yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Not sure there is one. though prior release is ics, i'd full wipe to go to JB and flash one of these in Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
To be clear...the OTA is a modem update & mutiview windows enabling?

Also, when I was on stock rooted with TWRP I created a backup of data and apps only. Is it possible to ADB the data only backup to restore my apps and settings without tripping the counter (not installing TWRP again). I'm not saying I will do this...as I feel like it's too important to be able to back a ROM up, but I'm curious.

If there was a way to backup without using TWRP I might consider it in the future. I hear people have issues with Titanium backup sometimes. I never have issues with a backup from the bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
It patches a lot more than that but I'd say that is the stuff a user would notice.

And sure you could use adb shell or even a terminal emulator program on the phone to backup any partition. I think if you try with recovery or boot or modem you'd probably trip the counter but I doubt for /data.

So basically get to adb shell and su or terminal emulator. Put in an external sdcard that has enough storage and create a folder on it like "dump".

I think on this phone it would then be /storage/extSdCard.

Then to backup data it'd be:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 of=/storage/extSdCard/dump/data_mmcblk0p16.img bs=4096

To restore data you would do the reverse:

dd if=/storage/extSdCard/dump/data_mmcblk0p16.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 bs=4096

das7982 took the time to create a guide on this where you can flash the .img you created with odin. Again, I think if you just do /data you'd be fine but didn't try it myself. The theory is sound though.

If you wanted to grab /system on this phone it'd be:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/storage/extSdCard/dump/system_mmcblk0p13.img bs=4096
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] d1msum4lyfe:
i am getting error 7

using cleanrom 2.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
I assume you are trying to flash the OTA flashable zip i posted. it patches the stock files on your system. so unless you are running the stock it won't work. cleanrom has modified system and more than likely even deodexed. You can use odin to flash what i have posted first. then put on a recovery then flash the ota.

But since you must like cleanrom just wait for the author of that to update thier stock base to the latest. usually doesn't take the rom creators long to do such a thing. then just flash the newer modem if you want.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] d1msum4lyfe:
thanks for the clarification.

will play the waiting game
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] slam11100:
Thanks. This ^^^^^ worked great for me!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
WOW! What in the world? You are insanely helpful man. lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] I2izzo:
Will this method work if I'm already on the new LJC firmware? Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] slam11100:
Are you looking to go back to stock? I think there is a stock rom for LJC firmware. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the intention of this thread was to get people from LJ1 to LJC without losing root. If you are on LJC, why would you need this??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] meccadon123:
exactly...thank this guy a lot...he does all this work and doesn't even own the phone!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] I2izzo:
Because I just received the phone and wish to root it.... But it seems this root was made for PLJ1 not C
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
haha, I appreciate your appreciation!

Correct. So would this method work? Short answer, yes. Just not sure its ideal in your case. You would flash the odin LJ1 I have which would add root, then either wait for the ota to C and use rootkeeper to keep root or load a non-stock recovery and flash the JC I have that is flashable and retain root.

You might just want to get CF-autoroot and reset your counter.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] slam11100:
I'm pretty sure you can root using the galaxy note2 toolkit and keep your ljc firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nuc noob:
I can confirm. Odined back to stock with venums stock .tar, as soon as I finished the initial setup of the phone, it popped up the notice that I had a system update, so went thru with it. Phone is fully up to date to on JLC, used the all in one option in note II toolkit. The .tar it created was like 23mb. That gave me the insecure boot, twrp, super SU, and busy box . once that was done I flashed josh's deodexed JLC ROM and commenced tweaking it to my liking. All done dirty, no counter reset, and only wiping done was dalvic, cache, and system when going from odexed to deodexed. No issues so far, no FC's and I'm fully up to date. Only took me about forty five minutes start to finish. And that's because I was reading and watching you tube on how ti use odin. I'm new to Samsung. Just ditched the EVO LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
if you are going to odin back to stock and get the ota you might as well use my rooted stock image and then use ota rootkeeper when you get the ota. then you are done. don't really need the toolkit at that point. if you have JLC already and don't want to flash back to stock then might as well use the toolkit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] VenpaCasa:
Okay so first time doing this have just one question. I'm fully stock fully updated I would like to make a back up nandroid or titanium backup but I don't have root yet nor do i have custom recovery. Is there anyway to save my apps and nova launcher setup

From Venpa's Awesome Note 2

Update:

Sooo I ran into a little problem; the pc I am trying to Odin with has no Internet and doesn't have (what I assume I'm missing) Samsung note 2 drivers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Rooting with this won't wipe data so you can backup after.

