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Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

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Originally Posted by Virtuality (Post 1227132)

Hey Guys,

Today I bought a new samsung galaxy note but I found out 2 things that surprised me:

1- First thing is that the phone has a label that says : " Made By Samsung"

2- Second thing is that the phone is new but it came with ICS 4.03.

Why is it that the phone is "made by samsung" ? And shouldn't the phone come with gingerbread and not ICS?

Please guys any help is appreciated because this made me worried.
Thanks,

Where did you bought it?

the street? Yes you should be worried.

In store? No you should not be worried

Why are are you worried about that?

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

Goto Settings > About Phone

Paste all the details here, I'll tell you if its counterfeit.
Btw, how much did it set you back?

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

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Originally Posted by Kangal (Post 1227144)

Goto Settings > About Phone

Paste all the details here, I'll tell you if its counterfeit.
Btw, how much did it set you back?

This is a screenshot of settings about phone
Till now I am happy with the phone I've been waiting a lot for this phone.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

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Originally Posted by Chuck Norris (Post 1227134)

Where did you bought it?

the street? Yes you should be worried.

In store? No you should not be worried

Why are are you worried about that?

I mean shouldn't it be made in germany or korea instead of made by samsung?
I got the phone from a store but not from an official samsung store.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

I don't understand the "Made by Samsung" moniker.

Anyways, just from reading the kernel you have a REAL note, not a counterfeit.
Now for the bad news, you've got the "Super Brick" kernel so flashing a rom will be devastating to your phone (if you've got a affected motherboard/emmc). Even using your phone normally theres a chance you'll brick it under heavy IO use case (large file copy/delete/intensive application).

You need to install Odin PRO to your computer and flash Franco's r5 kernel to cure SuperBrick.
(optional) Then use ChainFire's Triangle Away application to conserve warranty.
Use the custom recovery to make a Nandroid backup, also backup your EFS.
If you want to experiment with custom roms and kernels then its a good idea to also backup (contacts, call logs, sms, apps) with various Free Apps from the Market.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

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Originally Posted by Kangal (Post 1227467)

The problem is that this is my first android device. I do not know any thing about Odin Pro or flashing Franco's r5 kernel. I am new to android. Isn't there a more illustrated guide that you know about? I am afraid to do something wrong and brick my device.

I have another question, My galaxy note is a brand new one and the box was sealed and when I unsealed the box and turned the phone on it was originally on ICS 4.0.3. So, doesn't that mean that the ICS was originally updated by Samsung and thus the super-brick bug won't be included or solved?

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

^ Afraid not.

It's fairly easy, just search XDA/Google. Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=uv2oGo1_yTQ

Your basically putting the phone into Download Mode (Power + Home + Vol-)
Getting it connected to your computer, and Odin recognizing it (Yellow Comm Box).
Click on "PDA" and select the Franco r5 kernel (r6 sucks).
Let it install, the phone will restart itself, everything should work as normal.
But in Settings>About Phone the details would change for the Kernel info.
You'll have root and busybox installed, and the erase_mmc_cap Bug deleted (no superbricks)
You'll also have a custom recovery, so that its easy to install other kernels and roms.
... though you've voided the warranty, it leaves a stain in the phone.
You can remove the stain, to retain warranty, grab ChainFire's TriangleAway App.
(its hard the first time, but afterwards you'll understand what does what, and how you do it, its easy)

If it looks too difficult, then don't make the jump. You are responsible for your property, remember that.

#rant

Samsung are not developers, they are "chefs" or "cookers". They're really not good at making a proper android firmware (kernel + rom). That's why you have the "bug".
With that said, Motorola block their bootloaders.
HTC makes it very very difficult to get root (and have the slowest and most bloated firmware out there).
ASUS uses pure Google code, easy root, though locked bootloader.
SONY uses mostly pure Google code, they make it hard to root but the bootloaders open.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

Nice post Kangal :)
Try also SpeedMod kernel - seems somewhat more stable than Franco's
(I'm still waiting for a kernel with swap enabled - no one wants to make and compile one for me :)

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

What versions have this super brick issue?

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note

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Originally Posted by Dave999 (Post 1228313)

What versions have this super brick issue?

90% of Galaxy NOTE's have "bad" emmc [hardware] states (incl. S2 and US Galaxy variants).

ALL Samsung ICS kernels (for N7000/i9220) including official and leaks have the emmc (superbrick) bug.

There's been a ~15% cases of bricks, so you can still wipe and use it, but you'll be tempting fate. And Samsung won't cover your warranty either.

Its just logical to use the Safe-TouchWizz kernels (CF, SpeedMod, Franco). They're all equal in terms of stability, but I prefer Franco r5 because you can choose a decent governer (pegasuq, lulzactiv, smartassV2, ondemand) and OC and UV slightly (you cannot on r6.

For aosp kernels, the CM9 nightlies have been great. Thor is overrated, until I tried his new v15 which is leaps and bounds better than his v11/v12/v13. So thor v15 > CM9 kernel >> thor v13etc etc