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[Galaxy Note 3 General] SaHiLzZ:
What happened? What's the experience after running the CF unlocker on SM-900W8?

Does the device not unlock anymore?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] erwinyap69@gmail.com:
hi im on Rogers Wireless and all is well after rooting.... installing apps from the Play Store and from BlackMart..... just flashed TWRP and all is well... now waiting for some nice roms
[Galaxy Note 3 General] asaqwert:
naw, i don't know what the post was about, i didn't understand either, but i can say for a fact, from experience, that running the chainfire app did absolutely nothing, good nor bad, to my wind phone. it simply didn't affect a thing. i could still use my wind sim card fine without being locked out of it, i could still NOT use any other carrier's sim cards, and i was still able to buy a code from www.cellunlockers.net and unlock my phone without issue. i have had my roommates spare bell sim card in it all day to test out the data speeds.... my only issue now is that the wind version of the phone does not have the lte bands enabled, at least not the ones wind uses....but i'm kind of thinking that none of them are stock.

i'm about to flash the puerto rico rom to my phone and see what happens.... hopefully they support all the lte bands in canada plus the wind bands...like i said, i'll post back when i have results from it... worst case i wasted a couple hours screwing around with my phone and put the wind one back on and wait until someone fiures this out who's smarter than me.

in the meantime, i would definetly be open to the idea of trading my phone with someone else in the area who has a bell or telus phone and wants a wind one... would be a straight across swap and the phone has to be completely 100% new and undamaged... but if you got a bell or telus phone and decided you actually want a wind one and are done with bell or telus, then i'll trade ya (/throws long shot out just in case)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tatsu666:
awesome tutorial!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AllGamer:
after running the unlocker, it locks the phone, and then it wont unlock unless you enter a valid pin

that is, even when you use it on the same carrier where your purchased it from using the same carrier sim.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AllGamer:
Alternative Method To Disable KNOX

Alternative Method To Disable KNOX

Using Titanium Backup, or any other App that has the ability to FREEZE find these files to freeze them:

com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation 1.0
com.sec.knox.eventsmanager 1.0
KLMS Agent 1.0
KNOX 1.0
KNOX 1.0 (link)
Knox Notification Manager 1.0
KNOX Store 1.0
[Galaxy Note 3 General] turilo:
Have you tried jovy permissive kernel at all?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] roni2915:
I just rooted my Bell Mobility N900W8 Note 3 using this guide <> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2470262 <> and now when the phone reboots, it says superSU has stopped working. I am also trying to check if my device has been rooted by 'Root Checker' app from Play Store but it gets stuck at "checking for root".

Since the previous tutorial made me install TWRP first, Can I follow this tutorial? It mentions that in order for this chain fire method to work, it needs to be installed before TWRP.

Please help.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SaHiLzZ:
Uninstall supersu first, and then do the chainfire method.

Good luck.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] roni2915:
Uninstall how? Just from app drawer? Or something special needs to be done in TWRP?

Thanks for the response.

:)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AllGamer:
if you want to make things simple

flash back to stock ROM first with Odin, you can find the link on Post #2 back on page 1.

then you can follow the rooting methods as per described.

since you with Bell, you can download the stock Bell ROM for SM-N900W8, or you can grab the stock Wind Mobile version since it has no Bell / Rogers / Telus customization on it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] roni2915:
Thanks..

Im downloading the stock Bell ROM from <> http://www.samsungis.com/Firmwares/SM-N900W8.html <> and not WIND's stock ROM just in case. I will be freezing apps using Titanium backup anyways so thought that doing a Bell would be better.

Will report once I finish all the steps.

Thanks once again. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] roni2915:
Hey, I went back to stock Bell ROM, even did a factory wipe. I cannot seem to get my phone rooted.

1) Installed Stock Bell ROM, Tried to install CF-Root file but it gets stuck on ODIN halfway. I did these steps twice.

2) Then I followed the next steps which mentions to install TWRP if getting stuck on CF-Root. It goes well until Swipe to install SuperSU from TWRP, but once phone reboots - Phone says "SuperSU Installer has stopped"

Please help, I just want to root the device.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BosnaMaster:
every ealilP

Settings/Security pull out the Reaktivirung...an then can you Flash with Odin
[Galaxy Note 3 General] roni2915:
It is already off!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BosnaMaster:
Have you try this way??

