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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TEKHD:
Well, I think I qualify... I have been a member from earlier than September 2014... I think so... Only 1 detail... Ending, Friday 11:59pm but from which time zone lol... Eastern Time? (maybe not even US Time Zone?) anyway... Here I am... 11:13pm ET...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aooga:
PDT, sorry. (don't reply to this post :) ) I have my location set as "California" in my profile.

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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Bmerz:
You had me at "giveaway"! This is very :cool: of you to do - thank you!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] doanthaitu:
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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aooga:
The winner is "vegabyson" (post 77)!! Congratulations!

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Thanks for entering everyone!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] alado221:
I want to buy a microsd card.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sweets55:
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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vegabyson:
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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aooga:
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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ronf1011:
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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for How To: Custom Recovery and Root

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scott9186:
DE or CE

You might want to make it more obvious that this is only for the Developer Edition.

For example:

Developer Edition ONLY

Or best would be in the title.

Just to help avoid confusion.

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shpotik:
This might sound silly! But in the OP in the instructions step 6 has two options of TWRP tar file. I'm on Verizon developer edition. When I click on Verizon version the second option.. It takes me to a page and there are 3 different files to download. I don't mean to sound like a total noob but I would hate to brick my phone over something small like this....Which file do I download?I'm pretty sure its openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.1-trltevzw.img.tar just making sure?

Thanks in advance
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57052225

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Rooted / TWRP 2.8.1.1 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
For the initial installation of TWRP (custom recovery) on your Note 4 DE you need the .tar md5 file. Download that file to your computer (not phone) and flash that file using ODIN. The .zip file is the same TWRP recovery that can be placed on your internal or external sd card to be used after your initial installation of TWRP using ODIN. The .zip file can be flashed from your phone in TWRP recovery mode. Again, for initial installation of TWRP you need the .tar md5 file.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedzzz:
no microsoft

how can this be accomplished without access to a windows machine?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
There is a Mac version of ODIN but I'm not sure what the name is, but I think it is JODIN.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyCram:
dev edition odin <ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.

Hi - seems like I'm the only one who has not been able to push twrp via odin. Fresh dev note 4 out of the box with

<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.

... wondering is anyone else has experienced this issue?

Is it possible they sent me a consumer edition, not a dev edition? I bought it directly from samsung, and the invoice says "dev edition".

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 90beater:
Thanks for putting everything in a pretty package.

I HAVE A ROOTED Note 2 but it’s been a while since I rooted it. Got my phone today, made my two backups, rooted and stuck my Verizon SIM card in. Everything is working great so far. Root checker passed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
Are you still having problems? Here's a quick check list that may help you if you're still having problems"

-Make sure you have activated Developer Options and the phone is in debugging mode

-Make sure you have the most recent drivers for the Note 4

-I would download the .tar md5 Verizon version of TWRP again

-After putting your phone in Download mode and connected to your PC, make sure ODIN recognizes your phone

-Make sure the "AP" box is check in ODIN

-Designate the newly downloaded Verizon TWRP tar file

-Select Start and wait until you get a PASS or FAIL indication in ODIN (just above the ID:COM box on the ODIN screen) before you disconnect your phone. The whole process can take several minutes.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyCram:
Good to go now

Turns out that even thought ODIN said FAIL, TWRP was in-fact installed. FYI: I'm running Windows 7 x32 from an iMac running Mavericks and vmware fusion - never had a problem like this with my S3 or Note 2 - but this may have been a factor. Anyway, flashed SuperSU in TWRP as instructed an voila!!

Thanks very much for your quick response!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
Yeah, its a different world when you are using a Mac with ODIN and an older version of Windows. Anyway, glad everything worked out for you.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hellacious1789:
Did I make a mistake that's unfixable?

