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The title says it all. Nothing good can come of flashing with Odin except returning to stock. Stick with CWM or TWRP flashable zip files. If you disregard this message you will end up with a locked device, or even worse, a hard bricked device. Please use Odin as a factory restore tool only. I'm concerned that after unlock using our methods that people will flash the wrong thing and cause problems in the future.
The unlock method we have provided is not a standard Bootloader Unlock. It is an IROM unlock. This means you can quite literally flash anything to your device without any sort of signature checks. It is important that you stay safe and try to stay away from Odin unless absolutely necessary.
Thanks for all the hard work
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Excellent words of advice from an ERD who KNOWS what's he's talking about... Please take his advice everyone... It will save you A LOT of pain...
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Thanks for your hours of work. People WILL screw this up, unfortunately.
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thejron said:
Thanks for your hours of work. People WILL screw this up, unfortunately.
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Yup! I can already see the threads starting.... It is good to know that we can still use Odin though cause I was under the impression that Odin was a no-go at this point... So flashing the factory image from imnuts would be the best resort to get back to stock if we needed to return a device?
shojus said:
Yup! I can already see the threads starting.... It is good to know that we can still use Odin though cause I was under the impression that Odin was a no-go at this point... So flashing the factory image from imnuts would be the best resort to get back to stock if we needed to return a device?
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yes...check my guide out! I have step by step instructions that clearly state what and what not to do!!
droidstyle said:
yes...check my guide out! I have step by step instructions that clearly state what and what not to do!!
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Thanks buddy! I just checked it out and I am very thankful for your guides as it has helped me and MANY others! I have thanked so many people that my limit is up (for the day) but I appreciate your time that you have put forth to helping people! :good:
I know I'm off topic. I'm not an owner of the note 2 but wanted to say awesome signature to the OP. From one vet to another thank you
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yes...check my guide out! I have step by step instructions that clearly state what and what not to do!!
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I still have plenty of "Thanks" so Thanks, and I am gonna study this weekend, hopefully by then the other issues folks have been having will at least be identified if not corrected.. then it's freedom for me!!
AdamOutler said:
The title says it all. Nothing good can come of flashing with Odin except returning to stock. Stick with CWM or TWRP flashable zip files. If you disregard this message you will end up with a locked device, or even worse, a hard bricked device. Please use Odin as a factory restore tool only. I'm concerned that after unlock using our methods that people will flash the wrong thing and cause problems in the future.
The unlock method we have provided is not a standard Bootloader Unlock. It is an IROM unlock. This means you can quite literally flash anything to your device without any sort of signature checks. It is important that you stay safe and try to stay away from Odin unless absolutely necessary.
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Adam- but we ARE ok flashing with Odin so we can retrun to complete stock correct? your not saying that doing that may completely brick are phones are you? just want to be clear. i only use ODIN to go complete stock..
thank you for your work
dvigue said:
Adam- but we ARE ok flashing with Odin so we can retrun to complete stock correct? your not saying that doing that may completely brick are phones are you? just want to be clear. i only use ODIN to go complete stock..
thank you for your work
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"Please use Odin as a factory restore tool only"
In Androidstyle's guide thread, Adam asked him to point the unlock guide to his unlock thread, but I don't see an unlock thread from Adam, only the Revision3 thread which has no steps to unlock. I see the video Adam made, but my understanding is that the process has changed and the links to download Adam's ROM are dead on the Youtube page. Anyone have the link to Adam's unlock step by step guide?
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In Androidstyle's guide thread, Adam asked him to point the unlock guide to his unlock thread, but I don't see an unlock thread from Adam, only the Revision3 thread which has no steps to unlock. I see the video Adam made, but my understanding is that the process has changed and the links to download Adam's ROM are dead on the Youtube page. Anyone have the link to Adam's unlock step by step guide?
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It's in "Verizon Galaxy Note II Android Original Development". Go up one level and you'll see it. There are only two threads there so it shouldn't be too hard to find.
