[UPDATE 12/24/13 ] SOLVED! Hard-bricked? Un-hard brick using sd card SM-N900T/N9005

[ecs87]

@ecs87 @msmercy42, have you noted which SDCard did the trick for you or anyone with a success story on Note 3?

I am trying the same http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2638849 however with a Lexar Class 10 32GB, I was not able to boot a hard bricked Note 3. I verified that partitions were written to the sdcard using parted.

Thanks

That'd be a good thing to document. Some guys have used a 64GB card. Maybe the 32 isn't enough to have all of the needed partitions?

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[noobtoob]

That'd be a good thing to document. Some guys have used a 64GB card. Maybe the 32 isn't enough to have all of the needed partitions?

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From what we discovered... It has to be as big or bigger than the internal storage. In the s4 forums they were able to use 16 GB, but my 16 gb I sent out to mercy didn't work on the Notre 3, yet the 32 did. Same image and everything.

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[Crash]

hi guys

I try to search on the post but can find an img for the N900

I have a friend that i try to help

hugs

 

[ecs87]

hi guys

I try to search on the post but can find an img for the N900

I have a friend that i try to help

hugs

If you can find someone with a working N900, @shabbypenguin has a tool out there that'll make the image from it so that you can write it to an sd card. Or if you want to do it manually, there's dd if commands throughout this thread that you can use in a terminal on the working device to create the image.

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[ecs87]

@connexion2005 It's been a while and I haven't received anything yet. By any chance do you have a tracking number on that?

 

[M1k3Carson1369]

Hey, my friend hard-bricked his sm-n900a, and is having trouble undoing it... said hes tried a 32gb sd, and had the files and all that...
Im not sure which files hes used, etc. But if anyone has the debrick.img for the n900a could I get a dl link pls? Im gonna try to go fix it for him...
Thanks in advance.


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[ecs87]

Hey, my friend hard-bricked his sm-n900a, and is having trouble undoing it... said hes tried a 32gb sd, and had the files and all that...
Im not sure which files hes used, etc. But if anyone has the debrick.img for the n900a could I get a dl link pls? Im gonna try to go fix it for him...
Thanks in advance.


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The N900A was one of the first posts I came across while figuring out this whole procedure. I think I searched for N900A sd card unbrick on google. It should bring you to (I think it was) Shabby's thread where he has all of the instructions and files.

If it's still not working I'd try another SD card. IIRC some people had to go through a few sd cards before it booted

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[M1k3Carson1369]

The N900A was one of the first posts I came across while figuring out this whole procedure. I think I searched for N900A sd card unbrick on google. It should bring you to (I think it was) Shabby's thread where he has all of the instructions and files.

If it's still not working I'd try another SD card. IIRC some people had to go through a few sd cards before it booted

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Okay, I'll see what I can find... Gotta read through these forums, he says there are some ppl that got it to work with 2/4gb sd cards, and he's gone through a couple 2gb, cards, a 4gb, a 8gb, a 16gb, and a 32gb, lmao...

 

[ecs87]

We figured out that you moat likely need to use an SD card with a similar size to the internal storage of the device. I meant different brand SD Cards. I know one of the SD Cards I have at work will NOT apply .zip firmware updates for HTC phones through the bootloader but my other SD card will. Same exact file. Same method of transferring to the card. One just doesn't "fully" work whereas the other one does.

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[M1k3Carson1369]

We figured out that you moat likely need to use an SD card with a similar size to the internal storage of the device. I meant different brand SD Cards. I know one of the SD Cards I have at work will NOT apply .zip firmware updates for HTC phones through the bootloader but my other SD card will. Same exact file. Same method of transferring to the card. One just doesn't "fully" work whereas the other one does.

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Ok... Well I just tried doing it all the same way I did with the T-Mobile one a while back, at the begining of all this thread... (BTW, REALLY glad this method was expanded to work with almost aall the other galaxy devices, effin' amazing...)
Anyhow, I read somewhere (I should have noted where) that if the Note3 was on the newer bootloader that the image would not work. I used the img file from the thread in AT&T NOTE3 Thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476353) and to no avail. On different brands (Kingston, Sandisk, Lexar, Toshiba, Samsung, etc)...
IDK if that image is ML9 or M19... But If anyone has a N900A, I know it's pretty easy to generate the Debrick.img, It would be awesome to get a dl link for one. If you have any other ideas, please let me know. Thanks Thus far. Ima post in that thread too...

*EDIT
I mean if anyone has a N900A on a newer Build, if I could get them to make an img from that...

 

[ecs87]

Oh...damn. I completely forgot about that. Newer hard bricked phone on an older image might not work. I'll ask my boss to bring in a N900A tomorrow and I'll grab it for you if no one else has.

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[M1k3Carson1369]

Oh...damn. I completely forgot about that. Newer hard bricked phone on an older image might not work. I'll ask my boss to bring in a N900A tomorrow and I'll grab it for you if no one else has.

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Awesome, that'd be so great, thanks thanks so much! Let me know. [email protected] thanks!

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[ecs87]

Boss forgot it at home. I'll try to remind him tomorrow.

 

[M1k3Carson1369]

Shoot. Lol.
Alright, thanks again.

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[ecs87]

Lucked out. Someone just walked in with a N900A. I was able to grab it. https://www.mediafire.com/?9p0j7zqc706lldh

 

[M1k3Carson1369]

Lucked out. Someone just walked in with a N900A. I was able to grab it. https://www.mediafire.com/?9p0j7zqc706lldh

OMG, thank you so much! I;'m gonna dl and try it now! I'll let you know!

Edit* Any chance you remember what build it was on?

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Lucked out. Someone just walked in with a N900A. I was able to grab it. https://www.mediafire.com/?9p0j7zqc706lldh

HAHAHAHA!!!! GOT IT! Thanks ecs87! Im gonna upload the file to Drive, and post a link in the N900A thread, (courtesy of you), if that's ok.

*edit or should I just post the link you gave me? Idk if you wanted alot of traffic on it... Let me know, =]

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@ecs87

My friend says thanks a ton, he owes you homie-head...

 

[ecs87]

I'm pretty sure it was on a 4.3 build. I forgot to note the exact build number. It definitely wasn't on 4.4.2 though. And feel free to post it wherever or upload it to your own space and post the URL from there. I don't mind either way.

You're welcome. Glad it worked out. I'm ok on the homie head but a simple thanks button hit will suffice!

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[M1k3Carson1369]

Lmao. Well I posted YOUR url in the at&t note 3 thread. Gonna UL to Drive and post that too.

I got it into ODIN and flashed the 4.3 .pit, bl, ap, & cp, files and it took fine so it was likely on 4.3. Thanks again.

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[msmercy42]

Sorry about the long delay.. i was in a disastrous spot ever since 12/27/13..
anyway, i can confirm i unbricked using this method, with a sandisk ultra 32 gig uhc-1 sd card! Confirmed successful boot into odin mode (download mode normally), flashed stock firmware, and back on, using the note 3 now, hurray for all!

 

[bogddy87]

hello ppl,

one friend of mine have a "small" problem.i don t know how but he was able cu hardbrick his device.it is an n900l, korean version.it s there any unbrick img for his version? i ve readed a few pages here but didn t find what i need to help him.

10x in advance guys.any help will be appreciated

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