yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kwhit:
Just flashed the Rogers one and it worked like a charm!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
Ah, okay. Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Canadoc:
I guess at this point, there isn't much point in using mobile over knowing that there is a stock rooted person that has been released for our phones. You can always just flash that over whatever update you have done and it should give you a stock rooted experience without losing your data.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DyingSlow:
just to be completely sure....with your updated stock I can reroot my Bell Note2 even after I lost the root with the latest OTA upstate using that save method on page one?

thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Yep.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
I just want to be sure I backup whatever I need to as a Just in case.

So if I use the stock backup for SMS, etc I should be okay?

Do I need to do anything re: APN or just note settings down?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
yes flashing root66 won't wipe anything. But of course backup whatever is important to you for those weird "just in case" moments.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Is there going to be a new 4.1.2 version for At&t? Do you need us to provide something?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Does a full stock file exist for that? I haven't seen one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Yeah that was kind of what I was wondering. Is there any way I can get you one? I am rooted on 4.1.2 right now using the toolkit by mskip, could I use your method to go back to 4.1.1 and accept the OTA update while maintaining root via SuperuserSU or something, and then pull the OTA of 4.1.2 somehow off my phone for you?

Or could you use what I have right now, since it is supposed to be basically stock but with SuperuserSU? I don't have busybox installed and am still on the stock recovery.

Thanks,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
In my Misc Files section i have the OTA updated rooted. You have to flash that with non-stock recovery though. Without a lot of work, which isn't worth it, to get the full LK7 we'd just have to wait if they release over Kies as opposed to just OTA.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Ok thanks, that's kind of a bummer, because for some stupid reason, Trinagle Away won't zero my flash counter now, or set my staus to normal, since rooting with the Toolkit. I am not sure why that is since I didn't install a custom recovery, and I thought it uses the stock firmware. (maybe I misunderstood)

Was hoping to start over and use your method. We'll have to keep our fingers crossed for an official release from Samy.

Thanks,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Well you can flash the older root66, reset flash counter. Then wait for the OTA and use voodoo ota rootkeeper to preserve root through the upgrade. Or use goo manager to install the non-stock recovery, flash the ota i have in the OP, then flash back stock recovery (I'd need it from you first) with odin and reset counter again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Ok that sounds like a workable solution. So since I can't extract the recovery image from a nandroid backup, can I use ADB and do a backup of my recovery with this:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/recovery-backup.img

or is there a command to pull a copy of it to my PC?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Exactly. I didn't check your blk number but that would be the command. If you post the img I can post odin flashable in the op for anyone else to use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Ok here is my stock recovery image. I see that the max img file size allowed is 8mb and mine was actually 8192kb. But it didn't error when I attached it, so hope it is ok.

Thanks,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
So this is from LK7?

whatever you uploaded here it is as an ODIN flashable tar:

I317_LK7_recovery.tar.md5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Sorry yes, it is 4.1.2 software version I317UCALK7. Thanks for the tar. Does using voodoo root keeper app during the OTA cause the flash counter to trip? If so, then I may as well use a custom revocery and flash your OTA file, then go back to stock recovery and use Triangle Away again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
No. Voodoo won't trip it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] moekind:
Hello Mr. Robinson,

I flashed the New Telus Rom you uploaded and it installed the Rogers Rom instead, because I have Rogers branded Apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Yea that's what's in the csc common section right from sammobile. Just freeze or remove the apps you don't want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] moekind:
How do I remove the Rogers CSC and install the Telus CSC?

I installed the old stock telus firmware but the CSC is still Rogers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] moekind:
For anyone on Telus who flashes the Rom and gets Rogers branding, this is how you fix it, and remove all the Rogers bloatware and APN settings.

Open Dialer

*#272*YOUR IMEI# Then select TLS

This will change your CSC to Telus.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Did this wipe your device?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] moekind:
Yes it did wipe my device.

Would you happen to know how I can enable all applications in multiview with the stock rom?

Thank you kind sir
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jimmerz0823:
a little help

ok let me ask this question it was asked b4 but i was a little confused by the responses.i am rooted with cf auto root but fully stock besides the cf root. now i still dont have multiview update i am really dieing to get it so my question is. i have to flash this stock with the op files. well i read there are 2 diff files in the op which 1 do i need to flash to be able to get the ota update after all this i just want the multiview update on a stock rom and be done with this whole thing please some1 help me. im familiar with odin but not twrp or cmw so that being said i thionk im in the right place thanks in advance oh by the way im using at&t:confused::confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
I thought you need a stock based mod for that. Should be in themes and apps sub forum.

