[Q] Keis or Odin for Stock downgrade - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3

So Im new to Samsung but not new to Rooting and Roms but somehow I had a boo boo. So I was gonna reinstall the stock firmware. Im curious if which way is the better way to do it. The kies method seems a little shaky but is official samsung **** while odin i am not too familiar with. Have any of you had to reinstall stock firmware. If so, which method did you use. Any help will be appreciated.

Odin, I've never had any luck with Kies.

E-Dizzle said:
So Im new to Samsung but not new to Rooting and Roms but somehow I had a boo boo. So I was gonna reinstall the stock firmware. Im curious if which way is the better way to do it. The kies method seems a little shaky but is official samsung **** while odin i am not too familiar with. Have any of you had to reinstall stock firmware. If so, which method did you use. Any help will be appreciated.
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This click on my signature for rom flashing all the info and links you need are there. Enjoy !!!

Thanks. I assume since your in the note 3 post you have a note 3. If so I have some questions.

Awesome thanks I'm gonna check it out when I get home. I thought I had my issues fixed but not quite I guess.

Sorry not using tapatalk first post was for rbeavers second was for jimzweb1

E-Dizzle said:
Thanks. I assume since your in the note 3 post you have a note 3. If so I have some questions.
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Note 3 and loving it !!!

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[Q] How do I root and install cwm with the ICS update?

So...I returned my phone to stock, which was a nightmare because I already had a devs ICS and the instructions (for returning to stock) are for UCKH7...got endless errors and whatnot...
Finally figure it out. So now I'm back to 2.3.6 and I figured I connect to Kies and get the At&t ICS version. No problem...got it!
Now...if I want to root it and instal cwm, how would I do it? I mean the methods at the dev section are for the gingerbread os, right?
Any help will be appreciated. :good:
just flash a kernel with Odin. Far as I know it should work fine. Then again I haven't had to do it for a long while.
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Read this
[Directory]AT&T I777 GSll {roms,kernels,tools}
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301682
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paleman27 said:
So...I returned my phone to stock, which was a nightmare because I already had a devs ICS and the instructions (for returning to stock) are for UCKH7...got endless errors and whatnot...
Finally figure it out. So now I'm back to 2.3.6 and I figured I connect to Kies and get the At&t ICS version. No problem...got it!
Now...if I want to root it and instal cwm, how would I do it? I mean the methods at the dev section are for the gingerbread os, right?
Any help will be appreciated. :good:
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If I were you I would stay away from the At&t ICS version read this thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757972
This is MUCH safer read this thread.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948
EDIT: After a little more thought if I were you I wouldn't do anything else to your phone since you already flashed the kernel with the 99% confirmed eMMC "superbrick" bug (see the first link) until you research the best way, least possible chance to bricking your phone... Maybe Entropy512 can help with the best way to flash a new package!! GL if anything ever did happen I sure hope Samsung would give you a replacement.....
Another question (might be related)
Hey all,
I have just got a brand new i777, I just wanted to upgrade it to ICS and sim-unlock it.
The upgrade is to be done through kies, no problem in that.
The sim-unlocking is the issue .. i know it was easy in gingerbread to root and use herlroz app .. but now is there an easy way without using ODIN or flashing a kernel to sim-unlock this phone on the official ICS ?
xda-Newbie said:
Hey all,
I have just got a brand new i777, I just wanted to upgrade it to ICS and sim-unlock it.
The upgrade is to be done through kies, no problem in that.
The sim-unlocking is the issue .. i know it was easy in gingerbread to root and use herlroz app .. but now is there an easy way without using ODIN or flashing a kernel to sim-unlock this phone on the official ICS ?
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besides the free SIM unlock app on the market?
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Phalanx7621 said:
besides the free SIM unlock app on the market?
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that was very xda-newbie from me

Jeez, I am confused.

