yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
Thanks! Let us know what she says. It seem very few people have had 0 reboots, which is terrible news for the stability of this ROM. Stock ROMs shouldn't have these kinds of problems.

Also, [MENTION=4395895]beanstown106[/MENTION], I accidentally turned WiFi off a moment ago and went to turn it back on, but it wouldn't turn back on. It just turned back off like it did before flashing your new zip to fix it. It took a reboot to get WiFi back on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
I've had 1 reboot so far on the Official but overall it has been very stable, Only a couple of FCs but it's most likely due to user apps or data which was restored with TB. Whenever this happens I just clear cache/data for the specific app and uninstall/reinstall, that usually fixes it. I did actually have an occasional reboot on this phone before the update so there may be something not quit right with it. It seems to help if I pull the battery and make sure it's seated good and while I have the back off I reseat the sim and sd. I have no idea if this is actually the cause of the reboots but it seems to stop them for awhile.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
So you took the official directly from Verizon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hindle1225:
I've also had 1 reboot since Friday night. I have loaded "no" apps either from the market or titanium. This reboot stuff must be OS related.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chelper:
I don't think the app force closes have anything to do with restoring data. I did a clean install, even formatting data in TWRP. I installed all apps from the play store and did not restore any app data. Everything was fresh. Yet, I've had 5 or 6 app force closes and 3 or 4 reboots.

I have now tried flashing just the modem that imnuts posted and have been running smooth for 9 hours with no force closes or reboots. I also switched to CWM and Devil kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thatdudebutch:
Do yourself a favor and switch to Philz CWM. TWRP not meshing well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chelper:
I've looked, but can't find it. Would you mind giving me a link to philz cwm for our phones?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
I've used the last 2, both work great

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Its way down in dev section. I switched to it. Its way better than cwm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] qdroid:
Well...I think the leak and official versions have the same baseband number
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
No, I'm running the deodexed from op
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thisguyeh:
Yeah I figured twrp was the issue . Switched to cwm and everything is good. No fc or reboot yet .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] napes22:
If I flash the firmware update via Odin, and decide to go back to 4.2.2, will I have to flash back to stock with Odin and go from there?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patriot Virus:
past 10 hours i've got about 5 random reboots :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] killa408shark:
I used this for some reason I couldn't see my external Sd on Philz http://galaxynote2root.com/cwm-recovery/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
Maybe no exfat support.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
Just had to re - flash the firmware update to get WiFi working again. Not sure how that happened, but everything seems fine now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] napes22:
I keep getting an "MD5 hash value is invalid" comment when trying to flash as PDA. Any advice?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
I'm not really sure why the invalid file hasn't been taken down and you obviously haven't been following this topic. I wouldn't expect anyone to read through the entire thread when coming in late. There was a repost of the firmware in post #55

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48684918&postcount=55
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
The good news is that I know 2 people with S3s that updated to 4.3 a few days ago, and they have had 0 issues. I'm betting the OTA update that is coming will be entirely stable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bucwylde23:
Huh? This is from the official OTA.

I tried the leaked OTA last week and had tons of issues, sounds like it's about the same still. I'm going to stick to Beans 22 until this gets sorted out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
After 3 hours I've finally gotten everything reflected to the new version just to see if the alarm would work. It doesn't... And I had a heart attack when philz cwm said it cleaned my exsd card... Thankfully it didn't format it. Any clues on the alarm? Says unexpected error when trying to add an alarm.

Sent from Samsung Note II

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Never mind... Found 4.4 clock and all is well.

Sent from Samsung Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] napes22:
I'm not getting reboots, but my phone is locking up every so often. So I'll likely be going back to my old Rom for the time being. It's a great rom though, great job by the dev. I'm just having issues for some reason.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
Huh. I was under the impression that this was from Samsung Kies that allows you to update your phone, not an actual OTA update, but it appears the OTA has rolled out. That's depressing. Could be months before we see a fix. :(

Someone said deleting the contents of their alarm folder fixed it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dja2k:
:good: Thanks for the Official 4.3 Update Beans!

