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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tampaboy1984:
Having trouble getting my Device Status to not say "custom". The below pic is what my phone is running right now. Also fully unrooted and installed the stock recovery... But still my Device Status is "Custom". And when I try to install the 4.3 OTA through the updater I get the darn "Status 7" error. Can someone please help me out. I just want to get back to stock and on the 4.3 OTA. Im over flashing all these roms just to find out each one has multiple things broken or missing 2 days into using it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tampaboy1984:
This is what im currently on. No root and stock recovery also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jspex:
Mostly every op has a "whats not working" section and if not,by reading the threads of the rom you are interisted in you can see easily what issues a rom has. This is an interactive community where the developers make awesome stuff and we test it out.

Only working together do the developers get to truly streamline their roms and we get to enjoy the product of their hard work. If all you want in a phone is stock with a little extra you can do that yourself easily with common addon frameworks and root.

This community thrives on respect, mutual respect. Without it their are no roms, no chainfire rooting, no cwm or twrp.

Did you thank your Developer today?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] seejeremy:
Not sure anybody is gonna help an ungrateful troll. Just sayin'....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] joedeuce:
Yah dude... the below linked post and others on the same thread kinda did you in... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48851090
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tampaboy1984:
Hahaha. Back in the day devs didnt release a half developed rom either. The rom would be released to a select few in a "beta" form and then when everything was fully functioning you would get an "official" release. Thanks for the help anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] qkster:
The "custom" status is from 4.1.2, I think.

It may be due to custom recovery or kernel or something in the system.

To be "normal" and be able to upgrade to 4.3 via OTA, the best way is to flash the stock MA4 via Odin. Factory reset after a successful flash.

You may need to anticipate a sdcard or ext sdcard wipe.

The official 4.3 OTA will give you 4.3 boot loaders..once you get there, I don't think you can get back. It may or may not be a big deal.

There is someone working on a 4.3 stock with the older 4.1.2 boot loaders...it is still in the testing stages.

Mebby if that person is monitoring the thread, you might get a pm..or not. Out of my control..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] esprit1st:
Update with TWRP?

Hi guys,

After reading through a lot of threads here I have a hard time figuring out how I can update to 4.3.

First this is my setup:

Carrier: AT&T

Model: i317

Android 4.1.2

Baseband: I317UCAMH3

Build: JZO54K.I317UCAMC3

I have TWRP installed on my device.

I don't really need root. Only reason I have it was because I needed it unlocked and AT&T didn't have the right unlock code for me, so I had to do it myself (actually AT&T told me to do so because they ran out of options how to unlock it themselves). I liked the option of possibly being able to tether without ridiculous fees. I heard about Knox, not a big deal for me.

However, I would like to upgrade to 4.3. What is the best/safest way to do that without loosing data?

I am just very confused about which package and how to install it. It seems like there is still a lot of experimenting going on. So pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!! And keep up the great work! :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jspex:
Dont take the ota, 4.3 bootloader is bad. Use SkyNote rom 12/25 edition for full 4.3 without knox.

Did you thank your Developer today?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] softballjunkee13:
Ya dude. U should take ur butt over to rootz and try with a clean slate over there. Be respectful and appreciative. Because u r notorious here by now. Me personally.... I've been around for quite sometime and I know my $ hį+ but u won't get any support from me. And I doubt you'll get it from anyone else who knows better

SENT FROM MY SGH-I317 USING SKY BLUE TAPATALK
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] esprit1st:
You're talking about this one, right? Sounds like a good one. :good:

Uhm, after reading the details. It says: factory data reset and wipe system.

I would like to keep my settings and all that stuff. Is there a way to accomplish that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
You "must" wipe your system and data partitions before flashing a new or different framework...

That is just the way it is...

Otherwise you get pea soup...=starting over anyway...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] esprit1st:
sh** ... wish I would have known that before I installed TWRP.

So if I wait, is there a chance of getting something that I could easily put on there without wiping using my current TWRP-setup?

I suppose there is no way to get rid of TWRP without wiping, either? I mean, I am on official 4.1.2. So if I could get rid of TWRP I suppose I could use OTA?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
To go completely stock for a successful OTA without issues. ..

You would need to flash CF auto root for access to triangle away. ..and for the 3e recovery. .

Long story short. ..you must full wipe after returning to stock in order for the binary flash counter to read zero for OTA...

You could flash just a recovery and take your chances. ..but the 4.3 OTA will most likely trip the new Knox counter if you don't do the "full" return to stock. ...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] esprit1st:
Yay! ... sounds like I am stuck.

Do you think there is chances for anything to come out soon, to be able to TWRP easily?

