yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
I'm no expert either but CSC stands for Consumer Software Customization which is basically the reason why I can change my CSC to another carrier and get their bloatware. Maybe on your model it acted like a SIM lock. Weird stuff but like you can see, this is very much work in progress and why i always ask people that message me in PM post here instead so we can all work on this

yes he did
[Galaxy Note 3 General] amynjimmy:
Lol it is all well and good.... Learned allot about Odin... Now lain flashing all different Roms like crazy but still staying on x note

MB865/ST-ATT/4.4.2 BMM

SM-N900W8/ST/Rooted knox 0x0 w/cwm xnote 9
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dragoncius:
Thanks. Did it trip KNOX? I guess not.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
you guessed correct! What made you guess that? The fact that he says "I spent 6 hrs of flashing and goofing around. My phone is stil OxO!!!!"???:laugh::p
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dragoncius:
Maybe with all the stuff he did something happened and didnt trip KNOX by luck! LOL

Thanks :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
HAHA, ya but i dont believe in luck when this happened to me and many, many other members. I probably am not technical enough to find out what changed that made our knox stay intact, but the fact is, people have been doing some pretty obvious stuff that before tripped knox instantly and for some reason, if my method was used in the first place, whatever they do after doesnt trip it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dragoncius:
I just flashed mexican 4.4.2 on top of my MJ1 (rooted). Tried woth Mobile Odin to keep root by flashing BL after inital flash, but failed. LOL. Guess I will just CF Root and get rooted without tripping knox. :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
If you want to go back to 4.3 here's what you should do:

- if you flashed a custom rom ( x-note, omega, etc...) after flashing stock firmware, you have to flash back to stock KK same way when you upgrade

- flash your original 4.3 firmware, for example in my case I have MJ4 before flashing then I have to flash MJ4 back because MJ1 will fail.

- if after flashing of original 4.3 firmware is getting stuck at the samsung flash screen, take battery out and put it back in, boot to recovery ( press vol up + power + home button at the same time till recovery appears then let go ) and do factory reset then reboot and it should boot up all the way to setup

This is all based on my experience when the Mexico firmware first came to the scene for the N900W8 and there's some bugs that needs to be worked out so I have to flash back to 4.3 after trying different custom roms.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Thats true, i did downgrade to 4.3 when i was on stock ad not on custom rom
[Galaxy Note 3 General] amynjimmy:
I think I figured out the whole csc problem that I had . I flashed the wrong file.

I flashed : CSC_TCE_N900W8TCECNA2_336994_REV03_user_low_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar

Instead of

Canadian Multi CSC.tar

Wow that makes sense now....:)

MB865/ST-ATT/4.4.2 BMM

SM-N900W8/ST/Rooted knox 0x0 w/cwm xnote 9
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
lol!! fail:silly:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PherChe:
Hello there.

Well I upgraded to 4.4 but I was trying to root it, however I did cannot without stay knox 0x0 so then I decided to downgrade to 4.3 and I had not troubles with that. I don't notice can be a error doing that so I'm so happy to know it now because my knob still 0x0 and 4.3 because KitKat makes my note to be hot all day even with full wipe.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
From what I understood you said it was 0x0 when you flashed KK then it went back to 0x0 when you downgraded? I'm not too sure if I understood your broken English but I'm pretty sure Knox always stayed 0x0.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PherChe:
LOL I still thinking in my main language. I mean I upgraded to 4.4.2 and don't like it, later I downgraded to 4.3 and my knox never change and no troubles with the downgrade. I did know need a specials steps to downgrade it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Ahh my bad then...hehe yeah if you stayed on stock rom you can upgrade and downgrade as you wish!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PherChe:
Oh ok. I didn't know that :) I don't to use KitKat because I don't like the bloatware and for my country there are not a options for CSC. Then I didn't find a option to root it without move the knox.

