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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Jaye1:
Experiencing a little trouble with NC4. TowelRoot is by far the easiest no-brainer rooting method ever. It's easier than downloading most apks from the Play Store. No need to install drivers on your desktop or jump through a lot of hoops. Kudos to this developer. Please support him!!!

The first thing I noticed was more signal bars. YES!!!!

After I downloaded Root Checker, I verified that I was indeed rooted. Sometimes I get the Custom Logo when I reboot, other times I don't. Where I started experiencing problems is when I downloaded my old Titanium Backup Pro and Greenify Donation apks. Now RootChecker states that my system is running slow and that I am NOT rooted properly.

I'll keep playing with this until I get it right.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] deadlinguo:
After doing this method, is it safe to downgrade my modem to NC2 so I can run a NC2 rom? Or am I stuck with NC4 roms?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
Did you restore your apps with TBu? If you restored an old SU that might be the problem.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Jaye1:
No, I am no longer rooted. I only downloaded SuperSu Pro, TB Pro, and Greenify Donation. Afterward, I got errors when opening these apks. I then realized that I should rebuild my binaries through SuperSu, but even then that failed. I rebooted and got the "Custom" logo, but now Root Checker says that the system is running slow and that I am NOT rooted (any longer).

I'm tempted to download TowelRoot again and see what happens.

Answer found:

I had downloaded SuperSu and SuperSu Pro from the Google Play Store listed under "My Apps". This action downloaded an earlier version of SuperSu (v. 194) and it failed to update the binaries. There was no way I could remove the program the correct way because it wouldn't allow me to enter the program to do so. Once I removed it using another utility, it left traces on my phone to where the Play Store would not allow me to re-download it again. Kinda stuck in limbo.

Today I decided to look on the Play Store to see if they had an updated version of SuperSu, and they did! Version 2.00. It allowed me to install it (possibly because it was not the same version) and I did. Once I tried to launch it, I got the message that it failed and to reboot. I rebooted, and to my amazement, everything worked out this time.

The solution is to make sure that you are using the most current version when you install something from the Play Store. This problem may encompass all previous downloads from any developer that is saved in the "My Apps" page of Google Play.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] slowz3r:
My superSU is telling me that it cant update the binary. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] lynyrd65:
I'm really curious if we can downgrade our modems this way.

I bought my phone used with NC4 already on it and the radio pretty much sucks. I hear the previous modems were much better.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TMFGO45:
Has anybody noticed any negative effects from the NC4 OTA? Any battery issues or weird stuff? I remember on NC2 a lot of people were complaining and reverting back to a previous version. So I'm curious if this version is nice and stable with good battery...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LordFuzzy024:
Un-Root?

THANK YOU....:good:

THANK YOU....:good:

THANK YOU....:good:

I'm so happy to have ROOT back. I use Tasker to help automate my phone and needed root badly. Now that i have root, i have a question on Un-Rooting the Device. Is there any way to do that without Flashing back to Stock which will wipe everything?

Fuzzy
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] airmaxx23:
Reboot and try again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Badabing6:
With this towel root do you get to keep all settings and apps as the phone stands? Or does this wipe your phone to factory / new complete wipe?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] justin198103:
It didnt wipe a thing for me, it was as simple as a reboot. Maybe do a backup just in case.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] airmaxx23:
You can't do a backup before you're rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FFFreak:
SuperSU

My theory.. guess .. I'm Guessing! Thank you for understanding : )

Towelroot actual installs chain fire's SU using a daemon (system/xbin/daemonsu --auto-daemon) {also has a off named version of the ELF file}

Chainfire's release update for v2.00 could be that some issues couldn't be found until someone could actually be root...

Things in the release notes - towelroot was utilizing:

Fixed case where u:r:system_server:s0 context did not work

Update backuptool script for sugote

Anyhow update to v2.00... Play store

Chainfire's Change log

Then again Chainfire says:

He didn't include the APK because he injects in to the OS from a SO file. ... GeoHot's APK has 2+ distinct binaries in it... The installer, SuperSu, and rest of the SO File i assume is the (exploit) ... I am curious how he did it, but I have ideas.. Nothing I would be able to accomplish - still impressed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] crazed_z06:
Hmm.. skimmed through the thread here and see some people are having issues...

So are the instructions in the original post valid? Should everything work without issue following those steps?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LordFuzzy024:
Everything work great. Just do what the instructions say.

My only question that has not yet been answered is, How do we Un-Root if needed?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Nabraham:
No problems whatsoever. I'm rooted with Towelroot, running Superuser, and safestrap also installed successfully.

I'm dying to have safestrap updated to support multiple rom slots though!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] crazed_z06:
EDIT:

OK got it installed.. seems like everything is working. Only weird thing is SuperSu wants to update binaries every now and then, but it always says "installation failed"

I used the SuperSu link in the OP..

