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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 8125Omnimax:
Honestly there is not a trace of root left on the phone imo, its just the presence of the superuser app that disables isis wallet from working, it was sent to the /system/app folder, disabling the app doesnt help either...still probing
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
??? So we don't flash the re named update file? I'm getting same package error
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Start from step 1 and read everything. If you follow exactly what it says it will work.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
I did do everything from step one. Took forever lol, my phone did ota update nb4 with no problems and now it's all stock 4.3. But when I try to flash the file it gives me that 7 error package.zip blah blah. I guess I'll try to just to do the ota kit kat when I get home from work in the morn.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
What are you doing when you get that error? Tell me step by step.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
I put the 2 extracted fix files in the internal sd card, then the other ota update.zip file on the external sd and run recovery and flash it
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
And what does the error say?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
I'll redo it and post back,the exact error.

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Tried it again says tmp/sideload/package.zip error something along those lines. Happened kinda fast.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
How big is the zip you're trying to flash?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
Like 541mb
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
And you restored your phone with the files in this guide back to MJ5 without rooting in step 10?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
Yup, then did the nb4 ota update

Where exactly do I put the 2 files internally. Just the main internal?

Crap I think I know what I did. I didn't reboot after placing the 2 files. Let me see if that does the trick.

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Nevermind, still didn't work. I saw that it said something about sw_configuration
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Go into root explorer or es explorer and go to system/bin/ and find the file mobicore-presetup.sh and post it here for me to see.

Sounds like to me you forgot to flash one of the files during the restore process
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
It gives me an error when I try to open the file, won't open. I'll just try doing all the steps all over again tomorrow. Sorry man I appreciate the help
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] xda14member:
Mr. Mazda, will this work for a phone that was previously rooted via KINGO? I have a phone that is unrooted from a previous Kingo method. Should I follow the same instructions as you enumerated above, or any modifications for phones with Kingo root history??
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
It doesn't matter rooted or not you have to follow the guide to restore the phone first regardless.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
Should I be able to open that file you asked me to post without root?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Yes, I did it with root explorer without a problem. But you don't want to open it. Just copy it to your storage and post it here.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
Won't allow me to
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
I don't know what else to tell you besides try it again from step 1 and read carefully make sure you do everything step by step.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
You mean through my pc? I thought you meant through the phone itself. If that's what you meant I'll try that later.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] naiku:
You are probably doing what I did and overthinking putting those files on your phone, literally just drag and drop them onto the phone. There is no need to open them.

If you have been previously rooted (even if you removed root) or have modified ANY files by trying to get the NC2 update on there (I think I changed the dexdump file in the system folder) then you will need to start at step 1 - Restore to MJ5.

As soon as you have done that restore to MJ5, and then OTA update to NB4, it will work without any issues, the instructions in the OP are really simple. You just have to be certain that your system is unmodified in any way from that MJ5 restore.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Thank you, I've been getting tired of repeating myself.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
Ok, GOT IT! Dude im so sorry for that. It was totally my fault and you sir . . . are a genius!

I was confusing the two files that had the same number because i downloaded all the files before hand and screwed myself up.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vsnote:
i am geting the same error...tried both option A and option C...it does not work. flashing until nb4 works like a charm...

havent tried option B. will try that later.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
You see that there is 2 files that are downloaded with the same name "2400258.zip" right?

Thats what i was missing, start all over from the beginning and do it EXACTLY like he says, delete the old files like he says on step 3 second section. Dont get ahead of yourself and download all the files
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vsnote:
agreed but one is 27MB and another is 541MB. I renamed 541 MB as Update.zip

which option did you work with to go to KitKat?

if i have to redo everything - do i start from step 1 or step 5?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] l330n:
I did A, to be safe erase everything! And just start all over, downloads and all. I know its a headache but thats what i did just to make sure my files were good. Kitkat running smooth for me so far. Good luck
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Glad you got it. I told you it works if you follow the directions :p
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vsnote:
Nope- still the same status. i repeated the entire process...redownloaded the files...but nada...nothing.

quick questions: do i put the device in download mode during ODIN Flash? step doesn't clarify.

what else could be wrong? :confused:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jerrycoffman45:
Yes hemdal and Odin need your phone in download mode to work
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hitlab1:
odin

after you press start on odin how long do i have to wait before for i go to the next step???
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] btc17551@gmail.com:
It shouldn't take long at all, and it should be apparent that Odin is processing the changes. If you don't have the phone in download it will see it as connected but won't be able to install the files.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
As long as it takes for odin to finish
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hitlab1:
so i need to put it in download mode???

