yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nsa_sailor:
Are there instructions on how do to this? I see 58 pages of comments, and really don't want to read through all of them. Can instructions be posted on one of the first page reserved posts? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cyberma007:
Still Stable here, after installing new firmware with mobile ODIN and reflash using CWM and clear all cache, No crash or reboot yet!.

looking good, Thank guys
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patriot Virus:
It's been stable for me. Only has about 2 reboots in the past 4 days.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Deejaydark:
Easily Solved...

Not @ all.. im using CWM and i just went ahead and download Sophisticated rom and everything is working as it should with no random reboots but thanks for helping
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Georgegore1990:
Ahh. Beans. Yet again you're at the top of your game, exciting the masses with a stock custom ROM, getting it to the community even before Verizon finish their OTA's. Has there ever been a trim that you DIDN'T please the masses?! =)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RomsWell:
First to download. I win. Lol. Thanks beans
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BeansTown106:
ok all links are up :) sorry had to eat some dinner and a friend stopped by

the firmware is odin flashable and is different than the leaked version, i strongly suggest updating both the rom and firmare to the official version

:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
Yeah, I'm using Wanam Xposed too though. I'm thinking maybe that is incorporating some instability. Though I saw a few others stay pretty much stock (relative to that ROM) and still have stability issues. Seems like a total crapshoot. :confused:

I'm going to do a full wipe (as I always do) and reflash the (new) modem again with Odin and hope it does better this time. I'm going to hold off on using Wanam Xposed for a few days this time too to ensure a stable base.

Sweet! Think I'll be the first to try it! I'm almost done downloading.. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bostonbassman78:
Ok so all though the note 2 is not mine it is rooted and unlocked since I have never ever used Odin could someone point me in a direction to use this Odin pls I would really like to put my mom's phone on this 4.3 update and is it fool proof for the most part lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nbock01:
Almost done pulling!!! Fingers crossed that this will be more stable then the leak.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Georgegore1990:
having issues downloading the deodexed, Beans... =[ I think the upload is screwed up it won't start up , for me that is, of course. lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmjj:
Downloading now!

Can not wait downloading now!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
Downloaded successfully...MD sums match. Good to go!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
Downloading now!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] aerichards1977:
Beans - getting a md5 mismatch using the firmware and unable to odin flash - tried 4 times on my pc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
I just got it no issues. Went pretty fast actually, prolly like 5 mins on my home 20/2 connection.

Still backing up in TiBu though, will post back if I have issues installing ROM or using Odin for the modem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Georgegore1990:
did you guys go deodexed a Odex?

edit: never mind, now it's working. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
Deodexed for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BeansTown106:
try this one its zipped u will need to extract it http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319197820
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nbock01:
This one worked for me, downloaded the one in the OP twice and both times invalid hash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shellie03:
This one flashed correctly. Thank You
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
Same here. Odin says "MD5 hash value is invalid." Trying the one in the .zip file now.

Edit: One in the .zip file worked! Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nbock01:
Hmm flashed rom and boots back into recovery..

Had toflash several times for it to "take" Now booting into ROM. No error messages...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Georgegore1990:
Novice question, but I wanna make sure I don't screw anything up, I'm sure you don't have to do this but if you're coming from a 4.3 AOSP, You don't need to flash any "after-AOSP-4.3-to-TW-downgrade-patch" or anything correct? =S
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AKARaccoon:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this in here, and I sure as heck hope I'm not the only one...But with the wifi tether fix; my 4G connection still drops frequently. I can't find a proper pattern on WHY it drops, though. Sometimes it'll be fine, then when a device connects to it, it will CONSTANTLY drop the 4G connection, reconnect, then drop.

Anyone have a fix to that, or have any idea what I'm talking about?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nathan_barstow14:
Add me to the mix of people having issues with this new radio/firmware update. I flashed the firmware file using Odin, immediately did a complete wipe and clean install, and have no radio. Baseband version comes up as "Unknown." Any ideas? I've even tried flashing CWM version of the radio and it still shows up as "Unknown."

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ramiss:
Sounds like CWM might be the only way to flash this. Has anyone here flashed this rom with CWM and had a random reboot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chelper:
I did.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
I also have turned off/frozen many stock apps and my phone is fairly stable but I have had a couple reboots in a weeks time. Do you a list of what you have disabled?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rudeguy:
This morning I was on stock 4.1.2 rooted. Saw this so I decided to give it a go. Flashed the new firmware via odin and tried to flash this ROM via CWM. CWM hung 4 different times, so I gave up.

