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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nsa_sailor:
It appears that I'm unlocked then, since I did use the Casual root method for 4.1.2 and the TWRP comes up with a volume Up - Home - Power button start.

So do I do the Odin firmware update first then TWRP or use TWRP to install the 1Gb zip file, then restart and use odin to install the firmware update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
Apparently the order of operations doesn't matter, but for the record I did the firmware first (via odin) then after I got the "Pass" the phone automatically rebooted into TWRP. From there I did a factory reset and then flashed the ROM (the 1 GB zip file). Be sure to put the ROM file on your external SD card before you start all of this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilDX:
they're on Samsung's website
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
Yes they are. I just used them. Download an install, then plug phone in and let finish. Mine said didn't install correctly be cause I stopped it from searching windows update, but it worked fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] louforgiveno:
For those who want Air-command Themes these should work for you too......http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48918498&postcount=3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dew7:
i tried browsing for file in odin. it is not finding toltevzw_mj9_official_firmware.tar.md5.7z at all. aNY suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] N_Jones:
You need to unzip it with 7zip. Then you will be able to find it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dew7:
ty ty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
So I installed from stock 4.1.2

- First I unlocked / rooted using the 1-click root NoYouVerizon-GalaxyNote2-CASUAL R515.jar [link]

- Then I installed Clockwork ROM Manager, changed recovery to CWM and updated to latest version [link]

- Placed deodex ROM [686ad57be252658962900080e0ae79d4] on SD Card [link]

- Placed radio for I605VRUEMJ9 on SD Card [link]

- Rebooted into CWM: wipe all data, cache, and dalvik; select zip from sd card -> install ROM; install radio

- After install wiped all data, cache, and dalvik; reboot into android

Currently stuck on Activating screen :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
It's likely your issue is with the flashing of the radio...you need to use odin for the firmware, not recovery. Download and unzip this file and put it in the PDA slot in Odin to flash it. Then you will reboot into recovery so you can flash the rom.

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319198557
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Yep, thanks did it already before I saw your post :) all good now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Wish the xda app had a search for this thread, but is there a patch for the provisioning for hot spot yet?

Wanam isn't working for this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
This is what worked for me

So I installed from stock 4.1.2

- BACKUP!!!

- Install latest SAMSUNG driver [link]

- Download ODIN 3.07 [link]

- If needed: Unlock / root using the 1-click root NoYouVerizon-GalaxyNote2-CASUAL R515.jar [link]

- Install Clockwork ROM Manager, changed recovery to CWM and update to latest version [link]

- Place deodex ROM [686ad57be252658962900080e0ae79d4] on SD Card [link]

- Download firmware and keep on PC [link]

- Reboot phone into ODIN mode [hold volume down, power, home]

- In ODIN, check PDA, hit the button and select the 'toltevzw_mj9_official_firmware.tar', hit start and wait it out

- Reboot into CWM [hold volume up, power, home]: wipe all data, cache, and dalvik; select zip from sd card -> install ROM

- After install wipe all data, cache, and dalvik; reboot into android

Again, this worked for me. It might not work for you.

Also, phone will seem stuck sometimes, give it some time.

Voila!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
well shoot a monkey. Why is it things run well and I jack with it? I added an xposed module and was stuck in a bootloop. Tried to fix permissions and wiped caches and nothing. Tried a wipe and now I have no os. So trying to install the downloaded rom and sitting at note 2 screen. Hope this works. None of my backups will restore because it says too many files open. Even after wipe. Any ideas? It's been 10 mins so far on note 2 screen. Whats the latest image file that odin could install?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
Here you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48315091&postcount=245
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Hm one issue that just surfaced: wifi is constantly disconnecting, a message pops up saying that 'wifi is unstable'

Anyone else have this problem?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
Least I found an image file in the main section updated on 12-5.....gonna be a long day :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
Just odin back to stock. I did all of that. Took about 30 minutes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
So what are you running now? Any problems with the wifi?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gulfstream 650:
Works Perfectly For Me!

I'm having no issues at all with the ROM. I bought the wife a new Note II for Christmas and rooted and unlocked it straight out of the box. There was somewhat of a learning curve using ODIN for flashing as all my experience has been with ADB coming from an OG Droid, GNEX, and Nexus 7. At first I couldn't get wifi to work but I flashed the firmware and hotspot fix and now everything works perfectly...she's really digging her new Note. I think I want one too...my Gnex now seems so small.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Great, I can't get the wifi to work properly.

