yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverHeel:
Hi once again,

My phone is now on GB. I'm about to clear data (all) in recovery and then install a CWM-kernel via MobileOdin.

My question (sorry!) is regarding step five: "Boot into recovery, flash PA." I'm just looking for a little more detail, only to (once again) put my mind at ease a little.

azzledazzle/coxeroni, for my silly brain, could you please expand on step five a little? I've never been into the recovery menus before so I just want to double check before going in there, instead of going in there, getting stuck and then being like 'uh...guys?'

Should I put the PA ROM and Hybrid Gapps onto my SD card? Or am I better off booting into recovery and then flashing PA via OdinPC?

Many thanks once again.

Nearly there, now... :eek:

Edit: Oh, and also, in the step-by-step guide for flashing PA, it says clearing the cache and performing a factory reset is a must. I won't have that option if flashing in OdinPC, will I? Wouldn't it just boot the ROM after flashing? In recovery would I get the option to factory reset after flashing PA? Thank you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Hey what you need to do is to put PA on your SD card along with the Gapps file too.

Then boot into recovery (power off phone, Hold Volume UP & Home Button & Power Button all at the same time) then you will enter CWM recovery, Now use the volume buttons to navigate and power to select.

Navigate to wipe data / factory reset select it, Then once completed navigate to wipe cache partition and again, Power to select it. Then navigate to advanced, then select wipe dalvik cache.

Once all that is done, Navigate to install zip from sd card, Then choose zip from internal sd card (if it errors try sd card, CWM has these the wrong way round)

navigate to ParanoidAndroid ROM - Select it and wait for it to install, Once installed, Do the same steps but this time flash the Gapps package.

Once installed simply reboot and wait for the phone to boot.

You CANNOT flash (most) custom ROMs via ODIN, Only stock firmwares.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverHeel:
Hi,

Thank you so, so very much for this. I'm apparently limited to eight thanks a day, but I will thank you as soon as I can.

I went into CWM recovery and successfully did all of the steps, until it came to installing the ParanoidAndroid ROM. When I click on the PA file, it takes to an option where I have to choose the "META-INF" file or "system." I looked into both of them and wasn't 100% sure what I was doing so I backed out. Should it just install as soon as I select ParanoidAndroid ROM?

Many thanks. You're a legend! :)

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Oh no! Now my phone is just reloading the Samsung boot screen! Why?! :eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Are you sure that is the actual rom and not a mod? Usually roms are between 200-600mb in size, also when you download a zip file do not extract it simply flash the whole zipped file.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverHeel:
Hi, thanks for the reply.

I downloaded it straight from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1662802 - along with Hybrid Gapps.

I think the problem is I extracted the ZIP file. I didn't know you just flashed the whole zipped file.

My worry is how can I put the zipped file (without extracting it) onto my SD card while my phone is reloading the Samsung boot screen?

Many thanks.

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PA is 135MB in size, Gapps Hybrid is 50MB in size, so they're definitely the right files. My mistake is I extracted them on my PC. I know what to do with them now, I just need to put them straight onto my SD Card without extracting, but what should I do about the reloading boot screen? What's the best step so I can just get back onto Gingerbread and start over? Many thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Ok well if you have an external SD card you can put them on that an flash from there in recovery, Just chose SD card instead of Internal SD card.

If that fails you can use adb if you know how to ??

adb push nameofthefile /sdcard/

Or you can restore a nandroid if you made one before hand ?

Or you can flash the GB firmware again in ODIN and restart the whole procedure from the beginning
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yin-Yang:
I am running stock ICS 4.0.3 & have recent flashed Speedmod Kernel K3-9, which has MMC CAP ERASE command disabled using Mobile Odin. I checked using EMMC check application & it shows I am still good to go.

Now, I wanted to flash a Custom ROM, preferably ICS based. Can you suggest any Safe ICS based Custom ROMs for me

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
all Custom ROMs are safe, Its the kernel that isnt, So long as your current kernel is safe you are free to flash as many ROMs as your heart desires :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverHeel:
Hi azzledazzle,

It's ok, I already decided to try and flash the GM firmware again in ODIN and it's worked; I'm now back onto GB. Phew! For a minute there, after I flashed GB again, I thought it was still stuck in the boot up screen...and then I felt that slight vibration, the lights came on and I did a little happy dance.

I was so worried when it was stuck, though. After freaking out and PM'ing you, I did some reading on here and found flashing the firmware in ODIN was the best thing to do.

