yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
I maybe able to when I get home. Is anyone else having this issue? Not sure if its in my end
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jsho31:
I am also. Backed up, flashed a rom then when I came to restore it said it did then when it asked to reboot a big warning message also showed saying"No OS, are you sure you want to reboot". And it wouldn't flash anything off the external SD also, I'd have to unmount the external when downloading anything that I was flashing so it would save to the internal. CWM worked but don't like using it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
Glad I'd isn't me. Was up all night trying to make it a phone again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
I haven't seen the issue my note with the note2 or on the other variants on 2.3.2.3. If you guys can post /tmp/recovery.log and we can get to the bottom of the problem.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
Is there van easy way to get it. I've never done it before?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jsho31:
Neither have I
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Easiest thing to do is to go to advanced and copy log to sdcard. But you have to pull recovery.log from sdcard in android and paste it from there. Otherwise follow an adb how to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:
Im gonna try a backup.

Edit: ok running v 2.3.2.3. Ran a backup of System, Data, Boot, and EFS. Rebooted device. Rebooted again to recovery, restored freshly made back up without any problems at all.....something fishy going on with yalls device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
Very strange. No idea, been doing this stuff for years
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:
Could it be firmware related? Im basically stock att with a few mods.

Even if on different note 2, firmware partitions should be the same right? It is very strange...:banghead:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
Umm, WTH. In the new version you have to choose what you want restored. When you assign it a name. Check the boxes to the left. It works fine. Dah......

Sorry, reading the instruction would have helped. Those boxes were never there before.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:
Ahahaha. No worries pal. Android is always trying to throw a curve ball at ya :D:beer::thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
We have allowed for restoring specific partitions for a while now. If somehow the boxes got unchecked it will store those preferences for you. Easiest thing to try when you are having issues is to go to settings and press reset defaults.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Are you sure it's not already exfat? Please provide a recovery.log
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Killemalll:
Thanks for the help in debugging my issue. I really appreciate it.

With the card in the phone, Diskinfo app reports the partition as fuseblk. I mounted the card in Win 8.1 using a reader. MiniTool Partition Wizard shows the filesystem as "other"

I tried saving a log file in TWRP using Advanced->Save log to SD card, but when I reboot I can't find the the log file on the extsdcard.

ADB also can't find the recovery.log file in /tmp or in /sdcard :confused:

EDIT. This is pure speculation, but I have the impression that TWRP doesn't have permission to write on my extSDcard when in recovery. I never had this problem before until I installed 4.4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
No difference. Still "can't create backup folder"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
I assume you are pulling while in TWRP?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Killemalll:
I managed to pull the recovery.log using ADB (Copy Log to SD doesn't work) . Here's the file.

__bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for localtime!

__bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for GMT!

__bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for posixrules!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Please test one of the following:

http://techerrata.com/bigbiff//builds/twrp/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.0-t0lteatt.img

http://techerrata.com/bigbiff/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.0-t0lteatt.img.tar

http://techerrata.com/bigbiff/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.0-t0lteatt.zip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Killemalll:
It worked!! :D I flashed the .tar in Odin and I was able to backup to the extSdcard. Thank you very much! I really appreciated your help. :good:

Out of curiosity, what was causing the issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
SELINUX was set to enforcing and I changed the init.rc in the ramdisk to not be custom but use the default init.rc so we can load the recovery.rc for the device and set it to permissive.

I have upload 2.8.0.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
2.8.0.1 works for me also!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Twrp recovery log

Tried flashing 2.8.3.0 using Philz recovery as it was already installed on the phone, it failed to open zip. Then I tried to flash it with twrp 2.8.1.0 but it still failed. I then had to re download 2830 flashed and it went through after a few more tries. I did happen to pull a log using adb while 2810 was loaded, to see if it could help you solve the problem. If you need anything else lmk what u need OK. Log here>>>http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=g32jg6KB
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Are you trying to flash t0lteatt to t0ltetmo?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
I must have picked the att version since I had so many downloaded.

