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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
A quick update on Sakuramilk's CM9 port for SC05D.

So far, so good. some issues:

1. Phone works, but GSM radio dropped once for the past 24hrs (similar issue i had when it was on stock rom, so it could just be my device).

2. Nova launcher couldn't stick properly despite being set as default launcher.

3. Both cameras work, but camera loses touch to focus (can still focus, just at the centre; I blame samsung for using proprietary code).

4. GPS, despite seeing lots of satellites, is unreliable (supposedly fixed in CM9 stable, but i don't know if this port is branch from stable or nightly).

5. Download content from internal memory or sdcard to computer can be done via USB mass storage mode (faster), though MTP mode is available in setting.

6. Battery is ok, IMHO, 100% drop to 70% for a 9hrs period, with just over 1hr of screen-on time; during idle, phone eats 3% battery per hour.

7. Adobe flash works (tested with iplayer + mediaplayer apps), pleasant surprise; most apps works.

8. S-pen works. Obviously we lost S-pen and S-memo apps as they are not part of the Android AOSP. Search market for 3rd party apps [FreeNote, Jotter(for galaxy note), etc.]

9. Accelerometer a bit wonky (again i suspect it's samsung's fault).

10. Light sensor is crap (another known issue of CM9; samsung's hardware is hard to patch). Auto-brightness of screen is unreliable to say the least.

11. Sakuramilk's kernel doesn't support OC to 1.6GHz, and it is reflected in Quadrant benchmark score (formerly @1.6GHz, ~3700, now @1.5GH, only ~3200). Having said that, the system is smooth. It's not buttery smooth, but it's smooth and not laggy at all. The difference, IMHO, is quite tangible.

Sakuramilk mentioned a new built of the CM9 port shall be post later today, which i assume is an update that would have incorporated the Volume fix. You can follow his/her twitter feed to find out more https://twitter.com/sakuramilk .

NB. read a bit more about the eMMC bugs and CWM. it seems the condition to trigger the bug is more specific than i first thought. it first reported during the time (July, i think) when some sammy ICS(4.0.3) test roms were leaked. The kernel of those roms contain a erase command that could cause devices with buggy eMMC chip (SGS2, N7000, SC05D as well) to mess up data when a wipe factory reset or wipe cache was performed using ClockWorkMod (CWM). As it needs all 3 conditions to coincide to cause the problem, removing any one of those can solve the issue. I went back to CM9 threads for N7000 and i717, did a simple search on brick bug, some folks mentioned that CM9 kernel (those 4.0.4 ones) has been modified and the specific erase command has been disabled. The only way to prove that point is to test it, which i did, and my SC05D survived to tell the tale (i only wipe cache partition, as i want to test Sakuramilk's new built; I chickened out for performing the factory reset). This is for your reference only, as YMMV. I don't want you to take risk and turn your phone into an expensive paper weight. only use CWM as your last resort.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Thanks for the help guys! No problems here. Not sure if we've got any Windows 8 users here, but the terminal wouldn't recognize my phone upon mounting data. I used Ubuntu to finish the job. Just a little heads up for Windows 8 users. That said, I know that it can be a little tricky installing android drivers on Windows 8, so it may have been a usb driver installation issue
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] s2k7:
Thanx a great review.

Is there any seperate S-pen package for CM9?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
Sorry, I have no idea. You may need to search the N7000 section here in Xda to find out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mlhope:
Been running Sakuramilk's CM9 for the last two days. I'm happy, over all. A few things (bugs?) I've noticed:

1.) For some reason, whenever I plug in my headphones while I have an instance of Google Play Music running, it automatically starts playing a track that I previously had set as my ringtone prior to my CM9 install.

2.) If I use the inline controls on the stock GNote headphones + Google Play Music, it would restart the track I was playing. The behavior would migrate to the onboard volume rocker afterward.

* When I removed the headphones, killed the Play Music task, and plugged the headphones back in and restarted Play Music, the onboard volume rocker's normal functionality was restored.

3.) Capacitive touch response seems to get worse when plugged into USB?

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I'm not sure if those are bugs or if they have something to do with my set-up. But overall the ROM is very usable, and performance is much more bearable than the 4.0.3 TouchWiz for our device.

