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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bwpoersch:
I'm hanging my hopes on this working, I'm out of town and am trying to download all these files again to a usb thumb drive. I have 2 different downloads of the newest 4.3 leak on the internal storage, but both fail install immediately with no explanation (via TWRP). I can't install or restore the build 22 nandroid that was on the external card either. Lots of problems, so I'm hoping by getting fresh downloads it will work. I'm going to try first installing from the thumb drive (I have a usb dongle that I just tested and the GN2 can read files from it) tho I have never attempted to install this way. I will try Philz recovery next, if plan "A" fails. Otherwise, the phone will just get stowed and I'll have to figure out something when I get home. I'm currently downloading both build 22 and the newer 4.3 deodexed leak.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
I flashed with the latest CWM, wiped everything but my extSD, flashed the ROM, flashed the newest firmware. Got a reboot 6 hours into use while reading an article on chrome. I'm convinced this is a ROM/modified ROM issue. Not related to recovery, wiping, witchcraft, etc. I cant tolerate my phone randomly rebooting so I'm switching to beans v22.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
Did you downgrade twrp yet? Ive really ran my phone threw the ringer tonight and its been great. Ive got xposed out the wazoo. I think the new firmware did it for me. Did you flashing using desktop odin? Mobile odin will only flash the radio and not the entire package for whatever reason. The op has the updated firmware link now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
That's depressing, but I believe you are correct. Nevertheless, I haven't had any more problems since I flashed the new firmware. Here's to holding out hope!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thisguyeh:
Im still on the old firmware. I don't have alot going on , just a few apps installed . A few games and xda. Maybe thats why I'm not getting any fc or reboots. Who knows right.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BornDroid:
After doing some google research, seems like Googles Android 4.3 has been plagued with random reboots across all devices. It's not a recovery thing (although CWM is more compatible ATM than TWRP) and it's not a device thing. It is a software issue. and it's not just our Note 2s but S4's, Nexus, Note series, tablets... It's ridiculous.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
Yeah. Just asked my sister in law. She's had a couple apps randomly close, her phone rebooted twice today, and her internet has been finicky since accepting the latest OTA directly from VZW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BornDroid:
According to another forum on the Note 3 threads it seems the phone is typical to reboot itself after Google play updates apps on it's own. So as a solution, uncheck auto update apps to see if that helps alleviate the issues we are having. Seems like ANYTHING with google play store causes a reboot according to several reports in this thread so try that. It sounds like anything dealing with the preinstalled apps/bloatware they added in that gets updated via store causes the issue.

One even mentioned they were able to stay in safe mode for days without a single reboot but once rebooted it's when they experienced reboots.

It's almost like samsung wants to lose its customers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] erikclaw:
Are the two rom options in the op the same as the first ones available? Or do we need to download this rom and the firmware?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
Hmm, first I've heard of any instability issues with 4.3 in general. Wife's GS4 on 4.3 hasn't had any rebooting issues since it got the update a month or two ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BornDroid:
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/25/galaxy-s4-android-4-3-update-also-causing-problems/

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...ote-3/332841-random-reboots-since-update.html

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-tablet-2013/301354-random-restarts.html
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] brandonros:
Well I was able to successfully flash on first try using TWRP. I thought it was looped and froze on the Verizon screen for about 5 minutes, but then eventually booted up. My only two issues so far are a huge battery drain compared to 4.2 and then for some reason, the browser won't sync my google bookmarks. When I try to manually sync from the accounts settings, I get the message stating the com.google.process.gapps has stopped. However, my email, calendar, contacts, etc. have synched just fine. Anyone have anything similar or bookmarks working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cliefan:
Disappointed to hear there are still reboots happening...:( I guess ill stick with skynote for a while.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
That sucks to hear. I've been running the latest firmware all day and have had 0 problems. Before today's firmware though, the phone was still rebooting here and there.

I think the fix for me finally was a complete wipe PLUS formating data (I was getting errors in TWRP when flashing anything). Then I installed the ROM. I was still getting errors so I switched to CWM and dirty flashed again from there. The new firmware was the icing on the cake for me.

I really think CWM helped, but i can't prove it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pool_shark:
Witchcraft...hmmm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
Agreed. I don't believe there are stability issues with 4.3 in general. Ive used 4.3 TW ports, cyanogenmod, AOKP, and 4.3 Sense leaks on my One, none of which had these issues. I know Samsung did pull their initial 4.3 update for one or two iterations of the S4 due to instability. But Samsung having issues is way different than problems inherent to Android 4.3.

