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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
If you don't have the serial number in caps (noted in instructions), then it won't be recognized. Kinda stupid really, but it's the way it is. I have done this multiple times and have never had an issue.

Just saying. There are ways to do this without tripping the flash counter. Just have to search for that information. I just don't want to copy others works and such.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Updated my post...

It should read:

Make sure you have the reset counter zip, and stock recovery zip on your external SDcard in the downloads folder, and the factory image and CWM image on your PC, then do this:

flash the factory image via odin.....(from PC in download mode)

(phone will reboot after this, just go back to download mode)

flash CWM via odin.....(from PC in download mode)

(phone will reboot after this, see next line)

(Then reboot the device, into your CWM recovery)

flash the stock recovery.....(using CWM zip)(do "not" reboot, or leave CWM)

flash the reset counter zip.....(using CWM zip)

then reboot....

The device will now have an empty flash counter, and a stock recovery with a factory image.

I did not create this method. another member did, and I'm sorry I cant remember your name, but thanks Dude. you know who you are...

(DISCLAIMER):

P.S. If you brick your shiney new note, I'm sorry for that, but you assume "all" liability by doing any of this crazy crap in the first place..so dont blame me.....g

3 kids and a wife keep me too busy, and I cant think straight.....LOL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ralphie1267:
hi can u help when i put my phone in download mode kies will disconect my phone even if i do it when its conected it will disconect my note any sugestions
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DesignGrits:
Has anyone tried SU Touch yet? I'm sure it should work fine too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Gunz2011:
Thank you

My Note was rooted and on a custom ICS. I followed your instructions and now all is back as it should be, plus AT&T upgraded it to ICS. Awesome!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
This worked excellent! Now on official ICS rooted. Thanks!

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke

NOTE user:

"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".

Woman:

:O
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bhyde:
Thanks...

Just had the same experience, rooted and custom ROM nor did i check my counter. Followed these instructions and now im on stock ICS in one fell swoop. Worked for me and very painless...Even kept all my apps and everything in place....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DesignGrits:
What custom rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bhyde:
I was on flapjaxx Rom " [ROM][MOD] ICS IMM76D UCLF5 Base - Stock, Rooted, Deodexed"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] glovesave:
No Kies 'love' here?

I was looking to try the official build and using Kies seems appealing with flash counter and all.

Sadly I'm apparently such a noob that I am unable to get Kies to detect my i717 when it is in download mode (I keep looking at Doanloading....Do not turn off target).

The same USB cable connects fine once I allow the phone to boot to the UCLF5 leaked rom I have on it now.

Have tried starting Kies before and after connecting the phone to no avail.

Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dp1mat:
I flashed the reset to 0 counter and followed steps on this thread and now rocking ics oem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Talderon:
I was on the latest leak. Followed these instructions thinking I was going back to GB and then would have to upgrade to ICS. Imagine my shock when not only did I NOT go back to GB and it did NOT WIPE my phone, but rather just installed the official ICS with everything intact!!

*JOY*
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
^^^

This is why I loved the Kies method. Easy and way faster than the odin route.

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke

NOTE user:

"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".

Woman:

:O
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] j101399j:
I was running Objection RC1,

1. Flashed back to stock w/Odin

2. Reflashed CWM

3. Flashed the flash counter reset (3 times)

4. Flashed the stock recovery

5. Did a factory reset three times

6. Verified counter was 0 and I was on the official binary

Well when I plugged my phone into Kies I got an error that said "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies" So I then followed the OP and after a heart pounding 10 minutes (the status bar was moving along then for no reason during the flash reset once to 0% starting over) but I just left it alone and walked away. BTY it 1st downloads the firmware, resets to 0, then flashes the firmware, that is what I saw reset the status bar.

I am now running the official 4.04 UCLF6 ICS :D

THANK YOU
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ekerbuddyeker:
i keep getting THE OPERATION HAS TIMED OUT. it never get past 20% or so. i have a solid internet connection. Anyone?

also, where is the zero count cwm file?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jghidalgo307:
I did everything that i needed to do and now I am on official 4.0.4. I successfully installed CWM using ODIN but whenever i try to flash the SU zip it aborts. What can i do to fix that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KSoD:
Right in the Note Development Section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1569206

That is how you reset your Flash Counter.

The Operation has timed out sounds like you need to update your Kies.

Did you read the instructions that say rename the file to update.zip and then flash it that way using normal methods not by selecting update.zip on the first CWM screen?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kampfy:
So, I've reset my flash counter, and I'm in download mode while the phone is hooked up to my laptop and Kies, but it never actually connects. Waited 10 minutes, and it never happens. But, if I pull the battery then reboot the phone and reconnect it while it's up, Kies sees the device immediately (but doesn't let me update the firmware).

