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Hers my dilema, i had 4.1.1 rooted and unlocked and decided to return to stock so I could update to 4.1.2. all went well downgrading to stock but when I got the OTA the phone bootlooped. I could not access the recovery menu to wipe cache (as suggested in a few other post) so I ended up having the download the newest image and flash it to my phone. That worked after using the 16Gb pit file that is here in the forum (it kept failing before trying the pit file). THE QUESTION I have is, how do I root with casual without bootlooping? I tried after getting 4.1.2 installed and it went back into the bootloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hers my dilema, i had 4.1.1 rooted and unlocked and decided to return to stock so I could update to 4.1.2. all went well downgrading to stock but when I got the OTA the phone bootlooped. I could not access the recovery menu to wipe cache (as suggested in a few other post) so I ended up having the download the newest image and flash it to my phone. That worked after using the 16Gb pit file that is here in the forum (it kept failing before trying the pit file). THE QUESTION I have is, how do I root with casual without bootlooping? I tried after getting 4.1.2 installed and it went back into the bootloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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OK, how exactly did you get 4.1.2 on your phone? You say that using the very latest version of CASUAL still causes bootloops when trying to unlock?
The obvious thing here is YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE WENT TO ACCEPT THE OTA.
As it is this is a question better answered by AdamOutler or Droidstyle.
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OK, how exactly did you get 4.1.2 on your phone? You say that using the very latest version of CASUAL still causes bootloops when trying to unlock?
The obvious thing here is YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE WENT TO ACCEPT THE OTA.
As it is this is a question better answered by AdamOutler or Droidstyle.
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I flashed a stock image that I downloaded from stockimages(or something like that) with odin. That got the phone back up and running with 4.1.2. Once I did that, I figured I was back to stock (no root and no unlock) so I tried to run casual to re-root and unlock and ended up in a boot loop. Since then, I have gotten back to root and unlock but from now on I guess I have to update via the TWRP. Thanks for the obvious suggestion but I figured that since i had flashed back to stock it was ok to accept the ota.......I was assuming that I could get full access by running casual. From now on, I will leave well enough alone.
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I flashed a stock image that I downloaded from stockimages(or something like that) with odin. That got the phone back up and running with 4.1.2. Once I did that, I figured I was back to stock (no root and no unlock) so I tried to run casual to re-root and unlock and ended up in a boot loop. Since then, I have gotten back to root and unlock but from now on I guess I have to update via the TWRP. Thanks for the obvious suggestion but I figured that since i had flashed back to stock it was ok to accept the ota.......I was assuming that I could get full access by running casual. From now on, I will leave well enough alone.
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The more updates Verizon pushes the tighter they luck the phone down trying to deal up all the holes our exploits could use, in turn that makes the exploits more risky and more prone to cause potential trouble.
It is best to just leave everything alone once you get rooted and unlocked and just flash the updates via TWRP/CWM, there is no real reason or advantage to updating the normal way. It does nothing different than flashing the ROM in recovery and has no advantages and a huge amount of risk.
It may be that the Odin flashable ROM you got was missing something or was wonky in some way since it didn't come from XDA. It shouldn't have reacted that way if you were using the most up to date version of CASUAL.
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big.daddy said:
I flashed a stock image that I downloaded from stockimages(or something like that) with odin. That got the phone back up and running with 4.1.2. Once I did that, I figured I was back to stock (no root and no unlock) so I tried to run casual to re-root and unlock and ended up in a boot loop. Since then, I have gotten back to root and unlock but from now on I guess I have to update via the TWRP. Thanks for the obvious suggestion but I figured that since i had flashed back to stock it was ok to accept the ota.......I was assuming that I could get full access by running casual. From now on, I will leave well enough alone.