As far as the PC with no internet I can only say find a PC with one and copy the files over with a USB key.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] BarracudaSeries:
Nice works mate! Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] VenpaCasa:
I downloaded everything to my phone and transferred to pc. Here's to attempt number 2

From Venpa's Awesome Note 2

Update:

Everything went well, did the Odin in op then OTA'd with root keeper and everything is running prefectly. Did my titanium back up now on to twrp recovery. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fiebru:
Thanks for the Help and instructions

Now a I am rooted on LJC!! wujuuuu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] urboy4mbx:
I was having problems with my Allshare dongle for the longest (Binary set to 1 - even after Triangle reset) while running rooted stock rom. I flashed with Odin-->used Rootkeepter-->software updates-->Rootkeeper-->Triangle--reset binary to "No" and then tested Allshare dongle with success.:cowboy:

Thank You!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
May have been a bad ROM flash and probably has nothing to do with the record keeper for using modded ROMS. But ..interesting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Just updated OP with full rom LJC root injected, CWM flashable LJC modem and ODIN flashable LJC stock recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
thanks for this, was looking for an answer to (almost) exactly this issue. first thing I did getting this phone yesterday was read some stickies, watched the requisite QBK vid, and rooted/installed twrp within an hour of owning. bought the AllShare TV dongle but had not read the little forum posts about flash counter being set at a (semi)permanent 1 because of the custom recov. And how this breaks AllShare Cast. And how TriangleAway... blah blah. Aaaanyhoo, exactly the info I was looking for.

And THANKS mrRobinson for putting together a succinct and clear set of instructions, putting together the right tools for this. (your style reminds me of a great dev from the E4GT forums, sfhub)

everything in your OP is an invaluable skillset for any beginner here on this phone/Samsung phones, and an important set of tools for even the most seasoned flasher. I was glad to find it.

seriously, thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] asteetva:
Any chance of LK8 too? I have flashed LK8 update, if I odin this and go back to LJC, can i flash LK8 through stock recovery after that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] globen:
So is their a way to get the multiwindow mod and keeping the binary counter at 0.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Wait I don't understand something. is LK8 an official OTA update? Did anyone post the stock ota update? or is it just a leak? if its a leak, I see it in a few places but all would leave you with root after flashing. There is an LK8 odin one-click thread so you can just load that if you want LK8.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] asteetva:
Thank you, that cleared my confusion , so now I will Odin yours and then LK8.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] asteetva:
Stock on LJ1 quick question

So had I updated to LK8 on stock and the went back to LJC to root but got chameleon error, got replacement....Now a question for you guys...Should I take update to LJC and then use this su injected LJC rom, or just use the original LJ1 Rom without taking OTA to LJC? The only worry is getting the chameleon error again. My research on it mostly says it happens to people who went from LK8 to LJC, but this time i want to make sure. Is anyone having that error at all?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ae69ae:
Stock Recovery--Battery Drain

When I first got this phone, I had zero battery issues. I missed Root and decided to put Stock Recovery + Root without adding to the counter.

So I did a test last night.

1) charged to 100%

2) Turned OFF wifi, gps, and data. (and closed all apps)

When I woke up 6 hours later. It was at 92%

Is anyone else having an issue with battery?

Should I factory reset or re flash?

Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ourbail1:
That does not sound like a big deal to me....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chuko303:
Id this the safest rooting method?? Also if I damage my device. I can still take it back to sprint for a replacement since I have that "insurance" on this phone a fella in another post told me that if the flash counter is not a 0. Then Samsung wont take it back as to the warranty they have on there note2. But sprint will still take back my rooted damaged phone correct???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ourbail1:
Im sure it depends on the sprint employee there is also a counter resetter in the play store and built into some roms..being new to samsung phones I find it was super easy using this method and a big thank you to the rom guys that put this together for us rookie flashers...lol...personally I would not worry about it, just follow the instructions and if I bringmy phone I would just lose it , since I have insurance also.......:)have rooted unlocked about 15 phones over the years never brick one.....fyi.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chuko303:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLkw8QEXoD8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Tried to root this way with 2 fail attempts. Will this way work? I can still try right?

sent from my baddazz alieonic note2!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ourbail1:
I used the chain fire/ CF method / thread but. I dont see why this method did not work..... try again and post what is not happening...the cf thread was very easy.......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Daevionne:
Question

So as of today there is no surefire way to flash ANY recovery without tripping the flash counter?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] BrandiSch:
Is the update hung?

I am running odin as described in step 2. It has not progressed further for more than 15 minutes now. What should I do from here?

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> root66_SPR_L900VPALJ1.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Added!!

Phone says:

Downloading...

do not turn off target!!

