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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] whitehme:
For all those who get stuck trying to load the last install in Odin, I tried many times and could not get past this last step. Then I started over by first loading the clean install included in the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024207. After that I used Casual and completed all of the steps in Windows.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] k9cop:
Got the wifi tether fix for ya, thanks to Wooddale

http://goo.gl/W6vsg
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmazz850:
Does using this root and recovery method wipe data? Will I be starting fresh? Just want to know ahead of time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hecantbreathe:
Re: Jailbreak(bootloader unlock) / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13

Nope.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] diabloking:
Sweet thanks Adam for this phones not rooted and unlock with recovery!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeffstoic:
Stuck from the beginning

I am stuck before i have even started. I can't get Casual to connect to my phone.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, restarted and redownloaded Casual R218

Turned off firewalls and restarted computer and phone.

Turned on the USB debugging.

The closest i have gotten is a message on Casual saying something to the effect that it cannot properly communicate to the computer and wants to "...attempt to elevate permissions...". When i click ok nothing happens?

I have a stock verizon N2.

And i am running vista.

I am not sure what i am doing wrong.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] civydcex:
Try to re download casual. Go to samsung dl drivers. Do you have klies installed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeffstoic:
I have downloaded casual a few times. Is there a newer version than the one at the beginning of this thread?

I have installed the drivers multiple time but I will try the drivers again.

I have kies installed but it doesn't connect to my phone. I figured i could at least get the drivers install from kies.

Any other options?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooddale:
You can try a different cable or different port on computer or different computer. My little lap top worked better than my big computer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] civydcex:
Try to reboot the pc. Worked for me

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Go to devices and uninstall driver for samsung. Also uninstall all drivers for samsung in program features (add/remove). Then go to microsoft update and run it while the phone is plugged in. It should find a update for samsung. Install it. If that dont work reinstall samsung drivers from samsung.com. I feel bad because I had issues but not these ones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fiktion:
Was having error -3 issues, this worked! Please add to first post and/or Youtube video.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Disable your firewall. That sounds to be the problem.. I need to encorperate better diagnostics. Can you get me the log from CASUAL? go to About>show log> copy to clipboard then paste it here.

This goes for everyone.... paste the log here in code tags.... like this: [code] log [/code].

i've been making several changes to the code based on what I'm reading here and I'm wrapping it up on all platforms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] exmeaguy:
Just to be clear, when you say a clean install, did you just install root66 again, as opposed to going back to unrooting and then install root66?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] WAudette:
Great Job

Great job Adam and Team. Worked like a charm with the OTA update and donation sent. Conf Code: 81A82905GT3989026

Video from around post 420 was most helpful as well.

William...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeffstoic:
Sorry, I don't have the logs from when i was unable to connect to casual.

I ended up just uninstalling everything and reinstalling it all, turned off firewall and it worked perfectly after that.

Thanks to everyone that responded and especially Adam for putting this all together!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] acPIZZA:
Wow. Couldn't be any easier. Thanks for the hard work guys!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Awesome!

Guys, If you have a problem, I need the log from CASUAL under About>Show Log>Copy log to clipboard. If you can paste it in here, that's the best way. but use

tags to keep it clean!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Thanks for this guys. I just got my Note Monday and it was driving me crazy looking at ads and all the bloatware in the app drawer. It came out of the box with VRALL4. The process went smooth even though I'm a noob at working with Casual and TWRP. I had a Droid Charge before and all I ever used was Odin and CWM. The only hitch was getting the Windows drivers for the Note. Once they were installed it was a piece of cake.

It's now somewhat debloated and it shouldn't show me any more ads. I'm going to try it out stock for a while but I may try a custom rom or two later on. Thanks again. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wildstang83:
Hey hey hey Adam, we can't have you coming around here make stuff to easy...

:p

Seriously, good job man. Besides jcase's one click root for the old HTC Eris, this has been the easiest root so far. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] UTbone04:
In the OP you mention that we have to be "STOCK...... STOCK anything". Does that mean unrooted too? I rooted my Note 2 a while back the minute you guys first figured out how to root it. Just want to make sure if I need to unroot first before I can apply this method to unlock my bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Re: Jailbreak(bootloader unlock) / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13

I was pure stock right out of the box. It came out rooted. It installed SuperSu.

Update: I guess I misunderstood your question. Duhh!! Yeah you're right. It doesn't say anything about being rooted or not.

Update 2: Wait a minute. If you're rooted on VRALJB you don't need this. Just don't get the VRALL4 update. If you already have it you're unrooted aren't you?

