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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OdinsEyepatch:
I would flash the official stock firmware via odin, except that the Sammobile site's firmware downloads are experiencing issues for a lot of users. Ergo, no firmware download available. As for the rest of your rant, how original. No, wait, that's already been said. Way to post the exact same thing someone else already did. That seems to be a theme in this thread. No worries though, I figured out how to unlock the bootloader, so no, it's not "impossible". However, you were right about one thing, I won't be contributing this knowledge to the community. As you said before, "no one is responsible for your device but you". So go ahead, wait around for someone else to take an interest in this issue. I'll wait. I'll check this thread every month for the next year, and time will tell who was correct. I'll even quote you a year from now. Fyi, when I bought my Verizon phone, they were not locking bootloaders. The bootloader on my phone was unlocked at the time of purchase, as it was running android 4.1.2 at the time. I will agree that the dev's here contribute a lot to the community, however, this does not change the FACT that their time and skills are devoted to the tasks that THEY are interested in, which are usually new devices :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] supreme83:
I was speaking in general about your entitled and ridiculous attitude. What you have posted is a rant.. You totally proved my whole point. You should learn to relax and then learn a little courtesy. Also, there are sources to get the odin package since Sammobile is running slow. I dont get what you are even talking about quoting what i told you about equipment. Dude i work on this stuff for a living and I'm not the one waiting or losing hair about my device. or *****ing on the internet. Look you dont have to troll around here if you dont like it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Schlitzy:
Hey guys, was wondering if I could get a little assistance with this please. I tried this multiple times last night over and over again, but it just fails, I actually got it to install supersu and titanium backup during one of my attempts, but the root access failed, I tried it again and then I removed supersu on the following attempt.

My phone is a brand new recently received two days ago, asurion insurance phone with the VRUFND7 build.

I have not cleared the cache or performed a factory reset on this device yet, as I am unsure if that will even help or if anyone has had success with it, thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] doctor-cool:
The Reset and wipe everything worked for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Schlitzy:
Doctor Cool, did it fail for you originally as well? I'm going to try it now, following the instructions as on the original post with the 0.3.2 version. Please let me know if there are any other caveats, other than, for example, not choosing "run as administrator", or anything else in the instruction set, as I did see that in one of the other follow up posts.

Thanks so much, I'll keep you posted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] doctor-cool:
I never followed the original post I followed the post by Networking Pro found Here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55210343&postcount=27

Then I refined it as explained Here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55438224&postcount=148 - Updated 9-17-14 at 11:30 AM CST
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Schlitzy:
Dr. Cool, following that simple link, I ran it 2 different ways, double clicking and run as administrator to no avail.

double clicking results in "error: device not foun" on Removing old files, Pushing necessary files and Starting root exploit

run as admin results in " 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command" on all 3 sections as well.

Phone is the correct build, debugging is enabled, Win 8 machine see's it and Kies see's it.

Are the files supposed to be placed in a particular folder or anything like that?

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] doctor-cool:
Did you follow the you tube video?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfballz:
New to the Note 2...

Bought one from my buddy who had let it update to 4.4.2

So far I have followed all instructions for windows and it looks like it completes but supersu never shows and when I install it from the playstore supersu tells me it cannot install the binary. I have went into stock recovery and wiped everything and factory reset. Not sure what to do next...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CVanB:
I did see a tutorial using odin but never tried it out. I'm already set for Unknown sources.

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Ment ND7 ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] doctor-cool:
Were you able to open the adb command window.

Once you have it open type in "adb devices" hit enter and it will show you a list of devices connected. Is Your phone listed there?

There may be a difference between 32 bit and 64 bit drivers. I am on Windows 8.1 64 bit
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfballz:
Phone isn't showing up in adb devices list. I'm trying the recompiled version and I get device not found on everything. USB debugging is enabled also. Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Installed samsung drivers and windows can see my phone. I also installed the Koush universal stuff. I don't know if not having the android sdk tools installed has anything to do with it but I'm downloading that now for 64 bit.

Something worked! Rooted now!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] doctor-cool:
Java SE Development kit is required to run Android SDK Bundle

Try following the instructions on the YouTube video. How To Download & Install SDK ADT Bundle For Windows- The drivers are included.

https://www.youtube.COM/watch?v=PKY5bbytBGE

I recommend the whole video but at 16:36 he tells you how to open the adb command window. Once you have it open type in "adb devices" hit enter and it will show you a list of devices connected. Your phone should be there.

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Way to Go! Congratulation. I have noticed that Root Checker would not confirm then after a minute it would load SuperSUuser
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] liftedplane:
UGH took hours but finally got it done.

