yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II General] soleali:
I have tried this too. It returns "The latest software has already been installed". So it isn't upgrading to 4.3 either. Any other way out?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Generally custom roms do not come with bootloaders and modems. You can manually flash them when you need.

Modem from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=82799

Bootloader from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52277851

Remember don't flash bootloader through recovery. Use odin for it.

No risk in flashing if you follow the steps correctly. And be a bit careful while flashing bootloader. :)

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] adnanhidayat:
battery life on 4.4.2

can someone kindly let me know about the battery life of note 2 on 4.4.2 ???? battery life is a main concern. so anyone can share his experience about battery life ????????
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
It's good. I get around 5hrs of screen on time.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] goodflood:
The "modem" link did not show any information; it had a "no thread specified" error.

I read Dr. Ketan's post. I take heed; bootloader.tar.md5 = odin (!= CWM)... I found the file as well. Thank you!

Now my concern is, coming from an ancient bootloader (N7100XXALIH), Dr. Ketan mentioned that for some (or all) users, the WIFI stops working. He has a work around. So, do I need to do anything before flashing ND3 bootloader?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Nope. Wifi patch is only for those who don't want to upgrade the bootloader.

Edit: Find modem here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35379993

Post no. 441 on this thread.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
If someone wants to upgrade BL and modem, why not flash the whole firmware?

Seems to me more practical, two steps in Odin; first firmware, second latest TWRP or Philz and done to go on to a 4.4.2 custom rom :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
But a very tiring task after that.

To restore all apps plus data and setup your phone again the way you like it.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
No restoring or setup cause flashing the firmware does nothing to apps and data, it is like the OTA update, right?

Correct me please if I don't remember that any wipe is done around this
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
When I flashed 4.3 from 4.1.2 it erased everything including internal sd. No idea about 4.3 to 4.4.2 [Stock Rom]

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
I will test it again
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Cool. And please let me know :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] adnanhidayat:
5hrs is not good for note 2. mine goes 8hrs+ on 4.1...
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
As I am already on 4.4.2 I can say that reflashing the firmware does nothing to apps or data. All settings remain untouched.

And as far as I remeber 10 days ago, I've lost nothing by upgrading from 4.3

To be sure I should downgrade to 4.3 stock and this is definitively too much loss of time at the moment, so I suggest Titanium backup to be on the secure side.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yes. That would be good just in case everything gets wiped.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] 2be3_80:
I'm getting 7 hrs screen on time on Dr. Ketans 6.1 and 2,5 days of usage. Very smooth rom btw.
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
Afaik there is no repartitioning in this update therefore no formating necessary.
[Galaxy Note II General] rraaka:
if you open up the archive and there is a data img file then your data will be wiped

if you factory reset from stock recovery then internal sd is wiped clean

well thats how it was before

havent tried it
[Galaxy Note II General] LoveNOE:
Hi guys, just updated to KK and noticed this problem (at least for me).

When i remove the S Pen the phone doesn't vibrate any more like it did before. Anyone having the same problem?
[Galaxy Note II General] Arafeh94:
im on mj9 can i flash this rom ?
[Galaxy Note II General] wolfgangguitars:
i also experienced this, and when i pull out the s pen, it does not go to s-note app..
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
You need to enable it from the settings I guess.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] LoveNOE:
There is no setting for that in S Pen menu.. does your phone vibrate when you detach the S Pen?
[Galaxy Note II General] francis820:
3rd party apps can't write to external SD card

Hey guys,

Can't seem to find a fix without rooting the phone, but is there a non-root solution for this? It seems only stock Samsung apps can write to my external SD card, but the rest from the Play Store can't seem to download on it. It can read and copy files from it though.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] chintanm86:
Major disappointment is not able to Enable ART for run time cache.. which is the most anticipated feature for 4.4 update... :(
[Galaxy Note II General] wolfgangguitars:
checked the settings but there is none..
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Can someone please provide me a torrent link for the Indian version of this update?