Tried to flash back to stock to take the update from VZW (I never use root anyways) and now I get "S Note has stopped responding" after every screen touch. FACK. Boot to stock recovery, wipe, reboot. Still S Note FC'ing after every screen touch. Finally got through 2 step log in after about an hour. Taking the updated now to see if it will go. If not...them I am going to smash this POS, fire Verizon and switch to Tmo so I can get the Nokia 1020 (not really but I am a little testy after fighting with this thing the whole day).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
OK so I have everything fresh installed all new Odin and zip files. And I dont know of anyone else has noticed but the when I go to manage apps under downloaded I have 846GB available. Anyone else have this issue? ROM is running really well however except a few weird force closes on some games when I'm exiting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
You must have that 1600gb note 3. I wanted that one!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
Here is mine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
The issue is the downloads tab not running tab all my other tabs show correctly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hredder:
Nathan this happened to me last week.. I had to go to dunkin donuts just to get a free hotspot. Go back and look for imnuts or whatever the correct spelling is. He has a link to download all the radios.. I would flash the JB version first to get your phone working then decide if you want the newest radio
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
I tried to stick with the official but finally when deleting a home shortcut and the phone rebooted I'd had enough. jumping on the Sophisticated Rom bandwagon and everything looks good so far. I even dirty flashed and had no issues except a couple of app FCs requiring clearing cache/data for each. The FCs aren't that big of a deal to me because the apps can be fixed as needed. The reboots are the real issue with this ROM. If the Sophisticated Rom proves to be just as problematic I'll jump back to the official though. I like to keep my phone as close to stock as possible other than rooting, unlocking and freezing apps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
Mine is working...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cliefan:
Thats an interesting definition of stable.

1 single random reboot is unstable to me. It might happen while im sending an important email or during a call with a client. If its happened once, may as well have happened 10 times.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bucwylde23:
I laugh to myself every time someone says they've had "no issues other than a few force closes or reboots" and say something is stable.

I've never had a reboot or FC on beans 22 unless it was a poorly written app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ramiss:
I wish this rom would at least be consistent with its issues.

The first day it rebooted whenever I sent a txt msg.

Then I fixed permissions.

Then it rebooted whenever a random program would force close. Which is odd because, by design, a force close is supposed to isolate the failed app and not being down the entire os.

Then I formatted everything and reloaded the rom.

Now Evernote just locked up my phone with the screen on (completely frozen). It required a battery pull.

#sigh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donnyp1:
Exactly. Apps cause force closes also. Anyone get logcats for all these reboots and fcs? Maybe its an easy fix since this thing is so unstable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] danaff37:
I'm pretty sure it has something to do with journaling with the file system - when I first flashed certain apps wouldn't update or un install. A full format of data fixed that. Then a random reboot completely wiped all messages, and the reboot occurred right as a text came in. Maybe it's the trim support acting weird. None of the mount options look out of place.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrep182:
Read your first paragraph and was ready to call you a d-bag, but then realized you were jk.... You got me! Haha, I was gonna say, despite of other people's horror experience with this ROM, my 4g coverage and battery life improved. I approved this update! =)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] theaustins513:
I also didn't restore anything and had random reboots. As a matter of fact, I tried different 4.3 ROMs and had random reboots and couldn't send email with stick email app from any of them. On my replacement device I'm running smooth on 4.3 for 2 days now without 1 single reboot.....I'm unrooted of course
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dalrym05:
So it appears this 4.3 isn't all that. I'm on jelly wiz v3 and get between 0-3 reboots per day. Although phone runs perfect otherwise except random force closes. Lol. But yea seems the same no matter where I read. Was gonna come to this but don't see a point now. Will wait it out I supposed. Not going back to 4.1. With the changes it made to my sdcard I'm not going to waste time going back not knowing if titanium I'm will work or if my apps would eve. Be in the internal sd
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fkfmfz:
people need to remember, not every device works the same. Maybe thats why some have reboots and other dont. It could also be knox bootloader bypass that is causing havoc. Need logs, and patience.

Nephilim.OTA.MJ9.Rom.v2.6-R3Ds
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] marcustaz:
Sorry if this has been asked but I'm running the odexed version and yes I have random reboots. Question, has anyone compared stability with odexed via deodexed versions of this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] T4rd:
Was there a decrease of notification toggles from the previous official ROM? It seems there were a lot more toggles in the stock 4.1 ROM, but I'm specifically missing the Hotspot toggle. I know there were a Hotspot toggle in some previous Samsung phones/ROMs. Is there any way to add this back into the stock ROM?

TIA.

