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[Q] So many issues... (Kies, Recovery, Firmware)

Hello.First post here.
I currently have been using CM11 for a few months now but miss some features on stock. (multiwindow, air view) so I installed Sacs ROM.
Everything was working great today except a known problem is wifi will not work due to radio opbstructions (i believe). So i attempted to change the baseband to MF9.
At first, Odin started then immidately it failed. The error read 'Fused 4 Binary 1'
So i assumed it was a connection error. I loaded back into download mode and tried again. Failed.
At this point i thought screw it, and took the battery out. tried to reboot and stuck at the soft brick "Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
I installed Kies. Plugged in my phone. Drivers installed but Kies will not connect. Try to do 'Firmware Upgrade and Initialization'
However Kies will NOT accpet my S/N number. i tried everything. writing it all out or with a space every 3 numbers or with 'DEC' at the front. nothing worked.
I even called sprint to double check S/N (ESN/DEC)
so basically I'm soft bricked and Kies is screwing me over. Any ideas?

Have you tried to odin back to stock?
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Have you tried to odin back to stock?
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thats the one thing i want to avoid.
by reverting to stock wont i lose root access? i have a backup of my old CM ROM from before i flashed sacs. should i revert to stock then restore to CM then reinstall Sacs?

whatthe_fuzz said:
thats the one thing i want to avoid.
by reverting to stock wont i lose root access? i have a backup of my old CM ROM from before i flashed sacs. should i revert to stock then restore to CM then reinstall Sacs?
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Yes but it takes all but about 30 seconds to root again
You could go straight to sacs after rooting.
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daniel4653 said:
Yes but it takes all but about 30 seconds to root again
You could go straight to sacs after rooting.
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ok that might leave me with a cleaner install also.
wheres the stock file i can flash on Odin?
also how should i update the radio if it didnt work the first time?
Thank you for the help

whatthe_fuzz said:
ok that might leave me with a cleaner install also.
wheres the stock file i can flash on Odin?
also how should i update the radio if it didnt work the first time?
Thank you for the help
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If you flash a full stock tar you won't have to flash radio.
Do a search please for the tar.
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leaderbuilder said:
If you flash a full stock tar you won't have to flash radio.
Do a search please for the tar.
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i searched around and eventually found a working .md5 file. its apparently is stock. got my phone to start booting but it got stuck at the yellow sprint screen. im going to try to boot into safe mode. any ideas how to access my recovery file? i have one form CWM and one from Ti Backup

which tar did you flash through Odin? MF9, MK2 or NAE?
IF you were on MF9 and flashed the full MF9 tar you can try and flash again. Just power off phone completely, go to download mode, attach and run Odin. (same for MK2 or NAE) BUT if you tried flashing MJA/MK2 or NAE you cannot go back to MF9. Things you should have read about already.
If it hangs on boot after flashing, power off completely, boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset and then let it restart first reboot can take 5 to 10 earth minutes.
You can then root via CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, install goomanager to grab a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) OR Odin said recoveries (Philz, TWRP etc.)

leaderbuilder said:
which tar did you flash through Odin? MF9, MK2 or NAE?
IF you were on MF9 and flashed the full MF9 tar you can try and flash again. Just power off phone completely, go to download mode, attach and run Odin. (same for MK2 or NAE) BUT if you tried flashing MJA/MK2 or NAE you cannot go back to MF9. Things you should have read about already.
If it hangs on boot after flashing, power off completely, boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset and then let it restart first reboot can take 5 to 10 earth minutes.
You can then root via CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, install goomanager to grab a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) OR Odin said recoveries (Philz, TWRP etc.)
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I think i fixed it.
Problems resolved.
The issue was i had Sacs v4 which didnt support wifi and i read that it needed MF9 firmware.
i had a lapse in judgement and without thinking tried to go back from MJA. didnt catch it until now.
I eventually found the correct stock file. eventually got into the phone. rerooted and in the process of install the proper sacs ROM (v5.6)
this was a simple error that i shouldve caught thanks guys!
hopefully this ROM will work with wifi...
BTW, all my backups were wiped

Your backups weren't on your external sd? Ooo, that sucks. Glad you got it.
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[Q] nb1 update failed

I downgraded from nb1 to mk2, so i could use root, but i really miss google camera. So i tried to just go through the at&t software updater, and downloaded the nb1 file and rebooted to install it. it stops installing at 28% and reboots into mk2 and tells me the upgrade failed.
is there anything i can do?