I was trying to flash the Tmo 2.8.3.0 using PhilZ but it failed. Then I flashed the 2810 using PhilZ no problem. Then tried 2830 again using twrp but still it failed again.

Anyway I guess that log wasn't what I wanted to pull.

I'll see if I can get the correct logs when I get the next error ok.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
Bajanman - You're a Prince! Thanks for all that you do for the N2!

Seasons Greetings btw ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Thanks shaggy. Happy holidays to you and yours my friend. Hope you enjoying the holidays.[emoji41]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
Always ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
[MENTION=2638973]bigbiff[/MENTION]

Here is another log from the recovery 2830 using my Att i317. I tried to flash the latest Agni kernel and all it did was reboot the recovery?

Hopefully this is what you need.:eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Does that happen with all zips or zips with aroma?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
TWRP restarts itself at the start screen with the latest agni kernel running on f2fs partitions. The zip file (in this case with Aroma) installed successfully. The problem starts on the next reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rogersb11:
What governors does Agni have? Twrp can be very picky about those sometimes depending on what they are and even if they've worked before
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
Agni has a variety of governor, but I was using lutzactiveq. it works fine with 2.8.3.0 without f2fs. It was after converting to f2fs that twrp won't start anymore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rogersb11:
You running TW or AOSP? What's SELinux set to?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
+1 just flashed the latest Agni on my Att, no problems this time around.:victory:

---------- Post added at 08:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:42 PM ----------

If I'm not mistaken they're using Tw :confused:

But I might be wrong. I'm really thinking its the f2fs, but who knows.

Hopefully you have a fix for them.

Thanks for the help:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
[MENTION=5554845]rogersb11[/MENTION] - Yes, I am running ditto note 3 (touchwiz 4.4.2) on a sgh-i317 (att note 2 lte) with f2fs and agni kernel 4.3.3 r3 and se linux permissive. I believe the twrp problem is associated with f2fs. The phone is working great except I can't use twrp anymore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rogersb11:
I saw where he went permissive now and these issues seemed to arise, I could be wrong tho as I don't follow super close. I know in my kernel, if I wanted f2fs to work on Touchwiz without reboots and sod I had to completely disable selinux. Only on tw tho for some reason. Mine sets permissive for aosp and disabled for touchwiz. Maybe see if he'll compile the purestock kernel with se disabled. I have a feeling that would solve ALL the f2fs issues he's been having. I may be wrong but I went through something very similar but my kernel and recovery work as a unit with dual boot so I didn't have this part of the issue
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
Good suggestion. I will see if the agni kernel dev [MENTION=4365701]psndna88[/MENTION] may be willing to assist.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rogersb11:
oops, you missed the first n of his name lol. I'll change it in my reply [MENTION=4365701]psndna88[/MENTION] ^^^^ check last few post if you can. May be something you could use
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
Thanks. So I just flashed an earlier version of agni kernel 4.3.1r2 which had selinux disabled. Unfortunately, TWRP still won't start with f2fs (although it did take longer to crash and restart).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] psndna88:
selinux + f2fs

on tw kernel selinux policy causes reboots with f2fs enabled

so ive applied a commit on selinux to whitelist f2fs

now no such issues

same thing applies to recovery which should be done
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
We run recovery in permissive only. Can someone get a copy of dmesg for troubleshooting after the crash happens using adb shell?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] psndna88:
i had issues in tw (reboots on app install) with selinux permissive ! the commit solved it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Can you link to the commit on github.com?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] psndna88:
https://github.com/psndna88/AGNI-pureSTOCK/commit/f92db87dbda92d3fcf3accc4f7f0c1c9e2e47f8f

Sent from my white DN4 NOTE II (4.4.4) + AGNi pureSTOCK v4.3.3_R3 kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
[MENTION=2638973]bigbiff[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4365701]psndna88[/MENTION] - thank you both for looking into this problem. [MENTION=2638973]bigbiff[/MENTION] - do you still need a dmseg? I tried capturing a dmseg for you but was unable to as twrp is not even able to start up. The moment that I reboot to go into twrp, adb shell disconnects. Do you have everything you need? Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
If someone could test http://techerrata.com/bigbiff/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.3.0-t0lteatt.img.tar out for me I would be grateful.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
What do you need done?

