Before I try rooting my phone, wanted to double check couple of information.
I have a verizon galaxy note 2.
I updated the patch that came out in May when it asked me to update OTA.
I have been reading up on this site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066.
Am I ok running VZW-Gnote2-CASUAL-NoYouVerizon-CASUAL-R638b-Nightly.jar? I know there are different versions, but do not know if it will work with the latest update from Verizon that I have.
Thank you~
tigersfa8 said:
Before I try rooting my phone, wanted to double check couple of information.
I have a verizon galaxy note 2.
I updated the patch that came out in May when it asked me to update OTA.
I have been reading up on this site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066.
Am I ok running VZW-Gnote2-CASUAL-NoYouVerizon-CASUAL-R638b-Nightly.jar? I know there are different versions, but do not know if it will work with the latest update from Verizon that I have.
Thank you~
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As long as you are on the VRAMC3 update it should work.
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Yea, the bulid number is at vramc3.
Which casual should I use? the latest one or...? On Adamoutler page, there are a whole list of them...
Thanks~
tigersfa8 said:
Yea, the bulid number is at vramc3.
Which casual should I use? the latest one or...? On Adamoutler page, there are a whole list of them...
Thanks~
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Yes, the "no you, Verizon" exploit is the latest and will work on all stock builds.
I'm on the team win recovery project. What do I do next?
Is there a guide to optimize my phone?
tigersfa8 said:
I'm on the team win recovery project. What do I do next?
Is there a guide to optimize my phone?
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Well at least now you have root so you can enable neat features in some apps. Of course you can flash roms. See the developer sections and read up on which you may want to flash.
Ridin' a Note 2 blast
So rooting is basically just getting to that team win recovery project screen to do other things? Do I run Cause each time I want to install new roms?
Flash ROM zips from Recovery....
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I'm sorry, I'm still learning, what do you mean by recovery? I don't know to run Casual again? How do I flash rom zips now... Or post a link to where I should read up on this.. Thanks~
TWRP....is recovery.
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tigersfa8 said:
I'm sorry, I'm still learning, what do you mean by recovery? I don't know to run Casual again? How do I flash rom zips now... Or post a link to where I should read up on this.. Thanks~
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To get into recovery, shut down, then press your power/home/volume up buttons all at the same time, then wait, it should boot into team win recovery. Then you can install goodies on your phone.
I have successfully rooted my device and installed a rom. For some reason, when I press the down volume, home button, and the power button, it goes into odin mode, downloading do not turn off target, and stays on that screen for a while. (This has occurred about 4 times even after pulling battery out and doing it again.)
How long do you stay on that screen for usually?
tigersfa8 said:
I have successfully rooted my device and installed a rom. For some reason, when I press the down volume, home button, and the power button, it goes into odin mode, downloading do not turn off target, and stays on that screen for a while. (This has occurred about 4 times even after pulling battery out and doing it again.)
How long do you stay on that screen for usually?
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To boot into recovery it is Vol Up, Home, and Power from a powered off phone. Vol down, Home, and Power will put you into Odin.
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from odin, what do i do now to flash different roms?
thanks~
tigersfa8 said:
from odin, what do i do now to flash different roms?
thanks~
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You don't flash roms from odin. You flash roms from TWRP (team win recovery).
tigersfa8 said:
from odin, what do i do now to flash different roms?
thanks~
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Honestly if you don't know you don't flash ANYTHING in Odin unless you have to restore to stock then you need to go to the Development section and read droidstyles sticky before you soft brick your phone. You need to have a better understanding of the process before you jump in the deep end.
If you still don't understand how to flash Roms after reading droidstyles guide then watch some YouTube videos on how to flash Roms, DO NOT download any of the Roms those people in the videos are flashing unless they are made for the Verizon Note 2. Never ever flash something for another phone unless you want a potential brick, the only other phones Roms we can flash are the N7105 (LTE version of the international Note 2), the AT&T Note 2, and the T-Mobile Note 2 and even then you can only flash their Touchwiz Roms with a conversion mod. It will be best if the only Roms you flash, until you understand everything, are ones you get from the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development sections on XDA.