Didn't have good results with the leaked version but this one so far is working. First I did a format on my External SD Card and just copied manually what I need like my Titanium Backup files which of curse I backup before formatting. Then in TWRP, I wiped internal storage, did a factory wipe, then flashed this ROM. I right away I flash the MODEM with Odin before going into the system for the first time. No Wifi issues and I also restored all my apps successfully with Titanium Backup. So far so good, lets see how it goes.

dja2k
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BeansTown106:
ok so i have another firmware file to flash this includes all 4.3 firmware incept bootloader and it works great for me :D uploading now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wny1mxo2003:
Hey beanstown...are you suggesting that everyone re flash the new file...will it be uploaded in the 1st post?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thisguyeh:
Can I request a flashable zip of this , thanks for everything Beans !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
You say this includes all 4.3 firmware. Does that mean we've had some remaining mc3 firmware? Might that be the reason for the problems?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
Works great as in no more random reboots? Sounds too good to be true.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bucwylde23:
Thanks Beans for the update can't wait to give it a shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athlet1c:
Excellent can't wait
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
Yeah hes been trying to pull all the firmware except the bootloader. If you ever went with a htc phone before they are famous for making updates dependent on new firmware. It explains why the ota people are issue free and the custom peeps are having issues. Like having to flash param for wifi
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nbock01:
Great battery life once the ROM has settled in. Been stable for 44 hours too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] billybob275:
Awesome! Thanks for all your work with this phone, Beans!

Has this latest firmware been uploaded yet? I tried grabbing the one from the OP, but it was the same as the one from the other day.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] forsaken82:
im guessing since the upload date shows the 20th that it is still the original. i want to update to 4.3 but am gonna wait fro this file i think.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cliefan:
F5 F5 F5 F5 :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rclar144:
I'm still searching for the new firmware.....?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
A sign of hope! Thanks Bean!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
He prolly fell asleep. Im sure he was up all nite workin on it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
This is good news because I am 98% sure that most of the issues I've been having are firmware related.

Thanks [MENTION=4395895]beanstown106[/MENTION]!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigmixxx:
Weird thing, hopefuly it does tie to firmware

as I was getting Random reboots, I decided to do check out what apps I have installed. What I saw was strange...

Storage was a "negative" 9 bagillion with 850 gig of storage remaining. Weird, So I restarted my phone and wipe dalvik and cache. No Random Reboots in the last 30 hours.

Not sure if this is in any post, but this may be why there are a lot of random reboots. So if there is a firmware fix...awesome!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrep182:
Phone has been rocking this ROM for at least 50 hours. Solid with no random reboots! Thanks beans!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BeansTown106:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319198557 is new firmware sorry guys i fell asleep lol!

strongly recomended that u flash this as it is the full mj9 firmware minus bootloader

Updated OP aswell
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rclar144:
Flash via odin correct

Beast GALAXY TAB 3

Got it...flashed via odin successfully! Thx BEANS!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] marcustaz:
HUGE THANK YOU Beans!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrep182:
Looks like it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
You da man Beans. WooooHooooo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
Only had 1 reboot on the first firmware but I'm trying the new one anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bucwylde23:
One is too many, it shouldn't reboot.

Thanks Beans will give the new firmware a shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patriot Virus:
So it's been established through Odin just wanna make sure.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
Flashed new firmware through odin and the phone came back up. That's always a good thing :). Things are starting well anyway. Thanks again [MENTION=4395895]beanstown106[/MENTION].
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
I actually had occasional reboots before any modding so it may not have even been due to any of this.

It seems to help if I reseat the battery and cards but maybe it's just coincidental that reboots stop for a while after I do that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
ive been trying to download the rom since last night but keep getting the wrong md5 number? does anyone know why this is happening, it has never happened to me before... the zip for the firmware is right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
Same here...unzipped the file, flashed via odin. Phone automatically rebooted into TWRP, I fixed permissions and did a system reboot. Looks good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] forsaken82:
mine is sitting on the verizon screen... how long did your hang there?

nvm just went
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ramiss:
Same here with TWRP asking to fix permissions. I did as it said and everything booted perfectly. Here's hopin' the reboots go away.

