[Galaxy Note 3 General] jcadduono:
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DOWNLOAD

You can find Odin at:

https://build.nethunter.com/samsung-tools

I am no longer hosting firmware for the Note 3. fw.updato.com provides an alternative, and allows wget/curl. (with --referer="link to the download page"))

Example:

N900W8VLU2DPG1 - MTA clicked on at http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=N900W8

wget "http://fws01.updato.com/GALAXYNOTE3/SM-N900W8/BMC/SM-N900W8_1_20160729160241_v4dg1gvbce.zip" --referer="http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=3C39D6E6701111E69B2DFA163EE8F90B"

READ INSTRUCTIONS BELOW, OR IT WON'T STICK AFTER FLASHING!

Each zip file contains a _HOME.tar.md5 containing each flashable partition of your device. You can flash the entire tar.md5 for a complete factory restore, or you can extract individual partitions and re-tar them to make individual flashable partition files. There's a tool for tarring them here:

https://build.nethunter.com/samsung-tools/img2tar.zip

GETTING YOUR FIRMWARE TO STICK

When flashing bootloaders (BL) and modems (CP), you must cold boot your phone for the flash to succeed.

To perform a cold boot into Odin, follow these instructions carefully:

Power down your phone

Unplug any cables from your phone

Pull the back cover off and remove the battery completely

Place the battery back in your phone (there is no need to wait)

Place 1 finger on volume down key, and 1 finger on home key

While holding those keys down, place another finger on the power key

Release the finger from the power key when you feel a vibrate

Release your other fingers once you see the Odin warning screen

You may plug your phone cable back into the phone now, or after the next step

Press volume up key to enter Download mode

SOME ODIN OPTIONS EXPLAINED

Auto Reboot - Once the firmware finishes flashing, the phone will attempt to reboot into your current ROM

Re-Partition - Used to flash a PIT file over the current one. See more information below.

F. Reset Time - Enabled by default. Not entirely sure what it does yet.

Nand Erase All - May have different effects on other devices. On the Note 3, it wipes the just the userdata partition to zeros. (your ROM settings, apps, and internal storage)

Phone Bootloader Update - Doesn't seem necessary to select when flashing bootloaders from cold boot, so unsure of purpose.

Phone EFS Clear - Reformats your EFS partition. This deletes calibration data and some small caches, you will want to flash full stock ROM when using this so it can properly restore itself. It's safe to use, and won't wipe your IMEI.

I advise not touching the other options!

When flashing firmware, you can and should leave the default options selected. Confirm that it is just Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time.

RE-PARTITIONING

Re-partitioning may be necessary in the rare scenario that updating to a newer firmware requires more storage than is available in the current layout.

It is possible to back up your PIT file (partition layout) for flashing in Odin later on or sharing with others that are having trouble flashing firmware that you were able to successfully flash.

PIT files are model specific!

Do not flash a PIT file for N9005 on an N900W8 for example. The partition layout will end up pointing to the wrong locations and you'll end up with a blank IMEI / EFS partition or worse.

If you want to back up your PIT file, you must have a rooted phone or be in TWRP which is an environment already running with root privileges.

Executing these commands will back up your PIT to a file (your-device-name.pit) on your internal storage:

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of="/sdcard/$(getprop ro.product.name).pit" bs=16 skip=1088 count=257

You can open the PIT file in a text editor and make sure it starts with v˜4 to be ensure validity.

Restoring a PIT file is as simple as using the PIT tab in Odin and putting it in the box there, then selecting the Re-Partition checkbox in Options tab. Re-Partitioning will not delete any data, however if your PIT file varies from your previous then partition locations may point to completely different places resulting in a no longer functioning modem or worse, a bricked phone.

WIPING YOUR DATA FOR RESALE

You can use the Nand Erase All option in Odin to make your Userdata partition unrecoverable. When the Userdata partition is nand secure erased, all data on it becomes zeros.

In order for Nand Erase option to work, you need to fill an Odin slot. Flashing your bootloader in the BL slot is usually a safe method.

Most ROMs (kernel boot images actually) can't recover from this and will not boot. In order to fix this you have to boot into a recovery.

In TWRP: Go to Wipe -> Format Data -> type "yes" -> Go

In stock recovery: Use the "factory data reset" option

Both of these perform identical procedures that restore a proper format and ext4 layout to your Userdata partition.

ROMs should now be able to boot.

You can confirm through TWRP that your userdata partition has indeed been secure erased by typing in adb or terminal:

hexdump /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata

It should display:

0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000

*

After a few minutes it should complete. The asterisk means that hexdump found that same last row of data (0000...) repeating.

CHANGES

2016-02-26 - Add Nordic SM-N9005XX firmware N9005XXUGPOK2

2016-01-12 - Add SM-N9005XX firmware N9005XXUGBOL3 and N9005XXUGBOJ2 (modem)

2016-01-01 - Add Mexican SM-N900W8UB firmware N900W8UBU2DOL1 and N900W8UBU2DOK1 (modem)

2016-01-01 - Add T-Mobile SM-N900T firmware N900TUVUFOL1

2016-01-01 - Add Exynos SM-N900XX firmware N900XXUEBOL2

2015-12-18 - Add Exynos SM-N900UB firmware N900UBUEBOK1

2015-12-15 - Add Exynos SM-N900XX firmware N900XXUEBOK7 and N900XXUEBOK3 (modem)

2015-12-15 - Add Exynos SM-N900ZS firmware N900ZSUEBOK3 and N900XXUEBOK3 (modem)

2015-12-15 - Add SM-N9005DX firmware N9005DXUGBOK3

2015-12-15 - Add SM-N9005XX firmware N9005XXUGBOK9 and N9005XXUGBOD3 (modem)

2015-12-15 - Add SM-N9005ZS firmware N9005ZSUGOK2

2015-12-15 - Add KT Corporation SM-N900K firmware N900KKKU0GOK3 & N900KKKUGOJ4 (modem) (thanks to Freyelis)

2015-12-11 - Add SK Telecom SM-N900S firmware N900SKSU0GOK3 & N900SKSU0GOJ4 (modem)

2015-12-11 - Add LG Uplus SM-N900L firmware N900LKLU0GOK3

2015-12-02 - Add Sprint SM-N900P firmware N900PVPUEOK2