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[Q] Is there no CWM for N900A (AT&T)?

(I hope this is the right forum for this question )
I just rooted my Note 3 and I can't find a CWM Recovery for the AT&T version. I've seen ones for N900, but I doubt that it's for the AT&T variant.
And Is there a way to flash custom roms without a recovery like CWM?

No to all of the above. There is an AT&T specific forum for all AT&T related Dev but you'll notice no recoveries and no ROMs yet, only root methods for now.

Your phone has a locked bootloader. That's why..you don't have custom recovery..
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Adrian412 said:
(I hope this is the right forum for this question )
I just rooted my Note 3 and I can't find a CWM Recovery for the AT&T version. I've seen ones for N900, but I doubt that it's for the AT&T variant.
And Is there a way to flash custom roms without a recovery like CWM?
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Have a look here think there's one www.galaxynote3root.com

no cwm for ATT Note 3 STILL.....ugh
jaythenut said:
Have a look here think there's one www.galaxynote3root.com
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Nope. Not for n900a (ATT) STILL.....ugh!

Still no cwm or twrp for note 3 on att (n900a)??
The files here would not install for me
http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/note3/hlteatt/safestrap
But im not sure they were being downloaded properly and I dont have a pc right now

ryaske said:
Still no cwm or twrp for note 3 on att (n900a)??
The files here would not install for me
http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/note3/hlteatt/safestrap
But im not sure they were being downloaded properly and I dont have a pc right now
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Not available still. Safestrap is the best you'll get out there still and it works great.
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I dont know why it wasnt installing but I seem to have it now (safe strap). Since it includes twrp, im able to do full backups.. all set for my needs
Thanks!

ryaske said:
I dont know why it wasnt installing but I seem to have it now (safe strap). Since it includes twrp, im able to do full backups.. all set for my needs
Thanks!
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Bingo. It's a bit different but as long as I can backup I don't care and TiBackup isn't the same and frankly I don't like it at all. There's always issues with titanium so I quit using it long ago.
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faslane said:
Bingo. It's a bit different but as long as I can backup I don't care and TiBackup isn't the same and frankly I don't like it at all. There's always issues with titanium so I quit using it long ago.
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I feel like they both have their place. TWRP/CWM image files only restore the whole system. That means you cant even restore the backup to a different model phone. (I use this between warranty replacements of the same make/model)
TWRP also lets me make a backup of the system "as it is"... so if an update is forced to me, I can always just restore a backup to get back to the last one. IT also covers me if I change a setting that screws things up. Especially with SafeStrap .... I can always keep myself running on a virtual partition and just back it up / restore that one to stock as necessary to bail myself out.
TiBu allows me to back up any single file or app, and restore it (AND ALL IT'S DATA) on any android phone what so ever. No reboots, no touching any other files. Sometimes that app isnt ready to work on that new model ... or sometimes system apps cant be restored ...... but otherwise, it is invaluable to get my setup onto the next/upgraded phone with as little setup as is necessary. IT also lets me save older versions of my apps and restore them as necessary. Plus incremental backups means even if my phone and sd card eat **** (lost the phone and not able to recover it), I will have my apps backed up on dropbox. All I need is a new physical Note3+sd card, 2 hours to restore everything, and I'm back in business
I am a paid user of both TWRP and TiBu for this reason
The downside of these apps? They both require you to root. That means you technically void the warranty on your phone. However, there are plenty of methods available to remove all traces .. so in the end, if you care enough to spend the time, you can transform this phone between stock/unrooted/normal/warranty in effect and modified/rooted/customized/warranty void. At will

JTAG to retrieve my data

Hi all,
Timepin( lockscreen pin lock by JC) has recently lock me out of my note 3. Both my password and default password does not work. I'm rooted using URDLV and mobile Odin to x-note 7 ROM so my bootloader is old Mi7 but my Knox is still 0x0.
Author JC has advice me to factory reset and I'll not loose root and I'll have to JTAG if I want to retrieve my data before I factory reset.
My question is how do I JTAG to retrieve my data and is there an alternative before I factory reset my phone.
Thx for your help in advance.

ddogishere said:
Hi all,
Timepin( lockscreen pin lock by JC) has recently lock me out of my note 3. Both my password and default password does not work. I'm rooted using URDLV and mobile Odin to x-note 7 ROM so my bootloader is old Mi7 but my Knox is still 0x0.
Author JC has advice me to factory reset and I'll not loose root and I'll have to JTAG if I want to retrieve my data before I factory reset.
My question is how do I JTAG to retrieve my data and is there an alternative before I factory reset my phone.
Thx for your help in advance.
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If it is worth taking apart your phone, rewiring your CPU circuits and then fusing it all back together just to retrieve some data, then go do it. You don't usually use JTag for anything but fixing a bricked phone or bypassing some hardcoded security algorithm.
Using JTag to recover data makes no sense, you void your warranty and the price would be high even if you do it yourself or give it to someone else.

