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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] tailazoom:
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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firatacis:
Hi Everyone!

Can anyone helpe me with following trouble? I have a SM-9005 Dubai version.

I tried to flash lolipop 5.0 rom to my device via odin. but when installing system it said fails, even if i tried that several times the result is same. I used Odin 3.09 and then tried V1.85 after reading some suggestions for another guy in similiar situation. But unfortunately didn't help my case. on the device screen i see 3 lines of red messages saying :

UDC start

Volume size is too big 4620288<4718592

ODIN: Invalid ext4 image

and Odin messages:

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> N9005XXUENB4_N9005OXXENB1_N9005XXUENB1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/007> Initialzation..

<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/007> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/007> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/007> FAIL!

<ID:0/007>

<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I don't know what to do. Please help.

BR

FIRAT
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuel3100:
is it locked to carrier?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedyjay:
When it fails on NAND write that shouldn't brick your phone because nothing on the device has been written by Odin. Is your device still working or are you just wondering how to flash Lollipop?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firatacis:
Hi, no, It was sim free. Any sim could use.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firatacis:
But when i switch on the device i always use the same screen. I can't do anything. Recover mode doesn't work too.

Well, i would like to flasg lolipop but sure my priority is to save the phone first. Then i can think about rom version.

So, what do you think about it ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basjke:
Please post here your experiences, good or bad, with the

official

stock Android 5.0 update on the N9005 snapdragon.

The majority of reviews I found so far on the web are not really praising, but of course it's also only a few days since the update is available, so it would be useful if we had a thread with all the facts as to know if it's better to wait for the 5.1 update which I I've heard rumors of that it would be on the way already.

If there are some issues it could save some people from wasting a 1.3Gb download, which is in my case almost my complete monthly allowance on my 3G connection.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kercharon:
Official update, moderate use, some application development, some tweaking here.

Responsiveness is good, ART really is zippy, but the stock bloatware seems to be dodgier than usual. Battery life is 4-5h on idle, phone doubles as a hand-warmer. I hope that feature switches off automatically once spring starts.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Zevin64:
Phone is really snappy, performance is great . Of course still had to disable the usual Samsung bloatware. But still faster than my debloated KitKat was. Everything is fluid, and the animations are a nice touch.

No multiuser accounts. Not sure why.

I really hate Heads up Notifications, especially with Whatsapp which I use most of the time.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basjke:
Heads up is one of the main reasons why I would install it, because all the heads up apps from Playstore have one or another flaw.

I hope Kercharon's comment on the battery was made tongue in cheek, because that wouldn't be very promising, but in fact I've read a similar comment on another site so I'm looking forward to more experiences.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kercharon:
It was, but the battery drain issue is real, and the phone does get hot. It's probably a misconfiiguration that a factory reset would fix - for a start, disabling the unified daemon (eur) service improved battery life expectancy by a factor of two.

I'll be waiting for a debloated ROM myself, preferrably Note4 based, once it gets released.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MUDi3D:
I came from leaked lollipop to official version. After updating I have done a factory reset by booting in to recovery. Definitely felt snappier than leaked. So I rooted and removed most of the junk from Samsung. Ram usage is lower compared to previous and battery life looks OK. No troubles so far. I'm happy with this update. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DeuXGod:
I have no problems with battery life after removing bloatware (daemon, Samsung crap, etc)

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kpyhere:
Can you list some of the things you did after install ?

Your battery life seems great
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DeuXGod:
Removed unified daemon (huge battery drain), removed all Knox crap, removed weather widget and greenified apps that I don't use so much. That's pretty much it.

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Thorge01:
Note4 based...

i am running a Note4 based ROM ( Tweaked_PORT_N4_L_TW_ROM_v3.0_by_g00h ) since almost a month on my Note3 SM-N9005 hlte and it runs like a charm. Bloatware? nope :) Overheating? nope :o Battery drain? nope :D

In normal use (on screen about four and a half hours) battery time lasts for about fifteen hours till phone reminds me to charge or go into ultra power saving mode.

