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I'm very interested in switching from my stock Verizon Note 3 ROM to CyanogenMod, but after a great deal of research I cannot tell with absolute certainty if http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Hlte_Info is the correct ROM for use with my Verizon Note 3. Is it the correct ROM?
Additionally, if http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Hlte_Info is the correct ROM for use with my Verizone Note 3, how do I work around their posted notice as follows? Such as, are there specific instructions for using ODIN?
"If you've applied the 4.4.x update to your hlte device, it is possible heimdall will have communication issues with your device. This is a filed bug already on the heimdall page and this warning will be removed when it is resolved. In the meantime, ODIN still works."
Karine said:
I'm very interested in switching from my stock Verizon Note 3 ROM to CyanogenMod, but after a great deal of research I cannot tell with absolute certainty if http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Hlte_Info is the correct ROM for use with my Verizon Note 3. Is it the correct ROM?
Additionally, if http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Hlte_Info is the correct ROM for use with my Verizone Note 3, how do I work around their posted notice as follows? Such as, are there specific instructions for using ODIN?
"If you've applied the 4.4.x update to your hlte device, it is possible heimdall will have communication issues with your device. This is a filed bug already on the heimdall page and this warning will be removed when it is resolved. In the meantime, ODIN still works."
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If you are on RETAIL VZW N3, there is NO WAY to have anything but a stock or cutsom stock ROM.
If you are on a DEV EDITION VZW N3, check here.
I have the retail Verizon Note 3, and all other resources I've encountered indicate that the link I provided is a universal ROM for all Note 3.
Karine said:
I have the retail Verizon Note 3, and all other resources I've encountered indicate that the link I provided is a universal ROM for all Note 3.
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That is universal for the international versions, which there are many. Without an unlocked bootloader, we cannot flash aosp, aokp, or cm based roms.
The bootloader issue is what prevents compatibility with the CM installer, but I don't believe it prevents ROM flashes through other means. And I've seen several threads that specifically state that universal covers Sprint, Verizon, etc.
Karine said:
The bootloader issue is what prevents compatibility with the CM installer, but I don't believe it prevents ROM flashes through other means. And I've seen several threads that specifically state that universal covers Sprint, Verizon, etc.
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Ok. And why isn't this info blowing up the Verizon Note 3 forums? If I'm wrong, I'll admit that. But many smarter people that me have stated time and time again that it's not going to work. And I have seen no information that will lead me to believe otherwise. Can you provide links to where it's being stated we can flash this?
That's why I'm here, to sort whether it will work as all the information available seems unclear and split.
Ok, I got ya. There is info burried here. But as I understand it the ability to install custom roms requires an unlocked bootloader. When we got that leak of kk nc2, we obtained a locked bootloader the had a few "holes" in it (for lack of a better term). With that bootloader, there is the possibility of some exploits that can be applied in order to give us the ability to flash a cm rom amongst other things. But we're not there yet.
Best I can give you is to watch this thread for any news or development:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2812650
Many thanks for the link.
I'm gonna back up Lefty here.
The retail version has a locked bootloader, which means we can't install a custom recovery or an alternate kernel, both of which are required to install non-touchwiz ROMs. (Not the case for the dev edition, which you would know if you had)
This is Verizon's doing. Samsung will provide phones with unlocked bootloaders to cellular companies, but verizon wants them locked down. I believe the only US company that sells bl-unlocked phones is T-Mobile. Lots of international carriers are bl-unlocked.
CM is mostly "universal" across ALL devices, because its based on AOSP straight from Google, and just has to be tweaked slightly for hardware differences. That's why CM builds for a note3 are "universal" -- the hardware is all the same. This comes at a price... last I've heard, the s-pen is just emulated as a mouse input, which is a bastardization of the technology. This is just an example. There are several compromises to running AOSP roms.
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Thanks for the great information. It's a shame that Verizon or anyone else locks the bootloader. It should be no matter to them what ROM I run.
