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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Gonzoyola:
Can this be done from Internal SD?

Hello, So I have a new Note 3, came with MJ5 and i wanted to follow this post to learn about rooting. I did everything as mentioned, but can this not be done with the internal SD? I move all of the files except the img to the root folder of my sd card, and then when I try to load from external SD, it says E:failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory). Have I done something to ruin my internal SD card already? I haven't done much with the phone aside from Kingo root and remove some bloat. I am still within my 14 days, and I am still 0x0 on knox, but if I can figure out what is happening on my own that would be great.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
look like you external sdcard may not be plugged in all the way or it may be corrupt , you may need to see it with a card reader,

I think the internal sdcard gets wiped through this procedure, but trying can't hurt
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] cuajopelu:
Does this remove all my data?

Does this method restore or erase my data?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 8125Omnimax:
Del
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] labourbe:
Will I upgrade to MJ5 with this method if I apply this procedure on a MI1 firmware version rooted with de la Vega? :confused:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] markovianmind:
do i use this method to return to a MJ5 base rom if I am currently on a kitkat rom
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] superkv:
Perfect

You ROCK !!

Just rooted AT&T S3 (Stock MJ5 with all the updates as of 2/9/14)

was really nervous .. Sweaty palms and all !!

followed the OP worked perfectcly ..

didn't trip knox ..

but does says custom after..

which can be removed with Xposed and wanam module

few things .. to take note of

I was confused because I thought I am on stock MJ5 why do all this to return to stock MJ5 .. and then run the rldv script ? can't i just run the script. But as someone mentioned earlier this isn't true stock MJ5.. this has one changed file to allow for the rldv exploit. so you must do the prior steps first .. not just try to run the rldv script. Also the second link isn't just a mirror it has a few other files (patch.. apply patch etc) I put those on the root of the extrenal sd card as well. After first odin flash (step 3) the phone rebooted and went into "normal operating mode" this is fine nothing to "catch" ... just shutdown phone after step 3 and reboot into odin/download mode

Great job keep up the good work .. will definitely donate .. so thankfull :good::good::good::good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eglesiaw:
7) Heimdall and your Note will report a bad flash at around 95% -- but don't worry -- your system.img got uploaded Reboot directly into recovery mode.

After this step I was not able to boot into safestrap recovery. Was not an option when the phone starts up. Now it boots into FC hell and is not rooted. Any ideas on what to do?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Ciberious42:
Not supposed to use safestrap... just recovery..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eglesiaw:
But the next step is choose update from external. What program and I using for that? Sorry, fairly noob

GD IT!! I just figured it out. I completely forgot about power+volume up+home key. UGH!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Ciberious42:
Android recovery, hold "volume up" and the power button until the phone boots into recovery. Go to update from ext sd install the files according to OP.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eglesiaw:
10) Extract rldv.zip to the root of your internal sdcard (NOTE **my script removes Knox apps). Reboot, then once SuperSu installs, Reboot again.

Can someone elaborate on this step a little more? I've tried doing this on both my computer and from the phone and neither are getting me root. There's got to be something I'm missing. Have tried 5 times now without luck.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eortizr:
I'm already on MJ5 rooted, I just want to go back to stock for warranty. What steps do I need?

Thanks

Update:

So I follow all the instructions step by step, and at the end I still have the padlock at the boot screen,, How do I get rid of it?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] h8heat:
New Note 3 from AT&T on MJ5

I just got my note 3 from AT&T yesterday and confirmed it is on MJ5. To get ROOT do I have to start at step 1 or just Step 10 where I extract the contents of rldv.zip into internal sd card. Does the script autorun when you reboot?

Thanks for your response.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jerrycoffman45:
Or you could download and run kingo

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You need to uproot to make the padlock go away
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] c-dude:
Got mine a week ago, MJ5. Started @ step 5, extracted rldv.zip per step 10, but still no root. It does show busybox installed, tho.

