yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Which one did u flash? Just curious. Based on your comment my guess says MA7
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DJMaj07:
MC2!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
O I'll be damned. Glad you enjoyed it. It scared the **** outta most people hahaa
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DJMaj07:
Oh don't get me wrong, I panicked for a split second! Especially as I was rushing to get my phone back to stock so I could send it in to Samsung asap. It was such a relief when I saw the screen after it... and I had to admire your skill (and humor). Hahaha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Haha it took me some time to figure out what to do for mc2 (I change what pops up there for each version.) I thought that seemed a little cruel at first then said f it and added the blinking red light for effect haha. But thanks, you are Def one of the few who at least found the humor in it like me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DJMaj07:
Hahaha it was perfect. Considering how great of a tool you are offering for free, I think you deserve to get to mess with us a little (or a lot) haha. Thanks for making it, and I'm gonna donate when I can!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Well thanks in advance. The support is much appreciated
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] elloco0021:
I dont think people truly understand how awesome this is! Had to take a trip to the sprint store flashed while on the way and worked perfectly..almost pooped my pants but well worth it..thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Yea this is awesome i have used it nemorous times for the trip to sprint store quick and easy thanks to the op
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mweuch:
Thanks Mr.billard for this rom. Although I talked to you about how this rom restore works few weeks ago, today is the first time I flashed it. Everything went normal and I checked everything and it seems it is back to stock except when I try to download root only app such as TB, they still install as if I am rooted. Aside from that everything seems stock. Thanks again sir. English is my second language I hope I explain this clearly. And thank you sir for this. Helps a lot when u are ready to use sprint warranty. Thanks mate
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] evertroy:
Any suggestions?

After flashing this I am still having problems with TWRP saying it can t mount /preload. When installing some roms (like whompasaurus) aroma fails because of an error something like "file_getprop failed to stat tmp/aroma-data/launchers.prop no such file or directory" I've tried booting into recovery and doing a factory reset after installing this RECOVERY but still no dice.

I keep thinking it has something to do with partitions so i found a PIT file and flashed it through ODIN along with TWRP and it didnt seem to do anything. IDK, maybe I got the wrong PIT file or I did it wrong?

Ive tried installing CWM cuz it lets you format /preload... no dice.

What is wrong and why doesnt this restore fix it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] UnKnOwNHoMeLesSDrUnK:
1st- THANKYOU,this got me out of a very bad situation once or twice.... ok a few times

2nd- I WILL be donating to you VERY soon....

3rd- You scared the BahJeeZUZ out of me with that end of flash upside down prank :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mweuch:
Now after Sprint fixed my phone, how to I get back to root? Re root again? thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mweuch:
Thank you very much! am back to root now and looking forward to donate once my paypal account it set up this weekend! thx much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeeplj8:
error - install failed

need some guidance, not sure where to go from here.

Need to get phone back to stock for trip to Sprint store. Using TWRP have wiped system, cache, format data etc. When flashing the MC2 stock I get the following error message:

Flashing temp special recovery

assert failed: package_extract_file(*recovery.im

(status 7)

Any help please.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Make sure your using the latest twrp recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeeplj8:
How do I figure out which version of TWRP I am running, and then how does one upgrade? Thanks for you help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] guycan:
Boot into recovery and it will sa...

Goo manager is the easiest way to get the latest

SGN2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1midniterider:
Will the restore also work if you have phone encryption enabled?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] romagnus:
This worked perfect for me. Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
Used this to fix problems with my phone. Worked great... kept root by flashing the root.zip right after and worked. Now my problem is that I used goomanager to install twrp recovery. Now every time I try to make a backup it goes thru the whole process but after it's done at the top of screen it says Backup Complete then failed in red letters. Does anyone have any ideas? Wanted to flash a new ROM but didn't want it to screw up. Using TWRP 2.6.0.1 tried 2.6.3 and still got failed message.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Make sure you have a decent amount of space on your internal storage (>1.5gb) even if you're backing up to your external storage. TW backups are HUGE
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
Thanks I got it fixed. Had to delete the backup folder in my ext sd then reflash twrp recovery. All is well now.

Thanks for advice.

Android...A New Digital Revolution Of Incredible Developers...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] STIDRIVER:
NM... I fixed my own stupid.:o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bklm1234:
HELP!!

