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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] skippyg:
Thanks, i finally got it to work. BUT my issue persists. Thanks anyways!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I'd be interested in seeing a screenshot of about phone, please.

I ask since what you've described doesn't jibe with having a clean flash of this tar file, and having no recovery of root, which is that which you'd have if you flashed this and performed no modifications.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] skippyg:
Id love to buddy but my phone seems to be in a continuous bootloop. Started out on stock, i tried reflashing several times using this threads supplied firmware and it still happens. Im beyond stumped, going to try flashing a custom recovery and rom hopefully that fixes it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Dude, you're doing yourself no favors by flashing this tar file, slapping recovery, bootlooping, then...?

Flash the tar from your PC, do no other modifications, and report back please.

FYI, this is more than firmware, nor is it a rom. It's out-of-the-box complete phone build, as if you'd just bought it, except for the Knox counter. We don't care about that at the moment. I'm not splitting hairs, I'm shooting for clarity.

Just grab the exact version of Odin that Skunk Ape1 recommends, follow his instructions to the letter, and do nothing else.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] skippyg:
Ok, I went to go into download mode and my computer wouldn't see it, so I removed the battery, and now it wont start at all. It had about 50% life left so its not that. Pretty sure it just bricked itself.

To be clear, this isn't my first time flashing roms, I've been doing this since day one with the Samsung Captivate. I didn't flash the wrong tar, didn't use the wrong Odin version, nor did i unplug while updating. I literally just tried several times, connecting, reconnecting. Nothing works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
It's likely not (hoping not).

Please remove your SD card, put in your battery, and try to get into download mode (not bootloader).

Report back here.

I'm certain you have flashed a bunch. Doesn't matter. I'm new here, only flashed since April 2013. I'm not concerned about experience, I'm concerned about getting you up and running.

I see you've added to your post. Check your USB cable and make certain you have the latest Samsung drivers for your computer.

At the moment, does your PC connect with your device?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] skippyg:
I do appreciate your help good sir. I have tried 3 cables. I haven't had any memory card in it for about 2 hours in hopes of finding the culprit. I tried all usb ports. 2 computers and no signs of life. Different chargers as well and none bring it back up. In all my time using smart phones I swear ive never been this confused before. Never had a phone go nuts and brick itself like this.

Either way, Im taking it into Sprint tomorrow for a replacement, Since They wont be able to turn it on and this in reality wasn't my fault in the slightest. Even if I have to wait a few days for it to arrive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
Yeah, when your phone won't go into download mode and won't turn on, you're bricked. I've had it happen once before with the og epic. It happens sometimes and is nobody's fault. Sorry it happened to you. Like you said, if you can't get it into download mode then it's likely that Sprint can't either. You should get a new phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Hey, I am sorry to see things were this bad. I know the feeling, as my E4GT also died like this as well.

I hope you get a new device swiftly.

Good luck!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] skippyg:
Thanks guys I really appreciate the help. Went in and they are shipping me a new one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
Well I finally took the leap and upgraded from MI3 everything went smooth I flashed this then re rooted and now am on mj4 build but I am still on mI3 baseband. How do I get on MJ4 baseband?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
This should have fully updated you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
My about phone still says I'm on baseband version mi3. I attached a picture but that was after I re rooted and then re flashed a Rom but it said mi3 right after odining back to stock mj4. The only thing that changed was the build version. The baseband stayed at mi3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jameztownbarber:
Flash freeza modem mj4 thru odin this happen to me also and all will be good you'll be fully on mj4

☆☆Team VeNuM☆☆
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
Ya, that didnt work either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Did you have updated everything before rerooting, reinstalling TWRP, and flashing Odex Blue?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
Nope the only thing that said mj4 was the build number. Baseband still said mi3. Is it possible that it is ask updated but for some reason about phone is just stuck on the old info? I've been trying to update my baseband for months now, and nothing has worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I asked because your pic shows Blue Odex. If you flash this build, there will be no theming, and look like you just bought it. You'll lose data and have to set your phone up again.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
Exactly. Flashing this in Odin should bring you back to stock unrooted MJ4. So if you aren't seeing a stock UNTHEMED phone after flashing this in Odin, then something else is going on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
I did flash in Odin it brought me back to complete stock unthemed. I checked from there, it said build number SM-N900MJ4 or something to that affect, the baseband was still mi3. This is when I re rooted and flashed odexed blue.

