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Stuck in a bootloop

I am having bootloop problem with my galaxy note n7000
I had stock LP8 version of ICS before. I rooted it using cf-root cwm v5.5. I took a nandroid backup of my rom. And then used triangle away app to remove the triangle. It went to special boot mode and resetted my counter.
I tried formatting my phone from clockwork recovery but failed to do so as it seemed to stuck there for long. I switched it on and restarted it went into bootloop showing galaxy note again and again.
I went ahead and flashed LP8 rom via odin. It didnt seemed to help as it was stuck again in bootloop. Tried factory wipe from stock recovery and cache wipe. Still no respite.
I thought rom was buggy and went ahead and flashed gb KK1 rom via odin. But still it didnt helped and i am stuck in the bootloop.
Please help me. Also it shows custom count as 'no' and binary as
'Samsung official'. Does it means I can claim warranty?
Sorry for the long post, but it was my first post and wanted to put all details. Please help me.
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aziz981 said:
I am having bootloop problem with my galaxy note n7000
I had stock LP8 version of ICS before. I rooted it using cf-root cwm v5.5. I took a nandroid backup of my rom. And then used triangle away app to remove the triangle. It went to special boot mode and resetted my counter.
I tried formatting my phone from clockwork recovery but failed to do so as it seemed to stuck there for long. I switched it on and restarted it went into bootloop showing galaxy note again and again.
I went ahead and flashed LP8 rom via odin. It didnt seemed to help as it was stuck again in bootloop. Tried factory wipe from stock recovery and cache wipe. Still no respite.
phone now , whats showing on the screen
I thought rom was buggy and went ahead and flashed gb KK1 rom via odin. But still it didnt helped and i am stuck in the bootloop.
Please help me. Also it shows custom count as 'no' and binary as
'Samsung official'. Does it means I can claim warranty?
Sorry for the long post, but it was my first post and wanted to put all details. Please help me.
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pretty sure cf-root v5.6 has the possible fix , 5.5 doesnt , so you have more than likely bricked your phone ( did you read any of the warnings before you started flashing...there are several of them) what is the situation with your phone now , whats showing on the screen? can you go into download mode , also there is an app for checking your emmc condition see if it passes that first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709054

Flash stock Gingerbread firmware then factory reset from recovery
DO NOT perform factory reset on stock ICS kernel or CF-Root 5.5
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If it is not yet superbricked phone won't stuck at flashing firmware.

My phone is still able to go into stock recovery and downloading mode. And flashing via odin, it completes normally and reboots. But then bootloops. About you suggesting emmc phase check, will search abou it. Thanks for advice.
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Boy124 said:
Flash stock Gingerbread firmware then factory reset from recovery
DO NOT perform factory reset on stock ICS kernel or CF-Root 5.5
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If it is not yet superbricked phone won't stuck at flashing firmware.
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I think i made that mistake before. I was on ICS kernel and cwm 5.5. And i did a factory reset. I never thought it would be a problem. Should have researched more. But please help me. Is there a workaround for this?
And flashing via odin completes normally.
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aziz981 said:
My phone is still able to go into stock recovery and downloading mode. And flashing via odin, it completes normally and reboots. But then bootloops. About you suggesting emmc phase check, will search abou it. Thanks for advice.
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If flashing succeeds, then do not worry.
As I said flash stock gingerbread rom then factory reset from recovery.
And use only safe kernels on ICS.
Safe kernels:
CF-Root 5.6 Safe but do not use it to flash roms
Franco kernel R3 and above
SpeedMod kernel
Goku kernel
NoteCore Kernel
DAFUQ kernel

Boy124 said:
If flashing succeeds, then do not worry.
As I said flash stock gingerbread rom then factory reset from recovery.
And use only safe kernels on ICS.
Safe kernels:
CF-Root 5.6 Safe but do not use it to flash roms
Franco kernel R3 and above
SpeedMod kernel
Goku kernel
NoteCore Kernel
DAFUQ kernel
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I did flash my regional stock kernel xxkk1 via odin and did factory reset too from stock recovery. But still bootloops. Do i have to flash any of the kernel above seperately? The question might seem stupid, but tell me if i got it right.. 1. Flash stock kernel 2. Factory reset 3. Flash one of the above said kernels
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Flash stock gingerbread rom with pc odin.
If it succeeds, boot into recovery (volume up + home key + power button)
then select factory reset.
then reboot.
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The kernels I mentioned in the previous post are ICS kernels. Do not use those on gingernread.