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tigersfa8 said:
I'm sorry, I'm still learning, what do you mean by recovery? I don't know to run Casual again? How do I flash rom zips now... Or post a link to where I should read up on this.. Thanks~
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No you don't have to run Casual again. That's done and won once you see TWRP. You flash (install) roms from TWRP ("recovery"). I recommend that you search "how to flash a rom using TWRP" on You Tube. Then I would read the TWRP thread in one of the xda dev sections and or do google/bing search on TWRP. And starting out at first I would only flash roms from the xda Verizon GN2 dev section. I would forget about roms you hear about elsewhere until you are comfortable with TWRP and the xda dev section roms after 2-3 months. The point being to avoid soft or even hard bricking your wonderful device. Take your time, let the knowledge soak in because the rom world will still be there when you're ready. Good luck.
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Can I use ROM Mod Manager to install this ROM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752232
Don't ever use ROM manager. Ever.
Read the stuff linked in the sticky at the top of this forum. And I mean read *all links*. They'll show you how to mod your phone safely and teach you the ins and outs of modding an SGH-I777, and keep you from bricking your device. Once you've read everything (and please read carefully! reading more than once may help), if you don't fully understand anything after that feel free to ask questions.
Stop making so many threads and read around
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Sky` said:
Can I use ROM Mod Manager to install this ROM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752232
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Never use from Manager only cwm
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I know it's not always the fastest option, but searching for an answer that you're not sure of really is the best way to learn. The more familiar you become with the search tool and which terms you need to find your answers, the easier it'll be for you here. Not trying to be a **** at all, just letting you know. Rom Manager had been known for a long while now as being buggy and unstable for our device. Not saying it doesn't work for other devices extremely well, but our kernels come packaged with CWM, which is different from most phones, as you can normal flash a recovery separately from the kernel.
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I made the ROM Manager mistake
I didn't see the warnings about using ROM Manager until it was too late.
Now here's the weird thing that happens (big problem!). As soon as I read the warning, I uninstalled ROM Manager and flashed a new kernel and did a factory reset. This should have wiped ROM Manager from my SG2, but it didn't. When I go into CWM Recovery mode, the ROM Manager icon (the circular arrow with the hat) appears at the center of the screen. When I try to execute a command in CWM, whether Wipe data or Install from SDcard, the screen goes black except for that icon. Nothing happens. The only way to reboot is to pop the battery. The phone works fine with Gingerbread and the phone is rooted, but I want to be able to flash an ICS ROM from xda.
Somehow, some aspects of ROM Manager remain on my phone.
Any ideas on how to get rid of it?
Thanks in advance.
drjim said:
I didn't see the warnings about using ROM Manager until it was too late.
Now here's the weird thing that happens (big problem!). As soon as I read the warning, I uninstalled ROM Manager and flashed a new kernel and did a factory reset. This should have wiped ROM Manager from my SG2, but it didn't. When I go into CWM Recovery mode, the ROM Manager icon (the circular arrow with the hat) appears at the center of the screen. When I try to execute a command in CWM, whether Wipe data or Install from SDcard, the screen goes black except for that icon. Nothing happens. The only way to reboot is to pop the battery. The phone works fine with Gingerbread and the phone is rooted, but I want to be able to flash an ICS ROM from xda.
Somehow, some aspects of ROM Manager remain on my phone.
Any ideas on how to get rid of it?
Thanks in advance.
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LOL
you loaded a version of a CWM kernel that requires you to use the home button to select.....
THAT is not ROM manager...that is CWM
Pirateghost said:
LOL
you loaded a version of a CWM kernel that requires you to use the home button to select.....
THAT is not ROM manager...that is CWM
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Is it only Tuesday?
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Pirateghost said:
LOL
you loaded a version of a CWM kernel that requires you to use the home button to select.....
THAT is not ROM manager...that is CWM
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I'm glad I've provided you with some entertainment. :->
I used this version of CWM: SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3
So, instead of using the Power button, I use Home? That simple?
What's up with the ROM Manager icon though?
Yes, it is only Tuesday...
I appreciate the help!
drjim said:
I'm glad I've provided you with some entertainment. :->
I used this version of CWM: SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3
So, instead of using the Power button, I use Home? That simple?
What's up with the ROM Manager icon though?
Yes, it is only Tuesday...
I appreciate the help!
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hmmm...from info i gathered reading the stickies and various info around here....
YES USE THE HOME BUTTON ON THAT VERSION
and
The rom manager icon? DUDE, where do you think CWM originated from??
Pirateghost said:
hmmm...from info i gathered reading the stickies and various info around here....
YES USE THE HOME BUTTON ON THAT VERSION
and
The rom manager icon? DUDE, where do you think CWM originated from??
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Let me spoonfeed him the info for one time only.
