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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gamerdejv:
Thank you bro

I had issue with efs folder which was empty. After doing this my efs partition recreated and is no more empty. Big thanks man :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ahilliard:
Would this work on a Note 2, to fix a corrupted SPC in the Qualcomm NV-settings? Or is the reason wiping /efs works because the NV-settings are kept on a different partition now?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ownmart:
anyone have a nv tar backup from efs pro?

I bootlooped it by doing adb reboot nvbackup

What I've tried so far:

stock mi7

twrp> wipe

twrp mount system (for some reason it was not mounted already)

tried the script as OP says - got it rebooting "android is upgrading" and then stop and reboots again

custom rom beanstock actually booted but no baseband,no imei

also tried copying efs folder from my 900a just to see if itd help, nothing

does anyone happen to have efs pro backup of their device? I will use octopus to put back to my info but need it to at least fully boot. cannot return back to samsung since warranty flag has been done
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jdidtht:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/okx7op92cirn3l1/Brick_Loop_FIX_afterRestoringBackup.zip

Did ya try this zip.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ownmart:
oh yea forgot to mention that as well, yes i did same thing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mithudas28:
not the same device but same logic can someone help

hi goodguys can you please think of this problem

I have a sm-n900 exynos and I have lost my imei and baseband during a Samsung flash. I have a TWRP backup, efs.img backup by dr.ketan's backup tool but nothing is able to restore my efs. I have scanned emmc blocks for bricked blocks and all blocks come back as non-corrupted. may be the partition is corrupted .how do I erase my efs partition to rebuild it. I have tired to flash PIT from ODIN but that too doesn't work.

tried this post http://xdaforums.com/show...567133&page=36

but need a guide to identify the partitions and how to rebuild them. by any chance anyone know if I could extract twrp backup to files to restore efs or from efs.img so I can use the nv_data.bin, since tried restoring the backups and it didn't restore I feel the partition might be corrupt and hence not being re-written. so might be I have to rebuild the partitions by formatting as explained in this thread. but I don't know exactly the steps for exynos variant. I tried using terminal on twrp but mkef2 command shows mmbcblkp03 doesn't exist which as I have read in posts is the efs partition on this phone and reboots to twrp recovery. and mmbcblkp12 show filesystem too small and reboots to twrp recovery

Can some one upload sm-n900 efs folder may be can try and edit nv_data in hex editer
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dabar7:
Partitions needed!

Forgive me if I've missed previous posts possibly with answers to what I'm about to ask (though I've read many in this thread), but does anyone have for the T-Mobile Note 3, the mmcblk0p12, mmcblk0p13 partitions? I also have to do some more research, but just in case I want mmcblk0p17 & 18 because I believe I read that two of them back up the other pair. (I could seriously be wrong but would like to compare them). I did "adb reboot nvbackup" and ended up in this bootloop! I would love to have this phone back up and running, any help is greatly appreciated!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Samzebian:
Hey guys.

I'm still having problems after trying this. I have tried almost everything, searched everywhere. I tried this method to fix this phone, no luck. I ran the mkdir /efs command, and it says the directory already exists. I then ran rmdir /efs and re-ran the command with success. I tried the whole process and my phone still says that the imei is unknown and baseband is unknown.

I am running nc4, tried flashing nc4 baseband and nc2, no luck. Tried to flash a custom rom, flashed the stock rom, no luck. I'm completely stuck here. Not sure what to do at this point, any help would be greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
try this

This is what has helped me. First remove your sim card and put the phone on airplane mode

wipe the phone and return to Stock 4.3 and unroot it

download the Stock 4.4 Rom and install it

start the phone and keep it in Airplane mode

see if you still have the boot loop. If not turn it off airplane mode and restart.

if it works now you can go ahead and root again

Good luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Samzebian:
Hey sorry I didn't respond to this for so long; anyways, my problem isn't bootloop. It won't shut down fully, I have to do a battery pull, but it's not bootlooping anymore. The problem is I'm still not getting an IMEI or able to make any calls or anything.... What else can I try?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] johntuck77:
I never had this problem. I would try a different SIM card first to see if that is a SIM Card issue. If that doesn't work you might want to get into the secret IMEI Menu of the phone. Don't know how you have to look that up and mess around there. Sorry that is out of my league.