Is it possible with triangle away?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
if you root with CF-Auto root you keep knox 0x0
[Galaxy Note 3 General] donvito62:
i rooted with Kingo Android ROOT.i was on stock, i still have knox 0x0 too :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Kingo is designed to do that. Cf is not. That's what's surprising
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
N900W8 Claro Puerto Rico

Hi. I have a N900W8 from Claro Puerto Rico and I'm wondering if this works. I downloaded all the files on the OP (except the csc) and downloaded a copy of the original firmware for the phone. I believe I'm only missing the modem and the csc and I was wondering if I could extract these files from the original firmware I downloaded. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks !
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Yes you can extract the modem from the firmware, if you don't know how, go up a page or 2 and I have explained how to do it. As for the CSC, flash the one I provided as it is not found on the stock firmware. Also, you can alternatively flash a custom rom after you've upgraded to 4.4 and not worry about csc. If you do decide to stay stock, i dont thing having a Canadian CSC will negatively impact you in any except maybe bloat, but you can easily get rid of it.

EDIT: I have also upgraded OP with instruction on how to extract modem from stock firmware
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
I'm having problems. Odin seems to always fail

<ID:0/008> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> BL_N900W8UBUCNA2_336994_REV03_user_low_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> AP_N900W8UBUCNA2_336994_REV03_user_low_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..

<ID:0/008> File analysis..

<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/008> Initialzation..

<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/008> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/008> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/008> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/008> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/008> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/008> tz.mbn

<ID:0/008> sdi.mbn

<ID:0/008> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/008> boot.img

<ID:0/008> recovery.img

<ID:0/008> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/008> userdata.img.ext4

<ID:0/008> persist.img.ext4

<ID:0/008> PK

<ID:0/008>

<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.

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

Edit: Flashed back the original firmware file and it flashed succesfully.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
check MD5 of

ALL

files
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
Checked md5 of ALL files and they all passed. The only file I can't check the md5 is the modem I extracted from my original firmware. Could that be the problem ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
try flashing my modem and you'll know. My guess is, yes...that is your problem
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
Will that modem work with Claro PR?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Try and see.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
Do I understand this correctly:

So long as I don't upgrade to an official carrier version of KitKat (like, the Rogers official firmware or something whenever it drops), I can, at least for now, install any rom of my choosing without affecting my Knox? This is basically me asking, what should I look for in a ROM page that should signal a red flag to not install the rom because my knox will be tripped.

(I'm too paranoid, but I want to flash X-Note 10 now, but like, I really have no idea what I'm doing and I can't lose this warranty T_T)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
use my technique and you will not trip knox flashing custom roms, Ive tried xnote, echoe and sweet and none of them tripped knox flag, i couldnt tell you for other as i have limited access to a note with knox 0x0. I flashed my friend note to Xnote 10 and running CWM today and still knox 0x0.

As for official rogers stock KK rom, i guess well see when it comes out. As far as i can understand, i don't know why we couldn't convert this process from a mexican base to a canadian base and keep the same miraculous process of not triggering knox
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ingram10:
To the OP thank you very much, this worked on my phone all with out tripping knox
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
Flashed and worked. Thanks a lot. I downloaded X Note 10 but I read it was only for 9005. Is it safe to flash it on our phones ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
yup...9005 roms are compatible with W8. I'm running xnote 10
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
Installed X Note. It's awesome. However now I have slow data connection. Any fix for this ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jeffrey81:
Im from PR to I have a claro note 3. How do you upgrade with a csc of claro pr
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
Use the CSC Provided on the opening post.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PherChe:
How I can root this version without touch the knox.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
you can open your eyes and put all the letters together and form sentences.

God i hate people that don't even bother reading the damn op...

dont bother asking questions that have been answered here you wont get answers
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jeffrey81:
Do You have your claro apps intact?? Do you have any bug or problem with the firmware?? The modem and csc is the same thing ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PherChe:
Patience, Virtue of the Forts...

