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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
Curious, they say that CF's root de la vega doesn't trip KNOX, is this root method pretty much the root de la vega? or does that not apply now because the software update from JB to KK? THanx though, got the firmware from sammobile! :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.W:
I wouldn't know offhand, its just the method I used that worked.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
Thanx for all your Help! Its greatly appreciated! :good:

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Sorry, last few questions...

Will this rooting method cause issues with OTAs?

Why would you have other carriers bloatware or info on device?

Why would you need to use the dialer to get proper imei?

If you root using CFsAR, I assume from many posts that KNOX will be tripped, but does it factory reset your device and leave unwanted icons on your notification bar, like the triangle notification and other warning icons?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.W:
potentially you might need to disable knox for annoying warnings, hence why most people use custom ROMs and go through all the hoops instead of just rooting and leaving it at that.

As for OTA I highly suspect it will show as custom which would prevent you from OTA but that is samsung being samsung.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
Thanx a Bunch! I appreciate all your assistance. If you know of a solid ROM that runs flawlessly, please point me in the right direction, then point me in the right direction of the thread that tells you how to install the custom ROM. LoL Thanx Again! :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.W:
the two I bounce between are

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2559321

which is the 900Tversion which already has a tmo kernel and you will find said kernels

http://xdaforums.com/note-3-tmobile/orig-development <------ here

visionX

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2470441

Omega (9005 international which may require a tmo kernel)

as for install method you would normally install a custom recovery like listed in the OP here, then you would create a backup of your stock ROM now. This is important if **** goes bad make sure to back it up onto a SD since the 9005 will wipe your internal and its always a safe bet to backup there.

Do not wipe your internal obviously but wipe the other **** except internal and sd then install the ROM. from there you might depending on version install a kernal afterwards. You can use any of the kernels in the tmo desgined for 4.4 bootloader assuming that you have a 4.4 bootloader. Otherwise if you are still on 4.3 you can use hyperdrive from the tmo forum. Any issues feel free to ask

also one last thing, make sure before you flash make sure you have a copy of that ROM + kernel on your sd along with making sure if you go with TWRP or CWM you made that backup in case something does not work properly or it bootloops you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
Thanx Bro, Gonna go with the root first and see where that leads me. Not gonna sweat the KNOX issue, as long as I get root and can use my TOR app so I can get my Pandora and SPotify app going again. That being said, Im still baffled that my Root Explorer app wont allow me to write between my phone and card memory... thats just plain ridiculous...

Thanx phil.W
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.W:
try es explorer. I found that to be a little simpler for myself
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.W:
Finally managed to get the new modem to hold after going t stock a couple times and redoing it along with not restoring any of the other roms and doing clean install entirely.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JohnnyRebel:
I flashed the 5 files from the first post along with cf root and cwm. I was coming from mj4 rooted with root da la vega. All flashes passed via Odin 3.09. Problem is my base bands still stuck on mj4, everything else worked. Tried unticking auto reboot in Odin and flashing modem then manually rebooting back into download and reflashing modem again. Still no success. Did you go back to stock mj4 each time?

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Does anyone know if the latest Canadian stock firmware has the same backdoor as the telcel beta from first post. Eg. Retain Knox 0x0 when downgrading from 4.4 to 4.3? Or was that just a fluke with the leaked beta?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sugoisooshee:
Hmm... I tried to update my phone to 4.4.2 thru Kies but that failed and soft bricked my phone so then I had to download the Rogers 4.4.2 firmware and it worked. I'm guessing I can't revert back to 4.3 now?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JohnnyRebel:
Got me. Did you cf root? Did that trip Knox? I remember cf would trip Knox on all devices along with trying to downgrade the bootloader (on any version later then mj4). The telcel beta was the first I heard of that didn't.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
Well dang...

I hate to bother you again but it seems as if this rooting method wont work, it barely gets started before the fail pops up. tried rooting the traditional way too but it says its all good and the green light pass but on reboot it gets stuck in a boot loop... i can turn phone back on by powering on into download mode and hit volume down and it starts right back up... whatcha think? in Download mode, system status and current binary read custom. That being said no knox flags at this point 0x0... coincidentally, no root either. :confused:

side note: when i boot into recovery, andy is laid down with a red triangle above him... lol S#!T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
Maybe its already rooted :what: did you try installing custom recovery yet via Odin?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
No, I was only looking to root my phone, not install a custom rom (if that's what you mean by custom recovery). I used cf auto root and all notes pointed toward success, but when it rebooted it started boot loop. No su app either. Root checker said no root too...