You`ll find the ROM here:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-t3018509
[Galaxy Note 3 General] devilsdouble:
I am noticing some lags some lags while playing a game called Swing Copters! Is this because the game isn't optimised for L yet, or something else?

It's too early to say but the battery life is very good so far, much better than KitKat.

PS: I have one question, has the default auto brightness changed in L? I mean how many nits is it now? I feel that the brightness is a little bit less than KitKat, I don't like it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mircea89fzr:
I have noticeable lag in Hill Climb Racing too.

Btw, turning the screen on isn't smooth. It's looks like two steps from black to ON. Does anyone else see this?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basjke:
Thanks for posting your experiences so far guys it for sure will help me, and probably others as well, to decide if it's worth to make the large download now or better wait a little for a first update.

I also read elsewhere that many of the stock apps like dialer, gallery, clock and calculator have now a white background vs a black one in Kitkat, and which I personally don't like. Is that easily to change or not?

There is also much to do about the completely overhauled Touchwiz, but I'm not sure if it is included in the Note 3 firmware. if so is it a great improvement over the old touchwiz?

Keep in mind that this thread is about the official update only, not the leaked version, and definitely not custom roms.

Please keep your posts coming.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] GeneralMeow:
Lag on recent app screen when you press the kill all button.

Battery drain due to Indexing Service, remove it if you don't use S Search or My Files.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uccoffee.forum:
i got screen frozen issue in the past 3 morning, after the alarm goes off, and the APEX launcher is not responding.

Just press power button off/on , then every thing seems fine. feel like the phone is in deep sleep, and need 10 or so seconds / and press On button for it to wake up.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Abandoned War Place:
for me exynos it's overheat as fu.cked :rolleyes:

lollipop is so boring not easy to do custom :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basjke:
From the responses so far it looks as if it is better to give it a pass for the time being.

Could any of these issues mentioned in this thread be related to the fact that most have installed a firmware that is actually meant for another region as their phone is?

Were there also issues when Kitkat rolled out, which later have been solved by updates?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stormy_ugur:
hi everyone

i didn't like lollipop yet cause i have battery drain problem. my battery draining faster than kit kat. also kitkat's performance was better in task manager and most of apps.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ioneng:
If you have read a few previous comments you'd know that other people have achieved good battery life by disabling Samsung bloatwares.

Now here is my taking on the new rom:

I installed it yesterday. It runs pretty fast, battery life is extremely good as well. What's missing is the ability to block individual notifications from showing up on lock screen. Also my moto360 gets disconnected and reconnected quite often, like 3 or 4 times an hour. GPS icon flashes every couple of hours on the corner of the status bar, but it doesn't seem to affect battery consumption.

If you want to use face unlock, you need to install this: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/gapps-smart-unlock-android-5-0-t2962765
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cryostasis25:
Here is mine just some wifi and some internet browsing. Have not rooted it yet still observing and playing around.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ramas123:
Anyone can add something new after a few days of using it?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] vinnynall:
My moto 360 disconnects quite a lot too and can no longer use facer?!

The software is fluid and a lot snappier. Battery is the same for me.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] slicer2k:
Not good.

Flashed the FW yesterday, went to work and the ROM stuck in the boot process FC everything and i couldn't login.

Reflashed the ROM a Thousand times and now it seems stable(for now).

I regreat the day i have searched for "lollipop", my phone is having a lot of problems since then, even to downgrade to 4.4 was a problem.