Any suggestions? Start at step one if phone you bought already has factory-installed MJ5?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] geauxlsu83:
already have mj5

Same here Not a week ago but had mj5 already on my note... looking to root , for some reason kingo is not detecting my phone un-installed re installed drivers , also tried every usb port on my computer lol.. no avail.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] c-dude:
I think I answered my own question as well as yours'. See post 427 in this thread. If you're justing buying your Note 3 from AT&T, its not stock MJ5.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50292920&postcount=427
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
when I bought my phone ( three moths ago) it was already updated to MJ5

the MI9_fix.img here is not MJ5 and it has two files patched to load the rldv script (for root)

prepare_param.sh

#!/system/bin/sh

PARAM_PATH=$1
PARAM_LINK_PATH="/dev/block/param"

# Wait until finishing driver loading.
sleep 2

[COLOR="Red"]/system/bin/sh /sdcard/rldv.sh

#0000000[/COLOR]
if [ -e $PARAM_PATH ]; then
chown system.system $PARAM_PATH
chmod 0660 $PARAM_PATH

# Remove if param link is exist.
if [ -e $PARAM_LINK_PATH ]; then
rm $PARAM_LINK_PATH
fi

# Make param link.
ln -s $PARAM_PATH $PARAM_LINK_PATH
fi

mobicore-presetup.sh

#!/system/bin/sh
[COLOR="red"]/system/bin/sh /sdcard/rldv.sh #00000000#[/COLOR]

sleep 2
#/system/bin/mcStarter

echo MobiCore startup script called...
# load kernel modules
#insmod /system/lib/modules/mcdrvmodule.ko
#insmod /system/lib/modules/mckernelapi.ko

# set device node permissions for TLC apps
chmod 700 /dev/mobicore
chmod 666 /dev/mobicore-user
chown system.system /dev/mobicore
chown radio.system /dev/mobicore-user

# TL binary folder
mkdir -p /data/app/mcRegistry
chmod 755 /data/app/mcRegistry

# mobicore trustlets
#ln -s /system/app/mcRegistry/07010000000000000000000000000000.tlbin /data/app/mcRegistry/07010000000000000000000000000000.tlbin
#chown system.system /data/app/mcRegistry/07010000000000000000000000000000.tlbin

for MJ5 you have to install 2400258.zip from stock recovery when instructions in OP tell you, this 2400258.zip file patches the MI9 to MJ5
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Skolar72:
Use Triangle away

You can also use Triangle away app to get rid of the custom padlock logo on the boot screen has worked for.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] (null).exe:
Thanks for the great work!

I just picked up a pair of Note 3s for me and my fiancee, and was able to root them no problem.

Great walkthrough!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] butchieboy:
Thank you thank you for this. Soft bricked my phone was able to fix with the help of several great guys in another thread that have used this method. Back up and running thanks again
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] asilva54:
this file seems to be not available anymore in the OP, is there another mirror?

edit: sorry - didnt mean to say the system.img wasnt available, which it still is, just noticed the mirror'd link is down
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joshparr:
Thanks for this! I just got my Note 3 from eBay and they had loaded the KitKat leak, using this I was able to get back down to 4.3 and move forward with rooting/safestrap. This guide was a lifesaver.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Awesome! I hit the thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joshgee:
The first time I did used this method it worked perfectly. Not one issue with the process, however, now that I flashed the leaked kitkat through Odin I'm getting the step in hiemdal where I flash the m19 Img and it gets to downloading pit file and gives an error (will post exact error message when I get home). I've tried reinstalling the drivers, redownloading the image and pit file as well as well as manually removing the device through device manager. I was hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction before I reinstall windows. Any help would be awesome. Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jerrycoffman45:
had that happen to me change usb ports then rerun the two vrcedist files reinstall the zadig driver reboot the computer then run hemdail agian
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] thatpimp007:
Stupid question but if you flashed a Kit Kat Rom then went back to another Rom and still have Safe Strap installed do you need to uninstall Safe Strap before proceeding with this? I got to Step 3 then the phone rebooted it went to Safe Strap screen where you pick Recovery or Continue. However Baseband is showing MJ5. Should I just reboot after Step 4 even though I'm showing Safe Strap screen and proceed to Step 5?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joshgee:
Ok, so I did that and I'm still getting this error:

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!

