yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II General] :
he uploaded the firmware on mediafire, i haven't checked the other links yet. We'll see how useful it is. From my understanding and a quick search about Exynos 4415 the differences aren't that big compared to Exynos 4412. But then I could be wrong too as there wasn't much info regarding that SoC
[Galaxy Note II General] Minto107:
Arter97 booted Mega 2 firmware on S3 I9300(KitKat one) so booting lollipop is also possible ;)

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[Galaxy Note II General] dkionline:
Thx, loaded allready. Maybe someone take a look too.
[Galaxy Note II General] TheGhosT94:
any news guys about the mega kernel porting ? , i can't seem to find any thread talking about it
[Galaxy Note II General] Minto107:
Every thread is being closed one by one haha. I heard that kernel has been ported and you, N7100 can boot it already. Check S3 thread(tbh I don't know why kernel was posted there)

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[Galaxy Note II General] TheGhosT94:
xD :D , i read somewhere that blacktox is the one or team doing the porting , i hope the MODs be so kind to atleast leave one post for development and news catching
[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
Sorry, but the last kernel (second test) that [MENTION=7072840]ManojU[/MENTION] provides can boot TW Lollipop on N7100?

This is : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bysm2rTUzfb4NWdZS0JPT1BKOGM/view?_e_pi_=7,PAGE_ID10,1426870480

Can anyone test if N7100 boots up, if you need the system dump, I will provide you.

A link for system dump : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bysm2rTUzfb4UWwxWFoySGFMcm8/view?pref=2&pli=1

Other system dump : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwmhcUFsQUivQ0dFT0VKTVRkLXc/view

Here is a prepared system dump for N7100 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bysm2rTUzfb4NlpPY2dGV18tMzQ/view

Link of open source : http://opensource.samsung.com/reception.do

Or if you need the complete rom : http://www.mediafire.com/?51gg44i21c7r952
[Galaxy Note II General] Minto107:
Yup it's that one. I have I9305 so there's no point of testing this by myself but you can try and it's safe(if you have N7100). Just have your full backup on SD card and you're 100% safe ;)

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[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
Sorry, but I have the same problem, I don´t have N7100, I have an I9300.
[Galaxy Note II General] Minto107:
So we need to find someone who has N7100 and is willing to test it

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[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
Yes, that is the question. :confused:

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Anyone that want to test the provided kernel with the system dump for Note 2 N7100?

Please, it is TW 5.1.1 rom ported from Mega 2 G750A.

Great thanks. :good:;)
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
DON'T FLASH IT

the provided kernel is still 3.0 kernel and won't even loop - just stuck on splash screen.
[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
But, it is necessary to have 3.4.x to boot up 5.1.1?

Sorry, I don´t know this.

Have a nice day.
[Galaxy Note II General] Minto107:
Thanks for the info ;) right now job is harder than ever. Port 3.4 kernel to smdk4x12 platform. So far noone excluding arter97 has ever done that[emoji14]

If mega runs on 3.4 yes it's required and also arter97 run Mega 2 KitKat port on i9300 with 3.4 kernel. Has anyone got answer or any response from him?

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[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
But in the screenshots of Mega 2 port of arter it say runs on 3.0.101 kernel 2.2+.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/leaked-galaxy-mega-2-firmwaretouchwiz-t2854139
[Galaxy Note II General] yahyoh:
sadly seems no devs interested anymore in our old device :c
[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
But I need to stay with S3 6 months more and I would like to have it updated as much as possible.

Thankss. :good:;):D
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
If you look closer you see a custom kernel and arter97 has given the N2/S3 defconfig as download which I think he has put into that kernel - only guessing, so ...
[Galaxy Note II General] Leric:
hi. l have installed the link of "N7100 TW LL.zip" in mediafire which was share by friends in Xda. But seem the recovery indicated that "flash abortion". I don't if this news can help you. thanks for porting
[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
Have you flashed the previous boot.img ? https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bys...0,1426870480
[Galaxy Note II General] Leric:
Sorry,It's flashed by recovery?