Are you using Odin and the tar file in post 2 of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360?

jd1639 said:
Are you using Odin and the tar file in post 2 of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360?
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I was using ota. oops!

[Q] Not so noob (new to note 3) question

Okay,
Ive been rooting and romming for a few years (original Verizon droid, Verizon thunderbolt with Rom Manager (ClockworkMod), An AT&T Samsung SII (ClockworkMod) and was out a year with a stupid RAZR Maxx. Ive used Odin a few times to un-Softbrick my SII so I'm familiar with Odin.
Now I have this Note 3 and of course updated to NC4 before there was root, Just got root about a week ago with Towlroot, added SU, and safestrap 3.75. Ive tried adding Jasmin Rom and Beanstowns rom to my Note but soft bricked it twice and luckily could un-softbrick it with Odin again using the stock tars found here.
I Ive followed the instructions (I believe) for flashing a ROM on my Note but every time it tells me that the flash failed (and of course since Ive wiped everything I have no system left hence my reloading with Odin).
What am I doing wrong?
Ive enabled developer options and checked USB Debugging.
Im on build# KOT49H.N900VVRUVNC4 4.4.2
Thank all.

Using stock rom slot btw.
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jazzbass_5 said:
Okay,
Ive been rooting and romming for a few years (original Verizon droid, Verizon thunderbolt with Rom Manager (ClockworkMod), An AT&T Samsung SII (ClockworkMod) and was out a year with a stupid RAZR Maxx. Ive used Odin a few times to un-Softbrick my SII so I'm familiar with Odin.
Now I have this Note 3 and of course updated to NC4 before there was root, Just got root about a week ago with Towlroot, added SU, and safestrap 3.75. Ive tried adding Jasmin Rom and Beanstowns rom to my Note but soft bricked it twice and luckily could un-softbrick it with Odin again using the stock tars found here.
I Ive followed the instructions (I believe) for flashing a ROM on my Note but every time it tells me that the flash failed (and of course since Ive wiped everything I have no system left hence my reloading with Odin).
What am I doing wrong?
Ive enabled developer options and checked USB Debugging.
Im on build# KOT49H.N900VVRUVNC4 4.4.2
Thank all.
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I'm fairly sure any NC4 roms need the NC2 kernel to run properly. Fortunately there is a way to have NC4 firmware with the NC2 kernel. Simply flash the kernel from here and you should be able to flash any kitkat rom for retail note 3.

kinstre11 said:
I'm fairly sure any NC4 roms need the NC2 kernel to run properly. Fortunately there is a way to have NC4 firmware with the NC2 kernel. Simply flash the kernel from here and you should be able to flash any kitkat rom for retail note 3.
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That's what I thougt but just wanted to be sure, Thank you!! :good:

That didn't work.
Did a flash in Odin to stock N900VVRUCNC4 again
Followed below
Coming From Stock NC4 OTA
Step- 1 - Root Device with TowelRoot
Step- 2 - Install Busybox from play store and install busybox itself
Step- 3 - Install Hashcodes Latest Safestrap (3.75)
Step- 4 - Boot into Safestrap Select Stock Slot
Step- 5 - Wipe Data Factory Reset The Stock Slot
Step- 6 - Flash nc4 deodex rom to the stock slot
Aaaaaaand
Flash failed, So I cant get past step six.
Any Ideas? Also had to re-flash in Odin again cause I wiped factory data, no problems.. lol, just annoying.

