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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Just read that 2 people were bootlooping, 1 appears to have done a nandroid restore, have their phones working but re flashing an earlier version of twrp. 2.6.3.0. Might be the one thing I didn't try, but I believe that was the version I was originally using. I think I started with that, and tried 2.6.3.1. Just a heads up, I hope it works as I love to flash a custom ROM without worrying.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stress1ner:
I started getting the bootlooping this morning, the funny thing is since saturday i was doing retores on twr 2.6.3.1 both from the original stock backup and from joyv23 stock Deodexed rom. i was also able to flash darthstalker rom v1 also.

This morning i re-downloaded darkstalker v1 to try and fix the tethering issue i was having, flashed the rom fine but was still having the tethering issue so i tried to restore the stock deodex nandroid i had, now i get bootloops. i am mentioning this just incase it helps, something must have happened between those flashes i always wipe everything except sd cards when flashing then just restore my apps and settings.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Are you able to Odin back to stock with no issues?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
So does anyone have any idea why the PIT file would fail the "security check" or how to bypass it?. Would be nice if we could actually flash a PIT when flashing back to stock via Odin to see if we get anywhere....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Because Selinux and Knox suck. :D

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stress1ner:
No i was not able to get it working with odin, anyone with the issue tried flashing the new darthstalker v2 rom?

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the furthest i can get before bootloop is just after android apps are updated then it says loading android apps then i get a popup say "process system isn't responding wait or press ok", but pressing wait or ok doesn't solve the issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Me too. Sorry. Did you try a different version of twrp? 2.6.3.1 seems like it's helping some people

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tmpryid:
Same boat.

Another one on the same boat :(

Here's my experience.

-I easily rooted the device.

-I then installed goo manager to get a custom recovery.

-goo manager installed TWRP 2.6.3.1 for me

-I then booted to recovery and made a full backup with TWRP

-flashed darthstalker no problem

-tried using "nandroid manager" from the play store to recover my apps and data (from the TWRP backup)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore&hl=en

but it wouldn't work. I couldnt recover anything from the TWRP backup using the nandroid manager App

-I then decided setting everything up again from scratch would be too much work and i would rather go back to stock to get all my apps and data back again, so i foolishly tried to restore my backup from TWRP.

* world explodes and endless boot-loops *

I sometimes get to the "system stopped responding" screen though.

as this problem seems to be unfixable, I'm going to try to get my device replaced at my tmobile store today. :'(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Sorry to hear it, welcome to the family, hope you get it replaced..

I really wish we knew if any of the guru's here on XDA were even looking into the cause of this, I've tried about everything I can, don't know where to go from here...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tmpryid:
replaced

4 hours later, phone exchanged at a t-mobile store. No questions asked.

Crisis averted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
So are you going to root and flash again? lol :sly:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
I rooted already, did it 10 minutes after I got home. Haven't installed recovery yet though...kind of pointless currently. I did cracked this morning, downloaded darth ROM, almost flashed it.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tmpryid:
hahaha. I'll probably wait a week or two. The only things I really want are ciq-free and unhampered mobile hotspot. Not really crucial right now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] akapaul26:
No issues here, I'm using stock deodexed rom. Did a nandroid backup, then did a full wipe and a factory reset. Then rebooted recovery. I then restored my backup. Did this three times no bootloop for me.

Using 2.6.3.1 TWRP

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glensta:
You're one of the lucky ones
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tmpryid:
What did you backup/restore ? Did you checkmark everything in twrp (I did when I had the problem)? Just curious.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] akapaul26:
I backed up everything but recovery, everything else was checked. Then I restored everything (everything checked)

Sent from my SM-N900T using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

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Just to help I had formatted my sd card prior to getting my n3. Only thing that was on there was what I wanted like pics, music, rom file etc.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] decalex:
This is like watching a game of Russian roulette, except I wanna play so bad..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] akapaul26:
Has anyone tried this. .

Step one: Reboot back into TWRP

Step two: format data (you have to format, NOT wipe. wiping won't do it).