At least i have Titanium backup; =/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basjke:
From all the responses it looks like I'm gone stay with my 4.4.2 and Floatify, which gives me the heads up on lock screen, and Xposed which allows me some icon and other modifications, as it seems that there is nothing to gain from Lollipop.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stesteste:
its different its new layout it will keep me happy untill more mods and exposed is updated ..battery lifes good and and its just nice
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Manneman32:
For me it´s a new phone. I first odin-flashed the polish firmware over a heavily modded ROM. Flash was spot on but I had a lot of problems with apps that was still there. So I made a complete wipe and started over. It was like night and day for me... the phone just works, works and works.

I´m now on custom recovery, root and the only thing I have done is debloating the phone from some polish crapware and then using Greenify to hibernate some apps that I don´t need running.

Battery life is amazing, no lags for me at all... I was a little afraid I had a dodgy 4G-connection due to a strange csc, but it was actually a network issue with my operator.

So... my advise is to make a full factory reset before flashing. Let the phone settle for a couple of days before flaming how bad lollipop makes the phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Metablast1235:
Does anyone know how to remove unified demeon????
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DeuXGod:
Root + titanium backup

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nostromo76:
Thanks for your commento, How did you manage to root?

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Thanks for your comment, How did you manage to root?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nostromo76:
Excellent!

Thank you for these excellent comments. Please, could you tell us how to root?

Thank you again!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MUDi3D:
Using SuperSU V2.45. It was easy. You need to have a custom recovery in order to root :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DeuXGod:
I flashed TWRP with odin and then flashed CF auto root (as I always do since I have Knox 0x1)

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nostromo76:
Thanks again pal! Could you point me to the needed files? (sorry for my English).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DeuXGod:
TWRP

http://www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hlte/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-hlte-4.4.img

CF-AUTO ROOT

http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Manneman32:
I flashed TWRP and just SuperSU.zip after that... Remember, it triggers KNOX when flashing custom recovery.

Just an addon to my previous statement:

Bluetooth audio, both earpiece and Stereo Headphones with BT connection works really good. Playing music to a BT-headset is the same as in Kitkat... perhaps less interruptions. Using a earpiece works 100%. I HAVE NOT used any Gear-model on my phone... so have that in mind. I have read some people having problems with that, but I don´t see why it should´t work when making a 100% clean install. However I use a Garmin Vivosmart, and that is working just as it´s supposed to. It has similar functions as a Gear and it uses ANT-services just as Gear does.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Jannemanishere:
Without root: just switch it off in Settings - applications - all -
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Manneman32:
What does it do? I thought it had something to do with the Weather Widget?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DeuXGod:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/skp/faq/1057747

So yeah. Remove it together with AccuWeather and yahoo stocks and enjoy a new phone that actually lasts long.

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] devilsdouble:
Another find by this idiot:p (I am sure everyone knows it anyway!) There is actually a game (hidden) included when you tap and hold the Lollipop icon under Android version! Like Flappy Bird, LOL.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nostromo76:
Thanks once again pal, you're very kind with me!

If you let me I would like to ask you one more question, this is about your ROM (or your recommendation), could you share it's download link (or XDA thread)?

Thank you!!!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] pcoulson:
Been there since 'Droid was born dude. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basjke:
Is there a way yet to root it without tripping Knox counter, like there was Towelroot for Kitkat?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] _GRIZZLY_:
Probably you will back to 4.4.2 (probably it's possible back from official 5.0 to 4.4.2), make a root with towelroot, buy/install mobile odin pro and update to 5.0 Alexander rom with root. But i don't try this so i'm not sure.