Good Luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Samzebian:
OK, so what I have been able to manage is I was able to reset the phone and I got the phone to work fine but the only issue is that the data is not working at all. I keep getting a greyed out 3g logo next to signal. IMEI and everything shows up on the phone fine. But the only thing that doesn't work is data. What should I try now?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Samzebian:
Never mind, was able to fix it. Re-flashed everything and checked all the right options in Odin, fixed! YAY
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rchapoteau:
I was on stock rooted 4.3 with cwm, and My screen stopped responding to touch so I did a backup and then a full wipe of the system. That worked out for fixing the screen problems so I figured I tried to do a restore which put me in a boot loop. I tried everything including reflashing with Odin. I finally got it working again with Samsung kies. That totally saved my bacon
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kikayhottie:
Been having trouble getting my note 3 out of bootloop. Someone please help.

I have a note 3 (hlte). Flashed cwm 6.0.4.7. and X-note v15.

I was able to get into x-note's set up and all but when i reboot afterwards, it gets stuck on the x-note's kitkat loading and doesn't go thru. I tried the brick loop fix but still the same.

What should i do?:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kikayhottie:
Solved already..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] magiconthetire:
I am commenting to assist others that may be having the same problem.

I have an S5, G900W8. On TW based roms, I would get the "FACOTRY MODE IS ON!!!!!" message after every reboot. The wifi would turn off, and I would have to manually switch it back on. Everything worked perfectly, except this issue upon every reboot. On AOSP based roms, I did not get the message. My IMEI was fine, however my EFS folder was empty using root explorer.

While running a TW LP rom and TWRP, I followed the steps outlined in OP (Edit 2). This method seemed to solve my issue and I no longer have the message.

I understand this is a Note 3 thread, but I was brought here while searching for methods to resolve this issue on my S5, which where almost non existent. I hope this can help others experiencing this issue on s5
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mwazeer:
I have exactly same issue with no baseband... even i try to send pm to some senior xda member but no answer..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] unslav3d:
theres no link

also saw this does this help us? http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...using-odin-flasher&catid=57:how-to&Itemid=104
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Not sure what the point of that site is, the Note 3 ships with 4.3, so nobody needs to update anything....It's basically just telling you how to update via Odin to the latest firmware, which is already on it lol :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mwazeer:
Thanks for link but we not have multi file firmware to use pit file. So my freinds please search if we get multi file stock firmware to flash correctly with pit file and report here...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tukzerotuk:
My N9005

Same Problem Help me please
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Hayaa:
For 9005

I've juste try to flash with the .pit file = CSB_signed_HLTE_EUR_OPEN_32G_0718.pit with repartition ticked

and with N9005XXUBMI7_N9005OXXBMI4_N9005XXUBMI6_HOME.tar in pda

and same error here :( no baseband, bootloot, error with system process

Its 4AM in france and i work tomorrow so i go to bed, thx for this thread, for the help and good luck for finding a solution !

if not i will see with my mobile operator for send it in post-sale customer service
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Hello, welcome to the family (and sorry about your Note)...... Hopefully we can figure this out soon enough.

Man, the family keeps getting bigger...:crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Well, that's not a good sign...:(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
Here is a pit file I extracted from my T-Mobile Note 3 (N900T):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wm48r8a9gy2lb0x/N900T.pit

Not totally sure if I did it correctly, but it seems to analyze fine in PIT Magic.

Hope this helps!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Going to try it now...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] unslav3d:
failed

---------- Post added at 10:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:06 PM ----------

will tmob even give me a new one? isnt my warranty void after doing this ****?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
It's still flashing but on the screen in red it say's

Secure Check Fail : PIT

No go, not sure about the secure check issue, obviously it didn't install though.. Not sure how it has to be to pass the "secure" check...?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
A few people have been able to exchange, so you can take a chance. Most CSR's in store won't know how to even get to download mode to see it. So it's up to you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
Sorry, I don't know then. :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
No worries, I have 2 day's left with this phone before it goes back, might as well throw anything and everything at it while we can to figure it out !!!:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] unslav3d:
uhm....ok i def had bootloop problem, never got past galaxy note 3 iut would stay there a boot screen for a few seconds then virate and vibrate again showing bootscreen, i tried then reflashing darkstalkers as thats what gave me the loop in the first place....that didnt work, i then wiped all and restored my backup i made of stock as soon as i booted to twrp the very first time...still no luck, still boot looping, tried everything i read here ecxept odin back to stock cuz dling stock took like 2 hours, well odin to stocked worked for me im good to go again

no idea wtf but yeah i aint flashing **** for a month lol

things i did were wipe all and reboot to no os to see if problem was there, but it stayed at bootscreen forever with no loop

then i tried restoring just system, and stuff like that, also tried flashing darkstalker and then restoring stsem ,

so yeah thats my story

and im like 20 feet from screen so forgive the typos plz
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
Yours was a normal boot loop, caused by dirty flashing, not the same as these guys. Theirs happened while restoring, which some how messes up the system or data partitions. Even Odin didn't fix their issues. Consider yourself lucky lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] TEKHD:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46210245