The dev who made rom manager developed cwm
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Nick281051 said:
Let me spoonfeed him the info for one time only.
The dev who made rom manager developed cwm
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Spoon feeding now finished
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I'm hungry.
Clay
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You've had your fun...
and you've been very helpful. But here's a question for you: How is someone supposed to know that this version of CWM requires Home for Enter instead of Power. Believe it or not, I've flashed a number of ROM before and it was always Power.
In any event, I am back on the road to flashing a new ICS and I thank you for it.
I love XDA...even with the occasional good-natured abuse!!
Many thanks...
drjim said:
and you've been very helpful. But here's a question for you: How is someone supposed to know that this version of CWM requires Home for Enter instead of Power. Believe it or not, I've flashed a number of ROM before and it was always Power.
In any event, I am back on the road to flashing a new ICS and I thank you for it.
I love XDA...even with the occasional good-natured abuse!!
Many thanks...
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Spending time playing with it, get along with it and gain experience, brother.
I believe everyone was once hiccup, learn from it then.
I was pulling my hair, scratching my head just to figure that out too.
Also, spend more time reading, I'm sure you will pick up some very valuable info down the road.
drjim said:
and you've been very helpful. But here's a question for you: How is someone supposed to know that this version of CWM requires Home for Enter instead of Power. Believe it or not, I've flashed a number of ROM before and it was always Power.
In any event, I am back on the road to flashing a new ICS and I thank you for it.
I love XDA...even with the occasional good-natured abuse!!
Many thanks...
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It's in the stickies and strewn throughout the forums. Searching would have probably led you to the answer
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Flashing ICS!
Pirateghost said:
It's in the stickies and strewn throughout the forums. Searching would have probably led you to the answer
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votinh said:
Spending time playing with it, get along with it and gain experience, brother.
I believe everyone was once hiccup, learn from it then.
I was pulling my hair, scratching my head just to figure that out too.
Also, spend more time reading, I'm sure you will pick up some very valuable info down the road.
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Thanks for the support. Yes, it is a learning process that requires patience and some diligence.
I just flashed Serendipity ICS, so I'm a happy guy!
I rooted my phone a couple days back and tried to install a custom rom today. That was my first time rooting and today was my first time trying to install a custom rom. I just want to get it back to stock at this point. When i turn the phone on it sticks at the samsung galaxy note II logo. I can boot into odin mode but i cannot boot into recovery mode or the os. Ive tried flashing just the bootloader... ive tried just flashing the pda... ive tried flashing the pit, bootloader and pdaat the same time and Ive tried flashing just the bootloader and just the pda... im stuck any help would be much appreciatied. Its a verizon note 2 i used the toolkit method to root. If this has happend and been solved a point to the right thread would be great..... Ive seen people say to flash then wipe it and what not, really need a tutorial that abc's it since its my first time. I thought i had it when i used the toolkit to do the odin download + bootrecovery option but it says my phone is not in usb debugging mode and i cant boot into the os to turn it on.... Help please. Its a galaxy note 2 on verizon network the sch-1605 version.
You're just trying to return to stock, correct?
Read How to return to stock 4.1.1 Jelly Bean coming from any rom with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lA4qx2TAw
(make sure to add the Pit file in Odin along with the stock image)
Hopefully this should help you out. Feel free to ask questions if you need more info.
Thank you
roy5000x2 said:
You're just trying to return to stock, correct?
Read How to return to stock 4.1.1 Jelly Bean coming from any rom with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lA4qx2TAw
(make sure to add the Pit file in Odin along with the stock image)
Hopefully this should help you out. Feel free to ask questions if you need more info.
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Wow your a life saver thank you for the information, used the return to stock from any rom worked great thx again
returning to older baseband
can the odin method be used to go back from 4.3 mj9 to an older version?
bohabaz said:
can the odin method be used to go back from 4.3 mj9 to an older version?
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No.
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Why are people wanting to go back to 4.1 from 4.3? I saw a vast improvement in my note's performance and can't see a reason as to what you would be loosing/gaining by traveling back.
azrael888 said:
Why are people wanting to go back to 4.1 from 4.3? I saw a vast improvement in my note's performance and can't see a reason as to what you would be loosing/gaining by traveling back.
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You can't unlock and get custom recovery on 4.3. You can get safestrap on 4.3 but no twrp
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wtoj34 said:
You can't unlock and get custom recovery on 4.3. You can get safestrap on 4.3 but no twrp
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I have teamwin and was running custom roms of 4.4... basically i'm saying WHHHAAAAAT?! to your post...lol I guess I'll need to do some more research on the subject to actually sound competent...
azrael888 said:
I have teamwin and was running custom roms of 4.4... basically i'm saying WHHHAAAAAT?! to your post...lol I guess I'll need to do some more research on the subject to actually sound competent...
