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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Not clear what rom your running.

So exactly what did you install? Why I ask is this, if you install NJ5 rom you need the NJ5 firmware (bootloader, kernel and modem) posted in OP.

So if for some reason you install NC2 firmware (to get safestrap installed again) and you install a NJ5 backup then you need to install the NJ5 firmware (bootloader, kernel and modem) again.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
I've tried this method 3 times and always got Safestrap 3.75 stop working after the flashing back to NJ5 kernel. I can install/reinstall SS,BB with NJ5 but can't get in to the recovery. "Boot in recovery" from SS takes me to NOTE 3 screen with a custom lock. "Factory reset" and reinstall applications doesn't help ether. All 3 times started with the muniz_ri method (it works well,btw).

Have no idea what's wrong. How many ppl got it right? I don't see anyone else confirmed that this method in fact works.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Gabriel51:
I have never seen the unlock be effected by anything yet.

You will never get an OTA update from AT&T with T-mobile sim installed.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
This is not correct. I'm with T-mobile and got OTA update via WI-FI .
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Gabriel51:
You got OTA from AT&T while using a T-Mobile sim card on a AT&T phone?.

Yeah right!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
[MENTION=5776231]jondoe27[/MENTION] and any one else .

You miss under stood the purpose of this thread. SafeStrap will not run on NJ5 kernel, so we have to use NC2 kernel to get to use SafeStrap, when your done ( backing up, installing etc ...) then you have to reinstall NJ5 Kernel . When You put NJ5 kernel back to run NJ5 4.4.4 you will not get to use SafeStrap without a PC to install the NC2 kernel.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
If you got the OTA and you have a modified phone ( rooted and deodexed) the OTA will fail. You can use [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] thread [How-To] Root N900AUCUDNJ5 (11/21/2014)

or odin back to original NC2 and then take OTA
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
Yes.

This is my post from November 23 :

23rd November 2014, 09:01 PM | #19 

Join Date: Mar 2014

Thanks to carl1961's "Home" file I was able to install the update. Still wondering what was wrong with BestBuy flash.

I don't have AT&T service. Been with T-mobile for 4 years.

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Oh, I see. Thanks. I installed Note 4 rom and the browser doesn't work. Also "internet,"mail" and "messages" setting doesn't work in "SETTINGS"-"APPLICATION SETTINGS".
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
BestBuy flash was a OTA based on a OEM phone (unmodified odexed)

"Home" file was a NC2 that we was great-full to get from [MENTION=5976292]BlackRam1500[/MENTION]

so what is your goal with latest 4.4.4 NJ5?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
Just curiosity. I thought they have came up with AOSP 4.4.4 theme and settings but not even close. I have T-mobile Galaxy 2 with 4.4.4 and it's fully customizable from the settings to themes. Also I was looking for a wireless hotspot because AT&T "hotspot" app doesn't work with T-mobile sim-card .Saying "no data service found or wrong SIM".

I re flashed the phone back to "HOME" NC2. I have had this OTA update for a couple weeks and the battery life wasn't so good.

BTW, "Note4" browser was crashing with the "not enough memory" message. You might want to look in it.

Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
yes went back to Albe95 sbrowser and stock Settings apk

Note4_Browser_Note3_Secsetting.zip 66.2 MB

https://mega.co.nz/#!WdlR0LgQ!cLrjm9RK2pJf9IqoPI3w0TGIesTM8Dw-k84xp_YWer0
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jimi_pooh:
For those running the Note4 Apps - Are all of the New S-Pen functions there as well?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] gangpe:
Note 4 multiwindow?

Hey Carl,

quick question. The rom you are using in your video - does this have the Note 4 Multiwindows feature?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zancro:
Misunderstanding of Purpose

Carl1961,

Thanks for this clarification. This was the question I posed to your original post, asking if you were running NJ5 with SafeStrap. I understood your answer as YES. I now see why I could not get this procedure to work.

Regards,
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
No I don't think so. It does not look like note4
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
No it is not.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] gangpe:
Got it, thank you sir.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bongra80:
Have anyone hear any development recovery for this version yet? 4.4.4 NJ5
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
no fix yet other than swapping kernels
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Mossy0neN3:
Ty worked perfect for me very much appreciated.