Step three: wipe cache/dalvik/data

step four: download and odin flash a stock image

Then reboot, remember format not wipe.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] les_garten:
Indeed!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] decalex:
Haha.. hey. Has anyone reached out to ViperBoy? I just saw him posting in the themes section.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Yes, yours truly. No go.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] les_garten:
I'm sure if a combination of steps could be contemplated in a rabid caffeine induced haze, you've tried it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Lmfao...yes, I spent many hours trying many different combinations. I went as far as a nand delete in odin, re flashing stock image...nothing worked.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] HughesNet:
Nandroid manager has a problem with reading apps from current versions of twrp. Do a separate nandroid with online nandroid from the same developer next time for nandroid manager use
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Funny, I tried checking nand delete in Odin as well, thought to myself, what the hell do I have to lose at this point, no luck either. Still waiting for my replacement to get here today, so I've been trying all kinds of crazy sh*t, at one point I thought the processer was going to melt through the back of the phone it was so hot..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Lol, I know. It booted so many times on me one day, **** was so damn hot. I did the same thing, figured I had nothing to lose either.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AllGamer:
well make that 3

my phone was fine until after I did a Nandroid restore :( using TWRP

trying to find a way to stop these bootloops
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Way more than three, I meant that two I read of had it fixed by using a different version of TWRP. I am not sure if they restored though. Good luck, I tried for many hours, with no success

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Yeah, it's going to be a while, if ever. Maybe someone will get it sorted eventually, but I would recommend returning it. As I've quoted Warrior for a reason, he and I have spent numerous hours (days actually) trying every conceivable way, nadda, zip, zilch.. If you do find anything out, please share.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AllGamer:
I'd have done so already, unfortunately until I can get my hands on a stock un-branded Samsung ROM, i won't be able to turn it in for warranty yet.

Tried several ROMs they all have Telcos custom logos / wallpaper / icons

I need a clean one for SM-N900W8, so they don't go asking too many questions :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] les_garten:
I was reading the Knox white paper listed elsewhere in one of these threads. Knox if it detects the right kind of violation is supposed to cause a boot loop. This really seems like a knox issue you guys ran into.

The fact that you guys can just keep going and trying to flash suggests this to me. The "real" bricks I've seen(before knox) you couldn't even get to Download or recovery. That's the part that sounds like a knox issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chrisa887:
So if a dev gets rid of the Knox completely then every thing should be ok? Right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] les_garten:
I believe Knox is hardware and software.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chrisa887:
Hmm going to be a challenge
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shin lucifer:
So... we need some thing like ifixit to take apart N3. So we can see detailed schematic, to be sure of it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chrisa887:
Yea
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] apols:
So mine did the bootloop thing, but fortunately I never tried to do a recovery, so I just flashed the stock image back with odin. Since then,it's been pretty buggy. What did you tell them when you brought it in? Unless you go and check the bit, you wouldn't even know mine had been flashed. It's even eligible for OTA updates (I think). I'd kind of like to get it exchanged while I still have a chance..

Edit: My status shows as "Official" so I guess I'm good?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] decalex:
You could always do an over the phone equipment replacement, and then mail it to them. Can't promise anything, of course, but I've never heard of anyone having warranty issues, aside from physical damage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glensta:
@ Allgamer,

I haven't read the history yet, but could you flash twrp , then boot into recovery wipe data, then Odin the stock firmware. You'll still end up in bootloop but it'll look less peculiar when you go to return your device.

More or less that's what I did and when I went to return it they didn't even question it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
That's what I done as well.. They might try to troubleshoot it, but obviously aren't going to get past the T-Mobile boot screen..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gforceriders:
I just got it to boot!!! What I did was go into download mode and reflashed CF-auto root > then rebooted into stock recovery and wipe/data factory reset and cache > then reboot into download and flash Twrp 2.6.3.1> then reboot recovery and in TWRP I wiped in advance wipe everything but micro SD and wipe factory reset then flashed DARTHSTALKER NOTE3 ☆ | VERSiON 2 and rebooted. It rebooted fine and I am up and running now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] snovvman:
I don't have the problem, but cheers for you for getting yours to work--I'll hit thanks just for the achievement.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Did you use the restore function? Was that why you were bootlooping? Or was it a bad flash of a rom? If you used the restore function, you'd be the first to fix your phone.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gforceriders:
No I didn't make it that far but I have come back from such craziness by going into stock recovery and wiping everything and then flashing twrp or cwm and then flashing a ROM zip.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Yeah, it's the post "restore" issue that nobody (I know as yet anyway) can recover from, but I'm glad you got it sorted!! :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] edouble312:
Quick question... I've got two 2.6.3.1 and successfully flashed darthstalker. .. it's working well. All the commotion about these bootloops has me worried though. Should I try to Odin back to stock while I can (and wait for a more stable recovery), or just wait it out? I've read that issues arise after flashing twrp and odening back even without the nandroid restore bootloop
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
I would just hold tight, no reason to flash back to stock in my opinion. I was running Darthstalker as well before I tried to restore a backup of Darthstalker. I liked it, pretty close to stock and I wasn't having any issues until I flashed the Comatose / Crossbreeder mod, which unrooted me, so I tried to restore the backup I made and the rest is history.

