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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Best way is to root and use Safestrap to flash a KitKat ROM. I do not recommend the official OTA KitKat.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Blairware:
Thanks - I really appreciate you offering to get me straightened out. I have made my way back to a rooted MJ5 Firmware and after checking the MD5 of the URDroid I downloaded and seeing IT DIDN"T MATCH I think I answered my own question. I am about to go through it again from the beginning - took me a while to get back to a rooted JB state with Safestrap, but I think I will be okay - Thanks again. If it fails again I will get with you later...

EDIT: That was it... I am on rooted 4.4.2 - my biggest problem is figuring out what ROM I want to settle in with for a while. Thank you Sir!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
Glad you got it figured out! Let me know if I can help!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] slickyv:
So I can't just unroot with SuperUser, plug in an ATT sim card and do the OTA updates to kitkat?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Syclone2530:
Thanks OP! Worked great the first time. Finally can move off of JB.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
If you would like to keep root & Safestrap absolutely do not do this. If you want official AT&T unrootable KitKat...feel free! :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jdubya45:
KitKat to JB

Once you are on the stupid non-rootable AT&T stock 4.4.2 is there any way to get back to 4.3? I tried the ODIN method but fails unless I am missing something,
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
There is not a current root method available. Sorry :(
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Elemino:
I used the odexed version. I don't intend to theme or do anything drastic to my phone, so I prefer to keep the performance in tact... Though using deodexed probably has little impact on a phone of this caliber...

Sent from my Samsung GALAXY Note 3

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Oh I can't wait for that to happen. If this is the trend, I doubt I will be purchasing anymore carrier phones.

Sent from my Samsung GALAXY Note 3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] danbear7777:
thank you so very much. you have been most helpful!!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bluemax413:
Anyone having trouble with mobile data now? I came from azurerom and now I have no mobile data. Followed the guide to a t.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bluemax413:
I was able to revert back to jb. Mobile data works there. I'm crazy enough to try it again.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
Try it again. Should be no issues with data.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bluemax413:
Smh. Hit wipe data by accident in ss. Everything gone. Only download mode and stock recovery. This should be fun.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
Inconvenient. But don't panic cause if you can get into download mode you can fix it. You don't have Safestrap installed anymore?

Just PM Me and I will walk you through all the steps if you are having issues.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HaKKeD:
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

not sure why but when i click start odin says this

i followed the instructions to a t up to waiting an hour and a half for urdroid to dl so

i used the only kitkat rom i had lying around which was knoxraid 5.1...

i think the problem was that 5.1 was an incremental update and not a fuill rom so now im stuck inside SS and it wont mount to my pc so i can copy over urdroid...what a ****ty start to a day..

**Update**

found the ol "togetbooting" folder on my desktop and used in odin...got it working =)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sikalb:
ok so i flashed no problems.. my only problem is safestrap not booting up. in the safestrap app it displays Safe System: Not Active

i dont get the safestrap bootscreen spalsh just boots right into the phone
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] HaKKeD:
When you open safestrap does it say installed on top?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bluemax413:
yeah I didn't panic. I tend to do this the first time I get a new phone and I screw around with it lol. I was up until about 4 am before I gave up trying to get mj5 loaded. I then realized this morning that I was missing a crucial step marked IMPORTANT in big red friggin letters.

got MJ5 on and just made the switch again to kitkat. first boot shows no mobile data still on the odex build. i'm going to reboot and if not, flash the deodex. otherwise, i have no idea why this is happening. on jb i have mobile data no problem.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
Sorry man! I was outside all day working in the yard. I have no idea why you aren't getting data either. Answer me this...are you able to go into settings -> connections -> more networks -> mobile networks -> access point names? Do you have an APN in there?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bluemax413:
Yeah and it's correct.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] baosilent:
thanks, very helpful.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ParrotSquawk:
I too had two errors with "E:\ unable to format" messages. I get stuck at the Galaxy 3 Note logo after boot. (i have had errors with other roms on other phones and have been told to ignore them in the past.)

