[Galaxy Note 3 General] Negan:
DO NOT RESTORE A NANDROID BACKUP OR YOU WILL HARD BOOTLOOP

With today's launch of the Note 3 in Canada the first thing to do has got to be root and custom recovery! So enough talk let's get to it!

First I must mention that I did not invent this method and take no credit for it. I'm simply sharing the method which I used for all my Samsung devices

Remember that I take no responsibility for anything that happens to your device so as the user you assume all responsibility. Flash at own risk. If you brick or choke It's not my fault. I have tested this myself and confirm it working with the N900W8. I am with bell. However it should work just fine on the Rogers or Telus variants also. If you are a different variant and this method doesn't work

DO NOT

post that!!! If it does well that's a bonus. feel free to mention it.

This will void your warranty. This will increase your flash counter and also trip your Knox counter. At this point there is no method to reset your Knox counter and it may any repair claims may be denied due to this

Instructions:

***Please note you must have the reactivation lock turned off in settings/Security or you will get a FAIL message***

download and install the Samsung drivers

enable usb debugging in developer options. (tap build number in about device 7 times to enable developer options)

download Odin v3.09

Download the .tar file which is your twrp recovery (thanks to Dees_Troy)

download the updated Supersu zip (thanks chainfire)

enter download mode by pressing volume down+home button+power. you will then need to push volume up to enter download mode. Or if you want to change your mind and enjoy the lag and bloat of stock, simply volume down to exit and reboot.

ok so now that you're in download mode on your pc open up Odin (you may need to run as administrator)

Connect your device to your pc and allow any drivers to install if it tries to.

make sure that the auto reboot and f.reset time are checked only.

you should see a box near the top left which should say something like: 0:[COM 6] but the number doesn't matter. As long as you see this you're ready to go

Next you want to select the AP button and navigate to the .tar file you downloaded. Once selected hit START!

You should see: "PASS" in the upper left box! This means you have successfully flased a custom recovery. Your phone will reboot as well.

Now that you have flashed TWRP you need to reboot into recovery to flash the SuperSU zip which will give you root access. be sure to have put the SuperSu zip in the root of your sd card for easy access

reboot into recovery by pushing the volume up+home+power button

once in recovery 1st do a nandroid backup

After your nandroid is finished you will need to go into install.

Navigate to where you put the SuperSu zip and flash.

you should see sucessful!

Now reboot your phone and you should see the SuperSu app in your app drawer. confirm root by downloading a root access app like Titanium Backup and try to run it. It should ask you for root access.

That's it!

Downloads:

TWRP 2.6.3 http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/hltecan

ODIN V3.09 http://d-h.st/jjn

SuperSu v1.65 http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip

Samsung drivers:

http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/model/SM-N900WZKEBWA

Also please note that as time passes there may be updates to superSU. You can find the update here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23427715

Same with odin. Check here for latest version: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2189539

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