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Big.daddy can I ask what you used to get back from the bootloop to where your at now? Sorry to bother you but I screwed up somewhere, once again
chiefsfan69 said:
Big.daddy can I ask what you used to get back from the bootloop to where your at now? Sorry to bother you but I screwed up somewhere, once again
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I used Odin to get the phone back to stock (vramc3). I tried it on two computers and eventually got it to rum when using the 16 GB .pit file that can be found on this forum. That got me back to stock. I then used casual to re-root and unlock. The thing I have learned is that once twrp is intalled, I only need to download a ROM based on the Verizon stock (unless you want custom) and flash it through twrp. NOT WHAT I INITIALLY DID. I flashed back to stock and accepted an ota which didn't work out well. Took me 5 hours of downloading and trying to get the phone flashed. Good luck. The first thing I would try is downloading the beanstown vzw stock ROM and flash it with the .pit file.
big.daddy said:
I used Odin to get the phone back to stock (vramc3). I tried it on two computers and eventually got it to rum when using the 16 GB .pit file that can be found on this forum. That got me back to stock. I then used casual to re-root and unlock. The thing I have learned is that once twrp is intalled, I only need to download a ROM based on the Verizon stock (unless you want custom) and flash it through twrp. NOT WHAT I INITIALLY DID. I flashed back to stock and accepted an ota which didn't work out well. Took me 5 hours of downloading and trying to get the phone flashed. Good luck. The first thing I would try is downloading the beanstown vzw stock ROM and flash it with the .pit file.
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Thanks man, **** I just went through all this bs and finally got mine last night but then I tried to do casual and something went wrong and now I am back in the loop and I don't know if i should just flash the same I did just last night to get it back or what? Thank you though I really appreciate your help
I would try casual agai if you can get into download mode (power + vol dn+ home). If that doesn't work I'd try reflashing. Good luck.
big.daddy said:
I would try casual agai if you can get into download mode (power + vol dn+ home). If that doesn't work I'd try reflashing. Good luck.
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I can get in download mode but the problem seems to be the adb, and since i can't get in the phone to turn it on casual never picks up the device, for all I know?
chiefsfan69 said:
I can get in download mode but the problem seems to be the adb, and since i can't get in the phone to turn it on casual never picks up the device, for all I know?
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Reflash with Odin
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Reflash with Odin
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Hold on, reflash casual in odin?
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Hold on, reflash casual in odin?
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No, do what you did last time in Odin again.
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shangrila500 said:
No, do what you did last time in Odin again.
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I have been trying, this time around it hasnt passed a single flash, on anything?
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I have been trying, this time around it hasnt passed a single flash, on anything?
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Check the drivers to make sure the CASUAL driver isn't the one in use.
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You may also want to try a different computer...... Different USB ports too. I will work it takes a little patience.
I was rooted with TWRP. I flashed stock using VRUAMDK_NoWipe.tar. Phone boots and runs fine, but when in stock recovery I see a red triangle in the androids belly, When trying to install the new update, I get a update failed, error 402. Any ideas?
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I was rooted with TWRP. I flashed stock using VRUAMDK_NoWipe.tar. Phone boots and runs fine, but when in stock recovery I see a red triangle in the androids belly, When trying to install the new update, I get a update failed, error 402. Any ideas?
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All I know is that you need to be COMPLETELY STOCK. My assumption would be that NoWipe is leaving something behind that may be causing the problem. Otherwise it could be the flash count. I was getting the same problem and didn't want to risk trying triangle away so I called it quits.
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I was rooted with TWRP. I flashed stock using VRUAMDK_NoWipe.tar. Phone boots and runs fine, but when in stock recovery I see a red triangle in the androids belly, When trying to install the new update, I get a update failed, error 402. Any ideas?
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I was stock rooted with cwm....I was also getting 402 after using no wipe..I wound up biting the bullet and flashed the full stock kernel...lost all my settings...hooked up the phone to the pc and installed the verizon update program...the new update came down with no problem....I did of course have to re customize my phone..no biggie since im a firm believer that you should do a factory restore after each update anyway
I was completely stock and rooted and updated whole retaining root.
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I'm having the same issue. Had the pre-release kernel and stock root just to freeze apps. Got the error on the update so did no wipe which didn't work. Tried doing complete .tar and .pit restore then update and still getting the error. Checked the count in TA and it was at 0. Tried tether update and failed. Now i'm trying the tether repair tool which is currently running.
