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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
I have no idea how you moved from one slot to another in the update process...there's no logical explanation for this and you're the only one reporting it. If it happened again then I would recommend going to kies and reverting to the current firmware (kies will return you to completely stock - out of the box) and then start over your root/recovery etc. process. That is, of course, assuming whatever firmware version is latest at that time still has a working root exploit and safe strap is still functioning for it. IF a build comes along the pike that breaks root and we can't re-establish it, or hashcode can't get safestrap working with a new build, then there will surely be a TON of people staying on whatever the previous build was, for obvious reasons.

Well, it definitely doesn't take that long, let's see if we can get it figured out.

Does your device get recognized quickly when you plug in normally? In other words, can you navigate to view files, etc. with the file browser on the PC when the phone is booted up and plugged in? If not, you may need to update your drivers or get new ones, linked in the OP.

If you've got good drivers then check to make sure that Odin is running as administrator (right click the program and select "run as administrator").

Also, try different ports and cables on your PC. Still nothing? Try a different PC or re-download Odin...I've got a link to it in the Op

If all this doesn't work then I'm out of possible fixes and it may be a hardware issue with either the device / cables you have / pc's you're using
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
Dutchdogg I was planning to use Odin to flash the MJE tar.md5 file. Should that not work followed by Kingo or vroot? I will be starting from the stock slot this time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Oh, yes, that's the route to take. Odin MJE tar, reroot with kingo/vroot, install safestrap. There shouldn't really be any bumps on that path.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dan_joegibbsfan:
I know you can NOT go from MJ7 to MI9 but has it been confirmed that you can NOT go from MJE to MJ7?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
I will do that tomorrow although the OTA updater just woke up on CleanROM. I am not home so I prefer that it fails.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
That has not been confirmed one way or another. The nice thing is it isn't an ultimate loss if you tried since we have tar files available to get back to the appropriate build. I am in the middle of uploading the MJE tar so it will be available in this thread soon, and the MJ7 tar is already here, so if you soft-bricked (that's what happens if you go from MJ7 to MI9) you could odin MJ7 and then take the OTA to MJE, no problem :cool:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dan_joegibbsfan:
See that is my confusion, if I odin MJ7 and soft brick how is odining MJ7 going to get me going again?

Or do you mean odin MJ7, if it soft bricks them odin MJE?

I already have MJ7 and MJE tar files.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Yeah, all you'd need to do if you try to Odin MJ7 and you get a soft brick is Odin MJE and you're right back where you need to be. It is a little confusing, sorry if I wasn't clear enough :cowboy:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dan_joegibbsfan:
That makes sense. Just for reference this is what all is written with the MJE tar:

sbl1.mbn

aboot.mbn

rpm.mbn

tz.mbn

sdi.mbn

NON-HLOS.bin

boot.img

recovery.img

system.img.ext4

persist.img.ext4

modem.bin

cache.img.ext4

Now don't think that I know what any of this is but as you can see this is quite a bit different than flashing the modem and thinking you are on a particular baseband. I think there is some confusion there.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Yeah, you're right, I think some people are under the assumption (or misleading) that you can get all the latest "goods" by flashing a rom base that is updated to MJE and then flashing the MJE modem in Odin - but that only gives you 2 of 3 parts.

The kernel needs to be odin'ed too (because you can't flash kernels via recovery with a locked bootloader), and since we don't have the kernel files seperately, we need to Odin the full new OTA's or take the OTA's via system update to get the full set of goodies.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
Dutchdogg(and others) I want to share my experience at upgrading to MJE. In the stock slot, Flashed the tar.md5 file with Odin , no problems as usual. I reinstalled vroot and proceeded to root the phone. the process took a while to get started and need the RSA acknowledgement to be pressed a few times to start. vroot seem to process but not end normally with the roor panel. I did notice its superuser icon and used root checker basic to determine I had root. Disconnected from the laptop loaded SS and activated recovery. Upon rebooting i flashed SuperSU and rebooted. Unfortunately no SuperSU icon was there althought the vroot one vanished(but really was there). I noticed the extra camera app and response was bad. I reload SuperSU updated the binary and removed the camera app. Things seem to be working normally in the stock slot now. Soon I will switch to slot 1 and see how that responds.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Cool, thanks for the info. I have no understanding of vroot so it's interesting to hear about this extra camera app...that right there's enough for me to never use or recommend it. I really wish you could of got Kingo going...I've never heard of anybody having any trouble or "fishy stuff" with it...I'd maybe consider giving it another try. Thanks for sharing though, for real.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
After the grieve I had with Kingo I decided not to initially try it. I know vroot works twice. I removed it from my laptop and afterwards found no malware on it. I think it is an alternative method for rooting as long as you remember to follow your posted rooting procedure.