I just got the Note today, and I have the GSIII. I am testing them both out. I was told rooting the Note and installing recovery was super easy but there are like 15 guides and I don't know how to root this thing.
I need a guide, and then maybe some suggestions to good ROM's once I actually figure out how to root.
Any help is appreciated.
Go to this website. Www.rootgalaxynote.com and find the section for the i717. He lays out everything and give all the necessary files.
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1. Install USB Drivers
2. Flash ClockworkMod Based Touch Recovery (Odin) with Odin
3. Flash Superuser from ClockworkMod recovery
Optimizer said:
I just got the Note today, and I have the GSIII. I am testing them both out. I was told rooting the Note and installing recovery was super easy but there are like 15 guides and I don't know how to root this thing.
I need a guide, and then maybe some suggestions to good ROM's once I actually figure out how to root.
Any help is appreciated.
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First ensure you have th i717 Note by ATT, just saying due to users from the N7000 have mistakenly come here.
Go here to see all the lists of what you need:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
It will require some homework on your part, but the threads are very easy to follow, just read, ok
do you have ICS on your phone now, have you done the latest Officially update to ICS? If so then there is section on the Super page to point you where to go to root...ok
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tmb993 said:
Go to this website. Www.rootgalaxynote.com and find the section for the i717. He lays out everything and give all the necessary files.
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Sir, why send the user out of the threads when all info/files/ help is right here in our threads, just asking....this page has all required, well just about all...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
bigjoe2675 said:
First ensure you have th i717 Note by ATT, just saying due to users from the N7000 have mistakenly come here.
Go here to see all the lists of what you need:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
It will require some homework on your part, but the threads are very easy to follow, just read, ok
do you have ICS on your phone now, have you done the latest Officially update to ICS? If so then there is section on the Super page to point you where to go to root...ok
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Gosh thank you all for replying so fast, I thanked all of you.
No it is still on GB, I haven't done the kies ICS update. I would figure rooting in GB would lose root when I upgraded to ICs and then I would have to repeat the entire process.
I am just so confused lol
Optimizer said:
Gosh thank you all for replying so fast, I thanked all of you.
No it is still on GB, I haven't done the kies ICS update. I would figure rooting in GB would lose root when I upgraded to ICs and then I would have to repeat the entire process.
I am just so confused lol
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Yes you will lose root. do the ICS update then root.
Optimizer said:
Gosh thank you all for replying so fast, I thanked all of you.
No it is still on GB, I haven't done the kies ICS update. I would figure rooting in GB would lose root when I upgraded to ICs and then I would have to repeat the entire process.
I am just so confused lol
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yes you would lose root and all...when updating to ICS, but the rooting is very easy for the ics, as someone posted he provide you the files and means to odin cwm and then flash the super user file, and your rooted...that how easy it is on the ICS to root it, but someone else pointed out to a website...can not say much about I stay here in the XDA site but that is your call.
look and read thru the super page and if you have questions just ask lots of help around here...
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...y-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/
If I update to ICS, will this method work or is there an easier method?
bigjoe2675 said:
yes you would lose root and all...when updating to ICS, but the rooting is very easy for the ics, as someone posted he provide you the files and means to odin cwm and then flash the super user file, and your rooted...that how easy it is on the ICS to root it, but someone else pointed out to a website...can not say much about I stay here in the XDA site but that is your call.
look and read thru the super page and if you have questions just ask lots of help around here...
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okay I am going to update to ICS..... can you provide me the link for what I have to do? Sorry I am being such a noob lol.
Thanked again, and again after this lol
I kept root after ics update
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Optimizer said:
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...y-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/
If I update to ICS, will this method work or is there an easier method?
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Yes this method will work.
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Honestly I just suggest flashing an ICS custom ROM. Easier than kies, and better anyways.
If you want to try out the "stock ICS" feel, look no further than here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664980
that will still have smemo and all the stock widgets and launcher. It's just de-bloated, deodexed, and rooted. It's pretty much like stock on steroids.
If you don't care about the stock feel or the spen or touchwiz stuff, try anything else out there. Lots of good ROMs, all better than stock through kies.
I'm currently running rasroygbiv's Gubment Cheeze, a CM9 based ROM, and it's awesome. Haven't had an ounce of lag, and I've been testing it for quite a while now, before it was released here. Highly recommended that you at least try it if you like the whole CM9 thing.
And for your gs3, look for Nunhugger's Triune, it's a stockish debloated rooted ROM and he's doing some sweet things theming stock touchwiz.
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[Q] About Battery Life, Rooting and OTA, And Kies Updates.

