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[Galaxy Note 3 General] gardar:
My N9002 arrived in Iceland yesterday, I got the 32gb version shipped from china from a ebay seller.

So far I'm absolutely loving the phone! However I do have few questions for my fellow N9002 owners.

What's the latest firmware? The seller had rooted the phone so I cannot check for updates with the inbuilt update checker.

The seller also had removed some of the chinese bloatware, everything that Mark Daviid lists on his site, is there anything else that is safe to remove or is Mark's list complete?

From time to time this message appears:

an application attempted to access system on your device without authorization. This attempt has been blocked

Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Is there any way to replace baidu maps with google maps? I noticed baidu maps appears under S Note, even though everything named Baidu has been removed with Titanium backup
[Galaxy Note 3 General] CitizenM:
You can't. At least not currently. You're bootloader is too new.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
Whats your current firmware? I rooted my phone when i was still on mi7, now im on mk1 already. Everything is still working like before. Except that I noticed almost no more lags or jitters.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gardar:
I'm on MJ6

How did you update?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
gardar, please see my post above :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bottom:
help me :crying:

stuck in the "Brickloop" after restoring a backup in TWRP

I already tried flashing the stock Rom then flashed the kernel and got boot loops still

and

1. Boot to recovery (CWM)

2. Wipe data/factory reset

3. Wipe Cache

4. Wipe Dalvik cache (advanced-> wipe dalvik cache)

5. Flash stock rom

boot loops still

:crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bishodablack:
any idea how to remove the boot and shutdown animations?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
You here of a Samsung jig?try it forces device into download mode
[Galaxy Note 3 General] asif45:
Have you tried flashing ROM via Odin?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Sounds like what mines is going thru now. Bootloop means no download mode so need a jig to force into download mode to use Odin
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bottom:
i can force into download mode and use Odin but after flashing official ROM via Odin the n9002 not start still loop to samsung logo and restart again
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
How did you flash cwm thru Odin?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bottom:
flashing via odin

h**p://d-h.st/UeZ
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
From what I see the 2 things ticked aren't supposed to be ticked try that also 1 at a time I don't know I'm a noob to but instructions I seen tells this also in PDA I don't know if AP is that in yours
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bottom:
the problem not (cwm) the n9002 not start after flashing official ROM via Odin still loop to samsung logo and restart again also flashing via kies
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Ok was those 2 ticked when you flash it
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bottom:
yes auto reboot and F.reset time
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Try without those being ticked in instructions I seen f reset not to be ticked then a friend told me to not have auto reboot ticked
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bottom:
The same thing without those ticked
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
I'm asking a friend when I hear you'll hear

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Did you use cf auto root everything unchecked that's the very 1st thing
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stoney73:
You might be pleasantly surprised to learn that Paul obrien of modaco has just bought this model.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
What does this mean for us
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
A dual sim phone makes for a better mobile device, so yeah, I wouldnt be so surprised that some people who are on the go always would get attracted to this model of the note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stoney73:
Well, he has a great track record for roms/tweaks. Can only be a good thing
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Nice lookin' forward to this
[Galaxy Note 3 General] openminde:
[MENTION=5263516]tclocki[/MENTION]

Do you have the caller ID issues.

My phone runs very good on the SVA ROM but the only thing is I can't seem to figure out the caller ID problem.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mufidaz:
[MENTION=5263516]tclocki[/MENTION]; how to update after rooting, currently on mi7 firmware with root access, with knox count 0x0. Could you post instructions for updating to mk1 please... will this updating break root access & trip knox count??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
openminde i tried all suggestions here and everywhere over the internet but none really seems to work. Ive managed to do a work around for the caller ID issue. For one contact, I am saving his number twice on two different formats. For example, my contact A has a phone number of +639151234567, I also have another number saved inside contact A as 09151234567. 63 is our country code and 915 is the area code. This fixed my caller ID issues.

mufidaz, I just flashed the latest firmware from sammobile thru odin. I had to root my phone again using chainfire's autoroot, I flashed it through Odin too. Then I installed clockworkmod again, then I flashed google apps again thru cwm. You just have to remove all those chinese bloat again thru titanium backup.

Please note that I couldnt care less about knox since the phone came from China anyway and Im not living in China. Samsung doesnt have international warranty.

Of course please do a backup before you do all of those just to be safe.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
So has anyone figured out what this is for?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8k1nu1sp7zjt4gw/Screenshots_2013-12-08-12-24-42.png
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
I got the duel sum sm-n9002 can't get the multi window to work any I ideas multi window is on in tiles I know to drag off side panel butt Its not doing it
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ro_ni@hotmail.com:
Did you solve the problems ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] openminde:
Thanks [MENTION=5263516]tclocki[/MENTION],

Having multiple number formats isn't really an option for me at this time as I have contacts with up three different numbers and close to 1200 contacts.