So you flashed via ODIN first, then the ROM, the the the wifi fix? Or in another order? Also, do you have a link to the wifi fix? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
ugg .....restored and root...having trouble getting TWRP and Philz
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gulfstream 650:
After flashing the ROM I rebooted and couldn't get the wifi to work. I then put it back into download mode via odin and flashed the firmware that's in the OP. After rebooting again the wifi worked and I went back into TWRP and flashed the hotspot fix and that works now too. I tried flashing the zip file that someone had posted for the wifi fix via TWRP but that was a no go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
great ..."Verizon has found bla bla software please go to nearest store" ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Hm that's exactly what I did as well (except the hotspot fix)

Strange
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gulfstream 650:
Which recovery are you using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
CWM... I keep getting 'wifi unstable' messages, even though I am sitting right next to the router :silly:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gulfstream 650:
I have TWRP for recovery, don't know if that would make a difference but it shouldn't. Before I flashed the firmware I couldn't even get wifi to turn on, the wifi has been stable since the flash via odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] troc240:
Flashed the new modem via Odin but now I have no signal. Saying unknown baseband version. Is there a modem I can flash back with?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wynnded:
Did you try rebooting?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Thanks I'll give it a try
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
Somebody beat me to death if I ever decide to do anything to my phone.... 8 hours to get it back!

Sent from Samsung Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
I had the same problem, reflashed via ODIN
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gimpyestrada:
I had the same thing. Just Odin back to stock and start from scratch.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
Yep... Come to find out evidently casual didn't unlock or something because it also didn't install twrp. All is well though now... Just a long day.

Sent from Samsung Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gimpyestrada:
So I have done almost exactly this procedure with three small differences:

I flashed Philz CWM.

I used the odexed zip file.

And before I installed in cwm, I wiped using the option that says something like "I'm going to install a new rom" which erased system as well.

No reboots for me! Nothing but smooth-ness. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shamestick:
The AFH site seems to be down at the moment, does anyone have a mirror I could DL from?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wynnded:
I just checked, the DL site is fine...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shamestick:
I've tried it with different mirrors, on three different devices with two different routers so I was thinking it was the site. It starts the download and just stops early (about 100mb in) every time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wynnded:
Ya got me there, I just loaded up the page. Then when it started to download, I nipped it the bud, I wasn't going to download the entire file. ;) I'm not sure how to advise you then, sorry. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shamestick:
No worries, I actually switched browsers and all has been good so far. Forgot about that possibility -__-
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gimpyestrada:
Damn, I've had 2 reboots. Once when I was using microsoft's remote desktop app and another when I was browsing my apps in the Amazon appstore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] marcustaz:
I don't get this ROM, its been solid for me for days and then all the sudden out of the blue Google search starts crashing today. Phone has rebooted randomly like 3 or 4 times in one day! very very odd. Memory Leak?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
I fixed my fc and random reboots for good..

Went back to beans 22. Ain't nobody got time for all that ish..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drewcam888:
So I am using the hotspot framework for hotspot tethering. The hotspot takes about 1-2 minutes to finally say a device is active after it connects to the wifi signal. Is this the norm for the internal hotspot? Any susggestions if this is not normal. I really miss the near instantaneous authentication of wifi tether for root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
After Monday and the trouble I had restoring everything, I'm nervous to freeze stuff on this release. I'm wondering what you guys have froze on this release. I tried another list and started getting reboots.

Sent from Samsung Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
Much love to the OP for putting this out for rooted and unlocked bootloader users. I recommend that you give Sophisticated Rom v2.0 a shot because it is rock solid. I haven't experienced a reboot yet. Sophisticated Rom v2.0 is based on the latest 4.3 release for Verizon, but does use some OTA 4.2.1 tar files, which is a good thing because something within the OTA 4.3 tar files (such as the Samsung Knox features) that has been released is creating random boot loops when all the Knox settings are removed from the ROM as evident by the stock rooted official 4.3 ROM that's available.

I believe this may be the case because I've read reports of users who have accepted the OTA 4.3 update from Verizon that haven't experienced any random reboots. Something else to consider is that the random reboots could be caused by a incompatibility between the unlocked bootloader that many of us don't want to loose and Knox security additions for the OTA 4.3 update.

I don't know the exact differences between the OTA 4.2.1 update and OTA 4.3 update besides the Knox security, but I definitely have all the additions from the 4.2.1 update that I was looking forward to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
That's not normal, most ROMs and I'm not using this one at the moment. I'd recommend that you check out Sophisticated Rom v2.0.

---------- Post added at 11:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:46 AM ----------

Check out Sophisticated Rom v2.0, but you get the benefits of 4.3 without the reboots.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] statustray:
Touchwiz too?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] snapz54:
THIS.

also, update to the latest version of your recovery software first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
The tethering provision patch works nice, had one moment of no sim, but hasn't happened again.

Rom is still super stable and awesome again thank you beans!