AT&T N3900A 4.4.4 KK Blazing Fast!! Note 3 Power!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] goldmantisak:
You get signal and lte?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jessica1980:
Can't get back into stock rom

I successfully installed the 4.4.4 I installed safestrap and busy box. I installed dynamic kat on slot 1 of safestrap. Now when i try to get back to the stock rom i see the disabled sign of safestrap, i hear the att sound startup and then my screen goes black. Should i just try it again? Thank you for your help.

I can still get back to safestrap and boot my slot 1. and there is a blue notification light on if that helps.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
when running your NJ5 you have to install NJ5 firmware, If you Successfully installed NJ5 and going to run only NJ5 , you only have to switch the kernel so you can use safestrap

N900A_NC2-NJ5_Firmware_Switch_Odin_v3.09.zip 98.1 MB
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] RoninTPD:
Walter.....would you mind if I test your rom when its finished....pm it to me....thank u..:good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mannyp01:
For some odd reason I cannot get the settings to display like the note 4. Is there an secsettings.apk out there that anyone is aware of?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Try this one, it is the one I am using.

Only issue Is the volume, to set volume press volume up or down and select settings from there. It is the same menu you would get from note 4 setting .

https://mega.co.nz/#!yEFlQQrY!r38reZ4BIngvMTj4sXO-nnGDc34IQBHIFE2Z2miYwK4
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ShawnReeves:
Need Advice

I'm currently stock NJ5 4.4.4 UnRooted

I installed busybox and Safestrap followed the same direction from the video also.

Flashed the NC2 Kernal and when the phone rebooted it displays the Note 3 with a custom lock on it and then goes to a black screen.

I can hear the AT&T sound of it booting up but the screen that should appear does not come on. I flashed back the NJ5 and was able to get into my phone again.

I attempted the same steps a few times with the same results. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Shawn
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
You have to be rooted to install safestrap and busy box, so safestrap is not installed,

when I did the video I had safestrap working, what that means is I did the OTA to keep root prodedure on the other thread, then I am able to switch back and forth.

you need to do this thread first

[How-To] Install & Root N900AUCUDNJ5 [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION]
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ShawnReeves:
Doing a little more digging a found a good download link for the All in one NC2 Odin 2.2gb. Currently flashing that. Once back on NC2 It should be smooth sailing.

Thanks for the reply!

Shawn
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mannyp01:
Does anyone know how to display the weather and pedometer on the lock screen?

-I have both options selected in the lock screen settings

-I've tried a few suggestions on the web I.E;

*Delete all the cities from the weather widget, and let it auto locate the location

*Ensure that the location services were set to "high"

and a few others but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] someone0:
Please excuse my stupidity, but when I check the NJ5 kernel posted here and from muniz_ri in the "[How-To] Root N900AUCUDNJ5 (11/21/2014)" thread, I found that the NJ5 kernel are different, at least that's what the MD5 is telling me. Shouldn't they all be the same? Perhaps there is more than just one NJ5 for the att note 3? And perhaps people who are reporting error could be because they are mixing the NJ5 kernel from the instruction and ROM?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
[MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] [MENTION=2553042]someone0[/MENTION] Thanks for you concern and I checked and they or identical

they or named diffrent so the MD5 that odin checks will be the whole file as it is named, that's why you cannot rename and odin md5 file.

but if you unzip the md5 file with 7-zip and check the boot.img they or identical ;)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tdizzle404:
I have root in NL1 but no ST do we use the same files as nj5?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bigpappapuff:
hi guys im on the new firmware and rooted but i cant get into recovery n900aucudnj5 help :(
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Yo have to install the NC2 kernel to get safestrap to work, then after you backup or install apps you then install NJ5 of NL1 kerne to boot NL1 rom
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
if you install NC2 kernel and safestrap does not show up, then you damaged SafeStrap and will have to start over with NC2 to get safestrap installed.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Jfender1005:
Stuck at boot

So I successfully used this method to keep SS when I upgraded to NJ5 but when I tried to go to NL1 I lost SS. I get all the files loaded and flashed in SS and when I try to boot NL1 I the display sticks at boot. It's really strange because I get the sounds from the AT&T but animation but do not actually see it. After that I get the quick vibration and the screen responds to touch with sounds as though it is registering correctly but the display stays stuck at the Samsung boot logo. I tried going back to NC2 and re-installing everything from scratch even doing the full wipe install and wiping cache, fresh root fresh install of safestrap, all verified working and tried again and got the same result. Am I missing something obvious here? I am not brand new to this but certainly not as experienced as many of the amazing talents that xda brings together.