Seeing how I don't seem to be locked out of Odin, Isn't there modded TAR I could flash in Odin? or maybe downgrade to NC2?

jazzbass_5 said:
That didn't work.
Did a flash in Odin to stock N900VVRUCNC4 again
Followed below
Coming From Stock NC4 OTA
Step- 1 - Root Device with TowelRoot
Step- 2 - Install Busybox from play store and install busybox itself
Step- 3 - Install Hashcodes Latest Safestrap (3.75)
Step- 4 - Boot into Safestrap Select Stock Slot
Step- 5 - Wipe Data Factory Reset The Stock Slot
Step- 6 - Flash nc4 deodex rom to the stock slot
Aaaaaaand
Flash failed, So I cant get past step six.
Any Ideas? Also had to re-flash in Odin again cause I wiped factory data, no problems.. lol, just annoying.
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When did you flash NC2 kernel? And no downgrade because of locked bootloader.

Followed the directions and was going to flash it after I tried flashing the rom, tried flashing it first and got an endless verizon logo. I'll try flashing it first again before I load the Rom.
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Which rom are you trying to install? I'm running JasmineRom 2.0

I tried jasmine and Baja but both fail the flash from safestrap. Tried what was recommended above to install the NC2 firmware but still can't get past the safestrapsafestrap flash. It tells me "flash failed" seconds after I try.
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Reinstal safestrap, I've never gotten a flash failure?

jazzbass_5 said:
Followed the directions and was going to flash it after I tried flashing the rom, tried flashing it first and got an endless verizon logo. I'll try flashing it first again before I load the Rom.
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You after you flash the rom via Safestrap you need to reboot into download mode and flash the NC2 kernel via odin. Did Safestrap say flash failed? Or did you hit the immediate reboot system button?
If it was the latter you need to go back to the Safestrap main menu after flashing and reboot there, it gives you more options.
If it is the former, and there is a problem flashing the rom it may be a bad download. Did you check the md5?

Its the latter of the 2 (therfore I never made it to Odin to flas the NC2 firware), I did not check the md5. I've tried different roms and get a failed flash in safestrap with all of them. I will try again after re-downloading and checking the md and let you know. I'm also going to Uninstall safestrap and reinstall it, maybe roll back from the 3.75 version.
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If the md5 checks out and it still doesn't flash, you can try reflashing the stock tar via odin > doing a factory reset to clean the system > rerooting > and trying again.
Also try this before wiping system in Safestrap prior to flashing the rom. It is a way to super clean the internal sd.

[Q] HELP! Stuck on Verizon logo on NC4

I have a Verizon Note 3 on NC4 4.4.2 rooted and unlocked and I was trying to load Jazmine 2.0 ROM with S5 features. It got stuck on the Verizon logo and I was able to get it back to stock using Safestrap. Next I tried to load the NC2 MD file on Odin and since then it is bricked. Tried to download the NC4 md5 file on Odin but still no luck. I am a bit of a n00b so I could use some help from some XDA vets here! Have flashed into Stock Rom slot, slot 1 and 2 with stock backed up ROM and still no luck at all.

washingtonwill said:
I have a Verizon Note 3 on NC4 4.4.2 rooted and unlocked and I was trying to load Jazmine 2.0 ROM with S5 features. It got stuck on the Verizon logo and I was able to get it back to stock using Safestrap. Next I tried to load the NC2 MD file on Odin and since then it is bricked. Tried to download the NC4 md5 file on Odin but still no luck. I am a bit of a n00b so I could use some help from some XDA vets here! Have flashed into Stock Rom slot, slot 1 and 2 with stock backed up ROM and still no luck at all.
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Did you take the NC4 OTA or were you on the NC2 leak? If you're on the NC2 leak you can use this guide here to go back to stock and reroot and install safestrap,etc. It's done by @droidstyle
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
If you were on the NC4 OTA you can't downgrade to MJE. I'm not sure if you can just flash the NC4 tar file in Odin that Beans has provided here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47400062&postcount=1
If you took the NC4 OTA, I'd see if someone else can chime in as I'm not sure if what I told you will work.
But as long as you boot and you can get into download mode you should be able to recover I think.

thread: [Q] HELP! Stuck on Verizon logo on NC4
Can get into download mode or recovery but it will not load safestrap for me. Trying to download the TAR file to try on Odin but nothing seems to get me past the Note 3 Custom screen after flashing a file.

