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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mjwhirly:
Here are the instructions for installing CWM recovery to our AT&T Galaxy Note II

*Make sure you have installed the usb device drivers for our phone first, they can be found Here

Download the ClockworkMod Recovery image file from here. Place it on your desktop.

Get the ODIN 3 3.07 zip from here. Unzip the ODIN contents into a single folder on your desktop, there should 4 extracted files.

Power off your smartphone and then you need to boot it into Download Mode. Do it by pressing simultaneously ‘volume down’ + ‘home’ + ‘power’ buttons. Release the buttons when you’re asked to press Volume Up, click it and enter download mode.

Go to ODIN folder on your PC and run the ODIN .exe file.

Now you can connect your smartphone to your PC. ODIN will say "ADDED". If ODIN doesn’t display the "added" text, then you will have to re-install the USB drivers for your smartphone.

Go to ODIN program window and click on ‘PDA’. Find the ‘CWM recovery img.tar file and load it into ODIN exe. Do Not Change Any Options Note that the ‘Re-partition’ box shouldn’t be checked.

Press the ‘START’ button and ODIN will begin to install ClockworkMod Recovery image on the AT&T Galaxy Note 2 device.

After the install process is complete, the device will restart and ODIN should say ‘PASS’. This means that the process was successful.

Your phone should reboot and then have a new recovery.

To test out new recovery turn off phone , use the three button combo (Volume up+home+power, then wait for screen to flash) and phone will boot into recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nite4evr:
Can anybody confirm this works with 317M (Rogers) version too?

I tried it and I got nothing.............I've been waiting for CWM and would much prefer this over TWRP.

Thanks,

K
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ceasare:
Can one do this with heimdall on a Mac?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ookba:
Why isn't this is in the development section? Can anyone confirm it actually works? Backup and restore works? All features work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] billy938292:
IT works only issue i am having after unrooting my phone i cant remove CWM recovery and go back to downloading mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ookba:
You need to flash stock recovery back. Best way is to wait until a factory ROM is released and that'll flash you back to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nite4evr:
So anybody who has 317M got it working? Anyone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jpasint:
I couldn't do backups. It said it did but it didn't. Was only like 16 MB of stuff in the folder even after taking a while to back up. Strange.

Gave up on CWM and using TWRP now.

This was on my i317 none M.

Joe
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ookba:
Probably not the correct image for the device. The partitions are different from device to device. I am sure someone will port it soon enough.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SweetRedVoice:
Easiest root ever! I may actually be getting the hang of this. I rooted my gNote2 in less than 10 mins.

mjwhirly, Thanks for your great instructions coming your way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] choihan06:
hey did you have to install supersu and update binaries?

hope this doesn't show yello triangle or increase the flash counter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Earthbrain:
Will this allow me to format my 64 GB micro SD card to exfat and transfer video files greater than 5 GB to the micro SD card ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] djben75:
Why?

The way I did it seems so much easier! Why go to all that trouble? All I did was rooted,(search for it! it is easy, really did only take about 30 seconds!) Installed ROM manager, (I have the premium version, not sure if it matters) then hit Flash clockworkMod Recovery. (when it asked to confirm phone model, I simply chose GS3 GT-.. ) IT WAS THAT SIMPLE! And everything works!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nite4evr:
Does GS Note II 317M work with GS3 GT recovery? Anyone confirm this method works?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] RMXO:
Another way to install CWM is to use "Mobile Odin" to flash CWM recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cjindustry:
This does work for me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DJBBOX:
does it trip flash counter?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] thebong24:
Installing cwm always trip the counter ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
I'd love to see a YT vid/tutorial. I haven't had the opportunity to explore MOdin yet. Everything can be done from the Note 2 itself?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iahk:
the method here listed by op does not require you to be rooted. imo, it's the fastest method. odin cwm to a fully stock phone and then flash a custom rom.

Mobile odin requires you to be rooted already. But yes, the idea behind mobile odin is to be able to flash tar images without a pc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ViciousMo:
I just followed the steps and had no issues. I am looking at CWM currently on my CF rooted phone. Thanks again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
Is this i317 CWM6 the "Touch" cwm version which has the soft navigation keys and touch scroll... or the version where you have to use the volume keys to select and the home or power button to execute selection?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluntman420:
I think it's just the regular one. I really hope someone makes us an updated touch version of Cwm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mad383Max:
Currently stock here. I have a version of touch cwm that I used with my note 1. Is it possible to use that with note 2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
thanks for reply... I'm coming from the i727 Skyrocket and developer "sk8erwitskil" ported the CWM6 Touch Recovery to the Skyrocket.. and then added some real badazz features. Hoping that happens for the SGN2 as well. Here's a link with video in OP and all the features he added to it...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1777970
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluntman420:
Ha, I came from a skyrocket also. I ran sk8s cwm and embryo rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] k5mitch:
Ex I727 also I was running R4INS AOKP milestone-1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Did this morning using this tutorial:

http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method/

So far so good. Happy as a camper.