Back to thread I'am nappy with update to 5.0. All running smoother and faster. I recharged 3x and battery life is similar to 4.4.2. May be even better in the near future :P
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ludzy:
Does this official rom have the same problem as the leaked version regarding bluetooth?? I couldn't use the leaked version because my pebble watch would dissconect randomly and would reconnect without a switch off or reinstall. Heard that android watches had the same problem.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Manneman32:
I have read the same... I use a Garmin Vivosmart and it works 100%. I get notifications about Facebook, calls, SMS/MMS, whatsapp and e-mails just as any smart watch with it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ludzy:
Ok I will give this a try now and see if I get the same problem. Hopefully not
[Galaxy Note 3 General] N1NJATH3ORY:
i would like to know the same thing...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] speedyjay:
I love lollipop however, no joke, I go back to KK on the weekdays because I generally have my phone on silent 99.9999999999999999999% of the time and with my device on silent, the alarm still sounds in the mornings to wake me up for work. On lollipop, if I put my phone on silent, the alarm doesn't sound (which is completely logical....silent = no sound) however, I still need my alarm to sound in the mornings and it doesn't happen on lollipop. So I switch to lollipop on Friday evening, then back to KK on Sunday night.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] devilsdouble:
So basically there is an app for literally everything on Play and yet there isn't an app or mod to bring the Silent mode back to Lollipop like KitKat? You gotta be kidding me.

This one single reason is enough for me to go back to KitKat, but I have seen how the battery life is on 5.0 and I love white themes, God this is confusing :confused:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dragonlibrarian:
So I upgraded to Lollipop and the only issue I have is the Night Clock app (Ned Fox) I use as an alarm clock. Even though I ticked to mute all notifications, the battery fully charged notification keeps coming up. How do I stop that?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jazol:
You can easily resolve your issue by installing profile scheduler plus.

Wysłane z mojego SM-N9005 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ludzy:
so I've been using this rom for about 24 hours now. I still get the odd bluetooth drop out to my pebble, its better than the leaked version but still drops outs now and again. I only know its disconnected when i get a notification on my phone but not the watch. Heptic feed back for the samsung keyboard did work but now its greyed out???? On the plus side the battery seems better than before but will have to proper test once I start my normal working week.

the main thing for me is the connecting with my pebble if this worked 100% I'd stick with it all the time.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ludzy:
yep spotted that.

Cheers
[Galaxy Note 3 General] donetus:
better battery life than KitKat .. my phone's still at 50% .. 4G/GPS/WiFi enabled. been using it for calls/texts/IMs ..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] McGyver dei poveri:
Samsung music app in lollipop drains more battery (CPU usage 100% on 1 core and a lot on a 2nd core, with play music just 1 core [MENTION=1785406]300m[/MENTION]hz), same thing happens with S5 and note 4.

It's a thing that I hate, because it's a year and they didn't fix yet.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Metallic Palladium:
Battery life is far and away the #1 reason I will never want a Samsung device again. I could care less for the uber specs if that isn't done right.

I was hoping 5.0 will finally fix the dreadful Kitkat where it would lose over 20% over an 8 hour period on standby for no good reason. Well sort of, now its only down 5% same time frame on a brand new battery....Except that my Redmi Note 4G can last FOUR and a HALF days standby while only consuming 30% battery, at 1/4 the price I paid for the Note 3.

I know this a custom ROM forum but it's not the consumers' responsibility to fix manufacturer incompetence especially for a product sold at premium prices.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tiwi90:
Hi guys , I'm using official lp on my note 3​​ and I must say I really like the new update ; nice graphics and excellent battery life , fluidity and reactivity very good..until now no problem ..:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uccoffee.forum:
My stock lollipop still got the bluetooth doesnt disconnect when bluetooth device is out of range which were common in the leaked NL8.

It happened every 2 days with the NL8, and it happened to my stock lollipop the 1st time yesterday :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Kyozaki:
Interesting update. In short I like the UI features, but it's let down by bad design decisions (silent mode replaced with prioty mode dot example), an inability to root (if someone know ls a way of getting root to work please post here or PM me), and bugs:

Wifi doesn't remember any of my passwords. I've actually memorised my Wifi code as I've had to enter it so many times.

My device freezes and reboots at least twice daily for no consistent reason.

The image freezes during online video playback until I skip where it will be ok for a while then freeze again. Also, the image gets pixelated at times. These bugs consistent on ALL online play back, be it in chrome, YouTube, Instagram or Mx player.

