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[Galaxy Note 3 General] Komodo Rogue:
Many thanks to the OP and the custom CWM dev!

I haven't used a Samsung phone since the original Galaxy. Quick question for everyone, I don't mean to thread-jack, and I can post this in Q&A if needed:

I downloaded the latest Kies, which is what I thought I would use to install the custom recovery, but it sounds like I need ODIN, which I am not familiar with. Do I need Kies at all? Is there an Odin primer/guide anyone can point me to that's relevant to the N900? I searched, of course, but I get search overload with S4, S3, N2 information, and I don't know if that information is relevant. It seems specific to the device model.

Many thanks! A more detailed guide for Samsung newcomers may be a good idea, if anyone has the time to write one up - I imagine I'm not the only Samsung newbie who needs root (or maybe I'm just a dummy!). I've been using android with cyanogenmod and custom kernels for years, but mostly on Nexus devices, and I felt like a complete newbie reading this thread!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] twistedvegan:
It says it's a 9005. Does that mean I'm safe to root without bricking?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lorinkundert:
My phone is an N900 Hong Kong model, Knox is not installed at all and requires that I install

it if I want to use knox, could explain why I don't see any knox related messages
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sianzb0i:
is there no zip version of cwm so can run all from cwm and SuperSU from SD?

btw, where is ur 9005 from?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kkkok8051:
waiting omega rom.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] raitospk:
I haven't rooted my baby yet but I successfully restored app and data with helium

Maybe you can try it
[Galaxy Note 3 General] namfat:
Me too. I'm waiting Omega ROM for SM-N900. Hope omega will release soon.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Komodo Rogue:
I have root! Take THAT, Trip Adviser!

I have an SM-N900 and followed the instructions posted on this thread and the linked threads. The only important but not explicitly mentioned instruction - put your phone into download mode before flashing via ODIN.

to any other ODIN newbies out there:

download CWM .tar file. Do not extract.

download SuperSU to your phone

run odin (I used 3.9), leave checkboxes as they are (don't change anything)

pick the CWM .tar file in ODIN by clicking the AP button (PDA in earlier versions)

put your phone into download mode (volume down+home+power, then volume up when prompted)

plug in USB

hit "start" on ODIN

after phone reboots, reboot to recovery (volume up+home+power, release power after splash but not volume up or home)

in CWM, flash SuperSU

clear cache/dalvik cache

reboot!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] designgears:
Can someone post a pic of the bootloader after flashing, or type out all the info on it? Curious to see how it compares to the AT&T version.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] not-i:
Hi guys, just wondering if someone who has successfully rooted the SM-N9005 can help me get the mount points? I'm trying to setup my rom builds for this phone and need these.

If you have Root Explorer (or similar) go to;

/dev/block/platform/by-name/ then you will see them. Can you please take screenshot of them all and pm them to me?

See pic from my Note 2 to see what I mean.

Thanks heaps
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ionutzm05:
How do you know if your bootloader is locked or not?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sachinaik:
Three issues with my SM-N900 Octa core version :

1. Whenever I reboot my machine... it kind of goes into bootloop for 3 times and then 4th time boots properly.

2. Something blocks apps which do root access. The icon with the bessage comes like a white grey shield...

3. Even after using Adfree in Cool Tool settings m seeing adds!!

Can anyone help me ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] monyozt:
How can? I'm downloading lastest version of helium but still unable to make backup of apps
[Galaxy Note 3 General] joe ferreira:
Try this....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sachinaik:
It is already in Normal Mode...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] TML1504:
same for me here!

can't flash odin because of locked bootloader.

bought the phone yesterday in vienna (no contract) for €769.-
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bhasg1007:
Just rooted my sm 900 all is working fine no issues wanting to install viper app for sound effects as the default sound is crappy and very low but afraid it may go into a boot loop
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Wingman5:
When I try to root it it says something like: Secure bootloader failed, so I guess I have a locked bootloader. Is there anyone that knows a way (or link to) to disable that secure bootloader?

I really need me SM-N9005 (Dutch version) to be rooted.

Thanks in advance for the help.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kostin_000:
Uhh... doing this hit me

so, i got yesterday the Note 3. all apps running fine etc. but i needed to root it to restore work from my old note 1. followed all the steps, rooted it just fine, apps that need root access work... BUT, 90% of the apps now fail to open, they just close on launch. the ones that manage to open, don't save data. so, i entered in /data/data/com.some.app and set full permissions to everything i found. nothing. it just fails to save data (but i don't get any errors). The ones that close on launch give me a notification saying "an application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device. it may be safe to delete an application obtained from an unauthorized route. check now? (cancel/ok)" and if i select ok it opens the app manager. went to security settings and disabled everything i could that might do this and still no success.

so what do i do to make all apps work?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Guitarfreak26:
Try turning off the password reactivation that worked for me..

