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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] parabola949:
Getting stuck on "U WERE SCARED :) we're almost done...."... never does anything past that. If I try to reboot, just goes right back to recovery with that message. Any ideas?

[EDIT] - Nevermind, I reflashed, and this time didn't wipe cache/dalvik (which I normally did) after the flashing, it worked.

Lesson learned - don't wipe cache / dalvik after flashing this!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JAJameson2010:
Is there any way to get this done without booting into recovery? I can get to download mode, but cannot get into recovery. Odin kept failing last night while I was using this guide

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33558212&postcount=1

Thanks for any help!

ETA I think I found my answer...

Going to Flash the Billard412_TWRP_Odin one through the PDA in Odin.

Then hopefully will be able to boot into recovery and flash the MC2_Stock

Then Flash the Root.zip to hopefully keep my root.

Then say lots of prayer and reboot!

Gosh I hope this works! Since this will have TWRP on my phone instead of the CWM, does that change the ROMS I am able to flash?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
No the recovery will not affect what you can flash
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JAJameson2010:
It worked It worked It worked It worked It worked It worked It worked It worked! You have no idea how happy I am right now!

So now I'm unrooted and back in the stock ROM. I'm going to update my profile/prl/system/firmware then root later on tonight and probably flash the Jelly Bomb ROM

Thanks you for everyone's help! Especially the OP who put this all together. Phone is no longer soft bricked :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] treo4life:
Outstanding!

Thank you! this saved my butt today... I didn't know what to do, glad i was able to get into Odin:good: mode...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] oZo:
Same here. What's the fix? (I'm using TWRP 2.5.0.1)

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
The only way I was able to fix it is by using toolkit after I restore billards and flashing back a stock rom and than rerooting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
My bad patch meant to reply to that sooner. Here's the deal with that error.

As you may be aware a special version of twrp is required to do this. Reason is, the count reset that occurs can not work without it as samsung hides that location by default. My recovery is the only one that can expose that hidden partition.

To do this, I had to break down twrp and replace the recovery kernel with a custom one. One that does not support the EMPTY UNUSED "/preload" partition.

For me to remedy this, I must build a new recovery kernel, one that supports it. Mind you, this is a 20mb empty partition that does NOTHING. My pc is crap and barely supports Ubuntu let alone the space and memory required for building a kernel from scratch.

I promise when I'm no longer broke and can afford a new one I will fix this.

Until then, I promise the error affects NOTHING.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
Just reflash it again and boot to system. You should be fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
One more question. If someone does use this and needs ro return their phone for service, will sprint see that partition and know it was rooted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lennykravitz2004:
Might depend on your situation. Do you have Sprint's TEP insurance?

For example, I borked my SE a couple of months ago, and hoping that our Note II would be added as a Wallet device, I waited. Once it got added in the last couple of weeks, I used Billard's flash, and took my phone in. Showed them the "Secure Element not responding error E00" message which showed when I launched Wallet. They asked me to leave it with them for about 30 mins "to do a hard reset". As I figured, it didn't work. As I stood there, pretending to be wide eyed about a "probably corrupt chip" as was explained to me, I was told by the Sprint Tech... "since I wasn't able to fix it, I ordered you a new one and it should be here within a couple of days", which ended up being yesterday. Under the "Settings" menu, my device was "Normal" after Billard's flash, however I did not reboot into download mode to see if the counter had indeed been reset from 3 to 0 (or whatever the count number was before).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] oZo:
Good question!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
No there's really nothing in that partition to tip them off. Plus there's nothing wrong with that partition. It's only twrp that is unable to mount it. So unless the sprint tech installs twrp to your phone id say you have nothing to worry about
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve In Orlando:
Hello.

I have a rooted Sprint GN2 with LJC on it, rooted with MSKIP's GN2 toolkit.

I've been getting the "Update Available" message now for several months and I want to update to MC2 so the message will go away.

I just downloaded LJC Stock with Count reset final.zip.

I think that what I need to do is unroot using that file from Billard412, then accept the OTA update, then re-root with the GN2 Toolkit. Is that correct?

Also, can you point me to the procedure to use for the LJC flash? I've searched but I can't find any different procedure than the one in post 1 for MC2. I want to be careful and don't want to assume that the procedure is the same.

Thanks for any help/suggestions you can provide.

