yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cliff6056:
Updated through Kies last night and root working fine. Results are

Custom binary download : NO

Current binary : Samsung Official

System Status : Custom

Knox Warranty Void : 0

AP SWREV : 02

All is well, phone seems a little smoother, battery possibly lasts a little longer. Only issue was with Delayed Lock app that now can't use pattern unlocking. Kingoapp incredibly easy to use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shooper:
I have not tried Kingoapp root method but read at least the last page of this thread I've linked below before you do. Just so your aware of possible concerns. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2460745&page=8
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
Thanks for that. I read enough there that I'll wait for MrRobinson to update his OP. That alternative seems too dubious for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wallyg8r:
Just to let you know I appreciate you letting me know about that other thread. I tried it anyways to see how it would effect the Knox warranty and system status.

First of all it rooted the phone successfully. It did not change the Knox warranty to 1. Status went to custom. Everything else stayed the same.

After I used the program to successfully un-root. Status remained custom. I did a factory reset and rebooted and then checked again and everything was back to official.

Just thought I would let everyone know that there is an option for root that is reversible.

Whether it's a dubious program or not I don't know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Does this stock image have knox now? Who can test if I throw up a new root66? Rogers? Bell?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
it does have knox and I can test it on Rogers

dg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wallyg8r:
If you need a tester for the Bell version I'm in.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Done. Rogers will be the first one I do. I'll only post in the thread, not the OP until tested. Then the others will come.

I will have to remove knox in order for root to work. The rest will remain stock and untouched.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
looking forward to.

dg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris19000:
Wow. Ditto last response. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Test Image

Use at your own risk. Flash this as you normally would a root66.

Should have knox removed and root added, rest remains stock.

Any testers report back experience/status, etc.

ROGERS

Download :: root66_RWC_I317MVLUCMK5.7z
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
For those of us who are newer, but brave enough to try; how do you flash this as a root66?

As a PDA in Odin, or is there another method?

Regardless, thanks for looking at root for us MrRobinson.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris19000:
Will be happy to test Telus build if it becomes available. Thanks for all your work mrRobinson.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
take a look at the first page, step by step instructions are there

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I will do it tonight and report back, thank you once again!

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Done:

- device status - official

- knox gone, counter knox warranty void : 1

However it did not root the phone , try to manual install superuser, comes that the system is not rooted
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nelly_85:
Thanks for trying to get us a viable root method. Shall be fun when it works like before. Can't wait.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Test 2

Same deal as test 1. Try at your own risk, etc.

Rogers:

Download :: root66_RWC_I317MVLUCMK5_2.7z
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
flashing now.....

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same message as before..... ain't working
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Love to have one other tester just to make sure it isn't something on your device. or are you factory wiping and trying?

so supersu is there but you open it and it says not rooted?

edit: also last time you mentioned something about manually installing superuser, which shouldn't be something you do. Supersu should be an application after you flash this. Is that there? what does it say when you open that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
I am willing to try, but I probably won't get a chance for a few days yet. I currently have SuperSU installed from my previous official rom, I will remove it and confirm that it reappears.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
Hello,

I've tried to install on top of the factory 4.3 nothing happened when I try to lunch superuser it tells me that the binary is not installed and can't upgrade, I then tried to manually installed, thinking that the su with the Rom may not be up to date or something. I repeated the above few times with factory wipe prior installing and after flashing and I get the same results as prior.

If I do something wrong then I don't know what is it.

is it possible because I already was on 4.3? I doubt it but must be something.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
attached the SU error
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
when you say launch "superuser" do you mean supersu? they are two different apps. I have supersu included, not superuser. I just want to make sure we are making that distinction.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
sorry is supersu, I have nothing else installed. see screen capture attached
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
None of your images are loading but would be helpful to see. I'll check back to see if you've fixed it so I can see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
I see they don't load even for me; no clue why but, I will try again....two of them on previous rom update and on fresh install:

if they don't come up here is what is says word by word :

SuperSU

______________

There is no SU binary installed,

and SuperSU cannot install it. This

is a problem!

If you just upgraded to Android

4.3, you need to manually re-root-

consult the relevant forums for

your device!

______________________

OK

Now imagine this in a popup screen and you will get the exact screen capture
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
For clarity purposes, this is the exact error I was getting when trying to run SuperSU after updating from 4.1.2 to 4.3 official.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
well that's expected but I'm removing knox and adding root same as I did on the 4.3 GS3 and that is working. Wondering what is different on the note II that would have this not work. Harder when I don't have a note II. Unless this stock kernel is actively blocking root. Does cf-auto root work on this device on 4.3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] H2O37:
I have a Rogers I317M, which I rooted with the method in the OP, but I am having some problems installing a custom recovery, I tried using goo manager, but it wont start downloading after the 10 seconds have passed. Am I doing something wrong? is there another way to load TWRP?