I'm sorry for bothering you. I was so close too! Just a daft mistake, extracting PA onto my PC.

Once all of this is done, I'm not just hitting that thanks button, I'm hitting the donate button! Thank you very much for all your help.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
haha Im glad you're up and running again ! :) Its all one big learning curve ! at least you know for next time now dont ya :)

And if you never make a mistake, How are you gonna learn from it ??

Ive been in them tense situations many times, To the point where my hands are sweating and my arse is twitching lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverHeel:
My arse wasn't just twitching; I've had to have a change of boxers! :p

That's very true, though. It's most definitely all a learning curve and there's a part of me that's quite glad that it happened, and another part of me that I was able to sort it out, albeit after freaking out a bit.

Let's hope I'm a bit luckier the second time around, as PA & Gapps Hybrid (not extracted this time!) are on my SD Card and I'm good to go.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Epic news !! Just as im eating my dinner too !

anyway, Good luck and report back !
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverHeel:
YES! I'm now on Paranoid Android - and I love it already! It looks so, so much better and it's super fast.

I need to do a lot of homework now and get my head around these new surroundings. I need to update the kernel and get all of that sorted first, then I can start to restore my Apps and stuff from Titanium Backup.

I might have to peck Coxeroni's head, which I'm sure he'll absolutely love me for, as he's recently moved to Paranoid Android as well. But I'll go do some reading and watch some videos first before I ask anything; it's mostly just to check my 'about phone' settings with Coxeroni's, just to make sure everything is a-ok.

But on first impressions, it's fantastic. I just can't wait now to get everything ironed out so I'm good to start getting my Apps back on.

I couldn't have done this without azzledazzle and Coxeroni though, the two of you have been a fantastic help and I really, really appreciate it. This thread is one of the best on these forums, as it acts as a 'safe haven' and a spot for beginners before advancing into the other parts of the forums.

I still can't believe I've actually rooted and flashed a custom ROM onto my phone! :victory:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pavan33:
Hey,

just a small doubt,

my sgn was on GB 2.3.6. i rooted it and installed Kingdroid's Notemania v5,but it did not install completely(cam app was missing task manager) many more..

now i followed youtube tut(cursed4eva) and i installed v4.4.. it installs but v5 wont instal completely.. why is that??

and i dont get the ripple effect as they show in vid after installing the rom..

and also,since im on custom rom,i want to get on stock ICS what are the procedures that i have to follow?? please help! my android version is 4.0.4.. PLEASE HELP!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
The issues you face may be ROM related. But forget that cause you want to get on Stock ICS, So this should clear up any issues.

What you need to do now is:

Download ICS for ODIN (links in 2nd post, FAQ Section)

backup all your apps using Titanium or similar app.

Do a full wipe in recovery (Only if your on GB)

Wipe cache partition

Wipe Dalvik Cache (under advanced in CWM)

Boot into Download mode

Load up ODIN

Input the downloaded firmware

Connect via USB

Hit start !
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pavan33:
Sir, im currently on Kingdroid's Notemania v4.4.. so now, i have to flash to GB and then to ICS right??

and also for GB.. can i use the 3 part pre rooted firmware?which we use for rooting GB(ketan's)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samo_gf:
Guys I'm on stock ICS, and wanna flash the new jelly bean rom, please I want know these steps,

1.how to flash a safe kernel and suggest me a one ?

2.wiping everything should be through CWM after flashing the safe kernel or just from the settings ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teroare:
You should take a look at this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329360

Every rom has installation steps, in which you will most likely find out which are the safe kernel's to use ( phil's , hydra , any CM kernel , abyss ).

You have to flash a safe kernel with root permissions via PC Odin - a vid about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZD4PV6V924

After you have flashed the kernel , install rom manager and CWM, copy your wanted rom on the SD card ( you may also need gapps ) , press HOME - +Volume - Power at the same time, wait for the phone to reboot and start CWM before releasing.

After you are there just do a complete wipe ( if u are on safe kernel ) , flash your rom and your gapps if required
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
I would suggest you to wait for the official release since the information to flash jb leak cooked rom is a bit fuzzy. It is tempting but consider the risks of bricking and bugs

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliver:
md5 checksum

I notice that some development threads post a link to a md5 file eg. md5sum_Slim-GT-N7000-xxx.zip.md5sum.

How is this file used to check against the md5 of the downloaded file?

I am used to having an md5 checksum number published in the thread which I can paste into my md5 checker to compare with the one generated by the downloaded file.

