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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] S0UTHPAWK1LLA:
Hey...I just started having an old issue again. My music skips when the screen goes dark. I hadn't had this happen since the 1st round of 4.4.2 Roms. I'm using rhapsody.

Holy crap...found the issue. Had my phone plugged into a bad charger. It was only providing 850mA. Plugged into new charger and voila... Problem solved...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Actually I never ran Alliance 4.3. I ran Sophisticated Rom. I did run the ND7 firmware with SR Remix KK. But then when I first started using Alliance 4.4 I had a problem and I went back to MJ9 trying to fix it. It turned out the problem came from Tasker. It's been running great so I haven't updated to ND7. I mean, why fix it if it ain't broke?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] firewater88:
I have Page Buddy off and the page buddy service frozen in TB and yet it still shows up. Anything else i need to freeze or turn off???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] analyst1st:
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I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or not but I've tried every way stated [changing the pic which didn't work, to replacing 29's build, to trying to apply both modified apk's with changing the permissions] and it renders me not being able to call out or see calls Or nothing... if u swipe to call u here it ring but it doesn't switch screens... don't know what I'm doing wrong...

Sorry to belabor this but not working for me or I'm doing something wrong...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chumboy:
Since Philz has stopped updating his recovery, has anyone used TWRP with success?

Currently have TWRP and wanting to flash this rom (coming from 4.3 alliance build 27. Should I use existing TWRP or go with Philz latest/last version?

many thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mattnmag:
I would go with Philz. I'm using it with no problems. :thumbup:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
I couldn't get this to boot using latest twrp had to use the latest Philz. Twrp never liked TW roms for our phone for some reason.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chumboy:
Won't boot up for me...stuck on Alliance logo...sits there for 15 minutes.

I'm on Alliance build 27 (4.3) MJ9.

Flashed Philz (philz_touch_6.41.6-i605.zip), reboot to recovery, Flashed build 30, hangs on Alliance logo spinning.

Flashed TWRP, reboot to recovery, flashed build 30, hangs on Alliance logo spinning.

Let both sit on spinning logo for 15 minutes, pulled battery.

Any idears on what I'm doing wrong?

The install steps in OP's instructions don't make logical sense:

Step 1-

Ensure you running at least MJ9

Step 2-

Make Sure You Have a Custom Recovery - Philz is preferred

Step 3-

Before rebooting, on Alliance already? Delete Alliance folder in sdcard!! (Are you in recovery or system???)

Step 4-

Put zip on sdcard. Select Install zip. Install (If I put it on sdcard...internal or external?.....and do a wipe, the install.zip will be wiped. If I'm in philz and it wipes my internal card, how can I install the rom from a freshly wiped internal card???)

Step 5-

Reboot!

Step 6-

Let apps from playstore update. Open Alliance Manager and choose Theme!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lacoursiere18:
This..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PROBEDROID:
That's a pretty old version of Philz. I had success with philz_touch_6.48.4-i605.zip. I think this is the latest version available. You can get it here...

https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i605/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chumboy:
That was a typo in my first post.

I'm am using the latest....philz_touch_6.48.4-i605.

Here is my installation coming from MJ9 Alliance build 27 (4.3):

From system, I reboot to recovery (twrp)

from twrp, I install philz_touch_6.48.4-i605 and reboot to recovery (philz)

From philz, I wipe data/clean rom install

from philz, I install Alliance Build 30 (4.4.2) and reboot to system.

It boots to moving Alliance logo and just sits there...I've waited up to 20 minutes and still the logo.

I've also tried twrp with the same sequence and all I get is spinning logo.

I don't want to give up yet b/c I think this is the last phone from Samsung whose bootloader can be unlocked.

any thoughts?

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I installed philz first, flashed rom and get only to spinning logo.

Since philz wouldn't work, I reinstalled twrp and tried that...but only get to spinning logo after 20 minutes.

thanks for your help though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PROBEDROID:
Put ROM on external sd and try this in Philz...

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 /storage/sdcard1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chumboy:
Thanks so much for your help, but I get the same thing....boots to spinning Alliance logo and no further. Let it sit for about 15 minutes.

I'm coming from an old Alliance build 27.....MJ9......4.3.

Thought I saw somewhere where I have to upgrade the firmware to something higher than MJ9. Don't you have to have updated firmware to go to 4.4.2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PROBEDROID:
Weird...