Any help or suggestions would be awesome. Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] gangpe:
After you flashed everything through SS, did you reboot to Download mode, then reflash the NL1 kernel through ODIN? Just curious...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Jfender1005:
I drop the image into my ext sd card and use SS to flash it to the stock rom slot. I then back out and reboot to Download mode and use Odin to flash the kernal to boot NL1. Am I flashing the wrong file in Odin? Honestly I am ignorant to the exact difference between the kernal and the rom.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] gangpe:
carl mentioned this before in possibly a different forum, but NL1 and NJ5 kernels are pretty friggin close/identical. Guessing you're flashing a 4.4.4 rom, right? The steps you posted just now (flash NC2 kernel through Odin, flash 4.4.4 rom through SS, reboot to download mode, then odin flash 4.4.4 kernel) are the same steps I use.

Depending on the rom you are installing, you might also need 4.4.4 overlay files (guessing you're trying to flash a Note 4 rom or an international rom). That's my best guess - you're missing the overlay files to flash if you're flashing a rom that is not N900A based...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Jfender1005:
Stock 4.4.4

I am actually just trying to get the stock NL1 with working SS. I am know it can be done, I am just making doing something wrong, which drives me nuts :)

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I appreciate your patience and just let me clarify. I was trying to get SS to work like it did before but am I correct in believing that with this method I can use SS but every time I do I will flash the NC2 kernal to boot into NC2, use SS for what I am trying to do, and then reboot into DL mode so that I can reflash NL1 and go about my business.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] gangpe:
Sorry, thought you were trying to install an international rom. Hm... not too sure then - I thought that the instructions to install NL1 was the same as for NJ5, and that the SS workaround worked the same way...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Yes workaround is same for nh1. You have to install nc2 kernel for as to work. With nc2 kernel installed if you do not get the safestrap boot screen then you some how wiped your user data and lost safestrap. Sense you have to have root to install safestrap then to get safestrap back you have to Odin install nc2 then root with towel root and install safestrap.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Jfender1005:
Working

Okay, now that I understand what I am trying to do, I went back and tried again and it is working. The only thing is that when I use the work around about half of the time it goes straight to the TWRP screen without actually showing the SS splash screen. Is this normal? Either way it is working. Is there any way to do this so that all of my homescreen settings are not lost in the process? reloading all of my default apps and rebuilding all of my folders is a pain in butt.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
as long as your on the same base you should be ok installing without a wipe, what I mean if your installing the same rom but a update of it, but if you try to go from kitkat to the 4.4.4 then you may have problems, but all you can do is try.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] FrancisRD:
[MENTION=3271517]carl1961[/MENTION]

carl hello I would like you to teach me step by step how did you install 4.4.4 on your note 3 sm 900a as I am new at this : P
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
what rom you have installed?

or you rooted and have safestrap working?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] liljentex5:
I just rooted my AT&T Samsung Note 3 4.4.4 NL1. Now I want to get the safest strap working. Could someone please tell me step by step how to do this and what files I need to download? Once I do this is that when I can put a custom rom on my phone. I am very new to all of this. Thanks so much!!:)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Yes just download kernel switch on OP Odin install nc2 for safestrap and NJ5 or NL1 to boot 4.4.4 rom. On OP is also NL1 firmware right under kernel switch, it came out after I did the kernel switch zip.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
if you installed the 4.4.4 correctly then all you do is install the nc2 kernel to boot safestrap, if when you odin install the nc2 kernel and when you reboot and you do not see the safestrap boot screen, then you some how wiped your internel sdcard and lost safestrap.