Last night I tried flashing Freezas mj4 modem/firmware through Odin. Odin said it passed, but then upon reboot it still says baseband mi3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Hey bro, flash just this build (the tar file), no rooting, nothing. Update your profile and PRL only, use PC Odin V3.07 (I think that's the version, please search this thread), follow the Skunk Ape1 drawing exactly as shown, then repost here your about phone.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
That is basically what I did last night except for the fact that I did not update profile, and PRL. Could that be why it didnt work? I'll give it a shot again later tonight but just out of curiosity is there any real benefit to being on the MJ4 modem over mi3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I'm unclear if a blanket statement fits here, but I understand that MJ4 had some data fixes and cured some modem issues for folks (ie, it was more than a nominal update). Ultimately it's your call, as I don't want you to be a guinea pig for anyone's curiosity. I am baffled as to why the file isn't flashing a complete rom, as of got just bought the phone. Everything should be MJ4.

I hope this helps.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
Ya I will say I've heard a lot of people complain about the call quality and I've had that problem too.

It did flash me back to stock just didn't change the baseband but ya I'm definitely gonna try it again this time updating prl as well. I'll post the results later on.

I do appreciate all the input.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
If you're going to do it again, please do a full factory reset on the device after flashing, then post your screen shots. The PRL and profile was just a recommendation of something you'd do after you left the store with your new phone. I'm not certain that it'll affect the baseband and build number. Worth trying anyway.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
Make sure you're flashing the correct file. There are several different tar files for various builds on this forum. Is it possible you have several tar files on your computer? Odin (by default) will go to the last folder that was loaded to it. So if you have flashed an earlier tar, odin will go to that file location.

If I remember correctly (I'll know for sure when I get home), the tar file I posted is in a zip file and must be pulled from the zip or odin won't see it.

Yes it is a zip file.

SPR-N900PVPUBMJ4-20131028151254.zip md5 = D6FF9F65C0CE96B5E9BCB8A437779CC8 (this is the md5 of the zip)

N900PVPUBMJ4_N900PSPTBMJ4_N900PVPUBMJ4_HOME.tar.md5 md5 = AB13B29B63C74D0F016DFC5BE2B1C989 This is the md5 of the extracted file that will be flashed in odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] drewbuntu:
I had the same issue. Took me a few weeks to figure out that no MJ4 would apply until I was "Official" for both Samsung and Status

Use my guide on page 3 of this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2580731
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigpappags3:
Amazing....so it's really gonna be a pain. They just continue to make things harder and harder.

http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
Huh??? I have flashed this several times and it has worked every time. The whole purpose of this is to bring you to STOCK official MJ4 no matter what your current state.

When I got the gn3, I rooted it on the first boot. Flashed custom recovery on the 2nd. Finally finishing up by flashing a custom rom.. Only after all of this did I realize I wasn't up to date. I found this on Samsung updates flashed it in odin and i was back to fully stock and updated to MJ4. Again, that is the whole purpose of a return to stock tar.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] drewbuntu:
I can't explain it myself, but nothing I tried regardless if stock, full etc would not work until I got both statuses in Odin to report back as "Official". My symptoms were the same as everyone else, the build and sometimes the version would go up to MJ4 but never the baseband. Even when trying just the baseband by itself.

I have confirmed this on my son's note 3 as well. I purposely played with the statuses and only.

I am guessing, but all the phones I have seen this happen to were delivered to the customer on MI5, not MI3 and installed TWRP or a custom recovery before trying to update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigpappags3:
I guess ur shizz don't work! Maybe u should go back to the drawing board! Put something up that we can count on!

http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
That has totally got to be the answer. I knew evil clown logic would triumph.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigpappags3:
Lol....we gotta keep these skunk apes on the ball.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mr.Muscles:
odin cant see the file. im doing something wrong but what. im using odin 1.85

do i need a newer version?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
Make sure you pull the tar.md5 file out of the zip. In other words the tar.md5 must be extracted from the zip. Also the file needs to be on your computer and not the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mr.Muscles:
face palm. been a while. thanks so much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nerys71:
what if I "WANT" to lose everything ? IE I want to wipe it out completely? I am having some minor issues that might be related to something I installed so I want to restore and murder the entire device back to "factory" or as close as I can get and then reinstall all my goodies from scratch. a pain but needs to be done :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
That's what I thought that the full restore gives ya, but I understand that your internal media remains. But your system and data paths are out-of-the-box clean (Knox counter tripped, though).

