yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mrnamster:
That did the trick! Thanks!

I did a factory reset/wipe in TWRP, powered down, booted into Download mode, and flashed.

Everything shows NC5 now in About device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jimzweb1:
rwilco12 great work !!! I have used this twice, with complete success. On the third time, everything seems ok? But, there is no Sprint 4G logo screen. Any ideas as to why? :confused::confused::(:fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I see you asked this in another thread. Most likely it is due to you having deleted the files you referenced in the other post.

Factory reset your device, power off your phone completely, then flash this.

You'll get the files back that you deleted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jimzweb1:
Micmars, to make sure there's not a step I'm missing. I do a Factory Reset, then completely power down, then boot into downloading mode, connect to pc, odin recognizes the device, click start? On my last attempt I wiped cache, and delvik cache, cleaned to install a new rom ( CWM formatting), factory reset, booted into download mode, flashed full restore through odin, still no sprint logo? I have to admit I'm puzzled?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jimzweb1:
Hey Mic, any ideas as to why I'm not able to recover those files? Not that its critical I don't miss them, just want to make sure nothing else is missing? Am I using the right procedure to flash the restore?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Seems Like Something Is Happennng with the Rom Install...

I think something is happening with the rom install. If the one-click sticks, it should be taking care of any boot animation files you may have in your system partition (ie, nuked them). You should also lose root, custom recovery and get a boring phone just as the carrier intended.

Here is what you can consider to be a solid test of your issue, since it is an overly cautionary approach. Do this:

1. Complete factory reset from the phone's menu or recovery, doesn't matter

2. Reboot your phone, just for grins

3. Factory reset it again

4. Power it off completely

5. Flash the one-click

6. Reboot, set it up, at least minimally, including adding in your Gmail account, update your PRL and profile, reboot for good measure

7. Then flash recovery and rom of choice

If after step 6 above you don't have the Sprint mustard yellow splash screen, we'll move to plan B.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jimzweb1:
Ok Mic, no problem just firing up the Barbie, mite just set the phone next to shrimp !!! Just kidding I really don't care if I get the sprint logo back. It's the challenge of getting the logo back !!! You know what they say, sometimes the road traveled is more fun than the destination !!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mhoepfin:
For those interested, I did this update over rooted stock and it came out fine, kept all my apps and data intact and everything works great. Had to re-root with the chainfire root process, installed TWRP and then the Hotspot mod.

Really appreciate this, worked like a charm and easy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rolling56:
Just ran across this and this is great! :cool: Sorry if this was asked before but any chance of making this work for Tmobile SM-N900T variant if not to much trouble? Please :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rwilco12:
I won't rule it out but I'll need a copy of the TAR and somebody to test it for me. If you know where to find the TAR and are willing to test shoot me a PM and we'll get something put together.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rolling56:
With all the new OS releases coming out in the near future i prefer to wait till the dust settles if it is ok with you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sonny82:
Tries this out and it worked. Now on NC5. But I can't seem to make the root process stick. I tried the CF auto root method didn't work. Any suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rwilco12:
Try Towleroot. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sonny82:
Tried it. Didn't work... ??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rwilco12:
I haven't seen a single case where either Chainfire's method or Towleroot hasn't worked. What are you doing to verify whether or not you're rooted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sonny82:
I used the app rootchecker. And I also tried to install twrp via Odin nothing worked. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm usually pretty good at this stuff
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
You could do this...

After having flashed this stock setup, flash the latest TWRP for the KitKat bootloader,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4mqer180pt4yxt/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltespr-4.4.img.tar

Make sure you enter recovery mode swiftly, as that file flashes very fast...hold your fingers simultaneously on home and volume up as soon as it reboots.

Then from recovery, flash this latest superuser if you want root only,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmi9mbxf491ycpw/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.00.zip

Or any of the outstanding, pre-rooted roms on this forum.

You'll have root, most assuredly.

No need to download one of the auto root packages, and if you're not concerned about Knox, towel root is just another means to the ends herein provided.

Good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jaco420:
i did everything to install this and i still don't have the sprint files i need to activate phone, and it dont have sprint 4g logo on boot up.

is the fact that i have KNOX 0X1 keeping my spring files from installing.

I'M missing sprint installer, service mode, service mode RIL,

anyone have any ideas why these arent installing or how i can get them
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
If that is a Sprint Note 3, and you flashed this from a completely power off state, you should be able to boot and activate the phone.

Everything is included, as it's a master image of a completely stock phone running NC5.

