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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeidwinder:
Hey I just wanted to get some clarification before attempting to do a potential upgrade. I'm running 4.4.2 (rooted, NB7) and I just wanted to know what the ideal method would be to upgrade to stock 5.0 + root preferably without tripping Knox? Would all data be lost in upgrading and re-rooting? It's been awhile since I rooted 4.4.2 and even then I was under the impression it had failed, only to find out a few months later it had been successful.

The phone is out of warranty so I suppose the whole Knox thing isn't something to be worried about anymore anyway? I've just noticed that the battery drains incredibly fast now (10% within a matter of minutes) so I'm figuring moving to 5.0 might help with that. Appreciate any guidance on the matter.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sob0s:
Great rom
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Once the phone is running 4.4.2, root cannot be achieved without tripping Knox.

The easiest way to upgrade to LP from kk would be to unroot, install stock recovery, run the ota update. Once updated, install twrp, flash supersu, boot rom, allow supersu to update binaries and disable Knox.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chalofito:
Please the last bootloader and modem for Note 3 n9000w8, for lollipop
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
More specifically I need to know if you can keep NA2 bootloader and upgrade to 5.0 lollipop.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chalofito:
you can not update your firmware to lose the current bootloader, for that reason seeks the latest firmware for your N900w8
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
OK. But has anyone tried removing the bootloader files from a firmware and trying to upgrade that while still on NA2 bootloader?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chalofito:
not that I know, remember that there are custom kernel. regards
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chinmonkie:
Any new modems since DOH1?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keramz:
Hey, new user here.

I rooted my SM-n900w8 and now my back and menu buttons aren't working (they only work with the stylus pen).

I've tried factory reset, deleted cash, installed original firmware N900w8vlu2dpg1 - nothing seems to work.

Could anyone think of a solution?

Thank you!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
you have to move the file to your "internal storage".

not inside any folder.

it fixed my issue, when the back button wasn't working.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keramz:
It worked. You sir or madam are a genius.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klau1:
Currently on 4.4 KK with invulnerable bootloader.

How can I flash the official Android 5 DOC4 tar without getting the bootloader?

The zip file in the OP doesn't flash in TWRP.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djepeto:
Hello, I am new here, so please don't hate me cause I post here my question. I installed this ROM in hope it will resolve my old problem with battery, but still problem is here. I tried many ROM's in vain .. The thing is that something is always draining my battery, even my phone is totally off (during night I lose up to half battery capacity (phone turned off)).

Is it mother board damaged, or do you have any clue what's going on .. I live with this more than half year, its very frustrating but still I don't want to change my note 3. I couldn't post this nowhere else, I'm sorry for disturbing you.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Run GSAM battery monitor or something similar .
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djepeto:
Is it able for monitoring while phone is off, because when it's turned on, phone is in sleep mode mostly, cpu is not busy.

Something is constantly draining battery, I tried all official roms. Phone is not demaged.

BTW, phone is always sliiiiightly hot on top, around camera. I know that CPU is there, but it's not cpu. I should try if it's hot when it's turned off totally.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Is the phone hot when it is powered off and on the charger?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djepeto:
Its hot when its powered off WITHOUT charger. Maybe capacitor!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenny-Ken:
Help please, do i flash to Doc4 before processi to step 1 as im currently on firm 5.0

Please Help me, thanks in advance.

My question, i want to be able to not trip knox and run custom mods to be un-vulnerable. I am unclear of the steps before the "First Steps" as i currently have these specs:

android version 5.0

baseband/bootloader version N900W8VLU2DPG1

build number LRX21V.N900W8VLU2DPG1

kernel version

3.4.106-leanKernel-htle-6.1.6+

In order for me to start the process of doc4, do i first flash the AP with: N9000W8VLU2DOC44_N900W8OYADOC4_VMC

before ging onto step 1????? Thats my question that i need answered before i go to step 1. Thanks all
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yom:
Yeah, it is the Mexican Telcel N900W8. Bummer. Thank you. Do you know of a way to get a custom recovery on my phone that won't trigger Knox?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
No, as I explained in the OP, it is due to the merging code with Canadian's hardware and Mexican's software.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mangala_Dharma:
Hello, I will change rom soon and I always preferred aosp. I am wondering, the only thing I use the pen is to take notes in many places with keyboard input, exemple in Evernote in reunions - - it looks more professional than madly typing away like a geek :) Would that still be possible on an aosp rom, to have that Samsung keyboard? Personally I prefer SwiftKey but I keep a link nearby for just these cases.

Sent from Yoda and my Squid using the Force
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
You can always draw using Papyrus. I've never used the Samsung keyboard to an extent where I know it's S-Pen friendly...

