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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bugs9477:
Well if you have a custom rom and recovery yes OTA won't work for you. So you will have to download you carrier's rom from Sammobile and install through ODIN and it will give you stock recovery and 4.3 and no root!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bugs9477:
Great news, thanks!

Were you stock, stock rooted, custom Rom?

Did you go OTA or ODIN?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] skooby1doo:
Man i been waiting just about forever for this damm upgrade tis a happy happy day :D

hey bugs9477 that imei thing your talking about is that just for bell or all canadian cell providers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shirazs:
I was thinking of simply Odin to 4.3 from cleanrom instead of stock 4.1.2 and then 4.3 my only issue right is I need root for a couple of critical root apps I use. Will have to wait for someone to create a Stock 4.3 root version. Hopefully, it won't be too long of a wait :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] whitetiger_0603:
I updated via OTA. Can i root with this method? I put the .tar recovery file in the PDA spot and flash in ODIN mode, Odin says success, but when i reboot recovery, it's Android, and not CWM. Am i missing something?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alquistador:
Does anyone have a working link to the new bell update? Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
If you mean 4.3, sammobile.com has links in their firmware section. You need to register (free).

One caution - the 4.3 Odin packages for the i317m contain the MK5 bootloader. Once installed, it cannot be reverted to older bootloaders. The 4.3 bootloader contains a warranty void flag which gets displayed in download mode that gets tripped as soon as you flash anything custom. If your phone is out of warranty - no big deal - it doesn't prevent ability to flash anything custom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alquistador:
I have gone to sam mobile, when i try to download. The web page times out on both links.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
I uploaded the 4.3 Bell firmware to devhost - http://d-h.st/SYR

Try that and see if it's any better - I'll keep it up there for a couple weeks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MONOXIDE_CHILD:
I need the sgh-i317m 4.3 update or link and not the sammobile link or the hot file or terafile link is there another actual working link
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Before long I'll be mirroring every i317m 4.3 variant - just in time for kitkat! ;)

Here's a devhost link for the Roger's version - http://d-h.st/5dV

In order to avoid all the adware they throw at you I recommend visiting their home page first, creating an ID and logging in, then clicking the link above.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] armandomulla:
SGH-i317m from omni to stock

First of all I'm a complete noob in android so go easy on me. (I played some days with a S2 just to get an idea but Odin,CWM, TWRP and so on got me a bit confused)

I just got a SGH-i317M (BELL i think) with some custom 4.4.2 rom rooted and SIM unlocked.

I want to use 4.3 (after asking around for what is better) preferably stock (without those carrier things would be good). Thing is i dont want to lose my SIM unlock and ofc cant risk bricking as I have no other phone currently. I dont care for the data in the phone; actually it would be good if it gets deleted as i dont need anything from what is here.

Downloaded Odin 3.09 and 4.3 firmware from sammobile.

My question(s):

How do i wipe everything and go to 4.3 stock (rooted preferably) without losing that SIM unlock.

Do i just flash I317MVLUCMK5_I317MOYACMK5_HOME.tar.md5 (4.3 sammobile file) via Odin or it requires more procedures?

Specs (what i think is important)

Model number: T0LTE

Android : 4.4.2

Omni version: 4.4.2-20150404-t0lte-Nightly

Baseband version: I317MVLUCMK5

Kernel version: 3.0.64-OMNI-g9de8607

Build number: omni_t0lte-userdebug 4.4.2 KVT49L 191 test-keys

Thanks in advance

Sent from my wooden age PC
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] phenom97:
Updated Via Kies, whats the best way to re-root this at 4.3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bugs9477:
my reference is from dbzgod

"Because of this the Note II firmware's are actually in fact the exact same ones like EXACTLY, modem file CSC extras EVERYTHING all pack in an ALL In One Firmware for all. The only difference is the extra add on files that are contained in the CSC itself, if you guys take a look at your Canadian phones and either dial *#272*IMEI# Or Use Samsung Galaxy S / S2 / S3 CSC App by Manniakk which just auto detects your IMEI and does the dialer code for you.

You will see that we in fact have all 5 Carrier CSC in one on our phones (See attached picture), this means in the firmware contains the bloat for every one of these carriers however upon installing the firmware on your phone it detects what CSC your are currently selected on and auto installs that carriers extra's and carrier specific settings such as Free Bell Wifi at those free wifi places and fast dormancy gets enabled for Bell and Telus too, etc etc.

If you wish to install for example Rogers firmware onto a Bell phone you must first change your CSC that the phone is set too, even wipes and fresh flashes doesn't change this your still required to change it.