Had a random reboot after some scope app did a fc, reverted to stock provisioning :/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
Constant closing and reboots. Since I Odined the firmware what is the best way to start over with a clean copy of EVERYTHING so I can get this working correctly? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] highwaybandit:
Flash the mc3 tar and pit file in odin back to completely stock and re root. That should be a pretty fresh start
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
Reroot and custom recover or just root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] highwaybandit:
Just use adams casual it will unlock and install recovery . That will be a fresh start if thats what u really want
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
What else

Well went back to c3 and did casual firmware and rom but still get fc. Any other steps I can try?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] highwaybandit:
What recovery r u using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
casual installed twrp.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] highwaybandit:
Try installing phillz He has a zip u can flash to change recoveries . Then try a clean install of this maybe that will help people were having a problem with twrp and 4.3 and up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Milimbar:
Unless it has changed, the original casual installed TWRP that was intended for use on the international Note II (I700)

Just update TWRP to the newest one and you should be fine. Or install the newest CWM.

Even if it is one intended for our phones... it will be an extremely old version, update it.

PS or Phillz, I have 0 experience with it tho... but it seems to be the new FOTM recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
I have been using TWRP 2.5.0.0 the whole time and the only rom that I had problems with was N3bula. All the others worked perfectly. I tried Philz CWM and didn't care for it at all. Couldn't find my TWRP nandroids and I couldn't figure out how to do a nandroid to the SD card (my internal storage was too small). I read the instructions, but it just wasn't clear. Flashed back to twrp and have since flashed Sophisticated and Nephilim flawlesslu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
I keep a folder on sd card called revoveries. Keep the latest of all 3 in there. Can go back and forth with ease. Dont care for cwm, philz is nice, but i usually use twrp 2.6.3.1 for everything and dont have issues ever. I always wipe internal for every flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
Casual does install an old recovery. Update to a newit starts again.r version and all seems fine (so far) :)

Thanks all....

update: Samsung keyboard has stopped.......... and It starts again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] norm883:
BootLoader

Hello,

How do I know if I have an unlocked bootloader from the new version?

I have had multiple ROMs on device in the past but ODEN'ed back to factory (KIES) and took the latest OTA to 4.3.

However, I am rooted.

I want to go to N3BULA [MJ9] [N3 Features] and they suggest to ODEN this ROM prior to that.

Am I good to go? Or will the new bootloader raise its ugly head?

Thanks for any suggestions prior to a fatal change.

norm883
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
Sorry. U jumped the gun taking the ota. You cant install a custom recovery. Your bootloader is locked and your waiting on safestrap or some other method to come round for the note 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Redapple63:
It took me a bit to figure out Philz...you need to mount the external sd card in Philz, then it will see your nandroids or TWRP backups. Good Luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dustinshepard:
Signature Verification Failed

I keep getting "Signature Verification Failed" when trying to instal this ROM in recovery? Anyone know why that is?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drewcam888:
Turn off md5 check
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dustinshepard:
How?

How do I turn off MD5 check?

Thank you!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wynnded:
Probably somewhere in your recovery's settings. You may have to poke around some, I don't know where it is myself...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
Is it safe to assume that when I roll back to stock before I flash this rim that it doesn't matter if I go back to c3 or L4. Meaning no files are used for the new rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wynnded:
I'm not aware of a reason for you to roll back to stock, but that choice is yours. Your Firmware/Baseband/Radio will not change when you flash from whatever ROM you come from to this one. ROMs and Firmware/Baseband/Radios are separate flashes, what you have now will remain afterwards, unless you intentionally flash another Firmware/Baseband/Radio.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spoiler1041:
Does the firmware we Odin include all 3, firmware/radio and baseband? I am trying to refresh everything because I am getting fc and reboots.

Also will Odin 3.6 matter over 3.7?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wynnded:
The terms Firmware/Baseband/Radio are sometimes used interchangeably to describe the same single item, at least in my observations. I just wanted to include them all to try to minimize confusion.

I don't know enough to comfortably suggest that you should use one version of Odin over the other. Usually newer is better, but not all the time. Honestly, I don't even know what the latest version of Odin is. Maybe someone else can give a better answer to that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
Ugh, have the reboot issues been figured out on this yet? I'm officially done with this ROM after 2 fresh installs and not even restoring any data with Titanium, so it's not like I'm doing anything radical to cause the instability.

I had it reboot while:

- Recording video of my kids opening presents, causing the video to be totally lost :mad: (wife was using her D600 to take pics at least so not a total loss)

- Setting notification tones for Handscent SMS

- Immediately after turning my screen off after checking Weatherbug last night

- Navigating in the car.

- A few other random occasions that I can't remember what I was doing a the moment.

And just now it is somehow frozen on my dialer, not responding to any input from the screen or from any of the physical buttons, including the power button. That is quite impressive that I can't even turn the screen off, lol. Never on any previous ROM or phone have I witnessed the phone freezing with the screen on and not letting you turn it off. I'm amazed that the OS would even let something like that happen.

