Hi my friends
Im new to note 2 section
I enjoyed to have the phoenix rom v15 and wanna install it
I recently flashed the lastest stock samsung india rom from sammobile.
Plz help me how i can have cwm to flash this rom
And is there any way to back to my own official after flashing this rom?
if there's plz say to me
Thanx
Philz touch recovery
Reza Kashkuli said:
Hi my friends
Im new to note 2 section
I enjoyed to have the phoenix rom v15 and wanna install it
I recently flashed the lastest stock samsung india rom from sammobile.
Plz help me how i can have cwm to flash this rom
And is there any way to back to my own official after flashing this rom?
if there's plz say to me
Thanx
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hi,you can use the"philz touch recovery":http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=16053#files: D
Reza Kashkuli said:
Hi my friends
Im new to note 2 section
I enjoyed to have the phoenix rom v15 and wanna install it
I recently flashed the lastest stock samsung india rom from sammobile.
Plz help me how i can have cwm to flash this rom
And is there any way to back to my own official after flashing this rom?
if there's plz say to me
Thanx
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spend some time reading here and remember it seems you have flashed mk4 from sammobile so flashing custom will make the phn out of warranty and it cannot be official as due to knox http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
But if i want to use an official version, can i return from the custom rom?
Yes you can bro....anytime.When you want to return to your official rom,just download the firmware for your country from sammobile and flash it via odin.
If your warranty is remaining,then use triangle away app to reset your binary counter.Also be careful about using KNOX enabled bootloaders.
Gud luck.
Thank you all for helping me by your great knowledge
akp.ajinkya said:
Yes you can bro....anytime.When you want to return to your official rom,just download the firmware for your country from sammobile and flash it via odin.
If your warranty is remaining,then use triangle away app to reset your binary counter.Also be careful about using KNOX enabled bootloaders.
Gud luck.
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My brother can you tell me whats knox exactly and what it does?
This is another security thing implemented to new devices like note 2,s3,s4 etc by samsung.Although it was stated that it is beneficial for enterprises only who do not want their employees to mess with their own devices.But as as far it has been implemented to all new devices that samsung is manufacturing now.
If you root or flash anything/modify your device,it triggers a counter in the bootloader which is not resettable uptil now.
In our device in 4.3 leaks i.e MI6,MJ2 and MJ5,the knox bootloader is present in MJ2 and MJ5.But due to the efforts of Dr.Ketan and others,roll back to older bootloader was possible,so anybody who uses these firmwares could roll back to 4.1 and back successfully.
But the official one released by samsung i.e MK4 also contains knox bootloader,but this time this bootloader cannot be removed,hence roll back to previous bootloaders and firmwares is not possible.
A device flashed with OFFICIAL bootloader containing rom or flash file(odin file .tar.md5) will remain stuck with 4.3.He could upgrade further but not roll back to previous ones.Doing so will trigger knox counter and your warranty agreement will be cancelled.
Although there are some modified odin flashable files for MK4 made by kunal.shah that is completely knox free i.e doesn't contain knox bootloader and software.And so after flashing kunal.shah's firmware,you can roll back.
There are also MK4 roms available which you can flash and also they do not contain knox.
You can read more here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487714
Edit:Although there are some reports coming that knox counter will not cancel your warranty,only binary counter will.But I can only say better be safe than sorry.
akp.ajinkya said:
This is another security thing implemented to new devices like note 2,s3,s4 etc by samsung.Although it was stated that it is beneficial for enterprises only who do not want their employees to mess with their own devices.But as as far it has been implemented to all new devices that samsung is manufacturing now.
If you root or flash anything/modify your device,it triggers a counter in the bootloader which is not resettable uptil now.
In our device in 4.3 leaks i.e MI6,MJ2 and MJ5,the knox bootloader is present in MJ2 and MJ5.But due to the efforts of Dr.Ketan and others,roll back to older bootloader was possible,so anybody who uses these firmwares could roll back to 4.1 and back successfully.
But the official one released by samsung i.e MK4 also contains knox bootloader,but this time this bootloader cannot be removed,hence roll back to previous bootloaders and firmwares is not possible.
A device flashed with OFFICIAL bootloader containing rom or flash file(odin file .tar.md5) will remain stuck with 4.3.He could upgrade further but not roll back to previous ones.Doing so will trigger knox counter and your warranty agreement will be cancelled.
Although there are some modified odin flashable files for MK4 made by kunal.shah that is completely knox free i.e doesn't contain knox bootloader and software.And so after flashing kunal.shah's firmware,you can roll back.