Boy124 said:
Flash stock gingerbread rom with pc odin.
If it succeeds, boot into recovery (volume up + home key + power button)
then select factory reset.
then reboot.
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The kernels I mentioned in the previous post are ICS kernels. Do not use those on gingernread.
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I already did as u said word to word. I flashed stock gb rom, succeeds in flashing, wiped factory data reset goes into bootloop. The galaxy note logo keeps appearing. Not once i flashed that twice. With same steps.
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aziz981 said:
I already did as u said word to word. I flashed stock gb rom, succeeds in flashing, wiped factory data reset goes into bootloop. The galaxy note logo keeps appearing. Not once i flashed that twice. With same steps.
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I am sorry. I really do not know what is wrong.
It does not sound like superbrick though.
Wait till experts help you with this problem, good luck.

I read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633943
and have realized that i have bricked my phone.
Because i attempted a factory wipe on unsafe official kernel and recovery cwm 5.5.
It corrupted a drive and is hardbricked.
However is there any workaround? My recovery and downloading mode both are working.
Again summarizing
1. on official kernel rooted with cf-5.5
2. Attempted factory wipe from recovery - stuck and restarting stuck in bootloop
3. Flashed the official ics kernel again - no boot up, went to recovery wiped, still stuck at logo
4. Flashed an old gb official kernel, still stuck at logo.
Is there anything i can do? Or my SGN is as good as dead?

aziz981 said:
I read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633943
and have realized that i have bricked my phone.
Because i attempted a factory wipe on unsafe official kernel and recovery cwm 5.5.
It corrupted a drive and is hardbricked.
However is there any workaround? My recovery and downloading mode both are working.
Again summarizing
1. on official kernel rooted with cf-5.5
2. Attempted factory wipe from recovery - stuck and restarting stuck in bootloop
3. Flashed the official ics kernel again - no boot up, went to recovery wiped, still stuck at logo
4. Flashed an old gb official kernel, still stuck at logo.
Is there anything i can do? Or my SGN is as good as dead?
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There are threads on getting it working again with the use of pit files and partitioning etc but you may end up with hardly any storage left and might still not be usable.either take it in to Samsung service center or send it in and tell them you had an ota update and it never rebooted or say you did a factory reset as your phone was acting up..Don't tell them any thing about rooting or roms... it was on stock .you get me! They will change your mobo for free then mate

@denny said:
There are threads on getting it working again with the use of pit files and partitioning etc but you may end up with hardly any storage left and might still not be usable.either take it in to Samsung service center or send it in and tell them you had an ota update and it never rebooted or say you did a factory reset as your phone was acting up..Don't tell them any thing about rooting or roms... it was on stock .you get me! They will change your mobo for free then mate
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Yes, thanks for the tip mate.
I was planning to do the same and that too today. Also the counter says no and binary as samsung official on the downloading mode. This means they can never know if it was rooted? Am i correct? Just this last question. Thanks for your replies. They were helpful..
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aziz981 said:
Yes, thanks for the tip mate.
I was planning to do the same and that too today. Also the counter says no and binary as samsung official on the downloading mode. This means they can never know if it was rooted? Am i correct? Just this last question. Thanks for your replies. They were helpful..
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No yellow triangle, counter is zero, custom binary says NO, can't boot up => there's no way to check if it was rooted.