Anyone know if they can be ported over to us?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/guide-t2983873
Unfortunately not
I'd imagine that unless if we can figure out a way to get this leaked build to work with the NC2/NC4 bootloader/kernel and SafeStrap and what not that it won't work for us as of now. I don't think it's impossible but I'm not 100% sure it could be done...
Edit: What we need at this point is a pure stock flashable version of this leak. Then we can go from there.
Edit 2: Okay I'm silly here. I found a list of ROMs that are out for the SM-9005 so I wonder how hard it would be to port one of them with some of the fixes like WiFi over to our Verizon Note 3?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal.../lollipop-android-5-rom-list-updated-t2984365
So I'm thinking here's the challenges we'd have:
1 - Making this work with our NC2/NC4 bootloader and kernel. Now I dunno if that can be done but I've seen stranger things happen.
2 - Keeping KNOX set to 0x0. It looks like at least one ROM has that covered (forgot which one).
3 - Getting this to work with our SafeStrap 3.75. I'd imagine if we can get it to work with our kernel/bootloader then we'd have no issues here but who knows.
4 - We might need to do a few file replacements and edits to get data and what not to work. I remember when I helped port SkyNote 4.3 from AT&T to Verizon on the Note 2 (which was based off a leak for the AT&T Note 2 for 4.3 JellyBean) there was a few file swaps I had to do from the Verizon 4.2 base to get data to work (along with build.prop edits).
this would be awesome, heres hoping!
Okay I used the deodex ROM found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-t2983506
I replaced the kernel in this with the one from EclipseROM 2.1.1. It'll install and will get past the Samsung logo and that's it. I get a blank screen for several minutes then reboots to Samsung recovery. Thankfully I can still restore back to EclipseROM so nothing really lost on my end except for a slight amount of time in trying. I'm assuming the issue lies in with us not having a proper 5.0 bootloader. There has to be a way to make this work on our NC2/NC4 bootloader.
(And I'm asking out of kindness let's keep the "can't wait for this" and "hope this works" comments off of the thread so we can discuss how to get this working - thanks I'm not trying to be mean but I'd like to keep this thread clean and for discussing how to get this working)
I am wondering if you need a modified kernel for it to work. I am not entirely sure it's a bootloader issue(not saying its not). That being said on my DE I can run 4.4 roms on a 4.3 bootloader with a modified kernel that hashcode made.
That is true. Sadly unless if we can modify the kernel (or get Kexec working) we are stuck waiting for Lollipop to either leak or officially hit our Note 3. And given that the recent 4.4.4 update changed the bootloader (and killed our current root exploit) the signs aren't good for us on Lollipop at this point.
the leak is for the octa core enxyos version so completely different soc verizon, att, sprint and tmobile all use qualcomm 800 quad core soc.
So if your on an international version likely you can use some version of the leak. For us stuck with the US version we have to wait till a carrier specific one leaks.
Hi everyone. I know that this question has probably been asked before and there are perhaps a few threads on the same topic so I apologize if this seems repetitive.
I have an unlocked Note 4 the 910C (Exynos 5 Octa) and I have been checking for the Lollipop update - but every time I do it says my software is up to date (KitKat 4.4.4). I am using the device in the United States on T-Mobile Network. This is my first unlocked device.
I know Lollipop has pushed out to 910C devices but I am confused as to which one I should download. There are updates from Poland, Asia and so on. I have tried Kies and through there it also says my device is up to date. With so many different variants it becomes confusing. So I don't know if it hasn't been pushed out yet or if I have to do it manually.
Any help is appreciated and once again thanks for your patience with a relatively newbie member such as myself.
G33KN3RDSTUFF said:
Hi everyone. I know that this question has probably been asked before and there are perhaps a few threads on the same topic so I apologize if this seems repetitive.
I have an unlocked Note 4 the 910C (Exynos 5 Octa) and I have been checking for the Lollipop update - but every time I do it says my software is up to date (KitKat 4.4.4). I am using the device in the United States on T-Mobile Network. This is my first unlocked device.
