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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] azizLIGHT:
I have a stock SGH-i717m from Bell Canada that I use on T-mobile near Orlando, Florida. I have very bad signal on T-mobile's 3G and HSPA+ indoors. If I go indoors to some place like a walmart, I lose data signal easily. Outside, its ok and speeds are between 4 - 6 mbps down and 0.25 - 0.7 mbps up. This is when I force it to use HSPA only in the Network Mode settings. It rarely goes to H when I have it set to GSM/HSPA Auto Mode

When I lose my data connection indoors, I have to go into the settings and mobile network and change it to GSM only so I can at least get EDGE so I can look things up. It's a very tedious process when I just wanna do something quickly but it ends up taking me 30 seconds to switch network modes, wait for a data connection to be up, then wait for edge to actually send/receive data and then see what I want.

I even fooled around in the *#2263# menu trying all the WCDMA frequencies while in HSPA only network mode:

850: gets enabled but there's no t-mobile signal, only emergency calls

1900: gets enabled, get's data signal on t-mobile at -100 dBm or lower

IMT2000: gets enabled, and no service anywhere

I looked around on how to improve my signal strength and seen some funny threads about putting aluminum foil and even tried it. But I also saw these threads about radios. There seem to be a LOT of radios and I'm so confused which ones to use and which ones are not supposed to be used with my phone or my version of ROM. I rooted my phone in hopes of using one of these radios because i got sick of not being able to use my $30 t-mobile unlimited data plan indoors. I'm not sure which one to use or even if I should use one?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cappy flasher:
help with first flash

so I am new to flashing the Galaxy note 2! I have flash many captivates, however its been a while and i need a refresher on steps. can someone please tell me my steps to flashing my first ROM from full stock.

Already done:

Rooted

custom recovery

whats next?

Im sure its something to do with flashing boot loaders but i cant find anything so help please!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
Well you are in the Note 1 section so I would make sure you head over to the right forum and make sure to read up on the stickied threads over there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Kov79:
oh god why
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
I am not sure what you are referencing with this
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
I'll try and contact him and see exactly why.

ROFLMAO Howdy Bibby.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
I just have to ask ... Is this my wife???? ... you sound exactly like her.

And congrats on your first post ... aren't the first ten required to be helpful or useful?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
Bubba I am sure your wife says a lot worse to you my friend
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
That she does sir .... That she does.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] frozeninferno:
I was wondering if there was anyone out there right now that is running the JellyBeer ROM, newest build, and are having problems with the data connection or cell phone reception period. Mine seems to cut out periodically and then I finally get all of my text messages at once. Which is frustrating when you are trying to hold a conversation with someone.

Thanks for any help that anyone might be able to give me!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jimmbomb:
Here's my dumb question :

Do I need to be rooted first to be able to flash ROMS.?

I ask this because I am on stock ICS CLF6.

I have already flashed CWM with Odin. And have made my nandroid backup.

Now.... Can I just start trying a ROM?

Or do I have to root... SU have to be installed and if so... Which SU?

Thanks a lot for reading.

All replies and comments are welcomed and encouraged.

Thanks again...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] studacris:
You're good to go.

All you need is a custom recovery.

Happy flashing!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
No need to root. You can flash away

Edit: beat me by 30 seconds Studa :mad: :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] frozeninferno:
As long as you are rooted and have a recovery manager that isn't stock you are fine, when you first root all you did is root your stock software which makes the phone open. ROMs are built with SU in them, or you can stay stock and just download an SU. Hope this helped.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
First off, I'm a newb who only recently flashed CM to my old Captivate.

Trying to install CM10.1 here on my Note. I am following the official instructions on their website, but pushing the recovery via ODIN instead since I don't understand Heimdall and command line stuff.

Anyways, I'm on a stock, unrooted 4.0.4 AT&T Note, CM's official directions says I don't need to be rooted and it's not advised. When I push the recovery, ODIN just sits (see picture) forever. Can anyone help?

Also, I had to delete .md5 from the file name, it was named "recovery-cwm-quincyatt.tar.md5" and ODIN didn't understand that. I have tried ODIN 3.07 and 1.85.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tx Redneck:
Koff

10chars

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
From the looks of it, you're doing everything right. Have you tried to redownload the tar? Maybe a bad download...just a thought...I would also uncheck reset time. Just keep reboot checked only. If you're still having problems after a fresh download, then grab Braways version in development
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] studacris:
Also, The "command line stuff" can just be copied and pasted...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Did a fresh download, same result. Sits at 99.9% Link to Braways version? This works with CM10.1?

EDIT: Is this the "Braways version" you're referring to? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1584576 Confirmed to work with CM10?

