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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sfirouz:
Did not work for my Verizon Note 3

I tried to use it and the following is what I get. looking at the source code that I found in github, it looks like content of /proc/cmdline on my device do not pass the conditions it is looking for. I have a rooted SM-N900V with Android 4.4.2 and Knox removed.

============================== samdunk unlock 0.0.1 ==============================

NOTE 3 BETA UNLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this application comes with NO WARRANTY (express or implied)

this binary may not be rehosted, repackaged, one-clicked, etc.

there is no support provided for this application

this application has been tested on the Verizon Galaxy S5 only

it may work on the AT&T Galaxy S5, and possibly other similar Galaxy devices

there are no compatibility checks, do your research first

if run on an incompatible phone, it will likely permanently ruin the device

we STRONGLY advise against running any binary not obtained from the official source

official source is available at http://github.com/beaups/SamsungCID

SD card is required, all data on the SD card will be destroyed

changing to this developer CID may have other implications

the psn derived from the CID may be used for critical services

changing this psn may cause unexpected behavior or loss of services

continue at your own risk, you've been warned

aboot dev signature research credit to ryanbg

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=766721

eMMC vulnerability, exploit, and the code you are running by beaups (sean beaupre)

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=711482

Do you understand the implications of these warnings?

(Yes/No)

Yes

[-] this is for (some) Samsung devices onlly

[-] it WILL kill other devices. go back to google
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexl2005:
Is there anyway to use this method without an sd card. My sd card slot is broken and will not work.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Sczar:
I've searched before. Not that I know of. Its the only way to unlock so far.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sfirouz:
I found out the it only works with OF1 rom. So the process is to install OF1 rom, re-root, then run this process, I also I ran it from inside the phone using terminal emulator with no issues.

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You don't need a SD card. In fact I recommend you remove the SD card before doing any of these.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mstrkrft1:
first time posting a thread. I wanted to reply in regards to not needing a sd card. I ran the commands in minimal adb and fastboot and it tells me that you do need a sd card of atleast 1gb.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexl2005:
Is there any way to use otg USB drive instead of the sd card.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Sczar:
Sorry mate. But u do need an external SD card. I actually Odin my phone back to original status just to check ur theory. I removed my sd card and no it wont go any further without the sd card.

[MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION] stated in main op that

You NEED a MicroSD and it will be formatted
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] wdcspurs:
I keep getting an error in the unlocker apk that it cant find the unlock file. I placed the file in the root directory of the internal storage. What gives?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
You guys didn't search very hard. It's right in this thread.

You can either compile the code for yourself with a small mod, or you can go begging via PM to one of the folks that already did that. Nobody released the mods publicly as it sort of goes against the wishes of the original program author.

(If you can read code, it is basically a two line change to turn off the SD card writing. It's harder to install the compiler toolchain than it is to tweak & compile the code.) Note that the github sources are for the AT&T Note 3 variant, not the VZW SM-N900V. You need to make the appropriate changes to account for that, which - surprise surprise - are also discussed in this thread.

cheers
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] njdan30:
Why wouldn't anyone just update to of1 (the latest)like many many part suggest and follow op?I had no problems using adb commands ruin twice and enjoy
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mo2002:
Idk why but this worked for me on 5.0 OF6.

Got root running using the yemen tool then used the apk. Spent around 3 hours using the manual method and got hung up on the final step every time.

For those that have not searched you will need to do this method twice (manual or the apk above).

You find out if it worked by booting into Odin mode. If it says developer you're good to go.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fire3element:
FWIW, the OP's instructions worked for me on firmware OB6.

Could have something to do with the fact that I had JasmineROM v5.0.2 installed, and the mods made to that ROM.

What I do know is I am SUPER glad I did not go ahead and use one of my larger nice SD cards. Took time to clear off a 4gb card to use.

Totally FUBAR'd my 4gb card. Reads as 682.6GB and wont format properly. Using MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Oh well, at least it wasn't one of my better cards. JUST BE AWARE IT IS POSSIBLE.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donc113:
Just reformat it via the Note 3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fire3element:
Of course I tried that. The Note 3 wont even see it. Hence why I attempted to recover it with MiniTool Partition Wizard on the PC.

Guess I could sell it as a 650GB card on fleaBay. Wonder what kinda price that would fetch... :silly:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
Windows is quite possibly the very worst OS in the universe to use for partitioning or formatting media. Use something else... anything else.

Writing zeros to a few tens of MB at the front of the card as a raw device using Linux or your Android device will let Windoze know that it's safe to actually partition the media. (Note that when Windoze folk say "Formatting" they really mean "Partitioning and Filesystem Creation")

- Insert "damaged" SD card into phone

- Start terminal emulator app

su
dd if=/dev/zero bs=2048 of=/dev/block/mmcblk1 count=51200

( and wait a few seconds ... that's 100 MB of zeros...)