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Triangle Away. Problem solved. Donate to CF.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mocsab:
Problems with CWM

I had major issues with TWRP - recovery bootloops - the only way to fix it and actually boot up my phone was to flash CWM -

So - I am on CWM now - and am having a couple of issues - not sure what to do to fix them:

1) when I try to clean data/factory restore inside CWM - it starts and then 'reboots' into CWM - without actually wiping anything.

2) When I try to create a back up - it creates a back up - but when I look at the backup it created, it is only about 16MB - much smaller than what it should be (if it were a real nandroid it would be close to GB if not over that)

So - how do I fix this?

TWRP is not an option - I can't flash that without getting into Recovery BOOT Loops - and CWM is not doing what it should

Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wargear:
Worked like a charm thanks! I noticed rom manager pro doesn't recognise this as installed and had to select cwm 5x as recovery. Any idea when that'll get updated?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jetrii:
I'm having some issues restoring from an external SD card. Half the time it works, but the other half it creates a new backup instead of restoring. When that happens, I pretty much lose my backup because all future restores from external SD instead create a backup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
I've tried to flash this onto my i317M Rogers Galaxy Note 2, but no luck. It does trip the flash counter, but no clockworkmod recovery. I'm in a bit of a hurry to get clockwork recovery installed so I can do a nandroid backup... Anyone have any luck on a Rogers version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] koreancanuck:
Have CWM on Telus. Worked for me the first time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
Thanks for the response, I've got a couple of questions.

1. Did you perform the steps from the original post in this thread? I did, and while it tripped the flash counter, I did not get CWM installed.

2. Are you able to perform nandroid backups with CWM?

3. Were you coming from unrooted stock? I did the CF-Root so I have root access, but other than that, pure stock.

4. Is your Note2 the same model as mine? Even though it's on a different provider, mine is model SGH-I317M, on Rogers.

I'd appreciate any advice/tips you (or anyone else) could provide.

Cheers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
I've had an idea, but I don't want to brick my phone while trying it...

When I go to flash the CWM recovery, I'm flashing from the file with the extension .tar.md5

Do I need to remove the .md5 extension? Does the file need to have just the .tar extension?

Sorry for spamming the thread with questions... I'm just very eager to turn my GN2 into a Nexus-Note2...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] yiannisthegreek:
This IS a good question and perhaps the OP should be updated on this point. I am gonna go on a limb here and say that YES... you need to remove that .md5 extension from the file as I have flashed CWM MANY times on MANY different devices and all files should end with the .tar ONLY.

I will be flashing this to my friends Bell Note II (SGH-317M) later this afternoon and I will try it with the .md5 removed but in the meantime IF the OP or someone else can confirm this it would be appreciated.

Also... Why does the CWM file download with that .md5 extension in the first place?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
Thanks your your reply. Please let us know in the thread how it went.

I'll be trying the same thing in a day or so. I won't have access to my computer until then. I'll update the thread on my progress.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] yiannisthegreek:
This CAN be confirmed. Remove the .md5 extension from the file and it works like a charm.

OP... Please update the first post to reflect this for new users and ease of use.

Thanks...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
Still won't install for me. I've used two different versions of ODIN and no luck. With the version of ODIN in the OP (v3.07) I don't get the PASS message, instead the box turns blue and says RESET. But it does trip the flash counter.

With ODIN v1.85 I do get the PASS message, and it trips the flash counter, but no luck.

I've noticed when it goes into the Samsung Recovery it says the Product Name is SGH-I317M_NA_BMC

Anyone have any ideas for me?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wiser212:
Same issue here. It worked before the OTA update. After the OTA update, it will not flash the recovery. The counter does trip. For the people having this issue, are you on the latest OTA update?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
That must be it... There's something in the OTA that prevents flashing CWM recovery... That sucks...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] LittleRedDot:
Sh*t don't say that, I just finished the ota.

Can we get the op to weigh in here about the status of post ota devices and this method?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:


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Shouldn't be anything in the ota that prevents you from flashing a custom recovery. I flashed twrp just fine after the ota. Strange issue you guys have:confused:

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The .md5 does not need to be, nor should it be removed. Its kind of like a safety measure. In a way it keeps odin from flashing corrupted files to your phone.:thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] LittleRedDot:
Can you pm me your root method to TWRP please?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wiser212:
I tried TWRP and it works. Looks like CWM flash through odin is the only thing broken.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
How did you install TWRP? I tried using ODIN and it still didn't install... I'm starting to become upset about this...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:
Use the goo manager app
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wiser212:
Download GooManager from the app store, go to Menu, install the RecoveryScript thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
Well now I'm seriously flustered... I downloaded GooManager, ran it with SuperUser access and installed the recovery script. It said it installed, but when I went into the recovery, it was still the stock Samsung recovery.

