yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] zovadka:
Thanks for the fast response. I'll still with 3.70 then.

I also did find some confusion with the SuperSU instructions:

I haven't made it to that part yet but I'm sure I'll be able to figure it out. I've never done more than root before but I want my wireless tether back. otherwise it was pointless for me to pay for my Note 3 outright to keep my unlimited data with Verizon.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Another good catch! I said install rather than flash! Advanced users would know what I meant, but this TUTORIAL isn't for advanced users is it :D

Download SuperSU to sdcard (or download folder)

reboot and enter Safestrap

Make sure you HIGHLIGHT in RED the Stock rom slot

Flash superSU

Reboot
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] zovadka:
Thanks. It seems I've got everything downloaded and will see if I can brick an $800 phone after I get home from work tomorrow. :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
$800? Did you get the Dev Edition or just pay full retail?

Read everything once, if you're not all warm and fuzzy, read it again, then just follow each step.

I used a much more basic tutorial (the basis for my current one) with NO problems at all, and I am NOT the sharpest tool in the shed.

No doubt you'll be fine. If you're savvy enough to catch those issues, you're more than good to go!

Once rooted and running a cust rom, report back and let me know if you find any further flaws :D

Good luck!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] zovadka:
So far so good. I just finished installing Chainfire's SU and it went without a hitch. I decided to open the application to see if it was good. When I did so, it said that KNOX was detected and asked if I wanted to try to disable it. Should I go ahead and let it try to disable, should I ignore it, or should I use a different app to disable KNOX?

---------- Post added at 08:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 PM ----------

And' I'm successfully running Jelly Beans B6. Thanks for the great guide!

To answer your question, I paid for the phone outright as I wanted to keep my unlimited data. My finacee picked one up a week before me but she didn't have unlimited data to begin with and was able to do her new every two.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
I've ignored the 'disable knox' and clicked it... both ways has never tripped knox for me. Glad you had no issues...

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] supershane:
I got my Note 3 today and have had some pretty frustrating times thus far trying to use Kingo. I know it's not officially "supported" but this is becoming a pain. I have used two different USB ports, uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, rebooting after each uninstall and reinstall just to be sure. I've enabled USB debugging and made sure that's good. When I connect to laptop it doesn't seem to stay "connected as Installer" but instead moves to "connected as media device" not sure if this is supposed to happen or what I'm doing wrong. It seems as though I'm doing things correctly but maybe I'm missing a step. I think if I could just get it rooted I should be good from there.

Thanks in advance for any help possible.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] supershane:
I have no idea how but it worked just now. Magically. Now running Beans 6 and loving this phone to pieces.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Glad it came together for you.

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Logan3824:
Will these steps work on the newest software update?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
MJE is newest update and these steps work perfectly with MJE :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Logan3824:
Thanks man, I just came from a Droid Razr(rooted/rom) and I'm not too familiar with this set up just yet..Need a few days to play around with it ;)

Again, I appreciate the very quick response lol.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Customizing the N3 is a bit different since the bootloader isn't unlocked. I came from the Gnex and it's totally different.

Safestrap is actually a workaround that adds a recovery since the bootloader is locked.

Safestrap is awesome in that you can have up to FIVE roms "loaded" and by simply choosing a rom and rebooting, you can quickly run any of the five roms

When you're ready to root, just read the directions once or twice, then dig in. It's no where near as difficult as it looks :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Logan3824:
Hah when I first had the Razr, the bootloader was locked as well, and before that I had an OG droid (which back in the day was very difficult to root). I will definitely read twice and then try it!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Old school stuff there... I doubt you'll have any issues getting the N3 set up. These instructions have been used and refined many, many times.

Let me know how it goes once you're up and running!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
az_biker: I went through the process of creating the rom slot again, and did not wipe it. Same problems.

I have trouble when I download stock, factory ROMs on this thing too. When I launch it in ODIN, it fails immediately. I have to reboot my PC then the stock tar files are loaded by ODIN. Everything went off without a hitch following your procedure. I was excited till I got to the end and I still can't load ROMs.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
If your ONLY issue is flashing Roms, maybe something got borked during the Safestrap install??? SS is the vehicle that flashes roms... Since you've tried everything else, maybe consider uninstalling SS and installing Safestrap 3.65...

Let me know what you think about this approach.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
I removed the newer SafeStrap and put 3.65 back on. Created ROM slot, loaded zip file and nothing. Same problem.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
If you are sure you've d/l a valid file, or even d/l a few valid files from alt sources, I think I am out of ideas.

