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[Q] How to Unroot Note 3 SM-N900?

Hello,
1) How do I unroot my Note 3 SM-N900 model.
2) I know my warranty is void as I rooted the phone, but was just wondering if theres any way I could unroot and reset knox counter as well. I highly doubt this is possible but just wanted to confirm.
Thanks..

roni2915 said:
Hello,
1) How do I unroot my Note 3 SM-N900 model.
2) I know my warranty is void as I rooted the phone, but was just wondering if theres any way I could unroot and reset knox counter as well. I highly doubt this is possible but just wanted to confirm.
Thanks..
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1) There's an option on supersu for unroot, I've never tried it but if it doesn't work you could always flash a stock rom with odin.
2) There isn't yet. It's doubtful that there'll be a method to fix it but we can't know for sure. (In Chainfire we trust )

muhtesem insan said:
1) There's an option on supersu for unroot, I've never tried it but if it doesn't work you could always flash a stock rom with odin.
2) There isn't yet. It's doubtful that there'll be a method to fix it but we can't know for sure. (In Chainfire we trust )
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Chainfire mentioned himself that knox counter issue is hard to solve as it's integrated in android system as layer and there might not be a chance in future that knox issue can be solved. But still I had to root my device cause what's the use of an android device anyway if there's no freedom to root??? I think device manufacturers themselves should rather put an option at first boot to allow us to root our devices at first place instead of making things harder!!!
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Too many cases of idiots rooting these days. They grab one of those toolkits and use it to root without really bothering to take the time to understand what they are actually doing or what the risks are. Next thing they bricked it and they send it back to claim warranty. Either that or they succeed and do something dumb like over clocking until it starts smoking then claim warranty.
Of course there are plenty of competent modders out there too but there must be enough abortions going on that Samsung need to do something about it. They aren't actually stopping us from rooting mind, they are only safeguarding against fraudulent claims on warranty after it goes wrong.
Sent from my SM-N9005

muhtesem insan said:
1) There's an option on supersu for unroot, I've never tried it but if it doesn't work you could always flash a stock rom with odin.
2) There isn't yet. It's doubtful that there'll be a method to fix it but we can't know for sure. (In Chainfire we trust )
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Can anyone confirm if option 1 is working?
Also, can I modify SM-N900 to work on AWS network (Wind Mobile/Mobilicity). I am thinking of selling this phone and getting the snapdragon version. and I have a buyer who wants to work the phone on wind.

dr.m0x said:
Too many cases of idiots rooting these days. They grab one of those toolkits and use it to root without really bothering to take the time to understand what they are actually doing or what the risks are. Next thing they bricked it and they send it back to claim warranty. Either that or they succeed and do something dumb like over clocking until it starts smoking then claim warranty.
Of course there are plenty of competent modders out there too but there must be enough abortions going on that Samsung need to do something about it. They aren't actually stopping us from rooting mind, they are only safeguarding against fraudulent claims on warranty after it goes wrong.
Sent from my SM-N9005
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I'm thinkin you are right. I have a buddy that works for one of the manufactures and they have a whole department dedicated to "returns". And return numbers are much much higher than they want them to be. So anything that will bring those numbers down at all, they will do!

I would also like to know if it is possible to unroot and reset knox on the n900.
As for the warranty goes, I think that if you bring the device back because the usb port or ear phone jack or the home button fails, this should be repaired regardless if you rooted your phone.
Can you overclock your home button? What about the power button and vol up?
Lol.
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does this work
Hello guys , just came across this link while surfing the net, it claims to restore warranty of rooted phone SM N 900. Please look at this. has anyone tried? please post results
http://theunlockr.com/2013/10/13/how-to-unroot-the-samsung-galaxy-note-3/

There are rooting methods without tripping Knox and in those cases removing root will bring phone back to original 100%, so to speak. However once tripped, I'm not aware of any way to undo Knox flag. The method above does not mention anything about Knox and I'm 90% sure it does not remove Knox flag, it just removes the root using Chainfire method.
However, rooted phone shows up as custom right away in about menu and it's easy to see, where Knox flag only shows up in download menu and it's more involved to find, therefore the chances are, unless it is Samsung service, they may not look or even care about Knox flag as long as it doesn't show custom/rooted, especially that Knox is only Samsung thing.
I agree 100% "genius" customers are the reason for all the blocks and lockdowns on our phones. I just read some thread about some Einstein calling customer care asking them for help in rooting the phone, I'm kidding you not and he went on and on how useless the service department is when they tried to explain that they not support custom programing etc.

