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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1369:
(scratching head) Actually, it is as it is stated in the installation instructions by the OP.

First time installing CyanogenMod 10.2 to your Galaxy Note 2 I605, or coming from another ROM:

- Read known issues ans FAQs

- Flash the latest official ClockworkMod-Recovery

- Copy GApps and CM10.2 ZIPs to your SDCard

- Boot into Recovery

- Flash CM10.2 zip from SDCard

- Flash GApps zip from SDCard

- DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET (otherwise your device will be stuck at boot)

- Reboot

- Don't restore system data using Titanium Backup!

- Restoring Apps + Data might cause problems and is not recommended, avoid it if possible!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] libbycm:
....coming from another ROM... Eg stock or someone else's.... Read further under coming from cm10 and it does not mention wiping data... I have been on twrp since the beginning and last wiped my phone back in July ... Because I wanted to not BC I had to. Have 'dirty flashed' cm10.1/10.2 on twrp since then with zero problems (other than obvious ones/known issues)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chachi:
What's wrong with Cwm touch 6.0.3.4?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] libbycm:
For starters it wouldn't wipe my phone when it was encrypted no matter what I did, and also nandroid backups wouldn't restore. Both were non issues on twrp. I also had an issue after wiping system/flashing one time as well where phone wouldn't boot.. Flashed twrp and booted right up. Until nightlies for note 2 started, I used cwm religiously... But was too quirky/buggy for me and I never had an issue with twrp.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] epdp14:
I get 10.2 installed, configured, etc. Everything works great. I only restore apps using the google play store, no TB... but when I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the Samsung boot screen. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chachi:
Weird... Never had a problem with Cwm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tonipepperoni77:
its better not not reboot rather just power down then turn back on. somthing within the system is messing up whenever you use the reboot option and it really hasnt been figured out yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] epdp14:
I'll give that a try. Reinstalling now.

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No luck, same issue. It works great the first boot. Immediately after the Google configuration, I chose power off. On reboot, it gets stuck at the Samsung boot screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tonipepperoni77:
alright not unuasual pull the battery boot to recovery wipe cache and then fix permissions and you should be good i had a couple boots like this but havnt had it since
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] epdp14:
Same issue, unfortunately. I noticed that if I do a factory reset the issue is fixed until the next power off/on cycle. Talk about frustrating.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alistairs1:
Are you using the restore from google option? If so you might want to try not using that option and just install a few key apps (without their data) - the OP instructions recommend against restoring apps and data. Then if you can reboot okay, continue to add other apps gradually as you need them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] crpeck:
For what it's worth - someone else posted that if you leave the phone alone after the initial boot for about 20 minutes while it "settles" and then power off. Rebooting won't be an issue. I tried this, running through the initial setup and then left it on my desk to 30 minutes.I powered down, let it come up, install some Apps from Market, then did a reboot without issue. It's been running fine ever since. My initial install was from 20130830, with the correct gapps from 20130813, I'm on 20130901 now. Only possible issue I have is bluetooth, which I don't use anyways. Everything else seems just fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] epdp14:
I even tried a complete fresh install, no google restore. I immediately powered down after the configuration finished and was unable to boot the phone back up.

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I'll try rebooting tomorrow. I have it working on the first boot for the moment... I need a working phone until tomorrow.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ejhansen71:
Thank you for taking the time to explain this. I tried to clear the cache, davlik etc and reinstall the nightly rom...but still no gps.

I made a half hearted attempt to install a stock rom but got the dreaded boot loop. It was an odex Rom. Not sure i did it right of even if I chose the right rom.

For now, lacking gps is not a show stopper. Everything else besides gps and the dock functionality works silky smooth. Thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bmerrill63:
10.2 is up! 8-16 build has been posted

Edit: Dirty flashed over the 8/8/13 build with no issues. I noticed in settings there is no longer "advanced" section, but instead "more" which does not include screen adjustment and audio tweaks, only vibrate intensity.

Anyone else confirm or is it the result of dirty flash?

Otherwise it seems good so far.

Edit: focal is still wonky. Front facing camera turns upside down then FC's when switching back forcing a reboot to access camera again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] millerd79:
I've downloaded it. Just waiting to hear a few reviews from people that have flashed before I jump in.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] veloct:
Same here. I've tried some if the unofficial builds though. Waiting for it to get to DD status.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ria4life:
Looks solid thus far...Only issue seems to be with the black screen graphical issues.

Seems to only experience this using email. Used touchdown for exchange emails and had this on every email opened...email would appear but header would be black until i move the email around which would restore header.

Moved email to stock email...much less black screens but still a few exists.