Hello All,
I do not post on XDA (Silent reader haha) This would be my first thread.
Anyways, I have a couple of questions that I could not seem to find solid answers to.
I'm on Stock Jellybean I9300XXDLIH. I plan on rooting using Chainfire's CF-Auto-Root (the one that keeps stock recovery)
Q1.) If I root using that, then later if I want to restore my phone to TOTAL stock to keep warranty, will I be safe by using TriangleAway and then flashing Stock firmware (Of the same region) using Odin? Are these 2 steps enough? Some people have got that tiny red exclamation mark,something about a new bootloader.. has that issue been resolved?
Q2.) I have heard that OTA updates are not a good idea after rooting. However I want to use Kies to update my firmware, after rooting and using TriangleAway. Is this a problem?
Q3.) I think we are getting a 4.1.2 update soon with premium suite .. around this month. Is it better to wait for that update before I root?
Q4.) If it is wise to root now, can somebody please link me to a guide that tells me what it is safe to remove from stock rom? I have downloaded a debloat tool from a guide, but I opened the .BAT file with a text editor, read the commands and saw that it removed too many things for my liking, some of them I would want to keep..
Q5.) Does the Stock Kernel support overclocking/Underclocking/Undervolting? (I am guessing not, being hopeful Interested in underclocking and undervolting.) Are there any drawbacks to using a Kernel like Siyah's in terms of battery life and stability? Does the Stock rom at least support underclocking by itself? On my Old galaxy mini it did..
Thank you, sorry for the long post or if the questions seem repeated (Spent loads of time searching!):laugh:
Anyone?
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Nimer.abdul said:
Q1.) If I root using that, then later if I want to restore my phone to TOTAL stock to keep warranty, will I be safe by using TriangleAway and then flashing Stock firmware (Of the same region) using Odin? Are these 2 steps enough? Some people have got that tiny red exclamation mark,something about a new bootloader.. has that issue been resolved?
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Yes you can do that. You can find many guides here. Some members have made video tutorials Gore's third too.
I never had any issue with triangle away.
Q2.) I have heard that OTA updates are not a good idea after rooting. However I want to use Kies to update my firmware, after rooting and using TriangleAway. Is this a problem?
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If you root then your phones binary counter will increase and phone will show in modified state. You will not be able to use ota upgrades. But I don't miss kies a bit because I got so much more with little secrifise. Also there are better options for backing up your phone then kies.
Q3.) I think we are getting a 4.1.2 update soon with premium suite .. around this month. Is it better to wait for that update before I root?
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If that's what you want. But there are many custom roms already have 4.1.2 and they are much better then stock rom for battery, speed and smoothness. I could never convince myself go back to stock rom after trying some of custom rooms with lots of additional features.
Q4.) If it is wise to root now, can somebody please link me to a guide that tells me what it is safe to remove from stock rom? I have downloaded a debloat tool from a guide, but I opened the .BAT file with a text editor, read the commands and saw that it removed too many things for my liking, some of them I would want to keep..
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You might want to search forum or YouTube for video tutorials. I learn that way.
Q5.) Does the Stock Kernel support overclocking/Underclocking/Undervolting? (I am guessing not, being hopeful Interested in underclocking and undervolting.) Are there any drawbacks to using a Kernel like Siyah's in terms of battery life and stability? Does the Stock rom at least support underclocking by itself? On my Old galaxy mini it did..
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Stock kernel do not support these. I use siyah and it's best in my opinion and experience.
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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If you want to follow a tutorial then here it is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715822
to unroot and get your guarantee back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
Thank you for the reply.
rl421403 said:
Yes you can do that. You can find many guides here. Some members have made video tutorials Gore's third too.
I never had any issue with triangle away.
If you root then your phones binary counter will increase and phone will show in modified state. You will not be able to use ota upgrades. But I don't miss kies a bit because I got so much more with little secrifise. Also there are better options for backing up your phone then kies.
If that's what you want. But there are many custom roms already have 4.1.2 and they are much better then stock rom for battery, speed and smoothness. I could never convince myself go back to stock rom after trying some of custom rooms with lots of additional features.
You might want to search forum or YouTube for video tutorials. I learn that way.
Stock kernel do not support these. I use siyah and it's best in my opinion and experience.
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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If you want to follow a tutorial then here it is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715822
to unroot and get your guarantee back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
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This is the issue I was talking about
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918667
Also I was asking about Update via Kies, not OTA.(And after I use TriangleAway) Thank you.
Nimer.abdul said:
This is the issue I was talking about
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918667
Also I was asking about Update via Kies, not OTA.(And after I use TriangleAway) Thank you.
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I am not sure about this issue because I never faced this one. I purchased S3 last month and Isince then I have been flashing custom roms. I already tried 15-20 roms. Never had any issue.
All you had to do is completely follow instructions and make sure rom/mod/app is compatible with your phone model
Why do you want to update via Kies? I think Kies will only work if you keep your device pure. Also, you can update/flash official firmware with Odin/Mobile odin. That's what I do. Most of the people here do not use kies for upgrading firmware but they download stock samsung firmware from http://www.sammobile.com and flash it with Odin. It take 30 secs, as simple as that.
Thank you for your time.
I already know about Odin and Samfirmware, it's just that this is an expensive phone and don't want to use any unofficial software apart from Root.. for now.
There is no way to know unless you try it yourself. Nobody here can assure you that some process or rom or mod will definitely work on your phone.
This is kind of you-are-responsible-for-your-act forum.