I don't mean to sound mean but if you really can't figure out how to get to his unlock thread do you really think it's a good idea to be unlocking your bootloader? Maybe you should just stick to a rooted image and read up and learn for awhile before jumping in over your head
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I don't mean to sound mean but if you really can't figure out how to get to his unlock thread do you really think it's a good idea to be unlocking your bootloader? Maybe you should just stick to a rooted image and read up and learn for awhile before jumping in over your head
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To be fair, the distinction between "Android development" and "Original Android development" is new for many of us. I, too, was wondering how to get back to this thread since I tend to browse XDA through bookmarks instead of the site hierarchies. I didn't realize there was an "original Android development" section until after I double checked the name on the thread jumper. It's not that one is technologically illiterate (I got through all this in one fell swoop with no issues and have rooted and unlocked every phone I've owned since the G1), it's just that it's different. Last device I had didn't have a section for original development, so it wasn't immediately obvious to me (though I quickly understood what it was for). so cut him some slack and just kindly point him to the right direction. I know you said you weren't trying to sound mean, but if you really weren't trying to sound mean you could have just helped him out without all of the extra, unnecessary commentary. You know what they say about assumptions, after all.
Just got the Note 2 on verizon and loving it so much I'm going to hold off for a bit before unlocking & rooting. Normally on all my android phones that is done day 1... but this time w/ the dev community just now unlocking it, I think I'm going to wait a few weeks.
In context, imnuts has put out a Recovery flash-able version of CWM. If one tries his CWM but wants to go back to TWRP then currently it seems that one need to ODIN it. To Adam Outler's point it would be safer to have a Recovery flash-able version of TWRP. [?]
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The title says it all. Nothing good can come of flashing with Odin except returning to stock. Stick with CWM or TWRP flashable zip files. If you disregard this message you will end up with a locked device, or even worse, a hard bricked device. Please use Odin as a factory restore tool only. I'm concerned that after unlock using our methods that people will flash the wrong thing and cause problems in the future.
The unlock method we have provided is not a standard Bootloader Unlock. It is an IROM unlock. This means you can quite literally flash anything to your device without any sort of signature checks. It is important that you stay safe and try to stay away from Odin unless absolutely necessary.
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Does the same go for Heimdall aswell then?
trevd said:
Does the same go for Heimdall aswell then?
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Yes because it does the same job as ODIN but on a different operating system.
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Yes because it does the same job as ODIN but on a different operating system.
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That's what I figured , I thought I'd ask the dumb question to explicitly clarify it.
I was wondering if there has been a way for the Verizon Note 2 users to replace their custom recovery with the Android Stock Recovery to receive OTA's? Similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVyQRdsnaA
Thanks
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I was wondering if there has been a way for the Verizon Note 2 users to replace their custom recovery with the Android Stock Recovery to receive OTA's? Similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVyQRdsnaA
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Visit this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107738. Under the section boldly labeled Here's the bottom line up-front.....flash the stock pit file and the updated bootloader baseline file. Place the pit file in the PIT section of ODIN and the bootloader baseline file in the PDA section and flash them at the same time. This should restore the stock recovery.
Thanks. I'll give it a shot when I need it again. I ended up just restoring the phone entirely.
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Thanks. I'll give it a shot when I need it again. I ended up just restoring the phone entirely.
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How did you do the restore? Thanks.
universexda said:
How did you do the restore? Thanks.
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It's simple. check out the guide by imnuts here
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/topic/37372-[ODIN][VRALJB]-Restore-to-Stock
[ODIN][VRALJB] Restore to Stock
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universexda said:
How did you do the restore? Thanks.
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i told you how to do the restore...damn i swear some folks around here are hard headed.
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i told you how to do the restore...damn i swear some folks around here are hard headed.
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If you think I'm not going to seek out other people's experience and rely only on your word or your guide as gospel you don't what real computer/phone engineering is about and you don't know me.
Elsewhere I asked you if you have an unlocked bootloader and you flashed the alternate restore file which leaves you bootloader unlocked if running the VRALL4 OTA would successfully relock the bootloader or cause a problem. Would you answer that question, give it your best shot, or simply say you don't know, which are all part of a scientific process.
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If you think I'm not going to seek out other people's experience and rely only on your word or your guide as gospel you don't what real computer/phone engineering is about and you don't know me.
Elsewhere I asked you a pertinent question that is not covered in your guide. If you're really about understanding and spreading the knowledge and not simply trying to avoid the question and make people think you know it all, then you'll answer the question, give it the best shot you can, or simply say you don't know, which are all part a scientific process.
