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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Okay so on my 2012 Imac, I downloaded java and downoaded Casual. Casual Opens and when I plug my Note in I am able to click do it. Now, before I do this is there anything else I should download or do? I'm sort of a noob and cannot find any help on Mac's :( Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] themanwithcoke:
Of course. I've been reading the basic glossary of every term I can find, and I'm not about to blame the guides I've found so far for not going in-depth on everything. I've just never had an Android device until recently and its methods of establishing administrative permissions are the most unconventional I've seen in any OS (or maybe it's just VZW/TW).

I'll keep browsing for better tips before I do this but I do have a permanent 2-year warranty with my phone, regardless of rooting. I should be safe with screwups, but I prefer to get it right the first time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
CASUAL is designed to limit the prerequisites required. It expects what most people would probably already have have on their computer, Java 7 JRE, and OEM Samsung Drivers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] carhauler1969:
I wouldn't bet on the "permanent 2 year warranty" especially on Verizon since rooting violates their TOS altogether, that's why they go to such great lengths to lock & encrypt the bootloaders on their carrier branded devices.

Check out this free app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.allaboutroot

It'll explain the basics of root, and it's advantages.

I don't know what phone platform you're coming from, but Android is far more customizable than iOS, Windows Phone, etc. We have complete control over the device.

Sent from another Galaxy on my Note 2 with Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
I was unsure whether the mac version needed anything besides Casual, Java, and the samsung drivers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] themanwithcoke:
Thank you for the link, that will surely be helpful.

As for the mobile platform I've been with, I've relied on dumbphones for so long, as well as a Blackberry Curve that's severely outdated, so if anything, Android is a breath of fresh air. It's not the OS, though. It's the methods in which I have to circumvent the platform just to get su access. I don't doubt its customizability in the least.

If I have a third-party warranty with Best Buy, I'm not sure how Verizon could intervene with that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
CADI has been updated.

CADI will now check (and prompt the user to wait) if there is any driver install in progress before installing the driver needed for Heimdall.

New CASUAL version coming soon, stay tuned :fingers-crossed:.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] carhauler1969:
The additional hackery needed to obtain SU privileges on this particular phone, the Verizon variant, is all Verizon's doing. On all other variants of the Note 2 the bootloader (download mode) is factory unlocked. All that is needed to obtain SU access is to install Superuser with the correct libs & binaries, usually flashed from a custom recovery, or in Odin.

With Casual, on the VZW Note, the unlocking of the bootloader, rooting, and installing a custom recovery is completely automated, and literally takes less than two minutes to complete.

Adam, jrloper, & co. have taken the one click approach to a new level, IMO, making this whole process a much less daunting task than it normally would be.

Good for you on the Best Buy warranty, I've always heard great things about their mobile device warranties. Hopefully you won't need it anytime soon :)

Sent from another Galaxy on my Note 2 with Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] westlandnick:
I haven't read anyone else that has posted about this so I'm just going to throw it out there. I had some driver issues myself, I installed kies, and I also unistalled those and tried the drivers that come on the phone (when you first plug it in and it loads a "cd drive") and I also downloaded the drivers from the samsung website and they would all work at first, but then I would get a "device hardware id missing" the next time I would plug my phone in. I found this thread that was from Microsoft, and it worked like a champ for me. So if anyone else has that particular issue check this out:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...=2&msgId=e052dd8e-4e8b-459a-845b-234575ed21a0

It has you install an older gs3 driver. But since following that thread, I have had 100% flawless experience with my phone. And I actually had my phone give 2 different computers a BSOD 3 times just from plugging it in. And that was with the factory driver installed... I thought my phone was defective.. But I guess VZW gives us ****ty drivers..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Would a quick mac tutorial be a possibility sometime soon? Could use quite a bit off help sadly :confused: :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Just a note to myself...

DEBUG]SCRIPT COMMAND:shell "/data/local/tmp/exynos-abuse </data/local/tmp/rootGN.sh"
[DEBUG]sending
[DEBUG]
###executing real-time command: C:\Users\gspguest\AppData\Local\Temp\gspguestTEMPC ASUAL9E942177\adb.exe###
[!] Error mmap: Invalid argument|00000004

[DEBUG][!] Error mmap: Invalid argument|00000004

[DEBUG]return from ADB:[!] Error mmap: Invalid argument|00000004

this is a device which was protected from Exynos Abuse..

In the future I need to invoke the exynos-abuse with a command like this....