For all that are asking.. Don't be confused that the firmware files are zipped. You cannot flash them in recovery. You must un-zip and then flash with Odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patriot Virus:
My phone didn't ask to fix permissions... Just booted into twrp o.O
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
this is the md5 i get after download....6AC858D7BA02BCA44ED65BCE5F3A5454 different then the md5 in OP, afraid to install...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrewjt19:
Has anyone had any troubles with air command? Settings are on and it doesn't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chiefsfan69:
I haven't read anyone else with this issue but I could have missed something, anyway I downloaded and flashed the firmware via odin and now I get no signal at all, no 4g, no nothing just an empty triangle that has no bars. It also says no connection when trying to get onto internet. however I can connect to wifi and then things all work fine? Does anyone have any idea or suggestions that might lead me the right way? I truly appreciate any ideas thrown my way. thank you Beans for everything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Well after reading everyone is still having issues, I think I'll wait and maybe beans can beat verizon again and fix them, finally updated to b22, happy with it until then, you do great work beans!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gmam23:
keep getting unfortunatly the processs google process gapps has stopped .tried clearing ,factory reset nothing working .its pops up everytime i try to open a app ot touch screen.reverted back to beans 22 but same thing keeps happening ,ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thatdudebutch:
Be sure to report back for us lazy folks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
I will be downloading as soon as it's available! Thanks beans
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wynnded:
Hey, quit clogging the thread, and don't you be trying to download this at the same time I am. ;-P

Noted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrbxx7:
Thanks [MENTION=4395895]beanstown106[/MENTION] for all u do!! Do u have plans or instructions on an sd swap for 4.3? I ask because I no uve been working on 4.3 roms for a bit now.. thanks again!!

TaPpEd from my nOtEwOrThY N2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
First, thank you so much, Beans!!! :)

Question: Will that zip that fixes tethering that can be found in the leak's comments work on this, too?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolfx35:
can't wait.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thisguyeh:
Thank you Bean ! May I ask if I already flash the firmware from the leaked version , do I still need to flash this one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Realm11984:
Yes it must be flashed via Odin as stated in the op and it has changed from the previous version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
Haven't used Odin a long time...which version are people using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Realm11984:
Yes, there are only a few posts on this new thread, please read them they will help u greatly. The firmware has been updated per beans post one page back and it must be flashed via odin as stated in the op.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr. Droidberg:
Thanks as always, Beans. You're the man.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dhouston10:
Ok I just couldn't tell if it was for those who didn't do this for the 12/8 build or needed to be done period.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
Is this a different modem package than your leaked OTA ROM? Just curious.. I'll flash the new one anyways.

I've had a lot of instability (random lockups forcing battery pulls, random reboots, lots of FCs) and was planning on ODINing back to stock and retrying. Hopefully I'll have better luck with this official ROM. Otherwise 4.3 is worlds smoother than 4.1 was so it's really nice while while it works.

Thanks again Beans! Awesome (and fast!) work! Any chance you'll make a Beans 4.3 ROM by New Years? :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bostonbassman78:
Ok stupid question I gave my note 2 to my she don't want rooted and what not I took the ota downloaded tried to install it took me to twrp where would infind the ota to flash it in twrp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
You have to be on stock recovery if you want to take the ota. Or just wait for beans to finish uploading the twrp flushable. Ota will prolly perma lock your bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bostonbassman78:
Ya but it says something about odin in the op I've flashed plenty of roms just never had to play with odin and where woukd I find a stock recovery and ty for the quick reply
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
It's stated somewhere up ^^^ there that its a new, updated version firmware...

There's a thread that covers this. This thread is for the rooted version of the new ota..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rclar144:
Can't WAIT!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
Seems like the same modem and build version to me though.

I'm running the leaked ROM/Modem from Beans previous thread and it's all the same version numbers as in that official OTA screenshot (as well as others in that thread).

I'll still install it though, it can't be much more unstable than it it is right now. Random reboots have been getting worse. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
Yet ive had zero and over 90 hours of up time. Its wierd how some phones act different. Id swear the ota leak is totally stable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SirVilhelm:
Since this is stock does it have the annoying wifi alert?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
If you're talking about the firmware, use the link in post 361. And NEVER flash if the MD5 is wrong.