I am on 4.4.4 rom and I use safestrap all the time, video on OP shows safestrap working on the 4.4.4 rom
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rukbat:
And if he did that, it's back to 4.4.2, root, install Busybox (don't forgt that one - drove me nuts for 10 minutes the one time I forgot) and SafeStrap, restore the data I hope he made a backup of, then install the 4 file NL1. Then flashing the NC2 kernel should work.

(I just left it on 4.4.2 - too much bother reflashing two kernels to do a backup every time the phone's been majorly changed, and Mobile Odin doesn't work on the Note 3 yet.)

(Any way to back up the NL1 kernel, so we can just flash it back from SS?)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
No do not install the 4 file NL1 that will wipe your internal sdcard and you loose safestrap.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rukbat:
I know that, Carl. After the 4.4.4 install, with the NC2 kernel to get to SS, we have to Odin the NL1 kernel to get back to the normal system. Since Mobile Odin doesn't work on the Note 3 yet (I've posted a dump asking for it to be added), we can't go from SS to normal 4.4.4 without a computer. I was just wondering (I haven't really delved that deeply into what Google and Samsung did to know) if we could just flash the 4.4.4 kernel itself, not anything else (IOW, if someone who knows the phone better than I do can dd the kernel, then make a flashable zip), so we could get back to 4.4.4 in the field. (It would be nice to be able to flash the NC2 kernel without a computer too, but I guess that'll have to wait until Mobile Odin is modified, if ever.) But at least I could leave the house while SS was backing up my data and restore the phone when it's done.

(I'm not worried about bricking this phone - I think it's been bricked about as many times as the number of ROMs it's had on it. The only problem would be a hard brick. I only have one 32GB SD card, so I'd have to do a full SD card backup to un-hard-brick it. Pain in the rear.)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
I was able to flash the NC2 kernel while running NL1 whith a app and then boot into safestrap. but safestrap will not install a kernel and while running NC2 a kernel would not install with the app or even by adb, something about safestrap prevents kernel from installing, if I could find a way to get a kernel to install with safestrap recovery then we would not need a PC to boot back and forth.

as for modem odin I though our locked bootloader prevented it from working.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rukbat:
Link? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

That was my whole idea. Maybe ...

Chainfire is saying that he's working on an alpha for flashing Samsung devices. Maybe also Samsung devices with locked bootloaders. One can only hope. ("A few weeks", according to his last post. But I've written lots of software - that could mean next week or it could mean a few months. One bug can have you chasing your tail for weeks. We'll see.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
NC2 flasher even though it FC it did install the NC2 kernel I tryed to see how [MENTION=4402483]benwaffle[/MENTION] made the app , he said he used android studio

http://xdaforums.com/note-3-att/development/nc2-flasher-app-unsafe-t2989141
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rukbat:
He gave the show away, though. Just running the dd command should do it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
That's how I tested with adb and a terminal console with nc2 rom running root, kernel would not install, but NL1 rom running root you can install kernel.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rukbat:
Strange. Why is it blocked on NC2 but not on NL1? They usually block things on us as time goes on, they don't open things up for us. I wonder if NC2 rooted but no SS would work, but I can't see why a change in aboot would make flashing the kernel fail. Then again, I've just been a Linux user and fool-arounder since 0.92, I'm no expert.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
To test that way, you would have to install a NC2 with root and then boot to stock recovery and do a factory wipe, then boot back to nc2 and try to install NL1 kernel. The only thing a complied would be knowing if safestrap was the issue of kernel install fail.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benwaffle:
https://gist.github.com/benwaffle/c1453c1f1c826fcb72e2

Line 127 is the one that matters

Since I don't use windows, to get back to NL1 i would run `dd` from `adb shell`. To create a flashable zip, have the updater-script extract the 4.4.4 kernel and a shell script, and run the shell script. It should run this command:

dd if=/path/to/4.4.4.kernel.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14-orig

You need the -orig because of safestrap.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rukbat:
Yes, exactly. All I need is a free hour. What with fixing phones for people on forums, answering questions, running a house (my wife had a minor stroke 15 months ago - she's pretty much okay, but I do as much work as I can, the laundry, all the shopping, etc.) - retirement isn't just lying around watching the clouds pass by. I'll get to it one of these days. Then maybe if I find out what's preventing it, [MENTION=4402483]benwaffle[/MENTION] might modify his app.

