[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] effortless:
★ |[How-To]| | ROOT NK3 | KEEP KNOX 0x0 | The EffortLess Way | Rooting | 26NOV14 ★

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If you

do not

care about KNOX and want a custom recovery or custom ROM installed in addition to root- Go to my other thread here! A custom ROM or custom recovery WILL trip your KNOX to 0x1 (this is irreversible and KNOX will cease to function on your phone forever and ever and ever) :crying:

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Welcome to ROOT with KNOX 0x0 the EffortLess Way!!​

This is a quick and easy way to root the N900T T-Mobile Note 3 with the full stock N900TUVUENK3 update installed!​

This guide will assist you in rooting full stock N900TUVUENK3

without tripping KNOX

:D (preserving 0x0)

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NOTE: You will need to be updated to the full stock N900TUVUENK3 firmware before proceeding!

If you need to update to N900TUVUENK3 and are on a stock firmware that has not been rooted yet:

Use the built-in Over The Air (OTA) software updater in your phone settings to check for an update then follow the instructions to update.

After booting up, check for an update again and confirm there are none and that you are on firmware N900TUVUENK3 before proceeding to the "EffortLess Rooting Guide" below.

If you are updating from any prior rooted stock firmware (basically, you've used this guide before but need to update) you will need to follow these steps:

Download EffortLess ROM Prep.zip and Full Stock NK3.zip

Unzip both files

Turn off your phone and then hold the Volume Down, Home Button, and Power Button at the same time, when the phone vibrates, let go of Power Button. Press Volume Up to continue past the "Warning!!" screen.

Open the EffortLess ROM Prep folder and double click on EffortLess Odin.exe

Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable (one of the boxes under ID:COM in Odin will fill with a com number and turn baby blue meaning it can communicate with your phone.. if it does not, unplug your phone and run EffortLess Odin USB Driver.exe from the EffortLess ROM Prep unzipped folder. Now plug your phone in again and it should load the driver and the box should turn baby blue and display a com number)

Click the PDA button and navigate to the unzipped Full Stock NK3 folder, click on N900TUVUENK3_N900TTMBENK3_N900TUVUENK3_HOME.tar.md5 and click Open

Wait for the file to load properly in Odin, it will take a minute and you'll see a check-mark to the left of the PDA button and the system path of the NK3 file to the right.

Now click start and wait, don't touch anything until after your phone restarts.

Now go to menu, settings, General tab, and click About device and verify the

Baseband version

AND

Build Number

are N900TUVUENK3

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EffortLess Rooting Guide

This method will revert the kernel back to the Samsung stock NE6 kernel (that is vulnerable to the towelroot method). Then you will use towelroot to root. Finally, you will flash back the NK3 kernel and enjoy root on your stock NF3 phone!

This process should take approximately 5 minutes and will not erase any files on your phone.

First download and install towelroot on your phone]:

Navigate to towelroot on your phone (once at the site, click the main center logo) and install the downloaded app (do not open the app and click make it ra1n yet).

Then download EffortLessRootPrep.zip on your Windows computer and unzip it.

Flashing NE6 Kernel

Turn off your phone and then hold the Volume Down, Home Button, and Power Button at the same time, when the phone vibrates, let go of Power Button. Press Volume Up to continue past the "Warning!!" screen.

Open the EffortLess Root Prep folder and double click on EffortLess Odin.exe

Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable (one of the boxes under ID:COM in Odin will fill with a com number and turn baby blue meaning it can communicate with your phone.. if it does not, unplug your phone and run EffortLess Odin USB Driver.exe from the EffortLess Root Prep unzipped folder. Now plug your phone in again and it should load the driver and the box should turn baby blue and display a com number)

Click the PDA button and navigate to the unzipped EffortLess Root Prep folder, click on N900TUVUDNE6_KERNEL.tar.md5 and click Open

Wait for the file to load properly in Odin, it will take a minute and you'll see a check-mark to the left of the PDA button and the system path of the root file to the right.

Now click start and wait, don't touch anything until after your phone restarts.

Running towelroot

Once your phone boots up, open the towelroot app and click "make it ra1n".

Wait ten seconds and then reboot your phone. (I know it says reboot is not required, do it anyway)

Open SuperSU (if it's not in your app drawer, download it from the play store) and if it asks to update the binary, choose the normal method. (if it says installation failed, just try again or try again after you flash back to NK3, it's normal and it'll be updated)

When it mentions disabling KNOX, click ok (this will not trip KNOX, it will simply disable it for the time being.. If you want to use KNOX while rooted, don't disable it in SuperSU). NOTE: if it hangs disabling KNOX don't worry. Turn off your phone and proceed to the next step. After flashing the NK3 Kernel back, open SuperSU and disable KNOX and it should work within a few seconds.

Flashing NK3 Kernel back

Turn off your phone and then hold the Volume Down, Home Button, and Power Button at the same time, when the phone vibrates, let go of Power Button. Press Volume Up to continue past the "Warning!!" screen.

Open the EffortLess Root Prep folder and double click on EffortLess Odin.exe

Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable (one of the boxes under ID:COM in Odin will fill with a com number and turn baby blue meaning it can communicate with your phone.. if it does not, unplug your phone and run EffortLess Odin USB Driver.exe from the EffortLess Root Prep unzipped folder. Now plug your phone in again and it should load the driver and the box should turn baby blue and display a com number)

Click the PDA button and navigate to the unzipped EffortLess Root Prep folder, click on N900TUVUENK3_KERNEL.tar.md5 and click Open

Wait for the file to load properly in Odin, it will take a minute and you'll see a check-mark to the left of the PDA button and the system path of the root file to the right.

Now click start and wait, don't touch anything until after your phone restarts.

You can uninstall the towelroot app after you're are finished.

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Thanks to:

@geohot for making towelroot

and special thanks @toastito for getting me the stock Odin flashable kernels!