I asking how to root the Note, because kingo doesnt work. I would not like to increase my knox... i didnt see where say "root the kikat on note 3 safely for Knox" or something like that... and yes i can read, but the english is not my main language, so i try to understand all and like me, there are more people to speak other languages and try to understant but do not always can understand 100%... you should try to be patience becuase we try to understand, we do not just speak our main language, be try to learn more like english... the day when you learn spanish maybe that day you will understand me because understand spanish is not like understand english... different ways to think.

P.D: Someone told me CF-Root move knows, Kingo does not. My apologize to dont born being a god.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
If you followed all the instruction on the first post and your knox is still 0x0, then just flash CF Auto root.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
If you need translation, then ask for translation. If you need to know how to root a W8 on kit kat and keep 0x0, then as i previously said before, read the thread. Patience has nothing to do with lazyness. I spend hours a day helping people here and people like you that dont take the time to adapt to their problems, like not understanding english, i dont even feel like helping. When this technique first came out, it was on a website that was spanish, The only word i know of spanish is OLA, but you know what? I didnt start crying about the fact that i dont speak spanish and stopped my work there, i used the internet, like google translate to help me understand. Thats motivation, something you might want to learn about before giving others lessons about patience.

You didnt even bother reading the first post of this thread, because if you did, you wouldnt ask that question.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PherChe:
Ok. i will give you the reason, it has not sense to talk about something with "no one wins" (i dont know how you say it un regional terms), and like i said before, i upgrade to 4.4.2 and then downgrade to 4.3 without troubles, and yes, someone told me there is no trouble if you stay on stock rom, i just wanted to know if there is a way to root it because i got 4.4.2 flashed before to find your post, from AndroidMX where launched the rom (i installed without CSC, Telcel is not my carrier, but i got a mexican carrier) and wanna know... if doesnt matter and CFRoot will work (just for not follow your instruccions), does not affect the knows.

Thanks for your post, because of you a lot people like me can have great things on our mobiles, and i say again, thanks for your post, work, time and all you used to make it possible. A real apologize if some way i offence you.

P.D: OLA=wave, from the sea, Hola is hello, from Hola, polish_pat =)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
I'm not offended my friend, lets just say we got lost in translation :p. If i were you, i'd go back to 4.3 and upgrade and root using my technique. I cant confirm if rooting where you are now will trigger knox or not. What i can suggest is don't risk it, be safe and do it like i told you too, this method is proven and confirmed by many users. Once you've upgraded to 4.4 using my steps, you can use cf-root and flash a custom recovery if you wish.

P.S. Thanks for the spanish lesson, thanks to you, i now know 2 words in spanish:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PherChe:
:)

Last question, can I use a a CSC from a 4.3 firmware, I hate Telcel's bloatware so i'd like to use a CSC from a unbranded stock 4.3 ROM or Iusacell bloatware.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
No sure where to ask this, so I guess I'll just ask it here. Does anyone have the files/method to get back the LTE icon LOL. I miss it on X-Note :P
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Yes

Please go ask this question in the correct section. This is not the right place
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Motokorth:
Pretty awesome flashed cm 11 then to xnote 10 and still 0x0. Thanks for putting up the instructions and links. This is on my Rogers note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ponts:
Do you have to do anything special to get cm11 working on n900w8?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Motokorth:
Nothing special with the new unified build. Just the normal stuff like doing a factory reset when going between tw and asop
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ponts:
Any chance you can post a link to the thread/build you are talking about? I can't seem to find it. Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Motokorth:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2653031

Enjoy.

I missed the s cover stuff so I swapped to xnote, so I can't answer anything about how it is now.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
Data Speeds

Hello all. I have my Note 3 flashed with NoteX 10 and it is working flawlessly. The battery life, speed and customization is second to none. Thanks a lot to polish_pat on posting this method to retain knox and let us flash custom roms,root and kernels. However, I'm having sluggish download speeds when using my data plan. I'm not certain if this has to do with the kernel or the modem and I'd like some help on this. If anyone can help me it will be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] frankbonatelli:
Worked perfectly. Thanks all
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
What kernel you using?

