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[Note Edge General] Cab121:
I'm a little confused about the boot loader situation. Its understood that the Edge is considered a non popular mainstream phone. The boot loader is from my understanding is complex in its locking mechanism more closely related to encryption. So those of us that have locked boot loaders are out of luck until a work around is figured out and put in to safe practice. My confusion sets in when I think about the note 4 and how fast it was unlocked. It seems to be a consensus in this thread that its a down right impossibility. The two devices are almost twins with the exception of some housing and battery changes (could be wrong) . I'm saying this fully understanding the requirements for unlocking a boot loader first and there are a few steps in that direction that hasn't happened yet. I believe its highly unlikely we will see a reliable unlock method within the next 3 months. I do however believe its very likely we will see something promising withing 5 months at most (could be wrong) .

The same applies to Roms. A any ROM or kernel port has to utilizes the new GUI layers and proportions. That takes effort. So if and when we see good ports they are going to end up better than the hack and slash ports most new phones end up with due to lack of options.

After witnessing a complete reverse engineering of a phone, bootloader, ROM and kernel from a small team of people way smarter than me I believe this is a small stepping stone to an awesome phone. Yes its its optimistic and so on. I have been on XDA for a very long time and have yet to see a phone get down right dropped by the community.
[Note Edge General] bori1030:
beautiful thanks!!
[Note Edge General] scoobysnack:
Does anyone know if restoring a backup in TWRP works on the TMO version? Sorry found the answer on page 5.
[Note Edge General] danjamand:
I am having issues with installing exposed modules. The framework installed fine, however when I try to install a module. I click OK for the permissions. Then the screen says installing and wont actually install. I have looked in Super SU and there is no log to suggest that it is asking for permission either. Any ideas?
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Guide updated in case the user wants CWM Recovery instead of TWRP Recovery...

See Optional Step 9...

Example of CWM Recovery:
[Note Edge General] mborg1:
SM-N915A

Any root for the Edge on ATT network?
[Note Edge General] valasca528:
Worked partially but no SD card fix

Thanks for this thread! :good::good: I followed everything to the T and it all worked. My Tmobile Note Edge SM-N915T is now rooted (confirmed with root checker) and there have been no issues. I've rebooted my phone several times to make sure all was good and I never lost root. That was successful.

However, I still cannot write on the external SD card even after the SD card fix here. Any ideas?

Thank you.
[Note Edge General] jagdesh:
Hi will this root work with latest firmware for SM-N915G. I am rooted currently and on the U1ANJ3. So if I downloaded the latest one and flash I guessing I will loose my root and if I do can root on the latest firmware still.
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
No, no hope fot the AT&T variant... locked bootloader... If you want root/recovery/flashing... never buy from AT&T... AT&T keeps headphones, keeps original box, over price... less bands usually, there is no advantage on an AT&T phone...

SD Card Write Fix works... try flashing again? This is the fix I'm using...

Not sure exactly what are you trying to explain... What I can tell you is that you might be able to use the guide BUT with instead of the TWRP posted in the OP, use the TWRP from the SM-N910G Note 4... Also search for the CF-AutoRoot for the N915G, if there is none... then try with the CF-AutoRoot for the N915T... (Don't worry, you will not brick your device) BEFORE ANYTHING... make sure you have the Stock Odin Firmware for your SM-N915G...
[Note Edge General] valasca528:
Root stays, no SD writing allowed still with the fix

Worked after I first flashed it then it stopped after I rebooted (root stayed). Tried to reflash the SD fix again but this time it says Failed. I ended up having to download SDFix from the Play store and now I can wrote on the SD card with not problems.
[Note Edge General] jagdesh:
What I am trying to say is that I have rooted my phone using the cf auto root for 915g variant and then following this guide for getting SU and external sd card writing fix.

Now I am on older firmware and there is a new firmware for 915g on sammobile which has been launched in November I saw that after Rooting...

So I wanted to know that if I upgrade will I loose root and if I do then can I root again using the same method again on a newer firmware...

Anyways like you said no harm in trying... So will try and report..
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Got you... 99% yes, it will work... (and yes, you will loose root when flashing new firmware....)

On the Note 4... the same rooting guide has been working with all 3 firmwares released... so odds are that yes, it should work perfectly using the guide again...