Post #31

I have perfectly restored numerous times on 2 notes without a single issue... Twrp 2.6.3.0
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Yeah, that's nice, try 2.6.3.1...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Either way, glad you got it sorted.. :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AliKingKong:
Same problem with Note 1

I used TWRP 2.6.3 and had horrible bootloops on my Note 1. I downgraded back to TWRP 2.6.1 and all was well. I have flashed more than 50 times with TWRP and never had any problems until 2.6.3. It seems like an coincidence that 2.6.3 was the culprit in both cases.

Does anyone know how to take the current TWRP 2.6.1 and make it workable for the Note 3? It is just a thought, but wondering if there are issues with 2.6.3?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] k6076199:
I have SM-900W8 (Canadian Model) , tried to restore from Twrp 2.6.3.1 and have the same issue that you have. I can't even see the clock on my home screen.

I know people who use CWM have the same issue, not sure if there is anyone use CWM can help ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2454079
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
We need to get a concensus on what version of TWRP everyone was using when they got the bootloop and if they tried restoring.

Has anyone got a bootloop even though they never tried to restore?

I've never heard of Odining back to stock not working so this is pretty terrifying.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] k6076199:
I tried to restore from both 2.6.3.1 and 2.6.3.2 , both dont work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Yeah, that's what leads me to believe it's a partition issue..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
How do we figure the partition got messed up?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] deeznutz1977:
I just got spooked. All i tried to do was enable on screen keys qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 and i got system ui fc.. flashed my rom again and bootloops.. odin worked though. Almost $h!t my pants lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
I'd definitely hold off on any system mods at this point. Although, glad to hear that using Odin is still working.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chrisa887:
Flashing mods works at least for me, thinking about flashing darthstalker rom but don't know about the boot loops
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] deeznutz1977:
Thats the rom i was on . Its working fine
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glensta:
Nice job on this thread Steve. Wish I had a solution to offer but you guys are all over it. I ran back to T-Mobile with my tail between my legs and thanked God that they exchanged it without testing.

Bone stock for me now til i see a good Odin firmware solution.

I wish all here the best, everyone has been helpful
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
I've asked this before but I think I only got one answer.

If I were to just root the phone and not install a custom recovery and just Odin back to stock if something goes wrong, would it be possible for me to encounter this endless boot loop?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glensta:
It's possible.

I had my phone problems from trying to restore a backup from twrp that caused boot loops like other folks here already described.

Be prepared to exchange with T-Mobile /or wait for a good solution if something goes wrong
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chrisa887:
When you root the phone it puts cwm on there automatically
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] deeznutz1977:
Yes that would be fine to do
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
Since it's CF Auto Root I was under the impression it installs the Stock recovery, unless I'm wrong.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
It's stock recovery. You still need to flash a custom if you like.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chrisa887:
Sorry my mistake, I was thinking of different phone lol thinking of my s3 I had sorry
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glensta:
.............. :what: lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Maybe confusing with one of the toolkits that does everything for yiu?

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nowy57:
hello

today morning I tought I am only on the whole planet wich has bootlop and random rebots (no wifi and gsm signal)

welcome family :)

what about EFS ? maybe we lost efs and we cannot restore or resum it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Sounds to me like Odin would work for you, have you tried to Odin back to stock yet? I would avoid trying to do a restore without more info on your specific situation.. This boot loop issue will not get you back into the launcher, at all, so if you're actually booting back up, consider yourself lucky..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Because even after using Odin, when I did just get into the launcher before I get the "system process" error, I still had a custom lock screen camera shot wallpaper. After flashing back to stock using Odin, that shouldn't have been possible unless part of that partition, whether it be boot or system, was still there.. IMO anyway..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nowy57:
YES , of course I have try to instal by odin 3files firmware , but no success

I have try to install it by KIES as well usin option as a emergency revcovery of course no succes at all
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] vibrantliker:
This happened to me last night and I was FREAKING OUT!! Couldn't sleep.

Thought I'd try going to T-Mob soon as they open today. I did and it took all of 15 minutes to exchange for a new one.

VERY GRATEFUL!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cwalker0906:
I asked once and got no response. ...has anyone tried to format system in recovery....boot straight into download....Odin firmware...then boot straight into recovery wipe data davlic and cache then reboot. If you haven't please try...i noticed recovery isn't wipe system between flashes and your issue may be duplicate system files. If you haven't tried or won't try please don't respond on what you think....just trying to be helpful
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
I assume you were running the .2 TWRP release?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
So I've been thinking... It really seems like the problem is the data partition. Like it's corrupted or locked. Most likely locked. I'm also thinking maybe something triggers knox or SELinux to lock it.