Thanks for the help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
with the thought that I was doing something wrong went and flashed again:

from root66 image ----> twice factory reset -----> flashed stock with knox....made sure that supersu is not present ------> factory reset twice-----> flashed back root66.....same supersu error as before.

Anyone else with different results?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
This thread indicates that chainfire's method works,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980644

Although I'm hesitant to flash it because the linked webpage is pretty obscure which version to flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
worked on mine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kwhit:
Any more guinea pigs? I would but I use my phone for work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
If I get a chance, I will try it tomorrow or the

following day, however my days off are looking busier than I had expected. I will report back my results if I do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wallyg8r:
I havent tried it but maybe mobile odin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
Well, I tried...

The file failed to flash in Odin between 5 and 6 consecutive times. After a minor heartattack , and a couple more attempts, I finally got my stock ROM reinstalled.

I'm not sure why Odin fails so much, but it's too stressful for me to continue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Update to the new Odin ???

They have newer and better now. .g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
I used both Odin3 1.85, and the one which comes with the toolkit, which is 3.x I believe. They both fail more than 70% of the time, so it's something else going on. Regardless, I'm not brave enough to try again until I resolve this issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
I've never had failure issues with Odin. Makes me think you may have a bad cable.

--》Sent from my mind to your screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
I got this fixed. Images incoming...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
Good theory on the cable. The official update to 4.3 using Kies failed too, causing a soft brick. Odin failed a few times, but most recently was the worst, 10-12 failures to 1 successful flash.

On topic; thanks MrRobinson. If others here report success I'll consider giving a go. I appreciate the effort you've made.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] toronto309:
super super appreciated! im relying on this thread
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] aznboix:
hi, can some one mirror the link for "root66_BMC_I317MVLUCMK5.7z" Bell 4.3 please?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
I didn't post that yet
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nelly_85:
Mmmmm.... More exciting than candy cruush
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ctruong17:
Going back to 4.1.2

The Rogers image works! So what does happen if I want to go back to my 4.1.2 ROM. Is there a safe way of doing this? Would it work to jut restore from recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nelly_85:
Excited for the telus one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris19000:
Me too. Will be trying this out tomorrow. Thanks MrRobinson!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] strikeIII:
Any ETA on an ATT 4.3 version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
telus and rogers are there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ddaddy1982:
unfortunately I am off on vacation till the new year so can't test the Rogers one...hopefully there is someone else can do it, meantime.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kwhit:
Rogers works great!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Cryingmoose:
Just to clarify, we can flash this over stock 4.1 and not worry about flash or Knox counter?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AnotherLameUser:
telus file says it was uploaded in 1969 shows 0 bytes for size and had no md5 also can not find mirrors error.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Weird. Think I fixed. Anything with - New! on it should be up and working now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AnotherLameUser:
Thanks man, everything looks good now, I'm downloading as we speak and will report back tonight or tomorrow on how it goes. Not sure if you've had anyone install the telus version yet but I'm happy to be a guinea pig :D

EDIT

Ok so I installed it and got stuck at the note2 screen. Booted into recovery and wiped and phone booted up but I had no data. So I wiped again, reinstalled phone booted up no problem this time but it installed with the Rogers CSC. I changed the CSC to Telus and it did its thing and voila, data works.

Thanks for posting these great stock roms for us!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AnotherLameUser:
Device reads as modified after flash with no custom recovery. Triangle away also does not work to rest the knox warranty void.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jimaginet:
Can someone please tell me if I can just Odin this Root inject stock 4.3 (Rogers). Or do I have to unroot my note 2 first with Samsung officail 4.3? then Odin this Root inject stock?

I am currently running CleanRom 5 ( 4.1.2 jelly bean base)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] menbaosusu:
Was using PacMan rom 4.3 on SGH-I317M Rogers

-Flashed using Rogers root66_RWC_I317MVLUCMK5.7z using Odin 3.07

-Re-boot was stuck at Samsung logo for a while

-Took out the battery for at least 10 secs or else it will boot loop again

-Boot into stock recovery and do a wipe

-Re-boot again, 1st initial boot up took a while

-Profit but no data and APN settings

-Will enter the APN settings manually

Thanks, mrRobinson...finally able to be with the 4.3 world

Edit: Even though I flash the Rogers version but in my app drawers, there are Bell's bloatware...can be easily removed by Titanium
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] KillerbawX:
Mirror

Would any on be able to mirror this for me 0 root66_BMC_I317MVLUCMK5.7z. Androidfiles doesn;t seem to be working at time of writing,