Hello,

I recently received my Verizon Note 4 DE. I was following the video posted on Youtube by XDA and I followed it exactly the way that the video was presented. So by doing that, I ran the CF Auto-root before anything else. After my phone was rooted, I then installed TWRP and backed up everything. Looking at the forums though, it was highly suggested that I install TWRP first and do a backup of my phone BEFORE I had root. Then proceed to root the phone and back it up yet again. Is it possible to go into SuperSU app and do the Full unroot option so that I can make a backup of my phone without root being done? Or is it pretty much a lost cause since I have already done it to begin with so it wouldn't be an original image regardless at this point. I guess more or less do I need to be concerned about it potentially in the future? I don't ever plan on running the phone without root access which was the reason why I bought the DE in the first place not to mention that I still have my Unlimited Data. I upgraded from a Retail Galaxy S3 that I unlocked and rooted previously but didn't really keep up on the developments after it went to a universal rom update for Cyanogenmod for that particular phone. Any help or recommendations would be much appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
Sir, are you in the right forum. This forum is for the Verizon Note 4. The method of rooting that you explain will not work on the Verizon S4 that I am aware of.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hellacious1789:
Yes, I have a Verizon Note 4. Chain fire released a version for that phone as well.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
Ok, well that is in need news...the new root method for the Note 4 Developer Edition. But to answer your question about uninstalling SuperSU and then making a backup, I don't know of any reason why you couldn't do that. I am curious about the new root method though. I have to check this out. Thanks.

---------- Post added at 10:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 AM ----------

Can you send me the YouTube link because I can't find it in YouTube, not for the Verizon model anyway.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hellacious1789:
Hello.

Sorry I was at work when I replied to the initial message and didn't have the links or anything on me. I actually did utilize the T-Mobile Youtube Video link by XDA. The process is exactly the same as shown in that video except with a different CF-Auto-Root tar file built for the Verizon Note 4 Developer's Edition.

On Chainfire's website autoroot. chainfire .eu - Sorry too new to post actual links currently.

You will look for this particular line for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Developer's Edition. The File is around 27-28 megs in size. Filename will be CF-Auto-Root-trltevzw-trltevzw-smn910v.zip

samsung	SM-N910V	trltevzw	trltevzw	APQ8084	apq8084	KTU84P.N910VVRU1ANI1	4.4.4	28 632 736	Download	07a77f8ab23d3c2366a33020fce6afec	6 670

Inside of the zip is your typical CF set-up with the latest version of Odin and the proper CF-Auto-Root tar file for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Developer's Edition. You still need to download TWRP 2.8.1.1 separately.

I hope that gives you enough information and thanks for the response on being able to unroot my device and make an original back-up as well.

Thank You.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
Thanks for your response, I'll check it out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
CF-AUTOROOT for the DE is not new....was around for the first rollout of DEs.....

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / TWRP 2.8.1.1 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
manbat, does it work as stated?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
It works for the DE only.....if you are planning to install TWRP it is really an extra step since the bootloader is unlocked and you can just Odin TWRP and flash SuperSU...just my opinion...lol.

But if you just want Root and no custom recovery...it is an option.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / TWRP 2.8.1.1 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
Thanks. I thought, very early after the first arrival of our DEs, that method of root didn't work. Maybe I was to focused on recovery and root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
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Some of the early attempts were with the Tmo version I believe. CF-AUTOROOT temp flashes a custom recovery, flashes SuperSU and then reflashes the stock recovery. Once chainfire got the stock recovery for the vzw CE he created for the DE. I directed bigbiff to that stock recovery and he created the beta of TWRP for the VZW DE. After reporting my results for the beta...he did the release of TWRP for the DE.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / TWRP 2.8.1.1 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
Thanks man, that cleared it up for me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fragtion:
Hi all

I'm trying to get TWRP onto my SM-910V as a first step before rooting or trying any custom roms

I've got the phone in Download mode & recognized by Odin (tried v3.09 & v3.10)

I've tried flashing openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.1-trltevzw.img.tar and openrecovery-twrp-2.8.3.0-trltevzw.img.tar, both without any luck so far

The tar files are assigned to "AP", with only "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time" checked, as per instructions

The flash aborts with a FAIL and the following shows in the Log and On the phone respectively:

From what I understand, this means that the boot loader is locked? According to the sale on Amazon, the device should have been vendor-neutral/oem-unlocked (CM-910C), not branded in any way (CM-910V), so I should rightly return the device to the seller then. I knew I had reason to be suspicious when I saw the Verizon branding. Is there any known way around this? Otherwise I will just have to open a dispute with the seller and return the device. Not a complaint I wanted to make (or I'm sure they'd have wanted to receive) on Christmas day, but I feel I have no option