Beyond that...haven't seen any issues apart from the usual stated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dmbfan13:
The CRT animation is weird. I assume this is just lumped in to "minor graphical issues".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
Clean flashed latest nightly (8-16) and have had no issues so far other than what has been posted (Focal and black screen glitches). Nothing that keeps this ROM from being a daily driver for me considering I use CameraFX as my camera, and the black screen glitches rarely show up in anything other than Falcon. Very happy with how stable this is and couldn't be happier.

Thanks for the work sbrissen, much appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dmbfan13:
I thought maybe I saw this somewhere, but can't remember. The lock screen sliders dont seem to stick after I select save. Anyone else experiencing this?

Also, are there any kernels yet compatible?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lostnuke:
Lock screen sliders work now.

Just installed. Just finished setting up everything. Looks good so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] danibri82:
was on 8.9.13 nightly, updated to most recent nightly. discovered its 4.3.3

phone does not survive reboot, only option it seems is to wipe the phone completely every time and I'm not down with that. Now I have to lose the UI setup I've created that literally took hours, and hope i never have to reboot the phone ever again. Wiping dalvik does nothing. Has to be a full format wipe to be useable for one session until reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rudy_Ruettiger:
I just did a clean install of the latest nightly and have no issues rebooting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
I also just did a reboot to ensure I didn't have this issue and as expected, I don't. On the latest nightly, didn't shut down or anything first, just gave it a reboot and it came back up no problems at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] danibri82:
must be nice. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wildstang83:
It was reported earlier that after a fresh install, you should power down the device completely once. Doing so well allow the device to reboot normally everytime after.

Right now if your having an issue rebooting, no need to wipe. Just pull the battery and put it back in. Boot up the device and all should be fine.

Hope this helps :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Breezer23:
Volume issue still persists, correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
No they do not, and haven't for a while now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JsinLegacy:
KB keeps force closing.. Only issue so far
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JustusIV:
Does anyone have any idea way titanium backup fails to restore "data" on 12 of my 110 non system programs ?

It did this on the unofficial 10.2 and no i just tested the official 10.2 and have the same issue. The program installs fine with titanium backup its only the data portion that fails which seems really odd to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mising:
Is it just me, or is dock audio missing again? I looked in all the usual places, but couldn't find where to enable it. Clean install BTW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] danibri82:
nope, had to wipe it clean.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gormine:
Yea, I'm in the same boat. Though I have to format data.

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
When you load the stock ROM you need to wipe data along when moving back to AOSP. Its a pain in the butt but worth it to get GPS working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
Just a PSA for anyone using this ROM. I installed the latest nightly and while playing with my phone I saw that the network mode was set to CDMA+EvDo/LTE, so I switched it to Global since I knew that's what it was on a couple days (Weeks maybe) ago. After doing so I had massive Wakelocks from RILJ that literally would not let my device sleep. The only fix that I could find was just to switch it back to CDMA+EvDo/LTE. I'm not sure why this happened but I just wanted to let everyone know in case you were planning on going out of the country or still had the setting set from previous nightlies and were noticing terrible battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheGman125:
Two things:

If anyone want to add the soft keys to your rom here is the post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1788780

Two:

How many people here are using there phones on GSM? I am using Tmobile and I keep getting a costly data drops or the services isn't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ihavenewnike:
I am having issues with my cellular signal. It is dropping every 30 minutes or so. And on top of that, it lower than usual. But I am sure it will be fixed soon enough
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] termleech:
I can confirm the bluetooth issues someone else was reporting. If I turn off my bluetooth headset while connected to the phone the phone becomes sluggish and barely responds. I can provide log cats if it will help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xterra91:
I'm getting 17 MBS d/l and 13 u/l GPS works great try clean ROM 3.5 for those having issues get a lock then keep lock on reboot to twrp wipe then install wipe again then install no GPS issues whatsoever
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetfoldsfive:
Has anyone noticed a slight delay between clicking home or wake button and screen turning on? Never noticed on previous roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JustusIV:
I am on PA but i did notice a increase in time after i upgraded from rootbox 4.2.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] epdp14:
For others that might have the same problem in the future: I was forced to odin back to completely stock, locked, unrooted and start fresh. It looks like the error was due to the file system partitions being corrupted. My complete guess is that it had to do with TWRP 2.6.1 because the flash took much longer than normal as well as that was the first ROM I had flashed on 2.6.1. I had already MD5 checked the download so I don't think it was a bad download. With TWRP 2.5 flashing worked fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lostnuke:
Hate to hear that.

I am on the latest version of TWRP (2.6.0.1) and have had zero issues with clean installs.