Wish there was a way to get logs of when you wipe data, and try to restore data. But right now, adb doesn't work (it might work on linux).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
Sorry, I should have been more specific, I meant what do we think went wrong that caused the system partition to get messed up?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
I did...nothing

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mohan_kr:
If you are bootlooping..just format the /data partition
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Pretty sure I tried that, or something very similar yesterday, but I'll try it again ..:thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
I agree, I think it's probably locked, example being the PIT file failed the "security check" last night..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mwazeer:
I noticed that in download mode there are two new rows like bootloader enabaled something like that which was not there befor... can any body check. So may be this is the real problem for flashing stock rom by odin as bootloder is modified. So we should see bootloader for effected member and non effected member.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
According to shabbypenguin:

"nandroids, currently there is an issue where selinux flag isnt being set properly when restoring data and then causes bootloops. titanium backup should be good "

It is evident is all versions of the Note 3, so once/if it is figured out we can start restoring.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] akapaul26:
I have not tried to restore a full rom yet but I have restored data and cache to another rom. I believe it rebooted one to many times after but no other issues. I would have to count the data issue out.

Sent from my SM-N900T using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shin lucifer:
This issue is what's stopping me from messing with my N3. As much as i like to use CF method to unlock my phone both region and sim. I dont want to root. Even though thats not the problem. But i will get impatient, and take the chance to flash a diff Rom and play with it. Since there is no safety net right now. Going to stay stock and see how things go. I do hope all you guys get your N3 back up and running soon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nowy57:
good point ...

but whos know , when we look out on note1 and note2 that things will happend - nobody
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] OPGT:
looks liked ive joined the group... damn :(. I decided i wanted to root my phone and i did that all just fine. Then i went to install the only custom rom and it started a boot loop????? Im not foreign to rooting/roms.. just really weird and im freaken out as i just got this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nowy57:
good info is :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1998801

if somebody is wrom european union that sammy should fix it on warranty and customer shouldnt pay for it .

I will send my smartphone to sammsung branch for warrany repair (we will see what they do and answer)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] zRalphz:
Family's getting bigger....

Hope, this works (big time fingers crossed:fingers-crossed:). I'm in the same boat as many of you. With TWRP 2631 installed stock rooted, no probem, installed DarthStalker, no problem, backed up both, and then when I went to restore back to stock rooted, bam dam endless bootloop. Have tried every idea from this and TWRP threads and nothing works. Never thought a phone could cause such a knot in my stomach......:(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bobbyphoenix:
I'm sort of with you. I rooted, but that's it. I tried to not root, but the darn ads were killing me. I rooted just to install AdAway. LOL I won't be flashing any ROMs for a while. At least until everything is sorted out. Plus I really like the S Pen, and what it can do, so unless a custom ROM includes those features I may be on stock forever. But that's not bad since this beast is so good as is I really don't think I need anything else.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
Please let me know if you run into any problems from just having a rooted phone. I don't plan on installing a custom recovery so I'm hoping to never get the bootloop.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve Lazarus:
Thanks, but no luck.. I would be more frustrated if I didn't have a replacement on the way that will be here Tuesday. Was hoping we would have more ideas to by now. If this phone gets hosed up trying something radical, it's no big deal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
Steve, or anyone in permanent boot loop, I'm just throwing this out there but... can you try taking out both your SIM card and your SDCARD, and booting?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Hate to say, but I tried that already too.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
Grr..... sorry.

Warrior1975, you've struggled with it long enough. Go exchange it! So many have exchanged theirs. Like Nike said... Just do it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
hmm... How about taking out your SIM and SDCard, and then ODINing Stock, then factory resetting in stock recovery (all the while not having a sim and sdcard)?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] HughesNet:
Good idea. Try with at least no SD inserted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Lol, thanks bro. Tried that too. I know it seems crazy, but I wasn't playing when I said nearly everything. I honestly spent close to a full 24 hours trying to get that phone fixed. There was 2 nights alone of almost 8 hours or so each. Downloading, reading, resetting, trying on macbook, windows, kies, odin, etc. Even had to reinstall windows one night on my dual booting mac...i was on a mission, which I failed. I did do the exchange, had no choice.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glensta:
Hey guys, there is another thread that is having the same problem. I believe this is for the international note 3 just in case some of you guys want to keep up the thing come up with a solution before we do here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2472961