Anyone found a way to remove knox? it wont let xposed install
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
/system/app - delete all Knox stuff. You can tell in ES explorer because it shows the icons. Ensure write access to /system

/data/data - rename com.sec.Knox..... to 000.com.sec.Knox.....

Reboot
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Guitarfreak26:
I get cannot write to whitelist..

Ive deleted knox stuff and changed the permissions of the xposed folder using root explorer
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Kinoal:
It's not working! I've try and it pass with a green notification in Odin but still don't have custom recovery..

Download Odin from XDA.

Download the recovery file for N9005 (New kernel)

Download SuperSU 1.65

Launch ODIN 3.07

Reboot in Recovery ODIN MODE

Click on Start after selecting the Recovery ( tar) under PDA (the one in Odin under Bootloader) the recovery.

Autoreboot

Nothing Change...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kastafela:
Want Confirmation

We want an confirmation that note 3 is already rooted

Anybody done with 100% no problems​
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Kinoal:
Know Process is still using 12% of my CPU even after delete all apps

---------- Post added at 01:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:24 PM ----------

It's almost impossible to disable KNOX I've even try with this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wq.disableservice

I've desactivate everything and the process is still using all the CPU :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Wingman5:
? can you clearify this a bit more for me?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Guitarfreak26:
I hate knox already! I miss greenify and app settings :( lol

---------- Post added at 01:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:21 PM ----------

Settings > Security > Untick reactivation lock
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Wingman5:
Thnx a lot, now via Odin flashed new kernel with cwm looking good :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lameplx:
Do you have a micro SD installed? I have no idea why, but it stopped bootlooping when i removed the Micro SD card on my N9005.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sachinaik:
I found the cause for the reboots. It was because I retored my HTC One's (4.2.2) apps with data. Once cleared the data for all those apps I worked fine.

Actually I removed all apps that I restored the apps one by one, this time without restoring data.

I've a 64GB class 10 sandisk card. No problems because of the card.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rchapoteau:
After being rooted, what, if any apps are no longer working?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] starfighter1106:
Just used this on my European N9005. Works fine, except that it reboots a couple of times (Between 1 and 6 times so far) when i turn it on, but as long as it eventually turns on it's no biggie.

Thank you! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sachinaik:
Probable reason is you might have restored apps+data from TB which were from android 4.2 or lower.

To solve the problem uninstall all apps after clearing their data.

Reboot.

Then restore the apps without restoring their data.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] not-i:
There are more places to delete Knox.

Apart from the apks in system/app look in the following areas;

system/etc/secure_storage/com.sec.knox.store

system/containers/sec_container_1KnoxApps.apk

system/containers/containers.zip (sec_container_1.zzzKnoxLauncherMain.apk inside)

system/containers/framework/KNOXModeSwitcher.apk & sec_container_1.zzzKnoxLauncher.apk

system/lib/libknoxdrawglfunction.so

Delete it at your own risk though. I am merely trying to help you locate everything Knox
[Galaxy Note 3 General] raitospk:
This app must work with pc to get it started
[Galaxy Note 3 General] starfighter1106:
I didn't, my old phone was destroyed in a traffic accident so i didn't have the opportunity to backup my apps, so i just booted the phone after rooting it and still had all my apps that i installed freshly on the phone 2 days ago. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danw87:
I rooted my note 3 N9005 with n9005-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.7(0925).tar and super su zip not had any problems all apps work with no force close :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tyfting:
Yes but can you restore apps with tb?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PokerPlayer:
Same here. N9005 works perfectly no fc titanium works flawless adaway aswell. Knox void tho :(

Skickat från min SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
Try restoring some apps on Titanium that you backed up previously. I'm guessing you will get errors..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mingkee:
I am waiting for T-Mobile US version (N900T or N900W). Also, we can expect "Chainfire" (creator of auto-root and Triangle Away) will get involved and give us solution.

Just donate $10 if he/she made the solution above and we used them to root (and reset Knox).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Danielfr:
You can freeze it with Titanium backup

Daniel
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Guitarfreak26:
Has anyone managed to install xposed? I'm guessing it's traces of knox that stop it from activating modules
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
I've got same problem...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] H0rn:
N9005 :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kastafela:
Not successful rooted.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] twistedvegan:
not fully rooted?

The rooting seemed to work on my n9005 and I succesfully restored a couple of apps with titanium but I still can't enable root explorer in es file browser.

I deleted any knox files I could find with titanium. anything else I can try?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tyfting:
I cant get write permissions on system :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] twistedvegan:
Me neither, got root explorer working in es file explorer with a fresh install of it. (restoring with titanium caused root explorer to not work), but still cant write to system/app
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PokerPlayer:
When deleting the knox files did you manage to run xposed installer and activate a module ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
No, it's a problem with SELinux set to enforcing. Apps need to be rebuilt to better support root access.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] twistedvegan:
Not sure what that is sorry. So far titanium has worked perfectly for me and I've now got root options working on easy profiles. Only thing I couldn't do was copy an apk file direct to the system folder in es file explorer, but I was able to install the easy profiles root apk just by clicking on it anyway so it didn't matter for me in the end.