Hope you get everything fixed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ugzz:
I was using an Ancient twrp, can't recall the version but it was from like a month or two after the note 2 was out.

All i got was "unable to install" right after clicking on the zip.

Went back to odin and grabbed a later build, which finding a later build in the tar format took me way longer than i should have.. but anyway, after updating it worked right off the bat. no issues. So it sounds like older versions may have issues.

Side note, I even had to reboot the phone a few times after my initial beans load and reboot to get a GPS lock, and lucky for me once it was installed everything came up great and gps works like a charm.

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The only issues ive had since the upgrade are:

Voice+ isnt forwarding messaged to the messaging app, but when i send from messaging app it comes from google voice fine, but replies never show up. and actually its not "never", but its certainly not working consistently.

also theres the obvious spen issues. running CM S Pen Addon along with third party apps works fine, but what i really miss is the "buzz" feature when you walk away and forget the S-pen. That feature has saved me about 3 times already, so without it, it's just a matter of time before i lose the damn thing..

Oh and i hate not having infinite scroll on the home screens, its funny how badly i miss something like that.

Honestly though, thats about it. Since the last round of major bugfixes i'm pretty set, this is finally a great, stable, DD for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] epdp14:
Thankfully it is fixed now. CM 10.2 with TWRP 2.5 and everything works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ejhansen71:
If I am unwilling to wipe and/or format my Data partition, will I be forever without use of my GPS? No lock, won't even find a satellite since I exchanged TW for CM 10.2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] libbycm:
Try installing Ulysses Gizmo's and use the update agps feature in the GPS screen.. Then reboot and run gizmos again and see if any SATs show up.

If not maybe something is messed up with provisioning.. Try turning phone off, remove sim, boot it up, wait for it to settle a few minutes, power down, put sim back in, boot up, wait a few mins and try gizmos again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SuperTongue:
Not sure if this is a CM 10.2 issue or not, but after flashing it I can't seem to send any text messages. I just keep getting the "Message not sent" error. I reflashed a newer nightly a few days ago and it worked, now all of a sudden it doesn't. I even got a message to go out earlier, but now it doesn't seem to be letting anything go through.

I receive texts just fine, though. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chachi:
Maybe try to clear and reset apns (?)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SuperTongue:
This is probably another stupid question, but how exactly do I do that? I've been rooting/flashing for awhile but never had the need to clear or reset APNs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ejhansen71:
No change.

It seems from the various messages that what works is a return to stock ROM- which requires a factory reset and a data wipe /format - turn on GPS and get a signal, then reinstall the CM rom.

Why is that the answer though? I think that when I turned off the GPS radio in Stock TW, it has remained off in CW even though CW *thinks* it's on. The fix works because those who had the GPS off, turned it on again via Samsung ROM and therefore is available for CM.

It's also the reason that many are not experiencing this issue - they never turned off their GPS under stock or at least had it on when moving to CM. Therefore, no problems.

There has to be some sort of kernel command to the GPS chip that is not getting set in CM... or perhaps AOSP is unable to set. Perhaps CM kernel assumes the chip is available when at some very low level, it isn't due to some setting in TW kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chachi:
Settings

Wireless & Networks

Mobile Networks

Access Point Names

If doing that, rebooting and retrying doesn't sort the problem out, ring your provider and ask them to reprovision your handset
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SuperTongue:
Went there and there was just a list of APNs. I hit menu, then selected "Reset to Defaults" (or something along those lines). Restarted and still having the same issue.

I suppose I'll give VZW a call. Thanks for the help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chachi:
I have issues with vzw and mms but that's just the **** reception I get in parts of the house
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gammaxgoblin:
Battery only lasted 6 hours to 15% on latest nightly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lostnuke:
You're definitely doing it wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gammaxgoblin:
Your reply doesn't make any sense to me. I've flashed ROMs thousands of times so in not sure what in doing wrong. Anyway I just flashed the devil kernel to see what difference that makes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
This probably won't help but with the 9/4 nightly I was able to get 4 hours screen on time with 16 hours on. Best battery life I have ever gotten from my phone.

Do you have better battery stats installed? It costs a couple dollars but it's definitely worth it and may tell you what the issue is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lostnuke:
It means something isn't right. You should be getting much better battery life than that.

How much screen time with that 6 hours of use?

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I'm currently at 11 hours of use. 2 hours of screen on time. And I'm @ 61% on the battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gammaxgoblin:
I agree. Im not using an app to measure battery. I took it off charge at 920am and at 230pm it was at 13 percent left. Maybe I'll n reflash it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ikithme:
My flash day is coming up, and was curious, are all of the video issues fixed? No more black screens on email and stuff?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] libbycm:
No need for all of that.. Will likely screw your phone up in process. I assume you tried toggling GPS on/off in cm?

