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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
I am planning o staying with the Note 2 since Veri... stinks with its newer phones anyway. I will have to see if I can contact them.

Do you know what they downgrade to?

That will let me upgrade to Alliance build 30 then?

Thanks again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
So are they able to revert back to an earlier unlocked bootloader? If so which bootloader is it? Could they switch a phone that came with the mj9 bootloader to either ljb or mc3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alarmo:
I'm on version 29 and want to download version 30 is there a way to dirty flash 30 without losing all my data and presets and having to start all over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] godrick15:
I bought Note 2 updated with OTA 4.4.2 nd7. Is there anyway I could get this ROM? Would safestrap work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rolltide78:
Do you all like this ROM better than Trent's? how much available memory does it leave you? I want something that stays very fast and very stable. Thanks.

rtr
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Use philz cwm recovery and wipe to install rom, do not wipe data or cache and you should still have everything as long as you do not wipe Internal or external sd, the wipe for a new rom only clears system stuff and all of my game saves, pictures and videos have remained.

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Trent makes a great rom, but the last one i tried was a port from AT&T which left me without GPS, i belive it was a 4.2.2 rom...

So from an honest perspective, this rom has a lot of features and I've had little problems with some custom settings not working, but it has been stable and fast, i know trent does great work, but i would try them both if i was looking for the best option for my phone, I'm happy with this release, i would like a s4 theme for it though, dialer and messaging would be great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rolltide78:
Awesome. Thank you for the response. I'll give it a shot. I really do like Trent's because it seems to be a lot like stock. I think when I clean the ram I'm left with only 700 mb used which is great. I just wish this dang bootloader was unlocked so I could run cyanogen. :) Oh I can dream.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I wish cyanogenmod was like 10, the new ui feels too much like miui (constricted).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rolltide78:
I've only had Verizon phones so have never been able to see what it's like unfortunately.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I've had it on this phone and my old HTC rezound, it's the same as what's on the nexus devices, go to any phone store display that has actual demo devices and find a nexus, i don't think you are missing out though, i thought it would be cool and was disappointed, the themes are boring too lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alarmo:
Thanks, now I'm downloading v30.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I forget if the rom offers to wipe data and cache, if it does choose not to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jusliloleme:
Even if it doesn't (which it doesn't) wipe anyway. It's much more sanitary :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Alarmo wants to keep the data... wiping would be a bad thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fateerror:
Whaaaaa finally an update!! But omg I've been on build 27 and haven't noticed that there were more updates LOL Time to download build 30. Keep up the good work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] godrick15:
I'm just installed Alliance. It only came with 5 themes? How do I change to the Android aosp theme as shown in the screenshot of the 1st page? I'm missing out!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
Did you go into alliance menu?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] k9cop:
So don't wipe data or cache? Then what are we wiping?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BRosenow:
Don't wipe data or system - wipe cache and Dalvik cache.

Sent from my amazing Hyperdrive Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr. Droidberg:
Since when do we instruct people to dirty flash? We are always supposed to clean flash EVERY TIME we flash a new ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BRosenow:
I don't recommend it - but he wants to keep his data and the discussion was about flashing. I would recommend clean flashing and restoring user data (only) with TiBu or similar.

Sent from my amazing Hyperdrive Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
System files that relate to the rom itself, philz cwm only clean for a new rom install it does not delete everything like twrp.

Basically it wipes boot, system and possibly a few other things, but leaves a lot behind and that's a good thing since it allows us to choose if we need or want to keep stuff from a previous rom on the internal sd.

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I agree, but i didn't and everything has been fine for months.

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Titanium would create lots of issues.

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It is best to, but this is not a dirty flash it is the recommended install method and a tip on how to keep data, just remnants of a previous version and i know from experience it hurts nothing, i have been running for months after several dirty flashes to remove agni when it had a issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
I will concur tibu fc ALOT of crap. ..therefore I let the apps self update. ..then add apps that wasn't added by itself ....via tibu
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] abhimanyu_seth:
Mic not working after flashing AllianceRom (build 30)

I seem to be having problem with mic on TouchWiz based ROMs now ... I was on Vanir ROM and things were working fine mostly.

I flashed DN3 and my mic is not working well. Same issue with AllianceRom. On a call, the other person can't hear me unless I shout, I tried voice recorder and same issue, so looks like mic issue.

Any idea how to fix this?

