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[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] Option58:
After a skipped week new build is now finally up.

* Bump to Android 7.1 r24

* Whatsapp/Viber/Telegram video calls fixed

* Camcorder preview fixed

Download link is working normally.

https://download.lineageos.org/t0lte is for you. Can you check it again?
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] talib khan:
Yes it's working now I downloaded the file properly thank you for your reply.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] nate121:
Hey guys, I'm pretty new to Samsung since i've used Sony my whole life so do forgive me if I sound noobish. Got a note 2 a couple of days ago (SGH-T889 to be precise) and I really wanna use this ROM (as a daily driver to be precise). Read the OP and all the threads (felt like an achievement :p) and I got a couple of questions, some of which may sound like suggestions but please do correct me if I'm wrong.

* My BB is T889UVUCMK7, a version behind the 08/2015 version which is the latest. Can i install this ROM over or i should update first?? ... although i don't see the point since they both 4.3 (BB differences, ik)

* Also, i'm yet to root or install recovery so i'm thinking of rather flashing [MENTION=4315222]Option58[/MENTION] version of TWRP. Wise choice and if so do i flash with odin??

* I also did note that some (SGH-T889) users did revert back to previous Os's since they were having SIM lock issues and so how do I avoid that?? I think in a couple of threads back, someone (sorry if i can't remember ur name) said he installed a Knox free 4.3 ROM and then flashed this over it and had it working for sometime. Do you recommend I do the same or what do u have in mind?

* Things I really need working (just saying tho):

- Network

- Wifi (don't really care much for hotspot)

- Bluetooth

- Dialer

- Root

- Playstore

- MTP (Linux/Windows user)

* Btw, if the sim locks me out, is there any way i can recover from that 'cos phone is a US variant and i'm in a different location plus i can't get an unlock code from here so please help me avoid that...:crying:

* Anyways, thank you bruh ( [MENTION=6299732]PoisonNinja[/MENTION] ). This world wouldn't be the same without guys like you! :):)
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
Welcome to the Note 2 family :)

* I think I'll leave it to [MENTION=2626876]kozmo21[/MENTION] to answer the baseband question, since he owns a T889 (IIRC).

* TWRP is up to you, I personally use official TWRP but I think Option58's works fine too. You will have to flash from Odin (or Heimdall if you're on Linux) since you are coming from a stock ROM. In the future, you can update to a newer version of TWRP from TWRP itself.

* There isn't really a pattern to the SIM lock issues, it seems mostly random. IF you do get the lock issue, basically what you do is you flash back to a stock ROM (I think it needs to be a certain version, search the posts for the exact version) and then enter a dial code to unlock the phone, no unlock code needed.

* Most of the items you listed are working, although some things (such as network) occasionally error out. If that happens, just reboot. You will get MTP crashes when uninstalling an app, but so far I haven't observed any negative effects for actual file transfers.

I think the instructions in the OP are pretty clear, and if you follow them exactly you should be OK. If you have any issues, feel free to post here or PM me.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] kozmo21:
Just to add to [MENTION=6299732]PoisonNinja[/MENTION] 's post...

Yes, I have the t889 and that BB is fine. You can also get the newer modem from my thread in the T-Mobile section. I extracted just the modem from the latest update and made a flashaable zip.

I use the 7105/t0lte 3.1.0 version of TWRP on my t889 and it works fine for me.

If you relock, you just need to flash a stock TW ROM, then add the 4.1.1 modem to access the needed menu from the unlock thread.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] nate121:
Many thanks for the feedback, really appreciate. I've got one minor issue tho which ain't really matter but imma say it anyways :p

Heimdall works fine but can't detect phone when in download mode via terminal. Any idea how to fix?? But no sweat though if u got no solution at the moment, i'll just switch to windows and work there since i'm on a triple-boot system :p

Nvm, starting adb server (obviously) and booting into download mode from terminal fixed this issue. Unofficial TWRP 3.1.1-0 working fine :)

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Duely noted! Really appreciate the respond. I'm gonna flash in a couple of hours and report back when i'm done.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] robjg63:
This is all great news - and quite timely for me.