I have done this several times before. But this time, I'm stuck at the "Samsung GALAXY NOTE II" start screen. I pulled the battery, put it back. The phone immediately got into the start screen instead of being completely off. I have no chance to start TWRP. Please help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gibsonusa:
Sounds like an odin to me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bklm1234:
I got it working again. Before I put the battery back in, I pressed vol down, home button, power button, holding them and then slipped the battery in. I was able to get to the download mode this way. This time I flashed TWRP 2.6.3.0 (I used 2.3.1.1 last time). Then I flashed the zip file. It's probably easy if you have someone to help you put the battery in while you are holding the buttons down.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Storm44:
Phone Stuck on SAMSUNG Screen

This worked flawlessly. My phone was laggy, freezing and calls keep dropping within every few mins. I re-installed my ROM, cleared Cache the works and nothing helped. With the phone on the verge of bricking (seemed like) I followed the instructions and I am fully stocked. Its a sad site being stock, but I will wait a few days to see how the phone runs. If all is good I will root the phone and load another custom ROM. Any suggestions on a ROM would be appreciated? I was on Jelly Bomb and will go back but wanted to see if there was anything else out there that's worth flashing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rudyrude432:
Holy moly! So your telling me I just unrooted my phone, with my phone?! Wtf! Yes! You guys are truly too much Thank you! So there must be a way to root your phone from your phone I'm I right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes and no. Cnexus has a thread in general outlining how to root from the phone itself but it seems the majority of people to try were unsuccessful so you'll most likely need a pc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Sorry disregard that I was thinking of the s3. The note 2 can be rooted using exynos abuse by chainfire IF its on firmware other than mc2. Otherwise you need a pc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] simple man:
This may work, I haven't used it but it looks like others have had success with our service model.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276

[ROOT] Framaroot, a one-click apk to root some devices

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bleyten:
After flashing, including the root.zip, my phone now just boots to the temp recovery every reboot. If I try to flash again or another rom. I get and error saying unable to access '/preload' and just reboots to the temp recovery!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Use the temp recovery to Reflash the zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bleyten:
I did but it just keeps rebooting back to the temp recovery on restart.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] SComp23:
I am also having this issue. It goes back to TWRP and says "u were scared", which is true, I was, but then it does nothing. Keeps saying there is a problem with /preload.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bleyten:
Exactly what's happening with me. Hopefully someone has a solution to this!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jocarog:
In cwm you need to format "/preload" , twrp doesn't have that option, once you format "/preload" reflash twrp and try again, that should fix it, good luck!

Edit: I recommend using this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2452978

For root you should use CF autoroot....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bleyten:
RESOLVED: For anyone else having this issue. I ended up flashing the TWRP version 2.4.1.0 zip (most recent versions wouldn't flash for some reason). Then when I turned on the phone it would boot to the full version of TWRP. As a side note, when I would reboot recovery the phone would reboot to the full TWRP version, if I rebooted the bootloader the phone would restart in the custom (u were scared) version of TWRP. From the full version of TWRP 2.4.1.0 I flashed the count restore zip and then the root.zip, again the phone rebooted to the custom version of TWRP and stopped there and wouldn't do anything else but loop back the custom TWRP if restarted. So again I flashed TWRP 2.4.1.0, this time I only flashed the count restore zip and the phone booted properly. I lost root but that;s ok because I only wanted to fix this so I could sell the phone since I now own the GN3.

Hope this helps you [MENTION=841322]SComp23[/MENTION]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] SComp23:
Thanks, I was actually just coming back to say I fixed it as well. I have no idea how, I just tried it again but this time after the install I didnt wipe cache. Went into a bootloop, pulled the battery and entered recovery (recovery had reverted to stock at this point) wiped cache there and boom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] MeetFace:
Thanks for this. Taking my phone in for BB repair. I had the 'preload' error as well, but I had not problems and it booted and reset my counter.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JimSmith94:
*** Never mind, I finally got the temp recovery to recognize my card, reinstalled, and it worked. ***

PLEASE HELP!!! I have flashed and installed many times and usually never have problems with this kind of stuff, but I've gotten myself into a jam with this one.

I installed the MC2 stock with counter reset zip on my Sprint Note 2 with TWRP 2.6.3. I did the factory reset, it installed fine, but rebooted back to the U WERE SCARED temporary recovery with the Unable to mount /preload message. I then downloaded TWRP 2.4.1 and copied it to my external SD card hoping that would fix it, but apparently the temporary recovery can't see my external SD card. Now I can't install TWRP or even try to reinstall the MC2 zip. Any ideas guys and gals?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ycats:
Trying to understand this..............so the current version of TWRP will not work trying to get back to stock MC2....so we have to flash TWRP 2.4.1........then flash MC2_STOCK_with_COUNT_RESET_20130511.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] devildogaw:
stupid ?...maybe

I downloaded the MC2, my question is to I put it on the phones storage or my sd card?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
It doesn't matter
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Ive downloaded the mc2 & the root zip. I believe something has messed up my data, wifi etc. Its just not as fast as it used to be. I flash sometimes 3 roms a day, tw, aosp. So I wanted to do this reset & keep root, & I figured when the 4.3 update comes id run this again without keeping root. Im wondering if this sounds like a plan billiards?