So using either the dialer code or the App, for twanskys204 case, change the CSC from BMC (Bell) to RWC (Rogers) (that's assuming you got a Bell phone) and then you will wont have bloat (Or at least shouldn't but Joke seems to be on Rogers with Bell bloat). Even better is since the firmware's are all the same you don't even need to flash the other carriers. All you half to do is change the CSC, IT WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR PHONE so be warned when changing CSC's. And it will change over to whatever other carrier you wish to use."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bugs9477:
I don't know if you can at the moment because of Knox!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wallyg8r:
Air command not part of this update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bovid:
is it just me, i cannot get the weather widget on the lockscreen anymore. i cannot see the option to get it on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] trickyhurl:
idk gang, I'm going to wait for devs to grab this, root it, add note3 features etc b4 doing an official update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
Rooted!

I have root access - pretty easy actually. Here is what I did:

1) Install the 4.3 update from sammobile via odin - let it boot

2) reboot and install cwm via odin - you can get the latest here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47607315

3) reboot into recovery and install supersu using cwm - I believe the latest is here: http://download.chainfire.eu/204

EDIT: use this supersu instead: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47884836&postcount=54

Thats it! Now restoring my apps and data using Titanium backup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shirazs:
Wow! you've just made my day.

Just a clarification, I'm on Cleanrom 5, should I just flash the 4.3 from Sammobile on ODIN and then follow steps 2 and 3 to root or do I need to first unroot to stock 4.1.2 and then upgrade to 4.3 and steps 2 and 3? Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
You can just flash 4.3 - I was on cm 11 and just rebooted to download mode and installed 4.3.

After the install I had to go to the stock recovery and wipe data otherwise it wouldn't boot (could be because I was on CM11 - not sure) - you may or may not have to do this.

Cheers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shirazs:
Thanks will give it a go this evening and report back to this thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
FYI Supersu updated via the Play store and when I ran it, it told me it detected Knox and gave an option to disable - looks like Knox is disabled as well!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] xperia_x10:
Anyone know if you can remove knox completely without issues? are there any services that need knox installed ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alquistador:
Where does the update file go on Odin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] skooby1doo:
Hey plemen do you know if we are able to install TWRP instead of CWM.

thanks for the heads up on the root though bloody fantastik.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
Either should be fine. I've always used TWRP but had to switch to CWM for CM 11.

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Unzip it the file you downloaded from sammobile and you should have a file called I317MVLUCMK5_I317MOYACMK5_HOME.tar.md5.

Select this in the PDA field of Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SaHiLzZ:
Have anyone tried to revert to 4.1.2 or 4.1.1 using ODIN after updating to 4.3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] phenom97:
You can install the TMobile recovery on the ATT note 2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] skooby1doo:
Thanks bro much appreciated
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dbzgod:
Hey everyone.

Chiming in about the update.

So I got it today and had a few issues but corrected them, want to share with others what problems I had if anyone else encounters this.

First thing upon updating I check my flash count status to see what they've done. There is a Knox flag in the bootloader however since our phones (atleast ones manufactured before July 2013) don't not have efuses I noticed its a bit different.

By default it showed for me Knox warranty flag: 0

I'm a big CWM user and decided to go ahead and continue to use PhilZ's CWM touch. Even with the custom flag being switched and the flash count going to 1 my Knox flag remained at 0.

My guess is that if the phone doesn't have an efuse this doesn't change, however I also noticed that the Knox software that they give you on the update is just an starter file and you actually need to download Knox fully on your own if you want it. So maybe because it is not fully installed they flag remains at 0 as well, just a guess.

Upon flashing CWM I installed the latest root from Chainfire, 1.80 however I ran into a problem.

Root worked but SuperSu would crash and I would also get nagged by Samsung security about it and any root app.

I figured out that previously I had used the option in SuperSu to convert it into a system app this is what caused it to crash.

To fix this I used ES file explore to make the system directory writable and had to manually delete the Superuser.apk, reboot & then reinstall off playstore. After all this everything is working fine as it should.

About the security nagging the new SuperSU 1.80 has an option to get rid of this, but you can also manually just disable all the Knox programs using titanium backup as well.

Sent from my SGH-I317M
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
Well what do you know... apparently you can. I installed that exact same one I linked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] koreancanuck:
Debating whether I should do this now or wait for the zip file with root inserted. Stupid exams taking my time away from 4.3 >=(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drhrr:
Really looking forward in getting this update into my wife's Note II on Telus, but don't want to have to factory reset/erase... Either way I know that I could do a /data backup, but any other way I could keep the data as a backup and then just pass it back w/o having to go through Titanium? I've had a couple bad experiences with TI not flashing back the right info and just ending up loosing my back up to it...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alquistador:
Does this up date improve data signal and wife speed/signal reception???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Yazzy88:
Just flashed through Odin. Thought everything would be wiped but when it rebooted all my apps were still there.