Here is the Note 4 Guide... same for all 3 firmwares...

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-tmobile/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n910tuvu1anih-cf-t2903733
[Note Edge General] gat0rfan78:
Is anyone running the TMO version of the Edge on AT&T?

I am about to go purchase the TMO version, but I will be using it on AT&T. I know it will work, however, I read that if AT&T sees the non-AT&T IMEI they will throttle the speeds to the device. I am on a Note 2 now, so I could just use its SIM card & leave that IMEI on the account for my number. I just wanted to see if anyone knew if this was accurate or bogus. Below is a link to the thread regarding the IMEI issue.

forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4/438703-buy-note-4-t-mobile-use-t-2.html

Thanks in advance,

Ryan
[Note Edge General] MrPlNK:
Wait, so theres NO support for the AT&T Variant??
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
No... Same for Note 4... Never buy from AT&T... Better buy the T-Mobile version and use it on AT&T... (if you care about rooting/custom recovery/flashing)

The future of the AT&T Note Edge:

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-att/development

The future of the T-Mobile Note Edge:

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-tmobile/development
[Note Edge General] MrPlNK:
I do care about these things, but there's no tmobile here. And theres normally some hashcode safestrap support for us, I don't care about running AOSP roms or kernels, I just want to debloat or run an international rom or something.
[Note Edge General] jagdesh:
Downloaded the latest firmware for SM-N915G and flashed it using Odin, lost root and recoevery, repeated the steps as per the OP here in this thread and YAY!!! I have root and I am now updated on the latest firmware
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Guide Updated...

> Rooting Guide works with both T-MOBILE N915TUVU1ANJL/N915TUVU1ANK3

You may update via Odin...

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/39695/N915TUVU1ANK3_N915TTMB1ANK3_TMB.zip/

and re-root...
[Note Edge General] jabreu203:
This might be a very dumb question so I apologize in advance. In the past I've had to unlock the bootloader first before install a custom recovery (fastboot oem unlock). Is it not necessary with this method?
[Note Edge General] nonmindo:
Been a while since I have had a sammy phone, i know on HTC some of the updates will wipe device... will flashing the update via ODIN wipe the phone? If yes, how much, will it wipe everything including internal/external SD?
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Don't worry, it doesn't wipe anything...
[Note Edge General] nonmindo:
Coo, ty!
[Note Edge General] thachosenone:
Tmobile note edge comes bootloader unlocked. The only phone I've ever had to unlock the bootloader was the play store galaxy nexus. I've had the gs1 vibrant, gs4, gs5 all on tmobile and never had to unlock anything to install a custom recovery.

To sum up...tmo+ Samsung = easy root.
[Note Edge General] ninjaryder9r:
Will this method work on the Sprint Edge?
[Note Edge General] avetny:
success.

T-Mobile N915T-NK3 just installed recovery/root it.

Thank you guys !!!!:good:
[Note Edge General] gubbilo144:
Im on tmobile note edge using at&t working great. I stopped buying at&t phones after my at&t note 3 took forever just to root.,since then been buying tmobile note 3,4 and edge using them with my at& t service with no problems yet lte is running fine. IF U CAN BUY THE TMOBILE EDGE TO USE ON ATT I would strongly say get it. I've been running the tmobile note 3,4,edge no problem on att.

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Has anyone heard or find out if we are going to be getting our own tmobile twrp recovery or cwm. It would be great to get a recovery were we dont have the unable to mount error or way to fix it.
[Note Edge General] gat0rfan78:
Awesome! I'm about to pull the trigger.

What steps did you take to unlock the Edge? Did you wait 40 days, do the $100 prepaid refilk or use a 3rd party unlock company?

Thanks for the feedback!

Ryan
[Note Edge General] Antoni0_23:
T-Mobile N915T-NK3. Tested and working. Not having any problems. Also flashed the International Boot Animation. No more ugly t-mobile splash screen. Thanks a lot for your work !
[Note Edge General] thachosenone:
The cache mount error is fixed by just wiping cache in recovery.
[Note Edge General] gubbilo144:
AWSOME,thanks.Didnt know it was so easy to fix thank you

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I used unlockunit from the play store.I paid 24.00 and got my code in about 8 hours.They are pretty quick i used them for my tmobile note 4 also for 34 and got my code fast within 6 hours.Celluarunlock.net is good also about the same price
[Note Edge General] varun.gid:
Hey guys. So i have updated my 915G, to the latest firmware, can i still root it?

