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[Galaxy Note II General] psychEinside:
thanks!my samsung drivers are properly installed, i tried both on my pc and laptop.

after doing fullwipe and sd card wipe.I use odin to flash stock rom.but still the capacity is 5gb

but using pit file, I have 10.46gb.Is it the right capacity?

thanks for the info about pit file!my capacity now is 10.46gb.:good:

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I have the last problem after solving the internal memory, the imei number is null,then it can't read simcard

the first owner flashed custom rom without doing a back-up of the efs.

I think there is missing file inside the efs folder, can anyone send me there efs folder?thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
Nice info..:)

Isn't it device specific?

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[Galaxy Note II General] psychEinside:
I read from other forum that by copying NV_DATA from a working phone.and use it in non working phone could be the solution to the problem.
[Galaxy Note II General] iampoch:
Yup, 10.46GB is the max available space for the 16GB version. It’s one kahuna now for system and internal SD, as opposed to the Note 1 where you got 2GB for system and 11GB for internal SD. Kinda disappointing, really, because I feel we lost over 2GB.
[Galaxy Note II General] drahcir101:
Guys sorry for asking some help but I am here in Riyadh and really looking for nice protection for my SGN2. I hear otterbox is good but of course with your suggestions it may help a lot. As I check the thread is overflowing so I am asking your good knowledge for finding the best one. Many thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] psycotrompus:
Dude, that efs folder does not come with stock roms. Redlinux is right, it is device specific. Try searching for the post wherein you can modify the imei number of your phone.

Or try claiming back your warranty. If you know what I mean.
[Galaxy Note II General] francis820:
+1

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[Galaxy Note II General] psychEinside:
Thanks!

I know that is device specific but I have read in some post that the nv_data from other working phone may solve the issue
[Galaxy Note II General] tipsy13:
hi guys, im new here at xda and im on my 3rd week of using my sgn2..
[Galaxy Note II General] dbanzon:
has anyone tried the january firmware(xxdma6) release? Does it have a noticeable improvement from the dec release?
[Galaxy Note II General] PaulitoX77:
just got the 2 OTA updates lol

N7100XXDMA6

First one is 99mb in size then the next one 70mb

Just updated, everything seems to be fine. Noticed that Google Music is already added. Still exploring
[Galaxy Note II General] levin143:
I've read on other posts that the changelog of the new one compared to the old one is same. So maybe no improvement? They say Taiwan has the highest changelog.

But still I hope there is a noticeable difference.
[Galaxy Note II General] BratPAQ:
My OTA failed, it finish downloading, restarted, showed the robot during boot, then it booted saying it failed firmware upgrade.

Im rooted + stock rom, I wondet why it failed.
[Galaxy Note II General] elms327:
Are there improvements with the new firmware?
[Galaxy Note II General] NadMaj:
try updating ota again and see what happens.... ota updates rarely causes errors... maybe just a bad update..

EDIT: unroot your phone mate.. then reroot after update...
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
Well so far there are no crashes. The update says stability changes only.
[Galaxy Note II General] BratPAQ:
thanks, ill try that, my last update via OTA im rooted but applied the "unmodified" of triangle away and it worked, but now its not working, the progress bar would reach 31% and then the robot would turn into something like this.

I thought it was something about the Beats Audio I installed that changed something on my system files and cant uninstall.

last week, samsung released fixes for eMMC brick error, maybe this fix is for that?
[Galaxy Note II General] NadMaj:
hhmm.. some audio mods has modded framework files though i'm not sure if it's the reason why the ota update fails.. i told you you should've tried unrooting then update ota..

why not flash using odin instead?.. your profile says your op is globe right?.. download this and flash using odin..

if you're not familiar with odin i will hep you..
[Galaxy Note II General] Operative:
I'm downloading it now Prinz. Anything spectacular? :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] BratPAQ:
thanks for the help dude, do you have one for smart, sorry i havent updated my telecom status in years, ill try odin when i get home.