I have had my Note 2 (GT-N7105) for several years and it (still) has great battery life and is still quite well spec'd.

Was quite disappointed Samsung never got it past Kitkat.

I just installed TWRP at the weekend and was looking around for a ROM that looked worth installing and was thinking that most seemed relatively 'old' - then this one pops up!

So I guess the question has to be asked - and maybe a little soon to be asking it - but how is the battery life working out?

Better/worse than stock Samsung firmware?
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] silvertag:
Battery is great even without Doze. It's already more optimized then any of the previous CM13 roms I had installed. It's almost on par with stock even if it drains a bit. I can wake up and not find my device fully drained even if it had 50+% remaining. Keeping it as my DD.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
Thanks for the offer :D. Since this is more of a hobby for me, all I ask is for people not to ask about ETAs and file proper bug reports with logcats.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] lalit1:
I have already done on his, root is working for me in other apps. But file manager is not working. Any other file manager to use?
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] kozmo21:
I think I saw a fix for the stock file manager a while ago, I'll have to look again.

I never use the stock file explorer, I use Total Commander, MiXplorer and Root Explorer have no problems with any of them. Be sure to give all permissions. In 7.1, permissions are really important to get apps to work correctly.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] silvertag:
Try Root Explorer
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] robjg63:
Would/should Doze make much of a difference? - Sorry - havent had much experience of that lovely feature.

On stock kitkat I find my Note uses something like 1% per hour - thats assuming its just idling quietly doing nothing (say overnight). Thats with power saver enabled.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] cglebel:
I find Root Explorer to be confusing, I just use Astro.

For the battery life, I like having no bloatware. I also look into a few settings to optimise battery life, like turning off data connection, only phone and text when needed. Also WiFi off when sleep. And gmail sync off (sync in app pull only). Has been able to acheive <10% daily with these settings. I've also seen 1% daily use but Im not sure why, If anyone could repeat this pls let me know how, thanks! Thanks for the dev also!
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] rfrazier:
Thanks very much! Almost everything works as expected. (N7105 - t0lte)

One dodgy bit is rebooting with a non-default profile enabled. One only gets the status bar, and a blank screen where the Trebuchet launcher should be. I've seen this with previous Cyanogenmod ROMs. One either has to turn off profiles when booting (I forget), or get it into the default profile. When profile changing was in quick settings, it was possible to just change it using that. It has been removed, so I have to turn off WIFI (a profile change trigger) and make the phone sleep. When I wake it up, all is well.

The other thing that was a bit of trouble, although probably operator error (me not looking carefully enough), is that with Magisk alone I didn't get root for apps, just for adb. So, I also installed SuperSU and all worked fine, although in "Developer options" it still only has "Disabled" and "ADB only" as the options. However, SuperSU works as expected.

Best wishes,

Bob
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
For Magisk users, you need to also install Magisk Manager from the Play Store and enable root. The root option in developer options doesn't do anything.

I would personally stay away from SuperSU, as it's now closed source and owned by a relatively unknown group of people.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] rfrazier:
Thanks, again. I followed your advice and redid the ROM + Magisk without SuperSU, and it works properly. I had messed up the Manager bit. Partly because I never installed GAPPS on my phone (use F-Droid instead). I managed to get the manager via the XDA Magisk thread.

Best wishes,

Bob
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] etoeff:
Wifi ist listed as working. Can someone confirm that Wifi-Tethering is working too, because there are some posts stating it doesn't?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] lalit1:
WIFI hotspot/tethering is not working.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I remapped the keys to have the menu button behave like the overview button in the latest build. You can double tap it to switch apps.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] Option58:
My only idea (commit) so far that is worth something :D
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] rojajimmy:
Wired headphones dont work for me either. Can add to that issue.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
Bad news guys, LineageOS people don't want me to modify the key mapping, so reverting that change. On the bright side though, I got t0lte booting with SELinux enforcing, although RIL is broken. 1 step closer to official.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] Option58:
1. Great work for SElinux. Awesome news. :D

2. Ohh that's sad. Too bad CM devs don't allow this. It is really better this way, every (released to market) Nougat device in this planet has recents...If we moved keymapping from TheMuppets to the device tree would they allow it?