Update 3: I'm so confused!?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mike7728:
Re: Jailbreak(bootloader unlock) / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13

if u were rooted with vraljb u should still be if u didnt accept any update, if u did accept the vrall4 update while rooted you'll have to use this method to get back to root status

sent from my rooted SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gnex0422:
Re: Jailbreak(bootloader unlock) / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13

Unlocked and rooted last nite with your method, all went great thanks for all the hard work you put into it very much appreciated!!

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] UTbone04:
I rooted with VRALJB. I did not accept the recent update. Now I just want to unlock my phone. Am I able to unlock my phone using this method, or do I need to unroot first, and then apply this method? I assume I should be able to but the fact that he says STOCK only confuses me a little bit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
You can be rooted and running any version of Galaxy Note 2 software with this application. It will handle it. Still working on mac compatibility.

If anyone has a problem please get me a log from About>Show Log> Copy to clipboard then copy it here in

tags.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wildstang83:
Adam, sorry to go off topic. I wanted to pm you but you have that disabled. Anyway, I was looking at your signature banner and noticed my crest. Ordnance Corps. I did 10 years before getting medical retirement for a combat related back injury. Thanks for your service also. As me and my crew used to say GO ORDNANCE!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TeMpTeK:
Thanks for your hard work and all you do but I would like to recommend adding a caveat to the beginning of this thread for all the windows users who have no trouble flashing the baseline file but everything fails when they try the backatcha file.. The errors I was having with backatcha were it would either crash Odin and force close/ or get the red fail indicator in Odin or it would just hang at NAND Write Start!!.. I had all of these three issues while attempting to reroot after the verizon OTA update.. I went thru 30 pages of this thread and spent hrs trying everyone recs from changing the cable to updating java to trying older versions of Odin yadda yadda.. None of that works

The only thing that worked for me was to flash back to Root66 stock VRALJB 4.1.1 12/2/12- http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390210501348163619 via these instructions http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024207

This Rom brought me back to stock + Root.. I then downloaded the VZ OTA security update which breaks root... I then followed the Windows video instructions at the beginning of this thread and I had no trouble flashing the Backatcha file.. Everything worked perfectly...

Please make mention for windows users to flash to route 66 if they encounter any of these problems..

Thanks Again for all your android awesomeness

TeMpTeK
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mzimand:
I am hoping someone here can help me out. I have a phone that had the boot loader unlocked and I had a bad ROM flash in TWRP and am trying to Odin back to anything that will work.

I cannot currently get into recovery after a "Pass" an Odin flash. I have successfully been able to flash an odin file but when I try to get into recovery after I get the Odin "PASS" I just get the Samsung Splash screen flashing every 3 seconds. It is not the screen that says "Samsung" in the center. It is the one that says "Samsung GALAXY NOTE 2".

I have tried all of the "Back to stock" Guides and I get the same result every time. I get the "PASS" in Odin and then am not able to boot into recovery or start the phone.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I always thought that if you could get into download mode that you can fix the phone but so far I have not had any luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] strikeir13:
I mean, come on... does it get any easier than this???? Just incredible work. Thanks a ton, guys. Donated: "Confirmation number: 45318877HL7422825"

Thanks a lot guys!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigdade:
ok i cant even get the damn casual file to open. and yes i do have java
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MoStDoPe601:
This exploit was super easy. Coming from the Rezound S-Off fiasco its a cakewalk. Thanks for all the hard work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigdade:
THis is so frustrating. Can someone help please!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigdade:
This **** is whack man...so frustrated. Isnt there a one click solution yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rk_house:
casual scripting error?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] soba49:
What's with the bad language and sense of entitlement?

sudo java -jar path_to_casual.jar

That'll run the script. But if you have this much confusion, frustration, impatience, and especially anger at this early stage, I can't recommend rooting for you. This phone is still spectacular stock.

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I'm no moderator but wouldn't you be better served in the appropriate "back to stock" thread?

Two guesses.

1. You seem to be using "recovery" interchangeably with download mode. There's a big distinction. As I'm sure you've read, you want download mode to flash with Odin or heimdall - power the phone off, plug it in, 3 button salute while powering up until you see the scary green guy urging you to never turn your phone off again.

Note: if you've done a back to stock, you probably wiped your TWRP or any other recovery. What you need is to get the phone to boot regularly, plug it in, and get casual / Odin / etc. to recognize it.

2. Most good back to stock processes include an automatic data wipe. But since it sounds like you're hanging at boots, maybe yours didn't. However if you don't have download mode/Odin to flash an image to overwrite it, nor recovery to do the data/dalvik wipes directly, there is nothing you can do at this stage without a successful usb odin/heimdall flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigdade:
Lol sorry about the rant i just have been trying this thing for 4 hours and nothing. Ive been installing and reinstalling stuff just gets very frustrating. Also Im not on Linux.