Just got my replacement phone today, I'll root it, but until the restore issue is figured out I'm sticking with the stock ROM..

FYI, there is a newer release of TWRP, don't know if restore is working on it, but I'm going to go check it out now..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] edouble312:
Thanks. I'm not in any hurry to tinker or change anything. I just worry about down the road, if I wanted to Odin the device for any reason, could it get messed up? If i waited for a more stable twrp would that make odin safe to use?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JT man:
Well join me into the club,yep I'm in, bootlooping did the unthinkable....twrp recovery v2.6.3.1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
I'm pretty sure that Odin is safe to use to revert back to stock, haven't heard of any endless bootloops just using Odin. Only real issue is trying to restore a backup in TWRP. So I'd venture to say you're safe to go back to stock if you wanted..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Bummer, were you aware of the issues before you tried it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gonnapushthru06:
I wouldn't go to it ppl are getting the death loop from just flashing a rom with the newest one trust me this is my second note 3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Wow, that's not good.. I'm usually pretty willing to try new stuff, but this SELinux Knox crap kinda has me scared to try anything beyond rooting at this point.. lol, but I know the folks here will get it sorted eventually..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] zmore:
Same here. I usually root my device ASAP (for AdAwayand TiBu mostly), and ROM it after I can no longer stand TouchWiz a week or so later.

I think I'll hold off at least month on the Note3, not least because I've bought it off-contract without insurance, so I have no mommy to cry to for a "free" no-questions-asked replacement. :)

SELinux should be easy to tame (stripped entirely from the kernel, or just put in permissive mode), but KNOX sounds quite a bit trickier as it's part software and part hardware security.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gonnapushthru06:
I was gonna rebuild the kernel and remove Selinux which should be a big help cause i believe when selinux knox detect wrong doing it is set to boot loop phone is I've been doing my research right but is only detecting foul play when really restoring and now some ppl flashing and was maybe gonna oc a little but my computer is on the frits so that's a no go there is someone who already did it in the original galaxy note 3 forum check it out
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Haven't those people been able to recover by reflashing the older version of

TWRP?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cashyftw:
Add me to the list also :/ I was on omega roms (tried it on the tmobile note 3) which worked fine, then I ended up restoring, and my phone booted fine, I just had no service, which I rebooted, and the boot loops came. Hopefully tmobile will give me another phone. If they do, I will not be rooting for awhile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gonnapushthru06:
I wasn't and I tried everything and I mean everything for a day and a half before I threw in the towel and said my battery died and didn't wanna turn back on for some reason and got a new one on the spot some get lucky but more and more it's going to be happening to ppl just cause it hasn't now to those it's working for doesn't mean there gonna be so lucky for long it's kinda like the tethering problem we were having on our note 2s that some worked for a long time some forever but more and more kept getting shut Down since this is new should be able to be stopped but gonna need someone to make permissive and cut knox from reading phone status by the way have u heard from our great maker dwithrell and when he's making the jump
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Really a shame that some of the people here are not issuing more warnings. I said it numerous times in the darthstalker thread, but hey I'm a nobody, not a dev, and even got into a pissing match with people over it. It's beyond irresponsible that people are still suggesting to use nandroids to restore, or to even imply that us unfortunate ones are the ones to blame.

Wake up people, just because someone has restored without issue does not mean you will too.

I'm not sure when Dwitherell will be getting his new device, I can't wait. People still have to get their money in to him, me included. I will be going tomorrow for mine. Not having my own PayPal account has been an issue for me.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gonnapushthru06:
I've tried too just some ppl who really haven't done much research and got it working for them they think they have the magic answer when yes its been done changing to permissive but knox is gonna be the real challenge a little beyond my expertise there so we need someone who can decompile a complete rom look through everything and remove the knox checks and in the kernel remove or change to permissive and I on so if any of u can pull the stock kernel and can change to premissive going by the original galaxy note 3 thread then we could probably save some ppl a lot are saying that the are conjoined like a bike and wheels take the brakes off the wheels and there is no stopping us anymore worth a good shot to those in this thread
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JT man:
Nope I was unaware,serious people take notice "DON'T RESTORE BACKUP"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] decalex:
I'm gonna ask a totally unresearched question: doesn't the S3 and/or S4 have Knox? (Maybe not SELinux though if 4.3 only), and, shouldn't other variants of the N3 be experiencing the same? I ask because, theres still way few TMo users compared to the other ATT and VZ.