Always advisable to back up your internal USB storage before flashing the tar file, in case it gets nuked when flashing this.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] blackcanopy:
Backing up is always a great idea, but I don't recall losing anything on my internal SD after flashing this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Bro, I'm very happy to be wrong about that. I'll correct my post now. I thought that it was the equivalent of one of Garwynn's one-click restores. My bad.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] blackcanopy:
With all the help, support, sound advice etc... You do in a days time on XDA , your liable to have this a time or 2. No harm could come from the advice in this instance either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I'd prefer to be called a wanker, but...thanks. I appreciate it.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
If you want to lose it all, just boot into factory recovery and do a data reset.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] blackcanopy:
OK... Spanky. Careful, some monkeys slap back.. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Disgusting and useful. Thanks man!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] WeSiDe:
....wanker
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dam90042:
Okay Skunk you sir are the Shiz mang!

My Note 3 did the craziest thing today. No I am not a noobie either. My hangout updated from the play store and when I tried to uninstall the update and flash hangout via twrp recovery, it failed and I got Andy on his back with an error. I couldn't even get into download mode. I tried the ## wipe code and still nothing. Odin and nothing. Kies detected it as a modified device and errors out. Finally with the all the help from Skunk and his loyal followers they gave me ideas on what I should try. I took Skunk's advice and it worked and my shiz is back up and running. Mang your tar is the shiz.

Don't ever doubt this cat:D

Thanks Skunk Ape1

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ImEVO:
What wipe code you speak of??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I think he may have meant a dialer code that taps into the hidden diagnostics menu and refreshes the device. Some of the codes can do a lot more than just allow you to refresh your profile and PRL or change your mms url, though I'm unclear as to which ones do what, since I haven't read up on them.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] blackcanopy:
This should tell us most of them..

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cx.makaveli.androidsecretcodes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigpappags3:
Sounds like a noobish mistake to me.

http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dam90042:
MFJ you can just noobish this. Get back to work:D

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tonyevo52:
Thanks for the file skunkape... Worked like a charm!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pyr0path:
hmmm. i was running freeza's rom, decided to try out another rom, didn't like it so i restored freeza's rom. ended up bootlooping. downloaded this, ran it with odin 1.85, successfully completed restore but phone still bootloops. i have no clue what's going on here. any help is appreciated cause i'm clueless. i've never had one problem using odin before.

edit: 2 things that i want to add to give additional info.

1. i never took the mj4 upgrade before i started flashing roms so i was always using the previous baseband, but never had any issues.

2. on initial boot after odin restore i do get the android is upgrading and then takes me to the lock screen but once i swipe to unlock i got a system not running and options to wait or close(either option just restarts phone and bootloop begins.) also noticed that there is no signal, not sure if that has to do with anything.

edit again:

i rooted while on mi3 before the mi5 update came out. from what i remember there was talk around the forums that people who rooted before taking the mi5 update would never be able to update to mj4 until a work around was discovered. maybe that's why i'm having the bootloop issues and for the 10 seconds after the initial boot i get no network signal. i'm thinking that i would need to odin back to mi3 stock but i can't find the .tar anywhere and all links are dead.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Isn't the tar for MJ4 embedded in the zip that you download with this? If so, flash through Odin and reinstall [MENTION=309990]freeza[/MENTION] fre3 Hybrid rom.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
I'm not sure what is happening to your phone but I did pretty much the same as you. I bought the phone and immediately rooted. Once I figured out I was on mi3 firmware and not mj4, I found this tar on Samsungupdates. I flashed it without any problems and was fully updated to mj4. So I really doubt know what to tell you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pyr0path:
tried that, also no luck. i have no the slightest clue as to what happened. i just got back from the sprint store where one of the technicians was messing with it for 3 hours and couldn't figure it out. they ordered me a new one which should arrive thursday since they're out of stock in the store. thanks for the advice though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
[MENTION=4356960]Skunk Ape1[/MENTION], look what we have now...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dam90042:
I had that running last weekend when my N3 crapped out on me Sunday hmmm

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
Very nice. Always liked mobile Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] SantinoInc:
Can anyone confirm it actually works?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dam90042:
I can!!