BTW, I had a lot of stability/rebooting issues with the leaked and initial Modem package in OP, but with the latest one Beans posted, I have been reboot/lockup free for the past couple days I've been running it! I would have swore it was a ROM issue, but it seems the new modem (is it a kernel too?) fixed it so far. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dricacho:
Having a hard time flashing this ROM. I'm on CWM 6.0.4.3. Getting a message that it can't open the zip file (bad). Re-downloaded the file again and same issue. I did factory reset and data wipe, then tried flashing the ROM again and got the same error. I'm coming from JB20. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
Not to ask a stupid question, but did you check the MD5 of the download?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dricacho:
The files are in ZIP format. The firmware update is in MD5 but I was able to Odin that w/o issues. The issue is with flashing the t0ltevzw_MJ9_DeOdex.zip file in CWM. I just tried to open the zip file in my Windows PC and I got an invalid zip file message. Looks like this file is no good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
You really should check the MD5 signature of the t0ltevzw_MJ9_DeOdex.zip file before flashing. It will save you from trouble down the road. If it is the same as in the OP, you can be reasonably sure it is the same one that was uploaded.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dricacho:
Understood however, I cannot open the zip file on my PC to check the MD5 signature. Getting a message that the archive is either unknown format or damaged. I've already downloaded twice and got the same result. There seems to be a problem with the zip file itself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
You need to check the MD5 sum of the zip itself. Download something like winmd5sum and point it to the zip file. Then compare that to what is in the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nbock01:
Same here. My guess is knox integration to the subsystem is causing havoc. Submit logs and that will be the quickest way to get to the bottom of the issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jewnersey:
This has been my experience as well. Flashed, did not use devil kernel, deleted as much Verizon and Samsung bloat as I could...no problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
There seems to be a trend that those who have deleted system apps are having better luck with stability. I'm using Sophisticated ROM because this was so unstable for me. Sophisticated has apps removed in addition to those removed from this ROM and I haven't read a single report of a reboot in that thread. Maybe its as simple as either not removing any apps or just removing the right combination of apps.

Also, my sister in law hasn't had any more reboots since the first day after taking the OTA. Whatever that's worth.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rabbid10:
So... what did you remove? Do you have a list?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ramiss:
A quote from the Sophisticated rom thread might lend a clue. This was in response to a question asking why they can't update the Samsung TTS. Perhaps it's the Samsung apps that are to blame?

Sent from the Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
What's the easiest way to reodex? I'm on SR but prefer odex as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tophaholic:
Running the odex rom for 4 days...absolutely smooth and phenomenal battery life. Not even a single forced reboot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ohh_Trenton:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1215271

If you're on sophisticated, you will have to add init.d support to the kernel or you'll bootloop.. !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] krowley3:
Should already be enabled. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
Seen that in your OP in rom thread. Guess I'll try it later.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xan3x:
Can some one shed some light on this for me I am total noob please excuse my noobness. Before I flash file do I wipe data fac reset , wipe cach and dalvik then flash rom ? I have odin installed how do I do the firmware part?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ohh_Trenton:
Oh ok. When i ran 1.0, an app said Init.d wasn't supported so I had to add it manually....At least to Odex it. Before I added it, it got stuck on the Samsung logo and bootlooped. After I added it, it booted back up. Weird.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
So to save me a possible headache, is there a way to check init.d support? system/etc/init.d folder exists with 99Supersudeamon script. Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mlin:
Is that method equivalent to doing this?

Option 2 using Titanium Backup Pro:

You need to have Titanium Backup pro for re-odexing.

Step 1:

Select Menu -> More -> integrate sys dalvik into rom and wait until its finished. Then you should have more space on /data. I had when I tried it before 105 and after 135 mb free space on /data and 0kb free space after it on /system, so its not all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] krowley3:
I will double check now. Thank you for the heads up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ramiss:
For those still having FC and reboots, I have a "relatively" painless procedure that has (I'm almost afraid to say) eliminated reboots on my phone. I went from 3+ reboots a day, to none in over 24 hours...

Simply do a complete backup of your rom (everything except the external sd)

Then wipe AND format everything except the external sd.

Then restore your backup.

I have absolutely no idea why this has helped my phone, except that perhaps I didn't properly wipe everything the first time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ohh_Trenton:
I used Universal Init.d in the play store. Try that out. It's free.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xan3x:
Odin help , odin does not see .tar file when I browse for it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jewnersey:
Remove .tar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Odin does read .tar files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alphahere:
Same thing happened to me. I had a backup of the firmware and efs. My imei was gone also. Backup saved my phone. I am going back to cm 11.

