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What am I missing please?

Hello all
I am really hoping someone can explain this to me please. I have recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (N7100) from Vodafone in the UK direct. I was under the impression from this site, and general research on the Net, it has an unlocked boot loader and my experience with it thus far seems to validate that. I want to place a custom ROM on it.
Here is what I have done thus far. The device is rooted and is working fine from that perspective. Root checker and such like all say this is fine. Additionally, it supposedly has the correct and latest version of CWR on it, 6.0.1.9. This was done using the ROM Manager from the Play store. It is the non touch version, at present. However upon booting in to CWR I have no advanced options on the main menu. I would upgrade to the touch version. However, that is not free and whilst I have no issue paying for it, in principle, I am reluctant to, in case I end up in the same position with that version. It does not state what the upgrade version is. It states on the upgrade introduction page, it is also available as a free download from the clockworkmod website. However. after much digging through their website I land up back at the ROM Manager page in the Play store, which quite rightly says it is already installed. The only manual download I can find is for, yes you guessed it, 6.0.1.9 and that when expanded is simple an SU.apk and a few such related files. How that will flash the correct version of CWR with touch enabled etc. is anyone's guess? The device is currently running JB 4.1.2 and was pushed out to my device by OTA update just before XMAS. The baseband version is N7100BUDLL1 and the build number is JZ054K.N7100XXDLL4. The kernel is shown as 3.0.3-679347 and is dated December 11 2012.
I am at a total loss here. I have flashed phones a number of times and have never come across anything so seemingly utterly baffling. Is it actually possible to get a full version of CWR for this build please and, if so how please? I am very reluctant to wipe the phone and install a custom ROM until I can verify CWM is running correctly. Surely I cannot be the first person in the UK on Vodafone to want a custom ROM and the boot loader is supposedly unlocked too?
Yours desperately trying to understand what is actually going on here please. Any help and\or enlightenment will be gratefully received.
Many thanks in advance.
Regards,
Paul Lemonidis.

Use TWRP recovery for Note2 instead of CWM.
Flash it using odin.

nm8 said:
Use TWRP recovery for Note2 instead of CWM.
Flash it using odin.
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Many thanks for your quick reply. I was wondering about that. I'll give it a try. It seems from what you're saying to ditch CWR as it does not work properly with my device for some reason? Just mine or all UK Vodafone models is my next question. So I am also left asking did CWR's own program to install CWR downloaded the wrong version of it for my model, despite being installed directly from the Play Store? Obviously I chose the correct model in the menu. Do I take it there is no CWR version that will work properly in my device, unless it is just my device, of course? I am just trying to understand what is going on here. It is more the lack of any sensible logic to this I find frustrating, more than actually not being to Flash the phone to be honest. Or is it just a dodgy installation? Although I have tried installing it by ODIN and Rom Manager the result is always the same. Everything says its installed fine but it just doesn't work upon booting in to it??!! I will try the other way now.

Paul-Lemonidis said:
Hello all
I am really hoping someone can explain this to me please. I have recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (N7100) from Vodafone in the UK direct. I was under the impression from this site, and general research on the Net, it has an unlocked boot loader and my experience with it thus far seems to validate that. I want to place a custom ROM on it.
Here is what I have done thus far. The device is rooted and is working fine from that perspective. Root checker and such like all say this is fine. Additionally, it supposedly has the correct and latest version of CWR on it, 6.0.1.9. This was done using the ROM Manager from the Play store. It is the non touch version, at present. However upon booting in to CWR I have no advanced options on the main menu. I would upgrade to the touch version. However, that is not free and whilst I have no issue paying for it, in principle, I am reluctant to, in case I end up in the same position with that version. It does not state what the upgrade version is. It states on the upgrade introduction page, it is also available as a free download from the clockworkmod website. However. after much digging through their website I land up back at the ROM Manager page in the Play store, which quite rightly says it is already installed. The only manual download I can find is for, yes you guessed it, 6.0.1.9 and that when expanded is simple an SU.apk and a few such related files. How that will flash the correct version of CWR with touch enabled etc. is anyone's guess? The device is currently running JB 4.1.2 and was pushed out to my device by OTA update just before XMAS. The baseband version is N7100BUDLL1 and the build number is JZ054K.N7100XXDLL4. The kernel is shown as 3.0.3-679347 and is dated December 11 2012.
I am at a total loss here. I have flashed phones a number of times and have never come across anything so seemingly utterly baffling. Is it actually possible to get a full version of CWR for this build please and, if so how please? I am very reluctant to wipe the phone and install a custom ROM until I can verify CWM is running correctly. Surely I cannot be the first person in the UK on Vodafone to want a custom ROM and the boot loader is supposedly unlocked too?
Yours desperately trying to understand what is actually going on here please. Any help and\or enlightenment will be gratefully received.
Many thanks in advance.
Regards,
Paul Lemonidis.
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First of all update your firmware. You are vulnerable to sds.
Secondly as for your problem.
Go to cwm page in desktop mode and download the recovery for your phone. Touch or non touch anything would work. Then rename the downloaded file to recovery.img and flash it in recovery option via mobile odin and you are done.
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[Q] Failure to apply 4.3 update on my nexus 7

For a few months or so I've been running my tablet on the 4.2.2 update and have had the device rooted and never really took advantage of said rooting and so decided to undo it.
Just to check I downloaded Root Checker to verify root was undone and it says that it has, including apps that needed root access no longer work, however there are some small issues that struck me as odd; 1. When going into fastboot mode it still says that it's unlocked, unless that's referring to the bootloader which is still unlocked, 2. I still have custom recovery installed unless that's an issue in which I can undo if need be, 3. Whenever attempting to apply the 4.3 update it reboots my device as it says it will, but upon getting to the google splash screen it goes right into custom recovery when it attempts to apply the update but suddenly goes to the custom recovery main menu without applying the update.
And finally when going back to my settings and it says my system is up to date.
So is there a step that I missed in unrooting my tablet? If so please let me know, I'd like to update to 4.3 as soon as possible and take advantage of it's new features.
Namely the Open GSL 3.0 has me intrigued.