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it say succees 0/ failed 0 is that rite?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dming98:
My sideloader keeps telling me device not found. Any suggestions?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] naiku:
Assuming you are in download mode, try a different USB port. My laptop needed to install ADB drivers before doing the sideload, try another USB port and see if it updates the drivers, or try deleting the drivers and then plugging in again so that Windows re-installs them.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lashek37:
a mess

At&t said somehow all of the steps put a cookie on my phone ,which caused knox to pop up with security problems.i should of followed my first mind and waited ?:(
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Unless you did something wrong that is impossible.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lashek37:
I have the same phone everyoneelse has,.i went through the steps 20 times.for some reason I can't update to NB4,nor install any AT&T updates .my brand new note 3 have never been rooted ..yesterday I call at&t warranty department ,and they logged into my phone and said something I downloaded installed a cookie that caused the knox to pop up on my home screen.

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I follow step one to step 6 ,I was able to downgrade to MJ5 ,but after that ,I cant install any updates from AT&T for kitkat . I have rooted a different phone in the past and never experience anything like this before.This should never happen on a none root phone the fact android or at&t updates cant be installed ,the updateds stop at 31% before the phone reboot.is just remarkable and shame on me .This just proves how messy and disastrous any short cut to update or down grade One's expensive phone can become by going this route ????:crying::crying:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] warfenix:
Just did this for my wife's phone and it worked perfectly so I don't know what you did but it just worked for me. Thanks mazda.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbmw51:
hey so thanks for all of the work by OP...this thread is super helpful.

however a little help here would be great. i was rooted on NB4 and then when the OTA was released I unrooted and still couldn't get the OTA to load past 25% (weird cause everyone seems to think 27% is the point at which it failsbut is 25% EVERY SINGLE TIME). So I try this method and I get through most of it. Up to the part where I am now back on MJ5 so I feel pretty good about it right? Moving right along. Anyhow so now I go to get the NB4 OTA and it keeps saying me phone is up to date or while searching for an update it gets "interrupted" and says to wait 24 hours. So I change the date on the phone and it checks again just says I'm up to date.

So I know people are having success here with this method and I am closeto doing it as well. I'm just wondering what could be wrong. If the prerequisite to getting NB4 is to be on MJ5 then what is the difference here? I'm on it now. LOL.

Any ideas? Can I push the NB4 update somehow through Odin?

I'll be hitting the thanks button

Update...nb4 came through after about a half hour and some att apps updated. Finished the steps and now on kk. Thanks again op. Worked good
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Go to best buy and have them restore it for you. There is no way that you can't download the OTA update unless you were previously rooted.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] epods_one:
Strange Error!

So I have gone through the update process several times - unsuccessfully! I have done both sdcard based upgrade ("Option A") and the ADB sideload approach ("Option B") and the final KitKat update always fails with a "Status 7" assertion due to the failure of not finding the mobitv.client.apk on my phone and therefore the updating aborts.

Has anyone seen or heard of a similar problem?

Is there anyway to determine where the mobitv application should be coming from?

I have been wondering if the 95% failure of the "MI9_fix.img.ext4" step somehow fails before actually writing some needed files to the phone?

Thanks, in advance, for any assistance you all can provide!

By the way, attached is a screen shot of the actual failure...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
You sir know how to ask for help... I have used this method for 2 of my personal phones without a problem though so failing at 95% isn't the issue.

Are you sure that you updated to NB4 before trying to flash?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] epods_one:
Re: Strange Error!

Yes, as sure as what the phone tells me...

Here is a snapshot of the "About Phone" screen...

Thanks for your help!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
What about trying to download the mi9_fix.img file again and match the md5 to the one you used previously?

8c623708833d06921735d700adb3b11a
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] McClair672:
I was having same recovery status 7 errors as everyone else. I wiped, restored to MJ5 then to NB4 several times and failed several times to update to KK. Then I had a thought, "maybe some leftover 'root' associated file tidbit was wonking the whole process." So, I again wiped, restored to MJ5 to NB4, rooted with rdlv, not Kingo, then unrooted with supersu. Then wiped, restored to MJ5 to NB4, then successfully to KK, all per your instructions. Thanks! Not really sure what was the key factor.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] epods_one:
I'll give it a try!

Would you happen to have or know of an alternative source for the "mi9_fix.img" file?

The following maybe a dumb idea/question, but:

Also, I'm currently downloading the "N900AUCUBMI9_N900AATTBMI9_ATT.zip" from SAMMOBILE.

Do you think I should use the first part of this guide to get to "MI9" then follow the SAMMOBILE steps to overflash "MI9" again to make sure I get all the files I should have?