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
[Galaxy Note 3 General] roni2915:
It's almost the same method, so yes I did try it..

Can't seem to get this phone to be rooted!! :(:(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BosnaMaster:
In the Security is an other Option to Install not market Apps...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] roni2915:
Doesn't Help... Same issue!!

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It worked.....!!!!

I needed KIES 3.0, Turns out I had the older version (Not supported for Note 3 and later devices) .maybe the old version was missing some 'key' drivers that made the device get stuck during CF-Root file flashing.

Anyways, it worked and I have root now!!!

Thanks for all the inputs..

I really appreciate it..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AllGamer:
Baseband (Radio):

N900W8VLUBMI5 (from Sept 2013 stock ROM)

N900W8VLUBMJ1 (from Oct 2013 stock ROM)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] TorontoR:
I got the TWRP recovery but want to flash back the original. Anyone have a link for it and instructions on getting it loaded (I assume via ODIN?) Also, does anyone know by maintaining root and flashing back the original recovery would allow for software updates? Can't do the update now as it says "Device has been modified, software updates are not available."
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AllGamer:
Additional mirror repository, for SM-N900W8 ROMs and flasha-able modems

added additional resources http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2488268
[Galaxy Note 3 General] creamofwhale:
This is fantastic. Thanks for your help!

I've read that we are unable to restore our backups without causing bootloop? Is this true?

I'm on TWRP 2.6.3.6 (N900W8) and want to test out a few roms.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] andronikal659:
Does anyone have problem restoring to stock via odin? I'm trying to flash a Roger firmware from sammobile over my Videotron but nothing happens. Odin says pass but all the app data is still Videotron; it's like nothing has been written.

I tried everything. Didn't usb port, cables, pc, Odin versions, wiping data and cache...

Once in a blue moon it would work but will give a random csc. Not sure if the files were mixed up in sammobile. I dl a telus and got a bell csc and apps... but then could never Odin any stock again.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Rajito:
Thank you very much!

Finally got my SM-N900w8 rooted!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AllGamer:
Getting ready for Android OS 4.4, need to find new rooting method for the 4.4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
Use Chainfire's updated CF-Autoroot.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dsent.zen:
Sorry if this is a noob question, but will it trigger KNOX 0x1?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gaganmohal:
I used kingoapp to root my phone and knox didn't trip still 0x0. Be aware If you install custom recovery like cmw or twrp, it will trip knox.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
Unfortunately it probably will depending on your firmware version. But as gaganmohal pointed out, flashing custom recovery/kernel will trip it even if cf-auto root will not.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] turilo:
you flashed it on n900w8 or?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] force70:
From what ive read thus far once you flash the 4.4 bootloader theres no going back to 4.3.

I dont like 4.4 enough to get stuck with it for good.

Just a heads up if you didnt know.

Sent from my G2,Note 3 or S4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AllGamer:
Thanks for the heads up, I'm aware of that.

Quite flankly since 4.3 the Samsung phones and its stock OS has been rather flawless, I didn't need to flash anything extra on top except for the root.

so I'm really looking forward to 4.4, as long as we can root it and use Titanium Backup, then i'm all good. :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nabobcoffee:
Thank you for the steps. As you know kitkat is in the way. Is this the same steps to take once I have my device on 4.4.2 kitkat?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nabobcoffee:
Can you please let me know if these are the same steps to take for 4.4.2?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
The same steps but you have to download CWM here instead of the op's link as it's the only known custom recovery to work with 4.4.2 at the moment.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Genezy:
Does this works on 4.4??

I got this Canadian version on the note 3, and I got it on 4.4 oficial firmware, does this works on this Android version??? Root or recovery??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
It works but as I posted above, you have to use a different cwm as the op's link hasn't been updated yet and they don't work with 4.4.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] atmxpert:
Try flashing Trinidad & Tobago N900W8 ROM and you will have LTE showing as 4G on you Note, also you will unbrand it removing all bloatware too. And it doesnt affect the knox 0x0 count at all.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] supermartin73:
Thanks for the thread.