What modem you using?

Do you get a 4G icon when on Data or just H+ and 3G?

Have you checked if your LTE settings are input correctly?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] amynjimmy:
Pat, I may have to send in my unit if I don't get the audio straight put... I get missing in all audio formats be it Jango, Pandora, poweramp. I had this problem before. I upgraded to kk. I can from mi5 firmware and last time I tried to down grade to jb I had black screen. What was the Odin method unused to downgrade. ? Old in have to send my notes in its gonna have to be on jb I bet.

MB865/ST-ATT/4.4.2/BMM

Zero Lemon Powered SM-N900W8/Att-ST/Rooted/OxO/CWM/ViSiOn NB3_4.4.2, CiV's 1.2turb,Wanam,BluOZ,AirCommand.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
I didn't understand what you said. If you want to downgrade just flash back stock KK and then use odin to flash stock JB
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AlandEr0301:
Mates i could flash this rom without trip the Knox? http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=750744
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Antoni0_23:
I'm running SnapKat 2.0 and the XNote10 ROM. I restored the EFS and the Modem from the stock ROM and still no luck. My data speeds are horrible. Any help?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gidzdlcrz:
I wonder why can this n900w8 can downgrade back to jellybean. Huhuhu!!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
Guys, help me figure this out:

I have successfully flashed and upgraded to kitkat using the steps provided. Rooted and installed recovery and then tried restarting the phone to stock kit kat, but I am stuck at kit kat.

I've repeated the steps with a few different recommendations on this thread like checking or unchecking the partitions and doing the whole process from scratch, but i cant seem to get out of boot loop.

any suggestions?

By the way i am running the canadian version of note 3 - w8
[Galaxy Note 3 General] amynjimmy:
Re Odin kit kat... Force dl mode with the 3 buttons... And make sure u use the correct files... Flash the Odin files.. Then flash thru AP the cf auto root, let that finish and then do the recovery.

MB865/ST-ATT/4.4.2/BMM

Zero Lemon Powered SM-N900W8/Att-ST/Rooted/OxO/CWM/ViSiOn NB3_4.4.2, CiV's 1.2turb,Wanam,BluOZ,AirCommand.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
Thats exactly what i think i am doing. Use the download mode to flash the 5 files. flash auto root on AP and then do recovery. But for some reason bootloop continues.

By the way, i am not sure if this has anything to do with my problems, but i keep seeing this message on twrp when i am trying to install a 4.4.2 rom: Unable to mount usb storage. has this got anything to do with my problems?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
Did you uncheck Reactivation lock and enable USB Debugging?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Slicka70:
So I've read through the 17 pages on this thread and have a few questions.

I dont want a custom recovery, only root access. Do the whole process and only flash cfautoroot correct?

If I go back to 4.3 will it remove root as well?

Will this trigger my flash counter (not knox counter) and if so when I go back to 4.3 unrooted how would I remove my flash count?

Im going to get the S5 when it comes out and give this to my girlfriend so I want it to be bone stock so we dont have any issue.

Any help is appreciated, thanks guys!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
Where do you have these options? On Odin? I am using Odin 3.09 and dont see these.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
Oh wait you're bootlooping.. nevermind ><
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
if youre bootlooping after installing stock through ODIN it's maybe because you didnt check MD5. If you did, try to boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset plus clear cache.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Slicka70:
So I got onto 4.4.2 no problem, thanks [MENTION=4363415]polish_pat[/MENTION] for that.

