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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] helix139:
download terminal emulator. Then type su then enter before each command, then enter the below commands EXACTLY. And absolutely whatever you do, do not reverse the if and of parameters (those stand for input file and output file).

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem of=/sdcard/modem.bin

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/sdcard/aboot.bin

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/apnhlos of=/sdcard/nonhlos.bin

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery of=/sdcard/recovery.img

That will give you a backup of the modem, kernel, aboot, nonhlos, and stock recovery (only way you can get a backup of this) stored on your internal SD card. Most of the rest you can backup with TWRP. There's probably other stuff worth backing up this way and I'll let others chime in.

Store them on your computer and back it up on a flash drive somewhere. you can then TWRP and either flash SuperSU or your ROM of choice.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Are the commands supposed to say "by-name" somewhere in there or do I replace that with a different name or just leave it the way that you showed me. Also is there anything that I can do to help you guys for the sake of research?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
Note that if you decide to install CM11, you'll need to flash the MJE radio first. NC4 (and NC2) are not compatible with AOSP ROMs.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Okay I did a backup of the files that helix told me to back up with terminal emulator and I uploaded them to my Dropbox are there any other files that I should back up using terminal emulator before I continue on my journey lol? I can share these files if anyone needs them.

My phone is still stock from Samsung the only thing that's been done is root so far :)

Waiting on feed back before I go further :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
anybody know how to update baseband version? my dev ed note is stuck on MJE. i flashed the nc2 and nc4 modem and it didnt change. is there another way to do this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] helix139:
Did you flash the nc4 dev ed modem?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
I can give you a link to my dev edition nc4 modem.

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I can give you a link to mine.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
just flash it in AP slot in odin right??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Not sure about that maybe [MENTION=250655]helix139[/MENTION] can answer that. Mine is just the raw file.

[MENTION=5297338]oneandroidnut[/MENTION] here you go--- https://www.dropbox.com/s/mg0yyecbldh1n35/modem.bin
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
awesome thanks will that link stay live until tonight when i can download onto my laptop?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Retail modems won't work on our developer devices?

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Yep it will/should stay there (if not pm me and I'll send another link) I'm keeping my backup files for my dev edition in my Dropbox for safe keeping. Got them on a USB flash drive too :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] helix139:
No I don't think it is Odin flashable and I am not sure how to make it Odin flashable. Beans or someone may be able to help with that. You might be able to dd it in recovery or fastboot or flash a TWRP backup though. I also don't know if it would even work without the 4.4 bootloader
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
You have to power the device off, then boot into download mode from a powered off state for the modem to stick. MJE is still the best modem anyway so there is really no need to change.

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You can flash any modem, does not matter what bootloader you are on.

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It does not have to be the dev modem...a modem is a modem. The problem is sometimes the flash does not take if you enter download moder from the devices power menu. Must manually power off then do the three finger combo.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
That is it i didnt do it manually but you say leave mje though? its the best still?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] helix139:
Re flashing any modem you want regardless of bootloader, that was not always the case on the note 2. You could always use a later modem, but not always an earlier modem.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
It is the best still. I need to flash it soon so I can flash cm11.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
flash pacman man. its like butter. so smooth
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
I ran any modem I wanted on the Note 2. The modem is not dependent on the bootloader.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
yup the NC modems have worse signal from what I have seen. NC4 is close, but I still get better signal strength with MJE. Actually I wish I still had the MJ3 modem that shipped with my DEV ED.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TSman74:
I still have my old MJ3 TWRP backup on my PC. Can you do anything with this? I took just the modem files and zipped them.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69627446/MJ3Modem.zip
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Call me a conspiracy theorist but my phones radio performance seemed to get worse as the updates roll out for older devices (retail phones only). I have both a retail note 3 and developer edition note 3. I'm probably wrong but I wouldn't put it past verizon to push people off their old phones like that. It happened with my old droid razr. But I got rid of that phone because the battery wouldn't hold a charge for long and it would have been a pain to replace it. So I moved back to a phone that I can take the back off of and buy an aftermarket replacement if needed. And the ability to control the software on the dev edition is what sweetens the deal. I will only buy developer phones from here on out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Thanks I will check it out. :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stargzrr11:
Just keep in mind that the AWS bands were not enabled by default until MJE. So your throughout may be slower.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
the aws band was enabled by default on the MJE ota yes, but that does not mean flashing the MJ3 modem will revert those settings. modems do not touch the firmware or kernel settings.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
any luck with MJ3?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Hava not flashed it yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] r1ndr3w:
Been running NC4 modem on my DE without any issue and getting great signal strength.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stargzrr11:
I've had much better signal since I switched to leankernel 3.6 with NC4.