You've started from scratch by flashing MJE in Odin, which removes the chance of previously borked MJE firmware,

You've run this route on 2 diff versions of SS (one that is stable release) so we know it isn't a SS issue,

You've used step by step instructions that are proven accurate, so it's not a procedural issue,

You've downloaded diff Roms from diff sources so it is very unlikely a bad Rom zip,

IF you can positively say YES to all these, I am clueless as to what your issue is. I'd logically lean towards hardware issue since it's the only unknown for this situation, but not sure how hardware would affect only flashing roms (unless there is a partition error or roms are written to a specific part of the mem that could be bad) but that's ALL way above my pay grade and intelligence level.

I'll do some more looking to see if I can find others troubleshooting methods for similar issues...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
You are correct, and YES to all of the above. I'm not new to the whole flashing/rooting game, but this one has me stumped.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
I'm still looking and googling to see if I can find something else to try

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
Same here, and thanks for your help.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donelam304:
wow. this thing looks to be a nightmare to root. i have a note 2 right now and looking to get the note 3 tomorrow but im not so sure if i want to now after reading this thread. is this the only way to root the note 3???
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] :
Nah, as long as you don't mind using Kingo it's pretty easy. I've rooted and unrooted my phone a bunch of times with zero problems and Knox still 0x0. My biggest complaint is the locked bootloader but SS 1.65 works great.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donelam304:
on my note 2 i was rooted and rom'd. i also had the tether hack. can you do the same for the note 3 for tethering. make a free wifi hotspot???
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
Search is your friend.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Follow the link in my sig, no worries, super easy... the only issues I have seen have been user error (not reading instructions or misunderstanding them) or possibly hardware issues.

As far as tethering, most ROMS have it as it is a popular feature. Just check the "Standard Features" and change logs for new builds and you'll find which ones offer it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] susieq29:
Link to recovery

Please give me the link for the recovery. My verizon phone is stuck at secure fail:recovery please help. I need step by step instructions to get out of this. I do not understand where the link is?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
I responded to you in the ODIN thread (since it seems that's where you'll likely need to start)

Let's keep the conversation there for now so we're not playing thread tag :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Az asked me to see what I could figure out for you...let me ask you a few things.

1 - what error is Odin giving you when it "fails immediately"?

2 - For both Odin tar files and rom zips - did you check the md5 of the file you downloaded versus the source md5 to confirm you have got a clean download? Here's a pc application I've hosting that will let you check the md5 http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291680065 if you're doing it via a computer.

If you're downloading to your device you can go to a root browser and long press on a file - there will usually be a "properties" option of some kind, where you'll find the md5 - it may take a second to generate, see screenshot.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
I appreciate your willingness to help.

I can't recall the exact text in the error when ODIN fails, but it's not a huge problem because I simply reboot my PC and do it again and it works fine. My problem is with flashing a ROM in SafeStrap.

And yes, I've checked the MD5 on all of my downloads and they all check out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
OK, glad to hear Odin isn't a big problem for you. So what does safestrap say as far as an error for you?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Johnny5.0:
Is there a way to unlock the bootloader on the retail VZW Note 3? I want to install CM11 KitKat and from what I understand, I would not be able to with a locked bootloader. Pardon me for sounding like a noob. But that's because I am. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] :
Unfortunately none at the moment but it's not the end of the world thanks to SafeStrap.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gPhunk:
I have attempted to flash chain fire's SU but both times I flashed it, (two different downloads, two separate download locations) it always says FAILED in red. Should I be wiping dalvik or anything prior to flashing? Or is it possible it succeeded and just says failed? (Not sure of the difference between the two so that's entirely possible)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Just a couple quick questions:

-You're in safe strap recovery?

-you're in the stock rom slot when flashing superSU (red at top)?

-no wipe needed

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gPhunk:
Ya I am on SS 3.71 and flashing the stock rom slot. Is there a way to distinguish between chain fire's SU and klingos?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
THAT would probably only be verified browsing the file system and checking dates/times on Kingo folder and Chainfire folder. If Chainfire is later, it probably overwrote Kingo.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Xproplayer:
I hate to be "the rookie" but If I JUST want superuser permissions for apps which I'm pretty sure is just basic root, I don't care about recovery, roms, bootloaders, etc. I don't care if it trips my warranty flag or if it factory wipes my phone. Can I please get a step by step instruction guide or video on how to root SM-N900VMJE please?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Link in my sig shows how to JUST root, no safestrap, no rom flashing, just root. Doesn't trip knox either in case you change your mind. ..

If you're not already on mje, flash that in Odin (see Odin link in sig)

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Xproplayer:
Just followed this awesome video.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSX8AG7QGmU[/YOUTUBE]

When I performed root Kingo actually said it failed, yet SuperSU installed and I have root, odin modes shows system status as custom and the note 3 boot animation has custom at the bottom. Worked great I highly recommend.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
Attached is a photo of my screen upon loading a ROM to a new Rom Slot. This entire process takes approx. 15 secs and although it says it's successful, there's nothing in the ROM slot to boot to. After installing the BajaROM4, System Partition Size is 2593MB (2049MB Free), Data Partition Size is 2493MB (2457MB Free), and Cache Partition Size is 298MB (295MB Free).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Thanks for getting back to me with this info - Here's a shot of my baja partition with build 5 on it (won't make a difference that you've installed v.4).

