Hi everyone
I've recently switched from the iCraps to a Galaxy Note 3 international version so I'm still really new at all this and trying to read up and learn what all the terminology means.
I want to flash my note 3 to another region's firmware. I've been reading all the forum posts and i'm getting conflicting information.
Im currently on AP: n900XXUBMI7, CP: n9005XXUBMI6, CSC: n9005XSABMI1
I just have a few questions:
1) I want to flash the UK firmware however i want the option to go back to the Australian firmware in the future without tripping knox. Which firmware is the best to use? I've been reading that updating to MJ3 wont allow u to downgrade or root the device without tripping knox
2) What does MJ6, MJ3, MI7 refer to? Is it the AP?
3) How do I go about flashing the firmware?
3)Can anyone link me to any good guides or webpages that will explain everything (like what AP and CSC mean and their significance?)
If you could point me to any other information that I should/need to know abouting flashing to other region's firmware that would be greatly appreciated. As I said I'm very knew to android, it's much more difficult to get ur head around compared to the iCraps
Hi,
I used this firmware BTU-N9005XXUDMJ7. If you do a Google search you should come up with it (That's what I did). I cam from the stock Virgin Australia rom (Which is really an Optus one).
Root first using the Universal Root de la Vega v0.2 method.
Purchase Mobil Odin Pro app from Google Play
When flashing I did not flash the modems, apparently this helps with downgrading to the stock Australian firmware is required (I am not sure if this is true as I have not tried it).
I've had no issues with it and flashed with mobile Odin twice using the same firmware as I have been experimenting with the Sony media apps to try and get everything working. Read the mobile Odin thread to get the lowdown on how to use it. To not flash the modems you select each section individually (you'll see what I mean in the app).
I only did this last night but haven't had any issues so far (other than me playing around with the system files and stuffing up).
Hi Guys,
I am new to Android coming over from being a 4th Gen iphone user. I presently upgraded to the Galaxy Note 3. My model is SM-N900W8 and with a Canadian carrier. I was trying to follow the Root_De_La_Vega method to root my phone and keep my Knox Security intact.
This is the link to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46389503&postcount=2
My AP file is not listed: N900W8VLUBMJ4
The CSC folder link to obtain the CSC tar file has been removed. I'm not sure how to proceed from here onward. Can someone please advise how to root this version of the Note 3 and still keep Knox intact.
This is my first post on this forum and not sure if I'm in the correct posting.
Thanks man!!!
Goliathius said:
Hi Guys,
I am new to Android coming over from being a 4th Gen iphone user. I presently upgraded to the Galaxy Note 3. My model is SM-N900W8 and with a Canadian carrier. I was trying to follow the Root_De_La_Vega method to root my phone and keep my Knox Security intact.
This is the link to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46389503&postcount=2
My AP file is not listed: N900W8VLUBMJ4
The CSC folder link to obtain the CSC tar file has been removed. I'm not sure how to proceed from here onward. Can someone please advise how to root this version of the Note 3 and still keep Knox intact.
This is my first post on this forum and not sure if I'm in the correct posting.
Thanks man!!!
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You should always post quotes in the Q&A forum, not in General.
Read the threads about UNIVERSAL Root De La Vega (URDLV). Also there are 1-2 good threads on the W8 model - normally (on N9005) you could not be able to root MJ4 and keep knox 0x0 but you might still have a small chance on N900W8.
Goliathius said:
Hi Guys,
I am new to Android coming over from being a 4th Gen iphone user. I presently upgraded to the Galaxy Note 3. My model is SM-N900W8 and with a Canadian carrier. I was trying to follow the Root_De_La_Vega method to root my phone and keep my Knox Security intact.
This is the link to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46389503&postcount=2
My AP file is not listed: N900W8VLUBMJ4
The CSC folder link to obtain the CSC tar file has been removed. I'm not sure how to proceed from here onward. Can someone please advise how to root this version of the Note 3 and still keep Knox intact.
This is my first post on this forum and not sure if I'm in the correct posting.
Thanks man!!!
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Check This Tread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618633
hey guys, i just moved onto galaxy note 3 n9005 LTE modle. But it is still running in jb 4.3 and i want to update it to kitkat. If i download a latest firmware from sammobile or something and odin it will i loose my knox counter? if its possible which firmware to pick? does the region mater? Highly appreciate your guidance. Thanks in advance.
My Devices details.
AP :N9005XXUDMJ7
CP :N9005XXUDMJ7
CSC :N9005ODDCML2
pathfinder906 said:
hey guys, i just moved onto galaxy note 3 n9005 LTE modle. But it is still running in jb 4.3 and i want to update it to kitkat. If i download a latest firmware from sammobile or something and odin it will i loose my knox counter? if its possible which firmware to pick? does the region mater? Highly appreciate your guidance. Thanks in advance.