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No yellow triangle, counter is zero, custom binary says NO, can't boot up => there's no way to check if it was rooted.
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Yup all true. Puts asides my worries...
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I've done something similar to my note, despite flashing stock gb etc through odin (which goes through with no errors etc..) i'm still stuck at the galaxy note startup screen. If i try an ICS stock rom it'll go a little further to the samsung startup logo/jingle and then sits there.
is there nothing that can be done at this point?
my binary count is 4 now so i'm guessing i will have to pay samsung to get it resolved if it is indeed bricked, does anyone know who much this is likely to cost?
also, is there a way of determining for sure if my phone is bricked/caught he emmc bug?.
thanks all in advance, i spent hours and hours trying to get my phone back so i'm pretty deperate now.

aziz981 said:
Yup all true. Puts asides my worries...
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that what happen to my note as well .... i did not read carefully and preform the full wipe and superbrick my note and use the same excuse saying OTA update to 4.0 and after it reboot i got my phone brick
samsung refuse to give me warranty on it as in my recovery screen i have a something like a "phone . . yellow exclamation . . monitor" and stated firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recover mode in kies & try again "

You had a binary counter and the custom firmware yellow triangle it seems :-(. That explains it, it is an indicator that you flashed unofficial firmware to your phone and voided the warranty
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Markuzy said:
You had a binary counter and the custom firmware yellow triangle it seems :-(. That explains it, it is an indicator that you flashed unofficial firmware to your phone and voided the warranty
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in download mode ... my binary counter is zero and no yellow triangle ...

Russc73 said:
I've done something similar to my note, despite flashing stock gb etc through odin (which goes through with no errors etc..) i'm still stuck at the galaxy note startup screen. If i try an ICS stock rom it'll go a little further to the samsung startup logo/jingle and then sits there.
is there nothing that can be done at this point?
my binary count is 4 now so i'm guessing i will have to pay samsung to get it resolved if it is indeed bricked, does anyone know who much this is likely to cost?
also, is there a way of determining for sure if my phone is bricked/caught he emmc bug?.
thanks all in advance, i spent hours and hours trying to get my phone back so i'm pretty deperate now.
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Ur note is pretty much hosed. U had the exact same issue that i had. But samsung replaced my motherboard for free as counter was zero. Now they can replace the mobo.. and the associted cost with it.
Are u sure it is hardbricked, have u tried jtag usb jig to recover it back? It may not work..but worth a try
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Flash counter question

I recently rooted my phone just to install an app to let me log some issues I'm having with my phone and unfortunately I can't find the problem. I'm going to send in my galaxy S4 to be repaired by Samsung but I want to ensure that they don't know that I rooted my phone. I unrooted the phone using odin and flashed the stock firmware to the phone. In the phone's settings it says "Official" for device status and when I boot the phone into download mode the Current Binary Says: "Samsung Official" and the System Status says "Official". The unrooting guide I used advised me to use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter. However, even when the phone was rooted, the current binary said "Samsung Official" so I decided to go ahead and unroot it without resetting the flash counter. I never flashed a custom rom to the phone. The only thing I did was root it. So, since the current binary said "Samsung Official" before and after unrooting the phone, am I ok to send it in? I'd rather not root the phone again just to reset the counter when it already says "Samsung Official".

Nor did I install a custom recovery.

Anyone?

theloneranger08 said:
Anyone?
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Factory reset and you should be good

tyshemi said:
Factory reset and you should be good
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Do I need to do a factory reset even if it already says "Samsung Official". I thought that the only time you need to do a factory reset is if your phone gets stuck in a boot loop.

Lol I would before you send it back but you did the steps correctly so your good either way
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tyshemi said:
Lol I would before you send it back but you did the steps correctly so your good either way
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What I'm confused about is that Motochopper is supposed to trip the flash counter but it didn't or at least it didn't appear that it did...

It shouldn't change the binary counter should have just changed the Samsung status is all only flashing Roms that aren't stock from ATT or Samsung should increase binary! If you boot into boot loader does it say official and if so your golden brah
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tyshemi said:
It shouldn't change the binary counter should have just changed the Samsung status is all only flashing Roms that aren't stock from ATT or Samsung should increase binary! If you boot into boot loader does it say official and if so your golden brah
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By boot loader do you mean download mode because the recovery mode doesn't say anything? In download mode it says "Samsung Official" for current binary.

theloneranger08 said:
By boot loader do you mean download mode because the recovery mode doesn't say anything? In download mode it says "Samsung Official" for current binary.
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Lol yea that's what i ment too many phones you should be good to go :cyclops:

Don't get your undies all in a bunch. You're good to go if it all says official.
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tyshemi said:
Lol yea that's what i ment too many phones you should be good to go :cyclops:
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Ok and you are sure about motochopper not triggering the counter? Apparently, the Galaxy S4 doesn't show the flash counter in download mode, and only shows the current binary. Is it possible for the current binary to say "samsung official" but that flash counter to be 1? Of course, I could reroot, install Triangle Away and it would show me the flash counter, but I'd rather not go through all of that again if I don't have to...

theloneranger08 said:
Ok and you are sure about motochopper not triggering the counter? Apparently, the Galaxy S4 doesn't show the flash counter in download mode, and only shows the current binary. Is it possible for the current binary to say "samsung official" but that flash counter to be 1? Of course, I could reroot, install Triangle Away and it would show me the flash counter, but I'd rather not go through all of that again if I don't have to...
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Buddy in my opinion I'd say your gtg :laugh::laugh:

tyshemi said:
Buddy in my opinion I'd say your gtg :laugh::laugh:
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haha ok thanks. I was a little paranoid so I actually ended up rerooting my phone, installing Triangle Away and just like you said, Triangle Away said the flash counter was 0 and the current binary said "Samsung Official" so I unrooted my phone and now I'm good to go. Now I've got peace of mind though. haha

theloneranger08 said:
haha ok thanks. I was a little paranoid so I actually ended up rerooting my phone, installing Triangle Away and just like you said, Triangle Away said the flash counter was 0 and the current binary said "Samsung Official" so I unrooted my phone and now I'm good to go. Now I've got peace of mind though. haha
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It's better to have a piece of mind lol but I was 99.999999% sure you were fine but anyhow glad your good :good:

tyshemi said:
It's better to have a piece of mind lol but I was 99.999999% sure you were fine but anyhow glad your good :good:
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Also, for some odd reason, the superuser app was still there when I unrooted. Of course it no longer worked and I promptly uninstalled it. I've read that it will sometimes come back if the phone is reset though...

theloneranger08 said:
Also, for some odd reason, the superuser app was still there when I unrooted. Of course it no longer worked and I promptly uninstalled it. I've read that it will sometimes come back if the phone is reset though...
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Make sure you use full unroot in the super user then uninstall from play store then reboot and see!

tyshemi said:
Make sure you use full unroot in the super user then uninstall from play store then reboot and see!
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I didn't unroot using the superuser. I put the phone in download mode and flashed stock firmware to it.

theloneranger08 said:
I didn't unroot using the superuser. I put the phone in download mode and flashed stock firmware to it.
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Your good buddy leave it be now and relax its a done deal good efforts on solidifying the stock state

tyshemi said:
Your good buddy leave it be now and relax its a done deal good efforts on solidifying the stock state
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haha alright I appreciate the help.

Custom unlock boot?

Anyone else having problems using wanam exposed to get rid of the custom unlock when booting up? It doesn't change in about phone either. It does say "official" in about phone though. It doesn't seem like the hack is working at all

You need to reboot twice to see it in effect. First reboot will still sees lock. 2nd reboot and in it will be gone.
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After the mj7 update you night have an issue with it not working on my stock rooted rom gone but on my hyper drive and beans rim slots it has issues going away after using wanam
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After countless reboots, simple fix was using triangle away app from playstore.
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use triangle away i am on mj7 and used it no custom boot any longer

saint365 said:
After countless reboots, simple fix was using triangle away app from playstore.
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Thank you! Triangle away did the trick!

anthony92170 said:
use triangle away i am on mj7 and used it no custom boot any longer
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Thank you! Triangle away did the trick!

TA ... which setting worked?
Beeing a bit of a noob, and not wanting to brick my phone by clicking the wrong option in "Triangle Away" ... exactly which setting did you select to remove the "custom" from the boot screen on the Note 3?
Thanks, in advance, for your help!

drtrask said:
Beeing a bit of a noob, and not wanting to brick my phone by clicking the wrong option in "Triangle Away" ... exactly which setting did you select to remove the "custom" from the boot screen on the Note 3?
Thanks, in advance, for your help!
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Reset flash counter.