Edit: apparently Verizon have made it possible to unlock their bootloader via a fastboot command (androidauthority.com/verizon-galaxy-note-4-developer-edition-544609/). Does anyone actually know how to do this? If I can get that working then I won't need to return this already unboxed device
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
The "unlock" was probably SIM unlock. Verizon Note 4 bootloaders can not be "unlocked" yet. The only way to get an unlocked bootloader is with a Developers Edition. ...bought straight from Samsung. Once Verizon started locking bootloaders. ..the have never sponsored unlock of bootloaders in any way.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / StarKissed / TWRP 2.8.3.0 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fragtion:
Thanks. That's really quite ridiculous! Not only can't I install a custom recovery, but I can't even root the device with CF-Autoroot! This feels worse than an Apple Jailbreak right now. I just spent $800 on this Android device and I'm completely locked down? This is nothing short of an abomination.

Edit: I know I could opt to wait a few months in the hope that the community will work around this limitation (guaranteed I'm not the only one who has/will run into this brick wall) - but I'm just not going to settle for that. Being from South Africa (on vacation in the US) I'm not prepared to deal with all the Verizon bloat potentially indefinitely. I will be either buying the SM-910T (T-Mobile) which I believe is unlocked, or the Verizon Developer edition from Samsung if that fails. Any recommendations as to which would be the better option right off the bat, would be appreciated
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
Verizon DE Note 4's from Samsung...are on backorder right now...earliest projected available 4 to 6 weeks. Tmobile does have unlocked/unlockable bootloaders. If radio frequencies match where you plan to use...Tmobile is probably your best bet.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / StarKissed / TWRP 2.8.3.0 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfly212:
T-Mobile is the way to go. I have the VZW developer edition but you will have more development for T-Mobile and historically T-Mobile devices are better for international use.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fragtion:
Ty! :D Will try to hunt down a T-Mobile SM-910T then for sure. Hopefully I can find stock somewhere before I leave...

Way to go Verizon - now you've lost a customer & burdened one of your dealers with a returned unit because you want to control what the customer can/can't do with their own bought product!! We avoided Apple for a reason - some of us like to mod our phones! I wonder how Samsung feels about this...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guidan:
Hi! I have a slight problem with Odin right now! I have read several threads and tried searching google.

My problem is that as soon as I load any kind of file in Odin, .tar/.img/.tar.m5b, it says not responding and freezes. I tried using v3.09, 3.07, and neither worked. I tried getting the file from another source and same result.

I have a developer note 4, windows 8.1. Debugging is turned on, I removed any Samsung drivers and installed the recommended ones in the How To thread. I am running it as admin.

I installed Kies in the past (stupid I know) but I uninstalled it immediately. It isn't showing anywhere on my pc.

I'm a bit at a loss as to why I can't get Odin to work. I've checked what has been said on these forums.

I feel like it must be something small that I'm missing.

Please help! Thank you!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
I'm running Windows 8.1 also and every time I've had a problem with my computer or ODIN recognizing phone it has been a driver issue. The only solution I have found that corrected the problem was to uninstall all Samsung drivers, and any other previous smartphone drivers, and download and install the drivers directly from Samsung. I did not and have not install Kies. I know you mentioned uninstalling and re-installing drivers but I'd uninstall again and download drivers from the Samsung website. Also make sure you are using the USB cable that came with your Note 4 and try a different USB port on your computer. If you have a different computer in the house you may want to try the process on a different computer also...I've heard of that working also.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guidan:
Thanks for the quick reply! I will try it on my laptop that has Windows 7 on it and I am using the stock usb cable. I hope it works and I'll be back with the results!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guidan:
OK I tried it on my laptop but Odin doesn't even want to open. It pops up a box with a different lang, tries to open but disappears. I tried three different versions. Running windows 7 ult.

EDIT: I can find the files, I just have to dig through my user folder to the desktop folder. Without this it doesn't show the files. EDIT I'm also having trouble with ODIN finding any of the files I've downloaded. It isn't recognizing the .tar files. I've downloaded all 3 of the latest files from the link, along with the .mdr of each just to be safe. So 6 in all, and it isn't seeing them. I had this problem before but eventually it just started seeing it.

Back on my desktop, Odin recognizes the phone ( 0)com3 and says "Added!" in the box.

