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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Hayaa:
unfortunatly not working seems to work flash is ok, but at the start configuration of the device its freezing and "system process doesnt responding" come then after few seconds i have again bootloops :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
You have to flash this with the 9005 firmware, I have an N-900, I'm still going to try, but I can't do anything until this firmware downloads, it's crawling along at a snails pace...:rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
You flashed the PIT file in Odin as you flashed the stock ROM in Odin at the same time correct?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Hayaa:
Ohh my bad didn't see you have the n900 version :( im sorry
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mscion:
Well, I think a face palm is in order here. About an hour ago I discovered that I was still using the .1 version of twrp. I thought I had updated it to .7 a few weeks ago (or whenever it was released). Indeed the .7 version was sitting in my goo directory but for some reason I hadn't flashed it. So I've just inslalled twrp version .8 I'm currently using jovy23's stock deodexed rom. I was using the RED 5.2 kernal of ptrm3 but have gone back to Green.

I dunno. I'm still getting boot loops but they are not lasting as long. I've rebooted 4 or 5 times now and the boot loops last about 3 cycles now. This afternoon, before I had made these changes the boot loops had started to last longer. Typically lasting about about 10 to 12 times which was about twiice as bad as before. I think, whatever I screwed up by using the earlier version of twrp is perhaps magnified with the RED kernal. But this is a guess. Anyways using green seems a little more stable. (thanks for the suggestion jayster0966). Not sure what to try next. Probably should just go back to stock and start fresh. On the otherhand it might be fun to try Jedi and see what happens. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jayster0966:
You might want to try the stock kernel to see if there is any further improvement.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mscion:
Hi. I just tried a full wipe and the boot loops are totally gone. So it is not a kernel issue. My guess is that flashing firasusman's zip and a full wipe took care of the problem. Whew!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jayster0966:
Nice to know that that fix works. (just in case) If you saw I posted on that thread a couple of posts above yours.I was trying to help look for some info to help you and others out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] metriod:
Just fix my bootloop problem, thanks to robhuffster!

Now my imei is null. how do bring back my orginal imei?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] keynith:
So i had to send my Verizon Dev gn3 and so far they haven't been able to fix it :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pjs187:
Steve Lazarus you are the man lol, i was about to smash this damn phone on the sidewalk and have a really expensive paper weight, cannot thank you enough man !!!!! :good::good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] thejmannnc:
Finally had time to try out the thread, tried the second one first, ADB command, and it worked like a charm!!! Thankyou for saving my Thanksgiving!!! Ive been stressin since about 330 this morning... If you ever in NC look me up cause I owe you some BEERS!!! I dont make a ton of money so this wouldve ruined my holidays!! Again,,,,,Thankyou , Thankyou, Thankyou!!!!!

Well i gotta ask one more thing right now im scared sh*tless to try to flash another Rom now but i really enjoy trying them out. Especially because im in the country and some Roms get a lot better reception out here!I Maybe Ill just leave well enough alone for a while until my b*lls grow back!! Or at least until after Christmas which ever comes first! But thanks again and I wish you and your family Happy Holidays!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] thejmannnc:
Do you happen to know where i can find the thread for the latest version of TWRP? Do i just flash it over 2.6.3.1 or is it more complicated? Sorry if this is a novice question but after the day ive had im not taking anymore chances! will that be all i need to do to avoid the "bootloops" again?

Once again thanks and You The Man!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] C-4Nati:
I think this is what's wrong with my phone. ADB never reads my phone but I see I can use twrp, so do I flash back to stock with ODIN then use ODIN to put the newest twrp on then start with the directions on using the twrp terminal? Because step 1 is just starting inside of twrp but I have to flash stock first right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stir fry a lot:
That's correct. Just make sure to reroot after flashing back to stock otherwise you won't be able to install TWRP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] engenuine:
Amazing! Worked like a charm! Thank you so much for sharing this information!!!!

Kudos!

:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::crying::laugh::laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chuko303:
OK so to avoid having and endless bootloop, what can one avoid? Dont restore efs? I have made 2 backups both only have boot system and data backed up. Nothing else incuding the efs option didnt click on anything. Want to flash a new rom asap
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] my08zhz:
reboot looping solved

The Terminal Command solved my reboot looping issues. I followed the direction, then from TWRP, selected Downloading, stock ROM. And it was a smooth sailing from there. Thank you very much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wootever:
The problem seems to be caused by /modemst1 and /modemst2 that gets corrupted everytime i change something on the /system partition.

mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst1 on /test failed: I/O error
mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst2 on /test failed: I/O error
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Quickvic30:
Worked like a charm here! I used the second method. Thanks a Million for this!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] almulder1092:
THANKS THANKS THANKS, Thought is was SOL. totally fixed my issue
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] :
Hi Man,

thanks for your "Tool" but i have the Problem when I want to use it, that in my Note 3 it won´t work, but why?

