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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
Thanks for your response. So it's safe to root with the above sprint option 42 and then just follow on screen instruction to complete the root? in case it fails, what is the best way to revert back to stock rom. I read so many posts and threads and now not so sure what method is the best to revert back to stock rom.

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Technically speaking the ma7 is the new stock rom. :)

However if you do want to revert back to stock ljc, billard412 has a file on these forums for that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] TADitto:
Got a question, I want to unroot my note to apply the new MA7 update but I've never used the unroot feature of the Toolkit. Are there any files I need to download or does the toolkit take care of everything?:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

The toolkit will download it and give you instructions as you proceed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] TADitto:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Now I know you said you can root once on MA7 thru option 42. But once I update to MA7 do I still use the LJC tar? Or am I missing some steps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Once I root. I do not restore an image from the toolkit. I just install either a new ma7 ROM or keep the one I updated. I also keep using any cm10 or aosp ROMs and restore without restoring modem since the system is already updated with the new ma7 modem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] TADitto:
Thanks all for your input, with things like this I tend to become a nervous nelly. I went ahead and did the upgrade with no issues what so ever. I used Billards412 unroot to LJC stock un-rooted, worked perfectly. I then booted into stock recovery and flashed rwilco12 MA7 update zip, which worked flawlessly. After that I used mskips toolkit 3.0 to root using option 42 and LJC tar, root aquired and now I'm back in business except now everything is updated to MA7. Gosh I'm such a idiot, in my head I was trying to make this more difficult than it was. Again thanks you everyone for all your help.:o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tarellel:
I was pretty nervous on how to Update and apply root as well. Seeing as how I haven't messed around with alot of Flashing with my note2 (i've only had it a week), and I've bricked a phone in the past.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
I was like you but I watched the tutorial video at least 3 times and follow the instruction slowly 1 step at a time. No rush. Now, I have two Note 2 rooted with MA7.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dragon-Lord:
So let me summaries to get this clear in my mind. You first must un-root, easy with toolkit, and then apply the new update. Finally, once the update is applied successfully, you go back and apply option 42. I take it that updating while rooted is causing issues, and not just breaking root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

The update will not work on any rooted device. That's why you need to unroot to apply the update first.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] eighty5iv:
This toolkit is amazing. I rooted, did all my backups, and then unrooted so I can use apps that wont work with the root. I was nervous at first but I took the jump and never looked back. Amazing work to the devs and all those who contributed. Eventually I am going to stay rooted. but for now I am just glad knowing you guys are making it easy for the rest of us.

Once again, thank you very much and wonderful job.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 /system ext4 ro,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=0,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,errors=panic,barrier=0,journal_async_commit,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,journal_async_commit,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=0,journal_async_commit,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc,discard 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 /carrier ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,journal_async_commit,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 /tombstones ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,journal_async_commit,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /firmware vfat ro,relatime,fmask=0133,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
If I upload system and boot can you make a odin package?

I tried and failed and someone I know has a softbrick and I cant get him going.

I never created an odin package before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] und00:
Worked great!

Amazing toolkit. You guys rock.!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] BuddaBelly:
Fantastic work with this toolkit. Man oh man I love this device and dev support is going to be out of this world.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dandvcastro:
I'm in the same boat as your friend

I too am in the same boat and could really use an odin package of both system and boot. For me the main issue is that somehow my phone forgot it's radio/modem info and now reports baseband "unknown." Thanks in advance for any help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mskip:
If the system and boot are both .img files then you can just copy them to the INPUT folder in the Toolkit and run option 18 from the Main Menu to automatically create an Odin flashable tar file. You can use that tool with upto 10 image files its quite easy and very handy (the reason I wrote it so I didnt have to use linux lol) :)

Thanks for the Mount Points, everything is identical apart from /data which isnt used in the Toolkit so all the backup tools should work perfectly.

Mark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfaulk88:
if someone finds a fix for the radio issue please post
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] proxhack:
Scott,

That's exactly what I did to convert to Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bitburner:
Thought I Might Have Bricked...

First of all, thanks for this great program! I usually don't post much, but I think this is worthy of posting. I was going step-by-step to a video of rooting my Sprint Note 2. Then when I got to Odin3, it kept giving me 0 successes and 0 failures. I thought I might be toast. I tried reconnecting my USB cable which didn't work. Then I closed Odin3 and manually reloaded it. It then connected properly and worked fine. Able to breathe again, the rest of the process worked perfectly. I'm now fully rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nelsonTituaAa:
THAT was fast.. great job guys..