Came from a rooted 4.1.2 (This one to be exact - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2016575)

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After playing around for 15+ mins, everything works fine. This added a lot of Bell related bloatware (expected). Too early to say if battery life was impacted or improved, but hopefully the latter.

Have problems installing SU. Followed the steps provided by plemen. Flash CWM through Odin and that worked. However installing SU through CWM in recovery didn't seem to work. When I boot back in and launch SU, it says missing binary files.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
Uninstall Supersu from playstore, apply the Supersu.zip via cwm recovery, update supersu via playstore and then open in and follow prompts - that should do it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckavvouras:
I don't think im gonna install this till we get have a dev take a look at it, not in the mood to have knox and the new knox flash counter going on my phone, hopefully we will see a flashable final build up without knox on it soon
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve.99:
I forgot to wipe my phone before I flashed the Rogers version with Odin. I realized my mistake whilw it was flashing so their was no stopping it. Lucky for me all went well. The phone Booted without issue. And my phone is just like like it was but ruining 4.3.

I was on Jedi 20 before the flash.

I had 0 fc. And I been running it for about 8 hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Yazzy88:
Thanks for the information. Followed your steps exactly but unfortunately still the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
I don't understand why Supersu won't work for you... I did only this. Sounds like the supersu.zip isn't being installed properly by cwm for you...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cnote74:
Which version of super su did you use? I know the 1.75 version his latest works.

All depends on what version of super su you try to flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Yazzy88:
Right now installed on my phone is version 1.8

The version that I am flashing is from the link that plemen provided. The zip says CWM-SuperSU-v0.94.zip.

Not sure why it is not working for me. From plemen's post, it looked he did a wipe and then installed everything from scratch. Mine was a dirty flash, perhaps that could be the problem. Besides root, everything is working fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drhrr:
Thanks for the feedback on the result for not wiping, I will still make sure to do a NANDROID to make sure I don't "bonk" things up. Anyone able to confirm/deny any changes to modem/network stability?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jbplumbing.ca:
I had the Same problem as you. I used CF-Auto-Root and installed SuperSU from the play store Root! Then just install TWRP from goo manager.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
I'm sorry bro - I actually used a supersu I had on hand (v1.69) - I'm attaching it here. I thought by linking the latest it may save everyone an update.

Good luck and this should work for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Binary_File:
Can anyone tell me if any of the firmware that is in samfirmware contains Spanish language?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] celtique:
telcel user huh?

I'm flashing right now.

Will tell asap
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Yazzy88:
Thanks - that worked! Time to remove bloatware:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nutpants:
Great, just waiting for some one to create a flashable zip out of this Rom, even better make a clean Rom from it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Yazzy88:
For the Bell version that I flashed, I only see English, French, Korean and Chinese languages available.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pauzoe:
Same thing from telus update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Binary_File:
Hmmm, I'm going to try with the Rogers version.

Thanks bro.

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Hmmm, I'm going to try with the Rogers version.

Thank's bro. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
Rogers is the same - English, French, Korean and two Chinese (Simplified/Trad?) languages.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cnote74:
Anyone with root issues try this one http://download.chainfire.eu/368/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.75.zip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ordio:
Has anyone tried to re-root without going through the CWM route (using odin to root without installing CWM)?

Just trying to stay near stock as possible.

The update looks very nice... smooth graphics and nice to see all the new options that i'm used to seeing in cyanogenmod :)

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] celtique:
untrue

Mine booted in spanish right away... I haven't make any wipe though...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
Nice! I wiped and started from scratch and I don't get Spanish as an option - must be settings from before. Just don't try changing to English and back :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dingchow:
I was having problems getting root. To keep close to stock just use http://download.chainfire.eu/279/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-t0ltecan-t0ltevl-sghi317m.zip

Update Supersu in Play Store. Update binary s Normal. And select yes to disable KNOX. Reboot and done.

To install Custom recovery install Goo manager or Rom manager
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ordio:
Well I flashed cwm and now my knox setting is at 1. Looks like I triggered it when I installed cwm.

Just as an FYI.

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Yeah that's the one I was going to use and figured oh well, might as well do it with cwm.

Was going to install a custom Rom on here anyway.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] inningsdefeat500:
Were you able to install twrp recovery and root it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] koreancanuck:
I was able to. Use the twrp tar file and flash it via odin. The file is in this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1981198

Then you can root using the SU zip files that is in post #63.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve.99:
Yes, flashed cwm with Odin. Then flashed SU 1.75 from this thread with cwm. Then flashed twrp with cwm and did a backup.

Titanium backup also working fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] suyashc:
Can anyone mirror provide for telus note 2 update its taking 7hours to download from hostfile.

Please...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] koodiifin:
Has anyone on bell actually received an ota update?

I just checked and it still says I'm up to date, I'm in the west coast and on stock 4.1.2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbrotherbear:
Anyone having issues with Rogers 4.3?