Craziness...

***EDIT***

I used the GooManager app to flash the recovery script again, and this time instead of manually rebooting into recovery, I used the button inside the app to reboot into recovery and it appears to have worked...

I'm still a bit confuzzled about how it is, or is not working, but I'm performing a TWRP backup now.

Is the TWRP Backup the same as a nandroid backup that CWM does?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mjwhirly:
yes it is
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wiser212:
But TWRP and CWM backups are not compatible with each other and are not interchangeable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
Thanks. Do you have any idea why CWM may be giving issues after the OTA update? I'm not sure if it's just an issue with the Canadian variants.

I'm still concerned about how to restore the TWRP backup I just made if I can't get into the recovery unless I'm going through the app...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mjwhirly:
Well if you have already done the install openrecovery script from goo manager, and have booted into twrp recovery then all you need to do once you reboot is the three button combo to get back in and once you flash a ROM most come equipped with a three way reboot button to get into recovery easier
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pilotboyshorty:
FIXED: Flash CWM on 4.1.2 after OTA update

I was having the same issues noticed above.

I was able to successfully flash CWM by using the following steps

1. Use ODIN3 v3.07

2. Use the published HURR!!!! (same one as before but i used a fresh download)

3. SU>reboot download (or manually from boot with vol-down + Home + power)

4. Start ODIN

5. Plug in phone (ODIN shows "added!!")

6. using PDA select your "MD5 file"

7. 6. UNCHECK "AUTO REBOOT"

8. START!!

9. phone will complete and not reboot (obviously)

10. Pull the battery

11.unplug from computer

12. Replace battery

13. Plug back in

14. Hold VOL-UP + HOME + Power

15. ????????

16. PROFIT

17. ODIN will say "PASS"

18. make nandroid backup (not required but good practice so you dont have to figure it out twice like i did)

19. When you exit CWM!! do not disable CWM and revert to stock recovery. it will ask you if you want to. (WHY WOULD I DO THAT WHEN I JUST CHANGED IT!?!?!)

19. return to XDA and hit the thanks button ;)

hope this helped

PRO-MODE

redownload md5

uncheck "Auto Reboot" in odin

pull battery, unplug, replace battery, replug

manually reboot into recovery (vol-up, home, Power)

hit thanks button

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terminal:

SU> reboot recovery

easy mode
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
Thanks Pilotboyshorty! It Worked! I'm doing a nandroid backup as I type this! I'm remarkably close to being overjoyed. :victory:

When I rebooted using the 3 button combo of vol-UP + Home + Power, I got into CWM. Every other time I went to go into CWM Recovery I used the vol-DOWN + Home + Power.

This may sound embarrasingly noob-ish, but it looks like I may have been putting my phone into Download mode, rather than booting into CWM the whole time...

I feel a bit stupid...

And for some reason the backups are very small... A full nandroid should have larger filesizes right? I've attached a screenshot...

Do these filesizes seem right for a stock ROM backup?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wiser212:
You rock!! Should this be a separate thread for 4.1.2 because the original instructions don't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jayster0966:
I notice the same thing, that backups are around 16mb (which is way too small, IMO). I then spotted in another post about changing the backup extension to .tar (backup became around 1.3gb). This backup took less time but a lot more data stored. Is this around the correct size of a full nandroid backup?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueBagodah:
Well I did a test restore and everything is working properly... Time to start checking out mods!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] quickbird144:
You are KING!! Couldn't flash CMW for nothing and this worked the first time. Nice!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] adgj533:
i already hav root is it safe to do this method? i have att note 2 and i used galaxynote2root.com method and got root but no CWM. and when u flash it with odin do u uncheck F reset time or no? coz when i started odin its checked.

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i already tried this method it didnt work, couldnt install CWM CAN SOMEONE PLEASEE HELP?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pilotboyshorty:
i already hav root is it safe to do this method i have att note 2 and i used galaxynote2root.com method and got root but no CWM. and when u flash it with odin do u check F reset time or no? coz when i started odin its checked.

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i already tried this method it didnt work, couldnt install CWM CAN SOMEONE PLEASEE HELP?[/QUOTE]

Are you sure you have correct version of odin? Did u do a fresh download of software. Did you enter stock recovery mode instead of download mode on accident? What symptom do you get?

It has been working great for many people so i would be sad if it was now inoperative. :/

i Want to help. i Need some details on what's happening other than. "It doesn't work".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tek310:
I followed steps and after i unplug, remove battery, put battery back in, plug back in and do vol up, home, power. It attempts to boot up but scrambles screen, and it blacks out. wont boot into recovery. done the process 3 times now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chdiryoung:
I got a green pass and then tested it and stock recovery came up.

