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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markdapimp:
Cellular radio is great

WiFI radio is okay not as good as my Galaxy s3 or my iPhone 5C
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
This is reserved for W8 only! If you have any other model, this will not work​

Whats different from the other other upgrade threads? This one doesn't block you from going back to 4.3, it allows you to retain knox 0x0 and it's safe.

Just tried this, worked perfectly. I came from X-Note 7.0 and did this on my friends Note 3 and he was on stock. I already had knox 0x1 but i was alble to keep his at 0x0.

As of now, this has only been tested on W8 model as it takes the files from the Telcel firmware (mexico). You can use this method on any W8 model, the only thing you will have to change is substitute my modem (CP) by the modem from the latest 4.3 firmware of your carrier. It seems as the MD5 from all modems for all canadian carriers match exactly, so the model for rogers also applies to Bell and Telus

If you are coming from a non-canadian W8, you can extract your modem directly from stock firmware. Here is how:

Upgrading to Kit Kat and downgrading back to 4.3 does not trip knox, and rooting using my instructions either. Be sure to turn off reactivation lock before flashing this. This method gives you an easy way to official 4.4.2, once you're there, you can flash any 4.4 rom.

Also, and this is an important factor for a lot of people, this doesn't block you from going back to 4.3. If ever you want to go back to Jelly Bean 4.3, just flash back to it via ODIN

Download all the files, PIT, BL, AP. CP and CSC, the flash via ODIN 3.09. Then flash CF-Root and CWM if you wish. I did not check re-partition in ODIN, it worked for both of my Notes, most users didn't check it either, but a small few said the flash failed until they checked re-partition, either way, it should not brick your device.

Here are the links to the files:

PIT: http://pc.cd/K7H (MD5: e2dba603c963443660b369e04b07d574)

BL: http://pc.cd/gXH (MD5: 1bce2f5a137901e2fb206379d3e7ae11)

AP: http://pc.cd/7kH (MD5: 08443eb20702a975fc0be85f7e9c439d)

CSC (this one is for Canada only, if you have any other carrier please download yours): http://www.mediafire.com/download/xn11kh614eag7ir/Canadian+Multi+CSC.tar

(MD5: beae61ca1628b303657c40e14cac3fb6)

CP: http://www.mediafire.com/download/1oias85eoz8ykuh/Rogers+Modem+(CP).tar (MD5: 45522799eb027108fa1c493cbd83abf5)

ODIN: http://uploaded.net/file/hwtdrpll

CF-Root: http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip?retrieve_file=1 Don't use included ODIN in CF-Root, use 3.09 and flash via AP

CWM: http://d-h.st/gb3 (MD5: 31e4a86b58837ba87bfa1bf2073371db)

Enjoy!

Thanks to Oogar for a more complete version of this process. This method does break WiFi and NFC so head over to his thread for the patch and a proper thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
I can confirm after testing this a few times on the N9005 that it is only working on the N900w8.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
That's too bad, but at least there are other ways for you guys!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
There will be a way around it I think, especially as the w8 can do it. Shows it's possible somehow
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
is there any official 9005 firmware? I saw today that besides poland, russia also got the firmware which is exynos based, also deployment in eastern europe is under way, can't we apply this method to the 9005?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
Only the .pl firmware currently, status on sammobile shows AFG (Afghanistan) region is pending apparently, so I expect a wide roll out any time soon.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
in that case, can we apply this method and substitute the mexican files for the polish ones? It seems technically possible
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Canadoc:
Rogers user here. Stock. To clarify.

Can I flash these files and well be in 4.4.2? Without tripping Knox? And can go back to 4.3?

Will this reset my phone?or will my data and apps still be intact?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
I hope you,re kidding for this "Can I flash these files and well be in 4.4.2? Without tripping Knox? And can go back to 4.3?" If you were not able to confirm this information while reading the OP, i'm not sure anything else but a drawing will help you. No offence

And as for your last question, yes, your phone will be wiped clean
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Canadoc:
Well I was under impression that flagging would upgrade the bootloader from which you couldn't go back.