EDIT 2:

There seems to be an update for SuperSu in the play store today.. seems to fix the updating binaries issue.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jeepmanjr:
I get the same thing when installed on my NC4 N3 after rooting with towelroot. Do you recall what the name of that update is? I can't seem to find it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] crazed_z06:
I just installed the supersu from the Google play store. It's version 2.00 it seems. Was updated in the store yesterday.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...store&pcampaignid=APPU_4TKlU_qIGIaHogT55IKoCg

Edit:

Eh nevermind.. still doing it..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jeepmanjr:
Thanks for the reply. FYI, I uninstalled, re-rooted with towelroot, reinstalled SuperSU and now it works like a champ. No nags, no nothing. Life is good. Now if I could just get safestrap to work! LOL!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] forstir9:
I haven't rooted a phone since the Samsung Fascinate. You made it seem so easy that I thought I would give it a shot. Not only was it super easy it is almost fool proof... Beware if you are a fool though... Lol.

Thank you for this post... It is very noob friendly. Now I need to do further reading to see what more I need to do to this note 3. I can use a PS3 controller and I got my ISIS working... That is it so far. Well besides doing a backup of my phone... Which takes much longer than I would have expected.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nickhex89:
So basically if we say never flashed the nc2 via Odin but did root su etc and flashed we are SOL till we get to a computer cause all I get is black screen after safestrap... Everything else worked.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jmoi923:
Please help!

So, I installed SS, clicked on the install recovery button, click on OK for Super SU to grant access, but for the Safe System: Not Active, the Reboot to Recovery button is always greyed out no matter what I do, what did I miss??

So, I get out of that screen, reboot to recovery manually and all I get is the "Recovery Booting" in blue letters at the top left of the screen...

A horizontal android dead center of the screen with a red exclamation point in his mid-section

Red font:

Android system Recovery <3e>

KOT49H.N900VVRUCNC4

Volume up/down to move highlight;

power button to select

Reboot system now

apply update from ADB

etc..

# Manual Mode#

-- Applying Multi-CSC...

Applied the CSC-code : VZW

Successfully applied multi-SCS,

WHEN I am fully expecting to get this screen where you get to choose "Recovery" or "Continue" (Can't find the screenshot right now.)

THANKS!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jgonzales74:
Glad to be back

I was a little hesitant to go back to root when I got my Note 3 in Feb. But after a few months I could not stay away. Rooted and installed Safestrap and Bajarom. I am glad I switched great rom.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] neur0t0xin64:
Did you install busybox? This must be installed in order to install the recovery. I has the same issue and I realized that I had forgotten it.

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Were you on the OTA 4.4.2 before rooting? How were you able to get baja? I have been trying everything to get eclipse on there but just get a black screen and no boot. Any hints?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jmoi923:
Neurotoxin, I did install busybox. So how do I get out b of this jam that I got myself in....any other ideas at this point? Thanks for getting back to me, I really appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] neur0t0xin64:
I'm sure you followed the OP instructions but my suggestion is to uninstall busybox, SS, and SU. Reboot. Reroot with TR and then install them again. MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE THE BINARIES and try SS again. Get the chainfire SU. The others did not work for me.

This is what I did and got it to work the second time around.

On a separate note... the three button combo does not work to get to SS recovery. Unfortunately it gets you to the stock recovery which is USELESS. You have to reboot into recovery from within SS or wait for the SS splash screen to come up and select recovery.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] j_axxy:
I have done the OP instructions 5 times now and the root checker keeps saying I have no root, I am getting so frustrated, going to bed now and will be trying again in the morning....... Question:

Dose anyone know if you where to go and buy a new note 3 today or got a replacement from the insurance would the phone have NC2?

PS I DO NOT CONDONE FRAUD its just a question​
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nickhex89:
Somebody please answer this so I know my next plan of action
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gr_exclamation:
Don't believe you'll ever get a device w/NC2 as this was not a version of KK officially released, this was leaked.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DrPhant0m:
For obvious reasons... they don't update the phones while they're in the box on the shelf at BestBuy. So... if you're lucky, your local store will have a Note 3 that's been sitting there for a few months.

THIS IS NOT UNLIKELY, depending on where you live. When I bought my Note 3, it had the initial firmware (MI9) on it. I bought the phone in March or April, I believe.

Luckily for you... the software version is printed on a sticker on the outside of the box. So, you can know what version is on the phone before you even buy it. That's what I did. I drove to a nearby BestBuy after calling them, and confirmed that they had the Black Note 3 with MI9 software. It was a quick check. Just tell them to check the last 3 characters of the

S/W Version

on the box.

