yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Again, these are really basic questions. You should read the forum more, my guess is you have a I9500, so start reading in that section. Read the parts about rooting, flashing a custom recovery and flashing.

All the information you need is there. I can tell you the exact steps you need to take, but figuring it out for yourself will save you lots of trouble in the furture if anything goes wrong.

I have no idea what manual mode is, so my guess is that you don't have a custom recovery installed. What is the name of the recovery? Or doesn't it display any name? You shouldn't be needing Mobile Odin, maybe only for rooting or flashing a custom recovery, but not for flashing the rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manchilly:
Had read the forum before flashing the rom. Rooted my phone and had installed CWM via Odin and confirmed it in the recovery mode. And only after this flashed the Arrow Rom and used it for couple of months.

Don't know what happened to CWM it wasn't there this time in recovery mode, it showed Android System Recovery and not CWM.

Anyway have flashed CWM again along with Crash Rom 11.

Thanks again bro.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Chagani:
Is this possible? If so how? I have tried installing various keyboard cab files but they don't work. Any help would be apprciated.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] mwang:
buzz's skin was used by QVGA for Himalaya WM5
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KaiserScotland:
Hi,

I can't seem to install any new ROMS without getting stuck in a boot loop.

I had Paranoid Android and went to install CM but got stuck at the logo and since then I have tried stock, slim and PacMan all in various combinations and over and over again but can't get anything to boot .... except stock!

I've tried different kernels (including philz) and each time I have done a full reset, deleted cache and dalvic. I've even been formating the mounts including system before installing.

On the first boot of each ROM I can connect via adb so it is doing something and then disconnects. Any restart after that goes to the splash screen but can't connect using adb.

Posting is a last resort so if I have missed something on here or google I apologise :) Spent 24hrs trying to get a ROM installed so any help \ pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Robert
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KaiserScotland:
i just tried again with slimrom

1. copied rom and gapps to sdcard using adb

2. formatted cache, data, system, emmc

3. install both zips

4. again cleared cache and dalvic

5. restarted and stuck on splashscreen with adb losing connection at the same point as before.

last entries in logcat are:

D/BackupManagerService( 2283): Now staging backup of com.google.android.gm

I/BackupManagerService( 2283): Scheduling backup for new app com.android.provide

rs.telephony

D/BackupManagerService( 2283): Now staging backup of com.android.providers.telep

hony

I/BackupManagerService( 2283): Scheduling backup for new app com.android.provide

rs.settings

D/BackupManagerService( 2283): Now staging backup of com.android.providers.setti

ngs

V/BackupManagerService( 2283): Registering transport android/com.android.interna

l.backup.LocalTransport = com.android.internal.backup.LocalTransport@4232afc0

V/BackupManagerService( 2283): Starting with transport com.google.android.backup

/.BackupTransportService

V/BackupManagerService( 2283): Binding to Google transport

I/BackupManagerService( 2283): Backup enabled => false

I/BackupManagerService( 2283): Opting out of backup

I/SystemServer( 2283): AppWidget Service

I/SystemServer( 2283): Recognition Service

I/SystemServer( 2283): DiskStats Service

I/SystemServer( 2283): SamplingProfiler Service

I/SystemServer( 2283): NetworkTimeUpdateService

I/SystemServer( 2283): CommonTimeManagementService

I/SystemServer( 2283): CertBlacklister

I/SystemServer( 2283): Dreams Service

I/SystemServer( 2283): AssetRedirectionManager Service

I/SystemServer( 2283): IdleMaintenanceService

I/WindowManager( 2283): SAFE MODE not enabled

D/dalvikvm( 2283): JIT started for system_server
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hi kaiser;

Have you tried to flash the latest CM kernel prior to flashing anything else?

If not id give that a try.
[Android General] hamdimo:
Version Number: JellyBean,kernel-3.0.8

Downgrade Package Size: 105.89 MB

Attention: This kernel file is just for ROM developers and do not used to upgrade your moblie phone as the firmware,which may make your phone totally dead.

to download the package> http://download-c.huawei.com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=16263&siteCode=
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] EEngineer:
I'm considering the Sony Xperia Ion with CM7 as an interim upgrade to my T-Mobile LG G2X. I'm running CM7 skinned to ICS, which is a lot faster than a full ICS, plus I can turn off background data which gives me 30% better battery life.

However, for the Ion all the reviews I read say that the camera has a slow, very slow auto-focus.

While the G2X had the same review, 3rd party camera apps and kernels foxed the slow autofocus.