I use Swype/Swiftkey/Fleksy/Android L Keyboard, but I'm thinking you wanted a handwriting keyboard that detects handwrites?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmcpnet:
Can i upgrade from NB7 to NA2?

I am trying to follow the instructions. I am getting SW REV CHECK FAIL" Fused 3 > Binary 2 error in ODIN.

I have Canadian (Rogers) N900W8, rooted with TWRP installed.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sauron82:
That's a downgrade. NA2 is older than NB7.

Click thanks if I helped you
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Because Nintendo always taught us that B is before A.

:good::good::good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
You can't downgrade from NB7 to NA2. That is exactly why you are getting that error.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yujust:
Getting Custom status and red UDC Start text when going into download mode

Last weekend, I followed the steps from 0 to 5 (didn't install custom recovery) to update my rooted 4.3 phone (MJ4) from WIND Mobile. (Aside: Reason to update it was to get chromecast mirroring working for my phone, since it seems to require KitKat to work.) Everything is working fine after the update, but yesterday when I try to update to the latest NB7 modem (I'm still using MJ4 one) via ODIN, it fails and i noticed that I have Custom status and red UDC Start text on my phone. Although there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with my phone right now, should I be worried about seeing the Custom status and the red UDC Start text? How can I update my modem to the latest one? Should I update to the NB7 firmware to resolve the Custom status and red UDC Start text? All I need is a rooted 4.4.2 stock firmware.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Nope. It is a Kit Kat thing. Kit Kat bootloaders all come with UDC Start. Custom status doesn't matter as you can rid of it with Wanam Xposed.

Did it say failed? Make sure you flash it under the AP slot and follow the small instructions on the top of the original post.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yujust:
Actually when I said custom status, I meant the "current binary" and "system status" labels in download mode says "custom".

Yeah, it says FAILED in Odin. I followed the small instructions in your OP and tried flashing the NB7 modem file under the CP slot.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Sorry CP slot that's right.

Try a redownload, if it still doesn't work, send us a screenshot if you can.

Yeah, custom status can be obliterated using Xposed Framework -> Wanam Xposed -> Advanced(I think-should be last option)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
Can I install CWM instead of TWRP and have Knox 0x0?

Which file to use?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Yes you can, however TWRP has better features than CWM so I don't recommend CWM.

I like to backup my EFS easily.

http://d-h.st/users/xiaolu/?fld_id=31963

Latest file.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yujust:
Yeah, I already have that status changed using Wanam Xposed. It's the binary and system status in download mode that has the "Custom" text.

I'll try flashing the modem again in ODIN and see if it works.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yujust:
Ok tried flashing again tonight and it worked. This time I downloaded the NB7 firmware from sammobile.com and extracted the modem.bin file to flash, as flashing the one from the link in the OP still didn't work.

Now that the modem is updated to NB7, the part of the phone's info that is still MJ4 is the CSC part. Do I need to update that?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Great. I'll update the main link.

No you don't need to. Those are fine.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoldFace:
I tried to update my modem and it said successful however I'm still on MJ4. Does the NA2 BL allow modem updating?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Yes it does, however you have to follow the small instruction on top of the OP and do it twice with Auto-reboot unchecked.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoldFace:
I followed the instructions and it still didn't stick.. I'm stuck on MJ4
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
It should work. Try again. If it still doesn't work. Do a battery pull two times.

Flash with Auto Reboot unchecked -> manually power off -> yank battery before you see any Samsung logo -> put battery back in -> Hold the download mode combination (if you see Samsung logo you failed and will require a full restart) -> Flash with Auto Reboot unchecked -> manually power off -> yank battery before you see any Samsung logo -> put battery back in -> restart.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoldFace:
Battery pulls did the trick. Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
Been on NA2 bootloader with NB7 modem, been great. LTE/Wifi/NFC work fine or even better then MJ1.

One thing I noticed however is when my phone is powered off and plugged in to charge I notice a virtual Samsung CD drive in My Computer. It's empty of course and goes away when I unplug my phone/turn it on.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevourlance27:
nice, full and complete guide, explaining everything bit by bit. good job mate

just a question . . if we flash a ported rom, is there a way that we can push the knox launcher coz anyway its 0x0 (ex. s5 rom on n3)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
The thing is, KNOX tests for Su binaries locally on the device, and start crashing when it detects a Su request. That is the main reason why people remove KNOX from custom ROMs.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidhertz:
Thanks for this amazing guide. Just upgraded my brand new note 3 from 4.3 to kitkat with with your instructions.

Thank you very much!

I'm on MJ4, should I upgrade? Or stay on MJ4?

And is a S5 port going to trip Knox? And could anybody recommend a good rom with s5 features?

Was running DN3 on my note 2 and I can't seem to find anything similar.

Regards! And keep up the good work.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
You're welcome, and thanks.