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Where would the usb debugging setting be on a uprooted SGN3? Forgive me if this is really dumb question... I've read that u need to have usb debugging on as well as having the reactivation lock off... I see no developer options like on my previous devices...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
No worries.. :)Dev option is hidden by default. Go to setting, general, about device then keep tapping build number til message shows something like dev mode enable. Then go back to general developer option will be there. You can now enable usb debugging there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
you think that this may have been the reason for my boot loop issue? seeing as how all other processes were pass and success and root wasnt set in?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
Thanx Bro, with reactivation lock off and usb debug on, still will not root and this method from the OP fails every time... Im lost. Cant figure this out. But I appreciate your help though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
Please post all files you use to flash. Are you using Mexican KK as your base and CF auto root for 900T or you were originally from 4.3 and upgraded kitkat via OTA ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
I used CF auto root with odin 3.07 and this was the file name i used: CF-Auto-Root-hltecan-hlteub-smn900w8.tar.md5 with odinv3.07. I am running stock kk 4.4 that i got from your standard OTA right out of the box(it had 4.3 jb on it when i got the phone, i just new KK was available for it so i updated the phone the same day). it was bone stock before i tried to root. its a bell canada note 3. I then tried to root using the method from a thread that used odin 3.09 and u had to select the 5 appropriate tar and md5 files for your carrier and device and that root failed immediately, but the other auto root method gets all the way to reboot, alls good no red flags, success 1 / fail 0, just gets caught in boot loop. reac lock off and usb debug on...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 1SouthernCanuck:
Got it rooted using ODIN v3.09 and the 9005 md5 file. thanx for all you help, I appreciate it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tpowell.ca:
BTW, for those like me that got confused or just cannot extrapolate from the plathora of information all over the place about triggering KNOX,

I can confirm that you can use the standard CWM or Philz CWM on the N900W8 without triggering KNOX

as long as you are on the Mexican KitKat NA2 bootloader

.

Also, it would seem that once you are on the NA2 bootloader, you can remove all KNOX software from the ROM, and use a different kernel (selinux in permissive mode) without triggering KNOX.

I am using the NA2 bootloader, Philz CWM, KitKat ND5 ROM and the leanKernel.

KNOX 0x0!

:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nicholaschum:
Yes.

NA2 you can do anything you want without triggering KNOX.

NB7 you can do anything except downgrading without triggering KNOX.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JohnnyRebel:
Baseband Fixed

SOLVED

1. Downloaded my latest firmware from Sammobile N900W8VLUCNB7_N900W8OYACNB7_TLS.zip and extracted modem.bin from the zip file.

2. Removed my battery from my Note III and waited one minute.

3. Opened Odin 3.09 on PC.

4. Re-inserted battery, plugged my usb cable into phone and booted into download mode (home + volume-down + power)

5. Unticked auto-reboot inside Odin (F. Reset Time was the only thing remaining checked), then I clicked CP and selected the modem.bin that I extracted from my latest firmware.

6. Clicked start and waited. *note - this takes awhile. Even when it appears to be finished it's not. You have to wait to see the words PASS! and the post <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0).

7. After the modem was completely flashed I held home + volume-down + power and rebooted my phone back into download mode.

8. Inside Odin (which I never closed) I clicked "start" again and waited for the modem to flash again. *note - this takes awhile. Even when it appears to be finished it's not. You have to wait to see the words PASS! and the post <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0).

9. Once complete I held down my power button till my phone shut-off, and disconnected the cable.

10. Powered up and my new baseband is NB7 ;0). I don't know if all modems are this finicky or its just MJ4 that was a *****.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] salvador3:
What's the best modem to use for Wind Mobile? Is it NB7?

Also where do I download the NB7 modem? I'm on xnote 15 right now but my modem is really old (MJ4).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gaganmohal:
Lol. Read one post above. Download wind note 3 firmware from sammobile and follow steps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] salvador3:
Ok got it.

I downloaded the wind mobile NB7 firmware....this file is big 1.4gb. I only want to update the baseband radio to NB7 and retain the current ROM i'm on (X-note 15).

If I upload the NB7 firmware via odin will it overwrite x-note and bring me back to stock?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
Thats correct it will restore stock firmware to your phone. You dont need to flash whole rom all you need is extract modem.bin from pacakage and flash it via Odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nabobcoffee:
Can I flash the modem in recovery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mangala_Dharma:
Ok, I have a canadian note 3, first samsung phone. I have a sm-9005 rom right now but no lte and some troubles with the rom so I'm looking to flash something else. The thing is it's getting a bit complicated for me to synthesize all this info, so right now I believe that the correct steps would be to flash a sm-9005 or sm-900T rom, then a t-mobile kernel specifically, then the wifi fix ? Thanks for getting these correct or wrong..