Now I'll go research.

Xda way.

Untrue. You're the N3 bootloop pioneer ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Negan:
This kernel has been built and hopefully will be tested tomorrow.

sent from my Note 3

respect,teach,coach,say thanks and have fun...

●●●The Jedi way●●● ? ? ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gonnapushthru06:
Good to know who u got the kernel done with permissive or u removed it now do u have a dl link so I might check it out too I got a cloud computer just gotta set up everything see if it will let me gonna be limited for a while
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Suhas_v:
Replacement

I did the unthinkable. Crazy bootloop. So can you tell me if i can get a replacemnt from any t mobile store or do i have to go to the store where i bought the phone. Cos' I bought it in boston and I live in Jersey.. The travel would suck..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gonnapushthru06:
Call it in over the phone say it died and now it doesn't wanna turn on and u went into a store and they told u how to do a factory reset and u can't be without a phone but ur not living where u bought it if they could help u by putting in my notes that I can exchange at any store cause u can go into store and it shouldn't be a problem but then u get some jerk managers but if it is in ur account notes will make everything a lot easier good luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] decalex:
You should be able to exchange it anywhere that has it in stock. Just bring your receipt and they can look it up. Or you could do it over the phone.

EDIT: also what he said ^^

Question: Did you get the boot loop after a nandroid restore?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Suhas_v:
Exactly.. I am a fool.. I read it all in the Darthstalker thread not to restore the nandroid but I still did it impulsively .. It was perfect before I did the dreaded step.. I modded it to look the closest to AOSP while still having the touchwiz goodies.. F***ing Knox..
[HTC One X] kevinvl14:
I know it's possible to make the X+ housing fit the X. I just don't know how.

Could somebody explain to me which steps I have to follow?
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
None ? They have the same size right.......
[HTC One X] kevinvl14:
I read somewhere that you have to sand off some edges. But that isn't necessary?
[HTC One X] omondisingh:
There are two ways you can do it. Use a dremmel at the bottom edges of the housing or sand the bottom edges of the phone itself.

CyanogenMod
[HTC One X] kevinvl14:
okay, thanks, ill try it out and then come back to you
[HTC One X] Slik1:
So how does it go? ;)
[HTC One X] kevinvl14:
I'm still waiting for it, I live in The Netherlands and I ordered the cover in the US, and the only thing I know is that it's in customs, I assume here and not in the US.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlCapone:
Subject says all, device is rooted.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigmout:
Do you need S-Find at all? If not, just freeze it with Titanium Backup.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlCapone:
I thought of that ,but will Google now automatically get assigned to the long press .?

Did not try. , since I doubt it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlCapone:
freeze did not let the long press start Google
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riimez:
After freezing s finder, you can bind an app to the long press of the menu button in Apex launcher. Not sure about other launchers
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] aSpirit81:
Guys,i dont like CM ROMs,i love stock firmware,so,can U Devs made couple of new ROMs based on stock FW ? Who agree with me ?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] pisherthefisher:
There are already a couple ROMs based off stock firmware
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylergard702:
Hi all,

I am working in a school and we have ordered some tables for students to use. The problem I am faced with is that the systems needs to be very secure (the students can't change settings, install/uninstall apps) and i need to be able to apply the restrictions and software to many tablets with relative ease or to apply it to them simultaneously.

Sumvision provides software to flash an image to the tablet and will flash multiple tablets at once (8 if i remember correctly). It would be very handy if I could easily create my own image with a few apps and things configured so it can flash the tablet ready to use, however i have never created a ROM before and am inexperienced in programming.

Another option is to set up one tablet and use CWM to backup/restore to all the other devices, however I am unable to find any way of doing this, or any actual recovery.img files to download for this model. Does anyone know of any?

Any help would be appreciated, as at the moment my plan is to upgrade the tablets 8(?) at a time to 4.2.2 and use titanium backup to restore apps and settings to each tablet.

The tablets are Sumvision Cyclone Voyager 10.1" BT tablets.

Thanks in advanced,

tylergard702