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[Galaxy S III General] Xander_25:
Why don't you guys just PM one another instead of placing your numbers in the open for the world to see?:eek: That would make more sense right? I personally don't see the point of a group on whatsapp for this; isn't that what XDA is for? We tried something like this back in the S2-I777 forum.. didn't work out so well, but to each his own. Good luck to you all.:good:
[Galaxy S III General] vinodr5371@xdaroms.co.in:
My +917760046066
[Galaxy S III General] chelis10:
Me 00584140890281
[Galaxy S III General] superchandan007:
Please provide me country code while giving your number...

Thanks.

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[Galaxy S III General] hemal_4404:
+968-93306248 Please add me.
[Galaxy S III General] jagannn:
Is S3 whatsapp group alive ?

If so please add me to it, i have PM my number :o
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Firefishe:
Hello, my name is Firefishe.

I've had my N900A Note 3 since early 2012. Since that time, I've been watching these forums, and the developer community in general, to see what might happen given time for this handset, in terms of customization.

These are key areas for me:

1. Unlocked Bootloader by now

2. Elimination of Knox Corporate Security software for non-corporate users, meaning, most of us.

3. Active ROM Development by the community for this handset. AOSP, here, not just TouchWiz.

Because this is an old handset by technological standards now, I would take the line that no one really gives a flying frack about the bootloader on this thing.

However, even if this is so, why can't I find any relevant information on this one subject: "N900A Bootloader Unlocking."

That subject, when searched, seems to do nothing but bring up ancient hits that have nothing of value, speculation, and other tripe.

I, for one, want to experiment. However, I can't afford the full price of a Nexus 5 or I would have purchased one long ago. I have to buy on contract, and AT&T has the best coverage in my area.

Also, I enjoy my S Pen. (Old Palm Pilot user here.)

So I'm stuck.

Or am I?

Part of the joy of electronics use is making the most if older-but-still-useful hardware. The Note 3 is still a quad core. It handles any game or program I want to use just fine, with no problems.

Is there no one who is working on this device, anymore?

Does any dev on this site have any insight that can be provided as to why this device's bootloader hasn't been unlocked, yet?

Anyway, I'd like to know if there is any private advancement being done on this subject, and would like a private email from anyone who cares to respond.

<firefishe AT Gmail DOT com>

I'm planning on having this handset for some time yet, and long to see Paranoid Android running on it.

If anyone can assist me with this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

-Firefishe
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Fvolfrine:
When I bought my Note 3 this June, I was coming from the Galaxy S3, which I had long ago rooted, unlocked, and was running Cyanogenmod on. Little did I know that unlocking the bootloader was not a common thing. And it seems to be becoming less common.

Imagine my surprise when I got home with my new Note 3 and went to the Cyanogenmod site to download and install. I learned a lot in the next few days about bootloaders, Knox, etc. I also learned that the phone I had just entered a two-year contract with was not what I wanted. At least not software wise.

Every day I do a search for Android Unlock Bootloader and check the news of the last 24 hours, hoping for some glitter of hope. I see newer phones, like the LG G3 and Nexus 6, offering bootlader unlocking. I see companies working hard to give their customers what they want - a phone that they can do anything with. And I see Samsung and AT&T doing the opposite - pushing more secure, unbreakable software and bloat out, usually months after their competitors have brought the latest Android OS to their flagship devices.

I did catch a glimpse of hope with Towelroot, and now my phone is rooted. Back in August I caught another glimpse of hope when Dan Rosenberg spoke at the Blackhat conference, saying that any Android bootlader could be unlocked thanks to a security exploit in Snapdragon processors. That hope was quickly diminished by Dan himself when he said not on the Note 3, and Qualcomm said they already patched the exploit.

And just last month I learned of Safestrap and the many ROMs offered as an alternative. I am now running my Bloat 3 on [MENTION=3105374]bri315317[/MENTION] 's fantastic Dynamic Rom Xtreme. This is about as close to an unlocked AOSP experience as you can get on the Note 3.

But still every day I search news for any sign of an unlocked bootlader for my phone. Older phones are being exploited. Newer phone as well, usually by the phone makers themselves. But still AT&T and Samsung refuse to give their customers what they want. Complete use of a product that we bought.

