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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ryant100:
ok seeing as im already on mj5 cant i really just use step 3 and not go any further.....just the fact that one of the files is mi9 and hearing that if you try to downgrade mi9 from mj5 it will brick your device just want to be clear on that
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
if your already on MJ5 why do you want to do this?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ryant100:
Only as a precautionary step just in case something goes wrong that I could return to stock if need to as in if I had to return for warranty or something like that
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
I see
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] :
Thanks evilpotatoman for putting this together. It came in very handy yesterday.

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Or like myself and others who were on stock rooted MJ5 and the new update refused to install.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] JosephDowns:
I'm Lost

I've followed step by step on how to go back to MJ5 ROM but for some reason it's not letting me use Heimdell Suite properly. It's not detecting my device and I have no clue what to do. It's actually very annoying. Never have I had this much trouble Rooting a phone.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
did you do this?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50691384&postcount=503
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] coolmingli:
Are all these steps necessary if you want to go back to ATT stock MJ5?

I just went to ATT device support center, they side load MJ5 to my phone in 15 mins, dude didn't even look the Knox count and Pad Lock Custom logo, the only thing he said was "everything on the phone will be lost, is that ok"?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
If we had the official MJ5 then we could then do as ATT device support center,
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jonfl1:
Thanks so much, this worked like a charm! :good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dincdoes.me:
I see people saying that they have restored from the kitkat release. Is it from the officalish kitkat release? From D-gears If so how do you get the recovery inplace with out having root? I've done this method before I have all the files but I'm scared to do it with out having safestrap recovery. When I used this iv3 always had SS installed.. thanks guys I work with to many damn phones all day to keep track of what's what lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rlmjr1980:
I'm in need of some help. I tried to install Knoxraid kitkat through safetrap and something went wrong and wouldn't boot past the Samsung logo. I am trying to restore back to MJ5 and when I get to step 3 I keep receiving an error that nand write failed and on the phone screen it shows unsupport dev_type in download mode. I have tried in both windows 8 and 7. Is there anything that can be done or is it a lost cause.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Looks like you forgot to install the kitkat files in the to boot folder.

You getting this error , or you sure you're doing every thing correct. The op instructions or very easy
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rlmjr1980:
Here is the exact error I get in Odin.

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/006> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/006> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/006> PK

<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/006> FAIL!

<ID:0/006>

<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1

On my phone screen it shows:

UDC START

Unsupport dev_type.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jerrycoffman45:
most likely one of the files is a bad download i would say the pit file is bad try redownloading and try agian
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] xfaega:
Are you in download mode?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rlmjr1980:
Yes I was. I was able to get it fixed it was just a bad download.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tpierce89:
This worked perfect. I was finally able to download the MI9 img and it worked great. Thank you for this tutorial!:good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Something is wrong like jerrycoffman45 posted , your binary size total is wrong, so you need to check your MJ5 to see what file needs redownloading

picture attached is yours compared to correct files

EDIT: OOP'S I was fixing post when you posted you fixed your problem
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] econan1214:
I believe I got everything correct, but why still Failed?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
no one can help with just a picture, you need to at least do a layout of what you did
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] econan1214:
I wasn't in Download Mode. That's why :)

But one more thing, I've read the OP many times, but nowhere in the post do I find where is the step that requires the use of MI9_fix.img.ext4. So why have to download it ? Did I miss something?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] DARKCHYLDX101:
Step 5
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] econan1214:
LOL :)....
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] asilva54:
this restore really got me out of a bind (that and my old blackberry to load files/images to the ext sd)

thanks for saving me a long explanation to my wife about why my note is now a paperweight :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hp79:
Does this still work for NB4? What will happen if I go through all these steps again?

I updated and lost root and some of my apps are force closing and I can't install any apps. Getting a message "insufficient storage".

Edit:

I went through the instructions and was able to go back to MJ5 with root. Then I installed Safestrap again, and did a restore from my previous backup. All working well again. I'm going to wait until NB4 has proper root. I read Kingo 1.1.5 works but I don't really want to use Kingo.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
I see no problem, and you cannot hurt by trying ( If you follow OP instructions)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tuc28878:
Quick question, after you have root using this method. Can you still be able to do a factory reset?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Yes. You will lose root though.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] DARKCHYLDX101:
Yes. And you should still have root too.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tuc28878:
Before I used this method, I used the kingo method to root my phone and I have done many factory reset but I didn't lose root.