Sent from my Squid
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] thunder2000nt:
I recommend you check this ROM for Canadian Note 3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2725204
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Deviatorz:
If I already rooted with Kingo, can I skip the odin steps and install custom recovery? Or should I unroot and redo everything?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
Yes flash via Odin, click pda and look for your download. Newest version is 2.7.0.0

http://www.techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hltecan

VISIONIZED
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Deviatorz:
You mean yes as in unroot and redo the process?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
Yes just flash custom recovery and don't need to unroot.

VISIONIZED
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Deviatorz:
Gotcha, thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nicholaschum:
Can someone confirm whether to flash an AOSP ROM, you need any other precautionary steps before running them flawlessly?

Any ROMs that are just flash-n-go from previous experience?

I was looking at N9005 forum's C-ROM, Resurrection Remix and N900T forum's W03 SlimKat - which one is preferred for our variant?

I believe the N9005 forum ROMs have NFC features enabled in settings, so I guess this is a no go if I want everything in Settings to work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kingsley16:
Hello,

Which kernel do you guys use on rogers?

ATM Im using CivZ-SnapKat-Rev3.1-sm_n900T-4.4.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
Any Tmo kernel will work and most of the n9005 ones as well.

Ive tried:

Compulsion

Lean kernel [using right now on visionxNE4]

Civz snapkat

Civz katurbine

Clean kernel

Probably more lol.

Sent from my G2,Note 3 or S4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] amynjimmy:
Force do u have the nfc fix from this thread.... Gave man error when I tried to download

ZL-SM-N900W8/ST-ATT/OXO/VISION X-AURORA R5

MB865/ATT-ST/SLIMKAT-442

Vision 4 Life
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
Ill post the link on behalf of Force ..lol :D

http://www.mediafire.com/?9q565hd5tcqo0na

N900W8 VISIONIZED
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mikroft:
Can someone post a Odin flashable mj4 modem tar.md5? I can't seem to just flash the modem.bin file using Odin and the modem extracted from an older firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] OrangeFever:
Thanks OP! I tried leaving Re-Partition unchecked but it was stuck during bootup, tired leaving Re-Partition checked and it worked perfectly!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nickzan:
For step 1 now that we have the bell Canada 4.4.2 stock rom. Shouldn't I install that on my bell note 3 instead of the mexico rom?

P.s. I'm currently on bell Canada stock rooted 4.3 Knox 0x0. I'm ready for a custom kk rom but want to make sure I get the latest modem and such for my bell variant before installing twrp and a custom ROM.

Bell Canada Note 3. Stock Rooted 4.3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
you dont need it...im still on the old modem without issues.....besides you can always flash the modem later on its own if you want.

Sent from my Note 3, Note 2 or S4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nickzan:
Ya. The thing is my connectivity has gotten bad as of a week or two ago i.e. connection drops where i didn't get them before. and I'm hoping a new modem and rom will help. I don't want to use official kk for a daily driver due to the SD issues and such and I figure if I'm updating might as well pick a more efficient custom kk ROM. I just want the latest modem and such and also I do like having the ability to go back to job if needed.

I've heard I can just extract the modem from the bell kk rom package. I'm not a moron, I did DL the firmware on my PC but where inside the package can I find the modem file to flash via Odin?

Bell Canada Note 3. Stock Rooted 4.3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
NB7 modem latest for N900W8 variants is much better im getting better reception at places where i used to get low signals.

VISIONIZED N900W8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
Guess ill see now...had a little issue with mobile odin last night and ended up having to flashing the entire NB7 firmware lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
Most of us having issue flashing that modem had to do few times to make it stick. I know one user posted some tricks while flashing mdem.bin. Pressing volume down and unplugging the phone and flash it again via Odin.

Edit

Does it mean your device have new BLoader now too? :D

VISIONIZED N900W8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
Yep...no more 4.3 lol. Full on 4.4...rooted and twrp installed as well as the sd fix. Seems to be running okay. I debloated and froze all the knox crap also. Will run stock like this for a bit just to see how it behaves then back to vision of course
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jon3sh:
Need to Vision it right away.. Lol

VISIONIZED N900W8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
I know..feels odd running stock lol. My device hasnt seen a stock rom or kernel since October
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] :
When you run xposed is it truly stock. Lol

Bell Canada Note 3. Stock Rooted 4.4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
Wasnt even running that for a day.

Stock but debloated

sent from Canada via my Note 3, Note 2 or S4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gaganmohal:
Anyone know if we can flash verizon rom on canadian note 3?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
You already asked that here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53440059

Dont need to double post dude just clogs up the forums!

sent from Canada via my Note 3 or Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gaganmohal:
Just to let you guys know. Verizon rom works fine on Canadian note 3 with no issues at all.