Replacements are different. If you get a replacement, as in from Verizon... It will almost certainly have NC4 already on it. It would be up to you if you'd rather sell the replacement and buy one with the older software on it. Swappa would be a good place. You could get one pre-rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ainzwurth:
I'm not real sure what is going on. When I try to install safestrap it says "There was a problem parsing the package".
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] RumRunR:
checking Knox counter

How do I determine the value of the Knox counter?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
Did the MD5s on your downloads match the source? Might be a bad download.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ainzwurth:
How would I go about finding that out
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DavidFlory:
Using a file manager like Root Explorer you long press on the download and select properties. The app will compute the MD5. Compare that with the original from the download site.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gr_exclamation:
Finally figured it out! *Fingers crossed*

Been following this thread for a bit just looking to see if anyone would report any issues with rooting NC4 and after some time saw that it seemed pretty safe, so decided to take the plunge. Shortly after I started to get the "Binaries need to be updated" message randomly when I opened SuperSU, followed by "Installation failed!". Started to un-root and try to root again several times, but it didn't make a difference. Tried the Busybox noted in the OP and also JRummy's because I had seen it mentioned on this thread or another, but no change, still kept getting the message.

Finally decided to look at apps I had installed since rooting, and besides the ones listed in the OP, I had installed TiBu. Looks like un-installing this seems to have resolved the "binaries update" prompt in SuperSU.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] j_axxy:
Thank you DrPhant0m & gr_exclamation

Thank you for the Info guys, vary helpful indeed
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tlipitli:
knoxx

reboot your phone to recovery mode

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google play has SUPERSU version 1.99r4 ... please install the newest version which is 2.00 which will allow you to disable knoxx during the install of the app. you will find an installible zip file here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

oddly enough, the link is on the google play site.

you might try downloading and flashing the following file, if your downloads are corrupted: or using a wired network instead of wireless.... Unified_KK_Firmware_RE.tar.md5.zip from here http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358551261

this files good for both 4.4.2 and 4.4ota builds.

corrrupt downloads you say?

are you downloading directly from Baenz links ? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2787627

he's got a md5 checker posted for you to be sure...

however, if your gonna go with custom roms your first time out the gate....

you might try downloading and flashing the following file, if your downloads are corrupted: or using a wired network instead of wireless.... Unified_KK_Firmware_RE.tar.md5.zip from here http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358551261

this files good for both 4.4.2 and 4.4ota builds.

the thread is here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2760380

either DEV's methods work well, and if youve been following along, they put a lot of work into it,

hope your root experience is a good one !
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] RumRunR:
I am perplexed. When I follow the link to the Safestrap thread, I only find download links for apk's for Jellybean or for KitKat NC2. I am running the OTA 4.4 NC4 (perhaps unfortunately) and thought from the title of this thread that there was a Safestrap that worked with it.

If so, where do I find it?

RumRunR
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Hashcode:
its been confirmed by xda users that the nc2 version of Safestrap also works for NC4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jgonzales74:
I was on 4.2.2 used towel root. Installed SU and busybox. Followed steps on safe trap to Odin nc2. Install ss. Flash bajarom.[emoji1]

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Battery life on Bajarom has been superb!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] makbomb:
Were you on the OTA 4.4.2 before rooting? How were you able to get baja? I have been trying everything to get eclipse on there but just get a black screen and no boot. Any hints?[/QUOTE]

Hi, I have the same problem. Flashed Eclipse successfully, according to Safestrap. I get the Safestrap boot screen, and then screen goes black.

Have you been able to resolve the problem? Can anybody help? I'm on a Verizon Note 3, NC4, Safestrap 3.72 Android 4.4.2.

Thanks :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ainzwurth:
I finally got safestrap working. Now I have the same problem as above. When I try to flash a rom, in particular hyperdrive, I just get a black screen. No boot. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ainzwurth:
I got it working. I was on NC4 OTA and had to use odin to flash to NC2
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tlipitli:
flash stock kernel

cool.. you're fixed with the Nc2 kernel, sometimes we overlook the easy fix, because, its not like we think the instructions on the main post is only important to the one who wrote it.. you can do everything right and still run into "it" .. i had an microsd card go bad right out of the box, and figured it out after i tried everything else. ive also had problems downloading over wifi., corrupted by EXTRA data ! not so with a FIOS file.. so, .i think these boot loop issues are directly related to cached data..or from an incomplete Reformat, since ive noticed those Gator/tera/sammy files sometimes have "leftover data" even though the MD5's check out..... havent had the issue with the Android Hosts, tho !!! Since you have to use Safestrap, get the latest update that the DEV posted... i believe its 3.75, and do a full wipe/factory reset.. the main reason why someone wouldnt , is to try and save data, (cuz of no backup) afterwards. Your phone isnt as tough as the commercial!!!

in SS---->advanced---->settings ----->“Use rm -rf instead of formatting”

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great post!!!