captainhakan said:
Chainfire mentioned himself that knox counter issue is hard to solve as it's integrated in android system as layer and there might not be a chance in future that knox issue can be solved. But still I had to root my device cause what's the use of an android device anyway if there's no freedom to root??? I think device manufacturers themselves should rather put an option at first boot to allow us to root our devices at first place instead of making things harder!!!
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I agree that manufacturers should allow for root access, however carriers would lose their minds. It (and im basing this on the sweat of others) appears that doing a hotspot that doesn't eat the data allowed by the carrier is super easy once root access is granted. But to the point, I agree that ROOT should be given as an option OTB.
CHEERS!

UNROOT GALAXY Note 3 (SM N 900)
I bought Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in USA. And the device is an unlocked to use in every operators in North, Central, South America and Caribbean. Actually I bought the phone to use in Sri Lanka, since it was not compatible in Sri Lanka I found a guy who unlock it. To be honest I didn't know that he was going to root my phone until I tried to update my phone. It says " The device has been modified..no updates are available" That guy has rooted the device in superSU.
But I want to unroot my phone to the factory status. And I tried my self to completely unroot in the setting of superSU. And I did it..but there were no any changes in the status of my phone "CUSTOM" And I uninstalled the superUS. When I install it again through Play Store, it says "There is no US binary installed.And Super US by cannot be installed"
So please tell me how to unroot my phone to the original status to update it. Because I tried to find the firmwares, the safest and easiest way of unrooting. But I could not find it as I do not know what's is my Region code and other related details. Can anyone tell me how to do it or can you send any links to download them please ? Attached photograph will show some details of my device details of firmware. If possible inbox me [email protected] or post on this page..Thank you so much.

good job
folks... this works great..... I recommend this...

Samsung KNOX - a warning for the leaked 4.3 roms...

Just been through training for KNOX at work - and without blowing my NDA's - i'll pass on this for you all
If you EVER want to use KNOX - and you run one of the leaked 4.3 roms - NEVER NEVER NEVER flash any custom binaries to the phone again - you can only EVER run an offical untouched rom.
If you ARE running a 4.3 rom - reboot your phone into odin mode and see if you have a KNOX warrenty bit set to 0x0.
if you do - and you EVER want to use KNOX (and after training - im going to be using it meself) - you now can not roll back - or install a custom kernel or pretty much anything apart from further factory roms.
If you install anything else - the KNOX and TIMA systems will blow a fuse on the motherboard of your note2 and you will get flagged with KNOX warrenty bit 0x1.
This is not reversable - ever - without a board replacment.
The only effect will be that you cannot ever run KNOX after this - private or enterprise versions.
The first leaked 4.3 rom didnt have this enabled - the second one did (UEMJ5).
This is enforced in the bootloaders - once you get it - you cant go back.
If you dont care about KNOX - go hard However if your are going to use a BYOD type setup at your work and they want to enforce KNOX and youve blown the fuse in the motherboard - to be blunt - you are screwed Its not reversable sorry.
If you dont know what KNOX is actually about (if youve read "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow think phone inside a phone type things) check out https://support.samsungknox.com/home and have a chew through it - there are some very good parts to it....
In any case - if you dont care about KNOX - go hard - nothing has changed.
If you DO care about KNOX - your not going to be able to change the firmware on your phone at all ever - if you do you will lose permanently the ability to run KNOX.
if you want to use your phone for work and work wants KNOX and your a custom rom person - your ****outaluck =)
And KNOX is not just the apk's..... its the entire stack from bootloaders upwards....
have fun peoples

I didn't think the Note 2 has the eFuse on its motherboard?

I'm running Hurricane ROM and it hasn't got any KNOX and the new bootloader stuff. I think this problem is with the "original" (leaked) 4.3 ROM

On the one hand I object to this kind of control by Samsung, it's my phone and I resent them wanting to control it.
On the other, I understand that many businesses don't want their staff using their network connections or accessing their data without protection and separation.
I do my best to not use my phone at all for my employers's business, but if they wanted me to and told me knox was obligatory then I would tell them they would have to provide a mobile device for me to use as I would tell them I could/wouldn't be able to promise that I wouldn't lose knox due to custom roms.