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Let me help you out. You can keep asking and you're going to get the same answer or you're gonna get the wrong answer. His guide is not gospel as you put it, but it is the best, most accurate and easiest guide (that's why the mods decided to stickie it).
Also, I've directed countless people to his guide here and the s3 section to unbrick their phones and guess what it works every time. So you can keep your phone in the state it is and keep flooding the forum with the same question and get the answers I mentioned earlier.
Finally what is part of the scientific process? And what's this question you asked? I just read through your posts and I see questions that were answered in his guide which he then answered again for you. By the way you do realize his work is a guide to help new people with their phone. Not a comprehensive faqs thread.
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I edited my response to him and laid out a detailed question I have based upon reading his guide, and many posts here. It pertains to relocking the bootloader. If you, he or someone else can answer it I'd appreciate it.
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I edited my response to him and laid out a detailed question I have based upon reading his guide, and many posts here. It pertains to relocking the bootloader. If you, he or someone else can answer it I'd appreciate it.
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He answered that for you already, but I'll go into more details. The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA. The OTA contains a boot loader theat overwrites your unlocked boot loader without a problem. It does not have a recovery so you keep your custom recovery and get a locked boot loader which equals unauthorized message.
The alternate restore gives you a stock recovery back. The only thing it doesn't restore to stock is the boot loader. So restore+OTA=full locked stock
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He answered that for you already, but I'll go into more details. The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA. The OTA contains a boot loader theat overwrites your unlocked boot loader without a problem. It does not have a recovery so you keep your custom recovery and get a locked boot loader which equals unauthorized message.
The alternate restore gives you a stock recovery back. The only thing it doesn't restore to stock is the boot loader. So restore+OTA=full locked stock
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Thanks for the answer.
kintwofan said:
He answered that for you already, but I'll go into more details. The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA. The OTA contains a boot loader theat overwrites your unlocked boot loader without a problem. It does not have a recovery so you keep your custom recovery and get a locked boot loader which equals unauthorized message.
The alternate restore gives you a stock recovery back. The only thing it doesn't restore to stock is the boot loader. So restore+OTA=full locked stock
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THIS!!!!!!!
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If you think I'm not going to seek out other people's experience and rely only on your word or your guide as gospel you don't what real computer/phone engineering is about and you don't know me.
Elsewhere I asked you if you have an unlocked bootloader and you flashed the alternate restore file which leaves you bootloader unlocked if running the VRALL4 OTA would successfully relock the bootloader or cause a problem. If you're really about understanding and spreading the knowledge and not simply trying to avoid the question and make people think you know it all, then you'll answer the question, give it your best shot, or simply say you don't know, which are all part a scientific process. But avoiding a response and crude blustering are bs.
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i didnt avoid any question...i answered it plain and simple. yea i dont know anything, boy you got me there lmfao.
on a side note i didnt provide a full detailed explanation because kwintofan and myself have answered that question countless times. a bit of resesrch on your end should of easily answered your question. dont get butt hurt its just the internet
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THIS!!!!!!!
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i didnt avoid any question...i answered it plain and simple. yea i dont know anything, boy you got me there lmfao.
on a side note i didnt provide a full detailed explanation because kwintofan and myself have answered that question countless times. a bit of resesrch on your end should of easily answered your question. dont get butt hurt its just the internet
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It's silly to get wound up because people don't just accept your guide and advice right off the bat. If you were really about knowledge and not your ego you wouldn't have a problem with people attempting to verify what you have to say.
Notably, your response to me in your guide thread that "no people had problems with ota when using a custom recovery" conflicts with kintwofan's response that "The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA." But above you just endorsed what kintwofan had to say. So despite your vein popping crudeness my question remains unresolved between what the 2 of you say.
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Don't get your panties in a bunch because people don't accept your guide and advice at face value. If you were really about knowledge and not your ego you wouldn't have a problem with people attempting to verify what you have to say.
Notably, your response to me in your guide thread that "no people had problems with ota when using a custom recovery" conflicts with kintwofan's response that "The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA." But above you just endorsed what kintwofan had to say. So despite your vein popping crudeness my question remains unresolved between what the 2 of you say.