What am I missing here?

(To clarify, I now show the current binary as Samsung Official with no Custom Binary Download, and my kernel, modem and ROM are all now stock Gingerbread)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] glovesave:
non english characters from Kies?

Reattempting the Kies solution as it seems so much easier and my rooting abilities are poor :-(

My Note is on the one click UCLF5 leak that doesn't give you root.

In download mode my phone says

ODIN MODE in red

Produce Name : SGH-I717

Custom Bibary download: NO

Current Binary: Samsung Official

Then I enter the values in KIES (step 4a) and I get a pop up in mmm non English (see attachment)

Only OK is possible.

Any help would be much appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] qnet:
I tried this method and it worked. It updated straight to ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
what happens if you don't wipe the flash counter? nothing? fails? won't allow update?

EDIT: nevermind. i did it, nothing exploded.

plugged in my AOSP CM9 ROMed Note in download mode (flash counter well in the double digits). updated via Kies. entered serial and model. sit back and wait. updated to ICS 4.04

smiles were had.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] qnet:
I'm not sure what will happen. I reset my counter through CWM awhile ago so I just had to apply this method. There is a cwm -based reset tool you can use available on this forum.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Radukk:
We cannot identify the product number you put in, so it cannot be proceed. Please contact customer center to resolve this issue.

Try SGH-'i'717 or check there is space before/after model number.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] glovesave:
super weird

Thanks for helping :-)

Now this is super bizarre as if I enter "SGH-i717" it tells me in English: 'Please check the model number and enter it'. If I have an upper case 'I' then I get the other language pop up.

Spaces don't seem to matter, it does trim. I googled and apparently I'm 'special' hah.

I could try to go back to stock GB and then have KIES do an update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Envy Diz:
I contacted Samsung and the rep advised that their server is being overloaded due to too many trying to install new ics update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] glovesave:
don't wait for it to connect

I can't say for sure as I have my own issue(s) on getting Kies to upgrade my i717, however I think you just have to connect the phone on download mode and not wait for Kies to connect and do the next step.

There is a tmobile page for another phone but it shows the steps also:

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4483

Hope that works for ya.

---------- Post added at 01:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:37 AM ----------

FYI, Kies update from 7/11 allowed the model number to be read and I'm not UCLF6.

Set phone to download though and ignore the message asking for recovery (that didn't work for me).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] blackj30:
Man, the new official ics ucle6 is supper consuming battery!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] TheDgm:
Hi guys, I used Odin to go back to stock GB (was on ICS Leak) but I noticed I now have a baseband version I717UCLE2. So I'm assuming it triggered my counter. When I started Kies, it was able to read my device, but was not available for an ICS official update. Does that mean I have to go back to I717UCLA2?

Sorry if I sound like a noob. I am new to this. So just by reading this thread, I should:

Download CWM and reflash my device back to I717UCLA, correct?

Once that is done, Kies should read my device with a new ICS update waiting for me to install?

Please let me know if I got that right. I am running an unrooted GB stock Note at the moment and hate it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
You need to put your phone into DOWNLOAD mode. Verify if you have tripped the counter. If so, you need to reinstall CWM via Oden, flash the flash counter reset, THEN put the phone BACK into download mode. At that point, follow the directions and you will get the new version of ICS on your note. I was running the latest leak, rooted, and didn't change it. Just placed into download mode, and did the exact process as explained in first post.

This WILL give you the latest. The time to do this varies based on your internet connection and stress on Samsung servers. You will have a brand new stock ROM on the device, and you configure it, download your apps, root, etc to your hearts content.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
The phone isn't really going to show "connected" to Kies in Download mode. Just place the phone in Download mode and follow the directions. I did that with the latest leak and there was no issues. This brought my phone back to stock AT&T ICS Official ROM and it wasn't an issue. Now, it CAN take some time based on your internet speed & stress on Samsung servers when doing this. But follow the directions explicitly and you'll have an official AT&T Note ICS Rom. You WILL have to re-install your apps, but that's it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Rambler358:
So if I follow the OP instructions exactly and pull the battery to get the serial/model info, at what point do I put the battery back in? I just want to make sure I do everything in the correct order. And if I already have the serial/model info handy before I start this process, I assume I can omit the the battery pulling step? Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
Once you are in download mode, and plugged into the USB port on the computer/laptop, you can pull the battery and put it back in after it takes the serial/model information. It doesn't turn it off or anything else because the USB is powering the device when you pull the battery.

