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[G2 Accessories] kg2128:
That sucks, I wouldn't buy from them either if they did that to me. In the future hopefully the Verizon version of whatever flagship we buy will be the same as the international/gsm one. I feel like that limits our selection so much on the Verizon one, they have to make a separate design because of the buttons and for some companies it's not worth the hassle. I'm glad we have wireless charging to make up for it but it would be nice to have wireless charging+more selection.
[G2 Accessories] hyperxguy:
Did you order via Amazon ? The availability date was said @11/15, but they shipped mine around 11/12 ... from HK (It just got here today 11/20).

It looks great. Fits perfectly. (I ordered on 11/11).
[G2 Accessories] rfarrah:
Nope, I foolishly ordered it direct from the poetic Website.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] NeoAndroid:
Try using ODIN to flash back to stock. Then root using one of the available ways on XDA. Normally you install TWRP using Goo manager after root. It's that simple.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
I know that. I don't have a pc so I noticed on the twrp page that terminal emulator was an option, so I tried it.

Odin will not recognize the phone, how exactly do I use your method?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chstewart:
Recovery on the note 3 is actually on mmcblk0p15. So the issue is thankfully the partition you were trying to write to didn't have enough space to write.

If you change it to mmcblk0p15 you should be good. Or just install goo manager and install that way which is simplest. Should be option to install open recovery script.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
The help is much appreciated, however I cannot turn on the phone at all...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chstewart:
You should be able to get into download mode still. Try pushing a new recovery with Odin. If still having issues Odin stock or you can also use kies to restore your phone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Thanks for the help, I can't get the phone on at all though... it doesn't even recognize my device other than windows stating that it cannot recognize it, as it

malfunctioned.

Kies, will recognize it, even in this case?

Lastly, are you telling me that there is a way to push recovery with Odin even though the device is off, will not go into download mode, or recovery? If so, that's great!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] d12unk13astard:
Try with kies, best option as it will firmware reset your device back to stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Thanks for the assist... will try kies as soon as I get to a PC in the morning. I honestly hope kies does the trick, PC stated it didn't recognize my device due to a malfunction.

I'll check the drivers also. Do you have any other suggestions? I just want to try every avenue avaiable. Again, thanks a lot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Update - I tried using Odin 1.85. I see the device being recognized in one of the ports, but flashing the stock firmware, or twrp yielded no results.

I tried reinstalling the Samsung drivers, nothing. I even tried Odin 3.07, and 3.09. Since the device will not power on, I guess that is why it will not work.

I then tried an emergency firmware recovery using kies. It did not detect the device, which is normal, so I disconnected and reconnected the device repeatedly,

with no success. I uninstalled an reinstalled kies, and that did nothing either.

I installed the android 4.3 sdk, and used adb in an attempt to recognize the device using commands like adb reboot recovery.

Adb replied with : no devices found.

I attempted through windows, to examine the ports, and found that there were different drivers present. The drivers installed on the PC were named QHUSB_DOWNLOAD 9008. When I first plugged the device to the PC, I noticed the device named as QHUSB_BULK, before changing to the above name, the same as the name for the drivers.

So my device is still alive.

Any advice? Can anyone help me get my phone on, at least into download mode? From there I can get it going. Please help if possible.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chstewart:
Sorry been busy with work. Are you sure you can't get into download mode? I originally wrote twrp to the wrong partition as you did and could still get download mode.

Theoretically it shouldn't have done anything that would prevent download mode from working....

Manual method for getting into download mode.

Volume-down+home+power
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
I tried everything. No, download mode is not working, though I agree that it should theoretically still. I am still trying the three button method.

Would a jig work? I am working on one. Any ideas besides that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFizDaWiz:
i was going to suggest a jig actually. if that doesn't work you're probably out of a phone. could try warranty since it's REALLY bricked they probably won't be able to tell, did it with T-Mo on my G1, said it stopped turning on.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sIpInWiT mYdRoId:
Have you tried removing the battery and holding down all the buttons before reinserting the battery again. My phone wouldn't turn on once and this helped. If not call tmobile tell them all kinds of funky things are happening with your phone and it keeps turning off. Once they tell you to factroy reset your phone, act like you are following their instructions, then when they tell you to turn it back on, tell them it will now not even turn back on. They are so slow there & will send you out a new one you'll have in 24hrs. Trust me Ive had to do this numerous times due to ocd when it comes to phones and having to have reasons to return them for the slightest flaw. I returned my galaxy note 2 before i got this note 3 like 8x's & even returned it the wk before i bought my note 3 just to get 1 with all new parts if not maybe even a new phone so the note 2 i sold would be in practically new condition if not like i said brand new,lol. im sure someones gonna get all butt hurt and start talking about fraud,lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] howard bamber:
In the future you can flash Twr using Goo on your phone with No computer. Use JRummy 's rom Toolbox pro.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
I agree, I simply followed the instructions on the twrp site, to flash recovery through terminal emulator.. I might have been off with the last number, and it obviously messed up my partitions... how did you get into recovery? The three button combo isnt working at all , no variation of it or battery pulls, or inserts have worked yet..