That way I can take the update, cause then I would be fully stock & then I can just re-root after.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ycats:
Which version of TWRP do you have?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
I have the latest, 2.6.3.0

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ycats:
So with the latest TWRP, you were able to flash the MC2 stock rom successfully?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
No, I have slow wifi, data, gps issues. Phone just seems bogged down. My post up above is asking if (if) flashing the mc2 is a good idea to get things right, a clean slate if you will. I do want to keep root the 1st time, then before the update to 4.3, I would run this again without keeping root, so I can get the ota. I'm only on page 7, but im in the process of reading this whole thread, didn't see anything in op about which twrp to use, so I figured the latest would be fine.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ycats:
That is strange..............wondering if you install a different version of TWRP and try again, to see if it runs better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Dude I dont think you are following me. I have not flashed this restore zip. My data issues are across any rom whether it be tw or aosp. Its irrelevant what rom im on. I'm actually running venum ice reborn (tw), but data & wifi are slow, on pac-man, carbon, digiblur, jellybombed. I just need billiard to say go ahead & flash this, on latest twrp & maybe that'll straighten out your data & wifi, gps glitchyness, & that yes, if you flash the restore without root you will be able to take ota

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ycats:
gotcha...........sorry for the misunderstanding
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes your idea should work just how u want it to. Now keep in mind root itself WON'T mess up the ota so you can flash the root zip after this and still recieve the OTA no problems just DO NOT alter anything in your /system folder and the ota should go down without a hitch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ycats:
so it's okay to use TWRP 2.6.3.0 to flash MC2_STOCK_with_COUNT_RESET.zip?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Awesome billiard, thank you for this & the response. Appreciated.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] vasiaeva:
I don't clearly understand what carrier wipe option for? and will it wipe my data (##3282#)

I wish i see you thread before i go to sprint and they figure it out that my phone was rooted...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ycats:
my understanding is if you're wanting to get back to stock, you need to wipe everything (data), but not storage card
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Don't worry about that. As said in the op if you don't know what its for u don't need it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] vasiaeva:
Thanks mate :good: your thread is really helpful keep it go ! thanks for your time !

About your signature. That's building 7 that's was not hit with a plain they just blow it up :crying: After 9/11 i don't have any illusions about how "governors" "care" about us...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nAvTVeR6o

---------- Post added at 08:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:27 PM ----------

I just finish restore with MA7 and it never was that easy :D

I fix my data problems with your zip!!! F.ck i' m so happy Here is my thanks CN 7GF51224R0900691W.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Thanks a ton. Might just have to take that to the bar tonight. Glad to see another truther around as well :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] vasiaeva:
CHEERS MATE:highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
http://phandroid.com/?p=129739

Billiard412, what is the deal with the knox thing. I mean, if your no longer under warranty then no big deal right? Also, the knox issue doesn't affect flashing your restore rom & keep root & take the ota right, or should I wait a bit. Tia

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
I have read somewhere in xda that you cant get OTA update if you are rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Although it says they're adding KNOX security features I don't think that it will hurt warranty or affect flashing my zip. I haven't yet updated to 4.3 on my gn2 (if someone has a direct link to the ota that'd be great). I'll confirm any issues once I update and test myself tho
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Currykun:
My buddy wwjoshdew has been warning that the update will mess with your bootloader and make it hard to root and gain custom recovery. I haven't done much looking into it, but I definitely trust his word.

Tread carefully guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
Thanks for your work so that we can enjoy the rooted phone and apps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
It will do exactly as the ma7 update did. You will not be able to roll back with Odin and it may be harder to root. As long as you still have a custom recovery my zip will still work as it should. I don't believe that the warranty will be affected like in the note 3 because the note 2 does not have the hardware capable of doing that. (Believe the n3 has an e fuse). We'll be ok I think
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Currykun:
Sweet. I'm all for that. But what we really need right now is someone who would be willing to create a zip to throw through custom recovery and keep root. If keeping root is a problem, there's always Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper, but that isn't always effective.