You just need to flash the root66. One file.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] beatmania82:
Thanks for the rom. I just flashed Rogers rom and it is running great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Hmm, I flashed root66 via odin and it finished without issue and said "Pass", but know the phone will not boot past the SAMSUNG screen. I really did not want to wipe all of my data, but am not sure what else to do at this point. And I am not sure why it didn't work as expected, do you?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zeta_A4:
If there are garbage data or temp stuff in the cache then boot loop will happen. That why you shoukd always backup your data before any flashing just in case something go wrong. It happen from time to time to all my samsung device as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Well losing data wasn't really why I didn't want to wipe the phone, but you raise a good point, and I assure you that my data is safe. The thing I didn't want to go through again was all of the customization of the phone. Like making flash work correctly with all of my browsers on Jelly Bean, getting Google Wallet to work on my AT&T phone, getting all of my accounts setup and working with the desired settings and notification sounds, setting up Google Voice again, setting up Google Now again, adding home screens and configuring all of the widgets and icons, and on and on it goes. I know it's all part of the game, but if I knew I was going to have to start all over, just getting my flash counter to zero, wouldn't have been enough of a reason to go through it. It just bugged me that it wasn't.

But thanks to mrRobinson and this thread, after wiping data in stock recovery, I was able to get back to rooted LJ2 (4.1.1) and zero my counter and get my status back to normal. Install voodoo root keeper, run the software update and accept the OTA for LK2 (4.1.2) and now I am still rooted, with a flash counter at zero, current binary at Samsung Official, system status at Official and device status at Normal in settings. Now all I have to do, is spend some serious time getting everything else back the way it was.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rcboosted:
Your injected 4.1.1 saved me from the endless tries of trying to unroot to get the OTA 4.1.2 update. Thank you!

Any chance of an ATT 4.1.2 root injected rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] eraste:
Edit:

Nevermind the one post i missed had the answer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jessejames44:
Was stock rooted using the 4.1.1 firmware.Using mobile odin and the new 4.1.2 firmware im update and still rooted.Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] WorldIRC:
Thanks Mr. Robinson. OTA, while it worked on Bell, drains my battery significantly. I've heard wiping and starting clean resolves. Glad to see the stock rooted ROM here for the update!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] WorldIRC:
Did a Master Reset before reinstalling -- SuperSU survived the wipe (I'm on the paid version) but decided to re-ODIN anyways.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
WorldIRC, were you stock before or rooted?

I am still stock Bell V4.1.2 so I was just going to try this without a full wipe but wondering about your battery drain issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] WorldIRC:
I was stock root before...Stock Root 4.1.1 from this thread + OTA from Bell = Stock Root 4.1.2 w/ heavy battery drain.

I did a wipe, and re-flash with Stock Root 4.1.2 via ODIN from this thread. Drain is much better already and I've turned back on LTE and Multi Window.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
Thanks for the clarification. I really do not want to wipe. If I can get the courage to flash tonight I'll try it without first. Mt device is low on storage so I really want root. LOL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jimmerz0823:
thats wat im looking for so i dont have to flash this then update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] amelejr:
So I'm getting my note 2 in a few days and want to root but keep the official stock firmawares, so my question is do I need to run this root method on my phone before I update to 4.1.2 then just run the ota and if I do that will I loose the root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] www.golazo.ca:
I have the Rogers SGH-317M with 4.1.2. I flashed this file root66_RWC_I317MVLBMA3.tar.md5 uploaded on Jan through ODIN. Everything went smooth during installation and in setting it says I have build number JZ054K.I137MVLBMA3. BUT, the phone is not rooted, I dont have access to root, I tried ES file explorer and its giving me action failed error when trying to access root. I tried starting titanium backup and when its starts its asking for root permission but the message stays there and nothing happens super user doesn't start to grant permission. The flash counter is not zero or none in download mode. My phone was brand new and i tried rooting it before uploading this using CF auto root but I was getting the same results and cant access root. Any explanation or suggestions? I am trying to root my phone.

I figured it out. I had to reset my phone under setting>backup and restore and now I have root. Weird
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
you are going to want to full wipe, then flash the root66.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] www.golazo.ca:
What would root66 do and where do I dl from? Sorry couldnt find an answer on the forum.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
Well I finally found nerve to attempt this. Okay, I do follow instructions very well so I did not realize that I needed to press Start in Odin.

I also did not think I had to press Vol Up on phone to download rom but I figured it out. The hardest part is trying to hold Vol Dn/Power/Home and connect USB cable at same time.

I think I am rooted but not too sure.