Obviously you should make absolutely sure it is mmcblk[size=+5]1[/size], not mmcblk0. If you make that mistake (0 instead of 1) you will permabrick your phone as you will be zeroing out your bootloader.

If you are feeling tremendously adventuresome you may perform the above exercise in TWRP (Advanced->Terminal & no need to use the "su" command first), and follow it up with

fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1
mkfs.fat /dev/block/mmcblk1

That presumes you are willing to learn how to use fdisk.

Or, just go back to Windoze for "formatting". Windoze won't barf all over itself if it it sees all zeros at the beginning of the media.

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] coreyfro:
Looks like I have the wrong EMMC

[+] CID at boot time is/was: 11010030333247453404960f8b838100

[-] don't try this on non-samsung eMMC, seriously.

That means I'm screwed, right?

This is an old phone, I don't care about some of the old trepidations about using closed bootloader rooting methods. What alternatives are there? I'm Towelrooted on 4.4.2.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jellyhead:
I simply used Win7 built in Disk management and created a new partition on the SD then the N3 could read it and reformat the card. The N3 just can't read the existing partition.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
More likely than not. Yes if your level of effort is minimal.

There are no known alternatives. This is an example of a "known unknown".

I mean, you could hack out that prevention check in the code and attempt the method despite the warning. This would be the same as assuming a hypothesis that two manufacturers use an identical private API/ioctl() for programming the CID values into place. It would either:

(a) fail harmlessly

(b) fail & permanently cripple the eMMC chip, giving you a brick, or

(c) succeed.

Statistically (a) is most likely; the probabilities of (b) and (c) are uknown.

Here's the thing: eMMC Flash chips are not *manufactured* with CID values already in them; they have to be programmed at some point in time - including by OEMs who purchase bare die or chips in wafer form (for building stacked die memory, modules, etc). That is to say: programmed by third parties. So the "private" API for writing the CID for a particular chip maker's eMMC flash chip isn't completely private - it is probably well known to a handful of organizations.

Maybe you could "wheedle" the information somehow.

The unlock method itself should work so long as you could alter the CID and exactly one other thing was true: that the device drivers in the bootloader/kernel don't use any "quirks" handling based on other private API/ioctl()s - for instance by reading the CID via the public API and then using different private APIs thereafter on a manufacturer-by-manufacturer basis.

cheers
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] spatchy419:
Bootloader or Root first???

It seems that I am unable to read. Because after 8 hours or so of browsing this forum and doing and undoing actions that don't quite get the job done or not at all, I've hit a kind of real-life bootloop...

CF-Auto Root says in bold type that the bootloader must be unlocked to root the phone with this method.

The video near the end of this thread describing this thread's unlock procedure states that the device must be rooted first.

Please for the love of god, would one of you badasses kindly simplifiy this nonsense?

Verizon N900V, OF1.

Thank you....:D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
I'm not sure if anyone ever used CF-AutoRoot on a Note 3 - ever. Maybe in ancient prehistory (MI9 firmware) although I could have sworn the first rooting method was RDLV. (Note that the rooting methods tend to change by release as the vulns that allowed rooting get patched with new stock releases). I think the SM-N900V had RDLV (Root de la Vega), TowelRoot, and now the Yemen root thing for OB6/OF1. Probably I missed one in there.

To unlock the bootloader of the SM-N900V you need to first have root. So, yeah - come back to this thread after you have root already.

On OF1/OB6 for rooting I guess folks that have decided to trust their phone to Yemen, they used one of the Yemen root methods. (Which BTW also means you trust your PC to Yemen as well, as it does it's rooting from a PC).

good luck
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] spatchy419:
I think the SM-N900V had RDLV (Root de la Vega), TowelRoot, and now the Yemen root thing for OB6/OF1. Probably I missed one in there.

To unlock the bootloader of the SM-N900V you need to first have root. So, yeah - come back to this thread after you have root already.

On OF1/OB6 for rooting I guess folks that have decided to trust their phone to Yemen, they used one of the Yemen root methods. (Which BTW also means you trust your PC to Yemen as well, as it does it's rooting from a PC).

good luck[/QUOTE]

Thank you for the quick reply. It's a challenge, but I'm not giving up yet...Thanks again!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] amir310:
CID 11

Any luck with CID starting with "11"
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Nerdreaper:
Thank you for the quick reply. It's a challenge, but I'm not giving up yet...Thanks again!![/QUOTE]

This is the method I just used to root my n900V with lollipop 5.0 OF1 : http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/ob6-of1-n900v-note-3-verizon-oneclick-t3333569
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Moondroid:
Hope you thoroughly scanned your PC (and phone) afterwards, coz when I virus/malware-scanned that "Dr.Android" tool I came up with 7 hits. A couple can be ignored coz they were typical of android rooting tools. But be advised. :rolleyes:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] amir310:
CID starts will 11

i' can't use the codes provided since my CID starts with 11. Is their any other way to install recovery with a locked bootloader since my CID doesn't start with 15. I want to install recovery and then xposed framework any help would be much appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
As far as I know there are no publicly disclosed methods for doing this.