**On a final note, has anyone updated to the build in this post?: ttps://twitter.com/sakuramilk/status/263689526319382528

I'm wondering if there's a way to update without wiping?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
There is a patch for volume bug on blackzigong's post (https://twitter.com/sakuramilk/status/262548734733348865), have you flashed that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mlhope:
I'm pretty sure I did. The date in the kernel's name (About Phone) matches the one in the zip's name.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
I tried to reproduce the behaviour but couldn't. i did odin flash this rom (the newest one sakuramilk uploaded, https://twitter.com/sakuramilk/status/263689526319382528, which you mentioned in one of your post). i wiped cache partition using CWM, but that really is not recommended. Sakuramilk said something about CWM brick on its twitter feed (don't know their language well enough to understand, i'm afraid). mounting /data/, manual removal, and titanium restore is, although cumbersome, the safer opinion.

BTW, mobile network setting in this CM9 port is buggy; manual selection of carrier doesn't work, though choosing automatic selection seems to remedy that. APN setting (for using mobile data and MMS) needs to be enter manually. Carrier usually provide info on their websites.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Update

Sakuramilk updated CM9, kernel and CWM today.

https://github.com/kbc-developers/release/wiki/sc05d

New CWM is fixed a eMMC brick bug. (Thanks to @sakuramilk, @cooseezzz and @ecoco666.)

You can backup, restore, install zip, and wipe partitions with new CWM.

But he is not sure if it was fixed perfectly. (Some reports has already reported that it works fine.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Any tutorials about the order in which to flash? Should we run the zip files from cwm? Thanks a lot for the info! I look forward to trying this out!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
First of all, you have to flash fixed CWM.

Download [Recovery] CWM-based Galaxy Note Recovery V6 and flash it with Odin.

Then, you can flash latest CM9.

Download [ROM] CyanogenMod9 JP Remix for SC-05D and flash it with fixed CWM.

If you want to update newer ROM in future, you can do it with only flashing "[ROM] CyanogenMod9 JP Remix for SC-05D" with CWM.

Sorry for my poor English.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
You're English skill is great! Keep up the good work.

Thanks for your help; I managed to figure it out earlier today, but I couldn't install the emmc brick zip file. I haven't had any issues, so I guess everything is cool. Thanks a lot!

If I want to update to a newer Rom (when available), how do I do it? Through the system settings, gntweak, or some other way?

Thanks again for everything!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
You failed to flash zip?

Fixed CWM work fine on my SC05D.

To update, use fixed CWM.

A rom will be released in future is a flashable zip with CWM.

The flashable zip contains kernel, system files and every requirements.

You can update with only flashing zip. Odin is unnecessary.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Thanks for the info! I tried to flash the "sc05d_emmc_backup_r0". Hehe, it didn't flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Spanakopita:
Sorry to drag the thread back to this, but for the moment, I want to root my SC-05D without flashing a new ROM. I was thinking of trying this method, but there are a few things that aren't clear.

Does the OS version on the phone make a difference? Can I use this with the 4.0.4 ICS that the SC-05D currently runs, or is it meant for Gingerbread?

When I flash with ODIN, do I use the BOOTLOADER box or the PDA box?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Akula29:
Hello.

Which languages ​​are in this CM9 ROM,is German available in this ROM?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
German is available.

This rom is based on SGH-i717's CM9.

If SGH-i717's CM9 supports your language, SC05D's CM9 also does.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
HI. That method is for stock SC05D ICS; i don't think it works on gingerbread (though i haven't tried). load the file in PDA when flash with odin (i tried odin3v3.04 and v1.85, both works).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
It's for ICS phones exclusive use, not for Gingerbread.

I think your phone will become a bootloop (recoverable with Odin) if you flash it to Gingerbread one.

An easier way to root your SC-05D is the method uses CWM .

Flash CWM with Odin, then flash superuser with CWM.