My only thought is to flash it again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jaco420:
Is there anything i could be doing wrong ? took the phone to sprint and they confirmed it was a sprint phone and that it was rooted, and that they couldn't activate it because sprint files were missing.

that's how i wound up here.

trying to take it back to stock with the needed files. Do i flash it with sim card in the phone, because i have been...

last night i wiped it in stock recovery back to stock about 3 times. then instead of reboot i pulled battery, put it back in and booted into download mode. and started 1 click odin , plugged in cable, hit volume up on phone, got the yellow box in odin and clicked start.

it ran all the way to pass. green light.....

i didn't get any sprint logos on boot up, but i did have to click on agree on a sprint disclamer...

also i tried to activate the phone on my online account...... could i have to call in to get it activated ?????

and thank you micmars for the help this far...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I think you'll need to flash this from a clean state, ignore agreeing to the Sprint stuff, then get the phone activated with a call to the carrier.

Once you set it up (ie, flashed this), your phone should be a WiFi only device, at least until Sprint matches the device IMIE number with your plan.

In other words, flash the stock rom, ignore root, then active it, then make sure you can use it.

Once the above has been completed, you can likely root and flash to your heart's content.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jaco420:
so do i flash with or without sim card in it ?

and just confirming i have to call to activate not do it online from my sprint account, because i've been trying to take service from my note 2 and transfering it to this note 3 online.

sorry if i'm asking to many stupid questions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
In unclear, but SIM card in seems right. Just don't agree to any of he Sprint stuff until you're ready to activate the device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] evilvoice:
Is there a mirror for the one-click. I have tried all day to download and it won't. It started off with only taking 25 minutes to download, but after about 85%, it dropped to 8 hours. Now, whenever I click to download, it'll grab about 5% and drop the speed to 0KB/s
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rwilco12:
Would you be able to send me a traceroute so we can diagnose and correct the issue? I just downloaded the file from three different computers in three different states without any problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] evilvoice:
Is this sufficient?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rwilco12:
That's perfect! I've forwarded it to my host and we're looking into it now. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] evilvoice:
No problem. Thanks for looking into it. I have the issue on lte also. I don't know. It's really weird. The tracert was on Wifi through UVerse

EDIT: I was able to download the file through Sprint LTE. Have no idea why it errors out on UVerse. I am currently backing up my system so I can reset it with this file. Will let you know how it goes. Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] somnifac:
Quick question:

I soft bricked my phone yesterday, so I turned to this to fix me up. I downloaded it, followed all steps and everything was great.

Rooted w/ towelroot, installed the latest CWM w/ Mobile Odin. Still, so far so good.

I wanted to activate Wi-Fi calling, so I tried, but I can't. When I attempt to turn it on, it says it can't be activated through the device, contact support, which I did. They activated WiFi calling on the account, but no change on the phone.

I thought "OK, maybe it's because I rooted and installed a custom recovery. I'll just odin back to the full stock and try that." That's where the problem starts. I reboot into Odin mode, and it now says "UDC START" as the last line. When I start up Odin, I get the yellow COM port, click start, and I get the following:

<ID:0/009> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/009> Odin v.3 engine (ID:9)..
<ID:0/009> File analysis..
<ID:0/009> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/009>
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

And a big ol' red fail.

I don't recall the UDC START being there before I flashed this yesterday. I'm on the same machine, using the same download, and the same cable. Nothing has changed in my method.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Try downloading the one-click again, or the stock tar from my thread.

You must flash this from a completely powered off state, as an FYI.

Finally, your WiFi calling should work irrespective of having tripped Knox.

Good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] somnifac:
I'm an idiot. I guess I hadn't powered down completely.

As for Wi-Fi calling, I wasn't sure if the System Status and Current Binary flags mattered when registering... Figured it was worth a shot before dragging my ass into a store. I'd have reflashed back to stock before going in anyway...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
No reason to consider missing steps anything but common.

As to the Sprint store, I feel for ya. Any visit to a carrier retail center is to me on par with buying a car on the pleasant experience scale.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kronium:
Anyone has a usable link? Rwilco's link is just hanging at 0% for me. Thankss.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] wormy987123:
Working here with Dolphin in desktop mode
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mnxd9:
Big thanks to rwilco12, garwynn and micmars :good:

I got my new note 3 yesterday, I had it rooted and everything set, mere hours later, I thought I was good to go, until I realized Bluetooth didn't work, nothing fixed it, I got sloppy with titanium backup coming from my note 2 and I think I corrupted something, a factory reset didn't fix it, I ended reflashing this to save my bacon, phone is perfect once again.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I am proud with my limited knowledge that I was able to fix it without having to actually ask anyone else for help. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I'm glad you took the time to post.