FloatingFatMan said:
I didn't think the Note 2 has the eFuse on its motherboard?
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Backporting and using a fuse that hasnt been exposed or used previously - apparently there are unused fuses in the system there
in reply to Chris189 "I'm running Hurricane ROM and it hasn't got any KNOX and the new bootloader stuff. I think this problem is with the "original" (leaked) 4.3 ROM "
the original didnt give me the fuse setting - the new rom did give me the fuse setting
im curious to find out if a samsung signed rom with knox disabled will allow a rollback offically - but i dont think your going to get any leaking like that.
And from 2k14 going forward - all samsung devices will be running this
also take note of the "SELinux" permissive / enforced state..... enforced may break some apps....
anyways - back to work - "hoo...ray"
have fun peoples

Will root on stock rom and stock bootloader invalidate KNOX?
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emgluon said:
Will root on stock rom and stock bootloader invalidate KNOX?
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From what the Samsung trainers were saying - once KNOX is on there and has that KNOX warrenty bit available (can be seen from odin mode on the phone - power , vol down and home when booting) a rollback will blow the fuse even to a factory rom - not really willing to try it on my note 2 to confirm sorry

Should have said... any idea of rooting 4.3 by whatever method invalidate this KNOX thing.
Had a feeling that most rooting involve flashing at least a insecure bootloader for it to work?
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Bull ****

here the solution by dr ketan..do not worry mate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500823

cbdrift said:
...If you EVER want to use KNOX - and you run one of the leaked 4.3 roms - NEVER NEVER NEVER flash any custom binaries to the phone again - you can only EVER run an offical untouched rom...
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Not applicable to Note2. This isn't the S4/Note3.
K thx

I don't know why Samsung implemented this stupid thing for Note2, maybe we can have 4.3 month earlier without this totally uselles ****, or have 4.3 with useful Note 3 things....do anyone know which manager decided about this ****?
Thx Jiri

note2 n7100 india running on 4.3 N7100XXUEMJ5
sora9009 said:
here the solution by dr ketan..do not worry mate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500823
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yes i tried it. it worked well for me.but wen i tried to go back to 4.1.2 i had no network and cudnt make calls from my phone.i flashed 4.3 N7100XXUEMJ5 back and its working well for now.anyone else had such problem? any solutoins?

vickyvc said:
yes i tried it. it worked well for me.but wen i tried to go back to 4.1.2 i had no network and cudnt make calls from my phone.i flashed 4.3 N7100XXUEMJ5 back and its working well for now.anyone else had such problem? any solutoins?
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Did you have your IMEI when you flashed back? May have needed to restore your EFS? Or reflash the original modem?

To put the Knox worries aside, I did the following test.
Install newest leak (MJ5) bootloader (with knox). Warranty bit was 0.
Installed MI6 and installed knox which worked. Warranty bit was 0.
Flashed CWM recovery from Odin, suprisingly knox was still working. Warranty bit was still 0. Binary flash counter increased
Restored CM10.2 Nandroid backup. Warranty bit was still 0
So it seems that with the MJ5 bootloader, no knox fuse is being blown and you are able to rollback to a previous version without issues (if you have backed up EFS when you want to go back from 4.3 -> 4.1).

official font?

note 2 running on 4.3 N7100XXUEMJ5
Bert.C said:
Did you have your IMEI when you flashed back? May have needed to restore your EFS? Or reflash the original modem?
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wen i went to 4.1.2 my IMEI was 004999010640000 and wen i flashed back to 4.3 N7100XXUEMJ5 it restored my original IMEI.
thanks for replying so fast........

