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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MikeyLee:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46929408#post46929408
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] THunDA:
So its basically saying that because im installing an older rom (software ver) after flashing the MI5 tar in odin to take the MJ4 update??

Is there any ill effects of that? Because everything is working very nice for me with no issues at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
I don't think that really applies in this case. The bootloader update shouldn't have any change on flashing from twrp. Especially as your knox is already flipped.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] THunDA:
So its normal for it to say MJ4 as my software version ? while on Jellybomb..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
That I can't help with sorry I don't use jellybomb.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] THunDA:
no problem..

everything is working so I shouldnt complain..lol but curiosity gets the best of me sometimes..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rpenrod23:
What partition(s) did you restore? If you only restored data then yes, that is normal.

I had a similar experience on my S4 where I did took an OTA update and then restored my data via TWRP (after re-rooting and re-flashing TWRP of course). I was left with updated radio and firmware but all apps, etc were in place thanks to the restore.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] THunDA:
No it was system, data and boot that I restored. That's what is confusing me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Beandip-Javier:
Thank you, phone is back and running. downloaded the stock rooted rom by Freeza but failed 3 times. Finally took the install sat at the Sprint yellow screen for about 4 minutes. Thank you again.

My next question is if I want to run other roms do they have to be mj4 base or can they be mi5.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cherylbaker:
Its always best to have them match.. That's not saying they won't work but if you have any problems the first things the rom author will say is that they don't match.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
updated info

BOOTLOADER WARNING http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2503620

KNOX SAFE ROOT INFO http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46946926#post46946926

mostly for those trying to keep knox

bootloader info still good to know. includes recovery directions for anyone who goofs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Uploading the system files now. They are split into two files since that's what TWRP backed them up as. You'll have to extract with 7zip.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
Cool I'll be done here in an hour or so and will see what I can figure out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] danweb66:
yep i realized after setting up to root that i would trip the knox by putting custom recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Yeah. While it would have been awesome to keep knox at 0x0, I need my custom recovery! So it's pretty much not an option for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Give it about an hour, the files will be located here:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=8981

For non-devs or those who want to get the MJ4 update onto your phone, they are TWRP backed up images. All you'd need to do is place them into a folder on your TWRP backup directory.

Keep in mind this won't update your kernel or baseband, as I can't get either of them yet.

As always make a backup before flashing. Once we sort all of this out, I'll of course make a proper stock rooted ROM based on MJ4.

NOTE: 3G Data may not work with these. To resolve, simply root your phone or from recovery remove the files located in /system/etc/firmware to look like this picture:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
So no stock recovery update.zip that actually works yet rite? :banghead:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] danweb66:
Yea i just got the phone yesterday and kept it at stock so I could get the ota and pull it for us. I have a party I have to go to but when I get home tonight I will be full focus on this. I do my best work when I'm wasted anyways lol. infact i wasnt able to root my evo3d until I came home wasted and was able to get the timing just right for pull the plug at just the right time of running update. what a headache that was, I'm starting to have flashbacks lmfao. anyways good luck guys Ill be back later. at least there are a lot of good people on this. It will get figured out I'm positive of it. :silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nolimit06:
So do you guys think we will ever get this update? I rooted before we knew much about KNOX and I am now having the dropped calls/crackling, it only seems to happen on LTE towers and when doing tower handoffs while driving and its become a huge issue for me. My pjone has no issues and im passed the 14 day return window for a simple exchange so im not sure what to do. Starting to regret my root...

I understand these things take time to figure out on a new phone. Has any phone had similar issues in the past?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Unfortunately not. I have the update.zip untouched for the stock recovery but with the signature verification errors, I have no idea how to apply it. However, I created a flashable zip that will update your system files to MJ4 with a custom recovery, it just won't update your baseband or kernel.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tridogg97:
Thanks for the work anyway to buy you a beer when this gets figured out cause I rooted not know about the Knox yet. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
At least we are getting closer to something. Gotta stay positive. I spoke with Samsung and with sprint, and was told that the server window will open back up in 48 hours after it first shut down. Whenever that was nobody knows, but hopefully we'll get it before then.

