[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Robbie Hood:
Safe Flash GUIDE :

Ok guys n gals,

as you all know there where huge risks with the kernel and emmc chip in flashing this ICS firmwares on our note.

After intensive testing by me and Ficeto (who lost his note in the process) we have results that can go public.

Follow my guide to the letter or you could end up with root problems or roms not flashing properly.

My advise as a starting point is Gingerbread no matter what ROM or version.

Are you coming from an aosp ICS ROM or a build not by us then please proceed in flashing our AllianceROM N7000 GB 3.4 Resurrection ROM before the whole process. (check it here)

Once you run the ROM you will need to clear data via settings/applications /all/DarkyOTA and afterwards remove the DarkyOTA app from /system/app and download AllianceOTA app from the market.

If for some reason the app crashes afterwards then just uninstall it one more time and reinstall via the market.

When the app installed you need to open it and go to the ROM config tab.

Select in here whatever you want but be sure you TICK WIPE !!!

Now here is a step where you as a user need to make the choice what you want to use.

We need to flash a XXLPY repack via Odin, whether this is MobileOdin or the Odin i provide with the REPACK ROM does not matter (small Odin guide below, for mobile odin guide you will have to use google because i dont use this app) . Flashing with Odin via pc however , will raise the custom binnary counter but its a safe flash because the devices where meant to be flashed like this. In the download section off this post you will find Chainfires triangle away 1.51 which will clear both counter and triangle . So just flash via Odin :P

Once this ROM is booted you can check the stock samsung rom a bit if you want something to compare

When you are done , reboot in recovery via the three button combo , volume up + home + power and let go when you see the n7000 splash screen ... Now dont tempt to go wipe anything or think you need to have this or that wiped with every flash !!! Stop , Dont touch and quickly move on to choose zip from sd and just flash the rom.

Thats All

Small Odin Guide:

Odin is a leaked flash utility by samsung.

In my oppinion this stays the safest way to flash your phone, my I9100 is currently at 114 odin flashes or something and my N7000 since last week on 86 Odin flashes. It will raise the counter but there is chainfires triangle(reset counter) app :)

So you have downloaded part 1 and are not sure how to flash via Odin.

Its quite a handy and easy utility.

Just unzip XXLPY_NoteCoreICS.zip to lets say the desktop.

In this zip you will find several files :

N7000XXLPY_n7000OXALPY-blablabla.tar

Odin3.ini

Odin3v1.87.exe

Q1_20110914_16GB.pit

Before starting its handy to know if you have the Samsung USB drivers installed.

If you have KIES running on your pc then you will have the drivers but need to be sure that you kill all processes related to kies in the taskmanager (kiestrayagent for example).

If you dont have the drivers just google em real quick they are widely spread over the net.

Now to start in Odin.. its real easy

Just double click Odin.exe to open the programm.

Boot your phone in download mode by holding down : volume down + home + power untill the phone reboots and you see the N7000 splash-screen, from there it should boot to download mode.

Once there just plug the phone via USB to your computer and Odin should verify by a yellow com box that the device is connected.

Then just add XXLPY to PDA and the pitfile at pit.

Should look something like this

thats all

Now just press start and let Odin do the work