There are also MK4 roms available which you can flash and also they do not contain knox.
You can read more here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487714
Edit:Although there are some reports coming that knox counter will not cancel your warranty,only binary counter will.But I can only say better be safe than sorry.
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Thank you so much my friend. You learned me a lot about my phone. I hope you the bests
Glad to help you bro..
Can I please ask that in future you use the topic title section correctly and with common sense.
This is the Help section, so its a given you're creating a topic because you need somebody's help so creating a topic with just "need your help" is absolutely ridiculous and utterly pointless. Topic titles are supposed to be descriptive and there for people who're browsing forum to see what topics are about at a glance. Using descriptive titles not only people browsing but also you because it means you may get more views and potentially help quicker/more efficiently as many people will simply ignore or pass your topic by if you use titles like this.
Ok i got it
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Does anyone have a copy of the Knox-enabled bootloader? Preferrably only the bootloader blob, I don't need the rest of the 1.4G ROM.
I plan to do some poking around on it.
re: 4.3 KNOX MK2 non-hlos.bin
wweber said:
Does anyone have a copy of the Knox-enabled bootloader? Preferrably only the bootloader blob, I don't need the rest of the 1.4G ROM.
I plan to do some poking around on it.
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Ok, this is what you asked for, it's "NON-HLOS.BIN
This is what has the KNOX pox in it, and this is why we cannot use it as of yet.
(until you fix it) :cyclops: Here is the direct download link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hh7ny1tqiv854h/NON-HLOS.bin
Right now we need to use the non-hlos.bin from the 4.2.2 firmware which is already
in our phones if we are using any M919 MDL stock based Jellybean custom roms.
Good thing that none of the cwm/twrp flashable zip file custom roms contain
the modem.bin or the the non-hlos.bin!
Good luck with it..
thought it might help...
wweber said:
Does anyone have a copy of the Knox-enabled boot loader? Preferably only the boot loader blob, I don't need the rest of the 1.4G ROM.
I plan to do some poking around on it.
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Not sure what your planning on doing or what you know, So i'm not too sure if this will help you out that much if at all but when I have having some issues with the updated 4.3 & KNOX. I ended up getting alot of help from Jovy23 ... When it comes to troubleshooting, fixing, updating or just learning new information about the galaxy s4, the T-Mobile/SGH-M919 variant in particular Jovy23 [& the whole Infamous Dev Team] typically has a method fixing it or will be able to point you in the right direction.
Here in Jovy23 Thread [Page11] some talk about bootloaders was brought up, again not too sure what your planning to do or what all you are looking for/need
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Misterjunky said:
Ok, this is what you asked for, it's "NON-HLOS.BIN
This is what has the KNOX pox in it, and this is why we cannot use it as of yet.
(until you fix it) :cyclops: Here is the direct download link
Right now we need to use the non-hlos.bin from the 4.2.2 firmware which is already
in our phones if we are using any M919 MDL stock based Jellybean custom roms.
Good thing that none of the cwm/twrp flashable zip file custom roms contain
the modem.bin or the the non-hlos.bin!
Good luck with it..
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Hey Misterjunky, I just posted a link from Jovy23 thread trying to help out, I noticed that you were actually pretty active on the thread there, 1st of all just wanted to say thanx for all the input there & here. Also I wanted to ask you if you could help me out and try to explain the whole Knox 0x0 , 0x1 thing on the Bootloader and other then warranty issues are there any other problem about having the "0x1" or is it possible to reverse it back to "0x0". Hope this all makes senses [Sorry about the format & wording of the question]
I'm going to disassemble it and walk through it to see what it does
I was under the impression that the bootloader partition was mmcblk0p6 aboot. So wouldn't the KNOX bootloader be in the aboot.bin?
I flashed the 4.3 MK2 NON-HLOS.bin awhile back, before we found out it broke sound and calls. Afterwards, I flashed back to 4.2.2 MDL NON-HLOS.bin. A problem that I've had ever since is whenever I'm on a touchwiz rom and I hold the power button the device powers down immidiately, shut down animation and everything, skipping the power menu. There may have been some KNOX related things in the LTE modem that did this but I don't know. I've looked around and haven't found any mention of it. I've reverted to stock MDL thru windows on odin and ubuntu with heimdall CLI and the problem persists. On AOSP roms the power menu works fine. In download mode there has never been any mention of KNOX warranty void before and after switching from 4.2.2 MDL to 4.3 MK2 NON-HLOS.bin and back to MDL bin.
