Samsung working on Emmc brick fix

androidindian · 06:26 AM

Samsung working on Emmc brick fix

More info and source credits here, thanks to codeworkx https://plus.google.com/111398485184...ts/21pTYfTsCkB.

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ATTENTION:
We've contacted Samsung about the problem where performing a mmc erase could hardbrick your phone (i9100, i9100g, n7000, m250 - MAG4FA, VYL00M, and KYL00M with firmware revision 0x19 // T989 and I727 with fw rev 0x12) if it's having a faulty emmc chip.
Read this thread for more informations about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1644364

They're working as hard as possible on a clean solution which will be ready soon.

Please be patient and try to not flash any leaked kernels or kernels based on sources where MMC_CAP_ERASE is present.

This app http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...74&postcount=1 can be used to identify if your phone is affected or not.

CM9 kernels are safe to flash.

Please share!

Update 14:56 CEST:
Patches will be out in form of new official ROMs and also sourcecode releases after testing, which might take some time.

New Clarifications by Entropy : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=403 - Must Read.

To check whether your phone has the brick bug, download the Got Brickbug app from Chainfire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1693704

Also do read the article on xda for more info.: http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...hardbrick-fix/

sc00by666 · 8th June 2012, 10:40 AM

Nice!

prasad.adam · 8th June 2012, 10:46 AM

That is a really good news after some time.

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calvincarlos · 8th June 2012, 11:06 AM

Good news!
Looking forward to see how Samsung solve this nightmare

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gominolo2002 · 8th June 2012, 11:17 AM

How many time to fix this Samsung BUG? How maby people need ti brick our 600€? If samsung knows why no first before? Grrrrr...

All hard work its from XDA devs!!!! Thank you devs!!

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nandihno · 8th June 2012, 11:17 AM

Hmmm don't want to get my hopes up
But hmmm ok let's hope saw but how do we know is true ?

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androidindian · 8th June 2012, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nandihno

Hmmm don't want to get my hopes up
But hmmm ok let's hope saw but how do we know is true ?

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Teamhacksung dev codeworkx been in touch with Sammy guys so its genuine news...check link in op :)

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jermitano · 8th June 2012, 12:58 PM

at least we now have some hope...hopefully...

ripnetuk · 8th June 2012, 02:13 PM

So to be clear...

Can someone confirm the following is correct please?

I have a N7000 on official (german) ICS, with the dodgy mmc chip. I must have been lucky since ive flashed a bunch of roms (including CM9, back to gingerbread, then official ICS) without issue. Ive also done a few CWM backup and restores... phew!

1. Flashing anything from the phone itself (eg using mobile odin or CWM recovery) is a no-go (assuming it issues the erase command)

2. Flashing from the PC is OK ??? (via desktop ODIN)?

If 2 is untrue, how is sammy gonna issue an update (with the erase capability turned off) without bricking a load of phones during the update process? can they maybe provide a custom app which re-flashes the kernel without doing an erase first?

thanks

George

nandihno · 8th June 2012, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ripnetuk

Can someone confirm the following is correct please?

I have a N7000 on official (german) ICS, with the dodgy mmc chip. I must have been lucky since ive flashed a bunch of roms (including CM9, back to gingerbread, then official ICS) without issue. Ive also done a few CWM backup and restores... phew!

1. Flashing anything from the phone itself (eg using mobile odin or CWM recovery) is a no-go (assuming it issues the erase command)

2. Flashing from the PC is OK ??? (via desktop ODIN)?

If 2 is untrue, how is sammy gonna issue an update (with the erase capability turned off) without bricking a load of phones during the update process? can they maybe provide a custom app which re-flashes the kernel without doing an erase first?

thanks

George

Flashing is not the problem but wiping is
So if they release a new update then simply don't wipe on your ics but wipe only after you install the new update
If however you want to be extra careful like I am
Flash a gb rom via odin then wipe that then flash said ics update via Odin

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