[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DocHoliday77:
Hey guys, got some information I hope will help out. If any has been covered already, I apologize and admit I have not yet had a chance to read the whole thread.

First off, I suggest using nothing under a 16gb Class 6 sd card. This is minimum on the S3. Your minimum may be a 32gb Class10, but I have no way of knowing that.

So keep in mind, that my information stems from an older device, the T999 T-Mobile GS3. There will almost certainly be differences I cannot account for, so if something doesn't seem to work, try to look for any way to modify it in a way that you think may help on your Note3.

I sent this to [MENTION=5553888]msmercy42[/MENTION] not long ago, and figured it may help to post directly here asap so it doesnt miss someone logging off soon.

Ok, if you are running Linux, plug the device into the computer and enter this in the terminal:

su
parted /dev/sdX print

Or, if you are running Linux from a Live CD/Live USB, enter this instead:

sudo parted /dev/sdX print

(Note that sdX, refers to what your computer sees the sd card as. Seems to usually be sdb or sdc in my experience.)

Alternatively, you can download Terminal Emulator from the Play Store, Open and enter the following:

su
busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

It should give you the partition layout, as well as the starting and ending byte of each one. This is the output from an S3 as an example:

{This table references the SGH-T999 Galaxy S3!!!!

Do NOT use this for your Note3!!!

I am posting it as a visual reference only!!!}

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 4194kB 67.1MB 62.9MB modem

2 67.1MB 67.2MB 131kB sbl1

3 67.2MB 67.5MB 262kB sbl2

4 67.5MB 68.0MB 524kB sbl3

5 68.0MB 70.1MB 2097kB aboot

6 70.1MB 70.6MB 524kB rpm

7 70.6MB 81.1MB 10.5MB boot

8 81.1MB 81.7MB 524kB tz

9 81.7MB 82.2MB 524kB pad

10 82.2MB 92.7MB 10.5MB param

11 92.7MB 107MB 14.3MB ext4 efs

12 107MB 110MB 3146kB modemst1

13 110MB 113MB 3146kB modemst2

14 113MB 1686MB 1573MB ext4 system

15 1686MB 14.8GB 13.1GB userdata

16 14.8GB 14.8GB 8389kB persist

17 14.8GB 15.7GB 881MB cache

18 15.7GB 15.7GB 10.5MB recovery

19 15.7GB 15.7GB 10.5MB fota

20 15.7GB 15.7GB 6291kB backup

21 15.7GB 15.7GB 3146kB fsg

22 15.7GB 15.7GB 8192B ssd

23 15.7GB 15.8GB 5243kB grow

Of course yours would probably be a bit different. But note that the S3 debrick image is about 128mb. This includes the first 13 partitions in full, and just a small bit at the front of the 14th partition (/system). So at this point, I would try to create a Note3 debrick by looking at how much you need to dump to include all partitions up to /system. Then add a few mb as there will probably be a few things at the very beginning of the system partition that will be needed.

It is also probably safe to assume that if the S3 requires a 128mb dump, the Note3 will likely require larger than that. I don't believe you can really do too big an image for this to work, but you can definitely have one too small.

If you get the partition table for yours, feel free to send the info to me and Ill try to help determine what you need dumped for the image. I will try to check back in here, but I will check my PM's much more frequently, so if any important updates arise, or you have a question you specifically want me to see, post here of course, but also shoot me a PM asking me to pop back in to look. Hope this helps!