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How many people getting reboots are using chrome?

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Also, anyone not experiencing reboots that's using chrome?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Barney1954:
Were do I get the instructions on how to flash this? Will it work on a S3 I9300 international phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Confirming that the philz recovery has been the only one to install correctly so far. Running solid for a day now with no reboot. And also running the firmware that beans posted in here. The updated one. All is well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigmike35:
flashed new firmware in op with odin 3.07, lost service, running cm11, everything says unknown, redownloaded again, reodin and same results no service, reflashed rom, using twrp 2.6.3.1, still no service. Just odin the firmwware package from 12/20 right now, reflash rom (cm11 still) and still no service. Do I need to odin back to stock stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Realm11984:
Change from TWRP to CWM. Problem solved.

Beans I can't thank you enough for your hard work. This is butter smooth. Not a single issue since latest update. Killer work bro! Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
This.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
I was on page 43 reading the posts about the reboots, and my phone rebooted. I couldn't help but laugh at the time, but there goes my hope that the latest firmware file would fix the random reboots. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheDiabolicaL1:
Are people who actually took the ota having reboots as well does anyone know?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
I know two people with S3s who took the 4.3 update, and to my knowledge, neither of them has has had a single problem. I'll ask them tomorrow and find out for sure.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thisguyeh:
Same my buddy has a s3 on 4.3 and no issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Finally decided to take the leap of faith, got it to work with Philz cwm and I have to say it is lightning fast, have to adjust to the auto correct lol.

doesn't look a thing like 4.3 on the s3, settings look the same, but new things added, hope i don't get any reboot issues.

nice new features, updated a few apps and no issues so far, great work beans and everyone that went before me that found how to properly install this rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] webleeper:
Had the same issue happen to me yesterday, odined back to mc3 everything worked then made a backup of EFS just in case it happened again. Odined Beans firmware from yesterday and all worked as it should... sadly, it did not solve the random reboot issue for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
I odin'd the new firmware yesterday about 7pm. There were no problems til this morning when I changed the system font. When I rebooted it almost finished booting then rebooted on its own.

Changing things like that is pretty invasive so I'm not going to get too concerned about it. However reading what people are saying about the problems with 4.3 in general concerns me a little. I'm not ready to go back to 4.1 but I still have the backup of it. We'll see.

The thing is 4.3 is faster and seems to have better battery life than 4.1. I still like it. I like some of the new features too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I haven't had any issues yet, even used titanium to remove the bloat and used it to remove the knox app, been running real smooth for about 2 hours and I've messed with everything except changing the font style.

Updated my apps and installed some with no issues and set a alarm, rebooted twice now and still good to go with no fc or random reboots.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Summit1:
Well, after having no issues with the leaked 4.3, but now on this one, yesterday morning my phone would not turn on. Had to pop the cover and pull the battery. That was enough to send me back to Beans 22!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Ok only 1 fc while using the gallery app, I'm going to get some sleep and see if I get any issues like others had when the phone is on all night (day for me lol).

If it doesn't act up, I'd say excellent work beans and I look forward to a slightly modded version or super tweaked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] savaytse66:
As an experiment, I flashed the newest firmware package WITHOUT flashing the new 4.3 ROM. I am still on Beans 22 because I have been hesitant to switch with all of the issues being reported. I am curious to see if I experience any issues on a super stable b22 with the newest firmware. If a b23 does not come out in the next few days, I will flash the OTA and see if everything is stable. I figure if b22 is stable with the new firmware, and the 4.3 OTA is not, then it must be ROM related. Then again, I'm not a developer, so I could be completely off base.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] theaustins513:
I'm not a developer but I too was having random reboots on this ROM. I was having problems not being able to send email using stock email app with exchange so I unrooted and installed the official 4.3 update from Verizon. Well the random reboots have stopped all together. It's been 3 days and still going strong. Unfortunately I'm still not able to send emails and Verizon couldn't fix it so they are sending me a replacement.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] merashallan:
Cautiously optimistic

So far so good!