Also wanted to be sure the included files were good for Rogers without me needing to separately including my own modem
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Yes, you're good to go! Enjoy

EDIT: also for anybody wondering, i was able to revert back to 4.3, i actually screwed up the rooting process, i used the ODIN included in zip from chainfires site instead of ODIN 3.09 and it gave me bootloop, so i tried to revert back to 4.3 using ODIN 3.09 and it worked. I'm going back to kitkat now
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Canadoc:
Do you cause a wipe? Cause I am not ripped so have no backup. Unless you know how to root and preserve knox
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
I'm not sure i understand what you want, i dont know what causing wipe or being ripped means unless you're talking about muscular mass, but i can tell you there is no way of doing this process, or any other and not wiping the device.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
I tried, but it just bootlooped for me. Was slightly afraid to force the BL incase I hard bricked it. However I may try again today at some point.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Canadoc:
Normally flashing am update leaves your data intact. All I am asking is whether fleshing this will effectively factory reset my phone.

If so,,if I root before and don't trip knox, will I be able to flash this with mobile Odin and preserve root with tripping knox.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
This wipes your phone, call ir how you want, factory reset, format, restore, your data, root and everything else is GONE
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
OK so... I just done this again and whatever I done this time around must have differed from last time Because I just Hard Bricked big style :silly: - My advice is no one try this on N9005 -- Now for the fun of restoring life to my device or playing the dopey card with my retailer! :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
And fixed. :D no defeating me!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] FeralFire:
How did you unbrick a hard brick?

The SDcard image method?

I was under the impression that that one doesn't work on the N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
I doubt you were hard bricked if you got out of it that easily. There are two experiences devs that hard bricked their phone, by hard brick, i mean no power or screen whatsoever, no download mode or recovery, NOTHING. They tried a few methods (micro SD and motherboard shortcut method) and both ended up servicing their phone by samsung.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
I did a check on the AP file and they did match. But the other files BL, CP I looked but couldn't find the MDs. I'll look again tomorrow. My internet is shady. So the chances of the downloads being bad is pretty high. By the way 4.3 downgrade didn't work either. Bootlooped. Removed battery and it almost made it through. And then I see a message that said: process system not working. I had the option to wait or close. I chose close and then saw the green toggles for a second before it started bootlooped again. So close.lol but I am done for the night. Will battle it out again tomorrow. :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] leoaudio13:
Could some one please post a mirror of AP file. PCloud is very slow on my side :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] najdiesel:
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[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
Based on reading various topics about Knox, it supposedly work even if Knox void warranty status is tripped. The only problem with that is the security is questionable and companies that have byod will not approve it for use on their system.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Deja Vu. Seems like you had a very simlar issue i had last time i flashed Xnote 6 and something went horribly wrong. I think you might have corrupted your EFS partition. check out my thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572637
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
This is very much possible because I remember seeing efs partition related error messages when I ended up on stock recovery by mistake. Thank you. I'll look this one up when I get home
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
I hope you have patience because it took me approx 12 hours of flashing, odin, searching, this and that, trial and error. It's a hard one to get out of, but it's possible to do it. Read my thread, i posted what i did and what others suggested. At the end of the line, i have no idea what worked or not, i tried so many things that day i lost track of what i was doing
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
Dejavu back at you. I've already spent 12 hours on this supposed best phone ever made. I'll keep you posted after i try em out right now.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
Wow! Thanks Polish!

I tried the recommendations made by one of the guys in that thread that you shared.

This is what i did: but before i did them i was on 4.4.2 bootloop. So i guess it did have something to do with efs. Although i dont know what that even means. Anyhow here are the steps i did:

1. Reboot to recovery

2. Hit "Advanced" Select "Terminal Command"

3. Hit "Select" (lower right corner)..Do not select any specific folder, just hit select..

4. keyboard will open, type in the following commands, make sure you put the spaces and / where they need to be, it needs to look exactly as outlined..

mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p12

Hit Go - The command will run.