What do I do next? I have reloaded the BL CP AP and PIT files about 5 times now.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Elemino:
How long have you waited? On the first boot it takes a few minutes before a cell phone signal is acquired.

Sent from my Samsung GALAXY Note 3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jim256:
Having a similar issue - always stuck at the boot logo, and have done it about 5 times now. I THINK that with the error you're having (probably unable to format /data and /system) that you have to kind of start over - get back to stock MJ5 using this guide here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2559715

I'm not really sure though - just ideas. Any help would be appreciated guys!

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I've been having the exact same issue - wanted to know how I know what the MD5 is supposed to be? I got the following for the MD5 on the deodexed version: 26F02C87429D8A376953A93ED30668C7

EDIT: never mind, just checked, it isn't my MD5. Any other ideas?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jim256:
When I'm flashing in ODIN, which of the following should be checked?:

Auto-Reboot

Re-Partition

F. Reset Time

Flash Lock

LED Control

Nand Erase All

T Flash

By default, the first three are checked, and that's what I always leave checked. But since I've done this about 100 times now, I want to check every little thing.

Also, what should the Binary Size at the bottom show? I've got 89.5MB.

Thanks!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] aartau:
...just followed this guide and the upgrade from JB to KK was flawless. Thanks!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] shyam09:
the auto-reboot and F.reset time are checked by default. When you add the PIT file, it checks Re-Partition. That's all - only three should be checked.

Binary Size -- can't remember the exact number, but I remember 89.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] xuanphucn:
will I be able to downgrade back to jelly bean after all?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] novalovr66:
I have followed this guide and am finally on KK with no issues however, I want to do the install again. The reason is because I didn't do a complete wipe, there are still unused files on my device that are taking up a lot of space. Do I have to do All the steps over including Odin? Or

Do I just use safe strap and reinstall the rom?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] novalovr66:
Got it figured out.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dealguy007:
ISIS after this Upgrade

I searched the forum but couldn't find the correct steps for Note 3, can some one suggest me how to use ISIS on rooted ATT Kitkat?

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] SimPup:
Followed the guide and it worked great.Only problem is now the screen only recognizes the s-pen. My finger no longer works on it.

Edit: A couple reboots fixed it
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] RedX69:
Not sure what to do?

I followed the instructions but when odin rebooted my phone it only gave me a black screen and it vibrates when i press the power button. I can still get into recovery and download mode. Sorry if its been asked before but i cant find any other problem that fits this descriptions.

Update: I managed to get it back on MJ5, it might have been a bad download. I will try to upgrade later.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TTLayland:
To confirm this gives me the official ota but rooted?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jerrycoffman45:
no it gives you the leaked rooted or a hybrid rooted depending on what rom you flash
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisjbell:
Worked great - one thing that I did wrong the first time around was to try and run the Odin session from within a VMWare virtual machine. Odin would start and begin to do its thing but then hang up pretty early in the process and report "operation failed 0/1". When I ran it from my host machine it worked just fine, so my bad.

Didn't see a reference to that issue so thought I'd put a mention out there in case anyone else runs into it.

Thanks to all involved for doing the work behind this. Too bad it is required - I'll be voting with my wallet next time around, no more locked bootloaders for me - but glad there are so many creative and talented people that make it possible (easy, even!) for us to modify the very expensive devices we've paid for.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] atmiya:
Still having trouble :/

I was successfully able to upgrade to KitKat but like others had mentioned I still cannot get the SafeStrap 3.72 splash screen upon boot. I've tried reflashing with oden, tried several different apks but still no luck.