So this will be my last Samsung phone. Had I been a bit more patient I would have bought a Nexus 6. For now I have a year and a half to go with my Samsung and AT&T locked device. At least there is a viable alternative with Safestrap and ROM makers like Brian et al.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
I sold mine yesterday for "pennies". AT&T Note 3 is the working "brick" phone w/o unlock bootloader. It's a very nice but completely useless for XDA folks. Back to my T-M Galaxy s2 for now. Just wondering what to buy next.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] optimusv45:
Lol gave up note 3 for s2. I wouldn't do that I'm thinking about getting an Optimus G, even to this day excellent development, but I probably wouldn't sell the note 3 yet tho. I would Odin it back to stock and use the Optimus G for aosp and stuff
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zounduser:
We have roms. And KitKat. I'm fine with my note 3 and my note 4 Rom. If u don't know by now, there's a thread in Q&A about flashing other carrier roms. I actually don't mind using Safe strap, it's safer and works fine for my flashing habit. I love my Note 3, and I feel its still one of the best around!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrkhigh:
The note 3 came out September of 2013....
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Firefishe:
Thanks For Replying

Thanks to everyone who's replied to this thread.

Your comments are appreciated.

-Firefishe
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Fvolfrine:
[MENTION=5375906]Firefishe[/MENTION], are you running the stock ROM or have you flashed one of the custom ROMs?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] monkor:
Loved this phone, but with the random reboots, ****ty customer service, locked bootloader and bloat I'll never buy another Samsung or AT&T device again. Count on that.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] killacam1989:
This is completely speculation but I think this is going to happen down the road. There will come a time where companies will start to lock ALL their bootloaders. Some XDA users will exploit a few workarounds and when they do, those companies will try and "buy them off". If it happens it will take away the "rebels" and add to their "army" and after a while some of the greats on XDA will be working against XDA because of all the money the corporate companies will offer them. Don't get me wrong, there will be some absolute rebels that won't "defect" but at the end of the day it's all about money and trust me if a company is offering you 75 to 100k+ to "defect"and make their security software stronger. It's hard to turn down money of that nature. Just saying though
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrkhigh:
They aren't rebels and we aren't the rebellion.

Of course the higher end devs here will tend to end up in programming jobs that directly relate. Hashcode and geohotz are two amazing examples of that.

And now that it is becoming harder and harder to hack some of these devices a few devs can only justify that time with a paycheck. After all if it took 4 guys 4 hours a night for 4 months at what their pay rate of say $40 an hour you're looking at a $76,800 project.

In the end you are right, we will wind up being mostly safestrap and root for the locked devices and full Roms for the specialty devices.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] wayne8821212:
Exactly.......... whatever he bought in January 2012 must have been a Note since the even the Note 2 was not out before September/October 2012 (I think). I love the Note 3 and with Safestrap and Odin, we can choose between several Kitkat NC2 (4.4.2) roms and use NJ5 (4.4.4) roms including those running Note 4 apps. I was tempted to get the Note 4 but after hearing about the advance specs of the Note 5 (like over 700 ppi display and 4 gigs of ram among other enticing specs). I think I can wait until next September.!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
There are always will be competition between amateurs and pros. This forum is the one of the prove. Besides that there is a plenty ambitions ppl who do this just because they like and can. Another thing the companies always are looking for a new recruits to replace a current staff (just cheaper for the business). And don't forget about a competition between big (and small) brands. They will do everything to survive.

Just mine 2c.

---------- Post added at 05:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:10 PM ----------

I really like a NOTE 3 just not AT&T brand. And it was kinda useless for me and I barely used it.

I wanted to buy NOTE 4 from T-MOBILE but they didn't want to sell it to me because I'm on prepaid.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jae2014:
I think that as long as there is a community of people looking to fully own their device there will be someone willing to give them what they want.

Some companies could create a brand around a community of smartphone users that really want to own their device and modify it as they wish.

I think the Nexus line is one such example.

If there is demand for something someone, somewhere will provide it.

