yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] padlock:
Anytime there is something "fool proof," I'm usually the fool that screws it up. I'm stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Note II loading screen when you first boot the phone. It has been sitting this way for going on ten minutes. These are the steps I took to flash to stock recovery:

Booted into TWRP

Factory reset

wiped Carbon ROM

Loaded unrooted stock recovery MA7 download

sitting at loading screen.

Any suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Well if I read your steps correctly this is what I think happened.

You wiped everything but only installed stock recovery ma7. So you don't have a ROM installed just the recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] padlock:
Yep I believe you are correct. God I'm a moron. I probably should have stopped messing with electronics for the day when I broke my alarm clock this morning. It was like an omen. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
No fear we have all done that before (alarm clock and no ROM).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
Downgrade to MC2

Does anyone realize that this actually downgrades the bootloader? I was reading in a couple threads that people don't realize this and I think it should be posted in its own thread because this is pretty big news if we could get it to work on other phones. I was on the 4.3 locked bootloader and could not Odin anything less than 4.3, then I ran this in recovery and I can flash anything with Odin. I've done it several times just to make sure.

It just seems like it should have its own thread, so people with other carriers can see that it is possible to downgrade the bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Yes I think most of us know that but thanks for sharing. I was one of the first 4.3 bricks and used this to completely revert back.

It can also be used before you return your phone for service to clear flash counter and look like nothing had ever been done to the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] seewhyphotos:
Downgrading from 4.3 back to MC2 Stock

Okay.. I had upgraded to the 4.3 Deodexed and Rooted KNOX removed ROM by lorjay589. Great rom, but I was missing some of the things that I use (Wallet, NFC, "That Bump Thing", etc...)

I wanted to resort to MC2 Stock and reset the counter and then take the OTA, and just deal with it from that point.

When I did the normal boot into recovery, wipe completely, and then flash this ROM (As I have done multiple times in the past), along with the root.zip to maintain root temporarly to restore my app data,

I ended up stock on the "U Were Scared :) we're almost done) for ever. I waited and waited and waited. The options in TWRP were available and the log shows "Updating partition details" and it never moved.

I decided (after 30 minutes) to pull the battery (Yea, I know, not smart), and attempt the clean/flash again.

Now, I'm sitting with no OS and each time I reboot the phone into recovery, I go right back to the "U Were Scared" TWRP screen, and my SD Card is not available any longer.

Any help would be awesome! Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Agent Soap:
If you made it that far you should be able to boot in to TWRP & flash again, or boot into dl mode and Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbuxreg:
can anyone tell me how to get TWRP installed on my phone after installing a faulty copy of the 4.3 update. I had the stock recovery installed when i upgraded to the copy of 4.3 that is rumored to be incomplete. A member here said they found it in the "Cache folder" and leaked it but it was under 500mb. Now i have 4.3 or so it would seem but i am dropping calls like crazy. I tried to Odin TWRP onto the phone and odin came back with a pass but when i reboot into recovery it's still the stock android recovery. any help would be greatly apprecaited!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Agent Soap:
This is a link to lorjay589's recovery-cwm-6.0.2.5-SPHL900.tar. It's the only one I got to work after a bad 4.3 flash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbuxreg:
I just sent you a PM. in regards to the situation in short flashing it with odin did not replace my current stock recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mweuch:
Same here I flashed this rom everything went fine except I am still rooted but now on stock recovery it seems. Now I tried to flashed the TWRP RECOVERY zip but keeps failing to install. So at the moment I am on rooted stock rom and stock recovery. I am currently can not install custom roms. My question is how to I get to install TWRP again so I could get back to installing custom roms? Please help! Beside that, everything works fine as normal. This is the second time flashing this rom. The first time everything went well as expected. Thanks much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Please search before asking questions

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47879151&postcount=117
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Agent Soap:
Umm... I expected you to exactly that :)

Edit:

+1 Inside job.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbuxreg:
sorry. i was getting worked up. Thanks for the help everyone!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] biohazardjoker:
Sorry but i want to be sure i dont want to mess up my phone i install this like another rom put it on my sd and flash?or what is the instructions i have team win recovery please and ty for the help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Yes and instructions in the first post

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] metal666fukhead:
Sorry if this has already been answered I didn't see it anywhere though, do I need to flash back to stock to install the official ota update or can I just install right over my current rooted firmware?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cuezaireekaa:
i feel horrible asking this but is there another way to get back to stock unrooted so i can take the phone in for warranty work?

i have tried this zip you have given us numerous times and just cant get passed the boot screen. i have searched this thread for all those keywords.. (stuck, bootscreen, wont boot, splash screen, galaxy note 2 screen etc.) i found a few posts but they didnt help me. it seems they were having other issues from what im experiencing.