Thanks, again.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
No alternate but just match your md5 to the one I posted and you should be good..... DO NOT do the sammobile MI9 download because I believe that will trip knox or just fail for trying to "downgrade" the firmware.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] epods_one:
Re-Downloading now!

The file I have already has a radically different md5 (d28f0b9b39d9fa90379648facacbbcab) than the one you posted! Hmmmmmm...

(doesn't mean much could be just 1 byte off..) ;)

Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
That's most likely why it's not working. I'm uploading a mirror to mega for that also since mega seems to be faster.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] epods_one:
OK, good idea!

Thanks, again, for your help! I greatly appreciate it...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] epods_one:
Re: Strange Error!

THANK YOU!!!!! HooRay!!!!! :victory:

The corrupted "MI9_fix.img.ext4" was the problem!

I'm KitKat'ing now!!!!!

The major "take away" for me is to

ALWAYS

check the hashes! :good:

Thank you very much for your help!

Hopefully I can return the favor and help you or someone else in the future...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] smokestack76:
The error you had at first was just missing the mobi tv app.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mx185sw:
Just want to pass along a big thank you.. I did end up following the directions and downgrading and your instructions were spot on.. I was able to complete the upgrade to KK... THANK YOU:good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lashek37:
The corrupted "MI9_fix.img.ext4" was the problem:p
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bute56:
I need help! I'm on step 3 of restoring to mj5. My phone is in Odin mode. In Odin on my PC it says 0:[com6] in the first space upper left of pane. I have the top 3 OPTIONS ticked. I have the pit. , BL, AP, CP files all loaded in their boxes. (The pit. file looks different than your example though, it reads HLTE_USA_ATT_32G.pit). .when I hit the start button the message reads <OSM> all threads completed. (Succeed0/ failed 0)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lashek37:
tried that the teenaged rep was no help.So I called AT&T and they told me that Samsung can only flash the ram of the phone ,which will take about two weeks .but they will send me a replacement with kitkat installed.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] marcomir:
One quick question here guys. Im currently doing this...just Waiting for the last KK OTA Update to download to my pc. im planning on doing the option A which is wipes the phone, what is this KK OTA file anyways? It says what to do with the Miata Fix, but nothing on that file...can i get a response? Thanks in advance guys! everything going thru like a charm! :)

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Its OK guys! i did! it worked!!!! everything works like a charm.....Thanks!!! :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bute56:
Never mind. I got it to work. I had to unzip the files in order to flash them.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Glad you guys got it working. It's very easy to do if you just follow the steps exactly how they're written. Should only take about 15/20 minutes total to complete.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benztronz:
Where can I find the new mirror you did on mega?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] brauckmiller:
Ok, so I have started over like 5 or 6 times now.

After I flash back to MJ5 with Odin, I then launch heimdall and apply the PIT file and the MI9 img file.

that seems to work fine...though I do not hang at 95% like the instructions say I will. It goes to 100%.

Ok..fine. So then I reboot into recovery and apply the sec_csc.zip file. That seems to work fine.

I catch it and reboot into recovery again and apply the 2400258.zip file. I get the red error about the sideload zip failing.

Now, my phone is just stuck at the Samsung logo screen and doesn't boot to anything.

Do you have the MD5s for the various zip files so that I can be sure that I've got good copies. I'm getting hung up in the same spot.

Please, what am I doing wrong here?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
You sure that you're flashing the right 2400258.zip file?

To check the md5 download multiple copies and compare what you get. It should be the same for each one.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
I never uploaded it because my internet was being wonky
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] brauckmiller:
yeah...the checksums match. I'm redownloading the MI9 file right now. Wondering if the fact that I didn't stall at 95% as the instructions said somehow hosed my setup???

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Well...I just checked the MD5 of the MI9 file I downloaded and sure enough...it does not matter.

I think you probably should mention that checking the MD5s may be a good idea in the OP. Idiots like me who've been on the interwebs since 1994 just assume the files always download correctly.

Ill followup when I have downloaded and retested.

Thanks for the help.

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BINGO...I am up on MJ5 now and will be OTA'ing NB4 shortly.

As others have said...CHECK YOUR FILE HASHES!!!!

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I am now sitting a 4.4.2!!!