Please Help!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
I'm itching to do this badly. LOL

from my 3rd beast of a phone..!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Manofjesus:
I face similar problem. After flashing to KK my PC can not detect N900A. I try to install Safestrap apk, but installation progress goes forever. I decide to remove SD card (there was some errors on it) - and BINGO - everything start working - PC detect my N900A, Safestrap installed ok. After reboot splash screen appears and i install The_S5_Experience_by_Jtrain88_v1.5 without any issue :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] atmiya:
no good

thanks for the suggestion, i gave it a try but still no luck...this is really making me mad. I had this rom and am seriously regretting doing the update, i wish i had read into the comments before doing it because i did not realize that i could use any kit kat rom :/ if nothing else im going to sell my beloved note 3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
You can use any KitKat ROM! Even if you updated to KitKat using UrDroid all you need to do is install SafeStrap & flash whatever custom ROM you'd like (as long as it's KitKat!!!).

Why on earth would you sell your "beloved Note 3"????? :confused: ;) :D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] atmiya:
My phone is having issues

It has been crashing like crazy and for some reason no matter how many odin flashes i do i cant seem to completely fix it. I still cant get safestrap to work and idk what it is...it installs fine but i can't get the splashscreen. is there like a proper link someone can direct me to that will allow me to start this whole process over from scratch?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
PM me your hangouts ID.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
Very easy breezy landed on the KK airport. Thanks much [MENTION=1170624]tropazr[/MENTION] yo za shizz.

From my 3rd beast of a phone...!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
It's about time you check out KitKat lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
Thanks to alcohol. LMAO

From my 3rd beast of a phone...!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
Hahahaha. Hilarious. So you got all liquored up and decided it was time for some KitKat, huh? Been there bro!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
Yep. Six pack and a half bottle of jack Daniels. LOL

From my 3rd beast of a phone...!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tropazr:
Well welcome to KitKat. Wish I could enjoy it on the Note 3 instead of my stupid HTC One X that dies every 2 hours.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] faslane:
Why sell your Note 3? Mine ROCKS on KK. you just need to flash it properly. What trouble are you having and what have you done so far? Clean Flash? Stock Slot? Latest SS?

Fas

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yeah Odin is VERY picky about ports and VM machines. Never run it in a VM if you want it to be smooth. Always use a real PC and you'll save yourself a LOT of grief.

Fas

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no...it's the leaked version which is much better. the OTA isn't rootable yet so stay away from any kind of OTA stuff always.

Fas
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dawheat:
I'm currently running MI9 via RDLV - can anyone confirm that after doing this and using KK ROMs via SS, that I'll still be able to re-run RDLV to return to MI9 to sell the phone?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
I'm sorry dude. This is my last device with AT&T then jumping somewhere else where I can root. If not then I'll just kick samsung out of the way.

From my 3rd beast of a phone...!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] faslane:
But you can root.

Sent from Note 3 rocking DK Xtreme!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
Not for the coming devices. You think note 4 will have root? KK is taking a while now and I'm sure that samsung will complicate it even more in the note 4.

From my 3rd beast of a phone...!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] faslane:
Yeah I hear ya. Well, it's hard to say. Root seems to always come sooner or later and that's been the case but the locked bootloader is the bigger problem. MANY things can be done without root (like other launchers and tweaks, widgets etc.) but a locked bootloader is what REALLY stinks.

It seems to come faster for the Flagship devices as well since they are so popular, devs put more hard work into them over less-popular devices. Samsung has said that the Note 4 will be unlike anything they've put out so I'm hoping that they will change the form factor and offer an unlocked bootloader much like HTC has done in the past few years so we'll see. But they have openly said that it's going to be a game changer so that's what I'm hoping for. :)

Faslane
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Radimus:
I doubt it... Knox and the bootloader are for corporate security. I'd expect this to get harder and harder as the models come and go, at least for their flagship devices.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] doesntmatterx:
On JB Safestrap 3.71

I have read all 12 pages and want to do this, but to confirm ONCE more....

I am on JB 4.3 using Safestrap 3.71. I want to be sure this is the process I need to use to get to KK.