Congrats and welcome to the family.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] processorsaurus:
So easy

I've been holding off on updating, since I'm lazy. Today I thought I'd find the easiest simplest way to upgrade. This method was without a doubt the most simple upgrade I've ever done. Many thanks!:good::good::good::good::good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
A lot of work goes into these one-click files. Not as easy as grabbing the stock tar from one of the sites and hosting it for all here to enjoy (that's what I did, which means that I did very little, while this dev did quite a lot).

Anyway, glad it worked out for you. Easiest way of which I am aware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] vlbaston:
Question? im rooted NC5 looking to get the note 4 and want to unroot my phone/ note 3 this will work correct? (NC5 Modem/Kernel/Bootloader/ROM - Full Restore - Unrooted)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Correct, Knox is likely tripped, but aside from that, factory condition.

FWIW, wipe your internal memory completely, and remove your SD card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] vlbaston:
Awesome thanks micmars.......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] TMPOOLE:
Worked like a charm.

Been on Fre3 2.17 (and earlier variants) for the past several months. Intermittently loosing root access. Managed to get myself into a bootloop this last time and decided it was time to bring everything back to the beginning.

This 1-click worked very well. Still working on getting my TWRP running again and I apparently have to fix the external storage again, but so far so good. Might just leave stock and play with Xposed for the tweaks I can't live without.

Appreciate the hard work that went into this.

Chainfire's Autoroot didn't work for me but Towelroot did.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] LouRock:
Thank you for putting this very useful file together. Very much appreciated! :good::good::good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mooncraterx:
going back to rooted

Hello. I had to do this to take my phone to the sprint store (THANK YOU FOR THAT)... I did make a backup in twrp of all my partitions (checked every box)... Once sprint is done molesting my phone am I able to flash back that backup and be where I started?

I hope so!

please advise thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] LouRock:
As long as nothing changed like a firmware update, you should be good to go. After you root your phone again, make sure you use the exact version of the recovery that you used to make your backup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
That is exactly right.

Also depends if they drop in a new motherboard. That would mean a new SSID, and may require restoring the core rom build (boot, system, data).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Androidwarrior:
Custom Binary

So i'm trying to restore to stock i followed the instructions to the T and for some reason binary will not reset to official. How do i fix this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 00_MACKIE_00:
You factory reset after flashing stock ?

Sent from my NOTE 3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Androidwarrior:
yes i did three times
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Then do it again. It'll stick.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Androidwarrior:
ive done it ten times. Its not resetting the binary in odin so when i try to ota update its saying cannot update due to modified phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
If you've been on an AOSP rom or TouchWiz KitKat rom, you'll need to factory reset your device from either kernel (while the phone is on) or custom recovery, let it boot fully, power it off completely, enter download mode from a power off state, then flash the one-click.

If the above doesn't stick, then repeat. It will say official status if you follow these steps in sequence, perhaps more than one cycle. Three or Ten times any other way is likely not going to yield the desired outcome.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Androidwarrior:
i figured it out. Triangle away i needed to reset the binary count
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] itzike:
I'm having trouble getting past the splash screen. im trying to get to stock from SACs s5 rom and I am not having much luck. I followed the instructions to a T and it will not boot up. Ive been trying to work this for 5 hours now. Any help?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chico260:
Try a battery pull if your stuck on Samsung sceen. .. once completely off .. go to recovery by holding the power button,home button, an volume up buttons at the same time til you see recovery booting and let go ... once in recovery do a factory reset an reboot.. should come on within a few minutes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Moguledyouth:
Does anyone have any mirrors for this, rwilco12.com seems to be offline.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rwilco12:
We should hopefully be back up soon. The DC moved our physical servers late last night and somehow messed up the VLAN. They should have it back shortly. Sorry for the inconveninece!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bigmar75:
I downloaded the file but when I double click it says it can't be extracted. Anybody have this issue?

Edit: Got it. extracted on my phone and uploaded to drop box.

Sent from my SM-N/G900P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Goat1378:
Are you using ZArchiver? Try going in ZArchiver finding the file and extract it that way instead of trying to click on the download to extract.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Goat1378:
So i used the one click restore in Moblie Odin so i could take the o.t.a. to 4.4.4. Now im on what looks like full stock. I went to system update and when i check for my update it tells me system has be modded so no update for me :( I no longer have root. I went back into stock recovery and F-reset and booted back in still a no go. Any1 have any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
Now that you factory reset reflash the one click.you should be good after that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Goat1378:
I did the restore,unrooted which took me back to stock unrooted but my status in download mode still says custom which is why i cant take the o.t.a
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
Try rerooting then use Triangle