Not a big deal as I run 5 roms (my deodexed mk2, foxhound 3.5, danvdh GE latest, cm-11 noobdev 12/23, and slimkat latest) currently with Dual Boot by @chenxiaolong :good:
re: KNOX
Robot916 said:
Not sure what your planning on doing or what you know, So i'm not too sure if this will help you out that much if at all but when I have having some issues with the updated 4.3 & KNOX. I ended up getting alot of help from Jovy23 ... When it comes to troubleshooting, fixing, updating or just learning new information about the galaxy s4, the T-Mobile/SGH-M919 variant in particular Jovy23 [& the whole Infamous Dev Team] typically has a method fixing it or will be able to point you in the right direction.
Here in Jovy23 Thread [Page11] some talk about bootloaders was brought up, again not too sure what your planning to do or what all you are looking for/need
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Hey Misterjunky, I just posted a link from Jovy23 thread trying to help out, I noticed that you were actually pretty active on the thread there, 1st of all just wanted to say thanx for all the input there & here. Also I wanted to ask you if you could help me out and try to explain the whole Knox 0x0 , 0x1 thing on the Bootloader and other then warranty issues are there any other problem about having the "0x1" or is it possible to reverse it back to "0x0". Hope this all makes senses [Sorry about the format & wording of the question]
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The KNOX counter can be used by Samsung or Tmobile as an excuse why not to honor warranties.
You will get the KNOX if you update using OTA/KIES or Odiin flashing the official 4.3 stock firmware.
If you do have KNOX, it will not effect how your phone works, or flashing 4.3 custom cwm/twrp flashable roms.
Your phone will work just as good with or without KNOX, and KNOX does not put any limits on what you
can or cannot do with your phone except for one thing, you cannot "downgrade" to 4.2.2 roms/firmwares.
Good luck!
THANKS
Misterjunky said:
The KNOX counter can be used by Samsung or Tmobile as an excuse why not to honor warranties.
You will get the KNOX if you update using OTA/KIES or Odiin flashing the official 4.3 stock firmware.
If you do have KNOX, it will not effect how your phone works, or flashing 4.3 custom cwm/twrp flashable roms.
Your phone will work just as good with or without KNOX, and KNOX does not put any limits on what you
can or cannot do with your phone except for one thing, you cannot "downgrade" to 4.2.2 roms/firmwares.
Good luck!
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I Flashed 4.3/MK2 with odin and had Knox, for a minute but then Flashed another Rom on my phone and since doing so I havent seen any "Knox 0x1" on the bootloader or anything, Is the Bootloader the only place that you would see that? Is it possible that it went away or anything like that??
I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 on stock 4.3 MK2 and I was wondering if there is a way to restore the MDL bootloader so I can flash ROM's and get my warranty back if I need to. Thanks for the help
re: downgrading
r0b458 said:
I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 on stock 4.3 MK2 and I was wondering if there is a way to restore the MDL bootloader so I can flash ROM's and get my warranty back if I need to. Thanks for the help
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That cannot be done. Once you have upgraded to 4.3 MK2 you cannot downgrade.
But there are plenty of excellent custom roms which are 4.3 MK2 that you can flash.
NOTE: if you have flashed the official Tmobile MK2 4.3 Odin flash firmware/rom OR if you
have allowed the OTA update and or if you upgrading using KIES and your phone is not yet
rooted and does not have any custom recovery or custom rom in it then you don't need to worry
about your warranty, it will stay GOOD as long as you do not ROOT the phone and as long as
you do not flash any custom recoveries or kernels.
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
That cannot be done. Once you have upgraded to 4.3 MK2 you cannot downgrade.
But there are plenty of excellent custom roms which are 4.3 MK2 that you can flash.
NOTE: if you have flashed the official Tmobile MK2 4.3 Odin flash firmware/rom OR if you
have allowed the OTA update and or if you upgrading using KIES and your phone is not yet
rooted and does not have any custom recovery or custom rom in it then you don't need to worry
about your warranty, it will stay GOOD as long as you do not ROOT the phone and as long as
you do not flash any custom recoveries or kernels.
Good luck!
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Aw well I guess I'll just take my chances because I used to flash ROM'S all the time but recently I made the mistake of trying out stock 4.3 and it's actually pretty nice it's just I miss flashing lol. I'm not even sure if I actually have a valid warranty anyways haha but thanks
Misterjunky said:
That cannot be done YET. Once you have upgraded to 4.3 MK2 you cannot downgrade.
But there are plenty of excellent custom roms which are 4.3 MK2 that you can flash.