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Our answers are the same. He said no to having a problem taking the ota and being unlocked then continued to say the problem was a custom recovery. I guess he just forgot the period in there.
And this is getting old. If you were really all about knowledge you would take his answer and research why instead of wanting to be soon fed the information. You would have also just searched for the multiple people that have went to his guides and fixed their phone to verify if they were legit.
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Our answers are the same. He said no to having a problem taking the ota and being unlocked then continued to say the problem was a custom recovery. I guess he just forgot the period in there.
And this is getting old. If you were really all about knowledge you would take his answer and research why instead of wanting to be soon fed the information. You would have also just searched for the multiple people that have went to his guides and fixed their phone to verify if they were legit.
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I don't see where droidstyle says it's recovery that would cause a problem with the OTA and not the bootloader.
Verifying with others is precisely what I've been doing. The thing is that droidstyle has jumped in peevishly to assert that I should just accept what his guide says and not ask anyone else about it at all. Problem is that his guide doesn't explicitly address my question. And secondly it makes sense to verify procedures with others before relying on what could be a hundreds of dollars mistake.
Appreciate both you and him when you address the issue. It's not old to me when there are discrepancies in what's being said. I've researched the issue by reading all relevant threads here since the vrall4 jailbreak and still my question has not been consistently answered. I advise you both to ignore my questions/research on this matter in the future as it appears you've already contributed what you can.
no. People had problems with ota when using a custom recovery.
There I'll add the punctuation from his quote now you can see that we agree. My point was not to keep asking, but to actually research. You know look at what's in the ota and what causes the unauthorized message. Then take that info and formulate a hypothesis and test it. You know the scientific method you like.
Also don't worry I won't answer you're further questions.
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I don't see where droidstyle says it's recovery that would cause a problem with the OTA and not the bootloader.
Verifying with others is precisely what I've been doing. The thing is that droidstyle has jumped in peevishly to assert that I should just accept what his guide says and not ask anyone else about it at all. Problem is that his guide doesn't explicitly address my question. And secondly it makes sense to verify procedures with others before relying on what could be a hundreds of dollars mistake.
Appreciate both you and him when you address the issue. It's not old to me when there are discrepancies in what's being said. I've researched the issue by reading all relevant threads here since the vrall4 jailbreak and still my question has not been consistently answered. I advise you both to ignore my questions/research on this matter in the future as it appears you've already contributed what you can.
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i did say it was a recovery issue in my thread wher u initially asked...go back and read. then u might want to go back and read thru the guide again and you will see where i answered that question more than once. my guide is stickied for a reason...if you want other opinions thats fine, i could care less. i provided you with all the info necessary, your not going to get some magical answer....ill say it again.
odin stock vraljb(no bootloader version / alternate restore method). this will give you stock recovery back which will allow you to take the L4 OTA. then you will be on stock, locked, and bloated L4.... the bootlader being locked or unlocked will not effect anything OTA related. Having a custom recovery will cause the OTA to fail.
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It's silly to get wound up because people don't just accept your guide and advice right off the bat. If you were really about knowledge and not your ego you wouldn't have a problem with people attempting to verify what you have to say.
Notably, your response to me in your guide thread that "no people had problems with ota when using a custom recovery" conflicts with kintwofan's response that "The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA." But above you just endorsed what kintwofan had to say. So despite your vein popping crudeness my question remains unresolved between what the 2 of you say.
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you obviously have a problem with comprehension...my panties are not in a bunch or wound up. i could give 2 ****s REALLY! you came into my thread asking my advice, then ignored me. then you proceed to take advice from new users that were not sure themselves. wow your scientific method is really panning out now.