Now if I flash cfautoroot I wont trip knox right?

and when I downgrade to 4.3 phone will be unrooted and 0x0 correct?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
I actually managed to do a factory reset using twrp and cleared cache but the issue persists. Would it make a difference if i did try to boot into stock recovery and then tried a factory reset? if so how do you factory reset using stock recovery? Also, I did check md5 and it matched.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
Flash cf auto root and twrp will be replaced by the stock recovery or you can flash stock firmware again and you will have stock recovery back.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
YES!!! It has been answered already 10 times in this thread.

How exactly did you manage to flash stock rom through odin and keep twrp? Either i dont understand something or you skipped a few steps you didnt mention.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
No no. i meant if there was a way to do factory reset through stock recovery, if such a thing is even possible. My understanding was that you could only factory reset through custom recoveries like TWRP or CWM.

The only rom i tried installing thus far was XNote 11, but that was after TWRP was already installed after the Odin steps.

I promise i've repeated the recommended steps to the T and the right order all through the day today.

I've given up on trying to make 4.4.2 work.

Just to be sure i know what i am doing is right: If i were to try and downgrade to 4.3 bootloader, will the following steps work?

-download 4.3 firmware from samsung

-flash it using odin. (do i simply flash it using AP box? not sure how this step works. which boxes to check and which ones not to. do i check partition or not, do i check or uncheck update bootloader)

-flash cf auto root

-flash custom recovery

-flash any 4.3 rom available.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
No, in order to downgrade to 4.3, you need to be on stock 4.4.2. So just do everything in OP but don't root or flash any custom recovery. Once you're on stock kit kat, you can do the steps you mentionned. Yes PDA = AP on ODIN 3.09, no repartition.

Again, before you do all that, i'd just start over fresh. Because you're the first one this happens to. Either you have bad downloads or you are doing something wrong. Just do everything thats in OP, but at the end of the flash process, boot into stock recovery and factory reset and clear cache
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
I think I've followed all the steps properly. The steps are literally spoon fed in this thread. But you're probably right.

I'll download all those files again and try the steps one last time before trying to downgrade to 4.3.

I really am surprised at how quickly you guys have responded to my noobs queries. Thank you so much
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
verify all the MD5s, they are included in OP for a reason, last time a guy had a problem like you, i told him the same thing and he realized one of the file MD5 was a mismatch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] seantg:
ok first let me say

this i believe my first post

i search and read a lot but comment none

so here we go

i have a SPH-L720 that i UNLOCKED and use on Straight talk

im currently running the latest Beanstalk Rom 4.4.2 215 for sprint

the versions before this ...

my baseband is MDC

i have wiped cach/davlik/and everything else

i have reinstalled clean

i have tried a different kernel (chronic)

i have tried different phone modes im currenlty on global (have tried GSM/Wcdma prefered etc.) and tested after a reboot

i think its the phone.apk itself

this phone worked flawlessly on the darthstalker rom multi-carrier

and aside from the no incoming calls & the inability to hang up out going calls everything works perfect

EVERYTHING

IM A BEANSTALK DIE HARD

i dont want to use another rom for me this rom is PERFECT

thanks for the help -Sean
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cautious911:
No info yet supposedly the Heimdal is fix for this problem .. I'm same boat except I been trying for weeks now to get heimdal parts to even work ...If you find anything out please keep posted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bignick1215:
Does it just not ring or does it not power up for you to answer? And same for hang up does the screen come back on? Can you make calls?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Sphansek:
Had the same issue

I had the same issue with my S4. tried the Heimdall fix and it did not work for me.

Finally I had to flash MK2 and get back on to 4.3

The phone app works fine now. I tried to flask 4.4.2 rom again yesterday but still no luck with the dialer. Staying on 4.3 until we can find a solution to the dialer app crashing or Samsung releases 4.4.2 for S4 :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] thegoodboy66:
Same problem GS4 Sprint

Greetings,

Same problem here, I haven't tried incoming calls as I installed the ROM last night. But I'm not able to hang up a phone call.

Any suggestions appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bignick1215:
What ROM? Firmware? Clean install?