yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syapl:
Thanks for the reply :)

What i concern now is that after i flash Philz Kernel, I am still running Stock ICS + Philz Kernel. According to the instruction here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1797698

I afraid that my phone will brick after i flash to PA from Stock ICS + Philz Kernel >.<
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
the warning is only about stock ics kernel. If u on a safe kernel its ok
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syapl:
icic....The instruction scared me, it would be better if it mention "stock kernel" , thanks a lot :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
i guess the warning was from the time ics was scary
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frederic2707:
Is the official xxlrk safe please answer if yes can you back up and restore with cwm and how do you remove a flashed zip i am new to this
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
xxlrk is ics and running on ICS kernel will be insafe till you flash a safe kernel..

if running a safe kernel and the backup includes a safe kernel, its very much safe

flashed zip, does it mean a mod ? if yes then if you have taken a backup of original files then just replace then, else flash the stock rom again using pc odin and then again change the kernel back to safe and root again
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R@J$3K#@R:
Stock kernel is never safe

Flash philz or hydracore kernel

And to remove a flashed zip,you can flash the whole rom..and you need to flash a safe kernel again

Edit:@nokiamodeln91:You are always quicker than me:p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
LOL :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Take care buddy
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Idrogeno73:
Thank you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddaharu:
Safe kernel for TW-JB roms and MIUI

Among the different types of roms I failed to see any explanation on how to install touchwiz based jelly bean roms. Also what kernel is safe to flash if I want to use a miui rom? Question asked because I'm awaiting my note that was bricked while trying to revert to an miui rom from a liquid...something rom...not sure if i can say the name of th rom. anyway, any help at all will be greatly appreciated. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R@J$3K#@R:
Hmm your question is not so clear

If you are on a stock ics rom and interested in flashing jb rom,then u can use either hydracore,philz or speedmod to flash it

If you are on cm9 or cm10,those kernels are safe to flash any rom
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tysonraylee:
Hello

Do you have any information about the kernels that come with JB xxls7 4.1.2??

i am not so sure but i think JB uses a different kernel than ICS.

Since mostly all stock ICS kernels are unsafe and if the JB leak 4.1.2 uses a different kernel altogether,

Then does the kernel that comes with JB 4.1.2 xxls7 is safe??

Thank you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
not sure if anyone had tested that yet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] libanon261193:
Hey guys :)

I am on RocketRom V12 with a Notecore V14.1..

can i flash a hydracore kernel over mobileodin and than wipe data, cache and dalvik cache in recovery and than flash the rom? :confused:

[RocketRom V12, Notecore V14.1]
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
yes, why do you want to flash hydracore, you can use notecore as well, the one you already have.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] libanon261193:
Is it really save? Can I flash RocketRom V2 JB or any other JB Rom with Notecore, too?

What is the difference between odexed and deodexed? :sly:

[RocketRom V12, Notecore V14.1]
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R@J$3K#@R:
Yes
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreaonelove:
Odexed systems are compressed and a bit less customizable than deodexed. If you have root access, via Root Explorer or another root worthy file manager, to /system/app you can look at the file extensions and see ".apk" and ".odex" on devices which are "odexed."
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
to add, most of the mods are made for deodexed roms
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notecakes:
I'm probably just freaking out for no reason. I've been reassured that Notecore V12 doesn't brick but I'd rather look like a noob than be sorry. :silly:

My Note is on RocketROM ICS V10 with Notecore V12 Kernel. I want to go to RR JB V3.

Is it completely safe to Flash and Wipe on this Kernel? I've only used Abyss in the past and this is kind of new for me. :eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R@J$3K#@R:
Yes,Notecore is safe to wipe and flash
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notecakes:
Thank you. Rebooting into CWM and Flashing now :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SloanRH4:
i see a really nice work here, thank for the great job xD but there is something that confuses me a bit... in your guide you say that the safe kernels are .tar files but in the kernel thread the latest official cm 10 kernel is zip format ( This one: Kernel_CM10_20121110_Nightly_CWM.zip *new* ) So, my question is... is that kernel safe to be flashed using Odin PC? I'm actually on an old leaked ics kernel (ZCLP5) and CM9...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
tar files can be flashed using odin

zip files can be flashed using cwm

just a different way to pack them.

---------- Post added at 02:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:41 AM ----------

cm10 kernel is safe and cannot be flashed using odin. you need cwm recovery
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SloanRH4:
then ill proceed to flash the latest cm10 kernel and then get cm10 rom installed :D

fingers crossed and i hope it will all be ok XD

Really thanks for answering my question :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madgstik:
N7000 recovery issues ...

Hi all,

I just bought a N7000 on ebay and I was starting to snoop around for a kernel and a rom ...

But I got completely lost because of the huge amount on info ... So i'm asking for a little help.

Any hint will be greatly appreciated and thanked.