Sorry, noob-question, but hey, that's what I am ... :cyclops:

Thanks for your help!! Appreciate it!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris.l.naish:
As crazy as this sounds, I wish I could go back to completely unrooted stock 4.3...I did the other day, but after I went back to stock and took the mk6 OTA, I got stupid and rerooted it...So Knox is of course tripped, so I'm running Jedi Master X1 for now...looking forward to the day when the awesome peeps here at XDA have a way to reset Knox...and then I'll get back to completely stock (yes, I know this sounds weird, but after playing with my phone so much over this past year, I've simply decided I'm done with all that stuff...just personal preference).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] md1008:
Do you guys think Samsung will take HTC/Motorola route in regards to unlocking bootloader?

I am not a fan of HTC s-off madness but at least most if not all HTC can flash root and recovery. Sucks unless your s-off which is becoming harder and harder you have fast boot flash kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Check out the thread I posted today in the Dev section... It's stock i317 4.3, which you can flash from twrp. It is rooted, but if unrooted is desired you can do that from SuperSU.

If you're already on the MK6 bootloader there's no way to clear that knox counter, but if you stay on MJ4 or below you can Odin back via UCAMA4, cf-auto-root, run triangle away, then run SuperSU to unroot.... if at any point you want your phone to show as official with no custom counters.

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If you've had your phone for a year that Knox counter doesn't mean much... The risk exists only while in warranty should a repair be needed. There's some speculation that it might be used to deny a future OTA update, but that remains to be seen.

The packages I posted today are 100% stock ucubmk6 except for the bootloader, which you already have.

If you want stock recovery, pm me and I'll show you how to set this up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] esprit1st:
Dude, you're the boss! That is awesome! Thank you so much.

So that means I can flash one of the two first firmwares with TWRP and after that the bootloader with Odin and I am done and running without loosing any of my current apps/settings/stuff, right?

I vote for you as the man of the year! :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
You are correct. In testing, I flashed on top of 4.1,2 multiple times and kept everything.

Today, starting from 4,3, I flashed the deodexed package, ran it for a while, then flashed the odex cwm package, no wipes needed. As long as you're on a stock-based firmware you should be fine.

Note - This approach will probably not work coming from non-stock firmwares - I haven't attempted that.

Make sure you have a TiBu backup just in case and have a backup of your sdcard on your PC. Worst case you have something to fall back on, but it should not be needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] esprit1st:
Like I said: you're the man!

Thanks for your efforts and help. Keep it up! :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris.l.naish:
PM'd you, Zen.

Question: if Knox is tripped, can I still do a Triangle Away and full unroot? So that Knox would be the only counter left tripped?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Unroot - yes

Triangle away - no

From what I've read TA does not work on 4.3 bootloaders. Also, if you are on MK6, you can't revert to an earlier bootloader where triangle away still works for clearing pre-knox custom flash counters.

With MJ4 you can revert. In that case, earlier bootloaders don't know about the Knox counter so it doesn't show up. (Although with all my odin and cwm flashing on MJ4 bootloader the Knox counter stayed at zero... go figure)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drpra86:
Hey so just flash it from the recovery right? Or do i need to do something else?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] joedeuce:
Is sboot.bin the only thing unwritable?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SPIDERTECH:
I used to use Chainfire's hotspot control, but after the upgrade to 4.3 it's not working. It says to contact AT&T as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] martyh1:
Thanks. This did work for me to enable tethering.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rebecca928:
question

My phone is rooted and I have twrp recovery, it will not allow me to update my phone. Does anyone know how I can about getting the new updates? Do I need to unroot in order to receive them? and if so how do I go about un rooting?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] martyh1:
Try this thread. It worked for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2275844
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drpra86:
Does anybody got the official 4.3 in tar.md5 format?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dmxinc:
check here...might be something.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] judib:
Official AT&T 4.3

Hmmm...you're talking a bit over this noob's head. I had gone back to 4.1.1, unrooting, thinking once I was back at unrooted stock firmware I'd be able to OTA to the newest 4.3 since it was apparently released for AT&T Note II over a week ago...was pretty shocked when all I got was 4.1.2. In checking the Sammobile site, they don't appear to have anything newer than 4.1.2. Unless I'm looking in the wrong place...

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-I317&pcode=ATT#firmware

Judi:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeremyds45:
I've done some searching and cannot find an answer, just an in general question, is the stock auto brightness setting any better than it use to be? I always noticed it being dim and not working which was one of the biggest downfalls. Also does the auto brightness have the feature like the international update version does where after you select auto brightness, can you adjust the auto brightness higher or lower? Where you can have the auto brightness favor brighter or dimmer settings. Att version.

Thanks, Jeremy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Everybody needs a break now and then. ...

I have one completely stock. ...and another completely tripped. ..

When I get tired of playing. ..I load my sim and run the Knox experience. ..lol....g

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And before I forget. ..Zen...

