[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] ph03n!x:
It did not boot into recovery either, same symptom as before - note that the link you had posted refers the file as t0l3g-recovery.img.tar, which is not found in techerrata. I made it t03g-recovery.img.tar and downloaded the test recovery - which I confirmed to be newer than the one I had downloaded earlier.

I cannot paste the last_kmsg in paste.tinyw.in, because it looks like I'm opening a compiled file in plain text editor (NP++). I am posting a rar'ed last_kmsg in this post, maybe that helps. The last few lines are

BUCK1OUT(vdd_mif) = 0x05
BUCK3DVS1(vdd_int) = 0x20
[MMC] there are pending interrupts 0x00010000
cardtype: 0x00000007
SB_MMC_HS_52MHZ_1_8V_3V_IO
mmc->card_caps: 0x00000311
mmc->host_caps: 0x00000311
mmc_initialize: mmc->capacity = 30777344
Current SBOOT version : VERSION_-+A2

Samsung S-Boot 4.0-2099172 for GT-N7100 (Nov 10 2013 - 15:32:28)

EXYNOS4412(EVT 2.0) / 2044MB / 15028MB / Rev 11 / N7100XXUEMK4 /(PKG_ID 0x502d058)

- read_bl1
pit_check_signature (PIT) valid.
initialize_ddi_data: usable! (7:0xe)
[RPMB] emmc_rpmb_open:
Get DATA success.

[RPMB] emmc_rpmb_close:
initialize_rpmb_data: usable! (GT-N7100:VERSION_-+A2)
PARAM ENV VERSION: v1.0..
set_charger_current: chg curr(bf), in curr(17)
set_charger_state: buck(1), chg(1), reg(0x05)
microusb_get_attached_device: STATUS1:0x3f, 2:0x41
set_auto_current: ta_state(0), curr(1800)
init_fuelgauge: fuelgauge power ok
init_fuelgauge: not POR status
init_fuelgauge: manual reset case, skip soc-cal.
get_table_soc: vcell(3746) is caculated to t-soc(39.484)
init_fuelgauge: start: vcell(3746), vfocv(3682), soc(9), table soc(39)
init_fuelgauge: finish: vcell(3746), vfocv(3682), soc(9), table soc(39)
init_microusb_ic: MUIC: CONTROL1:0x00
init_microusb_ic: MUIC: CONTROL1:0x00
init_microusb_ic: MUIC: CONTROL2:0x3b
init_microusb_ic: MUIC: CONTROL2:0x3b
PMIC_ID = 0x02
PMIC_IRQSRC = 0x00
PMIC_IRQ1 = 0xc3
PMIC_IRQ2 = 0x00
PMIC_IRQ1M = 0xff
PMIC_IRQ2M = 0xff
PMIC_STATUS1 = 0x17
PMIC_STATUS2 = 0x00
PMIC_PWRON = 0x09
PMIC_RTCINT = 0x10
PMIC_RTCINTM = 0x3d
s5p_check_keypad: 0x10110000
s5p_check_keypad: recovery mode
set_oneshot_recovery: recovery mode set! sys_bootm=0x80000
s5p_check_reboot_mode: INFORM3 = 0 ... skip
s5p_check_upload: MAGIC(0xc0c0c0c0), RST_STAT(0x10000)
microusb_get_attached_device: STATUS1:0x3f, 2:0x41
s5p_check_download: 0
mach_board_main: recovery set!(0x80000)
microusb_get_attached_device: STATUS1:0x3f, 2:0x41
set_charger_current: chg curr(bf), in curr(17)
set_charger_state: buck(0), chg(0), reg(0x00)
set_charger_current: chg curr(bf), in curr(17)
set_charger_state: buck(1), chg(0), reg(0x04)
check_pm_status: charger boot, waiting 500ms and check again
microusb_get_attached_device: STATUS1:0x3f, 2:0x41
check_pm_status: charger is ok, LPM boot
ddi type = 1, S.LSI
cmu_div:6, div:2, src_clk:880000000, pixel_clk:62614944
s5p_dsim_display_config : VIDEO MODE
42, 16, a2,
<start_checksum:451>CHECKSUM_HEADER_SECTOR :4096
<start_checksum:453>offset:50, size:6296
<start_checksum:457>CHECKSUM_HEADER_INFO : NeedChecksum:0 PartNo:20
Not Need Movinand Checksum
Movinand Checksum Confirmation Pass
[mobi_drv] add: 0x43e50070, size: 3933
MobiCore INIT response = 0
MobiCore RTM has initialized!
MobiCore IDLE flag = 0
MobiCore driver address 43e50070, size = 3933
MobiCore RTM Notified back!
MobiCore Driver loaded and RTM IDLE!
MobiCore RTM has been uninitialized!
Set debug level to low(4f4c)
load_kernel: loading boot image from 122880..
Verify_Binary_Signature: failed.
pit_check_signature (RECOVERY) invalid.
[TIMA trusted boot]: SEAndroid MAGIC failure (recovery.img)
Set invalid sign flag
No need to update kernel type.

SMC Num = 0x83000001

mobismc success!!! [ret = 0]
[s5p_check_sboot_version_rpmb]cur_version:VERSION_-+A2, rpmb_version:VERSION_-+A2
rpmb_version:50, cur_version:50
ATAG_CORE: 5 54410001 0 0 0
ATAG_MEM: 4 54410002 20000000 40000000
ATAG_MEM: 4 54410002 20000000 60000000
ATAG_MEM: 4 54410002 20000000 80000000
ATAG_MEM: 4 54410002 1FC00000 A0000000
ATAG_SERIAL: 4 54410006 4df1615b 3fcb8f07
ATAG_INITRD2: 4 54420005 42000000 260534
ATAG_REVISION: 3 54410007 b
ATAG_CMDLINE: 9d 54410009 'console=ram loglevel=4 bootmode=2 sec_debug.level=0 sec_watchdog.sec_pet=5 androidboot.debug_level=0x4f4c sec_log=0x200000@0x46000000 sec_tima_log=0x200000@0x46202000 sec_avc_log=0x40000@0x46404000 s3cfb.bootloaderfb=0x5ec00000 sysscope=0xff000000 lcdtype=1 consoleblank=0 lpcharge=0 lpj=3981312 vmalloc=176m oops=panic pmic_info=67 cordon=3a25f44a362230f0b8ffb1760173bf3f connie=GT-N7100_OPEN_EUR_147373403fd19fa49cdc237f110705f5 androidboot.emmc_checksum=3 androidboot.odin_download=1 androidboot.bootloader=N7100XXUEMK4 androidboot.warranty_bit=1 androidboot.serialno=4df1615b3fcb8f07 snd_soc_core.pmdown_time=1000'
ATAG_NONE: 0 0

Starting kernel at 0x40008000...

SWITCH_SEL(3)

Hope this helps.