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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toren0:
I've been following this thread for a week now and hoping for progress. Got an sm-900v and it came already on 4.4.4. I use cricket and from what I've gathered I can't enable the hidden menu's to flash it without editing a root file first. Is there anyway to flash carriers without rooting? 4.4.4 or 5.0?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donc113:
NO
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] israfm:
Hopeless

So shall we give up any hope on rooting lollipop?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
As for me, I'll give up hope on rooting Lollipop...

...once my KitKat is rooted. ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
I'll not give up completely, but yeah, it seems unlikely at this point
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timberhawk:
Hi. I found several sites that claim you cn root a note 3 on lollipop. The one I read is on AndroidGeeks. It claims you can use Odin. I haven't tried it yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
Sweet. Let us know if you can root your Verizon Note 3 and what version 4.4.2, 4.4.4, or 5.0.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
I hope it is true! So far, all the instances of rooting a Note 3 on 4.4.4 that I have been able to find, have been limited to the AT&T Note 3's only (something about broadband firmware, I think).

But if you find something specifically for Verizon, Timberhawk, you would have a threadful of Note 3 users waiting to thank you. :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RylanM:
Are you talking about the method using Root de la Vega and Odin? I think that applies to 4.4.2.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madchainsawer:
Sammobiles firmwares dont even work i tried downgrading and odin said there was nothing to flash and when i looked it the firmware zip there was nothing
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronMyke:
Sounds good brother. I appreciate your efforts and time. Am waiting patiently to get unshackled from sammies prison.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayy lmao:
He's been inactive and avoiding questions. He said he was busy with schools, so that may be it, but I personally doubt it. If he gets a proper root, I'll be happy as all hell, but for right now it seems unlikely.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buddha348:
HMMM

I tried nearly everything and I cant root Ver 5.0 nothing is working
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timberhawk:
I've been busy so I haven't had a lot of time to try much. And I also like to take my time and read/research about what I'm doing. I'm slowly working my way thru the steps from AndroidGeeks. I'm stuck trying to get Kies to do anything. It doesn't seem to matter if I plug in the phone before or after starting Kies. Oh well. Back to Google.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronMyke:
Verizon N900VVRUDNK1 : Do not flash other modems or you will lose data connection.

Hey you all

Today I tried flashing different modems to my Verizon N900VVRUDNK1 via Odin that I have found here on XDA and Andriod forums in order to get better signal since I only get 3 bars. Well, after flashing the first modem my phone lost connectivity , no signal, no network connection and it keeps rebooting . So thanks to Hsbadr here on XDA he had our NK1 modem , I reflash the nk1 modem and now I'm back in business. It seems that once on nk1 modem you cannot downgrade .
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christianpeso:
Dude, whatever you find is not going to work. Their is no root for the Verizon Note 3 on 4.4.4 or above including 5.0 Lollipop. Just accept it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
FYI,

Just tried Kingroot v4.1.0.249 (latest), and our device isnt supported yet.... Damn!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
Yet.

That's the beauty of innovation: there's always some new discovery/creation waiting around the corner. The courageous ones go find it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VirusZer0:
Yes, but also, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing (that dozens and dozens have tried) over and over but expecting different results.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
You have a valid point, teejaymarx. If we keep doing the same thing, then we'll keep getting the same result.

As a novice developer (who knows just enough to be dangerous), I want to contribute where I can. That's where I believe that these XDA Forums really shine -- they allow many people with common Android OS-oriented goals to collaborate, in hopes of minimizing repeated efforts.

Thank you for sharing. :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VirusZer0:
Agreed. An I'm hoping there are still folks out there working on methods that are untried at this time. All we know right now is that all prev. methods of root are sealed since the 4.4.4 update...which blows. I got a insurance replacement, came with 4.4.4, which was right after it came out...I about cried. lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
I'm putting my money on Kingroot achieving root for us, if anyone can. It seems they are hard at work trying to get root on a lot of devices and have been the most successful as of late.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] israfm:
Cool.. I'll be happy to contribute if there's any chance to root our devices.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] israfm:
BTW

This might be an stupid question.. but has any of our beloved devs take a look onto the towelroot modstrings.. maybe they have and I'm just making nonsense of this.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
I think their may be something to those, too, israfm. I am a far cry from considering myself a dev (much less a beloved one), but I have fiddled with Towelroot's modstrings; only until I had exhausted my patience. This does not reflect on the modstrings' effectiveness, mind you; only on my lack of available time on that particular day.