Also this is the place to get answers. Yet almost a thousand views but not even 20 posts. I know there is a way to fix this, can anyone share the fix?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] keynith:
It doesnt look good. I sent my vzw dev note 3 to Samsung with the same reboot problems and not being able to flash anything, and even they couldn't fix it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] therockk:
Sorry to hear! I'll save you a whole bunch of time, I did the same thing to my galaxy s3 while trying to upgrade my installed clockworkmod. Long story short the commands I entered into terminal emulator we're fine its just that I put the wrong memory block which apparently flashed the image to the wrong area of the chip. I rebooted the phone and nothing happened. When I plugged it into the PC I would get the same thing you're getting. After a ridiculous amount of time I managed to get my hands on the correct drivers and installed them and found that flashing a stock firmware through Odin was a waste of time.

You need to send your phone into Samsung and the only solution is a motherboard replacement. Or you can find someone locally who can do a JTAG mod for you. But doing so will definitely void your warranty. When I shipped my phone into Samsung I told them I was using the phone and all of a sudden it got very hot and turned off and wouldn't turn on. Back in the S3 days I had to wait 3 weeks to get my phone back repaired. But these days there now Samsung service centers everywhere so you can probably get replaced phone on the spot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] M1k3Carson1369:
Qhusb_bulk drivers??

Hey, Any luck with restoring your device, at all?

I'm in a somewhat similar predicament, myself... I accidently Wrote a backup of my NV Data to the EFS... 0_o

The log of the process showed everything seemingly going well... After rebooting, however... Well, it never did...

Now I can't get into Recovery, ODIN, Normal boot, nor will plugging it in even charge the battery(No screen/led response)...

I see QHUSB_BULK under Unknown Devices (Win7-Ult-SP1_x32)... Can't for the Life of me find the drivers, though...

In fact, reliable old Google even only returns 5 results relevant to said driver, each of which being a post in this thread =D lmao... (so prolly will be 6 results, once I submit this post) But yeah, I'm at a complete loss....

I hope you were able to find a solution for your device. And I hope someone can help discover/produce one for mine as well...

Thank you, XDA and all it's Dev's/Members...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Nothing yet....and I'm looking everywhere

for a system dump of the T-Mobile note 3, so I can maybe find the files needed for the fix.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
no worries :) I dont mind claiming glory, but only stuff that ive earned :P I am no where near lucky enough nor smart enough to have figured this all out. :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
So someone had some success? Glad to hear. I have been shopping with the wife and kids all day, just got home. And shabbypenguin command should work out if you don't forget the = after of.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
I hear that shabby lol. Yep apparently he did. No info, no nothing though but he did apparently use this method after creating an account and viewing the thread, then pming me and asking for the .img that didnt work. Maybe he used the newer one. [MENTION=2614663]shabbypenguin[/MENTION] I'll pastebin the .img as soon as I figure out how to extract the image files on android. I'm going to try the cmd, just dont know if it will work without root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
probably not but always worth a shot :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
getting an unknown "operand" error. did you see the screenshot of the partition table back on page 18? [MENTION=2614663]shabbypenguin[/MENTION] so its like this? dd if=/sdcard/unbrick.img of =/dev/block/mmcblk1

It looks like mmcblk1p1 is where the sd card is btw? if I'm off nevermind.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
i did, did you copy and paste teh command? if so check if there is an = in with of, I botched teh command at first.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
yes I did copy/paste and ill try it now ..dd if=/sdcard/unbrick.img of =/dev/block/mmcblk1

I think I am mixing the cmd up. [MENTION=2614663]shabbypenguin[/MENTION] think you could type it out? I'm a bit off myself with the cmd lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
dd if=/sdcard/unbrick.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk1

should get ya workin
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
stupid double post
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
check this out shabby, its driving me nuts! wonder why it's stating that there's no such file or directory, and that it cannot open for read... ROOT... (hope it lets me without it but doubt it)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
Try reformatting the sd card real quick, then give that last command a go.

