yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
No one is stuck. No one. Knox can't stop you from anything.

Worst case scenario is you have to Odin back to 4.1.2

The only people having issues are using Mobile Odin. The one guy "thinks" Knox is the issue and he's just wrong

--》Sent from my mind to your screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] K-alz:
Odin back doing the two steps in the op?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
no. Odin back to STOCK. Easy peasy. Everyone should know how to do this anyway.

If you want I'll chat with you on hangouts to explain better

The two steps in the op give you the 4.1.2 bootloader with the ability to run 4.3 roms

--》Sent from my mind to your screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] K-alz:
Yeah, I know how to do that one. Let's do this, man. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] K-alz:
Ok, so after chatting with this gentleman [MENTION=3234739]mindmajick[/MENTION] on hangouts, nothing went wrong at all. Everything works just fine. And now I'm flashing between 4.3 and 4.1.2 ROMs like a boss. Oh! And all of my nandroid backups worked just fine as well :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] takoateli:
So if you're on Indian 4.3 non-rooted you can get out of that?

I would love to get off the Indian 4.3 but I can't. My Knox is tripped and If I try to flash ANYTHING other than the Indian 4.3 I get an unauthorized version error on the phone, and it's non-bootable till I flash the Indian 4.3 version on again.

I would love to get free of the secure bootloader.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Att.Fan1982:
I'm currently running skynote r9z note 3 edition working flawlessly but I'd like to know if there were a way to determine which bootloader I have installed. I came from jedi x18 before flashing skynote.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
There's a simple app called "Device Info" (the one published by JPHILLI85) that will display your bootloader version. The only permission it requests is phone status/id.

Or you can open up terminal emulator and type "getprop ro.bootloader" if you don't want to install an app (assuming you have already installed TE) :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Att.Fan1982:
Thanks Sean, this worked flawlessly for me! :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] K-alz:
Could you please tell me the method you did to flash this ROM? I'm flashing and I just keep getting stuck on the "galaxy note 2" screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] runandhide05:
Anyone notice this kill all share cast?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Att.Fan1982:
I flashed the one click, rerooted then flashed this skynote Rom.

Sent from my Incognegro Galaxy SkyNote 2(4.3)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tampaboy1984:
What is Knox
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] K-alz:
https://www.google.com/webhp?client=ms-android-google&source=android-home
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
This does not answer his questions, it's just a link to Google :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] urself25:
Well

LINK
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
Ask Google and you will be rewarded. It does answer his question perfectly

--》Sent from my mind to your screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Just in case, I was being sarcastic. I know the power that Google Search holds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tampaboy1984:
I can appreciate the sarcasm.

So correct me if I'm wrong but...

I'm on 4.3 bootloader with Ditto Note 3.1b installed on my At&t I-317. If I follow these steps will all my data and wifi still work on this current rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] urself25:
HI

I just want to confirm. This downgrade process works with the I317M?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
No.

--》Sent from my mind to your screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Good thing you read the OP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] urself25:
I know but sometimes "Att only"includes 317m and exclude n7100 variants and other times it won't. Like i said i wanted to confirm before trying.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] getyroks:
Edit: i just odin back to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hannsz:
How can I extract these files and build flashable images for a different Note 2 version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kmarantz:
bootloop

is there a way to get out of it without battery pull?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
+1 please share methods to possibly use on other models. Have all stock images stored for my model.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kmarantz:
i concur.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] K-alz:
Yes, it will.

sent from my SGH-i317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] md1008:
At&t is probably taking so long because they want to lock up the N2 bootloader. Probably trying to find all the exploits to royally F over the dev community
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] K-alz:
They can try/wish.

sent from my SGH-i317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jester12345:
Seanzscreams can u please private message me a few steps u did to make this? I would like to possibly do this for the Rogers version i317m I ripped apart a tar before but still unsure how to do it correctly. I have the 4.1.2 and 4.3 odin files . It would be appreciated if you did. And I would like to point out I can root without tripping knox so far
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TD4:
^^^ This

Or could you make one for i317m version, i'd really like to try this
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Milkman00:
DO NOT run this with the latest 4.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Modfather007:
Will it just not work? Or are we talking bricks-ville?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Simba.7:
How come? I have my i317 that took the update. Unfortunately, the update sucks, and would like to run Knox-Free with DN3.1.1.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Milkman00:
I was talking about the stock 4.3. It borked my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Simba.7:
So, if you revert the bootloader on the stock 4.3 update, it will brick your phone or it just won't boot?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Milkman00:
I don't think it is bricked permanently but it is definitely bricked until the devs come out with some 4.3 flashes.

