Originally I was running KK 4.4.2 using R#D ROM with ND7 baseband. GPS was not working. After reading in the forum, I have flashed MJ9 firmware using ODIN to fix the GPS. Afterbooting, I see my baseband version has changed to MJ9 from ND7. However, my GPS still not working. I gave up and restored my phone from my previous back made prior to dongrading the firmaware to MJ9. After restore I still see mybaseband as MJ9 and not as ND7. How do I go back to ND7 basebad without locking up my boot loader ? Is there ODIN flashable ND7 baseband firmware ?
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Originally I was running KK 4.4.2 using R#D ROM with ND7 baseband. GPS was not working. After reading in the forum, I have flashed MJ9 firmware using ODIN to fix the GPS. Afterbooting, I see my baseband version has changed to MJ9 from ND7. However, my GPS still not working. I gave up and restored my phone from my previous back made prior to dongrading the firmaware to MJ9. After restore I still see mybaseband as MJ9 and not as ND7. How do I go back to ND7 basebad without locking up my boot loader ? Is there ODIN flashable ND7 baseband firmware ?
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Never mind that I have solved this problem by downloading recovery flashable ND7 zip file and by flashing it via recovery I went back to ND7 baseband.
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Never mind that I have solved this problem by downloading recovery flashable ND7 zip file and by flashing it via recovery I went back to ND7 baseband.
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any way you could send me that zip please? im running across same issues and a lot of links for these files lead me no where :/
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I odin'd back to stock VRALJB from my note running cm10.1 and then took the 2 OTA updates all the way up to VRAMC3. then when I saw CASUAL didn't work (then) with VRAMC3 I tried to Odin back to VRALJB again and this time it failed half way through.
so now when i boot up it says my Baseband is VRALJB but the Build number field ends in VRAMC3.
Repeated attempts at using the Odin process documented in the sticky on this site fail the same way.
Also, the new CASUAL fails with the phone hanging the same way while trying to DL firmware.
Any ideas on how to get the phone back to a 'normal' state?
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I odin'd back to stock VRALJB from my note running cm10.1 and then took the 2 OTA updates all the way up to VRAMC3. then when I saw CASUAL didn't work (then) with VRAMC3 I tried to Odin back to VRALJB again and this time it failed half way through.
so now when i boot up it says my Baseband is VRALJB but the Build number field ends in VRAMC3.
Repeated attempts at using the Odin process documented in the sticky on this site fail the same way.
Also, the new CASUAL fails with the phone hanging the same way while trying to DL firmware.
Any ideas on how to get the phone back to a 'normal' state?
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Just went through the same thing.. but didn't accept OTA's which you should never... When you say back to "normal" state.. you are bone stock now aren't you? no root, bc you say CASUAL fails.. So what exactly are you asking? I don't think you can use Odin to downgrade from a stock not rooted device. I believe to downgrade you have to be rooted and unlocked which you are not correct? I would say you would have to wait until Adam updates CASUAL (which I think he has for VRAMC3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
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Just went through the same thing.. but didn't accept OTA's which you should never... When you say back to "normal" state.. you are bone stock now aren't you? no root, bc you say CASUAL fails.. So what exactly are you asking? I don't think you can use Odin to downgrade from a stock not rooted device. I believe to downgrade you have to be rooted and unlocked which you are not correct? I would say you would have to wait until Adam updates CASUAL (which I think he has for VRAMC3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
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As I said, I didn't take the OTA's until after I had odin'd back to stock. They installed fine- it was only when I tried to Odin again back to VRALJB that I was unable to have it complete and now the device is reporting it has the Baseband for VRALJB and the 'OS' from VRAMC3.
I pasted the CASUAL log up on Adam's CASUAL thread, so mabye he'll be able to help me jailbreak it again. But I think the Odin and CASUAL problems may be related because it hangs on both while trying to download firmware to the phone.
Maybe the first step would be to get the baseband to match the Build Number? And if you can't revert the build back to VRALJB then I guess the only option would be to try to flash the radio back to VRAMC3... which I'm not sure how to do with stock recovery.
You can't flash over the bootloader included with the newest OTA. That is why it isn't working.
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You can't flash over the bootloader included with the newest OTA. That is why it isn't working.
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Hey I saw your post on another forum for a recovery flashable VRAMC3 radio- do you have a version that's flashable through Odin?