Also, is this on the rooted phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
OK. Yes, I have figured it out. Use the roooted phone and ensure busybox is installed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
It's not rooted. Her s4 is but the binaries are outdated. Re-formatted the sd and still get those errors in terminal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
you mean hers, with the outdated binaries?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
Yes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
ok so what method should I use to update ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
Update what? If super su asks to update binaries, all you have to do is say yes. It does it by itself. Then download busy box installer from market (if it isn't already installed). Then run in terminal emulator the command you ran earlier.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Ok hope this works
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
busybox is stating that it cannot download due to an internet connection. Her phones lte is fast so that's not the case. Proceeding with the command in terminal, stand by....

Slight delay due to bluetooth share, but this could work :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
the binary is not updating.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
Does terminal emulator at least run as su?

su

dd if=/sdcard/unbrick.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk1p1

Should get some confirmation after that. I would part screen shot, but forum not allowing from my phone at the moment.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
not found is all su gets me

also cannot open for read: no such file or directory
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
Starting to think the binaries are not updated because the phone isn't rooted... I have tried it twice now, and verified it writing properly. You'll probably have to get a computer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Root checks come back as rooted.. the binaries need updating and that's not working
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
sorry i didnt reply earlier. its because that isnt where you have the file and named properly? do you have a /sdcard/unbrick.img?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
That is weird. I believe you, just never happened to me before.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
It's fine. Yes I do have the image.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
whats the output of

ls -l /sdcard/unbrick.img

those are both lower case L's
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
no such file on directory.. let me check something..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
the filepath is storage/extsdcard
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
can you copy it to /data/local/tmp ? if so i would suggest moving it.

if the unbrick image is on your external sdcard, then you arent going to be able to use it to write the image to your external sdcard.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
ok will try it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
the unbrick.img is in storage/sdcard0/download
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ecs87:
That's why. In this case you'd type dd if=/storage/sdcard0/download/unbrick.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk1

That should get you going. Now...mmcblk1 may be protected which in that case you'd need root. Have you tried kingoroot? Dunno if it works on the t mobile phones but it works great on the sprint ones. Can't be easier to root AND unroot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Ok sorry about the m.i.a.. crashed last night and today was kind of a busy day. Ok! dug up the old kyocera hydro I used to start this post when I bricked my note 3, rooted it with poot (YAY looks like this old thing was good for something after all :)) and ran the command (thanks [MENTION=4404580]noobtoob[/MENTION], [MENTION=2614663]shabbypenguin[/MENTION], [MENTION=4959296]ecs87[/MENTION]) lol.. and got...

337920+0 records in

337920+0 records out

173015040 bytes transferred in 109.942 secs (1573693 bytes/sec)

Did I do it?!! popping the sd in the note 3 in 15 seconds... (please work)

Okay, it didn't seem to boot. Maybe I need to charge the battery. Or use a jig also. Or, do this when plugged into a pc. Or finally, a 32 gig sd class 10 sd card??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
Yes. That is exactly what we needed to happen. You can't see it if you look at the sf card, but it is there. Give it a shot, and good luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Thanks! Nothing....maybe the above? Also it look a minute to write, maybe the device needs that to read. Holding power as I type!

Hey that member pmed me again. Verified success! I implored him to post the story here, so guess we will see when he does how that played out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
it should have been just copying the image over and good to go.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
What card are you using now? I thought you had a 32 gig card. We have so far established the 16 doesn't work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Yes you're right. But you told me to try your 16gig and I did. I am going to try my best to get one today, the 32gig sandisk ultra class 10s are on sale at radio shack and best buy for $25.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
I hope that 32 works out for you, but on page 17 I said we will need you to use a 32 gig cause the 16 hasn't panned out. Either way, no harm no foul. And if the 32 doesn't do much for you, you will have to seek other options. You may have to play the "my phone got really hot, turned off, then this..." card.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
I told you previously that this note 3 is not insured unfortunately.. wish it was, then i'd have done it right away. At the very least if this works at least I helped, albeit minimally - some people get their devices back on.

I'm optimistic about it, and also this is still wide open:)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
I know, but you have a 1 year limited warranty free. A phone that won't turn on usually qualifies. You just have to take a chance about what they determine.

Should be alright though, this has had some really interesting progress so far. And if we have one confirmtion , that is good news.

