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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] asctony:
Personally this is my opinion of this upgrade.

To go through all of this for an upgrade is ...........

My Note 2 works and is customized to my liking with the current Android Version 4.1.2. I have it Rooted and would not go through all the BS to get any other Android Version on my phone. I have flashed ROMS before on many other phones and realized that it is not worth the effort, time, trouble, etc., just to get very limited optimization. I download and install apk updates regularly from the Play Store and other sources. What do I gain doing that? Again, very little other than some cosmetic results. Unless I have or encounter a problem, why not leave things as they are - working?

Why does it get so involved that you cannot Root and delete Bloatware, and Unlock your phone? I have moved from the MDA, OMNIA, iPHone, HD2, Sensation to the Note2. Until I buy another phone (not from a phone company such as T-Mobile, AT&T) I will stay with the OS on the phone and customize to suit my needs. Just like I still use Windows 7.

The companies are not trying to help us, they are in business to sell. I have had my Note 2 for 9 months. Is it fast enough, big enough screen wise, storage wise? Yes, so I am happy with it until I get my next phone. When will that be? Only time will tell.

Happy Holidays to you all! Thanks for all the info and help.

Thanks for reading and understanding my rant and rave. LOL
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
You are all set, you mentioned in the previous post that T-mobile was ready to exchange your device without any charge.

Is there any other reason you still want to get rid of root ?

As far as I have read flashing stock firmware should not trip this counter but please do some research if you decide to flash.

I cannot vouch for authenticity but this is what I found.

How does this KNOX Counter work?

Under what circumstances will KNOX Counter be flagged or tripped?

The KNOX Counter WILL NOT be flagged or tripped when using Samsung Kies or Odin to flash a stock ROM.

The KNOX Counter WILL BE flagged or tripped when you flash a third-party Recovery (like CWM/TWRP) or custom ROM.

Reference: http://www.kingoapp.com/help/samsung-knox-counter.htm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
It worries me some that their diagonostic software is saying my device is rooted. One time yes, now no. I don't want to get caught with the back hand of being charged for another device should they choose to.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
Joke: You can use the KNOX against KNOX as it did no trip, it wasn't modified. ;).

Not asking you to lie though, I am starting to think that your phone was never rooted and rooting just got stuck.

Did root ever work on 4.3 ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
Well it was rooted before the OTA, I only really used it to calibrate the battery. I had my status read as normal (via Triangle away) when I did the update. It updated and now SuperUser is now somewhat baked into/under the ROM now. I can't get rid of it and I believe that is what is causing the diaganostic software to say that the phone is rooted even though everything else on my phone says otherwise.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatesealer:
No matter what the battery meter says, be it 100 or drained nearly past 5, if you turn the phone off then plug it in to charge, the battery shows 70 percent.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
Me too

This happened to me too. I thought that I was seeing things.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
I have yet to get the OTA...I know its a phased rollout, but clearing data and force closing google services framework isnt helping... any ideas on why?

Also from what im reading on here, itd be better to flash the deodexed/deknoxed/rooted rom made available already. What are yalls thoughts?

Sent from me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhxDroid86:
Your correct about nit using the official OTA at this point... is your device status normal with official binary and 0 custom counts?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
Yes Sir.

Sent from me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhxDroid86:
Is you phone a T889 or has it been unlocked and flashed with TMO modem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
It is a t-mo original... so t889. Reads the correct imei and serial number from status as is on the sticker under the battery
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhxDroid86:
I wouldnt so much worry about the OTA.. just install your preferred deknoxed version... unless youd rather be 100 stock for awhile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
Meh...it seems to be causing more problems than solutions...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
Well 4.4 will be here soon enough.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] tiningalan:
erratum

he probably means galaxy note II android 4.3 update.:) as there is no galaxy note 4 yet (or galaxy note 4.3 for that matter)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] thef00l2:
I did the update thru Kies on my phone which had been rooted with CWMR and a stock rom. About Device & Status shows SE for Android status:Enforcing & Device Status:eek:fficial -- the Knox link is in the apps drawer but when tap on it it's asking to install or cancel. is knox installed or not? i want to reroot probably using CF Root this time. but not sure about the knox flag yet. Rom Mananger says it's not rooted since SU not found but shows CWMR still installed v6.0.4.3. Similar error with SuperSU.

So i'm a bit confused -- is Knox installed or no?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] abreu218:
I believe the Knox app is there but not installed. once you tap on it. it will ask you to install it.