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] djranbhir:
Review of android 4.4 on note 2 (Indian build)

I bought the note 2 a few months back and was waiting for kitkat update since then as mine came with android 4.3 ( used but with an awesome deal and bang for buck :p) so i have been using the stock firmware for quite a few days and here is my small review for those who are interested

Features of stock samsung android 4.4.2 note 2

- UI is same except for the new camera shortcut on lockscreen comes real handy sometimes. The whole interface is kinda smooth and seems snappy

- Apps move to SD card mine never went with stock 4.3 ( Temple run2 game before moving to sd card 66 mb and after moving 18 mb :highfive:)

- New multi-window with feature to create groups of multi window apps :laugh:

- There is the usual feature set of android 4.4 like printing services and all security features that anyone knows if they know what android 4.4

brings to the plate

- There is a new setting for default applications where you can change any default applications set :eek:

- Ram consumption is more or less same for me but people have reported less. However its to be noted that memory management is at best

with this. Ram management is great. :D

- Speaking of recent apps there is a slight UI change there too ( Not to the likes of S5 but hey its there )

- Video player is also updated nothing phenomenal to notice except for black UI and thats about it

- WiFi Connectivity is actually better with this firmware. Videos load faster in YouTube and website rendering has not changed a lot but its still

smooth for my liking ( May be its me give It a try and let me know if i am wrong)

- Battery life is also unchanged for me 15 hrs of use of my normal usage without power saver on and more than a days usage with power saver

on(Samsung i hate you :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:)

- Over all the whole update seems a worthy upgrade if stock 4.3 made your phone slow or sluggish but seriously don't expect miracles here as

the missing features list is longer than this :(:(:(:(:(

If someone wants to know whats missing in this so called kitkat update besides what people have already said here then please let me know :cool::cool::cool:

This is my first post here so hit thanks if it helped you if i missed something please let me know :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Thanks for writing out this changelog :)

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] enbaso:
Go to Settings->My device->Spen and you'll find all the options.
[Galaxy Note II General] LoveNOE:
Like i said, there is no setting for that. I wasn't talking about the "S Pen keeper" function. On jelly bean when you remove the S Pen the phone vibrates a little bit, but on KitKat it doesn't vibrate anymore.. or maybe it's a problem from my phone that's why i was asking if you guys are experiencing the same problem.
[Galaxy Note II General] Alessiomagliozzi:
Hello to all, for me no problem Note 2 upgraded to Kitkat, just remove the S-pen the phone vibrates and the function menu appears S-Pen.

Little OT, it is also possible to have Note 2 tar file to reset Knox.

Greetings to all.
[Galaxy Note II General] vagsvag:
I think camera firmware has problem. Anyone noticed that is little red at center when point camera at grey or white something? I had noticed this problem and at galaxy sii before some years and was unfixable for some type cameras. Anyone saw it?
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
If you could reset Knox, that would defeat its whole purpose, wouldn't it?
[Galaxy Note II General] crizolli:
What's the reason for not having ART support? Kernel version?
[Galaxy Note II General] mharvs1986:
Hi again.. may i know what is the best custom rom 4.4.2 for my note 2? I can't decide what is right for my phone because of my bootloader.

I am getting irritated to my wifi.. even with my friend's wifi always getting dropped.
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
ART, ART, ART can't read it any more :p

At this moment you can't expect any improvement by using it, on the contrary many apps will not work, really a great deal, yeah.

Cmon and keep patient, don't repeat the same question again and again, dream of double, triple, quadruple speed which will never happen

(at least in this year).

For more information
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
[MENTION=5564860]Androidwizzard[/MENTION]

Hey I can flash the stock KK firmware via odin even if knox is tripped? Not an issue right?

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
Yes, no problem at all, only issue: You can't enable Knox security in rom :crying: :laugh:
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
I donot want to enable knox anyway :P Waste of space 154mb lol.

By the way downgrade to MK4 possible after flashing ND3?

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
Downgrade to MK4?

What do you mean? Flash stock MK4? Or run MK4 roms and mods?