Later.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
About 4 days and only one fc, no issues since, tweaked more with wanam and still more solid than a Ford commercial lol thanks so much beans.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] S0UTHPAWK1LLA:
I really think the main issues with this room is due to people just wiping cache and dalvik. Regardless of what recovery you use, you must wipe everything (cache, dalvik, system and data). Do not do your SD naturally. I've been solid for days with not one issue. I also didn't use titanium to restore apps. All from scratch.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] satchko:
Sorry for the noobish question, but I've been searching and finding mixed answers.

When I flash the modem via odin, do I flash under pda or phone? Also, the only thing I have checked under options is auto reboot. Is that right? Basically, I'm in odin with the tar file from the OP unzipped(I couldn't find it in Odin otherwise, is that right?) and ready to flash I just want to make sure I'm using the right odin settings. :eek:

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] N_Jones:
Ya flash in pda and yep you were supposed to unzip... I think your good to flash
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kkemp31:
I've got the firmware From op and odin3.09 and the rom does anyone have a video or a step by step instructions for first timers. I've never used odin. Been on moto phones with locked bootloaders and I also need to know if I mess this up after I flash the firmware what do I do
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
It seems scary, but it's really easy. Assuming you are rooted and unlocked the steps for odin are below.

1. Install the latest samsung drivers

2. Unzip the firmware file and put it somewhere you can find it easily

3. Open Odin

4. Boot into Download mode (power device off then press volume down, home and power at the same time), There will be a warning, but you click through through it to continue.

5. Connect phone to PC with USB cable

6. Odin should recognize the phone and you will see it noted with a ID:COM port in yellow

7. Check the PDA box (don't touch anything else)

8. Click the PDA button and choose the firmware .md5 file

9. Click "Start"

10. Process status will then be visible and you should see a "Pass" in the upper left box assuming it worked.

11. Phone will automatically reboot (most likely into TWRP if you have recovery installed).

12. Flash your rom of choice

13. Drink beer of choice
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
While I'm not saying it isn't a good idea, I don't think it is the problem. I previously had tried dirty flashing then a complete wipe/FS and still had the same problems. I had several reboots and a few other issues with this ROM so I decided to try krowley3's Sophisticated Rom. I dirty flashed Sophisticated Rom only wiping data/dalvik/system and it has been perfect from day 1. I'm on the 3rd revision wiping the same and still no issues even user apps all work perfectly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kkemp31:
So unzip the update and take the md5 file and put it in the Pda box? That it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] brandonros:
Thanks, nbock. I just wanted to update. After all of the random reboots every few hours and sync issues, I went completely stock OTA 4.3 using the true-android.blogspot.com file and Odin to manually install and did a re-partition. I then froze all the bloatware with Titanium Backup.

Everything went smooth and well. In the past several days I've had no reboots and no bad issues and big battery improvement.

I'm happy and please don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful for all of Beans' hard work, but this time I found stock a little less buggy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
Yep...that's it. Flashing the firmware takes about 30 seconds from there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] S0UTHPAWK1LLA:
I think when you first are going from 4.1 to 4.3 there is something that isn't getting overwritten. Glad you got it going now but what if you could've avoided any additional steps? Regardless, the benefits of 4.3 out weigh the drawback
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ckburks:
So now that this is working.... When can we get kit kat? Joke... No reboots in three days.

Sent from Samsung Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nsa_sailor:
How do you know for sure if you are unlocked?

And how do you then flash the Rom of your choice?

I used odin to install a rooted version of 4.1.1 when I first got the phone, but I'm not sure how to go about flashing the large file. I've downloaded the files and am ready to try, but I'm not sure on how to "flash the rom of your choice". Do you use odin for that too? the large file (t0ltevzw_MJ9_Odex.zip) is a zip file, not a tar or 7z file, so I'm a bit confused.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
Odex zip is flashed in recovery. Only Odin the firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
No, you don't want to use Odin to flash the ROM. ROM's are zip files but in that case you do not unzip them...you flash them as zips.

As for being unlocked, you will have needed to use one of Adam Outler's unlock methods from way back and you need to have a custom recovery installed (TWRP or CWM), Someone else may have a different/easier way to check but you can try booting into recovery (power off and then press volume down, power and home at the same time) and see what you get...if you boot into TWRP or CWM you are unlocked. If you see the stock android recovery, you need to unlock it before doing anything else.

I would recommend doing some research and learning before proceeding. None of it is that hard but without the baseline knowledge you can screw things up (and you will get a lot more out of it all if you understand the process).

Start here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2196891

Then here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alphamale:
Does anyone have a link for samsung drivers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961956
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drewcam888:
What app did I disable that causes gallery to crash when I push the normal android share button when a picture is selected. I am not talking about the samsung allshare button.