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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Because it is what you asked, Goldie referenced it to be a stock issue upon which all roms are made, short of cyanogenmod and some aosp, then you said prove it with a screenshot.

Also screenshot for reference ;)

And I do not see the point of jumping so many hoops to be rooted and stuck on 4.4.2 forever, even though the lollipop base will suck as I've seen it on the s4 already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
So if I installed and only used a different keyboard would I still be affected charlie?

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Thanks bubba, but he actually asked for a screenshot from stock XD
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
SamsungIME.apk

No. That is a different problem. If you want to fix THAT problem, you must remove /system/app/SamsungIME.apk and replace it with another system keyboard.

I have a Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ running Cyanogenmod - this device is known as an "Ovation" and I pulled the file /system/app/LatinIME.apk out of it. After I did this, the "AOSP" keyboard appears under Settings -> Language and Input. Gesture typing does not work on this keyboard when I run it on my phone (it crashes and immediately restarts).

Oddly, there is a Cyanogenmod version for the SCH-i605, and the LatinIME.apk from that does not work under Alliance, but the one from the Barnes and Noble does. I can post this file if there is interest.

That problem is documented here:

https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/

For now, if you want to protect yourself from the stagefright exploit, the best move you can take is to disable MMS. You can do that in the default text messaging messaging app with Settings -> Multimedia Messages -> Auto Retrieve (disable it). Note that I am referring to the Settings within the messaging app, not the system settings.

If you have loaded an alternate app for SMS/MMS text messaging, then you should ask the app developer (as listed in Google play).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
Zimperium sent me an email with a tiny bit more detail on the CVEs for Google's Stagefright:

CVE-2015-1538, P0006, ‘stsc’ MP4 Atom Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution

CVE-2015-1538, P0004, ‘ctts’ MP4 Atom Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution

CVE-2015-1538, P0004, ‘stts’ MP4 Atom Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution

CVE-2015-1538, P0004, ‘stss’ MP4 Atom Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution

CVE-2015-1539, P0007, ‘esds’ MP4 Atom Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution

CVE-2015-3827, P0008, ‘covr’ MP4 Atom Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution

CVE-2015-3826, P0009, 3GPP Metadata Buffer Overread

CVE-2015-3828, P0010, 3GPP Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution

CVE-2015-3824, P0011, ‘tx3g’ MP4 Atom Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution

CVE-2015-3829, P0012, ‘covr’ MP4 Atom Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
Verizon has dropped stagefright patches for the Note 4, ignoring the Note 2. Quelle surprise!

http://www.slashgear.com/stagefrigh...ote-4-note-edge-on-t-mobile-verizon-11396337/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] plainbum:
I have lost the ability to see my phone as a drive when I plug it into my windows computer>

I have tried:

-using multiple computers

-a few different usb cords

-dirty flashed my phone

-tried all three methods here and couldnt even get the dialer trick to do anything but just sit there after I hit the last #

http://www.danrichard.com/2013/06/1...nect-to-pc-via-usb-with-unknown-device-error/

Yeah, I'm stuck and could use a suggestion or two,

thanks for your time!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
/system/lib/libstagefright.so

I have bad news after doing some more prodding at the Alliance stagefright libraries.

The exploits center on three files:

MPEG4Extractor.cpp

SampleTable.cpp

ESDS.cpp

If I run the following commands (on a CENTOS x86 machine), I find additional shared objects that contain references to ESDS, SampleTable, and MPEG4.

$ unzip -l Alliance_4.4.2_Build30.zip | grep -i stagefright

1823 02-13-2014 06:26 data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/libstagefrigh_froyo.so

3584 02-13-2014 06:26 data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/libstagefrigh_honeycomb.so

1383864 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright.so

5228 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefrighthw.so

50232 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_amrnb_common.so

21508 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_avc_common.so

54488 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_chromium_http.so

5128 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_enc_common.so

70864 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_foundation.so

107680 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_httplive.so

115992 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_omx.so

222636 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_aacdec.so

275628 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_aacenc.so

91312 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_amrdec.so

58480 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_amrnbenc.so

118380 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_amrwbenc.so

129248 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_flacenc.so

13372 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_g711dec.so

25812 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_gsmdec.so

111932 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_h264dec.so

91248 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_h264enc.so

62576 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_mp3dec.so

87152 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_mpeg4dec.so

119920 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_mpeg4enc.so

13372 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_rawdec.so

17468 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_vorbisdec.so

197880 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_vpxdec.so

234712 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_soft_vpxenc.so

222416 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_wfd.so

9272 11-04-2014 01:04 system/lib/libstagefright_yuv.so

$ unzip Alliance_4.4.2_Build30.zip system/lib/libstagef*

...