Are there any business type people here? Anyone that would know or want to start a start up that offers complete freedom to own their device? Sometimes you have to be the change you want to see.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrkhigh:
Already been done. It is called one plus one.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
Why do you folks sound so desperate? I'm gonna play you some of my sad banjo music. Lmao [emoji23]

There will ALWAYS be root and ROMs. Making it sound like a battle. Rebels and armies and all that. There is always nexus devices and t-mobile and international phones and other options. Cyanogenmod is coming along the way now and more companies are going to throw it on their devices. Start with oneplus one and we will see more. Just chill out and enjoy safestrap and whatever rom you got running at the moment. You got a device that is not really that far from the note 4, only a few little differences that are not that big of a deal. I mean, I know people that are still running S2 and even older devices just fine. I love my note 3 and won't change it for a while. I AM able to buy the note 4 or any other "flagship" out there, but I really see no point in that. 1080p display with quad core processor and you name it.

from my note 3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Firefishe:
Running stock. Rooted. Updated to Safestrap Recovery 3.75 recently. Played around with Dynamic Kat Extreme, but am now back on stock.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Firefishe:
I stand corrected.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Firefishe:
If you're paying full price and the local dealer won't sell it to you, try another store or buy it off Amazon.

Local dealers, in my experience, aren't always the brightest of beings.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Firefishe:
I guess if I wanted to be status quo, I would not have started a thread like this.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
Whatever that means. Just be thankful we got root and ROMs. It could always be worse. that's all I'm saying.

from my note 3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Fvolfrine:
[MENTION=5375906]Firefishe[/MENTION], a lot of people love the Dynamic Kat rom. The Xtreme version takes a lot of functionality out to make it more like AOSP, but with the standard Dynamic Kat ROM you get Android on steroids. It's worth a, try. I'm sure many of the other folks in here will give you a recommendation based on what they prefer. I prefer Dynamic Kat Xtreme, but that's just me. I say try a lot and find the one you like. Many are better than stock.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] aquaholik:
Running stock, rooted, xposed framework for tether. The phone runs on AT&T, T Mobile, and Cricket. And tethering works just fine on ALL THREE network. The phone is solid, even more now with the network rebuild GPS fix. Yes, touchwiz lags a bit, SOMETIMES, but the phone is rock solid. It hardly crashes or reboot and I've customized it with skip lock, notification toggle, car mode, etc. Why are we complaining again? Oh the lack of custom rom. Used to do that with the Sprint S2 and Note 2 but I'm getting too old and too busy to hack phone, especially when it's remarkably stable with a great battery life.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] wayne8821212:
The dogma is if you have the note 2 or lower, upgrade to the note 4 but if you have the note 3, the improvement is only incremental in going to the note 4. I'll wait until the note 5 unless another device wows me.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tdizzle404:
Couldn't have said it better myself
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Fvolfrine:
And that's the problem with smart phones today. Annual, incremental upgrades that fail to amaze. If you skip a couple years, like from the Note 2 to the Note 4, the difference is obvious. But even aesthetically, the Note 3 and Note 4 are too similar to warrant my $. And I plan on keeping my Note 3 until it either breaks or, as [MENTION=1538050]wayne8821212[/MENTION] said, some device wows me.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
Smth like that?

http://www.note5us.com/

A 5.9 inch 4K SUPER AMOLED display pumping out 600+ ppi.

4GB RAM can be expected in Samsung’s Note 5.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 is expected to come in 3 variants which would be different based on their internal storage capacity: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB which would be further expandable upto 128GB.

Aluminium finished edges with an all metallic curved body.

It will not only be dust and scratch resistant but water resistance feature will be included as well.

Will have the latest Android version which ever be present.

It will even feature an Octa core processor clocked at 2.9Ghz with a 64 bit architecture which will be the Exynos variant and a Quad Core Snapdragon 808 variant.

Finger print sensor and retina scanner is more than likely to be included.

An 18 Megapixel, 1/3″ sensor camera with f2.0 Aperture and 4K recording capabilities..

5 Megapixel wide angle front facing camera for selfies.

Knox Security mode and Heart rate sensor.