$IFCONTAINS Invalid argument|00000004 $INCOMMAND $ADB shell "/data/local/tmp/exynos-abuse </data/local/tmp/rootGN.sh" $DO $USERNOTIFICATION Problem Detected, Your device has been modified to prevent\nExynos-Abuse Exploit.. You may not be rooted\nbecuse of this.

instead of a straight shell so the output is monitored.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] carhauler1969:
Just for my own info, is the Note 2 still vulnerable to the exynos exploit? Or has that been patched already?

Sent from another Galaxy on my Note 2 with Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
No. Not as delivered
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] themanwithcoke:
I just finished this process which was a breeze thanks to the one-click utility, but I just want to verify this: will this method disable all VZW OTA updates from breaking through?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
yep
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Hey Adam! I'm kinda new to this so if im on a new Imac and have java, casual, and samsung drivers installed can I just click the do it button and be all set? I've been searching the Forums for assistance with Casual on the Mac. As well as finding the Samsung drivers for Mac. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
OEM drivers and Java are all you'll need to get started, you will be prompted to install Heimdall shortly after starting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Now I know I am probably an idiot, but where can I find the OEM drivers for mac? :confused::D Also my mac is 64 bit :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
Make sure Kies isn't running in the background, it will cause a Claim Interface Error.

Do a battery pull and reboot into Android, restart the process.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
I close out Kies but it keeps saying the same thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
I have the BAV baseline file and the Back atcah Verizon Bootloader. I downloaded the CASUAL r193 app, assuming that's what I'm suppose to be using. If not, can you provide a link or tell me the name of the thread or repository where I can fine the app. At this moment, I'm using ODIN and manually booting into download mode to flash BAV baseline and Back atcah Verizon Bootloader.

The BAV baseline appeared to flash and the phone rebooted back into the OS. So now I've went back into download mode and again and I'm attempted to flash the bootloader from ODIN using PDA and it appears the something is hanging because its been 15 minutes and my download bar is only about 20% full. I know that if I disconnect the phone ODIN will say that the flashing has failed, so I'm trying to avoid doing that.

Update......

I believe I've found the right CASUAL, I think.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cjstock:
Help

I was flashing the second file through Odin, and I'm stuck. I was flashing the BackAtchaVerizon.tar.md5 and the last line under the message section says "NAND write start!!". It has been stuck on this for a few minutes. Please help me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
I'm in the same boat myself, now that I'm using the correct version of CASUAL and correct baseline and bootloader files. At this moment my device download status is showing 100%, no less than 90% but it's been like that since I started flashing the backatchaverizon bootloader.

Please advise
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] delaneybob:
To all who can see the new recovery

how do yo get to the new recovery?

All i can get is the stock recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
When CASUAL states that "you're unlocked," how would I know that for sure because others have claimed it took them straight into the custom recovery, but my phone went into the stock recovery before I rebooted one last time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] delaneybob:
Exactly- either the procedure I used is flawed (the draft I posted)

OR

We are missing something implied or so basic we do not see it

The video and presumption is you are using Linux. i really do not want to build a VM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/123

Although I'm not sure if this works on the Verizon Galaxy Note 2, but it should if you download GooManager from the market......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bulabone:
worked perfect!! thanks alot!!! Was actually about to leave my house to exchange my note 2 for one w/o the OTA :D:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8dawgs:
Stuck in download mode

Problem is a bit different from others I've seen described, and I've read

through all the previous.

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS with java ver 1.7.0_11 on x86_64 system.

I was already rooted (ExynosAbuse) on stock ROM I605VRALJB

with SuperSU V0.99 & Busy Box Free.

To block OTA, I had "frozen" SDM 1.0 and Keychain with TB but

renamed FWupgrade with ES File Explorer because TB didn't show

anything similar to that name.)

Confirmed I'm still on VRALJB and fired up CASUAL. Mashed DO-IT,

and it escalated for Heimdall and put device in download mode but "sat there".

Don't think it is reconnecting - there is a libusb error (-3) in the log, which I've

attached below. Hope I've provided enough information to be helpful - thanks

for creating the nifty tool!! (Tried it twice after pulling battery with

the same results.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] delaneybob:
i do not see it in Googlepay- only ROM manger- and ROM manager is not supported on Galaxy Note 2

I really do not want to brick the phone by trying to wipe cache etc in stock recovery and i want to be able to back up enitre phone like i used ot do on DROID-X
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
FAILED attempt

Well, after flashing the new baseline and backatachverizon file and then flashing TWRP recovery and attempting to create a copy of my stock rom, I received a "system software unauthorized by verizon wireless."

CASUAL even told me my phone was unlocked, however after 15-20 minutes I had to pull the battery during the flashing of backatachverizon because it seemed as though it was hung. After rebooting, that's when CASUAL said you're unlocked.

