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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wmaudio:
I am very appreciative of DroidStyle's efforts. I'm quite sure it took him a good bit of time and the use of some very elite organizational skills to put this all together, and let's not forget he's done this many times for us for many devices. Thanks to you, DroidStyle.

I am also very appreciative of Adam's work. He definitely knows his fershizzle when it comes to the hardware end of these phones, and without him this community would be in dire straits. Thanks so much to you too, Adam.

I think we can all agree that a process and it's updates should be kept in one location so that we all get the most recent information at once without risk of out-of-date information. I think perhaps someone took something wrong in the beginning, because I know there's no way that two guys as smart as these two are could possibly think any plan that doesn't involve working together could possibly help anyone.

Let's all remember our COMMON goal...TO SCREW VERIZON!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
Update! I deleted section 2!! My apologies if I offended anybody...I was only trying to help! I know Adam is busy and that's part of the reason I created a section in my guide based on his unlock tool. I wrote the guide specifically off of his video. My attempt was to break it down into lehmans terms for new users that were having trouble.

Adam, I seriously did not mean to offend you! Honestly a simple pm would of been a much better method to handling this situation. When you unlocked the gs3 with casual, I believe you had the thread locked and pretty much left it up to the community to use it and write a guide based on it. I did not realize you were going to maintain a thread with your hectic schedule. Sorry for assuming... I deleted section 2!! Proceed with developing great things for this community!!

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dangerou:
I liked your Section 2. It could have been changed easier than the video. The instructions you did were more detailed than the 4 steps that refer back to the outdated video

I guess it could have been 3 steps:

1) Cut a hole in the box

2) Put your junk in the box.

3) Make her open the box.

anyway, Droidstyle, i appreciate your efforts!!..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] georgepink:
yeah, just went looking for it to see if it was updated and bam, gone. great, the step by step put my mind at ease, glad I copied and saved them first. now I can just adjust based on what I see from posts. Just not ready to unlock until there's a reliable GW to use. so far I don't see many successful gw flashes-if any.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BeansTown106:
kk :) hit me up on gtalk if u have it beanstown420@gmail.com
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pouxonu:
Just wanted to say you guys are rocking it out right now. It's great to see such an awesome device get so much love so quickly. It's almost like I'm watching the progress live.Keep up the great work guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] vileSpyderPig:
*takes sit besides xX Jay_RXx, with a Bong, and some hot wings*
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dcdgoth:
I'm more concerned about how to go back to factory condition if something goes wrong.......rather than rooting this device without any back up plan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] vileSpyderPig:
couldn't u odin back to stock ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamsamiam:
we cant odin back to stock yet cause there is no working stock odin image. the one posted was for an older version. If beans and robinson can get the system dump for the latest stock image inserted into the old package we might be able to. Samsung should eventually release a working odin image for the latest.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dcdgoth:
The rooting method he(the thread starter) suggested was by replacing original image with rooted image via odin flashing...and therefore it's rooted. Well.....as I looked through the comments in this thread, I found someone was saying it's not fully functional. If we decide to go back to original, where is the original image?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamsamiam:
lol. there isnt a original image. Which is why i can no longer talk to people on my phone without a headset :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dcdgoth:
yeah....that's what i'm saying. there is no original image. so it's not safe to do this. lmao
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Speedy Gonzalez:
yep that's we we all waiting an refreshing every minute lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pc747:
Good luck guys.

(subscribing to thread)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
yea looking at the stock system dump from beanstown i see why the old won't work. the old didn't have any csc. typically that would come from the cache.img and be extracted from sec_csc.zip

the only thing that stinks about the dump.rar is all perms will be off. I'll need to compare to a good. can stock recovery fix perms?

I think a bash script is in order....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
I put a disclaimer in the op for only developers to use...I will update when its fully functional. Sorry about this folks...I dont think any of us expected things to be broke.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TeeX2.0:
so exciting! thank you to all the developers putting in so much hard work for the community!