I start the Update:

Verifying update package...

Than E":Signature verfication failed

Since Yesterday It was Root and than I want to make an Custom Rom on it, but before I read that I use EFS...no my SIM has no service,Wifi doesn´t work, and when I come to Android working space its nearly to reboot :(

I hope you can help me.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bodieism:
This has happend to me on my Verizon Developer Edition Note 3. I had Tmobile TWRP v.2.6.3.0 (I guess that was the issue?). Is it safe to test this command on the Verizon version?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bodieism:
In case anyone else on VZW runs into this issue this method worked for me :D I skipped the Odin and ADB shell stuff and followed the steps on running the terminal commands via TWRP.

:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bodieism:
I followed the section you posted on using the terminal commands in TWRP and I was about to get out of the bootloop :good:, but my efs folder is still empty even though my IMEI is somehow still being correctly displayed in the settings menu. An XDA member sent me their efs folder from their VZW Developer Edition Note 3 and when I pasted it into my efs folder my lockscreen and power menu returned. However, the contents of the folder are lost every time I reboot.

Do I need to get the efs.img file from someone in order for the efs folder to populate itself?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bodieism:
I should also mention that in an old TWRP backup I checked the efs option. When I go to restore this backup in TWRP there is no option to restore the efs partition. I restored this backup with all restore options selected anyways and when I checked the efs folder it was still empty. I also have a copy of this backup on my computer and there is a 3072 kb file in there named efs.emmc. Would that file be help at all in restoring my efs data and making it permanent? It's really odd that this folder is missing and yet my IMEI and displayed phone # are still correct and I can make calls. Other than my lockscreen and power menu options being MIA, I seem to be in decent shape thanks to the original post.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Sorry for the delayed response , I rarely check the thread anymore... As much as you probably don't want to, I would suggest you Odin back to stock after getting out of the initial loop.. I'm not familiar with the Google Edition, or Verizon devices whatsoever... But if you have the ability to go back to stock, that would be my first piece of advice.. Then install the latest custom recovery. I would avoid trying to restore any previous backups that include the EFS partition... I tried basically what your trying now back in October to no avail, well myself and others, with no success. I may have overlooked a post or two, but after getting out of the loop have you tried flashing the stock Google Edition ROM and starting over, or do you keep attempting to restore a backup?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bodieism:
No problem. I appreciate you taking the time to help me.

I did try using Odin to flash the stock Developer Edition tar that Beans made, but my efs folder was still empty. I haven't tried to flash a Google Edition ROM. Maybe I could try the Tmobile one since most other Tmobile stuff seems to work on vzw. I'll ask around about that. I'm thinking about flashing the stock tar again then booting into TWRP and running those commands again. Last time I ran them I think I had a custom ROM loaded even though it wouldn't boot up. I wonder if that would make a difference?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
The key really isn't reverting back to stock via Odin, it's reformatting the partition.. Once you do that and are out of the bootloop, just be sure to flash a ROM for your device.. If you choose to Odin back to stock, that's fine. Just make sure you delete all previous backups you made in recovery that included the EFS partition, as to avoid accidentally restoring a bad one... Let me know what happens :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ahmekh:
oh thanks

where is this file and how to do it please
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johnnyskitzo:
totally fixed my sprint note 3 :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

many thanks!!!!! :good::good::good::good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
:thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] odeccacccp:
This is the most helpfull thread in the WORLD!!!

I hand the problem with EFS ( process system isn't responding) twice, it took me all day to find this again:))

But followed instructions and worked both times. Thank you Thanks you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] thejmannnc:
Hello, this is the second time I've had to do this, the first was on Thanksgiving, and believe me its still just as scary!!! Thank You AGAIN for providing this thread!!!! ITS A LIFESAVER!!! (seriously, the first time this happened i think i almost had a heart attack!) lol

Best thread on XDA!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dharmabum02:
Thank You

This works .... I did not use adb shell just followed everything else exactly .. including the terminal commands and all is well .... Thank you so very much I was stuck in the brick loop for about four hours ...I'm on Sprint and this works in case anyone was wondering
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Sent from my SM-N900T using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

Nice!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttn1185:
so the problem is EFS folder? Efs folder is mmcblk0p11 though

According to these:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] izgil82:
Guys I'm stuck on boot loops and "Process system isn't responding" please help me! It's not my phone and I have to give it back in a few hours! How do I flash twrp through odin?