Sorry you are having so much trouble buddy. MJ9 shouldn't prevent boot. I installed this rom with the steps I listed while on MJ9 and didn't have the trouble that you are having. I then updated the baseband to ND7 with this flashable zip package (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358546508). I didn't have to do this, but some users here had success flashing the AGNi KERNEl. It can be found here (http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=9375). Hope this works for you, as I am out of options...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chumboy:
I've upgraded my phone several times perfectly with no problems in the past...don't know what it is this time. Thanks for taking your valuable time to help me.

If I upgrade the baseband to ND7, I don't think I can go back to MJ9, can I?

First, i'll try installing Philz, the flash build 30 & AGNi, then boot to system. If that doesn't work and no one else has any other suggestions, I'll flash ND7 (although I really don't want to). Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PROBEDROID:
Happy to help, if I can. I had similar problems to you with 4.4.2 before switching to Philz recovery. So, I know your pain...lol. Your plan sounds like a good one to me. Once on ND7, I don't think you can go back without going through the whole Odining process and unlocking and working your way back up to MJ9. If AGNi doesn't work, then you may want to go through that process anyway to get a good clean start and attempt this rom again. I know it's a pain, but that is ultimately what you may have to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chumboy:
Holy mackerel, Batman!!!!!!!

That worked!!!!!! Yeeeehaaaa!

I flashed Philz, followed your wipe/delete steps, flashed Build 30, flashed AGNi kernel, rebooted to system.......and........profit!!!!!

Oh, boy.....thousands of new options to play with tonight.

many thanks my new friend. wish I could hit your "thanks button" more than once!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PROBEDROID:
Awesome! Glad that worked for you. Welcome to the party!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] LTLFTCer:
This is the method I used, the video isn't showing now, but might work for you???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inaWW59Yvc

(this is replacing the picture with your own, not the build 29 transfer)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alarmo:
Having trouble writing to external sdcard, clicked on internal SD card app then click fix then clicked download and fix again and my external sdcard will save but then whatever I download to it will disappear or produce a can't open error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OffTheChainz:
Defective card...?

Check with PC? it will only read I'm assuming? Backup what you can and try to format?... my guess is it will still be there when your done...

I've gone through 3 64gb cards with my GN2 over the years with exact same random problem doesn't matter the brand of card or if your ROMing as some have stated. Has done it on my wife's stock GN2 But I always thought it had something to do with downloading big files and torrents for us... and seemed to always happen after phone freeze and battery pull....

GL :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Do you always click on the "Safely Remove Hardware and eject media" icon and eject your phone before unplugging it from the computer? I know I learned the hard way about that one. Twice I had to reformat my sd-card because I pulled the cord out without ejecting it first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drew96dawg:
modem update

I think I've found the problem with my wifi not working. I checked my baseband and somehow I am still on vrall4. Is it possible to update to mj9 or ND7 without bricking my phone? I've been searching for hours but XDA is the only place I trust when it comes to Android.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I hope the in call ui is still the Japanese girl when i get the chance to download, maybe someone can help out [MENTION=3180923]Lacour[/MENTION]siere and make a mod for those who don't like it.

Sorry I'm a little behind. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
Check post 1343 for a flashable zip to change the girl photo. I used winrar to make the swap myself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] swartlkk:
Several have been posted. I modified the apk in 7-zip using the image from the build 29 apk.

Either use the modified apk or the flushable zip mentioned above. Either work great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I don't think I'd want to lol

Just saying for others, maybe it will make it into the op for those who don't want it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Anyone using the AOSP lockscreen notice that there isn't any sound controls for any music app?

Also what is up with the music stuttering every now and then when the screen is off? I seen that others have had this issue in the past. I'm not using any program that would cause this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kaosis:
music app draining battery?

Hi I'm on build 30 with Agni kernel (been on it for a week) and I'm noticing the symptoms below. Has some of you experienced these as well?

- Music stutters every now and then

- The music app drains battery like crazy in the background even when not playing/used. And overall battery life pretty bad.

- The graphics were stuttering/lagging at times too, so I've had to overclock it such that the lowest gpu clock 266.

Please let me know if anybody has a solution to some of these.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alarmo:
I'll check that thanks, once before I had to reformat the sdcard and I didn't know why it happened.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] youknowhim:
Call Swap (FIX = Donation)

Howdy, Just recently flashed Alliance for Android Wear support, coming from JellyBeans. Everything is working great and all but the one problem I am having is the Call Swap button being hiding behind other buttons. Before I posted this I did do a search around the forums and web for the answer but did not seem to find anything other than someone else asking about this problem. So pretty please give me a fix and I will gladly donate $$$ to the developer of this kickass ROM!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tired Storeman:
A picture is worth a thousand words[emoji6]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tlpayton:
Merging Calls

This is an issue I also reported earlier. This is a screenshot with one call on hold and one active. As you can see the "Swap" button is covered by the "Mute" button. Pressing the button always activates the mute and I am unable to swap or merge the calls. Any insight would be helpful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] youknowhim:
Thanks, and thanks for attaching the pic! So how does this get resolved?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Haloman800:
1. How do I enable home button to wake screen?