Forgot i even tried installing just the stock kernel as well with no effect.
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I was completely stock and rooted and updated whole retaining root.
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Luck of the draw I guess. Not sure why it would work for me and no one else.
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Ok, been away from the note 2 for a min. Anyone want to give me the low down on all this 4.3 stuff? I'm seeing roms say that MJ9 has to be flashed in Odin before a the rom can be flashed? Is this a one time deal or does it have to be done every time I want to flash a tw rom? Do I have to do anything to go back to an aosp rom? I'm sure I could figure all this out on my own but I'm impatient. Lol. TIA
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KBizzle said:
Ok, been away from the note 2 for a min. Anyone want to give me the low down on all this 4.3 stuff? I'm seeing roms say that MJ9 has to be flashed in Odin before a the rom can be flashed? Is this a one time deal or does it have to be done every time I want to flash a tw rom? Do I have to do anything to go back to an aosp rom? I'm sure I could figure all this out on my own but I'm impatient. Lol. TIA
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You have to flash MJ9 firmware that has the tz, params and modem in it.. This allows wifi to work.. then flash away! Just do not flash MJ9 official OS KIES bc you'll lock your bootloader..
Once your done flashing the firmware you can flash in between roms no problem doesn't matter what version,4.1.2, 4.3 or aosp 4.4.2:good:
Edit: here's the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578458
lacoursiere18 said:
You have to flash MJ9 firmware that has the tz, params and modem in it.. This allows wifi to work.. then flash away! Just do not flash MJ9 official OS KIES bc you'll lock your bootloader..
Once your done flashing the firmware you can flash in between roms no problem doesn't matter what version,4.1.2, 4.3 or aosp 4.4.2:good:
Edit: here's the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578458
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Thank you. It's been a while.
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Alright, got one more question. So I thought I had bricked my phone last night. Accidentally flashed an S4 stock rom. I know, dumb. Anyway, after 3 hours of trying to Odin multiple stock roms, I finally got one to take and the phone booted. So I immediately went and used casual to root the device. Everything went fine there. I went ahead and updated TWRP to the latest and proceeded to flash aokp. It locked up at the boot animation. So I then tried to flash a 4.1.2 tw rom. This is where it got weird. It flashed fine but then it never booted. Just a black screen after the Samsung splash screen. I then decided to try and Odin a rooted 4.1.3 rom. Still nothing. So last ditch effort I odin'd the pit file. Back in business on an unrooted tw rom. Now when I try to use casual, it won't download the proper driver to root again. Gives a perpetual error and requests the driver be installed over and over until I pull the USB cable. Is there something I'm missing?
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Try this. With the phone booted, go into device manager on your computer and uninstall the driver. Then boot the phone into download mode and uninstall the driver for it in device manager. Boot phone back up and try casual again. Also make sure your Antivirus is off before you run casual.
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Hey Guys
I'm a experienced flasher but I have ran into a issue with flashing roms on my Note 3. I had recently just been running stock rooted rom (basically I rooted my phone the day it came out with Sprint and never have update anything). So when I noticed that ny son's note 3 (note rooted) got an update recently, I decided to look for an updated base and broadband for my phone, which I thought I had found. So after so help with figuring out which update I needed to do, I figured NH7 was the latest. Finally got my phone updated or so it appeared.
So this week I've been trying desperately to update to MOAR S5 PORT (NE5 based I believe) I followed the instructions carefully and tried all 3 versions. All failed. So I restored my phone. Tonight I tried flashing flashing Pac-man rom. Same thing happened. Failed during install.
Can you guys take a look at my setup and tell me what may be wrong? Doing a clean install each time.
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UPDATED 10/24/2014:
I had to reflash all the Note 3 stock tar's in order. Then root with Chainfire Auto Root. Then install Clockwork MOD Recovery. Now I can flash roms.
shaun0207 said:
Hey Guys
I'm a experienced flasher but I have ran into a issue with flashing roms on my Note 3. I had recently just been running stock rooted rom (basically I rooted my phone the day it came out with Sprint and never have update anything). So when I noticed that ny son's note 3 (note rooted) got an update recently, I decided to look for an updated base and broadband for my phone, which I thought I had found. So after so help with figuring out which update I needed to do, I figured NH7 was the latest. Finally got my phone updated or so it appeared.