I assume you're on MJ4 modem? Yeah you can update, it's better as it is a 4.4.2 modem (NB7) and running a 4.4.2 modem is recommended on a 4.4.2 ROM.

I believe I tried all the ROMs on XDA for the Note 3 already and KNOX hasn't been tripped. S5 features you could try the Canadian S5 port (RC Elite) [Every S5 feature works] or X-Note v18.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D_01:
hey nicholaschum i followed your guide steps 0-5 everything went smooth except for the modem update i flashed a few times and did the battery pulls to no success until i download stock NB7 and extracted the (Modem.bin) file and flashed it without changing extension as is (Modem.bin) under cp in odin worked like a charm first try with (Auto Reboot enabled) Just a heads up i think the file in op might be corrupted some how :confused: Also amazing tutorial very helpful
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
I checked both of the files pulled from the stock NB7 and my current file and they both have the same file size and same MD5 checksum (kinda - but diff name).

I'll change it to the stock modem.

DONE - changed the links. The reason could be because I changed the name of the file and Odin doesn't like it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D_01:
1508

Im aware it doesn't matter having the mj4 csc on the device but is it possible to update the csc file also ?if yes can you point me in the right direction if possible ive been searching for a while now with no luck or am i able to extract the csc file from the stock firmware somehow ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
CSC comes with a custom ROM. When you flash a new custom ROM the CSC gets wiped and replaced.

There's no need to update it unless you want to change the ROM.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D_01:
Thanks,If i want to revert to 4.3 all i do is load the ap in odin with stock firmware and hit start right ? or is there more steps to it .sorry if im asking questions in the wrong section not sure if i am.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Theoretically just load the 4.3 file into the AP slot and it should work. It will revert it back to a 4.3 bootloader as well as downgrading the remaining partitions.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
Also I was wondering for instance if it would be possible to flash a Telus NB7 (or newer) Stock ROM from SamMobile. Running NA2 bootloader currently running the NA2 rom. I would not touch updating the bootloader, obviously.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
If you flash an NB7 or newer stock ROM from Sammobile, you will overwrite your NA2 bootloader with the NB7 or newer bootloader, losing invulnerability status - as stock ROMs always have bootloaders inside them.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
Oh I forgot.

I was referring to hypothetically if I extracted the stock ROM, removed the bootloader related files - and made a new tar.md5.

Would this approach work? I seem to recall people doing this with the Galaxy S4 if they had a pre-Knox bootloader

[IMG="Screenshot of contents of NB7 stock rom"]http://i.imgur.com/s1waqhY.png[/IMG]
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Theoretically it should work. But I haven't had any reports to do this before so I can't guarantee it. But the thing is, if this was so easy, why isn't everyone just doing it when updating?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
I think because older bootloaders (non NA2) were tied directly with firmware causing a soft brick if you tried this method - I will most likely wait for someone to confirm first though.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
I think the KNOX software is tied to the bootloader on stock ROMs. When they detect a change in that KNOX version 1.000037 is not running on NB7 bootloader (example) then it would decide to trip?

But the thing is, you can run any software on your device without tripping KNOX whether they are new or not, so it won't softbrick essentially. You can run NG1 firmware on NA2 bootloader.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
Also one question. I flashed CivZ kernel which has USB issues so I'm interested in flashing ColonelXB. I noticed in the updater script that the file name for the kernel is different but written to the same place.

package_extract_file("civz.img", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot");

vs

package_extract_file("boot.img", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot");

Will this have any problems with brick?

thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
After doing more research and making a Nandroid, kernel installed fine. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android52:
Odin failing on root

I'm running NB7 for everything on a Bell Note 3. On trying to unlock via Odin with the CF root from the OP I get a failure in Odin. I see someone else had this and you pointed them to your small note. What is the small note? One of the steps between 0 and 5?

I read another thread that suggested running stock through Odin before applying root. I thought I've done everything in the original post.

Still no luck.

Any idea what I'm missing?

Also, just to clarify. Can I install are custom ROM like XNote without tripping anything? The OP says you can install anything but also says only an AOSP ROM.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Oh, I actually meant that it even works on AOSP, with that bracket.

Can you tell us what kind of error you get? Are you trying to downgrade with the binary error?

Yes you can, if you ran the NA2 bootloader it is virtually untrippable.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android52:
Odin failing on root

Oh, oops - I read it as it works with "AOSP, not TW". Great to hear that it works either way (AOSP or TW) even with the semi-invulnerable NB7 without tripping Knox of Warranty flags (right?). I'm assuming that unrooting for warranty is a simple as flashing the Bell Stock back over anything that is placed on the device.

No, I wasn't trying to downgrade - I was simply trying to use Odin to push the CF-Root over the Bell Stock ROM. The error is similar to this which I cut/paste from a thread on android central but was happening on an S5.