Thank you for your help in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] illb456:
After flashing LJC, do I still need to do more to patch the processor vulnerability? My gmail account was recently hacked and I'm concerned about the exploit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
Wow. Gmail hacked? First person I have ever heard say that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] illb456:
Not saying is was hacked via my phone, but just being extra cautious now. However I've found the chain fire app that checks and patches the vulnerability, so I'm good to go :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Really? Happens quite often. Mostly user's using easy to guess passwords but also from left in sessions and other means. Esp using android having a gmail compromise would be devastating for most. I strongly recommend turning on the 2 factor authentication on your gmail.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
I suppose. I thought of hacking the account like the way Yahoo get's hacked. From the server side. Google being much better with their server protections. but I see your points. I personally have a password between 15-20 characters and two factor myself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JY1:
Reverting back for service

I'm running stock ALJC and want to use your method to root without tripping the counter. For now I don't want to run any custom ROMS but maybe in the future after warranty expires. Is there a way to go back to unrooted stock JC if I need service?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JY1:
Forgot to ask, this root method does not effect already installed play store apps right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
sure there is a thread for that from billard or just flash the stock odin file from samsung-updates.

won't effect anything you have installed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JY1:
Cool Mr R, I may give it a try. I checked samsung-updates and did not see a stock file for L900_JC though. I'd like to find that first just in case before trying.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JY1:
One more question please Mr. R. I read through the whole post again and was unclear about weather I will need to run OTA update after using the;

First, Download Image:

New Full Rom VPALJC

Mirror 1: root66_SPR_L900VPALJC.7z

Or is that the latest update with multiwindow rooted?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
This is the latest released by Sprint so you won't be prompted for an ota. There is a newer leak in this forum look at the sextape thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JY1:
Well I just tried and Odin said Fail! Now what?

---------- Post added at 11:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 AM ----------

It failed at system Image write.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JY1:
That was scary but I can breath again Mr. R. I disconnected the phone and held the power button down and the yellow triangle exclamation screen saying failed ROM upgrade connect to Kies came up. I reconnected the phone and ran Odin again and it worked. :victory:

Now rooted and running Titanium Backup & AVST. No personal phone files or sd card contents were changed and all looks good. Thanks for the mod!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JY1:
System Update Message Today

Hi All,

I received a system update message today. Don't want to updat and loose root. Should I just ignore it? My first root attempt was a little scary as you can see but all has been working fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sdizzy101:
i don't know if anyone else is having this problem but when I extract the 7z root file I get an error message and the file size is half of the original... is this normal?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
You could retain root using ota rootkeeper or trying the survival in SuperSu app.

no. re-download and extract the 7z with 7zip to ensure you aren't getting any incompatibilities.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sdizzy101:
I re-downloaded from the origonal and the mirror and im using 7zip and winrar still the same thing file is corrupted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] wilderckw:
I just got the note 2 yesterday upgrade from s3. My phone is on the latest MA7 can I use this to gain root than flash a custom rom.. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerryMathews:
Don't. Use the rooted OC MA7 in rwilcos thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nate.askins:
okay, having some trouble with this:

Here are the steps I've taken so far:

1. I've previously flashed MrRobinson's VPALJC rom on my first galaxy note 2 with absolutely no problems been running it since Novemberish.

2. I received a replacement galaxy note 2 from sprint when my s pen stopped working (I know, it's silly)

3. I tried flashing the replacement device with VPALJ1, but failed. it loaded the first 5 or 6 steps, blue bar on phone made it about 10% away across and then I get fail message on Odin. This was last night, but I think it failed one step after recovery.bin was shown in Odin status window. Was doing this on a 64-bit windows 7 machine.

4. Closed Odin and tried to rerun, but wouldn't get past connection step

4a. restarted PC, tried Odin again, no luck.

4B. reinstalled samsung drivers. restarted PC. tried Odin again, no luck.

5. Seeing no other option, I removed battery, tried flashing again, no luck.

6. When I tried to just boot the device, it went to the "firmware upgrade failed" screen and suggested recovery using Kies. Kies wouldn't connect to it.

7. Went home and tried to flash VPALJ1 from a different machine running 32-bit windows 7. same thing as before.

8. Then I tried flashing VPALJC and had qualifed success: Odin said success and phone rebooted, but never went past "samsung" screen. Let it sit there for 15 minutes or so and never booted. Tried removing battery and restarting, but same result.

9. Tried flashing VPALJC a second time, and again it "succeeded", but same result i.e. wouldn't boot.

10. I was able to boot to recovery and tried loading a backup I created using Online nandroid, no effect.

11. I used recovery to restore to wipe and do factory reset and the phone booted, which was a huge relief, but now I'm just back to square one.