The link of “boot.img” and N7100 dump in Google drive seem can't be opened. Could you please use the other drive like mega?
[Galaxy Note II General] Leric:
hi, by the way I have flashed the complete N7100 ROM in mediafire by ODIN which is from [MENTION=7003841]pepelino123[/MENTION], but seem it is lacking of some pit.file, the ODIN told me that"Re-Partition operation failed."

thanks for porting.
[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
Oh, sorry he is the good boot.img https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bysm2rTUzfb4NWdZS0JPT1BKOGM/view?_e_pi_=7,PAGE_ID10,1426870480
[Galaxy Note II General] Leric:
how to flash?:confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] pepelino123:
With twrp recovery in image mode instead of zip mode.
[Galaxy Note II General] Leric:
you mean I should flash the "boot.img" first and then flash the "N7100 dump"?

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or if I should flash the samsung offical rom by ODIN first?
[Galaxy Note II General] KrlzGmz:
ODIN to stock, then flash the boot.img, then the dump.
[Galaxy Note II General] Leric:
sorry，here are 2 question I have met when I was flashing these rom and dump

1, when I was flashing the "boot.img" , the TWRP recovery told me that:"size of image is larger than target device“

2,when I was flashing the dump, the TWRP recovery told me that:"could not find META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary in the zip file"

sorry for making so much problem

could you please find out the solution?:confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] note2nooby:
You are not causing any troubles,you are testing something,so there will be bugs and unexpected errors.

Dont worry,just ask your question,i hope somebody respond you and a big thanks for trying this FW.
[Galaxy Note II General] Leric:
I think there are lots of friends with N7100 want to have tw5.1.1
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
There is nothing to flash so far and perhaps never will be - reasonable - face the truth that L TW won't happen on Note 2 - all experts will tell you that.

Don't waste your time and risk bricking your device while flashing inappropriate stuff - whatever you do, that kernel can't boot
[Galaxy Note II General] emiduran:
Yes ! Here's one

Thanks for trying !:good:
[Galaxy Note II General] Leric:
but haven't got any develop yet
[Galaxy Note II General] Minto107:
Yeah it's probably time to move on. It's been a long long time and both S3 and Note 2 are getting older and older and time is not on our side... I can remember the feeling when I moved from HTC One V to I9300 it was so blazing fast then I accidentally dropped it and I cracked the whole screen(my HTC had many such accidents and I haven't even had a single scratch on the screen :P) then I had HTC One S for about 2 months then I got the I9305 which was even better than I9300 and now, I was thinking how fast is my S3 but when I moved on LG G4 H815 it just smashed the S3 like S3 did with both hTc phones :) hope to see you around G4 ;) good price excellent battery and performance camera and that beautiful screen... Still haven't rooted it but probably next month maybe?[emoji14]
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
I have moved to Note 5 months ago but spent a bunch of time on research about such Lollipop port, talked with some kernel developers, extracted the 3.4 kernel to get the differences and came to that sad conclusion I have posted above.

Samsung devices have the greatest potential but need a lot of XDA developers to get the top ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] Minto107:
Yeah and this is the worst cons of Exynos CPU, Snapdragon devices such as S3 Lite got 5.1 port also the S4 got it and also S4 will get 6.0 when it'll get released to S5 in April. And yes Samsung devices has best support for custom ROMs and such works. Best examples are S3 classic and Lite. S3 got 4.4 and lite 5.1. I checked LG G3 ROMs and I couldn't find even one ported rom from G4 what is really strange, I also bet that they won't use G4 further updates to keep it more alive what is sad. A bit better is G2 situation. They had many port from G flex or G3 but I highly hope that my G4 will get G5 port in April or may ;) G5 camera app has tons of features! :D or maybe I'll do that by myself huh? :D
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
I sent an email to Samsung Greece asking the same thing. Hopefully I am going to get a reply soon.
[Galaxy Note II General] LoVeRice:
5.0.1 update will be skipped to last quarter of 2015
[Galaxy Note II General] vonuzu:
Source please.
[Galaxy Note II General] houyin2001:
I don't admire the phones which have already had stock lollipop rom. I am satisficted with our soberrom. It runs very fast!
[Galaxy Note II General] :
Note II GT-N7100 to receive Android 5.0 Lollipop on April 27, 2015

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_ii_n7100-reviews-4854.php
[Galaxy Note II General] gregsoir:
oh, right...
[Galaxy Note II General] wrsg:
There is no source in that link
[Galaxy Note II General] kousik:
It is a random comment by some individual, so use a very large grain of salt before believing any such word of mouth.
[Galaxy Note II General] wrsg:
What's the chance of Android 5.0 being released on N7105?
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
Just in case we won't get it, it is already portable ... sort of ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] vonuzu:
Is this TW Lollipop? LINK PLEASE!
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
For now it mainly looks like TW Lollipop and is a first attempt to bring features too. It runs on 4.4.2 KitKat base.