I'm pretty confused and have spent hours on this already. Any ideas would be really appreciated right now :(

EDIT2 LOL nevermind! I think I got it, it said PASS! Sorry for being a noob, but I when I see the winrar icon I assume it needs to be unzipped! I was trying to use the unzipped image file that winrar was producing! haha
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaiusMorgan:
Issues flashing a DevEdition Device

So, tried following and flashing my Note 4 DE (SM-910V) without any luck. Any attempts to flash TWRP or anything result in a FAIL due to AUTH. Any suggestions/anything I'm not doing?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
Did you buy it from Samsung? Does it say Developer Device under the battery?

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / Custom Kernel-ed / TWRP 2.8.4.0.trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaiusMorgan:
No, it does not say that under the batter. Model SM-N910V is all it says. But verizon told me, when I bought it, that it was the developer edition. And the model number is the same as the one for the DE.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
Nope, salesman lied ....Not a DE...if you bought it from Verizon. Only available new directly from Samsung. DE has same model number.....only difference is unlocked bootloader. Unlocked bootloader allows installation of TWRP and allows Rooting.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / Custom Kernel-ed / TWRP 2.8.4.0.trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letice721:
trying to root smn910vmkevzw using cf autoroot

Hello first off I am new to this site so I don't know the rules and if this post is against any of them I'm sorry. I have been using this site for a couple weeks but this is my first post.

I have the dev edition note 4 from Verizon and every time I use Odin to flash cf autoroot it fails at the last second. I don't know what's going on and I looked around and didn't find much help. the first thing I did was try to get twrp onto the phone and it failed and locked me at the screen with the yellow triangle with a phone and computer on either side. I paniced and flashed a stock android rom onto the phone so now it's working again. Someone of reddit told me that since I did that I habe lost the unlocked bootloader. Is that true? Also I would like to know if I'm doing anything wrong or if it's just the autoroot I'm trying to use or what. Any help will be greatly appreciated

Again I'm sorry if this is against any rules someone from reddit told me to come and try to post on this site. Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
If you flashed a stock ROM with Odin on a DE......sorry your Bootloader is now locked and you now have a "retail" vzw Note 4. Stock ROMS include the "locked bootloader" so flashing with Odin locks the bootloader. TWRP and Root will not be possible now. Did you buy the Note 4 straight from Samsung and pay full price?

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / Custom Kernel-ed / TWRP 2.8.4.0.trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letice721:
Yes I did. Is there anything I can do to unlock it like send it in or somthing?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbat:
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Historically Samsung gives no support for Dev Editions other than the 30 day warranty. Since you never got it rooted you had no chance to back up your aBoot....which is the unlocked bootloader. Each aBoot is phone specific... so no other can be used to re-unlock. Others have accidentally locked other Model VZW Dev Editions and Samsung offered no assistance that I have heard of. Sorry.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / Custom Kernel-ed / TWRP 2.8.4.0.trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letice721:
Damn that really sucks. Thank you for being honest lol I appreciate it.

Sent from my SM-N910V
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matttrix:
This should be a lesson for anyone wanting to root, change roms. Unless you fully know what your doing.. DONT. Always backup.. Always.. 99.999999% of problems are either not knowing something or not doing something which goes back to not knowing something. None of us mean to be hard but research is always the key, then research more.. Then after that research more. Untill you can taste, smell and eat your phone. Dont mess with things.. Im not even close to someone who can do the work others do but ive been learning over the years and can't emphasize enough about reading and research.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
I totally agree with your comments. This is the fourth or fifth instance (maybe more) of inexperienced users buying a DE and locking the bootloader. A big part of the problem, I believe, is the information discussing the "do's and don'ts, root, custom recovery, ODIN and warnings are spread all over this forum. Yes, the valuable information for inexperienced users is there but it's to damn hard and time consuming to fine and often found in a thread whose subject has nothing to do with the issue. I still maintain that a separate sub forum for DE should have been established and all information regarding the DE placed in that sub forum. I asked the moderators to allow that when the DE was first made available but they didn't want to do it. Essentially their rationale was many users won't read the information no matter where you put it and researching every topic is a good experience. I whole heartedly support and encourage research, reading as much as possible about your device, but the essential do's and don'ts, technical and practical issues and DE user experience and information should be consolidated into one sub forum. OK, I'm finished with my rant. Thanks for listening:)