Thank you so much for the great post and help.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jpcdeux:
Fails mobicore has unexpected contents?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jpcdeux:
Usual 27% fail as well. Followed directions TO THE LETTER, several times. Fails on OTA or I get Mobicore failure following directions.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
Went from MLG (in retrospect probably not a great idea in the first place) back to MJ5 then up to NB4 which got me to this thread. I'm virgin stock and need to stay that way because networks I use actually screen the KNOX security bit. Anyone who says this and the "back to MJ5" processes are "easy" and take "20-30 minutes" are on crack. While it's not hard, especially if you know the tools and which files need to be treated which way (EG: unzip vs. leave zipped), it's an awkward and teeth clenching process. After finishing applying what OP provided everything seemed fine. Until i checked in settings and saw my device was "custom." Then I remembered external SD cards some times trip up status. Removed it, rebooted, and I'm "official" again. KNOX is fine and so is Isis. What a train wreck to get a stock update. I remember when this was fun. ;)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Impossible, if you followed every step then this script replaces the mobicore file and it would work 100%
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbmw51:
So I did this method and it worked. Thank yiu!

Now trying to help a friend. We get to the final step of the MJ5 revert process and the phone only reboots to recovery no matter what we do. Can't get it to boot into system. So started over from step one. Only thing now is Odin can't finish because when it comes time to reboot it only reboots to recovery. So it can't do its thing all the way.

Help please. Thanks

Update...Looks like got it working. The MI9 file was incomplete.

People pay attention...the method works PERIOD. If it's not working for you, you missed something.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jpcdeux:
Impossible? Then why is it happening? Tried more than once. Its happening. Should I take a video of me performing every step as evidence?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Because if you followed everything and completely every step correctly then it will work. Look at the 17 pages of people who said it didn't work and then tried it again and it worked for them. They were all missing some steps or doing something wrong.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] marquis.hagetaka:
Thanks A Mega-Bunch

:good:

I had to install NB4 through recovery OTA said nothing was available and blocked from rechecking for 24 hours. Other than that, it works.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Just for reference if that happens again you can just set your clock 1 day ahead and it works again.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jpcdeux:
Well when you come here and do it for me you can say impossible and doesn't work. Till then, after multiple attempts... It doesn't work for me
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
Alright good luck.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jakegibson117:
THE FIX WORKS EVERYTIME IF YOU FALLOW DIRECTIONS, THANK YOU FOR THIS FIX, I THOUGHT I WAS SCREWED WITH RANDOM REBOOTS, SD CARD BOOT LOOPING, AND ****TY GPS BUT THIS HAS TRULY SAVED MY Note, I WAS ON THE URGE OF TAKEING THIS THING BACK OR DESTROYING IT thank you for this fix
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zakth:
Thanks for the guide. I've followed the guide to the letter 3 times now but once I install the kit kat update it stops at about 27% with a packages/side load error (even though I was not side loading.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hotbyz168:
Great work, simple and easy.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] andr8:
Works Like A Charm

Thanks for great instructions. I had to run through the steps three times. Due to my own sloppiness. I got stuck after resetting to MJ5, unable to update to NB4. I finally realized that I was flashing the same 2400258.zip file twice. and that both where 541 MB (Same file obviously). Not 27 MB and 541 MB.

All I can say is Follow the instructions to exactly, and it will work.

Thanks Again.

P.S. I was rooted with Kingo Root. Now I'm just waiting for KitKat root.:laugh:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benztronz:
ADB/Recovery Flashing...

Just follow the guide to restoring MJ5 and stop though your flashing a stripped or missing img file to get back. Take yourself to B.B. and spend less than 10 minutes to get your Note 3 flash to 4.4.2.

Sideloading takes time is not detailed and consistent.Inconsistent Information is all over the place. Save yourself time.

I visit BB yesterday to reflash my phone. The Samsung representative had issues logging on to smart tools. She actually showed me the screen on the laptop. She explained that she has to use her best buy login username and password that is assigned to her to login which was failing. No one in the store did know what the issue was. Since I told her I'm a IT professional she asked for my assistance. I verified SmartTool is the software that is required to flash all the current Samsung phones. The error message required that TLS is required to connect. She was using I.E. to login which was pretty simple access the I.E. settings and enabled it. Right afterwards she was successfully able to login to the Samsung Server. Even if you did have the tool its still useless. The tool is only used to access SAM server only. Plus the laptop she was using I'm sure is dmz or other words the MAC ID of the pc is registered on their firewall to even connected. So having this tool is irrelevant. A real Samsung guru knows Samsung has been using upgraded versions of this to flash it phones. BTW they currently have 4.4.2 available. It took only 7 minutes to flash my At&t Note 3 to Kitkat 4.4.2
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
thanks for the heads up and as far as going to BB, your taking the fun out of messing with the phone :laugh:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Chaplain Dennis:
Bad Mega links. Can't download.

Can someone post some good links?

Thanx!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Chaplain Dennis:
The webpage at mega://#!P05EBYSa!XLJoJcwg2gM2RRe1VlWkZpU0s8Nv6PRU-Isd8zTGNhk might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

Error code: ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mazdamiata210:
The links are working fine