The only question l have for you is how are you going to flash the stork firmware w/o a computer? Do have Some ones laptop or something?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
if the device is rooted he can then just dd the image in terminal emulator :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
Sorry, I hate to ask, but how? I thought this only provided enough to get into download mode. Are you saying we could technically boot into our system via the SD card? If so, that opens a ton of capabilities.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shabbypenguin:
it should boot up and then hand off to what is on the device. if that happens then he can dd if=/sdcard/unbrick.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 for the course of teh image and write it over his stuff. everyone else should use odin to flash the bootloaders but its at least worth a shot :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
Sad to say, but this kinda makes me want to brick my phone to try it out. I am not going to, but it does...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Yes noobtoob you are correct. And also I was at least going to try to to convince someone that odin won't kill their computer, and that it would take minutes... :) YAY shabby! The note 3 is rooted! :) what's that command anyway?

I tried to post this before but it froze on me so here goes again : When I unfortunately bricked my prized note 3 :( :(..

I believe I dd'ed twrp recovery onto partitions mmcblk5-sbl3, mmcblk06-aboot, and mmcblk07-rpm. Perhaps my recovery is intact, as the "write error: not enough space left is what I got when I tried the command off of the twrp site - but by doing so with those above endings on the commands, I think that is exactly why my device will not power on.

My question is - will the images that have been dumped re-write the partitions particularly affected in my situation? Or will those partitions needed to be added to an image to fix that, in my - and also anyone's case when hard-bricked?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
What he is saying:

1. If booted up, put the unbrick.img on root of sdcard.

2. Use terminal emulator to write the img to the mmcblock using:

dd if=/sdcard/unbrick.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1024 count=168960
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Thanks! Got it, but in that post I am asking about the damage I did to those partitions that I mentioned, and if the correct partitions to fix those partitions that I believe I messed up, are included in the unbrick.img. I wanted to ask this days ago but we have covered alot of ground and it slipped my mind to ask.

Also yes to answer the question you asked shabbypenguin - I noticed that in the SM-N900A thread for this method that it was stated that it could be quite possible to boot all the way through, past download or recovery. I do not wish to misquote anyone but I believe it was shabbypenguin himself that surmised it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
This image contains mmcblk0 p1-7, and a little bit of 8, so the blocks you're asking about would be covered.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Nice, thanks. Hey just asking because by using partition table as suggested by ecs87 - I can see the partitions, and was able to pinpoint exactly which partitions were overwritten. Being new to areas such as this that helped me understand this all alot better.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] zinnium:
I unbricked

OK!!!! I did it and here is how I did it.

1. 32GB sandisk card.

2. get the download for the boot image thats on this thread... i forget were. its like 310mb or so.

3. format the card to exfat

4. apply the image to the card

5. charge the battery somehow to 80%+

6. use a computer and plug the power cord directly into the motherboard.... NOT any other ports. I used USB-3 Ports on the back of mine.

7. Stick the MicroSD into the phone.

8. Put the battery into the phone.

9 Plug the Phone into the computer.

10. Boot like normal into download mode.

11. Now install the STOCK ROM ONLY.

Done.

Thats how I did mine. :highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive:

:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Congrats!! :):) This thread is now officially GOLDEN :)

Thanks zinnium, for sharing the great news! Now, tmobile note 3 owners can tinker with ALOT more confidence!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
I deleted the 310MB image as we didn't have success, thought it was bad. We need to get one up with the 165 MB image. Should still be possible, as the aboot is in there.

And congrats zinnium. One quick question though, did you have the qhusb as well?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
He told me he had the same problem I do when he initially contacted me. He also said he saw me inquiring about qhusb_download mode and unbricking on the At&t unbrick thread. So that might... answer your question. Maybe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] zinnium:
I have the images...

Why don't I make a zip file with the rom, the image, and the windows tool i used to make the image; and then post it all on Mega or something????

The trick was the actual drive size. I think we have to match it. Also I believe doing the exfat is a good idea too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
mega the image, thats THE most important thing. If you want tk post the type of windows tool thats okay, and the rom? That can easily be attained. The million dollar question is : Were you in qhusb_download mode?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
That sounds good. The 310 mb image covers the mmcblk0 p1-15, which includes the recovery, mine being twrp, so I suggest using the 168 one just in case people who haven't tripped Knox need to recover. Other than that, all for it. Did you Odin or use heimdall? I already have the heimdall images posted for recovery here in the q&a section, I could edit the op to include these files as well. Maybe make a one stop shop for recovery, Odin, heimdall, and unbrick images... It would be nice to have then all in one place.

Basically, we just need a sticky thread for recovery. There are like 20 different methods right now...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] msmercy42:
Right, you're absolutely right. This thread has a lot of good info too. Glad to see it where it is now.