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If you accept the 4.3 OTA then you are unable yo use a tool like casual to unlock limiting you to safestrap
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wtoj34 said:
If you accept the 4.3 OTA then you are unable yo use a tool like casual to unlock limiting you to safestrap
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OOOO
I see. So accepting a verizon OTA unroots your phone and makes it so you can't put a custom bootloader on it anymore. That sucks. But if you never took the actual OTA then you are good to go with a bootloader is what you are basically sating?
azrael888 said:
OOOO
I see. So accepting a verizon OTA unroots your phone and makes it so you can't put a custom bootloader on it anymore. That sucks. But if you never took the actual OTA then you are good to go with a bootloader is what you are basically sating?
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If you were unlocked on 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 and did not accept the OTA you're fine
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I currently have the Verizon Note 2, now rooted, and wondering if I can use the Dirty AOKP 5.1 rom. I know it is under the nexus 7 developer site, but are roms able to be used on different phones?
Also, I used casual to root my device, then backed up my apps and systems on titanium backup (not pro), but do not know where to go from here to load the rom. Do i run casual again and once I get into that team wiz menu, flash the rom from there?
Sorry, been reading up on this site but some of the lingo i'm not familiar with quite yet.
Do i make a new folder on my sd card and move the rom to that folder first?
Thanks a bunch~
Unless the rom is meant for our phones. Flashing something like that can brick your phone. Now that you're rooted, install twrp and then you can start flashing custom roms. There are plenty of good aokp roms here, but don't risk damaging your device.
Current device:
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Running Moon rom V2 w/ Perseus OC to 1.8ghz, pimped out with the zero lemon 9300 mah
Retired devices:
Huawei Ascend, Droid Charge, Droid Bionic
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tigersfa8 said:
I currently have the Verizon Note 2, now rooted, and wondering if I can use the Dirty AOKP 5.1 rom. I know it is under the nexus 7 developer site, but are roms able to be used on different phones?
Also, I used casual to root my device, then backed up my apps and systems on titanium backup (not pro), but do not know where to go from here to load the rom. Do i run casual again and once I get into that team wiz menu, flash the rom from there?
Sorry, been reading up on this site but some of the lingo i'm not familiar with quite yet.
Do i make a new folder on my sd card and move the rom to that folder first?
Thanks a bunch~
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i suggest going over to droidstyle's guide and checking it out before doing anything.
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ztotherad said:
i suggest going over to droidstyle's guide and checking it out before doing anything.
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EDIT: hers the link to the guide bro. hit it up before you go and brick your $700 phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
tigersfa8 said:
I currently have the Verizon Note 2, now rooted, and wondering if I can use the Dirty AOKP 5.1 rom. I know it is under the nexus 7 developer site, but are roms able to be used on different phones?
Also, I used casual to root my device, then backed up my apps and systems on titanium backup (not pro), but do not know where to go from here to load the rom. Do i run casual again and once I get into that team wiz menu, flash the rom from there?
Sorry, been reading up on this site but some of the lingo i'm not familiar with quite yet.
Do i make a new folder on my sd card and move the rom to that folder first?
Thanks a bunch~
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As ztotherad said you need to read droidstyles guide.
As for using Roms, if you want Roms check the ones in the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development sections. Those are the only ones for our phones.
If you're going to flash a Touchwiz ROM you can flash Roms from the other Note 2's but only the LTE ones and then you have to use a patch to make them work. The Note 2 Roms from other carriers are only from specific phones though, the include the N7105, the AT&T version, the T-Mobile version, and maybe another. You have to use the patch with those though our else they will not work. You cannot however flash a ROM for the Nexus 7 or other devices unless it has been ported to our phone, in which case it would be in the Development section.
That being said it is very obvious that you don't know what you're doing yet, before you attempt to flash ANYTHING from another carrier you must know what you're doing and understand the ins and outs of modding and ROM flashing and the only way to do this is to read all the guides and if you don't understand something to ask questions in the Q&A section if you don't understand something or need clarification.
For the time being you only need to flash Roms from the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development Section and only after you have read droidstyles sticky that ztotherad posted above.