Edit did an antivirus scan for the phone and found nothing.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Rtistique:
Just tested yes you can go back to MJ7 from MJE. You must flash OTA MJ7 with odin and everything will work fine.

you will have to reroot with kingo:good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
I flashed MJE in the stock slot, replaced SuperSU, turned off SS recovery and upgraded SS, if you activate ROM slot 1 do you really need to do a factory reset befre flashing your first ROM?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Nope, directly after a slot creation process there is no data so no wipes are necessary :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
That is what I thought but wanted to check anyway.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mayorblurps:
I posted more in depth about this on the SafeStrap thread, but wanted to ask really quickly...

Why would my safestrap splash screen all of a sudden show as disabled? It just randomly started showing as disabled on both 3.65 and now on 3.70.

Just wondering what I could have done/downloaded/installed/missed that would affect this.

Thank you in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
What is the procedure for deactivating a ROM slot you do not want to use anymore(and recovering the memory used)?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dougdirt:
I'm pretty sure that just means that you are on the stock slot.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Yep, it will say disabled when you're on the stock slot and enabled when booting any created rom slot

As far as I know you can just delete the slot through safe strap. I've done this several times with no problems :good:

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] highdro:
Is it ok to disable knox with SuperSU or does that trip the knox security?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Yes, it didn't trip mine.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jayotero:
Sorry but quick question haven't had time to read back is vroot and kingo the"one click" root method if they are not what can I search for on Google to find them
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Harleydroid:
Search Kingo app in Google search.

I wouldn't use the other one.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Yeah, they're both like one click tools. Kingo is the one I recommend having used it personally several times with no problems, but I have spoken with a few people who have successfully used vroot.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jayotero:
Just found it sounds great... Will it wipe the phone like the vega method
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Nope, no data loss for me but others have had it wipe their device - prepare as if you'll lose data

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jayotero:
Thats great I'm going to do it now

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One more question sorry to be a pest will any thing change and will something be affected through rooting with kingo?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Nothing will change except your rooted status ;)

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Harleydroid:
Not sure if anything is different with Kingo now but I did download and flash chainfires most current supersu to get rid of the kingo supersu.

Assuming your going to install safestrap just flash supersu using that.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
I left that out of my instructions in the OP because the version installed by kingo is identical to chainfires so it's not necessary. I didn't flash the latest the last couple times i rooted and nothing fishy is going on.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Harleydroid:
Thanks I was wondering about that.

Thanks for clearing that up for me DutchDogg.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] pltctytc:
quick and easy one step root

rhymes with bingo

verizon note 3 stock rooted

despite controversy it works 'as advertised'
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SkiRacer2144:
Unroot stock MJ7 in stock slot and take OTA?

Hello, I spent quite sometime searching and couldn't find a post similar to my situation.

In SafeStrap, I am currently running Kingo rooted stock MJ7 in my stock slot (which I don't ever boot into), and Beans B4 in Slot 1. I need to update to MJE firmware before updating to Beans Build 5. I read that you can download the full MJE tar file and flash via ODIN. However, can I just boot into my stock rom slot, unroot it with Kingo and then take the OTA update? If so, will safestrap still be there after the OTA or do I need to uninstall before the update and then reroot with Kingo and re-install safe strap?

I also couldn't find if using ODIN to flash the MJE file trips Knox. Currently my knox is not tripped and I'd love to keep it that way.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
First off, no worry of tripping knox with anything detailed in my OP, it turns out there aren't many ways to accomplish tripping it on the Verizon device so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

Secondly, yes, you can certainly unroot and attempt to take the OTA. This should work no problem but, if you run into problems, simply follow either of the update procedures listed in the OP that will get you to stock unrooted MJE. From there you can go on to root again with Kingo and re-install safestrap.

Safestrap will have to be uninstalled before unrooting because the app requires root permissions so make sure to do this first or you'll have to reroot just to remove safestrap. It must be removed if you hope to have the OTA succeed because it will certainly throw off the "originality checks" the OTA looks for before succeeding.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jawonder:
Those with Macs don't have to worry anymore, here's a good tool for both Mac and Windows :-

http://casual-dev.com
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mexiking713:
Can use the tar files to downgrade my firmware? How would I go about it? Im rooted on MJE with safestrap. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
I've read of people being able to Odin to MJ7 from MJE, haven't heard of any luck going to MI9. You should be good to go to MJ7...to do so, just follow my ota instructions "method 1" and stop after getting MJ7 back on your device. Just in case it doesn't like the downgrade I'd definitely have the MJE tar on hand to Odin if you have any trouble.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mexiking713:
Thanks for the quick answer. Do I have to uninstall safestrap or flash a different Rom before I Odin back?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Nope, no other steps should be necessary. :highfive:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] CYDVicious:
I am rooted on MI9, with SS 3.71 (SafeStrap). I'd like to update my stock rooted to have the MJE (Latest) Radios, but I am not sure how to proceed without losing SS/Root.