i have twrp installed and was on DigiBlur at the time. i wiped sys, data, factory reset, and both caches. flashed this zip. it went through its process and did the temp twrp install. after that it rebooted on its own (which i assume is good) but i cant get past the splash screen. i have been trying things to get this back to factory stock with the counter reset most the day and i am asking for help now because i dont know where to go from here.

i had this same problem when i tried to update to Lorjays MK4 rom a couple days ago, and i just gave up after trying his directions and other ways of flashing it. but i think it didnt work because i never fully got this zip working.

anyone know why i cant get past the boot screen? i feel really stupid that i cant figure this out but ive spent too much time today spinning my wheels.

thanks for any help :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Have you done the data wipe. I have found that there are things stored on your internal data that can cause issues. My normal process is advance wipe ( cache, dalvik, data, system, internal) then wipe data and type yes. Reboot recovery then flash this.

JUST MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP INTERNAL DATA BEFORE WIPES. IT WILL BE LOST OTHERWISE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cuezaireekaa:
thanks dude. i tried wiping internal data too. i was so frustrated that i didnt even bother backing up lol

most important stuff ive backed up before when mk4 dropped so im good. i even went as far as the one click to restore mc2 rooted. that wiped my internal too. im still at it because im really not giving up that easy, but i have no idea why this zip wont boot up for me. *wipes sweat from forehead. i will get this...im determined.

thanks for some help jlmacuso
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mweuch:
Are you still on TWRP recovery? Have you tried redownloading the ROM again and do a reflash? if you already did and nothing work, I would go back to restore from a previous rom then tried again. If you already tried everything and nothing work, I hope someone can help you out. Good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cuezaireekaa:
yeah im on twrp.

im trying to redownload this zip again. i have two copies on my pc that are the same size but im gonna get another one.. but the site that its hosted on keeps downloading only part of this zip, then ends. ive been trying for 6 hours now on two pcs. theyre both at a snails pace. must be the host having server probs. idk. (it takes around two hours to dl it says as an eta, but just stops after i get about 400mb. :banghead: i have went back to digiblur, then reflashing from there. carbon, venum ice, swamp...

just cant get this zip to either fully downloaded, or boot. heh

the previous zips ive been flashing were from a long time ago, thats why i feel theyre not corrupt. plus i dont get any errors when flashing, except "Unable to Mount /preload. but i read through the thread and that doesnt matter.

sorry for such a long post. just trying to explain best i can.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] seewhyphotos:
I used the 1-click MC2 Return to unrooted stock found here:

http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devices/Samsung%20Galaxy%20Note%20II%20%28SPH-L900%29/Stock%20ROMs/MC2/Full%20Restore/Unrooted/SPH-L900_MC2_1090526_Stock_Restore.exe

This saved my butt after I had somehow messed it up yesterday. It will take you back to 100% Out of the Box MC2 stock. Nothing triggered, nothing flagged. All you have to do is follow the directions after putting your phone into download mode.

Hope this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cuezaireekaa:
this does help man! :highfive::highfive:

i have no idea why i didnt go to rwilcos repo! ugh. cool, so this will allow me to send it back to sprint with no worries. phew. thanks guys for trying to help me. as soon as i get on a rom and have tapa installed, 'thanks' will be thrown all around... :victory:

i still wonder why this and mk4 are so hard for me to get past the boot screen. and ive done reading, for sure. i know i missing somethin. :o

EDIT: sadly i never got any of the zips i downloaded to work. i know its error on my part tho.. i mean they worked as in flashed, and were complete, but i couldnt get past that screen. the unrooted restore from rwilcos repo kept erroring out when i tried to extract them. of course, frustration ensues.. so i took a long break...and thought about today and my visit to the TMobile store, and the $0 down special they have on the note3 til dec 13th. then i thought about the 26-35Mbps i was pulling when i installed SpeedTest on their note3 and nexus5. i was amazed to say the least, seeing as i only get 0.26Mbps on a good day with sprint where im at. and no plans of lte for some time. Tmobiles' coverage is very good where im at and that is a big factor. why cant sprint favor my hometown :( hrmmm... got ten days to think this one over. sorry i went off the tracks a bit with this post. but it might help someone who is fed up with sprint ;p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] masber2000:
Noob question

I am on MA7 and want to "upgrade" to stock MC2, do I use the same procedure described in the OP, as if I was downgrading?