Will follow this thread with great interest :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drumdestroyer:
It got really quiet all of a sudden. lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Just about right:
Just to put it out there...I will also volunteer my device to test on. I got mine on release day and I have until Jan 15 to return or take it in for a different device with no questions. This gives the forum at least one freebie to test it on. I can't do much else, but I want to do what I can.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] B0nes424:
Quiet may not be terrible...It could mean they are making progress!....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drumdestroyer:
I hope so been hitting the refresh button all day. Wish I could help. And before that I was google searching all day yesterday. Lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamsamiam:
not quiet. We are waiting for Mr. Robinson to post the new odin image. My phone has been soft bricked already, looks like custom recovery will need some more work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Ya and sboot partition is apparently hidden but invisiblek and i at least got the .pit for our phones
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
Sorry folks...wish I could leave the instructions up for you guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Right. There was not much to that unlock. it was a leaked stock build. This is something which still requires development. The major difference is we're unlocking the IROM, not just the bootloader... I'm extremely worried about bricks and trying to take the error out of it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Droidstyle, i don't know where you found that driver, but it is causing problems on Windows 7 and 8 . Please change your guide to recommend installing Kies. Also, please feel free to link the guide. The instructions are rapidly changing though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
I deleted section 2 per your and a mods request! Or are you referring to the Samsung driver from section 1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
The driver from section 1. I troubleshot for abut 6 hours with Windows users last night, pushing out revision after revison of software and fixes. Uninstalling the drivers and letting either Windows 8 install drivers or installing Samsung Kies fixed the problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
Hmm that's weird...Im guessing hundreds of folks used that driver when rooting the note 2. I also used it no problems unlocking with your tool on windows 7 64bit. Actually I unlocked a few devices using that driver...anyhow no problem ill remove it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DroidXcon:
I wouldn't be so quick to blame those drivers. Myself and allot of others have had the phone installer drivers work then stop working randomly. Without touching those drivers. The other night I spent hours trying to get them to start working. Then in the morning I connected with no problem.

From my Galaxy Note 2 via Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
guide updated for flashing aosp/cm10 based roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Clarkkent434:
How to root/unroot guide, the pull and reinstall battery never worked for me. So I checked Auto-reboot and it worked fine for me. Just a quick tip.

Sent from VZW Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
you don't want to auto reboot... pulling and reinstalling the battery just powers the device off so you can three finger into recovery. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Clarkkent434:
Pull the battery would soft brick the note and it would not boot. This is my 4th Odin android device and auto reboot is what I know that works.

Sent from VZW Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DroidXcon:
The point of not doing auto reboot is so the the cache can be wiped before loading the rom. If the tar was repacked with the dummy cache file then this would not be a subject. But wiping cache prevents any unnessary issues

From my Galaxy Note 2 via Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shojus:
delete
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dms76:
I didn't have any issues with the drivers I downloaded from your guide. I downloaded the drivers when the first stock root package came out. I did have a weird issue where after every phone reboot I had to unplug and replug my usb cable into a difference USB slot so the PC would re detect the phone. DS I also want to thank you for your efforts, I follow written better then follow audio/visual directions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
i can put the samsung drivers back up if kies gives anybody trouble. just trying to comply with adams wishes....thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mystik1:
Sorry, I did not read all 100 pages, but I did read a couple. I tried to follow the guide to root, but it seems to be stuck. This is what Odin has for text:

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/006> ý7zXZ

<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!

But it does not go beyond that. On the phone side, it's just at the screen with the Android character and bar saying that it's downloading and not to turn off the target. Any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
what file did you use? Possibly a bad download.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
That's a bad download or improper drivers. i've never seen that junk above NAND before.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hotwir3:
Can we expect a 4.1.2 stock image?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DroidXcon:
You didn't extract the file if its compressed. If you did then I would say bad download but I would put money on not extracted

From my Galaxy Note 2 via Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dandel0074:
Help!!!

Need help, ideals, or any suggestions on my situation, Got Gnote unlocked it flashed beans 2 and persues with profile 5 ( had it running perfectly, kicked major butt) but when I first got it from verizon I got basic data not LTE temporary (had to switch phones because the other line had unlimited data but I didn't have the phone with me at the time) anyway switched lines and they had to change the chip to add LTE to it. That's when it happened I couldn't get any mobile data what so ever. Called tech support and tried all there ideas and not go so they suggested I go change the chip and hopefully that will fix the issue but if that doesn't work they will replace the phone it self.

Now my question is when they go through it will they notice or find out that I unlocked bootloader or any modifications done to it that will break my warranty?

I was considering going back to stock just in case (really dreading this)

but if I must I must.