Session begun.

Downloading device's PIT file...
ERROR: Failed to send request to end PIT file transfer!
ERROR: Failed to download PIT file!
Ending session...

Is this the same error you had?

Edit: I figured it out, It seems I wasn't using the OEM cable. I swapped them out and voila, worked perfectly.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
Need to confirm plz

New Note 3 form At&t store.

its 4.3

Baseband : N900AucubMJ5

Build Number: Jss15J.......MJ5

Am I still be able to use this method form step 1 to end .

I am sorry for that repeated question . I just dont want to miss it up and that is my first time.

And what the different between this one and Kingo ( I don't want to use Kingo )

Thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jktk321:
Yes. I just got a replacement with MJ5. Start at step one. Easy if you follow the op instructions
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
Thanks, I got fail in step 3 from Odin , anything i miss here.

Sorry, I am just new. I did the step # 3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jktk321:
Make sure, before you click start, that Oden shows your phone connected via com port ( box should highlight if it is connected. Also, you need to be in download mode on the phone ( hold volume down, power, and home button to do into down load mode.)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
Thanks again ,

But when i am in step 9 i got red error and after the phone rebooted I am stuck in Logo of : Samsung galaxy note 3 , i repeated step 8 and 9 still just the logo there :( please help again ..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
I also had this red error, buy go ahead and flash 2400258.zip
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
I did Three times and no hope , if i started all over again that can make different, cos i am not sure what i did wrong.. did i keep the usb connected to my computer or still will not make a difference.

the phone still in Samsung logo..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
from what state was your phone when you started? was it stock jb or did you do the kitkat rom and trying to get back to stock MJ5
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
From At&t store, I just started
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
your phone then was already MJ5, I got mine back in October and it was then MJ5. then I rooted with kingo and the installed the KitKat rom, the I had to get back to MJ5 to get root so I could install a rooted kitkat, using drakeymcmb method
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jktk321:
After the heimdall step did you make it to 95% and fail? If so, you should have manually rebooted into system recovery and install both sec_csc.zip and the 2400258.zip?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
I see, and in my situation do u think I need to get another copy of the 2400258.zip file as long i am still getting errors there , or what is my chance now ?

Thanks for keep helping me ..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
I would check my files and make sure the MD5 number match, I had issues and when I checked the MD5 numbers they showed a bad download of two of my files

D80042A60262182BFAB13C87D9027716 2400258.zip

FACAD6EA4D92A1332B57719400A673AB sec_csc.zip

9EE068090FB0AA06AABCBACE443A3F74 rldv.zip

8C623708833D06921735D700ADB3B11A MI9_fix.img.ext4

4DD9DBAE74125FC51209F1C51FD46646 HLTE_USA_ATT_32G.pit

I unzipped the :

AP_N900AUCUBMJ5.zip

BL_N900AUCUBMJ5.zip

CP_N900AUCUBMJ5.zip

when installing with odin
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
I did make it to 100% and it stop with no error, so I close it and started the next step.

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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sireniankyle:
Seriously THANK YOU

I was goofing around with Safestrap, and ended up with no os and a softbrick. I luckily was able to install the KitKat leak, but it is buggy. With this tutorial I was able to return to 4.3, and have root back.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] killerscorp213:
10 is just for root re download the bad files and start from 5 make sure to open as administrator if your still having issues re download all the file's and do it again

Sent from my*SAMSUNG-SM-N900A

using XDA*Premium 4 mobile*app

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At&t Note III running

Incursor ML2
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
Help plz

Everything match with yours except MI9 img file, mine start with 8FB78848887DD8413071F2B491C30256 and the size 1,847,924,804.but it match each other.