NOTE: if you have flashed the official Tmobile MK2 4.3 Odin flash firmware/rom OR if you
have allowed the OTA update and or if you upgrading using KIES and your phone is not yet
rooted and does not have any custom recovery or custom rom in it then you don't need to worry
about your warranty, it will stay GOOD as long as you do not ROOT the phone and as long as
you do not flash any custom recoveries or kernels.
Good luck!
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Hi there Mr. Junky,
You forgot the most important word, in red above. Our Developers are like I was when I was in my younger days of programming, If was said something couldn't be done, I worked till I made it happen and Rooting is a good example of how our XDA "Gurus" have made things happen, and I am confident they will again rise above the rest and do the "Cannot be done" and share it with this community.....
Aloha, and Have a great day! p.s. Thank you for all your useful and clear posts that a LOT of users have benefited from!
I was doing some reading last night through the R&D thread and other various threads linked to through that one... I do believe that someone has been able to revert back to 4.2.2; but it involves some pretty risky methods and equipment which nobody in this thread likely has.
bobolinko said:
Hi there Mr. Junky,
You forgot the most important word, in red above. Our Developers are like I was when I was in my younger days of programming, If was said something couldn't be done, I worked till I made it happen and Rooting is a good example of how our XDA "Gurus" have made things happen, and I am confident they will again rise above the rest and do the "Cannot be done" and share it with this community.....
Aloha, and Have a great day! p.s. Thank you for all your useful and clear posts that a LOT of users have benefited from!
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You are absolutely right, I did forget the magic work "YET".
But I think this time by the time the devs finally find a way to fully over-come the knox issue
in our S4's we all will have a much newer model, perhaps a Samsung Galaxy S5 or S6 or? LOL
Hello guys!!!
I have a Galaxy Note II N7100 for the past 1 year. I recently installed Hurricane v 8 rom which is based on 4.3 firmware.As I was using it, I realized the RAM was increasing up to 1.3 GB, the only thing that could fix it was to reboot the phone. Later I watched a youtube review of a Note II with an official 4.3 installed and the RAM was about 600 MB on that persons phone. So I went ahead and downloaded a 4.3 firmware N7100DDUEML4 from sammobile.com. After the installation via Odin I boot the phone and it was fine. I read a few articles on how I can root the 4.3 firmware with CF Autoroot and did it as it should be done. After the reboot, Knox blocked the SU and the KNOX flag went to 0x1. After all this I decided to install Philz Recovery via Odin and got access to recovery. My plan was to recover my Hurricane Rom that I previously backed up. After Philz recovery restored the Hurricane Rom, I got stack on Boot Screen. Because Knox is flagged 0x1 I can't install any firmware via Odin anymore. So the next step I did is to restore my phone via Kies. I managed to successfully restore it and now I have a 4.3 firmware N7100XXUEMK9 firmware and Android Status As Enforcing. How can I get root access with this firmware and what should I do with Knox flag 0x1?
Thank you in advance guys!!!
The SafeRoot exploit has been confirmed working for N7100 too (check here), but it can't help to reverse Knox flag 0x1. Try it out. it should work. Anyway, why bother warranty after 12 months?
MichaelVaughn said:
Hello guys!!!
I have a Galaxy Note II N7100 for the past 1 year. I recently installed Hurricane v 8 rom which is based on 4.3 firmware.As I was using it, I realized the RAM was increasing up to 1.3 GB, the only thing that could fix it was to reboot the phone. Later I watched a youtube review of a Note II with an official 4.3 installed and the RAM was about 600 MB on that persons phone. So I went ahead and downloaded a 4.3 firmware N7100DDUEML4 from sammobile.com. After the installation via Odin I boot the phone and it was fine. I read a few articles on how I can root the 4.3 firmware with CF Autoroot and did it as it should be done. After the reboot, Knox blocked the SU and the KNOX flag went to 0x1. After all this I decided to install Philz Recovery via Odin and got access to recovery. My plan was to recover my Hurricane Rom that I previously backed up. After Philz recovery restored the Hurricane Rom, I got stack on Boot Screen. Because Knox is flagged 0x1 I can't install any firmware via Odin anymore. So the next step I did is to restore my phone via Kies. I managed to successfully restore it and now I have a 4.3 firmware N7100XXUEMK9 firmware and Android Status As Enforcing. How can I get root access with this firmware and what should I do with Knox flag 0x1?
Thank you in advance guys!!!
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xbean said:
The SafeRoot exploit has been confirmed working for N7100 too (check here), but it can't help to reverse Knox flag 0x1. Try it out. it should work. Anyway, why bother warranty after 12 months?