$ for x in *.so; do echo $x ======; readelf -Ws $x | egrep -i 'esds|sampletable|mpeg4'; done

The additional detected library appears to be core StageFright:

/system/lib/libstagefright.so ======

Feeling like living dangerously, I take this library out:

su -

mount -o remount,rw /system

cd /system/lib

chmod 000 libstagefright.so

mv libstagefright.so bad

cd

mount -o remount,ro /system

exit

After rebooting my phone, it's stuck at the splash screen. It appears that you cannot boot without the vulnerable library.

I used SafeStrap to put it back. It booted normally afterwards.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Delete
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
Stupid question: does your battery charge when you connect the usb? If not, perhaps your cable is faulty.

If the battery charges, do you see any kind of notification for usb allowing you to connect as an installer, camera, or media device?

Do you have a "USB On The Go" (OTG) cable? If so, can you plug a keyboard or mouse into it and attach it to your phone? Does the mouse or keyboard work?

Perhaps you have lost a data line, and this is a hardware fault.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
It could be you need to clean reinstall your rom. Is this the only problem it has?

Sent from my SM-N910V DE w/ MoRom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
Gallery will not let me share

As of late the gallery seems to force close when trying to share a photo. I see this has been brought up before but do not see a reply if anyone has found a solution.Sorry for asking if it has been answered.This rom has worked flawlessly for me up until this issue. Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Make sure your driver is up to date, reboot after install if need be.

Also if you are using agni kernel it's a known issue, return to stock kernel. Dirty flash works.

Also check and make sure it isn't the cable first.

Those are what I can think of.

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Try clearing the cache for gallery, maybe it will work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] plainbum:
She charges just fine.

Yeah as mentioned in op I have tried multiple cables that have worked in the past. I haven't tries my otg cable yet, thanks!

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usb drivers and used the new kies software.

Im not using agni, I DID use agni on last build before I wiped and re-installed this build. plus I dirty flashed it alreadyand used many cables that have worked in the past, as noted in OP.

I DO get that "Device found" sound from windows when I plug the phone in bu tit just doesnt show up as a drive and I get no notification from the top bar asking me to choose if I want to use it as a mtp or a multimedia or camera, device like it used to.

I wonder if there is a "System" file I could edit that would force it to go MTP instead of waiting for that dropdown notification for me to check.

Thanks for your time!

Maybe time for a fresh install wiping sd *sigh*
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dikkebas:
You could also check playstore for apps that could help like mtp alternative

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-N7100 met Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Which version of windows and what do you see in device manager?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] plainbum:
Thank you for your reply!

I have tried attaching my phone on different computers win 7, 8.1 and 10

I have a strong feeling this problem has to do with the lack of notification I'm not getting anymore that when plugged in via USB that asks me to check either MTP or camera.

I used to get that notification but not any more. I DO hear that windows tone that a device has been plugged in no no notification on the phone.

I wonder if there is a way to permanently set the phone to MTP so it doesn't rely on user input of the choice (MTP or PTP phone)

.

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ok, I found a solution here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49583819&postcount=15

"Quote:

Originally Posted by imanskoi

This one worked on my lenovo a369i:

Type these on your Terminal Emulator app:

su

setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage,adb

reboot

Hope this works on yours too.

"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Mine did this before as well, you get the connected sound, does the the phone mount to mtp right off at all?

Mine would go directly to mtp sometimes without displaying the options.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NB2A:
Gallery app force close

I have posted before to no avail regarding this issue. I have tried clearing cache,data and force stopping gallery app. I have cleaned out all the photos from my phone and still get a force close anytime I try to share one photo I take it stored. Short of using another photo any ideas to solve this would be appreciated.Other than that this the only issue I have ever had with this great rom! I just wish it had an update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bubba:
Have you uploaded a dumpstate error?

Cowboy from Hell on a twisted trail.

Koffed From my Big Ass Outlaw Phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bubba:
How about now?

Cowboy from Hell on a twisted trail.

Koffed From my Big Ass Outlaw Phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bubba:
Now? [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]

Cowboy from Hell on a twisted trail.

Koffed From my Big Ass Outlaw Phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bingo6104:
What recovery is needed for this, i was using the 26 version of this room and tried using twrp recovery and bricked it. I cant find a version of philz, all the goo links are bad now. I had to get odin to get my phone back on with a stock rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bingo6104:
Any one care to help me figure out what I have done.