CWM: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6581712/SC-05D/recovery/SC05D-ICS-KBC-CWM-V6.0.1.2_r12-recovery.7z

Superuser for ICS: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=981713&d=1333520464

Superuser for Gingerbread: http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.6-efgh-signed.zip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
whether using CWM or odin, we still need an insecure kernel before adding superuser/superSU. is that right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Spanakopita:
How is CWM easier? That's two flashes versus one for the insecure boot image. :confused:

I flashed the boot image posted by dchn2, installed superuser from the PLAY store and everything worked. :cowboy:

I can see that CWM might be useful if I decide to change ROMs in the future, but I'm probably a few months away from doing that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Sorry, but I misunderstood something.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Is there a way to fix the navigation compass? The ish is killing me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
blackzigong was right when it comes to CWM, buddy. if the kernel patch is in CWM format, we don't need a computer to flash. there is a mobile-odin app by "Chainfire", yet that's a paid app.

---------- Post added at 01:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:32 PM ----------

i know the feeling. if you use "Z-device" to test compass, you'll see the signal is very unstable, and it's 90 degree of the polar alignment (meaning it points west where a proper compass is pointing north). the poor gps is likely to be caused by the wrong compass reference (despite the fact that GPS uses multiple satellite signals to triangulate position, why does it need another reference in the form of a dodgy phone compass? )

what makes the story even stranger is that some satnav programs (i tried Garmin's Navigon and google map) can give correct navigation when the vehicle is in motion, which suggests the app has ditched compass and use the map as reference. life is stranger than fiction, isn't it? :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mlhope:
Incredible. Thanks for posting the CM10 details. I've sent @sakuramilk a message of gratitude on Twitter in the best Japanese I could muster.

Unfortunately I'll have to forego this release for now. I use S-Pen quite a bit for productivity, so I'll keep an eye out for a version with that functionality. Thanks as always!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mlhope:
Hey everyone,

Saw that @sakuramilk reposted a link to their git today. I'm not sure if the current CM10 nightly is the same as posted above, however I've installed it and confirmed that stylus support is working, including pressure sensitivity.

It does seem like the pressure sensitivity is a bit off (very light touches don't register the same as they do on the stock rom, or even on CM9), but it's there. Here's the link to the git with the leading "h" removed:

ttps://github.com/kbc-developers/release/wiki/sc05d
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
We can use TweakGNT for free, but pay one is available on Play Store.

There is not difference of features between the two, but we can support sakuramilk to purchase.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sakuramilk.TweakGNT
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mlhope:
Are all of you SC-05D owners in Japan, too? Do you know if they've released the Google Play gift cards here yet, because I don't have a card to use on the Play Store, haha..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Spanakopita:
Compass problem-- worse than stock?

To those of you using CM9 or 10:

Is the issue with the compass worse than with stock ICS? I find the stock compass has also been terrible since the ICS upgrade. This is one of the big things stopping me from trying one of the other ROMs, since I use Google Navigation all time on my bicycle. It's already annoying that the compass arrow is always pointing the 90 - 180 degrees in the wrong direction, but if it's worse than that...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
You can fix the compass issue to flash this zip.

It is compatible with Any ICS/JB rom for SC05D include stock rom.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jirw679720esnzc/(Flashable)Fix_Compass_for_SC05D.zip

Thanks to @5zen_haa85440 and @sakuramilk to solve it !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Thank you! I'll give it a try!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] blaze0303:
I can't thank you enough for this!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
1-Click Port Tool for SC05D

"一撃ほむら" (1-Click Port Tool for SC05D) was released by @ecoco666.

It can port i717's rom to SC05D.

In other words, we can use custom roms for i717 such as PARANOIDANDROID on SC05D. That's amazing!

You can find it in their GitHub.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Spanakopita:
Sorry if the question is too obvious, but will ODIN flash (PDA) work for those of us not using CWM? :silly:

I was pretty aggressive when it came to flashing my old HTC Magic, but I'm being a lot more cautious with my Note.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Yes, I think it will work.

If you want to fix the compass issue without CWM, use Root Brower Lite to fix it.

