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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Do not assume that I'm not crazy. But please read the first post of the thread for which you wish to flash your engineering bootloader...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50489993

[Firmware] Engineering Bootloader N900PVPUCNAB

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Joey121215:
Try flashing this, I took a shot and replaced the file on my phone and it worked for me. Tried to make a zip for it, hopefully it flashes properly. If not though, just extract, replace the file, change permissions, and reboot. Not that I have to tell you any of that micmars, just for anyone else that's less familiar with android

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uupz9yg63aumzja/emoji.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
Apologies, I should not have made the assumption. I have the engineering bootloader already. The NAB"D" was making me think I had the wrong one. I am no stranger to bricking phones either way though. If my stubbornness kicks in and I treat it like one of those brat screen protectors then across the room it must fly. Thanks again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
The only thing you should apologize for its averring that I'm not crazy.

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Thanks, and most appreciated good sir. I thanked sacs for joining this fine group, and I didn't take the time to thank you.

I'll be hitting the tip jar over on your stomping grounds shortly, to support your fine cause. Sorry for the delay on both...I've been busy herding cats you see.

As an FYI, Josh has already crushed it.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Joey121215:
I'm very confused right now ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
Me too...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Ah yes. That'd be my doing. I saw your avatar and it looked at a very quick glance like rlmiller, the guy that looks like sacs partner and collaborator. But you are clearly not that dude, and your avatars look nothing alike.

I mentioned earlier, on many occasions, that I'm crazy, and this sort of provides some evidence.

And it warms me heart to know I caused a bit of innocent confusion.

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Perfect. See above....

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Joey121215:
Ah, yeah I can't develop, I just dable from time to time in minor mods. It's okay though, I understand the mistake. You said josh already has a fully working version of this mod though? I did look before asking and didn't see anything about emoji
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Tilde88:
Hello. Please excuse this simple question... Haven't been up to date with stuff. What is different in the NAB and and NAB[D] ROMs? It isn't really an issue, I'm only going to be on the TW ROM long enough to update the baseband, bootloader... And some ## in the dialer, just curoous
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
We really don't have a definitive answer on that yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Tilde88:
Oh I see thanks. Is one a leak, and the other official? With literally just the last letter added/changed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
Exactly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
I'm having issues with the NAB deodexed rom. It fails when I try to flash it in recovery if I wipe anything, but will succeed if dirty flashed. Another weird thing is when I tried to move just that file from pc to sd or extsd it will fail saying not connected. That's crazy bc any other zip or whatever else writes fine to it.

I've tried downloading it multiple times. Guess I will give it another shot. Anyone else have issues? What is the norm here to wipe before flashing? I do both caches, and system. Sometimes I do data or factory reset if I'm drastically changing roms. But this is stock kitkat-stockish kitkat, so I thought factory reset is unnecessary. I'm not sure of much on Samsung.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] utbiglall:
Need some help...having sd issues. Heres what I did.

1. Odin the nab tar

2. Updated to nabd through factory recovery and factory reset 3x

3. Odin twrp 4.4, factory reset 3x

4. Installed deodex, wipe dalvik & cache

Rom runs well, rooted, etc. Had the titanium issue so edited platform.xml, worked. My issue is with other apps that require access to internal or sd card such as beyondpod or tubemate. I get insufficient space, no memory card errors etc. Ive tried wiping cache, factory reset, using only stock rooted, etc. I edited platform.xml again and put it back before the edit and still no luck. Also tried the odex ROM. Let google install all my apps as well as restore a data backup and still the same issue. Any ideas?

EDIT: Tried to modify build.prop in root browser, then tried to flash the SET SECURE STORAGE TO FALSE, and finally went through the step by step method through TWRP to modify build.prop and nothing worked for internal storage, in fact, flashing the zip or modifying through TWRP forced a bootloop. editing platform.xml fixed external.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
When I try to install any of these after a factory reset I get "some symlink files failed" and "unable to execute updater binaries in zip" Installation failed. Why can't I flash anything after a factory reset? Driving me mad.

edit: Tried Phil's CWM and it installs fine. Apparently something in twrp 4.4 yet to tweak. Maybe I could try installing twrp again and it would work. idk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
Using TWRP, this is the only way I can get it to work:

1. Wipe everything

2. Reload recovery

3. Install ZIP

Works fine if I do the above, but I experience same thing as you did if I try to install ZIP immediately after wiping. Glad to hear you got it working though. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ZELL22:
I tried searching and didn't find it in this thread, but How can I stop the "Unfortunately Samsung Knox has Stopped' message every time I download an app.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
I flashed Phil's CWM in odin- factory reset- installed stockish deodex NAB, couldn't get wifi to stick even with the build.prop mod to secure.storage.