3. Remember that Ambient Display I was telling you about? Just made a commit on gerrit. Tested it as well - works. This is a feature I really adore.

4. Also have you seen this commit? This improves ril for Nougat somehow, rgib even moved it to device tree github1 github2, what do you think?

5. Also tried to fix vibration for E250S today. It's hard. Nothing yet.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
1. I can remap the keys if I find a way to do it in SettingsProvider. See the conversation at https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/163018/.

2. Does Ambient Display turn on the display if you pick up the phone? I'll test it once I get home. If it works, I'll merge it in.

3. I saw the i9305 commits. I actually tested using mdm9x35, but using the opensource RIL completely breaks RIL for some reason. I couldn't even get signal. I don't have the time to figure out what went wrong, but that is something that I'll definitely take a look at in the future.

4. Good luck with the vibration issues :)

Thanks for helping out man! It's good to have someone else working on this.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] jedtan025:
does mtp crashed fix? and camera?
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] nate121:
Followed Instructions just as described in the OP (except the gapps part which i flashed the pico version) and i got this os successfully installed and running for almost 24 hours with no fuss (maybe just a lil :p). I did flash lineage's extra root package, installed SuperSU but it did say binary occupied so i flashed the uninstaller, rebooted, uninstalled SuperSU, rebooted to recovery, flashed Magisk zip, rebooted and installed Magiskmanager and that solved the root issue for me :)

Some few observations i made tho;

- no sim card issue so far (which i did and still do fear a lil)

- Bluetooth, SPen, Wifi, Wifi hotspot, Dialer works flawlessly...haven't encountered any issues yet

- like when I disable lockscreen album art but it does show sometimes (thinking it's a CM thing, not quite sure)

- MTP also working but i do sometimes get the 'MTP error' (2 times so far i think), but it doesn't interrupt it's

functionality. Do i have to be worried?

Besides all that,there is better battery life, better performance, no heating issue, latest android (y'all already know that :p) and there's nothing more i could ask for. Thank you everyone who played a part in making this great ROM especially [MENTION=6299732]PoisonNinja[/MENTION], you guys are awesome.

PS: Quick question, realised os doesn't include busybox and i kinda need it so do u recommend installing it??

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No camera issue i know of.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
The MTP issue has not been fixed.

I'm not exactly sure what camera issue you're talking about, although Option58 recently pushed a patch to fix camera previews.

Good to hear!

The MTP error usually doesn't have any noticeable impact, I only get it when uninstalling an app. I have successfully transferred files over MTP, so it shouldn't affect file transfers either.

Recent versions of Android starting from Marshmallow use Toybox, which provides the same functionality as Busybox does. Why do you need Busybox specifically?
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] nate121:
Ooh ok, thnx for clarifying. Toybox is actually installed tho and i need it 'cos i prefer doing some things in terminal rather than use the gui plus, some programs do require it..
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
Toybox can do pretty much everything Busybox can do (actually, I think it may be ahead of Busybox now in terms of features), so the terminal should be fine.

As for apps that complain about missing Busybox, that's just lazy/sloppy coding. While it's true that the flags changed a bit, it should be relatively simple for most apps to port over to Toybox.

Finally, you might want to remove the reference to LuckyPatcher as pirating and other similar activities are heavily frowned upon on XDA.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] nate121:
Ooh my bad :(

Anyways, thnx for clarifying bruh and wish you all the best... i'm gonna keep using this bad boy and report back if there are any bug or issues. Godspeed
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] agovinoveritas:
Noticed a weird trend, which was not present in the 6/30 version. After I upgraded to the 7/14, I noticed that charging slowed down to a crawl. In fact, I have always noticed that I am able to use the phone while charging, even some very visually intensive games and the battery will always head upwards. Even if slowly due to said game. However, now the phone drops too fast and even while charged, the battery will gain almost nothing and will lose power, even if lightly used while charged. Anyone else, notice this?