You know what would be great? A bit of code that allowed a Towelroot user to select which modstrings to use, deselect any specific values from those modstrings, and then run each possible combination of the selected modstrings and values in the background (or foreground) until a viable match is found. If something like this exists already, please forgive my naiveté in these matters. :-@

Does anyone else have any additional info on the capabilities of Towelroot's modstrings?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CovXX:
Towelroot won't work, its patched. Still working on this thing, finally have time to do some things today,

Like I said I'm a full time.student and I work part time so not a lot of time I have,
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] israfm:
Good to know someone hasn't forgot about us.

Keep us posted if any progress is made.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
Thanks for updating us CovXX. If you could use any help, please let me/us know.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CovXX:
Quick update: Seems like the exploit is working on our lollipop update :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
Yeah? Have you been able to achieve root at all?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] israfm:
Awesome can't wait for you to release it CovXX
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedirkalater:
smn900v

I did several searches on here for ROOT methods and got nothing so since I love the Note 3 and I use the Verizon model on pageplus. I fixed the problem by going on ebay and buying a VerNote 3 for 245.00 with JB then boom! rooted it again and restored most of my stuff thru google.

I thought I would add a link to it. It actually comes pre-installed with with JellyBean just in case your wondering. Oh and the best part was I sold my Note3 with NJ6 to another guy for 250.00 and it i actually made $5. :D

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-SM-N900V-32GB-Verizon-GSM-Unlocked-Smartphone-/201354346841?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2ee1a78159
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
Thank you for sharing, thedirkalater! A similar idea had occurred to me a while back, but I didn't think to look for unlocked phones. :p

This may be the route I take, as well. I mean, I like KitKat, and once I root, I can simply flash a custom ROM to get back KK (or even LP) functionality, after all. Kudos to you, brutha!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedirkalater:
you bet glad to help
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
Maybe a happy weekend? :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] israfm:
Let's hope so!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caifan:
I've seen this before...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnieb:
For those that enjoy life... Don't hold your breath! Haha
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christianpeso:
I still can't quite understand why people still believe him. SMH!

Anybody on here can look at other peoples posts and "threads started". This kid is not going to produce anything. Trolling at its finest. At least he has a lot of "Thanks" now though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
I agree: I shouldn't have all my Androids in one basket. And so I don't, and I kindly advise the same for all y'all. :)

Here's what I am doing (it's not perfect, but isn't it something?): while I am rooting (eh?!) for CovXX and offering to help, I am also looking elsewhere for advancement (here on XDA, certain Youtube users, intermittently checking results from my friendly neighborhood search engine, etc.).

I would like to point out (for anyone who may have missed it) that thedirkalater hatched a brilliant fallback plan for obtaining a 'rootable' Note 3 earlier in this same thread:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
Tried latest Kingroot released 13 Jun 2015 but no root. ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VirusZer0:
You on 5.0 or 4.4.4?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
5.0
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VirusZer0:
Ah. We need someone on 4.4.4 to try.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncsuwolfs:
http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/kingroot-t3134567/post61341168#post61341168
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
Damn! I was hoping...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flyinaround:
Ordered One of These, Came with 4.4.4.... sigh

Ordered one from this link which was fulfilled by a company called MobilePro's out of NJ came with the non rootable 4.4.4

I initiated a return withing 10 minutes of receiving it, so we'll see how that goes.

Other minor details. The phone was put inside a large box with NO padding whatsoever. Just loose phone with the wall charger and charging cable (those had 2mm foam padding on them) but the phone itself just with plastic on screen (you know the peel off stuff) thrown loose in box where it could flop around while being shipped from NJ to AZ... It actually arrived with only nicks and blemishes to the silver bezel and those are common with just use, but seems a sloppy way to package. Also no S Pen, but description did warn that if an item wasn't specifically listed as coming with the device don't expect it. So there is that.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
Yikes! Thank you for the heads-up, flyinaround. You've just saved me a barrel of frustration; I had almost ordered one! And I'm sorry for you're headache. I hope the phone's return and subsequent refund aren't nearly as tiresome for you as their initial shipment. Side note: I'm in AZ, too! Greater Phoenix area.