Please advise........
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BoostedB18C:
Re: Jailbreak / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13]

Did you try starting from the begining again?

Sent From My Unlocked Note 2. Thanks Adam and everyone involved!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] delaneybob:
UPDATE

- I got it to work- just tried twice- 2nd attempt worked

Now my questoin is how to back the phone up like in CWM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] budwizer:
Just picked up my Note 2 from Verizon yesterday and was pissed that it was already patched. Good to see this out and perfect timing. Worked like a champ for me on Win8 64bit. Donation on the way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] badrsj:
Brilliant work Adam, Thanks. I was able to do this despite my short attention span :)

I am writing these few lines as my experience - I went from fully stock after bootlocked OTA to rooted.

I am not offering tech support or responsible for what happens to your phone. This account is just for knowledge of people going thru the same process.

I have been able to go thru the process, Just detailing as follows

1- Have all files downloaded before - I had forgot the "back atcha verizon boot loader" and had to download it in the middle.

2- Unzip ODIN into a folder and be ready to run it when needed. Do not run it from the zip file.

3- Make sure your drivers are installed already for the phone itself to work with your computer.

Process

1- Verify Java.

2- Disable your antivirus program - it comes up and gives all sort of warnings etc. - Just restart it after you are done.

While booted fully into Android (not in download) run Casual - Casual will put the phone into boot loader and ask you to flash the BAVBaseline.tar.md5.gz this is the baseline bootloader which is flashed thru ODIN. Go ahead and flash this when ODIN asks you - leave Casual running for the next step. In ODIN this goes in the bootloader area. No other changes made in the ODIN screen.

The device will reboot after the BAVBaseline.tar.md5.gz - at this time I had gone back and exited out of the ODIN (which is what I did to ensure a clean start from ODIN - this step may not be needed - there may be another way - However this is how it worked out for me)

After the device has rebooted - ask Casual to "continue" - it will put your phone back into the download mode - ready for the last flash which is BackAtchaVerizon.tar.md5.gz - At this time I restarted the ODIN - the phone was already in download mode as the Casual had put it in.

In ODIN this BackAtchaVerizon.tar.md5.gz goes in the bootloader area. No other changes made in the ODIN screen.

Go ahead and flash this then the phone will boot back up into the Team Win Recovery. At this time you now have ROOT and Recovery.

However the recovery menu is not accessible via power button - which is a function of custom ROM and not of the standard Samsung ROM.

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For stock ROM of Samsung where the power off button does not give you that option you may try this app - which allows reboot to recovery from Android itself without any button combos.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnNpcml1c2FwcGxpY2F0aW9ucy5xdWlja2Jvb3QiXQ..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
How long did it take to flash back atcha file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] delaneybob:
So the answer appears that you do not need CWM-TWRP has Backup and restore
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BoostedB18C:
Re: Jailbreak / Root / TWRP Recovery -- Even after update [26JAN13]

I personally dont like twrp. I switched to cwm. If you want to here is the thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35396518

Sent From My Unlocked Note 2. Thanks Adam and everyone involved!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
I did the procedure again except after flashing the baseline and waiting for ODIN to show that the flash passed, I then closed ODIN and pressed continue in CASUAL. This put the phone back into download mode and I opened ODIN and inserted the backatachverizon file into the bootloader area and pressed start. This time around it actually flashed and rebooted the phone back into the stock ROM and not the TWRP recovery mode as others have described. So I'm a little hesitant to try and manually go into recovery mode for fear that it might soft brick again.

---------- Post added at 04:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:22 PM ----------

it's GooManager

---------- Post added at 04:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:26 PM ----------

Ok let me post what worked for me and where I think some of us still getting stuck are going wrong.

Assuming you've already turned on USB debugging in developer options under Settings.

1. Open CASUAL and wait until it shows device connected.

2. Select Do it and it will give you a couple of warning prompts, which you must accept before it reboots your phone into downloading mode.

3. Open ODIN and add the baseline file to the bootloader area and select start. Wait for it to show COM #, where # is some assigned number in the ID:COM field. Select start and it will flash the baseline, but wait for it to show a status of RES and then PASS after a minute or so right above the ID:COM title.

4. Shut ODIN down completely after getting the PASS status and allow the phone to reboot.

Important side note:

The phone will start to reboot and CASUAL will say press continue so that you can flash the baseline because all it's doing is putting the phone into downloading mode. DON'T PRESS CONTINUE YET. Allow the phone to fully boot up and then press continue in CASUAL. Wait for the phone to display that it's in downloading mode and reopen ODIN.

