yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
well by default that username before the @hcm.sprintpcs.com is your imei i believe. Thing is i booted every time during testing and didnt need to do hfa because i was already activated. Now that i ran the 72786 reset i cannot reactivate either. I used to deal with this all the time w/ my s3 but every time it was a diiferent trick to make it work. Usually wifi will fix it. This time no-go so far. Is HFA failing for you after only a few secs?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Okay NE2 means current 4.4.2 firmware which you stated you had by updating everything while stock. Which is why you had the boot loop issue after doing the downgrade with this zip. As you sit you can upgrade back to full NE2 (4.4.2) via odin if you want. My suggestion is to not use ota or odin to upgrade. If you want a samsung 4.3 rom just flash a custom and that goes for any other rom you want. Just flash it in recovery and enjoy. Any other questions please feel free to ask.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kidmet:
So I bricked my phone and flashing this was the only thing that worked. I'd like to end up with 4.4.2 stock rooted. Best way to do this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jocarog:
Have you checked here?:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2818246

Classic Stock NE2 4.4.2 (deodexed)

Sent from a Sprint Note 2 GSM unlocked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kidmet:
Yes, I have that rom. Best root method?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Dont need to root. Odin recovery boot into recovery (uncheck auto reboot pull battery and cable, hold key sequence for recovery will inserting battery) flash classic.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kidmet:
But I want to be rooted so I can tether.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jocarog:
The rom comes rooted and deodexed, it does not include the tether hack so you will have to follow another thread in the development section or pay for and app in the play store, I forgot the name of it, or add it to your plan... Good luck!

Sent from a Sprint Note 2 GSM unlocked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kidmet:
Well, now I am hung on a Spark screen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jocarog:
Maybe a bad download? Did you check the md5 checksum? Did you wipe internal memory and formatted system and data?

Sent from a Sprint Note 2 GSM unlocked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tuxmask:
Is there a way to flash "BILLARD412_TWRP_RECOVERY_FLASHABLE.zip" without PC?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Normally a flashable zip means you flash with a custom recovery not odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tuxmask:
I need to downgrade NOTE 2 from kitkat 4.4.2 to LJC

Just want to make sure to do this correctly...

The steps are:

Flash the BILLARD412_TWRP_ODIN_FLASHABLE.tar using ODIN

Copy the LJC*.zip to the root of SDcard

Flash the LJC*.zip with BILLARD412_TWRP* recovery from the SDcard
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Do that and you will be in bad state (soft brick)! Why do you think you need to downgrade?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tuxmask:
Glad I ask first...Thanks for the reply. I was having problem getting CDMA Workshop comm with the phone. I finally able to fix it with out modifying the ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Fyi changing the modem is ok I run lj1 modem which makes dfs/cdma workshop work better
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aenews:
Dude you really scared me there with the upgrade failure message...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
So I want to restore my wife's phone to stock unrooted. I believe its just a stock rooted rom on there now, maybe even this one. Either way, I just dl this follow the op instructions & it'll be back to stock unrooted? Will it start getting ota's right away. Should I flash a newer modem first? I'm just not sure. I know when I took my Nexus 10 out of the box the ota's just kept coming. And what version of twrp do you recommend? Thank you!

Sent from my LG-ls990 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Just flash it follow the Op advice .. and then press update under settings and go through the process till u get up to current

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Well, tried to, I installed boat browser just cause I like that browser. Dl'd the rom, which would have been in SD/boat/dl, before I rebooted I looked in file manager & found file. Stupid me boots into twrp & does full wipe without backing up, I did not wipe internal or external. Go to flash this, no file, nothing, so anyway, had to use Odin & rwilkos mk4. Thanks anyway.

Sent from my LG-ls990 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kidmet:
Did this, but it won't update to get current. :( Says it's already up to date. Sitting at 4.1.2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
U can odin the tar from this op

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2780984

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kidmet:
Funny timing. Currently trying as we speak. We shall see! Also need to root it. I think there is a root process if I read correctly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Look into cf auto root ....the last time I rooted this phone I use kingo root ...think thats what is called.... im im getting a replacement on Wednesday so it be re rooting also

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Just got a replacement and this work perfectly to return old phone Now just got to reroot athis new one.Thanks op