Wifi, LTE, NFC, Bluetooth, MMS, SMS, Calls everything working.

Edit: AT&T roms also works fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dakunclear:
So if I flash the NC3 modem do I need to be rooted or will I lose my unroot considering it was such a pain in the ass to revert everything back to 100% stock

Edit: never mind just flashed the Nc3 modem and it worked just fine guess I'll find out if it's any better then nb7 modem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dakunclear:
Okay the nc3 modem works wonders on internet speed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
Where are you located?

sent from Canada via my Note 3 or Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dakunclear:
Calgary Alberta
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xBlackDroid:
Hello, could somebody have some fix for the all share connection? I read that is fixed by installing a stock kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lillypad_33:
I'm having issues flashing from within ODIN guys..

I've downloaded all the original files from the first post.

When attempting to flash in ODIN, the following info is on my screen:

Product Name: SW-N900W8

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

Reactiviation Lock: ON

Knowx Kernel Lock 0x0

Knox Warrant Void: 0x0

Qualcomm secureboot: Enable(CSB)

AP SWREV: S2, T2, A2, A3, P2

Write Protection: Enable

UDC Start

SW REV CHECK FAIL: [aboot]Fused 3> Binary 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gaganmohal:
I believe you have to turn off reactivation lock before you flash anything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dakunclear:
Your right you do need to do that, I myself did that without even knowing lol but that just pure luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lillypad_33:
Thank you for your reply and for not being mean about it.

Unfortunately that's the first thing I checked and under settings --> general --> security, I have de-selected reactivation lock.

I had to enter my gmail password to do so.

It's as though the device has it built in to reset this while in the boot loader, but as soon as the rom boots up it reverts back?

** EDIT... I enabled the reactivation lock ( so that the check was enabled ) and then deselected it again.

This time reactivation lock says OFF, but the same error ( SW REV CHECK FAIL ) comes up

Since my ROM is LUCNB7 do I need to download the mexican variation of that one?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dakunclear:
It shouldn't or at least it's never reset like that on me and I flash different roms about once a week and constantly going back to stock
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lillypad_33:
Looks like I'm just not lucky or something like that....

Like I said... I have got the reactiviation lock saying off now, but I still get the same error..

From reading some other threads in this forum, it seems as though you cannot downgrade after you're already on 4.4.2?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lillypad_33:
Phone is flashing right now....

I downloaded the newest Canadian LUCNB7 AP file, and didn't select the baseband.

I guess I'll see what happens when I reboot....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
You can but there are specific files you have to flash...theres a couple threads in here on exactly how to do this.

sent from Canada via my Note 3 or Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lillypad_33:
OK.... so it never would let me update the bootloader. That always has stayed at the same.

I was able to install the mexican AP file.

I was able to flash the chainfire autoroot file and then the twrp custom recovery.

The phone will boot to twrp recovery which is good.

I was able to do a backup which is good....

Root Checker said that I was good to go!

Next on to the Xnote Rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lineux:
n900w8 rooted

I have a bell n900w8 recently rooted with CF-auto. I have Knox at 0x0. I'm already at 4.4.2 (phone came with it)

now I'm hoping to flash X-Note Rom but I'm a bit paranoid on tripping the Knox counter. I won't care if it gets tripped but I'd rather not.

also wondering why we have to flash the mexican bootloader in the start on the instructions?

any guidance would be appreciated.

Thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nicholaschum:
That's only of you want to upgrade to 4.4.2 from 4.3.

Mexican bootloader is better than the Canadian one because you can do more with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lineux:
so if I'm already at 4.4.2 and rooted (not on mexican bootloader) should I not bother with it and just proceed to flash X-Note rom?

Also, the Download link for WIFI/NFC fix (NB7 Source) is not working for me. It asks for a decryption key?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rezoon:
Lineux as long as you rooted and have a recovery installed you would have a very tough time tripping knox.

For that matter has anyone with a n900w8 even tripped Knox?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] force70:
Yep...tripped mine 2 weeks after i got the device...but I bought it the first day it hit the stores (like always) so there was no way around tripping it then.didnt care then and dont care now.

To be honest i dont know why ppl are so paranoid about it...its always made me laugh reading all the knox tripping paranoia. ..who cares lol? Just enjoy modding your device people! If your so worried about knox why are u even here on xda?

sent from Canada via my Note 3 or Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lineux:
Word.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rezoon:
Good point I have yet to brick or need to return a device and I've gone through 6 smart phones with my wife over the years.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lillypad_33:
In the end everything is up and running.

I had some WiFi issues but I installed lean kernel. Everything is running smooth now. I decided on xnote ROM.