See my post in timepin thread, there is detailed method, there is not need to restore or install new rom.... I will write in hurry here.... Go to recovery and using file manager or using adb delete this file
/data/system/lockscreen.db and boot your phone, there will not be any pin, password or pattern etc you can use your phone fine
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ravian29 said:
See my post in timepin thread, there is detailed method, there is not need to restore or install new rom.... I will write in hurry here.... Go to recovery and using file manager or using adb delete this file
/data/system/lockscreen.db and boot your phone, there will not be any pin, password or pattern etc you can use your phone fine
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I'm on stock recovery that option is not available to me
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ddogishere said:
I'm on stock recovery that option is not available to me
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Download and install aroma file manager, its a file manager in .zip. You need to flash this zip like normal cwm .zip files..... After flashing a file manager will run
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ravian29 said:
Download and install aroma file manager, its a file manager in .zip. You need to flash this zip like normal cwm .zip files..... After flashing a file manager will run
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Flash it how, via Odin or stock recovery? My PC cannot view my files as the phone is locked. And remember I don't want loose my warranty by tripping Knox
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ddogishere said:
Flash it how, via Odin or stock recovery? My PC cannot view my files as the phone is locked. And remember I don't want loose my warranty by tripping Knox
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If you have used your stock recovery to flash zip files and it flashes then you are able to use it, i never used stock recovery so i am not sure stock recoveries flash .zip tweaks and themes etc.... If they do then you are able to use it....
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ravian29 said:
If you have used your stock recovery to flash zip files and it flashes then you are able to use it, i never used stock recovery so i am not sure stock recoveries flash .zip tweaks and themes etc.... If they do then you are able to use it....
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Yeah I think it will trip Knox
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ddogishere said:
Hi all,
Timepin( lockscreen pin lock by JC) has recently lock me out of my note 3. Both my password and default password does not work. I'm rooted using URDLV and mobile Odin to x-note 7 ROM so my bootloader is old Mi7 but my Knox is still 0x0.
Author JC has advice me to factory reset and I'll not loose root and I'll have to JTAG if I want to retrieve my data before I factory reset.
My question is how do I JTAG to retrieve my data and is there an alternative before I factory reset my phone.
Thx for your help in advance.
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Do you have USB debugging still enabled on the phone and your PC USB already approved for that? Since in that case you can use ADB even without your password!

xclub_101 said:
Do you have USB debugging still enabled on the phone and your PC USB already approved for that? Since in that case you can use ADB even without your password!
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Yeah i think so, so how do I use ADB?
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ddogishere said:
Yeah i think so, so how do I use ADB?
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You start the phone, leave it in the locked screen and then plug-in the USB and then you run something like
adb shell
If that works it means you can do some stuff from there. Like reading/writing anything (as long as you also gave adb root permissions). Run just
adb
on the PC and you will see a list of commands, for instance with
adb pull
you can get files from the phone.
If the password problem is strictly in a program (and not in the OS) you can also uninstall that program with
adb uninstall

nicholaschum said:
If it is worth taking apart your phone, rewiring your CPU circuits and then fusing it all back together just to retrieve some data, then go do it. You don't usually use JTag for anything but fixing a bricked phone or bypassing some hardcoded security algorithm.
Using JTag to recover data makes no sense, you void your warranty and the price would be high even if you do it yourself or give it to someone else.
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Using JTAG to recover data is a common way of doing so, and an advisable way when it appears to be some data corruption (which is the likely cause of this issue). Getting someone to dump the data shouldn't cost more than $35-50usd unless you need someone with forensic background for some reason (not needed) here.

jcase said:
Using JTAG to recover data is a common way of doing so, and an advisable way when it appears to be some data corruption (which is the likely cause of this issue). Getting someone to dump the data shouldn't cost more than $35-50usd unless you need someone with forensic background for some reason (not needed) here.
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But the thing is, I wouldn't ever take apart my phone, voiding all warranty just to recover some data. I believe the majority of the people won't either.
Unless the phone is not broken, people would just give that data up.

nicholaschum said:
But the thing is, I wouldn't ever take apart my phone, voiding all warranty just to recover some data. I believe the majority of the people won't either.
Unless the phone is not broken, people would just give that data up.
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Many people yes. This user told me in email he had no adb access, it now appears to be a different case.
With adb he can dump the info, or just use root (since he is rooted) to delete /data/data/com.cunninglogic.dynamicpin/shared_prefs/* and the /data/system/password.key (or likely on his device I think elsewhere, possible /data/system/LockSettings.db).
Data recovery via jtag is common.

[q] can not copy nandroid backup from pc to internal memory

this is my second note 3. first one rooted it tripped knox warrenty, installed philz cwm anf flashed kitkat 4.4.2. everything was great for a few weeks till I done 2 nandroid backups. I tried to move them to pc which was not a problem, but when I came to delete them from internal memory they would not delete I believe due to the write protection enable. so long story short got phone replaced under warrenty even with knox tripped (lomg story). I just flashed kitkt 4.4 and rooted my device and flashed philz cwm, I came to copy my last nandroid backup to internal memory to do a restore and it wont let me. it says this device is no longer connected. but I can go into any other directory and copy it. can somebody plz help????????????