5. Repeat step 3, but add the backatchaverizon file to the bootloader area and press start when ODIN is communicating via the COM #. This should flash the file and boot you into TWRP custom recovery.

Let me know if this help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] delaneybob:
WHOA- does this method (TWRP) and Beanstown ROM not support external SD? When i put the SD card in, recovery hangs on the TEAMWINGUI.

The BACKup option supports external SD

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Replying to myself- is it true I need to reformat the flash to fat32 from extfat for both TWRP and CWM to recognize it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
From terminal:

$ sudo kextunload -b com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite
$ sudo kextunload -b com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData
$ sudo kextunload -b com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Command not found :/

Your patience and assistance is really appreciated right now!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
you're not putting in the "$" are you?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Okay so entered in terminal and each one said could not be unloaded because not found for unload request
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
whats the output of

kextstat | grep -v apple
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) <Linked Against>

115 3 0xffffff7f82678000 0x42000 0x42000 org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.10) <7 5 4 3 1>

116 0 0xffffff7f826ba000 0x8000 0x8000 org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.10) <115 42 32 7 5 4 3 1>

117 0 0xffffff7f826c2000 0x5000 0x5000 org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.10) <115 7 5 4 3 1>

118 0 0xffffff7f826c7000 0x6000 0x6000 org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.10) <115 5 4 1>

Andrews-iMac:~ Astreet$
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
Try to run CASUAL after these commands

sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Andrews-iMac:~ Astreet$ sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv

(kernel) Can't remove kext org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv; services failed to terminate - 0xdc008018.

Failed to unload org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv - (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload).

Andrews-iMac:~ Astreet$ sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB

(kernel) Kext org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB not found for unload request.

Failed to unload org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB - (libkern/kext) not found.

Andrews-iMac:~ Astreet$ sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt

(kernel) Kext org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt not found for unload request.

Failed to unload org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt - (libkern/kext) not found.

Andrews-iMac:~ Astreet$ sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
Try CASUAL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ztotherad:
guys I just wanna say that you are incredibly awesome! I've just rooted/unlocked my note 2 (finally)! Thank you thank you thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Yet again another interface fail. Starting to loose hope haha dam macs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
lol, don't get me started.

Whatcha running in VBox?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
I was running Ubuntu but I had removed it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
Well I'm out of debugging ideas for Mac...I don't own anything Apple, so I can't really try to reproduce the error and create a workaround.

Got a Windows Machine around?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Sadly I do not, I planned on building my own this summer but still some months away. I was going to try windows in Virtual box to root but I might just have to swing by a friends and do it really fast.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
You can ask for help here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2171007

If you can get it working let me know what the issue was
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] geoff5093:
Just wanted to say that when I got a refurbished Note 2 from Asurion yesterday (orignal dropped on the floor and cracked the screen), I was able to use Casual to unlock and root it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
A better way to word it is default drivers. This requires nothing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xirnibor:
Problems with this

When I right click the .jar file and choose Open with java i get this error - is there any other way to run this Casual file in an adb window or something other than java??

*update - for me, in dos mode i can type java -jar (filename) and application loads. hope that helps if others are at a cmd window
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Any mac developers care to make a 64bit version of the latest Heimdall? https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall

I can package it if you can get the heimdall.kext/, libusb and heimdall files.

The current problem is only affecting the Mac 64 bit version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sirmims:
Hey guys, whats the easiest way to unroot using Mac? I cant use Odin or OneClick since it can't unroot right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
You say unroot, do you mean return to stock? Or just unroot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sirmims:
Unroot and stock I guess. Make the phone like it was before I rooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
Easiest method is Odin, as it can flash it l all from a single file. You can run Odin on a Mac via Parallels Desktop or from a Windows VM. Otherwise you'll have to manually flash bootloader, recovery, ROM, etc. from Heimdall.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] U01637:
hey im getting stuck on the Downloading do not turn off android screen when casual says it should be rebooting...any ideas what if anything is wrong? is it safe to unplug and reboot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrloper:
I don't know what's wrong, I need the log (CTRL + L). Unplug, do a battery pull and reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] U01637:
did a battery pull and i guess it picked up where it left off cuz it only took about 15 seconds start to finish...thanks again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] weedahoe:
Thanks for the package.

Initially after starting it, I got stuck at the "downloading" screen on the device. After several minutes, I pulled the battery and when I reconnected it and booted it back up it picked up where it left off and finished.

I verified root but how do you verify it is unlocked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thepolishguy:
Boot to recovery. If it is custom you succeeded.

I believe it is volume up/home button /power button all at the same time.