Clear the box, type the following command

mkdir /efs

Hit Go - The command will run.

Clear the box, type the following command

mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /efs

Hit Go - The command will run.

Do a factory reset, reboot system

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This didnt seem to work at first. I followed the steps above and then i went through all of the odin steps to get 4.4.2 and bam. No bootloop anymore. rooted, got recovery and installed xnote 11. But!!!

Funny thing is i am tracing back through all the issues you had. You had the bootloop at first, so did i. You then started to have random issues even after getting past bootloop. Thats where i am at right now.

First with 4.4.2, I noticed an error message that had something to do with "Remote control" error. I didnt think much of it. Proceeded to get to the page about logging in using samsung account. I usually use my gmail account everywhere. but it didnt seem to even exist on their database.

Then flashed xnote 11, first i receive the same error saying remote control error, followed by the samsung login page which wont let me get through.

In both roms, the exact error message is:

"This device is locked because of an abnormal factory reset"

Atleast this got me going. Did some more reading. is this what reactivation is?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
That'll teach us to not backup our EFS before flashing. I don't think the phone has anything to do as almost any dev that makes roms writes to always backup the efs partiiton. I've never done it until now. Learned the hard way

EDIT: great, i'm glad you got out of that one "so easily" Hope you fix the rest of your issues.

FIY: EFS is the phones way of encrypting and decrypting data on the fly. Once you corrup the efs partiiton, it loses the ability to decrypt some files which make then unusable. Basically causing bootloops or even worse, a hard brick. I've seen people corrup it and nothing was possible except bringing the phone to Samsung. So i guess we were both lucky in our bad luck
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
Thanks though Polish. You've been awesome through my ordeal with this crap. No more flashing once i get it set up right. I was so happy on 4.3. Not sure if all this hassle was worth it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Don't let that discourage you. Thats hassle < Rom benefits. I also said to myself that i'm staying on stock after that, but if you backup your efs, that problem is easy to repair.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gutlessmerc:
Rom addicts like us are too shameless. Never learn lol.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Marino Pacheco:
Another succesful root in 4.4.2 w 0x0

Thanks man, I really wanted to root, but i did want to trip Knox, After upgrading from 4.3 i rooted with given files and done, retained Knox 0x0.

Thanks a lot, now i have all the Root Goodies and custom Recovery.

Model SM-900W8

Many many thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Don't forget to :good: if ive helped you :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hidea:
Before I jump in and update my Note 3; for the WiFi & NFC fix, do I need to install a custom ROM and Kernel as instructed by Oogar on his post here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49526838&postcount=1 (part three, to be specific) or can I just simply apply the WiFi/NFC patch?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
The patch is only needed on custom roms. And you need to install a Canadian compatible kernel to use the patch
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hidea:
Thank you. I just updated my Telus (W8) Note 3 to 4.4.2. I didn't encounter any difficulty. WiFi/NFC seem to be working without the patch. I used the files provided by the OP.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jeffrey81:
I would like to do this but im from puerto rico and i dont know how to find the claro puerto rico csc file to flash it. Thanks

---------- Post added at 05:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:34 AM ----------

I would like to do this but im from puerto rico and i dont know how to find the claro puerto rico csc file to flash it. I have the latest firmwire of claro puerto rico from sammobile and i cant extract the csc file from there. Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
wifi is only broken on 9005 based roms. All W8 stock variants don't have these problems
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Deviatorz:
I want to keep my knox 0x0. I actually rooted with kingo and knox is fine. Should I unroot and redo the process or is there a shortcut I can take?