Any one point me in the right direction please?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goti(0):
It is fine to root just it has some bugs which can be ignored over the performance of the rom
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidbond:
Hey guys most of my battery is getting eaten up by either android system or screen......i am on lowest brightness with a dull wallpaper not even live wallpaper and movie screen(not even dynamic one) even when idle it is eating up around 6% for an hour. And checked using cpuspy it is properly going into deep sleep mode as well...help help help!!!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickyleon:
hello, I have a problem to transfer files through usb mass storage after ungraded to JB. I mean I can still use it, but slow and lost files while transferring, hope sb could give a clu. ta
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliver:
Its a known problem with cm10. I'm afraid not much you can do as far as i know. JB users just put up with it. I asked on a jb rom thread and the general consensus was to use wireless, which I must admit works well and fast.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickyleon:
hey clover, thanks for the reply, I will grab a look. do you suggest any other softwares from goole play can help this. ta
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliver:
I use esfile explorer but there are several apps on the market. Some that keep files in sync as well as just copying, which is all esfile explorer does. Have a look at the slim bean thread. There are a couple mentioned on there that others use.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliver:
Can anyone give me any info on this please. I'm really struggling to get my mind round it despite googling every thing I can think of to get the info I need.

How exactly do I use a xxx.zip.md5 or xxx.tar.md5 file alongside the relevant downloaded file to check its integrity?

I can't find any decent info oin this anywhere :crying:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
I think these files are used by odin/heimdall to flash the phone and it is not the md5 checksum data stored. Md5 checksum value can only be retrieved after analysing the file data with some application that are able to generate md5 checksum. Flashing the phone via odin usually requires about 3 files if you are to flash a stock rom.

Correct me if i am wrong

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhrsolanki2020:
3 files?? :o i flash only xx.tar.md5 file for returninh to stock . Can link me to ny thread that clarifies on this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiki_tt:
Adding toggle to pull down status bar?

Is there any way to add other toggles to the basic six found in the pull down status menu?

I simply want to add ... toggle brightness and data without having to go into settings every time or

downloading another widget
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A-mak:
How long when flashing a new ROM in CWM until you decide that it's frozen?

I only ask as I upgraded to MKalter last night using mobile odin pro. Everything went sweet except I forgot to factory wipe. So this time I decided to go the CWM route, wipe data, cache, davlik.

In CWM it gets to installing XXLS2 ROM, the bar reaches half way and has been sitting there for a good hour. The flash with Mobile Odin pro went a lot quicker.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
Here is some info, old information though

http://sarf2k4.blogspot.com/2012/05/official-ics-for-gt-n7000.html?m=0

http://jjpda.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-install-n7000ddlb2.html?m=0

I rarely use odin pc to flash to avoid seeing the yellow triangle when i start the phone. I myself not an experienced rom flasher :)

it would be flashing the toggle mods, i am not sure about this since i have been using rocket rom since the official release of ics and rocket rom has this feature included and closest to stock

My opinion would be wait up to 20 minutes and both method are different most of us would use the cwm method than mobile odin. My opinion would be to avoid triggering the brickbug since if there are no kernel specified, default will be used.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliver:
So a. tar.md5 file is for flashing via odin right?

Confused as some roms, slimbean for instance have a rom.zip file and an mdscheck.zip.md5

With no md5 number in the thread that I can see to check the .zip against. So I assumed the .zip.md5 could be used to check the .zip somehow.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
Most rom chefs release their rom in zip formats. Meaning flashable directly through cwm. I would suggest you to check their flashing guide because each chef has a slightly different steps. If you are curious, try open the. Zip file and see whether the zip file contains tar.md5 or just a series of folders. Tar.md5 file only through pc odin while series of folders in the zip are for cwm. But bear in mind that you cannot extract those folders when you attempt the flashing. It must be in zip formats. Tar.md5 files usually are stock roms

When you download the custom rom, the md5 value are provided in the download page of xda server

If i remember correctly, MD5 filetypes mainly serves as an image, more like a zip file and mainly used in linux systems. That is why odin/heimdall uses these files to flash. Md5 also is an image can be used on a pc and can serve as a virtual cd image. Sorry mods for going off topic a while :)

Edit:

Ive checked the zip.md5sum provided by slimbean download page that has 64bytes, it does contain the checksum value by opening the file via notepad and there is the md5 checksum value there. Compare it with the md5 checksum value generated by the applicaton you desire to calculate the md5 checksum. Sorry to have you confused about the md5sum file

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliver:
Ah! Never tried opening it with notepad. Brilliant thanks a million.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
Erm, may i have the nandroid backup/restore procedure in details please? :rolleyes:

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
u need CWM to perform this

reboot into recovery ( vol up+pwr+hom )

backup and restore

backup
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
Backup doesnt need a brick free kernel right?

