[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] puritan007:
tired of the same questions

Hi. TO everyone having issues moving from 4.1.2 to 4.3 I am making a general statement to try and be helpful. Mostly it is a dialogue showing my last 3 weeks of work, so that maybe you can get this working much faster and easier.

First I was a twrp fan. I had the newest TWRP recovery. I wanted to use the new 4.3 rom! I restored back to stock, re rooted, casual, which was pita. I have to disable my antivirus/antispywares, then uninstall verizon and samsung drivers, reboot, re install newest samsung drivers, reboot, then casual works... of course then the stage is set for odin to work.. I run Odin 3.07 PDA SLOT in admin mode *right click run as administrator* and I flash via ODIN 3.07 the wifi fix in pda slot TY BEANS. I install deodex 4.3 TY BEANS and I get errors, and I get random FC and reboots. SOB.

so I read somewhere the 4.3 doesnt like TWRP. I download the Rom installer from playstore and update to the newest clock work recovery mod. I make a NANDROID back up with CWM. beans 22. TY BEANS I then try installing. still issues. GRRRR restore nandroid.

So I read about Phillz working best. I download phillz, flash the zip, at this point sophisticated rom 4.3 is out TY CROWLY. So I try flashing that. It works wonderfully, except my gallery fc. it doesnt even show my 64 gb sd card. It refuses to download. CRAP. repeat x3.

I read someplace that sd card is handled differently in 4.3 so I already have the new wifi fix via odin, im on beans 22, with CWM and PHILLZ installed. I have a nandroid back up, a titanium back up and a helium back up. I'm ready!

I wipe cache 3x, delvik cache 3x, format internal to install new rom 3x via phillz TY CROWLY, install sophisticated rom, TY CROWLY, but before I reboot phone I pull the SD card OUT! reboot. Hangs on verizon screen for 10 minutes. Thinking OMG OMG OMG.. but then, poof its up, running and working. I set everything up that I can.. then THEN i put the sd card back in. it does its thing, and bingo, all my problems are gone. I restore from the titanium back ups. nice!

I then saw this AIR command crap. I had no idea the SPEN on the note 2 even had a button. Yeah Im that dumb. so I go ahead and try this rom. NANDROID BACK UP WITH PHILLZ/cwm dirty flash over sophisticated rom TY CROWLY, to N3BULA TY lacoursiere18, everything works but air command. ok. so I try a clean install. didnt help. so Im scratching my head I nandroid back to sophisticated. wth.

I read more. ok. So I dirty flash N3BULA THANK YOU lacoursiere18 with out wiping anything except the built into the installer cache/delvkin cache. It installs perfectly on phillz. I boot in, disable the air commands, reboot recovery, flash the gps fix, reboot, turn air commands back and and it all works. IT ALL WORKS CHEER.

So in a nut shell the things I learned, that I hope to help everyone with.

THE NOTE 2 spen has a button, with which you can use air commands!

SWITCH TO CWM then install PHILLZ recovery, PHILLZ RECOVERY IS VERY NICE!

MAKE A NANDROID BACK UP!

GO A HEAD and install the ODIN WIFI FIX while still on Beans 22 TY BEANS. ITS OK!

MAKE A NANDROID BACK UP!

Going from 4.1.2 to 4.3 DO NOT LEAVE THE SD CARD IN ON FIRST REBOOT!

once loaded install sd card! this allows *I think* 4.3 to set it up how it likes.

IT appears you can install ODIN WIFI fix whenever you want.. i re installed it 3 or 4 times at different points for apparently no reason..... ;)

So, I guess that is everything... I hope I help someone. Sorry Im long winded. It took me 3 weeks to have a stable, working 4.3 with air command.... TY lacoursiere18!!!

I hope I am helpful to someone, and that everyone realizes what a lot of work these devs put in, and says a big THANK YOU!!!!! *to the devs not me*

---------- Post added at 09:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:10 AM ----------

If you have checked your MD5 and the downloads are good, this is an indicator that your recovery is goofed. Install rom manager and update recovery to the newest CWM. re-install it allow it to fix permissions. I then recommend installing phillz recovery.