[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jamesalynch:
Disclaimer:

I am not responsible for anything that happens to your device after following this guide. Also, I'm not entirely sure if this works 100% for OF1, although I can guarantee that this guide works for OB6 because I just successfully rooted, unlocked the bootloader, and flashed a custom recovery onto my Galaxy Note 3 running the OB6 update.

This guide was compiled for the sole purpose of convenience for other users here on XDA Forums. My reason for making this guide was to make it as easy as possible for Verizon Galaxy Note 3 owners to root, unlock the bootloader, and flash a custom recovery without jumping from thread to thread, searching for answers.

ONLY FOLLOW THIS GUIDE IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ROOTED, HAVE AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, AND WHAT A CUSTOM RECOVERY IS USED FOR

If you are the proud owner of a Verizon Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900V) and would like to root, unlock the bootloader, and/or flash a custom recovery onto it, you've come to the right place. Included in this guide are methods of doing these exact things, which also happen to be generally easy to perform.

Before you begin, you'll need a few things:

a Verizon Galaxy Note 3 (running OB6 or OF1, obviously)

a computer of some sort (running Windows)

a micro SD card (make sure there isn't anything on it, because it WILL be erased)

Odin 3.09 *

TWRP 3.02-1 *

ArabicTool *

eMMC Brick Bug Checker app

unlock_n3 (for unlocking the bootloader, attached) *

* place these files in a location that you know the path of. e.x. C:\ or C:\Users\...\Desktop

Once you are 100% sure that you have all of these things, continue to the rest of the guide.

Root

Open ArabicTool

Make sure your phone is connected to your computer

In ArabicTool, click on the "Version" field and select your firmware version (OB6/OF1)

Click on "Read phone info" and wait for the information above to show your phone's status

Check the logs on the bottom right to make sure that everything is correct, then click on "Root" below the "Phone info" box (if there is an error about not being on 5.0, close the app, set the compatibility mode to W7, and run as admin)

Once your phone restarts, continue to the next part of the guide

Unlocking the Bootloader

Just follow this tutorial. The consequences of messing this part up can lead to bricking your phone, although the process itself is fairly simple. Just remember that you need to unzip samsung_unlock_n3.zip and rename the file in there to unlock_n3. Follow the instructions from there.

Flashing TWRP

Honestly, this part was the easiest for me.

Unzip and open Odin 3.09

Reboot your phone into download mode (with it plugged into the computer, obviously)

In Odin, click "AP" and find the flashable TWRP tar that you downloaded earlier

Start the flashing process by clicking "Start" in the bottom right hand corner

If, after this process, your phone reboots and shows an error about the recovery partition in the top left hand corner (in blue), then goes into a bootloop:

Download the stock recovery.tar from the attached files at the bottom of this post

Open Odin again

Click "AP", find the file you just downloaded, and start the flashing again

Follow the instructions to unlock your bootloader again, but only do the second set of code. The first set is irrelevant to us at this point.

Flash TWRP onto your phone again. This time, it should work if it didn't already.

To make sure, boot your phone into recovery mode. If TWRP boots up, success (obviously :p)!

If you have any issues whatsoever that I haven't covered in this guide, please either PM me or reply to this thread. Also, if I have made any mistakes in outlining the instructions in this guide, do the same.

Credit to:
[MENTION=5757465]androidyemen[/MENTION] and others for finding the root method,
[MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION] for finding the bootloader unlock method,
[MENTION=711482]beaups[/MENTION] for finding the eMMC backdoor,

and Team Win for creating TWRP

Source posts:

[Official] Note 3 Verizon Bootloader Unlock by ryanbg

OB6 & OF1 N900V Note 3 Verizon Oneclick SuperSU Rooted Successfully

If in any case you would like to donate to me for this post (which in no way am I asking you to), here is my PayPal email:

james.pyro.lynch@gmail.com