Are you sure this method will cause you to lose root if I do a factory reset?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
You will not loose root, resetting deletes user-data stuff ( settings and apps you installed)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] frome901:
so whats this file for?

sec_csc.zip
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
settings for AT&T

and also security checks (I think)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] frome901:
ok cause i had disable my pc's firewall to download it

thanks for the answer ill give it shot tonight
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 5thspecialforces:
Fast and easy!

worked great on NB4, Thanks!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] danbyers2:
Thank you!

It's crazy how someone can explain something in such detail and people still seem to get lost...I'm guilty of it myself at times. But if a person really takes their time and executes each step slowly, even if they don't make total sense at the time, things will usually fall in place. Thanks for this thread....it brought my Note 3 back from the dead. Much thanks..really.:highfive:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hp79:
I am one of those that had to re-read the instructions twice. For me what happened was that some of the instructions were in bold and red which made it look like a title, and I skipped that part.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrwoofus:
WHEW!

You are a LIFESAVER! :)

Big thanks to you for the detailed instructions and laying it all out for me to bring my note back to life.

I also just "Tipped" ya, via PayPal and it was worth every penny. Take yourself and significant other out for dinner!

Wes ( a.k.a. mrwoofus)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] darthmaulxr:
If I'm already on stock MJ5, in order to root do I have to start from step 5 or directly start to step 10?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jan g:
hi

I'm a little confused how many file are in step 2 (4 or 5)?

I have these.

MI9_fix.img.ext4

sec_csc.zip

rldv.zip

2400258.zip

:confused:

I'm missing the step 2 to be complete?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrwoofus:
That's all you need. The 2nd file on the list is a

mirror

site for the 1st file. (MI9_fix.img.ext4)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clip3009:
I followed the guide and restored my device with the odin files and heimdal suite. Im trying to downgrade back from the MLG leak. I read earlier that it was possible but im not having any luck. Has anyone else downgraded back from the leak to mj5?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisxpierce:
Reference to: 9) IMPORTANT--After flashing the sec_csc, the Note will reboot.

Try to catch it in time to reboot BACK into recovery

What happens if I don't catch it? And, during its reboot after flash, if I do "catch it" how do I get it to go directly to recover??
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
Have the back off of your phone and pull the battery.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisxpierce:
One final stupid question before I proceed: Am I correct that after I flash the MJ5 files using Odin, there is no turning back at that point? I hear some of these stories that things went wrong; in the case something does, there is no doing a factory reset to go back right?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisxpierce:
Easy as 1,2,3!!! Thanks a bunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] polstein:
What's the missing file "https://mega.co.nz/#F!icMTnSQY!bMBNFmUnn2_K8olSTYpwIA (mirror provided by drakeymcmb)" - any new link?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrwoofus:
The 2nd file on the list is a

mirror

site for the 1st file. (MI9_fix.img.ext4)

There is no missing file.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] polstein:
Oops. I cancelled the mi9 a bit earlier while looking for altermate solutions. I still have my original rood-de-la-vega files that I'm copying over from work - was going to try that. Now I have to try to figure which is a safer attempt.

Thanks, I gave up on this one because of what I thought was a missing file.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jmbrew420:
Thank you for all the hard work

Thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rxnplc:
Big Thanks for your clear instructions...Worked beautifully the first time!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisxpierce:
Ok...I decided to go ahead and root using the RLDV (extracted to root folder) it was a success, I'm fully rooted. Now, my question is; if and when I decide to unroot, I would use the supersu unroot feature, and it will undo this right?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisxpierce:
BUMP
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] thatpimp007:
Can we delete the RDVL file after rebooting ala the RDVL Method or do we have to keep the unzipped RDVL files on the root folder of the internal sdcard? I'm a little OCD about seeing the files there but wasn't sure if they were being used.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisxpierce:
Great question, would like to know myself. I would think we would have to keep the folder that was created, named "1". but the other one that says, "RAN1" with the question mark, probably could be deleted. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can let us know for sure. It appears this thread is starting to die out.. :(
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
You can delete the file, just save the original one on your SD card for future use Incase needed, but the extracted one can be deleted, deleted mine long time ago and zero issues
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] g_matejowsky:
link down

Hey im trying to use this method because i was using the dynamic rom and i deleted it in safe strap and forgot to activate my stock rom so now when i try to boot it just stays on Samsung galaxy note 3. It doesnt give me any option to boot into safe strap or anything it is just stuck.

Am i doing the right thing by following this or is there something else i should be doing to fix the problem?

It is the link under the .img file that is not working. Please fix thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] polstein:
I had a similar problem the other day when I made an oopsie following directions. You can use these directions to get back to life as long as you can still get into download mode.