Verizon Note 2 Development Section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1888
Verizon Note 2 Original Development Section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1889
As I said, and everyone else has, you need to at least read droidstyles guide before doing ANYTHING.
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shangrila500 said:
As ztotherad said you need to read droidstyles guide.
As for using Roms, if you want Roms check the ones in the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development sections. Those are the only ones for our phones.
If you're going to flash a Touchwiz ROM you can flash Roms from the other Note 2's but only the LTE ones and then you have to use a patch to make them work. The Note 2 Roms from other carriers are only from specific phones though, the include the N7105, the AT&T version, the T-Mobile version, and maybe another. You have to use the patch with those though our else they will not work. You cannot however flash a ROM for the Nexus 7 or other devices unless it has been ported to our phone, in which case it would be in the Development section.
That being said it is very obvious that you don't know what you're doing yet, before you attempt to flash ANYTHING from another carrier you must know what you're doing and understand the ins and outs of modding and ROM flashing and the only way to do this is to read all the guides and if you don't understand something to ask questions in the Q&A section if you don't understand something or need clarification.
For the time being you only need to flash Roms from the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development Section and only after you have read droidstyles sticky that ztotherad posted above.
Verizon Note 2 Development Section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1888
Verizon Note 2 Original Development Section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1889
As I said, and everyone else has, you need to at least read droidstyles guide before doing ANYTHING.
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yeah, believe me, you don't want to brick this phone, it's easy to mess up.
Thank you for the guides. So what I have done so far is ran casual to root it, flashed aokp nightly, then flashed gapps-jb-20130301-signed. From what people have advised me, I haven't done a proper flash. Next, I have read up on the the droidstyle guide [GUIDE][VZW Edition]How to Root/Rom/Return to Stock the VZW Galaxy Note II many times and still have questions.
I have access to team win recovery project by pressing up volume, power, and home button.
People have been suggesting that I take it easy step by doing the flash of the rom provided on the droidstyle guide, and I will follow those newbie steps first.
Could people verify if the following step will be ok to take?
Download one of the touchwiz jelly bean roms from Section 2: How to flash a Touchwiz 4.1.1 rom/kernel from a Custom Recovery. (I've decided to go with mean bean)
Download file, transfer file onto sd micro card, power device off, restart device by going into volume up + power + home button. select wipe, then wipe cache.
Select install, then select the rom. Then reboot system. Is that it? or...
Do I also follow How to flash a custom Touchwiz kernel, and section 3? Or are those extra?
Edit: Also, in the team win recovery project, do I only need to go to wipe, swipe to factory reset to erase the previous roms? What is a good way to wipe to start from scratch again before flashing the mean bean rom that I'm downloading? I don't really need anything else on the phone...
Thanks again~
tigersfa8 said:
Thank you for the guides. So what I have done so far is ran casual to root it, flashed aokp nightly, then flashed gapps-jb-20130301-signed. From what people have advised me, I haven't done a proper flash. Next, I have read up on the the droidstyle guide [GUIDE][VZW Edition]How to Root/Rom/Return to Stock the VZW Galaxy Note II many times and still have questions.
I have access to team win recovery project by pressing up volume, power, and home button.
People have been suggesting that I take it easy step by doing the flash of the rom provided on the droidstyle guide, and I will follow those newbie steps first.
Could people verify if the following step will be ok to take?
Download one of the touchwiz jelly bean roms from Section 2: How to flash a Touchwiz 4.1.1 rom/kernel from a Custom Recovery. (I've decided to go with mean bean)
Download file, transfer file onto sd micro card, power device off, restart device by going into volume up + power + home button. select wipe, then wipe cache.
Select install, then select the rom. Then reboot system. Is that it? or...
Do I also follow How to flash a custom Touchwiz kernel, and section 3? Or are those extra?
Edit: Also, in the team win recovery project, do I only need to go to wipe, swipe to factory reset to erase the previous roms? What is a good way to wipe to start from scratch again before flashing the mean bean rom that I'm downloading? I don't really need anything else on the phone...
Thanks again~
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You hold power+volume up+home button to boot into TWRP. Then hit wipe.
At this point you have a couple options. You can simply swipe to factory reset.
If you have an external sd card, I like to move the rom (meanbeanice.zip) to the external. then i hit format data to completely wipe the internal sd.
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So if I do an entire format data to completely wipe the internal sd, then flash go to install to install meanbean. I would have a clean new start with mean bean?
Yes, just make sure you hit the backup tab first to make a 'nandroid'. if anything goes wrong, you can boot into recovery and hit the restore tab to boot into the state of the phone as it was when you backed up.