about odin, should i do some wiping dalvik or cache before installing rom?
[Galaxy Note II General] NadMaj:
this one is for smart..

no need for that just go straight to download mode and flash using odin... think of it as updating via ota... same firmware so no need for wiping anything...
[Galaxy Note II General] maxram:
I have the same problem. Is there a new update of sorts? Well re flash but I need to back up my apps first. Los of in game purchases

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[Galaxy Note II General] NadMaj:
dma6 is the newest firmware.. if you're having the same problem then you'll have to flash using odin..
[Galaxy Note II General] maxram:
Will flashing with odin wipe my apps data?

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[Galaxy Note II General] NadMaj:
apps?.. no.. unless you wipe it yourself... but please make it a habit of doing backups before doing anything so no regrets/blaming in the end....

but if you're on a custom rom i suggest you do a full wipe.. and if you like flashing custom roms you'd rather not update coz i doubt the devs will make one for dma6..
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
Nothing spectacular but battery drain during idle is better. I think they fixed the previous battery issues.
[Galaxy Note II General] arnarn911:
I have a Smart unit. I only got updated to dma5. When I check for updates it says try again later.
[Galaxy Note II General] PaulitoX77:
I have to agree that battery life seems to be better

Taking into consideration we do have a weak Smart signal here, updated with 60% batt, after update got 45% left

It was just an itch so i did an FR, after re installing and setting up apps got me down to 20%. Texting until 10%, wanted to charge but i went to sleep.

Woke up with still 10% so yeah deep sleep is good.

(Gave up on Globe because we lost 3G signal in our area since July 26...yesterday I decided to turn to Smart even though they have a weak signal it does have 3G and H coverage. Went to Globe center yesterday morning...said i was fed up and asked them to cut my Smart sim into micro sim size lol. And what do you know just this morning after 6 months we do have 3G and H again in our area hahaha. Ranted on so many complaints for 6 months and that sim cut did the trick? LOL I love to think so, call me harsh but they gave me so many BS reasons saying it was my phone or sim, then the best reason they gave....your location is too far....oh yeah? 2 years subscriber of Globe broadband using 3G then suddenly we lost 3G access...my location is too far...BS! So our location shifted and a while ago i guess we shifted back in place hahahaha. Just sharing how crappy their CSR is)
[Galaxy Note II General] francis820:
You've disrupted the time-space continuum when you cut your SIM in half and altered your future :D

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[Galaxy Note II General] PaulitoX77:
bro i let them cut my regular Smart sim into micro to fit my Note II, oh boy you should have seen the faces of their staff. I said i was fed up since they have not fixed the 3G in our area, took out my regular Smart Sim, "You cut sims to micro sims right? Here please cut mine because this network has 3G in our area" hahaha.

She did cut it, showed them i inserted it then left. This morning Globe has 3G in our area already nyahahaha. They always say "according to the system there is nothing wrong..bla bla, no network bla bla...have your phone checked bla bla sim checked bla bla" Got that generic reply for six months. So maybe, just maybe they really went to check our area finally. Who knows, woke up with my dad telling me he had 3G already on his postpaid line lol.

So its back to Globe for me. Sometimes being harsh works i guess
[Galaxy Note II General] tipsy13:
Nice! :laugh:
[Galaxy Note II General] BratPAQ:
Thanks for the help, I successfully upgraded my firmware, now my device is unrooted again. I guess I will let it stay that way for a while.
[Galaxy Note II General] jef_512:
guys with a smart unit, have you tried restarting your phone when you're in vibrate/silent mode?

i noticed that mine, whenever i restart, the volume would turn back on after everything loads. not sure if it's just my phone or this is a smart "stock setting" (if there's one). i was able to fix this previously by doing factory reset. but after i updated to 4.1.2. the issue came back

is it just my phone or this is true for all smart units?
[Galaxy Note II General] tipsy13:
Has anyone here tried the RED PILL kernel? i migrated from Perseus 32.1 to RED PILL 1.3

Any difference between the two?
[Galaxy Note II General] cerilus altos:
anybody knows if the MA6 update is already available for Germany (DBT) units?
[Galaxy Note II General] gabamoner:
Ive tried both.. and perseus is better for me..