I'm thinking if I get the radio back to VRAMC3 maybe the new CASUAL will work...
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Hey I saw your post on another forum for a recovery flashable VRAMC3 radio- do you have a version that's flashable through Odin?
I'm thinking if I get the radio back to VRAMC3 maybe the new CASUAL will work...
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Unless there is an unlock method for the latest OTA out, changing the radio won't do anything.
Don't know if it helps but the new Casual did work for me. But I was bone stock VRAMC3 (latest OTA). It worked for me. YMMV. Check my signature for link.
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As I said, I didn't take the OTA's until after I had odin'd back to stock. They installed fine- it was only when I tried to Odin again back to VRALJB that I was unable to have it complete and now the device is reporting it has the Baseband for VRALJB and the 'OS' from VRAMC3.
I pasted the CASUAL log up on Adam's CASUAL thread, so mabye he'll be able to help me jailbreak it again. But I think the Odin and CASUAL problems may be related because it hangs on both while trying to download firmware to the phone.
Maybe the first step would be to get the baseband to match the Build Number? And if you can't revert the build back to VRALJB then I guess the only option would be to try to flash the radio back to VRAMC3... which I'm not sure how to do with stock recovery.
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did you flash the VRALJB alternate restore file that does not contain a bootloader?
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did you flash the VRALJB alternate restore file that does not contain a bootloader?
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i was just on the latest ota, flashed the alternate VRALJB and then the original VRALJB, now i am on VRALJB if it helps.
Hello folks,
This is my first post here, I searched for answers on the forum but didn't find them.
I had a rooted I9300 that I upgraded with the stock 4.3 firmware a couple of weeks ago. As many people I am not satisfied w/ 4.3 mostly because of the battery drain pblm.
So I tried to downgrade to the stock 4.1.2 (found on sammobile, I cannot link it but this is the french ROM from my provider). I used Odin 3.09 and I must have done smthg wrong because I couldnt reboot properly (locked on the Samsung logo).I did a hard reset of my phone and I had it running on 4.1.2 as I wanted. But I had no more network access as somehow I corrupted my IMEI # in the process. I thought that I was screwed because of course no back up... But this morning I upgraded my phone back to 4.3 via Kies and I got my IMEI back
But still my problem is not solved as I don't want 4.3 on my phone!
So here are my questions:
1) I have read that it is not possible to downgrade because of the Knox flag. I don't think that I have this flag because I don't see it in download mode and moreover, I COULD downgrade to 4.1.2 (but without network access). Then, if I back up my /efs and redo the same process, will I get a phone running on 4.1.2 with network access?
2) I would like to understand why my downgrade didnt work (beyond the Knox problem, which I think is irrelevant in my case). I have two guesses: I put the .tar.md5 file in BL instead of PDA in Odin3.09, and my flash counter wasnt set to 0. Which one is the most likely to have failed my flash? Maybe both...^^
3) Last, In the case I can't get back to my lovely 4.1.2 can I consider to flash a custom ROM from 4.3, or this upgrade will prevent me to do anything?
I am sorry guys, I know that it is a long post but thanks for your answers!!!
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So here are my questions:
1) I have read that it is not possible to downgrade because of the Knox flag. I don't think that I have this flag because I don't see it in download mode and moreover, I COULD downgrade to 4.1.2 (but without network access). Then, if I back up my /efs and redo the same process, will I get a phone running on 4.1.2 with network access?
2) I would like to understand why my downgrade didnt work (beyond the Knox problem, which I think is irrelevant in my case). I have two guesses: I put the .tar.md5 file in BL instead of PDA in Odin3.09, and my flash counter wasnt set to 0. Which one is the most likely to have failed my flash? Maybe both...^^
3) Last, In the case I can't get back to my lovely 4.1.2 can I consider to flash a custom ROM from 4.3, or this upgrade will prevent me to do anything?
I am sorry guys, I know that it is a long post but thanks for your answers!!!
