[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] David.Dunbar:
I am on OB7 with Hybrid X 2.0 Base Odexed and want to go to Hybrid X 3.0 and have been hesitating as I have not made an exact checklist. I have rooted less than 10 phones and loaded custom ROM's on only 4 and each time I have to read for hours in different places to make an exact checklist for the procedure. I did this for my GS3 with roirraW "edor" ehT, a senior member and dev over there. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54369465&postcount=734 I wasn't going to post the checklist but decided it would help illustrate my point so it is below in blue.

I got my wife a Note 4 and before I could give it to her had to get Tex's Hybrid X OG5 Odexed installed. I thought I had the steps in my head and wound up in a boot loop. I tried to upgrade the Samsung Drivers on my PC as I had the ones from earlier this year when I did my Note 4. The driver install failed and I went ahead figuring the older drivers would work. I got the new Odin3 v3.10.6 but did not see the PDA Button so tried to use Odin3 v3.07. Later I read that the AP button does the PDA function. I Odin'ed twrp-2.8.7.0-trltespr.img dot tar and booted into recovery. Apparently I was in stock recovery but went ahead and loaded Hybrid X OG5. Of course it did not work and I did not have root. I missed a step at this point and still not sure what it was. It might have been to flash SuperSU but I thought the ROM was self rooting. I tried a different method to get root and managed to get the twrp gui this time and loaded OG5. I thought for sure I was going to brick her phone and I need to get a checklist before I upgrade my phone. I am a geophysicist and understand complex methods but don't flash enough to remember all the nuances. I think I donated $25 to roirraW "edor" ehT for help with my GS3 and I don't mind at all donating to you masters of mod who practice the art of the ROM. The efforts to root and make these ROMs and mods are worth me paying for as I don't have time to become a black belt myself. I donated $25 to Tex yesterday and probably will donate more to ensure I have a checklist path to follow to get where I want to be. I don't see any reason to keep the old bootloader to go back to Kitkat or 5.0.1 but I will use Tex's method to flash his OB7/OG5 tar HERE because he has a nice checklist for my to follow. Then I will work my way to flashing his Sprint_Hybrid-X_3.0_N910PVPU4COG5_Deodexed.

There are many of us with my lower skill level who would donate to someone who can compile an exact checklist like this one from my GS3:

Follow these instructions, compiled by myself and with contributions by [MENTION=4933564]David.Dunbar[/MENTION] in the following post http://xdaforums.com/show...6&postcount=15, modified slightly for the 16GB PIT whereas he needed and used the 32GB PIT:

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Loading Stock ND8:

1 – Run Odin v3.07 as administrator

2 – Load L710VPUCND8_L710SPRCND8_L710VPUCND8_HOME.tar in the PDA slot

3 – Load sph-i710-16gb.pit into the PIT slot

4 – Check ‘re-partition’ box and wait for next steps to establish phone connection.

4.1 - Uncheck the reboot option in Odin.

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5 – Phone off. Enter download mode by holding down Vol Down, Home and Power to first screen presence

6 – Enter download mode by moving cursor – Vol Up.

7 – Plug phone into PC. Drivers are already installed so look for Connection in Odin.

8 – Start Odin on good battery charge. Don’t touch phone until complete, 5-10min.

9 – Close Odin, disconnect cable from phone, turn phone off and remove battery.

Removing the battery is the only way to turn it off at this point. Not exactly true but that's all you need to know. It's the best way.

Rooting via philz touch recovery:

1 – Put battery back in and enter download mode as above.

2 – Run Odin as administrator and load philz_touch_6.15.7-d2lte.tar.md5 in the Recovery slot

3 – Uncheck box to prevent automatic reboot.

4 – Plug in phone to PC and watch for Odin to establish connection, ~COM:5

5 – Start Odin. It will be quick.

6 – When done close Odin. Unplug phone, Power Down and remove battery.

7 – Replace battery and enter Recovery Mode by holding Vol Up, Home and Power to first screen presence

8 – Let Philz load and cursor to options/settings and choose re-root option.

9 – When done navigate to Philz main menu and wipe Cache.

10 – In Advanced, wipe Dalvik

11 – Philz main menu to reboot phone.

Here is a list of the files and executables you'll be working with:

Odin_v3.07.zip

L710VPUCND8_L710SPRCND8_L710VPUCND8_HOME.tar.zip (unzip this to get the tar out)

sph-i710-16gb.pit

philz_touch_6.15.7-d2lte.tar.md5 (use the very latest Philz instead)

Sprint_L710_GSIII_Samsung_USB_Driver_v1_4_6_0.exe

Not in that list is acquiring MD5 and SHA Checksum Utility.

So files and apps I will need are:

Odin3-v3.10.6.exe

twrp-2.8.7.0-trltespr.img.tar

MD5_and_SHA_Checksum_Utility.exe

HYBRID_OB7sbl_SPT_N910PVPU4COG5.tar.7z

Sprint_Hybrid-X_3.0_N910PVPU4COG5_Deodexed,zip

Now for the checklist. Many of you guys could do this in your sleep but lots of us consumers need a cheat sheet. I know the whole culture of XDA Developers is to immerse oneself and read thousands of posts to figure it out. We just don't have the time I'll start a new post in this thread with my checklist as I put it together so you guys can point out omissions or out of order steps. Sorry for the extra long post.

Dunbar