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[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] darkrevenant:
For me : I wont' upgrade to Grand 2. Grand is rather dissapointing for me (FYI, I've been using grand for 4 months). I'm not dissapointed for its software update, but its performance especially for daily usage especially after updating to 4.2. 4.1 is not that fast, and 4.2 is worse.

In here, Grand is priced 3.200.000 IDR (approx. $290) unlocked. For a $290 devices, surely I expect something more than this. Grand is very slow for a device using a dual core CPU especially when opening Gallery with more than a hundred photos. :crying:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] goku15:
Thats why the devs have made custom roms. Use a rom like cm or slim and all that lag will go away + you will get a pure nexus look:good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] skpadhi79:
Exactly..i am also on slimbean ...n its awsome in every which way u say...............now my daily driver..amongst all things battery back up and ram consumption are awsome............
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] hunter0389:
The biggest problem with these custom ROMs is none of them support dual SIM, which is main reason some of us bought the Grand. If dual SIM is not required, then there plenty of better phones out there. And if you want pure Android, why not get the real thing and go with Nexus 4 or Nexus 5?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Sulaimanshariff:
Agree wid you totally and same here slim is the best rom ive evr used im nt among those who always prefer using dual sim frm the day i bought my phone m running it on single,,AFAIK i knw dual sim issue cn be solved by pawitp hes busy working for cm 11 and slim 4.3 is bootable now once we have cm 10.2 kind of stable next work must be dual sim support :D

Sent from GT-I9505 HAPPY FLASHING^_^
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] EthanDev:
I love custom roms....... but addicted to touchwhiz...:cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops:

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Mod Edit: English only, please
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] wiryawang:
Agree with this, I need the dual sim feature for my daily use, that's why I can't use custom rom right now.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] EthanDev:
Why?? Why?? Why?? atleast 4.4??

then whats the use of saying 4.4 is optimised to run on low ram devices???

FRAGMENTATION SUCKS!!!:crying:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] skpadhi79:
fingers crossed till then............
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] QuantumInteger:
I've been having issue with my Sprint Note 2 for a while. I've also posted this to Reddit and other parts of the forum but so far have gotten no way to fix my issue. Here's the link to Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport...nt_note_2_sphl900_bricked_after_attempted_43/

Sorry, I didn't want to type that all up again and having to deal with formatting and such.

Basically, the gist of it, from what I can gather is that I have accidentally loaded the 4.3 bootloader with KNOX and it is currently preventing me from doing anything productive (flashing CWMR, rooting, installing stock, etc). I read here on the forum that there were ways to do so, especially this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46861777

I was wondering if there were steps for the Sprint Note 2 SPH-L900?

Any help in debricking my phone is appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Try these steps.

1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode

2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.

3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.

4. Flash this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...

5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.

You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] QuantumInteger:
I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] louforgiveno:
After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.

Also try different version of Odin maybe
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] QuantumInteger:
I tried 3.07, 3.09, and even barebone 1.85 that came with CF auto root. It doesn't work. I can't load recovery just fine (according to ODIN) but I can't get into Recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar

I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.

I promise though, this will fix your fone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] QuantumInteger:
...My God..... What ever you did, it worked. Turns out, Caboomi's file didn't work too well. I couldn't get CWMR working at all even after converting to .tar. I used TWRP instead and it works. Problem was that it asked me for my password, which I don't know since I tried everything, so I had to resort to wiping everything. I installed the file jlmancuso suggested, loading it onto SD card then flashing using TWRP, and now my Samsung Note 2 is debricked.