I really don't want to screw anything up... :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Your fine. Procedure is the same for all. You got it correct. Flash the zip and any root method after should work. Personally I recommend cf auto root instead of the toolkit but to each his own I guess
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Why?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Cf auto root works regardless of fw version. Mskips toolkit uses an insecure kernel to root and if it's not up to date with the current system it can be problematic. I'm not trying to knock mskip as I was a tester for his s3 toolkit and happen to know he works very hard on it. Plus the custom kernel is a guaranteed ota failure. Cf auto root alone will not screw up an ota.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve In Orlando:
Thanks for the quick reply.

And I'll check out cf auto root also based on your comments. What you say makes a lot of sense.

I appreciate the help very much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Ya know what is amazing. I always used the toolkit to root. After I did that I could never update prl or profile because I would get an error 6500. But after using the cf autoroot everything works with no errors. Thanks billard412!! You rock!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
Hi Billard,

I flashed your fixed MC2 then rooted it then install TWRP and Perseus Kernel. When I checked the binary counter, it shows 2. Is that correct?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Assuming the root method was one count and the twrp install made 2 counts than ya that sounds right to me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
thanks. I have another question. Can I do format data with TWRP and then do the MC2 restore? Will it mess up the note 2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
No it's safe. Assuming by format data you mean a factory reset. You do not want to wipe the internal storage I would imagine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
I meant to wipe the internal storage. However, I did research and found out it would not advisable to do so. Thanks again billard.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Thanks had to use this today. I had to get the screen replace. Instruction is on point. Got screen replace now I just to root again. .. thank OP

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] emmac176:
I just want to say that this is awesome went back to stock just for kicks and after doing some searching even the post I used to root originally didn't have a back to stock method as easy as this Thank you very much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Psychotic-Cerebellum:
Anyone else have data issues after flashing this? I've done all the experimenting with roms/kernels and have decided what I wanna use and I jist wanted to get back to square one. I dunno why it matters so much but hey, I'm a little obsessive in some regards. So, I flashed the mc2 zip and the root zip. Everything was just dandy. Awesome one stop shopping by the way. Big props to the dev! However I'm now having issues with my data connection. I'm constantly loosing 4g and reverting to 3g, and sometimes 1x or nothing at all (mostly 3g though). I usually just flick data on and off a few times and everything comes back, but it's starting to irk me though. Haven't flashed anything else, still on this back to unroot rom. I've used mc2 before too and hadn't had this issue. I dunno, maybe there just messing with my towers of something but figured I'd see if anyone had similar experiences, or tips, or if there was something I missed/botched along the way. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
reflash it. Happened to me last week mobile data wont stay on for more than 30 seconds. So I reflashed the MC2 and it's all good now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] seVIIn7:
Gave the .zip a try.. it worked flawlessly..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mxl180:
Thanks for the restore
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
I did it at midnight. It was after it was updated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Thats the problem then. Ive actually re-uploaded again since then. That version took care of the chameleon fc but i accidently put the wrong count reset script in it. Caught the error early this morning. I used a script i was using during original testing and to make a long story short, when it goes to reset the count its trying to use a file that doesnt exist.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] LaloHigh:
Did this yesterday and showed modified. I did a factory reset in settings menu and it was all good then.

Edit: I didn't check the counter cause I was in a hurry but said normal in status
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Ok. I will give it another try. Thank you!

---------- Post added at 11:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:39 AM ----------

Sorry, just one more question. I have twrp 2.3.3.1. Do I have to use your twrp? After doing the restore, everytime I use twrp either your version or mine it says "E: Unable to mount '/preload' on any operation be it wipe restore etc. Do you knbow what this is? Everything still works, it just gives that message after any twrp operation now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Im not sure why but twrp says that for me as well. Like you said everything still works tho. Nothing really needs to access the preload partition while in recovery which is why it doesn't really affect anything. And for the count to reset and restore normal/official status, yes one of my recoveries must be used. Otherwise the count reset will have no effect. Trust me I'm no fan of the extra step myself but Samsung has the partition where the flash count is hidden by default. My recoveries are the only ones that can access it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
It worked! Thank you so much, it is greatly appreciated. What a great and easy batch file.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yup. Thanks for the confirm. And keep a lookout for a future version without the extra step.. It is being worked on just trying to find time to do it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Uploaded new version of TWRP with no preload mount error and an option to wipe /carrier in the wipe settings. New restore zip without auto carrier wipe uploading soon...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
It's up!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] BDR456:
New update?