If stock MK4: For what reason?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Stock MK4 [ mk4 bootloader to be precise].If that's possible I think I just found an exploit to root without tripping knox :D

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
If you provide me a link for that MK4 you are talking about, I would test is asap
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
N7100XXUEMK4 Stock ROM.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=21880

This is the link for india version. You would easily find one for your region to test :)

Bdw be careful with the bootloader testing mate. Good luck.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] djlukas1983:
My phone does vibrate when I detach the S Pen.

Wysłane z mojego GT-N7100 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy Note II General] cfao:
My phone does not vibrate when removing the S-Pen.

Also after the update sometimes the phone refuses to wake-up. If I call it from another phone it does not ring, it does not wake-up but for the person calling it's like it's ringing. Sometimes it wakes with the front button but not the power, sometimes it does not wake up at all and I have to reboot it by keep pressing the power button.

Anyone else experiencing this?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Looks like sleep of death issue. Re flash the rom through odin.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] wolfgangguitars:
is it possible to downgrade from stock 4.4 to 4.3 via odin?
[Galaxy Note II General] assist4tech:
Perform factory reset through hard boot. Should solve the lag
[Galaxy Note II General] LoveNOE:
my phone started doing the same thing today
[Galaxy Note II General] anesterian:
Same here.. after the KK update it doesn't vibrate anymore, instead just a notification sound..

before I did not notice if there is a sound when you remove the S Pen haha..

maybe that was included on the changes they made in KK, IMO..

I used France update, my Note 2 came from UAE.
[Galaxy Note II General] Cloudane:
Any major disadvantage to flashing this French release in the UK?

So far all I've noticed is it comes up as French by default (but you can change it to English on the first screen that comes up) and the notification to turn on SMS in Hangouts came up in French. Everything else hasa been fine. Just checking if anyone knows of any other gotchas when installing a foreign firmware.
[Galaxy Note II General] cristobalite:
Instaling firmware for note 2

i have finally downloaded the french firmware for samsung galaxy note 2 gt-n7100. i have the old bootloader LJ3 running 4.1.1, with perseus kernel and rooted. whats the first thing i have to do?. Upgrade my bootloader to MJ5 befpre installing the new firmware via ODIN?. if i do that and i want to flash the kitkat 4.4, wont my bootloader change to ND2? Am just thinking about my chances of downgrading back to 4.1.1 incase i am not comfortable with 4.4. Please a detailed step on how i can do this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] justkiddinghere:
Anyone facing freeze in lock screen bug?
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
Just flashed and rooted it yesterday coming from 4.1.2,much better in every way,.

however noticed couple of things I wish was there:

1-When the earphone is attached doesn't wake the phone up and go to the Music Player page .anymore.

2-You can't swipe the Quick Glance to unlock the phone.
[Galaxy Note II General] madman_cro:
Did you turn on those options? First is in settings/display/page buddy.

second one doesnt work sadly
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
thanks buddy page was off for the first but can't find anything for the Quick Glance.
[Galaxy Note II General] madman_cro:
There is option in settinfs /motion for quick glance but i dont think you can swipe it to unlock.
[Galaxy Note II General] ashupulse:
need mirror

any mirror available !:confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] robalm:
https://mega.co.nz/#!iRwE1Lgb!3wkkRqBjz4ehxxxu6MqFlB1q2aNyX9Q74gFXcEC672U
[Galaxy Note II General] cfao:
Did that, still no vibration when S-Pen removed and still having problems getting the phone out of sleep.

What I've been noticing is that it gets progressively slower waking up from sleep until it no longer comes out of sleep and requires a reboot.

Will try to hard reset it tonight
[Galaxy Note II General] driqbd:
it vibrates on mine...running kk indian firmware...but I have the old 4.3 bootloader
[Galaxy Note II General] darkchazz:
The amount of time samsung is taking to push this firmware to more regions is laughable....

That and the kernel sources...
[Galaxy Note II General] fade2black101:
Haven't updated yet.