The manufacturer of the 0x11 eMMC flash memory knows how to do it - the CID values are programmed after the chips are manufactured. It is even possible that 3rd parties (the eMMC flash memory chip manufacturer's customers) also know how. It might not be known (here on XDA) simply because nobody has bothered to hunt down the programming information.

The most likely person to chase this down is someone that is motivated because they own an 0x11 phone.

Is that person going to be you?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] amir310:
I've looked high and low on every forum and over here is the only place i was able to get an answer. Also im no programmer or developer :(
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Ret-Zero:
Can i use this with my verizon s4 mini?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
However, you are not the only person who is interested in this. If you can find the information - how to change the CID on a 0x11 eMMC chip, someone will very likely help you do the programming. (Assuming that it is a method that can be done without special hardware jigs.)

The method used for the 0x15 (Samsung) eMMC chips just uses standard Unix/Linux "private ioctl()" calls. The secret sauce involved there is knowing exactly which register addresses and data payload formats are used to cause the CID change to "take" on the chip when a (root) application "talks" to the chip. It is not guaranteed, but still fairly likely that a quite similar approach is used with the (0x11) vendor's chips - but the exact register addresses as so forth are not publicly disclosed... so far.

Getting the required information doesn't require programming. It might require some dedicated and decent "social" skills though. ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mouka75:
not working for me cid 11 help:::::
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Gazoya:
Oh so I can do this on my rooted Jasmine Rom 6.1 as well? I thought I had to flash back to some other stock rom with Odin first before unlocking my bootloader.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] amir310:
Changing CID will brick

I also looked into changing the CID but was told not to because it will cause phone to become brick. Even at hard brick i can recover the phone no problem but it wont work either. haha im waiting on the note 7 to come out and hopefully by then ill be able to do all the thing i cant do on note 3. Thanks for all the info you provided.:good::highfive:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
I'm sure the N7 will be a nice phone - snappy performance, jam packed with features... and bristling with Samsung spyware plus a host of new attribution, live kernel protection, and "secure boot" anti-hacking technology.

I'd get a Nexus or support a device vendor that allows an unlocked bootloader. That way you'll spend your time customizing rather than fruitlessly trying to break into your own phone.

IMO the mandatory enforcement of Verified Boot in Nougat is handwriting on the wall for XDA. All device forums will become just like this one - no participation.

.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] pnuker:
What exactly is the benefit of unlocking the bootloader? Can I use any ROM I want, or does it just mean I can use a different carrier?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
The term "unlocked" in the context of phones is typically used to mean two very different things; the first meaning has to do with freedom to use the device with other carriers, and the second meaning is turning off signing checks that enforce factory-software-only policies. This method is about the latter.

(Note that to the extent that putting custom software on the phone opens up the possibility of using a device on other carriers, the latter interpretation of "unlocked" can (sort of) imply the former. But that depends on developers to discover the issues involved and provide ROM customizations to support carrier changes - it by no means is automatic)

Pros:

(a) Turns off Samsung-signing checks of boot / recovery partitions so that custom kernels/ramdisks can be booted. This means the use of not only custom OS boots, but also use of custom recoveries for device maintenance / backups / ROM flashing / etc.

(b) Turns off Signing checks during Odin flashing so that Odin can be used for custom (unsigned) flashing.

Cons:

(c) The first time an unsigned kernel boot is attempted after unlocking, the "Knox Warranty Fuse" will be permanently blown. Despite the name, this also has functional implications beyond warranty issues. Certain TrustZone operations will no longer work thereafter, even if you return to 100% stock Samsung firmware and ROM. Things like Knox containers and so forth, but very likely a lot of other security-related features. Somewhat paradoxically this is most likely to be noticed on stock-derived ROMs, and less likely on custom ROMs.

So to answer your question directly: Yes, any ROM you want**

** subject to availability. There simply aren't very many for the SM-N900V because it is an older device and it languished for years as a tightly-locked up device.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] amir310:
Would you be able to recommend an upcoming high performance phone whose manufacturer keeps their bootloader unlock.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
Well, I haven't been looking for a replacement so I don't have a comprehensive view of the current situation, either from a hardware performance perspective or from a bootloader unlock perspective.