So yes running it now will brick your phone today.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Can you provide more info on your problems? Saying it broke your phone ? Thanx

Just curious as to what happen...

SENT FROM SAMMY i317 USING TAPATALK
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Milkman00:
I provided it somewhere but basically the flash doesn't complete and when you reboot you immediately get a screen saying the phone has a firmware problem and to use Kies to fix it. Since your phone has a locked bootloader (4.3) and Kies only has 4.1.x you are stuck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Simba.7:
Ya, I was stuck on there, too. Samsung's support said to send it in. I was like "WTH?!" and said heck with it. I flashed CWM (which tripped Knox) and it worked just fine. I don't have a warranty on my phone, so I didn't care.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
Have you tried odining to the 4.3 leak by any chance?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Milkman00:
I think so but I am not positive. I can try tomorrow when I get back home.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] joedeuce:
Im tempted to try this just to see if it works, and see what it does to knox warranty flag.

I guess I could root it and backup official 4.3 then try unrooting it if I was able to restore it. I know what that'll do to knox flag though. :)

After thinking it over, I think I'll let the milkman try first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
I don't know why anyone is concerned about warranty. We signed off of that when we rooted. Suck it up and try to fix it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] joedeuce:
Who said we were concerned about warranty? I was concerned about the warranty flag out of curiosity. 2 different things. I never had a warranty. :) its more than warranty... anyone tried backing up and restoring roms on the mk6 bl?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
I have tried backup and restore. No dice. Like the 4.3 leak before the downgrade.

Problem is for the OTA every sboot.bin I've thrown at it, it kicks it out.

Error is Unsupported Version on Download Mode window.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jspex:
I've gotten backup to complete twice now after the 4.3 ota. Haven't tried to recover them yet since I'm not going to be back at my comp until after xmas day. I can't wait to get back now as I really want to try some of this stuff out.

Did you thank your Developer today?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
I've been reading the S4 threads and they are having the same issue with restoring bootloader, obviously, but they are seeing the same message as I was on Download Mode screen when trying to restore a different bootloader. Unsupported version.

Hoping I'll find something in there that someone has figured out how to "engineer" their way around it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
Has anyone tied to odin after using a jig for download mode? don't know if it makes a difference.I am on sasktel i317m. I did upgrade and got new bootloader. Going to try my jig over the holidays.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Getting into download mode works fine. Flashing everything but bootloader works through ODIN and download mode. As soon as it tries to write sboot.bin it fails.

Not sure if the jig will affect that part, don't think it will but if you're willing to try let us know.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
I was just thinking outside the box. Maybe the jig would work like a htc gold card. If all goes well I will try and report tonight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
No that's great. It will be a trip if it works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
Get ready for a trip ! I used the jig to enter download and flashed old factory rom…
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Sweet. Now can you download and try these please ???

1st is easiest

http://d-h.st/dqq

4.1.2 knox free Booloader

2nd is ODIN of ucama4 (one of the official 4.1.2 releases

http://d-h.st/hB9

If it flashes these with success, holy crap !

EDIT: and could you get to a terminal window and run getprop ro.bootloader please.

You can also use adb. If have adb loaded on your laptop and you know what directory it's in, you can type adb shell, you should see shell@android:/ $

just type getprop ro.bootloader at the prompt.

Hopefully it will return I317UCAMA4

**** You can download ADB from here, just unzip into a temp directory or wherever you desire

http://d-h.st/iqA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Fingers crossed...

But the bootloader flag is an efuse..... Rumored to reside on the EMMC...

A full JTAG using non-knox components results in failure... And Knox restoration trips the flag anyway...

Basically... We would need to rewrite the chip in real time to remove the lock and change the bootloader.... IMHO.... g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Agreed. Right now we're just beating the hell out of the pinata hoping candy will fall out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
9

I am i317m. Those files for i317. I will flash bootloader if confirmed to work for both. If that works I will try canadian i317m 412…

Someone please confirm bootloader works for both models

Ok. No go for the bootloader in 1st step. If there is another stick I can use on this pinata let me know. Maybe I will try and extract bootloader from canadian 412 rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
DO NOT Flash those.

Crap. Didn't catch that. K then, could you try the getprop ro.bootloader to see if it's I317MVLUCMK5

I'll look for other files.

Looks like the last update before the 4.3 and after the LJ2 you flashed is I317MVLBMA3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
You pegged it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
It's I317MVLUCMK5 ? Which means bootloader was not flashed.

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That should be this one I317MVLBMA3.

The update from January before the 4.3. It's on Sammobile.com I tried downloading, slow as hell.