I read somewhere earlier in the thread that someone had success with Odexing their ROM after setting it up exactly the way they like it with the DeOdexed ROM and using Odex Me. Sounds somewhat feasible. Has anyone else tried this too?

If I can't figure out how to make this mostly-stock ROM work, then I think I'm considering going totally stock if I can still root the official 4.3 ROM. Or if there's a ROM available with everything including the Knox stuff removed from this ROM, I may try that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
The firmware isn't the issue, I'm using the same firmware with other custom ROMs without the reboot issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] subzero2000:
I was in a similar boat myself (force closes, random reboots, etc.), to the point where I started a thread in Q&A with a poll soliciting input on whether or not to take the 4.3 OTA.

In the end, I ended up doing what I really didn't want to do; I restored my phone back to 4.1.2 with a factory reset (wiped data/cache), re-rooted it, and re-installed this ROM. I then re-installed my apps without restoring from Titanium Backup.

I did this on Friday evening, and since then, I've not had a single random reboot. I've seen a couple of force closes, but nothing that freaked me out. The ROM seems more stable to me at this point. Time will tell, but I've been happier with my N2 since I did this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
I was about to try this too, but I think I saw other people in this thread say they did the same thing (Odin'd back to stock and re-unlocked/rooted and re-installed this ROM) without any better results. I really cannot fathom how that is any better than wiping every partition in recovery and doing a clean install that way. I don't see how any remnants would be left behind to affect the next ROM you're going to install.

But how exactly did you factory reset back to 4.1.2? Doing a factory reset in recovery doesn't revert you back to the stock ROM, it just wipes all data on the currently installed ROM. Did you use Odin for any of this? Did you not even restore any app data from Titanium? I'm pretty desperate at the moment, so I may just do this anyways when I have time, which prolly won't be until this weekend. So please post back if you run into any issues after doing this type of clean install!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] subzero2000:
I used PC ODIN to flash the PIT file and the MC3 .tar.md5 file in the PDA slot as described in the thread to return your device to factory stock, and then used the stock recovery to do a factory reset. I then re-rooted, then re-installed this ROM.

For what it's worth (and I don't know if it's significant or not), I didn't update TWRP from 2.5.0.0 to 2.6.3.1 until after installing this ROM (I think it was yesterday that I did it).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
I did all that and still got an occasional reboot and FC. Went to Sophisticated Rom ans haven't had a single issue and I even dirty flashed it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] marcustaz:
I dirty flashed Sophisticated rom both versions and it runs awesome until I reboot and then it gets stuck at initial Samsung logo. I tried like 5 times... Sadly I'm back on stock 4.1.2 and hoping a fix will come soon. Or even better straight to 4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
Did you also try it wiping cache/dalvik/system 3 times? This is my usual method now since it's given me good results with Sophisticated rom and saves time setting up apps. I.ve had 0 issues with the last 2 ROM updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] marcustaz:
indeed I did, also tried philz recovery whatever it's called too, still no go...

what I did today it go beans official 4.3 again but left my baseband on MC3 and so far its stable. Has anyone tried leaving old baseband for stability?

I know on the initial 4.3 flash you had to flash the 4.3 firmware in recovery in order to get your WiFi back so I did that originally. However this time I didn't have to do it. my steps.

Boot into TWRP, wiped the phone clean using format. Then flashed 4.3 Official Beans do not reboot, then just restored DATA from 4.1.2 stock nandroid backup. Now I have 4.3 Official Odex Beans, with MC3 baseband and so far so good, not a FC or random reboot...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BoostedB18C:
Try the N3BULA 4.3 rom. No issues with FC. Just use philz recovery when flashing

Sent From My Sticky Note, Too?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Deetari:
So, after a few weeks of dealing with FCs and random reboots (though they mostly stopped after my apps finished going through their first updates after the rom was flashed), I gave up on staying on this rom and decided to try out the Sophisticated rom.

Went from a stock odexed rom with FCs and reboots to a rock solid deodexed rom.

I've pretty much dirty flashed all the way from the original odexed 4.1.1 rom all the way up through the deodexed Sophisticated rom, and my phone's been solid for almost a week now. Apps are running fine, xposed framework stuff is working, wifi tether seems fine, s'all good.

Formatted/wiped my system, cache, and dalvik two or three times before dirty flashing the deodexed Sophisticated over the stock odex, but that's about all I did.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] marcustaz:
Everything for me is great on 4.3 with MC3 radio, not one force close or random reboot. However what's not working is smart stay but I've read others that took the OTA and are not rooted or anything and their smart stay has broken after 4.3. Anyone else use Smart Stay?