FloatingFatMan said:
I didn't think the Note 2 has the eFuse on its motherboard?
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The efuse thingy is complete bullcrap ( even on S4 or N3 ) :silly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504258
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vickyvc said:
yes i tried it. it worked well for me.but wen i tried to go back to 4.1.2 i had no network and cudnt make calls from my phone.i flashed 4.3 N7100XXUEMJ5 back and its working well for now.anyone else had such problem? any solutoins?
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if u want to go back to 4.1.2 u need newer builds which have the new EFS changes ( older builds will show fake IMEI if u don't have backup from the old EFS )

Mj5 bootloader can easily be downgraded to the previous bootloader without any issues
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srfairhurst said:
Bull ****
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So it sounds as if this thread is inaccurate. Is it complete bs or are precautions actually needed for Note 2 users?
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[Q] Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 Device status: Custom

Hello everyone,
I gone through a lot of post around here but didn't find my answer yet.
Recently rooted my device using "safe root", as expected the flags remained intact and there is no warranty void (0x0).
Although my device status changed to "Custom" and now I can't run the updater (expecting the new version soon).
I have read a lot of posts but everyone giving solution that are rather complicated and for devices with void warranty.
Can anyone give me instruction of how to change my device status back to "official" with safety?
Many thanks

geoman007 said:
Hello everyone,
I gone through a lot of post around here but didn't find my answer yet.
Recently rooted my device using "safe root", as expected the flags remained intact and there is no warranty void (0x0).
Although my device status changed to "Custom" and now I can't run the updater (expecting the new version soon).
I have read a lot of posts but everyone giving solution that are rather complicated and for devices with void warranty.
Can anyone give me instruction of how to change my device status back to "official" with safety?
Many thanks
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use wanam xposed to fake system status..

That's what i'm talking about
anu.cool said:
use wanam xposed to fake system status..
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Thank you very much, worked perfectly. Why everyone have to give complicated/dangerous solutions?

[Q] note 3 warranty bit 1

I rooted my note 3 n9000q via cf-auto root then when i take my phone download mode i saw warranty bit is 1 if i download stock rom does my phone show warranty 1 ?
Also can you help me about downloading rom specially dr ketans rom i heard i can use roms for sm-n900 is it true
Lastly sorry for my english

batusenn said:
I rooted my note 3 n9000q via cf-auto root then when i take my phone download mode i saw warranty bit is 1 if i download stock rom does my phone show warranty 1 ?
Also can you help me about downloading rom specially dr ketans rom i heard i can use roms for sm-n900 is it true
Lastly sorry for my english
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1) No. Once it's been set, you cannot reverse it (as of now).
2) Don't know, sorry.
3) You're English was good enough to get your point across. ^-^

batusenn said:
I rooted my note 3 n9000q via cf-auto root then when i take my phone download mode i saw warranty bit is 1 if i download stock rom does my phone show warranty 1 ?
Also can you help me about downloading rom specially dr ketans rom i heard i can use roms for sm-n900 is it true
Lastly sorry for my english
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Your warranty bit is 1 forever unless we find out how to reset. Flashing stock rom won't fix...

On the note 3 if your talking about knox counter then you can't
However the warranty bit not sure about see if triangle away resets this
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Knox Warranty Bit: 1 or 0x1
This mean that the Samsung System Security KNOX is not secure to work on 2x1 Phones on one. For You and for Your work on Enterprises, Governments an more (if You work on them).
See this: https://www.samsungknox.com/en/overview/technical-details
Quote: I think that's why this technology has been approved by the Ministry of Defense USA. (If flag 0x0 my opinion).
Samsung KNOX protects its operating system using SE for Android, which is built on the SELinux technology developed by NSA. (And not protect if flag 0x1, my opinion).
Read this: http://linux.die.net/man/8/selinux
Then, this is first of all the warranty from Knox Security, not for our personal warranty. On still discuss about.
That technical-details was censured by Samsung, may be. Read this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47587340&postcount=290

ValenteL said:
Knox Warranty Bit: 1 or 0x1
Then, this is first of all the warranty from Knox Security, not for our personal warranty. On still discuss about.
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This statement isn't true... Samsung have declared that due to using unapproved software the hardware has been damaged (technically true, however Samsung has done this) so therefore Warranty will not be honored...
Certain countries can debate this due to their consumer laws but generally it's up to the guy who's repairing to enforce warranty or not...