Your file was a godsend. Thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rckingws6:
No recovery stuck on bootloop

im having the same issue could you post that dropbox link again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rckingws6:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] louforgiveno:
MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rongd:
my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”

may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is rongd@qq.com , thanks.

another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？

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my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”

may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is rongd@qq.com , thanks.

another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rckingws6:
yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] massss4:
hello if you are online i need some help i dl the 4.3 note 2 update it has a different build than the one sprint has there are some features that are not on this build is there any way for me to get the ota from sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] QuantumInteger:
Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] massss4:
i need some help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rckingws6:
yea i can get into twrp recovery now but my sdcard wont mount thats why im trying to use odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] QuantumInteger:
For those of you who have bricked Note 2s (SPH-L900), I'm going to drop a DropBox link here to a folder of ALL of the files that I used to unbrick my phone. I experimented with multiple methods (and several sleepless nights). Some of them will be useful to you, not all. I have the Android SDK and Caboomi's converter for .img to .tar. It doesn't work too well for CWMR just FYI. ODIN-OC will attempt to load stock MC2 onto your phone but it won't work if it's bricked. Arc Converter is a program I used to try convert the MK4 .zip file to .tar to try and flash an update using ODIN. It didn't work. The steps that I took to unbrick my phone will be posted after the link.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c2bfpfdf0qbs6bu/ZiNC-BF5kf

Be patient. Some of the files are still updating.

Steps:

1) Put your phone into Download mode by holding volume down + power + home button at bootup

2) Use ODIN (3.07 or 3.09) to load the 4.3_Unbrick.tar file. This will take a bit of time so be patient. Once the phone boots up again, you'll get past the boot screen that says "Samsung Galaxy Note II" and you'll get the Samsung logo with the spinning icon but it will loop. This is normal.

3) Next, power off (yank the battery and cable, leave battery out but plug the cable back in) and reboot into download.

4) Flash the TWRP .tar file (don't try converting the CWMR to .tar, it won't work) then reboot.

5) Hold volume up + power + home button (be patient here)

6) You should see the Team Win logo. You're now in recovery. The TWRP may ask you for the password. It is NOT the passcode to your lockscreen or your Google password. I have no idea what it is. At this point, you'd have to wipe your phone (internal only) if you want to flash the stock recovery.

7) Load the MC2 stock recovery file with counter reset onto a microSD card and mount it onto the phone (play around with TWRP, if it doesn't see the SD card the first time, restart or play with the mount function). Just be careful not to wipe your microSD card.

8) Flash the stock recovery (give it time) and it'll restart. You should be back at 4.1.2.

EXTRA STEPS

If you're still interested in 4.3, load the MK4 update onto the microSD card as well. BEFORE you go through the activation process for the 4.1.2 firmware at boot, boot into recovery. Flash the 4.3 update using stock recovery. This should put you onto 4.3 after the phone reboots. You should now have stock 4.3 (no root).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
Sorry for all the download errors, I am uploading to my websight right now and as soon as it uploads, I will post the URL, it should download much faster too. I didnt realize so many people needed it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rckingws6:
i was able to get to twrp but its still not reading my sd card im going to try another one

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yep it was the sdcard i guess i wiped it or something oh well i got it back to 4.1.2 ill be loading the files on my dropbox as well just incase yours gets over run thanks for everything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rongd:
thank you , i am downloading...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rckingws6:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9yip1ebplvjpx5d/4.3_Unbrick.tar
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rongd:
thanks a lot , my friend L900 was unbricked .！
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bencostello:
SAVED!

I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.

I promise though, this will fix your fone[/QUOTE]

I have tried LITERALLY dozens of different fixes and for me this is the only one that worked. I flashed the 4.3 rom then accidentally flashed the earlier 4.3 rom files on top of it. I was SCREWED!

I kept getting hung up on the sboot.bin file. I even tried replaing that file with the official 4.3 rom sboot.bin but nothing worked until....

Keithgordon, I am not going to buy you a beer I want to buy you a round. You saved my a**. Thank you so much for posting this. Do you have a paypal account or somthing I NEED to pay you back.

For anyone that has had trouble with 4.3 on Sprint NOte 2 this is the way to go!!!! THANK YOU Keithgordon!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gdub225:
I have tried LITERALLY dozens of different fixes and for me this is the only one that worked. I flashed the 4.3 rom then accidentally flashed the earlier 4.3 rom files on top of it. I was SCREWED!

I kept getting hung up on the sboot.bin file. I even tried replaing that file with the official 4.3 rom sboot.bin but nothing worked until....

Keithgordon, I am not going to buy you a beer I want to buy you a round. You saved my a**. Thank you so much for posting this. Do you have a paypal account or somthing I NEED to pay you back.