Separate question:

What KK roms do you guys recommend? I don't see many on XDA, and I have been reluctant to switch from FireNote.

EDIT: I went ahead and did it, im on KK now, no issues, thanks!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ashburton:
what KK rom did you install?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] memtenn:
DK 2.0 is a beast if a Rom...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] faslane:
Check out Dynamic Kat or Dynamic Kat Extreme (AOSP) both are the best I've used and I've tried them all. Amazing.

Faslane

Sent from Note 3 rocking DK Xtreme!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 903tex:
I have a question I running fire note v8 and loving it but I'm tempted to flash a kit kat rom. One question. In doing all this will I trip Knox? I haven't tripped Knox and running safestrap with fire note v8....
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] faslane:
No. You won't trip Knox. Its all in OP. Read away. You'll love this ROM more.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] b3asty:
I'm in the EXACT same predicament that this gentleman was in. I followed the instructions verbatim but upon boot into KK, I now see the "Samsung Galaxy Note 3" spalsh screen and then it goes blank. Smartassphone indicated he was able to get back to JB Mj5 and try again. I have no idea how to get back there (or if it's necessary to go back). It seems I just need safestrap installed. I can get into download mode but don't think there is an ODIN installable version of Safestrap. Any hep is HUGELY appreciated.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] b3asty:
It seems as though this is the only way so I am going to press forward..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] faslane:
Youll have to do the MJ5 restore again. You must have missed a step or just a bad flash because its definitely worked for hundreds of people. I've done it several tolimes personally without fail.

Fas
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] b3asty:
Whew... Ok. That worked to perfection. Now if I can only figure out where everything went wrong. I want to go to KK!!

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I followed every step verbatim. I did get the same thing smartassphone mentioned:

Not sure why that happened but I downloaded urdroid again and am about to give it another shot..lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] b3asty:
KK Success! WHEW.... & I did not receive the "2 error lines at the bottom, each line referencing E:\ "unable to format" this time around when installing UrDroid. :good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] magistrateee:
If you are already on a KK ROM can you flash this over it so it can be like a new clean ROM? (Might have had a bad flash a while back and wanna go to a clean stock-rooted kk rom)

So currently any KK ROM must be installed in the stock slot? (read this and not sure if this is the same in all cases)

If so than means we should always avoid installing on the ROM Slot?

Thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] aftabbabar:
need help. I have updated to 4.4.2 through this guide but now when I have installed bloatware remove app and every time i try to remove a system app or any app I have downloaded the phone restarts all by itself and the app is not removed. supersu does grant the permission but the phone just restarts. I want to go back to mj5 but it seems the restore to mj5 thread has some files missing and unable to download them. is here an easy fix to this problem on 4.4.2? thanks in advance
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] prichm1992:
Your debloat package broke broke important files. Reinstall your rom, download titanium and remove unnecessary apps yourself.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rawhide85:
Thanks [MENTION=1170624]tropazr[/MENTION] for starting this guide. It's dev's like you that have made the N3 the best device on the market.

Sent from my SM-N900A running DynamicKat V2.1 by [MENTION=3105374]bri315317[/MENTION]
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] joshparr:
This worked perfectly and was a breeze to go through. I did end up having to roll back to JB as Root Call Blocker Pro wasn't working with any of the KitKat Roms currently available. I have a feeling i'll be using these instructions again soon though.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ashinusa:
Getting error message during the flash to Urdroid

I started with a rooted phone with JB installed on Slot1. I deleted the slot1 and made the stock active. All slots are deleted. During the process described here, I get the following message at the step where I install the Urdroid ROM

Updating partition details…

E:error opening ‘/datamedia/media’

E:error: No such file or directory

I made sure I wiped everything except for the microsd card. I even tried a different card. After this step I went ahead with the Odin flash anyways, and it put my phone in a 'bricked' state. I had to reflash to MJ5 using Odin and Heimdall.