(I've Verizon Note 2, but with a T-Mobile SIM - I have other issues as well related to voice mail and call forwarding settings coming up in notifications every time I reboot)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I remember something about coming from a aosp rom, you have to completely wipe, including Internal sd and make sure you have had the mj9 radio flash with Odin, then update to this rom and radio. If i remember correctly it should solve your problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] abhimanyu_seth:
Thanks, I am on MJ9 already. Do I have to flash a radio separately? I have the ND7_radio.zip downloaded - or is there a different one I should flash?

I'm using Philz Recovery and before installing, I did a 'Clean to Install a New ROM' and then format '/system'.

I assumed that would be as good as formatting internal storage?

I will try again with formatting /data as well...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
It's not the same thing. You need to go into Mounts and Storage and choose "Format /data /data/media (/sdcard)". That wipes the internal SD. All I ever do is "clean to install a new rom" and wipe the internal SD and I always get good flashes and a good running phone.

Actually the clean for a new rom thing wipes data, system and cache. Then when you flash a new rom it automatically wipes dalvik.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] godrick15:
stock nd7 with SStrap:

Youtube Search's font colors are light gray making it almost invisible. How do i set the color to black/default?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] k9cop:
Man, I feel like I have been through every setting 10 times. How do I change the background transparency of the pull down window? You would think it would be under "backgrounds", but I can't find it. Pic attached of what I'm talking about.

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Colors - backgrounds - background panel - panel colors - color

In the color selector check "Alpha" then set the slider all the way to the left.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] abhimanyu_seth:
Thanks again.

I tried that & no luck. Went back to TWRP and formatted everything. Flashed couple of TV ROMs... no mic yet.

went back to my AOSP ROM & mic doesn't work there either.

Now it looks like a much bigger issue :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
I think I'd try going back to pure stock and start over. Just don't let it do any ota updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] abhimanyu_seth:
Thanks a lot! Its working fine now! Going to try AllianceRom again :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] warriorpluto:
I'm stuck on alliance boot logo after coming from liquid smooth lollipop? Any special way to get back on kit Kat?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
I would do a COMPLETE internal clean.....happened to me too often. ...save all you need on the exsd and format internal....basically starting from scratch (internally) if done it and worked evry time....but make sure your rom and nanos are all on the exsd
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Gong is right, any time you are coming from a aosp based rom, a full wipe is required.

Speaking of aosp, i feel like trying out the latest versions of cm and aopk.

Nandroid time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] warriorpluto:
Thanks for the info. I didn't want to erase the internal. I tried another kernel and it booted up fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
I always come back to this rom. The lollipop roms run well but I just don't get the same signal strength or gps reliability using navigation. Bluetooth doesn't work right unless you use the shift kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Good to know, I hadn't downloaded one to try yet, guess I'll wait.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
I'd still give it a try. Phones seem to vary a lot even in the same model you might find it works for you. I find it is a good learning experience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nja4k:
Love the rom. But for the life of me I can't figure out how ti make inapp texts more readable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lacoursiere18:
Do this..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] laofan:
Is there any easy way to set text color all together? I am expecting the rom to work out of box but have to set text color for all things is killing me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lacoursiere18:
Yes. Choose one of the thirty themes..Some may have text issues but over all they should be fine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
I have been running this rom for a few days now. I was on Beans build 26 4.3. I am using this rom with ghettoroot and safestrap. Seems to be really stable. Just need to get familiar with all the text color settings.Thanks for the great work and efforts to the devs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ImagePree:
Can someone point me in the right direction on what other kernels work on this rom?

I'd really like to get back the ability to edit USB charging power.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluekgt:
AGNI kernal works good and you can change charge settings.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2607652
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ImagePree:
^^ Thank you.

I'll give it a shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] carycooke:
Can someone tell me how to change incoming call screen from the girl to something else
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Just a heads up I had a issue with mtp running agni, another person did as well.

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Search this thread it is resolved about 10 to 20 pages back multiple times.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thechaoz:
Been out of the game a long time since bricking my phone 9 months ago, but I'm absolutely fed up with stock and only really ever used beans roms. I had to send my phone out after flashing a bad bootloader so I promise you (I have phillz) I'm unlocked and rooted :)

I have 4.4.2, MJ9, 3.0.31 kernel and am on VRUFND7. If I just full wipe (internal, data, etc) and install with phillz I'm good to go correct? I've put agni on the sd card in case , seems like sometimes an issue on here for some
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Yea something is different with agni or it's the rom maybe, but mtp doesn't work and the UMS toggle in Agni settings didn't work until I switched the mount points and it was slow transferring files sadly...