Didn't learn from first time?

shotgun1976 said:
this is my second note 3. first one rooted it tripped knox warrenty, installed philz cwm anf flashed kitkat 4.4.2. everything was great for a few weeks till I done 2 nandroid backups. I tried to move them to pc which was not a problem, but when I came to delete them from internal memory they would not delete I believe due to the write protection enable. so long story short got phone replaced under warrenty even with knox tripped (lomg story). I just flashed kitkt 4.4 and rooted my device and flashed philz cwm, I came to copy my last nandroid backup to internal memory to do a restore and it wont let me. it says this device is no longer connected. but I can go into any other directory and copy it. can somebody plz help????????????
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If I were you I would do a nandroid backup onto an external SD, that way in case I can't boot and push files into the phone's internal storage, I will always be able to restore from extSD.

You shod use with the best recovery TWRP
really best
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Your asking for trouble!
Your backup is for a different phone,the hardware will have different id's etc.
In short,don't even bother.

So cause i got a new phone even thou its still a note 3 n9005. It has a diffrent id? When i lot titainium backup it says would you like to restore previous phone id. Would that fix it?
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Thats an easy fix. I just copy internal memory to pc and recopy everything but my nandroid backups.
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shotgun1976 said:
So cause i got a new phone even thou its still a note 3 n9005. It has a diffrent id? When i lot titainium backup it says would you like to restore previous phone id. Would that fix it?
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Never restore Device A's Nandroid on Device B. It will brick.
You can use a Play Store app to extract parts of a Nandroid to your device without bricking.

Thanks nicholaschum for the good advice. What play store app can I use?
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shotgun1976 said:
Thanks nicholaschum for the good advice. What play store app can I use?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
Apps like these...

Thanks bro
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Newbie S4 TOWELROOTED next steps

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I just had my S4 rooted w TowelRoot. This is my first rooted Android. I installed titanium pro and have backed up some apps then Uninstalled said bloatware. I have been trying to find out how to do a Nandroid or complete backup so that I can move forward with my learning in safety. If anyone can guide me with the steps to do next I would greatly appreciate it. The videos and info I've seen has not been on point. Thank you

You have to flash a custom recovery first before you can make a nandroid backup.
But notice that this will increase the Knox counter
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Your first android with root
this is
nothing more to you because it is S4
everything leads to tripped Knox and void the warranty
the choice is yours

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Any suggestions on which custom recovery I should look into for back up

I'm not concerned about the warranty. I thought you're supposed to backup the system before you flash anything. I wasn't in a hurry to flash a new rom or os because I'm a novice on rooting and I wanted to see what apps and freedoms I have in its present condition. But before I attempt to Delete something like ANT I wanted to do a system backup because the warning said ant is tied in to.....

Just chose "backup all user apps + system data. This its a complete backup from all apps and their data. So you can delete system apps you won't use and don't have to worry about the function of your devise, because you still have a backup.
A system backup or nandroid backup is something different and you can only do one if you flashe a custom recovery.
But then Knox counter will increase
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Note 3 - SM-9005 - How to root in 2018 - help needed!

Hello Gentlemen,
Let me try to keep this short.
I got a new Android phone recently and had planned to port all my app backups from the N9005.
As things happen, I ran the Samsung app for backup and did a factory reset before checking the same.
The backup made a fool out of me, nearly all the crucial stuff is missing.
So now I need to recover the settings from the post "factory reset" Note 3.
What would be the fastest and least painful way to-
a. Root the SM9005;
b. Recover the backup (XML files for tasker, Aquamail, Biz Calendar and so on);
c. Unroot the app and be done with it.
I need to unroot as the last step as I plan to have the phone loaded with a kid friendly UI and keep it for the kids for long trips. Do not want anything wary taking over it.
Any suggestions and help is welcome!
Thanks,
CKhurana

Your data were erased during the factory reset.

Agreed
zlazaar said:
Your data were erased during the factory reset.
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Agreed.The data is gone.Poof removed from existance.Unless you have a Partition on your phone intact.
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Atifbaig786 said:
AgreedAgreed.The data is gone.Poof removed from existance.Unless you have a Partition on your phone intact.
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Yeah, I know. But a recovery is possible AFAIK until the free space is overwritten? Just like any disk based data recovery happens?
Can you help me with options on the root?
Thanks,
Chetan

Well the simplest one without hassle is either flashing recovery IMG and rooting via SuperSU.

Atifbaig786 said:
Well the simplest one without hassle is either flashing recovery IMG and rooting via SuperSU.
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ok, so this should work, right?

ckhurana said:
ok, so this should work, right?
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Hell yeah