Or do i have to downgrade? My version shows NK4.

Should i still root or will i get stuck trying to root?

Any best ways to root the 915G.

Help is appreciated. Thank you
[Note Edge General] jagdesh:
Hey buddy I also have 915g.

Flash the new firmware and you will loose root but no worries.

Just follow the same process again as before. Use odin and flash chainfires auto cf root it will fail then remove battery and put back and goto download mode again and flash the twrp file for 915g...

Once done reboot in recovery and then flash su zip and sd card fix and the you will have root again on your new firmware.
[Note Edge General] dreynam2:
Same Problems?

do not know if more people are experience the same problems but after rooting. Once I tried to install an app from play store stops at 50%-80% and stays there for a while then it finish the installation. Second, all my root applications are taking for ever to get root privileges. I am talking about 40 seconds to get root permit from any root app.

Thank you,
[Note Edge General] mscion:
I'm having a problem with Odin. When I open it both Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time are checked with a grey checkmark. I am unable to uncheck F.Reset. How do I correct this? Thanks!
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
With the version 3.07 posted in OP both options are always checked... But I have seen that version 3.09 have the options available.

Here: http://tekhd.com/xda/Odin3_v3.09.exe
[Note Edge General] mscion:
So it is ok to have both checked? Just wondering, how did you uncheck F. Reset as shown in the OP. Does that do a factory reset? If so, is that common practice when rooting? One more thing that was different. I have 0:[COM7] above the ID:COM. Shouldn't I have 0:[COM3]

Thanks again!
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
You know what... that's an error... F. Reset is checked... I will fix image right now. ( I did this with Note 4 & Note Edge (both checked) and nothing as far as I know was reset) So don't worry... keep both as they are. Will fix image right now.

Com port doesn't matter... You can have any port there...
[Note Edge General] mscion:
Finally got back to it. Every worked as you said. Thanks again and again!
[Note Edge General] joehank:
Does this method work for Sprint?

And..., when android 5 (lollipop) becomes available for this device, which will probably be within the next three months, will any of this still work?

Oh one other question...does the stock Sprint Edge support apps to sd? Is that feature coming back with lollipop?

Thanks...
[Note Edge General] wwolf771177:
I have 1 question. Where in the internal storage am I suppose to paste these files in. SuperSU-v2.16.zip / tmo_n915t_extsd_fix_tekhd.zip. or can I just put them anywhere.
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Yes, you can put them anywhere you want... Just make sure you remember the location...
[Note Edge General] CreekDirt:
The extsd_fix mirror link is broken. The link in the paragraph above it works fine though.

http://www.tekhd.com/downloads/tmo_n915t_extsd_fix_tekhd.zip
[Note Edge General] CreekDirt:
Much thanks for the root. It went without a hitch.

Can someone walk me through what is needed to clear the "can't mount" issues that show up in recovery? Specifically the ones when making a Nandroid?
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Just clear your cache using the recovery... that's it...
[Note Edge General] CreekDirt:
Thanks. I stumbled upon the fix in the Surround Sound mod thread.
[Note Edge General] wwolf771177:
Help me out guys what could I be doing wrong. I have the USB driver because when I hook up the phone to the computer it reads it. I opened the internal memory and put the 2 necessary files in it. In step 2, I open odin and the screen looks the same but when I power off my phone and turn it back on to download mode the 0:[com] doesn't show anymore and on the bottom right hand corner of my computer it says "downloading drivers" (I already downloaded kies from the link provided in the first page)

Thanks
[Note Edge General] misterwal10:
i followed the instructions exactly and i have root and all seems to be working except for the fact that in twrp- my sd card isn't being recognized. does anyone know how to fix this?
[Note Edge General] oscarwylde:
Ok, so I am not new to rooting my phones... I have done it to every phone I have owned, but I may have screwed this one up. So last night I dled all the files, saved to my drive, and poped open odin. As a habit I keep backups of everything, so I copied everything to my external then extracted the required files. Start up download mode and connect to odin. With the CF-Auto-Root loaded into odin I hit go and walk away for a min to see what my dogs destroyed in the other room and come back to a FAIL as expected. Reset my phone and there is no download mode, I get the soft brick emergency screen. I had forgotten to copy the files to my phone thinking more about the dogs than what I was doing. So I grab a stock firmware file and flash the phone back to stock. Tonight I tried again and now my phone won't connect in Odin and I have a very different downloadmode (pics of current dlm). What in the world can I do to fix this?