Do I need to have the MJE Rom in order to use the MJE Modem flash or can I be on MJ7 with MJE modem/radios?

Does SS work with MJE? If so, should I OTA to MJE, then re-root, and reinstall SS?

It says the requirement for SS is to be rooted and install unknown APK, and I read that we can root MJE. I am just not sure the exact specifics. I don't want to loose root or the ability to SS.

Thanks,

~CYD
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
You could install just the MJE radio from the OP with Odin and stay on MI9 or MJ7 but I'd recommend just taking the plunge and getting onto the whole MJE base. The reason I recommend this is that there were really no setbacks in these updates - we can still root via a super easy method (Kingo, detailed in the OP) and Safestrap IS compatible with MJE - we did get a new firmware base with a few optimizations and a whole new kernel which is generally believed to be an upgrade over MJ7 or MI9.

All the instructions are in the OP - I'd follow "Method 2 - Straight to MJE" because it's the simplest. If you have any questions along the way, let me know!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Jurassitol:
I have searched all of the Vzw Note3 forums but can't find if we have a way to backup efs partition yet. Is this perhaps not possible due to lack of unlocked bootloader? Are the two even related or am I off base?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
This seems to be the best source of info on EFS backup currently.

[IMEI][efs] SAMSUNG NOTE 3 EFS BACKUP/RESTORE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Jurassitol:
I tried that as well as http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546 but couldn't get either to work. Not interested in going the AOSP/CM route so fingers crossed BeansTown keeps giving us Vzw users all the AOSP look/functionality we need with the TW base.

Thanks for the link though, it was an interesting thread for sure.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] moin786:
Thanks for the Stock Firmwares...

Can u tell me when was the MJE firmware released...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Helmoot:
kingo 64bit

Has anyone else had problems with kingo on a 64bit win 7 machine? I keep getting an error message that says it's not setup for 64bit.

any help would be appreciated, thanks all
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tharris297:
OK ... so I'm on stock rooted MJE. I installed a few root apps and all is well. IF I want to go back to stock MJE. Do I just follow the instructions for MJE? Not that I'm ready to go back, I just want to make sure I understand how to go back to 100% stock original.

I'm just a little cautious. When I had my GNex I flashed all the time. Don't really have that desire just yet with my Note 3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
I used it on a 64 bit machine with no problems. Maybe try using a different computer if possible. If that's not a possibility here's a little tid bit of info on the matter I came across in a quick search:

Hope you get it figured out!

No problem, always best to be prepared. Yeah, I'd just use method 2 and install the mje tar. You may want to go into stock recovery afterwards and do a factory reset, if you're looking to turn it over to the Verizon guys for any inspection, but other than that you'd be golden.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tharris297:
i rooted after accepting MJE. With all the talk about kitkat source being available i guess it wont be too long until we see an updated OTA from Verizon. My question is that now that I'm rooted, what will my options be:

1. Can I accept the OTA and just reroot later

2. Do I have to unroot before accepting the OTA

3. Do I have ODin before i accept the OTA

I think that's all my options ... all I did was root ... never installed any roms etc.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
First things first, I wouldn't hold my breath on a kit kat release for the Verizon note 3...the fact that there was a release for the note 3 in Poland means Samsung is testing the waters for the international release of Kit Kat. The problem is that we as Verizon users have to wait until Samsung prepares the carrier version of kit kat, then we have to wait for each carrier to manipulate it to their liking and then release it to us... In other words it will be a while. I'm guessing late 1st quarter to 2nd quarter this year for Verizon.

Once that happens:

1) Yes, you will probably be able to accept the OTA & reroot - but wait until someone trustworthy confirms that the updated build is rootable to update - OTA's consistently break root exploits, especially Samsung devices as of late.

2) Yes, you'll need to unroot in some fashion to accept the OTA... the easiest way is to buy the full version of SuperSU which has an "OTA root keeper" function built in that will attempt to keep root through an OTA, but still no guarantees.