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[Galaxy Note II General] razrzxcvbnm:
The battery issue on my Note 2 seems to worsen after updating yesterday. My Note 2 is still on stock 4.1.2. 100% to 50% in less than 7hrs, 3G on, played a few games, some texts and calls, screen brightness below 50%. . :eek:

Does factory reset will do some improvement on my Note 2's battery life? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] NadMaj:
check first if you have many background running apps.. maybe that is what's causing your battery drain..
[Galaxy Note II General] razrzxcvbnm:
I always clear my RAM after closing an app. I'm also on stock launcher and using some couple of widgets. Before the update my battery lasts around for 2 days atleast. Same routine, few games, calls and texts, brightness never above 50%. My "battery use" only displays screen, android systems, android OS, etc, but not the games I've played like NFS, MC4. Seems incomplete or lacking to me.
[Galaxy Note II General] NadMaj:
background running apps are persistent.. even if you clear your ram or use some task killing apps they'll just run and run again on your background..

i'm not sure if it's the update or not.. but if you want to try doing a full wipe then do so.. maybe that can help.. try wiping cache and dalvik also..

EDIT: if you backread a little., you will see that some folks says that their battery life improved with the update.. so maybe it's just you.. try using a cpu sleeper maybe that can help you with your problem..
[Galaxy Note II General] razrzxcvbnm:
I see. I will try to do a full wipe then. Thanks! :good:

I noticed that too, that they're getting more juice from the last update that's why I'm confused with mine. Thanks for the help! Will try to do what you said. :o
[Galaxy Note II General] NadMaj:
also try using a sleeper.. maybe that can help..
[Galaxy Note II General] razrzxcvbnm:
Why does my battery usage doesn't display some games and apps that I've used? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] psycotrompus:
For me it seems to have a better battery life.
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
Don't clear your ram. That makes your phone waste more battery by loading apps again. Android is not like a pc where you have to close apps to save battery. There are many threads on this. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] gabamoner:
I have updated to n7100xxdma6 philippines globe .. and sad to say TWRP os not working !! Ive tried different methods to flash it (cwm,odin,goomanager) but still no luck at all..

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[Galaxy Note II General] Onigster:
UAE version

Hi guys.

I just want to ask if any of you got a UAE version of the note 2?

I just got mine from greenhills today and lo and behold I was surprised it was a UAE version. (I was expecting it to be asian/HK etc) I tried OTA update since I saw it was still in 4.1.1 but it just says it is updated.

So I am about try the Odin way to flash a Philippines version 4.1.2...

My question is... will this enable future OTA updates for me if I flash Ph version ? Since I am here in the Philippines, I was thinking I can just change to Ph version and that would give me future updates...

I do run a smart postpaid sim... would it be better to have the Ph smart version?

Or should I just stick it out with this UAE stock version ... and wait (will it even allow OTA) for the OTA?

Any advice will be much appreciated :)
[Galaxy Note II General] htc.hd:
Because u already rooted , you are not able to install ota updates.

Because u increase value of counter due to rooting process.

So ur update is failed.
[Galaxy Note II General] Onigster:
Hi sorry... I may have not explained myself well...

1. I just bought the phone brand new sealed in box 9 hrs ago.

2. nope I am not rooted and have not flashed the phone yet... Virgin pa sya :)

3. the phone is UAE version (color grey). It does have arabic characters on the box... I should've just stuck with my first pick which is the white one ( it had english characters on the box lol) but I liked the grey version better.