For anyone that has had trouble with 4.3 on Sprint NOte 2 this is the way to go!!!! THANK YOU Keithgordon![/QUOTE]

anyone have the files? i went to the link but it said it was empty. I believe i'm having the same problem with the bricked phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] masterpero:
will it take a long long time for it to finish installing, its at system.img and still going its been over an hour, so does it suppose to take that long?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bencostello:
File is still there

anyone have the files? i went to the link but it said it was empty. I believe i'm having the same problem with the bricked phone[/QUOTE]

gdub225 I just check and the file is still there on the dropbox link. I had to take it out of my post because I haven't posted a lot here but look for Keithgordon's post with the dropbox link. The file is 4.3 GB so it will take a while but if you are desperate this will save your possibly bricked phone!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
gdub225 I just check and the file is still there on the dropbox link. I had to take it out of my post because I haven't posted a lot here but look for Keithgordon's post with the dropbox link. The file is 4.3 GB so it will take a while but if you are desperate this will save your possibly bricked phone![/QUOTE]

Here is a better link:http://myfavoritecontractors.com/4.3_Unbrick.tar
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lhc80:
Thank brother you safe my phone whit this

Enviado desde mi SPH-L900 mediante Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rebecca19:
Bricked note 2

Hi I bricked my phone its a note 2 on sprint I took it to be fixed, but when they fixed it they wiped it clean esn/MEI all gone. My phone cuts on my phone has also been upgraded to the 4.3 system. I tried to get my phone flashed to a different phone service, but without the esn being active on the phone there is nothing they can do. Do you know I can get my mei/esn number back on my phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] endwhysee.bk:
Hey quick question . My friend did the update on his rooted phone. Whenever it booted up it went to twrp. However when I wipe cache it boots up. Now every time it dies or you have to restart he has to wipe cache to get it to boot will this file or method work for this problem? . Thanks.

O.Nice a Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] waderr:
Bricked Phone

I bricked my phone last night loading the 4.4 aosp rom. Anyone have any Idea how to unbrick my poor phone. Note 2 Sprint spl 900. Any help would be appreciated. Hopefully I can get a tar file to,load from odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bencostello:
do this exactly and it should work!:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] joeiz04:
Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 2 SPH, L900 no o/s :(

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Your link isn't avail anymore, i g0t a pop up, error 404

But maybe you can help me, I was trying to update my o/s to 4.3, downloaded twrp but something went wrong and i lost my O/S, now all i get to show up is twrp screen, i go into install -external sdcard, I go to downloads folder, i see aokp_i900_kitkat_nightly_2014-01-20.zip, and omni-4.4.42-20140124-I900-nightly.zip and OTA_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.08.651.3-2 BUT none of these will install, they start to but then i get an fail message, I've cleared cache, dalvik, date and nothing. I've tried to reboot but I get a message No OS installed! ARe you sure you wish to reboot?

I'm at a lost...I don't know where to find the stock OS on my phone ,,,,help me pls!

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Your link isn't avail anymore, i g0t a pop up, error 404

But maybe you can help me, I was trying to update my o/s to 4.3, downloaded twrp but something went wrong and i lost my O/S, now all i get to show up is twrp screen, i go into install -external sdcard, I go to downloads folder, i see aokp_i900_kitkat_nightly_2014-01-20.zip, and omni-4.4.42-20140124-I900-nightly.zip and OTA_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.08.651.3-2 BUT none of these will install, they start to but then i get an fail message, I've cleared cache, dalvik, date and nothing. I've tried to reboot but I get a message No OS installed! ARe you sure you wish to reboot?

I'm at a lost...I don't know where to find the stock OS on my phone ,,,,help me pls!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
First off you need to download Philz Recovery....TWRP has issues on 4.3 ROMS. You may also need to go back to stock MC2 using billards "return to stock MC2 ROM". It also has a root.zip you flash RIGHT AFTER the ROM(do not reboot until AFTER you flash the root.zip) itself so you can keep root.I had very similar issue when trying to do the update myself...my phone would just boot to the TWRP screen but never let me past that. I had to download ODIN 3.07 and flash Philz that way. Make sure that BILLARDS ROM is on ext sdcard. You can use TWRP for this since it is a 4.1.2 ROM. If you get this far let me know.