Honestly I don't expect it to work, but it would be interesting to find out if it's an i317 ATT thing, and you can flash back on a i317M.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
So all I can do is run 411 and retain bootloader.

Try this on your n2. Odin factory original 411. When boot hangs pull battery. Install battery and enter factory recovery and do full reset. Reboot to 411 for me. Too bad bootloader did not take.

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I have it already. Do I try sboot from there?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
I've been doing that for the past couple of days. Works great. Problem now is OTA is not working to go back to stock 4.3. It's either failing because it's already on 4.3 bootloader or the Knox is tripped.

I haven't nailed down which one for sure yet.

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To do it from ODIN sboot.bin and tz.img need to be in a tar file format.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
I used 7 zip too extract rom and put the 2 files in a tar with 7 zip. Odin hangs on the flashing off the boot.img. Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Does ODIN hang or report back FAIL. And on the Download mode window at the top, does it say Unsupported Version in red?

In a PM I sent you a link with a test file
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
No failure just hang. Download screen does not change.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
I'll be damned. Phone still boots???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
Yeah. I keep getting errors while using 7 zip in windows. I'm going to hit my linux box after xmas tomorrow. That last pic is as far as it gets. I keep getting errors trying to do the tar stuff. Happy christmas all!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Merry Christmas. Thanks for your assistance !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
So bored on christmas, i made the tar in linux and soft brick is the result. Trying to flash custom recovery again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
It is christmas… I have the phone resurrected once again running beanstalk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] oswade:
Hi Guys. I have an i9305 4.3 with knox bootloader and am wanting to restore 4.1.2 bootloader (as knox bootloader appears to be causing problems with custom kernels).

This thread excited me as it seems that with my device I may also be able to downgrade bootloader, but then I got really confused with all the brick posts/failed odin flashes.

Can anyone clarify for me what the situation is for your device atm? :confused:

Happy holidays :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BugsDroid:
So far no success. Some say it's impossible. If you find success please enlighten us here as to how. Cheers

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To do it from ODIN sboot.bin and tz.img need to be in a tar file format.[/QUOTE]

Is it possible that boot.img should also be in the tar for a total of three files?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Is it possible that boot.img should also be in the tar for a total of three files?

Not unless the phone's kernel is whorked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheXclusive814:
Took the 4.3 ota not knowing about Knox going to be installed. Is there a way to downgrade to get rid of Knox so I can root and not worry about tripping it and keeping my warranty for non root related failures if needed?

I assumed this topic was for this question but after reading thru posts I'm not sure any longer lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Rom downgrade is possible. ..But no method currently exists for the knox bootloader...

It will trip to 1...and warranty is gone. ..g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Cod3L1ne:
It works just fine I do it every time I want to return to stock and start fresh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheXclusive814:
Does it trip knox?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] PUTALE:
quick question. I flashed the 4.3 param and tz file. Does this mean I am technically still on 4.1.2 bootlader, what does the param and tz file do? I need them in order to get the 4.3 rom to work with a working WiFi. So far everything works but I am wondering what diff would this compare to the devil rom since I am able to use the rom with devil kernel as well, so I am just curious which is the better method
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] joedeuce:
Yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SirRafy:
In other words this does not kill the knox gets marked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] joedeuce:
I think we got sidetracked from the OP... The MJ4 bootloader can be downgraded, to whatever bootloader you wish...

The MK6 bootloader cannot be downgraded, and thus far, any rooting results in a tripped knox flag.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mezo91:
how can i do this for n7100? i have a custom rom with new bootloader the binary count is 3 and knox warranty bit is 0, so i want to flash back to 4.1.2 to remove the binary count with triangle away then flash stock 4.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
See Dr. Ketans thread for the N7100 booloader downgrade...

He has an N7100 thread....(search)...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckavvouras:
I know this thread is for att devices but will this method work for bell's I317m ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
No. The METHOD yes. But not this patch

--》Sent from my mind to your screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] auky:
I was having serious issues after flashing the 2 files. I am running SkyNote Air Vanilla and I would get mad lag out of no way. Also, the phone will randomly lock up hard that i have to pull the battery to reset it. I tried restoring to previous ROM (International ROM) and i cant even boot it up. Is there a way to undo this? Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
You're on sprint!? Lucky you didn't brick your device.

-> Sent from my mind to your screen.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] auky:
nope.. I am on at&t.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
Oh. Was going by your profile.

Then this had nothing to do with your issues. I've been running it for quite some time. What do you want to do then? Go back to 4.1.2 bootloader? Or do you want a 4.3 bootloader?