4. The update check did not fail... it just says the phone is updated but it is still in 4.1.1. I have another rooted htc and that says "update fail" because it is rooted. Also, I gave my wife an S3 and also bought in from greenhills (but from a diffrent store - different time) and that got the OTA update no problem.

so my question is..... will this enable future OTA updates for me if I flash Ph version ? Since I am here in the Philippines, I was thinking I can just change to Ph version and that would give me future updates - Granted that I "unroot" it and reset counter ( if thats possible) ?
[Galaxy Note II General] razrzxcvbnm:
Ohh. Now I will stop doing this. Thanks! Btw, I just did a factory reset on my Note. I wonder if the battery life will improve.
[Galaxy Note II General] gabamoner:
I have UAE version of note 2..and I flashed the philippine version using odin pc..before flashing ROOTING is a must, it is true that it will raise your binary counter by 1 if you root your phone BUT you can always use TRIANGLE AWAY to RESET IT..

Just follow tge instructions and your good to go.. hope it makes sense

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[Galaxy Note II General] kinsenas:
Is there any way to have a Rooted stock without flashing a new rom? just like the older android phone where you flash a single zip file to root?
[Galaxy Note II General] gabamoner:
There is a way mate.. try flashing chainfires root for note 2 using odin pc.. theres alot of thread for it

If your still in 4.1.1 and have no plans in updating to 4.1.2 yet you can use exynos abuse

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[Galaxy Note II General] hazzik:
Can i flash Philippines Unbranded If I root My phone?

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[Galaxy Note II General] gabamoner:
Yes...

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[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
I'm seeing some common queries from our kababayans. So here's some facts that might help out future questions:

* Regardless of what CSC you have, you can manually flash any Samsung Official ROM from sammobile.com using PC Odin. Nothing to worry about.

* Rooting is entirely different from software unlocking. It won't unlock your phone just by rooting.

* Don't worry too much about trying to reset your binary counter. As long as you don't step on your phone, it won't break. Besides, there is always Triangle Away.

* Once you root, you can't do any OTA so stop trying.. Like for real. Even if you have an official stock rom.

* Mobile Odin + Custom Recovery are the only things you'll ever need. You'll never have to connect your phone from your PC/Mac again.. Like ever.

* USB debugging is a thing of the past. When you want to transfer files from and to your phone, Airdroid is what you want.

* Avoid clearing your cached apps. Please... It will only make your battery drain faster. Android has a unique app + memory management that's built in.

* Unusual battery drain when flashing a new ROM is but normal. Let the ROM settle for a few days before you start freaking out.

* The only thing that will surely (101%) brick your phone is when you flash a different radio for a different model. When you do that, don't even bother rescuing your poor phone.

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[Galaxy Note II General] PaulitoX77:
Mga kabayan for me, everytime i have an update whether kies or ota, i do a factory reset. This is just me because long long time ako during the SII days i got crappy batt life after an update. Did an FR and that solved it. So that became my style ever since, again this is just me.

Did update to 4.1.2 through Kies, did an FR, got no issues and good batt life. Did the recent update to MA6 through OTA, again silly me still did an FR, i get good battery life. For me i do not like to rely on the phone optimizing the apps. So i want an FR which gives me the new firmware like brand new lol, again this is just me.

If i dont need to use data, (3G or H+) i always set my phone to GSM Only. If you need to use data, choose wcdma only. Auto mode drains battery and keeps selecting the best signal.

If you have crappy network signal, left your phone idle, even with data off...expect some batt drain specially when your on auto mode.

I agree with Prince, clearing RAM can cause additional drain, so just do it when you are about to retire to bed. Your phone should go into deep sleep when idle after clearing ram...example after the MA6 update, 10% left on the phone, went to sleep, woke up 6 hours later with still 10%, so deep sleep with the new update is good.