What is your opinion of the Ion camera? Do 3rd party apps improve the Ion camera's autofocus?

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
Auto Focus Depends on the hardware and some of the software,

im not realy sure about ion focus but as far as i recall its a bit slower then the average phone with a camera , noticed it works best in sunny daylight
[Galaxy Note II General] tamirda:
Attention friends!

My friend [MENTION=1263928]paulove[/MENTION] have just flashed the new XXUEMK4 from here:

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/17...-3-test-firmware-for-galaxy-note-ii-gt-n7100/

His bootloader was updated to MK4 but with a little "gift" from samsung:

Knox Void Warranty 0

When he tried to flash recovery and it changed to Knox Void Warranty 1

Please everyone, read this to understand everything you need about Knox Void Warranty 1/0:

http://omegadroid.co/wanted-knox-void-warranty-0x1/

DO NOT FLASH THE NEW BOOTLOADER - Unless you know what you are doing!

MJ5 Bootloader is safe to downgrade and the wifi works on this bootloader.

XXUEMK4 Bootloader is not safe!!

My friend says that he can not downgrade, because after he tried he got "Kies Emergency Mode" and his odin failed.

After he installed MK4 back everything worked again.

DO NOT TRY TO DOWNGRADE IF YOU HAVE THE NEW BOOTLOADER!

Tamir.

​
[Galaxy Note II General] ravijani:
knew it samsung will take his time to integrate new knox s*** not new features.. lol
[Galaxy Note II General] lhex:
Why Samsung? Why??? I love my Note2 rooted.
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
And its the final version. So welcome to the club with note 3 n s4. We r brothers.

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Galaxy Note II General] yahyoh:
LOL my warranty already finished so i don't care :D:p

but thank u :)
[Galaxy Note II General] justkiddinghere:
Mine too

But it wont harm phone right?
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Yeah I have seen that too so tried with wifi patched and worked fine.. So still wifi patch will wifi patch should work but I will try to look to this bootloader when time permits. But still I doubt this new bootloader may have blacklisted old bootloader and it may make irreversible changes. Also if downgrade remain successful, further upgrade may cause issue.
[Galaxy Note II General] wonsanim:
Upppsss! Late for me :( But Many thanks OP
[Galaxy Note II General] tonylee000:
Your 24 month warranty has already run out? Lol id double check your papers
[Galaxy Note II General] yahyoh:
its just 12 month here :|
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
Right :)

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Galaxy Note II General] zohawkish:
to fix odin fail, we have to back to 4.1.2.
[Galaxy Note II General] sam5154:
first, good thing that there is 2 stable leaks without this flag.I guess we should all stick to MJ5 for a while.

But now i'm thinking what should my nest device be? I loved Samsung devices, because they are so easy to root,flash roms and still you can save the warranty.Now my blacklist contains, HTC, Sony, Motorola and Samsung.Do Asus and LG lock their bootloader too?

And there is some bad news from Google itself. seems they came up with methods to help OEM for preventing unlocking bootloader in 4.4 KitKat.

you have a 24 month warranty? damn.
[Galaxy Note II General] silver750:
Yea, also in Czech Republic we have a 24 month warranty.

Odesláno z mého GT-N7100 pomocí Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note II General] AcostaJA:
I see some Nexus 5 on my hands on a near and imminent future.... ( thanks to ShameSung )
[Galaxy Note II General] paulove:
Could you explain? Could I downgrade BL if I flash a 4.1.2 rom rom PhilZ and then stock from Odin?
[Galaxy Note II General] tonylee000:
You dont? I had always just assumed a 12 month warranty until I read something that made me check the leaflet. Check yours.
[Galaxy Note II General] paulove:
Is there a way I can downgrade this bootloader?
[Galaxy Note II General] rraaka:
the way they took time to slowly yet steadily introduce the Note 2 forums to the full force of the Knox poison you would believe how much control they already have over these forums.

it can only be LOVE, true love ;p
[Galaxy Note II General] YOSEFE:
May their conscience trouble them over this; if they have one, that is.

My note ii is owned by me, bought it and not on contract. Flag is now 1. Still runs fine, and I don't need knox stuff on the phone.
[Galaxy Note II General] izz.amizan:
lucky me... haven't flash it yet... hopefully our genius dev may have found the answer to get rid with the knox issue... really depend on you guys (our beloved dev)... thanking all of u in advance...
[Galaxy Note II General] aftnoon2:
They must be veeery good devs...

