[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chappatti:
I have a retail-dev converted Note 4 Verizon - rooted and Unlocked. I decided to be a guinea pig and try to update the stock OTA MM 6.0.1 Verizon - for Note 4 N-901V.

** If you are rooted and unlocked you CANNOT flash update.zip directly and it will give errors. You have to downgrade, as below, and then flash.

YOU WILL LOSE ROOT AND THE BOOT LOADER WILL BE LOCKED BACK.

ALL DATA WILL BE WIPED. ALL DATA WILL BE WIPED. EVERYTHING.

YOU WILL LOSE ROOT AND THE BOOT LOADER WILL BE LOCKED BACK.

===BUT=== YOU CAN STILL GO BACK TO LOLLIPOP 5.1.1 AND RE-ROOT AND UNLOCK BOOTLOADER. I FULLY TRIED TO DOWNGRADE AND REDO THE UNLOCK OF BOOTLOADER AND ROOT. I WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK AND ROOT BY GOING BACK TO 5.1.1.

** You MUST downgrade to 5.1.1 STOCK. One big advantage - the "lock" symbol and "custom" will be reset and the phone will

look

for all intent and purposes as not being flashed. BUT I AM NOT SURE IF KNOX MAKES A LOG SOMEWHERE, which may reside somewhere.

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EDIT: Because of Google's verity check I am recommending the following full stock kernel, recovery flash steps before a full stock flash. If there is any root/unlock anywhere in bootloader or kernel you may get a dm-verity failed error.

For now I would suggest a complete wipe and complete stock flash:

BEFORE FLASHING ANYTHING, REBOOT TO RECOVER AND DO A FULL ADVANCED WIPE LIKE THIS:

1. Do a full wipe. Wipe also "internal storage". Dalvik cache, data, system, INTERNAL STORAGE, cache, ......EXCEPT externalsd or MicroSD.

** USE ODIN. Make sure Auto-Reboot is UNTICKED. So the phone does not reboot after every flash.

2. Flash stock recovery first from the post I linked (see below where hsbadr's thread link is for stock firmwares). (AGAIN: Do the wipe first and then flash stock recovery.) Use the AP slot in Odin.

** Phone will not reboot. Pull the battery, disconnect USB, put battery back, re-enter download mode. and attach cable. The go to step 3.

3. Flash the stock Bootloader again available in that post. Us the BL slot. Pull the battery, disconnect USB, put battery back, re-enter download mode. and attach cable. The go to step 4.

3. From the same hsbadr's post flash the stock kernel via odin (use AP slot). Pull the battery, disconnect USB, put battery back, re-enter download mode. and attach cable. The go to next step.

4. Now flash full stock. See step 2 in section BELOW.

IF YOU GET "DM-VERITY FAILED" 1. PULL THE BATTER AND DISCONNECT PHONE FROM COMPUTER, Then use buttons to get download mode.

** UNTICK auto-reboot in Odin, and flash STOCK kernel. dm-verity error should go away on reboot.

** Now you have remove battery again and get download mode, and reflash full stock from section below, step 2 below.

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USE THESE STEPS ONLY TO GET MORE DETAILS: BUT PLEASE FLASH STOCK , kernel, and recovery first via odin as above.

STOCK FILES ARE IN .ZIP FORMAT. UNZIP THEM TILL YOU GET A .TAR.MD5 FILE. I strongly recommend using 7-zip.

1. Download Odin from attachment here. You must have odin working and drivers installed etc.

2. Go to this thread : http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/development/firmware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937

** Choose N910VVRU2BPA1

** Download FULL FIRMWARE version. You MUST use full firmware version.

** UNZIP the file, till you get a .tar.md5 file (N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVZW2BPA1_N910VVRU2BPA1_HOME.tar.md5) using the AP slot of Odin.. Dont flash this yet, you need the recovery first (step 3).

** Download FROM SAME section the stock RECOVERY.

3. The stock recovery must be flashed first because the stock firmware detects the root/unlocked boot. When this happens you get a "fuse 2" error.

NOTE: If you flash the full firmware before stock recovery you will get an error TO USE THE VERIZON REPAIR ASSISTANT.. Do not worry, you can reflash stock recovery and then go into download mode.

4. Go into download mode: Volume down +Home+Power button at the same time. Just hold till you get download mode.

5. Open Odin and connect phone to computer. Wait for COM signal. Load recovery into AP.

6. Flash, and then pull battery. Put back battery and get back into download mode.

7. Load the firmware N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVZW2BPA1_N910VVRU2BPA1_HOME.tar into AP in ODIN.

8. Flash and reboot!! NOW YOU ARE ON COMPLETE STOCK 5.1.1.

9. Download the update.zip for the MM 6.0.1 stock OTA here: http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/development/firmware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937

** Go to section N910VVRU2CPD1.

** Download "

OTA Update from N910VVRU2BPA1 to N910VVRU2CPD1

". MAKE SURE IT IS NAMED "update.zip", otherwise rename to update.zip.

10. PLACE update.zip IN EXTERNAL SD CARD..

11. Reboot into STOCK recovery. Remember !! Youa re now on stock,

12. Choose the option to apply update.zip from externla sd.

13. Apply the update.

14. Yoohoo! You have full stock MM 6.0.1 Verizon.

TO GO BACK TO ROOTED/UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER:

15. Redo steps 1-8. You will get back to stock 5.1.1.

16. Now you can re-root and unlock bootloader like you did before.

PLEASE THANK [MENTION=5868929]hsbadr[/MENTION] for his collection of softwares/firmware.