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I'll make the backup first. It will keep my team wiz recovery I'm assuming then?
For mean bean, I'll do the wipe, backup, then format data completely, install mean bean, go back and install sticky settings, go back and install sticky debloat to delete all the unwanted softwares? (Such as the nfl, amazon, and etc.)
Taking and reading how to properly flash one step at a time.~
Thanks everyone~
tigersfa8 said:
I'll make the backup first. It will keep my team wiz recovery I'm assuming then?
For mean bean, I'll do the wipe, backup, then format data completely, install mean bean, go back and install sticky settings, go back and install sticky debloat to delete all the unwanted softwares? (Such as the nfl, amazon, and etc.)
Taking and reading how to properly flash one step at a time.~
Thanks everyone~
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you got everything right but you want to make a backup before you wipe anything..
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I did everything above, but for some reason, nfl, amazon, kindle softwares showed up even though i did run the sticky debloat. Something I'm missing? I guess I can just diable them, but wondering if I missed a step for the future.
Thanks again~
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I did everything above, but for some reason, nfl, amazon, kindle softwares showed up even though i did run the sticky debloat. Something I'm missing? I guess I can just diable them, but wondering if I missed a step for the future.
Thanks again~
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Did you change the .blt file as explained in the OP of Mikey's thread? You have to edit that file then run the sticky debloat. It's unlikely that at this point you would have the experience to edit that file before flashing the ROM (please take no offense...) that's why I'm guessing that's your issue.
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yeah, believe me, you don't want to brick this phone, it's easy to mess up.
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It's actually one of the hardest to brick I have ever seen as long as you didn't update to VRAMC3, it seems like the minority of the issues come from phones with that update and is utterly puzzling. I'm just glad that I got my phone before *any* updates came out.
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It's actually one of the hardest to brick I have ever seen as long as you didn't update to VRAMC3, it seems like the minority of the issues come from phones with that update and is utterly puzzling. I'm just glad that I got my phone before *any* updates came out.
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yeah i believe before i bricked mine it was on the previous update, but this new one i have it's on the vramc3 update. i accepted it ota before i decided to unlock and root my phone.
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yeah i believe before i bricked mine it was on the previous update, but this new one i have it's on the vramc3 update. i accepted it ota before i decided to unlock and root my phone.
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I wonder why it seems like VRAMC3 is causing more issues, I know its 4.1.2 and has a new bootloader but is there a reason aside from that causing the issues.... It could also just be that more people are buying the Note 2 since the update.
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I wonder why it seems like VRAMC3 is causing more issues, I know its 4.1.2 and has a new bootloader but is there a reason aside from that causing the issues.... It could also just be that more people are buying the Note 2 since the update.
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oh who knows. but yeah, it could be, i wish Samsung would release 4.2.2, cause I'd be a super happy camper
ztotherad said:
oh who knows. but yeah, it could be, i wish Samsung would release 4.2.2, cause I'd be a super happy camper
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Same here, hell if they would just leak it id be happy.
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Same here, hell if they would just leak it id be happy.
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Love it on my S4
I have researched and read through about 20 of the last pages here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768142&page=83
I've also tried this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2571171
I still have no luck. I installed through the Goo.im app, reboot into recovery and all i get is downloading.. don't turn off target. I rebooted with the volume down button and chose cancel and it restarts fine now. I do have mk2. Some people said they have issues, and to be honest, do i even need twrp if i don't care if i have to re-flash stock mk2? I've already done it twice through odin because of trying to install roms/messing up my phone. This seemed easier when i had a bionic. I changed roms weekly on that thing, never having an issue.
Also, why doesn't anyone post what versions these things are compatible with? I never see anything like twrp 2.6.3.1 recovery compatible with "xxx version and previous only!" so i try stuff and crap doesn't work. I've been trying to install carbon rom and it appears to be a no go.
Yeah you gotta lot of research to do. Look at any of the stickies in our forum or the other 1,000 people who made threads in this section asking what you're asking.
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Yeah you gotta lot of research to do. Look at any of the stickies in our forum or the other 1,000 people who made threads in this section asking what you're asking.
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Found a sticky that i did not see before.
So it appears that because i recently got this phone i'm kinda screwed when it comes to an AOSP rom without a custom recovery which isn't possible at this time. Well damn, that sucks. I guess i'm stuck with crappy touchwiz related roms. Ugh.
BlueForce64 said:
Found a sticky that i did not see before.