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I am rooted as of now though. I just cant unlock the bootloader and install custom rooms, which is why you root in the first place :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ostate24:
Worked great you guys very easy too do.....just came from the S2 gotta say love this phone so far!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mac of York:
Thanks Adam! Just rooted and jailbroke my wife's phone so she could remove the Talk app. xD It was bugging her like whoa!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Do you have gksudo on your computer? what is the distro of Linux?

You haven't provided a log.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
exynosabuse exploit

Is it smart and safe to run the exynosabuse exploit after doing this root and unlock process to block the hole on a JB baseband?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
You need to run it as a administrator if you've done everything else posted in the OP. For Windows XP, right click and select run as administrator and for Windows 7, hold ctrl+shift and open the file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rockjock2020:
Re: Jailbreak(bootloader unlock) / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13

My issue is weird my casual shows my devise as connected even when its not.The laptop is a samsung also if that makes any difference. I jyst got my Note 2 and the vzw rep did the otawhile setting my account up, that's what I get for not paying attention. My baseband is I605vrall4. When I try to run casual my phone never reboots, I'm sure it has something to do with my laptop thinking I'm connected when I'm not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooddale:
Check make sure your drivers are correct,ck or change usb cable, change port on computer.

,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rockjock2020:
Re: Jailbreak(bootloader unlock) / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13

Prolem is casual sees a "device" connected when nothing is. No cord no phone nothing. And ive tried 3 cables and multiple drivers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooddale:
If I remember so did my big computer. Then I switched to little HP lap top and it worked but that was way back from the begining. I do still notice my computer still says USB connected when it is not for anything not even the exploit. If you have another computer try it if not if you havent done yet delete everything and start over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
It's a driver issue. CASUAL looks at the result of the "adb devices" command to determine how many devices are connected. 0 lines = 0 devices. 1 line 1 device, 2 lines, multiple devices....

The problem happens when you get a USB error because the drivers are not proper or when you have a firewall up.

If anyone has a great idea as to how to rework the CASUALConnectionStatusMonitor.java file located here: https://code.google.com/p/android-c...src/CASUAL/CASUALConnectionStatusMonitor.java I'm all ears

But, rockjock2020, i need a log! I'm working on CASUAL as a deployment platform. I can use the information to make it better for the next release.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] badboyg200:
I dont know if this has been answered before but will I lose my information if I unlock the bootloader on a stock rooted GN II?? Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
No
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigdade:
how do you get to the log?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
patch hole???

Is it smart and safe to run the exynosabuse exploit after doing this root and unlock process to block the hole on a JB baseband?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
Just accept the update and then perform the root and unlock procedure, that way you don't need the exynos abuse exploit apk.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakyfranks:
Excellent work and sparkling clear instructions!

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Alright.. I'm going to be out for the next week. If you're having problems, try this. If you have a problem with this one, and I mean ANY problem, please click About>Show Log>Copy to Clipboard and paste it in this forum. This will contribute to CASUAL's development. This is a totally separate application from the one in the first post.

if you're having problems download this CASUAL TESTING version

Changelog... lets see, the last version was Revision 218.. this is Revision 272.

Changelog is here: https://code.google.com/p/android-casual/source/list

Here's some highlights

Multi-threaded launch means faster startup time.

Reverted to JDK6 instead of JDK7 because its more compatible with more systems

Handled libusb -3 error by elevating permissions

Removed false permissions escillation required on Linux

Better Error Handling with more detail.

Mac SHOULD be one-click, but you must install Heimdall First! Then reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] annoyingduck:
Hey Adam, just ran the casual method without any issues, thanks for all your work. Quick question(s), as I noticed that my device ID in no longer SCH-i605, it is t0ltevzw. I went to update TWRP through the Goo manager app and the prompted device was not SCH-i605, it was the current "new" ID. Is it ok to go ahead and flash the TWRP version for the t0ltevzw that it is asking me to? Or should it be saying SCH-i605? My GS3 for example is always SCH-i535, regardless of unlocke/rom/etc. Sorry if this is a foolish question, but I am just not sure on the answer to this issue Will this new ID remain, even when flashing new roms? Is my device no longer recognized as a SCH-i605 from here on out?

-Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hong90:
Newest version worked great! After struggling with an improper kernel message with the r218, I saw that you posted r273 and it worked with no issues. Thanks so much
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] soba49:
Since AdamOutler is taking a well deserved vacation (or at least a week away from here). I decided to circumvent CASUAL and finish jailbreaking my Note2 with my Mac. All you need to do:

A) run CASUAL

java -jar CASUAL-BackAtchaVerizon-TESTING-Revision273b.jar

B) After reboot, you'll get into Download mode a second time, prepared to flash recovery.