YOUDAMAN !!!

Thank you for hooking up the community so incredibly well. ..

Retired huh ?....Hmmmm...lol...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeremyds45:
Can anyone with an AT&T note 2 with the 4.3 update please confirm or deny this feature? I'm going to try to get one tomorrow and would really really like to know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] seejeremy:
Just tried and no, the auto-adjust feature cannot be adjusted. Stock AT&T 317 here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeremyds45:
Thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] x916:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeremyds45:
Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] k4zyn:
I'm really sad to see that the 4.3 update doesn't have the dual camera mode (front and rear at the same time) that the S4 has. Does anyone know of a working port now that we have 4.3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] OilRunner:
Great now when is stock 4.4 coming? We'll be lucky to have it by next January. :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Likely never...g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ljsmith87:
Software Update Interrupted resolution

I was able to resolve this issue by doing the following posted here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2458784
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Simba.7:
Dumped 4.3 stock

After getting lied to about the cool new features of the update (yay.. It's the same as 4.1.2 just with Knox), I basically said screw the warranty and flashed DN3 onto my Note 2.

It's freakin' awesome! Now, if the stock ROM looked and worked this good, their customers wouldn't be so pissed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] md1008:
I bet we will get it EVENTUALLY, the note 1 and s2 both got 4.1.2. They do support for about 2 years unless of course you bought a tablet which is shortened to about a year until a new tablet comes out and it's like the previous tablet never existed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rotule:
If it does, lets hope its not a downgrade like 4.3, honestly the stock ROM is laggy and feels like a bad cook from a newbie. We really need the kernel sources so someone repair this pos....

And all those problems with bootloaders and WiFi.... Seriously i can't believe that Samsung itself is not capable of coding a decent HAL that would make the port of their own ROM faster and bug free and compatible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jgodfrey82:
4.3 with MK6 from warranty exchange

So I just got a warranty exchange, and I was expecting to get a phone I could use the toolkit to root, flash twrp and restore from a twrp backup.

Instead I got a 4.3 with MK6 and in SE for Android status it says "Enforcing SEPF_SAMSUNG-SG-I317_4.3_0010"

I've tried to read about downgrading the bootloader and flashing back to 4.1, but I could really use some clarification.

What is the easiest method for me to root? Once rooted, can I restore my 4.3 SkyRom9.1z rom using TWRP? Can I flash custom roms at all?

At a minimum I need to be able to root and restore from titianium backup so my apps and data atleast come back.

Any help appreciated. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GreatG1:
Anybody pulled or know where to get I317 4.3 (I317UCUBMK6) OTA update.zip?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
I can provide you with this (there are actually two flavors - one coming from UCAMA4, and one coming from UCAMH3), but feel I should ask first what you are actually looking to do.

The OTA zips contain about 50% patch files that require you run them against a 100% stock setup of the 4.1.2 version noted above. They also contain the MK6 bootloader, which as has been shown, is a one way trip and cannot be reverted once installed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jgodfrey82:
Anyone? help rooting 4.3 MK6 secure

Hi guys I ran CF auto root but now I get the unauthorized security message and I dont see anyway to disable or uninstall it.. can anyone give me any guidance?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Make sure you installed the most current version of cf-auto-root (1.86 or newer), update the app from the play store (if needed), then run the SuperSU application and when asked to disable Knox select yes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GreatG1:
Thank you, If you could provide me link to both or any that would work. I am familiar with OTA updates, and take full responsibility for my actions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jgodfrey82:
Thats just it, I did the most recent cf auto root, tried twice. . If I go into play store it doesn't give me any option to update or uninstall, as supersu is "built in".. when I try to open supersu it crashes immediately and gives the security message, never a chance to disable knox?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Sent you a PM

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Just to confirm - did you use the one that's attached to the xda at&T note 2 OP, or did you use this one (available from chainfire's web site, which is linked in the same OP):

http://download.chainfire.eu/280/CF...uto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.zip

You should be using this one ^^^^
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jgodfrey82:
That is the one I used, dowloaded from the cf download site. This is a warranty phone I just got this week, could they have locked it further? What should I try next?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jgodfrey82:
SuperSU installed before CF autoroot?

I am wondering if I screwed up by trying to install SuperSU before I tried CF auto root? Is there a way for me to remove the CF auto root files and go back to the stock phone they sent me? Then I can try again.

I've tried re CF auto root and it passes every time, supersu crashes and security message, no way to disable knox, unless there is a step I'm missing?

Is there a way for me to remove the CF auto root

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2589891

I used this ROM and flashed with ODIN, after reboot, my root was working, updated superSU and finally got the disable knox prompt.