What would be the best way go get me back to stock

I also read on how I can just remove super user on file manager or root explorer

but what about the kernel and the profile5?

do I need Odin flash stock verizon?

or am I over reacting and its possible that it is just the chip?

any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
simply odin the official stock image posted in section 1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dandel0074:
Figured that. Going to try and odin with unlocked bootloader to see if that will fix the problem if not the flash stock without the unlocked bootloader

I really didnt want to lose all the things I did to it like wallet, kernal,etc. but better safe then sorry wasn't to hard adding the extras with all the great forums with great step by step instructions.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] G8orDroid:
Make a TWRP backup to your external sdcard. Then do whatever you want to test. Go back to stock unrooted if you want.

When you've figured out the problem and re-unlocked you just restore the backup you made. Assuming the problem wasn't ROM related you'll be golden. If it was you can still use TiBu or Appextractor to put back most of the setup you had.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
FYI, if anyone wants to root their phone that hasn't already done so, you can use ExynosAbuse to do so. Download the apk and install it. Open it up and follow the instructions and you'll be rooted. :good: Then enjoy the fact that you downloaded 1 MB rather than 1 GB to root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
nice I will update the op with this! Thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dandel0074:
For some reason odin doesn't recognize the file and I get a "No binary selected" window pop up

for some reason its not uploading a md5 file up so I tried changing the file to just a tar and it started but stop on system.img I even left on over night like 6 hours and no luck.

any ideas on this am stumped.

ok I downloaded the file again and it started I guess the first file didn't download correctly. Going through the steps now.

Thats what it was corrupted file but just incase I pulled out the chip incase and it worked. Back to stock.

Thanks for your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rbrazier69:
I recommend before flashing anything download an md5 checker just to verify you have a good download. It takes two seconds to check a file rather than the hours it could take to try and figure out what the malfunction is. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dandel0074:
Thank you for the insight. Will definitely use that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrRobinson:
Read about this yesterday. I think this is the first root method I hope gets a real fix quick. We at least can apply a pseudo patch but so many won't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
Chainfire root method

If one uses Chainfire root method what rom is one you would suggest please and what method besides Odin to load it? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
If your only going to root and not unlock bootloader then beans build 1 is the only custom rom you can flash. Section 1 under custom image, then follow that sections instructions. The thing is, that rom is already rooted so there would be no need to use chainfires method. The only purpose chainfires root method would serve is for folks looking to stay stock rooted. Since its a 1mb download instead of 1gb like the rooted odin images posted in section 1, some folks may prefer to go that route if they have a slow internet connection.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
Thanks Droidstyle. I was hoping to be able to flash other roms as anyone else would with Chainfire root. I guess I need to start from scratch then to be able to use different roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
you could probably use it to obtain root, then proceed with the unlocking process...you would just skip the first part where you place the rooted rom in pda.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] locolbd:
Did any one get the multi Window hack to work after unlocking the bootloader? I tried two options one did not work and the other added all the applications to the side bar but when the apps are added they stay full screen
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
flash beans build 2 and you will have it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] locolbd:
Thanks for your input droidstyle. I tried that last night and saw that ot worked. But I am not a big fan of the theme so I reverted back to stock/root hoping there was another way
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
How should I flash it please?

I see using Odin is not recommended after rooting correct?

Thanks again sorry to bother you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
follow section 1...no that's false! you can odin stock based roms anytime, rooted or unlocked!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
Thank you and happy holidays
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
happy holidays! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GixxCKUA:
Good morning,

Instead of using Jelly Beans build.1 VRALJB 4.1.1 by Beanstown106 stock image when performing the initial steps of unlock, can I use

[Rom] Jelly 'Beans' - Build 3 [12/17/12][Aroma][Fully Customizable][I605VRALJB] instead when I am at step 6 of GUIDE][VZW Edition]How to Root/Unlock/Recovery/Rom the VZW Galaxy Note II!?? I do not want to destroy anything, build 3 says I must be unlocked to install the rom, not in the process of unlocking.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
no you can only use build 1 or the stock rooted images such as revision 3....anything that requires unlock can not be flashed until you are infact unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GixxCKUA:
Ok so once i get rev one on there i can gohead and put rev three?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
yes but only after you are unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GixxCKUA:
okey dokey.. so follow steps one through 10, then I can put rev three but not with odin. Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] acehole:
All perfect No issues at all

Went from first root exploit on stock, then followed simple instructions to unlock, recovery and toolkit version 3.