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1) as I know s3 i9300 has no knox
2) which sammy version did you flash. probably it was somethig older than xxemg4. so with upgrade you also upgrade the baseband. as you have flashed a 4.3 rom your efs was converted to efs v2 which is not compatible with basebands older than xxemg4. if you now revert back to 4.1.2 with a baseband older than xxemg4 than your evs is incompatible with it and will not work.
solution: make efs backup - flash 4.1.2 with odin (I would suggest xxemg4 so you have definitely the right baseband) - flash xxemg4 modem (or newer modem) with odin, if it is not already included in the rom
3) you can always flash a custom rom by using a custom recovery (how to's are in general section - stickies)
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2) which sammy version did you flash. probably it was somethig older than xxemg4. so with upgrade you also upgrade the baseband. as you have flashed a 4.3 rom your efs was converted to efs v2 which is not compatible with basebands older than xxemg4. if you now revert back to 4.1.2 with a baseband older than xxemg4 than your evs is incompatible with it and will not work.
solution: make efs backup - flash 4.1.2 with odin (I would suggest xxemg4 so you have definitely the right baseband) - flash xxemg4 modem (or newer modem) with odin, if it is not already included in the rom
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The PDA was I9300XXEMC2 so the modem was XXEMC2 right? I think that it is indeed an older than XXEMG4 but this one hasn't been released in a ROM by my provider.
So I will flash again I9300XXEMC2 and then flash the XXEMG4 modem. Should I reset my flash counter to 0 before doing so (w/ triangle away) or it won't matter?
Edit: I checked Samsung naming convention, my modem was BUEMC2.
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The PDA was I9300XXEMC2 so the modem was XXEMC2 right? I think that it is indeed an older than XXEMG4 but this one hasn't been released in a ROM by my provider.
So I will flash again I9300XXEMC2 and then flash the XXEMG4 modem. Should I reset my flash counter to 0 before doing so (w/ triangle away) or it won't matter?
Edit: I checked Samsung naming convention, my modem was BUEMC2.
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flash counter shouldn't matter. only needed to reset it is when you need it for waranty.
don't forget to make an efs backup
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don't forget to make an efs backup
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Of course. But as I am gonna flash a ROM prior to XXEMG4, it won't be the right efs in either case.
So before I go off with no knowledge and restoring back to stock, I feel afraid. I believe I may have rooted the deodex 4.3 rom (the first one to come out based on the ota for verizon). Note: I did not flash the firmware package in odin. But I did plash a .zop with MJ9 params required for the rom to have working mobile data.
How I got a soft brick was I was nandroid restoring back to when I first unlocked it but my restore failed for some reason. So I restored my nandroid back up of jedi rom (this was in 4.1.2) and it complted however the logo would only stay on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo screen forever. Would never move from there. I am able to access download mode and recovery (TWRP) mode.
I am thinking of restoring back to stock 4.1.2 VRAMC3 baseband version since I unlocked my bootloader on that OTA and since been using custom roms. However, I believe that the 4.3 rom and flashes I've done may interfere and possibly cause worse damage.
I am a bit paranoid right now.
Can someone please lead me in the right direction. Thank you XDA!
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So before I go off with no knowledge and restoring back to stock, I feel afraid. I believe I may have rooted the deodex 4.3 rom (the first one to come out based on the ota for verizon). Note: I did not flash the firmware package in odin. But I did plash a .zop with MJ9 params required for the rom to have working mobile data.
How I got a soft brick was I was nandroid restoring back to when I first unlocked it but my restore failed for some reason. So I restored my nandroid back up of jedi rom (this was in 4.1.2) and it complted however the logo would only stay on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo screen forever. Would never move from there. I am able to access download mode and recovery (TWRP) mode.
I am thinking of restoring back to stock 4.1.2 VRAMC3 baseband version since I unlocked my bootloader on that OTA and since been using custom roms. However, I believe that the 4.3 rom and flashes I've done may interfere and possibly cause worse damage.
I am a bit paranoid right now.
Can someone please lead me in the right direction. Thank you XDA!
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Don't be paranoid or afraid.. You'll be ok..
Ok did you flash MJ9 Deodex ROM? If so thats when you bootlooped? Just trying to see where you are now... If you have MJ9 deodex on your sdcard reflash it.. Does it boot? Let me know.
Also the MJ9 firmware package with params and tz is for you to have working Wifi not mobile data..Just to clear things up
Report back..Ill be on all morning
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Don't be paranoid or afraid.. You'll be ok..
Ok did you flash MJ9 Deodex ROM? If so thats when you bootlooped? Just trying to see where you are now... If you have MJ9 deodex on your sdcard reflash it.. Does it boot? Let me know.
Also the MJ9 firmware package with params and tz is for you to have working Wifi not mobile data..Just to clear things up
Report back..Ill be on all morning
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First off, I'd like to thank you for offering to help me.