Maybe you should add a date to your thread title. So we know when you update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Not so much an update but an additional version that will not automatically wipe carrier. Not a bad idea though. Think Ill just have to do that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Thanks billard412! What is the no carrier version used for just out of curiousity?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
since the chameleon fc error was caused by lk8, I imagine there are people who never flashed lk8 and dont need to wipe it. Plus, figure it doesnt need auto wiped if you can do it on demand, which is now possible even in TWRP with my new version..That said, wiping it is recommended regardless in my opinion
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
can you make a modded neweset twrp 2.3.3.1?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I'm working on it. Having an issue with breaking it down to edit it. Should be up soon tho
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
You RULE!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr pnut:
So can still use the one who had before the update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
You can. All in all its little things being changed but all of the versions function as they should. Only issue you may have if you dl'd yesterday is the count not resetting. In which case just grab the newer version if its an issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] neopolotin75:
So let me see if I got this right...Im rolling back from LK8 to LJC so I do my standards wipes flash modified twrp with carrier wipe reboot twrp then flash the LJC stock counter reset then flash the keep root zip then boot into system and Ill be rooted correct? Now does this include the modem or do I need to flash it? Thanks guys!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Modem is included. And you want to use either the unmarked ljc restore which will wipe carrier automatically or use the nowipe version but be sure to manually wipe carrier yourself in the modified twrp. And when its all done flash the root zip b4 u reboot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] NotoriousPTG:
Another Huge thank you for an awesome zip! I didn't even have to delete the zip from the phone after I flashed it!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JamesChilds:
Bump

Im using this now, Have used it before. Think it needs a bump so it is easier to find, I also think it should be stickied! But that is just my opinion ;].
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] xyojimbox:
No lie the white screen scared me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Ya starting to think it may have been a **** move on my part lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] xyojimbox:
Well after I saw it was a joke I laughed is a good one lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] neudof:
Nothing gets the heart racing like that sinking feeling you get when you think you F'ed your phone....Makes you feel ALIVE!!

I have both the MA7 and MC2 versions on my externalSD, and I cannot tell you how many times I have used them :D

You have made an amazing ID-10-T proof contribution to the community and I for one appreciate your work!

Thank you 1000x for this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] daCLOUD:
Flawless...got me back to stock quick on MC2 and fixed issues I had with no being able to get into DIAG mode. The white screen during last part is a great add by the Dev. Good work on this!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jettubby:
Billard, as you have been many times but deserving of at least one more: thanks for creating this. I was having some lag issue with my Note after clean installing three different roms and nothing worked. Went back to stock with your process, albeit staying rooted; and so far so excellent.

I do have a question though: If I stay on this stock (but rooted) a while just to enjoy the no lag I've had for three months, what happens when there is an OTA update? Would it be wise not to update and if so will there be the constant update nagging? I'd like to go to the Perseus kernel but I know this would definitely break most any OTA update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes a custom kernel would break an ota update. Whereas if you only kept root and didn't actually modify the kernel or any system stuff you could most likely accept an ota. But then again, that's why I make this. Have fun until we get an ota. Then use this to get your phone back to that ota- able state.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jettubby:
We'll see what happens. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dallastx:
Im normally not technically retarded BUT... Ok i wiped everything just to be safe and flashed the zip! Yea i got the white screen and then your version of TWRP. At the top it said almost finish. Somewhere i went wrong

I sat at first thinking TRWP was going to magically reboot by itself as the top says "almost done just a few more min" ! Then i decided a reboot on its own is not happening BUT i forgot to put the root zip on my sd card. With this version of TWRP i found out the hard way once you take the external card out, its wont be recognized again ever on this version! So i was stuck rebooting to no effect on recognized external. Kept getting TWRP screen even if i tryed to boot the system.

I finally had to do a Odin. But where did i go wrong? Sd card not installed surely didnt mess up things. Was i suppose to reboot as soon as the altered version of TWRP appeared?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
It sounds like all was OK on your end. Sounds like the cache partition went corrupt. That's never happened to me using twrp tho. If it were to happen again just reflash the zip from my special twrp. Taking the SD out shouldn't have made u lose access to it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dallastx:
Your saying reflash this ---> BILLARD412_TWRP_RECOVERY_FLASHABLE.zip ? So when your TWRP version say almost done at the top, i get the idea as if its doing something in the background. Are you saying to go ahead and choose to flash root zip or just go ahead and press reboot if we don't want root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
No I'm saying you shouldn't have to hit any buttons aside from the initial install. You should not hang at step 2. but if u do just reflash the zip again from that second recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dallastx:
Oh ok cool i understand.. Now since I odin... Do you know i the top of your head is there a sprint all in one root zip? Or do i need to go through all the steps to reroot!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I recommend cf auto root it doesn't get any easier than that