Anyone have that issue? Anyone have solution?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrjayviper:
If I

mistakenly formatted the internal S

D and there is

no ROM installed

on my device, and I

do not have a FAT32 formatted microSD

around (I do not want to format my only exfat-formatted microSD to FAT32), how can I get a ROM zip into the internal SD?

I am running official CWM which doesn't support exFAT.

thanks! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Maybe try flashing a recovery that supports exfat via odin? Like this one...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38298833

That should allow mounting your external sdcard and formatting of your internal sdcard if needed.

If you don't have a ROM on your external card, you could use adb to push a rom to there or to your internal sdcard for cwm flashing. Google for details.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] portalgod:
Flash a stock ROM via ODIN and then root, CWM, flash new ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksarius:
guys im having a problem where my phone wont pass the samsung galaxy note 2 screen.

so im trying to flash recovery, but in ODIN, it shows setupconnection, and after a while it says FAIL.

Tried dozen of times also with different recoveries and different versions of ODIN.

any tips?

thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 210euser:
Do you have all the Samsung drivers installed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksarius:
Yes i do. The phone connects to pc normally.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chiquito3:
Hi Guys I'm trying to find a copy of a flashable clockworkmod for a i317 but cant find it. I need it becouse I want to restore an original image rom backup made the first time the cell was rooted and twrp does not allow to restore it because it was made with clockworkmod. I tried searching it but had no success.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Forget about it guys I found it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jayster0966:
You can download and install Philz Recovery. Supports both twrp and cwm restore files.

Link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2159652

Sent from my SM-N900T using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] larryjr927:
for some reason im not able to wipe my data file through any recovery so i cant do a clean install. anyone ran into that issue
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Nope ...

Try the ART modified TWRP recovery...

Its in the OP of the Beanstalk Rom thread from Will03...

I've absolutely abused that version...and it just keeps going....

And have you tried the CWM touch recovery ??

Rock solid as well...and a much more sensitive interface...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigboy0723:
Thanks. Works very well on my Rogers i317m
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] crystalclear01:
stock recovery

Hi I tried already toolkit and Odin but I keep getting stock recovery . Can someone help me please
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] momchi:
do it from inside :)

Clear, if your phone is rooted, you can simply download CWM Manager (from the Play Store), then try installing the recovery from it. I also heard that many did it with GooManager also...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] CosminV95:
What if I am on a custom 4.4.2 ROM, rooted, and try to replace TWRP with CWM by just flashing CWM in odin? Is that possible?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cnote74:
It's possible but you can flash a CWM zip in recovery then reboot the recovery, no need to flash recovery with Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] CosminV95:
I thought of that, but I asked about ODIN because my TWRP won't mount any storage, internal or external, phone works though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cnote74:
Then odin the recovery and it will do the same as flashing the zip does I forgot about twrps data reading issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] CosminV95:
OK, gonna give it a shot, feedback in just a bit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cnote74:
Did it work for you?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] CosminV95:
Like a charm. CWM on, mounts storage without any issues. Thanks for the tip, CM 11 is on its way. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cnote74:
Glad it worked out for you.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyceckk:
Dumb question.. are they including bumper? If so, I don't need to buy any :highfive:

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ak700:
NO

Bumper cost extra $20
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark8503:
What's bumper? You mean a bumper case?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyceckk:
Yup
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcheung28:
I'm kind of hoping for them to have shipping problems or other technical difficulties so they will compensate us with a free bumper or some free credits. :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] DualJoe:
Hallo,

i've bought a Sandisk 32GB microSDHC and it doesn't run properly. It unmounts/vanishes after some seconds or crashes/freezes the whole OS (Android) if accessed. Same happens in CWM5/6. The card does work properly in Windows though (speed/reliable). Another Sandisk 16GB class4 works properly in the phone.

Anything known about incompatibilities regarding this card? Anyone using it without problems?

Sandisk Ultra Class 10 microSDHC 32GB

(SDSDQU-032G-U46A)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] vassar2506:
I have the same card and it is perfect on my Galaxy S
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] DualJoe:
Thanks.

Anyone else with explicit confirmation on S Plus (I9001)? Seems to have a different controller.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] nix the bear:
I think it's your rom (if not using stock) because i had same problem on some rom-s
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] DualJoe:
Possible.. but i had this on CWM5/6 as well. Exactly the same issues. Just vanishes with i/o error. In the end a hotswap insert completely corrupted my system partitions (/system, /data at least). The card has been returned. Looks more like a UHS first generation bug or something to me. Maybe they run it out of specs on purpose to get better benchmarks. I don't know. At least I've found other people with same experiences on Google and Amazon that occur on that Sandisk cards.