I titanium backuped so not afraid to lose my apps.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Yopkin1:
Welll I would hold off. It looks that the official Canadian Kit kat download just went live. atlest for Telus it has
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Canadoc:
How do we go com this version to the Canadian one without losing data?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ponts:
Yup! I'm on Bell and got it early this morning on my note 3!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Canadoc:
what is best wy to get if rooted and custom recovery with the telcel 4.4.2 installed (knox 0x0)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ponts:
I was on crash v9 and I did a factory data reset, then flashed back to stock with Odin. I unchecked auto reboot and manually booted into recovery and did a factory data reset again right after Odin finished. I tried doing it the first time with autoreboot checked and it just hung on the samsung screen. Once it booted I did another factory data reset as I still had the 4g icon instead of LTE. Now I'm running stock 4.4.2 on Bell.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Canadoc:
can u get root again or will you trip knox?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jeffrey81:
It is possible to update to the official firmware with mobile Odin pro and stay root without tripping Knox
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
Can you elaborate?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jeffrey81:
Im running this leak version of kk. The official versions are coming out. The question is that if is possible to flash the official one with MOP and stays root while keeping Knox 0x0 ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
Wait, are you asking if it's possible or are you saying that it's possible? The way you worded it, it sounds like you're saying that it's possible and that you've done it. If that's the case, can you explain exactly how you did it/the steps you followed?

(In case you're wondering why I'm asking you this is because your post looks like a statement and pretty much lacks any indication of being a question. It's ordered in standard SVO and has no punctuation. :P)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jeffrey81:
Is a question sorry ??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] klau1:
What do I do if I want to remain on 4.3 but flash a 4.3 ROM with BT Tethering?

I'm currently on MF1 Bootloader with MF4 Official Rom, Rooted with UDLV

I essentially just want to install TWRP and a 4.3 Official Rooted ROM with BT Tethering WITHOUT KNOX TRIPPING

Do I HAVE TO go to 4.4 first ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
Does anyone know how to update baseband while preserving knox and being on a custom rom :P
[Galaxy Note 3 General] RGNDI:
Ugraded to kk and root knox still at 0x0 but now i inly get H+ icon ,no 4g or LTE?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] RGNDI:
Anyone....?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Gsm UK:
is this method work for N900T 4.4.2 ?

i have T-Mobile Note3 N900T 4.4.2 i wants to downgrade to 4.3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
no.

Unrelated, but if anyone else has been following me around asking about the modem flashing while retaining 0x0, it worked out.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Masaker514:
Has anyone been able to drop down to the MJ1 firmware this method? I want to try and get the free unlock method done if possible. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hey_joe:
It can't be done, as far as I know. Even with our phone, rolling back to lower firmware isn't possible. Same thing with the newly released NB7, once you flash the stock you can't go back to the Mexican firmware.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jtl999:
MJ1 has no free unlock. I'm on it right now.

Also does anyone know how to use Telus 4.4 and CyanogenMod 4.4 while being able to downgrade. I wish I was able to arbitrarily jump between firmware versions :/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rmleloup:
We have a problem, a Huge big red word FAIL, happens when using your method. SW Rev Check Fail [aboot] fused 3 > binary 2.

???????

I need to flash stock, and I am at the downloading do not turn off target, etc. And it just auto fails...

Please assist, asap. Have followed your tutorial thoroughly.

My phone, top to bottom before clicking start... from the phone (not odin).

"odin mode"

product name: SWN900W8

Current Binary: Custom????? (Custom what???? This is a stock phone!!!!)

System Status: Custom (Seriously, This is a stock phone, bought straight from BELL)

Reactivation Lock: OFF

Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0

Knox Warranty Void: 0x0

Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable (csb)

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

Write protection: Enable (Is this the problem????? How do I fix!!)

UOC START (Red font).

Please advise... needing help asap....

So random note, All but the BL Line worked. (CWM after the fact did work).

I had to manually PDA (AP), then cp, then csc, then pit with csc... then "ap" cwm.

Don't know why, but it is BOOTING, and is WORKING presently...

CWM does exist now. Not sure about rooting, but I think so also, can't test until the apps fully install 3hrs later...

Still your process works, ish.... Need to know. DO I NEED "BL" at all, and what for...

Wifi seems to work automatically, no fancy changes.... No alternate help needed yet...

- RMLeLoup
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Snowman:
UpdateHi Polish - pat,

Another satisfied customer here :).

I came from the CA Note 3 (MJ4 rooted via Kingo). Followed your instructions on the op to the letter and it worked flawlessly.

