[Q] Kies 3: "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization"

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chiwalfrm

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I have used Kies 3 to return to stock firmware and factory reset on many other Samsung products including a Tab 3 Lite, Note Pro 12.2, even the latest AT&T Note 4. But it doesn't work with the AT&T Note 2.

I need to use Kies because I don't want to trip the Knox flag.

My Note 2 is on the latest AT&T firmware, upgraded via OTA updates.

Build KOT49H.I317UCUCNE5
Bootloader I317UCUCNE5

When the command "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" is chosen, the program says 'SGH-I317' does not support initializing. Is there any way to get this to work?

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chiwalfrm

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From searching xda, there is a second method, but it doesn't work either.

The second method is this: Start with the phone disconnected. Then choose "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization".
It will prompt for the model name. Enter 'SGH-I317' without any lowercase letters.
Then it will ask for the serial number, which you can get by opening up the back and looking under the battery.

Now you can connect the Note 2 in Download mode.

Then it will go through the entire process of downloading the firmware and extracting it to a folder in:
C:\Users\<windowsid>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp<random>.tmp.zipfilder\

Inside this folder are 5 files. I noticed that these firmware files (I317UCAMA4) are for 4.1.2 Android version rather than the latest firmware.

02/14/2013 03:00 AM 1,914,967 BOOTLOADER_I317UCAMA4_578342_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5
02/14/2013 03:00 AM 1,235,466,321 CODE_I317UCAMA4_578342_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5
02/14/2013 03:00 AM 63,457,365 CSC_ATT_I317ATTAMA4_578342_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5
02/14/2013 03:00 AM 47,452,242 MODEM_I317UCAMA4_578342_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5
11/01/2014 10:27 PM 1,674,752 SS_DL.dll
5 File(s) 1,349,965,647 bytes

But it gets an error when it tries to start the firmware update.
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Notice the recovery code is blank, so you actually can't start firmware emergency recovery.

On the Note 2 side, it says "SW REV. Invalid magic string."
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audit13

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Looks like the flash is failing because you are trying to flash an incompatible bootloader.