I know the kernel shouldn't matter, just stating my observations.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
I'm on PAC ROM with mje modem and it's the best ever even better than nc4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
Would you mind listing a few points that you like better than CM11?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Zion optimized kernel and stuff like that. It's just that it gets more individual attention from Zion than it normally would. But seeing as though gsm and cdma are most likely getting split builds who knows how much attention we will end up getting after. Look at this commit.... http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/71845/
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
Out of curiosity, am I the only DE user on this forum who is still using CM11?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stargzrr11:
Might be.

About once a month I try the newest CM version, use it for a day, find something that doesn't work right, and go back to a touchwiz based ROM.

Last month it was Bluetooth issues...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
I would use it if my data connection was stable. The constant data dropping out is no bueno. That being said I have not tried it since June so maybe it is fixed by now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
Unified builds have been split as of 9/4. If you decide to try it, you'll have to download the hltevzw version. "Hlte" is now GSM only.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
I'm still on Pac-ROM (cm11 based).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
I'm going to try the latest nightly. I've been running temaseks build but didn't speak up in time for him to continue vzw support.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
Let "us" know how it goes. I'm waiting for a snapshot build, hopefully within the next couple of days.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
Install failed. Said that the build was for hlte vzw as if mine is not a vzw device. Had to go back to last unified temasek build.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
Are you using TWRP? T-Mobile version?

You could try to edit the updater-script. > http://forums.androidcentral.com/optimus-v-rooting-roms-hacks/182438-solved-assert-failed.html
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
Yep that's what I've always used
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
If you flash philz recovery (which is made for, and correctly identifies our device as a VZW), the new hltevzw nightlies install without problem.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] radionerd:
Cam30era,

It's been a few months since I ran CM11, been itching to go back to CM11, or maybe try Carbon Rom.

Do you have many problems with hltevzw CM11? The biggest problem I had was cellular voice audio, The callers would hear echo, and complain. I'm about ready to try it again now that GSM and CDMA variants are split again.

Thanks,

radionerd

note-3 DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
I've not had any complaints from callers. Neither on the unified CM11 for several months. I've only been on the "de-unified" hltevzw CM11 for a couple of hours, but no problems yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
SOLD.

My Developer Edition is for sale on Swappa. Link below.

http://swappa.com/listing/GIX868/view
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
What did you replace it with? Note 4?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
Moto X
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stargzrr11:
Thinking about doing the same... Except waiting on Droid Turbo.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
Take care friend, I enjoyed your posts and the cm11 front running. Hope you enjoy that moto x, looks like a lesser phone to me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam30era:
Thanks.

When you consider the unlockable bootloader, 3gb of RAM, and screen size, and S pen, you're right about the N3 DE.

I'm not trying to justify anything, nor convince anyone else to change.

My needs have changed, somewhat, in terms of size, and I needed something just a little smaller. At 5.2", the new Moto X was about right for me. I would have not even considered changing if it did not have stock AOSP, and such outstanding reviews.

So far, I am not disappointed with the X. But is definitely not a competitor of the Note Series.

It is an outstanding device, though for someone who wants stock AOSP, and a very fast, smooth OS.

Good luck, all.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
No way could I switch to a Moto X...hope you enjoy yours! I will keep rocking the DEN3 :)

Btw I do like that the X has pure AOSP stock...I wish Sammy would drop a device with stock AOSP.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
Hi guys,

I think I've got a way for all Note 3 Developer Editions to be updated to the latest version. I need someone to help me test. There shouldn't be any issues we encounter. You will need to send me your aboot (the full partition.) You will want to run from terminal/adb shell