I was assuming - because HTC has been friendly about bootloader unlocking in the past - that maybe the HTC 10 was easily unlocked, but a quick trip over to the Verizon HTC 10 and Sprint HTC 10 XDA forums leads me to believe it is definitely not that simple.

Part of the problem is the carriers. They basically tell the handset makers "If we are going to customize the software on your device and sell it for our network, we insist that the bootloader is not unlockable". Verizon especially has been pretty notorious about this.

So - the point is - to be able to buy a phone that can be immediately unlocked might mean you are also choosing a carrier that you might not have otherwise chosen; either that or you are faced with figuring out how to convert the software for one carrier (on an unlockable phone) to allow you use it on a carrier's network that uses a variant model with a locked bootloader.

If you were able to obtain a "developer edition" version of an otherwise-locked phone, the trouble was that the user community was so small that the amount of ROM development suffered.

Historically Google Nexus devices were unlockable and re-lockable. I don't think that has really changed; otoh on devices which have Qfuses, it might be the case that as soon as you unlock your bootloader, you blow a hardware warranty flag. That sort of sucks for anyone with a brand-new device.

Anyhow, the short story is you are going to have to research the bootloader unlock situation carefully before buying a device if rooting & customization is important to you. It might mean sitting on your hands for a few months after a new device launch to see what other people experience.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] amir310:
I hear you when it comes to unlocked or locked bootloader carriers will tell the manufacturer to lock it and verizon is on top when it comes to this situation. It makes it hard to go to different carrier since i love verizon network but i hate their policy's. After the note 3 i never upgraded cuz i want performance hardware and not looks or bells n wistle to put it simply. Ive been waiting for a while to upgrade to a phone where im not running into same situation im in with note 3. Thank you for all your advise and im gonna sit down to do some research on my next phone b4 jumping on the bandwagon. Appreciate it once again. :):svetius:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TheRock40359:
Terminal emulator isn't popping up. And I don't have my own version installed
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Darkpikasso:
Im reading... this method format the micro sd card install but does format the internal sd card storage of the phone???? I dont have any device for making backup of everything and have on my internalobies, songs and lots and lots of photos....

Thanks in advance

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Im reading... this method format the micro sd card install but does format the internal sd card storage of the phone???? I dont have any device for making backup of everything and have on my internalobies, songs and lots and lots of photos....

Thanks in advance
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
[MENTION=5660094]Darkpikasso[/MENTION]

It does not format the *internal* psuedo- SDcard.

That said, it is a bad idea to not back stuff up if it is important to you. Especially when the data is in a non-removable flash memory chip soldered to a motherboard.

Probably the cheapest way to back up those files is an OTG cable and a high-capacity USB memory stick. That would allow you to also back up the removable SDcard as well.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Darkpikasso:
Thanks for the response...

I know i have to backup data but i dont a micro sd external of hig capacity i just managed to get the sd card to make this process and it is of 4 gb.

Im making the process and thanks and advance
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Gazoya:
So when I enter ./samsung_unlock_n3 before the first reboot, I get the error "./samsung_unlock_n3: can't execute: Is a dictionary126". What's that?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bftb0:
directory, not dictionary.

If you have a zip file named "foo.zip" and it contains a file named "bar.txt", when you extract it, you'll get a directory (folder) named "foo" and inside of that directory (folder) the file will be there like this:

./foo/bar.txt

Similarly if you have a zip file named "samsung_unlock_n3.zip" and it contains a file named "samsung_unlock_n3", when you extract it, you'll get this:

./samsung_unlock_n3/samsung_unlock_n3

TL;DR you are starting that command from the wrong current directory.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] the death of me:
were you able to get past this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donc113:
You have the old code... There's a newer version at post #218 in this thread
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] the death of me:
I did find the newer code. Thank you

Now I am stuck on flashing CM13. I just posted something in that thread
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donc113:
Can't help you there... I don't use CM
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] b3y0ndd34th:
I hate to post this here but I don't know where else to put it.

First of all, Awesome work on finally bringing a bootloader unlock to this device!!!

I have completed the process without any issues. However upon installing TWRP, I am not able to mount or choose my sd card as a storage option. I can not back up to it, nor install roms from it. Have others experienced this? How have you gotten past it? I have not been able to find instructions to fix this issue. Can someone please point me in the right direction to get this issue resolved so that I can put a custom rom on this beast?

I figured I could leave some more information. The phone itself sees the SD card. It is a 32 GB formatted in FAT32.

When I click on mount in TWRP SD Card is listed a 0MB of storage.

***EDIT*** It apparently has something to do with the size. I put a 16 GB SD Card in and I can see it in TWRP.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] freddt2790:
well I did it how do I know if it worked

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maybe I should of wrote down my CID number fist but is there another way