Any reason this wont boot into TWRP, just into Android stock recovery (Android System Recovery (3e) ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] acheney1990:
Thanks, this worked great!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] liquidcooled:
thaks...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dabicho:
Got an already updated note 3 from telcel (model is n900w8)

Will these same instructions be able to root it?

Looking for root only, not installing an alternate room.

Thank you.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Rivera117:
How to Root Step By Step 4.4.2 Kit Kat Note 3

Hey Guys,

I tryed to root my note 3 with the CF-Auto-Root-hltecan-hlteub-smn900w8.tar file and it just does not work for my Note 3 SM-N900W8 Claro PR Companay Phone it keeps booting up on the samsung boot screen and it says recovery on top it does not load to the phone. Is there any way or an other file that can be used to root KitKat 4.4.2

Thanks for the help.

I bricked my phone I unbrick it, I erased all the OS and reinstalled it thanks to you guys. I really dont no anything about these things but thanks to XDA im geting some practices!!! :victory:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 1SouthernCanuck:
Ummm?

Followed step by step, but seem to be stuck in boot loop? any help would be greatly appreciated. I can get the phone to start up by pulling the battery and powering on, but root keeps giving me the boot loop, but im getting all the green pass and success remarks...

Thanx
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Prufta:
What version of Odin you used?? What is your phone model?? I have that problem with my 900w8 using 3.09 and finally get rooted up with 3.07.

This was the result of my question

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2744187
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 1SouthernCanuck:
I ended up using Odin v3.09 and SGN3 9005 md5 and it rooted with no problem. Never tripped Knox Flag either, binary ans sys status are custom, but researched states that can be fixed... Thanx for the reply though!

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If your completely stock and updated to 4.4 KK try using ODIN v3.09 and the 9005 md5 file in the AP section of ODIN. if you have the N900w8 model and it wont root with the CFAR method for the N900w8, this may work... the file should be named this "CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005".

Now this is assuming you have no issues or flashed any ROMs. I kept getting boot looped with standard n900w8 md5 when i tried to root, which is easy to correct, but it wouldnt root even though i have a n900w8. Go here and skip right to part 2 of the OP: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2614772 and you dont have to do the whole part, just the rooting method, installing CWM or TWRP isnt necessary unless you plan on flashing any ROMs ... But read the whole OP for any key points or issues that may apply to you.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nabobcoffee:
Please help. My GPS after kk is not locking anymore. I tried re flash stock but still nothing. GPS fix, toolbox didn't resolve the issue. It keeps saying searching gps. Anyone else having this issue. I am on canadian network.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sn2002bt:
Canadian Note 3 work on AT&T network

Sorry I am a newbie. My question is that if I buy a Canadian version of Note 3 SM-N900W8 from Ebay, can it somehow work on AT&T network, hopefully 4G works too? Can it be done and how? Many thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AllGamer:
If the phone is SIM card unlocked, then yes it will work 4G and LTE on any USA and Canada carrier
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sn2002bt:
Thank you very much for your reply. As I said I am a total newbie, so quesitons

1. I thought US and Canada use different wireless frequencies, I am currently with US AT&T plan. So I don't need to worry about the fequency?

2. Will it get full LTE/4G speed on AT&T network?

3. What is SIM card unlock? How to do that? Sorry for this stupid question.

Many thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] force70:
1..u thought wrong...well at least with att and Canadian frequencies. Tmo..sprint etc totally diff ballgame.

