlocked it and flashed to Telus stock ROM. If anyone else has gone this route this method works to unbrick. At first it would not go into download, I had to pull the battery and let it sit for a day. The next day I put in a fresh battery and it booted right to the download selector screen. WAhooo! ...and I was off to the races. Much thanks to the OP and the OOP for this solution.
FYI - formatting the sdcard with the boot recovery partition makes it unusable in the state. Just reformat it again to Fat32 and you can use it as a sdcard again. If you have trouble formatting it I used Mini Tools Partition Wizard, it does the trick.
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Hey friend, Can you please explain me what's the procedure in your FYI? and also, has your phone been working correctly since then? Do I have to keep the debrick.IMG for ever on my SD card? What do you mean by boot recovery partition?
Thanks in advance

Do u have a debrick for lollipop. Pls help

Note 4 SM-910F Full Bricked need help

Hey community!
I have a friends note 4 SM-910F that doesn't respond at all that needs to be revived.
Status: No LED, No recovery mode, no download mode, Win64 PC recognizes it sometimes as QHSUSB (Its the snapdragon CPU), battery is fine and original (also tried different ones)
I already tried: to flash somehow a new fw through Odin, but no success because its not able to go in DL mode.
Tried to put the battery out and wait several times (1 2 3 method).
Tried to create a bootable image with SD but no success.
Tried to charge it for hours, but it wouldn't even get warm at the points where it usually gets warm through charging.
Tried many different things like smashing the power button, pressure on display etc. but also no success.
The Note was never rooted and fully Stock 6.0.1 Android from Samsung (updated directly in the phone through wifi).
It worked pretty good, but then it lagged almost every few minutes, shut itself down and now its bricked.
I hope you guys can help us out somehow. You can also suggest us some different tipps, because I'm actually pretty good in reviving phones, but this one really doesn't want to start no matter what.
Greets!

any solution I'm in the same situation
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Have u tried software recovery trough smartswitch?

I was in same situation before and i solved successfully.but you will need another working note 4 for this method and a micro sd card 16gb minimum. instructions to unbrick your note 4( 1, you will need to download latest firmware for your model ( 2, a working note 4 same model ) (3.fully formated micro sd card) (4,odin software to flash firmware) once you downlaod latest firmware open odin in your pc and look in odin options for( T flash) tick on tflash and now put micro sd card in your working note 4 and unzip firmware that you downladed and click AP and select firmware file and and hit start remember this will install firmware to your micro sd card after odin pass put the micro sd card in your bricked note 4 and press power button for about 8 to 10 seconds and leave phone for few minutes and phone should boot automatically. If it does not boot at first time try couple of times.Once phone back to life go to download mode and flash firmware normally( without Tflash) i hope this will help. I have successfully unbricked note 3 n9005 and note 4 n910t with this method. follow the instructions take your time this will work hopefully.

Thanks for your answers!
I have a working note4, same model, so i think i will try your method with tflash. Does this method do anything to my working Note4? Because i don't wanna risk a second bricked Note ?
But first I'm going to try to clean the inner parts of the bricked one because i guess it might was damaged by water once and started to corrodate (idk if its the right word for starting to rust, I'm not a native english speaker, but i think you know what i mean).
I've read about that symptoms. They are often caused by water.
Do you think thats a good idea?

Eklypt said:
Thanks for your answers!
I have a working note4, same model, so i think i will try your method with tflash. Does this method do anything to my working Note4? Because i don't wanna risk a second bricked Note ?
But first I'm going to try to clean the inner parts of the bricked one because i guess it might was damaged by water once and started to corrodate (idk if its the right word for starting to rust, I'm not a native english speaker, but i think you know what i mean).
I've read about that symptoms. They are often caused by water.
Do you think thats a good idea?
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no this method won't effect your working note 4 at all but I think you are still not sure that phone is bricked or damaged by water . then make sure before try anything or In my opinion take to repair centre at least to know what is the issue.

Trex888 said:
no this method won't effect your working note 4 at all but I think you are still not sure that phone is bricked or damaged by water . then make sure before try anything or In my opinion take to repair centre at least to know what is the issue.
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I think that water damage is only an option, because the phone was bought used.
I decided to try the SD method and if it won't succeed i will try to clean the inner parts.