At the end it could work and look like N900 Lollipop, without ART of course. Atm only a buggy Alpha release.
[Galaxy Note II General] match_stick:
I dont understand why the galaxy s5 lollipop cant be ported over... oh well at least ot will come to our phone eventually
[Galaxy Note II General] elmir23:
We wait till next month. ......
[Galaxy Note II General] ryancell:
Samsung Poland... Will that apply to the usa I wonder and our slow carriers for approval?
[Galaxy Note II General] skyler13:
Its getting closer to our device :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:DView attachment 3210583
[Galaxy Note II General] 5ageman:
This is not official by any menas and my souce is not reliable but from what I have heard, LP is coming to Note 2 from April to June. It will come to sellect devices, mainly to international n7100. This will be note 2 specific Lollipop update. It will still have the old TW look and features, no air command or pen window features. It will still be packed with features but not like N3 or N4 versions. Nonetheless we will have a TW Lollipop os and kernel and all N4 features will be potable to N2, it will only be up to devs to do it. It should be straight forward to do the porting. I hope that twrp variant of the official ROM will come soon because carrier official updates may never come to most of the carriers so be prepared to root to get this update.
[Galaxy Note II General] ryancell:
If it comes to Sprint in the USA I'd be surprised as I once said, but at least knowing other locations will probably get it, at least there is a possibility to root & install a custom reliable rom. This is for my wifes phone (her first android device coming from an iPhone 4s) and so far she likes it. Good to know I can look forward to some form of lollipop if she ever feels inclined to have me install it, but for her if it works, she'll probably be happy with kit kat. Me on the other hand I want to have the latest if its available.
[Galaxy Note II General] khankk42:
http://www.sammobile.com/2015/03/20...ndroid-5-1-nothing-yet-for-the-galaxy-note-2/
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
I have read that the update is coming in Q2 2015 (meaning April, May, June). Hopefully Samsung will actually release the update.
[Galaxy Note II General] tassosmer:
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...-development-Note-2-is-coming-later-this-year
[Galaxy Note II General] IceTe:
source above says:

dammit! :crying:
[Galaxy Note II General] RazorMC:
Sorry for this, but i saw a lot of people quoting Samsung Poland over Lollipop for Note 2.

They are just rumors (and Samsung Poland allegedly claimed KitKat for S3 - which was later proved false) until Samsung officially confirms it. By the time they start work, the Note 2 will already be well off from the update support period.

Porting from different devices isn't easy either.

One of the biggest hurdles is to get a working cell/wifi radio. So I wouldn't be too hopeful about TW Lollipop on N7100 just yet.
[Galaxy Note II General] wrsg:
I agree with razormc, its looking unlikely, apart from a couple of unsubstantiated claims from Samsung Poland and Finland, we don't have much serious official confirmation about L. Don't get your hopes up.
[Galaxy Note II General] gabripranzo:
I agree too, I don't think Samsung will give us Lollipop, it seems very strange to me. Anyway, I hope it's true. Fingers crossed ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] LoVeRice:
A 3yr old device this september
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
Still Samsung Poland was pretty accurate with confirmations about Samsung firmware updates before. They never confirmed KK for the normal S3 either. Lets hope they are accurate once again.
[Galaxy Note II General] henrik.nacka:
Samsung site (SE) lists L planned for SGN2

Clearly lists 5.0 will arrive:

(Damn it! I'm not allowed to post links... Could someone please look at Samsung dot com slash se slash info slash update dot html?)

Also, my Samsung rep att work doesn't deny it, but who knows what info they really get.