So this week I've been trying desperately to update to MOAR S5 PORT (NE5 based I believe) I followed the instructions carefully and tried all 3 versions. All failed. So I restored my phone. Tonight I tried flashing flashing Pac-man rom. Same thing happened. Failed during install.
Can you guys take a look at my setup and tell me what may be wrong? Doing a clean install each time.
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Wipe wipe Wipe and when it fails to flash then restart recovery And it will flash then ....
So wipe 3 times. Then when it fails. Reboot to recovery and flash again? Do I need to wipe again before flashing?
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So wipe 3 times. Then when it fails. Reboot to recovery and flash again? Do I need to wipe again before flashing?
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Any time you wipe the system partition, you MUST restart TWRP recovery before flashing the rom of your choice,.. or it'll fail every time.
Ok. I will try that noq
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shaun0207 said:
Ok. I will try that now
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shaun0207 said:
Ok. I will try that noq
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Let us know how it goes. Happy flashing.
So I wiped everything. Tried to install and it failed. So i go to reboot to recovery and it ask me about superuser. But it doesnt install because their is no OS. REBOOT to recovery and it fails again
Do I need to format data?
Actually I dont even see a option in TWRP to format data
I wonder if I should try a dirty flash?
I would odin flash a full stock nh7. To get you all the way to nh7. I see you are still at nab on one. I had problems when they weren't all the same. I could be wrong.... I'm a noob. lol
Then, root with chanfires autoroot. Install your recovery. Then, flash your rom of choice.
NOTE: I said nh7.... but, if the rom you want to use isn't, then odin to nab or whatever the rom you want to run is. I don't know about downgrading, could make a brick.... lol
Research everything I said before you do anything! Or wait for someone to correct what's wrong with what I said! I take no responsibility for what you do to your phone!
one of your issues is you updated wrong! unless you were on nc5 you shouldnt jump right to nh7. you have to update in order to insure no issues. so if oyu were nqb or ever mi3 you need to go in order mi3>nab>nc5>nh7
Chainfires auto root.....http://download.chainfire.eu/362/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hltespr-hltespr-smn900p.zip
Here is Supersu download.....so when you check to see if you have root.....it will all be good.......http://download.chainfire.eu/578/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip
Odin v3.07.......http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841
now you can try to go back to stock and flash whichever you are going to flash........or you can do a reflash of whatever you want....I have notice a losss of root also too.
also make sure to look into all those fixes for security patches xda has for our phone......download and scan with bluebox security and search for any open links that have a fix here on xda........
this happened to me the other weekend and it took an afternoon to dig all resources to figure out why and what i needed to do........I started rooting with a samsung moment......
I am back to stock.....no complaints.....but only did to get home before i go back to a rom.......hope we have helped....
Thanks guys. I will try all of these
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Thanks guys. I will try all of these
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to get updates to stick via odin. remove sd card too. and when you update each version. boot to stock recovery wipe phone. flash again. what i do on each update. never had a single issue.
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Do I need to format data?
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Yes you have to do that.. Also I believe you have to be in twrp 2.8 for kitkat I was having problems too until I installed the new Twrp!
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Yes you have to do that.. Also I believe you have to be in twrp 2.8 for kitkat I was having problems too until I installed the new Twrp!
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I dont see a new TWRP. All I see is version 2,8
I installed all the updates back to back. I have TWRP installed and I'm on NH7 now. But I cant get root. Chainfire Auto took me back to stock recovery and I'm not rooted. So I flashed TWRP via Odin and flashed ChainFire Superuser v.2.14 and I'm still not rooted. All thought it say it worked. So WHen I reboot, what do I need to do then? I have SU installed
Ok guys. After flashing all the Roms in order via ODIN. I finally have NH7 working and rooted.
I just tried wiping system, data,dalvik and cache. Then I immediately rebooted to recovery and tried to flash MOAR V1. and Pac-man rom. Both failed.
