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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
it checks it after a odin flash or when you try and dd it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Good question. I will try to dd twrp as soon as i get the stock recovery tar from invisiblek.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] amendolaro1:
Glad to see everything is now working including Bars and multi view. Is this the latest software?

Sent via my Verizon 4G LTE Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
great! Im willing to bet if there is indeed a recovery partition, then we can dd the custom recovery and it should bypass sboots security.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] slickt10:
You could permabrick the phone and then send it to Adam, I think he still needs one for his Unbrickable SD project ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spiderbolt:
Has anyone got wifi tether to work with root and if so how
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lofuge:
Great job guys
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
I just use protable wifi hotspot. All it does is bypass the subscrition check of the stock tether app...not sure if this is answers your question?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] acetkbez:
I've been using foxfi flawlessly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] inline6power:
any word on a recovery yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] msnglink:
sweet guys thanks for the hard work. im getting mine today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] talktosamson:
Proper process for removing bloatware?

It's been a long time coming for me to upgrade my phone. Had my HTC Eris since the first week it came out(4 years) and absolutely loved it and was hesitant about getting such a brand new phone and having to wait for root, but wow....you guys are FAST!!!!

My question is, what is the proper removal process for bloatware? Is it as simple as going to the program in Application Manager and force stopping/disabling? Or is there another technique that I should be using? Either way, many thanks to this DEV team for being so on the ball. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you guys have in store for the future of this device!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pc747:
Awesome job folks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Bad news DD'ing recovery doesnt work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmorton10:
Just tried that app and it works super.

I could not get the wireless tether app to work at all and FoxFi works but it is not very dependable (one day it works super, the next it is dropping the connection constantly)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrlaigle:
Use a program like root explorer. I recommend this one above the others. You will navigate to system / apps then un install bloat apks. Restart and done.

Edit: you will need to change permissions at the top to allow you to delete apks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral2145:
thx

there will be another way soon thx for testing it out... Cant wait for TWRP on here and custom roms...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] B0nes424:
Bummer...I'm sure you guys will find a way around it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmorton10:
The best bloatware option really is to freeze it with Titanium Backup. That way, if it messes something up you can unfreeze it again and no harm done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
dang it...what did it do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
exactly! That app is worth its weight in gold!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] buhohitr:
I think the best way is to use Titinium Backup to freeze the app. Don't remove it, cause you may need them some day. When debloated rom comes out, you could use that and should be able to flash any missing additional apps if needed.

Edit:geeze, this thread is traveling at light speed, by the time I posted mine and already a dozen ahead of me ...lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Gave me the yellow triangle with the "this system software not authorized by Verizon Wireless"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] morbidz:
Thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] morgej:
call recording?

Anyone find a way to enable call recording on bluetooth?

I'm new to Samsung devices (been on HTC devices for the last 3 phones), so might this work on our phones: http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/11/07/how-to-enable-call-recording-on-samsung-galaxy-note-2/

We can't yet do the install of the update.zip via CWM since we do not have CWM yet, but could we do the "manually replace packed apk files to system/app folder" process to enable call recording?

Thx.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] zerocool69:
Just download it in the play store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
ah so the recovery.img is checked by sboot...not looking good! Sounds like sboot is alot more secure than aboot was on the gs3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Marine6680:
You may need to add a step to the OP about extracting the file after downloading. Seems like a few had issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] suzook:
That's terrible news.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral2145:
devs