Got my CLNR device a few hours ago, started it up, did the setup, let it install all my apps and then started.

downloaded 0.3.2 and tried it... wouldn't work kept reading and found http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55210343&postcount=27

used that, ran adb from cmd line, first ran adb kill-server then adb start-server rebooted my phone and finally got the rsa key authentication pop-up backed out to the ghettoroot folder, ran ghettoroot.bat everything seemed fine, rebooted, didn't work, went to the play store, installed SuperSU wouldn't give me root. tried ghettoroot one more time from cmd line... rebooted. ROOTED

I may not have an unlocked bootloader anymore however I DO have working GPS, screen rotation, presence sensor vibration (My note 2 was beat the hell up but the screen still worked)

now I'm rooted on ND7 thank you all very much for the hard work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfballz:
I really think my problem was not having the sdk tools for 64 bit installed. Anyhow I'm happy to have to root now and thanks to [MENTION=5848116]25yvdgpo06[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5878486]NetworkingPro[/MENTION] for re-bundling it. Also thanks to [MENTION=1516013]doctor-cool[/MENTION] for getting me in the right direction, when you mentioned the drivers and adb/sdk for 64bit it jogged my memory.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Schlitzy:
Dr. Cool, just did, and it worked. Thank you very much! :victory: But now my auto-rotation doesn't work, another battle for another day lol One question though, after installing the SDK ATD bundle, do you have to install any additional components that are shown after opening it? I did prior to the root execution, was just curious.

Thank you again for redirecting me to your links, I very much appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] doctor-cool:
I don't know but it seems that after several failed attempts the phone may sets defaults . Then the only way to clear the defaults is to do the factory reset. Then retry to run GhettoRoot. And it works sometimes.

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At other times it seem that more than one consecutive attempts are require to get GhettoRoot to work.

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Second question : "do you have to install any additional components" Answer, I checked of Android 4.4.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wheeless:
Unable to CHOWN & No File or Directory

I've made 7 attempts now to get GhostRoot working on my I605 (Note II) - all with the same unfortunate result of no root but several error messages (Knox Setup Wizard stopped, Syscope stopped, VZWAVService stopped).

I've done factory hard reset five times (clearing data and cache) - still got error messages but no root.

I'm now on my 2nd ODIN reinstall of the entire OS - I605VRUFND7. The reinstall of the OS gets rid of the error messages but as soon as I try GhostRoot again the error message come back - but still with no root.

Obviously, my computer is recognizing my device and GhostRoot is communicating with the device. And on the device the RSA message pops up. But, when I look at the debug text there is a lot of "/tmp/supersu/arm/chattr.pie: not found"; "cp: /tmp/supersu/arm/su: No such file or directory"; and "Unable to chown /system/bin/.ext/.su: No such file or directory". Is this the problem - any ideas on resolution?

I've read all 18 pages of this thread and don't see anything that seems the same to me since I don't have any problem with computer recognizing the device and my numerous factory refresh/resets have all lead to the same negative result.

Appreciate any help that can be offered - particularly if all the "not found" and "unable to chown" messages in the debug file are showing the problem.

Thanks.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiteful Monkey:
Has anyone noticed that the tablet will drain the battery under use even on the charger?

I was quite surprised by this. Light use yields a charge but native gaming (not streaming) produces a power deficit. Something such as the Face demo will drain the battery in under a hour even on charge. Games such as Half Life 2 I have noticed will yield 5-6 hours of use from 100% to dead.

I have ordered a good 18 awg charge cable and solid 4.8 amp plug I am going to test with it. I have a usb voltage/amp meter coming as well to see what it is pulling during charge and use.

To this extent, I wish they had included an actual charge port to negate the over draw.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abnormaIity:
This happens to me but only if I'm plugged in via PC usb slot, wall charger is the only thing that seems to not drain battery while plugged in for me.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltron ish:
Can you play portal while plugged in and produce a positive charge?
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiteful Monkey:
You beat me to the question :D
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rushless:
So far the answer to any heavy app use is No, based on Geforce forum feedback. Not even the wall charger. Some even reporting net negative charges with less demanding tasks.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chispas117:
I notice the same thing also when I'm playing DDE. .being plugged in while playing and losing charge
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickassdave:
Noticed this already myself. It's kind of depressing how slowly this thing charges and it's REALLY bad if you can't even positively charge while gaming!
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltron ish:
Dungeon defenders is the worst for battery drain. But it looks great!
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
Mine drains when plugged in too playing half life 2.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abnormaIity:
I can pretty much play everything while I'm plugged into the wall without battery drain.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickassdave:
Think the 1.1 update may have fixed or improved this? Feels as though it might have here.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltron ish:
I'm in no way calling you a liar, but you seem to be the only one who can gain a charge. Any chance you can play portal plugged in and capture it with Shadowplay showing the positive charge?

