[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrPhant0m:
haha... if MI9s are as hard to come by as you say they are... it's in my best interest to keep them all for myself. :angel:

Just kidding... The BestBuy was in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Western PA isn't full of Amish people like the rest of PA is, but I'd still think that there'd be enough tech-minded people to clear out the MI9 stock. I guess they're all hipsters. They were selling nothing by iPhones while I was there. I'm not complaining though.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49047469&postcount=1127 That's in the URDLV thread. I wrote GalaxHE a PM asking him about the process. If you're still interested, PM me and I can give you the scoop on what he said back. I was already rooted by the time he responded, though, so I didn't act on what he said.

I'm confident I could create the tar.md5 file... it's just that my phone is at stake, and I don't know what the consequences are.

...I rest my case. lol

The guy that sold me the MI9 knew why I wanted an MI9, and told me that they check the knox counter and the "official" status in download mode, so I better keep it "all zeros and official" if I had to take it back. I could try my luck at another BestBuy, but what I'm saying is that if I hardbrick the phone... I can't claim ignorance and return it within 14 days. They'll see the trip flags, unless I brick it SO bad that they can't even get into download mode...

If it comes back to you, let me know. I'm curious now, and like I said... I'm seeing mostly posts saying to apply the OTA update and then re-root... rather than "keep MI9 because it's better for [reasons]."

Check that again...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46818366&postcount=1 (updated 1/13/14)

There is no list of model numbers that are or are not supported. Instead, it literally says:

What devices are supported?

Just about every Samsung device with KNOX!

(Excluding Exynos based devices)

Samsung has caught on and has started patching bootloaders, you can still root, but you will trip KNOX.

If you are running MJ4, MJ7, MK1, MK2 or higher you can still root, but you will trip KNOX!
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Also, the very first text in the OP is in big, bright red letters, saying

4.4.2 has been patched, URDLV will NOT work!

(this was likely the most recent edit)

Sooooo, my evaluation based on the facts that

Verizon has not yet released a 4.4.2 patch...

The Verizon releases have been MI9, MJ7, and MJE... and

My Note 3 has a Qualcomm, not Exynos chip

... was that MI9 could be rooted with URDLV without tripping knox, and the other two (MJ7 and MJE) could ALSO be rooted via URDLV, but it would trip knox. Since there is no 4.4.2 OTA from verizon yet... URDLV should work for ALL Verizon phones.

This seemed like sound logic, before I actually TRIED it, and found it not to work on MI9, and presumably on the others.

So... that was a helluva post, there, wasn't it? I'm not even sure where I stand here. Are we clear on everything? That last part about URDLV specifically stating which (if any) Verizon models were supported was probably the biggest issue that I wanted to clear up... My interpretation of the OP could be way off... but it led me to believe that URDLV would work on my phone. It is "Universal" after all...