how many people are helping or should I say how many devs are working on either unlocked boot loader or recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
already did
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Looking like our only hope is if the 2 month old sboot is unlocked...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] HerroMoto:
Sorry guys. So new to Odin. I was a motorola guy with sbf, then went to the galaxy nexus which was so easy to root/unlock. Now with Odin, If i flash this custom software do we have anything available now with the Verizon Note II to get us back to stock if anything goes wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nosit1:
This is as stock as it is, minus the included root. I'm sure someone will zip up and Odin file for just stock Image that we have.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
Its not completely custom...its a factory image with root injected. If something goes wrong, then just reflash it. If you want to unroot, then use the option inside the supersu app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] HerroMoto:
Thanks guys. Think I'm going to make the jump now!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thunderstruck!:
As a non programmer, and at the risk of getting internet slapped, what is the feasibility of removing the security on the bootloader? I'm ready to go up to Verizon and buy one at full price once this obstacle is overcome. I don't necessarily want to flash a custom ROM, I just want the option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigguy_132:
Will this wipe data on the phone? I dont want to lose everything I have setup. Thanks for your hard work guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] HerroMoto:
Just did this without wiping and everything seems fine so far. If you run in to problems you may have to wipe though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Currentweb:
Worst case we struggle for a while with kexec. But I think the added security of sboot over the previous aboot won't be the end of the world. We'll find something, some exploit. I have faith in the devs. Even if the bootloader is never unlocked, we'll get a custom recovery in due time and still have ROMs to flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
It wont ever be unlocked unless a insecure sboot.img is leaked. Thats the only way the s3 got unlocked. Although the s3 had some security holes in the bootloader... the recovery.img was not checked by aboot, so we could dd a custom recovery and side load kernels/roms(before it was unlocked). This appears to not be the case with the note 2. Since samsung switched to sboot, all images are checked on startup...meaning we are F***** and luck to have root!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DeathBySnuggles:
I just want to say, I love every single one of you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
kexec is not going to work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nosit1:
Flashing will not (I say this speculatively, because every situation is differe) wipe data. So far everyone that has flashed, has not had an issue. Just a cahce wipe needed afterwards.

At this current time, we do not have any type of circumvent. If we're dealing with sboot, we could have a fight on our hands. If we can crack the old sboot in the first dump, we may have something. But all of this will take some time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alice Kaye:
I used to have a Samsung Fascinate, but it's been so long since I did any of this that I have to admit that I'm nervous about giving it a go.

That being said, I've read through most of the posts since yesterdays multi-view/mic/bar problem. From my understanding, all of these have been fixed.

Are there any other problems of note currently, or is this a pretty safe root at this point? My worst fear is bricking this thing, because I have no idea how to fix that if it happens. Haha.

Thanks for any info you can give! :fingers-crossed:

Oh, and I just wanted to say a big thanks to all of you devs working on this phone. I, and many others, really appreciate your work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DeathBySnuggles:
Do you have an apk or play store link to this app? Want to make sure I grab the right thing.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Currentweb:
Not that I'm doubting you, I'm only a themer and modder not a bootloader/rooting dev, but why exactly? Doesn't kexec hijack the boot sequence after sboot checks the filesystems for changes? I don't remember aboot even being a real consideration when the S3 kexec was being worked on, since it didn't affect the situation.

Or I'm full of it lol. Don't mind me, I'll go back to messing with apktool :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chipsa964:
Can I safely change LCD density with Root Toolbox? I thought I saw that someone changed it, but it didn't stick on reboot.

Sent from my Sexy Galaxy Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Currentweb:
I changed it to 240, works fine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nosit1:
I have not tried from Root Toolbox or LCD Denstiy Pro. I changed it manually by grabbing the file, changing it, moving back to /system, setting permissions, and rebooting. Editing the file from Root Explorer does not take.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] aaronc_98:
This may be a dumb rookie question, but

In Koush's Rom Manager there is an option install a CWM for the Galaxy Note 2 (does not say it is carrier specific). And support for the GN2 is listed on his page- clockworkmod.com/rommanager. WIll this not work on the verizon device?

BTW, awesome work devs!!!!

Thanks,

AC
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] georgepink:
I know this is a totally noob question, but when I extract the root66_VZW_stock_system.7z it extracts as root66_VZW_stock_system.tar.md5 do I need to rename to root66_VZW_stock_system.tar first? thank you for any assist and nice job to the devs!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thesilverhawk:
I used the easy recovery app from the galaxy s3. It said phone unlocked and when I open it after restarting it says unlocked bootloader. I dont know to test this thoery but theres no way this actually worked correct? Maybe someone with more knowhow can tell me this is a silly idea.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrlaigle:
Nope just Odin that file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DeathBySnuggles:
Nope. Odin can use the md5 extension.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] georgepink:
Thank you for quick responses!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
In case dev-host is down I have it uploaded onto android file host now too..

root66_VZW_stock_system.7z

droidstyle can you add this as a mirror to the OP for me? One of these two sites sometimes has issues but usually never at same time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chipsa964:
So I read that Samsung may have pulled the screen recorder function before release, but in TiBu, I see it listed. Is there any way we can restore that functionality since its obviously still there, just not active?

