[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] manu.abraham:
For Mods : this is my first post, forgive me if I am doing something wrong by posting this here, i'm not able to post in the development section yet.

Also, the purpose of this thread is simple, I see so many people struggling with failed flashes in the kingdroid thread, I just want to give them a proper step by step tutorial.

Also, If someone could link this with the Kingdroid thread, that would help more :)

Note: Some of the stuff (maybe most of it) is familiar to the more experienced users here, but it took me sometime to search and find everything when I started flashing for the first time, so I want to put every little detail here, so that even beginners wont have to look elsewhere..

Hello everyone :)

I will tell you the method I use to install Kingdroid, CWM method, its nothing new, but I have consolidated everything spread around android development section into this one thread so everyone has better access..so lets start.

1) Keep these inside your external sd card all the time, for quick access and just general convenience.

- Abyss Kernel

- Kingdroid_ics_notemania V7

- Sybr_kernel_cleaning Script

- GL_NOTECORE Kernel

- SpeedMod Kernel

- Franco Kernel

(make a folder , lets call it 'flashaholic', in your external sd card, and put all of the above in it)

2) Use titanium backup (free version sufficient enough) to backup all ur data..

3) Switch off your phone, reboot into recovery, you can do this by pressing the volume up + home + power button .

4) Inside the recovery, you can navigate with the volume keys acting as direction (up and down) and the power key working as an 'enter' key.

5)from recovery -> install zip from sdcard ->choose zip from sd card -> flashaholic -> abyss kernel -> install it

again from recovery -> go into advanced -> reboot into recovery

6) from recovery -> wipe cache partition

Go to advanced -> wipe dalvik cache.

7) The new recovery is a touch interface, navigate to the flashaholic folder, and install Kingdroid V7 :)

8)Aroma installer will start, it is pretty straightforward from here, keep clicking next, you will come to without wipe/full wipe, I always choose full wipe,

In KD v7, there is another option screen in aroma that says ' with mods- or something like that' i always go for the second option in that,it worked fine for me .

9) kernel (go for cf-root) , modem ( I opted LDK)

10) Now you get to choose what ever applications you wish to remove, I remove almost all of it, most of it is useless as far as i see it, but its upto you.

11) next window , you can see what mods you wish to install , like bravia engine, beats audio etc.

12) next one you can install some apps that team kingdroid has set up with the rom.

13) finish install.

14) Now wait for the installation to get over, when you are back in recovery, click on reboot system.

15) dont panic :) , it will take sometime for the phone to start.

16) Now you show see the start up screen, set up your phone . Now its time for the kernel installation.

17) Kernels - always a tricky topic, i used all the above mentioned kernels and I will give my vote on which one is best for whom.

- Notecore, the current favorite,

positive : it gives really good battery life, and a relatively smooth performance, and an awesome quadrant benchmark score.

main reason for the score seems to be the i/o mark.

negative : Some serious lag on games , especially dead trigger on high, and please dont tell me this is just for me, a bunch of other people had the same issue :) hence i am putting it here.

verdict : Go for it if you need a good smooth performance with a really good battery life.

- SpeedMod

positive : Good battery life, not as much as notecore from my experience, good performance.

negative : little lag on game aswell, not as much as on notecore, these lags are most noticeable on games like templerun.

verdict : if u need something that is a little less positive and a little less negative than notecore, go for this.

- Franco

positve : Good performance on games, everything runs smoothly.

negative : battery life not as good as the previous two, benchmark score awful, mainly due to the i/o score.

Note : benchmark scores are good for showing off your phone, but not really a mark of your phones effect :)

Hope you can decide on which kernel to choose from above, else I am sure the more experienced devs here will lead the way for you :)

My personal fav, franco kernel, and as a good news, franco is back developing for galaxy note.

18) To install the kernel, reboot into recovery, go to the flashaholics folder, first run the sybr_kernel_cleaning script.

19) Now please DONT reboot the system, navigate to the flashaholics folder again , and install your desired kernel.

20) Now reboot your system and voila , you are running the new kingdroid V7 on your galaxy note :)

21) Use titanium backup to restore all your apps and stuff :)

Q/A

* source of above information : multiple threads in this website

* my experience : reading, reading, and more reading of everything put up here since the note was released, then practicing on my phone.

Special thanks to all the awesome ROM devs, Kernel Devs and Script Devs for making our phone more awesome

Links ( I hope connecting threads is not a problem, sorry if it is )

ROM : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1652831

KERNEL : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1789397

CLEANING SCRIPT : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473622

ps: If I helped , hit thanks :)