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Can I update from the official KitKat firmware through Odin or Kies and *not* lose an

Hi, I am a total noob in the area of updating my Note 3, so please guide me.
I want to update my Note 3 with the official firmware of Poland through Kies or Odin ( I know how to do that)
But one thing I'm afraid of and don't know is whether I will lose all my data (apps OR Phone data) if I update through Odin or not?
Just a note, I am trying to keep my Note 3 totally unrooted, untampered with in any other way. So will updating through Odin also increase my Knox number?
Thanks.
Best regards
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Jamal Ahmed said:
Hi, I am a total noob in the area of updating my Note 3, so please guide me.
I want to update my Note 3 with the official firmware of Poland through Kies or Odin ( I know how to do that)
But one thing I'm afraid of and don't know is whether I will lose all my data (apps OR Phone data) if I update through Odin or not?
Just a note, I am trying to keep my Note 3 totally unrooted, untampered with in any other way. So will updating through Odin also increase my Knox number?
Thanks.
Best regards
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Via ODIN will wipe your data/factory reset. -- Via KIES off the top of my head I cannot remember as it's been a while since I used it.
Official firmware will not trip your KNOX, and has been confirmed safe also/

radicalisto said:
Via ODIN will wipe your data/factory reset. -- Via KIES off the top of my head I cannot remember as it's been a while since I used it.
Official firmware will not trip your KNOX, and has been confirmed safe also/
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how about mobile odin?
I assume it wont work cos the new android version need new bootloader. just waiting for someone to confirm~

uccoffee.forum said:
how about mobile odin?
I assume it wont work cos the new android version need new bootloader. just waiting for someone to confirm~
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You 100% need the new bootloader for it to work and even boot properly, and you will lose root. MOP won't work.

Anyone thinks android 4.4.2 can be falshed with mop, keeping 0x0 root and it will start withthe old bootloader?
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I wouldn't try flashing kitkat with mobile Odin right now. I think the app needs to be updated for kitkat. It soft bricked my phone when I tried but pc Odin worked fine.
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Returning to stock

Hello all,
I want to return to an unrooted stock rom but just want to check things first before I do.....
If I download the latest stock firmware from samfirmware and flash with odin will I -
1- loose root???
2- be able to restore my data + apps etc using Titanium Backup or do I need root access (if lost) to do this???
3- need to flash anything else, modems etc???
Im experienced with flashing custom roms etc but have never returned to full stock on the S4.
Im waiting delivery of my NotePro 12.2 and am still using my Note 2 for work purposes and want all my devices to be able to talk to each orher as Samsung intended (well try it at least)
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extrememonkey said:
Hello all,
I want to return to an unrooted stock rom but just want to check things first before I do.....
If I download the latest stock firmware from samfirmware and flash with odin will I -
1- loose root???
2- be able to restore my data + apps etc using Titanium Backup or do I need root access (if lost) to do this???
3- need to flash anything else, modems etc???
Im experienced with flashing custom roms etc but have never returned to full stock on the S4.
Im waiting delivery of my NotePro 12.2 and am still using my Note 2 for work purposes and want all my devices to be able to talk to each orher as Samsung intended (well try it at least)
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#1: you will loose root.
#2: you will not be able to restore apps+data using titanium backup (titanium backup requires root)
#3: you will need to root the phone by flashing a zip file like cf-autoroot.
#4: if the stock firmware you plan to flash is 4.3 you should read up and find out about KNOX first.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
#1: you will loose root.
#2: you will not be able to restore apps+data using titanium backup (titanium backup requires root)
#3: you will need to root the phone by flashing a zip file like cf-autoroot.
#4: if the stock firmware you plan to flash is 4.3 you should read up and find out about KNOX first.
Good luck!
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I know about Knox.... its easy to uninstall or not install in the first place!!!
I wont be using Knox on my S4 but do use it on my Note 2 and will on the NotePro when it finally arrives!!!
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Just flashed 4.3 (XXUEMKF baseband MJ5 to be precise) and I can't turn wifi on what so ever....
Any tips, do I need to flash a new modem???
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Ok I'm now on stock 4.3 XXUEMKF both Baseband and Build.
When I go into Download mode I have no KNOX lines at all but my Binary is still custom.
I have tried to flash the wifi fix modem from the modem post - but as there is no MJ5 modem non seem to work (tried the mod and the me modems) still nothing....
Any advise from anyone would be greatly received!!!!
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Flash one of this modem to solve the problem
**If you are having the old bootloader flash GSM_Modem_XXUEMJ5_and_LTE_Modem_XXUBMH1.tar file with odin by selecting phone.
**If you are having the new bootloader flash GSM_Modem_XXUEMJ5_and_LTE_Modem_XXUEMJ5.tar file with odin by selecting phone.
Credits to Omega team! :good:

[Q] Before i mess it up

Its a note 3 sm-n9005 running 4.3.
a few weeks ago i rooted and unlocked a friends phone but never got a chance to install a recovery,
my silly mistake tonight was ti install TWRP 4.4 :crying:
I tried to install the openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-hlte.img.tar using odin 1.85 but all i get is "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" in a bootloop
By pulling out battery and turning on normally the phone still works fine.
Have an image of efs, phew
Any ideas on getting TWRP
My main goal is to get kitkat onto the phone, sammobile has kitkat, the phone was originally vodafone, can i install 3hutch onto phone with odin or do i have to stay with vodafone
cheers for any help

Ah-Bollox said:
Its a note 3 sm-n9005 running 4.3.
a few weeks ago i rooted and unlocked a friends phone but never got a chance to install a recovery,
my silly mistake tonight was ti install TWRP 4.4 :crying:
I tried to install the openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-hlte.img.tar using odin 1.85 but all i get is "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" in a bootloop
By pulling out battery and turning on normally the phone still works fine.
Have an image of efs, phew
Any ideas on getting TWRP
My main goal is to get kitkat onto the phone, sammobile has kitkat, the phone was originally vodafone, can i install 3hutch onto phone with odin or do i have to stay with vodafone
cheers for any help
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Did u turn the USB debugging on?

Ah-Bollox said:
Its a note 3 sm-n9005 running 4.3.
a few weeks ago i rooted and unlocked a friends phone but never got a chance to install a recovery,
my silly mistake tonight was ti install TWRP 4.4 :crying:
I tried to install the openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-hlte.img.tar using odin 1.85 but all i get is "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" in a bootloop
By pulling out battery and turning on normally the phone still works fine.
Have an image of efs, phew
Any ideas on getting TWRP
My main goal is to get kitkat onto the phone, sammobile has kitkat, the phone was originally vodafone, can i install 3hutch onto phone with odin or do i have to stay with vodafone
cheers for any help
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If you have Kitkat on the device (tried flashing) then you need the Kitkat TWRP - hence the BL - You cannot go back to 4.3 if you've attempted to flash KK

hhai2pth said:
Did u turn the USB debugging on?
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Yep, debugging and unknown sources ticked.
I haven't installed kitkat yet just the twrp for kitkat, if I install kitkat will that give me the teamw recovery and can I install a O2 kitkat onto a Vodafone phone
Cheers.
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Haven't got a solution to your problem, but I can't miss this opportunity to congratulate you on your user name - been there, done that

Setting>General>Security>untick Reactivation lock

B3311 said:
Haven't got a solution to your problem, but I can't miss this opportunity to congratulate you on your user name - been there, done that
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Cheers bud
Rosli59564 said:
Setting>General>Security>untick Reactivation lock
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Already unpicked, cheer for info
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Ah-Bollox said:
Cheers bud
Already unpicked, cheer for info
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Make sure you are flashing the right version for your firmware

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Just to be sure, I can flash the 3hutch firmware onto a phone that was originally Vodafone with the twrp 4.4 bl.
Sorry if I'm a pain in the ass about this, not my phone and don't want to spend hours fixing it of I mess it up, thanx
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Ah-Bollox said:
Just to be sure, I can flash the 3hutch firmware onto a phone that was originally Vodafone with the twrp 4.4 bl.
Sorry if I'm a pain in the ass about this, not my phone and don't want to spend hours fixing it of I mess it up, thanx
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Why not flash a normal ROM?
By that I mean, a ROM which is not touched by any service provider.

People have been reporting Fails while flashing carrier roms through ODIN... It generally seems to fail on the "Hidden" partition....

[Q] Galaxy Note 3 9005 - Unresponsive after restoring stock firmware through Odin???

