[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] schaggo:
Well, to be blunt: it seems to (more or less :p ) work for everyone else in here. It must be something quite specific to you two. Escpecially if you tried with several devices. It's either your equippment, your technique or somethings really different from everyone else in here. Let's see if we can find out.

So you flashed to a completely stock LA3? Without root, without anything? Just to check if the file is ok? And then flashed back to some older version, rooted and now you're trying to update from there to LA3? Is that correct?

You used MobileODIN to flash, correct? Or, second possibility, you didnt put the "modem" file in /sdcard/external_sd/firmware. Or, thrid possibility: somethings really borked with what you did or what you have, because...

...this definitely shouldn't happen. Something went wrong while or before finishing the flash of the CSC. I feel confirmed by this, which is a CSC issue:

Recommendation: forget what you did, flash back to any (older) stock firmware with ODIN (on PC, via USB). Then root that. Then reapply the update to LA3.

Or, fourth option: you are misunderstanding things. Because both apps, MobileODIN as well as CWM have a string clearly stating "Kernel". I would do as recommended above. Flash to stock and start from scratch.

Since main Android development on Gingerbread basically came to a halt, there's very little difference between the releases. I dare to say, they are practically identical. So it doesn't really matter what kernel you use, it could be anyone available since the public release of the Note. Ok, maybe not a 2.3.5 kernel, but any 2.3.6 based kernel available.

What you proposed would result in you losing the custom recovery. Since you'd be running a stock kernel without clockworkmod recovery. I'd stay with a custom kernel or CF-Root LA1 and flash LA3 when it comes out. In case interested: I use FM 2.0 with LA3 and with the settings I use it with, my Note flies.

Poor you. I did the same 1.5 months ago. It's just that I was on HTC Androids since 2008. I had really hard 1.5 months till today :D Anyway, let's see...

That's the sales region the device was intended for. It has an influence on the settings and (in case of branded devices) custom apps the device comes preloaded with. And that's it already. No other implications. Software is totally - by losing original warranty of course - interchangeable.

See above, including all consequences.

To be a little more precise: if you want to hand your device in for warranty reasons, it should be loaded with a ROM which corresponds to it's original sales region. But stock as in a piece of unaltered software coming from Samsung: you can load it with whatever you like. All ROMs made for any GT-N7000 are usable on all GT-N7000. It does look different with Korean and later possibly US devices. But strictly speaking, they only share the case with "our" GT-N7000, inside they are completely different devices. Kinda like DesireZ and G2, but not quite, since the differences between those two were rather minor while Korean and "global" Notes do differ significantly: a different board and chipset. So basically different in any aspect possible :)

See above, and then above above.

Don't be. It's all still very easy. Everything published until now is fully compatible with your device. Don't let the Korean and US Notes confuse you: I've seen 1 (one) Korean guy asking for information regarding his Note, so the Koreans are not here. And the US devices are not yet released. So, as I said: everything you'll find on xda until the present day is fully compatible with your device.

I probably have the same device as you, mine came preloaded as XXKK5. My exact model was indended for the AUT (Switzerland) sales region. I'm running a XEU - UK sales region - ROM right now. No problemo. But as you should know already coming from an Android device: Android is multi-locale, the language of the user interface is not decided by the country you live in, it's freely chosable by the user. And English you'll find in every ROM out there, updating to newer software is rather a problem for the more exotic languages as, for example, Portuguese, which isn't included worldwide on any release, as for example, Enlish ;)

Used Google. Took me 4 seconds to find and about 40 more to evaluate the list if applicable to the Note: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1069924

Guys, no offense, but please do use the forum search, if nothing usable found, use Google, if nothing usable found, come here and ask. Not the other way round, please. Ok?