You can see that the system partition of mine is MUCH more used up - this makes me think that the file you've installed either didn't download properly or install properly...obviously safestrap says successful but that's surely just an indicator of the zip files scripts being successfully completed, not that the rom was actually successfully installed - no recovery could actually know that without booting the software.

My recommendation is this - md5 check the file you downloaded, or redownload it and md5 check that - just to be sure it's not the file. If that makes no difference then boot into your main rom slot and open the safestrap app. From here uninstall safestrap recovery. Then uninstall the safestrap application. Redownload v.3.65 of the safestrap app, install it, then open it and reinstall safestrap recovery. Then try to flash your md5 checked rom zip.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
Thanks for your help. I'll do this all again tonight when I get home. I can tell you, I've done it all before... but I'll do it again regardless. And this isn't failing on a single ROM. I've tried CleanROM, Neon ROM, Baja and Hyperdrive. All have the same problem. But, I will report back.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Your stating that it's failing for multiple roms leads me to believe your problem very well could be one of the two things I'm thinking.

Corruption wouldn't be limited to only one rom or file downloaded, you'd have problems on almost every file you try to download if you've got an unreliable data stream that's dropping packets or some other corruption causing issue & safestrap having problems would definitely affect every attempted flash & would almost certainly be fixed by uninstalling, redownloading and reinstalling. I'm encouraged that if you follow my instructions you could have an operational system again. I hope so, let me know!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
Or, I could have a hardware issue with my handset. I will follow your advice this evening and report back. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
If you re-download a rom from a good connection, AND you remove and reinstall Safestrap 3.65 and STILL have this issue, I would think hardware would be the only untested component...

Correct me if I am wrong, but you've already Flashed the MJE tar via Odin at least one additional time since we started this troubleshooting, right? So it likely wouldn't be an Odin issue.

Dutch, what do you think the possibility of somehow the partitions got borked earlier on, and when flashing the MJE tar, I believe he didn't use a PIT file (again, correct me if I'm wrong)... I've never used the PIT file and I advised him that way...

If the partitions got borked that COULD cause an issue flashing a rom, yes?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
I'm anxious to hear DutchDogg's thoughts on this.

I re-downloaded 3 ROMs lastnight, and SafeStrap 3.65 and 3.71. MD5 checked them all and they all checked out fine.

I loaded SS 3.65 according to the SS thread. Then, I tried loading a ROM. Failed, same as every other time. So I opened SafeStrap, removed recovery, installed 3.71 and tried again. Still, everythin fails. I ODIN'd back to the stock MJE file a week or so ago and it made no difference. Can you suggest anything else?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
At this point there's only one option - Kies. Go to the bold link to get to my thread and under the "Handy Files" section there will be a link to Kies software - it's a software updater straight from Samsung. This will load a completely fresh directly from Samsung version of MJE. This is the only thing left to try. After you've done this if you have no success flashing with safestrap it must be a hardware issue.

Here's step by step instructions after installing Kies.

1) Open and plug in your device with a trusted Micro USB cable.

2) At the top of the program under "Tools" click "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization"

3) Click OK on the next screen and from here it will download and install stock MJE. This is different than using Odin. This returns your device to completely stock "from the factory" new condition.

Any partition or other low-level problems should be fixed by this process. If you do this, re-root and install safestrap (I'd recommend sticking with 3.65 for stability) and still can't flash you need to exchange your hardware.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
I'm familiar with Kies. Will try it in a few hours. I think I'm outside of my 90 day warranty. And how am I going to explain to Samsung that I want an exchange because I can't flash it? lol I'm kidding. I'm sure I can come up with something.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tigersfa8:
Quick question, I was looking up the kingo one click root and maleware warnings have come up. it was with the xpheria phone, but is this safe now or?

The postings were from November 2013.

Wanted to double check before going through with the root process.

Thanks~
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Nothing to worry about - it was found to not be malicious in anyway.