Step #2 from the OP is not working for me. When I try to get into recovery it says "Could not do a normal boot" and boots me into Odin mode.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Sent from my SM-N900T using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

Everything was being considered at the time (OCT) , including EFS...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Download the Odin tar twrp file for your device, install is the same as if you were going back to stock...

I'm assuming you're also rooted, Yeah?

http://autoroot.chainfire.eu

http://teamw.in/twrp_view_all_devices

Sent from my SM-N900T using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MasterSe7en:
Thanks bro you rock!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] edmondt:
This post just saved my life!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 6viper6:
Would this repair my baseband and imei for n900t?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] geomatiq:
THIS POST JUST SAVE MY PHONE ...

IM TELLING YOU THIS IS GOLDEN!!!!:laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] snysa:
AWESOME!!!!

Saved my phone. I used TWRP Terminal Command method and it worked perfectly.

Can't Thank More!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
This is a must have on ur sd card.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] makavelicruz:
This brought my phone back to life!!! Thank you so much
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
Maybe this will help some of you

Trying mine again didn't work for me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 6viper6:
Didn't work for me either. I think my end is corrupted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mdzias:
Hi there,

I tried all the formulas you guys have on this form but my SM-N900T is still stuck into soft boot loop when it finally boots up I get "process system isn't responding" options "wait" and "ok" non works in the sense the phone reboots. I landed into this situation as I accidentally installed efs app from google play which said it's compatible with Note 3 device. Before reading full description and reviews I started and my phone froze to death...

I still had se-linux and the partition for efs was:-

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/efs /efs ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,no

atime,discard,journal_checksum,journal_async_commit,noauto_da_alloc,errors=panic

0 0

I even did a backup from my wife's phone, also same model, and tried restore but to no avail.

When the phone booted and was in T-mobile screen, I connected to adb shell and wiped efs partition, contents, tried restoring /efs... nothing thus far seem to be working. Don't know what process is not responding... I also tried restoring to stock Rom through ODIN, and installing custom Rom CM 11 (cm-11-20140130-NIGHTLY-hltetmo)

Can someone please help me understand the boot sequence on SM-N900T? Does it execute some script which might be corrupted somehow.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

P.S: both p[hones have bad esn.

Regards,

mdzias
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
Maybe your issue was related to this mine was and this threat fixed it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2467005

My Note kept rebooting even when I switched back to stock rom. The make a long story short this threat tells you when you are stuck in a bootloop turn on Airplane mode if you can do it fast enough and the phone will stop rebooting. Should that not work take out the battery, sim card and sd card. Put the battery back in start the phone and when you are booted turn on Airplane mode then shut down and put your sim and sd card back in. Boot the phone and the bootloop is stopped now. It seems to be a firmware issue so we need to wait for a patch. Just remember that when you do a reboot to turn on airplane mode and there is no reboot issue anymore.

Also going into Wifi and hit settings - advanced and then checking off Always allow scanning might take care of this problem for good. I am testing this right now.

Hope this helps you it solved my problem!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mdzias:
That didn't help solve the problem but now at least I get few extra seconds before the error pops back again. :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
Try this

I would try to go back to Stock then turn of the always scanning in Wifi. Reset your phone and see what that does. Also before you do that you might want to try to log out of Google and stop the playstore. I always get a 920 error that might be related to that. Good luck man:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mdzias:
I tried to go back to stock using (CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.tar.md5) will try again and see if airplane mode can be truned on or not in the short time that I get before the phone reboots.

Is there any log file which has a detailed error message, which could help in resolving this?

Is there any gapps odin flashable file out there? if so can someone please get me links to that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Have you tried Odin back to stock

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
Try this then

I had the same problem and went back to stock with Odin and this firmware found here worked fine then I reset the phone via stock recovery

http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-stock-firmware/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mdzias:
Yes, I had already tried that in past and again this time, now even before the home screen shows up it's throwing that error message and rebooting.

I tried flashing custome rom or zip file for recovery thus far: cm-11-20140129-NIGHTLY-hltetmo.zip, TMO_CSC.zip, Brick_Loop_FIX_afterRestoringBackup.zip, Root_de_la_Vega.tar, CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.tar.md5, N9005XXUDML2_V2.zip, openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.9-hltetmo.zip, n900t-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.5(1116).tar

I also tried mke2fs command to format efs file system at all reported/known locations. even formated /system /data /cache from recovery.

Any more good ideas that might work or have worked for anyone out there. There must be someone who knows the root cause and exact fix for this.