Super Battery Saver mode along with Wireless Charging

Stylus S pen and Compatible Gear 4.0.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Fvolfrine:
Yes and no. The specs are great, but then I get to that line about Knox Security and all, of those exciting specs are null. I don't use my phone for Corporate America, I don't need Knox. Nope, I'll probably stick with my DKX Note 3.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrkhigh:
I am still not sure why people are worried about Knox with root it is completely disabled... Without root it probably isn't going to bother you.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Fvolfrine:
Chiefly because as it becomes more ingrained in the OS (like Knox 2.0) I am concerned that things like root and Safestrap will be more difficult to achieve. Seriously though, I am totally content with my Note 3 now. I've stopped pining after the Nexus 6. I guess for me, and I know this sounds ridiculous, a 6.5" screen might be a good draw. Blessed with big hands.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
Just done it. Got a brand new Note 3 for $416+tx from T-mobile corporate store. Had to add $50 to my prepaid($30) to get a discount.

Thanks for the advice!

Happy Holidays!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Fvolfrine:
Ok, so it seems like a few people do this. Buy T-mobile phones and bring them to Android. Why is this? Is the T-mobile bootloader unlocked? Is it worth paying nearly full price for a phone?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jondoe27:
$416 is not a full price. The phone is on sale now. And the boot loader is unlock. Plus you get a full T-mobile warranty and 1 more year an extended warranty from a credit card.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] electrofryed:
T mobile CEO has made an official statement rejecting the Samsung option for locked bootloaders.

Android: Software for some of the most advanced technology on the planet (the smartphone)... With kindergarden icons... Now that's pride in workmanship at its best.
[Verizon LG G3] railmaster7:
When connected to my home Wifi my battery drains MUCH faster than when on 4G, 3G, Airplane mode, etc.

I've been noticing it the last two weeks or so, I have an updated Verizon LG 3 Stock + root. I tried factory reset, and reinstalling only a handful of apps (xposed+greenify+amplify and ones I use regularly), still happens. I've noticed "Android OS" and "Android System" take a large increase in battery used when connected to my home wifi vs mobile data. It doesn't seem to be downloading or syncing differently, but of course it could be transparent to me. I've tried looking at the wakelocks, alarms, services etc, but nothing in particular sticks out and I've tried limiting the ones that do in amplify, but the problem persists.

With my wifi turned on and connected, then wifi off (both just sitting in my house.)

EDIT: See my post below for usage stats.

Any ideas as to what might be causing it? I've tried BetterBatteryStats, Amplify, Greenify, OS monitor, none of them show a clear culprit.
[Verizon LG G3] geoff5093:
I have the same issue with my work Wi-Fi, however at home I get fantastic battery life. For me, when at work even if I rarely use my phone all day, I'm talking less than 30 minutes of screen on time, the battery could be down to 60% after 8 hours of just being idle. I believe this is specific to the wireless network we have setup, as it only happens here and not when at home on my personal Asus router. When looking at the battery stats the phone says it was awake for 4-6 out of those 8 hours, and that Android OS and system are the culprit. Compare this to home, where similar use will yield my phone being at 95%+ after 6-8 hours of just being idle with light use.

This isn't just the G3 though, I've tested a Moto X 2013, Droid Turbo, G2, and I've heard from many other users that they get horrible battery life at work.

Since my phone use at work is very minimal, I used the Xposed module Smart Network, which I have set to turn off Wi-Fi and mobile data after 1 minute of the screen being off, with mobile data enabling every 30 minutes (I only get 1x at work), and Wi-Fi every 60 minutes for 1 minute. What do you have for a wireless router at home?
[Verizon LG G3] railmaster7:
hmm, could be, but it hasn't always done this when I'm at home and I haven't changed any of my network settings. I have a Linksys E-3000 running Tomato.