One thing Im noticing in recovery is that the system is not mounted in when wiping. So I tried wiping with and without system being mounted and got the same result. One thing Im not sure about with flashing for the note is if the Data should be formatted before installing? However I dont see that option in TWRP.
This is the only phone Ive had this much trouble with when it came to flashing.
Any ideas?
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I am unsure if I bricked my Sprint Note 3, but I tried to roo it with Chain Fire and odin, using Qbking77's YouTube video as a guide. But after the root was complete, 60% of my apps were gone, I can't using any google powered apps, and I can't go into the phones settings. Everything force closes. Honestly, I'm just trying to do a proper root so I can use Cyanogen Mod. Can someone help me revert to before I rooted,and explain the process to get cyanogen?
I followed the instructions provided, and downloaded
SM-N900P (Sprint): CF-Auto-Root-hltespr-hltespr-smn900p.zip
Followed the further stated instructions, open odin, and I cannot insert the MD5 file into odin. I was able to before, and now I cannot. Earlier I was able to do so, and as stated above, after I did it several apps disappeared, google play services no longer works,supersu is on the phone, and I cannot access the phones settings. The only thing I can do is use the stock browser. I am asking what to do/what I did wrong/how to fix it/or how to continue. If these questions cant be answered, how do I revert back to stock?
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I am unsure if I bricked my Sprint Note 3, but I tried to roo it with Chain Fire and odin, using Qbking77's YouTube video as a guide. But after the root was complete, 60% of my apps were gone, I can't using any google powered apps, and I can't go into the phones settings. Everything force closes. Honestly, I'm just trying to do a proper root so I can use Cyanogen Mod. Can someone help me revert to before I rooted,and explain the process to get cyanogen?
I followed the instructions provided, and downloaded
SM-N900P (Sprint): CF-Auto-Root-hltespr-hltespr-smn900p.zip
Followed the further stated instructions, open odin, and I cannot insert the MD5 file into odin. I was able to before, and now I cannot. Earlier I was able to do so, and as stated above, after I did it several apps disappeared, google play services no longer works,supersu is on the phone, and I cannot access the phones settings. The only thing I can do is use the stock browser. I am asking what to do/what I did wrong/how to fix it/or how to continue. If these questions cant be answered, how do I revert back to stock?
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I would Odin back to nk4, then do the ota, and then instead of all the cf stuff I would just odin twrp and flash supersu. It's literally that simple.
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How do I do these things?
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How do I do these things?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60272319
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60272319
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The TWRP file in that post downloads as .img, and when I change it to .tar it becomes unusable and odin marks it as a fail. This has been the issue for me throughout this entire root process. People to me "Download this" and it either
1. Doesn't work
2. Gets to 100% extraction then fails
3. Odin wont let me insert the file.
I know its not me doing anything wrong. Right now, my phone boots to the sprint logo, and nothing past it. I can go into download mode and that's about it. I just need help and the proper instructions to either put it back to stock, or do a proper root. I rooted a Galaxy S2 years ago, and several other phones between now and then, and got it on the first try. This process with the Note 3 has been very frustrating, and I've been without my phone for 4 days. So if you, or anyone else knows the DETAILED steps I need to take, please help.
I did what you said with the NK4 thing, and like I said above, it would get to 100% extraction then fail. I got it from the sammobile site, and they wouldnt even let me redownload it. And I dont know what OTA is.
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The TWRP file in that post downloads as .img, and when I change it to .tar it becomes unusable and odin marks it as a fail. This has been the issue for me throughout this entire root process. People to me "Download this" and it either
1. Doesn't work
2. Gets to 100% extraction then fails
3. Odin wont let me insert the file.
I know its not me doing anything wrong. Right now, my phone boots to the sprint logo, and nothing past it. I can go into download mode and that's about it. I just need help and the proper instructions to either put it back to stock, or do a proper root. I rooted a Galaxy S2 years ago, and several other phones between now and then, and got it on the first try. This process with the Note 3 has been very frustrating, and I've been without my phone for 4 days. So if you, or anyone else knows the DETAILED steps I need to take, please help.