note 2 bootloop
Ok next...i bought a note 2 verizon off someone and i know it was on 4.3.1 nd7 thats all i can remember i rooted kingroot then supersu me ok everything fine until i downloaded twrp app from playstore flashed twrp and what ever i did i went to boot into recovery thats it done deal no stock recovery only have download mode.Keeps saying firmare disrupted and verizon firmware wrong go to store and fix. Ive flashed some stock roms and tried flashing twrp through odin..whenever i do it does pass the flash and reboots right back to original stuck screen its says note 2 real fast then pops up to the bootloop screen any advice would be appretiated..lets help another android user out i need my phone back
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Ok next...i bought a note 2 verizon off someone and i know it was on 4.3.1 nd7 thats all i can remember i rooted kingroot then supersu me ok everything fine until i downloaded twrp app from playstore flashed twrp and what ever i did i went to boot into recovery thats it done deal no stock recovery only have download mode.Keeps saying firmare disrupted and verizon firmware wrong go to store and fix. Ive flashed some stock roms and tried flashing twrp through odin..whenever i do it does pass the flash and reboots right back to original stuck screen its says note 2 real fast then pops up to the bootloop screen any advice would be appretiated..lets help another android user out i need my phone back
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I did the same thing on my Note 2. I currently use the Note 4, but wanted to do some updates to my Note 2 and give it to my son. I just forgot about the locked bootloader, and I downloaded the TWRP app from the Play Store and flashed the 3.0 TWRP. Next boot gave me the "Unauthorized software" message. I've tried flashing stock firmware, and it succeeds, but since the bootloader is locked, I still get the "Unauthorized" message. I would also appreciate any help that can be offered to get the bootloader back to stock. I knew better, it had been a couple years since I messed with my Note 2. Thanks for any help.
Did you all try flashing the 4.4 stock firmware? Should work if you can find the file. I just can't seem to find it
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I need help with rooting my phone. I have gone to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2043636
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1884#tutorial
I first started out with Samsung Galaxy Note II Kit. But, the update said I needed to do something about unlocking my boot loader, so I went to the Adam Outtler page. But, he says in the first post that this won't work If you do it with an OTA update after January 18, 2012. Well, I didn't notice that first anyways and tried Odin, and all it would do mainly was fail, or setup connection would take forever, and even Casual says:
/system/bin/sh: su: not found
noroot
DEVICE IS NOT ROOTED! ROOT YOUR DEVICE! Install any VRALJB ROM --Adam Outler
What I think I need to do is uninstall the OTA update, but most people I have seen do it through a rooted phone, but I don't have one yet. I have no idea what to do, and I am really confused and don't want to hard brick or screw up my phone. Could anyone help me with this? I am sorry if I am being stupid about this, but the only thing I ever rooted was a NOOK tablet which was simple.
P.S. I am sorry but if anyone respond between the times of 10am-12pm today, and 4pm-12am today, I will not be able to respond due to work arrangements I have for today.
First confirm the baseband: System Settings > About Phone > Baseband. If it shows VRALL4, you have the update and need to use the updated root and unlock method here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
Just go slowly and follow the directions (measure twice and cut once), its pretty easy. Good luck.
start at section 1 of my guide...then if youwant to unlock follow adams thread. make sure to use his latest "jailbreak" method(the one linked in my guide).
If you on the latest software from Verizon, just use Adams guide. That's all I did. Need any help let me know!
Or just follow this dude here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAnj9DgMKo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If you on the latest software from Verizon, just use Adams guide. That's all I did. Need any help let me know!
Or just follow this dude here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAnj9DgMKo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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the last thing i would recomend is using anything other than adams or my thread. also the op may just want root, which he can simply place root66 in odin and be done. the latest software adds no benifit other than if you like to internet bench race.
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First confirm the baseband: System Settings > About Phone > Baseband. If it shows VRALL4, you have the update and need to use the updated root and unlock method here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
Just go slowly and follow the directions (measure twice and cut once), its pretty easy. Good luck.
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Okay I'll try this. Thanks guys, I'll tell you all if I have anymore problems.
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the last thing i would recomend is using anything other than adams or my thread. also the op may just want root, which he can simply place root66 in odin and be done. the latest software adds no benifit other than if you like to internet bench race.
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Well this is what I used on my Note 2, and had no issues. But, the OP can use whatever he wants. I was just suggesting what's the easiest method to me. Thanks for pointing it out
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Ok, well I got everything together, I got TWRP and thus it is rooted. But, now I'm trying to install Cyanogen mod 10, using this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0_j-L2iaP4
But, not using those files because those are for Sprint and I am instead using the files here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2047734
But, once I try to put the roms up, it says I failed in TWRP, I have no idea why to.