Flash counter and boot logo for rooted device

My rooted (via vroot) S4 display a white logo of unlocked lock with the word "custom" below it.
Is this something that can be changed?
Thanks

redhonker said:
My rooted (via vroot) S4 display a white logo of unlocked lock with the word "custom" below it.
Is this something that can be changed?
Thanks
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yes triangle away will clear it. if you get a boot loop that keeps going into download mode pull the battery it will then boot to the TA flash counter reset menu. do the reset and then reboot. it will still show Device status as Custom in the status menu of system settings though.
this was my experience after rooting the 4.3 OTA mk2

silver2ks4 said:
yes triangle away will clear it. if you get a boot loop that keeps going into download mode pull the battery it will then boot to the TA flash counter reset menu. do the reset and then reboot. it will still show Device status as Custom in the status menu of system settings though.
this was my experience after rooting the 4.3 OTA mk2
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The Triangle Away thread says the below:
Samsung Galaxy S4 AT&T SGH-I337 UNLOCK BOOTLOADER
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What does UNLOCK BOOTLOADER mean? I thought the boot loader is locked.
Thanks

Triangle Away doesn't work right if you have MF3. I don't know how it works if you have MDL, bit for MF3 you a have to used an closed module to fake an official status.

silver2ks4 said:
yes triangle away will clear it. if you get a boot loop that keeps going into download mode pull the battery it will then boot to the TA flash counter reset menu. do the reset and then reboot. it will still show Device status as Custom in the status menu of system settings though.
this was my experience after rooting the 4.3 OTA mk2
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So ur saying I can reset the flash counter on Mk2? That would be awsome!
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troybklyn said:
So ur saying I can reset the flash counter on Mk2? That would be awsome!
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not sure about actually using it to reset the flash counter. my counter was not tripped but it did reset the boot splash screen back to the galaxy s4 boot logo instead of the pad lock custom screen.
as for the unlock bootloader im not sure where you were getting that info there is no such option in triangle away. and i could not find the thread you were refering to.
and as stated above triangle away will not set the status to official on mk2 in the about tab device status menu

silver2ks4 said:
not sure about actually using it to reset the flash counter. my counter was not tripped but it did reset the boot splash screen back to the galaxy s4 boot logo instead of the pad lock custom screen.
as for the unlock bootloader im not sure where you were getting that info there is no such option in triangle away. and i could not find the thread you were refering to.
and as stated above triangle away will not set the status to official on mk2 in the about tab device status menu
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I'm sorry, it wasn't me who referred the link. But I would also like to remove the unlocked splash screen. Please, if u don't mind.. can u share the link for triangle away? I'll greatly appreciate it. Also, how can I tell if my counter was had been tripped?
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troybklyn said:
I'm sorry, it wasn't me who referred the link. But I would also like to remove the unlocked splash screen. Please, if u don't mind.. can u share the link for triangle away? I'll greatly appreciate it. Also, how can I tell if my counter was had been tripped?
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It's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Please let us know your results.
Thanks

Cannot get galaxy note 3 to root

Hello, I'm trying to root my note 3 and every time i just get a blue red yellow text that says "RECOVERY BOOTING..... RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFROCING Set warranty Bit: recovery." Eventually I can manage to get outside of this error but the phone still isn't rooted, it's a N9005 running on 4.3

Axel the Inferno said:
Hello, I'm trying to root my note 3 and every time i just get a blue red yellow text that says "RECOVERY BOOTING..... RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFROCING Set warranty Bit: recovery." Eventually I can manage to get outside of this error but the phone still isn't rooted, it's a N9005 running on 4.3
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522858

antiguangenius said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522858
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Thanks, I followed the guide and got root on now, but I've noticed a new problem. The mm-qcamera-daemon process is always running and really chews through battery life. Any ideas how to stop it from running unless I use Camera, which currently I can't even use because the process for camera control is being used by unknown sources. Also I do not have any apps that use the camera, other than Camera.

Greenify the camera maybe
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