What about restore a nandroid backup procedures??

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
it needs as there is a possibility of a brick during restore.. its always advised to make a backup on a safe kernel as kernel is included in the backup.

restore

reboot into recovery ( vol up+pwr+hom )

backup and restore

restore

then choose the backup u made
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
So, before restoring, it is always better to flash to a safe kernel first then do the restore operation right?

As for backup, should be the safe working kernel for that rom before the operation too i suppose?

Sorry for asking these question over and over. I have never made any nandroid backups since i used ics. Now i am planning to go rocket jb by eybee :D

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
correct
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
Thank you for the accurate information. Just the thing i realy need :D

If i were to go to jb leak release using the cwm flashing the rom, how do i get back to ics? Just do fullwipe and do cwm flash as well?

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
get back to stock ics? flash the rom using pc odin. as stock roms does not come in flashable zip

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or if u had made a nandroid backup of stock rom then restore
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
Any custom ics... But it is advised to go for stock rom is it?

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
custom ics... yes using the same method cwm

na.. ppl go to stock rom when they encounter a problem
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
So i just use that stock ics nandroid backup when i want to go back to stock right? Same applies to going back to stock gb?

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
yes ... or u can also use the PC odin to flash any of the stock roms as well
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
i just flashed the rocket jb by eybee, what i want to know is, how can i use these fixes? like fix permissions and patching them found in this thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1961652
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
fix permissions means.. u manually go to the file using root or es explorer, right click, properties, change permissions and correct it to what ever is mentioned.. mods are flashable zips which needs to be installed using CWM recovery mode.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
So I just mimick the permission of the original file right?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
yes right
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
made a nandroid backup using hydracore 5.34 std, but when i looked into the cwm folder in my internal sd, the folder inside backup only has about 10mb while other folder worths up to 2gb, which one i should be copy to desktop computer? the whole cwm or just the backup folders?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
when u make a backup it will be created with that particular time. That whole folder
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
Okay, I've made two backups, but when I wanted to revert to rrv12 nandroid, got an error when reaching android secure or something. Could it because of different kernels?

first backup made using hydracore 5.34std

second using philz kernel came along with rrv1 jb
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
android.secure is something related to the apps move to SD card..

did the restore work or failed ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarf2k4:
i didnt remember the procedure as i reverted to the rrv1jb after the error of android secure. is there any way to see the log files?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
log option is there in CWM > Advanced > Show Log
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelonite:
Q: my phone has been having a lot of HANG issues...

even on full stock ICS 4.0.4

what could be the problem?

will a re-allocating (pit or adb) fix this?)

or is this a sign that my board is about to crash?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
how and when did u start experiencing this issue.?

download the emmc check app from playstore and do a scan to check for emmc damage.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelonite:
well i fell to the brick bug and was ressurected with forrests method (adb)

it was ok for some time as i stayed with GB until the ICS 4.0.3 release

then the HANGs came after i upgraded

the emmc is damaged to some extent as i had the brick bug

since the emmc check will check the whole emmc then it will detect the broken set.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
of course it will be like that with stock odexed roms. use deodexed roms or roms that are slim. stock uses lot of memory so will. not work smoothly on an brick revived note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloody10:
Battery indicator gone wild! pls help

Hi, so i have upgraded my note from rooted stock GB to stock ICS via odin and when all was done everything was ok.. except for battery status indicator... it is blinking for few moments and then on USB mode and then it is showing its charging (being unpluged..)..also when i shut down the phone it keeps showin baterry charging sign and usb connected sign. and it does not end ... i have tried reseting everything ....did nothing then tried changing few diferent roms and kernels ... nothing works... i have also tried to let the battery discharge itself and then recharge it.... doesnt work... now i am back on ICS and have removed yellow triangle in case i have to use my warranty... does anybody have any ideas what to do?

P.S. Sorry for poor english.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidbond:
Immediately after rooting my phn i backed up my efs using ktool and when i checked it it said 96% matched but when i matched it now(after few days of previous check) it says 91% matched. Can any1 plz enlighten me with the info that why is this happening??

Thanx...