[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] vipa:
Fix for 7.3 Rom Installation Issues (No Boot from clean install))

While trying to flash KD 7.3 from a safe GB kernel (used both abyss and thor) , with full wipe BEFORE flashing this rom (wiping/formating: data, cache, dalvik-cache and system).

I faced permanent problem - the rome does not boot, getting stuck at the first "...Galaxy Note N7000" text screen.

I tried to see where the problem is via adb after I flashed the rom (BEFORE rebooting the system) and here are the strange things I saw:

1. Nothing was copied to the /system folder except for the mods that were selected during Aroma setup.

For example, here is content of the /system/app folder:

/system/app # ls
ls
AccuweatherDaemon.apk GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
AccuweatherWidget.apk Mms.apk
AccuweatherWidget_Main.apk MusicFX.apk
AwesomeBEATS.apk Phone.apk
Camera.apk Phone_Util.apk
ClockPackage.apk SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk
Contacts.apk SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk
DigitalClock.apk SecLauncher2.apk
Email.apk Superuser.apk
FmRadio.apk SystemUI.apk
Gallery3D.apk YouTube.apk
GoogleMusic.apk
/system/app #

2. And here is content of the build.prop file:

/system # cat build.prop
cat build.prop
ro.sf.lcd_density=320
#KingDroid Tweaks
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
ro.HOME_APP_MEM=2048
#Wifi scan interval
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=240
#makes apps load faster and frees more ram
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=v,o=y
#Faster Scrolling
ro.max.fling_velocity=14000
ro.min.fling_velocity=8000
persist.sys.shutdown.mode=hibernate
#Enable GPU Acceleration
debug.sf.hw=1
video.accelerate.hw=1
debug.performance.tuning=1
debug.egl.profiler=1
debug.egl.hw=1
debug.composition.type=gpu
#Ui Tweaks
windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=340
#Disable usb debugging notification
persist.adb.notify=0
#Remove Ring Delay
ro.telephony.call_ring.delay=1
mot.proximity.delay=25
#Save Some battery
pm.sleep_mode=1
power.saving.mode=1
#USB Storage
persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb
#More
dalvik.vm.execution-mode int:jit
ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0
ro.kernel.checkjni=0
ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0
# Disable Sending Usage Data
ro.config.nocheckin=1
# net
net.tcp.buffersize.default= 4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.wifi=4096, 87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.umts=4096, 87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.gprs=4096, 87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.edge=4096, 87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
# media
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=8000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=8000000
# performance ui
dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=128m
dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=128m
dalvik.vm.heapsize=256m
# Support for Sony Bravia Engine
ro.service.swiqi.supported=true
persist.service.swiqi.enable=1

It looks like the mod settings are working perfect and should not screw any previous installation of Kingdroid rom, but real fresh installation is not working well.

Unfortunately aroma does not log much usful infomation and it is not easy to say where exactly the problem is, is it the updater-script?

Starting AROMA INSTALLER version 2.00
(c) 2012 by amarullz xda-developers

aroma/s: Open Archive
aroma/s: Initializing Resource
aroma/s: Opening Freetype
aroma/s: Mute Parent
aroma/s: Starting Interface
aroma/s: Close Graph Thread
aroma/s: Unmute Parent

AROMA INSTALLER Finished...
aroma/s: Starting Release
aroma/s: Font Released
aroma/s: Input Released
aroma/s: Archive Released
aroma/s: Closing Freetype
aroma/s: Graph Released
aroma/s: Cleanup Temporary
aroma/s: Check For Reboot
aroma/s: Closing Recovery Pipe

Install complete.

If i may suggest where to look then in updater-script: "seleced.0" var below seem to be wrong as it does not exist in actual wipe.prop. and "selected.1" should be "selected.2"

Line 26: file_getprop("/tmp/aroma-data/wipe.prop","selected.0") == "2"
Line 59: file_getprop("/tmp/aroma-data/wipe.prop","selected.1") == "2"

I.e. I have selected "No wipe" option with FULL rom installation and 320 dpi - the wipe.prop says:

/tmp/aroma # cat wipe.prop
cat wipe.prop
selected.1=1
selected.2=2
selected.3=1

Once I fixed that everything went fine and the rom booted OK.

Just replace attaced updater-script (extract it from attached zip first) in the KD 7.3 rom zip file and everything should work as planned by mighty Petking and the team - Muchas gracias a vosotros!!! :good:.