And do I, need to be on f2fs to test it? Lmk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Test everything as well as f2fs please.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Ok soon as I get back home it'll be done.

And I'll let you know my results.

Unless someone pops in and beats me to it ok.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
I just tested the new twrp. Unfortunately, I am still unable to start twrp with f2fs partitions. With the older build, it got to the twrp startup screen and then restarts itself. With the new build, it never makes it to the twrp screen, it restarts itself from the galaxy note 2 start screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
raising the white flag... looking for guidance... was running TWRP 2.8.3.0 fine with z31s1g's Materialised Theme (v283X-v2)... and violated the "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I reset the theme to default values and rebooted recovery; however, stuck at TWRP splash screen and it loops. I tried pulling battery... but it boots right back to TWRP recovery splash screen loop (booting to system or recovery). Can boot to download mode.. so tried to Odin flash the t0lteatt TWRP v2.8.3.0 tar... but still stuck at TWRP splash screen loop (trying to boot to system or recovery). Any words of wisdom? (other than should have left well enough alone!). Thx. DocQ

SOLVED!

posting in case anyone else runs into similar issue: using Odin3 (v3.07), flashed PhilZ Touch Recovery (v6.48.4 tar)... then was able to boot to both Recovery and System partitions. Booted to System and deleted the TWRP "theme" folder and all contents on sdcard... then booted back to CWM (PhilZ Touch) recovery and reflashed TWRP v2.8.3.0. Successfully booted into TWRP recovery and system... once in system, re-added "theme" folder to TWRP and Materialised v283X-v2 theme of choice. I can only suspect that the ".twrps" file in TWRP theme folder somehow got corrupted.. all is good again.

DocQ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
[MENTION=2638973]bigbiff[/MENTION] - anything else that i can provide you to diagnose the problem? The test build is still not working unfortunately with f2fs and the latest agni kernel with selinux permissive.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Hi, if you could post /tmp/recovery.log, your step by step actions and result, and the contents of dmesg, I can try to debug.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
Twrp doesn't start and it isn't creating any recovery.log or dmseg. How do i enable the logging that you are looking for?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Please describe in details what you do see, step by step or take a video. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robikonobi:
With 2.8.3.0, i see the twrp start screen (never making it to the menu) and then it automatically reboots the phone. With your test build that you asked us to test, i don't even see the twrp start screen. I am on the galaxy note 2 screen (holding down the buttons to boot recovery) and the phone just reboots without ever seeing the twrp start screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
After it reboots see if you can use adb pull /proc/last_kmsg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
posting if others run into similar problem trying to install v2.8.4.0... I had a hell of a time trying to get 2.8.4.0 on my t0lteatt device. All previous TWRP versions (either .tar via Odin3 or .zip via existing TWRP recovery) installed fine. Here's what happened: after flashing t0lteatt v2.8.4.0 tar via Odin3, device rebooted and stuck on "Samsung Galaxy Note II" splash screen.. .had to pull battery. Could not boot into system either (stuck on same screen).. only Download mode available. Reflashed v2.8.3.0 tar via Odin3 and all good. Tried to then flash the 2.8.4.0 zip via 2.8.3.0 Recovery.. same story.. stuck on splash screen both Recovery and System. Back to Download mode and reflashed 2.8.3.0 tar via Odin3, and booted to system. Downloaded "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-t0lteatt.img", then downloaded/installed "Flashify". Using Flashify, flashed 2.8.4.0 recovery "img" file and it installed without a hitch. I was also able to repack img with custom splash screen and flashed via Flashify... working perfectly. Perhaps it's just my device, but for some reason the scripts in Flashify work but scripts in .tar and .zip files do not. So, long story short... try Flashify with img if alternative methods (.tar / .zip) fail. [MENTION=2638973]bigbiff[/MENTION]: any reason you can think of why this would occur (script differences or just my device?)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
It's all the same image, just repacked differently. Maybe bad downloads?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
I considered that... but did download each 2840 tar and zip twice and all md5 checks matched. Just glad the 2840 img worked w/ flashify.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
I haven't been able to get any version since 2.8.1.0 to work on my i317.

