[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
Finally, a complete and official U.S. N8013 JB ROM is available. So here are updated instructions for N8013 users that have previously used Odin to install a N8000/10 ROM on their devices. To get back to "stock." Read the entire post as its been updated. For sure your device is no longer "official" and has had its binary counter advance to "1+." Option one may not correct those things and we won't know until someone reports back. So if you're OK potentially living with those things just use option one. If you're not, either wait for someone to report back on the affects of applying option one or go directly to option two.

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N8013 owners who flashed the official German N8010 Wi-Fi JB ROM have had their flash counters advance with the status of their device showing "custom." This matters for two possible reasons. 1) Some DRM-sensitive apps look for the status of "official" to run and crap out if any other status is present. 2) Samsung will be able to tell that "non-official" s/w has been running on the device (even though it's their's) if you send it in for warranty service. How big a deal the DRM issue is depends on the apps you're using and the biggest issue reported so far is the AllShare Cast Dongle doesn't work properly on devices showing "custom." For warranty issues Samsung's typically very forgiving and, unlike some OEMs, doesn't look to blame s/w for h/w issues (EG: display goes bad, charging connector failure, etc.).

There are two possible paths to get back to "official" status and a flash count of "zero."

Option One

Download the new US. N8013 4.1.2 JB update here ( http://hotfile.com/dl/189276711/f83...GT-N8013-XAR-N8013UEUCMA3-1357740396.zip.html ) and re-load that via Odin over the N8010 German ROM. After installing it, reboot your device in to download mode again by holding "power/volume up" as it restarts. What does the following say? If it still shows System Status "custom" and Custom Binary "1+" you have choices. With a "non-official" status (custom) you'll have issues with DRM sensitive apps. To get back to official, see option two below. If your system status is "official" but your binary count is 1+ you may just want to live with that. If you send your Note in for warranty service Samsung will see that non-standard s/w has been run on it at some point. Historically, they've been very liberal in repairing unrelated h/w issues on devices that have been running non-standard s/w. If it bothers you or you don't want to take a chance see option two below. After you've applied option one report back with your experience so others can know what to expect.

Option Two

Below are instructions to solve the problem but they require rooting and then un-rooting. After following the procedure your device will be "stock." If you're doing this after you've already installed the new N8013 4.1.2 JB ROM you're in essence starting over by installing a pre-rooted version of the original ICS s/w. Once the process is complete you'll have an unrooted stock ICS Note (again) with a status of "official" and binary count of "zero." Afterward, you can just allow your Note to find the JB update and download it via OTA. Or you can use Kies. If both those fail you can just re-load the complete JB ROM via Odin as above. After you've done this report back with your experience so others can know what to expect.

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These are some good basic instructions from another forum. On the "advanced" scale from 1-10 they are somewhere between a "5" and a "7." In other words, you can harm your device if you don't follow the instructions properly so please, ask questions first, run s/w later.