I have tried this 3 times with the same result every time. Someone mentioned deleting data/media/0 and I tried that as well

I noticed that the Wipe is not really cleaning up the phone. I say that as after the wipe I can still boot the phone into SS or JB if I don't complete the Odin step. The JB ROM just resets but still stays rooted.

Thanks for your help!

Ash
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dawheat:
Anyone?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] faslane:
What is RDLV? I've used the MJ5 restore many times on my Note 3 and it's always returned it to completely stock but mine came with Jellybean on it not the newer ones with KK. Hope that helps in some way.

Faslane
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dawheat:
Thanks - RDLV was the first rooting method on MI9. So you've done this process, run a KK rom, and then rerun the MI9 One click to return to stock?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dawheat:
Damn - can't re-run the MI9 one click to return to stock - I'm guessing b/c something in the bootloader was updated. I thought SS was shielding us somehow, but it's not the case which sucks.

Does anyone know if there's a way to re-run the MI9 files via Odin or is that a pipe dream? I came from MI9 rooted.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] pigeonxda:
does this still work when starting with NBN4?

So i'm currently stock rooted on NBN4, will this method still work and not trip knox? Sorry if this has already been asked/answered I did a search and couldn't find a reference to it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Jorge81:
I'm in the same boat.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] thesumanthapa:
Stuck on boot image!

Hey! I followed this method down to every single line. I still somehow managed to get stuck in the bootimage where it says" Samsung GALAXY Note 3 with open padlock with custom."

I can go to download mode and recovery mode (not the safestrap one) .

Please help me. How do I fix this???
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Alexander Feng:
Softbricked

I followed the steps until the Odin part.

It get stuck during the Odin flash.

I seemed to have soft bricked my phone.

I'm using VMware to emulate Windows XP to use Odin.

<ID:0/003> modem.bin

<ID:0/003> Transmission Complete..

<ID:0/003> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes

<ID:0/003> Receive Response from boot-loader

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

Any suggestions?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] koszor:
I followed all steps on my note 3 and ended up having to take it to best buy for the samsung guys to flash it back to 4.3

could I have missed someting?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] solarbuddy:
I'm just a noob here but many seem to have trouble using Odin on virtual machines. Get a $50 laptop running Windows XP or better off Craigslist and try again.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Poke01:
This method worked well for me. If you follow his instructions (TO THE LETTER) you should have no problems, provided you did your homework first.

Had a Note3 with 4.4.2 on it from att. Could not root it, so I got them to take it back and give me one that still had 4.3 on it. Was able to root and upgrade to 4.4.2 (with root) with these instructions. Again, do your homework and make sure you have everything correct before you do it. :highfive::victory: If you don't, the headaches are overwhelming. Trust me.

Also a lot more information on these same subjects Here and Here.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] farrenicus:
I followed this guide in its entirety a few weeks ago and in the end flashed a custom ROM (Pure). Everything went smoothly but now I'd like to try Dynamic Kat.

What steps of this guide do I need to repeat? I want to totally replace Pure. Do I only need to do a factory reset in SS, select install and navigate to the Dynamic Kat archive, or do I need to go back to the undroid ROM, use Odin, etc. then flash Dynamic Kat?

Much thanks for any advice.

Edit: Resolved. I'll just do a factory wipe and install the new ROM over the old one.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrgoldfixxxer:
If already on urdroid odexed can I flash deodexed urdroid without data wipe
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] makiger:
Help

Somebody can make a video please... :rolleyes:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benwaffle:
Using Heimdall (linux and osx):

download the odin zip in original post

- flash UrDroid KitKat zip in safestrap

- open heimdall and go to the 'flash' tab

- select the PIT file from the odin zip

- extract AP, BL, and CP tar files from the odin zip

- under partition details, choose one for each tar file (all should match the names except DBI -> sbi.mbn)

- click start then reboot as usual