The phone is working with the stock firmware, drivers are good, tried 3 different USB cables and ports, can access the phone's memory through my laptop without issue
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
That is stock recovery, not download mode. Are you pressing Power + VOLUME DOWN (NOT UP) + HOME?
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
What partition format does your card has? Size? Have to tried with another card? Let me know so we can help...
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Downloading drivers... That's the issue... That's not normal, if you already have the drivers installed you shouldn't see that. I think you have a driver issue... Try removing all drivers /software related to Samsung and restart from Scratch... (or test in another PC)
[Note Edge General] oscarwylde:
And I feel like an a**hat now. I thought I was but your post made me question it. Pulled the wallet case off and put the regular back on it and tried again. All is right with the world save my idiocy. Thank you
[Note Edge General] wwolf771177:
Thanks I'll try that. I'll update later.
[Note Edge General] nmcgrawj:
I am having the same issue...anyone have a fix? :confused:
[Note Edge General] avetny:
Let mw guess u using that stock deodexed rom....I forgot the name...

Correct?
[Note Edge General] oscarwylde:
Massive thanks to all involved, rooted with xposed working flawlessly
[Note Edge General] soNburst:
Thanks for helping me root my phone. Mine was also laggy until installing xsecurestorage which also took forever to install. How is this different from wanam disabling secure storage?
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
No idea...

For Everyone...

New CF-Auto-Root available for download @OP... (Flashing Still Fails but at least it seems that when an APP asks for root permissions, the splash from SU asking for permission loads in about 3-10 seconds... not a whole minute)

Download here too:

http://g2k.serveftp.net/~httpd/xda/CF-Auto-Root-tbltetmo-tbltetmo-smn915t.zip

Guide procedure is still the same...
[Note Edge General] Badboypony:
Hi, i have a note edge european model (N915FYXXU1ANK4). Can i root it with this guide?
[Note Edge General] Niggiebro:
extsd fix doesn't work

I use Go Backup and it doesn't read the SDcard. The same problem happened with my Galaxy S4.

I also use SkipSoft Android ToolKit, and there's a fix in the app to fix the problem on Galaxy S3 that fix the problem on my SGS4.

So can we get an updated file to download. I'd tried both files from both sites and they flash with an mounting error.

If there supposed to be a app in the flash file, it's missing, folder is empty...

Thanks
[Note Edge General] nmcgrawj:
My play store issue went away....not sure what was causing it.

I am not seeing any SU delays....no need to use this new one right?
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
no... if it works... don't do anything...
[Note Edge General] Niggiebro:
Found the app that's missing from the flash file, it's SDFix , by Nextapp, and you can it at the Play Store. I had trouble with the install, like what happens with other apps we to to install from the Play Store, so I tried the install from the Play Store via Web browser and it installed.

Good luck
[Note Edge General] tospace2006:
I flash twrp using odin and it flashes fine and reboots. When I turn off and try to go into it it says applying system update, no command, into stock recovery. Any ideas?

Edit: disregard I was dumb. Tried to flash the T version not the S
[Note Edge General] BunmiHiT3k:
Sms not working right

So I was able to root my phone, but after rooting I found out their was a long delay in my sms.. When I send a text, it will say not sent, but the receiver receives the msg sometimes. I can't receive incoming messages.. I unroot, and everything is working fine. Does anyone know what's wrong? :(
[Note Edge General] nmcgrawj:
I noticed today that while trying to fix permissions in TWRP that the screen blinks and then goes black, with the capacitive buttons lit up. I have to pull the battery and the phone restarts in recovery. It will restart just fine, but I can't get it to fix permissions.