Onto the question, when I flashed the mj9 deodex rom, it worked and booted normally. However, I did not flash the Odin firmware package to get wifi working. Yesterday I was trying to nandroid backup to my Jedi x backup and the restore works but I boot loop. I then try to restore my nandroid backup from when I first unlocked and rooted and I get same results.
Basically the only rom that has booted was the mj9 deodex rom. However it is not on my sd cardare to be reflashed. So I'm relying on unrooting / restoring back to stock. But which version do I need to restore back to.
Bump. Still need help with this. I know lacoursiere18 is helping me and has no response possible due to timezones and such and im willing to wait hoping he responds tomorrow but any help is appreciated!
As long as you never took an OTA for 4.3 or higher... and didn't flash anything that is "stock" above build 4.1.2, then you should be able to restore back to stock 4.1.2 VRAMC3 and reroot/ unlock your bootloader. Droidstyle has written a great guide to help with this. You can find the guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
Under section 1b in Droidstyle's guide... you would need to choose the download link for the "Official VRAMC3 4.1.2 5/5/13" stock restore image, along with the 16gb pit file to restore the phone to full stock.... and follow Droidstyle's steps to Odin flash those 2 files back to the device.
After you restore to stock... then you can use Adam Outler's Casual program to reroot and unlock the bootloader on VRAMC3. Adam's guide is here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
The version of Casual that worked for me was R515.... just make sure you totally disable all virus scanning on your computer before running it.. including Windows Defender...
Good luck!
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As long as you never took an OTA for 4.3 or higher... and didn't flash anything that is "stock" above build 4.1.2, then you should be able to restore back to stock 4.1.2 VRAMC3 and reroot/ unlock your bootloader. Droidstyle has written a great guide to help with this. You can find the guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
Under section 1b in Droidstyle's guide... you would need to choose the download link for the "Official VRAMC3 4.1.2 5/5/13" stock restore image, along with the 16gb pit file to restore the phone to full stock.... and follow Droidstyle's steps to Odin flash those 2 files back to the device.
After you restore to stock... then you can use Adam Outler's Casual program to reroot and unlock the bootloader on VRAMC3. Adam's guide is here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
The version of Casual that worked for me was R515.... just make sure you totally disable all virus scanning on your computer before running it.. including Windows Defender...
Good luck!
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Hey thanks for the response. I have one mroe precaution,
I flashed the rom (the link to the right) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2561450
I believe it is "based" on stock but not actually stock. I'm not actually sure and hoping you can confirm. Thanks
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Hey thanks for the response. I have one mroe precaution,
I flashed the rom (the link to the right) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2561450
I believe it is "based" on stock but not actually stock. I'm not actually sure and hoping you can confirm. Thanks
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You are right. The link you reference is not a totally stock version of android 4.3 MJ9... Beanstown106 created that "modified stock 4.3" version for people with unlocked bootloaders. So as long as you never actually installed an unmodified totally stock version of android 4.3 MJ9 ( or any higher full stock build above build version 4.1.2), then you should be able to restore back to full stock VRAMC3/4.1.2 using Droidstyle's guide. If you decide to take the risk to restore back to stock 4.1.2 and reroot with CASUAL...then I hope it works out for you. I know it can be a little scary, but as you know, there is always some risk that we take when we start modifying our phones. For me, the risk has paid off well so far. Good luck.
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i have a note 2 sch-i605 that is stuck at verizion logo what fiirmware & files do i need to reset this phone back to factory settings with odin? i also noticed in recovery mode i get failed to mount /efs error
No One has any idea's? ive tryed a few files with odin but always same thing stuck at verizon logo and will not go any were after that
cricket1969 said:
i have a note 2 sch-i605 that is stuck at verizion logo what fiirmware & files do i need to reset this phone back to factory settings with odin? i also noticed in recovery mode i get failed to mount /efs error
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If you haven't found it yet, Droidstyle's guide should help you restore your phone. You can find the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
Depending on what firmware version you were on (4.1.2, 4.3, or 4.4.2) you will want to restore the phone back to that firmware version that you were on. If you were on 4.4.2... then you can't downgrade down to 4.3 or any earlier firmware versions. Same goes for 4.3..can't downgrade to earlier builds. There are bootloader security measures in place that prevent downgrading.