If you have the serial/model info already, just make sure it's in all caps and you don't need to pull the battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Rambler358:
Unfortunately I can't try this out until later this evening, but do you enter the serial/model info exactly the way it's shown on the device (but all caps)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JunBringer:
After typing in the serial and model numbers I get this error:

"The model information that you have entered cannot be verified; the device initialization cannot proceed."

Having quite the rough time with this lol, any help would be greatly appreciated!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kampfy:
Nope. :( When I select Firmware Upgrade and Initialization, something pops up on the screen for a split second, and then it disappears and brings me back to the "Connecting..." screen. And Kies is fully updated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] j101399j:
Make sure you use ALL CAPS including the model SGH-I717, and make sure you are using zero's and O's (the letters) correctly and not your IMEI
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
Like this...SGH-I717

Not SGH-i717

The "I" makes the difference

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke

NOTE user:

"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".

Woman:

:O
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Envy Diz:
Why not use this method?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1764514
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] j101399j:
Yep, the stupid i or I makes a difference, I had the same issue, when I changed the i to I, it worked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigbuc:
I have my original packaging, of the numbers on there, which is the S/N? not the IMEI, i've read. SW-VER : I717UCLA1 is just the software ver, R/S-SKU:##-####?

AT&T:#####?

UPC?

I hate to open this thing up too... and I have to wait until 1:00 a.m. to do any serious d/l since I'm on hughesnet.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] p38fln:
I don't think the serail number is on the box - it's a mix of letters and numbers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] glovesave:
remember to upgrade Kies

Get Phone in download mode

Launch Kies (latest version, check if there is an update in case)

connect cable (remember the phone will not connect)

enter your serial and then the 'SGH-I717' and wait a fair amount of time (leave the phone in download mode)

The exact steps are on page 1/3 - huge thx for this !!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] atechstl:
I can't seem to reset the Flash Counter. CWM actually won't install anything for me.

I get an error E: unknown volume for path ESDCARD:/external_sd/downloard/flash_counter_reset_att-2.zip

E:Can't mount SDCARD:/external_sd/download/flash_counter_reset_att-2.zip

I only flashed this thing probably 1 time. Do you think the Kies firmware restore will still work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Rambler358:
This appears to be the case. I couldn't find the serial number on the box either, I had to pull the Note's battery and look underneath. This was the perfect solution that worked for me in getting Kies to update my Note to ICS:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28624973&postcount=12
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] munimisu:
Great guide OP. Does this work on mac kies too? I tried, but kies was stuck at connecting. Did anybody have any luck on mac? Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
I had the same problem and ended using VMWARE. Works great and even upgraded to ICS from there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] id_mew:
Since ICS just got released today for Telus, Rogers, and Bell, will the kies method work for me to get ICS?

I am currently using and unlocked Bell Note on Telus, rooted with a custom rom.

Thanks in Advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mudassar007:
Thought may be this will help you

I just flashed stock Rogers GB firmware in my Rogers Note then it automatically start showing update notification and I am downloading update now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] greggle:
Just checking ...

So I followed steps and it went through step 4d as OP says.

Now Kies is just sitting there, no prompt, nuthin. Can't move Kies window, minimize, etc. All indications is program has crashed except Task Manager says nothing about Program not responding ...

Is this the point where one should just sit back and relax?

(As further troubleshooting, should I have been able to connect with Kies beforehand? Cause it would not.)

Thanks

Edit: It seems there is a problem with Kies and my Windows 7 64 bit setup. I noticed there was a MsgRcvWindow task running but I could not see any message window. When I rebooted Note and plugged it in to see if Kies was connecting, it did it fine. It offered to update to latest version but that did not work. So I backed things up cause I was paranoid, fiddled a little more and almost said screw it. (Note to self, could it be the slightly more paranoid User Account Control settings I had enabled?)

Then I decided on a whim to try to install Kies on my Mac. It worked like a charm. Plugged it in, recognized it, offered to download and install update. About 15 minutes later I was in ICS.

Now my Note was not running a custom Rom but was rooted. I did have CWM installed and ran the counter reset thing and everything was back to 'normal' so that likely helped.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nerdninja:
I had the exact same thing happen. Eventually it just worked. I think its related to their servers being busy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
Rooted, CWM, or custom rom doesn't matter. That issue you had was standard with Windows 7. I made an assumption that people on Win7 would see this and take appropriate actions. That's happened to me every time that I've done it and it's normal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oort cloud:
Do I need to go back to stock unrooted

if I'm on stock Gingerbread rooted. I never flashed any custom roms. So I'm guessing I could just go ahead and update my Note via Kies.