2.8.4.0 left me in bootloops and unable to mount extSdCard and OTG. After multiple battery pulls and removing my SD Card and reboots, I was able to get into the phone and ended up mounting my extSdCard amd copying v2.8.1.0 on to the internal sd card. Reboot into recovery and restore older version.

No log file though, since looks like reinstall of older version over wrote file.

Error was definitely Unable to mount though.

Cards are exFAT only.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
Have you tried flashing the 2.8.4.0 ".img" file via Flashify?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andronikal659:
After trying via recovery and odin without success I decided to try Flashify... It failed for .zip and .img. when I flashify .zip i got stuck in twrp recovery and it keep blinking every 2 sec, waited 5 min and still on same screen. tried flashify .img recovery image and was stuck in download mode; waited 10 min and still in download screen. I tried to reboot and it jump right back to download mode. I tried rebooting in recovery and jump right to download. pulled battery, wait 10 sec and still jump to download mode... I odin flash 2.8.4.0 .tar and my system boots back t normal. but still can't backup to my external sdcard in twrp. problem with writing permission... there was a fix for 2.8.1.0 but i lost it. do you guys still have the writtable version to sdcard of 2.8.1.0?

---------- Post added at 12:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:40 AM ----------

flashify not working for all version (2.7.0.0 to 2.8.4.0) so i went back and search "fix" in this thread and found 2.7.2.1 to work for external sdcard. I have to mention i went to twrp terminal command (not sure if I'm even doing it right) and typed "setenforce permissive" before flashing anything else, not sure it that helped. then flash 2.7.2.1 and was able to backup to sdcard. happy man! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
So 2.8.4.0 doesn't work or what?

I know people have left the phone and it's hard to get bug reports. Please help a man out here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andronikal659:
Just tried 2840 and still not able to write. Reflash 2721 and still working.

I can't unload file but you can search in this thread for "fix" and you will find the modded 2721
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
Hey bigbiff - I'm running t0ltecan 2.8.4.0 on my Rogers Note 2 - No issues with Flashing - Backups or Restoring - fyi ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] seriosbrad:
Damn, why didn't I try the t0ltecan sooner (also on Rogers)?! Tried several other versions and stuck with 2.8.1.0. Got 2.8.4.0 running now :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jcruz942:
Does multirom work for twrp on our phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andronikal659:
How did you do it? I'm on Rogers too. Was on stock rooted 4.4.2... I needed to do nandroid backup bc I wanted to test a new Rom DN4v2 but could never get 2840 to write backup. Only 2721 fix did the trick. I would love to have the latest working twrp.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
try this

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgf32sm51eq89dw/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-t0ltecan.zip?dl=0

Important!!!

techratta.com seems to be having issues atm - And I can't remember if TWRP t0ltecan has a 4.3 & a 4.4 Bootloader versions - So I can't verify on techratta's site - My Baseband is NF1

In any case - You need to flash the correct version of TWRP for your Bootloader!