The only thing is whenever you root your phone once again, the Knox (security) Counter will trip. Voiding your warranty permanently. Not even the Triangle Away can reset the counter.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] tiningalan:
stock android 4.1.2 updated to 4.3 via kies, downgraded and upgraded via odin 3.07

any modification to boot manager or rooting will probably trip knox.

i'm previously on stock 4.1.2 updated to 4.3 via kies. when tapped, the knox application asks to be installed or cancelled.

since i was interested in unlocking my sgh-t889, i re-flashed android 4.1.1 via odin 3.07 to do my network unlock.

then re-flashed android 4.3 (official, unrooted) via odin 3.07.

on the re-flashed android 4.3, knox counter was tripped but device status is "OFFICIAL"

if interested, read some info here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2566303&page=3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bruce lee roy:
Wonder how soon the will release source
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ungraph:
I'm aware of it and I don't mind. If anything happened to my Note 2 I'd rather buy a new one or upgrade then go through hell with Samsung's RMA redtape.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kim621973:
Anybody have 4.3 stock recovery for t-mobile note2?.

I am having trouble with booting.

It stuck on Samsung galaxy note2 if I rooting the phone.

I will trying wipe everything in an internal ..

Or any idea you might have it?.

Thank you..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
Did you try to flash stock from sammobile.com ?

If not, you can download it from there and then flash using pc odin. Here is the link http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=22863 , you will need an account though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kim621973:
I tried already!..will do it again..

Any other idea that you might have it?.

I'm in team win recovery project..

Thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
Flashing via odin is the only way I know of. Make sure you double check the ODIN options like.

Phone in Download Model (while phone is switched off, Press Home + Volume Down + Power, then Volume Up to enter Download Mode)

Click PDA tab and select your downloaded image.

Leave Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time checked.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
So am I the only one not to have recieved this OTA? From what I've read on here im not compaining, just wondering whats up.

Sent from my SGH-T889
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
Most likely your device status is modified which is why it does not check for updates.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
Device status is normal
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
Oops, can you verify if the update service is not disabled/turned off ?

Is your phone on stock ? Is it rooted ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
Phone is stock (I think) and it was rooted at one time, now it is not...

And where would I find update service?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] planetbeen:
I haven't done anything to my phone since I got it last year and I haven't gotten the ota either. ..not too worried about it I guess.

Sent From My Ginormous Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
Apparently tmobile thinks my phone is rooted, although I cannot update a su binary from either supersu or superuser, so im not sure why it thinks so...

I dont have a computer right in front of me, nor will I for the weekend so I guess theres nothing I can do about it for now.

****edit****

Who knew? I just had the wrong su app installed... I do have root, and got cwm installed via mobile odin...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] diego1985:
I been looking for a solution everywhere but no dice. I just updated to 4.3 stock root image, tried to install all of my apps in Titanium backup like i usually do when i flash a new rom. But when i scrolled down to install my apps in Titanium they are not there anymore... damn its like my sd card isn't recognized by Titanium but i know it works because my pictures are still on the sd card. Anyone else encountered this and have a solution for this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
You'll need to to go into titanium backup settings and point it at your ExtSDcard. After that you can auto detect and accept the result. Configuration can be frustrating with TiBu...

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
My suggestion to you is go back 100% to stock before you update. I updated while rooted and now I can't go back without tripping Knox. Keep in mind everything on my phone is now stock and locked down. I believe it was SU that is tripping something within Tmobiles system that tells them my phone is rooted. I can't open it and can't get rid of it. When I say system I am talking within their stores pc diagnostic setup and now on our phones under the Tmobile app "Device Health". Hopefully its not too late fore you. Personally I don't think there was anything worth updating for but that's my personal opinion.

I'm hoping the awesome egg heads can figure out how to go backwards without tripping any counters or such.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aletheus:
Carrier IQ is on board... its unfortunate...

Make sure you have the correct SU app installed. That was my problem for WEEKS... tmobiles "device health" service IS carrier IQ...

I just jumped to CM11 and said f*** 4.3

“ Sent from my GT-N7105 " is the ONLY notable difference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] wiijordends:
I also had this problem.

Firsy wipe cache or even all TB data to be sure to have a good start)

Then I had search for the funnel icon, tapped on it and tick all by filter by status on and leave filtername empty and clicked on the green V

Secondly I went to (TB) settings, location path and have chose another folder on the SD card.

Then I have copied manualy all the existing backup files to the new folder and it works!

I don'tt know if this has to do with it, but I have turned on USB debugging in develloper options by my device's settings.

Bytheway I have a battery drain issue. I even have installed Juice Defender Ultimate en Fast Reboot but it's not a solution.