Woul this be safe to do?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
Yes, This is the safe way to do it. You should have received a text with a link for you to go to for getting Kies and how to update as well. If you follow the directions in the first post, you will get ICS on your note. That is without a doubt. It works, just follow the directions.

if on windows 7 WATCH FOR POP-UPS THAT ARE UNDER THE MAIN WINDOWS (I.E. CHECK THE TASKBAR!) ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO DO THE CHANGES. (Just an FYI and can't stress that enough) This window popup will make it look like nothing is happening but you have to look at the taskbar to see the flashing box showing that something is there. You approve that (click yes) and it'll continue with the update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oort cloud:
Thanks, deadman. Sounds like you are quite alive though :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] s1mpd1ddy:
i keep getting a pop up with weird asian language on it... what am i doing wrong?

I reverted back to stock GB via Odin 1.85
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chinino:
Thanks, this worked right away.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] greggle:
Thanks for the clarification but ...

Your mileage may vary. Nothing I could do would bring a window to the forefront so I could click 'yes' on it. There was no flashing icon on the taskbar. Only by looking in Task Manager did I notice the problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Rob Irizarry:
Wanted to thank you for this. It saved my bacon this weekend. Note went belly up from what appeared to be a corrupted cache partition. After trying the "accepted" methods for recovery, I tried this method and it worked like a charm!

From my DAGr8 AOKP Powered Note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mamaboo:
i have been searching and reading all day for the answer to these questions, so now i am just going to ask...i had stock gb on my new untouched at&t note, and only did the at&t upgrade to ics last week using kies. i never rooted my phone, no roms, nothing. can i just root it now or do i need to go back to gb? and when i root it, is there a place i can find the newest download and directions and is there something that won't touch my counter or do i have to reset that after i root? sorry to sound like a noob, i am usually good with this stuff but i just don't want to make any mistakes here, and there was no easy way to word those questions in a search...thanks for your help! i am sitting here all ready to run odin and all that and i just was not sure if i was using the right stuff!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
@mamaboo:

1. Flash CWM kernel.

2. Flash rooted kernel.

Everything you need is here on Bigjoe's Super Everything page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28040353

Just follow the above sequence to get to your goal. Flash the fancy roms after you get your rig working.

And hit the thanks button for Bigjoe and the other threads you will visit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mamaboo:
i have success! thank you much!

I followed your instructions and succeeded with no problems whatsoever! i truly appreciate your encouragement, instructions and everyone here who works so hard to make our investments operate the way we want them to!

i won my gnote from samsung and could not be happier with it rooted! now it is time to root the whole family. my tabs and cappy are now out of warantee anyways, so now i can really have some fun and learn a few things....i am off to find the perfect rom and press a multitude of thank you buttons!!!

If you are reading this and are fretting about rooting your device, JUST DO IT ALREADY! IF I CAN DO IT WITH NO GLITCHES, so can you! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ptgptg:
i was recently fcuking around with my Note and screwed it up a bit. I tried several methods to fix it and got stuck. This worked well, but I lost all my apps and settings, which was kind of a bummer and I also had a hell of a time with the serial number as my sticker under the battery did not have a serial number, but rather had an IMEI number. I tried getting my serial number from the settings menu, but it would not take.

I guess my question is whether I missed something somewhere and because I put my IMEI number in it wiped my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JohnnyQ1964:
Can I use this method now (August 5th, 2012)? Has anyone tried?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wxcarne89:
Thanks so much! This definitely still works as of Sep 18. You saved my phone!

Thanks so much! This definitely still works as of Sep 18. I am totally new to android, You saved my phone!

I Finally got Kies to do a "Emergency Firmware" update. I figured out the trick was too just go ahead and manually start the firmware update, by hooking up the phone, booting into Download mode, going to "Tools" then "Firmware Update", (as opposed to waiting for Kies to find the device, when connected kies would just keep trying to connect indefinitely).

Also don't forget to enter the model # and serial # in all caps, I also included the dash in model number, so in my case SGH-I717.

(it says to do so in the post but just in case someone missed it I thought I would mention it.)

Part of my phones problem was that I couldn't get into recovery mode, I am a total noob, so for anyone who is new as I am, I will explain exactly how I got my Rooted note back to stock, with a flash count of 0, down below.

So to reset flash counter I used odin to install "pda.tar" which is an older 2.3.6 root for the note, (available at redmond pie "2.3.6 galaxy note root", or the original rootmynote.com galaxy note root, not new easiest version) Then installed SuperUser, and SuperUser Update, via the playstore, (instead of recovery). Flashed Clockworkmod recovery Via Odin, but my phone would not enter recovery mode, so I installed clockworkmod recovery's "ROM Manager" app via the play play store, and used this app to boot into recovery via software, then ran the Flash Counter reset zip from the SD. From there I proceeded to Kies, now my note is ready to go back to samsung under warranty.

I just posted what I did in case someone else ends up in my situation.