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kidmet:
CF root worked like a charm. Everything is basically working. Wifi tether router hangs my phone a lot in locked mode. Boo.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ceabbott2:
Same here. It doesn't always happen on every Rom every time though. More often than not it eventually locks the phone up and a battery pull is required
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] hardrock121:
is this still the preffered way to reset everything.. I need to sell my note and wanted to bring it back to factory settings with counter reset and any version that can be updated later. FYI I am on a custom rom dirty unicorn with NE2/3.0.64 kernel/4.4.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Yes it works perfectly still just follow the op post

SGNote2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] katnkanga:
Will this work to restore a Galaxy Note II back to Sprint with original ESN and everything stock? Trying get back on Sprint as it was flashed to Boost Mobile? It has a clean Sprint ESN and I have my original box with all the unit info on it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] skryte:
You'll have to reprogram the ESN/meid manually. This won't do that for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] spaceturd3000:
Stuck at password

I'm stuck at the screen where it says "U WERE SCARED :)"

it's asking for a password. I never set up a password so this is weird. I did a search on this thread for "password" and found a link about bypassing this, but the package described in the link REQUIRES ROOT.

I'm just trying to unbrick this phone and return it completely to stock.

EDIT: I see someone just did a factory rest and then it worked, when I tried to do a factory reset it failed.

EDIT: so I reflashed TWRP from ODIN and was going to wip and restart and make sure I didn't skip something, but now all the wipes FAIL in TWRP...it's like this package encrypted my device and now I can't access anything. It was bricked before now it's bricked and encrypted?

EDIT: So I did a format in TWRP and after the format I could wipe...wiped then reflashed the whole thing. This time didn't get the hang up at the encryption screen, it went past then and is now stuck on the "Samsung GALAXY Note II" pre-boot animation screen. waited just to be sure. Then removed battery and rebooted, still hangs at the "Samsung GALAXY Note II" screen. Rebooted into recovery and noticed it was the stock recovery, wiped cache and rebooted, again stuck at "Samsung GALAXY Note II" screen. Booted to recovery again and did factory reset, still stuck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jocarog:
You probably have a newer bootloader, [MENTION=4513677]rwilco12[/MENTION] has a ne2 Odin package full unrooted... Knox was introduced with the last two bootloader rendering this useless, it works if you have an old bootloader but not with the latest...

Edit : here is the link

http://www.rwilco12.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=782

[ODIN][TAR]SPH-L900 NE2 (NE2 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Stock)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jyveturkey:
Hey there. I've been out of the game for a while. I'm currently running goodness 1.0.8 (android 4.1.2)

Id like to get up to speed. Ideally I'd like the latest official (debloated) android, rooted. I'm currently on an older version of twrp recovery.

Is this flash my best option, then allow android to update itself then root or is there a better way? Maybe an updated, debloated, and rooted ROM out there I can just flash over the top of this?

I'm guessing that it won't be that easy as the newer bootloader, Knox, and all that jazz.

Any advise is much appreciated!

---------- Post added at 02:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:43 AM ----------

PS. I certainly don't mean just flashing over this. Wiping all of course.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jocarog:
Follow the link in my previous post and get the rom from [MENTION=4513677]rwilco12[/MENTION] website, good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jyveturkey:
Thanks. I downloaded the rwilco zip. I think it's the mostly stock ne2 1.3

Am I unable to just flash that within twrp? Do I have to Odin the one you posted? Also, if Odin is the only way to do it, do I need to do anything in recovery first, like wipe? Do I need to put a new or replacement recovery after odining that tar?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
The Mostly Stock NE2 v1.3 you've downloaded is actually my custom ROM based off of NE2. It is a flashable ZIP that needs to be flashed through recovery. There is a more recent build from NE2 but the only significant change was to block the exploit used by Towelroot. It wasn't worth it for me to update from NE2. I don't have the N2 any more but my wife is using it and the my RWMS ROM is her daily driver.

If you're looking for a full restore there are several of those available on my site as well. :)

Good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jyveturkey:
I appreciate all the help.

Are these newer roms such as your ne2 and the like able to be flashed over such an older version of Android like I have? After a full wipe of course. Do I need to be at a certain android version, say the introduction of the newer bootloaders? Is twrp recovery OK or should I move over to something like philz?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jocarog:
You don't have to be on the latest bootloader but it's recommended, I remember some people having issues if you leave the phone run out off battery, some kind of bootloop... If you updated to the ne2 bootloader you can't reuse this file due to the new bootloader signature check and also when rooting you will trip knox...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jyveturkey:
So what do you think the best route to the latest rooted android is?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jocarog:
Go to [MENTION=4513677]rwilco12[/MENTION] 's site and download the latest full rom Odin package and use cf root afterwards which will trip knox but will get you rooted and updated... He has links to all the rom links tar and zips... Also radio/modems...