I can't view S Notes anymore and I can't seem to view pictures from the Gallery either.

I've tried factory refresh and re-flashing via Odin.

Edit: Well that's embarrassing. I flashed it in odin via Phone instead of PDA.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ordio:
Yes I received it yesterday.

As I have triangle away, I disabled root for a few minutes are reboot. Then checked and there it was.

Unfortunately I want able to complete the OTA update and had to go to Odin to do the update.

For those that have upgraded to 4.3 and used cwm to gain root. Did any of you notice if knox warranty bit set to 0 or 1? Mine is now set to 1 meaning my warranty is void.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] thekenderman:
My Knox says that i am now void too. Ah well. I did CFAtuoRoot and goo manger TWRP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ordio:
Yeah I'm now at the point where I will do twrp as well.

So if you went cfautoroot (Odin direct I take it) then any root seems to cause knox to void.

I haven't tried to unroot and see if it makes a difference in knox. However from what I've read, its permanent.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] thekenderman:
Yep, it is likely permanent. It's unfortunate, since on 4.1.2 I could unroot, put back to stock in case of warranty issues, but...that's the point of Knox. Samsung has to watch their bottom line. So far so good on stock rooted though - been enjoying it with no hiccups or issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] urology78:
yes! it did not work :crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shirazs:
Confirming the above steps from plemen worked

perfectly

to obtain stock 4.3 and root. Once rebooted, SuperSU will update and will ask to disable Knox to remove all annoying security warnings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckavvouras:
I don't know if this might help anyone that's worried about warranty but...

I went ahead and flashed the update with mobile Odin and I didn't update the boot loader as far as I can tell, there is no Knox flash counter in download mode. The only problem I did encounter was Wi-Fi was broken but I was able to fix this by flashing devil's kernel. Other then I removed the Knox garbage with titanium and Rom runs smooth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] urology78:
Thanks!!

Thank you very much :o

It worked perfectly
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] scmlee:
Wake-up Lag?

I'm on Bell and flashed the 4.3 update (via ODIN) a few days ago. I've been seeing a noticeable lag when waking up the device (either via the home or power). It easily takes 2-3 seconds before the screen turns on. Has anyone else noticed this?

It's not related to s-voice since this the same lag is seen with using the power button (and i do have "open via home key" disabled in S-Voice). I believe this was one of the issues that plagued the S4 4.3 update but not sure how severe it was with the S4 compared to Note2.

Besides that, loving the 4.3 rom! It was a little laggy after the update but seems to have stabilized and running very smooth now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bugs9477:
Not experiencing any lag but I am finding that I have to plug in a lot but I wait a week before I judge it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alquistador:
where does the cwm file go in odin?

never mind had to use my brain and readQ!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bitemark01:
This worked perfectly for me too!

Though it seems to have tripped my Knox counter, though I really don't care too much. I'm not planning to trade the phone in, I plan to use it until it dies. Hopefully there will be software along sometime that will be able to reset that too.

For what it's worth, I used Titanium to strip out anything with "knox" in it, and my phone still seems fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingofkings11:
Has anyone tried the CF Auto-Root method after flashing 4.3 stock via ODIN? Did it get you root access?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980644

*Update: Tried the CF-Auto-Root method myself after flashing sammobile 4.3 stock files via ODIN and everything worked as it should - root access attained.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bitemark01:
I've been getting the same results on both counts. I mean I've only been running it briefly but battery consumption seems to be almost double. I agree, gonna give it a week, might be rolling back to 4.1.2, since this brings nothing new that I would use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
I went back to cm11 - trying omnirom right now. I tried the Rogers 4.3 for a couple of days and the sluggish performance was intolerable.

There is no comparison 4.4 is so much smoother than tw 4.3. Not sure if it's a kitkat

Improvement or if Samsung just does a terrible job of tuning Android...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bitemark01:
How are you finding Omnirom? Does it have the S-pen enhancements? That's pretty much the only reason I've been staying with stock, I enjoy the buddy pages and the s-pen apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plemen:
Not much spen support yet beyond basics unfortunately. The whole experience otherwise is fantastic - fast, smooth and so far stable. My biggest beef with tw is how the whole thing performs and looks - real Android is smooth and modern, cohesive. Tw looks clunky and badly assembled (for example calculator, dialer, etc.) my wife has a nexus 5 so I may just be enamoured with stock 4.4 - the note with cm11/omnirom gives a similar experience.

Anyway I'm off topic - I'm glad we got official 4.3 with all note features. Maybe some dev will perform some magic and debloat/theme it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] neil85ae86:
Horrible I regret doing the update. This will definitely be my last Samdung product.

Animations are a slide show including animated wallpapers, scrolling anything stutters and isn't smooth, and too much delay on word predictions.

You've been warned.