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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] phouse1025:
I used the method in the OP to recover from a soft brick. I was running 4.4.2 rooted with towelroot. I flashed the 5.0 file through Odin. Can I do this same process again but flash the 4.4.2 file so I can regain root? I didn't upgrade to 5.0 via OTA so I'm hoping this is possible.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] seriousmind:
@ phouse1025, you can not downgrade to 4.4.2 and there is not root for 5.0
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] phouse1025:
OK, I had only read that you couldn't downgrade if you got 5.0 from the OTA.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
pit file link fixed in OP.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] matthelm:
In case someone has issues with Odin 3.09 flashing a message and then quitting, you can find the Odin3.ini file at:

http://androidhost.org/9ngxE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Knick Knack:
just getting my ten posts
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jt_04:
I tried to flash Jasmine ROM and my bootloader got returned to stock (although I kept root access). Not sure how that happened, but my phone was working fine anyway. Then I decided to reflash TWRP and now my phone is soft bricked because it detected a custom bootloader.

I've tried to reflash stock ROMs for MJ7 and NC4 but get SW REV CHECK errors. (pretty sure I rooted on NC4 using towelroot originally)

my question is, is there any way to flash the stock bootloader without flashing the entire stock image?

Or is there any way to totally reset my phone other than flashing a stock image? I don't want to flash 4.4.4 or 5.0 because then I'll permanently lose root.

or does anyone know the status of root on verizon lollipop?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
you can not flash custom recovery on a locked bootloader device. you must odin back to a full stock firmware at this point.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jt_04:
Thanks, I should have been more careful. I flashed ob6 with Odin and now hoping for a lollipop root method in the future.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
never going to happen...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] AlpineMan:
Need some assistance. A friend said his Note 3 was just charging. He hasn't installed apps lately. He decided to reboot, and upon booting it says "System software not authorized by Verizon...". I've followed the steps in post #1. I've tried OB6. It flashes successfully (with and without the PIT file), but then when it boots, it shows the same. I'm unable to go to recovery mode either. It just says "Recovery Booting...", then it says "Secure Fail: Recovery" and the same "System software not authorized..." message.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mattnmag:
There's a newer stock firmware (N900VVRUEOF1) that might work. It's available at http://www.sammobile.com.

Also... if you have a Best Buy near you with one of those Samsung reps in the store, you might be to take it there and see if the Samsung rep could flash it back to stock. I read in a different post where someone said the Samsung rep at his local Best Buy was helpful and reflashed his phone for free when it was soft bricked.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Don_Pachuco:
What to do if odin fails install?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] phouse1025:
Pray lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] pizza_pablo:
I bought a VZW Note 3 that has not taken an OTA, since being on 4.4.2, but is currently on Jasmine ROM 6.1, which shows Android 5.0 and OF1 bootloader and baseband in SAMSUNG PHONE INFO app.

Can I follow this op using the NC4 and safely get back to 4.4.2, where I'll be able to root with towelroot and flash Alliance ROM?

ETA: I came to the conclusion that this prob could not be accomplished and returned the Note 3, because I didn't want to risk bricking it and surely didn't want to live with lollipop and all of its whiteness, on menus and notification icons.

Today, I am to receive a Note 3, that is actually on 4.4.2!

ALLIANCE ROM here I come!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] treii28:
couple of questions

I was trying to upgrade my kitkat rooted n900v to one of the newer 5.x roots and didn't notice a comment on the rom about not using it with safestrap. End result was a boot loop so I grabbed the first current OTA I could find to get the phone useable again. It's the 5.0 which took my root out and seems to be rather stubborn unrooting.

So, I'm in the process of trying to chase down an original 4.3 image that will work on this phone. (I've tried one 4.4 and two 4.3 images and they fail on auth checks). Since some of these things are now growing old, a lot of the thread links are dead and I have to get them from throttled pay-to-play websites. Not even knowing if they will work, I'm reluctant to give my CC info to god knows who in god knows where. So I want to try to narrow down the search and have some questions.

