Official ICS failing...

[JVogler]

I just bought my Note today [came from an Atrix running CM7]. The rep at the store said I would get an OTA update of ICS when I booted up....but that didn't happen. Was he mistaken? So I decided to flash one directly from xda, I've rooted, got odin up and running, flashed CWM and was going to flash an ICS rom...but not sure which one. Most of the ROM threads say discontinued, some are hybrids, can't seem to find just a plain ICS rom. What is the best running ICS rom available? Was the rep wrong and the Note hasn't gotten an official ICS update, as it appears all these roms are from leaked versions that don't retain the original note features.

Any help from anyone that's been around the Note forum for a while and is up to date on all these choices for getting ICS would be awesome!

Thanks

 

[Ph0n3D0rk]

It was released a while ago. You can try the official the kies if you want to give that a shot first. Also, there are some official ics rims (uclf6) means the official release so all of those are official not leaks. But yeah, just read a bit more I'd say.

 

[otter23]

I would suggest cm9 nightly if you had cm7 on your matrix. Black star is probably the closest to stock that's been updated recently

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[jayRokk]

The rep was mistaken
there was no OT but rather updated thru Kies
There is about 3 threads of non discontinued roms that are pure stock ICS
They're there ...

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[VonEsch]

Like everyone else is saying you get it through kies. You'll need to get that from the Samsung website. Run a search for it and it should send you the appropriate link

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[roloracer]

here's the link to the post for the official ucfl6 for odin.

Use at your discretion as you can't blame other people for mistakes made when flashing, but I used this and I know it works, if you want a bit more info on it read the thread I linked, good luck.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28525924&postcount=37

 

[rangercaptain]

Are you US at&t or Canada? The ota update for Canada had problems so if that's you, don't accept it. Do as others have said and use Kies. Don't root or add a recovery until you install the upgrade.

 

[JVogler]

Like everyone else is saying you get it through kies. You'll need to get that from the Samsung website. Run a search for it and it should send you the appropriate link

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..and I thought I was pretty well read on Android [lol]. I didn't realize there would be such difference between manufacturers. Previously I've flashed everything via CWM. This will be my first device utilizing Odin, and Kies. I've already run a couple things via Odin with not problems. I see a lot of references to Kies, [One last question before I begin] is this the same Kies that comes installed on the Note [which appears to be a web-interface to browse your phone contents], or is there a different Kies I should be using for updating ROMs?

 

[JVogler]

Are you US at&t or Canada? The ota update for Canada had problems so if that's you, don't accept it. Do as others have said and use Kies. Don't root or add a recovery until you install the upgrade.

Figures, you mention exactly the ONLY two things I've done to my device so far - Rooted, and added CWM. Do you say this because I will have to repeat those processes over again after upgrade, or because they will hinder the upgrade process?

 

[roloracer]

Figures, you mention exactly the ONLY two things I've done to my device so far - Rooted, and added CWM. Do you say this because I will have to repeat those processes over again after upgrade, or because they will hinder the upgrade process?

yes you will loose root and cwm, so if you use the link I posted you can use odin instead of kies, get cwm from braway's thread for odin, and get superuser.zip for ics and put it on the sd card before you start the process, go to download mode, flash the update thru odin, then the cwm thru odin, and then you can boot into cwm and flash the superuser zip, and get root back. Easy. :good:

 

[JVogler]

yes you will loose root and cwm, so if you use the link I posted you can use odin instead of kies, get cwm from braway's thread for odin, and get superuser.zip for ics and put it on the sd card before you start the process, go to download mode, flash the update thru odin, then the cwm thru odin, and then you can boot into cwm and flash the superuser zip, and get root back. Easy. :good:

Thanks, I started the ICS file download a few minutes ago, the 'free' download is really, really, really throttled so it looks like I've got about an hour to wait for that. I got all the other files waiting and ready...should be good to go when the d/l finishes.

Thanks

 

[rangercaptain]

No that's Kies Air and its about as useless as a third nipple.

Go to the Samsung-Kies site for the upgrade and everyrhing will be there (files to download, drivers, step-by-step directions).

You do this with your pc. You use the stock usb cable. You use usb port on the back of your pc (powered usb).

 

[gregsarg]

What he said.....^^^^^^

 

[JVogler]

No that's Kies Air and its about as useless as a third nipple.

Go to the Samsung-Kies site for the upgrade and everyrhing will be there (files to download, drivers, step-by-step directions).

You do this with your pc. You use the stock usb cable. You use usb port on the back of your pc (powered usb).

That would explain why I could not find the option to update firmware! Thanks...got the PC version from Samsung site. I'm really liking ICS. It seems like now official Android includes a lot of the features that were in Older Cyanogen Mod versions that made it so much better than stock Android. I'd say it's very possible to be happy with this device leaving it with a stock ROM. For those who have gone the custom route [I'm leaning towards CM9, as I've been happy with CM on my Atrix] are there any features that you couldn't imagine being without. Besides the usual performance tweaks, and bloat removal that would be nice...it would also be nice not chasing the 'nightly threads' and flashing updates at least once a week. It seems there a lot more people in this I717 forum who are sticking with stock ICS, than there were people sticking with stock GB on the Atrix forum. For those running the manufacturer ICS update, is there anything glaring missing that would make you inclined to go custom? I've only been using it for less than a day, and need to make a quick decision where to go custom or not because I leave for a week tomorrow morning.

Thanks again for any input...

...Sorry to all those who have helped with their replys and haven't been 'thanked' properly [get maxed out at 8 / day]. I will try and catch up on that each day, as I really appreciate everyone's input. It's been very useful in making the decision on what devices I purchase, and getting them up and running as desired quickly...especially when working with a device / manufacturer for the first time.

 

[rangercaptain]

You have CWM. Just go get a few rom's, label them in different folders on your external sd card, get Titanium Backup, an sms and phone call baxkup and restore, and you can flash any rom and put your apps and stuff on without internet access.

When restoring with TiBU only never restore system data. Doing that will make even the fastest rom act sick.

 

[epic1]

I have to say the collective's aocp is an amazing smooth ROM you lose spen gestures
but there are other apps and features that make me not miss them.i would highly recommend it.

 

[smokinmoses]

U will loose s pen with all ROMs that don't run touchwiz(cm9, 10, hybrids........) but ur phone will run better. U can get papyrus from the market if that bothers u.

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