2 yes

3...google is your friend,don't be afraid to use it. Dont be sorry dude just try to research a little on your own :thumbup:

4..and a little newb advice to make your stay here more pleasant: please dont quote the entire orig post in any thread....ever.its frowned on here.

sent from Canada via my Note 3, Note 2 or S4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] benber2.bb:
puedes mandar los archivos o publicarlos?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jayantg:
Wind Mobile

Hey! I am trying to download the stock image for my wind mobile note 3. But i dont know which one I need to download from the link you provided. What is the region of the file i need to download?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] betitogc2:
Im sorry, this is the new link.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] TK680:
Help!!! My Phone stuck at recovery booting..... RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING Set Warranty Bit : recovery it won't stop. My phone is SM-N900W8
[Galaxy Note 3 General] force70:
You didnt give any information to say what you did to get it stuck there so how do you expect anyone to help you?

sent from Canada via my Note 3, Note 2 or One X+
[Galaxy Note 3 General] TK680:
I try to root my phone with cf-auto-files, but when i start to recovery, it stucks there
[Galaxy Note 3 General] force70:
And which cf auto root did you use..which odin version did u use and what bootloader are you on?

sent from Canada via my Note 3, Note 2 or One X+
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Beavv:
Canadian custom recovery issues

I am having issues flashing custom recoveries on my galaxy note 3 on the Telus network (Canada) android 4.4.2. I have tried to flash both TWRP and CWM recoveries using their respective apps, and flashing openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.0-hltecan-4.3.img.tar through Odin 3.09. All methods have led to a boot loop due to SEANDROID not enforcing when attempting to enter recovery mode that can only be stopped by entering download mode. Does the method of rooting have an effect on flash success, I am rooted using the towelroot method, Any insight into how I can fix this would be appreciated as right now I am left without a functioning recovery mode.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey10103:
Recovery not working :((((

So unfortunately I did all the steps, and have installed a custom recovery before.....but it's not working :(((

I installed the recovery through ODIN and it keeps giving me this message when I press PWR+VOLUP+HOME that RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING. :( Any ideas of why this is happening???
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bballengphd:
I recently acquired a n900w8 Note 3 on stock lollipop rom, after rooting using the CF-autoroot method, I flashed the hltecan twrp img, I was also having the recovery boot loop issue.

After reading a suggestion here to try flashing the hlte img, I gave it a try and flashed openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-hlte-4.4.img.tar, and that worked, now I have a working twrp. :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] NBAPwns13:
AryaMod Note 3 N900W8

Just got my note 3 and im excited as hell to root it. I heard that this particular version you aren't able to use the files in AryaMod to install it with this specific device. Any way to get it? You can call me a nooby
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lwaps:
Soft Key Not Working

Justed rooted (CF-Auto-Root-hltecan-hlteub-smn900w8.tar.md5) and then installed TWRP (openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-hltecan-4.4.img.tar). Everything appears to have taken okay but I have lost the right(back) softkey functionality on stock ROM. softkey responds to finger when started in recovery mode but only to S-pen in ROM.

any thoughts? Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] yuiou:
I have the exact same issue. It happened right after the root (haven't installed TWRP). Any luck?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 1SouthernCanuck:
> Hey guys, if you are trying to root a Canadian Note 3(SM-900W8), you need to use CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.tar.md5 with the directions from the OP. You will have a no issue root(aside from knox being tripped). My SGN3 is on 5.0 and roots just fine, I've had to do it a few times after factory resets, as I've made changes to my phone over the last year or so. Just be sure the Re-Activation lock is NOT on!

> If you have any issues with boot looping, and battery pull does not fix it, just use Kies3 to reset your phone and start again.

Hope this helps...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] igo470:
I'm also having this issue, but with both soft keys. I followed the directions (as described by lwaps) and now have the same issue. I have searched in General Note 3 forum and other people have posted with similar problems. There doesn't appear to be a fix.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] scotteb:
i use HLTE vs hltecan even though it is a 900W8, hlte works better as I had troubles on the CAN version, and i am also using 2.8.7.0
[Galaxy Note 3 General] igo470:
Thanks scotteb. I'm actually in Australia. The phone was a gift from my Canadian resident son when he upgraded. I was under the impression that to root the phone I had to use a Canadian version or there was a possibilty of bricking the phone. I did a factory re-set, but the problem persists so have restored the nandroid backup.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sentryknight:
Rooted Note 3 N900W8 and Now Back and Settings Buttons Not Working.