P.S. I don't trust those battery usage stats, after a full charge overnight with the screen off and no usage for 1 hour, it was still reporting screen usage as ~45%. I'll update with GSam battery stats and ampily when I get home. I'm going to try a full day wifi on but NOT connected to wifi, then a full day of wifi on and connected at home.
[Verizon LG G3] mcerk02:
Do you get a good mobile signal at your house or wherever you are wifi?, just a thought, but your 3G/4G radios do not turn off when connected to wi-fi, it dosnt use mobile data but the radio is still on, if you have a weak signal it will use more battery searching for a better signal, try turning mobile data off while your connected to wi-fi and see if that makes a difference...
[Verizon LG G3] railmaster7:
Alright, did some testing today. Here are the results.

I fully recharged it and left it alone for 4 hours (except for a little google music), collected the screen shots, then connected to my wifi, and waited 5 more hours. Only touched the phone for maybe 10 minutes either time.

I get good 4G in my house so that's not an issue. "Android System" and "Android OS" are just kicking into high gear why connected to my wifi.

The battery life looks impressive even with the issue, @40 hours, but i was not using the phone at all AND is about HALF of what the non wifi is using.

Wifi on but not connected on the left. ---------------- Wifi connected at home on the right.

The non wifi on the left even has more Wakelocks, but much less battery used.

Screenshots of the services & alarms are here... http://imgur.com/a/wHf1F but they are pretty much identical both times.

Alright, who else has an idea why Android OS and System are using so much?
[Verizon LG G3] Artimis:
I'm having the same issue and just as stumped as you. I'm currently running BeanTowns 11c stock ROM and the Skydragon 2.7.3 kernel. Was going to move to the skydragon 12B ROM and see if there was any improvement as there is no evidence of any offending apps causing this.

One change I've made but haven't had time to test the results is I've killed the Verizon Caller ID name and visual voicemail apps. I hear they try to maintain active 4G connections even on Wi-Fi which may cause excessive drain. I suspect this may be reported as part of Android system and not the apps themselves.
[Verizon LG G3] mcerk02:
Came across this is advanced wifi settings, is yours ON? no idea what it does or if it has anything to do with it.
[Verizon LG G3] Artimis:
I keep those options off:

-Allow wifi scanning will kill battery

- Battery savings for WiFi causes notification delays for me. I don't notice significant savings with it enabled on any other device I have.

I can confirm I have fixed my issue by disabling Caller Name ID, Visual Voicemail, and LG Health (I think it was responsible for kernel wake locks).

So far today, I've been off the charger for 8 hours with minimal use. ~6 hours on WiFi and 2 hours on 4G with 15min of screen time....and I'm currently at 93% battery.
[Verizon LG G3] mcerk02:
I disabled all that verizon crap the day I brought the phone home and rooted, so I cant compare stock to the setup I have now, but I can say I am impressed on the battery life of the phone compared to my previous phones and the screen it has....
[Verizon LG G3] Artimis:
Agreed! Battery life is pretty good once you eliminate all the bloat.

Oh, another thing I forgot to mention was I had location disabled all day. One thing to check which definitely contributes to this issue is to make sure that if you need location use "Device sensors only (GPS only)". If you use "High accuracy" or "Battery savings" then a lot of google services go crazy over a wifi network by constantly polling for location. There are aspects of google services that can be disabled through the "Disable Service" app in the play store to help fix this....
[General Questions and Answers] ns1995:
How to root lava iris fuel50? I tried vroot, iroot, framaroot , towelroot and one click root but all failed. Iroot show that root succeeded but still my device is not rooted. Lava devices are not so easy to root. Any expert who can help me. I don't want to brick my,device.
[General Questions and Answers] sawyerbenjamin:
Flashed a ROM and the ROM moved the all files in the root of my storage to a folder within a series of subfolders.

This is bad because my TWRP folder containing my backups was in the root of my storage.

But of course things can't just work how you'd expect, so my computer and phone refuse to copy the TWRP folder back to where it belongs.

My computer refuses to copy the files "data.ext4.win000"

There seems to be nothing I can do about this. My phone wont copy it and my computer won't either.

However, I am wondering if there is a way to make TWRP restore from a backup that is not where it belongs.

Whenever I go to restore, it doesn't give me an option to search elsewhere for my backups. Yet for some reason I am allowed to install a .zip from wherever I want.

Is there some sort of terminal command I can do within TWRP to make this work? Thank you.