When I got this note, it didn't have the ota to lock the bootloader. I after a year or so on the Alliance 26 rom I had some issues and wanted to upgrade to the newest one. I tried to install it and it didn't take and was stuck in bootloop.

So I used the same files in odin to flash the phone back to stock and start it again.

I was finally able to get it rooted but no recover will install. I am having a hell of a time and I don't understand what I have done wrong.

Well when I try to install recovery like twrp the install fails and on boot it says software not supported my Verizon , take to your local vzw store for repair.

Knox has even been tripped as well and it seems like the bootloader is locked. Don't know how, i flash with odin a stock rom as I did when I got the phone rooted and installed a recovery and than a rom. No issues what's so ever.

Now it seems everything I try it either says software not supported by vzw or bad firmware update or boot loops. I have downloaded so many files from all of these recovery threads I'm lost .

Never had the ota update, once I got the phone I flashed it to mj9 per beanstown on the original alliance rom and ran that room ever since.

I also installed alliance on my buddies note 2. Same way and I just checked his android and it is the same as mine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
What exactly did you flash via Odin?

Did you run casual after?

Give a step by step process of what you did and maybe we can get you fixed up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bingo6104:
I have ran Odin and flashed the stock MJ9 rom, try to run casual (r515 I think is the version) casual fails. Ends up bricking the phone. I can't remember exactly what version of MJ9 ..I have 2... One is beanstown deox and the other is the official firmware. I have tried both and casual fails on both.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
You only need to run casual after you odin the stock rom your phone came with, and only if the bootloader is locked again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bingo6104:
Casual fails each time. I can do it all again and post a screen shot if that will help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JeramyEggs:
Sometimes the version of Odin is important. You may try an older version like 3.07, and see if casual will work then. Odin is small, and I have several versions in my pc. Sometimes I have trouble with different versions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
My website address is to android file host, I have 3.07 uploaded, anything else always failed me, what Jeremy said could be right, so what version did you use?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joker2428:
When I set my calender widget (splanner) to show the weather it starts to fc as well as fc touchwiz...has this bug already been mentioned? (I've searched countless pages and can't find any mention of it) and if it has is there a workaround?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bingo6104:
I have been using that version. I have tried another as well. No luck still
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Several things to ensure, using original cable, tried usb ports nearest to the cpu (if laptop, the fan vents), drivers are up to date, phone is 4.1.2 or lower, connection to the device is not lost during flash or detection.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bingo6104:
Laptop drivers are up to date. I'll see if i can get a hold of a oem cable. Mine got messed upped. I have might have a old s5 cord? What do you mean 4.1.2 or lower? It's on the stock 4.3 MJ9 that beans suggested from v24 build in the beginning
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
An s5 cord should work, my note 2 cord works fine with a s4 to transfer files.

I mean for casual to unlock the bootloader, ota 4.3 and higher require safestrap and only have root capabilities.

Other than what I said before, if odin and casual doesn't work properly with a oem cord and every port has been tried, the instructions followed closely and your device has never taken the ota update from Verizon directly for 4.3 or 4.4.2... I'm running out of ideas as to what could be wrong, last ditch idea try a different computer if available.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bingo6104:
Yeah I never took the its updates. It's avaliable for me now but I wont. I didn't have to run safestrap before since it was the 4.3 with out the ota. Anyway to confirm that I don't have it just to make sure ? I might try another pc if i can get a hold of one and see if that will help if the new cord doesn't .

I do appreciate the time you are giving me since the note 2 area is dead now a days. This has made me want to get another phone lol. But this one is only a year old under replacement.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I'm trying to keep the note 2 section alive enough, when lollipop drops it will pick up again.

Mine is a few months old under replacement and I'm stuck with 4.4.2 and my only option is safestrap, working on finding a dev willing to try and fork casual and get it working on 4.3, 4.4.2 or at the least figure out why adam outler abandoned the project.

I'm hoping it's possible since I will have this device until it has issues like my old one, that lasted 2 years to the day.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RobFreundlich:
Questions coming from N3BULA

I'm currently running N3BULA on my Verizon GN2 and have been for quite some time. It's starting to slow down, and so I'm thinking about trying out this Alliance ROM. Before I jump, I have a couple of questions I hope someone here can answer.

The installation instructions don't say to do a wipe of any kind. Does that mean I can expect my data to survive the installation? Or should I plan on having to restore everything from backup afterward?