That way those of us affected can get our chargers rma'd.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abnormaIity:
I bought a HDMI cord yesterday to hook up to my tv. Tablet cant hold the charge while being casted onto my T.V. siiiiiigggh. I wasnt even playing Portal either I was just playing Trine this morning.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rushless:
Whatever the reason, apparently the only person stating a net positive charge. Lucky charger? ;)

BTW, Trine is a GPU hog, so also a heavy app.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltron ish:
No. I'm an idiot anyway. Playing a game with shadowplay is going to draw more battery, der!
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiteful Monkey:
Not happy to know this tablet will be useless after the battery reaches a certain cycle count. I won't even be able to use it as a wall tethered device via the charger. With it depleting the battery constantly, the charge cycles are going to add up quick.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalmansam:
Im on v1.1 and for me just streaming netflix in console mode hooked up to my tv using the included charger and cable and starting from a full charge will cause significant battery drain. I almost made it through streaming season 1 of SOA and it died in the middle of the last episode. And it doesnt seem to charge in console mode even when its just idleing. I have to pull the HDMI cable to get it to charge back up. The stock charger is putting out 5.2 volts and 2.1 amps I wonder how much power you could push through the micro USB port before it fries something. Im going to try ordering a 3 amp charger off amazon and see if it still does that. I found a 5 amp one but I dont want to mess anything up. I couldn't see gaming on this thing for very long like this witch is pretty disappointing. If I try to play trine in console mode it kills the battery much quicker and it gets pretty warm. I was hoping to use this thing more like a android TV device than a tablet and just leave it hooked up to my TV streaming video most of the time. I bought the shield controller and a Bluetooth keyboard for it and it works out really well except for the battery drain. Hopefully the new charger will solve this.

Edit:

After doing a bit of research into the "usb fast chargers" it turns out they are all fakes. Some ads are just a little confusing because they do put out more power but its just spread across multiple ports while others just tell you lies to get you to buy their product. Truth is they all charge at either 1 or 2.1 amps per usb port max. The only real fast charger is for the oppo find 7a witch has 7 pins in its usb port. So this might be kinda hopeless.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRobbo80:
Did not realise that the back plate of this tablet is magnetic?
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRKONIK:
This is old news. If the current would be higher, the plug wouldn't be safe. I don't understand how Nvidia could be so "foolish" and forget a seperate charging solution, especially considering their computer GPUs can take up to 2x8 Pin 12V.

Just another reason why I will wait until there are more news about the second batch and the next Nexus. :(
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chispas117:
It's not all that bad I'm still really satisfied ..After about an hour and a half of playing it only drops from 100% to 94 percent while connected to charger...and that's only on a heavy game like DDE..it does look great!
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltron ish:
That's under ideal circumstances. What if you forget to plug in your shield one night to charge and you wake up to find it at 10% and you want to continue playing that awesome game from the night before? You'd either have to charge for an hour or two. Or any play until the battery runs out. That's crazy? You have to be hyper-vigilant about your battery charge if you want to play tegra games.

The more disturbing part is that eventually all shield tablets will not be able to play tegra games. As the battery is used and it loses capacity, there will come a time where it will not draw enough power to play a demanding game at all. How long that takes is the question. With the amount of corners Nvidia cut to bet to the $300 price point, I'm not optimistic that we have an amazing battery.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltron ish:
Nvidia just responded to this issue in the official forums. Go check it out.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiteful Monkey:
My update carried over from the Nvidia forums...

*A update*

Tonight I tried a Kopi 20 awg USB charge cable along with a 4.8 amp Limefuel power brick (2.4 each port). I was able to play portal for 1 hour with no drop in charge. It wasn't able to climb, but it didn't drop.

So now tomorrow I'll start testing each piece (both factory and my own) through a actual ammeter while using the device and post my results. I have a feeling both the cable and charger (factory) are not up to par. I'll also try with a 5 amp power source and custom cable to see if I can't net a positive charge when in use. Of course the tablet won't draw that much, but it will absolutely supply the max the tablet is allowed to pull.

Pictures and info to come.