[Q] Unrooting Galaxy s2 help

Hello there.
Well a fair few months ago I rooted my device using doomlord 1click rooting kit and now i'm just wondering how I unroot my device again. So if anyone could pinpoint be a thread that'd be brilliant.
Thanks for all your help.
Aaron
ABuzz92 said:
Hello there.
Well a fair few months ago I rooted my device using doomslayers 1click rooting kit and now i'm just wondering how I unroot my device again. So if anyone could pinpoint be a thread that'd be brilliant.
Thanks for all your help.
Aaron
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I assume you are now on ICS.
Try ExynosAbuse, it's one-click.
gastonw said:
I assume you are now on ICS.
Try ExynosAbuse, it's one-click.
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No I didn't update it I believe it still to be gingerbread. Wasn't sure whether it would brick my phone, updating it whilst rooted.
This guide might help you. It has a separate section for Gingerbread.
ABuzz92 said:
No I didn't update it I believe it still to be gingerbread. Wasn't sure whether it would brick my phone, updating it whilst rooted.
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Sorry, I thought you wanted to ROOT. My bad.
If you update via OTA/Kies you'll get unrooted. In case you don't wanna "touch" your device in anyway.
gastonw said:
Sorry, I thought you wanted to ROOT. My bad.
If you update via OTA/Kies you'll get unrooted. In case you don't wanna "touch" your device in anyway.
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I uupdated my phone using Kies and it didn't unroot it. What can I do? I Still have superuser etc.
Flash a stock rom. There's CWM flashable versions floating around here somewhere (look in General/search), or you can get Odin flashable ones from the usual places (Samfirmware, AndroidFirmwares.net). Ordinary stock kernel in rom package will overwrite your rooted kernel.
MistahBungle said:
Flash a stock rom. There's CWM flashable versions floating around here somewhere (look in General/search), or you can get Odin flashable ones from the usual places (Samfirmware, AndroidFirmwares.net). Ordinary stock kernel in rom package will overwrite your rooted kernel.
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I'm not sure how to flash roms. Reason I want to unroot it is because I want to send it back to samsung. Do you think resetting it to factory settings would work?