I'm not running any special kernel. Should I expect to have to install agni?

There's an issue related to accessibility which seems specific to the Galaxy Note series. Details are here. It boils down to this: when you enable accessibility services integration for an application, the Note decides you are also enabling the TalkBack service and will turn off things like Air View, Multi Window, and so on. It also ends up saying things like "Page loading" and "Page loaded" when you use the browser. So, for example, if I want to use Tasker/AutoVoice and Google Now integration, I hit this issue.

Does this ROM have this issue as well?

(This isn't a N3BULA-specific question, but my inquiring mind would like to know anyway!)

Are there any other tips anyone can offer to make my N3BULA-to-Alliance switch go as smoothly as possible?

Thanks!

Rob
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] plainbum:
1. You might have luck dirty flashing over yur existing ROM.

My rule of thumb is wipe everything then flash.

2. I suggest leaving the built in kernel. I tried agni two different times and had many crashes spontaneous reboots.

3. No idea

4. Wipe yur internal SD card then install.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
Do you think that a) a Touchwiz Lollipop compatible with the sch-i605 will ever happen, and b) a kernel from a Touchwiz Lollipop will run on a locked ND7 bootloader?

I am thinking that I am going to have to get my bootloader unlocked and go with an aosp rom if I ever want to fix the security problems of the i605.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RobFreundlich:
Thanks!

Rob
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I have read that lollipop is coming, I'm going to have to take the ota since root feels almost pointless without a unlocked bootloader, I've seen it on the s4, not a big fan of the ui.

If I was truly concerned about the security issues I would safestrap and patch them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
I won't own a phone that I can't control. I purchased my i605 after reading it's support page for Cyanogenmod, not realizing that ND7 would never let it boot. Looking at /proc/*/maps, libstagefright is part of many more processes than I expected, including PID 1 (init), which I certainly didn't expect. Why does init need a media library? The design is quite foolish, and I'm not sure that patching would be easy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Well I haven't got a real choice at the moment, I doubt anyone would buy this new phone and it's still got 2 years before it begins to go bad (based on my original).

That was one of the influences for me as well, I could root and flash anything more easily than my HTC rezound I had and it was hand size.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jimhois:
Gallery does a FC

I just flashed this rom from a clean install using philz. all works except the gallery, I tried clearing the cache in the app as well as the google service and framework. Any ideas

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
What was your previous rom?

Did you also clear data for gallery, if clearing cache and data for gallety works and if the play store is working try updating Google services.

If it all else fails, wipe several times and flash again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lllboredlll:
Has anyone been able to get this rom to boot using safestrap? I messed up and flashed mj9 full rom which locked me down. So i rooted, safestrap and then installed this in the stock location since safestrap would not let me phone boot at all when using a rom slot. Any help would be greatly appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
What were you running before flashing the locked down mj9?

You probably are stuck with mj9 now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lllboredlll:
To answer my own question. If you take the full mj9 rom and lock yourself, then when you root using saferoot and run safestrap 3.72, you can run custom roms but only of original 4.3/mj9 base. I found a link to v26 of alliancerom and it works. Also, nebula 3.6 with the 3.9 ota works as well. So at least I'm not completely screwed. I'd have to go buy a different phone if I didn't have the ability to tweak a rom installation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
Yes, I run this ROM on a locked nd7 with safestrap. I had to load dn3 first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rehabray:
so i tried to install this rom. i wiped everything including internal sd, but it just stays on the boot screen. after some more reading on here i found some suggestions that the problem was that i needed to flash angi kernel immediately after flashing the rom. so i tried that with no luck. any other ideas? thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] plainbum:
Try flashing some other similar 4.4.2 rom and successfully boot to it. The wipe and try this one again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rehabray:
well it turned out to be some problem with my recovery. i was on the most resent philz, then tried the most resent cwm both never would do the trick even with multiple wipes of everything. went to twrp and worked flawlessly. been enjoying the rom every since. thanks to the dev for your hard work great rom. has anyone had luck with agni kernel? i tried it and it broke my flash light, and maybe something else can't seem to remember. i just reflashed the rom and all was well again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Better to avoid agni.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Charlie R.:
Are there any touchwiz lollipop/marshmallow ROMs that will run on a locked nd7? I wish Alliance could get one last upgrade. The sch-i605 is decent hardware - this platform deserves the attention.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
The i605 is actually still better than most new phones, so great hardware.

If you are locked on nd7, you have to stay on nd7 and safestrap or forget about it and just enjoy a buggy rom, welcome to my world.