After coming to this thread I decided to try RootBOX rom (after trying all the CM/AOSP/AOKP for the millionth time for the NOTE)...
biggest failure ever! not the rom but the lack of compatibility for the Samsung note devices... The roms are perfect but lack that magic touch of the s-pen features and samsung apps.
I was on ExtFat filesystem and everything worked fine with Jedi11 perseus kernel BUT I still decided to format all my 40GB+ files to fat32 bc AOSP doesnt recognise my 64GB unless it's fat32...
now, all the tweaks (extsd2int, stweak, noozxoide, android powertools tweak, all samsung apps (camera, gallery, photodesk, touchretouch... none!)
even the Galaxy nexus camera isn't working properly, they didn't change the build.prop/model by default bc it's still GN-nexus which fc...
imo Samsung +1 on this one!
I recommend Jedi or SkyNote if you don't want to lose all your functionality. If you have the s3 or lg Nexus than go for the AOSP if you like.
Happy flashing!
To each their own but the s pen is a gimmick. Yes it's cool to show off but it's impractical. Notes are taken too big on the screen if you want them to be ledgible so you'll be scrolling like crazy. Also, aosp ROMs have snote alternatives that work just as well.
Now to the build prop, it set to GT-N7105, that's the international LTE Note II, not the G Nexus, and it has nothing to do with the camera, which works properly.
Everyone has different needs and wants with a phone but I rather have completely control of the notification led natively, change themes without flashing them, quick reply which I use constantly, and tons more customization options. Let's also not forget that touchwiz ROMs are still stuck on 4.1.2 and will remain there until Samsung decides to release something where as in aosp ROMs you're always using the latest OS.
Touchwiz ROMs are fragmented. Some themes only work for some versions, some mods only work for another version. It doesn't make sense, and trying to say that an 800+ mb ROM with 200+ pre-included apps will run just as fast as an aosp ROM just sounds silly. Not everyone buys the note ii for the spen, I bought it because I like the size (I previously had a note I) and I like the specs.