I did what you said with the NK4 thing, and like I said above, it would get to 100% extraction then fail. I got it from the sammobile site, and they wouldnt even let me redownload it. And I dont know what OTA is.
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If you're not getting a boot then you need to restart.
1)Get the tar for nk4.
2)Odin the nk4 (but get to download mode by pulling the battery then boot to download mode).
3) After a successful odin of nk4, you should be official. If not, boot to recovery, wipe data, then odin again (battery pull)
4) If going to oc5, take the ota. Or go to next step.
5) after ota (or not) now we root. Provided you don't care about knox, the best way is to get the twrp img from their site. Flash that with odin (battery pull).
6) download a supersu.zip to flash from twrp, and flash it.
I can't link these files right now, but it's easy to find them. If you need links later, I can help in an hour or so.
And ota is over the air, when you get a notification for an update
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Ok, thanks, Ill wait for the file links.
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Ok, thanks, Ill wait for the file links.
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Nk4 tar: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47355107
Twrp link to sprint note 3, pay attention to the odin instructions: http://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote3sprint.html
SuperSU: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8umY4TqG8CVamo0amUtQ3hKNXc/edit?usp=docslist_api
There ya go.
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I can very thankfully say that md5 file downloaded and is installing without a problem.
now, the TWRP site you gave me, I can use the most recent version, correct?
EDIT: Both NK4 and TWRP are installed but still cant get by sprint logo. Is this normal?
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I can very thankfully say that md5 file downloaded and is installing without a problem.
now, the TWRP site you gave me, I can use the most recent version, correct?
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Yes.
Link post updated for supersu
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If you're not getting a boot then you need to restart.
1)Get the tar for nk4.
2)Odin the nk4 (but get to download mode by pulling the battery then boot to download mode).
3) After a successful odin of nk4, you should be official. If not, boot to recovery, wipe data, then odin again (battery pull)
4) If going to oc5, take the ota. Or go to next step.
5) after ota (or not) now we root. Provided you don't care about knox, the best way is to get the twrp img from their site. Flash that with odin (battery pull).
6) download a supersu.zip to flash from twrp, and flash it.
I can't link these files right now, but it's easy to find them. If you need links later, I can help in an hour or so.
And ota is over the air, when you get a notification for an update
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So steps 2 and 3 worked, but I still get stuck at the sprint logo.
Actually, ignore everything stated above, Im back to stock with custom recovery. What's Next?
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So steps 2 and 3 worked, but I still get stuck at the sprint logo.
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Boot to recovery, wipe data, and try booting. If that didn't do out, wipe data again then pull battery, boot to download mode, and odin nk4 again. Those files are the ones I have used so...yeah...lol.
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jlechner said:
Boot to recovery, wipe data, and try booting. If that didn't do out, wipe data again then pull battery, boot to download mode, and odin nk4 again. Those files are the ones I have used so...yeah...lol.
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Its good to go now, look above lol
Thealbatross said:
Actually, ignore everything stated above, Im back to stock with custom recovery. What's Next?
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Well, if you have custom recovery and don't want ota, flash supersu.
If you want ota you gotta redo the nk4 steps and then take ota, but do not install twrp once you odin
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Do I need it? Im not even sure what it and oc5 are.
Thealbatross said:
Do I need it? Im not even sure what it and oc5 are.
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Oc5 is lollipop. Major upgrade to Android. However, many things, like xposed, aren't working yet. Your call man.
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Well, ota sounds like it will be helpful. And the version of Cyanogen I want required lollipop. So walk through me through I guess. Everything has gone well so far haha
jlechner said:
Oc5 is lollipop. Major upgrade to Android. However, many things, like xposed, aren't working yet. Your call man.
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Actually, ill just move on without them. I dont want to mess up my current progress.
Thealbatross said:
Actually, ill just move on without them. I dont want to mess up my current progress.
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Ha! It's all in learning man. That and finding downloads. If you decide you want ota, just re-odin nk4 (after a factory reset, and use battery pull for download mode), take the ota, re-odin twrp, reboot to twrp and flash supersu.zip. Pretty easy.
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