My Note 8 has been plague with "gpsd" draining the battery for a few days. Battery can drain in just one day. Suddenly today the problem disappear. No more "gpsd" running in the background. GPS & not even wifi or data enabled but the problem solved itself.

Hi fellow Note 8 users, my sis' Note 8 face some "E:failed to mount /ef (invalid argument)" error. And I can't really recall how to fix this. I do have EFS backup, just the matter to restore it I got no idea where to start. Any help? Thanks in advance.

Use Kies to recover.

http://rescueroot.com/android/how-to-reins...-by-using-kies/

Flashing stock firmware solve EFS issue?

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This post has been edited by petunia: Aug 5 2015, 09:12 PM

I googled, reloading the stock firmware will fix the problem though. Read this:-
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-g...d-argument.html

few days trying to solve the issue, still working progress. No real solution.. kies seems to unable to download the stock firmware with some "the firmware is not available/unable to download" error.

use odin.

any link?

download the software at sammobile then use odin to flash.

http://androidjinn.com/install-n5100xxdnj2...0-gt-n5100.html

So I've use Odin to flash stock 4.2 2 rom, still the problem of /efs persist (appear on stock Recovery menu). Now dowloading 4.4.2 wanna see how.

The note 8.0 still got warranty till this Nov, should I just send to them to repair? Will they accept the unit as the counter already been counted?

If EFS just corrupted like that without anything being done, should be hardware/storage related failure already I think. Even if you had managed to fix the partition (recreate partition and remount), it would be temporary

If it was under warranty, then should not have tried to fix it by flashing... as no way to reset the counter unless you managed to fully boot up and run TriangleAway... best thing now is to send for warranty claim and claim ignorance of counter... (ask your sis to blame brother loh if really get asked about the counter)

Now I got 2 unit Note 8.0 which I sold to my sisters, which having same problem, begin with blinking screen, later on, bootloop at Samsung logo. Both are about to be sent to Samsung Service Centre. Idk if they manage to claim the warranty as 1 unit got counter, another no counter yet. Now I'm waiting for their feedback. I tried everything on net on how to fix the issue, and I can't really solve as, Idk what was really happeend to the Note 8.0 before the problem happened. I suspect Samsung tried to update firmware and both of my sis click "OK".

Wish you good luck then for the warranty!
You could be right on the OTA updates causing it...
Being a user of multiple Samsung products now, I always prefer to flash the new stock ROM myself (using ODIN pc version) rather than do OTA updates due to the chances of things going wrong (Always hear of it happening especially on Samsung phones). And using ODIN pc version doesn't increment the counter if flashing stock ROM.

This is annoying, gpsd keep draining my phone battery. I tried trace back what software was trying to use gpsd & it was "system". I already tried the usual; turn off gpsd, turn off location service, Turn off remote control.

Missed my note 8, sold it off recently.
It's a nice device actually.

What a bummer. My Note 8.0 cannot charge till it died. Sent to service centre to change the charger/usb port.
Then received call from them stating need to change the usb port AND motherboard. Cost around RM830..!!?

I laughed and said that last time i bought the whole set brand new at RM850. Take back my Note 8.0 and now become paperweight. R.I.P

No one still using this note 8.0?

I'm still using it eventhough now drooling over tab A specs...

Passed to my niece, she likes it a lot. Currently using Tab S2