*edit*

It is also charging MUCH MUCH faster then the stock ever did. After I get my numbers tomorrow, factory cable and charger are finding a new home in my trash bin. Charging is night and day difference. I am starting to feel better about my purchase.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltron ish:
Looking forward to your update. In case Nvidia doesn't come through with an official fix I'll keep this as a last resort.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funb0b:
Since 1.1 I can get a positive charge whilst playing HL2(Slow but positive), using an old 2amp charger (Nvidia Usb cable) from my old dead HP TouchPad.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX:
I can also charge and use CPU intensive apps.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRKONIK:
I don't want to sound rude, but I can't not call bullsh*t.

Yes, a cable with a higher diameter can make a difference, as well as a charger with a higher output.

But: there are standards you have to fulfill, unless you don't plan on getting it certified by the fcc and other instances.

The maximum at 5V for micro USB power delivery is 10W (or 2A). For tablets also 18W at 12 (Standard USB. Not micro, not mini). But since the tablet only accept micro USB, I don't believe it'll draw more than 2A.

If you draw 3A via micro USB the plug gets hot. (that's why they only allow 2A).

Unless Nvidia doesn't care about those laws/standards, I just can't believe what you say.

Or they changed the laws in the last 2 years (which is unlikely.)

Cheers

Sent from my HTC One (M8)
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiteful Monkey:
It is rude, but I have not kept my post here updated. So here is my post on Nvidia's Forums from a few days ago.

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There seems to be more to the issue. Now that I'm back home and have the equipment to test this tablet, I'm seeing a ton of inconstancy.

As I said above, the tablet will only take a 1.6 amp max draw under any condition but tends to jump all over the place. Even at 80% with heavy use the tablet tends to only draw around 1.1 to 1.2 amps at times. Other times it will draw a full 1.6. There appears to be no rhyme or reason to when it chooses to draw what it does. I have tested it from 20%, 80%, 100%. Reboots will at times get the tablet to pull what it should be, though I think a 2 amp draw would be better as we could net a positive charge under use then.

So Nvidia, you need to look in to this issue. It is definitely a problem. It should never pull that little under heavy use while the battery is not charged. The fact it is easily replicated should help as I would wager it effects all units.

I'm happy to discuss this with anyone on the thread, but I am only interested in actual testing with the proper equipment. If you have it, test it as I have and lets compare our findings. Not that it would make any difference unless you are running a custom kernel , but I'm looking for stock 1.1 tablet findings.

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I never once posted or said it was drawing more then 2 amps. The Nvidia converter box isn't that great either. I was simply stating that better quality parts netted a better result for me. Shortly after, I started to notice the amperage draw inconstancy. At first I thought it might be heat related until I did some more testing using a infrared thermometer on the back of the unit during charge and charge with use. The temps played no part in the amp draw from my findings on my tablet.

I think this is both a software and hardware issue. If you have testing results that differ from mine, please feel free to share. The purpose of this threads was to get info from everyone.

Here it is over there https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/769134/shield-tablet/battery-drains-faster-then-being-charged-when-playing-normal-android-games/15/
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiteful Monkey:
What about using the factory charger?
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funb0b:
Not so much.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiteful Monkey:
It wasn't looking good when I was testing it against other devices for max amp pull either. I think the stock charger isn't the best. At least it keeps with my findings. Now to see about getting consistent charge amperage. 1.1 at times is far below what it should be.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRKONIK:
Oh, sorry, I must've understood you wrong in your first post. I thought you meant by switching to a more expensive cable you were able to draw over 2A. My bad.

Your findings are more than interesting! Thanks! Hopefully Nvidia get this fixed ASAP. The more I read about the device, the more I don't regret sending it back. It was a nice device, but it reminded me too much of the nexus 10 and all its problems.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darni:
I bought this tablet few weeks ago. Last night i put it to charger at 87% after I woke up, and looked at my tablet, it was at 77% at as hot as hell... about 70+ degrees celcius hot... i burned my hand almost. then i took the charger (stock) out and remover the usb cable (stock) from it, the plug was around 60 degrees... almost as hot as my tablet. so I turned the thing off and plugged in to another wall, now with power off, it is not hot anymore.

The battery has been so weak, i can play Brave Frontier with my iPad Mini about 8 hours, with this Nvidia Shield, around 2h and the tablet is while playing so hot ( ~60-70C), that the cover must be on the back so i can touch it. Is that normal? My phone (Z2) runs very hot (~65C) while playing this same game, but not on my old Note 2, that was cool as ice.. If i want to stream and play anything, it must be connected to a charger, then i can stream whole day, battery will last, if charging, a whole day! (It will ran out at somepoint, was at 43% from 100% after 5h of streaming live to twitch while charging) WOW! NICE NVIDIA! :D