1. Download sensors.msm8660.so

2. Copy sensors.msm8660.so to /system/lib/hw/ and set the permission to 644( rw-r--r--)

3. Reboot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Spanakopita:
Excellent! That worked perfectly! So nice to have a working compass again! :good:

Thanks again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] blaze0303:
Thanks to everyone for not making me hate this phone anymore :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
How to Port i717's Rom to SC05D

How to Port i717's Rom to SC05D

Thanks to @sakuramilk and @ecoco666 for their efforts.

You can port only AOSP roms such as PARANOIDANDROID and AOKP.

SAMSUNG roms such as Black Star rom are unportable.

Before starting, install JDK and set the PATH.

1. Download "Ichigeki Homura(一撃ほむら)" from their GitHub.

Ichigeki Homura is a 1-Click port tool for SC05D.

***Step No.2 was deleted.***

3. Download a custom rom for i717 which you want to port.

Do not port and flash N7000's, otherwise your phone will get bricked.

I downloaded LIQUIDSMOOTH by way of example.

4. Move the rom into the same directory as "make_JP_CompleteROM.cmd".

5. Run "make_JP_CompleteROM.cmd".

6. You can see this.

Choose "1" to port a IceCreamSandwich rom.

Choose "2" to port a JellyBean rom.

Choose "3" to see a description in Japanese.

Choose "4" to remove an old rom.

Choose "0" to exit.

LIQUIDSMOOTH is JellyBean one, so I chose "2".

7. Porting is in progress.

Signing the zip. This may take a while.

Done!

Then you can find JP_SC05D_JB_Complete.zip.

That's the ported rom and it is flashable with CWM.

Backup your data and flash it.

8. LIQUIDSMOOTH on SC05D!

If system apps such as Clock and android.process.acore get force closes, it is necessary to do factory reset in order to fix it.

If you feel it is troublesome to port, you can download ports from here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
many thanks for the detailed guide.

"Ichigeki_Homura_fixer.zip" is a CWM zip, somewhat different from what you described in step two. Are we supposed to flash it after we flashed the modified ROM we created? Thanks again for your effort.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Oops, I uploaded the wrong file.

This one is right. Ichigeki_Homura_Fixer_v2.zip

Thank you for letting me know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Is anyone else getting less than stellar battery life with CM10. It was pretty bad for me, so I had to go back to CM9. Are there any fixes?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] blaze0303:
Very glad that things are moving forward with this :) Happy flashing!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
recent CM10 ports (i only tried the latest) will force your phone to stay at max CPU all the time. phone never sleeps (or it entered sleep mode with CPU running at Max), hence the miserable battery life. I've gone back to 20121114 (release on 15/11) and i hope this version is immune from this bug.

with latest port (20121121)

with cm-10-20121114-SKRMLK-quincydcm

A follow-up: 20121114 version seems to perform better. SetCPU shows the CPU has entered lower frequency when the device is idle. Battery runs down at ~1-2%/hr when idle for the past few hours. I have forgotten if this is the one with compass patch merged with the rom, perhaps blackzigong can confirm that.

BTW, Samsung is not known for being friendly with developers of custom roms (one of CM maintainer Entropy has documented the long and arduous struggle of the CM team with samsung for info on SoC - the long saga is on G+, a bloody entertaining read, i must add) , so i'm not that surprised we have wonky CPU and dodgy HWcomposer in our notes. I'm thankful that CyanogenMod can run in my machine at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Thanks a lot for the info! I started using liquid smooth and battery life has improved dramatically. You might want to give it a try. Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
The compass patch were marged since 20121120 version.

I'm using 20121121 version, but the CPU control and deep sleep works well.

I wonder SetCPU or something prevents your phone from controlling CPU.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Which Rom do you guys feel promotes the highest level of battery longevity?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
FYI, i was on liquid smooth when i read your post. I flashed cm-10-20121120-KBC-quincydcm and the battery life deteriorated very quickly. it could be my dirty flash (just flash new rom over old one without factory reset), or it could be something else.

---------- Post added at 12:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:42 PM ----------

I made a mistake. the "latest" i was referring to was actually cm-10-20121120-KBC-quincydcm (i downloaded it on 21/11, so mentally i presumed it was called 20121121).