-LTEvO
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mskip:
Never forget who gave you your first thanks ;)

Mark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mskip:
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 TOOLKIT AUTO UPDATE V2.1.0 [29TH OCTOBER] AVAILABLE!!

Changelog:

+Added FULL support for GT-N7105 (with LTE)

+Added Stock Recovery image for GT-N7105

+Added link in Downloads section for GT-N7105 Rom

+Edited some procedures

+Added some text to Main Menu

Enjoy

Mark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gyrene2083:
All I can say is amazing, and thank you so much. I don't have the GT-N7105 model, and since I already rooted with the last version, would I still need this? OH and as soon as I get some mula, I'm buying you a six pack!!! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gyrene2083:
I was curious, after you rooted your phone, could you install Kies? and if so, would I have to de-install it if I wanted to use the toolkit again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sparhawk6:
I used this Toolkit to obtain root and flash TWRP recovery. It worked great. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JudasD:
Just a quick comment. You should update the OP and subject to reflect this. I almost missed the new version ;)

Thanks,

JD
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] NIronwolf:
So... I seem to have killed a (erm second) phone. It just shows the Samsung logo when I boot. All I'd gotten to this time around was rooting (Actually used CF's autoroot) and installing Titanium to start restoring apps but I was hopeful here when I saw some discussion of stock roms.

It seemed to go south when I changed the phone mode from CDMA/LTE to just CDMA. Not going to be in LTE areas so I figured I save the battery. :/

Any word on when one may get put together? :D

Thanks so much!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatboypup:
Stock image leaked flash it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] NIronwolf:
Sounds great! I'm new to Samsung. Where should I be looking for this? I've been monitoring samsung-updates.com and samfirmware.com with no success. IRC?

EDIT: Er nm. Think I found it. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957218
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] macpat83:
I'm on stock MA7, if I root now and flash insecure image does that knock me off of MA7?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamingWolf:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Flashing an insecure boot image to get root will NOT knock you off MA7
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] metal666fukhead:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Sorry if this has been answered but I didn't see it anywhere. Will we still be able to use the twrp custom recovery after updating to ma7?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Yes. Twrp has nothing to do with rom versions. It is only dependant on being root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] macpat83:
Excuse my ignorance. How do I re-attain MA7 when rooting?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] KEYofR:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

You don't lose ma7 when you root. Can you describe the problem or question in more detail?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] macpat83:
Thinking about rooting, just wanting to know if I lose ma7 or not. DreamingWolf says I do, you say I don't. So I am confused now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] KEYofR:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Well I suppose it depends on how you root. You *could* flash an older already-rooted rom as a way to get root but you don't have to do anything like that. If you have ma7 already you can get root a few different ways and none of them involve downgrading from ma7. Probably the easiest is "cf auto root".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] macpat83:
Is there a way to use this toolkit to root and retain MA7. I ask because I would like to install a custom recovery/superuser as well and this seems to be the simplest way of going about that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] KEYofR:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Yes absolutely. Neither of those things downgrades your rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] macpat83:
Ok so I just follow the normal instructions and I am good, correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] oxmis:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Yep

Sent from my SPH-L900 using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
just make sure chose option 42 and follow step by step and you will be fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] metal666fukhead:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Will the unroot method remove my custom recovery so I can install the update from sprint?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Yes thats why you need to do the rooting process all over after updating to ma7. You will lose custom recovery because you can only install update through stock recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] partyman1971:
I just want to make sure i understand this, please forgive my ignorance. If i use this toolkit and unroot my phone while i am using a custom ROM and i go into about phone and do the update will that take away the custom ROM i am currently using, which by the way is synergy? Or will i be ok with the ROM and i just need to root again? I am sorry if this was asked. I want to update to MA7 but i don't really want to lose the way i currently have my ROM set up. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] oxmis:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Once you revert back to stock ljc then update to ma7 you will have to do a clean wipe of everything, then install the custom Rom but you will loosing everything unless you backup with titanium backup. Titanium backup backs up your apps and data only.

Sent from my SPH-L900 using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] oxmis:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

No you won't lose the Rom just root

Sent from my SPH-L900 using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamingWolf:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

No, I said you won't lose it. I said it will NOT knock you off MA7.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] KennyG123:
I got the latest CWM touch from Rom Manager site and converted it to tar with the 3.0 toolkit and then tried to install it with Odin and Odin blows up. I get Odin communicator stopped unexpectedly. Any ideas? Is there a flashable recovery file somewhere?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ceabbott2:
Im stuck in modified TWRP

I used billard412's Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL LJC)

I wiped flashed file but it keeps booting into the modified TWRP RECOVERY? Stuck at this point.