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> recovery.img

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)

I was able to flash the stock bell from sammobile via Odin as suggested in the android central article - so I believe Kies and drivers should be up to date (though I installed them probably when rooting my S4.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
By any chance do you have reactivation lock turned on?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android52:
Not anymore! :o

Thank you.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playermty:
Can I downgrade from TTT NC1 on my Telcel n900w8 in order to install CM11?

Many thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
You can't downgrade. But you can trip KNOX to install CM11.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calen77:
About a Bootloader Question and a Agps issues

Hello,

I have a N900w8, a long time ago it was with the 4.3 N900W8UBUBMI6_N900W8ANCBMI4_ANC Firmware and all was normal.

Then i installed the mexican 4.4.2 firmware N900W8UBUCNC1_N900W8TCECNC3_TCE and after it i never more lock satellites with my agps.

After many roms, the only one who works with my gps was the hiperdrive rom (N900T) with the help of the aplication faster fix.

Other roms and cm11 was the same thing, my agps don´t works.

I need to change something in the build.prop ? Because in the gps.conf i have put the dates of my contry (ntp tooç project) but nothing happens.

I can´t downgrade to Android 4.3 and i thinking about to install the	4.4.2 N900W8VLUCNB7, or it´s an error ?

Then i need some help with the AGPS or Downgrade the bootloader to install my original firmware...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Downgrading won't help you at this point. It won't even let you.

Try this ^
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calen77:
Well, I will try it today at night Because I come back to hiperdrive rom...

I will going to install the last cm11 and report here.

Thanks a lot !
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calen77:
AGPS Going down...

Well, i come back here to report one more fail...

I copy my build.prop and gps.config when i was in hiperdrive rom (in it my agps works) and the build.prop is the same thing about gps and in the gps.config the values for the CAPABILITIES=0x37 and in CM11 was 0,36 and for the LPP_PROFILE = 0 (hiperdrive) and in cm11 Lpp Profile=3.

I try with default values in cm11 and after it i chnge the values for 0x37 and 0 for the LPP Profile but nothing happens.

I am very tired and frustrated, all the roms i prove is the same thing, agps can´t lock and in Hiperdrive rom it works. Last time i don´t use the faster fix and i locked de satelliters in 2 min...after the first time, 8 seconds an lock with 17 satellites.

What i have to do ?

I don´t understand, the hiperdrive rom is for the N900T and i have the N900w8...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
N900T is almost identical to the N900W8, including the Wifi/BT/NFC fix that is why it works best on your phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calen77:
GPS Driver & Config

Yeah, i know it.

But i don't know is why my n900w8 with a CM11 can´t lock satellites, the same thing happens with other roms (n9005) with the bluetooth & Wifi fix.

There is a driver for the GPS or the only thing is the gps,config and build.prop ?

The other people with n900w8 can lock satellites with agps ?

I wish these files to put in my note3 or read then and edict in my phone...

Thanks for the reply and sorry for the bad english...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tornade69:
Since i have my N900W8, it always take +/- 4-5 minutes to lock to satellites with Stock Rom NB7. Now i'm using GPS Status App and with AGPS i have a lock within 15 seconds...

Maybe i'tll help you!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calen77:
Thanks, but my phone don't lock satellites with cm11 or other rom, i try with gps status, faster fix, faster gps and others.

Only with hiperdrive rom, i think my phon3 is broke or somethink...

I am wating for a firmware update to my country, the first was the N900W8UBUBMI6_N900W8ANCBMI4_ANC

After it i istalled the mexican N900W8UBUCNC1 but there are the	N900W8UBUBMJ4 and the N900W8VLUCNB7

I really know what bootloader/modem is the best for me...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1moreCyberdude:
I've been having issues with my gps as well. I tried the applications you did as well - nothing worked. I don't remember the name of the guy, nor the thread (I went through so many it's crazy) but he really deserves credit for it. He suggested downloading an app called clocksync and it fixed the gps issues for him. I grabbed it, ran it and it works. Before it was taking me anywhere from 2-8+ minutes to get a lock. Now I'm at about 15 secs max. Maybe it'll work for you.

Here's the app if you're interested

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.org.amip.ClockSync&hl=en
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calen77:
Well, actually if you say for me jump 3 times, turn around 2 times and pray before install it, i will do...

One more try tomorrow because now here it is 01: 02 and i will going to sleep now.

Thanks, tomorrow I come back to report...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calen77:
Well, i try, i try and i try but nothin works here.

Only with this rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2520550

It makes me crazy, and the rom is frozen in time, i believe this op never more make other update...

Thanks for the support...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Yeah Hyperdrive is dead. NB4 is one of the worst firmwares imo.

Have you tried the S5 ports?