sh-4.2# uptime

uptime

up time: 19:09:32, idle time: 3 days, 01:33:31, sleep time: 00:00:00​

Thanks Beans!!! :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
Odexed version, newest firmware and Wanam exposed module and all is great for the last 16 hrs. Only two fc with the stock web browser but I had those happen on 4.1.2 as well. Thank you Beans.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
Good here on the new firmware too...no reboots at all. With the previous version I only had a couple of reboots but I definitely had a feeling like if I pressed a key too hard or too fast it might freeze up (sounds stupid, but that's what it felt like). That feeling is gone now. Thanks Beans!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
What we're all doing is flashing this then setting up a whole lot of stuff. That can cause the o/s a few problems too. At least that's been my experience. I'm going to let it settle in before I make any judgments.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] merashallan:
Everything is working but something is killing su

As the phone is booting if i su i get a root prompt - after the phone is fully booted something kills the shell and when i come back in my su just gives me a non-root shell. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
My sister in law has a note 2 and took the official OTA. As of yesterday she said her phone rebooted twice, had a few apps randomly close, and finicky Internet behavior.

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Lol. Good stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
for those having issues with twrp is it just v2.6.3.1 that's causing problems? I've been using 2.6.3.0 with 0 issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
Yeah. I rolled back to 2.6.3.0 and its fine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmart75:
Last night I was trying to open a site in Chrome beta and it just wouldn't work. I would enter the address and press enter but then it wouldn't show the progress bar or do anything. I unfroze the stock browser and was able to go to the same site without any problems. Then I got a phone call and a few seconds after I got off the phone my phone rebooted. After that I went back into Chrome and it worked just fine.

I was reading your comments today and thought I should share my experience. Maybe Chrome has something to do with it?? My guess is that most of the people are using Chrome or Chrome beta...

I flashed the newest release with CWM and used odin to flash the new firmware pushed out yesterday. I wiped everything and started fresh. To be honest I've only had the one reboot last night, but I have had some weird FC's over the last couple of days.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
I've had this happen a couple times too as well as random rebooting. My phone has been charging both times and wouldn't wake up and the red LED would stay lit even after being unplugged.

Has Beans posted the new/updated modem/firmware yet? I see OP was modified yesterday, but it doesn't specify what was changed or if he linked to the new Modem file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
You can get it here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48761350
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] steveman09:
Anyone else having lots of problems like me with this new Verizon OTA?

Very unstable, force closes, random reboots and lattest issue frozen while charging, tried reflashing several times with 3x wipe and even formatted the whole sd card still same issues, went back to 4.1.2 OTA rock solid no issues?

Me and my wife's note 2's are doing the same thing?

Feels like samsung dropped the ball here...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Well mines been up for about 7 or 8 hours, still running perfect.

Steps I took

Philz cwm

Flashed deodex rom

Powered off

Entered Odin mode

Used Odin 3.07 to use firmware in op

Profit.

I haven't installed anything that can make my phone unstable, I.e. wanam, but I am considering it since I have been running smooth and have never used xposed or wanam.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
I ran 95 hours with no reboots, but I wont odin firmware, I used imnuts flashable latest firmware. K dont think the problems are as much ota related. I think its having to odin firmware and possibly twrp. Although I had no issues with twrp.

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That stuff appears to cause issues with some. Make a backup dude!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] steveman09:
I just saw the new firmware by beans just flashed via odin will report back in 24hrs, my wires phone was much worse than mine weird stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I should huh lol... I opened wanam and the pop open message is full of nope.

Says right there it hasn't been tested on our phone and might be unstable lmao, going to backup and have a little fun.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hindle1225:
I'm coming back to this rom from CM11. CM11 was very stable and smooth as butter but.. I'm missing out on S-Pen features and the stock keyboard with the number row on top. After I switched to the CWM recovery and didn't give it enough time to see if it solved the reboot issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
Quick question is the Odin filev also new or just the flashable zip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
It's not a flashable zip. Download the file in post #361. Unzip it then use Odin to install it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
File in post #361 is now in the op.

Also my phone seems stable with wanam, didn't change much added hidden stuff back and changed the battery icon, hid some annoying things.

Seems fine.

Only complaint I have is the sock messaging app font is huge even at the lowest setting, anyone got something for that? Already set the system for to tiny and doesn't help lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] flip06:
i really want to give this a try, but my note 2 still wont connect to my PC. im running windows 7, and no matter how i try it. doesnt connect. anyone have this problem and fix it? i posted about it a long long time ago but never found a working solution. :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bucwylde23:
Did you install the Samsung USB drivers? And try a different USB port?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pool_shark:
Make sure you're using the cable that came to the device.