Just change Eklypt's first post to model number SM-N910G and it would be mine.
I have a bricked note 4, and it has the exact same symptoms. This is after a USB board change to fix the dodgy port.
I did try to flash it, but I am a complete noob when it comes to ODIN and I probably did more harm than good.
The one time the screen did display, I got the error message "mmc_read failed, could not do normal boot". (Not necessarily in that order on the screen, but you get the idea.)
I would like to try the "flash the SD card with T-flash" method, but I don't have another working note 4.
The main question:
Can I flash a card using a note 2 and use it to resurrect my note 4?
Any and all help would be appreciated with many kudos and cookies etc.

Tried the method above with (partial) success....
Started with a completely black screen Note 4, now I'm in download mode with the message "TFlash boot".....
But when I try to flash a firmware with Odin, it always fail with the message "MMC READ FAIL"....

QPST tool
Hi folks,
I have done some many hours of research on this. I have not had success, but I have at least made progress. :fingers-crossed:
RECAP: I am trying to unbrick an SM-N910G Note 4. It has all the hard brick symptoms (No screen, no hardware key response, no Odin etc.), and shows up in the device manager under COM ports as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM4)".
I read this post - (droidsavvy.com/unbrick-qualcomm-mobiles/)
This writer (Kunal Barccha) uses a tool known as QPST.
(androidbrick.com/download/latest-qpst-2-7-build-422-425-430-437-qfil-qualcomm-flasher/ <--- This link will take you to a download page which will list four versions of QPST).
I am currently using QPST build 422, and I have installed the Qualcomm drivers found in his post.
This has improved matters, as I can actually see the phone with the program.
Unfortunately, I don't have the correct files to make use of the QPST Software Download program.
I need a phone image file. I suspect it can be extracted from a working Note 4 by taking a complete system image, but I don't have access to a working Note 4. <--- Help on this anyone?
I am sure that just about any Qualcomm chipset can be repaired using this tool (It's the factory tool after all) with the right files and familiarity. :victory:
The catch? Don't come crying to me for files, I'm looking for them myself too!
Warning :- Don't download or install any QPST that goes by version 4.2.2! It contains a keylogger. You can find the relevant post elsewhere on the XDA site.
Happy hunting for a solution and if you find one I wanna know cause I wanna use it too! :highfive:

Here is the debrick image for n910t epg2 6.0.1

I made this debrick image from epg2 6.0.1 firmware.
Download link https://mega.nz/#!Occ0hbxT!WaScVzQ2CPb9GxUD2Kqy2GKwm8jv1Z7YSbxwE_SpEzA

How does the actual "debricking" process work? Is it a case where you are fooling the phone into believing that it is updating to a newer bootloader or modem?

with no info on this i wouldnt flash anything.

monkeyass408 said:
with no info on this i wouldnt flash anything.
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It worked on my phone since I have the EPG2 firmware. I just did it today.

Kevindroid said:
It worked on my phone since I have the EPG2 firmware. I just did it today.
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Can you have a guide for other noobs like me ? when will i need this img and how does it save my phone ?

tuilalnvinh said:
Can you have a guide for other noobs like me ? when will i need this img and how does it save my phone ?
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Here! Just following Trex888 instruction, it's post #4!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/help/hardbricked-note-4-help-t3448834

what steps should I follow? You could use any memory? pleace help me

When My Note 4 Hard bricked I Followed the instructions in this post, it also used a Debrick img from Trex888 (thanks for the img you saved me) so you might want to grab the new img from here and follow the steps in the post linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/help/galaxy-note-4-n910t-fixed-hard-bricked-t3466547
Gobling Ganf said:
what steps should I follow? You could use any memory? please help me
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my pc detects note 4 brick as qhsusb_bulk can do the same procedure?

Gobling Ganf said:
my pc detects note 4 brick as qhsusb_bulk can do the same procedure?
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Yes your device is bricked.
Follow instructions carefully and be patient.
Download qualcomm usb drivers
Download debrick.image
Download win32 disk imager software
And write debrick image to fully formated microsd card using win32 disk imager
Put micro sd card in phone and try boot normally
If doesn't boot try hold power button for few seconds
If doesn't work try whole procedure again.
Once came back to life flash stock firmware in odin VERY IMPORTANT
You messed up device so be patient to bring back to life

Hi, upload the link again, you can
this link always falls but the other does not.
thanks bro.
or someone who has it please share it with me.