Also according to AppsSD my sd card can not be used to move apps to it .. WTF? I do not understand. My NoteII is 16GB internal and 32GB sd card so how can I use card to move apps to? I know it allows me to copy music and pics to it.

When I touch On SD CARD in App2SD I get this:

The device does not have a real primary external storage, or the primary external storage is emulated.

Moving app to SD function may not be supported by this device?

Is it just because the NoteII is not supported by App2SD? If so, what can I use... there must be an app that works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
First post of this thread is the root66_XXX_file you want. It will stock root your phone.

I've never used appssd so can't comment on that but check if you are rooted run SuperSu app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] theroo:
Mayne a dumb question but I am rooted and in 4.1.2 however I can not flash any custom recovery amd I have tried odin and I can not install any roms what so ever where did I go wrong??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eun-Hjzjined:
Got this running today.

I backed up my data, as I do before rooting anything, expecting to load it all back on my note.... flashed the image and came back to a phone that hasn't changed at all save for now having root.

This was the easiest and cleanest root I've ever done.

Sent from a galaxy far^2 away.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] www.golazo.ca:
I found the file. I went into recovery both stock and then twrp and tried installing the root66 file I got on page one after a full wipe and I got an error. I also tried installing a custom rom and still got an error. I know the phone is rooted cause I have access to it and I was able to install twrp but why am not able to flash anything?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
Yes I am rooted. The only way I could find to allow it now is to use Script manager and a app2sd noteii script.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
You don't flash root66 with a recovery. You use Odin. Please reread the first post it is all explained there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] brand404:
i admire your work and so out of sheer curiosity mrRobinson if i understand the whole stock rom process it is technically digitally signed such that if someone were to say flash a non stock the Flash Count goes up. So i am wondering how did you inject SU into the stock but also keeping the rom so that it remains verified as signed? I assume maybe because you arent technically changing anything but just adding "su" as if it already existed on the system.

So wouldnt this be the easiest and quickest way to always root a stock rom? Why do people even bother to root their system via Odin flashing which would always result in a Flash Count jump and a "Custom" flag preventing any more OTA updates?

Thanks for the info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TayzGpa:
Just reporting.

Was rooted 4.1.2 using Chainfires root procedure but was curious about MrRobinsons procedure so I tried it.

Downloaded the stuff for AT&T and went through the procedure without a hitch. Great stuff!

Rebooted into download mode to look at flash counter. Said "No" I assume this means 0.

Downloaded RootKeeper and ran it. Then checked again. Download said "No" and system status said "Normal". Woo Whoooo!

Did the OTA from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2. Worked great. Rebooted. Download said "No" and system status said "Norml" but lost root. So far so good.

Ran RootKeeper to restore su which worked fine.

Rebooted. Download said "No", system status said "Modified". Hmmmmm.

Well, "modified" is ok with me since I know that if push comes to shove, I can always rerun the procedure (which works great) if I ever need to return the phone for warranty.

Great work Mr.R. Well done. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DyingSlow:
i got that also ,i rebooted and it disappeared, try it

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hi

while using this method to root

i stopped at the point before i trip the counter

is there a way to use a method to swap intern memory and an external sd card

thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
What does everyone suggest for a RootKeeper app? Voodoo or ? I am curious as I have yet to try any

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Hi DyingSlow, I had thought rooting would allow me to store apps on external sd card but no app exists for Note II as yet like App2SD.

So I used a method from here using Script Manager and a script app2sdnoteII which swaps internal with external. I can't believe but I think I actually did it right. LOL

You should be able to find the Post by searching here. I did not bookmark it but I should for future reference.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mudassar007:
Search and install goomanger from playstore. Once it is installed, open it and hit menu. Click on install open recovery script. Cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TayzGpa:
Yeah, rebooted several times. Still says "modified". But for me, that's just fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] brand404:
Hey out of curiosity can you do a factory reset via Settings? Yes you will lose your data and settings (temporarily) but i believe it will maintain root access and interestingly change "Modified" back to "Official". I strongly recommend you backup /data folder first so when if it does work then you can restore data and be back to where you started -- keeping root privileges. Just recall that by being listed as "Modified" your OTA Updates currently will NOT work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
A custom recovery will trip counter if I am not mistaken. please correct me if I am wrong.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] brand404:
Yes it will.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GOTFrogqc:
can I roll back to 4.1.1 using the roms here? need to unlock my phone. Im on Bell rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] brand404:
You can unlock your phone without the need to rollback.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GOTFrogqc:
No I can't there's an option missing for the free unlock to work. Unless there's a work around
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
There is a Free Unlocker for Bell? Hmm, do you have a link?

Also I am looking for opinions on rootkeeper apps if anyone would comment.