Couldn't get it to play nice with Win8. Ran in "compatibility mode" with the same result.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
That is it but I can't confirm it works with cm10(most likely won't). You have a couple options without rooting. Grab the latest Odin tar from team wins site and use twrp or flash Braways version and download the latest flashable zip of either cwm or twrp and update your recovery. If you want to keep trying with what you have, maybe use a different cable or usb port and see if that makes a difference. Good luck

Edit: Also try running Odin as admin if you haven't already
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Alright, thanks man! I'll figure it out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] captemo:
finally rooted

finally rooted.

however, when i plug in usb to phone, i now get "hardware i.d. missing" ???

i have superuser icon on phone

any ideas?

is more information needed?

if so what?

got the i.d. number thing figured out, re install drivers.

Note IS however different than Infuse.

am i supposed to drag and drop files? and do the go to usb storage???

attempted to copy jellybam over (d&d) said unable to copy

i know its something stupid, but thats why i am here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
So, just so I'm reading this correctly, I could use ODIN to push TWRP, then from there use TWRP to install the CyanogenMod zip file? CM is CWM (at least it was on my Cappy) based so the CM built-in CWM would overwrite TWRP anyways upon installation, correct?

Thank you for all your help thus far!

Brian
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
You can flash cm or anything else for that matter with twrp just the same as cwm. Flashing cm will not override or replace twrp with cwm. I prefer twrp and would recommend it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Thanks! One last question, (okay, two.) Is it beneficial to copy the stock ROM backup to a computer, I will be doing a factory reset post-backup, but pre-CM flash would the backup be gone when I factory reset?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
No. The backup will be on either internal or external storage(you're choice). As long as you don't format the internal or external storage, everything will still be there. That being said it really cant hurt to copy the backup to your pc before flashing and is probably a good idea. As a matter of fact most users keep a copy of their storage either on pc or cloud....just in case
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] noobiedumb:
my first dumb question.

just rooted my att gnote with cwr. i did a kies backup first then titanium backup after. I want to flash black star X but I don't want to loose my app settings or personal files eg. pics vids etc. my son would be upset if he has to restart angry birds from beginning.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
First go into recovery (CWM or TWRP) and make a nandroid back up of your stock rooted rom.

Make sure to wipedavilk, cache, data, and system. Flash your rom (gapps of needed).Restore all your apps. Once restored (from the play store is best) then use titanium backup. Restore data to angry birds.

Your pics and vids should be fine on your sd card as long as you do not wipe the external (assuming that's the one they are on) card.

If you use a launcher like Nova ... Even your desk top can be backed up and restored.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] noobiedumb:
my TBU is located on phone memory /mnt/sdcard/titaniumbackup will factory wipe destroy it? do I need to move to ex sdcard first?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
It should not but it doesn't hurt to make a copy and through it on the external for safe keeping
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Just a note .... you are doing the reset in your recovery ... not in settings. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] izdabombest1:
ive been showing my son how to flash different roms and such and last night he took it upon himself to turn his i717 into the t-mobile variant. now he doesnt know how to get it back to normal at&t. ive been looking and i assume that you would just have to flash the system img, boot img and recovery but im not sure if that is the exact way to do it. is there anyone that can show me a link or thread that will get the phone back to at&t stock, rooted or otherwise? thank you for any help you can provide.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25640724

That's return to full stock. Check the super everything thread if you want rooted stock. Link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28040353
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] izdabombest1:
Figures I would over analyze something so simple. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DARKCHYLDX101:
Which file(s) do you edit to change transition effect when opening a app?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] studacris:
One of the xmls in framework.apk/res/anim

Iirc... and I'm not sure which one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quarmzz:
Hello. I recently acquired Galaxy Note Roger's variant. I was using the international version at first, and I had no worries. I've been trying to get a decent CM/AOSP based ROM to no avail. I get the installation aborted error message. I think because the buildprob is 'quincyatt'. I have rooted it and installed a custom Touchwiz ROM, but I would love to get a CM10 ROM which will work for my phone. Any help? Any links? Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
Sounds to me like you may need to update your recovery. What recovery version do you have on your phone? also what is the exact error it is giving you?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quarmzz:
I'm using CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4 and I don't quite remember the exact error message, but I remember something like 'build prop assert failed, quincyatt sgh-1717' and loads of apostrophe symbols. I hope you get what I mean.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Yeah that's an older version. As rquiett said, you'll need to update to the latest cwm or twrp and you'll be all set. Pshhh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quarmzz:
Pls gimme a link, please.... And after updating my recovery, means I can flash any of the nightlies here? http://get.cm/?device=quincyatt ? Thanks a lot. Really appreciate for the help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jimmbomb:
How do I find out if my phone is a "Quincy" att one? It's an att. stock phone running UCLF6 .? Thanks....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
If you have a samsung note I717 then you have a quincyatt
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
So I had a bad time with the latest twrp that I updated to 2.4.3 via goo manager. Flashed JEDI/SOA JB rom with it, but my phone was really messed up- wouldn't restore, hard to flash, hard to boot into recovery, finally got the rom on and set up, went to BU in twrp and the phone shut down- off- in the middle of BU and was doing weird triple vibrations, hard to power on- just not itself- had the phone for a year and nothing like this.