So, now what do I do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nate.askins:
Update:

Realized after writing that root did actually come through, so appears that flashing VPALJC, then wiping back to factory reset with recovery actually did make it work. Only hitch that I'm seeing so far is that I keep getting messages that Chamelon and Email has stopped responding, which is certainly not ideal. Any suggestions on that? I didn't notice anyone else having similar issues when I read through this thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sparytrainor:
Try this..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35808920
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] WhiteRasta:
im having same issue right now , PLEASE HELP

Im in the same boat , sitting on the firmware upgrade encountered an issue

what do i need to do now??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] amazin1988:
I just wanna get my flash counter to 0 can anyone help everything else went back to normal but that help plz.

iTzAmazed On Note 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JY1:
Have you tried using Triangle Away?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dedline:
I am not sure what everyone else does but this works for me every time I want to go back to stock completely. I wipe everything, including data and a factory reset leaving no OS on your phone. It will warn you too, that there is no operating system on your phone. I pull battery, start up ODIN on my PC, make sure you have your Samsung drivers and ect installed on your pc. Then I flash the KIES_HOME_L900VPALJ1_L900SPTALJ1_265523_REV04_user_low_ship.tar in ODIN. Reboot and everything is back to 0, nothing is tripped, completely stock. You can get the file here

http://d-h.st/NCu

No need to use Triangle away, or any other crazy stuff. This works for me every time on my GN2.

I sometimes after the first battery pull will boot into download mode and it will show no current custom recovery and will be stock recovery, ill do another data wipe there just for fun. Pull battery, flash that file in ODIN and good to go, stock non rooted phone back to normal. Hope this helps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lastb0isct:
Hi all...my gf and I both have SIIIs, mine running CM10 and hers stock. Is there anyway to get this working between the two? When I try to send to her I get an error saying large files aren't allowed to her device.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
No one uses samsungs s-beam propitiatory code while one uses standard android code. One uses s-beam which is a combination of wifi-drect and nfc. Android does them separately I believe. She'd need to be running Jellybean for it to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rfranken:
You can send small things like contacts, but not large things like pictures or videos.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] JessJames:
Hey all.

I'm looking for an app to record music, but I can't find anything that fits.

What I want is something that will allow me to record 5 minutes of audio through the device's mic, and store it as a file on the device.

That way I can just hit record, play my guitar and sing, and get a demo/reference recording without any fuss.

If it could record extra tracks, that would be awesome, and perhaps apply reverb, even better... but basically I just want a passable quality audio recorder through the devices mic.

I've looked at pocketband, but it seems to be loop focussed, I don't like the cloud storage thing, and it seems a little complex for my needs.

So... any alternative thoughts?

Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] barthie:
see if audio evolution meets your needs
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Jrcon:
Check out Easy Voice Recorded on Google play
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] JessJames:
Thanks guys.

Both solve the problem I have to say, but Audio Evolution is a fantastic piece of software for a mobile device... I think I might have to cough up the cash for that.

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jarekjd:
Hello,

Is anybody aware of the fact that radio connection (mobile, wifi, bluetooth, gps etc) can influence voice quality connection? Does anybody knows if evidence exists?

If yes it is a good idea to automatically disconnect all active radio connection during the call eg by mean of a tasker.

I just can't find any evidence it is true (eg. Developer of Sanity has got such a functionality in his software)
[HTC One V] afshin.eng:
Hello guys.

Can anyone tell me which kernel i can flash on my default rom and work stable??

Sorry my english is not good:(

Thanks
[HTC One V] maxwen:
GSM or CDMA?
[HTC One V] afshin.eng:
Gsm
[HTC One V] maxwen:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1765687 or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1954967
[HTC One V] hd2_iFan:
Can any1 gv me download link for Titanium KISS kernel for my STOCK ROM?

and is it possible to get my stock kernel back in future ? If the battery starts draining fast so that i can switch to my original 1 :P
[HTC One V] afshin.eng:
please tell me if you found both of them: Titanium KISS kernel fotr stock rom and how to get stock kernel.

please
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] AzizWahid:
Hi, i'm new here.

I just installed CyanogenMod9 beta 3 on my phone.

I wanna ask, is this version of CyanogenMod 9.1.0 Stable compatible with Samsung Galaxy W?

What is the best ROM for SGW?

Thanks in advance for all your help :D
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] MiguelPT:
If you want a clean pure ICS ROM then go for CM9.

There is no CM9.1 stable yet, but we will reach there.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] reddvilzz:
If you use the cyanogenmod 9 from this forum yes it is compatible for galaxy w. For now it is almost stable because all functions is now working. You can try it yourself. And for the best rom it is personal perferences because each rom has it own pros and cons depends on what you like and what you wanted

Hope it helps :)

Pressing "Thanks" button will be much appreciated if user's posts useful for you ;)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] AzizWahid:
The latest version of CM9 is the beta 3 right?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] temenalie:
yes, you are right. The latest is CM9 B3

It is smooth and stable as I know
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] AzizWahid:
Okayy. Thanks a lot ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] wolsty7:
ive found nothing wrong with it so far