Hi guys, I'm new to this forum but have read many things on it and have gotten lots of help, but this question NEEDS a new thread!
I have been using my International Galaxy Note 3 (9005) for about 9 months, I bought it from Kogan in Australia and just recently I decided to root it using CF-Auto Root and then flash X-Note build 18.
A couple of days ago I decided that I didn't like X-Note that much so I tried and flashed Omega Rom. That all worked fine but I didn't really like any of the custom Roms and I just wanted to go back to stock.
So I download (for the first time) the newly released KitKat Australian SM-N9005 Firmware from SamMobile and tried to flash it through Odin straight over Clockwork mod recovery and over the Omega Rom that I currently had installed. When it finished it said that it had failed and something about the Ext4 not being valid, I was shocked (his had never happened to me before with Odin).
I no longer could boot into recovery and the phone said to plug it into Samsung Kies 3 and do an emergency recovery, So i plugged it in and it said that the device was not recognized, and it would not show up in the device list within the emergency recovery window.
So I did a lot of Googleing and came to the conclusion that It was probably the N9005 Australian Rom not being compatible. So after all of these errors and such I booted back into download mode and tried to install one of the other Kitkat Official firmwares that had worked fine before.
It installed just fine and Odin said reset and I unplugged it. but when it booted for the first time I was getting boot loops continually and when and now as I just start to go through the setup process the interface lags and it flashes black a few times and says I have no Sim card in (Which I DO!) and it restarts several times and IS ALL OVER THE PLACE!
It also takes about ten seconds or more after pushing the power button in to get the display to display again and it is unusable and behaving all weird.
The first few times I flash the stock firmware on it through Odin, it remembered my wallpaper, which is really weird seeing I factory reset it!
My best guess is that Flashing it through Odin and and factory reseting it is just not completely clearing it/wiping it and the system is all messed up and stuff is left over.
I don't no WHAT to do!!!! I can't even use it and it's driving me crazy can somebody, please help me!!!!
Thank you!

Look in to omega rom which version of android base it's used, flash same version of stock rom, may not available for Australian but u can flash other countries stock rom, try this & good luck.
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jdomadia said:
Look in to omega rom which version of android base it's used, flash same version of stock rom, may not available for Australian but u can flash other countries stock rom, try this & good luck.
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Hi why would I have to flash the same android base as omega and what actually is Android Base?
Also will this fix it and how do I check the android base?
Thanks

If omega rom has higher bootloader version, it will not allow to downgrade if Australia stock firmware version is lower, to find out of version u must look at omega rom u flashed.
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jdomadia said:
If omega rom has higher bootloader version, it will not allow to downgrade if Australia stock firmware version is lower, to find out of version u must look at omega rom u flashed.
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Okay, but I was able to flash the Poland Kitkat Rom and another one but I still have the problems above, flashing Roms is not the problem?

Bro poland xeo has still OLD d3 version which release in may, try to flash LATTEST BTU UK ROM
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Should I try a 'Mega Wipe' to completely format it? - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2501577

And I was just reading something about no signal and IMEI, I have no signal and it says no sim card, does that mean I've lost my IMEI forever??
When I was installing x-note I thought EFS backup meant a CMR full backup

As long as I know Dr.ketan tools & utility is for SM-N 900 3g version note3, but u can read more & do it as you want.
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jdomadia said:
As long as I know Dr.ketan tools & utility is for SM-N 900 3g version note3, but u can read more & do it as you want.
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Yes the original was, but this script is modified for the n9005 like the guys says in the link.
Will this mega wipe fix my phone??

I don't know about mega wipe, if I will be in your place before making case complicated I would prefer to flash LATTEST STOCK ROM.
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same problem if you find any solutions plz share

I will reply if I find a solution my friend and Visa Versa if you do too.
PLEASE! other users of XDA can you help me and 'hosamkrm'. I will happily donate some money to the helper and give him a big thanks!

format and restore stock rom

hi i want to completely format my n910f and re install the stock rom.
can i use TWRP to format the phone and afterwards install the stock rom with odin ?
or do i have to do this another way ?
i tried some custom roms and im on stock lollipop now but have the feeling that things will get better if i completely start over agian.

Racinghart91 said:
hi i want to completely format my n910f and re install the stock rom.
can i use TWRP to format the phone and afterwards install the stock rom with odin ?
or do i have to do this another way ?
i tried some custom roms and im on stock lollipop now but have the feeling that things will get better if i completely start over agian.
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download the latest firmware for your device from sammobile then flash using Odin, it will be wiped and back to factory, un rooted, stock recovery, if helped please use the Thanks Button, cheers:fingers-crossed:

yoniinfante said:
download the latest firmware for your device from sammobile then flash using Odin, it will be wiped and back to factory, un rooted, stock recovery, if helped please use the Thanks Button, cheers:fingers-crossed:
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No mate it won't reset to factory it will just update my firmware...
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Racinghart91 said:
No mate it won't reset to factory it will just update my firmware...
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did you try already? flashing a stock firmware thru Odin always wipe the phone to factory, cheers:fingers-crossed:

yoniinfante said:
did you try already? flashing a stock firmware thru Odin always wipe the phone to factory, cheers:fingers-crossed:
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Nah m8 I installed 3 lollipop firmwares via Odin and kept all of my settings and apps. Even after updating lollipop over kitkat Odin dit not make a factory reset
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