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AnotherLameUser:
if you have Bell bloat you need to change the csc from Bell to Rogers. I can't remember the dialer code of the top of my head but it's easy to find of you Google it. Just remember that IMEI is your IMEI not the word in the code.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] menbaosusu:
For some reason after making a android recovery of this rooted stock Rom with twrp, I cannot recover it after I flashed Jedi master X. It would get stuck at the Samsung logo for forever. Even after I pulled the battery, do a dalvic cache, data, cache wipe and even a fix permission, it still stuck at Samsung logo. But when I recover to my pacman 4.3 it was a success..weird
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] balance101:
will this wipe all the data on the phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris19000:
Worked great for Telus. New Knox counter tripped, but expected that. Also found out flashing back to 4.1.1 from 4.3 is no problem either (as a result of flashing an earlier stock rom by accident) though of course Knox is still present in some form. Only problem I have come across so far is an apparent inability to encrypt device. Part of the security policy my company enforces for email use on my phone requires encryption of both device and SD card. SD card encrypted fine but attempts to encrypt device force a delayed restart after the bisected-android picture pops up very briefly. Wondering if it has something to do with Knox?

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Found this in a Note 3 thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2487018

Looks like for now if you need device encryption (as I do), this isn't the way to go. Will do some more digging and see if there is a workaround.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 09Harley:
recovery note 2

Thanks so much for the lead to this rom...I had recently spent a day trying to recover my phone. Stuck on update error, use kies....needless to say it was frustrating. I remembered using a similar root 66 rom on my s3....it worked flawlessly and my note 2 is back as it should be. A thumbs up doesn't seem quite enough, thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsmturbo:
Is it possible to Dirty Flash this rom over the old Root66 I am using (4.1.2)? I do have a custom recovery at the moment (CWM).

Sorry but I have not flashed anything for so long.

m, I got it running. I just dirty flashed so will see if I have any problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] menbaosusu:
Won't flashing back to 4.1.1 from 4.3 soft brick the phone? It says so in the op. I heard 4.3 rewrites the partition and affects the EFS partition. Did you try dialing out or have data, GPS working when you downgraded? If it works then I have hope to downgrade back to 4.1.2 from 4.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] menbaosusu:
Ya I found the service code for it.

Just dial *#272#IMEI#

IMEI is your IMEI located underneath behind the battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris19000:
Everything was working fine - except root of course - from 4.3 which I updated via kies from 4.1.2 rooted stock due to errors upgrading OTA. Funny thing though was that I was trying to keep from tripping the counter by following a method that was written for S3 users running a custom recovery and just did the parts that didn't involve any custom options. Can't remember the thread now but basically it entailed flashing the ROM (which I thought was the 4.3 stock with root ROM I downloaded from here but was actually the old 4.1.1 stock ROM I had in the same directory), not letting it auto reboot but manually rebooting into recovery (stock), then doing a factory reset, wiping cache (in custom recovery would have done dalvik, etc. too) before allowing it to actually reboot for the first time. Everything worked great... until I found out I flashed the wrong ROM as I hadn't extracted the 4.3 tar.md5 yet and didn't realize I had 4.1.1 in there too. Anyway, flashed to 4.3 from there, all good. Now due to the encryption issues I'm going to flash back to 4.1.2 until I can find a way to get around this. I'm too used to the better sound I could get with voodoo and now viper that you can't get without root, not to mention the other muddling about I do and the ability to easily restore with TB. BTW, I am probably the last person in the world to find this out on account of not really ever using kies much, but the kies backup/restore function is utter rubbish! Complete garbage and should have known better then to rely on it. Thought it would be a good option if I wanted to try and live without root but not so.

Just to be sure I don't lead you astray though, since I'm going to 4.1.2 again anyway, it'll only be a few minutes extra to flash back to 4.1.1 first. Will send screenshots for piece of mind.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] menbaosusu:
Thanks for sharing. I don't think there is way to flash back to 4.1.2 from 4.3 unless you are on i317 variant. Good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris19000:
Well definitely is an I317 variant, I'm running SGH-I317M which it looks like you are too judging from your tapatalk signature? And working fine going back to 4.1.1. Did the following from 4.3 (screenshot 1) - not sure if all steps are necessary but since it worked the first time I repeated.

Factory reset from backup/reset in settings

rebooted to recovery, wiped cache + factory reset

opened Odin, UNchecked auto reboot, flashed root66_BMC_I317MVLALJ2.tar.md5 in PDA

booted into stock recovery manually - up volume + home + pwr (this took a bit of time, had to try a few times for it to "catch", did the android picture with the rotating shape and the quickly filled meter then tried to reboot normally but held the button combo and booted into recovery again)

Wiped cache, factory reset, reboot and good to go. See screenshot 2.