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/aboot.img

and send me a copy privately. I'd specifically like to try this on MJ3 Developer Edition devices. I'll prepare an updated aboot.tar.md5 for you guys to flash. THIS PROCEDURE IS DEVICE SPECIFIC, and is TIED TO YOUR DEVICE. In theory, if it doesn't work, Odin won't accept the file throwing off the 'Secure Check Fail: ABOOT', which will prevent any possible disaster. If anyone is interested in trying this, let me know! If we are successful, I will post a tutorial on how to update your aboot to the latest version. This procedure is very simple and quick, and it SHOULD work for all future updates. I will package an updated version of your aboot into a tar, and I will package your original aboot into a tar in case you need to flash it back. I'm VERY confident that this procedure will work, and is of little risk to yourself. I'd also be happy to backup your Developer Edition 'signature' which is what tells Odin your device is unlocked too for safe keeping. This 'signature' is device specific, and cannot be used on other devices.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Any update on this? Does it work?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
Send him your file and try it out. :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
No one has asked me to try it yet :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] helix139:
I already am on 4.4 but I would take a sig backup...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g6np724j1hxqx3h/aboot.bin?dl=0
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
I'd try it but I guess I don't see the point. I'm already running 4.4.4 cm11 and as far as I can tell all the bugs I deal with are ROM related. Are there benefits I don't realise?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
To be honest, nothing significant really. I just want to try and test out this concept. However, in the future if there are any major or significant updates, and they use the same public key to verify that signature (which they have in every version so far) you can essentially upgrade/downgrade to any version (relative to your rollback protection counters.) The option is on the table for you to at least upgrade if it was ever needed.

Download

First 0x100 (256) bytes is the signature, the rest is the padding for the signature. Should be PKCS1 format digital signature.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
I have just submitted mine via pm. I may need some hand-holding.

Dd command reports 4096+0 records in/out and 2097152 bytes transferred.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stargzrr11:
Did this work?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
He is not finished yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
My apologies! I've been sick and out of town. I'm taking a look at yours right now... There's something very interesting and different about your signature... From what I can tell your signature is a hash of 0s instead of your CID... I haven't seen this before. I want to take a look at a couple other things to make sure it's safe.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
No problem I can wait. Hopefully some others will send theirs so you can cross compare.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
You're SHA1 in the PKCS#1 padding is 0. I am still trying to find out how/why. That image you created with DD and sent to me is a byte for byte full backup of your Developer aboot.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ebrinkis:
Any chance you can do this on a Note 4 Dev Edition?

I need a Developer Edition 'signature backup' for my Note 4 Dev Edition -- I am too new at this to be sure of not converting my shiny new Dev edition phone to a standard edition phone with a locked bootloader. If this is something that can be adapted to a Note 4, I would be very grateful, moreover, I think there would be a lot of very grateful Dev Edition owners out there (Both Note 3 and Note 4) if such can be done.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] helix139:
As long as you can get root it can be done. You'll need to Odin a custom recovery (as I doubt towel root works) then flash superSU. From that point you can use ADB or a terminal emulator to find and dump your aboot (which has your sig) or any other files you wish to back up.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
I've yet to see a Note 4 Developer edition aboot, go ahead and follow the instructions and PM me with a link.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ebrinkis:
Thanks!

I will and thank you for your kind offer. It will take me a little while as not yet rooted, but that should be forthcoming shortly. Thank you again!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ebrinkis:
Portability to commercial Note 3 -- ? Bootloader unlock holy grail?

Is it possible that you can extract a nondeveloper edition signature and mod it / substitute it so that the nondeveloper version's bootloader unlocks? There are, to my understanding, huge bounties available to the developer if such can be done...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
Well a little something like that. I'm taking a look at the Developer signatures in comparison to their CIDs and looking at how aboot handles the signature verification. I'm not a mathmetician or an expert in cryptography, so this is one of those phases where I just start learning about what I'm working on. It would be a major feat if I was able to forge a signature or exploit some mechanism in verification for the entire cryptrography world, but this is super unlikely. Similar patched vulnerability This is old and patched, but sort of the area I'm looking at. The public keys Samsung is using (in mincrypt format, aka not useful because I need PEM) are using e=3, so there is the possibility of a cubic root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Can someone help with contacting a developer there's a couple of us vzw dev edition owners having really bad echoes on cm11 and aosp roms during phone calls. But it's only echoing for the person on the other end. Here's the link to the posts (they are the bottom 2 posts and one on next page).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2653031
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] JaSoN369:
is there anything i can do to get data working on a tmobile rom (x-note) . i can boot rom with no problem everything is smooth just no data. should i flash modems or play with network settings? or if modify rom before install? any ideas would be helpfull. I feel fixing data on tmobile roms would unlock a lot potential for us note 3 deved owners. thanks

update: on tweaked 2.0 i was able to get wifi, gps, and blutooth working. just to clarify I'm trying to get a tmo rom(x-note) running on my note 3 n900v DE and using the verizon network for voice,data,and,mms