First, I see some comments in the 4.3 range about developer vs. non-developer variants of the phone. How do you know if yours is a developer variant? (I picked mine up used)

Second, is there any way to narrow down which Rom I should look for? The hardware is listed as N900V.07

Third, sometimes I see Odex vs De-Odex - huh?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donc113:
You have lost root forever. You can only ODIN back to 4.4.4 and that can not be rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] treii28:
Yeah, I figured that out around 3am last night when I finally learned what the SW aboot error on the screen meant. Needless to say I have a clean, verizon note iii on the latest OTA up for sale! Anyone have a recommendation for a good, rootable phone? lol (any opinions on the ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE551ML?)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexxisatta:
hey you guys, lookin out there on the internet a solution to my problem and no solution, i hopefully you can help me, so here is my problem, i have a note 3 verizon and im stuck on 4.4.4 and 5.0 i can only jump on that ones, y just update my n900v 4.4.2 to 5.0 with odin and i loss imei baseband and stuff, i live in mexico and i must be arround 10 days or more sticky all day to a laptop looking for a solution to my problem, i have one guy, he can fix my imei but need to be root user to fix it!!.. and there is no root for those roms im really desperate I ONLY WANT MY SIGNAL BACK!!!! i hope soon i can find a solution... thx﻿ guys!.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] S.N.@.K.3:
sorry if some buddy find it inappropriate, I need to know what is Retail version ? and Developer version ?

so far I understood searching through this thread that Retail=Country locked device and DE=Unlocked device having developer option in it.

I need to get root and recovery. currently running Lollipop and build number is LRX21V.N900VVRUEF0F1.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] somethingsomethingroot:
Does anyone have a working link for Developer Edition restore files? The one in the OP isn't working.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] treii28:
I ended up buying a new (used) phone ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Silicon Knight:
for some reason the .tar file isn't showing up when I click on AP in Odin. Never had that happen before, I didn't make any changes to it or anything. Opened it once just to make sure it was all there, but didnt touch anything in it. Does this mean something corrupted during the DL ?

EDIT - I am using Odin 3.09 by the way, gonna try 3.07 and see if it shows up in there.

---------- Post added at 09:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:10 PM ----------

nope didn't work in 3.07 either. Yay i get to download it again :mad: lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SoCalNewb:
I just soft bricked my VZW Note 3 that I've had out of the box for 30 minutes :eek:

I'm a Mac user, and I used VMWAre Fusion 6 to run a virtualized instance of Windows 7 in order to run Odin and flash Root_de_la_Vega. This worked fine on my Note 2 to gain root (and unlock bootloader). Not so fortunate this time.

To recover from the soft brick, I tried to flash the Odin image and PIT using OP instructions, but that also failed (log below).

Odin Log (from when I flashed the Odin stock image and PIT):

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Root_de_la_Vega.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/005> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)​

Question: Any suggestions for how to recover from this soft brick?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SoCalNewb:
Update: I got ahold a Windows laptop this morning and was able to recover from the soft brick that I created by running ODIN in VMWare. :laugh:

Lesson Learned: YMMV trying to Odin flash from virtualized instances of Windows.

PS - About KNOX: I was also able to use the native Windows Machine to successfully Odin flash Root de la Vega to gain SU. After soft-bricking, recovering, and flashing Odin image to gain root, KNOX still shows "0x0". Great success.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] NeoMagus:
Just an FYI, Hashcode posted earlier the MJ7 odin file in the thread where you can find safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Op updated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KennyG123:
This thread is now linked in the roll up sticky thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2518808
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SirKronan:
Help!!

I can't get anything to flash on this phone with 3.07 or 3.09 of Odin. What am I doing wrong??

The phone will still boot into stock OS, no unlock symbol. When I bought it, it automatically did that update thing at best buy, so it's no longer build I9 but J7. I tried the easy root method following the video. No luck. I tried using Odin to return it to the stock I9. No luck there, either. Regardless of what I try to flash, or what cable I use or version of Odin I use, Odin fails upon write start and the phone says "SECURE CHECK FAIL: cache"

Do I need to take out the microSIM or something? Do I need a newer micro SIM than what was in my S3? Any ideas??? :confused:

Edit: Additional info - The PIT file seems to work, and after doing that, it will boot up back into stock just fine.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ikithme:
It appears if you have upgraded to the newest version, and kept root, but then soft brick you cannot go back to MI9, either that or I'm doing something wrong.

Edit: Upon trying further on a windows 7 machine I now have 0x1 on Knox Warranty Void.

And now I will proceed to cry in a corner :\
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
once you are on J7 you can not revert back, restore with the J7 stock image, make sure to use the pit file.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Prime example why its imparitive to follow directions to a T. Glad your back up and running. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SirKronan:
Eh, I try. This is more picky than other samsung phones I have owned (Fascinate, GNex, S3...) but to be fair we are still way early in the game with the Note 3, and I doubt it will have the mass following that the S3 did.

Ugh. That sucks. I can't believe that an OTA update that took a few minutes (and only happened because I wasn't really paying attention at the time, and trying to get everything lined out with the Best Buy employee that was selling me the phone) is so irreversible.

Do J7 builds not have safe root yet?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Larry Fortune:
Trying to download MJ7 file?