Just waiting for someone to mod the multi-window now and then I won't feel the need to upgrade my phone again till they invent one that can project total immersion holograms :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisn0123:
Yeah, I had that too! It happened before I rooted.

Removed the sd card to let it boot. Put it back in once booted and reboots are now fine. Was weird! May have got stuck on an fsck or something.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mingkee:
You can request Chainfire to develop CF-auto-root.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980683

Since the situation is different, it may take longer to have working root.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kastafela:
I already rooted successful :)

For all problems with APPS just go through titanium and freeze like attached.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] iznee:
Dear Kastafela,

if you dont mind i have a couple of question.....

First, after freezing all those? Your device functions normally like any other rooted phones? example suing xposed modules etc etc?

Second..are you in Dubai? did you buy the phone there? reason I'm asking is that i read in some other thread that the guy bought the phone in Kuwait, and it has a regional lock sticker restricting it to the MENA region.. he tried using a Thai sim card and was locked. Do you experience the same? Sorry for this off topic question...i am working in Doha now so i am debating weather to buy the phone here or back home in Malaysia

Thank you very much
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
In ES File Explorer, drag the left menu open and click Root Explorer then you have to change /system to rw instead of r to enable write permission for superuser.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] twistedvegan:
Excellent, that worked thanks. Didn't know where to find that option since they updated the app.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kastafela:
Dear friend ;

My phone is working as sharm. Every thing is ok, I also changed arabic font easly.

I bought my mobile from axiom and there is no problem. Also I don't care about warranty I just like my phone rooted. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] iznee:
Thank you very much Bro....you just made my day. thanks again....i cannot press the thank button for you cause i already reach my quota of 8 thanks per day:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
Titanium Backup is as asking USB Debugging! Where can I find this option on Note 3?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisn0123:
Goto system settings...general..about and then keep tapping on build number.

It will then enable the developer menu in general to enable usb debugging. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Shamms:
USB debugging is a developer option whch is not activated by default.

Go to about devices and click on Build Number 5-6 times. This will open developer option for you.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] HS™:
U Need to enable developer options

Go to about us there u click build number for few times it'll will enable dev options

After that come back and above about us u will find dev opt click there and enable usb debugging
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
Thank you all - Great help :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] iznee:
Hi Nour826,

If you don't mind..whats the firmware version of your device?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
Here it is
[Galaxy Note 3 General] :
Is xposed installer and its modules working for you. I have also rooted but they are not working in my N900.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] NGP:
You need beta version. Take it here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46002463&postcount=4050
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kostin_000:
i have no KNOX thingies in my rom, yet, apps still crush
[Galaxy Note 3 General] m3dd0g:
Latest beta xposed installer is working fine guys.

Gesendet von meinem SM-N9005 mit Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
+1
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nckeong88:
+1
[Galaxy Note 3 General] joechan:
I had follow the step to root my mobile, but I'm unable to select the stock application, so any idea? Many thanks for advise.

I'm using HK lte version.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Baltasar0303:
Successfully rooted!!!!!!

Thx Guys:laugh:

Regards Baltasar0303:cool:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Han Solo 1:
Does this work on T-Mobile version as well?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Pikezer1337:
Wanting to know this as well.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gordonzhao:
With the knowledge that T-Mobile typically doesn't lock the bootloader, then it should.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] H0rn:
Worked on my unlocked N9005, guessing it works on pretty much all Note 3s none of my friends have had problems.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] michaelgohbc:
After rooting, Stranslator still work? Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ysuk9127:
what does "Voila" mean?

Same as the title. what is the meaning of "Voila"?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] clows:
cant enter the cwm recovery

voila means success
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hewlett62:
Yes

*** Sent from my SGNote 3 using Tapatalk 4 ***
[Galaxy Note 3 General] michaelgohbc:
Thanks for the info, I will go ahead to root.:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
Root Call Blocker is not working on rooted Note 3. i have emailed support & they did replied "there is a known issue with the new Note, it will be fixed this week, hopefully. please enable debugging, call your phone from a blocked number, & send some log through write to us" :angel:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Shamms:
I have a stock Note 3 bought in India. I have not activated/installed knox till now. I am waiting for Omega rom for my SM-N900, but if I root using above method will my Knox counter change?

If yes then ,Did any one find a solution till now to reset the counters to claim warranty in case required.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
As understood, Yes Knox will change to 0/1.