Firstly thanks everyone
Im not sure triangle away is harmony for my phone
Turkish model doesnt have knox you should know
But the worst thing is when i look something for my phone everything is for sm-n9005
If hackers want information about our phones i can send you whatever you want
Warranty bit must be 0 in my phone and my turkish friends wait something for us

[Q] General inquiry about KNOX and FW types

Hello all,
I searched the forums round and round, and couldn't find my answers so I hope you will be able to help me out.
i'm looking for a new phone and decided I want to go with the S5. that was before i learned about KNOX and it's wonderful ways.
i'm a heavy modder, who will most definitely use a custom recovery and ROM/kernel.
my questions are:
1. would it be possible to flash a custom recovery / rom / kernel / modem despite KNOX being preset?
2. other then getting this 0x1 and voiding my official warranty, are there any other result to this? will something not work?
3. assuming I get an unlocked international phone, is there any need to mess/change my FW? or is that just part of guides for rooting without tripping KNOX ?
Basically, I want to be sure that I could do whatever I want to the phone without getting stuck or turning it unusable because of KNOX. my current phone is a Nexus 4 and it has been heaven. I want to preserve this feeling
thanks for the help guys, appreciate it!

Did you tried Towelroot method for rooting your device? I heard that doesn't trigger knox..

I would imagine my rooting the phone is the least of my worries.
as far as I know - and this is one of my questions - flashing a custom recovery and or rom will 100% trip KNOX.
not that I care, I just need to know if this is true..and my other questions as well
thanks!

A brief answer
If you - as you say "i'm a heavy modder" Samsung phones are not for you

I've heard tales of people having issues flashing modems when knox is triggered. I have not checked that out for myself Joe have I searched any further into the matter.
I plan on breaking knox soon though because screw knox.
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chainbr3ak said:
A brief answer
If you - as you say "i'm a heavy modder" Samsung phones are not for you
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This answer really worries me to be honest.
could you elaborate?
I don't really care about KNOX, and as long as I can mod away and jump back and forth between modems/roms/kernels - I don't care for the warranty.
If indeed there is truth in the matter, and modem flashing will become a problem if KNOX is tripped, then this would be a deal breaker for me on this phone.
anyone care to add more info here?

Amornik said:
This answer really worries me to be honest.
could you elaborate?
I don't really care about KNOX, and as long as I can mod away and jump back and forth between modems/roms/kernels - I don't care for the warranty.
If indeed there is truth in the matter, and modem flashing will become a problem if KNOX is tripped, then this would be a deal breaker for me on this phone.
anyone care to add more info here?
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You can, but you will always have problems like network, connection,calls, bugs and so on
Samsung devices do not provide the old pleasure as previously
Knox killed freedom of developers and people who like customizations

I would really appreciate an answer from someone who knows for sure.
does tripping KNOX disables the option to upgrade/downgrade the modem?

Amornik said:
I would really appreciate an answer from someone who knows for sure.
does tripping KNOX disables the option to upgrade/downgrade the modem?
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No, KNOX tripping is only at the moment a warranty void solution for samsung. its like the flash count flags.
basically if you trip knox. you're already in it. you do what you want

Amornik said:
I would really appreciate an answer from someone who knows for sure.
does tripping KNOX disables the option to upgrade/downgrade the modem?
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I bought my phone with ANCE firmware and the KNOX was tripped in the first hour by CF-AutoRoot. Now I'm on ANG2, flashed with Odin and the modem is updated correctly.

Dark_Avenger said:
I bought my phone with ANCE firmware and the KNOX was tripped in the first hour by CF-AutoRoot. Now I'm on ANG2, flashed with Odin and the modem is updated correctly.
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Now i'm a bit confused when you say you upgrade the FW, you mean the modem baseband, right ?

Amornik said:
Now i'm a bit confused when you say you upgrade the FW, you mean the modem baseband, right ?
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Exactly, but with full stock image flush (including bootloader). The full stock tar.md5 form sammobile includes the modem/bootloader/rom. I think that the important thing is to have a modem which is compatible with the bootloader (same version). Didn't try to mix different bootloader/modem(baseband) versions.

Tripping KNOX will only disable the feature which allows you to store some data on a encrypted part of the device (Mostly comercial use) when KNOX is tripped any data stored on the 'special' partition is destroyed.
So there are only 2 things that will be affected, your warranty (Not a problem in Europe) and the special partition that I explained earlier.
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Thanks guys, excellent replies !
So...I did it !
I went and bought a brand new S5, and tripped KNOX within the hour. Man, did it feel sooo good !
custom recovery up, rom up, here we go!