Ended up back in odin- installed twrp 4.4- factory reset- flashed deodex- went through this time Yay!

I don't feel like tinkering with my phone anymore for awhile so I restored back to the stock kitkat for 100% functionality til some of the kitkat customs come out. Was getting some weird force closes and sprint kept saying unauthorized access to phone or something crazy. I always get the odd phone that doesn't like to do right.

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There's a knox disabler in the playstore. Have you tried that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ZELL22:
Unfortunately this didn't work. The message does not affect anything, but it is highly annoying to have to look at every time I download an app. I appreciate your help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] smsnodgrass:
No disrespect intended, but I am currently running this rom and just would like to know how this rom differs from Rooted 4.4.2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] femmyade2001:
KNOX removed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kaos420:
This rom is rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
I posted this before but have not resolved the issue (thought I had but apparently not).

I cannot for the life of me get my Wifi passwords to stick. They seem to be OK and even survive a reboot, as long as I don't turn if my Wifi but if I toggle it, my phone forgets the password. I've tried both build.prop edit as well as the platform.xml edits (and every combination of both), to no avail.

Here's what I've done to try and resolve:

1. Odin back to official NAB tar

2. Reboot to stock recovery

3. Factory default in stock recovery

4. Reboot to OS

5. Power off

6. Boot to download mode

7. Odin TWRP for KitKat

8. Reboot to TWRP

9. Factory default in TWRP

10. Reboot TWRP

11. Install NAB Deodex

11a. Wipe both caches

12. Reboot to OS

13. Edit both (and every combination there of) build.prop and platform.xml) for SD card r/w issue, with necessary reboots in between to make changes effective.

No matter how I try, I cannot get Wifi passwords to stick if I toggle my Wifi off/on

Anyone have thoughts? I'm at the point of considering selling me N3 and getting a different phone but really don't want to. I just can't handle this Wifi issue anymore.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I wouldn't be able to either.

However, I have 3 protected networks (none using WEP) and 2 open through which I switch daily, and I've encountered nothing along the lines you've described.

You've pretty much described how you've gone from stock to rooted to custom rom to manual edits of specific files.

In a word, it appears that you've tried all permutations of a TouchWiz KitKat setup, with the same outcome.

Tell is about the network settings on your router side. Have you this issue with multiple networks, and encryption types?

Please provide that, and it may pinpoint.

Otherwise, I've got nothing for you at the moment, but I'll read up on the issue.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
3 networks, all WPA encrypted. I'd prefer not to use WEP and didn't have the issue when I was running the NABD leak.

I haven't tried this on NABD deodex or NAB(D) odex but suppose I could; given my experience thus far, I'm not confident that would matter either.

:confused::confused::mad::mad::eek::eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aburns7487:
Do you have the correct baseband? Oddly that was happening to me when I didn't have that correct. Just a potential resolve.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
Yes, everything is NAB - no issues there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] endopt:
What brand and size sd card are you using? I had a similar issue with a cheap 64gb sd card from amazon, continual errors from apps and when flashing from it. Tried everything to get it working. switched to a samsung 32gb and haven't looked back. miss the space but these phones are super picky about 64gb cards I've noticed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] utbiglall:
I am using a fairly new sandisk 64gb. I actually have no issues with the external sd card now after editing platform.xml. My issue now is write access to the internal storage. I've tried everything I have read and can think of. I am wondering if I need to start from scratch...again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Did you do the edit yourself?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] utbiglall:
Yes, I tried editing the build.prop myself through an editor and it didn't work. So I changed it back and tried to flash the zip in the op. That didn't work so restored my backup and finally followed your instructions earlier in the thread to manually copy build.prop to system, use terminal, etc in TWRP. Everything is working really well and I appreciate the repsonse, just this one last thing and I will be butter!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] endopt:
I'm the kind of flashaholic that will wipe and reflash. Mine is working without issue so if it helps this is what I did;

from maximus minin3-wiped everything and flashed carbon rom

wiped and pulled sd

pushed stock nab http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2657447 through odin

booted, connected to google

rebooted, let settle,

pushed CF autoroot through Odin,

booted, rebooted

pushed twrp 4.4 from this link http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=398 through Odin

rebooted to system

put freeza's stockish NABD deodex on my sd

rebooted to Twrp

flashed nabd rom

cleared cache

rebooted and signed in

rebooted again

no issues yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I would again recommend this platform xml File gifted to me by [MENTION=3920408]blackcanopy[/MENTION].

