[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] afishyate:
Here are detailed instructions that I wrote out to someone else looking to help. I will PM them to you.

Sorry, the guy who wrote the request probably didn't think that your phone may be different...neither did I. Here are some cleaned up instructions. Since I don't have the phone, I can't be sure that they will work. This is perfectly safe, as you are only reading the data and saving it. As long as you don't start mashing your mouse clicker on random buttons :P And it can't hurt to have this backup around, should anything go haywire on your phone.

DFS: http://cdmatool.com/downloadFiles/application/Setup DFS 14.04.27.0.zip

Samsung USB Drivers: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2645355

1. Dial #7284# (Phone Util). If this doesn't work you can use the "Hidden Menus" app from the Play Store to locate it. Go to Qualcomm USB Settings. Note the default selection (MTP + ADB most likely) as you will want to return to this mode when you're done..Select "RNDIS + DM + MODEM". <--- I got this from a Note 2 tutorial, but it should be essentially the same. It may be called RMNET + DM + MODEM

2. Connect your phone to your PC. With the drivers installed it should detect your phone properly.Go to "Device Manager" in Windows, expand the COM/Ports list and you should see something to the tune of: "Samsung Mobile USB Port COM---x---". Take note of the COM number listed here.

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3. Open DFS. If a login/purchase windows comes up, exit it and the main program should load.

4. Click Ports at the top left. There should be a few options. If you don't see the COM port that you noted before, click "Add Port", choose "Serial" from the drop down, and enter "COMx" where x is that special ole number, and hti "Add Port"

5. Double click the new COM port and you should see your phone info pop up near the bottom of the window.

6. Exit the port window and look at the main Equipment page, ensure that Extended Build ID / MSM rev is MSM8660. This will ensure you have the right COM port. If it is not MSM8660, try double clicking the other ports.

7. Click the "Send SPC" at the top left button to send SPC 000000. Don't worry about editing the SPC info.

8. Go to the NV tab. Click the "Read Range" button. It may take a minute for the list to populate. The status bar at the bottom will be solid while it's reading, and start slowly scrolling again when it's done. If nothing happens, try sending SPC again.

9. Once it's done, click "Save" and it will save a .nv file, This is the one we're looking for. It should be 200-300kb. If it's not, the COM port is probably incorrect.

10. Just incase, try clicking "Read RF" as well, and saving this file too. It will probably end up being the same exact thing but it can't hurt. It will try to save it as the same filename, so just label it "RF".

11. Go back into the #7284# menu and re-select MTP + ADB (or if it was different, whatever the default selection was in the first step).

That's that. I mingle together the instructions from what I've found about Samsung phones so I can only hope it will work out. If DFS isn't working out for whatever reason, these instructions should work for your phone: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804117

It will just dump a text file of the NV data which will be a monster to interpret, but it can't hurt.

Thanks a ton again, and good luck.