MJ4 downgrade to MI5 - Help PLZ

Feeling like a Noob... Tried to downgrade from MJ4 to MI5 but now I'm stuck in download mode....
Guessing my only way out at this point is to flash TWRP then flash freeza MJ4 rom ?????
MasterZen88 said:
Feeling like a Noob... Tried to downgrade from MJ4 to MI5 but now I'm stuck in download mode....
Guessing my only way out at this point is to flash TWRP then flash freeza MJ4 rom ?????
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yep, that's the way out. I had exaclty the same issue after trying to use CF-autoroot on stock MJ4 update. FYI after using odin to get TWRP back i also could not flash freeza's MJ4 as I had wiped system, data, davlik and cache also I had to restore a nandroid then factory reset in order to flash MJ4. One bug with freeza's MJ4 is your wifi passwords won't stick. However MI5 works fine with MJ4 firmware and does not have the wifi password issue. Probably more than you wanted to know but that's it in a nutshell.
ifly4vamerica said:
yep, that's the way out. I had exaclty the same issue after trying to use CF-autoroot on stock MJ4 update. FYI after using odin to get TWRP back i also could not flash freeza's MJ4 as I had wiped system, data, davlik and cache also I had to restore a nandroid then factory reset in order to flash MJ4. One bug with freeza's MJ4 is your wifi passwords won't stick. However MI5 works fine with MJ4 firmware and does not have the wifi password issue. Probably more than you wanted to know but that's it in a nutshell.
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Thanks for the advice. So after I installed TWRP everything came back online. Currently working on a new rom for this device. Hoping I can bring Bonsai to our SN3...
I was able to use Knox de la vega method to downgrade from MJ4 to MI3. I used odin to flash both the AP file and the CSC file for the sprint MI3 and it worked like a charm but did flip my knox counter
MasterZen88 said:
Thanks for the advice. So after I installed TWRP everything came back online. Currently working on a new rom for this device. Hoping I can bring Bonsai to our SN3...
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girron said:
I was able to use Knox de la vega method to downgrade from MJ4 to MI3. I used odin to flash both the AP file and the CSC file for the sprint MI3 and it worked like a charm but did flip my knox counter
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You cant downgrade the mj4 firmware
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insane209 said:
You cant downgrade the mj4 firmware
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I did but it screwed everything up. The baseband was still MJ4 but the build number was MI3 and I kept getting pen input errors and everything slowed down so much that it was pretty much not usable. I finally took it into another sprint store and was able to get it swapped out with a new one after adding insurance to it. This time I made sure not to upgrade yet to MJ4 to prevent screwing up my phone again. For some reason I was able to use both the MD5 and CSC files for MI3 to flash that in Odin but again it royally screwed it up.
Solution to WiFi password problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47358736
girron said:
I did but it screwed everything up. The baseband was still MJ4 but the build number was MI3 and I kept getting pen input errors and everything slowed down so much that it was pretty much not usable. I finally took it into another sprint store and was able to get it swapped out with a new one after adding insurance to it. This time I made sure not to upgrade yet to MJ4 to prevent screwing up my phone again. For some reason I was able to use both the MD5 and CSC files for MI3 to flash that in Odin but again it royally screwed it up.
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They released the mj4 tar firmware now...flash it with odin
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Question about a firmware upgrade that is available. Now I just bought my Note 3 this past Wednesday and immediately got notification of a software update for the firmware. Knowing the issues taking a software update can sometimes cause, I haven't taken it. The phone is MI5. so should I not touch the update or what? I haven't rooted because I haven't had a chance, still figuring out the right steps and what, if anything, may be needed. Help with that would be welcomed as well.
squick said:
Question about a firmware upgrade that is available. Now I just bought my Note 3 this past Wednesday and immediately got notification of a software update for the firmware. Knowing the issues taking a software update can sometimes cause, I haven't taken it. The phone is MI5. so should I not touch the update or what? I haven't rooted because I haven't had a chance, still figuring out the right steps and what, if anything, may be needed. Help with that would be welcomed as well.
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No its always good to take the ota update...rooting is eazy
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squick said:
Question about a firmware upgrade that is available. Now I just bought my Note 3 this past Wednesday and immediately got notification of a software update for the firmware. Knowing the issues taking a software update can sometimes cause, I haven't taken it. The phone is MI5. so should I not touch the update or what? I haven't rooted because I haven't had a chance, still figuring out the right steps and what, if anything, may be needed. Help with that would be welcomed as well.
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insane209 said:
No its always good to take the ota update...rooting is eazy
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The quote by insane209 is exactly that.
OTA can update the bootloader making rooting without tripping KNOX impossible.
klau1 said:
The quote by insane209 is exactly that.
OTA can update the bootloader making rooting without tripping KNOX impossible.
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Well if ur worried about knox then thats on u....but they update devices for a reason...and that is to fix various bugs..
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insane209 said:
Well if ur worried about knox then thats on u....but they update devices for a reason...and that is to fix various bugs..
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk
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Who said you can't have both?
If you were smart enough, you would have responded with URDLV to patch the ROM and root without KNOX and MobileODIN to further upgrade the ROM without changing the old bootloader (which doesn't have anything to do with bugs)
But no.
klau1 said:
Who said you can't have both?
If you were smart enough, you would have responded with URDLV to patch the ROM and root without KNOX and MobileODIN to further upgrade the ROM without changing the old bootloader (which doesn't have anything to do with bugs)
But no.
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No i just franky give a **** about warrenty...i got a bad esn phone lol
And as for bugs yea this phone still gots em...other than that owell
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insane209 said:
No its always good to take the ota update...rooting is eazy
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk
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klau1 said:
The quote by insane209 is exactly that.
OTA can update the bootloader making rooting without tripping KNOX impossible.
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Ok, thanks for the input. Just wanted to ask to make sure.

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