Well, unless I engage in -- as one wise Jedi calls it -- "aggressive negotiations", I suppose I am back to square one for now: wait for a viable root method to emerge, while continuing to offer my array of services (though small) and knowledge (arguably smaller) to help in any way I can. :)

Has anyone else here found any leads?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
Possibly: https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/

I have no idea on how to exploit it but maybe some of the smart people on XDA have something to say about that exploit. To my lay eyes it looks promising...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flyinaround:
Return processed no problems

In fairness to Mobile pros they did give me a full refund. I did find a one off never opened Note 3 for $300 which I was able to root. Now running MultiSystem and Jasmine ROM 5.1. Works really well.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbm0361:
I tried the updated king oroot with the antutu benchmark glitch and was able to get it to pull a error a code as well as get it to 95% instead of the 40 % it would freeze at before I read up on the glitch rooting a Alcatel phone thought I would see what happens this was on 5.0
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
Did you try it on the PC version too?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbm0361:
No atm I don't have a pc I can try on
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macschwag14:
No luck. I tried the latest version of King Root (updated on July 4) on NK1 4.4.4 and it failed about 60% through.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
Tried a long shot and failed on 5.0. ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
Any update on your work?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
Haven't heard anything from him lately.... I am beginning to believe he is just leading us on. Proof is in the pudding and nothing for months....???

Like a big tease. Leads you on an you get nothing out of it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
I agree. In addition, I believe that since CovXX has yet to share any of his pudding with us (for sake of keeping the same analogy), I cannot say for sure that his method exists, or that it works. But I can say for sure that CovXX has said (in a previous post of his) that his work is coming along; so why would it be otherwise?

He also said that he is very busy with life and school and things. Perhaps his pudding is still setting? Only time will tell.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
Agreed. I'm a glass half full kind of person so unless there is more than just absenteeism, I'm not going to throw in the towel on him just yet. I only upgraded about 3 months ago, so I'm in it for the long haul with the Note 3 for the time being.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donc113:
Hey...we all hope he comes up with something, but at this stage...I'd be astonished if he did. The vulnerability he said he was going to exploit is and has been public knowledge for a long time....and officially that exploit is closed and no one else has come up with an answer either.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
I like that! I am also in it for the long haul. It's nice to have a comrade-in-arms.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovekeshramawat:
Any progress covXX ?????
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donc113:
Ha Ha Ha!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovekeshramawat:
Did i ask something wrong ??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
No. It is widely held here that he talks big but has NOT produced any verifiable results.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
He's not been active on here since July 6th. Lost cause
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanmc23:
N900V Lollipop one click root available ...

So has anyone tried this one yet?

"oneclickroot.com/device/samsung-galaxy-note-3-sm-n900v-verizon-lollipop-5-0-0/"

(you need to add the https and other url string to the front of this. Evidently I'm not allowed to post external links)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
Try it and let us know.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidesh007:
Let us know if it works for you or not.... Fingers crossed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanmc23:
Sorry, Im not trying to troll anyone into trying an untested root method. I wont risk my phone on something that nobody has ever heard of. None of the threads Ive read have mentioned a safe root method for the N900V Lollipop yet, so I questioned this one, but Ill admit, it got my hopes up.

I was hoping to find a root method after just starting up my latest phone. My first Note 3 just stopped detecting the SIM card after a year and a half (was rooted JB) I bought a second...and fell in the bay 12 hours after activation -Never got the chance to try and root. Now I am on my third Note 3, it has Lollipop, and I really miss root, so I Googled root methods and turned up the method that the link above points to.

I figured if anybody knew anything at all about it, it would be someone on here, so I asked, thats all.

I know when I rooted the first with JB, there were not many safe methods at the time. I ran across some Chinese one-click method, and gave it a risky try. It worked, but left my PC and phone riddled with spyware. I dont really want to go through that experience again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
I hear you, Seanmc23. I've been in that boat before, and it can be a whole lot of aggravating!

In any case, I leaped the leap of faith, I downloaded and installed the apk at your link (oneclickroot.apk), and then I landed on the "Sorry, your device cannot be rooted at this time" page attached.