So it appears that because i recently got this phone i'm kinda screwed when it comes to an AOSP rom without a custom recovery which isn't possible at this time. Well damn, that sucks. I guess i'm stuck with crappy touchwiz related roms. Ugh.
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Yeah it's a crappy situation. Right now the closest you can get is flashing the Foxhound port. It's AOSP themed. Also Eclipse is AOSP themed.
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Yeah it's a crappy situation. Right now the closest you can get is flashing the Foxhound port. It's AOSP themed. Also Eclipse is AOSP themed.
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Ah i see. Perhaps i'll find something i like or just stick with stock. Thank you. My apologies for not reading enough. I didn't think to check in the s4 general forum.
BlueForce64 said:
Ah i see. Perhaps i'll find something i like or just stick with stock. Thank you. My apologies for not reading enough. I didn't think to check in the s4 general forum.
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No problem, just get these threads a lotttttttt lol
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No problem, just get these threads a lotttttttt lol
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I could imagine. Seems like a dumb question to ask now that i've read the sticky lol. Those new to the samsung world probably run into the same issues i did. Could be why.
Yeah. On MK2 Verizon locked bootloaders and you can only use safestrap ypu csnt use TWRP. It sucks I tried and bricked my phone before lol
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Yeah. On MK2 Verizon locked bootloaders and you can only use safestrap ypu csnt use TWRP. It sucks I tried and bricked my phone before lol
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Can't even begin to guess how many people have come on here after they did that.
XDA has all the answers people just need to read more before they fiddle with a $600 phone lol
Verizon S4
Liquid Smooth 4.4
Sprint S4
Negalite 4.4
No kidding. After bricking a friend's phone, due to not doing my homework ahead of time, I realized the importance of being thoroughly well informed about what you're doing before jumping in and messing with this stuff. XDA has so much information and so much help available if you look around a little bit. Some things may take some searching. I can't thank the community enough for all the help they've been in my endeavors.
Sucks there's no custom recoveries for the locked bootloader S4s. If you install Safestrap, give Hyperdrive a try. I'm on MDK and have run several different ROMs, AOSP and TW. I always find myself coming back to Hyperdrive. I'm on 14 now and it works great. So while it's not the answer you're hoping for, try using Hyperdrive. It allows you to pick and choose elements to install, some of which are ported from AOSP, and you could use a different launcher to give it a little less of a TW feel.
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need some help. I Purchased a used S4 Developer Edition Phone. Problem is it has I545VRUEMK2 on. The phone says its a developer phone on the back buy the battery. But I still cant load a custom recovery. I was told the Boot Loader couldn't be locked on this developer phone. could somebody please point me in the right direction. Thanks.
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need some help. I Purchased a used S4 Developer Edition Phone. Problem is it has I545VRUEMK2 on. The phone says its a developer phone on the back buy the battery. But I still cant load a custom recovery. I was told the Boot Loader couldn't be locked on this developer phone. could somebody please point me in the right direction. Thanks.
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There was a thread on here I think by Skeetch that's for your phone and I'm pretty sure you're answers are in there... For the life of me I can't find it though. I'll keep looking for you
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637686
If noone here answers you go to that that... I'm sure he can help
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need some help. I Purchased a used S4 Developer Edition Phone. Problem is it has I545VRUEMK2 on. The phone says its a developer phone on the back buy the battery. But I still cant load a custom recovery. I was told the Boot Loader couldn't be locked on this developer phone. could somebody please point me in the right direction. Thanks.
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Is I545VRUEMK2 the build or baseband? Developer phones have I545OYU (I545VRU is for retail S4's). Developer phones only had the following builds on them: I545OYUAMDK (original), I545OYUEMJ7 and I545OYUEMK2. If your build is one of these then you are ok and someone loaded the retail mode/radio onto it. You can visit my thread which Mistertac referenced and flash different modem and/or radios.
Also, if you want to double check to see whether your phone is still in developer mode, load the phone into Download mode: Power off the phone, then hold the Power Button and Volume down together. When the green warning screen comes up, press Volume Up to accept and enter download mode. The text in the upper left corner of the screen in download mode should list: "Mode: Developer" - small and gray text. To reboot just hold the Power Button until the phone turns off then hold power again to boot back up.
Keep me posted!