Was directed that there is a new screen setting in new twrp for time out. Here is my question. Even if the screen times out doing a back up, it shouldn't shut down the device, should it? Or is the newest twrp set to shut down upon completion? I had trouble getting the phone to boot up afterwards. Needed long power button holds with the weird triple vibrations, then another press of power to get it to boot. Never had these problems with twrp- it wouldn't see my ext sd, couldn't select using external, computer wouldn't see my sd cards, even after mounting usb from pull down menu. Then after I reinstalled drivers on my computer to see my sd cards, got my old copy of twrp on the internal sd to roll back to a previous version- all of a sudden twrp now saw the external card- everything was selectable.

So I have twrp 2.2.1 now on the phone. Did I get a bad flash of 2.4.3? Possible over goo manager? Should I flash a zip of the newest version?

Could it have been the rom flash screwing up recovery? Haven't flashed JB in months due to it being unstable but this one is new and supposedly very stable. Suggestions? Posted in twrp thread but realized it was the htc one thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] studacris:
I've heard millions of reports of updated twrp being wonky

I am, and suggest to everyone else as well, staying on the version I've been using I know works, until the day comes where it's too outdated and all I get is status 7 errors.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Agreed Studa. I'm using 2.3.3 with no issues. Not changing until it's a must.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Thank you guys! Will update to 2.3.3 and hold there too. At least I know it wasn't something I did.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] moxiot:
hey guys. what do you reckon is a decent price to pay for this phone (used)?

many thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Well considering that you can get the refurnished Note 2 from AT&T fire 99 cents....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] moxiot:
i didn't explain myself well enough. i'm on tmobile and i need an off-contract phone. many thanks for your reply
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
I would say maybe 200 to 250 at this point
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Just checked this out and my att.com says refurb note 2 $199.00
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Sale must be over :mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] methylenedioxy:
Any recommendation for an ICS daily driver rom?

Eclipse has been running great for me. But since the reboot issue is inherent in any JB rom, I will have to take a step backward...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Trevino07:
Gubment Cheeze Ics is Awesome just sayin :D:eek::beer:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Agreed .... I've been on Gubment Cheeze since early testing. I've trieda few others ...briefly...as well asa few jelly bean roms. I always come back. Guess I have a Cheeze addiction. Give it a try ....you won't be disappointed.

(I even know where you can get some nice theme chooser themes. Rom link in sig for easy access :p )
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] methylenedioxy:
Isn't Gubment Cheeze a BJ based rom?

---------- Post added at 05:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:22 AM ----------

Sorry, I mean JB. No sexual pun intended.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
There's an ics version as well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] methylenedioxy:
May I have a link please.

Google and Search Function are powerless against my stupidity.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Trevino07:
http://db.tt/ALMqWQHo Here ya go :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] methylenedioxy:
Thank You Sir! You have saved a dummy.

With power comes great responsibility.

With a question comes another question.

Is the current JB Gaaaaappp (forgot how many As and Ps) compatible with my soon to be flashed ICS version?

Much thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Nope. The link provided takes you to the ics version of Cheeze. You will need the ics gapps. Using the jb gapps will get you force closures. Your beautiful Cheeze experience will be tainted.

Sent from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] studacris:
1 A

2 P's

Gapps = Google apps... it's literally just "apps" that starts with a g.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Billy_Oneironaut:
Hi all. I'll be picking up a Galaxy Note i717 soon and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for apps or roms that are well suited to art and animation. I know stock Snote works pretty well, as does Bamboo Paper and Sketchbook mobile.

Also, how fast and battery efficient would you say Padawan is compared to stock Ice Cream Sandwich?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quarmzz:
Fine, so lemme ask my stupid question.

I got a Rogers Note (SGH i717R). I used quincyatt recovery (Read from the threads that, they are basically the same) and was able to successfully install official CM10.1 (quincyatt). But I have one problem; I cannot make calls. I do not hear what the person on the other side is saying.