Works great for the internal and external storage write issue. I never edited build prop...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/enfjwbrxk2skzyu/platform.rar

Unzip, push perm in system, etc, permissions. Make sure you rename the one already in there if you want to roll back.

Good luck.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
I flashed NADB deodex and made platform.xml edit, rebooted and Wifi is fine. Who knows...beyond irritated at this point but glad I got it working.

:D:D:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Outstanding news. As an FYI, I never use WEP, and in my post I stated same. Just in case you thought I was recommending it.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
I knew where you were goin'.:good:

I'm going to re-download NAB deodex and try again just to prove to myself and my sanity that my previous ZIP was good, which I know it was because MD5 was correct and it flashed correctly (I'm not OCD, I swear! LOL)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kaos420:
Wonder where [MENTION=309990]freeza[/MENTION]'s been
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] blackcanopy:
Who? :eek:

I'm sure he's busy driving a Mustang convertible with polished wheels and avoiding Walking anywhere near busses... Other than that, he's probably got some goods in the oven to share with us eventually.

The guy is just a beast.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] simoncinis:
I'd agree. No way he run a new version without a new kernel and new rom to go with it. I'm sure he's been hiding behind his screen all week
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rockettman:
Had the Hotspot issue been resolved? I have been reading through but have not found a clear answer.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] slow_one:
I believe it's working on the Deodex version of NABD, but i am having issues installing it from a clean install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
This works guys...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50627741

GALAXY S 5 settings UI enabled !

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JimSmith94:
Thanks micmars! Is the Download booster just for the S5 or does it work on the Note 3 too? It would be awesome if it does.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I'm unclear, the menu is most definitely there, but I'm afraid to turn it on (I'm a complete, uhm...kitty cat). The fingerprint scanner causes a force close...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jelucas30:
Phone APP Issues

Has anyone had problems with the phone app. Can't receive incoming calls. Can only make outgoing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Not at all. I'd have dropped this rom immediately if so. I actually talk on this thing like 2-3 hours per day as part of my work. It's a phone.

Sorry to hear about that. Have you tried clearing phone cache and data in app manager and rebooting?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] eli3rd:
Will the note 3 be updated to this UI? How is samsung with updates to its touchwiz?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I have no idea, but one could argue that putting the latest ui on this phone could detract from sales of the phone coming in April. One could also argue that it would boost sales of both, with cannibalization rates at a nominal level, as the phones fit different users.

Given Sammy 's track record, I'd say that it augurs no, we ain't getting it, at least from Sammy any time soon.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Forgot to remove knox in versions other than NABD DeOdex. I will post up a flashable to remove it soon.

Sorry!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
Man, if I would've read to this point I would've saved myself some trouble. I was just about to respond that installing the NABD deodex fixes the wifi for me. Had the same problem as you. Wifi would disconnect even while phone was on and act like you never connected to anything before. Think it has something to do with Knox still being an issue...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BigBroham1984:
[Deleted with apologies] -

Thanks for pounding out the ROMs for us folks that have no other way to update, [MENTION=309990]freeza[/MENTION]!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
Ummm, what is that Johnny 5? Might be down, but I don't compute. :cyclops:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I believe that neither on these forums nor via PM you will this be something that xda allows. I'd urge the previous poster to edit it.

There is no good reason to be promoting, or even talking about, a topic that will get a moderator in here in a split second.

I'm politely requesting that this be kept off of xda, folks.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Dalek_Caan:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Please consider editing your post my friend. You're trying to do a good thing for everyone, which I love.

I'd ask that this be kept off of the forums and the PM facilities that xda provides.

This topic has been shut down by moderators on multiple occasions across xda. No need to add to this count.

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---------- Post added at 07:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:40 AM ----------

Dalek_Caan, would you mind editing your post? The part you quoted, please.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
Your wording is a makin' me crazy!:eek: We all feel like Hodor sometimes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Tried to edit it down to sound a bit less like a bot.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] GAPO:
Learn about one weird trick that the power companies hate! LOL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] elcidroyale:
Titanium backup can no longer backup to my SD card as it's saying its not writable. I saw a fix that had to do with permissions but only for S4. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
The same fix applies for the Note 3 (across the board, not just for Sprint variant).