Away.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Goat1378:
i will have to try that .. Just booted into stock recovery and did a factory wipe and booting back in gonna start fresh.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] GavinMazey:
In your first post about this issue you mentioned that you used Mobile Odin. I think you need to use pc Odin to get back to 100% stock to take the ota.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] quick99si:
DELETE
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MikeyLee:
Trying to restore and it's not working. 3 flashes so far and it sits on the Samsung screen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rwilco12:
Try doing a battery pull and then booting directly into Download Mode before flashing. That always seems to do the trick for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MikeyLee:
Did that too and still wouldnt work. I did manage to ODIN to NH7 though. Had a TW FC but cleared data and cache from the app and it seems fine now. Now to see this thing LOL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Real_JESRadio:
Thanks for this! Saving my tail. Having to Odin back to NC5 because I am sick of NH7 problems. Did find out today that a new update is coming Dec 3rd to supposedly cure the NH7 issues. I'll remain on NC5 for now I think. BTW still loving the wallpaper app (:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] swapyworld:
can i downgrade from 4.4.4 NH7 to nc5 using this?

please guide how, facing too many issues with network unstability and GPS fix too :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] swapyworld:
will directly downloading NC5 from sammobile and then flashing using odin will flash any counters?

just want to know if this simplifies the procedure or does anything extra so as not to flag any counters?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jimzweb1:
First if you download from sammobile , cool that's where my copy of NC5 came from. Now if you are stock or rooted 4.4.4 NH7 with NO recovery installed, you should read KNOX warranty 0x0. If you odin flash a stock or rooted version of NC5 to your device it will NOT trip the KNOX warranty counter. It will still read 0x0. However, the the minute you flash any custom recovery you WILL trip the Knox warranty counter. Now there is a "flash counter" on your Samsung device it is different the KNOX warranty counter it counts how times roms and recoveries are flashed. Here's the catch on NC5 you can't see it, but on NH7 you can see it when your device is in download mode. Here is a link check it out http://xdaforums.com/note-3-sprint/help/flash-counter-4-4-4-t2885987 this is back when I first tried NH7 in the second image the zero in (0) is the flash counter.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] swapyworld:
[MENTION=3182182]jimzweb1[/MENTION]

man you are insanely helpful, i did flash NC5, once bootloped, did factory reset, booted into system, again power off and download mode, flashed NC5 again and let it boot on its own till i see 'PASS' in odin.

GPS is little better now as compared to NH7.

APN option is gone, gotta search it in the search bar and it will show up.

haven't checked hotspot yet but it is shown in settings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jimzweb1:
Cool, to get your APN's and hotspot working check out this link http://xdaforums.com/note-3-sprint/themes-apps/app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159 download his Galaxy Tools app. If you have trouble with getting the hotspot to work (for free) shout out to idone on his thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shadowcliffs:
fm radio doesn't work for me with NextRadio

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if fm (OTA) works with this ROM?

I flashed this ROM to use with MI3 modem. The only thing that I found not working is the fm radio hardware.

When play is pressed, it circles for a while then tells there is some hardware issue.

Is it the ROM, or the modem I replaced (MI3)?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] swapyworld:
hotspot is working fine on stock rom, tested it.

for APN i need to use 'search' option in settings and put 'access' and it shows up access point nework for putting APN so no issues here.

Stil trying to find a working fix for GPS though...will updating NTP server will fix or replacing gps.conf file, have asked for a suggestion. lets see :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
I flashed this via ODIN but I am getting nothing but force closes. I cant even unlock the phone. I am on the sprint note 3 any information would be greatly appreciated. I was gonna sell the phone but now it doesn't look like I can until I get this fixed. I am by no means new to doing this, I have rooted many phones and flashed many back to stock. What could have gone wrong? Should I just try to flash again? Maybe a bad download?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] wormy987123:
Did you boot to stock recovery and factory reset?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbtrucking:
Thank you SOO MUCH that worked like a charm I figured the full restore would do that. I never had to do that before but nonetheless it was an extremely easy fix and I appreciate the help. Phone was acting so funny I was starting to wonder if I may have flashed the wrong file or something.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] wormy987123:
Glad it was an easy fix and I haven't got a clue why the restore does not factory reset even though it says writing user data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BesTCooL:
turkish lang active ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dreamnote:
Thank you so much! I was having issues with my hltespr when I flashed a 4.4.4 ROM and a 5.1 ROM. On 4.4.4 the GPS didn't work well, and on 5.1. I had no service. I needed to return my phone to stock to get the latest update then rer-root my phone, and for some reason whenever I downloaded the stock firmware in a zip file, none of my PCs could open the zip, so I was at my wits end, and going back to the 4.3 ROM I was using was not an option as I somehow corrupted a system file. Your .exe file worked perfectly and got me back to stock. You rock! :):good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 12gage:
I'm thinking that I need to flash this to fix an issue I'm having, will it allow me to keep my custom recovery and just upgrade everything else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Goat1378:
I believe this is a full (Everything) package. Recovery and all.