It's not too big an issue but it's still an issue all the same.

I hear of some people modifying the xml document to try to get it to work and I've tried that but with no luck.

Fingers crossed it's resolved soon enough.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MaxWHLi:
If you encounters a problem that com.google.process.gapps shows up everytime you restart your phone, here is the solution.

I found out that this error comes from the chinese version of sbrowsers. To fix this, you must replaced the SBrowser_CN.apk, SBrowser_CN.odex, BrowserTry_CN.odex and SBrowserTry_CN.apk to the origional SBrowser.apk, SBrowser.odex, SbrowserTry.odex and SbrowserTry.apk.

The aformentioned filed is located at System/app. I have also attached the original file in this post.

Hope that may help
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
I think you are not yet allowed to attach files since your account is just new...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mfcouk:
Install svm rom for n9002

HI GUYS

Just got my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9002 China Unicom ver,

Can anyone please guide me to install the SVA_ROM_v2.0 by Odin or any easy method?

Regards
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MaxWHLi:
Yup, just figured it out... anyways if u don't want the stock browser, just deleted it..... :cyclops:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
http://studenikin.ru/svarom/svarom_N9002.asp install I is 2nd tab from the bottom let me know if it works please thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mfcouk:
Do i need to copy the SVA ROM and n9002-cwm-recovery to the phone?

How to Flash A Custom Recovery ( CWM Based Recovery by Xiaolu )?

Regards
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Just follow instructions to the letter or you will brick ur devise I advise you before proceeding invest in a Samsung jig just in case something goes wrong
[Galaxy Note 3 General] openminde:
Well it seems to me like there's no solution for the caller ID problem so far.

Does anyone know if those with the s4 dual sim have the same problem and if any solutions have been suggested.

I'm tired of editing the same csc xml file because it just isn't working for me.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Any ideas on why jig would work on note 3 but not sm-n9002 China variant
[Galaxy Note 3 General] omeryounos:
Yes all Samsung dual SIM phones imported from China has same problem. Only exception is galaxy s4 mini dual and other Samsung dual SIM phones launched internationally doesn't have this issue.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Which problem
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gardar:
Great! I flashed the latest firmware with Odin and then re-rooted with Marrk Daviid's method, works perfectly!

However now I have a new "boot screen" when I shut down the phone, so now I both have some chinese logos when booting and shutting down. Has anyone managed to get rid of these and use the regular boot screens from samsung?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] omeryounos:
CLI...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mfcouk:
Yes it works great...

i have the same issue, the chinese logos when booting only!!

anyone knows how to fix this?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
i for one would like to have those crap removed too. lol!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dodgebizkit:
Purely out of interest, why would someone want two sims in one phone?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
When some 1 peerages the country have a burner type number and keep main number at same time
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
I for one has a company issued sim that has its own benefits, and i also have a separate personal sim that is on unlimited data plan.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Riona69:
I followed CitizenM's method to root via RDLV and successfully installed GooglePlay store on my N9002! Can't thank CitizenM and all contributors enough!

However I'm having trouble getting Google Network Location to work properly. GPS is working on Google Map/Baidu Map but 3rd party weather apps like Transparent Weather doesn't work. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Riona69:
Hi, any chance you can upload the original files and post the link here or pm me? Thx!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gardar:
Can't you export it from a rom update?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Anyone know how to unlock the bootloader for n9002 from China thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Riona69:
Sorry I'm not so technical so can't answer you!

By any chance anyone got Google+ working on the N9002?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kwyj:
Google+ working fine here.

PS. For those not happy with your keyboard, have you tried the 'Google Keyboard' available in the play store? I've been using it here for a few weeks and it seems to work great.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
Cant find the app in the play store... anyway what ticks me is that handcent, or go sms still doesnt see the sim 2. When I send text messages it always use sim 1. Anyone found a workaround about this? I dont want to stick to the default sms app... :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] qwerty1q:
]Hello guys, sorry I have no time to go through all the pages, just a few questions

- can we root/unroot n9002

- is Google Play, Navigation, etc working on 9002 in Europe?

- any difference when flashing root/rom between 16GB and 32GbB versions, please?

- what should I know or check before buyin n9002

Much appreciated for all the answers and tips
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
Install cpu z before you buy the note. You may want to run some benchmarks too before you buy it just to make sure its scoring the same as the genuine ones.