IS it OK for me to now use TWRP and restore my skyrom 4.3 9z backup? Just system and data partitions ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Zen just ht me up to help. I've backtracked the posts and I'm confused as to your status. Looks like your fine. Rooted on Stock. Just restore backup from Titanium.

I would restore backups from Titanium then do another backup with TWRP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jgodfrey82:
Yup I ended up OK just did titanium restore, just finishing up now, what a pain in the ass it is figuring the details out every time, thank you all for the help.. in the end its the hints and lots of forum reading do the trick.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] clifter:
How to Prevent the 4.3 Upgrade

I have a stock AT&T Galaxy Note 2 with Android Version 4.1.2. Is there a way to permanently prevent the upgrade to 4.3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Yes... Freeze the AT&T Software Update app using Titanium Backup or equivalent.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] clifter:
How to prevent the 4.3 update

Do I need to root my phone to use Titanium Backup?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] qkster:
yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BR7fan:
Had to try it out. This is the best battery life I've had with any rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Not sure what you are showing, it seems you charged the phone 3 times during those 4 days.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BR7fan:
Sheet. I don't remember charging it. I thought it was one charge. No wonder the battery did so well :o

Sorry. I feel stupid as hell
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
No worries man, it lasted four. I rarely remember what I did the day before so I find it extremely easy that you thought you had not charged it.;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] varkreddy:
I am on UCAMC3. Do you have the update.zip? Do i just install it from recovery? Thanks a lot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
I don't have an ota update that works with MC3. What are you looking to accomplish? There might be other options.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] M1nur:
I am really loving this. Here is my current battery life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] br0adband:
Have to ask: that's the stock Samsung battery and stock 4.3 ROM (or whatever the latest official stock ROM is)? Geez that looks like great battery life. I am about to get a damaged Galaxy Note 2 from someone on craigslist in my area, supposedly only about 6 months old (cracked glass but the digitizer works 100%, nothing else wrong with it, a couple of cases including an Otterbox as well, some other stuff altogether for $60, go figure).

Haven't seen that kind of battery life since I owned an Atrix HD and did the RAZR MAXX battery mod to it. Is the Galaxy Note really that good for battery life with the stock AT&T ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
In the Android development forum are a couple one by Zen Arcade. Stock stock with root. One by xxxSuperSexxx. Stock with tweaks

All battery life depends on user. Lots of use obviously. Network, sync hungry apps. Screen brightness, etc

It doesn't suck. If it does for someone, there's a reason.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Here's a baseline view of battery use - I'm on wifi most of the day, and only heavy use of the phone is when I'm home from work. The phone gets charged every night. I'm on stock 4.3 firmware, including kernel. As you can see, the battery drain is under 1.5% per hour when idle. When connected to home wifi the drain is lower. Once I start using the phone the drain curve steepens. ;)

I don't make any special effort to combat drain, other than freezing stock bloat apps and removing any newly installed apps that are obvious battery drainers.

As DS noted, usage pattern and poorly written apps will make the biggest impact on battery as will operating the phone in areas with poor signal coverage - cellular or wifi. My experience is that under normal use conditions the battery in this phone is more than capable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] br0adband:
Well I just got the GN2 from the guy off craigslist a bit ago, save for the cracked glass it's 100% functional (no dead spots with the digitizer either so the damage is purely to the glass top sheet only, thankfully). Had 4.1.2 on it, went through the rigamarole of finding/downloading the LJ2 4.1.1 firmware and Odin 3.07, reverted to it without a hitch (don't see any Knox issue either on the Download mode screen), now considering where to go from here. Unlocked it with the "standard" service menu options and had no issues, my T-Mobile microSIM works fine now in it (it's an unactivated microSIM, fresh from the packaging but I won't be activating it anytime soon).

Not sure what to do, guess I'll look for the 4.3 firmware and decide on what to do, still have a lot of reading up to do on the bootloader BS that's apparently giving people fits - I don't plan on rolling back again, and I'm not sure what custom ROM I may decide upon yet - I've always been happy with Cyanogenmod over the years, it's fairly simple and clean and efficient, but then again when I had a Galaxy S4 Active for a while last year I found CarbonROM was pretty nice too.

Guess now the fun begins... ;)

Zen Arcade: I'm guessing the latest SGH-i317 4.3 firmware(s) is/are what's available in your thread at:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2589891

so, get the ODIN one (I prefer ODIN personally), then flash the MJ4 Bootloader & TZ (I'm on the MH3 bootloader, just checked/verified it with Device Info), then... MK6 modem, kernel, and recovery (or are those optional at that point? Hrmmm...) and then everything should be good to go, and obviously run SuperSU on the first boot and disable Knox when requested.

Sound about right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zen Arcade:
Modem and kernel are in the base package. No need to flash them separately. Recovery .. yes, or you can opt for a custom recovery if you want. Other than that you are good to go.