I take it this update doesn't bring along the one handed feature from the Note 3?
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
It's rolling out no quicker or slower than earlier updates, really.
[Galaxy Note II General] LoveNOE:
I fixed the problem with the S Pen. I don't know what the problem was .. i also tried with the indian firmware but i fixed it by entering the recovery menu and wiping both the cache and data
[Galaxy Note II General] crisborged:
The s spen doesnt function properly when it shows pop up information. The blue light flickers on and off. I disabled that and its back to normal. Wonder why samsung didn't fix this issue.
[Galaxy Note II General] Nesmetamal:
hello dear one

iam new here in the forum

i just wanted u to confirm that please :

u flashed ND3 using Mobile Odin then u flashed MJ5 BL and all good ?

also u rooted ? if yes : using Mobile Odin or CF ?

i mean the moment u decide to go back offical 4.1.2 u will just need to patch the MJ5 BL then use wifi fix for MJ2 after that u w'll be allowed to flash the offical 4.1.2 with no knox counter ?

sorry for my very long question but really need to know b4 i flash it

+ it seems there is no pure prerooted working as it should am i right ?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
There are pre-rooted ROMS available.

And you cannot go back to 4.1.2 after you flash 4.3 or 4.4 bootloader
[Galaxy Note II General] Nesmetamal:
umm thx for fast replay

but may i didnt mean that i will flash 4.3 or 4.4.2 BL

my idea was this :

any one can confirm that the dr.ketan V3 is working very well ?

no bugs ? no issues ?

and idk i was reading here many threads and i got this idea

maybe it is dumb one but can some one confirm if it's working or not and why !

like am on 4.1.2 stock what if i rooted with framaroot or exynos abous that will keep the counter 0 then used Mobile Odin to flash the ND3 offical rom with everroot marked since the MO dont flash bootloader

then if i got any issue with wifi ican flash MJ5 BL so when i decide to get back 4.1.2 just have to follow dr.ketan instruction to use MJ5 BL patch

then wifi fix for MJ2 so i will have evry thing cool and tidy and ready to flash my DMC3 4.1.2 when i want to with out getting any knox counter

is this idea working ? if not may i ask why ?

coz it worked for 4.3 for ( robalm ) also for all coustom roms need to flash MJ5 BL

just like this thread :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2566435

but with ND3 4.4.2 rom !! not 4.3

just like this one :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52178009&postcount=29
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yes. That will work for 4.3.

It may work for 4.4.2 also. Not sure though.
[Galaxy Note II General] MSK1:
What happened to the roll out ?
[Galaxy Note II General] nexuman:
New FNE1 firmware available on sammobile, maybe they fixed the small issues of 4.4.2

Inviato dal mio GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
It rolled off a cliff...
[Galaxy Note II General] david_mihai:
Kikat 4.4.2 Sprint

Does anyone know where there is an identical one i can install for my sprint version? I really like the look of this one and that its basically stock.
[Galaxy Note II General] ivanbg87:
Hi all, i have some questions. I'm on stock 4.3 international from Germany. We didn't get 4.4.2 update, yet. Can i install update from other country (at example France) via Odin and save my warranty? And, if yes, i will lose all data, i'm i right? And later, if Germany get 4.4.2 update, can i back to their ROM? I must install that Germany ROM from sammobile or i will get it via OTA no matter if i'm already on France 4.4.2?
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
If you flash France ROM you will not be able to get future updates via OTA,you will have to Flash your region ROM from Sammobile with Odin or through the Kies after which you will be able to OTA update.As for warranty its better you get the German one.
[Galaxy Note II General] ivanbg87:
Ok, thanks for your answer. I will wait for German OTA then. I hope that will be soon.
[Galaxy Note II General] crizolli:
Have you guys noticed some instability with Wifi? Mine seems slower than on 4.3, and I've noticed that it sometimes disconnects and reconnects very quickly.

If so, is there a fix for this?

I'm sorry if this has been answered before, but this thread is huge.
[Galaxy Note II General] adas4190:
Hi, can somone post PIT file for note 2 n7100 16 GB please.
[Galaxy Note II General] jacker_:
Have u tried a deep reset under stock recovery?
[Galaxy Note II General] Piravinthb:
Mine is MK9 can I flash it?
[Galaxy Note II General] rraaka:
yes, you will get ND3 bootloader after flashing
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
So... What the hell is happening with the rollout?
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
Contact Samsung? Which country are you in anyways , most countries are getting almost the same firmware and modem is not even being changed except india got nd1 and south east asia got nd2, even North africa and middle east are getting same modem ND3 only firmware is ND4 which according to many developers is only a placebo affect no really difference between ND3 ND4 and NE1.
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
^ The country I'm in is indicated by the flag under my name.
[Galaxy Note II General] eatsleep:
lockscreen widget

Hi!