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Thank you so much for your reply, yeah it is true but it is not that I am worried about the warranty, I want to revert back to a different rom and patch a bootloader so I can install custom firmwares.MJ5 bootloader patch doesn't work for me. Is it possible at this time to patch this MK9 or it is still unsolved issue? Thank you once again for your reply.
I have read a lot of posts & make sure I understand the details before I upgrade to v4.3. The far too many failures for upgrades that I've ever seen prior to v4.3 make me more conscious than ever. I'm on MJ5 bootloader & successfully loaded two different custom ROMs without any problem. I suggest you to do more reading in this forums prior to the upgrade. If you're on bootloader newer than MJ5 then I would suggest to stay with the bootloader & root it with the Safeboot method then clean up the KNOX crap. It should work great after the upgrade, root & clean up. cheers.
MichaelVaughn said:
Thank you so much for your reply, yeah it is true but it is not that I am worried about the warranty, I want to revert back to a different rom and patch a bootloader so I can install custom firmwares.MJ5 bootloader patch doesn't work for me. Is it possible at this time to patch this MK9 or it is still unsolved issue? Thank you once again for your reply.
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MichaelVaughn said:
Thank you so much for your reply, yeah it is true but it is not that I am worried about the warranty, I want to revert back to a different rom and patch a bootloader so I can install custom firmwares.MJ5 bootloader patch doesn't work for me. Is it possible at this time to patch this MK9 or it is still unsolved issue? Thank you once again for your reply.
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Try this link it will be helpful to you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48032704&postcount=4753
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hi guys , this is my first post so bare with me ...
first of all i would love to say thanks to this community , i have learned a lot trough out the years iv'e been reeding this forum....
i have a question before i update my note 2 from 4.1.2 to 4.3 ...
i rooted it with cf root a long time ago , should i unroot my phone before updating to the official 4.3 ?
also my counter is 1 , should i use triangle away and reset it to 0, or it doesn't matter?
and which odin should i use (link would be useful) 1.85 or 3.07?
one last question , is it normal to see in the recovery mode an android lying on the floor with a red triangle ?
sorry if my English is quite bad ... its not my main language
hi , i dont like spamming but my thread went way down bump
DinaSap said:
hi , i dont like spamming but my thread went way down bump
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If you can avoid upgrading to official 4.3 it would best to do that,cause if you upgrade to 4.3 you'll be on knox bootloader which means you can never downgrade back to 4.1.2.So in my suggestion flash any 4.3 Custom ROM,you might not have wifi working once you flash the ROM,you need to download the MJ5 bootloader ,it's the last known bootloader which is KNOX free and you can use it to flash 4.3 TW,4.4 AOSP and 4.4.2 TW leaked rom.I can link you to the MJ5 bootloader and how to flash it once you choose the custom 4.3 ROMS.As far as 4.3 custom roms there are many out there and it wouldn't be fair to compare which is best cause all the developers have worked hard to make their ROM stand out so try 2-3 different 4.3 ROMS for a week and see which suits your needs and usage.Also each ROM thread has an FAQ thread so read that carefully with flashing instructions or if you'd need any additional files to be sideloaded along with the ROM ZIP.If you have any doubts don't forget to use the search option thread in each ROM thread you'll most likely have your questions answered.Since you are already rooted you don't need to re root but odin V3.07 is needed to flash the MJ5 bootloader.Below are the links to both files along with instructions how to flash MJ5 bootloader.Also on 4.1.2 before you proceed to 4.3 make a backup of your STOCK ROM along with EFS folder.
MJ5 Bootloader
MJ5 bootloader Odin instructions
Odin 3.07
singhpratik87 said:
If you can avoid upgrading to official 4.3 it would best to do that,cause if you upgrade to 4.3 you'll be on knox bootloader which means you can never downgrade back to 4.1.2.So in my suggestion flash any 4.3 Custom ROM,you might not have wifi working once you flash the ROM,you need to download the MJ5 bootloader ,it's the last known bootloader which is KNOX free and you can use it to flash 4.3 TW,4.4 AOSP and 4.4.2 TW leaked rom.I can link you to the MJ5 bootloader and how to flash it once you choose the custom 4.3 ROMS.As far as 4.3 custom roms there are many out there and it wouldn't be fair to compare which is best cause all the developers have worked hard to make their ROM stand out so try 2-3 different 4.3 ROMS for a week and see which suits your needs and usage.Also each ROM thread has an FAQ thread so read that carefully with flashing instructions or if you'd need any additional files to be sideloaded along with the ROM ZIP.If you have any doubts don't forget to use the search option thread in each ROM thread you'll most likely have your questions answered.Since you are already rooted you don't need to re root but odin V3.07 is needed to flash the MJ5 bootloader.Below are the links to both files along with instructions how to flash MJ5 bootloader.Also on 4.1.2 before you proceed to 4.3 make a backup of your STOCK ROM along with EFS folder.