Look at my post a page or 2 back

This was a life saver mang!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] SantinoInc:
Let me clarify: does this TAR work when used in the new release of Mobile Odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
Yes it does. dam90042 used mobile Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] SantinoInc:
Once i run this in Mobile Odin and im on stock MJ4 unrooted what will be the best way to regain TWRP recovery and re-root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
I would say autoroot and odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DevilDog512:
I got this phone 2 days ago. Rooted using cf auto root, installed twrp, flashed a 4.3 ROM. Decided to flash aosb 4.4, making backups in twrp all along the way. Wanted to go back to 4.3 so did restore and phone hasn't worked since. Flashed this file. Can't get it to do anything but bootloop. Tried factory wiping from recovery. Still same. Things of note: Started out of box mj4. Recovery says unknown CSC. Once in recovery says unable to mount efs.

I know efs deals with modem and whatnot. Made backup up efs in twrp and don't see why this would matter.

The few times I can get it to boot says system process not responding. Close out wait. Either way phone restarts and the fun begins anew. I'm stumped. Never had a factory tar not reset as described in this thread. Any help greatly appreciated!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pyr0path:
that's basically what happened to me the other day. i've been flashing android roms since 2008 and never had an issue using odin before my issues with the note 3. hopefully in due time the devs will hopefully figure out what's causing this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DevilDog512:
I hate that I even have to ask for help. Sucks almost as much as having to go back to this huawei prism 2. Lol. I'm either taking it to best buy to see if they can reflash it or sprint to replace. Knox counter is tripped from rooting so not sure how that'll work out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pyr0path:
i took mine to the sprint store and one of their techs took a look at it and couldn't fix it so they gave me a replacement. they didn't care that knox was tripped. i even had a conversation with them about which roms i installed so far cause they're all android junkies at that particular store. for good measures and if you're worried about what best buy will say/do, tell them that the screen started dimming and then the device would just power off and make sure you at least flash it back to stock in odin before you take it back and tell them that you performed a factory reset to see if you could get it working again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
It's odd. Many have had success with this (myself included), and I cannot imagine it not working, but too many whom know what they are doing are reporting issues with this. I may not recommend it if it borks your phone. Sorry to hear about this guys.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DevilDog512:
Thanks for the advice. Will def do. Still trying to figure this out if I can. Pisses me off I can't fix it. I have the pit file. May go that route with it. Tried to sideload boot.IMG but got signature verification issues. Gonna try different version of Odin. Using 1.85 right now

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Thanks. The phone wasnt working before so I can't say its the file. Ever since trying to restore a backup in twrp from 4.4 to 4.3. Basically aosb back to jelly bomb. When I had s4 there was a stock tar that was broken down and you'd plug each section into Odin. Don't know if that would make a difference. Still gonna keep working at this. Thanks for the input tho.

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In starting to think this /efs is a bigger deal than I thought. Gonna try to adb push to phone. Running out of ideas.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DevilDog512:
Anyone know why this doesn't take phone back to official? I've tried everything to get phone to work. Still think unable to mount efs is a factor. Someone more knowledgeable than myself will have to figure this one out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] SantinoInc:
I tried AOSP 4.4 and wanted to return to TW 4.3 backup that I made. Simply wiping in TWRP recovery and restoring my TW backup led to some problems. Lots of apps were unable to d/l data. After posting about my problems here on XDA the conclusion was that I should flash this Tar and return to stock. However, there are some details that are important that were left out.

1. Flash this TAR on your PC using Odin. The file should go in the PDA slot.

2. Once that is done let the phone boot up. You will see that data hasn't been erased.

3. Go to Menu-Settings-General-Backup & Reset and choose factory reset.

4. Phone will boot into stock recovery and will factory reset.

5. Assuming you want to restore a backup from your external SD Card: Once the factory reset is complete and the phone boots up you will turn off the phone/or rip the battery. Restart the phone in DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume + Power + Menu...forget if it's volume up or down.) You want to now flash the latest version of TWRP in Odin (in PDA slot again.)

Unlike flashing this MJ4 TAR flashing TWRP should be real fast.

6. When TWRP is done flashing manually boot into recovery (Volume + Power + Menu.) You should be taken to TWRP recovery which you should be familiar with. Go to RESTORE and be sure to select External SD card (default is internal) Now simply restore whatever backup you want.

7. Prophet!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Skunk Ape1:
1. The op states to flash this in Odin in the pda slot. So no it was not left out.

2. Data will not be erased was also mentioned in the op.

I never had to do the rest of the steps. However I have never flashed a 4.4 rom and 4.4 was not out when this tar was put out.

After all, Google and Samsung are trying it make it more difficult for us to customize and root or devices. Every version will most likely pose more difficult than the version before. It won't be long before android will be just like Apple. :(