[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Snowtrouper:
Blind man seeking guidance from people in the know...

Hello.

Right, where to start....well firstly I'm making my first post and am a little undecided on the best place for it so sincere apologies if I've made the wrong decision to post here.

I was recently very, (very!) lucky to be bought a Note 10.1 to help with my graphic design aspirations. Please forgive me being a daft noob, I'm just here looking for help. I'm sick as a pig at the moment, haven't slept and am somewhat panicked about the prospect of having to tell the person that made sacrifices to buy me the tablet, that I've gone and broken it. That on top of the fact that I won't have it working any more is quite probably having a negative impact on my decision making skills right now.

Unfortunately (although through different circumstances) I just found myself in the same position as this fella....

Stuck at the 'SAMSUNG' screen..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2213749

after installing and using Font Installer.

I had previously rooted and had CWM and SuperSu installed so I don't see why it happened but it did. Annoyingly, the first time I used it changed my default font into something else and wouldn't install the back up I'd made. This whole problem stems from this.

After reading the above thread I followed the advice given by Budzylikessoup which was/is

"First flash Darkman's unofficial ClockworkMod via Odin. (instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2102677) Next, boot into recovery with power and vol-up, and tap wipe data/factory reset. After that finishes, tap mounts and storage, and then format system. When that finishes, hold down power and vol-down until the custom OS/ download mode screen comes up. From here, you can reflash the stock ROM you had via Odin. Everything should work properly, but as I said, your data will be wiped."

Unfortunately i didn't/don't have a stock ROM to flash so I did a bit of searching and came across this..

http://ask.techspooler.com/Thread-XXUCMA5-Android-4-1-2-Jelly-Bean-Update-Note-10-1-N8010

and this....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1925720

..and have both downloading at the moment.

I found them before coming across this thread.

Ideally what I want to do is reinstall the stock firmware and put the stress of this behind me. At least until I come to address rooting again when I'm not so ill and clearer of mind. So, getting to the point, which should I use? Should I instead pick a file from the OP here in this thread and is there much hope of this working out for me?

My Note is the N8010. I'm in the UK and would ideally like to get my device back to the state it would have been in when I got it. Preferably with Learning Hub working. SO far I've used Darkmans CWM mod as described in the linked thread, to wipe data/factory reset and then format the system. Since doing so it just sits at the first boot up screen (Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1) unlike before when it was reaching and stopping at the second boot screen (SAMSUNG). I am also unable to turn it off. I'm now just waiting, (fingers and toes crossed for the firmwares to download before trying to install one of them. I just don't know if I've done the right thing as I'm feeling my way through this like a blind man through mud. Some good advice from you guys would really help put my mind at ease here.

So yeah, that's me. What d'you reckon guys? I think I already owe you a massive thank you if you've read this far. :D

Mods, if this is in the wrong place please move it and accept my apology.

I'm off to constantly hit refresh on this thread for a while :P

---------- Post added at 09:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:55 AM ----------

God guys, sorry that post is so long lol.

From what I can gather this is the right one for me to download.

United Kingdom - [Device Model N8010

Android Version 4.1.1] Can't add link but it's from the OP.

I've started downloading it now.

How do I put it into Odin, does it all go into the PDA box like the other stuff used for root and CWM? There are two files with the others I downloaded and I'm feeling very tentative about doing anything wrong here.

Again, thank you for your efforts Samir. :)