[MENTION=4402483]benwaffle[/MENTION]:

I said that a few posts back - I keep not thinking of dd whenever there's a problem that just screams for it. Once I saw what you did (and smacked myself for not thinking of it), I realized that - aside from the fact that you can't do it in 4.4.2 (or could you, if you had a 4.4.2 in a slot and booted to it to run the app to flash the NL1 kernel? - would it work from the app, even though it doesn't work from adb?)

Now you're going to keep me awake all night wondering. It's too late to do any coding. If I tried it would be at least 50% typonese and 50% Java.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benwaffle:
the idea is that you flash NC2 from normal boot to use safestrap and immediately flash NL1 when you're done

I'm sure someone more experienced than me could improve my app by stopping all non-essential services, running `dd`, and continuing with power off
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
[MENTION=4402483]benwaffle[/MENTION] [MENTION=4497155]Rukbat[/MENTION] [MENTION=5575828]Walter.White[/MENTION] [MENTION=5962231]tmoore3496[/MENTION] [MENTION=1146405]mannyp01[/MENTION] [MENTION=4492765]orphan203[/MENTION] [MENTION=443370]sapps[/MENTION]

benwaffle your script with -orig worked it took me a bunch of trys but finally got a working safestrap recovery boot installer

so I use your NC2 flasher with super su rights, even though it FC it does install the NC2 kernel

then installing attached SM-N900A_NL1_KERNEL_RecoveryFlashable.zip you can boot right into NL1 or any 4.4.4 rom

so this workaround you can work and install stuff from recovery without a PC

[MENTION=4402483]benwaffle[/MENTION] maybe you can work on your app some more to fix FC and add option to reboot ( if your app did not have it)

Booting safestrap and using recovery without a PC

NC2 Flasher by benwaffle

install and give SuperSU rights, press "Flash NC2 Kernel" before app FC , kernel will install

SM-N900A_NL1_KERNEL_RecoveryFlashable.zip

Download and copy to sdcard, installer will copy NL1 boot.img to your internal sdcard and flashboot.sh will install NL1 Kernel
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benwaffle:
OK, I'll fix up my app

Should I check if the user has busybox? Im also going to make it reboot
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
if that is not hard to do it will most likely save you a lot of postand PM's

I appreciate you making this NC2 flasher app it will make AT&T 4.4.4 roms easier to install addons and updates etc..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benwaffle:
updated: http://xdaforums.com/note-3-att/development/nc2-flasher-app-unsafe-t2989141
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
New NC2-Flasher Log
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benwaffle:
thats the old app

use the attached one
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
OK that one works and no FC, Excellent !!!

Even though I have busybox and safe strap recovery the app refuse to install kernel. I had to install the safestrap and busybox apks (but I did not run them)

Kernel then installed :) :) your app makes our phone now possible to use without odin and a pc.

Just a note: (in case you update your app again, and if you do I will be glad to beta test for issues).

Reboot did not work (not for me anyway)

NC2 flasher looked for the 2 apks being installed to determine if they where installed.

For busy box your app could check /system/xbin for busybox , but really thats no issue because buybox gets updated frequently and the app can be used to keep busybox updated.

Safestrap check may be harder because safestrap recovery is in a Linux partition (if i'm correct) on userdata partition, but safestrap check could be omitted in next update , mainly because it is useless in newer than NC2 rom's and also it will not install safestrap recovery.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benwaffle:
Ok, it's updated. I check for the existence of /system/xbin/busybox and /etc/safestrap, and no longer check any installed apps.

http://xdaforums.com/note-3-att/development/nc2-flasher-app-unsafe-t2989141/
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Awsome !! [MENTION=4402483]benwaffle[/MENTION] that was fast, You got to do a guide on how to build simple apps !!

Worked Great and Reboot also works
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] benwaffle:
If you know java very well, just reading the documentation should be enough