Anyone have any ideas?

I was on TWRP 2.4.1 Newest version

MA5 Stock Deodexed MA5 Firmwares

OK Now a little freaked out. I can't get to billard412's file or any of my back ups because they were on my external sd card!!!! I hate trying to learn new stuff (old dog)

I'm so used to HTC and when I think I have a grasp of Sammy I F&ck it up!

I think the internal card is ok.

Oh yeah and my back ups on PC are gone because of hard drive crash! FFFFUUUUDDDDGGGGEEEE!!!!!!!

Any help to get me back to where I was before I flashed this thing would be very much appreciated. Hell I'll take a bootable ROM of any kind. Sweating bullets!

I have the mskips 3.0 toolkit can that help? I scared ****less to do anything!

Can i use the tool kit to get back to unrooted stock with a TWRP recovery? That's the main reason i was scared to use the tool kit because it only mentions an unrooting option with CWM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dipapi19:
Sprint Build JZO54K-AMA7

I made the stupid mistake of taking a software update not thinking it would change the firmware/build. I am now at JZO54K-AMA7. Would the last build for Sprint in the toolkit still work or should I wait until the toolkit officially supports the above? Thanks as well for the toolkit. Awesome to have a one-stop shop! :highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] simple man:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

When flashing this file which is the only one that will take you back to stock ljc safely from lk8 and up.... You can't wipe dalvick cache or cache after the file or it'll put you back in recovery choose to reboot after it says complete then it'll reboot to the special recovery where it will flash the critical stuff. Then you'll be 100% stock ljc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ceabbott2:
You talking to me? :)

Hey Simple Man,

Um were you talking to me or the other poster? If it was me how do I get this modified version of TWRP to see the external card? It won't let me choose it and my backups and the original billard412 file is there? If I can just somehow mount the external sd or push another vrsion of TWRP I could get it to flash any of my other files, even retry the billard412 file. Stuck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] simple man:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

When I use twrp it'll let me flash from ext sd so I'm not sure what's going on there, but I would try to hook your phone to the pc and select mount ( not sure of exact title of the internal sd) maybe /sdcard0, then drag a copy from your pc to the phones internal sd card unmount from pc then flash it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dipapi19:
@ simple man, your response two posts up was regarding my concern?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JukeboxJohnny:
I am assuming that the update release a couple days ago for the phone will not allow it to be rooted using this method anymore?

I want to root my Note 2, however I am worried if I do root it, I will still be constantly nagged to update my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] poor_red_neck:
Hi All,

Having an issue going back to stock. I've tried to do as much homework as possible, but please forgive me if it's been covered. I've read the 40 pages of this thread and seem to be doing everything fine. I had no issues rooting with the toolkit, unrooting is proving harder.

I'm on LJC, with TWRP

I'm using Tookit 3.2.0

Option 42

Option 2

Option 7

I've tried both applying update from SD card and (option 1) and sideloading (option 2)

Both actually flash OK from what it seems. Option 1 gives no errors. Option 2 I go into sideload mode in TWRP and it seems to flash.

I still have SU (SuperSU) and still have TWRP. [EDIT] I did flash option 6 and got the stock recovery.

I went ahead and tried to apply the OTA update and it tried] to open TWRP and then had a black screen with just white text on the bottom saying it was flashing the OTA from the /cache/blahblah location.

I'm trying to do this without wiping data... is that even possible? If not I'm downloading the stock LJC rom to flash (option 8)... I'm assuming that's a complete re-format that takes it back to 100% factory minus the internal storage being wiped?

Not sure what to do from here.

EDIT

Well looks like I'll have to flash back completely to stock. I got it back to stock recovery but still rooted. Since I stupidly flashed the OTA update before unrooting/factory recovery I am now stuck on LJC and the OTA update is nowhere to be found. Update Samsung Software says I'm upto date.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] poor_red_neck:
Ok.... what have I done....

I got it back to stock no problem. Stock Odin flash, stock recovery.

Downloaded and installed MA7 update.

Tried to re-root with insecure + TWRP.

TWRP is back on the phone now, but I cannot get root. I've tried SuperSU and superuser.