I need the sms and missed call widget from this ROM. Can anyone please extract it and give any link to it?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Note II General] ivanbg87:
Shame on you Samsung... really shame... we are still waiting for update (Germany).

Poslato sa ivice svemira
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
^ You really have to wonder what they're playing at, don't you? This has got to be THE slowest update rollout -ever-.
[Galaxy Note II General] ivanbg87:
This slow update is the only reason if i will never buy Samsung again.
[Galaxy Note II General] mikeinashed:
Hate to put this in some kind of perspective, but this is the only phone I've ever had that hasn't felt cripplingly slow 20 months into a contract, update or not.
[Galaxy Note II General] Activat:
I'm also running a Nexus 10 a Sammy built product, 4.4.2 came out what Jan/Feb just updated to 4.4.3 last week (and I missed it a week prior).

I really wonder what is their thinking is about, I'm coming up to the contract end/renewal upgrade offer (nov/aug). I don't need a new, my 2 is fine yet it's always nice for a new toy but do I need to be mucked about. I'm not proficient to start flashing and don't really want the fuss of tweaking but it would be nice if there was even a vanilla version (aka nexus) to build from without the magic (bloatware) apps that never get used.

Alan
[Galaxy Note II General] sumondhk1:
I am in trouble with my friends note2 n7100

it was in 4.1.2 stock. i flashed philz recovery via odin and everything was ok untill then.

I flased Phantom v5 and stuck on samsung logo but the led was blinking , after waiting for 20 minutes phone did not booted.

then i flashed kitkat bootloader via odin, now not able to go recovery either ,

just stuck, no led.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Now flash latest philz using odin

philz 6.41 I think is the latest.
[Galaxy Note II General] sumondhk1:
I never been this trouble before with my note2.

Do I need to flash any stock rom/ recovery?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Nope. Only philz
[Galaxy Note II General] MSK1:
Couldn't agree more. ..

Planning to replace this with N4. ..

But I've grown so attached to N2.. I'm genuinely having second thoughts. . I'm going to miss the N2...
[Galaxy Note II General] unomasdos:
Hi there, I need some help, can anyone provide me a flashable SystemUi for this ROM?

I make some mistakes and now at work my phone stop and cant download the full rom again.

Thx
[Galaxy Note II General] MSK1:
What happened to the UK roll out?
[Galaxy Note II General] mrjmac84:
I was wondering the same thing???
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
At this point, who knows wtf Samsung are bloody doing... They clearly don't...
[Galaxy Note II General] Activat:
I would have thought the international version (BTU) would have been released well before now with the network tied following later. The wife will get mine soon as I can take an early upgrade. Our 2 nexus (7 and 10) are fully KK and the 10 is a sammy device. Now the big issue at the moment is do I continue with a N3, wait for the N4 or leave the sam line and get a nexus 5 with out all the sammy gimmicks.
[Galaxy Note II General] ktanveer12786:
I am new so no idea abt bootloader and knoxx but i am in saudi arabia

Its a vietnam made

N71002SU ENAI

Which country flash
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
Agreed, it's completely ridiculous that the BTU model has been ignored.

I got fed up with waiting yesterday and installed Dr Ketan's "Goodbye" edition ROM. Samsung can go stick their heads in a pig.
[Galaxy Note II General] intl:
What the hell is Samsung doing? The carriers are rolling their updates out, but the official update for the unlocked Note 2 for The Netherlands still not.
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
I doubt even they know.
[Galaxy Note II General] intl:
4.4.2 was available in The Netherlands yesterday. I updated and I have to say it is not bad. Only I don't like the new keyboard. I don't like the new function between Sym and space, but the smilies are great.