I'm anxious to get back to stock, but if I don't like it, I definitely want to be able to restore a backup and forget about making that mistake.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I believe ota root keepet won't be enough due to new security features in Android 4.3. I believe a modded kernel is needed for root in 4.3 if I'm not mistaken. I will however be modifying the ota to keep custom recovery once I get my hands on it. I'll post it here when I do
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Thanks billiard, I'll definitely be just sitting back & reading & waiting. Thanks again,

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Here is what people are flashing billiard, http://www.mediafire.com/download/yxu7eu47h4dhaht/USER_L900_SPT_MC2_to_MK4_Update_FWD.zip

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
I dont know if rolling back from 4.3 with odin works but I was able to roll back to 4.1.2 from 4.3 with this flashed from TWRP which I installed using odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Updated my phone by modifying this ota zip and flashing with twrp. As soon as the update finished I flashed the root zip and a custom recovery. Upon boot i opened super su and as I figured, root is broken anyway. Custom recovery still works fine and as said above you can flash my zip to revert back to MC2 or lower (which I'll be doing since my wifi isnt working after upgrading)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Sorry to hear about your wifi. You are the only the second one that I know of to have that issue. Wifi does work fine for me though. Checking out the n7000 root method for 4.3 and going to try it out. Maybe it will work for us.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Currykun:
That's good news if I've ever heard it. Backdoor style as expected, but I'm glad it worked out well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ubigred:
I just want to keep stock root, but I want 4.3. Step by step instructions for myself and others. Thanks!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Not sure about a step by step, but you should check out this thread here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2459137, I haven't done anything to my phone (yet) but, yeah, check this out if you haven't already.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] padlock:
quick question I couldn't find in thread. My home button just stopped working and I am not confident in my skills to crack open the phone to replace or troubleshoot, plus I have insurance on the phone.

I have twrp installed, if I do a factory wipe will I still be able to boot into recovery mode after that to reflash this rom? Hope that's not too confusing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] simple man:
Only if that's all you do, but if you flash this restore.zip, it will replace your recovery with the stock recovery.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] padlock:
Ok, I think that answers my question perfectly, thanks! Yeah I'm just going to flash back to stock recovery and rom so I can take the phone to sprint. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
Downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2?

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETELY DOWNGRADE TO 4.1.2 with this! It is awesome! I thought I was screwed into the MK4 update, because I took the update, after helping a few people by uploading an unbrick tar file, and reading that you could downgrade, so I tried it and it worked! Unbelievable, this script is awesome. Do you think you could do this for the Galaxy s4? There are hundreds of people that took the update accidentally and want to roll back, I cant wait to share the knowledge in the GS4 thread, maybe someone over there can get with someone over here and work out a downgrade patch for the GS4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
I've been looking into bringing this to the s4 for some time. It's hard since I don't own the phone and I need to be careful with what I attempt since using this method to downgrade the s3 from the 4.3 ota caused a hard brick so it's obvious not all phones are created equal lol. I will be more than happy to work with someone who wants to try this on the s4. I'll lend all the knowledge I have lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
Ok, You are the Man! I will definitely find your donate box when I get paid, first. There is a developer over there that I will send your way, his name is Sac23. If he doesn't want to mess with it, I certainly will. I just don't know enough yet. I will though...I was reading the sboot.bin with a hex editor trying to get an understanding of how it works, then I thought I was on to something, did a little research and found out I was on the right track, but the exploit was already used called the loki patch. i was surprised that I was actually right in figuring out how it worked. I'm working on a degree in Computer Science, so it's not a complete waste of time...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] na_tra:
Hi billard412: are you currently working on the MK4 with wifi?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yup. Can't really give an eta yet tho but it is in the making
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bhint15:
SCARED!!!

Lol man you got my heart pumping...Thanks for the MC2 restore flash file working on getting to MK4!!!

I almost pulled battery thank god I didn't!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Lol sorry for the near heart attack. I make this too easy u have to expect me to have some fun with it. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] The Legendary Odyssey:
My Appreciation

Big ups to louforgiveno, billard412, lorjay589, & dr.ketan - if it wasn't for you guys my phone would be stuck on the knox bootloader & even worse, still bricked! Now I'm knox free with MC2 bootloader, rooted on MK4, & rockin AOSP. Without you this would not be possible. I want to thank all of your efforts.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mshnayde:
Okay so can we flash this directly and still keep the ability to go back to stock later if needed?

I am on DIrty Unicorn ROM. Do I need to flash anything else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] billard412:
Yes. And No