As for setCPU, no, its frequency and other settings weren't enabled, i merely using it to report CPU info and time in state. I did use the performance setting built-in of CM10 to set cpu max and min at 1458 and 192 MHz respectively. As you can see, with cm-10-20121120-KBC-quincydcm, the cpu stuck at full throttle, and with cm-10-20121114-SKRMLK-quincydcm, the setting kind of work (though CPU max setting is not fully implemented). so the CPU setting of CM10 is the likely culprit.

I'm going to try cm-10-20121121-KBC-quincydcm, and i'm keeping my fingers cross. thanks for the update, blackzigong :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
The jury is still out, but IMHO i will stick with cm-10-20121114-SKRMLK-quincydcm.zip.

Yellow box is 20121114, while red box is cm-10-20121121-KBC-quincydcm.zip. According to CPU spy, the system has entered deep sleep for that ~2hr period, yet it was draining more battery power than the older rom (and the "awake" bar indicated a lot of wakelocks during that period of time as well; i'll install betterbattery stat to have a better look).

this is hardly scientific, and it's just one phone, so take the result however you like :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Can you set the minimum frequency at more than 384 MHz by way of experiment?

It might fix the deep sleep issue.

If it won't, I recommend doing Factory Reset.

And deep sleep of CM10 20121121 works fine on my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
I sometimes wonder if the dev of this CM10 only wanted this port to be used by users in Japan. Anyhow, for those of us in the other part of the world, if you want the proper APN setting (for your 3G/HSPA data connection) to show up, here's what you need to do.

Do write down the current APN setting you have in case the procedure failed and you need to manually setup APN again.

1. grab apns-conf.xml

2. navigate to folder /system/etc

3. rename the copy of apns-conf.xml in this folder to apns-conf.old

4. copy the new apns-conf.xml to this folder

5. set permission to "-rw-r--r--" (i.e. if you use CM file manager in root mode, long press file, properties, permission, tick "R" and "W" for owner, tick only "R" for Group and Others).

6. setting, mobile networks, access point names.

7. menu key, reset to default.

For the most up-to-date version, please visit here for JB and here for ICS. use an editor that can save text in UNIX format (like notepad++, or use text editor in linux system, like vim) and name it "apn-conf.xml" (without the "", of course).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
Blackzigong is absolutely correct when it comes to battery life of 20121121. it did require a factory reset. google and core system i pulled from the cloud, and i only restore apks+data from TitaniumBackup.

battery life is good both on wifi or on mobile network.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Thanks for all of the information guys! Also, an extra thanks should be given to blackzigong for all of the help he/she has provided. Really nice collection of information put together here:

https://sites.google.com/site/sc05dwiki/home
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] blaze0303:
I attempted to port a rom using blackzigong's guide posted on the previous page but I keep getting an error. Is anyone else getting this? I tried atleast 10times with differant roms. No luck :( Also my screen is starting to flicker when its sitting idle. Does anyone know about this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dchn2:
the migration process requires java, as mentioned in blackzigong's original post. A quick test to see if you have the correct setting is to open a command prompt and just type "java" without the quotation marks. if the return is anything other than explaining what java parameters are, then you either haven't got java/JDK setup in your machine or you haven't set the proper PATH for the system to access the java command.

if you use windows, set path at Environmental variables (under control panel, system, advanced system settings). Look for variable named PATH in system variable, and edit the field Variable value by adding semi-colon at the end of the line ( ; ) followed by the path of JDK (usually c:\Program files (x86)\java\jre7\bin). log-off then log-in again to set the new path, and test with another "java" issued at command prompt.

If all goes well, the dreaded red screen of "i don't know what's going on" will be replace with a nicer looking screen of success when you next try to make your own SC05D rom. mind you, the java step in signing the rom is a little time consuming, so expect some delay towards the latter stage of the migration.

if you experienced screen flicker, i would disable HW overlays and see if it improves. FYI that hasn't happened on KBC-20121121 rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
It doesn't work on Windows8.

And verify the setting of JDK as dchn2 said.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] blaze0303:
You guy's were right, I had the PATH set wrong. It's fixed and working great. Thanks a lot!

Edit: Also I was only getting the screen flicker in Paranoid Android. I have yet to see it in Liquid Smooth