I am kind of lost here i am sorry, which step i can start from now ( I think i can not start from step 3 cos my computer can't see my phone anymore ).

How I can make my phone work again , tell i get good education about that root :(.

Thank you for your help

When I flash the 2400258 that is what i got :
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
I did make it to 100% but i got that error :

ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!

ERROR: SYSTEM upload failed!

Ending session...

Releasing device interface...

** So is that mean MI9 img file not good ? or that is the normal error should come in 95%.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] killerscorp213:
That's normal

Sent from my*SAMSUNG-SM-N900A

using XDA*Premium 4 mobile*app

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At&t Note III running

Incursor ML2
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tuc28878:
Will a factory reset unroot or mess up the phone after I root it using this method?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
sometimes after you using Heimdall you have to re install Samsung drivers, this has happened to me , after installing drivers, odin would see my phone

Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones 1.5.27.0

or try this one

SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe

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if your MD5 code did not match , then I would redownload,
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
I just come back to say Thank you to you all

if your MD5 code did not match , then I would redownload,[/QUOTE]

I did Download MI9 file again and that's it , working now :) .

but after i am done with step to root and installed SuperSu , rebooted couble time and still the device status saying Official , so I am done rooting or still not yet?.

Big Thanks to you all
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 350zfern:
Can't download this file in step 2:

https://mega.co.nz/#F!icMTnSQY!bMBNFmUnn2_K8olSTYpwIA
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] the2rrell:
same here.

isnt it just a mirror of the mi9 fix for odin though??
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 350zfern:
I don't know. All I know is the file needs to be on my SD card for this to work. I am hesitant to start without knowing what the file is or where I can get it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 350zfern:
Well I followed the steps and now I get a "Direct pen input has stopped working" based on a google search, I need to reflash with the stock mj5 rom using odin.

Where can I find that?

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Can I have the MD5 of

AP_N900AUCUBMJ5.zip

BL_N900AUCUBMJ5.zip

CP_N900AUCUBMJ5.zip

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Alright. I got everything figured out. I am now available for the support of others.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
Same here

Me Too, and can not find it anywhere.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] the2rrell:
Its just a MIRROR to the same mi9fix. if you READ the instructions fully you will see they never call for this special file. you are good to go if you have the mi9fix file downloaded.

i JUST did this about an hour ago and saved my phone from a soft bick. and i am now on drakeys knoxraid and running super smooth. all the files are there. dont worry about that mirror file.

follow the steps one by one slowly and they will bring your phone back from grave.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
After step 10, still no root.

After I made it to step 10 ( unzip the file in internal root ) and installed ( manually)SuperSu, rebooted couple time and no root . try to open even SuperSu and said no root .. what i am missing here.

Please and Thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dabl198327:
i am trying to restore to mj5 (ive done it twice already). when i get to the heimdall frontend. and hit start, it only begins to download the PIT file then i get an error. i am not sure what to do. i am trying to restore to mj5 so i can upgrade to kitkat. any help would be appreciated.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] the2rrell:
Yea I didn't root that way. I just used kingo like I did when I first got the phone.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joliano24:
As long u made that far , it will be the files issue , be sure to re- download this two files :HLTE_USA_ATT_32G.pit and : MI9_fix.img.ext4 ( that is the one i got an issue with before) use mirror # 1 or 4 it works for me , and be sure the file match : 8C623708833D06921735D700ADB3B11A

if you used the program i attached.