My iddle on battery stats is as much or more than my screen on. Still trying to figure out what is draining the battery.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] giokspy:
Me Too.! I have battery drain on 14/7. Return to 30/6. I don't know maybe because is ipgrate not clean install. Loose about 15% in 7houts at night.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] gregsarg:
Battery is stable for me...

Sounds like y'all better try a clean flash...

I'm running almost identical numbers when compared to the last build....g
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] julian67:
No difference here either. My Note II is a GT-N7105 upgraded from 20170630 to 20170714 on the 14th. Maybe people forget to wipe cache and dalvik/art cache before flashing newest version?
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] giokspy:
No. Wiping cache and /art. Now I can see the same in old version. Disabled data and ,2G for better signal in deep sleep lost 10% battery in 7 hours. Is too much. What build is stable not nightly?
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] J-Lindo:
Did you have to go through any extra steps or fancy footwork to get it running on the i605? And do you have any issues concerning functionality as a daily driver?
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] julian67:
There is no stable. It is "nightly" (actually weekly or two weekly) only. If your Note is not sleeping correctly then you need to use an app such as BetterBatteryStats or 3C Toolbox to find out exactly which app or process is a problem. You might find that disabling data doesn't help and maybe even disrupts background location services and causes apps/processes to keep awake or GPS to be used, so is not worth doing. I let the device switch automatically between wifi and 3G/4G data and use the profile settings to disable GPS when I connect to my home wifi and enable it automatically when the device disconnects. My GT-N7105 t0lte device sleeps fine, holds a charge, and charges normally (just got some magnetic USB cables so tested this today and my Note II charges at 1800mA i.e. full charge in under two hours). I'm using a good quality battery that is just a few months old.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
Bear in mind that i605 is not officially supported, although it does seem to work OK. I think the only noticeable side effects may be worse signal and possibly random SIM setup prompts.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] J-Lindo:
Well, thank you for the response! Good to know. Are there plans to officially support the i605, or is that kind of just on the back burner?

I'm asking in the interest of bugging my friend with an i605 who's still riding on CM 12.1 :silly:
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] PoisonNinja:
Unfortunately, I don't own a i605 (I have a SGH-i317 AT&T), so no plans. IIRC there was someone working on it (Aaron Knight), but real life took up too much of his time.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] GodRugal:
sorry for my questions but i had trouble for the first time installing a rom

first i am using an older twrp 2.8xx

i am coming from an old vrtoxin rom

the latest lineage t0lte nightly rom flashed and booted fine, the gapps did not.

i noticed the link sent me to 7.0 gapps so i tried again with 7.1 gapps and flashed, but after booting i got endless errors about google apps stopping.

so i wiped the device from twrp and again flashed the lineage rom and 7.1 gapps. twrp said successful however it never booted beyond the lineage green line loading bar. waited at least 30 min

i installed a ton of roms for note 1, s4, tablets etc never had a problem like this

hoping someone can guide me a bit before my next attempt to flash this note 2
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] agovinoveritas:
Okay, so to fix my own issue, I went to TWRP and basically deleted the cache and battery stats. Yes, I had sign up to a few apps again and recover/restore some settings but the battery seems to be doing a tad better and phone does not heat up as much, although idle is still remarkably high, still. Ended up not finding out what the main issue was, but deleting the Cache (the actual cache, the second option, not the top one, under wipe) seems to have helped a bit.

Just sharing the love and to help out with anyone who may have the same option. You can try as I did.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] Option58:
1. You'll have to flash the new TWRP 3.x.x.x.