Mr Robinson, I apologize for messing up your thread here but we are trying to learn. I should perhaps be posting elsewhere though.

I just want to say again that your Rom is awesome and if I can do it anyone can ;) Thank you so much for your work and support.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rob219:
im getting an unlocked sgh-i317 that was used on telus. im on at&t ,so i would use the telus rom to root and not the at&t one right? thanks for any help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GOTFrogqc:
Just look in the general section for the free u lock pthreade
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
I found the thread but does not work on V4.1.2 as yet. I don't feel like going back to V4.1.1 right now though.Well maybe..will see
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Old faithful:
You may want to add in your main description, for those who are total newbies at flashing that they should get and install the Samsung USB driver so that the PC is able to actually flash the device ;)

The USB driver can be found on AT&T's site

Otherwise... GREAT work, quick, simple and to the point, easy as pie :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TayzGpa:
I thought that I had done that at one point after flashing but dont remember exactly. I'll give it a try this weekend and see what happens.

Update: Did factory reset from settings last night and reloaded all apps either from scratch or via Titanium. Device Status changed to Normal. Thanks for the tip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
FYI - Right at the top of the 1st post, just above the first version of download files for AT&T, it does say this:

You can get ODIN here

and the drivers for the SGH-I317 so ODIN can detect your phone can be found at Samsung's site. Click on the Manuals & Downloads tab at the bottom and then on Software for the latest driver.

And the word Samsung is actually a link to the site to download the files.

So it is pretty much already there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Old faithful:
:o Man, it's not funny getting old... You are perfectly right! I guess that was just too much info in one post...

By the way, WHERE is the "Any" Key anyway? :laugh: It would seem your common sense handle fits you very well indeed :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hieuy:
i did all the steps above.. but now im stuck at the samsung screen.. anyone else come across this problem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TayzGpa:
Yes. I believe what I did to get past the Samsung logo was to pull the battery, boot into stock recovery (vol up/home/power) and do a factory reset.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rha_december:
So this supposedly doesn't trip the flash counter. Can I flash it and then run Triangle Away, run the SuperSU Full Unroot, and be completely stock with "no" flash counter and it show official status in download mode? My Note2's antenna/radio or whatever seems messed up, because it can barely pick up a signal, so I want to send it back for another one.

UPDATE:

Confirmed. After trying so many different methods, I gave this a shot. Flashed via Odin, ran triangle away, used full unroot, and now I'm 100% stock with 0 flash counter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jon3sh:
Did you use rooted rom from here? Please post exactly hoq you did cuz im sending mine in too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
You can just use the stock Odin rom from sammobile.com

If you use this file then just launch supersu after and in settings select full unroot .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jon3sh:
I tried but still showing as modified tried with triangle away first then full unroot on superuser it does not show any counter but showing modified then tried flashing root injected rom from here and then full unroot still same result. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
Well I am not sure what happened to my device but I just checked Status and it shows Modified. I thought I had checked it before and it showed Stock or whatever.

How do you check for the Trip Counter?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wherestheanykey:
Did you try either doing a factory data reset or flashing the stock tar from sam mobile, after running triangle away and unrooting?

When I did it, I flashed this first, then installed and ran Triangle Away, then using Odin, falshed the stock ROM tar. Then did a factory data reset before sending it in to warranty.

Good Luck

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I noticed the same thing on mine recently. I had it all back to a zero'd flash counter, a binary status of normal, and a system status of normal in settings. But something happened along the way, and now I show modifed in settings and for binary status in download mode. Kind of a bummer after having it all cleaned up and fully rooted at one point.

Anyway to check the flash counter, turn your phone off, then hold volume down, the home button and power button all at the same time until the screen comes on with the yellow triangle, then push volume up once.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jon3sh:
Yup tried diff ways

1 flashed root injected rom, flashed triangle away, reset counter then after reboot ran superuser did full root then factory reset. Result Modified

2 flashed root injected rom, ran superuser full root then factory reset. Same modified.

3 flashed stock rom root with cf root installed t away, reset counter. Uninstalled t away then superuser to full unroot then factory reset still modified.

All above gives me No binary and Samsung official except for modified at device status.

I will try again with first or second step and will flashed stock rom no root then factory reset after. Will post for result later. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
Thanks I'll check that.

What is Binary Staus and how do you check that? I am just going by Status in normal phone about settings?

OK I just checked Shows Custom Binary No Current Binary Samsung Official System Status Custom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
?? None of these make sense.

Use Odin.

Boot to download mode. Flash stock rom.

Once done pull batt and boot to stock recovery. Factory reset. Reboot.