Anyhow, you should be good to go flashing this rom, there is a recovery flashable radio that came with the stock ota [MENTION=5056266]lacoursiere18[/MENTION] posted, possibly in the op here as well.

I haven't flashed the new radio since the ota was released and haven't had any issue, this is a great rom and it is based on beans work, [MENTION=5056266]lacoursiere18[/MENTION] took it over when beans left or they partnered up or something... lol

It would be a welcome back flash, i would say 90% of the custom settings work, things like keyboard animation haven't worked for me, but maybe it will for you.

All in all welcome back, happy flashing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thechaoz:
Ok so I'm good with mj9? Not sure what you meant by recovery radio?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
You flash the radio in recovery.

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So all of the voice commands work for me except for the music app, anyone else notice this issue?

When I'm at work it makes it so much better if i can say pause when i see the boss coming lmao
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thechaoz:
I found the stock 4.4.2 thread with a radio but it is ND7 which I already have... so....I guess I'm good to go...lot of anxiety (the brick was a bootloader flash so I should be fine and never had a problem before

Don't ask I was trying a note 3 rom and someone gave me the international bootlader which they said was the i605 and that I needed to flash it..needless to say thank god for mtechvids
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I remember trying to help you fix it lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fandi1:
Hi All...

I don't want to sound stupid. however, I have no choice but to ask and BE stupid. ... :(

how do I take a screenshot with this ROM? HOME AND POWER don't work,

thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TEK112:
Not a stupid question at all. You use the stylus and hold down the button and tap the screen once it will take a screenshot. Alternatively, you can enable the screenshot button on the power menu in settings so that when you hold down the power button the screenshot button is available.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fandi1:
thank you for you help.....NOW... how do I setup power button to do that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TEK112:
Click on the Settings button located in the pull-down menu. If it is not there it will be listed under your applications. The very first option is custom settings, click that and then select the power menu option. Here you will see a list of toggles and you will be able to select the ones you want to show when long pressing the power button.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fandi1:
thanks Tek112...

what part Philly? Cherry Hill here...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TEK112:
Northern suburbs. Outside willow grove.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Or you can enable the motion and swipe the screen
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rlupda:
Few issues after a few month - Browser crash, battery drain, unable to boot

I absolutely love this ROM and one of the best ones I used in the last couple of years. After installing build 30, I encountered a few issues:

1) I had experienced a crash a couple of month ago and had to do a clean flash from scratch. not sure what caused it

2) I started to experience battery drain problem a couple of weeks ago and the phone got a bit warmer. With the first 1 hour after charge and reboot, my batter dropped from 100% to 70s%. Not sure if an app is causing this issue but it didn't happen before and I am using start-up manager app to disable some of the necessary apps from starting.

3) Out of the box browser crashes frequently. I setup the "pull-up" activity tied to the browser and quite frequently, the browser would crash. Is it conflicting with JavaScript or plug-ins? This is still happening frequently

Appreciate all of the gurus input and suggestions! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Not sure about the rest of your issues, but the browser crash happens even with chrome, i think it is Javascript related since it happens a lot to me when a page i visit is Javascript heavy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sokudoningyou:
So, funny story about moving up from Beans 26 to this latest version.

I put off upgrading from 26 because A: I was pretty happy with it (except for random reboots that I could never figure out, and didn't bother worrying much about) and B: I knew I'd be getting a new phone sooner rather than later. Well, I finally did--I now have a Note 4 DE--so my Note 2 is now downgraded to a Kodi remote and possible portable music player. So I figured I may as well take the plunge and see how these newer Alliance builds are.

Long story very, very short: my phone did not like me staying on MJ9 and trying to install 30. Did. Not. And I went through every possible thing I could to get it to do so, save for install the ND7 rom and radio: I tried installing Agni, I reinstalled the original recovery and partition, reinstalled Philz, wiped everything so many times it was incredible, ran Agni Cleaner, reinstalled 26 (which always reinstalled perfectly fine), but could not get 30 to get past the boot screen. Rinsed, repeated, ad infinatum. Finally gave up and installed the ND7 update, and what do you know. Installed 30 without a hitch after that one.

Moral of the story: if you have a Note 2 that's been rooted since practically the first few months, you may need ND7, whether you like it or not. Nothing else is apparently going to budge the kernel.

Also, I love Gambit, but good gods is that a lot of pink. :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeepnutz:
Nice ROM. Couple of questions.