Any ideas?
[Note Edge General] Danny632:
when will root be available for the SM-915FY?
[Note Edge General] avetny:
Recovery is not working with N915TUBU1ANL1 (tmobile)
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
There is nothing missing from the External SD Card Write Fix... That's the idea of the fix... avoiding the installation of a 3rd party apk...

You have the SM-N915T (T-Mobile Variant) With NJL or NK3?

No idea...

That's the Trinidad & Tobago variant...

What do you get when trying to flash it?
[Note Edge General] avetny:
I got tmobile. I flashed the rom via.tar. Is working Im using it now.

But when I flashing kernel (recovery) it's failed as always, after I switch battery back I go straight to download mode. (Something like fail to boot recovery your phone from kies etc)

Regards
[Note Edge General] rinkoui:
I have this issue too after following the steps found here. I'm using 915G. Installing apps taking more than 2 minutes each even for 500+kb apps. Any fixes?

I've noticed that all 4 CPU cores are always running at >1500mhz even when I'm only using WhatsApp. Please advise.
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Just asking...

Are you reading the instructions carefully? What is expected to fail is the CF-Auto-Root, not the recovery... after the CF-Auto-Root failure... then you remove battery... go back to download mode and then you flash the actual recovery... Let me know if that is exactly what you are doing...
[Note Edge General] avetny:
Did u guys try to factory reset after root ?

Try it out it may help

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My God....I'm sorry I was tired yesterday...missed some step :(

Thank you for ur time !
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
When you do it, please let me know if it worked (or not) So I can go ahead and add the NL1 as confirmed working... Take care my friend...
[Note Edge General] avetny:
Rodger that sir.

I'll be back
[Note Edge General] rinkoui:
Yup, I've done a factory reset but it is still persisting.
[Note Edge General] avetny:
Damn. Ok
[Note Edge General] avetny:
Just want to confirm Recovery/Root working on latest N915TUBU1ANL1 (tmobile)

regards
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Thank you for coming back & confirming!
[Note Edge General] vince2398:
Is NL1 available now?
[Note Edge General] Niggiebro:
Tekhd it's that flashing that file, gives an error message and after booting into the OS, I get apps that say they cannot access the external SDcard, they cannot read or write to it.

This root option is not a good one there are problems at the play store where apps stop downloading, even apps that you try to install from internal or external start the installation process, but never finish. The device become useless when installing apps. I rooted my Edge 3 times and I get the same results. I just reverted back to stock until another Dev irons out all the problems. I think the knox has a lot to do with it or the Sd fix isn't fixing the problem right and apps are have, or the OS, having problems cause they can't access the sdcard.
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
NL1 is from A T-Mobile variant @ Trinidad & Tobago (not the US version you might think)
[Note Edge General] blacksheep242:
T-mobile user here think I'm having the same issue. I follow the instructions perfectly (and confirmed the steps elsewhere on the web as well) but twrp flashing always fails. See screenshot. Any suggestions?

[IMG="twrp fail flash"]http://imgur.com/EvuLXnP[/IMG]

[IMG="twrp fail"]http://i.imgur.com/EvuLXnP.png?1[/IMG]
[Note Edge General] gat0rfan78:
I just got done completing mine like 20 minutes ago. I followed the directions and they were dead-on, for me anyways. It failed on the first time with the "CF-Auto-Root-tbltetmo-tbltetmo-smn915t.tar.md5" file, then I rebooted as directed and then applied the "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.1-trltetmo.img.tar" file and proceeded with the the rest of the steps. I am on a TMO Sm-n915T Baseband is N915TUVU1ANK3.
[Note Edge General] gat0rfan78:
Anyone having issues with Bluetooth after rooting?

My headsets, both older and newer ones, will connect to the phone; but when I make or receive a call I cannot send it to my headset. Also, when I play any media, the audio doesnt route to the headset either. The headsets work with a Note 4 that I have access to, and also on my Note 2; but I didnt try it on my Note Edge before rooting it this morning, so I can't confirm if the behavior existed before the rooting or not.

Thanks in advance,

Ryan
[Note Edge General] vince2398:
Yeah this is happening to me also on Tmo US Edge. Does anyone know if there's a fix for this? Thanks in advance.
[Note Edge General] TEKHD:
Re-uploaded the file just in case... Working fine here...