2. How do I remove battery precentage on status bar (the battery I chose has one included) ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheJOJ:
System-Wide Lag

Like a few others on here I have been noticing system-wide lagging. It is truly rather crippling, as it happens during anything from typing to just trying to open apps. I have tried what someone had mentioned earlier in the thread. It consisted of going into Titanium Backup and using the clear all user app and system app cache, and it worked for a little while. This is the second install I have tried for this ROM, completely clean, too. I am using safestrap, for the record. I don't know if there is anything else that I can do.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

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1. Go to Settings -> Custom Settings->Hardware Key Mapping->Home Button-> The option is at the top You will need to check it, then uncheck it is what I have found.

2. Go to Settings-> Battery->Option will be either at the top or bottom.

;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alarmo:
You were absolutely correct I had to unmount then mount the sdcard and very thing works good I gave it 1 day for confirmation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Masterx9:
I asked about this as well any ideas folks?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Haloman800:
THANK YOU! 2 more

1. How do I record all calls by default? (so I don't have to manually click 'record' when I call or someone else calls)

2. Any way to change the hot Asian chick as my default caller photo? I work with elderly people a lot and I don't want them to see that when they borrow my phone (happened today...)

Edit: also is there a way to re-arrange toggles?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheJOJ:
For questions 1 and 3 I do not think there is a way to do either of those things. For question 2 this was addressed earlier in the thread. Here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bubba:
Call recording ... Try going to custom settings\phone mod\incoming calls.

Toggles ... settings\device\personalization\notification panel

Koffed from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
I can't find either of those settings under settings or Alliance custom settings. Is it just me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bubba:
I'm on the Note 3 so I can't be 100% sure about the call recording. It should be there. The toggle arrangement is in the stock rom so it really should be there. [emoji15]

Koffed from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
My Note 2 doesn't have them either. I don't know about Call Recording but to reorder the Pull-down toggles: in the top right corner of the Pull-down screen tap the little 4 square block icon. At the top of the next screen tap the little pencil point icon. The next screen is where you edit the toggle arrangement.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
The battery percentage is in 2 places, display and battery under settings at the bottom.

Call recording is likely in call area with custom settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kdizzleh85:
flashable

Here so you can make your own haha. . Scripts are easy to create and you can easily customize it for whatever functionality you need. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1721680
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] aptalca:
Any way to turn off the airplane mode notification on the lockscreen? I use the note 2 as a Wi-Fi device but if I keep it on airplane mode, the stupid lockscreen notice prevents any other lockscreen widgets from showing up, like Netflix or music controls
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Check in the custom settings, I've seen it somewhere on 29,should be in the same spot on 30, system mods i think.

I'm downloading now, so i can finally be caught up. Just moved and no Internet for the past week or so :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Majin Kaioh:
Quick question. I'm pretty sure I can't, but since I may have missed something, i'd like to ask the following:

I havn't updated my custom rom in awhile. My Note II is running JellyBeans Build 21. It's a 4.1.2 build.

I'd like to upgrade to this rom. Can I do so by just doing a standard factory reset and flash?

I think I might need more steps. Again, been quite awhile since I flashed. Really liking how AllianceRom looks, though.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jimhois:
GPS help

When I first installed this ROM, I get a quick rock solid GPS lock, after 2 days I can not get a lock. I wiped and reflashed and it happened again. any idea?

-JIm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] temark1:
Make sure Twrp or whatever recovery you have is fairly new. Preferably came out in the last few months. Then you need to flash mj9 radio via odin first. I think the link is on page 1 of this thread. Then wipe and flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drew96dawg:
No WiFi

I have been without wifi for nearly two months now. When I try to turn it on it goes right back off. I've reinstalled beans 30 and a couple of different Roms . I've wiped internal storage and done multiple factory resets, nothing helps. Having no WiFi is driving me crazy and weeks of Internet searches haven't helped at all. Any input will be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dudeicles:
Flash the Agni kernel. That's what's fixed it for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
30 seems to run great so far, haven't tried GPS yet, but s voice has the same issue as 29,speak and it freezes up for a bit then after a minute or so it registers the command and does it.