So here I am :

I would like to flash

"PhilZ-cwm6-XXLS7-XJB-3.1-update1-signed"

and

"Ultimate_N7000_XXLS7_JellyBean_4.1.2_v4_OK_Signed"

in order to get a GB-Freed N7000 with a safe kernel.

The main problem is that when i try to flash something in stock recovery <3>, I kepp gettin a red error message :

"e: file signature failed"

and then it stops.

I tried with :

PhilZ-cwm6-XXLS7-XJB-3.1-update1-signed

cwm-6.0.1.4-PhilZ-1.15-n7000

cwm-6.0.1.4-PhilZ-1.86B-n7000-signed

Ultimate_N7000_XXLS7_JellyBean_4.1.2_v4_OK_Signed ...

I can't flash any zip file thru recovery mode and I don't understand why. Same error message.

Please help !

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pennex1:
hmm, a little confused

I am not too sure if i understand the opening thread. My GT-N7000 has been rooted. It is currently on Android version 4.0.4 using Rocket RomV12, 3.0.15 NoteCore v14.1.

Does this mean i can just download the latest nightly version, boot to recovery using CWM, wipe delvic, cache, and install the new CM10 rom and be done?

Does this come with the google market or do i need to flash that also?

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R@J$3K#@R:
You also need to wipe data

And after flashing cm10,u should also flash gapps
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pennex1:
thanks for your help. Where can i find the gapps?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R@J$3K#@R:
http://goo.im/gapps
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madgstik:
Guys ? Anyone ? Please ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Post in the philz forum not here
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madgstik:
Oh ok sorry ...

So you think it's related to the package i'm trying to flash ? ...

I thought it was a kernel flashing issue ...

EDIT :

Oh great, as I have less than 10 posts I can't post in the right section

because it is a development related thread ...

Come on guys, I just don't want to brick my brand new N7000 ...

All I'm asking is a little help ... feel free to indicate another section in

which I may be able to post ...

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
post in q&a
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey63:
Stock GB 3e recovery doesn't allow flashing of any Zip files. In ICS and JB it is possible if they are correctly signed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenshiro:
Try flashing via PC odin or Mobile odin?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madgstik:
Thanx friend.

I figured it out After reading a lot of threads n' posts... And after a lot of reading more, I finally ended in flashing GB pre rooted to update to JB ultimate with philz's latest kernel (3.5 i think).

Now I'm stuck with that kernel where mosts attempts to flash freeze on "unmounting system" operation and then reboot without flashing the package...

More reading to come !! =(

But thanks a lot for your help. Really appreciated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foliasis0132:
i m a newbie in custom rom. i m presently on paranoid android rom v2.51. i m tinking of using jelly bean based liquid rom. cn i use abyss rom v4.2 for flashing liquid rom? abyss rom is gb based whereas liquid rom is jb based. i m sorry if dis was a noob question. thanks for ur help.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey63:
No need for Abyss. You are already on a safe kernel:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foliasis0132:
thanks for ur help. the flashing process went smoothy. but i want to know something in general....whether downgrade is possible fm jb to ics by using hydracore std kernel. do i need to take any precaution if i downgrade from a jb to ics rom? can i flash ics stunner rom directly over liquid rom? ur help is really appreciated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey63:
Hydracore is also safe. You can upgrade or downgrade to any ROM. Just format/system, data, cache, and preload before flashing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luego:
GB+cfroot5.0 -> PA

Hi all,

starting from GB/JK1 with cf-root5.0, I'd like to move to PA.

For what I understood from this post, all GB kernels are safe, and I should go straight with the installation instructions that I found in PA thread:

CWM: YOU NEED TO FULLWIPE IF YOU WERE USING ANOTHER ROM BEFORE

CWM: Install Zip: Rom: Download (Galaxy Note = n7000)

CWM: Install possible Bugfixes: Download (look out for "FIX" or "BUGFIX" prefixes and make sure the build number matches your rom)

CWM: Install Zip: Gapps: Download (find the latest one that carries the "jb" tag)

CWM: Wipe Cache Partition

CWM: Advanced/Wipe Dalvik Cache

Reboot and edit your Apps Dpi & Layout under Settings/Paranoid Settings

Could someone please confirm that?

The reason why I ask is that I also read thtat CF-Root is not-always safe.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasmodo:
GB CF--Root is completely safe. Just do your wipes and flash according to the Rom instructions.

Sent from Nexus 7
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArifIV:
worried

:confused: im sorry but i am sooooo not understanding anything :( sorry again .. i want to flash my n7000 from 4.0.3 to 4.1.2 :) how do i i know its safe

p/s i rooted.. and as i recall it was some cmw something ... so i am reaaalllyy confused
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Please remove your large quote. If you are on philz, hydrqcore, speed mod you are safe. If you are on stock kernel you are not.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexuz:
My Galaxy Note is still on old rooted GB firmware 2.3.6 what is the safest way for me to get the new XXLSA 4.1.2?