My Devices details.
AP :N9005XXUDMJ7
CP :N9005XXUDMJ7
CSC :N9005ODDCML2
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you can download from the mirror here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643109
(if you find samfirmware is slow).
If you only flash original firmware, it won't trigger KNOX. region doesn't matter. just pick up the latest one, and don't forget to tick "upgrade bootloader" when you are flashing with ODIN PC. Otherwise, ..... mmm... better not think if you never tick it.
Do you have any real reason to upgrade, other than "to have the latest android version, because THEY say it's better" ?
Maybe this thread will show you the pain in the *** that kitkat is on Note 3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2709623
And also, here, the end of that story:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51890578&postcount=22
Maybe you'll think again about upgrading (just my humble opinion).
Good luck,
Hi
I have been looking for info on how to flash my Note 3 back to stock. The instructions I have found says to use ODIN to flash stock firmware. Is this correct?
This is the website to the guide in question.
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-repair/how-to-unroot-galaxy-note-3/
The link to get the firmware takes me to the following page but it does not contain the international firmware.
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-stock-firmware/
When I go to the website it links to, and search for the firmware by entering SM-N9005. I get a list of models that contains 2 UK models and I am not sure which is the right one for my device.
http://samfirmware.com/
I someone could please help me out I would really appreciate it.
Yes, it's correct. You will get back to Stock flashing this FIRMWARE via ODIN (remember extract the .zip file and use only the .tar/.md5 file).
Thanks for both answering my questions, and especially for reminding me about extracting the zip.
Hi all, just updated the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to CyanogenMod 5.1.1 ROM. Phone doesn't recognize SIM card (I live in UK) anymore, baseband is showing as "unknown" under the About Phone section. Please can someone let me know where I can download the Baseband/Modem firmware for SM-N910F?
Many thanks!
You could attempt to download the full stock firmware by either using 'Samfirm' or the website 'Sammobile'
Unbranded Note 4 CSC is BTU but it is currently still on Android 5.0.1 but the modem and bootloader will still work fine with Cyanogenmod ROMs.
Right, I did download the official Samsung firmware N910FXXU1BOC5 from a website, but when flashing with Odin 3.09 I was getting a error. So I ended up using the customized ROM which didn't seem to have the baseband/model inside. How could I extract the baseband from the official firmware in MD5 format?
kevin.jiang said:
Right, I did download the official Samsung firmware N910FXXU1BOC5 from a website, but when flashing with Odin 3.09 I was getting a error. So I ended up using the customized ROM which didn't seem to have the baseband/model inside. How could I extract the baseband from the official firmware in MD5 format?
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Bootloader
Modem
Put your phone in download mode manually (Pull the battery out and put it back in after 10 seconds and then hold volume down + Home button and power on the device) Then connect it to your PC and run Odin as Admin and flash the bootloader and modem.
Make sure you uninstall Kies if you have it installed.
Battlehero said:
Bootloader
Modem
Put your phone in download mode manually (Pull the battery out and put it back in after 10 seconds and then hold volume down + Home button and power on the device) Then connect it to your PC and run Odin as Admin and flash the bootloader and modem.
Make sure you uninstall Kies if you have it installed.
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Hi mate,
I have a quick question with which I hope you can help (if you have the time of course ). There is a newer firmware version for UK, which is COK3 (and O2, which is what I have), and I'd like to update to this one, but the only way I know would be to update the phone entirely and then root it again and install whatever mod rom I'm using from there. However, this would be a painful lot of work. Do you know (or mind sharing) how to extract the baseband from an official md5 release so as to update this only or as well as the bootloader? Is there any way to put the entire firmware md5 file on Odin and tell the software to update just one thing?
I saw that you did just that above and I'm having some trouble with the phone connection being lost quite often, so it would be of great help.
Many thanks in advance for your help mate!
Cheers
paieneso said:
Hi mate,
I have a quick question with which I hope you can help (if you have the time of course ). There is a newer firmware version for UK, which is COK3 (and O2, which is what I have), and I'd like to update to this one, but the only way I know would be to update the phone entirely and then root it again and install whatever mod rom I'm using from there. However, this would be a painful lot of work. Do you know (or mind sharing) how to extract the baseband from an official md5 release so as to update this only or as well as the bootloader? Is there any way to put the entire firmware md5 file on Odin and tell the software to update just one thing?
I saw that you did just that above and I'm having some trouble with the phone connection being lost quite often, so it would be of great help.
Many thanks in advance for your help mate!
Cheers
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You can check my signature for the latest modems and bootloaders.
Tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/guide-extract-bootloader-make-flashable-t2864264
Battlehero said:
You can check my signature for the latest modems and bootloaders.
Tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/guide-extract-bootloader-make-flashable-t2864264
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Thanks for the quick response mate! You are the man! I still have a couple of questions though. Firstly, what's the difference between the cp and bl files in the link in your signature? I take it that bl stands for bootloader, but not sure of what cp stands for then. In any case, the most important bit I need/want is the baseband, and since I'm in the UK and my network carrier is O2, I believe the XXU1COK3 (as per Sammobile) would be my best bet, is that right? Will it make much of a difference with the XXU1COJ3 that I have installed right now? In any case, is the bl-cok3.tar file in your link the same XXI1COK3 baseband?
Secondly, that other post that you included is for a galaxy s3 and within that topic they link to a galaxy s4 topic, will those files and guidelines also work for our note 4?
Finally, I have TWRP recovery and within advanced backup I can individually backup the boot (which I imagine is the bootloader) and the modem (which I suppose is the baseband as such). Do you know if I could I install a new firmware through Odin and, backup the modem and boot, and then restore everything but those two things from an different rom backup? Have you ever tried?
Thank you for your time bro! I know that these might be a little bit of a newbie's questions but for more thar I search, I can't find anything close enough to answer what I'm asking.
paieneso said:
Thanks for the quick response mate! You are the man! I still have a couple of questions though. Firstly, what's the difference between the cp and bl files in the link in your signature? I take it that bl stands for bootloader, but not sure of what cp stands for then. In any case, the most important bit I need/want is the baseband, and since I'm in the UK and my network carrier is O2, I believe the XXU1COK3 (as per Sammobile) would be my best bet, is that right? Will it make much of a difference with the XXU1COJ3 that I have installed right now? In any case, is the bl-cok3.tar file in your link the same XXI1COK3 baseband?
Secondly, that other post that you included is for a galaxy s3 and within that topic they link to a galaxy s4 topic, will those files and guidelines also work for our note 4?
Finally, I have TWRP recovery and within advanced backup I can individually backup the boot (which I imagine is the bootloader) and the modem (which I suppose is the baseband as such). Do you know if I could I install a new firmware through Odin and, backup the modem and boot, and then restore everything but those two things from an different rom backup? Have you ever tried?
Thank you for your time bro! I know that these might be a little bit of a newbie's questions but for more thar I search, I can't find anything close enough to answer what I'm asking.
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In the bootloader and modem folders I have included the latest Odin, if you use that the 'CP' and 'BL' will make sense.
CP= Modem
BL=Bootloader
The steps should still work for the Note4.
I don't back-up and restore bootloaders or modems using TWRP.
Battlehero said:
In the bootloader and modem folders I have included the latest Odin, if you use that the 'CP' and 'BL' will make sense.
CP= Modem
BL=Bootloader
The steps should still work for the Note4.
I don't back-up and restore bootloaders or modems using TWRP.
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Aah OK, that makes sense. But then the modem I am talking about is not in that list, is it? However, the bootloader is I think. Is there any chance you could extract the xxu1cok3 modem for the UK and O2 to add it to your list? ?? Pretty sure other people would appreciate it too, I know I would :good:
paieneso said:
Aah OK, that makes sense. But then the modem I am talking about is not in that list, is it? However, the bootloader is I think. Is there any chance you could extract the xxu1cok3 modem for the UK and O2 to add it to your list? ?? Pretty sure other people would appreciate it too, I know I would :good:
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The modem isn't COK3, only the bootloader was.
The modem was COJ3.
Battlehero said:
The modem isn't COK3, only the bootloader was.
The modem was COJ3.
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Yep, that's what I thought. And the coj3 is the modem I have now (not working so well ). As I said, Any chance you could extract the cok3 modem from the full firmware to add it to your list?
Thanks in any case mate!
paieneso said:
Yep, that's what I thought. And the coj3 is the modem I have now (not working so well ). As I said, Any chance you could extract the cok3 modem from the full firmware to add it to your list?
Thanks in any case mate!
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I don't see a point in doing that, it won't make a difference. The firmware does not have a 'COK3' modem. So I can't extract it if it doesn't exist. The O2U firmware had a bootloader of COK3, CSC of COJ1 and modem of COJ3.
If the modem isn't working well then you should flash a stock firmware for your region and apply the appropriate CSC.
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I don't see a point in doing that, it won't make a difference. The firmware does not have a 'COK3' modem. So I can't extract it if it doesn't exist. The O2U firmware had a bootloader of COK3, CSC of COJ1 and modem of COJ3.
If the modem isn't working well then you should flash a stock firmware for your region and apply the appropriate CSC.
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Oooooouuuch! Sorry mate, my bad, I must ve read it wrong and only seen what i wanted to see. I was convinced I saw that that firmware release came with modem too.
In any event, thanks mate as you saved me a lot of time wasting with that last attachment