thank you so much, i was way too much concern of bootlop or soft bricks and even our fellow senior face the problem above which i'm clueless, it reminds me of when i soft bricked my AP set Tab 7.7, really scary

Please read page 1 of this thread.

Then go and read dr ketan's thread in the Original section. He has a very good step by step description. Just follow that. The whole exercise of flashing is the mental preparation the first time. The act itself is only 5 minutes. Once you pass the first time, it's like nothing really.

Or you can use the GNote2 Toolkit v3, on screen prompting, very easy.

This post has been edited by joytest: Jan 24 2013, 07:29 AM

guys, anyone tried any bluetooth keyboard with this SGN2? Intend to get the logitech Bluetooth Keyboard, but wasn't sure if its good. any recommendation? coz sometimes i need to sent emails and its hard to type on the screen for lengthy contents.

I have a Rapoo E6500 and it works. I would expect the Logitech to work as well. Youtube may help you.

how much did you get the Rapoo E6500? The logitech i was told about RM200.

In LYP, you can get lowest about 90+

Hey guys, i got a very weird scenario here. Last week my note 2 reboot itself and stuck at the logo screen for no reason and cant even boot into recovery mode, plus the my screen will have white flash occasionally going on. So i send it fot warranty and they give me a one for one unit exchange, which means a totally new model. However, i just realise that at the storage space, it shows free storage 5.36GB only instead of 11GB something for a 16GB model. Any one has any idea for this weird scenario? Dont tell me they change the whole internal memory for me and tell me is a new phone=.= but i checked the IMEI and it is indeed a new phone.

Try factory reset and check again
If still shows same it just means the unit is a refurbished set and the emmc partitions was destroyed previously and reassigned to only 8 gb

Check if anyone left anything naughty in that 5Gb. You should have 10.36Gb. I'm sure they gave you a refurb from someone else. Or they may have been playing with it in the lab. Techies with toys....

Since it's a new phone, just do a factory reset.

thinking of rooting and installing a new ROM to my NOTE2 but since i'm such a newbie and after following the thread for 2 versions daily, it seems like there are still MANY difficult terms i have yet to understand. so it's kind of scary..

Can find video tutorial on YouTube. A lot of good read in XDA.

yeah.. went to XDA and again there are still many unfamiliar terms. i will find one day, sit down properly and digest everything first lol.

any suggestion which is the best ROM? i heard someone discussing about ROMOW previously.

This post has been edited by Isabell: Jan 24 2013, 09:59 AM

just did a factory reset, still shows the same. is there any way i can fix it myself? like flashing a new ROM or repartition it back to 16GB? or imy only solution is to send it back to the shop

Install storage analyzer and run it. It will show you the locations of large files. Install Ghost Commander or Solid Explorer or ES File Explorer and turn on the Show Hidden Files settings.

I'm sure somebody played with this unit. Did you get just the phone only or the whole sealed box when they swapped for you?

Just use the GNote2 Toolkit. All in one solution for rooting and custom recovery. From there you can start on the path to flashoholism.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956

Following daily for 2 versions. That's dedication to learning

I did the same when I got my Note1 1 year ago and also read up xda and googled those terms as well.

Dr Ketan's posts on xda were instrumental in getting me started.

Oh btw you never got any letters from that fruit company yet ?

I finally decided to check on my bootloader:

XXALJ1

ONly service centre can do it
Looks like your EMMC partitions were destroyed and left only 8gb
My friend previous Note ( not Note 2) similar situation. His was AP set and his spolied partitions was deactivated and left only 8 gb. He accepted it as he did not want to spend money replacing the internal memory as warranty expired

it's not in a galaxy note 2 box but it's their own company box. ya, just collected the phone back today. try storage analyzer, it shows the same 5GB+ And there's no hidden files in the storage either.. damn.. i guess tomorrow i need to go back to the repair centre since it it still under warranty..

I thought of that too, so just in case *choi if anything happens on my note2, can I just use this software to revert everything back to stock including it's recovery, rom or even bootloader to RMA? Imma just worried when they declined to RMA if my unit spoilts. I might just consider mod it's NatureUX to 3D UI by Coldfustion. lol

If I not mistaken, I did saw other seniors here mentioned other ROM as well besides ROMOW, such as Du@lNote, Omega and even ARHD 8.