Any advise to solve this drain issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Lint6:
Is T-Mobiles usage stats in the notification bar not compatible with 4.3? Just flashed it and its not appearing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mattlowry:
If you need help you will need to supply more information about your problem. When did this occur? What did you do before this happened? Are you running a rom? Did you ota?

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Run chainfires triangle away and tmobile will never know
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lordtigger:
Has anyone found a solution to this? It's making me crazy how big the font size is in my messaging app!!

Also, we used to be able to remove the notification toggles (so you could only have 5 across the top instead of the default 9) Now if you try and drag one out it just replaces it with another.

Thanks for the help!

Susie
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mattlowry:
Do the volume keys not change it anymore?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lordtigger:
They do change it, but the smallest size you can go now is about 3x the smallest size before.

Susie
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
That is exactly what I did to d/l the OTA and that was my undoing and yes Tmobile still knows.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ardcifliku:
It is now. .apk updated. .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mattlowry:
if you ran triangle away and your system says normal. they didn't really know
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
Yes, yes they really did know. Their Carrier IQ knew and their plug in machines at the stores knew. My problem was using Triangle Away to mask my status to d/l the OTA. I should have done a full unroot using SU instead, because I did not, once the OTA was complete SU got baked into the OTA install. I couldn't uninstall it and my device status read official. However that is all now a thing of the past as we can now achieve root without tripping KNOX and get back to being Un-Rooted. Finally got rid of SU and now Tmo thinks its all good thanks to SafeRoot.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50283062&postcount=54
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
Just need a favor, can you let me know the file permissions(octal) for su and daemonsu files under /system/xbin/.

You can do this using any file explorer(octal) or terminal emulator(symbolic), please let me know if you need any help with that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
Sorry I don't know what any of that means but if it falls under the directions of unrooting then it might be gone:

I am unrooted now and SU is uninstalled.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
No, what I asked was not unrooting, I simply asked for file permissions of su and daemonsu under /system/xbin on your phone.

Did you somehow unroot coz of me, if so then I sincerely apologize. I just asked for the file permissions and did not ask to modify anything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
No, I did not unroot because of you. I purposely unrooted last night. Can I even look for those files now that I'm unrooted?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
Ah good,

No, you can't as these files have already been deleted from your phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rosedog:
and on the charger it goes. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nbetcher:
For what it's worth I sniffed Kies and this is the URL for the download:

http://cloud-neofussvr.sslcs.cdngc.net/NF_DownloadBinaryForMass.do?file=/neofus/9/SGH-T889_TMB_1_20131121152920_nxkcovh2mp.zip.enc2

I assume .enc2 is some kind of Base32/64 encoded file, so your millage may vary.

EDIT: Looks like you have to have your session cookie in the request... so you'll have to update via Kies. Mine keeps stalling out at 8% though. :(

EDIT2: The download server is excruciatingly slow.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
Sorry guys the best way to pull it from the phone is to hook it up your computer open a command prompt and type

adb pull /cache
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] hasbrobot:
Just wanted to thank you. I checked tracking and modified finally went away. I always just reset the counter with triangle away and at some point it stopped working. But this restored status back to normal.

Thanks

Why is the right door always locked?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mhsamma:
I confirm that the update is LIVE. It's alive, it's alive.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mattlowry:
sammobile has the update listed but no download link yet
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] hasbrobot:
My wife's is getting the update as we speak.

Why is the right door always locked?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
Ya bud thanks for the heads up. I've been watching it this morning. I usually don't get then from sammobile do they post the full firmware so I can run Odin. I'm going to put my phone to stock and get a feel for it while I work on my little project. That way I know the bugs on stock
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mattlowry:
Yes you can but I would wait until the bootloader gets ptched because I have heard bad things about knox
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
In not worried about Knox. My warranty is gone anyways and it seems cf auto root worked for other variants so I plan to root it and disable Knox with the terminal trick.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ardcifliku:
Ok.im rooted but I still can get the update. So my question is, after the update my phone is still rooted or I have to wait until mr Robinson give as the link on his thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] safeplayer22:
Chances are once you updated the firmware on a rooted phone, you will be un-rooted. If you want to keep root, just wait for Mr. R.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keyan:
well i finally got the damn phone to redownload update.zip and when it rebooted itself and tried to install, it failed. i am running a stock injected root. i hope that isnt the problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
You do still have stock recovery, correct?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keyan:
no idea, but i am currently downloading a stock image that i can hopefully just flash over everything and then proceed with the normal 4.3 update. i had no use for root other than TiBu. and i never really used it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bryancotton84:
I just went through KIES and everything worked great. Was running CM 10.2 and flashed the update from KIES and it worked perfectly. Running 4.3 now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Snook321:
Hey did anyone get an SD Card error after updating? My phone won't connect with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] misterzeno:
I'll wait for the rooted ROM before jumping the gun
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blazinazn:
So if you flash a root injected update that Mr. Robinson provides, will you be able to remove Knox? I've been trying to do some research but I'm a little confused. :confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] truckerdewd:
I found this info in a post on the S3 forums few weeks ago when the update was released for the S3. You all my take a look at it. Has some great it.