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] evo_like:
MA7 was the update prior to MC2, so you really will be upgrading coming from MA7, to MC2. There's all inclusive MA7 to MC2 flashable zips in xda..just google for it. Like this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240961

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Just wanted to thank the OP. I was able to flash back to stock MC2 using your method and kept rootm which was a precursor to flashing MK4. Your process was very smooth and went without a hitch for me. Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrej201:
boostmobile

if i do this can i update to 4.3

its so how do i do it

i relly dont care about root since with 4.3 you can disable system app
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Yes u can just follow exactly whats in the op

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrej201:
thanx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cor4twenty:
Any mirrors? The link is taking 7hrs . Its not my connection I just downloaded a 2gb file in 22min
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Use an alternate mirror on androidfilehost. I recommend IL(mirror #5)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
Were you on MC2 rooted or MK4 rooted when you were using the 1-click MC2 Return to unrooted stock?

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] seewhyphotos:
I was originally on MK4 Deodexed/Rooted, but was trying to revert back to MC2 and had soft-bricked my phone. I couldn't get my SD card to mount, and it wouldn't boot to anything.

I used the 1-click method (Automated Odin) to get my phone back to a Complete Stock MC2 (fresh from the factory) setup. I went and took the OTA and am content at the moment.

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I had to use Internet Explorer (and select resume downloads) a couple of times during the downloading of the 1-click. Seems like each download I tried prior to that was terminated early. Only way I got it to work was to use IE and resume the downloads.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
thanks for the information. I upgraded to MK4 rooted. I followed the instruction in this thread:

http://honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-sprint-sph.html?m=1

Just want to stay stock but rooted. Everything went well but I reverted back to MC2 using the method in this thread. I liked everything from the MK4 including the battery life. The reason I went back was I lost the Wifi Tether. Other than that, the new rom is nice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chaosbuzz:
I did the 4.3 upgrade (MK4) via Kies and I have a LOT of problems with apps crashing, slow speed throughout and want to go back to MC2. Can I use the 1 click ODIN based exe to downgrade?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
No you cannot downgrade via Odin. The Odin flash will fail at sboot.bin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] simple man:
billard412, Thank you for making this, it has been a very useful file for the Note 2. It is appreciated.

Sent from my SPH-L900
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
Follow Billard412's instruction and you wont miss a bit. I have done it too many times. Last one was from MK4 back to MC2 just as stock official from samsung. I would have stayed at MK4 if there is a wifi tether hack for the odex version.

Billard, I have a question:

When I upgraded to MK4, I used TWRP to do a full back up. Then, I reverted back to MC2 through your method. If you want to go back to MK4, can I just restore it through TWRP?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mtnbkr:
This will work for me right if I am rooted with this installed?

{ROM}{TEAM REJECTZ}{LORJAY589} MK4 Knox Free Full Rom Odex/Deodex Updated 12/4

After this restores to stock, the phone can be updated OTA if desired right? The reason for this is I am selling the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] krobinso2295:
is my still rooted after flashing this? or do i need to root my device again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] srod562:
There is a file that you install after flashing the restore zip to keep root as stated in the OP. Link is under the orange flash (THIS).....

Sent from my Galaxy Note2 using SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] elwood:
After a soft brick seeing if I could flash a 5x6 touch whiz on 4.3 I of course had to revert to this lovely zip. Thanks again Billiard
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] srod562:
Can I revert back to MA7 from MC2 with out issues? Kinda miss all the roms. Searched thread and didn't see anything. Thanks...

Sent from my Galaxy Note2 using SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jtadak:
Anyone have a link for this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] maltydog:
I just came to here after lots of issues with my phone, the reset worked perfectly.

Thanks a lot!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] maltydog:
Okay, a little problem. As I mentioned in my last post, I was able to use the zip to restore this phone to stock, and I am very thankful about that. I also chose to keep the device rooted as I may want to install roms in the future, and rooting is working correctly, I've installed and used Root Explorer and Titanium backup without a problem. However, I am trying to use odin to replace the stock recovery with TWRP or Philz recovery, and now every time I run odin, I get kicked out of it. I can load the program fine, and I put the phone on the USB cable and it appears in the ID window in light blue, but the minute I click on start, I get a message in windows that program is not working and I have to close it. By the way, Kies is recognizing the phone properly. I understand that as long as the phone is rooted, there are other ways to replace the recovery, such as goo manager, but I am a little concerned that I can no longer use odin on this device. I may need it in the future. Plus, right now I want to disable that idiotic system update available as I am not ready to go to MK4 and I don't want to keep getting reminders. Anyone have any suggestions as to what is happening here? I used Odin on this phone in the past without any issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
I dont think your phone is the cause. Might try to use different computer. It happened to my friend his laptop.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] maltydog:
Don't think that's it. I used Odin successfully on this same computer with the same phone earlier this week. It just started happening.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
what exactly does it say, in the upper left hand window, in fact everywhere, wha tdoes it say before, during and after?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] maltydog:
Good question. Here is what happens:

Okay, I am using Odin3 v3.07.