Sent courtesy of my Note 3 & XDA Premium
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Slimfast35:
Does this method work if I'm already updated to MJE?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Yep, just skip to Root ith Kingo, enjoy, and hit thanks :D

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] joeyx2:
Is MJE the latest update? Looking into getting a note 3 next month and being on the s4 I know how they have been locking things up lately.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Yep, MJE is the latest as of today.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nicman857:
Im coming from the ATT site. No where on the att site are they telling you to reflash the superSu program after using Kingo. After reading the thread, it sounds like a great idea to remove the kingo files. My question is can I use chainfires supersu program on an ATT note 3. Are the supersu programs carrier dependent or can one supersu program be flasehed on any NOTE 3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
You can use it on an ATT device too, no problem. I have a guide on rooting with Kingo as well in the development section and I've since removed the recommendation to flash SuperSU after rooting with Kingo - I did this because after doing that myself once or twice I realized I was installing the exact same SuperSU as what was installed by Kingo - at first this wasn't the case but later versions of Kingo have the most up to date SuperSU already installed so it's now an unnecessary step. If you're squeamish about the whole Kingo process you can still do it but I don't believe it's necessary any longer. My $.02.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KOKJ:
Alright. So I used Kies to return it to factory stock. Kies had a problem initially and went to emergency recovery which also failed. So, I used ODIN to flash back to a stock MJ7. I then used Kies to restore and upgrade to MJE. Then I rooted with Kingo, loaded SafeStrap 3.65, created a rom slot and tried to load a ROM. Same exact problem. The only thing that makes sense is there is a hardware issue going on but the phone operates as it should for everything else.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Az Biker:
Dude this sucks. Sorry to hear...

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[Micromax A116] RzR1911:
alright guys i brief it out...

1. i wanted to run NFS MW game in my phone, but it requires 2055 MB data to be stored and accessed via phone internal memory

2. so i root my phone to swap memory, so that my 8GB memory card can act as internal memory to serve the purpose..

3. swapping memories went successful but still game gave me same error that 2055MB needs to be downloaded but 0MB storage is available in your phone, clean some memory and try again.

4. then i created a 3.5GB partition out my 8gb card hoping it may work (also used an app Link2SD) but the problem still persist.

please suggest me how to proceed? :mad:
[Micromax A116] RajaTomar:
Reply

You can move the aplication to the sd card..
[Micromax A116] RzR1911:
i have tried this already via Link2SD app but no help :/ more suggestions?
[Micromax A116] AndroMAN:
Bro, it seems you are running jellybean 4.1.2 on your phone. That's why it still uses your internal memory as your default memory. Rather than doimd all the tedious work of swapping memory and partitioning, it would be much better if you just upgrade your phone to stock Jellybean 4.2.1 which is the official version released by micromax. The tutorials are extensively present both in xda and YouTube. By doing so, Jellybean 4.2 by default takes your ext.SD card as your your default memory( there's an option under Settings > Storage to click on your preferred default memory. Just click ext.SD card and your job will be done! You can download any heavy games like NFS MW or FIFA or anything. You won't have any memory issues again!

Hope this helped you. Don't forget to hit the thanks button :) :)
[Micromax A116] RzR1911:
thanks for the reply :) i have installed 4.2.2 official version from Micromax center itself and i proceeded same as u suggested..

after rooting the phone, somehow android version drops to 4.2.1 and currently im using this only... i have now uninstalled and deleted 2.5GB data from phone since no bypass to my problem come up so far.. anyway many thanks for attention and replies
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phorvati:
I just got this phone as factory refurbished. Its not activated yet. It has

HBOOT 1.08, Android 4.04, ROM version 7.02.605.10, Sense: 3.6 (im screwed basically right?)

I've used the same XP box to work on HTC Hero and 3G Evo without a problem(both Non Lte phones).

For some reason I cant get the voice/sms/1xrtt modem driver to instal

9k LTE/3G one is installed correctly

Also *#*#4636#*#* does not work,

But *#*#3424#*#* works,*#*#8255#*#* works

I get the "Cannot Install Hardware" XP Screen. Also for some reason it lists the HTC Android Phone under CD-ROM Drives with yellow exclamation mark. See attached photo.

I spent quite a bit of time getting the drivers and trying all of them. I don't have the list off all the links anymore but attached image shows the directory structure with all the drivers.

for instance htc_internet_connection_mode_driver made the 9k modem happy.

Sounds to me I messed up the registry somehow. I dont have a win7 box, only a windows 8 laptop and they all comeas 64bit. I wont even try to get that setup. I'll try another old XP laptop and see what happens.

Meanwhile if anyone got stuck here some suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phorvati:
Looks like that release does not support diagnostic drivers.

I was able to downgrade to a ROM with 1.05 hboot, root and S-off as described here:

http://www.forums.infectedrom.com/sh...ad.php?p=67914

and now the same diagnostics drivers work.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] kianjhay03:
As the title suggests. How can i remove it. I always have it every boot i make. I cant activate since im from outside US. So theres no way i can activate this Sprint HTC One im using. Thr Hand Free Activation is annoying. Lol. Thank you so much for any help. Im using ViperOne ROM. Unlocked. I have bootloader and CWM recov. Once aain. Thanks.