Edit: check here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2780984
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jyveturkey:
Sounds like a plan. Thanks everyone for your help!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] miha2:
Hey ppl, that's me again. Missed me I hope? Just kidding...

So, as I got a new phone, I wanted to apply the Cyanogenmod onto my old Note II. I tried, and so rooted, and after the restart, it showed the firmware to be official, not custom, as the root should mean.

I'm still new to it all, and so... I tried to flash it with the older firmware, in hope there won't be Knox, but it didn't want to flash. So I disconnected the cable, and now the phone says

"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."

So I'm stuck with no OS, pretty much.

Everything would've been OK, I reviewed this thread, particularly on how to flash the OS, and tried that - several times. All useless - whichever firmware I flash, Odin always stops on sboot.bin and so fails. Is it possible to get the phone back to life? Preferably with Cyanogenmod. I don't care if I have to install it or you provide me with a link with CM preapplied. I just want to try that.

P.S. I forgot that the Knox blocks all this root stuff, and so that's where it all started. Kind of sorry.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tinker7:
I installed billards restore to 4.1.2 but when I try to change fonts manually through root explorer and rename them it changes languages or something! When I read the manifest it's all semi-words with symbols and says protected. Any ideas or tips would be helpful, thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mohammad shuaib:
I used that first download and flashed. At the end, it asked for if u want to install super su then swipe. As per the tutorial he clicked on do not install. But I swiped. Suddenly a white screen occurred mentioning forward something something and asking for a password.

What should I do now. I flashed this in Samsung galaxy note 2 gt-n7100

Please help me this.........
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cidxtc:
Do you not realize this is for the sprint note 2 l900 not the n7100? There are major differences between the two and you might have just bricked your device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
I cant even manually dial the 800 number for sprint or hit *2. The 3g network isnt working on the internet either. only wifi. It is only since trying this final version. Did you change anything in it? Yeah. HFA is quiting right away
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Nothing was changed except adding the extra reboot step. No files have changed since the beginning tho. They've remained the same. Like i said it wasnt til i reset that i ran into hfa issues. Mine was activated every time on boot w/ working data. And im attmpting something now gna need a few mins
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Just did full odin flash back to lj1 with repartition, nand erase and efs clear. May have been bad move....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr pnut:
That happen to me all I did was activate it manually and everything came back on
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Well dont know what happened but after testing a few things and not getting it to activate myself i did a factory reset in stock recovery. Well half of one b4 my battery fell out anyway and corrupted my data partition. Used that as an opportunity to odin back to lj1 where on boot i was in "factory mode". Played for hours as i was panicking at this point as imei and all other #'s were blank. Decided to reflash twrp and then reflashed my restore zip and comin back up all was well activated just fine. i dont get it. none the less seems weird but maybe its on sprints end
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] neopolotin75:
Maybe totally irrelevant but I had a problem with my evo 3d once where I did a factory reset and flashed cm9 or whatever and it wouodnt ac5ivate. I nand back to a sense rom and it still wouldnt activate. Wifi worked just no data and voice kept trying to activate with verizon. My info was all screwy on the phone. I contacted sprint and after a cpl mins they had me manually edit the info and it reactivated. They said sometime the settings have to be manually edited. Again this was sprint so take it with a grain of salt. Guess what im saying is it probably was on their end. Lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I know what you mean the aosp based roms like cm9 seem to be the cause of problems like this when it comes to phones with touchwiz and sense. In this case I gta say random issue/sprints end tho cuz at the same time i was having the same issues with activation. Then out of the blue it works no problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
I fell asleep trying to find a fix. I woke up a little while ago and read this. As a last resort, I tried doing the factory reset via the settings of the rom where it says all data will be lost etc. Guess what? It rebooted and activated fine and all is working normally now. So frickin weird. Billard412, thank you for staying up and trying to figure this out. I thought for sure I was going to have to bring the phone to sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Had a feeling it would fix Itself. Glad to hear it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Anyone else hear crickets chirping?