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You can use Xposed and Wanam to remove that other annoying things like blocking mode icon, etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nutpn:
I have had trouble with Air Command, I cant get it to work and read that they left out part of it and air command wont work. If you do find anything on this subject let me know, thanks ahead of time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bucwylde23:
Have you updated to the latest firmware that was just posted yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
no the firmware md5 is correct this is for the deoxed rom... i got the firmware from the link in post 361.. how can i get a diff download for the rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
I didn't have an issue. See if you can use a different mirror.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
EXACTLY!!!!!! One is far too many! When did or standards become so low?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
i tried all the mirrors listed and they were all different then in the OP?????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bama17:
I've been having alot of md5 issues with certain host sites lately but not the one for this Rom. Only thing that worked for me tho was to d/l to my PC and then pull it to my phone...gets really really really irritating too :mad:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
thats what im trying to do put it on my PC...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bama17:
Oh sorry, misunderstood ya. Wow...never had that problem with a PC.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
me either, this is the first time since the OG Droid days... im stumped been trying since yesterday...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bobo2xtreme:
I flashed the modem via mobile Odin. Not sure if it is the problem, but when I do I can't use data nor wifi. I flashed back to ALL modem but can't get wifi to work. Am I doing something wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
mobile odin doesnt seem to work with this... have to use PC...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bobo2xtreme:
Ah okay.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] npainter7:
Ok so I don't know if its been asked or not. Ive searched but no results. So why do we have to use Odin? Why is it different than any other OTA update?? Is it cuz it's to 4.3 from 4.1? I've read people explaining about how easy it is to use Odin, but as of right now our only PC is a laptop that is pretty slow and I really don't want to even deal with that. Why isn't the firmware included in the ROM or whatever it is that's missing? Sorry for so many questions. Just not understanding why. I figured since the OTA is officially out, it should be as simple as flashing it and that's it.....but what do I know haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
Question: if the firmware were the sole issue, wouldn't the issues persist across ROMs? I'm on CM11 right now without a single issue using the firmware package originally released 12/20.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigmixxx:
what's different in this firmware?

Just asking. I flashed, wiped dalvik and cache and themes seem a little more stable.

Then I fixed my "stupid apps installed by verizon problem" by going in to get rid of the Amazon apps (And audible; if I wanted it on my phone, I can use the app store) and re-downloaded the amazon app store (free GOOD apps, can't beat it). reboot. It stopped the appstore startup everytime my phone would restart.

Now to fix the weird, google play services is defaulting to defaults problem.

and the final question -- what magic is in the firmware?

thank you once again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
Try disabling your virus checker and download again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ROB281:
+1 been running beans without issue after flashing the leak hardware
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
CM11 isn't TouchWiz would be my guess.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
I'm on cm11 with the flashable from imnuts, and I've had no issues with data or WiFi on any 4.3tw or 4.4._ ROMs. I'm not going to mess with Odin, why fix what's not broken. I'll wait for a flashable version
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bucwylde23:
I've had 1 reboot and 1 lockup on a brand new install and the latest firmware. Wiped everything twice except SD card. Both happened during initial setup so I'll keep an eye on it but I'm concerned the firmware didn't fix it.

I did all of this about 2 hours ago so it hasn't been that long yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
thats what i was thinking of doing... tried it but still wrong md5?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nh97103:
Just about everyone had a reboot happen there. As long as that's the only reboot that happens, I'm good with it. It's the random reboots/lockups that I can't live with.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] theleland:
I swapped out twrp for cwm via Odin, flashed firmware, installed 4.3 over beans' leak only clearing cache and dalvik but keeping apps and data, reflashed firmware for good measure. Been much better - I was having frequent lock ups and reboots. Only reboot since has been on wanam and titanium.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
Phone seems more stable and battery life is better with latest firmware from Beans.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
+1 to that. Thank you Beans.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluphi1914:
try restarting your pc and then downloading again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
No more issues using the latest firmware. Though I did roll back one version on twrp to kill the install errors. But no reboots or freezing anymore [MENTION=4395895]beanstown106[/MENTION] thanks man
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hindle1225:
This is a feature im excited to try out. Im sure beans will have it included into future builds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] killa408shark:
what version of TWRP are you using now?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
2.6.3.0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] killa408shark:
do you have a link where i can get it? goomanager installs the latest one
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
Here you go. Flash in recivery. https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwnebmo2m8t2g1h/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-t0ltevzw.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] B-Mod:
Anyone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] downslayer:
Warning

Just a warning, I'm sure this probably won't happen with everyone, but after flashing this firmware, no ROM would properly reboot until I wiped absolutely everything and Odin'd back to stock. Every ROM I tried (including this one) would bootloop upon reboot, stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Note II boot screen, never able to enter the ROM again, until I factory wiped. Obviously this could have been just me, as I haven't seen tons of other people complaining about this. If anyone is wondering, I was using the latest TWRP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0ltevzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.1.0-t0ltevzw.zip heres the link from goo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thisguyeh:
Yes TWRP does that . If you switch to CWM (try Philz) it will enter the rom. I had that happen to me when I was using twrp. I flashed cwm did all wipes and data . Installed fresh and it boots just fine. No fc or reboot issues either .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hindle1225:
Just had a random reboot with latest firmware. Going to try CMW now. I still suspect this to be an OS issue, but... we'll see.