Yes google apps should work if you follow the instructions we talked about here. Doing so requires root. I havent tried to unroot my note 3. Who gives a crap about warranty for a device I bought from China, samsung's warranty policies arent international.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gardar:
I've got the 32gb version and I can tell you that there are no different methods in flashing/rooting the 32gb and 16gb versions.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
In the China versions there is from what I understand something about scatter file system using a sp flash tool from what I've seen it is something like Odin
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gardar:
I have 32gb one from china and followed Marrk Daviid's guide without problems
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Mine is the China one that don't say Samsung but is a n9002 yours that 1?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kwyj:
I doubt that will ever be resolved. My understanding is that Samsung made their own extensions to allow SIM selection. The Android API ( which is what all the independent developers use) assumes a single SIM.

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Google Keyboard:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubbl3:
It's normal CF-Auto-Root does not flash a recovery, it only roots the device.

For google apps you need to install a recovery, the N9005 one works fine on 9002-9006-9008, this is the latest:

https://hotfile.com/dl/248034506/0baef27/n9005-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.8(0929).tar.html

And then from the recovery you need to flash this google apps package (latest available for android 4.3):

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1767311/YourZgappsXS-4.3-2013.09.16.zip
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jlevy73:
For those buying the chinese version of the note 3, I highly recommend you get either the 9002 or 9006 version. Those are the china unicom versions and use the WCDMA which can be used anywhere in the world. The 9008 is the china mobile version and has their proprietary TD-CDMA technology which is only applicable in China. So if you try traveling to other countries you will only have 2G only. Plus in my experience, flashing roms on the 9008 version is not as easy as the Unicom versions.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] yatbond:
Since the 9002 has the snapdragon chipset then it should have lte radio built in, right?

Anyway to unlock that?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jlevy73:
Good question...China doesn't have a LTE network so not suprisingly the specs don't "officially" include LTE support. The official specs are:GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850 (B5), UMTS900 (B8), UMTS1900 (B2), UMTS2100 (B1)

Of course the LTE radio could be built in but just turned off. Will have to research further on this.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Snugglesthemonkey:
I am having a 9005 sent over from the US after being unlocked with a local sim, this way I have google apps. This sound like a solid plan or is the region lock going to ruin my day? I try to avoid buying the chinese version of things.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubbl3:
All true, except that flashing roms on 9008 is very easy, after a recovery is installed all that is flashable on 9005 you can flash on 9008. I know because i have one, i spend most of my time in China so i decided to get a China Mobile one ;)

Chainfire is about to publish an app that removes the lock, but you need to root your phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jlevy73:
How's the reception your phone? I have the SGS4 and my reception is miserable. It will go from full reception to none and the drop the call. Happened so many times I had to basically give up on it and use my HTC One. So I'm curious since you are using it in China how the call quality and reception are? I assume you're using it on CHina mobile's 3G network?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubbl3:
Receptions is very good, i use it on China Mobile 3G network and i have full signal on 3G most of the time. Also data transfer is good, i can watch online videos with no issues, even tested while travelling on a highway. It is quite good but i guess it is tailored to the specific network.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jlevy73:
Thanks, my SGS4 was also on China mobile (9508 version).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubbl3:
That is weird as that version is offered as flagship phone by China Mobile.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jlevy73:
Yep, I know. And I knew a lot of other people in the Beijing area who also had the same issue. That's one of the reasons I'm having a difficult time spending 6,000rmb on this device as my experience with the SGS4 was an utter disaster.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubbl3:
Well i can't say anything because i never been in Beijing with this phone, but the price is too high mate. I paid 4500 RMB for the 9008 in Shanghai.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ipsuvedi:
Any news about availability of note 3 dual sim in India and if available is it SD 800 version.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] infura:
Took my phone over to a cellphone dealer place today, they said the root for the note 3 was not available yet and also even when rooted the phone might not work properly. Guy said it happened to a taiwanese guy trying to root the one X.

Anyway, to those who have rooted their's please let us know if you experience any issues!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] yatbond:
Zero issue here in Hong Kong.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Staif:
What about google now?

it is a good news to be able to install google apps on the n9002 so i will probanly buy one :)

However, i still have a question about google now. Does it work on your rooted N3?

I had this problem on a chinese Galaxy S4 from china telecom. I could install all google apps but never succeed to use google now on it!

What about on your note3?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] whiterabbitobj:
Also no big problems here in BJ, having rooted n9002 w/ n9006 package linked early in the thread.

I AM having a devil of a time getting the builtin samsung apps to display english though. Tried clearing caches amd restarting phone w/o simcard which partially worked but then it went back to mandarin as soon as i reinserted my sim. I'm assuming I have special localized versions of the software (flipboard for instance has mandarin chars on the icon)... anyone know how to solve this? If I use the 9005 root package would that help?