You have the old nexus 7 tab. This is the forum for the new one. The new one launched on 4.3 and I think the old one is in the process of otas.
And for any device you need stock recovery to take an ota. Any further questions need to be addressed in the proper forum.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

tiny4579 said:
You have the old nexus 7 tab. This is the forum for the new one. The new one launched on 4.3 and I think the old one is in the process of otas.
And for any device you need stock recovery to take an ota. Any further questions need to be addressed in the proper forum.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Thanks I guess? I must have misunderstood, when I clicked the forum link I didn't see anything distinguishing it from the old one to the new one.

Besides the 2013 part?

khaytsus said:
Besides the 2013 part?
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Well at the time I didn't think anything of it and assumed it was the same forum as before and didn't bother to look as I rarely did before.

Unlocking I747MVLUFNK2 (Canadian 4.4.2)

Hi! Stupid as I am, I updated a ROM to stock 4.4.2 and now I need to switch from Koodo to something else...problem is, that nothing works for this ROM.
I have succesfully rooted the ROM, but I believe it doesn't help anything right? I thought that flashing some custom ROM would solve the issue, but after doing some googling it seems it has nothing to do with that, right? What are my other options? Preferably free options...
Thx

are you talking about carrier lock? Roms/rooting has nothing to do with carrier unlocking.
Youll need to get an unlock code either from koodo or from ebay etc. for a few bucks.

Hi,
You need to be on a bootloader version with the secret menu to unlock it for free. (check the threads)
Since you already upgraded to 4.4.2 you also had the bootloader upgraded too (if it was carrier rom)
Now you can't unlock unless you pay an unlocker.
This is the forum post on how to software unlock if you have the older Stock Android version/modem/bootloader
If you want, you can get a free unlock using the company posted in the video. They refund you the $$ after you take a video/post it online using the posting format they request.

Thx, I paid for the unlock code and its fine now...

HeadHunterCZ said:
Hi! Stupid as I am, I updated a ROM to stock 4.4.2 and now I need to switch from Koodo to something else...problem is, that nothing works for this ROM.
I have succesfully rooted the ROM, but I believe it doesn't help anything right? I thought that flashing some custom ROM would solve the issue, but after doing some googling it seems it has nothing to do with that, right? What are my other options? Preferably free options...
Thx
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Can I ask how you rooted the rom? I'd like to keep this baseband if I decide to flash another rom in the future. The only I was able to do it before was to downgrade to a rom that Towelroot supported.
Thanks.

You could flash a custom recovery and flash supersu from the recovery. After you boot, it will ask to update binaries and disable knox.

[Q] Difficulties Upgrading to Lollipop

Hi, first of all I want to say that I am relatively new to android and therefore only have a basic understanding of everything. My desire EYE is currently on 4.4.4 rooted and have been having problems upgrading it to 5.0, I know I have to unroot and return to stock in order to be able to flash the stock recovery and be able to then flash lollipop on there. Problem is whenever I flash one of the stock 4.4.4's found on here superuser installer is still there (even when I tell to TWRP to not install it) and when I got to the bootloader is still says that the software is Modified so am still unable to flash the stock recovery and get lollipop.
Can anybody help shed some light on this problem and possibly help me fix it?

Hi there,
I have found I was able to update using the procedure written in this topic. Could you see if that helps you?

LaPaca said:
Hi there,
I have found I was able to update using the procedure written in this topic. Could you see if that helps you?
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Thanks for your reply but have already tried this and when I tried booting into the recovery menu it gave me the red triangle because I have modified system partition, and all my efforts so far to change it to official have so far been unsuccessful
In fact tried it again and it worked this time, however when I try and download the update on my phone a message pop's up saying my phone can't be updated because the software is modified and not official HTC firmware

Repairing damaged recovery partition on Huawei Y560-U02 - Solved

I watched a few videos on YouTube on how to upgrade the Android O/S but none of them mentioned that it needs to unlock the bootloader 1st.
So before I found out that I need to unlock it I tried installing ROM before I knew that.
The phone came with Android Kitkat 4.4.2 and there is an official Lollipop for it that I want to install.
The device is rooted with Kingroot.
I tried the installations two times and the phone still works but I can no longer boot into recovery mode or fastboot mode. It just hangs and then I need to remove the battery to get it to work again.
I just want to restore it back to what it was before and then I will work on unlocking the bootloader.
I prefer to use tools that are free of cost.

Issue has been resolved.
I flashed the device with a pac file using SPD upgrade tool and now all is back to default.

Johncoool said:
Issue has been resolved.
I flashed the device with a pac file using SPD upgrade tool and now all is back to default.
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Hi. I recently messed up my phone (Y560-U02)! Please help me.
Can you please tell me where I can find the "pac file" and "SPD upgrade tool"?
Johncoool said:
there is an official Lollipop for it that I want to install.
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You meant un-official, right?

Sorry for the delay. I check the linked email once per month.
Do you still need help on this?
I thought that it was official Lollipop. But it does not exist for this phone.
Yes I can help you get it to what ever you need but it is not easy if you want to do more than just resorted it back to default.
I will tell you more if you still need it.