Sent from my Sexy Galaxy Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
yep. it's still locked. I have been working on something for the Exynos which I think will also work on this device though. Just thought I'd mention that we have broken the chain of trust at the hardware level and have alternate bootloaders running on other Exynos devices.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Android_Fr3ak:
Great work on getting root so fast! I do have one question. I downloaded superuser and when I look under apps there are none listed. Is this normal?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
Man Im glad to see you post here!! I was wondering if you had something brewing? :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
yes until you open the root apps and grant root permissions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
oh yea no prob!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nosit1:
There's CMW's out for all but ours, due to having a locked bootloader. We're sort of left in the dark with everything having a locked device. Do not attempt to flash it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nnnnr14:
Wow its crazy how fast this thing is getting developed on!

Sent from my galaxy note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Android_Fr3ak:
Thanks for the quick response. I did grant access to a couple of apps like titanium and ad block free. They are not listed. Not a big deal. They still work just not listed. I downloaded superuser from the play store. Not sure if that was correct. Sorry for the dumb questions. I am still new at this ans juat want to make sure everything is ok. Thanks again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
you dont download super user from the playstore...supersu is already in your app drwer and thats where you will see the root apps listed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Currentweb:
*bows*

Any thread with development of this method or is it staying under raps till finished?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Marine6680:
Are you saying you used a bootloader unlock tool and it unlocked your Note II?

Seems too easy to have actually worked, but I've seen HTC phones with no official unlock support that would unlock by telling the unlock tool it was a different device that did have official unlock support.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Android_Fr3ak:
*punching self in face*

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
on the gs3 he did...on this device it will brick!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nnnnr14:
He claims he did it on his note. But his comment wasn't very clear he should've provided screen shots, or something.

Sent from my galaxy note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Marine6680:
OK... it seemed like he was using a GS3 specific tool that did work for this device...

I wish there was a tool to use, but if we get an exploit who cares about official...

If it proves difficult, some pressure on Samsung and Verizon may help get am official method out. I know they quietly released official unlocking for the Rezound after a couple months. I wouldn't rely/count on this though. Samsung devices seem to be easier to crack into than some others though, but it might just seem that way from the outside.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] zerocool69:
I actually tried it earlier today it didn’t brick my phone and it also didn’t flash CWM. It just takes you to the stock recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] aaronc_98:
Well, you probably knew this was coming but too late- it was too tempting and I am not that smart :). I have not tried to boot into the custom recovery but my device now says "modified" under about device. Everything else still seems to be working ok, so I guess that I will just have to wait for the cracking of the bootloader etc... At this point, is there any way to restore to reset the flash counter so my device says "Official" and I am back factory?

TIA,

AC
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
yes but this is the kicker... on the s3 aboot did not check the recovery partition, sboot does on the n2. kexec needs the recovery partition in order to work. Kernels and recoveries were flashed to the recovery partition, then kexec hijacked the boot sequence after aboot completed the security checks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
yes odin the root image in the op and you will be back to norm. You might try rebooting recovery and see what happens...It will either boot into stock ASR or come up with a yellow triangle saying unsupported software on your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] aaronc_98:
It booted into stock recovery. I have done this already and it did NOT work. I did not wipe data or cache, but it is still modified... Maybe I will try it again...

Thanks,

AC
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shelooga:
i didnt try to unlock it, but mine also says modified under device status
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] aaronc_98:
Maybe everybody who rooted says modified? I thought this was not the case based on some of the previous posts.

Mine also says "custom" under system status in Odin Moda on the phone. Current Binary says "Official Samsung"

Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Marine6680:
I just checked... Mine says everything is "official".

All I did was use the root method outlined in the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shelooga:
did you flash the original with mic issues? also, did you wipe when you flashed this one?

i had the mic issue one, flashed the fix, then dirty flashed the latest over it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] aaronc_98:
No, I reflashed the latest one and did not wipe data and it still says "modifed". Can I get it back to Official or am I stuck for now?

thanks,

AC
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Marine6680:
Just the new version... I did no other flashing or experimenting. I did not wipe data or cache.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] loggainsd:
For me odin would only see .tar.md5 so i just chose it and it ran fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] furrySatan:
Worked great no issues here. I'm so excited for this sexy phone. You guys rock so hard.. Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Currentweb:
I'm confused. What 'easy recovery app' are you referring to??? I can not believe that an app made to unlock the S3's bootloader would work on the Note II, but is that what I'm reading here?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] boboy9186:
Just got flawless wifi tether running with TrevE's modded wifitether.