2. In TWRP -> Advanced -> File Manager. Delete the 'Android' folder from you sdcard.

3. Wipe dalvik/cache/system/data.

4. Install the latest lineage and open gapps (7.1, ARM) in a row.

5. Don't wipe anything after installs.

6. Reboot.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] GodRugal:
thank you so much

i updated the twrp with odin 309

deleted sdcard folder

used advanced wipe for those directories you posted

installed 7.1 rom and gapps together in that order

rebooting

SUCCESS

thank you again for the help and development on this still great device
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] giokspy:
Phone idle 12% in 1day is too much. Screen on 4h
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] nate121:
Bug report...

Random reboot, happened twice so far ...and phone does hang up when i power off making me remove the battery
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] peter_58_ha:
Still the SIM card issue... :(

Hello again from Germany!

Today I flashed the latest tOlte version from 07/21/2017, using latest nightly and latest gapps 7.1 (arm/stock)

What I did:

1. flash the new TWRP 3.1.1.0

2. In TWRP -> Advanced -> File Manager. Delete the 'Android' folder from you sdcard.

3. Wipe dalvik/cache/system/data.

4. Install the latest lineage and open gapps (7.1, ARM/Stock) in a row.

5. Don't wipe anything after installs.

6. Reboot.

Flash was fine and gapps are all installed... BUT: still the SIM card error

What to do now?

Best regards

Peter
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] agovinoveritas:
Search the thread, or also check on the RR one too. Your issue is well known, and although no one knows why it happens there are some steps you can do to fix it. Chances are that you are going to have to have to install a Sammy Rom to make the fix. It will take about 30min. to do.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] peter_58_ha:
Link to Sammy Rom

thx for you help!

Pls provide a link to the mentioned "Sammy ROM"

thx and best regards

Peter

uuuupsss.. sorry... Sammy rom = stock rom :)

Going back to stock (4.2.x in my case) was done a couple of weeks before. No success...
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] Option58:
That tutorial is for the apps crashing to stop.

I'm little busy with the real life atm. I'll perhaps take a look at the ril later on.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] kozmo21:
I just posted how to fix the SIM lock only a couple pages back... Stock ROM and 4.1.1 modem.

Using a 4.2 ROM won't do it alone. You didn't read the unlock thread OP very good if that's what you tried. If you can find a 4.1.1 stock ROM, you're golden, and no other flashing required.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] goofwear:
Hello sorry for the late response. I have not been using the phone for service, because I have a new phone. everything else seems to work fine on it.

It is really easy to edit the zip to flash to the I605.

download latest https://download.lineageos.org/t0lte

download and install 7 zip http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

download and install Notepad ++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.4.2.html

Right click the lineage-14.1-20170721-nightly-t0lte-signed.zip and click OPEN with 7zip

navigate to lineage-14.1-20170630-nightly-t0lte-signed.zip\META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script

Drag updater-script to your desktop. open it with notepad ++

Press CTRl +H to do a find and replace find att and replace all with vzw

Then File and save. drag updater-script back into 7zip and click yes to over write. then close 7zip.

go here for the custom recover https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote2verizon.html

twrp-3.0.2-0-t0ltevzw.img or get the odin tar.

STAY AWAY FROM Recover 3.1 or up, Your phone WILL NOT BOOT.

Please see the 2 attached screen shots, they show the steps ho to edit the rom.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] peter_58_ha:
[MENTION=2626876]kozmo21[/MENTION]:

I saw your posting , but I cant find any working download link for 4.1.1

Did you have a 4.1.1 stock rom? If so, pls upload to sendspace.com (or any other filehoster) and provide the link.

Thx and best regards

Peter
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] GeeBeePoker:
You can dowload these rom (had worked for me) : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390288116658474482

Don't know where are you from, it's EU rom.

Have fun with it.
[Galaxy Note II N7105 Android Development] peter_58_ha:
Thx [MENTION=1186193]GeeBeePoker[/MENTION]

I am from Germany, so the EU ROM will do the job ;)

Best regards

Peter