If you leave your phone idle, data off, and your phone does not go into deep sleep then check if you have wake locks. Click on battery graph, AWAKE bar should match SCREEN bar, if it does not then you do have wake locks. If they match, then its your network signal

i am no expert but this system works for me. just sharing mga kabayan.
[Galaxy Note II General] EarlZ:
Problem with airdriod is that I cannot access my 64gb microsd with it, if I insert the 32gb then its fine.
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
An explanation for the ram thing is in android, any kind of free ram is wasted. Android pre loads a lot of the commonly used apps when it learns what you like using. This is because android is based on Linux, where it takes more battery to open an app compared to just keeping it in the memory. When an app is not in use, to keep it in memory doesn't cost the phone any battery.

Usually after a major update I factory reset and it solves most problems. I hope it does for you too. Just like paulito, I learned this coming from previous galaxy phones. I guess since everything is cleaned up after a factory reset settings and stuff left over from the old os are fixed or something.
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
I have a Class 10 64GB Sandisk exFAT MicroSD Card. Airdroid has no issues finding it. Your kernel probably? Not sure.

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[Galaxy Note II General] jon1011:
I also have the UAE version (bought from kimstore).

I'm still using the UAE version, but hoping to flash the latest PH version when I get bored. lol

Flashing rooted kernels would automatically root your phone. :)

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Unused RAM = useless RAM.

Someone told me this before in the galaxy W thread.

But then, if you're RAM usage is at around 80-95% (based from experience), it will make your phone laggy!

At that point, I'd rather have a useless RAM but a more usable phone than a maximized RAM but an unusable phone.

It's one of factors why I switched to Note 2.

Haven't experienced it so far, having this huge RAM. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] EarlZ:
All stock, using a USB cable or KiesAir works properly though. Why so fast in blaming the kernel LOL!
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
Like I said, I'm not sure. Experience tells me though.

I can't see where I was blaming anything. I thought that it was for exchanging of thoughts and that some insights might be useful. After all, this is a forum I suppose.

And... I don't get how you're laughing out loud. Unless you've used it to imply something different, I might have missed a witty joke. :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] kinsenas:
@gabamoner - thank you so much! I'll try to search for it now.
[Galaxy Note II General] maxram:
Gabamoner triangle away isn't working for me. I'm still modified

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Same here. 3g went kaput and for 7 days they kept telling me that there's nothing wrong with the network. They kept doing that to all of us here until a friend of mine suffered a heart attack after a shouting match with a super visor.

A couple of days after not only did they return the 3g they also upgraded it to 6mbps.

It was kinda sad though to know that they did it only because they had an imminent law suit on their hands.

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[Galaxy Note II General] gabamoner:
Are you rooted?? Your status will be normal if your not rooted..

use triangle away for warranty purposes..

If so , you will need to reset binary counter and flash a stock rom.. thats the time your status will be NORMAL..

Read this thread for triangle away questions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114

If you wanna go further you can check this link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896696

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[Galaxy Note II General] maxram:
could you guys give me a rooting method with stock?

I followed Dr.Ketan's method 1

I used triangleaway yet I'm still "modified" though my flash counter is 0.
[Galaxy Note II General] geraldo3:
any of you guys has a Samsung Note 2 and tried it on LTE Services of Globe & Smart?
[Galaxy Note II General] razrzxcvbnm:
Does this also apply to the latest update via OTA (99+70Mb)? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] psycotrompus:
WCDMA is not our type of network. The fact that we have a sim card means we're on GSM network. WCDMA network doesn't need sim card. Fyi

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I only get a good battery life if my phone goes into deep sleep mode. Try using a1 cpu tool or

Cpu spy plus app to see how frequent your cpu goes into deep sleep mode.
[Galaxy Note II General] jerverg:
I'm using a globe sim with my LTE Note 2. Haven't had an LTE signal until now. I wish it had an LTE ONLY option instead of Automatic(LTE, WCDMA, GSM) so I could see. I live in Quezon City but I don't really know if there's Globe LTE here in my exact loc.
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
Applies to any OTA.

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