Edit: Also the only recoveries I can run with my I545OYUEMK2 DevS4 are Philz Touch Recovery and SafeStrap v3.71 from HashCode which is TWRP based. TWRP by itself boots me directly into Download Mode (was able to load TWRP while on I545OYUAMDK). Assuming your phone is still a Developer Edition device, if you ever have any issues with recoveries putting you into download mode, just use Odin and my thread to download the necessary file to restore boot and/or recovery.
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need some help. I Purchased a used S4 Developer Edition Phone. Problem is it has I545VRUEMK2 on. The phone says its a developer phone on the back buy the battery. But I still cant load a custom recovery. I was told the Boot Loader couldn't be locked on this developer phone. could somebody please point me in the right direction. Thanks.
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Whomever told you that the boot loader couldn't be locked is mistaken. If you flash a non-developer bootloader onto a developer phone, it now has a locked bootloader. Unfortunately, there's no way to undo that until (unless) the developers figure out how to unlock the bootloader.
Install the "Phone INFO * Samsung *" app from the play store and open it. What does it say for the Bootloader Version?
There's also a "Phone Info" app that can display the bootloader version as well.
Thank you for the reply. Looks like I am sol. That sucks. I have a developer phone with a locked bootloader.
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I'm kind of a noob to modding my phone is there any guides for newbies who have never backed up.. Also need help finding s ROM that would work with my phone l.. Any help would be great?
delphox said:
I'm kind of a noob to modding my phone is there any guides for newbies who have never backed up.. Also need help finding s ROM that would work with my phone l.. Any help would be great?
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http://true-android.blogspot.com/2014/01/install-cwm-6045-advance-edition-on_2385.html?m=1
Here u can find how to install cmw recovery and custom rom
delphox said:
I'm kind of a noob to modding my phone is there any guides for newbies who have never backed up.. Also need help finding s ROM that would work with my phone l.. Any help would be great?
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OK, here are a few thoughts that can help you....
1. Are you aware of Knox? If yes, then good. Because installing custom recovery on your device will trip the Knox security fuse on your shiny new phone. If no, please read the thread entitled something along the lines of "survey for those who tripped Knox," and the thread devoted to rooting and not tripping Knox.
2. What is your software version? Please show your about phone screen (settings, general, about device). If you're not on the latest firmware, we'll get you there.
3. Your general trajectory of things once on the latest firmware version NC5 and you're OK with tripping Knox, which your question implies, should be...
-->Install recovery (TWRP or PhilZ CWM), latest versions can be found in the original development forum and Android development forum, respectively. Both are outstanding, none is best, neither is cross-compatible. Pick your poison.
-->Install a pre-rooted rom or just root your phone.
-->Have a blast
In closing, I highly recommend choosing a TouchWiz based rom before you flash any AOSP based variant, mostly because these will give you the closest to familiar feel without losing features.
There is no best except that which you like most.
Please report back with the info requested herein and we can block and tackle this, with the incredible resources hewn and stored here on xda.
No reason to depart from these fine forums to do that which is rightly done and freely available only here.
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I would suggest as micmars has said you do a little reading on KNOX first. Then to get your feet wet, if you decide to go ahead and root your device. I would go with rooting the stock rom in your phone first, then add a custom recovery ( TWRP or PHILZ CWM ) . I run PHILZ CWM works great and its easy to use. Now once its rooted you can disable KNOX and remove the extra apps that you are not using that clog up the operating system ( OS ) of you device. This is called BLOATWARE go to this XDA site to get lists of safe to remove apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2770729 . Once you have done that now make a backup of your slimmed down De-Bloated OS. Now your ready to go and start installing custom roms, and if doesn't work out you can always recover your backup and get back to square one. Then try a another rom till you find one you like !!! :fingers-crossed:
Is there an updated all in one tool kit for these devices
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Is there an updated all in one tool kit for these devices
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yes but you have to donate on his site to get them. i did long ago and i believe it only goes up to nab as of now.
kaos420 said:
yes but you have to donate on his site to get them. i did long ago and i believe it only goes up to nab as of now.
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OK so is it not recommended to use the all in one than and what is the latest version on these devices. Are there the same recurring issues with these as the n2 where once you update to the latest version bootloader you can't go back I.e. on n2 you couldn't downgrade to mk4 once you booted into the ne2 bootloader
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OK so is it not recommended to use the all in one than and what is the latest version on these devices. Are there the same recurring issues with these as the n2 where once you update to the latest version bootloader you can't go back I.e. on n2 you couldn't downgrade to mk4 once you booted into the ne2 bootloader
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nc5D is the latest version. yes once updated you cant go back just like any other samsung now.