I think Droidstyle's 4.1.2 firmware link is down.... so you can get 4.1.2 from XDA developer imnuts thread (under VRAMC3/Mirror 2) at this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728.
You can also get all the firmware files at Sammobile by clicking on this hyperlink HERE.
Hope this helps.
im on the nd7 firmware currently im thinking its the newest out so which one can i down grade to?
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im on the nd7 firmware currently im thinking its the newest out so which one can i down grade to?
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Unfortunately... if you are on ND7, then you cannot downgrade... it will fail in Odin every time because of bootloader security measures that prevent reverting back to earlier firmware versions.
If you were on 4.4.2, then you can download the firmware for 4.4.2 ND7 from Sammobile and use Droidstyle's Restore guide to flash the 4.4.2 firmware (including the step of flashing the pit file). His guide should still work to help you restore the phone.
After the ODIN flash is complete and you see a pass message in Odin, then power the phone off and boot the phone back up into stock recovery. Then do a factory reset to make sure your getting everything wiped... as I don't believe Odin wipes everything thoroughly.
I'm currently rooted on 4.3 MJ4. Yes I'm outdated and decided to finally update. I'm going to flash to stock 4.3 MJ4. My questions is, after I flash to stock 4.3 MJ4. Can I flash NC5 from MJ4? Or would I have to do it in these steps ( MJ4 then NAB then NC5? ).
Why not PH1? If you're wanting to stay with KK, NK4 is the last I believe. NH7 is the one most people used. Just trying to find out what you're trying to achieve
Also, if you're flashing a stock ROM, you don't need to first flash MJ4. Just flash what you want.
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Why not PH1? If you're wanting to stay with KK, NK4 is the last I believe. NH7 is the one most people used. Just trying to find out what you're trying to achieve
Also, if you're flashing a stock ROM, you don't need to first flash MJ4. Just flash what you want.
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Awesome! Thanks! I am trying to flash a stock rom, but thought I would need to go in steps instead of instantly flashing to the most current version.
As for my plan: I'm rooted and on a custom rom. I want to go back to stock rom and then root again and flash to either cm12.1 or cm13. From what I've read, I cant flash to either cyanogenmod roms until I was on either lollipop or higher. I was also thinking, would it work if I was to flash a rooted current version of a stock rom, that way I don't have to flash a stock rom and break root and have to root it again?
For better results, I would flash a full PH1 rom and root, then install whatever rom you want. Usually they want the bootloader to be upgraded to lollipop and that really only happens when either flashing a full Odin rom or a bootloader image. Doing only the bootloader doesn't upgrade anything else and may cause issues.
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For better results, I would flash a full PH1 rom and root, then install whatever rom you want. Usually they want the bootloader to be upgraded to lollipop and that really only happens when either flashing a full Odin rom or a bootloader image. Doing only the bootloader doesn't upgrade anything else and may cause issues.
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What is the PH1 rom? I've already flashed to stock NC5 so far and lost root.
It's the latest rom. I don't think an Odin has been posted, but you can grab from the Samsung firmware site. Load that, then root by flashing TWRP and boot into recovery and flash SuperSU. Done.
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It's the latest rom. I don't think an Odin has been posted, but you can grab from the Samsung firmware site. Load that, then root by flashing TWRP and boot into recovery and flash SuperSU. Done.
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EDIT: I went ahead and used the Full Restore. Fortunately, it did not WIPE any data. YEAH! And it looks like I am on my way to an updated NOTE3.
Hello. My Note3 is on 4.3. It was rooted a couple of years ago, but out of use since Oct 2015. I still want to use the Note3 for non-cell phone operations, browsing, camera, etc. I want to upgrade, but the OTA is locked out.
I am lost on all of the many, many posts on how to updated a rooted Note3, but most of them are outdated. I have it mostly backed up as far as handwritten notes, photos, etc. But I don't really want to have to start from scratch if I don't have to.
I am currently reviewing rwilco's one click options. There are two software packages listed in his directory. One of them is dated 02/27/15 and is called nodata restore. Will this keep from wiping the phone as opposed to the fullrestore exe posted 04/12/14 vs the tar posted 02/27/15.
I am not a complete dodo, but I am having a hard time getting this phone unrooted and updated.
Thanks for any detail instructions or links to the best way to update this as of 9/5/2016!!!
Everything you need to know is explained here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/guide-how-to-disable-air-command-pop-t2960839
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