Edit: Finally was able to open techerrata.com - There's only one version of TWRP for the t0ltecan - So flash the zip that I posted - It works for me on my Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andronikal659:
Doesn't work. I'll stick with 2721 for now. It's probably something with my phone...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lynchyy89:
Sorry to post in a Samsung bit but no luck in other threads.. Using twrp on my device but wondered if it was possible to delete the backup I made from my phone to free up some space? I have backed up the backup on a disc, hard drive and laptop..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rogersb11:
Dude, of course it's ok ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Are you having issues deleting the backup from TWRP File Manager?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lynchyy89:
No not having problems, I use es file explorer and can delete the backup easily but due to only having 10% of my storage left that's the only large file left to free up space, I just wasn't sure if it was safe to delete now that it's been stored on to my computer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
If you have it elsewhere delete it on the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
[MENTION=2638973]bigbiff[/MENTION]

t0ltecan TWRP 2.8.6.0 Failed to Flash

"Bye bye Sweet Canadian Moonshine"

Sent from my SM-N910W8 Running SlimLP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Adding to my zips to fix list. Please use the img or tar in the meantime.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kyanox:
I've got a wierd bug. My note 2 is on f2fs with Alliance Rom and when I try to go into recovery mode with twrp my device continually reboots.

Does not happen on ext4 fs.

Does anyone know if you can logcat from recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Probably filesystem damage. You need to use adb to pull dmesg to see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nutpants:
Flashed the latest twrp 2860 t0lecan on my note 2 and on reboot it just kept going to recovery. Dd the image from a command line,Flashed the zip, flagged the image ask the same result.

So I flashed the t0leatt recovery and all is working fine..

I only switched from att to can a few months ago..

Now I'm back again

Even with a can phone never had a problem so far..

written in your mud with my stick
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Reboot from TWRP or Android?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kyanox:
Any way to fix. I've repartitioned already with Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
You probably need to format the data partition. Repartitioning might not help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kyanox:
I'll give this a try. The problem starts when converting to f2fs, i can access recovery just fine until I boot back into the rom. Then any reboot to recovery causes a loop that I can only get out of by repartitioning data to ext4. I'll see if I can pull files via ADB but when it hits the loop I can't even get the phone to stay up long enough to ADB.

Any hints?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nutpants:
I was rebooting from twrp. tried to shutdown, reboot to system and I'll that happened was I rebooted to recovery, tried the zip, the img but not the tar..

Gagged back to my older twrp 2801 I think got the new 2860 for art and that one worked fine for my t0ltecan
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Which image was giving you the reboot issues?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Lavrentsii:
This is also happening to me, although with stock rom (but also F2FS). Have you found a fix other than switching to ext4?

In the meanwhile I'm using Shift's F2FS philz, which mostly works but is unreliable with backups.

Not the guy you quoted, but for me it's happening on all 2.8.* versions as well as 2.7.2.2 (and probably other 2.7.* as well).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
F2FS corruption is probably causing TWRP to segfault, then init reruns TWRP continuously causing the "bootloop"

Can you describe which reboot functions do or do not work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kyanox:
I'll have to try that Lavrentsii can you link me while TWRP figures this out.

Bigbiff, the normal phone reboot functions do not work and inside TWRP reboot functions work after converting to F2FS, the reboot that fails is when your in the rom and reboot to recovery. Tested with both the room, and from a cold boot with 3 key combo.

I was unable to pull any data from the phone, it does not connect long enough to ADB.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
This is in 2.8.6.0 right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] seriosbrad:
I'd just like to confirm the strange issues with 2.8.6.0 t0ltecan on an actual Canadian t0ltecan device. I flashed the tar via Odin just fine, it boots into TWRP and functions fine. The problem is when attempting to use any of the reboot options when inside of TWRP. It just reboots into TWRP every time, even when selecting reboot to system. A temporary fix was to pull the battery in order to boot to system with the power button. 2.8.5.0 t0ltecan does not have this issue.

I have not tried to use the 2.8.6.0 t0lteatt on my Canadian t0ltecan yet, as mentioned by someone in a previous post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Yes, there was a commit made that broke reboot/power etc for hlte/t0lte series. I need to figure out how to fix it, but since I don't have either device anymore it's hard for me to debug on my own.