MJ5 Bootloader
MJ5 bootloader Odin instructions
Odin 3.07
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hi ,first of all thanks for the replay ....
two questions :
1 . im aware that i won't be able to downgrade to 4.1.2 .... but why would i want to downgrade , after all you need 4.3 to be able to update to 4.4 soon,am i missing something ?
2. and if i would still prefer an official 4.3 rom , do i need to reset counter and unroot aswell ?
by the way, if my recovery has an android lying on his back with the belly open and a red triangle is it normal ?
DinaSap said:
hi ,first of all thanks for the replay ....
two questions :
1 . im aware that i won't be able to downgrade to 4.1.2 .... but why would i want to downgrade , after all you need 4.3 to be able to update to 4.4 soon,am i missing something ?
2. and if i would still prefer an official 4.3 rom , do i need to reset counter and unroot aswell ?
by the way, if my recovery has an android lying on his back with the belly open and a red triangle is it normal ?
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To answer you first unanswered question,if you don't want to downgrade ever then you can go ahead and download the official firware OTA or via sam mobile for your respective region.
Second question,apparently to unroot you need to download stock 4.1.2 of your country and flash it via odin that will unroot your phone and you'll be back on 4.1.2 stock then you can check for updates via phone or head over to sam mobile for stock 4.3 and flash it.
That red triangle in recovery means you are in stock recovery as far as i can tell
read this post as well. http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1720z8/noob_friendlyguide_unroot_your_galaxy_note_2s3/
The thing is i never upgraded to official 4.3 and wont upgrade to official 4.4 i directly came from 4.1.2 STOCK,rooted it and been on custom ROM ever since.so you might want to google a bit more about how to unroot your 4.1.2 and reset the custom status and then download 4.3
singhpratik87 said:
To answer you first unanswered question,if you don't want to downgrade ever then you can go ahead and download the official firware OTA or via sam mobile for your respective region.
Second question,apparently to unroot you need to download stock 4.1.2 of your country and flash it via odin that will unroot your phone and you'll be back on 4.1.2 stock then you can check for updates via phone or head over to sam mobile for stock 4.3 and flash it.
That red triangle in recovery means you are in stock recovery as far as i can tell
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thanks again
uhm , does it matter if my flash counter is at 1 ? and insted of flashing again the rom could i use the full unroot from super su ?
sorry if im bothering you , its just that i don't want to screw up my phone .....
DinaSap said:
thanks again
uhm , does it matter if my flash counter is at 1 ? and insted of flashing again the rom could i use the full unroot from super su ?
sorry if im bothering you , its just that i don't want to screw up my phone .....
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READ THIS
Read this as well
the above two links will take care of your flash counter ,will reset it
singhpratik87 said:
READ THIS
Read this as well
the above two links will take care of your flash counter ,will reset it
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ill repeat my question incase i wasn't clear .... is it necessary to have the binary counter at 0 to update to 4.3 .
if i have my counter at one when i update, will it trigger knox?
DinaSap said:
ill repeat my question incase i wasn't clear .... is it necessary to have the binary counter at 0 to update to 4.3 .
if i have my counter at one when i update, will it trigger knox?
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after you are on stock 4.1.2, you need to reset flash counter via triangle away if you wish to update via OTA or ready to claim warranty..
Knox will be triggered after you upgrade to 4.3 and use odin to flash any files.
Hey guys its been a week since i bought the note 2 and i rooted it. But i cannot find how to flash a custom recovery tutorial anywhere. I am on jellybean 4.1 and the rest of the details (firmware etc) can be found on the screenshots attached..
I would highly appreciate if someone can send me a link to the guide for flashing.. thanks a lot in advance
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Just simply flash via Odin
You can choose CWM, Philz touch or TWRP
RazaVakil7995 said:
Hey guys its been a week since i bought the note 2 and i rooted it. But i cannot find how to flash a custom recovery tutorial anywhere. I am on jellybean 4.1 and the rest of the details (firmware etc) can be found on the screenshots attached..