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Ok, well I got everything together, I got TWRP and thus it is rooted. But, now I'm trying to install Cyanogen mod 10, using this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0_j-L2iaP4
But, not using those files because those are for Sprint and I am instead using the files here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2047734
But, once I try to put the roms up, it says I failed in TWRP, I have no idea why to.
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Maybe u got a bad download... Try downloading the rom again.. Make sure u back everything up..and make sure u got the latest recovery from goo manager... Good luck Homie...
!GaNgStA Gn2!!!
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Ok, well I got everything together, I got TWRP and thus it is rooted. But, now I'm trying to install Cyanogen mod 10, using this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0_j-L2iaP4
But, not using those files because those are for Sprint and I am instead using the files here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2047734
But, once I try to put the roms up, it says I failed in TWRP, I have no idea why to.
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Use goo manager and update your twrp
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I felt the need to create a thread explaining things a bit better. Lets get started shall we!!
1) As most folks know the I605 Galaxy Note 2 shipped with a locked bootloader. This means you Can Not flash any custom roms/kernels/ or recoveries until you unlock the bootloader!! Failure to comply will result in a yellow triangle stating "unsupported software detected"!
2) If you flashed custom software on your device without unlocking, please refer to Section 1B of my GUIDE in development section. This will bring your device back up and running in stock condition!!
3) Now you can proceed to Adams latest "Jailbreak" thread for for rooting/unlocking/flashing a custom recovery. Make sure to only use the method that applies to the firmware/bootloader version that was previously on your device.
VRAMC3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
VRALL4 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
VRALJB- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2043636 (Unless you purchased this device within the first month of release, and never accepted a OTA, Do Not use this link).
4) And last of all, folks never accept any OTA's!! There is no reason to!! Now that your device has been rooted, unlocked, and running twrp recovery, you can now download any latest update.zip from the dev section and flash in recovery. The Devs here are always fast at packaging up the OTA into a zip format so we can update via cwm or twrp recovery. There are a couple reasons why I prefer this method,
1. Future OTA updates may relock the device permanently! There is no gurantee a unlock method will be achieved for the next OTA.
2. .Zip roms are normally smaller, so they take less time to download and imo are easier to install.
3. OTA's can sometimes fail and soft brick the device.
So please read through this thread thoroughly and remember research twice, flash once! Hopefully this helps...:good:
**Also Note the VRUEMJ9 4.3 OTA update locked the bootloader and there is no current unlock method**
This was way overdue good work droidstyle
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kintwofan said:
This was way overdue good work droidstyle
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now if we can just get it stickied!!
Nicely done. Maybe it will help
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bond32 said:
Nicely done. Maybe it will help
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Thx...yea hope so! figured it couldnt hurt anyway.
droidstyle said:
now if we can just get it stickied!!
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I see no reason why it can't be.
Good job, just be sure to keep up to date with it. :good::highfive:
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I see no reason why it can't be.
Good job, just be sure to keep up to date with it. :good::highfive:
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will do :good:
Nice! Now let's hope people read it.
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Error while using Casual R311b
Noob here. Just got my Note II, on VRALL4
I am trying to unlock using the Adam's instructions to the letter (and viewing the instructional video), but I keep getting
ERROR: Protocol initialisation failed!Your device should be rebooting into Android now.
The phone stays in download mode and never reboots back into Android. I've tried different USB ports, installed the drivers from Samsung Kies (I uninstalled the Kies software after getting the drivers). Tried searching through the instructional thread, but couldn't find any concrete answers. Not sure what to try next.
yeyah said:
Noob here. Just got my Note II, on VRALL4
I am trying to unlock using the Adam's instructions to the letter (and viewing the instructional video), but I keep getting
ERROR: Protocol initialisation failed!Your device should be rebooting into Android now.
The phone stays in download mode and never reboots back into Android. I've tried different USB ports, installed the drivers from Samsung Kies (I uninstalled the Kies software after getting the drivers). Tried searching through the instructional thread, but couldn't find any concrete answers. Not sure what to try next.
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I haven't followed the new instructions yet, but have you tried manually turning your phone back on to see if it will just pick back up in the process?
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kintwofan said:
I haven't followed the new instructions yet, but have you tried manually turning your phone back on to see if it will just pick back up in the process?