Ignore the bad file link - it's a mirror for the file above it (which took me 2 hours to download btw....)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] :
Guessing this will be a good way to return phone to stock to send in for warranty repair?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisxpierce:
Its the best way in my opinion... Just read through the instructions thoroughly, know it in your head, before you even start. Also, use the USB ports on the back of your computer, use OEM cables and disable anti-virus.

IMPORTANT: Section 3 - Be sure to wait until Odin is done and shows "pass" before continuing to section 4.

IMPORTANT: Section 9 - Have your back cover off your phone, and as soon as the sec_csc file starts the reboot of the phone, (screen goes black), pull the battery, them go back into recovery to complete the process.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rotary Parts:
Stuck on 10 i keep rebooting the phone but SU not installing any help would be great thanks guys!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
you have to unzip and copy the contents to sdcard

should be a folder named 1 and a rldv.sh

you could use kingo to root
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Agent:
Just wanted to report another success on NB4
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] MicrosoftBug:
I'm confused about step 2. The directions say to put everything but system.img on the SD card but I don't see a file called system.img anywhere avaialable for download. Can someone please clarify?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23252070760975083

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This is it
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
Problem persists

Hey guys, I'm attempting to restore back to MJ5 from Kitkat and Heimdall is failing to detect my note three on frontend. Any ideas? I've already installed the necessary drivers and what not.

Nevermind, fixed it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
You should post what you did to fix it, so others (the ones that actually read posts) can follow along if in the same situation. Just my opinion
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
All I did was put the phone in download mode and made it detectable on Heimfall, but I'm still encountering an error with the likes of this.

"ERROR:Failed to send end mission packet and ERROR:Failed to download PIT File!"

I'd post a picture, but apparently I've got to have 10 posts, heh heh.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
You can upload pic to drop box then post link here so we can see it. I haven't done this process for a long time so I'm trying to think of the errors you are encountering.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
did you run it as administrator? right click Heimdall
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
OK man, thanks for the headsup

That's what I exactly did, this didn't solve the issue I'm having.

Here's what I'm having problems with, I already installed the drivers from zadig

http://gyazo.com/82dfe170dc31740a7b75b597bed573bb
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
Don't forget to check the "no reboot" box and you might have a bad download of the pit file
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
Ok, I'll try redownloading the pit file, thanks!

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No luck, I'm the problem still persists. I tried redownloading the pit file and it was to no avail.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
check md5 number

HLTE_USA_ATT_32G.pit 4DD9DBAE74125FC51209F1C51FD46646

MI9_fix.img.ext4 8C623708833D06921735D700ADB3B11A

do you have another usb cable to try?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
You did the utilities tab and detect, right?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
Yep! Those are the correct MD5!

As for a spare cable, unfortunately I do not own an extra spare.

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Yeah, I already did that
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
I can not recall if you need to be in download mode or a different mode for that step to work... I'm still researching.......
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bailey2408:
hemdall itself installed. when I installed drivers through zadiq it said successful. added the two necessary files in hemdall and when i clicked start it gained access to device and after about 10 seconds it released the phone and didnt install anything. don't understand since I can use odin so easily. You know how to get root installed by chance? im right at step 10 mi9 with mj5 firmware (no root) and all is working good. just ready to root so i can use your stuff for custom roms
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evilpotatoman:
If you used Designgears system.img, you won't be able to root, you'll run into a corrupt ext4 inode and hit a kernel panic. The img I uploaded is modified and avoids that issue. I also slightly changed the way that the root_de_la_vega exploit works. (Runs a bit sooner in the boot process)

When using heimdall and getting the error you described earlier (same thing happens to me sometimes), try;

1 - unplug and re-plug the USB cord into your phone

-If that doesn't work-

2 - plug the USB cord into a different port, reinstall the driver using zadiq, and click start once more.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] drakeymcmb:
I just restored mine and it worked perfectly. Thanks evilpotatoman
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bailey2408:
figured it would for you of cours:laugh: but im stuck like chuck... 2 different computers (both windows 7) 2 different usb cords (stock and not stock) and about 7 different usb ports yet still hemdall refuses to work with my phone. I'm at wits end. least i havent tripped knox and everything shows official. is there anyway to take your system.img and make a .tar file? i'm sure probably not but thought i'd ask. thanks again guys for tyring to get me through this. or do you think command line *might* work for me- if so ive done alot of looking and not sure which commands to use. guess i'll just leave it in its bootloop when i take to att store tonight!!!!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evilpotatoman:
Quick question - 64 or 32 bit windows?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bailey2408:
64
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evilpotatoman:
Try installing this
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bailey2408:
of course you tease me with a glimmer of hope as im gonna be away from computer for about 5 hours now!!! will definately give that a whirl soon as i get home and will post if it works..:highfive:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] seedoubleyou:
I've got a "clean" MJ5 install, rooted, now unrooted, but with "custom" status still. Is this the only way currently without a legit Odin image to get rid of the Custom status by stopping pre-root? Or does that still leave me stuck at 'custom.' The walk-through also makes it sound like it ends up a MJ5/MI9 hybrid at that point, which sounds dirtier than where i'm at now. I'd like to get back to stock unrooted without tripping anything at all.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evilpotatoman:
If you stop prior to rooting, that will leave you with MJ5 Firmware and a MI9 system. The lock screen and custom status would be removed, however you would not be able to update to MJ5 via the normal OTA.