Cannot root the device. I've tried chain fire's method using the files for the sm-n9005 lollipop, which odin says has passed, but whenever apps ask permission, the super user prompt appears and counts down, but the controls don't respond.

Silent mode being replaced by priority mode sucks as when enabled, the phones Led doesn't flash when you receive notifications. I had my phone on silent 90% of the time on Kit Kat, as it allowed me to check my phone for alerts at my own leisure. I'd simply look for a flashing LED, unlock it if I saw one, or carry on as usual if not. Now the LED doesn't flash in prority I can't really do this, so I've had to set my phone to vibrate and turn off vibration to get this functionality. I miss the one tap to switch between, sound, vibration and silent modes.

Spotify seems to resume immediately, if I close it, which is about the only improvement lol.

Has anyone managed to root their phone on lollipop? And is anyone having the same issues that I am?

K'+

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They switched everything dark to white, menus etc. Even the stock Samsung keyboard has light grey keys noW. I've installed the Google launcher so can't comment on touchwiz.

K'+
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hell Guardian:
I have knox 0x0 and I rooted my KK rom with TowelRoot, does anyone knows a way to update to 5.0 and keeping my root? I dont want to trigger knox just for root as I dont use custom roms.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sirobelec:
Don't know if CF-Autoroot works, because I've flashed TWRP with Odin directly and then flashed ROMs without any issues.

If you wanna stay stock and rooted, don't know if I can help you with that. But if you've tried CF Autoroot, then you're probably knox 0x1, so I'd recommend to flash right away Alexndr's ROM. It's as close to stock as you can get, prerooted, multi CSC, and he's added a couple tweaks under the hood.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hurdubaiev:
Follow this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2649176, I am on lollipop rooted with knox 0x0 4.4.2 bootloader and lollipop modem.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hell Guardian:
But I don't have mobile odin, is there's a way I can do it using the PC odin?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hurdubaiev:
I don't know if it is possible to do it with pc odin.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cryostasis25:
I think its not possible with pc odin. Best is to get mobile odin. btw check your pm
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Pat.:
Although I hated the white theme on my note 4 I still upgraded my note 3.

It runs fine & battery life seems good but I'm not seeing the promised user profiles anywhere.

I don't gain much from 5.0 as I use Apex launcher & swipe pad so I rune 5.0 with the muliwindow quick (corner swipe ) feature disabled.

I dislike the SMS Message orange theme alot & most annoying of all is the disturbing central icon (spiral thing in center of screen) used when waiting for things to load.

I am sticking with it & hope the promised profiles & dark theme turns up soon.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] downloadmyths:
I flashed TWRP using PC odin and then installed SU zip file through twrp. Root is working very fine. Mind you, my knox counter was 0x1 already. So I didn't mind using a custom recovery.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zrhtemplar:
I downgraded to kit ket..

i just cant get used to 5,0 after using it for 10 days feels great goign back to kit ket...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Kyozaki:
Thanks for replying. Before I saw this reply, I did a factory reset, then pretty much did what you did. Then installed this ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2649176

It has a lot of the bloatware removed, and for the first time clearing the RAM on my phone gets it down to about 1.45gb. The phone is fast now, and all seems well, as it doesn't suddenly bootloop forcing me to factory reset. I couldn't install it at first, so tried installing the super user SU but was getting error messages. Turns out the phone didn't root properly for some reason, so I just repeated the steps and installed Alexndr rom.

Installed the google now launcher and really enjoying lollipop now, only issue is the wifi passwords reset, but that's a minor issue.

K'+
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alom5:
Really stupid to get rid of silent mode. Can't understand the thinking behind that dumbasses!!!

Anybody know how to expand notifications when pulling them down while the screen is locked. Can only expand them after unlocking the screen.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] GeneralMeow:
Lag on the recent app screen is annoying.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cryostasis25:
Install soundhud to get mute option back