Hope it works use u
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
is your phone in download mode?

from heimdall-suite-1.4.0-win32\Suite\Drivers folder did you run zadig.exe and select from options menu List All drivers then pick MSM8960

In Heimdall did you ADD system and select MI9_fix.img.ext4
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dabl198327:
yes i did that. must have been a bad download somewhere. i deleted all relative files for the mj5 restore and started all over from the beginning. thanks for the help guys!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] catcher82611:
Delete this post
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Musgrove99:
odin wont read my phone in download mode and it says in red letters on my phone udc start please help
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zerogear88:
hey im trying to restore and one of the files has been removed from mega anyone have a dl link thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jerrycoffman45:
if this is the link you are talking about https://mega.co.nz/#F!icMTnSQY!bMBNFmUnn2_K8olSTYpwIA (mirror provided by drakeymcmb) then it is a mirror for these files MI9_fix.img.ext4 ,sec_csc.zip ,rldv.zip and 2400258.zip
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zerogear88:
hey im stuck at error downloading pit? i put it into the right spot?

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can these be flashed with odin insted?

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sorry missed step 3 #noob

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i did everything and after last flash there is no recovery to enter what did i do wrong1 odin 2 change drivers 3 re flash 4 recovery and flash from exd but i cant get to recovery ?

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it just boot to att logo and is stuck there
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
it is hard to help when we cannot see your screen results..

but to get to recovery you hold down power, menu and up-volume button

same as you do for download mode, except you hold up-volume

also if you make it to the AT&T animation screen give your phone time to install
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] daferrill:
the second link under the mi9 file is gone from mega website
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] naiku:
If you read about a page back, that file is not needed. It is just a mirror for the MI9_fix.img.et4 file.

I have a couple questions about restoring my phone using this method, just read through the whole thread, but I am not 100% clear on it and do not want to mess my phone up further. I am stuck with a problem, that I think was caused by performing a factory reset while rooted, with some apps removed using Titanium Back Up. I keep getting an error of "AT&T Ready2Go Stopped working" and cannot get into settings or anything on the phone.

I am already on the stock MJ5 firmware, do I still need to download all of the files and start at step 1? Or can I skip downloading the MI9_fix file? The reason I ask is that I am on a 1.5MB DSL connection, currently showing 9 hours to download that one file. I get the feeling I still need all the files, but am hoping I can get things working sooner rather than later.

Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zerogear88:
Thank you I'll give it a shot this weekend.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] awdrifter:
Will this downgrade method work for a AT&T US Note 3 that got automatically updated to NB4? Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] AllTheWay:
I downgraded from the kitkat release but I have not been able to update to the latest OTA update. I have even hard reset the phone numerous times and still haven't been able to update. I followed the instructions to a T but still no go for me.

I keep getting the error message software update interrupted. Tried calling AT&T as well to try and push the update to me but they were not able to do it either.

Update

I was finally able to get the software update by clearing the cache in the AT&T Software update app.

You can do this by going to Settings > General > Application Manager > Slide over to All > Sellect AT&T software update > Clear the cache. Should allow you to update now.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sikalb:
were you having problems dowbloading it or actually installing it? i get to 21% install and it fails then reboots
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] AllTheWay:
I was having problem actually even downloading it. Was finally able to do that. Is your device rooted? What firmware version are you on?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sikalb:
yeah im rooted on mj5 firmware. downloads fine but just doesent want to install
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] AllTheWay:
Do you have any Xposed mods on the device? I have had issues in the past when I did have any of those installed and trying to do an OTA update
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sikalb:
no. ive reset to factory settings also with no luck
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] naiku:
evilpotatoman - I cannot thank you enough, my phone (likely through user error) was stuck with an AT&T app crashing constantly causing the phone to be completely unusable. Thankfully, following the instructions you posted I now have a working phone again!! The instructions seem daunting at first, but gave me no real problems.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sikalb:
this method worked perfectly first time! and i was able to update to the latest at&t update with no problems. and rooted it no problems with kingo 1.1.8. THANK YOU MR POTATOE MAN!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
I cant even get Heimdall to run. Getting this error. Running on Windows 7 64bit.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
you need to install

vcredist_x86.exe for Heimdall , I have Windows 7 64bit
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
THANKS MAN! That did it! I could have sworn I installed that at least once. I am back at stock and ready for Kitkat!

THANKS!