Related, the 9002 only has "samsung chinese ime " keyboard installed. I'm typing this on the n9002 so it works just fine, but for ocd sake, anyone know how to install the standard usa/european keyboard?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubbl3:
It is weird because on my n9008 when i set english all the widgets showed up in english. You could try to set the English (US) locale or any other with More Locale:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale&hl=en

Adding languages is possible, but it requires some modifications to the files, this guide can be a starting point:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1673847

You could test getting the files from an n9005 ROM like Omega 1.0

It sounds like the usual bull**** excuse to not do the job / hide their ignorance.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jlevy73:
Depends on where you are using your phone? If your China, Google Now doesn't work, at least on all three Android devices I currently own it's blocked. When I go to Hong Kong, Taipei or back home (US), Google Now works fine.

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Nice, you got a good price. Where did you buy your phone from; Gomez, Suning or directly from China Mobile? I was at Suning and the 9002 was around 6500 RMB and the 9002 was something like 5499 RMB.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubbl3:
In Xujiahui electronics market from my long time dealer.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
thanks its not available in my country it says ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gardar:
Oh so you are saying yours is fake? No mine is a genuine 32gb Samsung that was bought from china
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audioblivious:
Yea. ....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
Hi guys, i have noticed that ive had to sign up for my google account at least some few times over the last month. Are you experiencing this too? Im just getting surprised that i lost all my contacts already because its all synced to my google account. Its not so much but it sometimes annoy me especially when im in a hurry to call or send someone a message.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] w0mble:
Hi,guys

I am a noob and have to still

take in some of the lingo

.

My girlfriends brother very generously bought a 16gb dual sim note 3 for me.

I'm in the UK and no google play in english and I can't read chinese .

I spoke to samsung and they said the service centre may be able to help.

However they told me it was impossible to fix as the motherboard was different and made for chinese apps.... so impossible to change software.

Reading this makes me think differently.

or will this never be the same as a note 3? obviously no 4g.

What is my best option and what will l be losing out on besides 4g if i try to install the software on to this dual sim version.

many thanks

ps my baseband is N9002ZNUDMJ6 so can i install something and keep warranty?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kwyj:
Try using Google to search for the Kit Kat keyboard apk. It's the same thing.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
Thank the heavens for rooting. you can install google apps still and make your n9002 "western" just back read a little bit. its not very hard to root and install google apps.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
Thanks, I now have it and somehow Im loving it :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
I noticed that when I turned on gpu rendering and turned off hardware overlay at the same time, thr overall experience of the phone felt snappier. Ive been tweaking around those setting when I stil had an s4 and i never noticed any significant difference. Just sharing.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] link144:
Cannot Save

Hi, thanks for all the info guys!

I'm trying to edit it and the in the end it says it "cannot be saved" that one error happend. Sometimes it tries to make me choose between DOS Terminators - CR/LF, UNIX Terminator - LF and MAC Terminators - CR. The option is already showing for me to choose the Unix one.

What should I do? How do I save?

Also do one of you guys knows how to contact the SVA guy? I sent him 12 USD yesterday for the SVA 3.5 Suberb ROM and I still got no contact from him. I sent an SMS and still nothing.

Have you guys been using this ROM a lot?

Is there Brasilian Portuguese on it?

Sorry for the horrible english and for all this questions!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Riona69:
SVA email: ch18801491917(at)gmail(dot)com
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
I havent tried his rom as I got my phone configured the way I want it. Im rocking on the latest stock mk1 firmware, rooted, debloated. I want it as close as possible to stock n9005.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] link144:
What did you u do? Can you explain it to me? I'll try that!

Enviado de meu SM-N9002 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
http://marrkdaviid.com/2013/10/install-google-play-on-the-samsung-galaxy-note-3-n9002/#.Urm0bJYYYuo

Thats what I did first.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Blizzaa:
Hey SVA, or any other SVA ROM users,

I have started using the 'FasterFix' app because without it Nike+ is pretty bad. Is there any way it can save my location because it's quite annoying to have to do it every time and if I forget it can cut me off during my run.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] link144:
Sorry, can't help you with that bro.

Anyone been using the SVA ROM n9002 3.5? I'll install it today, so I would like to know what do you guys think its better than the stock ROM?

Enviado de meu SM-N9002 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] angelosabatini:
Also anyone here is using this phone in USA ?

Does it have the same problems as the Note 2 ?

Do both sims work ? Does the hdmi out work ? Does the radio work ?

Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] link144:
I haven't tried the rest but both sims work fine. They work active, meaning that if you are using one the other is still active, and if you receive a call, you can put on sim on hold and answer the call on the other sim.

I'm also positive it works in USA!

Enviado de meu SM-N9002 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gardar:
Anyone else experiencing a loss of google accounts? My google accounts have been disappearing from the phone weekly or so, so I've had to manually add them again.