Duh?? Trying to download Official VRUBMJ7 4.3- http://downloads.crackflasher.com/?d.../note3/hltevzw from post #1 but all I get is a small txt file saying downloads exceeded. How or where can I get the MJ7 file please??

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Its downloading fine for me...just going to take along time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ikithme:
Did this works fine, should have done more research about knox flags before trying to ODIN backwards.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SirKronan:
Yeah, but can we root J7 yet?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
Yes, google kingo root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Guide updated.... :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stu5797:
Please help! I am just trying to get my phone working!

I tried installing the PIT file and the MI9 stock download in the AP slot and

I keep getting this error message when restoring through odin SW REV CHECK FAIL: [ABOOT]FUSED 2 > BINARY 1.

If i then just flash the PIT file I get the samsung galaxy note 3 splash screen showing custom but thats it.I go into recovery mode and wipe data / factory reset and then it just goes back to the samsung galaxy note 3 custom splash screen but it does not reboot.

CAN someone please help me out!

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
you can not go back to I9 if you took the M7 update.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stu5797:
I am trying to use M7 but I get an error when trying to put it in the AP slot in odin: MD5 error! Binary is invalid???

Thanks so much for your time!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
sounds like a bad download.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stu5797:
shoot! Downloaded again and get the same error

MD5 error! Binary is invalid
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
Thanks for this work OP. It would be nice to have md5sum for the DLs in section 2; preferably from someone who has successfully installed.

BTW, the OP is getting so big that tapatalk is struggling to scroll through it. As soon as I move to other posts normal scroll speed returns. Anyone else?

via LG Spectrum (waiting for N3 DE) & tapatalk
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] R-1 Rider:
Sorry for the newb question, but is the pit file the same for both MI9 and MJ7?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
it should be...all the pit file does is make sure the partitions are mapped out correctly when flashing back to stock firmware.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Odin verify's md5 before allowing it too flash. I dont use tapatalk, especially on a big screen phone. Desktop browser ftw. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] R-1 Rider:
Thank you sir. Still trying to figure this all out, but the community and you especially have been extremely helpful.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stu5797:
Thanks droidstyle. It was a bad download. I needed 4 to finally get it. Donation sent
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] MoRdÓrÔcIÎY™:
why

why are you posting a guide to a phone you don't have ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Lizzy954:
soooo grateful

Droidstyle,

I cannot thank you enough for putting this tutorial together !! Saved my Note 3 from God only knows :)

I recently purchased a Note 3 and decided to root it (my friends swear by rooting) only to find out that I wasn't

prepared for a rooted phone in many ways. So I thought "ok, this has to be easy (thinking of my iphone 5 jailbreak)"

However, it wasn't as easy and I messed up even more :o

I knew I could not take the phone to verizon, so I read and read when I came across an update (that I was a part of,

in complaining to Verizon) that did not work due to error 402 (found nothing to help me), not to mention the 'custom

unlocked padlock logo' when rebooting that would not go away and thinking this will void my warranty for sure !

My wonderful friends loving their root but little help and lots of "oh **** !" comments.

After almost 3 days of reading and trying this and that, I came across your thread (heavenly sent) and WHALA

I am now back to 'normal', also able to update and have learned a big lesson (stay away unless fully prepared) lolll

Thank you, thank you, thank you and to those that created the downloads needed (links) to make this work as well as the entire XDA community !!

Gratefully yours,

Elizabeth :victory:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xXJay_RXx:
[GUIDE] VZW Note III Edition[Return to Stock or recover from a Soft Brick and...

Never mind I got it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mikeone33:
Sorry incorrect thread.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
what did you get?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Because I have had every Samsung Galaxy device minus the S4 and the flashing methods with Odin are very similar. FYI I ordered the Dev edition but it is currently on back order.

Would you like me to delete this thread?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xXJay_RXx:
The recovery for Dev Edition wasn't downloading. Might be Goo that's having issues. I searched for the t mo recovery n got it to work
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
ahh...I added the mirror link to the op.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cveez11:
[MENTION=4065904]droidstyle[/MENTION] please do not delete the thread. You have helped many people with this already including myself. Don't let people get under your skin. I appreciate everything you have done.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
I wont but that poster is probably the one who gave the thread a low rating. If you would please rate it when you get a chance :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SirKronan:
Will do!! I appreciate this thread, too!! :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cveez11:
no problem
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kalani91:
Does anyone have a quick link to the MJ7 or fast mirrors? I'm on MJ7 and tried to go back to the first stock but failed.. The download on this original post is slow. Is there a faster one?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] G8orDroid:
Kingo is not working for me on MJ7. I had used it before on MI9 and it worked fine, but it fails now. Goes thru all of the motions, reboots multiple times and fails. I've only tried on Win8 machines so I'm going to try a Win7 or XP machine when I can. Anyone else have this problem with MJ7 & Kingo?