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I wonder where qbking77 is in this whole thing he usually has the update.zip first and hooks up the how to video too. :what:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gerald410:
Mi5 is available from sammobile, I used URDLV to create a tar image from that. flashed it then used DLV to get root.Then used Wanam xposed to get system official, now i'm Mi5 rooted official status knox 0x0. Baseband is MI5
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
That was my experience also. Maybe someone who has knox already flagged might want to try flashing mi3 and mi5 and verify baseband changes or not. Could try both a stock image and one modified with vega.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] LMMT:
Actually, there is some validity to this. I discovered this, when I first got my phone, and was having problems. After doing some searching, it seems to be common knowledge, with Samsung phones, particularly with 64gb cards, or lots of folders, and files. Removing the card, and rebooting, changes the status from WITHIN android (about device, status). In fact the only way I could get [MENTION=309990]freeza[/MENTION]'s MI5 update zip to work, after hours of odins and facrory resets, was to odin MI3, boot, power down, remove micro sd, power on, factory reset, odin reroot, odin recovery, boot, flash MI5 update. I believe that's what it finally took for me to get the MI5 baseband to 'stick'. After I reinserted the card, I had some other issues, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2483944 but that was a whole different problem (or was it)?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tridogg97:
It's up thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] SantinoInc:
Man, this is a real pain in the ballz. This isn't just another worthless update...this one actually fixes a problem almost all of us seem to be having with this phone. I have faith in Freeza, Josh and the few other knowledgeable devs we have around here...we'll get the puzzle figured out sooner or later.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigmase23:
Can you provide this tar?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Good news!

I just got MI5 back with an update notification to MJ4, so it looks like i'll be getting that stock rom ready :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tridogg97:
Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gerald410:
I'm prohibited from doing so, however the files needed are readily available:)

MI5 tar from Sammobile

URDLV from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2498850

Good luck!

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From Ota or Kies?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MikeyLee:
Nice
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
OTA. I'm not sure if taking the sdcard out had something to do with it, but I no longer got the message about exceeding roll-outs. Maybe they've solved their server issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gerald410:
Thx gonna give it a shot:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
So if I take out the so card that might make a difference Cuz I jus tried and it still gives me the server exceeding roll - outs message.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gerald410:
+1 It was worth a try.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
Pulling the card did give me a notification for update. But still exceeded when download
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wacky2bakky:
Yeah I'm still getting the same message about maximum update roll outs. Looking forward to getting the update Freeza!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
I have no idea what made it go through but i checked for updates after applying the MI5 tar i downloaded from sammobile (thanks guys!) and it presented me with the update.

However, if you guys still can't get it. I backed up all of my firmware after i took the update, including the baseband. So i'll put together a test flash to see if you guys can get your baseband updated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
Will clearing the Google services framework do b anyrhing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Nope. It's not Google that's pushing this update. Besides, I think Samsung is just wanting to lessen the server load by letting people download in blocks instead of all at once.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
For non rooted or rooted phones

Please hook up one for stock non rooted recovery mane :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
I'll try. I don't think it's possible. The stock android recovery samsung included checks for valid signatures and other stuff. It wouldn't even let me update the official update.zip since it wasn't obtained through the update app lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
Can u pull the dl link from where u got the update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigmase23:
Downloading mj4 update now!! thanks Freebro!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wacky2bakky:
Where'd you get the update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Crap my bad I didn't even think about that o_o But how mase got it is the same way I did.

I did this on a clean system, meaning i factory reset with twrp.

Steps:

-factory reset with twrp

-take out SDcard

-Odin MI5

-let it boot

-check for update

-profit
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
If u can post the dl link then everybody can dl the update for them selves. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nolimit06:
I must have missed it but if im already on MI5 with the knox flag tripped how can I get to a point where I can accept the OTA?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wacky2bakky:
Where do we get the MI5 Odin file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gerald410:
Sammobile
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/251950498/f0a20cb/N900PVPUBMI5_N900PSPTBMI5_SPR.zip.html
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gerald410:
It's labeled Mi5? And thanks

I see its from sammobile lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nolimit06:
So doing it this method updates the firmware as well? I assume you loose root as well?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cherylbaker:
If you install recovery you will trip knox

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Haha yes mj I (she not he thank you《grin》 ) was talking about you.. So your baseband did change (as did mine) and you still have not got mj4.. man you need to get it and see if you can upgrade and re get root..