Have you tried flashing just the Nc4 pit file ? If so then just flash NC4 TAR and start fresh with towel root and then safestrap 3.75

waco2hot33 said:
Have you tried flashing just the Nc4 pit file ? If so then just flash NC4 TAR and start fresh with towel root and then safestrap 3.75
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Yes the PIT file did not get me anywhere. loading the NC4 TAR right now. The biggest problem seems to be I cant get SAfestrap to work. I can boot into download mode or recovery but when I load something it doesnt load up right. Can figure out how to get into Safestrap now.

Cant boot into system

Everytime I try to boot into system, it freezes and then restarts. I just flashed lollipop OC4 rom through FlashFire? Help please

safwanz1 said:
Everytime I try to boot into system, it freezes and then restarts. I just flashed lollipop OC4 rom through FlashFire? Help please
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Did you uninstall safestrap before you use flashfire?
Do you use the rooted lolli rom mentioned in the guide or the custom lolli rom. If you use custom lolli, is that rom mentioned that it is flashfire compatible?
I understand you are on NC1 bootloader so in order to OC4 working properly, OC4 bootloader need to be flashed via odin.
If you try everything and did not work, go back to NB1 and start from there. Use the NB1 firmware that I mentioned before.

sway8966 said:
Did you uninstall safestrap before you use flashfire?
Do you use the rooted lolli rom mentioned in the guide or the custom lolli rom. If you use custom lolli, is that rom mentioned that it is flashfire compatible?
I understand you are on NC1 bootloader so in order to OC4 working properly, OC4 bootloader need to be flashed via odin.
If you try everything and did not work, go back to NB1 and start from there. Use the NB1 firmware that I mentioned before.
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So dude, when I went into download mode, everytime I tried to place that ALLAT&T file into the AP slot, it would cause Odin to freeze and not respond. Naturally, I got angry and decided to reboot into system and magically, I could use the OS again. Now I think I'm going to flash the bootloader like you said

safwanz1 said:
So dude, when I went into download mode, everytime I tried to place that ALLAT&T file into the AP slot, it would cause Odin to freeze and not respond. Naturally, I got angry and decided to reboot into system and magically, I could use the OS again. Now I think I'm going to flash the bootloader like you said
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I am sure you did extract the .md5 from the .rar. The latest odin is Version 3.10.7 but I am using version 3.10.6 for that .md5 and it went well too. Try with different odin then.

sway8966 said:
Did you uninstall safestrap before you use flashfire?
Do you use the rooted lolli rom mentioned in the guide or the custom lolli rom. If you use custom lolli, is that rom mentioned that it is flashfire compatible?
I understand you are on NC1 bootloader so in order to OC4 working properly, OC4 bootloader need to be flashed via odin.
If you try everything and did not work, go back to NB1 and start from there. Use the NB1 firmware that I mentioned before.
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sway8966 said:
I am sure you did extract the .md5 from the .rar. The latest odin is Version 3.10.7 but I am using version 3.10.6 for that .md5 and it went well too. Try with different odin then.
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Right dude, I just flashed the NC1 flasher and then i tapped reboot, now it's been on the custom unlock screen for a few minutes, what should I do?
Now i rebooted the device and I cant get into system or safestrap.

safwanz1 said:
Right dude, I just flashed the NC1 flasher and then i tapped reboot, now it's been on the custom unlock screen for a few minutes, what should I do?
Now i rebooted the device and I cant get into system or safestrap.
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Wow, NC1 flasher is to use safestrap in lollipop. It only flash the NC1 kernel.
Are you in Kitkat or lollipop. If you were in your lollipop you need to update your lollipop bootloader.
As I said before, if your phone went to softbrick just flash the NB1 firmware via odin.

I swear, you are a legend, an absolute god. The amount of help and experience you have given me, if only I could pay you (I'm 15, so I can't make a PayPal yet) Right now I'm on Albe95's Note 5 port rom.