Thanks & Regards,

mdzias

(SM-N900T)

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I've gotten a new SM-N900T. Anybody knows how I could make a full backup of the device (NANDread/NANDwrite) without breaking KNOX?

So that I could restore the stock from new device at hand and restore on old one which is stuck in soft boot loop.

Thanks,

mdzias
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
just a hunch

This is just a hunch but do the following. Take out your sim and SD card. The wipe 3 times advanceded over the recovery all and I mean all wipes. Then go and install an ASOP based rom or even CM and see what happens then. Now I am getting freaky - try a rom that has different radios then your phone maybe an AT&T rom and see what happens then. I know this is crazy but it is the logic of the desperate. Also something that might sound stupid but have you tried to boot into save mode on the phone you do that by holding down the power button like in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d86zyOG9CaI

Good luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mdzias:
Aha, already tried cleaning the partition through Advanced and format multiple times, need to try At&t, mh what are the chances of hard bricking phone by doing that?:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
very little chance to hard brick all that should happen is that you don't get any mobile internet but look it up on the forums first and get an answer from someone smarter than me. Also try booting into safe mode first as I said in the post.

Good luck

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I did some googeling and this could be a corrupt issue with the Kernel or even a corrupt block on your internal hard drive. Sorry this is at the very very border of my knowledge and I am not making much sense. Did you install a KitKat rom that installed a permanent 4.4 bootloader on the phone? Once you go Kitkat you can't go back to 4.3. I know on the galaxy note 1 there was a way to exclude certain sectors on the hardrive so that you even could recover from a hard brick by excluding them. Also you can try flashing a new kernel and see if that works. I would start with stock Kernel, then try SaberN3. Also if possible try a different SD card if possible smaller than 32, if not reformat the one you are using and try it with that as well after you rescue your stuff off it of course.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mdzias:
I think I had updated to 4.4 before I tried to use EFS apk and got locked into boot loop. I am still trying to get Saber N3 ROM. In the mean time how do I boot in safe mode? can you please explain, I tried all combination of keys I could think of thus far it didn't work for me!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kztd2j1een6nyjc/2014-01-06 02.26.02.png

This should do it

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
I am pretty much out of ideas at this point

Oh my well then you are SOL with the new 4.4. (God I hope I am wrong on that one.)

Here is the T Mobile guide for Safe Mode

https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-9049

I would go back to that 4.4. rom that you tried and get that to work you probably have the best chance with that and see what their message boards are saying when it comes to your case. If that doesn't work I would say by now you have exhausted your possibilities and should return the phone. Don't know how long ago you bought it but you should be under T Mobile's warranty. Just go back to stock and make sure you have a stock recovery then call them on the phone and let them do some trouble shooting (Don't mention Knox Trip) and don't appear to them that you know too much about phones. Most likely they will come to the point were they will tell you the mail you a new phone and you are done with this nightmare.

Good luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gretschpr:
Thank youuuuuuuu

this guide SAVED my Note 3!! i was on a bootloop without doing anything funny (apparently) and gave up trying to get my note 3 out the the bootloop...BUT then i found this!! i followed the steps and my device is up and running again!! THANKS!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mdzias:
Well my phone seem to be very stubborn, refuses to go in safe mode.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Just did mine.works good.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ade_tobat:
this thread saves my life!!!!! thanks a bunch!!! :good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lineman74:
Worked Like a charm

Thank you. This saved my bacon, big time!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chrisrotolo:
Saved me as well, has anyone put together a .zip to flash to handle this from recovery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] willjohnson:
This just became my favorite thread. I love you lol. Saved my phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] oMszKikiIzWavyo:
This Totally Just Happen To Me And The Fix Helped TREMENDOUSLY! Thanks So Much
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Dr_Bunny:
OMG!!!!!

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] oxidation868:
Does this work on kk and twrp 2.7.0.0
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tecceljjr:
you are the max

it is successfully

tested

n900w8

yeah yeah
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Lorettaa:
you saved the Note 3 of my friend, very well explained. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] KoolCharisma:
Should I Kill It?

Now I do have Sprint, but don't think it matters. When I'm entering in the adb shell or the terminal on TWRP, I get a quick error and along the lines of "this is very dangerous... Kill?". It's so fast I don't even really see it before my phone shuts down and off into the bootloop I go again.I don't have a problem getting it back into stock or even rootinig it after that. It just seems to be that most of my time is spent fighting with TWRP. I've been trying to get it to start running CM11 without much success. I'm not sure how fortunate I was to get it to put a 4.2 SlimKat ROM on it a month ago, but now I seem to be confined to stock or a quickly outdating SlimRom. Help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] KoolCharisma:
Don't tell me I'm the only one left with this problem.