910F bricked..need help after creating.img on card

Hey guys..in fact I originally had one problem/question, but since I managed to brick my phone, I now have 2 questions. Hope you can help me with at least the one I need to unbrick the phone and later on, after bringing my phone back to life (I hope), I´ll ask the less important one. If you dont want to read it all, please go to the last paragraph to see the final problem and question.
So here´s what happened. As I was trying out different kernels on a Note7 ROM for my 910F, I managed to brick my phone. Originally the phone would not boot into recovery and gives me the message that there is a problem with firmware..as I tried to boot in download mode to flash stock ROM and get back to it, Odin gives me the message FAIL in red colour. I tried flashing again and then another stock ROM and again the problem persisted. It came to the point where the phone would now say that it couldnt read mmc (non-partition message in ODIN). After several hours (still counting) of searching both here at XDA and outside I finally managed to understand how to create a image recovery into a sd card and so I did it.
I used Win32DiskImager to write this image ( mega:///#F!QIMmFRIT!Ns3AM-n0FUoMqOOWUif9ng ) into my sd card. With phone off I inserted battery and then card and booted into download mode...SUCCESS...no more mmc message at the top left of screen, but still I cant manage to flash any stock ROM and FAIL message keeps coming. One time it said PIT not recognized and I used a SM-N910F_32GB.pit and it said PASS, but if I try and flash with ROM still fails. In the instructions it says I need to flash at the same time the SM-N910F_32GB.pit, a BL,a AP and a CP, but I cant find any BL and CP to any specific AP. Is this the solution or I am missing something here? Please help..my phone is bricked and my s4 cant manage to be my daily driver no more.
Thanks everyone

Have you referred this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3488114
Reporting Via N910G

yashthemw said:
Have you referred this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3488114
Reporting Via N910G
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Hello friend and thank you for your reply. I don´t know how I missed that thread, but I´m glad you told me about it cause it had exactly the missing components I needed to solve my problem. But a new one just emerged with it.
I´ll be posting there from now on. Thanks again

NOTE 4 Hard brick, Fixed

Hi All
I have posted in this forum along with a lot of other with bad note 4 problems, in this thread here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...restarting-t3348821/post71863607#post71863607.
There seems to be a lot of crap and useful stuff on there. Anyway starting a new thread to share my fix for my note 4 whick seemed hard bricked, but after a month i gave it another go after reading stuff about fixing the hard boot.
I found this link worked for my note N910w8 candian version...
https://pastebin.com/7KQxRRNF. I used the windisk version to get files onto the SD card.
This seemed to work and i was able to get into download mode. At step 21) Click the blue folder icon and navingate to the root folder. Open the file "".
The quotation marks should be file SD4GB.WinDI.IMG, i assume... This is a big file and i had a recovery img file from all my rooting around on the net. So i did not use this file.
When it came to using odin to write files, I tried steps 28 to 31, using the
BL (Bootloader)
 AP (PLATFORM)
 CP(MODEM)
 and CSC. files.
However this failed, it reported missing PIT file.
So try no.2 i followed the steps in the Open the PDF "(14-96) Boot Recovery Guide_Qualcomm_APQ8084 (includes SM-N910F) Rev 3_0.pdf" where you also can follow the steps.
And i follwed step 2-5 and on;y used the PIT file and BL file.
And odin passed and my phone rebooted:laugh::laugh::laugh::good::good::good::good: So pretty stocked.
I do not understand the technical use of PIt fies etc. From what i have read you can get it wrong but hey my phone was useless so i could not stuff it anymore.
Anyway hope this can help some of the frustrated NOTE 4 users out there..
PS. This has got my phone up and running but does not guarnetee that it is fixed, As its comes up with ddi:mmc read fail in download mode, so the mmc could be no good.
Cheers

All information regarding this is available in this thead.
Had you referred this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=69319580
Sent from my SM-N910G using Tapatalk