I feel a lot more positive about Samsung these days!
[Galaxy Note II General] RayTrue04:
http://www.samsung.com/se/info/update.html?#note
[Galaxy Note II General] fadli.caem1412:
I love my note 2,,

but i trust samsung will be update fix lolipop for note 2.. :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] Magnumutz:
Google translate :)

https://www.diigo.com/item/image/585g5/k9eo?size=o
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
"Here you will find

official

information..."
[Galaxy Note II General] dimirass:
greek samsung Twitter (26/3) confirms lollipop

http://techblog.gr/software/galaxy-note-2-android-lollipop-update-7271/

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will be upgraded to Android Lollipop as confirmed by Samsung Greece through the official account on Twitter answering consumer questions. Samsung does not want to give a date for when it will be available to upgrade, but definitely good news if confirmed and we have no somersault at coming months.
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
This just made my day. Yet another confirmation and even more importantly, from my country! Samsung better release the update after all this buzz!!!
[Galaxy Note II General] Kun2210:
According to this: http://www.sammobile.com/2015/03/20...ndroid-5-1-nothing-yet-for-the-galaxy-note-2/ the development hadn't even started yet.
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
Doesn't mean they won't work on it lol
[Galaxy Note II General] sarkar_007:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_alpha_will_get_lollipop_alongside_the_note_ii-news-11742.php
[Galaxy Note II General] ipsuvedi:
Now it is not only confirmed...it is coming soon!!! :thumbup: :D

And all rumers should be stopped here...NOTE 2 IS GETTING LOLLIPOP SOON.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_alpha_will_get_lollipop_alongside_the_note_ii-news-11742.php

Lollipop is being prepared for our lovely Note 2

Cant wait...proud to be note owner :)
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
the hype is real!!!
[Galaxy Note II General] ipsuvedi:
You were opstimistic....and confident...now the result ot that confidence and hope is coming soon :) ;) :
[Galaxy Note II General] codeknight11:
I can confidently tell you that this is just a nice trick used by OEMs to sell old stock. People currently unsure whether they should buy Note 2 or not (those who can't afford note 4) would read such news on internet and then confidently buy the device thinking their Note 2 will receive an update to Lollipop. This is what happened to Xperia SP. We used to get confirmation from Sony this and Sony that (just like samsung finland here) but never from any official worldwide sony account (because they'll be held accountable if they do that). In the end, we never got the update. If Samsung releases lollipop for note 2, it'll only hurt their business because current note 2 owners won't upgrade to Note 3/4 then. This is just a nice (but shameful) tactic used by OEMs. So, don't get your hopes high unless samsung has really decided to fix their mistakes.
[Galaxy Note II General] Engelm:
I don't care.

I just would be happy if someone will finish his port of the lollipop tw rom.
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
Well my friend, this is not Sony. Right now(and even before) Sony's sales are terible and they are even thinking of stopping making mobile related products after the Z4(not even sure its coming). Even though Samsung is not all good, they are currently the best OEM when it comes to lollipop updates -unlike Sony that only updates the Xperia Z series-. Remember, they have done this again when they updated the Samsung GS2 to 4.1.2.
[Galaxy Note II General] codeknight11:
This is the same samsung we are talking about that abandoned S3 after 4.3 update. OEMs will always be OEMs, it doesn't matter which one we are talking about.
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
It does. They actually updated the other version of the S3 which was more powerful. The original one had only 1GB of RAM and didn't meet the firmware update requirements. They never mentioned updating it either. On this case though we have a lot of confirmations from Samsung itself. Is it possible that they won't release it after testing it? Certainly but I highly doubt it.
[Galaxy Note II General] breakx:
They updated 9305 version of S3 http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9305/
[Galaxy Note II General] vonuzu:
I guess they'll update the Note II LTE too, but no info for 3g variant.

Live Long And Prosper
[Galaxy Note II General] kousik:
On the other hand, this'll hurt their prospect for selling higher end phones like Note 4. If I had a Note 2 and thinking of upgrading, after such news I'll put my purchase on hold to see if really Note 2 gets it. Why hurt the sales of Note 4 to clear the stock of some obsolete one, and that too none will pay full price of Note 2 either?
[Galaxy Note II General] RayTrue04:
My mom's S3 begs to differ. Any S3 with 2gb of ram got kitkat..
[Galaxy Note II General] henrik.nacka:
S4 has it...