What's weird is my kernel is not MA7... I'm guessing that's from TWRP?

Any ideas? I'm going to flash back to stock again, redownload the update.

Just for clarification, which options exactly should I choose under toolkit 3.2.0?

Option 42 -> Option 2 -> Which one? I tried Option 3, as that's what I did the first time and got root. Did sideload. With MA7 I tried sideload and flash via recovery (since the first failed attempt did get TWRP onto the phone).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] poor_red_neck:
Well now I'm really stuck...

I downloaded using option 8 the stock image... first time I flashed it a few steps back it was fine. Not it fails every time.

Now I'm really stuck... I swear guys I'm not a complete newb... been flashing phones since my Samsung Instinct.... NEVER "bricked" a phone. Granted this isn't a brick situation... I've never screwed up to the point where my phone is unusable.

I really don't know what else to do. I feel like I'm just making things worst.

Only saving grace is I CAN get into download mode.... however the stock image downloaded from the toolkit is failing. MD5 passes, drivers are not an issue. Out of ideas. Can somebody please help me out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] poor_red_neck:
I'm willing to paypal somebody $10 if they can walk me through getting to MA7 stock rooted with a recovery don't care if its clockwordmod or TWRP.

I'm really stuck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

I pm'd ya
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] musclehead84:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

Did u get it figured out? If not pm me I'll help u
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Androidfreakz:
I have a stock Note 2, on MA7 4.1.2, how to i get Tookit 3.2.0 for Just Root? I just want to Root but i currently Toolkit 3.0.0 with only 4.1.1 build those two out of date options... Any suggestions thx all.

Edit, found out a few pages back option 42 is my answer...thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] poor_red_neck:
Yes, thank you. Patch helped me out and I'm 100% great now. MA7 rooted with TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kikoshi:
Would it be possible to share?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] poor_red_neck:
Basically:

1st Was to flash TWRP back on the phone to get a custom recovery (I was stuck on stock recovery)

I used the odin files in the toolkit, but couldn't use the toolkit itself as it wouldn't boot. Its no different than any other Odin flash.

2nd flashed back to stock using http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086769

3rd flash using note 2 tookit, back to stock (Option 42 -> Option 8) Download, use toolkit to unpack, flash

4th Reboot back to stock LJC and download MA7 system update, apply OTA update as normal.

5th Flash MA7 kernel as mine did not update from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2139919

Then using tookit, re-root the phone. Option 42 -> Option 2 -> Option 3 | I used SuperSU and TWRP

That was it!

My fallen step was not flashing the stock ZIP listed above as step 2.... I was trying to flash back to stock using Option 8 in the tookit, but it kept failing the Odin flash. Flashing the ZIP above in step 2 first, fixed it. Something about the ZIP recovery not being 100% correct... so after flashing that, I was able to Odin flash using the tookit Option 8 back to stock.

Hope that helps, let me know if you need further clarification.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
hi all:

I did a nandroid backup for my note2 through the toolkit. now, i want to restore it with that nandroid backup file. I put it in the external sdcard and used TWRP but it does not see the file. I tried to use the toolkit but did not know what to do after selected option 13: restore nandroid backup (from option4) via custom recovery.

how do I restore that nandroid backup back to my note2?

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] poor_red_neck:
I'm not 100% on this... but aren't "nandroid" backups specific to clockworkmod? If you have TWRP the backup will be under /storage/extSdCard/TWRP/blah blah/

It's the way the internal and external SD cards are laid out. I find it easier to navigate all the way up to "/" then goto Storage, then either "sdcard0" which is the internal card, or "extSdCard" which is... you guessed it the micro SD card.

I've never done a backup from the toolkit.. only within TWRP itself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
i put the nandroid file into twpr folder but still cant see anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kikoshi:
Thank you so much!

Would it be possible to also flash a Stock Recovery for MA7? everything will still be functional?

edit- also been looking for stock recovery, and can't find it anywhere.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mbrook:
With this work if I'm already on stock ma 7 unrooted? Just picked up this phone, booted up 3.0 and only saw options for 4.1.1 and I'm on 4.1.2. While I've done a lot of flashing in the past I get always get hesitant when I first root because I don't want to brick. Thanks for any insight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] simple man:
Re: [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, TWRP, Flash to S

I know for sure that the link below works, the only drawback is that it will add a 1 to your flashcount.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956180
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
pick option 42 and continue on. many and I have done that and perfectly ok.