I believe you could run this file directly after the sec_csc.zip file. This should get you to %99.99 stock MJ5. (My mods to the MI9_fix.img.ext4 would still be present)

I'm sure I could whip up a stock MI9 image with no Root De La Vega which you could use to make your note 100% stock MJ5 after patching, (with no possibilities of rooting ;)) Would you be interested in such an image?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] seedoubleyou:
Yeah, my concern is that as it is now, I think I can still get any future OTA updates since I don't believe Knox is tripped at this point. My employer is forcing MobileIron down our throat and I'd like to get back to "stock" as possible. What exactly trips the "custom" status? I'm wondering if AdAway residue is what's tripped it. Unfortunately a factory reset didn't fix it. :(

I guess my best bet is waiting for something out of Sammobile.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evilpotatoman:
sysscope trips the custom flag when it detects the folder path /system/bin/.ext (which is created during su installation)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] seedoubleyou:
That's interesting then since I did the SuperSu un-root uninstall and I don't see that anything in /system/bin called .ext (and yes I enabled hidden files in ES).

I wonder if there's some way to re-set it back. Again though, I think Knox is doing its job and I can still check for OTA updates without receiving a 'system modified' warning. Oh well, i'll keep an eye out for a legit Odin image to reflash. Thank you all for your wisdom and my apologies for thread-jacking.

EDIT: I was just thinking about this some more, and I had originally tried to set it back by doing a Factory reset. Because SuperSu remained before and after that, I'm thinking that was when it was tripped. Now that i've done a full SuperSu uninstall un-root, I'm wondering if *another* factory reset would take care of it. Hrm...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evilpotatoman:
It's a one - time trip. I don't think it ever checks to see if that folder is gone. I know if I were coding that check, and detected a .ext folder at one point, it wouldn't make sense to set the flag back to official:angel:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mikeyhim:
I wonder if I flash this MI9 on my rooted MJ5 now, the regionlock away works again
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] LuckyColdJohnson:
SOme links are down and I cant fix my phone. I knew I should of waited
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evilpotatoman:
Which links?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] LuckyColdJohnson:
They are back
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ahmarchi:
Quick question. This does not trip knox correct. And 2, after restoring mj5 to stock does it complete wipe the phone as if it's a new Odin flash?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] wetard@gmail.com:
I performed the procedure and it did not trip the knox flag. As for wiping the phone i believe this will occur by design after performing the update from the external SD card in recovery mode.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] DARKCHYLDX101:
Try a different port. And reinstall drivers.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
I am in download mode whilst using this method. :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
unplug the phone from your computer and plug it back in to a different usb port reinstall the 2 dist files then reinstall the zadig drivers reboot the computer and start over on the hemdale step, also are you on the latest version of hemdall?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
Tried it on over three computers and reinstalled all the drivers, still no luck.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
No luck, still getting the same error.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
I am at a loss ATM. Something is missing and I can't figure out what it is, you have done all the steps I an think of
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
My build for my current Note 3 is 4.4.2

N900AUCUCMLG
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clothednblack:
Maybe you can't downgrade from KK, I don't know. Maybe someone that has done it can chime in and say it worked for them.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HomerSimpson09876:
Alright man, thanks for the help anyways. I'll just pop in on occasion to see what people say.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] DARKCHYLDX101:
I've done it enough where I have it memorized.

Flash mj5 firmware with Odin. Install vcredist packages and zadig driver. Flash mj5 pit and m19 fix system image with heimdal frontend. Go to stock recovery flash csc zip. Go back flash 24...something zip. Reboot extract rdlv zip for root in internal sd. Reboot. Check for superuser. Reboot and enjoy! There were times where pc couldn't detect my device. I just kept fiddling around until I finally got it.