In fact, top devs say that is not possible. Please, just read this, paying full attention: http:// http://omegadroid.co/wanted-knox-void-warranty-0x1/

And re-read this thread from the beginning.

Ss***t, I've just bought my Note 2 ending september....:(
[Galaxy Note II General] ilovemeow:
official upgrade avoid warranty...
[Galaxy Note II General] izz.amizan:
tq for the info fren...
[Galaxy Note II General] djlukas1983:
In European Union we have a 24 months warranty. But in other countries they may have only 12 moths.

Wysłane z mojego GT-N7100 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy Note II General] sam5154:
I think it's actually impossible or extremely difficult . Chain Fire used to root and unlock Samsung devices even before they've been released. Note he said it would a complicated task and device depended.(not model but device) each person should do a series of complicated tasks.

There would some hopes for us. At least, our devices are not looked yet. And there could be a workaround to remove it before flashing.but what about when we want to upgrade the hardware?

I think now that every major OEM locked their phone in some way, XDA community must to choose and focus on other brands .maybe like guys at CM we must go to Chinese OEMs.
[Galaxy Note II General] zohawkish:
flash a stock 4.1.2 with BL ( like dmg1) via odin . the first flash will reset your BL . if you got a problem "odin failed" during this flash retry again, it should works.
[Galaxy Note II General] bahtsiz_bedevi:
Latest posts say that KNOX is not eFuse related and can be reset http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47085982#post47085982

But yet not known how...
[Galaxy Note II General] gani_d:
Need Help

[MENTION=2739548]tamirda[/MENTION] , [MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION] please help me. I tried to install the latest firmware through odin but it said failed and after that my phone showing message firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. I tried to select the same in Kies but its also says failed. Please help me how to recover. Before this I was running MJ5 firmware with MJ5 bootloader installed.
[Galaxy Note II General] YOSEFE:
I had the same "fail" message happen last night.

All that I did was click a reset button on ODIN, reloaded the different parts of firmware on ODIN. Make sure "repartition" is DE-Selected. This is the thing which caused the error for me. For whatever reason, it auto-selected itself.

Try this and see how you get on. Oh, you must still be able to go into "Download Mode" to do this.
[Galaxy Note II General] gani_d:
thank you for your comments. I already flashed it again through odin even though it was not in download mode, but it worked. thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] YOSEFE:
I am happy for you.
[Galaxy Note II General] ~N.A.W.Y~:
Unlike Note 3 and S4, Note 2 not have eFuse .So there's must be a way to downgrade the bootloader.But on Note 3 and s4,it's impossible.
[Galaxy Note II General] gani_d:
thanks again for your concern.
[Galaxy Note II General] paulove:
That is what I am thinking as well. We only need a BL that can pass the check and make make downgrade possible.
[Galaxy Note II General] tamirda:
Chainfire confirmed that this is not an eFuse that causes that.

As to samsung service center, this is the eMMC chip and once you replace it, it goes back to 0 / you can install an older bootloader version.

But he is still investigating it.
[Galaxy Note II General] semantsen:
Thanks,

same thing happened to me and I succeeded re-trying :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] krazy_about_technology:
To hell with warranty, is it still possible to flash a custom ROM like Cyanogen Mod etc or not? If not, i am not going to upgrade to this **** and will go for CM.
[Galaxy Note II General] paulove:
You had MK4 bootloader and managed to downgrade?
[Galaxy Note II General] djlukas1983:
I've installed MK4 using Mobile Odin and it works. I had MJ5 bootloader before. I didn't flash new bootloader modem and CSC. Now i have MK4 ROM with MJ5 bootloader, modem and i have CSC from DM3 V2. That way i have multi language ROM without wipe.

Wysłane z mojego GT-N7100 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy Note II General] yahyoh:
there is no efuse even in GS4 or N3 :silly:

---------- Post added at 05:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:34 PM ----------

WAT O_o

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2504258
[Galaxy Note II General] ngr.hd:
So in nutshell, this will:

1. Void your warranty

2. You'll not be able to downgrade to any stock firmware and

3. Have no such impact on flashing custom ROMs and kernels.

Right?
[Galaxy Note II General] yahyoh:
1-yes

2-nope , but i think u won't be able to downgrade to the old bootloader

3-yep
[Galaxy Note II General] croatia1:
I would say Hello Nexus 5! :D

Pozdrav

Croatia1
[Galaxy Note II General] DanDroidian:
LoL, call me crazy, but I have full faith that the devs from XDA will actually find solutions for all of this.