Knox= 0x0.

Everything seams to working just fine.

Many thanks for all the time and work you put into this for all of us. It is appreciated!

I have one small issue: TWRP is not able to backup the system to my ext SD card ("Failed"- can't write to the card). Works fine to the int SD. It seam to me that someone else had this issue, but I just can't find the post. Can you help with this?

Thanks again and button pushed.

Update: Solved the issue with system saves to the ext SD, by flashing TWRP 2.7.0.3 for the N9005. Works OK now.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Guys, i move away from Note 3 and bought the S5 so I'll be a lot less present here.

As for the backup to external, if i understood correctly, it's an issue with Kit Kat disabling apps to write to external. Not sure what the solution would be except to have a rom thats patched that feature.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Snowman:
Ok Pat, thanks for your reply. I switched to the CWM, from the op, and that writes to the ext SD just fine.

Good luck with your new en-devour (the S5).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Thx bud, i love it
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Masaker514:
Still no way to downgrade if you used to the OTA to 4.4.2?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Chinmonkie:
Is there anyway for me to get knox 0x0 my rogers note 3 came with 4.4.2 as soon as I booted it up.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
If you're on NB7 (which is what I think you should be one), then rooting it shouldn't trip Knox as far as I can tell. I'm not 100% sure of this myself (haven't tested that specifically), but other users have reported this to be the case.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Chinmonkie:
Yes I am on NB7, correct me if I am wrong but I root with odin 3.09 than CWM, Its just unusual for me since my device came stock as N57.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nickzan:
can I use this method with the official bell canada firmware now that it's available? or should I still be using the telco one?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Aizenvalt:
nice one, imma give it a try. thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] joseph-:
Did you find way to downgt from OTA
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
Hey guys,

As some of you already know, I made my way on the S5 forum. I sold my N3 a few months ago. I will not be updating, ot replying to this thread anymore as i dont keep myself updates with what going on in the Note 3 world. Luckily, nicholaschum has taken things into his own hands and you an continue the conversation in this thread

Have a nice day, and hope to see you all in the Note 4 forums
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gtab226:
Requir rooting only.

Hi,

First timer here...:)

I am ONLY interested in rooting my Note 3 (SM-N900W8) KitKat. I would like to keep my current firmware. To that end, can I just ignore everything else but the "CF-ROOT" procedure, outlined below, to root my Note 3 without tripping its e-fuse Knox counter? If I do require YOUR 4.4.2 firmware, then can you tell me what's the difference between the two firmwares? Or better yet, can you tell me where I can download my current firmware so I can re-flash it after this rooting process?

Thank You very much!:good::good:

PS. Sorry to quote your whole post but I did not want to cause any misunderstandings. I understand that I only have 1 shot at not tripping the Know counter.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
I wouldn't say I got.out of it easily. I took it to the phone shop around the corner from me and they ran their special magic ;) -- for the record I am perfectly aware of the difference in soft brick and hard brick

[MENTION=4446027]FeralFire[/MENTION] - there is fix for the n9005. However it was a no go, well at least for me.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] polish_pat:
By saying "no defeating me!!" you pointed to the fact that you solved your problem, when in fact somebody's jtag did:silly:

Anyways, thanks so trying it out. Hopefully a solution come for the 9005 model. For the record, kitkat is great! so much smoother and snappier. Just imagine unlocking your phone in less than a 1/4 second!:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
Yeah I agree that KK is nice for sure, but yeah test is done now and anyone else who tries is silly haha -- Least there might be some options soon. Well we can hope at least.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] :
So this method gets you to official KK with root and custom recovery, while updating your bootloader, AND allowing you to downgrade, WITHOUT tripping knox? That's like every single Note 3 developmental challenge solved! :D

OP, mind telling me how it works? I'm curious to find out what makes it possible. I thought the bootloader is such that once flashed, you can't downgrade to an older version? And that CF root trips Knox? Then isn't a custom recovery bound to trip knox too? How are you able to bypass all these?

Pity it doesn't work on 9005 :(