I would highly appreciate if someone can send me a link to the guide for flashing.. thanks a lot in advance
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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You got two options either root your phone while being on 4.1.2 or upgrade to official Indian 4.4.2 and then root it.Ofcourse once you root your current 4.1.2 you can try custom 4.4 ROM and if you don't like it you can go back to 4.1.2 or flash a 4.3 custom ROM. To root your 4.1.2 rom read this guide.If you decide to upgrade to 4.4.2 Indian firmware download it from here.
To flash the 4.4.2 ROM on your phone download it from the above link(there are 3 links where the ROM is uploaded) ,use any of the links and download the zip file,extract it you'll get a tar file,put your phone into download mode ,open odin v3.09 on pc and flash the official stock rom by checking the AP tab on odin.You can find tutorials on youtube on how to use odin to flash official stock firmware so just look them up if you need it.Once you flash stock ROM you can root your phone via this guide.
Okay so now things to remember.If you root your 4.1.2 ROM and want to try 4.3 or 4.4 custom ROM you need to flash MJ5 bootloader in order to have working wifi.Bootloader is flashed directly on your mother board and it cannot be downgraded only be upgraded.MJ5 is the last 4.3 bootloader which is KNOX free(what is knox ,blah blah,you can read about it on google).Advantage of MJ5 is you can try 4.1.2/4.3/4.4.2 rom and your warranty and knox remain intact but if you upgrade to official 4.3 or 4.4.2 ROM you'll be on knoxed bootlooader which means you cannot downgrade to 4.1.2 anymore plus rooting a phone with knoxed bootloader will trigger knox 0x1 and your warranty if any will be void (no way yet to reset Knox).So if you have warranty on your phone then my advise is root your 4.1.2 Rom,download any 4.3 or 4.4.2 custom ROM,you wont have wifi working then flash the MJ5 bootloader from here and read this post on how to flash bootloader.
I know it's a lot of info to you but your best guide is self reading from the above links i hooked you up with.Also read comments from people cause that's how I learned I read and read a lot before i jumped the rooting bandwagon cause wanted to make sure i don't brick my phone. Ofcourse whenever in doubt STOP RIGHT THERE and ask us.Dont attempt things that you are not sure of.Good luck.
Thanks for the help
singhpratik87 said:
You got two options either root your phone while being on 4.1.2 or upgrade to official Indian 4.4.2 and then root it.Ofcourse once you root your current 4.1.2 you can try custom 4.4 ROM and if you don't like it you can go back to 4.1.2 or flash a 4.3 custom ROM. To root your 4.1.2 rom read this guide.If you decide to upgrade to 4.4.2 Indian firmware download it from here.
To flash the 4.4.2 ROM on your phone download it from the above link(there are 3 links where the ROM is uploaded) ,use any of the links and download the zip file,extract it you'll get a tar file,put your phone into download mode ,open odin v3.09 on pc and flash the official stock rom by checking the AP tab on odin.You can find tutorials on youtube on how to use odin to flash official stock firmware so just look them up if you need it.Once you flash stock ROM you can root your phone via this guide.
Okay so now things to remember.If you root your 4.1.2 ROM and want to try 4.3 or 4.4 custom ROM you need to flash MJ5 bootloader in order to have working wifi.Bootloader is flashed directly on your mother board and it cannot be downgraded only be upgraded.MJ5 is the last 4.3 bootloader which is KNOX free(what is knox ,blah blah,you can read about it on google).Advantage of MJ5 is you can try 4.1.2/4.3/4.4.2 rom and your warranty and knox remain intact but if you upgrade to official 4.3 or 4.4.2 ROM you'll be on knoxed bootlooader which means you cannot downgrade to 4.1.2 anymore plus rooting a phone with knoxed bootloader will trigger knox 0x1 and your warranty if any will be void (no way yet to reset Knox).So if you have warranty on your phone then my advise is root your 4.1.2 Rom,download any 4.3 or 4.4.2 custom ROM,you wont have wifi working then flash the MJ5 bootloader from here and read this post on how to flash bootloader.
I know it's a lot of info to you but your best guide is self reading from the above links i hooked you up with.Also read comments from people cause that's how I learned I read and read a lot before i jumped the rooting bandwagon cause wanted to make sure i don't brick my phone. Ofcourse whenever in doubt STOP RIGHT THERE and ask us.Dont attempt things that you are not sure of.Good luck.