As of right now it's all so new that even the best devs haven't had the time to ponder it much or come up with a solution. Give them a little time and EVERYTHING will be back to business as usual. Every security feature known to man looks bullet proof when it first comes out. This pattern has been going on since I can remember.

History will continue to repeat itself.

If they can make it, our devs can break it! :D
[Galaxy Note II General] M.Bettar:
Can't Downgrade from 4.3 N7100XXUEMK4 Help

Hi,

After Installing the 4.3 N7100XXUEMK4 from Sammobile I found out that Knox is now activated and I can't downgrade to 4.1.2 most of the reply's here say it will change the Knox counter and it is possible to downgrade But every time I add the CSC Home and modem of the 4.1.2 it says version not supported I don't have the old bootloader

I don't mind using it for some time when the Final release rolls out will I be able to upgrade or will it be STUCK on N7100XXUEMK4

what can I do I have sent an Email to Johan Nenzén Firmware Admin, Mobile App and his reply was

( I don't know if it's possible to downgrade. Please use the forums for this kind of questions. )

What can I do any one can upload or give me a link to bootloader or the firmware bootloader Home Modem CSC of 4.1.2
[Galaxy Note II General] BarryH_GEG:
Not if they've given up. If you don't know who Chainfire is do a Google search.
[Galaxy Note II General] DanDroidian:
I've known Chainfire for years.

Again, it's brand new, so you're crazy if you think he's given up on it forever and won't look into it again.

There will DEFINITELY be a fix/hack/crack/workaround/mod/etc for it sooner or later, just like EVERYTHING else in the world.. ....

You need to have more faith in the creativity and ability in our devs.
[Galaxy Note II General] rraaka:
everything comes with a price
[Galaxy Note II General] DanDroidian:
Except torrents and Triangle Away.

:D
[Galaxy Note II General] ttkyy:
when i was in joeldroid 3.6,i use TB to delete all knox related,2day i flash wanamlite 4.2,samething i did.Works fine.

I hope..。
[Galaxy Note II General] romdroid.:
Then what is the best way to upgrade to 4.3 without knox? Is there any guide?
[Galaxy Note II General] remosk:
frndz.....I hav some question, pls clear my doubts.. ..

1).can we still use odin to back up efs partition after upgradin to official 4.3 from samsung??

2) will I be able to install custom roms, kernels, bootloaders after I get upgeraded to official 4.3 on my note 2..?

3) will knox block us to flash older official firmwares, my 1 year warranty has got over..so m worried of bricking my phone if I go for installin custom roms after official upgrade to 4.3..

4) what will happen if knox counter raises ?? is it has any serious issues ??
[Galaxy Note II General] ytgbg:
I wanted to try the official 4.3 TW, to see is the Samsung TW is getting less heavy, but I will wait... Thanks for the heads up.
[Galaxy Note II General] kingqueen:
Having regretfully tried the new firmware before reading the OP's excellent warning, and had much stress as a result, I can confirm the following.

Yes.

I'm not sure about bootloaders. I can confirm that you can install whatever recovery you want, and therefore you can install roms, kernels. I have done.

Yes. At least through Odin. I don't know if you can get flashable .zips for custom recoveries that could do the job... But certainly the conventional .md5 or .tar cannot be flashed. The bootloader won't flash out of them. You could maybe split out the bootloader partition and flash the rest.

Not if you're out of warranty. If in warranty: you aren't any more if it gets this flag. Otherwise it's just unsightly text on the download screen.
[Galaxy Note II General] anuar70:
Did it but still can not downgrade..!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
In the EU at least, no matter what waffle Samsung might try to lay on you about it, flashing a custom ROM does NOT affect your warranty on anything to do with the hardware.

This is statutory rights stuff and cannot be taken or given away.
[Galaxy Note II General] antique_sonic:
Lemon law?

Sent from N7105 Jedi X20, at the corner of this rounded earth. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] kingqueen:
Yes; though I understand in practise nobody has (successfully?) challenged Samsung or others on the law? and Samsung state clearly that rooting etc. breaks their warranty, so there'd be a heck of a fight on your hands...
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
Will you tell how can one backup/restore the efs partition from Odin,and is it PC or mobile Odin?
[Galaxy Note II General] EmptyArea:
Actually...... flashing a custom ROM could indicate misuse. The basic principal is that by flashing a custom ROM you may gain access to functions you are not supposed to have, e.g. Root access which could allow you to brick your device (think terminal emulator and what havoc u can do there), over-clocking, under-volting, Increasing screen brightness, increasing max volume, etc.