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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] auky:
i just want to undo flashing these two files. I am sure i have 4.1.2 bootloader before i flashed these. Not sure if this has to do with my SDcard. I see a weird folder generated by titanium backup during a failed restore with weird characters. I will try to format the sdcard to see if it helps. btw, do you guys use FAT32 or NTFS?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
I use fat32 or exfat. Both will work on stock roms. Ntfs will not.

If you want to revert to the 4.1.2 bootloader then just go back and do step one only. That will give you 4.1.2 bootloader.

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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] auky:
Thanks.. what about step 2? 4.3param? is there a way to revert that? It is not my sdcard. Basically after flashing these 2 files, I am having trouble using titanium to restore on top of mad lag and hard freeze. just so you know, i was using SkyNote Air Vanilla prior to flashing without issues. I must have been crazy to flashed these guys lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
Flashing just step one WILL revert the files.

And REPEAT- THIS PATCH DIDN'T CAUSE YOUR ISSUES.

I'm currently using this patch and have run practically every rom on this forum with NO ISSUES.

-> Sent from my mind to your screen.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] auky:
I think i found the issue. When I wipe data, there are two folders that cannot be wiped.

1. .com.facebook.katana (yes, there is a . before com)

2. com.seekingalpha.webwrapper

I tried changing permissions but without success.

Also, whenever i boot into TWRP, i see 2 I/O errors with the two folders above.

Updating partition details...

E: error opening '/data/data/com.seekingalpha.webrapper

E: I/O error

E: error opening '/data/data/.com.facebook.katana

E: I/O error

Running boot script...

Please help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mindmajick:
Your best bet at this point is to Odin back to stock. Sounds like you may have a corrupted data partition. I've had a similar issue in the past and odining back to 4.1.2 did the trick

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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] auky:
Thanks for the suggestion. I odin it back to 4.1.2 but that didnt help. The two folders are still there :eek:

Nevermind, I finally fixed it by performing a wipe under stock recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cameron213:
I was rooted with custom rom and decided I wanted a fresh install. I flashed stock rom I317UCALJ2 and proceeded with installation and system updated which put me at 4.3. I then realized I didn't want 4.3 and because I had no knowledge of knox I flashed back to I317UCALJ2 and tried to update to only 4.1.2. However, because 4.3 had been installed the bootloader was udpated. The problem I have now is that I am stuck at 4.1.1. If I attempt to do an OTA to 4.1.2 the phone will not boot after installation and I end up having to flash Param.bin and Tz.img just to get things working again. I have tried to flash via odin to 4.1.2 using I317UCAMA4 from sammobile which fails and I get a message saying unsupported version.

How do I get from version 4.1.1 back to 4.1.2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZeroCool11:
Right Now i'm in MK6 version, and i want to Sim Unlock this phone, so i'll downgrade to LJ2 and unlock.. then is there a way to go back to 4.3??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rotule:
yhea Odin 4.3 again. :highfive::cyclops:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dblosevn30:
Im stuck here

Hey, can you post the fix you mentioned here I too made the same mistake and downgraded to 4.1.1 from 4.3 and then did the OTA upgrade to 4.1.2 now my device is stuck at the boot image, and I cant get to recovery, I have tried flashing back to I317UCALJ2 4.1.1 multiple times and it just refuses to boot. can you upload the Param.bin and Tz.img you used to get the device to boot again? Also how did you flash them, Odin/PDA?

[EDIT]

Finally got it to boot again, I used the Param.bin and tz.img from the leaked I317UCUBMJ4 build and it finally booted again after doing a factory wipe.

This is the tar I built that got it to boot again.

dropbox.com/s/i4110gnn3vvna6j/I317UCUBMJ4-Param-TZ.tar
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ChaYsuh:
Thanks sooo much!!!

I have been hurting my brain for 24 hours trying to bring my phone back. This works and im going to explain what happened to me just in case someone else is going through this.

When I first got the phone of course it was out of date so I updated it OTA and it worked fine I was on 4.3. Then I guess I got bored and wanted to play around with it so I rooted it. Ok that was done no problem what so I ever. Then after a few days of being rooted I decided to try the new asop kit kat rom just to play with it and see how it was. Ok did it no problem. After battery drain and it not being stable I just decided to go back to stock. Did it no problem then after it booted up and etc i did the ota again but this time it didn't boot up it was stuck at the first screen and never went any further, but I realize after updates sometimes it takes a lil while to boot up so 1 minute turned to 2, 2 turned in to 10 and nothing. So I tried flashing back to stock and nothing.....THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS man I thought I was gonna have to buy a new phone cause I know my warranty was voided lol, but if you follow the directions completely this will work and if it doesn't im sure you're having a different issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] zi0nbaby:
Does the downgrade work for Mk6 too?