[Galaxy Note 3 Original Android Development] TheShade001:
Thanks, Jayster! I really appreciate the feedback. I followed ur suggestion and the link you provided. It looked promising, but ended up soft bricking my phone. Thankfully, I quickly found the appropriate PIT and AP files which get me back up and running with factory settings.

I have rooted every phone I have had since 2000 or so, developed a number of themes and even won awards for them and have even been recognized by Engadget for my work. The only reason for bringing that up is to express that I am not a newbie here...and it has been a frustrating nightmare to perform what should be a fairly simple task...rooting my damn phone.

From what I can tell, my main dilemma is the version I have. I have a Verizon Note 3, 4.3, SM-N900V, MJE. I recently picked up the Note 3 so it actually came with MJE rather than me getting the update OTA. The fact that I am on MJE seems to be my Achilles Heel. I have now tried 4 different root methods which have not worked.

Of course I have enabled USB Debugging (as always). I have seen a lot of references regarding turning off the Reactivation Lock, but it is my understanding that newer updates now have it turned OFF by default (the default setting used to have it turned ON). I am hoping that this is true (that it is now turned OFF by default) because I don't even get the option to turn it ON or OFF in my settings. In fact, I don't see ANY options for the Reactivation Lock at all. Is this normal with the newer versions...not to even have the option? Anyway...Since I don't even have that option in my settings, I was wondering if this could be causing a problem. Regardless, if the Reactivation Lock is OFF by default nowadays, my guess would be no...it isn't the problem...figured that it's worth asking tho.

Soooo, after an unsuccessful attempt with Delavega and recovering from a soft brick, I found another method that looked very promising. I have been getting frustrated and discouraged from getting excited to find a method that looks promising...only to see it fail time and time again. This method looked like a SURE THING tho! I was super excited. It's a simple rooting method using the app, Kingo. It looked like everyone was having success with this method. The poster claimed it would work on ANY version of the Note 3 and the feedback, from others seemed to back up that claim. I didn't see any posts where users with my version (MJE) had success, but every other version seemed to work effortlessy. GREAT. So, here we go again. I'm eager and excited to give it a whirl. Of course, FAIL! err. Happy feeling gone and no luck with what seemed to be the last promising lead.

I could care less about KNOX and the warranty...don't care if it gets tripped AT ALL. I just want to root my damn phone so I can start having fun and developing themes and other things. For those of you out there who may be having problems rooting, I would definitely check out the Kingo method. Others have had great success...looks like every version under the sun is supported (except for mine of course!) Not only is it the absolute quickest and easiest method I have seen, but for most users it DOES NOT trip KNOX and also UN-ROOTS as easy as it roots allowing you to quickly go back to stock, factory if you ever need to. Here is the link if anyone was interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTCH0gmRT0A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

So, back to me, LOL. Has anyone put there has any luck with the MJE version? I am getting desperate here. I'm dying to move forward. Can anyone point me in the right direction? If anyone can help me out, I PROMISE to give you a shout out the next time my wife and I have sex! LoL. Here is what I am working with:

Verizon Galaxy Note 3

Model: SM-N900V

Android Ver: 4.3

Software Ver: ...MJE

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Good luck to those who have this new VZW version as well. Please share if you have any luck. I will certainly do the same!

Thanks again, Jayster, for your response. Although it was unsuccessful, it started me on a fruitful path to get to the bottom of it. Knowledge is Power! ?