That's the only one that works with mine with the pc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hindle1225:
Do you have an sdcard adaptor so you can plug your sdcard into the computer? If so,.. transfer the OS file onto your sdcard via PC. than put it back in the phone, boot into recovery and install the OS.

update: I may have misunderstood. Are you not rooted yet and need to connect to PC to achieve this much?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
First step is get the latest drivers

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2038555

Then as suggested try different ports/cables. Mine works fine on any port/hub and cheapo cables. I'm using odin 3.07 if that makes any difference.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Ok that's cool. We're not talking about the flashable zip Imnuts posted are we?

You can change the size of the script in Messaging with the volume buttons.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
No it is the one you have to odin.

I already used the volume button, but still too big, found on the play store, android 4.1 jb messaging mms and it seems ok using the previous version in the description, just lacks settings lol and wanam didn't work for infinite scrolling on the launcher... Oh well minor problems compared to others.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] admiral70:
Am I on the correct firmware?

I get about 4 or 5 hours of uptime before reboot on its own.

Also noticed my wifi comes and goes for no reason.

I clean installed rom (I think).

I am using Chrome beta for the person that asked. My Google will not sync browser however in the browse I have sync.

Love beans work and will stay on it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] flip06:
yes, ive done the most recent and previous drivers available to download. also tried all my USB ports.

im already rooted, but had to use Le GF's computer while i was on leave to get it done. my laptop just doesnt want to do it for some reason.

seems alot of people had the same problem.

like mentioned above, ive tried mulitple cords, the lastest/previous driver updates, differnt usb ports.

i still have and used the cable that came with it and also one from a thunderbolt...etc..

no dice...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
Sorry i should have been more clear I know it's not flashable. I was asking it the odin file itself is new just like the ROM zip is also new?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gcounts:


Open up messaging to a text thread and use the volume down rocker to change the size of the font
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
So does it not connect as an installer/media device or is it just that odin doesn't find it?

I guess the story with PCs is there are a lot of different configurations of software/hardware that makes troubleshooting difficult without sitting in front of the PC. I do PC repair and diagnosing problems by phone rarely works, in most cases it takes a little digging to find the source of the problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
When you connect the phone to the PC does it ask if you want to install Bootstrap.exe? I had to do that before I could connect.

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That's cool man.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] brandonros:
I had the same problems. Here was my fix... As long as your drivers are all installed correctly, you open device manager and see the Samsung device in the list, open its properties and update its driver. Then choose to manually install from a list. You should see multiple samsung drivers listed (3 for me). I chose to install the second one in the list and it immediately worked with Odin in download mode. Good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Done this, still to big, just using Android 4.1 jb messaging mms for now.

Haven't had a single problem yet with this rom maybe I'm on the lucky end.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bama17:
I know just about everyone has had problems with mobile Odin but I used 3.80 on mine and my gf's N2 to flash the firmware on the leak and the new one posted yesterday and it's worked perfectly for me all 4 times...signal, WiFi and everything. After flashing the new FW last nite I had one reboot a couple mins after setup, but since then it's been flyin with no issues and better battery life and I'm running Wanam and several other Xposed modules. It's been ALOT more stable for me...but this OTA seems to be having the most mixed results I've ever seen in yrs of flashing...just crazy. But just thought I'd share my experience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thisguyeh:
No reboots or fc here but I lose 4g all the time. Maybe I need a better radio.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] puritan007:
I've tried 3 different roms based on this.... Now I've tried this one to. Everyone of them I can't download files. It's really annoying. I'm not sure if it's my titanium restores our the roms. Either way I'm back on beans 22.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Probably your titanium restore, just downloaded a file to check mine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] merashallan:
[Solved] Loss of root was my fault.

SOLVED. this had nothing to do with the ROM and everything to do with my own modifications. If a script in /system/etc/init.d is before 99SuperSUinit takes too long to start the SuperSU daemon cannot get root privileges.

Bottom line: everything works if you do not break it. ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
Volume down while in messaging. That was driving me crazy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I'll say it again, did that, still huge compared to the other font sizes. Just using hangouts instead now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrep182:
Hmm my wifi was fine using the FW (odin) from last week. After flashing the new one posted yesterday, wifi can no longer work (when I click 'on" it turned off automatically) ... Anyone else experiencing the same thing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Did you do a clean install of the rom as well?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wynnded:
That happened to me as well. Tried rebooting your device?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bwpoersch:
Mine had the same issue after I rooted, and I believe it has to do with the kernel you're running. Mine connects using the most recent devil kernel available, it's flashable thru recovery. Give that a try.