[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jkleo:
An account of numerous failed flashes with this ROM

Ugh this has been a very frustrating experience. I have only recently heard about this ROM as I have only started using a second-hand N7105 about 3 months ago and it was stock 4.4.2 and unrooted. So after rooting and backing up everything and making sure the download of the ROM zip file is correct etc. I then begun the flashing process.

I booted into the latest TWRP (v 2.8) recovery, wiped data and tried flashing the ROM only to find out that it kept failing. Retries after retries and it still failed, even after rebooting straight to recovery. I did not wipe the whole internal storage and after searching the thread, found some posts suggesting to restart the phone which I did and was able to because I did not wipe the internal storage and so the stock ROM was still there.

Then I booted into recovery and tried flashing the ROM straight away without wiping again and finally it worked, and it opened up this installation steps which I only then found out is called Aroma because the FAQ for failed flash was to just reboot to recovery to try flashing again and 'let aroma finish and enjoy' which was very vague as there was no other mention of this Aroma and what it does in the main OP post! So I went with the default selections including yes to 'wipe data excluding media' and started the installation process just to find Aroma stuck at wiping data at 10%. I waited and waited for about 20 mins and nothing changed!

I decided to pull out the battery to boot back into recovery, tried flashing again just to find the failed message again and again. I then tried restarting recovery to find the warning that no OS has been detected (so the 'wipe data excluding media' basically meant wiping internal storage?) and I selected to reboot into recovery without reinstalling root just like the FAQs section said and it still failed to flash! I did this flash-reboot recovery-flash procedure for almost 10 times and it still did not work!

I ended up restoring my backup which I fortunately saved in my external memory so I did not have to go through another agonising process of putting the backup back into my phone in order to restore to how it was.

I just wished that the first post of this thread would have been clearer and mentioned the actual process that is supposed to take place when you try flashing the ROM including the Aroma installation, the meaning of the UI styles given (like does 'Full S5 UI' means no Note 3 functions, etc), and especially the possibility of Aroma bugging out on you and making the flashing failed rather than just 'it could be you that did not download properly'.

I read that the v5.5 for N7100 has removed Aroma while for N7105 and other LTE variants are still on v5+ so I will just have to hold out until v5.5 is available for the LTE variants of Note 2. I have carefully followed the instructions given and read through the FAQs section and this is not my first time rooting and flashing as I have done so numerous times with the S2 and GNex that I was using so it definitely was not a user problem.

I decided to post here what I went through for others to see and hopefully the OP post can be improved upon because I felt really burned out by this whole process with 6-7 hours wasted and hopes, dreams, and expectations on using such an awesome-sounding ROM thoroughly dashed.

---------- Post added at 06:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:28 AM ----------

7.2.1 or 7.2.2? Isn't the version number too high for TWRP given their latest version is 2.8.0.0?