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Wow that's a lot of info you provided there, thanks. I am not new to rooting as far it goes I have rooted and flashed many roms on my galaxy s advance and my micromax A87 before that. But note 2 was a flagship device so there are many complications that come along which got me confused. As for now, I have my rooted 4.1.2 stock rom along with cwm recovery flashed via rom manager. I am planning to flash either DN3 or the Xperia Z-ized rom. So my question is: do I have to flash mj5 bootloader to flash DN3 and xperia z-ized or can I directly flash it from cwm (with factory reset and necessary wipes of course)?
BTW, I have heard that knox is a security application that prohibits rooting on samsung phones. It also had a reward for $18k for those who can bypass the knox on the S5 and root it. If I am right, then I think I am fairly acquainted to knox.
Once again, thanks a lot for helping! Appreciate it
RazaVakil7995 said:
Wow that's a lot of info you provided there, thanks. I am not new to rooting as far it goes I have rooted and flashed many roms on my galaxy s advance and my micromax A87 before that. But note 2 was a flagship device so there are many complications that come along which got me confused. As for now, I have my rooted 4.1.2 stock rom along with cwm recovery flashed via rom manager. I am planning to flash either DN3 or the Xperia Z-ized rom. So my question is: do I have to flash mj5 bootloader to flash DN3 and xperia z-ized or can I directly flash it from cwm (with factory reset and necessary wipes of course)?
BTW, I have heard that knox is a security application that prohibits rooting on samsung phones. It also had a reward for $18k for those who can bypass the knox on the S5 and root it. If I am right, then I think I am fairly acquainted to knox.
Once again, thanks a lot for helping! Appreciate it
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Since you are on stock 4.1.2 MJ5 is required for wifi to work.i learned 2 weeks ago that even mj5 is not required as previously thought by us at least not while flashing 4.4.2 TW rom.When you flash 4.4.2 custom ROM you wont have wifi working,then flash custom kernel like agni or nadia and wifi works flawlessly so one doesn't need to flash mj5 bootloader.I am not sure if this would work on 4.3 ROM you could try xperia z'd 4.3 custom ROM then flash a compatible 4.3 custom kernel and see if wifi works if it does you're set.This was new to most of us so I asked the person who told me about this how did he manage to do this and he told me apparently custom kernels have some sort of wifi drivers on them so when we flash custom kernels on 4.4.2 ROM wifi works but it wont work on stock kernel unless you upgrade to MJ5 and on stock kernel.MJ5 is safe to flash anyways since its knox free bootloader.
Actually 4.3 and 4.4.2 note 2 phones and others got knox on them but we found a way to disable knox after rooting our phone SuperSu disables it but knox is triggered to 0x1 and there's no way to reset KNOX since it's concerned with the motherboard of the phone which is the heart and soul of out note 2.So that bounty you might be talking about how to reset it perhaps.Even if they succeed in reversing it doesn't necessarily mean it would work on note 3 or note 2 cause of the phones being of different hardware .i don't know the technicalities of this.
singhpratik87 said:
Since you are on stock 4.1.2 MJ5 is required for wifi to work.i learned 2 weeks ago that even mj5 is not required as previously thought by us at least not while flashing 4.4.2 TW rom.When you flash 4.4.2 custom ROM you wont have wifi working,then flash custom kernel like agni or nadia and wifi works flawlessly so one doesn't need to flash mj5 bootloader.I am not sure if this would work on 4.3 ROM you could try xperia z'd 4.3 custom ROM then flash a compatible 4.3 custom kernel and see if wifi works if it does you're set.This was new to most of us so I asked the person who told me about this how did he manage to do this and he told me apparently custom kernels have some sort of wifi drivers on them so when we flash custom kernels on 4.4.2 ROM wifi works but it wont work on stock kernel unless you upgrade to MJ5 and on stock kernel.MJ5 is safe to flash anyways since its knox free bootloader.
Actually 4.3 and 4.4.2 note 2 phones and others got knox on them but we found a way to disable knox after rooting our phone SuperSu disables it but knox is triggered to 0x1 and there's no way to reset KNOX since it's concerned with the motherboard of the phone which is the heart and soul of out note 2.So that bounty you might be talking about how to reset it perhaps.Even if they succeed in reversing it doesn't necessarily mean it would work on note 3 or note 2 cause of the phones being of different hardware .i don't know the technicalities of this.
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How do you know all this man??
RazaVakil7995 said:
How do you know all this man??
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Lurking around in xda and reading as much as I can and participating in discussions related to Knox.I was clueless to all this Knox and how it works.My previous phone was HTC HD2 so samsung note II was the first serious smartphone I owned so just wanted to be extra careful that I don't end up bricking my device so read and read and asked questions.