[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
Sunday, December 30, 2012

4krzn and XDA members:

Okay. I'm gonna go ahead and help you out, but you should be made aware of the fact that this is the international (GT-N7100/GT-N7105) Galaxy Note II forum. This thread should have been started in the AT&T/Rogers/Bell/Telus (SGH-I317/SGH-I317M) Galaxy Note II forum. Anyway, you need to obtain the following. Based on your opening post, I'm going to assume that you have already installed Samsung Kies on your PC. If you have, that eliminates the need to manually install the Samsung mobile device USB drivers. So, if you have Kies, proceed to the download links below and start downloading. If not, let me know and I'll get you the drivers you need.

Prerequisite software and or files to download:

Samsung ODIN 1.85: http://db.tt/ltzRsRZz

Stock/Factory SGH-I317/SGH-I317M Firmware for Rogers: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/180165074/47da708/I317MVLALJ2_I317MOYAALJ2_RWC.zip.html

Okay. Now that you've downloaded the prerequisite software/files, go ahead and unzip each of them. ONLY EXTRACT THEM ONCE! DO NOT UNZIP EACH FILE AND THEN TRY TO EXTRACT IT AGAIN! When you extract Odin3-v1.85.zip, you should be left with a file named Odin3 v1.85.exe. When you extract the firmware file, you should be left with a file that has a *.tar or a *.tar.md5 extension. If this is what you've got, proceed to the flashing instructions below.

Disclaimer and crap. Sorry. I gotta post it.

I CLAIM NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE(S) THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE FOLLOWING OF THIS GUIDE. BY PROCEEDING BEYOND THIS POINT AND FOLLOWING THE GUIDE, YOU CLAIM SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OF FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE. NEITHER I, OR XDA, WILL BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, THAT ARE A RESULT OF FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE. FURTHERMORE, REGARDLESS OF ANY PERCEIVED IMPLIED GUARANTEE, THERE IS NONE. EVERYTHING IN THIS POST IS TO BE TAKEN AS IS. THE POSTER CLAIMS ONLY THAT THIS GUIDE HAS BEEN USED BY HIMSELF PERSONALLY IN THE PAST, AND MAKES NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL WORK FOR OTHERS.

1.) Put your device in download mode. This is done by taking a powered off handset, and pressing power, home, and volume down, until you see a screen asking you to press volume up to continue. At this point, go ahead and press volume up to continue.

2.) On your PC, double-click Odin3 v1.85.exe to launch it.

3.) Once ODIN is running on your PC, connect your Note II to the PC using its USB cable.

4.) Once ODIN is running and your device is connected in download mode, go ahead and click on "PDA" in ODIN, and select the firmware file you extracted; the one with the *.tar or *.tar.md5 extension.

5.) Once you've selected the firmware file for PDA in ODIN, it's time to flash your device. Do this by clicking "start" in ODIN. Before clicking "start", make absolutely sure that the reformat option is NOT checked. I can't remember exactly what the option says, but it's right by the auto-reboot option. No matter what, do not check the format or reformat option... or whatever it's called. Anyway, as long as that option isn't checked, go ahead and click start.

6.) After clicking start, ODIN will begin flashing your device back to stock. This will take a while. Until ODIN is completely finished flashing your device, DO NOT TOUCH, UNPLUG, REBOOT, OR EVEN SNEEZE ON EITHER YOUR PHONE OR YOUR PC!!! Let ODIN finish!

7.) After ODIN is finished, your phone should reboot. If it gets to the Samsung screen and stays there for a while, let it. Don't try to reboot the phone or anything until you've given the phone at least seven minutes to try and boot.

8.) After all of this, the phone "should" now be booted and running properly.

If you have any questions or concerns about the guide I've just posted, please don't hesitate to reply. I'll be checking this thread periodically, and maybe other XDA members can help out a little too. I wish you the best of luck, and hope this guide works. Take care and have a good one!!!

Thank you,

Edward (Mister_Mxyzptlk)