See this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] elcidroyale:
Tried this and still getting insufficient free storage space error when trying to backup.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nottoosmart:
Im in the same boat. Really need this fixed so I can start slimming the rom down :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] elcidroyale:
I noticed with this fix that if I edit then save the platform xml with root explorer, the change doesn't save.

UPDATE: LONG PRESS the platform.xml file and make it writable and then when you edit it and reboot, changes stick. PROFIT!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
Yes, you have to make changes, save and then reboot, or it will have no effect.

Glad to hear you got it working! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
Or after u finish the typing, before u exit, hit the menu button and select save and exit or save changes. Worked for me anyways.

Was having a lot of issues with the NAB rom too that wouldn't set changes after a reboot. Try flashing the NABD version and u should have a lot less issues with sd card drama or wifi passwords not sticking.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nottoosmart:
Ive tried this too. Im also putting the changes directly into the ROM prior to flashing and I am still having the issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Moguledyouth:
I was wondering what the differences bettween NAB and NAD are? is the NAD "leak" stable? I'm running Stockish NAB deodexed right now, is there any reason to switch to NAD?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] KrAyZiEOnE:
Tried the platform fix worked for my external since my titanium backups are on it but internal a no go apps like stock browser wont download vine don't play videos and xda don't allow me to post says failed to connect to forum also mp3 download fails to download just to name some even tried the platform xml that was posted back a page or 2 and tried all 4 versions of the rom gotta odin back to total stock for now I guess.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rawdikrik:
I cant find what this XML update is for. Can someone help me find the original post or tell me what is up?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] elcidroyale:
From my post "Titanium backup can no longer backup to my SD card as it's saying its not writable. I saw a fix that had to do with permissions but only for S4. Any ideas?"

Someone suggested this as a fix: http://goo.gl/rMGnKa

Be sure to long press the XML file and set to writable or changes won't stick!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] carlosm83:
Working great for me now not issues at all thanks to all of you guys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] elcidroyale:
Anyone know of a way to toggle 4g on and off without reboot? I had some "Phone Info" app that did the trick buy doesn't work on Kit Kat.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
This Has Been Brought up by Many...

This has been brought up by many. You're bootleg/hack fix for now (I say this only in the sense that it should take care of your issues until it is properly redressed by the devs in this forum) is to use an edited Platform.xml file. Unzip this file, copy it to your SD card, navigate to system/etc/permissions, rename the existing platform.xml that currently resides to something like "platform.xml.bak," copy the one from your SD card, fix permissions to rw, r, r, then reboot.

Note: This file was gifted to me by [MENTION=3920408]blackcanopy[/MENTION], it has been proven to work for me and others with respect to the issue you've described (and many other associated issues, such as the inability to do something as simple as create a new folder on your external SD card using ES File Manager or similar app). Some report that this hack removes the ability to save backups to the external SD. Others have reported similar issues. Please read and consider the payoff versus cost, and use if you wish. You should back it up first, and if you run into any issues, you should be able to rename the old one.

Good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MikeyLee:
So is the only real issue with this ROM the storage issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rawdikrik:
Thanks for the explanation.

Question... I put the SD card in my computer this morning and deleted a bunch of files and moved some new ones on there. everything was fine on my pc.

I then loaded the card back into my phone, and am looking for the new files and they arent there.

And the files i deleted are still there.

Any explanation?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I'm Unclear...

I'm unclear, but I am fairly clear that this phenomenon is not an issue with the ROM; I had the problem on stock unrooted. It's a feature built into Sammy KitKat ROMS, that only certain apps are granted write privileges to external SD.

This hack gets around that. A rom dev will bake this into a ROM at a broader level (some of the T-Mobile and AT&T roms have already done this, and list fixing it as a feature, much like removing Knox. Getting rid of this is a feature; the existence of it is not a bug, but merely is the way things were intended.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MikeyLee:
Flashing will not lose root correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] LMMT:
Per the OP, this is stock, rooted. So, no, you won't lose root.

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Did you freeze, or delete 'ContentSearch.apk'? It's located in /system/priv-app.

If not, go to settings> general tab> storage, and unmount/re-mount your external sd card.

EDIT: I believe the actual process is called com.samsung.indexservice, or something similar.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rawdikrik:
I don't want to spam this thread, so I created a new one in Q/A. Hopefully you can come check it out and help me some. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kaos420:
NAB was the leak. NABD is the official update.