Hello I performed all of the steps below and now my back and settings buttons beside my home button no longer work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. :)

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What steps did you take to restore your home and back buttons?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] scotteb:
Based on what you just said, you restored to stock. Did you happen to format data, system.... before you did the restore? I have to wipe as if installing a new rom before I odin to stock or else nothing gets formatted. Basically the same as a dirty flash. I'm not saying that's what happened but kind sounds like it though. (maybe someone else will say other wise) try all your wipes and then pop your battery after that's done, and then re insert and go in to odin and re-flash again ONLY after you do the wipes, just to be safe, remove your sd card before the first boot (after odin flash) as there is info stored on the card that could potentially cause your problem.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] igo470:
Thank you for your thoughts. I only did a restore to stock from a nandroid backup so perhaps what you've suggested is correct. I found a good workaround by installing Handy Softkeys. I've also noticed that although the soft keys appear to work OK when you use the stylus launching "multi-window" no longer works.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ikirodah:
All Good But...

I have gotten root access install trwp but my return key, (back button) does not work unless i use the spen
[Galaxy Note 3 General] igo470:
I found a good workaround by installing Handy Softkeys
[Galaxy Note 3 General] buyabook:
After reading the comments, I feel comfortable to root and install TWRP on my note 3. Are there any stable, speedy, battery saving stock roms available for the N900W8? I want something debloated.

---------- Post added 4th November 2016 at 12:13 AM ---------- Previous post was 3rd November 2016 at 11:50 PM ----------

This thread covers user experience with different N900W8 roms
[Galaxy Note 3 General] buyabook:
I followed the steps and I was able to succesfully root my phone & install TWRP (twrp-3.0.2-0-hltecan.img.tar) onto my N900W8. Now I am going to install a rom.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DroidChris88:
Good day all. I'm looking to gain experience and knowledge and wondering how many have had bell note3 and had good out comes? I plan on wiping device before and have multiple downloads of different root and twrp packages. Also I never see this version come up so if I could get confirmation that it shouldn't be a problem would be great ( AP & CP N900W8VLU2DPG1 CSC N900W8OYADPG1 ).

I've read so much good bad and evil now my head hurts haha I am getting the jist of it all and rooted old S3 with success working up to my new S7 Edge. Thanks all

Knowledge is power thanks xda ppl for the knowledge! !
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DroidChris88:
Was your note on a canadian carrier? Bell by chance and did you have all the Ota updates till the point you rooted and TWRP? Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] buyabook:
Yes, my phone is on a Canadian Cartier. I am not sure if it was bell because I bought it second hand. I don't think it had all the Ota updates because it had trouble Applying & updating Ota updates.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jefferyjunk:
Hardware back button not working

For those that lost their hardware back button; try installing a modified kernel. I can't remember which one fixed mine but i think it was lss kernel or idle kernel
[Galaxy Note 3 General] audit13:
If you want to have the latest ROM on the n900w8, flash the latest ROM from sammobile.com (doesn't matter if you use the ROM for Bell, Telus, Kood, Rogers), and then check for OTA updates.

The easiest way to flash a custom ROM would be to install the tar version of TWRP via Odin, flash custom ROM, flash gapps if necessary,

To just have root access, flash cfautoroot via Odin.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sety13:
I have a note 3 sm-n900w8, but the application downloaded can saved in my android so with picture takes from the camera they will lost or unsaved, can u help me please ? Thank u
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
This thread .

[HOWTO] Root + TWRP Galaxy Note 3 all SM-N900W8

USE Q&A for questions its the rules .
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BroknNote3:
Hello, ya. Could somebody help me here, I have a Note 3 SM-N900W8 stuck in loop recovery mode. More specific=I bought it in America second hand (since it has N900W8 I'm guessing its from Canada) It didn't have a sim card, it was on 5.0 Lollipop and had root access before crashing. I have tried to flash it with several Canadian sm-n900w8 carriers firmware from Sammobile in Odin, no successful boot. I'm here because Odin gives me a Green Pass, "successful flash " but the phone won't start normal, instead, it freezes in the recovery mode.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
Boot to download/ Odin mode and check model first .
[Galaxy Note 3 General] force70:
Un tick auto reboot in odin and flash then pull the battery and 3 finger boot into recovery.

factory reset in recovery then reboot.

That does the trick sometimes

Sent from my Note 7, S7 Edge or S6