Having held an S4 running official lollipop in my very own hands, I see no reason why it won't be updated. I will not buy a Note 4 if my Note 2 is treated that way, and it seems to me that Samsung is starting to understand this. Samsung employees I've spoken to talk about some change in the message from Korea lately (although my insights have no real credible source...).
[Galaxy Note II General] caracolgeek:
Hi

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It's a great new
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
Source :confused: Thx mate :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] Thiefyo:
his snote :))
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
Youmobile app on Android.
[Galaxy Note II General] kidkree1:
Hope we get it, I read some where that they might skip us.
[Galaxy Note II General] ryancell:
This isn't the note 2 update, but its nice to see the note 3 from Sprint (my carrier) get the lollipop update as well, hopefully it will carry on down to the note 2 as we hope.

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-releases-lollipop-update-samsung-galaxy-note-3
[Galaxy Note II General] khankk42:
http://www.sammobile.com/2015/04/15...0-and-5-1-for-galaxy-s6-grand-prime-and-more/
[Galaxy Note II General] pranjalmaini:
I have heard rumors, which said, Note 2 can't get Lollipop update because it can't handle it., Atleast its 3G variant. Not that Samsung doesn't want to give it.

So, finally Installing custom ROM. :P
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
Any sources for that nonsense :confused:

We won't get it for other reason ........ they want to sell new devices ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] tassosmer:
Core Prime which has worse cpu and less ram will get lollipop soon. The only reason for not taking the update is that note 2 is too old to support it and they want to sell newer devices.
[Galaxy Note II General] joemar66:
Follow your thread in Note 2 Development and I can say.....Also if we don't get LP, with your Hard job in 4.4.4 sure we can compare our beloved piece of tech with most of new device have LP.....thanks Androidwizzard.

And after.....if we wanna taste it.....there are good tool for Spen working for LP 5.1 in Cyanogemmod 12.1 http://xdaforums.com/android/software/app-app-samsung-devices-provided-stylus-t3000448 Regards
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
I have seen a post from Samsung France (?) I think saying that the 4G version will get it for sure but no info on 3G version. I hope that if it releases only on 4G version it's going to be portable.
[Galaxy Note II General] ndasarathy:
What you are saying is totally absurd. Both have same to same chipset except 4g capability on n7100.
[Galaxy Note II General] shadow313:
We get it
[Galaxy Note II General] resudo:
I never said something different. Just saying what Samsung France said a while ago. I will post it here if I find it.
[Galaxy Note II General] ndasarathy:
but samsung india told us that the N7100 variant will get lp for sure

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please ask them about the 3g variant. samsung india promised me that 3g variant will get lollipop
[Galaxy Note II General] gabripranzo:
I think the update can't depend on the 3g or 4g feature. If the Note 2 should have Lollipop, I'm sure both the n7100 and n7105 will get it.
[Galaxy Note II General] ndasarathy:
yes you are correct. because it's not like s3.
[Galaxy Note II General] yahyoh:
Or non will get it...seriously do you think samsung gonna waste resource by updating 2.5 years old phone? it aint happening
[Galaxy Note II General] ndasarathy:
Yes ofcourse they will. Nexus 4 is almost 2.3 years old and it is getting lp. Also google wants to increase the market share of lp.
[Galaxy Note II General] gabripranzo:
I don't think it seriously. I've just said that in case Samsung releases Lollipop it will be for both 3g and Lte.
[Galaxy Note II General] Androidwizzard:
3G can't be the problem as N750 will get Lollipop too, right?
[Galaxy Note II General] Kun2210:
You're not making any sense. Nexus is Google's phone, that's why it's getting LP. And what Google wants doesn't really mean anything for Samsung.
[Galaxy Note II General] vadim6385:
Old but gold. Note 2 is still better than many newer phones, and in terms of usability, it doesn't really differ from newer Note models (more bloatware, and bigger numbers in the specs, but that's pretty much it).

And it's still being produced and sold, so yes, it does make sense to improve the Note 2's software.
[Galaxy Note II General] NOAH2:
I wrote to Samsung Germany asking if and when Note 2 will receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop update.

I wrote to them in english but their reply was in german. If someone speaks german maybe they can help with the translation because google translate is not that great.