ANDROID...A New Digital Revolution Of Incredible Developers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolwater22:
thank you so much sir. I think I bricked my phone and when trying to boot phone it would only show the image of teamwin recovery. I then looked and looked and found your post. I was trying to back up my rom (smooth rom 2/3) so I went to recovery and it wouldn't boot. then I flashed philz recovery via odin and it booted up fine....:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
Glad to help!

ANDROID...A New Digital Revolution Of Incredible Developers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolwater22:
now I backup my rom, but when trying to restore it, it wont let me. it gets to the part where it says restoring data. it says that for a couple of minuntes then reboots back into recovery. if I install cwm can I restore the backup I did on philz recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
What version of Android are you trying to restore? 4.1.2...4.3...4.4? Are you downgrading from a higher version? Like from 4.4 back to 4.3? Have you tried to do a clean install of a ROM using Philz yet? When I tried to restore a 4.3 backup after flashing a 4.4 ROM I had some issues with data also. I had to format my internal sdcard using Philz then i was able to fully restore my backup. Seems 4.4 does something different with the data part of the internal sdcard.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolwater22:
I was trying to restore 4.3. its the same version of android I was on. I have not tried to format my internal sdcard yet. ill back up all my files on my comp then do that and see if that helps me out and ill report back...thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
So your original backup was made using TWRP? If that's the case you still may have issues restoring data using Philz because that was the problem with TWRP. If all else fails you may need to re flash the 4.3 ROM you were on and start from there. But formatting the internal sdcard will help with re flashing the ROM like you wouldn't believe. When formatting internal using Philz make sure you choose data/data/media AND NOT SDCARD 1....THAT'S YOUR EXTERNAL!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolwater22:
no. I created a backup using philz recovery. I tried to restore it and like I said it reboots when it gets to "restoring data" and then goes into recovery again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
Have you formatted your internal sdcard yet? Let me know how things are progressing and I will help as much as I can.

ANDROID...A New Digital Revolution Of Incredible Developers

Are you able to boot up and get your phone running besides the not restoring data issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolwater22:
sorry i took long to respond I was doing homework...

but anyways, once again your the MAN!! I was able to restore my previous back up by formatting what you had told me. the data(apps) installed fine. thanks again man....

it also seems a bit more responsive now that I formatted my internal memory :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
Just glad to help....i was in the same situation a while ago and figured it out after some trial and error...took about 3 hours but I know how you felt.

You are very welcome sir...another phone saved by experienced help!

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If anyone else has problems be sure to let them know what to do ok?!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolwater22:
I have never experienced anything like this. I have been flashing since I had the tp2 and evo4g and never had them not reboot for me. thanks man :)

of course. ill pass the knowledge you shared with me to others
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ianmb:
Yeah I still have my OG evo...girlfriend uses it since she busted her s2! Knowledge is power my brother...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolwater22:
i sometimes miss evo and I got it for free from my best friend. it was used but then I put it as my phone then I got a new one for free :)..

sure is brother. and knowledge is worth sharing!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] wpcprez:
Hmm, so is this the same method if I have a stock MK4 on 4.3 to dowgrade to 4.1.2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Pretty much the same steps (I am assuming you took the ota or used odin to flash mk4). Just start with odin and flash recovery (twrp recommended) then flash this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086769. After flash reboot it will act weird and reboot then take a long time to boot into rom. After that you will be at stock mc2 (no knox in any form or fashion). Then you can odin recovery and flash any rom you want (no need to root unless you want to stick with stock).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ImTheDoctor:
Hi im flashing the 4.3 unbrick using odin but it gets stuck when it gets to cache.img... Please help!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> boot.img

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> cache.

BTW. Same situation I am trying to unbrick my note SGH-i317 and I can only go into Download mode and I havent used my phone for 3 days so far :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Not sure if this will work for you. It is designed for the sprint note 2.