Edit: Here is the link that should work.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47694353&postcount=127
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blazinazn:
Thanks, the link doesn't seem to be working though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] truckerdewd:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47694353&postcount=127

Well crap. Let me see if I can get it to work.

Edit: this link should work

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47694353&postcount=127

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What's the terminal trick that you speak of? I really want to update cause my wife has 4.3 on her S3 and it's smooth and lag free. Used Mr Robinson's root injected version for her S3. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Asquared:
Just completed the 4.3 download, been playing around in the new environment for about an hour now. Running stock 4.3 on my TMOS Note II. Let me state first that I'm a novice to the Android environment, the Note II being my first Android phone. Nonetheless, my initial impressions are:

Pros:

1. Webpages are loading a lot faster now; not sure if due to cache, quicker LTE, or what.

2. Applications also appear to be loading a bit faster.

3. I like the slightly different presentation of the Notification Bar at the top of the page.

4. Under my Task Manager, there's a new option in the toolbar called "Clear default / Launch by default" which apparently let's you designate and control which default apps to use when performing certain actions (eg. when making a phone call, you can establish the standard Phone app to do so, versus, say, Skype; or the standard Internet browser versus Chrome).

Cons:

1. According to my Task Manager app, SOMETHING or things are now taking up a bigger chunk of my onboard System Storage. System storage usage went from around 2.5 to 3GB to 7.10GB (out of 16.00GB). When I checked with File Manager, I noticed under /storage a new folder called "emulated", with two subfolders called "/storage/emulated/0" and "/storage/emulated/legacy" that appear to be some type of backups of my previous Android environment.

2. Android 4.3 appears to be taking about 250MB more RAM space on my Note II, as compared to the previous version

What are other people out there experiencing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrmexican87:
Camera

I was hoping to get the Animated Photo feature in the camera. I love making GIFs but it looks like this isn't included?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] double1:
I was hoping to get the dual camera feature, where you can use both at the same time. Meh, I'm happy being on 4.4.1 with omni. I just have an innate desire to be on the latest OS version because that's what everyone mostly talks about on the web and I want to stay relevant.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bones718:
will the update via kies restore my phone to factory settings? or will i retain my apps / galleries, etc.?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2482306
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] truckerdewd:
Thanks for the link

Sent from my wickedly awesome Galaxy Note 2 using my fingers. Duh!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] youStolemylaptop:
so shall we root 4.3 the same way you thinl?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] EyLaTnOgN:
Is this real life!?! Finally! Some love and affection from tmobile and sammy <3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bryancotton84:
What's the big issue with Knox? I know nothing about it and why everyone seems worried about it?!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatesealer:
I can definitely say that using the Samsung keyboard as the default is much better than before. It has replaced Swype, Swiftkey, and the Google keyboard as my default. Better spelling correction and use of punctuation as choices. It is learning at a much faster rate.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfpack612:
I was running stock rooted deodexed md1 and upgraded via kies. I lost root of course and it wipes your system partition. I will probably factory reset tonight.

edit: looks like internal got wiped but space used looks the same as before.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ducter:
Here's a little read on it, basically the beginnings of a secure device.

https://www.samsungknox.com/en/overview/technical-details
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] hodgestl:
Anyone who has already completed the download and system update, please let us all know whether you have found any problems with normal operation. Thank you in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ProfeKarma:
Mine is working great atm. Can it be rooted? Too soon?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
hey kin:) how you been buddy? not sure if anyone posted so... Here's the link for samfirmwares mirror. http://terafile.co/9237939c9284/T889UVUCMK7_T889TMBCMK7_TMB.zip its slow (220 KB / sec on fios) ill put a mirror up if anyone wants..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] truckerdewd:
A mirror would be great.

Sent from my wickedly awesome Galaxy Note 2 using my fingers. Duh!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] leinert1:
How is the new modem?

For those that have installed the update, how is the signal strength and speed?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
Yup, Still got an 1 hour 7 min :mad:

if i can convince my girl to let me wipe and odin her note 2 ill pull the update from the phone also