Must be home hw level driver that cm doesnt have an api for or something. Last thing I can suggest is using qxdm or something to see if you can turn it back on in the radio directly. Service mode doesn't work in cm so that's why I say qxdm,qpst etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chachi:
Libby the op I replied to was having SMS problems not GPS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] libbycm:
Yea that's all worked out now.. Video IMO is even smoother now after fix than cm10.1 ever was...

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Bluetooth is still very touchy and even unusable for me and several others.. So if that's a dealbreaker for you I'd hold off, otherwise everything else is pretty solid.

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Let me try this again..lol

I assume you tried toggling GPS on/off in cm?

Must be some hw driver that cm doesnt have an api for or something. Last thing I can suggest is using qxdm or something to see if you can turn it back on in the radio directly. Service mode doesn't work in cm so that's why I say qxdm,qpst etc.

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Bah sorry.. Eyes crossed.. Long day !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] WisdomWolf:
I'm thinking that the Bluetooth issue is related more to the screen locking than going to sleep. Since most people have at least the swipe lock enabled it makes sense why they would assume that going to sleep is what causes the issue. I'm going to do some further testing to see if I'm right, maybe it'll help the devs narrow down and fix the issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cam30era:
FWIW: Bluetooth has been working without problems for me. Connects without problems to my car & I can make and receive calls. Don't use it for music, so I can't comment.

Only thing that doesn't work is voice commands over Bluetooth, but it was the same on CM 10.1.

Overall, great job.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bL33d:
so is the stuck at boot screen problem gone as well? like after a fresh install i could try rebooting or shutting down even fixing permissions but i would always get stuck at note 2 screen not even bootanimation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
That was a sporadic issue and not everyone had it, it may "seem" gone for a while but someone may still get it. Give it a shot and see.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] akellar:
Also seems less likely with the use of cwm over twrp...potentially
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jonathan413:
Does this ROM support TRIM or is that an official NEXUS build feature?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ikithme:
Whats going on with our nightlies? Are they not building properly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iOSh8er:
It's not just us...

https://plus.google.com/117962666888533781522/posts/ArqL2Yw8tun

Support your dev's...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ikithme:
Gotcha,

Anyone else notice that the up and down marks inside of the reception readout are gone/not working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Seamonkey79:
Not sure where the primary mistake was, but I installed 10.3 20130905, got everything set up, let it sit for about six hours, changed a setting in build.prop, shut down, tried starting back up and now I can't get anything to move me past the Samsung Galaxy Note II screen.

I have CWM touch, latest 6.0.3.0, can't restore backup, can't install from scratch.

When restoring backup, errors out when attempting to restore data stating 'Error while restoring \data\'

Install 10.2 RC2, goes through fine, won't boot with or without GAPPS

Install Beans 21, goes through Aroma fine, won't boot.

Any ideas about a next step? I'd really rather not Odin things back to stock and re-do everything if I don't have to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] libbycm:
Yup.. Exactly why I stopped using cwm..

Flash twrp and try again.. May find it will boot right away but worst case will let you reinstall everything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Seamonkey79:
Went ahead and tried that, pretty much getting the same thing. When I install after wiping, even advanced wiping everything except the internal SD, she gets stuck, and when I try to restore a backup in there from a few months ago, it errors when trying to restore data. I'm going to head out on a limb and figure that my data partition is busted up something fierce. Is there a way to restore it without Odin, or should I just go that route?

Edit:

When trying to Fix Permissions, I get E:Unable to chown '/data/app/com.chartcross.gpst'

Edit #2:

Well, I figured I could try formatting internal storage altogether, six of one a half dozen of the other, it was lost if I can't boot, lost if I have to Odin, so it might as well be lost on an attempt that doesn't take hours to accomplish correctly. That seems to have done it.

I've learned my lesson (at least for awhile, I'm a glutton at times)... TWRP it is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallingup:
TWRP has the same issue. It seems that randomly your data partition will become corrupted on boot. All the more reason to save backups regularly to your ext. sd card
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chachi:
0908 now kicking off building cleanly for the brave and hardy soles

Already got it for my acclaim, should be ready for i605 in a few hours

And as an FYI it boots cleanly / etc at least on acclaim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iOSh8er:
20130908 boots perfectly!

Support your dev's...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bL33d:
It will prob corrupt my data partition like always :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Seamonkey79:
Yup, tried I stalling 10.2 with TWRP and it indeed did the same thing. Ah well, live and learn :)

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lostnuke:
You need to try wiping internal storage during the install.