Here's what I have now:

RocketRom v23 XXLC1-eybee1970
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasmodo:
Which particular XXLSA are we talking about here? There's tons of them out there in the wild.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
as that rom has franco kernel, put all the needed files on internal storage and boot into cwm and do wipes and install the rom..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafiaoso:
I have Note N7000 with the following details.

Model GT-N7000

ICS 4.0.4

Baseband: N7000DXLR1

Kernel: 3.0.15-N7000DXLR2-CL830576 dpi@DELL166#3 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 4 16:47:41 KST 2012

Build number: IMM76D.DXLR2

I wana Root & try a new kernel, its on stock firmware.

My stock kernel is safe or not? Which kernel is safe for me.

Thanks in advance.

Mafiaoso
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
if that is stock and you have not done any kernel install before then its NOT safe.

use the below mentioned kernel is safe and it can be flashed using stock recovery. and you will gain root and this is safe as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901191

PhilZ-cwm6-DXLR2-OLB-v2.7 (zip file)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafiaoso:
Ok I downloaded this file PhilZ-cwm6-DXLR2-OLB-v2.7 (zip file), now if I follow the following steps I will have root + safe kernel.

Im still on ICS 4.0.4 stock rom.

Quote from Dr. ketan post:

download kernel in zip format according ROM you are having on device.

-Copy downloaded file to Ext SD card to root directory

-Reboot into recovery (vol up+Home+power)

-Select install(update) zip from ext SD card

-select '[your downloaded kerenel].zip' which you have copied to Ext card above

-Reboot device

Now you will have Root + safe kernel.

m I rite?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey63:
Rite u r
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafiaoso:
Ok thnks alot, is it necessary to make backup after these steps, & how to backup
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
Make a efs backup using ktool from the play store and nandroid backup by booting into recovery
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafiaoso:
For what purposes the backup is necessary? for Stock firmware or to make backup of applications.

If I install a safe kernel it will erase all my applications?

---------- Post added at 08:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 AM ----------

Ok after rooting can I move from ICS to Leak JB firmware. what will be the easy steps.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
Nandroid backup is like having a restore cd of pc. It will restore your phone to the state when it was backups with all apps and data like contacts, sms and call logs.

You should know why a backup is needed.

If you are rooted, download the rom of you choice and place it in storage, boot into recovery and do all wipes. The install the rom..

If not rooted then download rom from sammobile.com and flash it using odin
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slipkory:
Hi all,, i just bought this phone yesterday. today i have rooted this phone using PhilZ-cwm6-DXLP9-OLB-2.7-signed.zip and it was successful.but when i check the kernel is still same before root.is it this Philz file not coming with new kernel? as i read it is safe kernel + recovery.now i need to confirm whether i can just flash with custom ROM or not? thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
After installing philz, you will not see any change in the kernel name. Boot into recovery to see what you get. If its CWM-Philz, then you are good to go
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slipkory:
ok, now i understand..i can see clockworkmod in recovery..thanks for clarification
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leafsacc:
Hi Everyone,

I was searching on this all over the internet when I just read about the emmc brick bug on i9100 on 4.0.4 stock roms and now I can't find it in my history logs.

Basically one person (not from xda) said that the eMMC wipe brick bug must have two instances.

1. CWM installed

2. Wipe from CWM

I know there are instances such as CM kernel, Philz, Abyss, etc.

He wasn't denying that the stock ROM has a brick bug. He's just saying, if you root so that you install CWM plus you wipe from CWM you can easily encouter brick bug. However, if you are not rooted which gives you no ability to install CWM, you may wipe 4.0.4 roms from Samsung. He doesn't deny you will brick your phone but he said the chances of you bricking your phone on a wipe from a 4.0.4 stock samsung rom that is not rooted is 0.0001%

Basically what I'm thinking is that Android phones prefer if you do not flash kernels and roms (thus why your warranty is voided) because they don't want ppl flashing and bricking and then sending it back to them saying their mobo is fried because of their corrupted chips.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
What is the point of your post?

I once read an internet article by "one person" (not from xda) that if you intentionally set your own house on fire you won't be charged for insurance fraud (0.0001% chance)

I don't still have the link.

Oh but back to what you are posting...if you want to brick your device go ahead...you own it
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leafsacc:
ya i don't have the link. i tried to look for the link but it definitely wasn't here.

my point was, this person said it was due to "wiping via cwm". (again I wish I had the link)

however if you are not rooted (therefore no cwm installed) wiping causing hard brick was 0.0001%

i looked everywhere, google, history...i couldn't find the post link again. but i thought it was quite the news because i thought rooting or not rooting, if you wipe on stock 4.0.4, you get hard brick (maybe not guaranteed, but pretty chances are high).

it's been pretty clear what kernels are safe to flash from, but if non rooted users who updated 4.0.4 OTA wiped and got hard brick, I would suspect Samsung would get a lawsuit? however, wiping via CWM voids your warranty so that's good for Samsung.\

I kinda like this theory, it makes sense that Samsung would not ship out such a dangerous update OTA. Of course, once rooted and flashed CWM, the responsibility is all taken upon the user.