Still hopin for more feedback from someone else who flashed newest
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
Flashed with no issues here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] btbamzao:
Thanks for this. Congrats on 1k thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Thank you much appriciated
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] canito63:
Is there anyway to have this proted to the Tmobile GN2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Most likely I will see what I can do
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Beastn:
I know that Allshare cast dongle stops working whenever you root. Does anyone have a fix? Thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I heard this a few times. Is it confirmed cuz it doesn't make sense to me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Beastn:
I confirmed it on my S3, N2, and N10.1 if it connects it's for a few minutes, when your rooted. I've heard about using triangle away and nothing. I even tried with Exynos exploit. Root and Dongle don't play well together.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nikonx:
Hey, i'm still getting the can't mount /preload error in TWRP even though I used the version you posted after you said you fixed that. Any way to fix that without doing the entire wipe/flash/re-root/re-install TWRP process?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I was able to stop it in my special twrp but noticed all of the legit versions I get thru goo say that as well. I think its unrelated to the restore.and there's no need to fix it unless its causing some kind of issue which for me has not. It doesn't appear to affect anything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

The only way I was able to fix it was to use odin to flash back to stock and use the toolkit to reinstall twrp after rerooting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Odd ive odin'd a few times n still get it. Like I said though has yet to have a negative affect on anything AFAIK. Have flashed probably every rom out with that error visible and no problems to report
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

Hey billard412! How goes it? Yeah I had to use the stock recovery from the toolkit and the twrp from the toolkit otherwise it wouldn't work. You are definitely right though that it doesn't matter though because the twrp with that error works fine. I am just anal and cant stand seeing that error. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr pnut:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

Quick question? I went back stock using this method with no root if I want to root again do I have to use the toolkit or is there another method thx.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Just use exynos abuse
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr pnut:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

K but I can't seem to find it

---------- Post added at 10:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 AM ----------

Sorry bro can you point me to the right place im lost lol I feel like a noob.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1576221&d=1355926774
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] simple man:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

Thank you billard412 for making this, I just used it and it worked well. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] smellymouse:
finally! all in 1 package! Been waiting for this forever. The dirty chameleon was really bothering me.that dirty skank!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] k3v0:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

Worked like a charm. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] smellymouse:
yup this work.lol. amazing. Only thing is, when checking the rest counter it says "no". Is that normal?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes. I probly should update the op to reflect that. It never actually says "0". It says "no".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] smellymouse:
Daaaaaaaaaaaang! This thing is awesome. Everyone who actually donates should donate to the op. Come one cheap skates! Skip type coffee and give it up! And you should update that refers the counter as a no . Slot odd people say it says 0.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shawnkanan:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

So quick question when flashing this and completing the entire process the whole chameleon error is fixed? Also once this is done if there is any updates from sprint or google can the phone update on its own or will I have to manually update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes will fix chameleon error and future updates can be applied.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] smellymouse:
This actually fixes the Lizard bug! So happy! Bugged me for weeks! Left a real bad taste in my mouth for future sextape releases.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mediocrates:
Calling out respected developers is in really bad form.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chzeckmate:
Ugh, was this necessary? This post leaves a bad taste in my mouth...uncool X(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] devynbf:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

Thank you so much for the Chameleon fix.

Switched from lk8 back to ljc and it has been bugging me for days.

Much appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chzeckmate:
Just want to quickly say two things... First, I want to report my results. Happy to say 100% success and I'm thrilled to have this option if needed. Second, I want to say thanks (already clicked thanks to the maximum) and mention that I hope everyone who can makes a donation. This is very good work and I think, at the very least, you deserve a fully packed bowl.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] neopolotin75:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

Billard,

I have used this several times stills works like a champ. :thumbup: Have you figured out the preload error in twrp? Ive been able to flash stuff no issues but I was curious since it hasnt been mentioned in a tid bit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] orlondo:
thanks a lot needed this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Re: [ROM][RESTORE][1-13-13]Back to unrooted stock with auto flash count reset (FINAL

Its still there
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] koker93:
This worked great for me, at least as far as I can tell 5 minutes after successfully logging back into the phone. I was going back to stock after Paranoid Android (still has bad bluetooth.) I had the preload error in TWRP, but when I rebooted the phone it completed the remainder of the flash no problem. Went into download mode and checked and its completely back to stock. Thank you for this!

One thing - Your OP is written for people who have done this a LOT. I would guess a fair numer of people using this are going to stock to bring the phone to sprint and may not really know how to do this. They may even have had a friend root the phone in the first place. You may want a section in the OP with the steps laid out for people who do not know things like put the zip on the internal card. Just a suggestion.

All in all a great job, thanks again!