After I installed the apk, I tap a green "Root Now" button, then the app says it needs to scan to see if my phone is rootable. After I tap the green "Scan Now" button, the app attempts to connect to oneclickroot.com (as captured by my VPN). After I allow the connection, the app tells me it cannot root my device. This leads me to believe that our friends down at oneclickroot.com don't have a viable rooting method for our N900V phones. Yet. (the app does say to stay tuned)

Now, if we find enough ways that don't work, then according to the Process of Elimination and the Law of Averages, we will eventually find a way that does work, right? :sly:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanmc23:
Lol...well you have more nerve than I did.

Thanks for answering my question... at the risk of your own phone.

Guess Ill just have to sit back and wait and hope with everybody else.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shybanee:
Not yet?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KernelCommander:
I have even tried old HTC methods lol. Nothing but bricks, and bootloops. :'(

Don't get mad, focus
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingDrama:
Any leads on getting the Note 3 rooted? Still kicking myself for updating to 5.0 OTA. My battery life is aweful amongst other features with the phone since updating.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
https://youtu.be/GQWeeOXvvOM

---------- Post added at 07:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:43 PM ----------

Anyone try this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
I'm going to try this tomorrow. I've downloaded firmware from sammobile 4.3. It seems you can if it's from a place like Vietnam . I hope I don't totally screw it up..imei get screwed but you replace it with 5.0 modem
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
Maybe not. Someone more daring. I'm tired of getting out of trouble
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
So, did you try it, davekaz? And did you have success? I'm looking to do it, too, and am curious about your venture.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
No still at work. Hoping someone else would. I'm always impulsive and get into trouble
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
does not work bootloader.tar comes up with unsupported dev error oh wel
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edgargonzalez89:
Version note 3 sm-n900v

I'm running 5.0 on my note 3 version did some research there's no root. But what if I downgrade from 5.0 to 4.4.2 using odin and install Jasmin rom with root included will it work thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
If my understanding is correct, Edgargonzalez89, the only caveat in that plan is that 4.4.2 has been blacklisted, and therefore any downgrade attempt to 4.4.2 -- from any Android version greater than 4.4.2 -- will fail in Odin. If it weren't for the blacklist, then you're plan would be golden!

I didn't want you doing unnecessary - and for now, unfruitful - work, and possibly harming your Note 3. I have my hopes, though, for a root method to be released soon. There are still various exploits to gain SYSTEM, and then ROOT, access, e.g. the Stagefright exploit. Using a detector app from Google Play, I verified that while I am on 4.4.4, my phone is still vulnerable to four of the seven known Stagefright exploits (as of several weeks ago when I tested).

I wish I knew more about how to turn this knowledge into a working concept!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edgargonzalez89:
Makes sense ..I been trying for 3 weeks in row. to find a root method, for my deivce model .almost looked every were -try different methods, but no luck .I think its just a matter of time while someone reeleese something... Last time I checked on kingo root I was like the 537th phone trying to use there method for this particular model... It's just a matter of being patient ... Only thing bothering me right know is my hostpot I can't activate that's why I need the root man if it was up to me I would be willing to donate up to 15$ for that particular thing to work.. Including root I know a lot would 2.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandvich123127:
Stage fright can be compatible with root permissions, but can be very difficult on newer devices. I've read through and using the stage fright exploit can push certain files, such as an mp4 to overflow stage lib. If you try to move the directory, it would be very hard to find the exact area where system/xbin is for su. With newer devices it randomizes these directories so it makes it more difficult to solve the directory to push the files. I could be wrong, and someone might be able to do this, but that may take a while for a shell to be used for Samsung devices, as the code released only works with nexus devices...

P.s.

The exploit is in python programming, I only know partial java, so I'm useless (for now).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
I'm using FoxiFi works good. I purchased a key years ago. I think there is a times imitation. Try it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audinutt:
foxfi works fine.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banzar:
I third this. FoxFi works on my Note 3 running 4.4.4, non-rooted. And yes, davekaz is right about the time limitation. Without a license, FoxFi turns off hotspot after five minutes. With license, the time limitation is removed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akashnigam:
Hello Sir, Any update on root??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donc113:
Surely you jest. Covxx never had and never will get root on his or anyone else's phone once you go to 4.4.4 or above.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomix27:
tengo el mismo problema tengo un note 3 de verizon sm-n900v. con lollipop y no lo puedo rootear

por favor ayuda o help da igual mi correo jomix27@gmail.com