Can be found in his original post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1988735

I used the WifiTether-TrevE_Mod_11_22_2012_driverReload2

My settings:

Device Profile: Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)

Setup Method: Netd-NDC (master)

Send Netd Max Client Cmd - Checked

Wifi-driver reload 2 - Checked

Routing fix - Checked

Been running for 25 minutes no problems on LTE.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
my device status is normal and i flashed both versions dirty and with full wipe.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
whats the advantage to this over using the portable wifi hotspot app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shelooga:
now im worried. im going to try to do a clean install and see if i go back to official. something tells me once youre modified though thats not going to change
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] boboy9186:
None that I can think of unless completely bypassing the Native Framework Hotspot (Verizon Hotspot) is an advantage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] HiDesertMLB:
Much thanks to MrRobinson & droidstyle. They saved my bacon by posting the stock VZW image (w/ su). This is a really awesome community!

I was lead here because I pulled a CWM recovery.img (which was posted elsewhere claiming to work w/ Note II) and damn near bricked my phone. Odin attempted to flash the recovery.img, and bootloader came up w/ recovery error. Not the first time around w/ installing CWM, but I was so dumb in trusting that the recovery.img would flash w/o issue and was and never thinking that a secured bootloader would thwart any replacement. <facepalm>. Lesson leaned; I will patiently await verified success on CWM for the Note II.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jason1332:
Yes

Another success here all. Thanks for your hard work in solving the puzzle!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Did you recover your stock recovery? If not I have a tar I can link to you in about 3 hours.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] krayzee:
Cheers mate. Just what I was looking for. been messing with this all day. Couldn't find one that worked. Your solution seems to work great so far. nice one ! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wyatt57350:
I am 95% sure mine said modified before I even touched this. I remember seeing that in the settings and thinking that was odd.

Wyatt W.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shelooga:
ravenseb helped me figure out what may be doing this. modifying anything in the system. he froze apps with tiback and his went modified. i odined back and im back to normal. if i remove apps via rootex like i was, it goes modified. so long as i can odin back to normal it may not be a big deal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spikebball96:
Help to root

I have a verizon note 2 and when i open up the Odin from the link u gave i cant find the pda file to flash even though i downloaded it and know where it is. i go to my computer and go to the file and it says its an internet link and i click it and it opens up the with a blank internet window. help please.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
thats because its a incomplete download...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nnnnr14:
Don't you think quoting the op was a waste of space? Lol

Sent from my galaxy note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Apoyyo:
I can also post success on my end. Just a cache wipe through ASR and phone is exactly as it was but with root permission. Thanks everyone involved in making it happen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
signal bars dont work, but the device gets great signal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Its also not as smooth but its worth it until we get the latest leak tar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
agreed! This will hold us over until the official VRLJB tar is released. The flashing methods will be the same so ill update the op.

Send Thanks to this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34885653&postcount=107
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueHarford:
Since you have root now can you grab the boo. Img and get it to skip to see if he can unlock then we can get twrp installed unlocked bootloader and beans can get a latest tar dump from a nand backup?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chipsa964:
The link for ODIN in the OP isn't working for me. Is this a new version or can I use the one I've always used for all my other Samsung phones?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thaking83:
Someone on another site said that they had used a method to root but it had, and i quote, "extreme force closes". Anyone confirm or deny on this, or is it an isolated incident with his phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Just PM'ed Mskip the Boot.img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drumdestroyer:
can someone post a mirror of the oden file. the link in the op is slammed. reporting 1 hour til download finished. :(

talking about the .tar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RaptorMD:
I wonder how long before we see the VRLJB tar file released? This is great news and progress, but I would like to have multi-window and signal bars working so I will watch in anticipation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueHarford:
Sweet hopefully he can get it done and add it to his toolkit, im not a fan of doing Odin flashing. I prefer to unlock bootloader flash recovery and flash a beans rom or Scotts rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drumdestroyer:
since it changes the boot image on your phone when you install this. And you need su to pull the boot image. its a conundrum.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
How could he even unlock it though?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueHarford:
Not sure he did all the rest... Was reading back you grabbed blk0p8 right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nit3mare:
Just confirming that I have flashed, and I do have working root. Signal bars are still here, and I encountered no force closes upon initial startup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BlueHarford:
Flashing just a system Img does not change the boot partition. Just need to have su to be able to pull the boot. Img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drumdestroyer:
Thanks. I dont know ****. I understood wrong.