[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RevMike:
My experience with this rom

I wanted to document my experiences for anyone else's benefit...

I had been using the latest nightlies for CM11, but decided to give this a try because of frustration with the camera issues with CM11 on this device. I wiped system, data, cache, and dalvik cache, then flashed the original leaked firmware. I think the original file was named ND7_build1.zip.

The device seemed to generally run ok, except that several times a day, I would have trouble waking it from sleep. I had a "black screen freeze" that would require a battery pull. I tried installing the AGNi stock kernel for 4.4.2 as well, but still I had black screen freeze problems.

I tried to install the 6/18 builds. If I flashed the 6/18 builds on top of the build1.zip, it would seem to run ok, but I still had the black screen freeze problem. I made sure I was on the proper version of Philz recovery, wiped for rom install, but the 6/18 zips would not run properly on my phone. I would hang on the red "Verizon" screen. I would wait on that screen for over an hour before I gave up. I checked the md5s and everything. I went and installed the 4.3 firmware using heimdall, and it still made no difference. I could not boot the 6/18 firmware past the red Verizon screen.

At some point in the process I was not even able to boot the original "build1" firmware either. Restoring a nandroid backup of the build1 firmware didn't work. I tried to do some updates in download mode, but heimdall didn't even recognize that my phone was attached to my Mac! When I tried to use heimdall on a Windows machine, the phone was not even reporting a usb device id. I was starting to suspect a hardware issue.

I went to SamMobile and downloaded the Odin files, found a copy of Odin, and restored my phone to 4.1.2 (VRAMC3 IIRC). I was able to boot that firmware without a problem, so I was relieved that my hardware was ok. Next I used "Casual-No You Verizon" to re-root. Once I was rooted, I installed the latest Philz (6.41.6) over the TWRP that Casual installed. I went back to Odin and installed the 4.3 firmware, then used Philz to install the stock rooted version of 4.3 (MJ9). I booted 4.3 and confirmed that it was ok. Now I went back to Philz and wiped for rom install, then installed the 6/18 build ND7_deknox_deodex.zip and the ND7_radio.zip. This time the device booted properly.

Once it appeared that everything was working properly I installed 4WayReboot.zip, 4x5-SecLausncerh2-VZW-ND7.zip, and UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip. I am using the exposed framework with the Moto Tether 1.4 module to allow tethering. Other apps installed that are not typical user apps, but modify system include GSam Battery Monitor - Root Companion and NextApp SDFix. I'm currently using the stock kernel not AGNi.

So far in this config I have been rock solid, and have not suffered any blank screen freezes in 4 days.

It was frustrating going through all this, especially since I was doing it all the night before taking a trip where I needed it to work. Rerooting with Casual was a particular pain in the ass since it took a bunch of tries to get all my antivirus stuff disabled properly. Also, I accidentally blew away my Titanium Backup files so I needed to set up my apps from scratch. :(

If you are suffering from similar problem behavior, it would probably be easiest to Odin back to 4.1.2, root with Casual, install the MJ9 firmware with Odin, then install Philz and finally the ND7 rom and radio, rather than fighting with it through everything else.