Haven't flashed a new rom yet but did the wifi tether mod and that worked perfect as well thanks to libbycm

Thank you all so much for making these contributions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] starvenmarven:
anyone ever run into this? Ive tried uninstalling reinstalling kies and Samsung drivers. everything short of reloading PC. Unlocked my phone fine but went to do my brothers and now i start getting this? Never had this much trouble with drivers on my HTC's
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] G8orDroid:
Did you remember to enable USB debugging?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] starvenmarven:
ya went threw all that. toggled on/off still doesn't matter. tried oem and other cables, different ports still nothing. Maybe ill just reload my PC lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] G8orDroid:
Looks like a driver problem then. Uninstall all relavent drivers from device manager and any packages in add/remove programs and reinstall the drivers. You'll need to put the phone in each mode to get all of the drivers for each setup.

I doubt redoing your PC will be necessary.

---------- Post added at 05:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:49 PM ----------

Which step are you getting the error on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] starvenmarven:
Ya I uninstalled ecerythinf threw dm then uninstalled all drivers. Then I installed kies or samsung (I try one at a time un installing after each) and as soon as I plug in phone it tries to find drivers and I get that msg. Always fails to load android drivers. Whats wierd is it worked when I did mine. Now mine isnt even working lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
when you uninstalled the drivers did you reboot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] starvenmarven:
yes sir. trying again in a sec. made sure everything was uninstalled even search hard drive for anything that has to do with Samsung and kies and rebooted. now going to try kies again. if not ill do the same and just try Samsung drivers. I better get a good Xmas present from my bro cuz mine is unlocked so i could care less lol

EDIT: ok i seem to have drivers installed now. But had this last time and after casual reboots phone i get error again and says whole speal about being a noob lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
if your getting the noob error then your not rooted or super user has not granted casual root permissions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] starvenmarven:
Hmm i know he had root cuz did backup with aps. saw the su thing and set it to grant so i didnt have to worry. I guess what ill try is clear data for su and try again. casual will work on mac fine right? i found unlocking my HTC rezound with the wire trick easier than this has been for me LOL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
casual is designed for mac/Linux and works ok for windows...it is kind of buggy tho for us window users. Luckily for me I have no trouble with it other than when I go to close it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dcdgoth:
Just use the tool kit man. Simpler. ....it saves time and your ass.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
the tool kit is for folks who dont want to learn.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MunkinDrunky:
When I was unlocking I wasnt paying attwntion the first time and I needed to grant permissions on my phone for something. this was probably for casual as I think might have been mentioned below. I had already unpluggwd but still hit grant. The next rime I ran everything worked no noob error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
I have always had no issues updating my droid. The problem here seems too many directions to go in.

Thanks again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alope441:
just a quick noob question... so for root, all i need to do is download the apk file and install, and thats it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
yes you have 2 options. 1) is to odin a rooted image or 2) use the exynosabuse.apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
im not saying the tool kit dont work. im saying i didnt learn what i know by using tool kits where everything is done for you. i specifically write my guide in a manner that give users the tools they need, but its up to them to apply it....thats how you learn. your momma didnt teach you how to walk by walking for you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alope441:
thanks I didn't think it was going to be that easy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooddale:
Can you un root the same by deleting the two files? Is anyone using the patch?

Sorry after reading further saw you could unroot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] starvenmarven:
Ok so tomorrow is the true test when I see my bro again to do his. But I reformatted my pc. Loaded toolkit installed drivers from there. Plugged my phone in and bam found phone fine. And ill clear su data on his phone and set to auto grant before I start. Thanks for the help guys

Edit:fimally got it. He lost root so I loaded exploit with supersu loaded andball when well:D

Sent from my beans filled Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooddale:
Tether

Anybody got wireless tether working on note tried a few dont work Wifi no root worked before I rooted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
yep use stock hotspot.. i use portable wifi tether to bypass subscription check since im still on unlimited data. tiered plans should not need it tho.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Desertburn:
Stock Verizon hot spot

Once rooted on Beans3 the stock hot spot works fine. No subscription necessary.

DO IT
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooddale:
So it dont matter if the hot spot app shows up in status bar its working that way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] blackbass595:
I use trevE WiFi tether (Mod) a fellow bro gave me a list of settings and they worked. If you decide to go that route pm me and I'll give you the settings. Don't recall em off hand.