Just ran into a bit of a snag flashing 4.1.2 (root66_TLS_I317MVLBMA3.tar.md5) though; big FAIL in Odin and a red message "Unsupported Version." in download screen/Odin mode on device. Think I remember seeing this in some other threads so not too worried but either way 4.1.1 is good to go and will write again once I'm back to 4.1.2.

edit: Should also mention that I was using Odin 3.07 for flashing from 4.3 to 4.1.1, and also used it originally to flash back to 4.3. Going to try an older version to flash to 4.1.2 just in case this is the problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] menbaosusu:
Hmm...so that means you have successful downgraded to 4.1.2 from 4.3...wow...so that means you don't knox, or 4.3 bootloader....

Does your GPS, data, wifi and mobile signal all work? Because ever since 4.3 is out, I have been trying to find the same custom rom performance like the Jedi X20 and to no success. Tried CM based roms like PacMan, Probam, DN3, Jedi X to no success...flash one rom makes one feature working while the others don't. Even after going through flashing the latest Rogers MK6 baseband. Anyways..I'm gonna try your way and see...The greatest fear is soft brick since there was another method for downgrading but it only works on i317 only by Dr Kaetan I think.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris19000:
so going to 4.1.2 from 4.1.1, and also going back to 4.1.2 from 4.3 are both a bust so far. Looks like the only way I can see to get to 4.1.2 right now is by flashing a custom recovery - which I'm not averse to, but I'm out of time to experiment further for today. Back to 4.3 for now..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris19000:
Sorry Menbaosusu, 4.1.1 only for now. 4.1.2 wouldn't work for me with this route though it looked like there were some ways to do it with a custom recovery - which I haven't tried any of yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eddie_Brock:
MrRobinson, I seem to have addressed issues of Odin failing flash device, so I finally got around to flashing this... sadly, no root access. The Odin flashed successfully, however upon rebooting there is no root access. I have reinstalled SuperSU from the market, with no result.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
My downgrade from official 4.3 to 4.1.2 consisted of the following. ...

Reboot to the 4.3 stock recovery and wipe data and cache. ..

Download Mr. Robinsons UCAMA4 root 66 .tar...to PC...

Boot device into Download mode and Odin push the rom...

Wait for the flash to fail on the bootloader. ...

Unplug the device from PC and pull the battery. .

Replace the battery and boot to download mode again. ..

Odin flash CF AUTO ROOT....

Allow the device to boot into now rooted 4.1.2..

Power down and boot into DL MODE yet again and Odin push TWRP 2.6.3.1....

Then enjoy a tripped Knox counter. ...(I don't have warranty).....and flash any rom you want after that. ..

I've used the process twice. ..and results are identical. ..

Samsung lied about no way back. ..as I'm typing this on the rooted root 66 rom... (UCAMA4)....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Cryingmoose:
Will flashing this 4.3 over mrRobinson's 4.1.2 image still flag knox?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pckarma112:
Same Thing

I wish to do the same thing he did. What do you mean by re-odin it? You mean to flash the 4.1 again with Odin? Just want to be sure...Thanks

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Edit--I was somewhere around post 43-44 when I first read about this downgrading. Still not sure if this works or not? I am on 4.1.2 at&t....There is a way to unlock phone. But! You have to be on 4.1.1..So has anyone been able to use this to downgrade without problem or boot loop. I read where there are some extra steps he had to do. But I am still not clear if it will work? If someone could tell me more clearly what the re Odin means.. I would be willing to try it and see. Thanks and forgive confusion on my part.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Old faithful:
I used that method with no problems on my Bell Galaxy Note II. Of course you have to make sure that you don't inadvertently load another carrier's ROM...

Odin means using Odin to load the ROM from the PC instead of the Clockwork Mod method which is to load it from the external SD Card.

Before doing so however I strongly recommend you learn more about Odin, it's a powerful tool that is easy to make serious mistakes with.

Sent from my Note 2 - Text mostly by Google Voice, May Contain Weirdness ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pckarma112:
Thanks

First, I am very familiar with Odin. I owned a Epic touch for a couple years. What I did not understand because of the way it is worded. Re- Odin? So he is saying to flash the rom again via Odin I guess. Either way, I will figure it out. As soon as I get back home. I'm going to try it and zee if I can bet this sucker unlocked. Thank you for the info a reply. I will post back after I try it. There is just a lot of confusing information about this method out there. Yes, I will post it in the unlock posts too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Old faithful:
In that case, no problems whatsoever. I 'downgraded' to 4.1.1 and it was easy as pie. If you look on youtube there are even videos showing it being done, takes a couple of minutes. I re-upraded to 4.1.2 to get multi-window but frankly, could have just as well stayed with 4.1.1, since multi-window only works with a very limited number of apps most of which I don't care about and, as you know, with software, especially in the past 10 years or so, (hardware is thankfully entirely another matter), newer is rarely better. But that's for another discussion...