Any help? What should I flash again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
First... Did you full wipe and factory reset from recovery before installing the ROM? Also a link to the rom you flashed might be helpful. Also I know that there are some audio bugs with 10.1 have you checked the thread for similar reports and fixes?

Sent from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quarmzz:
Yes please I did a full wipe before flashing. I rooted it in Odin and then I flashed openrecovery-twrp-2.4.3.0-quincyatt to get me a custom recovery as per instructions. Then I headed to http://get.cm/?device=quincyatt to download the ROM and I used Gapps dated 12/12/12. Everything works except voice calls. Could it be the modem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
What did you flash? Stable or nightly? Which one (date) specifically if it is a nightly? The audio bugs have been sorted out since mid March on the nightlies.

BTW, that's an old version of Gapps. Latest is 3/1/13.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quarmzz:
I flashed a Nightly. Clean install on 16th, 17th 18th and 19th. But the problem persisted. And yeah that's the latest but I think updating them from the Play Store after flashing the one on 12/12/12 makes it the same?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Dude, flash 4/10 CM nightly. You're way behind. Call audio issues been fixed a long while.

I don't understand what you're saying the 2nd part of your comment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quarmzz:
The second part, I mean after flashing the 12/12/12 and updating the apps in Play Store, wouldn't they be the same as the 2013 package? And yeah, those were the last times I flashed CM. I'm back on stock. But I don't want to flash, then I can't make calls then I would have to revert. That's why I'm asking whether there is another way
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
The call audio issue is resolved I'm telling you. If, for some reason, still exists, flash flappjaxx's kernel and you're golden. Not sure why you'd pose the question if you're not wanting to flash back to CM.

Check here for more info: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2142686
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quarmzz:
Thanks for the info. It is not that I don't to, I am just hesitant to. But after telling me that the issue is resolved and another method that will solve the problem if I face it, I'm good to go. Thanks mate! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Thanks for jumping in on this btswein. Always glad to see helpful people here.

Sent from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
How do you think I learned :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Billy_Oneironaut:
Anyone? Anyone at all?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
I haven't used any of those apps. Really don't fool with anything like that on my phone. Although I have paper artist and sketch book on my phone.

I have not tried the padwan rom. I have tried a couple of the cm10.1 and the are nice. The only issue with them for me is the fact that blue tooth is not working properly on them..sometimes you have to reboot to get it to come on. I continue to be happy with my old stand by of Gubment Cheeze ics.

Any rom (custom) will poor should give better battery life than the stock simply due to the bloat apps being removed.

Sent from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
"Also, how fast and battery efficient would you say Padawan is compared to stock Ice Cream Sandwich?"

I have used Padawan from 1 thru 8 and it was really good, my favorite for a long time. Great on battery and everything worked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DARKCHYLDX101:
On a freshly installed stock ics touchwiz Rom. Where does it pull wallpaper from when it starts up. I know tw wallpaper chooser has the stock wallpaper. But I pulled that out and its still using stock wallpaper for home and lockscreen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] studacris:
System/framework/framework-res.apk/res/drawable-xhdpi/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DARKCHYLDX101:
Thanks! I have some cleaning to do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dldaven:
Kies on Gubment Cheeze JB 4.1.2

I just flashed Gubment Cheeze on my note. I'm new to flashing and rooting, so this may or may not be a stupid question. I backed up all of my music and pictures via Samsung Kies before rooting and flashing. After flashing the stock rom I could access Kies with my phone via USB. I flashed CM's Slim Bean and couldn't connect to Kies. I found a posting saying that CM's ROMs do not interact with Kies due to stock files not being present. It wouldn't even offer to connect to Kies. With GC my computer finds and installs all of the drivers and initializes the connection, but the connection never succeeds. Eventually it tells me that my phone is not responding and to reboot it. Reboot does nothing to change the connection. Are there settings that need to be changed or can GC even connect to Kies? If not is there a way to open the backup file so I can transfer my pics and music back to my phone? Just putting it out there, I DID search this topic and found nothing relating to my topic.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Don't believe you can use kies with any non-touchwiz ROM. I don't personally wipe the internal storage when flashing so never lose anything. If that's something you'll continue to do then I would suggest backing up directly to pc or external sd.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] azizLIGHT:
I rooted a while back but never had the courage to flash new roms or modems or anything. I just did a cwm backup, and I think I want to try a ROM.

Which is an easy rom for a noob to try to flash and use?

how easy is it to switch back to my real phone and all the apps I have, given that i made a cwm backup, in case i dont want to do any roms anymore

also which rom is the best for the battery life?

do the roms come with the other modems? i want to see if i get better 4g signal indoors with other types

thanks in advance