I'm no developer but have been around the android since my og droid. so im comfortable with working on any suggestions anyone may have. thanks agian
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
Something about adding the APN in settings? There is this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50931022
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] JaSoN369:
if im reading this correct they are trying to get a vz note to work on tmobile network with tmo sim.

im trying for a tmo rom with vz network on a vz simcard

thanks ill read it again it was late lastnight when i saw this thread.:eek:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
I see, have you tried putting VZWINTERNET in the access point names list?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
That has been a common problem with CM roms for years off and on.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
Has anyone here gotten the new CM-12 port of 5.0 to the Note 3 to work on our SM-N900V DE? I asked on that thread and got no answer.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
I wonder this as well. Is it even available yet?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
Yes and no. There is a very unofficial port of CM-12 to the Note 3. It is buggy and incomplete but some users are playing with it and it does run.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Do you think we will eventually get an official port? I would guess that the t-mobile variant would get one and then everything would be split and we would get one eventually.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
I think that CyanogenMod has said that the Note 3 is on their list of supported devices for CM-12. It has been speculated that nightly builds might start showing up in the next few weeks. Pure speculation. The hltevzw? Don't know.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
Yep the hltevzw is us and I heard that we were on the supported device list as well. It's just a matter of time but obviously the first builds will be very buggy I don't think we'll be able to use it stable as a daily driver for at least 6 months from now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
My real question was: Has anyone gotten that build to boot on a SM-N900V DE? I know it won't work well. I want to play :p
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
Sorry if this has been answered but I did search....

Have we ever gotten an unlocked 4.4 bootloader that can be flashed or installed with ODIN. I have the N900VOYUBMJ3 bootloader which I believe is 4.3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
I don't think so.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
The last batch of dev units sold came with the 4.4 bootloader but all the hackers bailed on this locked down "dev unit" bull****. It's not developer friendly at all. This is my last Samsung device for sure.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
And nobody posted a version that could be loaded onto the earlier 4.3 dev edition? As an aside, I think the real problem is with Verizon as much or more than Samsung.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
The problem is that each boot loader is encrypted for the specific device which makes it almost impossible or nearly impossible to transfer it to a different device because then we would be able to put it on retail versions which Samsung or Verizon does not want us to do. On a side note I thought that somebody was working on trying to figure the encryption out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
It's being worked on and I am the Guinea pig.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
Excellent! If you want another piglet I am available for testing or other help. I have some modest skills. PM me if you want to go off line.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
[MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION] is doing the work and it will be good if he had another bootloader to analyze and compare to mine. Start here in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=55757345
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
I have PMd ryanbg and offered a copy my bootloader.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
I have also pm'd [MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION], hopefully we can make some progress! Temasek has compiled a build of cm12 for hltevzw :thumbup:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
Still working on it guys, it's just a little tough without an actual Developer device to test this stuff out first so I'm being overly cautious. I would HATE to be responsible for bricking your device. I'm optimistic we can upgrade, I'm just working out some of the fine details, but again it's tough to perfect it without a device in hand to test it on because I need to actually LOCK the device first, and then unlock it. LillieBennet and I were able to flash her original 4.3 Developer edition aboot via a tar in Odin, which is a first as far as I know. NC4 did not work, but I speculate that has more to do with the device needing the new 4.4 pit and aboot first. The public key that verifies the Developer edition signatures are still the same, which is an excellent sign.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dhufford81:
Thanks for letting us know, I appreciate the work you put in. :thumbup:

Also let it be known my device is insured through square trade so my worries of bricking are minimal, if it happens I'll buy the nexus 6 :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] hr222:
Did you tried to unlock bl?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
I gently suggest that you read the threads. This is a major problem, many have tried, none have succeeded. Only the developers edition has an unlocked bootloader and you can't just move a 4.4 bootloader to a 4.3 phone since they are keyed to a particular phone.