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you know, there was a verified method to take the update from MJE and maintain root, from a "respected source".... they even had pictures n all.

so, everyone "accidentally" took it up the ota with that one, .... well, mostly everyone. definitely a majority. well, perhaps a substantial amount people willing to complain that they were born.. using a cell phone... a non necessity.. being born, that is.. i for one, am grateful... for the phone, lol... how much is a cup of coffee these days? -------> : http://xdaforums.com/donatetome.php?u=4243514
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] supersnackbar:
My battery life is less, my stock browser randomly goes real slow. My keyboard background changes from black to white at random. Even though I have signal, 1 in 5 calls never reach my phone and go directly to voice mail. It won't stay locked on a data network while I'm talking on the phone. Sometimes I can do both, other times it boots the data off... (all while sitting in the same spot)...there are others but I can't remember them all. And all of this started with the NC4 update...oh, and I've done a factory reset twice, and have to do a cache wipe almost daily. The bad part, I won't be home until August so a replacement phone is not an option right now...and I use this phone for business. Looks like I dig out the ole' S3 and swap sim cards.

Oh...and my browsers randomly just stop and I get the message from the phone that says "unfortunately browser has stopped" and an "ok" button at the bottom that when you click on it, it takes you to the phone's home menu screen. If you don't hit ok...it sits there with that message and the rest of the screen is grayed out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] hayze87:
[MENTION=5470070]droidguy22[/MENTION] ....Much, much gratitude for sharing this man. Your Awesome!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] wilspeak:
[MENTION=5470070]droidguy22[/MENTION], I flashed The JasmineRom , in settings the kernal version says>>( 3.4.0 dpi@SWDD5521) , I followed the directions to install SS 3.75 so now I have SS 3.75 installed and the app says safe strap system : "not active " , so now I have to go into the app in order to boot into recovery, how do I activate SS ? so that I can go boot into recovery in the shut down menu ? Also I tried to flash a rom in rom slot 2 and the flash failed what did I do wrong ? I thank you in advance for your help and advice.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] joey_p1979:
Thanks for the post! Very helpful! BigginsROM here I come..lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] /null/:
unroot airwatch

Hello, I am tempted to do this so I can remove some bloat, however, I need air watch installed which detects root, check in is once every 14 days for compliance. Worst case, can restore to stock?

However, I would just like to be able to uninstall stuff and then unroot and reinstall air watch. Is unrooting possible?

Do I need to install Safestrap if I have no intention to load custom roms?

Our company is BYOD, however Airwatch is required to allow remote wipe/enforce long passwords/activesync parameters. Only requirement for BYOD is non rooted or jailbroken phones.

TYA
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Jaye1:
Someone with experience might be able to answer this question. I don't intend to flash any custom ROMs. The only reason that I would install Safestrap is because that is the only way that I know of making a Nandroid for a locked bootloader. My Apps and Data are about 7 GB, so it would be pointless for me to use one of the virtual slots of 6GB maximum. I intend to use my Stock ROM slot, i.e. boot up into my stock ROM. My question is this: If I don't create any virtual slots with Safestrap and boot into my stock ROM as I would normally do, would my new internal storage space be greatly diminished in size? I like having a lot of storage for future expansion possibilities. If so, maybe a nandroid would not be feasible for me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sfirouz:
After installing ROM into second slut it will not boot.

I followed this procedure and rooted my SM-N900V with CN4, installed busybox, installed SafeStrap, Installed SS Recovery, re-booted into recovery, created a slut, installed the Hyperdrive ROM onto the created slut and rebooted the system. The problem is the reboot goes into a black screen and never comes out. Has anyone been able to fix this issue?

Also at firest I installed the SS ver 3.75. in that version the system size is stuck at 2612 and cannot be changed. In version 3.72 the system size can be changed but the result is the same (Black screen after installing ROM)

Thank you

Sam
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gr_exclamation:
Hope I'm interpreting your question correctly, but no, if you don't create any slots your memory is not affected solely because you installed SS.

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Think this thread might help... If you're on the OTA NC4, then you'll need to follow the directions for "retail". Instead of the stock ROM mentioned, you'll be using Hyperdrive ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52088484
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] hsuwal:
I have updated verizon stock KK 4.4 previous, As described in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784009 rooted and installed Hyperdrive KK RLS8 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2520550 I'm able to install rom it shows successful but when reboot I see only black screen as turned off but phone is on and getting hot, So I feel phone is working but nothing even waited for more than 20 mins. Can some one help me what I did wrong and how to solve this problem. This is my second time, Last time same thing happened so i have went back to original verizon stock using odin, phone works fine. I have tried http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2760380 ( JasmineROM v2.2 ) too same thing after rom installed just black screen I can see nothing If I turn off taking battery out and turn on back I see recovery mode with safestrap but don't boot to system. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mobikids.net:
I did and success :). Thank 4share