When phone rings with an unknown number, a picture of a brunette appears. How can I change it to just the blank avatar?

With exposed frmwk, was able to change direction of volume controls with respect to the device's orientation, is that function available?

Also, any way to regain my battery life? This ROM seems to have quite a drain?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Search this thread it has been answered many many times.

Not available, use xposed.

Give it time to settle or use greenify, my battery life has been great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
Guess what I did......

I deleted the original incall.ui instead of overwriting it.....and now the .apk wont install. I have changed permissions and all......

I have done this a million times (thats what they all say, probably) but I am having a brain freeze.....(all this snow)

anyone give me a clue.....STEP BY STEP on how to fix this pppplease

I am sooo sorry to ask this....I have it 'saved' in my drive
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
anyone out there.....

I completely cant get anything to work...

I do need some help here....IM F'd
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JeramyEggs:
Just move it to the folder, check permissions, and reboot phone. It should appear on reboot. Most system apps behave that way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dikkebas:
Could try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57320085&postcount=1344

And be the first since I first posted it on december 7 to give me feedback as to if it works on this rom so I could put it in OTA and put this Oriental girl wining to an end once and for all:rolleyes:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
[MENTION=1188811]dikkebas[/MENTION]

I am not a nuub but perhaps I was this time..... when I had done this previously with this rom (i didnt have problems @ all... maybe bc I over wrote the apk instead of deleting and reinstall) ..... Don't know what happened....

But I went and copied and pasted the apk using es file instead of using root explorer (which some reason wouldn't play nice) and reset the permissions rebooted and it was all fine.... (right b4 I went to bed.... w/o little ones and wifee distracting me lol sheesh)

Thanks for you response.... (i am definitely embarrassed [emoji16])

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Dang oriental little girl
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rennjidk:
In call background image

Is there an option to change the in call screen background image. I have looked all through the settings and cannot seem to find it. Right now there is some random asian woman with blue eye shadow and its driving me nuts. Anyone have a suggestion? Any help GREATLY appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
your kidding right
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr. Droidberg:
Don't tell him, guys. If he is too stupid to even think to read LITERALLY the same page as he is posting the question on, he should have to keep the picture on his phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dsteinschneider:
Auto Rotate Toggle - single tap doesn't toggle it

Coming from 26 followed these steps:

Replace TWRP with Philz latest

1. Wipe Cache Partition.

2. Under Advanced Menu, wipe Dalvik Cache.

3. Under Mounts and Storage Menu, format /data and /data/media (/sdcard) ***This Wipes Internal SD***

4. Under Wipe Data/Factory Reset Menu, Clean to Install a New Rom.

5. Under Install Zip Menu, Choose zip from external SD

This ROM is running best ever for my VZW Note 2. I just have one wierd problem. I often turn off Auto Rotate Screen so I place that toggle in the top row.

If I tap the toggle nothing happens. If I press and hold it takes me to Settings>Screen and I can uncheck the Auto Rotate box. It's only an extra click or two and I can live with it but if anyone knows why this might be happening I would be very interested.

Thanks,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xflbret:
Just wanted to thank you for this ROM. I have a strange story which may seem reversed but it is true...

I tried this after properly wiping everything, then a clean install. I tried to customize but got several weird behaviors that I didn't feel like dealing with. So, I restored by backup which is the kitkat stock written by the same developer.

Well, this morning, I dirty flashed this ROM over that ROM...and from what I can tell everything is working great. This is the only time where dirty flashing has actually worked better than flashing after a clean wipe. Whatever, I'll take it. This feels like it could be my daily driver until one of the Lollipop ROM has the bugs worked out.

Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xflbret:
Didn't work on the i605, Alliance 30 ROM. Rom Customizer got its root access, reported a successful flash, but on the other side of the reboot I'm still seeing the attractive Asian woman.

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I have no idea in the world how this response to a completely different thread made it into this one. Sorry about that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tanium:
Every now and then we run into a work of act.

This team has gone the extra mile and then some.

Rooted with our current method, flashed safe strap over stock slot.

Flawless and wonderful this rom is sweet.

It's more like a rom shopping center then a rom.

Thank you guys seriously
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
restore backup

I installed Alliance 30 with Philz and then backed up also using Philz. I then installed TWRP and installed a lollipop rom. So far so good. However, when I want to restore Alliance I do so by first installing Philz recover then restoring the backup. More than once, just before it finishes it fails on the install saying something about MD5. Is there some setting I'm missing on Philz or TWRP? I always end up having to do a clean install.