Edit: Finally got kingo to work. I'm not sure why it decided to finally take, but it did. It doesn't make alot of sense to me, since I didn't really do anything different, but for those in a similar situation, don't lose hope, keep trying.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] NeoMagus:
You might want to put this in the first post by the download links, I've noticed more people flashing MI9 or de la vega over top of MJ7, then getting the fail that requires a pit flash
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Will do!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] js0uth:
For dev editiins. What's precautions can I take in regards for a backup if anything goes wrong? Make a backup in twrp and nanoid? Anything else? Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bodieism:
[MENTION=4065904]droidstyle[/MENTION]

Excellent guide! I now have root and TWRP :D I believe it was also your guide I came across when I was a noob with the Note 2. Keep up the good work :good:

Until Samsung releases the stock files for it I don't think there really is anything you can do except make a backup in TWRP and hope you don't fudge anything up so bad that you need odin.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tgamer:
I plan on taking my phone back tonight due to the home button not working right.

I have SS installed. should I uninstall this first, then oden the MI9/pit that is in the OP? Will uninstalling SS delete romslot 1/2 as I have used them both, also have the stock rooted rom in STOCK slot. I never upgraded the firmware to MJ7. These instructions will get the phone back to stock Unrooted for return correct? Thanks all.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Just odin I9 with Pit and return the device...that will get you back to bone stock out of the box conditions.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tgamer:
you are the man thanks for the quick reply!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ainjobizz:
Thanks for this guide! Successfully installed TWRP and rooted on my Dev Edition that just came in today :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Guide updated... added a tutorial in section 2a for flashing Kernels, Roms, or any .zip in Recovery. Also covered nandroid backups.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] WilliamSchfr:
help!!

hello, im having the same problem. I think it has something to do with the write protection in odin mode. Have you found a fix? I have been trying everything possible for the past 3 days! anything you can suggest would be appreciated!! Thanks in advance!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
As mentioned in the guide you can not revert back to the older firmware once you have taken the OTA.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] WilliamSchfr:
DUH!!

I guess I should have been more specific.... my issue didn't come from flashing ml over the new ota but something completely different. But I got it fixed just the same. Thanks for all the help!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
glad you figured it out. :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dirtydeeds:
Noob here..... do I need to uproot and delete Safe strap before I Odin back to stock? Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] G8orDroid:
You can, but it's not necessary. If you are flashing the full MJ7 it will over write those modifications, the Safestrap app will still be installed, but the actual recovery will be gone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dirtydeeds:
Thanks! I went ahead and left it rooted and recovery in place..... like you said it was gone after the final boot. Thank you for your help!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dpoverlord:
Whats the best way to root my phone after losing root from the Verizon OTA update?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] WilliamSchfr:
root after ota

I believe the only way right now is kingo or vroot. But be warned they are not endorsed by xda because of some shady stuff going on with info stealing. Use at your own risk! Good luck!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dpoverlord:
I don't mind waiting then, I guess I should have checked here before the OTA update. I did not think I would have lost root for it.

Do you think there will be a fix though? I read that those were all malware and prefer not to lose sens information.

Or is there a way to backup with Titanium even though I am not rooted and image back to how my phone was before the update? Not sure how that would work. For I.E

Backup my SMS's somehow. Then reload everything and then image with an old Titanium Backup Copy.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
the latest I herd was kingo is fine and they are not stealing info. there is a thread floating around this section about it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] WilliamSchfr:
root after ota

I use sms backup and restore in the playstore to back up sms's to gmail. Now as far as flashing back to stock MI9, there no way. Even if you back up and re flash you'll still have the new ota as a matter of fact it will soft brick your phone. I'm dealing with one now. Unfortunately I think your stuck. The only way to do it to convince Verizon you need a hand set replacement and hope it doesn't come updated already and hopefully you can start fresh.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dpoverlord:
Wait.... What do people with other phones do then... They never update it once it's rooted? I find it hard to believe that you cannot ever update your phone when you get it once you root.....

Just so I know in the future,... What is the right method when updates come out. Just never update and check every now and then to see if there is a way to root? My phone was perfectly fine, I just read that I should update and did... So pissed right now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] WilliamSchfr:
root after ota

Well if you were on a custom rom the ota wouldn't really matter. If not all you'd have to do is in safe strap uninstall the recovery then in SU un-enable superuser and make sure survivor mode is checked then take your OTA. Once it's done updating all you'd have to do is re-enable superuser and you'd be able to go.