The USB cable is connected to the back of the computer.

I have odin turned on. I turn on my phone in the download mode.

I connect it to the computer. Immediately there is a blue “0:COM7” in the upper left of the program. Auto reboot and F. Reset Time are checked.

Under message it says “<ID:0/007>Added!!”

In the PDF I pick out a file called “open recovery-twrp-2.6.01-toltespr.img.tar.”

Then I click “start”.

In message box it says:

<ID:0/007>Odin v.3 Engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007>File analysis

At the same time, Windows message says:

“Odin Downloader has stopped working:

Windows is checking for a solution to the problem...”

Then it says:

"A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.

Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is

available.”

And my only choice is “close program.”

While this is happening, phone stays in download mode, with no change.

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Oops! Never mind. I redownloaded the file, and it worked this time.

This is very weird, because I thought it happened with several different

files. Anyway, I feel like quite an amateur after that. Sorry about that!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
no worry. I am glad to see you got it to work again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] maltydog:
I had the same problem myself. I ran a backup with TWRP and got the red "failed" message. I can't imagine it's space, I have 7.65 GB free space internally, 10.31 GB external drive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
when you do the back up, is that a full back up including PRELOAD? how about try to flash TWRP again with the newest version?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Just change the backup name to something else and it will work ....that how it works for me

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] maltydog:
The backup was full, including preload...including basically everything except recovery and cache.

I also had compression enabled so it would not take up too much space. The version of TWRP is

2.6.3.1, which I believe is the latest, I downloaded the tar version and flashed it via odin yesterday.

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Well, I tried changing the name, same result. I know from reading this thread and

watching the backup that there is an issue with TWRP and '/preload' with this rom.

And I see that in addition to the "Backup Complete Failed" message on the top of

the screen I also have the same "E:Unable to mount '/preload'" message at the bottom,

so is this the issue. As I understand it, If I were to use the special TWRP from the OP

in this thread, that might work? Or maybe if I uncheck 'preload' in the backup?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Yes un check preload and try again it I have it unck it.if ck it fail

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] maltydog:
Okay, that worked.Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Good glad it worked out

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] neopolotin75:
Thanks Im downloading the LJC Stock w/count reset now then Im going to give it a go.

edit:worked flawlessy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ugn2000:
Sorry this might be a noob question but what are the steps to install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] neopolotin75:
Just follow the OPs instructions and itll work perfect. Make sure you do the carrier wipe.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] quazimodem:
I'm just curious how this restore process is any different than Garwynn's OC releases? This seems a lot easier to me...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Its a matter of convenience. His oc's need a pc and take a substantially longer amt of time.we don't always have that available. This is all flashed from the device in one step. Additional steps are only needed to keep root/recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] BDR456:
To me this is always a must have. I had 3 S3's and every time I went to sell they wanted it like fresh out the box/unrooted. This was just a quick flash right before they showed to pick up. I actually made a post about this before you got here. This was my thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35403157
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Ill be damned. Haha. Should of pm'd me

lmao...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr pnut:
Thx bud works like a charm back to orignal stock and rooted, nice job bud.......quick question I haven't tryed yet but will I still have your twrp recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Nope. Replaced with stock. But you stayed rooted so just reinstall with goo manager
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] BDR456:
Didn't know if you'd be coming over to the darkside. I know some other devs that aren't on the GN-2 because they used their upgrade on the S3.

:banghead:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I did too. Had to pull some slick siht to get mine. Needless to say I'm going to be paying off my credit card til I'm 80. Merry Christmas from citibank Mastercard lmfao :D.... still probably could of pulled this off without the device just would have been leery about posting something like this untested
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Lord Syrics Jr.:
Is this flash stock to the point we'll get OTA's? Im coming from lk8 and want to be on something official.

Sent from my Samsung "Nexus" 5.5
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
thank you for this. was going to try and do myself based on your work on the s3 but it never would have worked haha!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
If u want that then use the no carrier wipe restore and manually wipe carrier in the modded twrp. I just tested this earlier and the the full restore has a bad build.prop that will cause ota to fail. I just havent uploaded the fix for that yet. The no carrier wipe restore is a go
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
It aint too hard just gta know the partition layout like the back of your hand. And trust in your typing skills enuf to know the end result wont be a brick