Misuse does void your warranty, typically this caveat exists for water damage, drop damage, fire, putting a brick in your blender, etc. But there is no limited definition of misuse, and so it's not as simple as saying Custom ROMs don't damage your phone. In court, the old fart in the wig is almost certainly going to throw out your claim when Samsung list the myriad of things you COULD have done which would lead to a fault.

I haven't checked for case law but it probably exists in most countries as computers have been sold with software packages for quite some time.

My non-legal advice is it could be very costly to challenge a refusal to grant a warranty. Very, very costly.
[Galaxy Note II General] Ceryu:
I wanted to downgrade from knox enabled official 4.3 to my old 4.1.2 because of the rooting problems.I was a backup done by rom manager in the storage card before.I first fashed cwm touch via Odin then ı restored my old backup and ı am in 41.2 now.
[Galaxy Note II General] dalanik:
OK call me stupid but I stil don't get it 100%... :)

1) Flashing new official will prohibit from going back, right? Who CARES??? Why would anyone go back to OLDER android version?

2) prohibit? Not, it wouldn't, would it? It would just set knox bit to 1 and you wouldn't be able to use knox anymore. is this correct?

3) I don't care about custom ROMS. At all. Modems, boodloaders, none of that stuff. I just want a ROOTED device (with Xposed). If I flash official 4.3, would I be able to root? Install recovery? (without f*cking up the KNOX 1 bit)?

Thanx for clearing this up :)

D.
[Galaxy Note II General] shhbz:
knox will trigger
[Galaxy Note II General] rraaka:
I read if the flag is triggered then one cant use pc odin to upgrade to the next release either....not sure

and then using pc odin is very much a part of xda flashing tradition...stock roms are extremely stable and they put back an ailing messed up phone into healthy condition again.

was wondering if it may be possible to use mskips toolkit for flashing tar files instead of pc odin in such situations. his thread has been unhooked from the stickies recently.

still confused
[Galaxy Note II General] antique_sonic:
+1 confuse

Sent from N7105 Jedi X20, at the corner of this rounded earth. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] avercros:
+1, please explain!
[Galaxy Note II General] anuar70:
Finally I'm able to downgrade 4.3 to 4.1.2 after almost 4 days trying. Things I found out after pressing Vol down+Home+power button:

1. Knox is still there (still shows counter 1)

2. With rooted 4.1.2, using TriangleAway WILL NOT reset anything

3. 'Device Status" still show "Modified" even after using Odin Mobile and flashed using official 4.1.2 firmware.

Now that I knew how to downgrade, I flashed back to 4.3.......hehehe
[Galaxy Note II General] sora9009:
i think i also has read about this somewhere..maybe in note 3 or s4 forum..cant remember..

knox warranty is not all about waranty from samsung..its more than that..better not trigger it.
[Galaxy Note II General] Ratix0:
I have a curious question though. From what I have gathered online upon Note 3's hullabaloo, KNOX's eFuse is a hardware memory chip like a PROM that can only be written into once, and once it has been written into, the flag is triggered forever. Doesn't this mean it is a hardware thing? How could an irreversible component that is due to hardware be done on the Note 2 and the S4 since they don't come with the eFuse by default? Wouldn't that lead to make this more of a software flag rather than a hardware flag? Or am I mistaking something here?
[Galaxy Note II General] komorka:
Hi, could you give us precise instructions on how you did it, what firmware you used in particular? I'm trying to roll back to a British firmware with great battery life, to no avail. I've probably downloaded ten different dmg1 firmwares and neither seems to work in odin. It always errors out with the same unsupported message.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] anuar70:
1.Download ODIN-CWM_RecoveryTOUCH_v6.0.3.5_N7100, Extract to get recovery.tar.md5.

2.Use Odin v1.85, click PDA and flash the recovery.tar.md5.

3.Download and copy custom ROM GT-N7100_WanamLite.XXDMG1.V3.9.NO-WIPE.zip to Note 2.

4.Next turn off the Note 2. Press Vol Up+Home+Power button to enter Recovery Mode.

5.Install WanamLite zip file. The rest, well, you all know the rest.

6.Now you are back on 4.1.2 and rooted.

7.Enjoy the privileges of rooting by installing Odin Mobile, Titanium Back up and etc

This is what I did..Good luck...