* go to the directory where CASUAL unzipped its images, and do the heimdall flash (this will vary, but you can find it in the shell output from the first flash) & flash them with heimdall

cd "/var/folders/rr/b_f2_qnd5j72yldmnhr516_w0000gn/T/TempCASUAL6546AEC4/Beta Galaxy Note 2 Jailbreak/"
heimdall flash --82 swagBoot --60 recoverThis
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
So it is ok to take the update even though I have rooted and unlocked already?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] soba49:
Generally speaking no. There is no benefit to accepting an update once you've rooted. If you want updates, install an updated ROM. If you really want an OTA, always go back to stock first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] invurzion:
So ... I have no idea how to do this. I was getting the same issues that the previous poster was getting with the device just going back to download mode on it's own and getting stuck there.

You are referencing using Heimdall - I have no idea how to access that/circumvent CASUAL or anything of that nature. I have a Mac, but I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to doing anything other than basics when it comes to navigation.

Is there a way to access Heimdall? It is not in my applications list and when I go to Terminal and try to use the code that you posted - no love.

Thanks for all of your work on this Adam and Soba - for your attempt at helping us who are currently stuck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] soba49:
Well, the short answer is you need to properly install heimdall on your Mac, before CASUAL can run properly.

You have a few options to install heimdall: the .dmg file, the zip file with the pkg installer, or installing it from source code.

Option 1: The DMG file appeared in Adam's most recent post:

https://android-casual.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/repo/Heimdall_1.4.1_compressed.dmg (heimdall 1.4.1 DMG)

Ideally, you can download this, install it, and stop reading.​

I haven't tested Option 1 myself, so if for some reason that doesn't work, here's Option 2.

Option 2:Prior to that there was only a ZIP file with a PKG install file inside it. That's how I installed it. The file is here:

http://d.pr/f/52Ip (heimdall install zip)​

What I did to install this is described here (post #440 from page 44 of this thread):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37676841&postcount=440

The gist of it is: A) unzip the file to some directory, and open the pkg file via sudo (the driver part of it didn't install correctly for me without elevated permissions)

sudo open "Heimdall Suite (1.4 RC2).pkg"

Option 3: Build heimdall yourself from source. I can't recommend it, it involves installing macports, getting heimdall source code, compiling a late version of GCC from source (which took more than 4 hours on my newish computer), and running all the heimdall makefiles.

The 2 most important parts that heimdall installs are the binary and the driver.

BINARY

The binary is installed correctly if you type "which heimdall" or "whereis heimdall" and it shows you the executable file:

which heimdall
/usr/bin/heimdall

ls -l /usr/bin/heimdall
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ainsley staff 226988 Jan 28 13:54 /usr/bin/heimdall

DRIVER

You cannot be 100% sure that heimdall is really working correctly until you can type "heimdall close-pc-screen" in a terminal window, and get "Setting up interface..." and NOT "ERROR: Claiming interface failed!"

If you get that error message, you either have a USB connectivity problem between your phone and computer, or there is some funky permissions issue with the way the heimdall package installed its driver. CASUAL can't do its thing until this works. Examples of the full incorrect and correct outputs are also in this post #440.

ls -l /System/Library/Extensions/heimdall.kext/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 6 17:25 Contents

>>>>>>>

The long and more correct answer would be for me or someone to put a post into general that provides detailed instructions on installing and uninstalling heimdall on Linux, Windows, and Mac. I haven't even tested the new .dmg myself yet, I've never bothered with heimdall on other platforms etc. so If I'm going to write said guide myself, it isn't coming any time immediately.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donelam304:
Re: Jailbreak(bootloader unlock) / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13

I have went thru this step by step and watched the video at the first part of this post. I just bought my new note 2 and on the LL4. I done all the drivers, installed casual and as well as odin 3.07, BAVbaseline, and backatcha. Here is what I done.

1. I hooked the phone up to my computer. Waited for it to recognize it.

2. Started casual and clicked OK the first time.

3. Started odin and loaded the file "BAVbaseline.tar.md5" in the PDA block.

4. Closed odin and reopened it and loaded "backatchaverizon.tar.md5" in the PDA block.

5. Went to casual again and clicked the ok til the phone rebooted in to downloading mode. And it stayed there. I let it run last nught for well over an hour and nothing.

I have watched the video and dobe it exactally as it is done there. Is there a video that shows the screen of the phone while it is being rooted. If anyone has any suggestions please pm me in case this has been asked already. I have been thru at least 30 pages on this topic. Lol.

EDIT: I am on a windows based computer btw...