Then again, there are developers who are upset this dangerous bug would exist in the first place.

anyway, my fault for not finding the link to quote. that i agree with you 100%. and hopefully i can find it again. but I just wanted to throw out this theory.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Unless the article contains some empirical evidence of the .0001% statistic, it is a dangerous article that may cause people to ruin their device.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leafsacc:
ok, i think i get what you're saying. that it is a false security that even if you do wipe stock 4.0.4 rom (even if you are not rooted, even if you don't wipe via cmw but through your regular settings>privacy>etc) that ppl should not say "it is safe to wipe in stock 4.0.4 rom" when it is not.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
my friend bricked his not when he wiped from stock recovery and he dint even bother to root. just wanted to speedup his phone. got bricked. so may be he lay in that 0.0001%
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xT4Nx:
Hi all...im confusing about flashing rom....

As i read when in safe kernel go wipe and flashing rom...

I read cm9 thread said flashing rom then wipe...

Thats mean i must wipe 2 time?

Sorry for my bad english...

:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey63:
No CWM.zip involved? Truly superbricked?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
it still has download mode. no C or W or M at all. non rooted phone . did factory reset on recovery3e and the phone never booted again. N7000 Logo by far. Odin cannot flash factoryfs.img
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey63:
Wow! So much for Samsung's assertions that wiping on pure stock (ie: non-secure erase) is safe:mad: This means that wiping on stock JB kernel could produce the same result! So-called patch only blocks "secure erase". But so what if factory reset from stock JB is the same as wiping from stock ICS? Valuable input. Thanks:thumbup:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
that was on ICS and got it replaced under warranty.. although once when i installed a XXLSA rom from sammobile, i did a factory reset from stock recovery and survived. then did a scan using partition scanner and all passed. This i did knowing that my friend here at samsung will help me with the warranty but it dint get bricked. :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey63:
Thank God for that! BTW, I use Hg42's partition scanner on a regular basis. Paranoid I guess:o
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
me too ... not scanner all the time but that emmc checker ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey63:
The Hg one goes real quick in recovery. But yeah, I sometimes use the "thorough" one too:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andreas69k:
can i put 10.1 kernel for paranoid rom?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leafsacc:
Thanks man! That's exactly what I needed to hear.

The reason is this: My dad has the i777 which is possible to have the emmc brick bug. He is not rooted (and obviously no cwm installed). He is currently on GB. I refuse to update him to ICS because he might one day want to factory reset the phone.

I think this is great news (or not so great news) in helping me understand more. I just needed one testimony to confirm my fear that this brick bug can be caused without root and/or cwm wipes.

cool, thanks!

(i still love my stock gb rom, after flashing ics, jb i went back to gb and stayed on it for quite a while. mainly because of the emmc brick bug issue but mostly for stability. ugliest looking rom as hell though)

why is there no lawsuit for emmc brick bug on samsung? (i don't know).

thanks for this thread, very helpful!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eidecedie03:
thanks sir
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yiannis75:
Before flash Ultimate_N7000_XXLSC_v5.1 i use CWM.zip (Temp Recovery)Method.

It was 8/7/12 .I was lucky or after the date the method expired as danger?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes you were lucky. I originally used that too. Don't use it again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yiannis75:
Ok,thanks

Glad that my phone stills alive!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michalpo:
Hi guys,

I wonder whether it is safe to do the factory data reset from back up and reset menu for the following kernel and rom?:

Android 4.0.4 stock

Kernel Version

3.0.15-1163394

dpi@DELL171 #3

SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov5 17:29:14 KST 2012

Build number

IMM76D.DDLRB

My Note started to response slower, there are a couple of kernel wakelocks that drain battery quicker, and generally I got a lot of mess on my note, so I thought the best way to get rid of the mess and problems would be factory data reset. Is it safe now or still not? And if not, which way should I choose to wipe/flash it, go back to ICS and finally root it to delete/ freeze some sluggish stock apps using titanium or other app?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasmodo:
Samsung claims it is safe to do a factory reset from stock, unrooted Rom, but I wouldn't trust them a far as I can throw them.

I'd recommend flashing PhilZ-cwm6-DDLRB-ODD-3.99-signed.zip through your stock recovery to root the phone, then do a reset (it's a safe kernel) and remove all the crapware.

You'll find the kernel here, post #3, but read from the beginning of the thread to get all the necessary info.