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OMG that was a pain in the butt wasn't it.. This garbage we are going through reminds me of the old HTC days and if Samsung keeps this up I will have to move on from them also. All the years I had HTC I never knew what freedom with your phone meant and since I switched to Samsung when I got the note 2 I never want anything less. U nfortunately I fear soon all phones will be a hassle to root etc.. A shame..

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
(in my best texas drawl) Sorry Ma'am. :)

i didnt get very much time to play around with this today but..

no matter what i do it seems mj4 is being elusive.

still trying. have gone mi3-mi5 both official and vega.

back on mi5 using the universal method after a wipe.

just a waiting game now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nolimit06:
Would doing Freeza's method update the basband as well? I am in the process of downloading the MI5 tar and I am going to follow his steps and see what happens. I'd assume we would have to wait for a new root method for the MJ4?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
it should update the baseband. and you should be able to get root back. it all kind of depends on whether you want to keep from flipping the knox counter or not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nolimit06:
Well at this point the KNOX counter don't really matter at this point lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cherylbaker:
Frezza. So are you on the mj upgrade now

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nolimit06:
w00t! Downloaded the MI5 files and flashed via ODIN and I was prompted for the MJ4 update instantly! Going to hold off on root for right now unless someone knows a quick way to do it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigmase23:
You can root using odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Yes, putting together the stock rooted soon.

Glad it worked!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
I downloaded the file freeza uploaded and flashed it with Odin.

My baseband has finally been updated.. wheew!!

Nice job man!!

:good::good::good::D:D:cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wacky2bakky:
what file r u referring to? You meaning u updated to MJ4? I am still getting the maximum roll-out updates has been exceeded message :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
No I was one of the unlucky ones that could not get my baseband updated so I used the MI5 tar with Odin. Baseband finally updated. However, after wiping in stock recovery, Odin with MI5 again, I still cannot get the OTA.. But I am closer than I was :)

Now I guess I just need to be patient for the mj4 update, at least that is what I have been reading.

Lots of good info posted in multiple threads.

I saw an earlier post about this being similar to the HTC crapt they pulled and I am agreeing with that statement.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
Same here did the factory wipe from recovery then did the Odin to MI5 and I still get that stupid message roll out updates exceeded. I'm very close to saying screw it. Never again samsung. This is just uncalled for by either Samsung and or Sprint. I'll probably exchange my phone for an iPhone 5S. Go straight to the competition. Very disappointed here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
Alright, eassssyyy now..... Our great devs here will get this going..trust me. It isn't time to throw the Note 3 off a building yet.... :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
I'm really loosing faith in samsung tho with all this Knox security stuff. They probably don't even know how big their phones are in the development community. They are slowly messing that up thou.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
People seem to not realize or forget how new these phones are.im usually an early adopter it seems to me there are usually some teething problems getting everything figured out on a new device. I don't need faith in sprint or sammy. Just need patience and faith in the talented dev pool.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
I am linking a post from another thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46856377&postcount=524
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] danweb66:
well I can assure you this is the case with me too but I am getting close to figuring this mess out. Now I am thinking out loud here, but what I am thinking is when I ported many features into the h20 rom, in order to get it to do a fresh install and work properly, and for me to be able to compile the rom I had to delete a couple lines of code that controled it verifying it was signed properly. what im thinking is since I can root with not tripping the knox or anything. that I can adb go in the back door and stop the stock recovery from verifying the update zip when flashing from stock recovery. which would mean we would be back in business. in fact if this could be done we could simply make a update that had a custom recovery.img in it and anything else useful we could think of and flash it from stock recovery. and when finished would leave us still at 0x0 but updated and with a custom recovery. I have been trying many different things and feel I'm getting closer to a solution. I am just thinking out loud here so that maybe another dev might be able to brainstorm with me on some of this and see what we can come up with. Im going to eat but will be back at this in a little bit need to clear my mind lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 12MaNy:
You should definitely return your Note 3 and get something else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
seriously, take the crapt somewhere else. We are having productive conversations in this thread.

Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] danweb66:
I need someone who is updated to mj14 and is rooted to please get me a copy of the kernel, or boot.img same thing lol. trying to put somthing together here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Compusmurf:
So right now the only way to get MJ4 baseband firmware is to odin back to MI5, let it update, then reroot, install recovery and restore your setup rom back and wait for an updated DEODEXED rom? (Right now?)

Fortunately I'm not experiencing the garbled call issue and I'm on call at work otherwise I'd jump in and help out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 12MaNy:
You are seriously attacking the wrong guy....and there's no crap. Just telling a whiner to stop with his negative BS. Hard to concentrate on being productive with all the crying in the background. I get tired of all the boo hoo around here if people don't get their fix ASAP. It isn't Samsung's job to build you a device that can be modified at the snap of a finger. Pretty sure security is a bigger concern to them. The majority of people who buy their devices don't know anything about modding them....nor do they care. They want a safe, secure phone that performs well and Sammy is going to cater to the masses. Therefore, It's our job to modify the device so that it can be flashed at the snap of a finger......and that can take time.

Now, if you'll excuse me....I'm going to get back to trying to figure this out. ;)

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Still waiting on MI5 to download from Hotfile (Roughly an hour and a half left). :eek:

Then I'll update and pull the files you want.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
Create the cloud acct I did and it goes way quicker that way. It only takes minutes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 12MaNy:
Thank you! I'm a little hungover and didn't notice that option.

You sir are redeemed. :highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stereo386:
Seriously thou I'm on my fifth samsung device in like 3 years or so. And I have been around xda for a while and it is definitely getting harder and harder to do anything on samsung devices when it comes to developing anything. That's my only problem. That's why I'm contemplating on maybe going somewhere else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 12MaNy:
Ok.....pcloud account created, but my download limit has been exceeded on Hotfile. Gotta wait 30 minutes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigmase23:
Freeza has it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] danweb66:
So I may have this stupid muthuf@^&%^&$*&*%^& figured out. (well somewhat lol) At this point I believe most people are more concerned with updating to the newest firmware and mj4 than worring about tripping the knox counter. and realy we are going to need to have a custom recovery to flash all the good stuff any how. And I'm sure we will figure out a way to reset the counter anyways later on down the road. with that being said I should have somthing ready to go in an hour or so. I will need a couple testers when I get this. :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wacky2bakky:
Sweet! I don't care about tripping the knox counter. I am willing to test for you. I will be home in the next few hours to flash whatever :) Thanks man!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
someone needed the kernel? here it is:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17013328/boot.img

It's not flashable so you'll have to install it manually. Toss it onto your sdcard and open an adb shell with su and type dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot

Reboot and you're done. :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 12MaNy:
Ok.... so after wiping my internal storage, factory resetting the phone and flashing mI5 via odin.....I'm still getting the "You device has been modified...blah blah blah..." message when I try to trigger OTA. Wtf man....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] freeza:
Did you remove your sdcard? I had the same problem and i had to flash with Odin like 3 times before it would show official. someone also suggested to remove the sdcard due toa bug in Samsung's detection software.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] vwpro177:
can someone post a link to the mi5 tar file plz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 12MaNy:
Sdcard was removed when I flashed .tar

I'll try again.

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Go back 1 page....or go to SamMobile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DruoGaby:
looks like no more updates for the day...lol all u mother f-ers used all!!!:laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 12MaNy:
Ok....so I re-flashed MI5 via Odin and this time it took. Triggered update and now I'm on MJ4. Now I just need to root and then play around.

That was a lot of BS just to get to the starting line. Now it's time to race!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DruoGaby:
did u have sd card in!?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
Maybe it is not meant to be.. MI5 for me...no update is triggering, device status says official...

:eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wacky2bakky:
What exact steps did you take to get it finally? lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
Which Odin is everyone that has updated to MJ3 using?

I am using Odin3-v1.85.exe and flashing MI5 using PDA...

Is this correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gerald410:
3.09 using the AP slot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
well here is something I can try...

will report back
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DruoGaby:
no go for me..lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
Only update I am being asked to perform is for Sprint voicemail and Sprint zone.

lol this is a mess

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I am going to let it sit on MI5 to see if I possibly get an update in the next 24 hours or so.. :(