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The only way to get my phone to boot back into Android is to disconnect the USB cable, pull the battery, and boot it. After removing the USB cable, Casual still shows "DEVICE CONNECTED".
yeyah said:
The only way to get my phone to boot back into Android is to disconnect the USB cable, pull the battery, and boot it. After removing the USB cable, Casual still shows "DEVICE CONNECTED".
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Thought it might. Did it do Odin for you if not make sure auto reboot is checked before starting.
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kintwofan said:
Thought it might. Did it do Odin for you if not make sure auto reboot is checked before starting.
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No, I don't believe this newest Casual uses Odin. It's just a(n almost) one-click solution. No checkboxes (see initial post in this thread for a link to the thread containing the new Casual).
Is there another way to root/unlock VRALL4? I'd be happy to try out more complex methods, as this doesn't seem to be working.
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No, I don't believe this newest Casual uses Odin. It's just a(n almost) one-click solution. No checkboxes (see initial post in this thread for a link to the thread containing the new Casual).
Is there another way to root/unlock VRALL4? I'd be happy to try out more complex methods, as this doesn't seem to be working.
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I know where the post is but haven't used it yet. No this is the only way, except maybe an older version of casual. Maybe someone who's used it will be by soon to help.
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yea the one click method seems to be having issues for some...maybe adam can put the other method back up until the kinks are worked out. sorry wish i could be of more help.
stuck on yellow triangle stating firmware problems
Hi all..i recently tried to unlock the bootloader however did not know the file i used was not compatible with the latest OTA. When using ODin the phone fails at the sboot.bin...now i can still get into the ODin menu but thats it. Ive been reading several threads and the only solution Ive seen was that the device would get its data wiped. However I have many sentimental things on the device, would there be a way for me to recover all that data. I thought I had backed all files onto my sd card but not all the files got transferred. Any help or tips would be appreciated thank you
try using root66 from section 1a of my guide it does not wipe data.
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try using root66 from section 1a of my guide it does not wipe data.
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Thanks!:good: Will try this method and will post the results....I downloaded the root66 file but ODin is not recognizing the file so I'm not able to load it...
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RoNStiZz said:
Thanks!:good: Will try this method and will post the results....I downloaded the root66 file but ODin is not recognizing the file so I'm not able to load it...
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Alright so I realized i needed to extract the file, I did so followed directions and YES my phone is working again. Now I just need to run a recovery and hopefully everything will go back to how it was before i soft bricked my phone
RoNStiZz said:
Alright so I realized i needed to extract the file, I did so followed directions and YES my phone is working again. Now I just need to run a recovery and hopefully everything will go back to how it was before i soft bricked my phone
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Make sure you unlock first
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So I have a Samsung Note 2 on Verizon Wireless. I tried using Adam's one click root, and it froze my phone up. During the install it came up with errors relating to His (I believe sorry just got off a 12 hour shift). Now the only thing I could do is pull the battery out of my phone. Now when I try to power up my phone it flashes the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen. That is all it does. I need my phone for work, I work in EMS.
Can someone please help me? I am sorry if this is posted wrong, but right now I am in a major panic.
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So I have a Samsung Note 2 on Verizon Wireless. I tried using Adam's one click root, and it froze my phone up. During the install it came up with errors relating to His (I believe sorry just got off a 12 hour shift). Now the only thing I could do is pull the battery out of my phone. Now when I try to power up my phone it flashes the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen. That is all it does. I need my phone for work, I work in EMS.
Can someone please help me? I am sorry if this is posted wrong, but right now I am in a major panic.
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It sounds like you need to use Odin to return to stock. Go to this thread and use the Return to stock instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
After you get your phone back booring correctly and you have time you should try unlocking the bootloader again. The worst thing you can do is panic, when you panic after something goes wrong you get ancy and try to fix it without reading thoroughly and run the risk of messing things uo worse. Just keep the thread I posted bookmarked so if you have issues you can read the thread and fix what is wrong.
I dont know for sure but it sounds like you either didnt use the correct CASUAL tool for which software uodate you are on or you have thr newest update. I don't know if the newest update has been unlocked yet or not, you need to look through the Development threads for the bootloader unlock tool and find out what the latest software version is that has been unlocked and then find out what version you are on, then follow the instructions on how to unlock the bootloader using CASUAL for that software version.
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