3) Depending on how modified you make your device, you may need to Odin the stock mje before attempting to take the OTA. Another option is to wait until someone like myself posts the updated tar file that you can just Odin yourself.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donelam304:
I'm new to the Note 3 and wondering just where to start. I used Odin to root my note 2 and had flawed just about every rom out there for it. But this whole mje, mjd and even after a few mgd's I still can't figure out what y'all are talking about. Lol. Can I use this link on here as a starting point to rooting my phone??? The part at the beginning where it mentions to check a file with something. What is that? I have never had to check or verify a file. Is someone wants to pm me and call me a note I'd appreciate it. As long as ya can tell me what I'm doing wrong. Lol. That way in a week or so when I forget Wth I'm doing I can go back and read it again. Thanks y'all...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
It's my pleasure to help, amigo. It's pretty simple. MI9, MJ7 & MJE are the 3 builds that have been released from Samsung & Verizon for our Note 3. The latest is MJE. If you are already on that then you don't have to worry about Odin at all. To confirm which build you're on, from the homescreen of your Note tap Menu > Settings > About Phone > Build Number - you'll see either an MI9, MJ7 or MJE as the final 3 characters.

If you're not on MJE then you should follow Method #1 or #2 in the OP to get on the latest Build, Modem / Baseband & Kernel. All 3 are accomplished simply by following Method #1 or #2 in the OP. The part mentioning to "check something" is referring to doing an "MD5 check" - this is simply confirming that the file you downloaded didn't get corrupted. It's a necessary habit to get into when we're talking about files of 1-2 gigabytes, like the full stock files are for our Note 3's. That's a lot of files to potentially have a problem with on a download so a good step to make sure you don't have any trouble. Here's a great app to check the MD5 if you download to your PC (probably the best way to do it anyway since you'll need the file on your computer to use Odin).

Once you're on MJE, as the OP says, a root method is not currently posted on XDA - it's through an outside source called "Kingo" - you'll need to google that name and you'll find it quickly. It should be the first search result. Download the application that will walk you through getting rooted. That's it...simple as pie. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donelam304:
Sweet. Thanks for the help. That did make it a lot more clear. I am on MJE, so that's a good think. I never liked Odin. It's a simple program, but I just didn't like it. Thanks again.

Sent from my SM-N900V, VRUBMJE, Android 4.3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Harleydroid:
[MENTION=4219606]DutchDogg54[/MENTION] this thread is awesome. This is a fantastic tool for the community.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
What is the difference between the "LATEST" MJE TAR and the "OLD" MJE TAR listed in the OP? I have flashed the OLD version with Odin. Is there anything new and important in the LATEST version? (I did search the thread but did not find an answer.)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Actually you just missed that 1 character is different between the Latest and Old - The "Latest" is MJ

E

and the "Old" is MJ

7

. If you flashed the "Old" MJ7 then you need to follow either Method 1 or 2 to get to MJE if that's what you're trying to do.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
:o Sloppy on my part. Sorry. I am on MJE and golden.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Benjamin150:
So, I'm on BeansTown ROM. The base version shows that it is on MJE however the Baseband Version shows Mi9. Is that simply because that is what the ROM is currently on and if so, do you recommend flashing the latest file/will that change the Baseband version to MJE?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Yeah, what happened is you didn't update all 3 components (base, kernel, baseband) before flashing so when you flashed the rom you got an updated base only. Simple solution though, just follow directions labeled method 2 in the OP of this thread and you'll get all 3 up to date.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Benjamin150:
I figured but thought I'd make sure! Thanks for the fast response!
[Nook Touch General] ladykayaker:
My son's rooted Nook with glowlight froze up, just unresponsive.

I had made backups of his nook using roadkills disk image a while ago.

I first made sure his nook is fully charged, then decided I needed to restore.

So I put the noogie sd card in his nook, plugged the nook into my laptop, used minitool partition wizard to delete all partitions, and then used roadkills disk image to write the backup image onto his nook.

Now the nook won't move off the Rooted Forever screen.

We have held down the power button, release, press again repeatedly - all to no avail.

I have also tried to hold down the bottom page turn L & R buttons to get back to factory reset - again no response.

the nook is remaining at the Rooted Forever screen.

Any suggestions?
[Nook Touch General] ladykayaker:
and yes, I did remove the noogie disk before trying to restart the nook.
[Nook Touch General] ladykayaker:
ok, I think I have found the issue. I re-inserted the noogie disk, and was able to restore a different backup and that worked.

Must have been something wrong with the first backup. Thankfully I had more than one backup.

Whew!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danx757:
I just put my Nexus 4 onto kit-kat, pure AOSP. I set a pattern lock, and then I completely forgot it. For some reason there's no pop up asking me to sign in with my google account. Is there any way to reset it?

Thanks for any help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garthur:
Did you get a fix for this? I've managed to do the same :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garthur:
ok - so I have discovered the Android Device Manager and was able to reset the device there after logging in with the account used to setup the device.

www dot google dot com slash android slash devicemanager