Maybe i should try the agni kernel?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rlupda:
Install button greyed out

Folks, all of the sudden, I was not able to install any APKs. I double checked the Settings/Security, and made sure "Unknown Sources" is checked and also tried to wipe cache but still not able to install anything. This function was working just fine until today. Help and suggestions greatly appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Majin Kaioh:
Thanks for the help. I can't find the mj9 radio, however.

I'll keep looking. I just updated my TWRP recovery last night to one of the latest versions. The one right before the new 2.8 release, I believe.

EDIT: Found a TWRP flashable MJ9 radio. Going to flash that, then install this rom. Should work fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] damage145:
Heat problems

Since i updated to this rom I have been having issues with overheating, I came from alliance rom 26. Is anyone else experiencing this issue. Also does anyone have any suggestions to reduce heat? (also significant battery drain increase might be related)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Majin Kaioh:
Hmmm, the data on my sd card accidently got deleted somehow. The rom seems good, so far. Though I am having some issues.

I try to delete stuff with Root Explorer, but it doesn't actually delete, even though RE has SU permissions.

Also, when I try to export stuff from Dropbox to my phone, it always fails. As do Zedge downloads.

Any ideas from anyone as to why this is the case? Thanks in advance. Excellent rom so far.

EDIT: Alliance Manager doesn't work and always crashes. It says I have no themes, but I thought the rom came with them?

My Gallery app always crashes. If I can figure out why Dropbox isn't exporting and saving files locally properly then I can flash gapps, I think this might be the issue here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alarmo:
Majin, try unmount in and re mounting the SDCARD to fix the deleting data problem if that doesn't solve the problem you might have to reformat the sdcard.

This worked for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Majin Kaioh:
I've tried doing so inside Android and in TWRP. I used the TWRP browser to delete some files, so I hope that worked. Also, I don't have a physical sdcard, just the partitioned one.

I really need to figure out why I cannot import files from Dropbox. I also cannot save anything from Zedge. Nor can I download and install themes in Beautiful Widgets.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stueycaster:
Go into the app drawer and run "Int-SDCard Write Fix". There's a problem with writing to Internal Storage on Android 4.4.2. On this rom the fix is built in.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Majin Kaioh:
Thanks very much. That fixed all my issues.

I was wondering what that did, but didn't want to mess with it right away. Must have missed this in the first post explaining this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
I don't think your alone Majin.....

For a little while I couldn't download anything from zedge. ....and a lot of other apps are fc'ing for me.....BUT...not on build 29....weird......matter of fact vudu won't open at all....I Uninstall and reinstall and doesn't work on a lot of apps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] glockman4519:
I can confirm that all of the apps you mentioned work on my phone with build 30. Hulu, Netflix, Exfinity TV to go and Vudu all work as they should. I'm not sure why it is not on your phone. I use philz touch recovery, the "wipe to install new rom" option in factory wipe, and just because I like the options available in Agni kernel, I flash that as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
Yes I too have done all those wipes and 'wipe to install new'with latest philz. ....I will actually try agni and see

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jboof:
Greetings all - I am having the exact same issue except I am unable to return to TWRP to restore my backup. Once I remove the battery, the phone will not turn on. However once I plug in to charge, the phone starts on up and sits and waits on the alliance screen without me having to hit the power button. Any advice on how I can get to TWRP? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tswillette:
Try holding up,power,home as soon as you plug it in..hold it until you're in recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Majin Kaioh:
I was worried it was because I am on AT&T that my stuff wasn't working.

I got my Note 2 from a guy in a trade because he got a new phone and wanted my tablet, and I didn't really want the tablet as much as a more powerful phone at the time.

So, I can confirm this works excellently on AT&T.

EDIT:

Came across an odd issue. I switched from the ASOP lockscreen to Samsung, and it seems to have broken Apex Launcher. I can't do anything inside the phone right now, as the touch screen seems to not be registering touches right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kdizzleh85:
Needs work

Man this rom has some issues but nothing to major. I always clean install also. First pain is that the gallery does not work, Internet freezes a lot, actually the entire process of the phone is laggy, GPS is slow to lock, I had one reboot, I pulled a bunch of data apks from another Tom and fixed most issues enough where my wife can use it without whinning.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pcsperson:
Cannot connect to work network today. Not sure why, but the network people said " I want something to get him the system but when the server sends a message back to my phone it doesn't seem to accept the connection for some reason." this is the first Wifi issue like this I have had tried to restore from two weeks ago but still a problem. Anyone had a problem like this?

Sent from my Note 2