So far there is no solution to reset it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
Another not working root application which I am not sure it is commonly known, but I used to use it to change Samsung stock Arabic font.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benox.android.arabicfonts

The app does install successfully, obtain root permissions through superuser, then when in action, it gives a weird error message saying it cannot backup original font files.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
Can we conclude the following?

1. Root Method is Successful.

2. We must freeze Knox file through TB, or Delete them all.

3. Some Apps developers need to update their apps to get them working back inline with new security measures by Samsung.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
Correct
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nforce4:
I rooted my N9005，but failed to remove system app!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
Please give more information. How are you trying to remove system apps?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] iznee:
Oh crap its not working! Thanks for testing... Just got my device today and planning to root tomorrow. At least the developer is aware..will send them some log files tomorrow..thanks

---------- Post added at 09:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:53 PM ----------

Maybe you can pm this guy from the reply here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46017358&postcount=105

He was saying something about successfully changing Arabic fonts.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
Maybe you can pm this guy from the reply here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46017358&postcount=105

He was saying something about successfully changing Arabic fonts.[/QUOTE]

Thank you, I used other way to change it after rooting through replacing the font file manually in system/font with a different ttf file.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kastafela:
Thank you, I used other way to change it after rooting through replacing the font file manually in system/font with a different ttf file.

You need to change arabic font. Ok

First download attached font as it. And go to root explorer under system/fonts .... then paste and reboot :) https://app.box.com/s/cu9h7w6jgkqh1uobptyt
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Nour826:
You need to change arabic font. Ok

First download attached font as it. And go to root explorer under system/fonts .... then paste and reboot :) https://app.box.com/s/cu9h7w6jgkqh1uobptyt

Thank you! I used same method but your font is much better than mine. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] blurblur:
Successfully rooted on my N9005. Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nforce4:
I use some software like SystemApp Remover，

it get the root permission,

but failed to remove systemapp,

in other way,

I can use Root Exploer to remove Systemapp from /system/app, the apps disappear from /system/app,

but they also exist in Applist and Touchwizh,

I also can open it,

what's the issue with this??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mingkee:
This is possible if you receive update from Google Play or Samsung because a copy is stored in /data/app.

If so, you have to move them to memory card (just in case).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sudbury78:
Hey guys any way around this potential Verizon locked bootloader. Can we buy an unlocked phone and use on vz?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nforce4:
That is right

Thank you very much
[Galaxy Note 3 General] V_Plum:
Any way to unroot and get stock recovery back? :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nckeong88:
Just flash back official fw. But knox flag will remain as 0x1.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jetbruceli:
This whole knox thing is basically the reason why I haven't rooted yet. Normally if I had a used phone I wouldn't care but I just got this bad boy yesterday and now I will lose my warranty if I just root?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] captainhakan:
I'm having the exact same bootloop problem as stated in red fonts. Interesting part is i haven't even rooted my device yet because of knox troubles. I suspect this might be a common issue with or without rooting.

Things i've already tried to fix this:

1) I have performed factory reset dozens of times within touchwiz.

2) I have performed wipe cache within default android recovery

3) I have performed wide dalvic and cache within default android recovery

4) I have pulled the battery out, waited for a while then put it back

5) I have removed the 64Gb sandisk sdcard , booted and insert it in its slot once booted.

Pulling out the battery and removing sdcard during boot seems to help to break the bootloop sometimes but i haven't figured out a persistent solution yet.

My father and my brother also have Note3 and they never had such bootloop issues somehow.

My device model is N9000Q

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Things i may have done which might have corrupted the system files and caused this bootlooping issue might be as follows ( Or it's Samsung factory fault ?):

1) installing root apps such as titanium backup even though i'm not rooted.

I've removed them all and tried again still the same bootlooping issue

2) choosing a custom recovery in rom manager app even though i don't have custom recovery installed.

I've uninstalled the rom manager app and still having same bootloop issues.

3) knox app might be causing some issues. My brother and father doesn't have knox installed. I've uninstalled knox and performed a full wipe but still having bootloop issues

4) samsung account device lock. I' haven't activated this device lock thing after full wipe and still having bootloop issues.

5) deformed sdcard slot or any kind of other hardware issues. ( i have no idea how to test this. Removing sdcard during boot or pulling out battery and puting it back helps with the bootloop issue sometimes but not always
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sachinaik:
Hello,

The root cause for my issues is that I tried to restore apps using titanium backup.

Running the below command fixed my issues:

restorecon -R -v /data/data
[Galaxy Note 3 General] schwaitz:
Galaxy Note 3 Boot Loops

Remove the battery and the SD card.

Put the battery back in and turn on the device.

Try Menu > Settings > Wi-Fi > Menu > Advanced and uncheck Always allow scanning.

Now you should be able to turn the device off and reinsert the SD card.

Boot it up and your problem might be gone

In my SM-N9005 works