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956180
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] razzack3000:
So I wanted to unroot but without losing my apps and home screens.... Can I just flash this without factory reset?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Assuming you're already on stock you should be fine. I can't guarantee anything though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] razzack3000:
So yes, I didn't flash any rom and am on stock... So if I just flash it over without factory reset, all my apps and settings will be intact?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yup
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
Well thank you for taking your time to respond to the questions in this thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] razzack3000:
Sorry, thanks for your help but I was wondering.... Which one the downloads don't I flash? Do I flash the MC2? Which one? Which h do I flash to keep all my apps and settings intact
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
It doesn't matter. None of them will erase your data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] yaniel06:
Loved this on my s3 and note 2. Any plans on bringing this to sprint galaxy s4?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes. It's currently a work in progress. Not as easy since I don't own the device (yet). But none the less progress is being made
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ColeSloth:
This worked great and fixed my issue I had, but it flashed me to build AMC2, which the free version of Samsung Toolkit doesn't support. Now I can't root and flash my phone again. My old build was AMA7. Now how can I root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Can't go wrong with cf auto root

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956180
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ColeSloth:
Thanks. Worked awesome. Now To just track down and add twrp recovery and I'm golden.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gotojanoo:
Hi OP how can I remover sueruser installer.I trying to sell it and after flash there super user installer app.I checked its uprooted but would like to remover that installer. I am sorry if that question already ask
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] srod562:
I'm currently on MA7 running a custom rom. If I flash the LJC zip and then Odin to LJ1 will everything be okay? I like to start fresh from time to time with a clean out the box system and take the OTA updates to get back. Any bootloader problems once I'm on LJC and try to downgrade from there? Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I dont believe so.you should be fine. Although I dont see the purpose in going back to lj1. You can take otas from ljc up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] srod562:
Thanks for the reply, using the zip wont delete my internal data correct? I mentioned going to LJ1 with Odin to make sure my internal data was wiped completely. Maybe there's an easier way to do that and I'm making it more difficult?

Sent from my SPH-L900 using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
When the ljc zip is done flashing let the phone boot up. Once it's booted reboot to recovery. It'll be stock recovery so do a factory reset with it and all of /data will be wiped including internal storage
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] srod562:
Awesome, that will definitely save me a step, will report back with results. Thanks man! :thumbup::beer:

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mweuch:
Thank you sir for this! Ive been searching around the web on how to unroot the Sprint Note but there's too many but am not sure if they are current and still good to follow the instruction on how to unroot. So my speaker is going wacky and need to be return to Sprint. Would this unroot my phone so I can take it to Sprint? Sorry if this sounds kinda confusing. Thank you again and much appreciated!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes this will make sure your phone is ready to hand to sprint. Total unrooted stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Yes it would just read and do what the op says. ... then take it to sprint they would not even know... make a backup first to sd card and wipe out anything on internal that would show trace. Then when u get it fix then re root restore ur back up and ur good 2 go

SGN2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mweuch:
Thank you kindly for the very quick respond and will look forward to do this this weekend! Have a nice weekend!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] srod562:
I flashed the restore this weekend even though I was a little nervous. Went with the MA7 zip, did all my wipes data, cache, dalvik and installed. Let it do its thing and before I knew it my phone was back to stock unrooted. Did a factory reset in stock recovery like you said after it booted up and my internal storage was wiped clean like a brand new stock phone. Re-rooted, installed my fav rom & now phone is performing like day 1. This is great having in case I ever choose to sell phone or take the newest OTA update. The "special" twrp is genius stuff! Couldn't have been any easier. Many thanks for getting this together & providing it to us!! :thumbup::thumbup:

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DJMaj07:
Thanks so much for this! Loved the screen right before the special TWRP! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JimHuff:
Thanks, I needed this and it works like a charm. I made a donation, but hope you use it to buy a beer instead of ... :D:good::cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Thanks for the contribution. And don't worry this one will go towards turning my Sprint service back on :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JimHuff:
I went to the Sprint store with a warranty issue. He played around with it for a few minutes and then said he was ordering a replacement. When he handed back my phone, it was on this page :

:cool:

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
do you mind to tell me what kind of warranty issue was?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JimHuff:
Secure Element not Responding (Google Wallet)