I know Lollipop has pushed out to 910C devices but I am confused as to which one I should download. There are updates from Poland, Asia and so on. I have tried Kies and through there it also says my device is up to date. With so many different variants it becomes confusing. So I don't know if it hasn't been pushed out yet or if I have to do it manually.
Any help is appreciated and once again thanks for your patience with a relatively newbie member such as myself.
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Install app samsung phone info from play store & check your csc, there is tool in this app for checking latest firmware for region of your phone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
Thank you so much for this. I was able to determine my device is Malaysia SM-N910CZDEXME (Made in Vietnam) and I believe there is Lollipop in the Firmware tool. Much appreciated as I would have never figured this out!
G33KN3RDSTUFF said:
Thank you so much for this. I was able to determine my device is Malaysia SM-N910CZDEXME (Made in Vietnam) and I believe there is Lollipop in the Firmware tool. Much appreciated as I would have never figured this out!
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Glad to know u able to get info u needed bro...
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My n910c exynos 5 octa core is xme malaysian carrier and i still have not receive any sort of update. Just today my siblings using n910f got another update of 84mb after 5.1.1. It breaks my heart to write that samsung is really not treating their customers how they should. I do not want to take any chances to brick my phone using odin or other methods of rooting. But certainly ask for insights from the senior members what should i do now? And certainly i am not expecting marshmallow too. Since i doubt all the carriers will get it. Articles from the internet tells me samsung is already working for n910f marshmallow. What about the n910c exynos 5 octa core? Will we ever get any sort of advantage to boost our 64 bit cores to it's potential?
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My n910c exynos 5 octa core is xme malaysian carrier and i still have not receive any sort of update. Just today my siblings using n910f got another update of 84mb after 5.1.1. It breaks my heart to write that samsung is really not treating their customers how they should. I do not want to take any chances to brick my phone using odin or other methods of rooting. But certainly ask for insights from the senior members what should i do now? And certainly i am not expecting marshmallow too. Since i doubt all the carriers will get it. Articles from the internet tells me samsung is already working for n910f marshmallow. What about the n910c exynos 5 octa core? Will we ever get any sort of advantage to boost our 64 bit cores to it's potential?
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N910C/
you phone should have at least android 5.0 by now
No still running stock 4.4.4 Kitkat ?
KitKat is better than Lollipop. Trust me.
Yeah but still you know when your siblings brag about their mighty snapdragon you want to show off too.. plus why won't exynos get it?
Trying to update my Note 3 to android 7 but running in circles.
Progress:
Downgrade from 5.0 to 4.5
Rooted device
Uploaded rom to SD card*
Boot recovery mode, select ROM file
Run install
This is where I keep going in circle.
It keeps telling me cannot verify file, verification failed. (does this twice)
Then says update successful, wipe data, format etc.
Reboots back to same old V4.2 again and of course the apps I installed to work on phone gone and have to re-register with Play store to get them back.
How do I solve the error "Unable to verify file"
( also is there a way to stop it wiping data every time if it has failed to update anyway?)
*ROM
lineage-14.1-20180110-nightly-hlte-signed.zip ( this may be wrong rom but the names are often confusing me because the links in upgrade note 3 take me to that rom among others so I assume it is for a note 3)
Any help pin pointing the ACTUAL, CORRECT ROM welcome.
Specs:
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Qualcom MSM 8974
Snapdragon 800 / 2.27GHZ 4 core cpu.
krait 400
r2p0
Pre-downgrade V 5.0
AP N900AUCSE0C3
CP N900AUCSE0C3
CSC N900AATTE0C3
Below current after downgrade
AP: N900AUCUCNC2
CP: N900AUCUCNC2
CSC: N900AATTCNC2
Bootloader: N900AUCUCNC2
Step one
Post in the forum for your model .This is note AT&T forum .
Phone has locked bootloader .
Links to forum or at the bottom of this forum.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574886
JJEgan said:
Step one
Post in the forum for your model .This is note AT&T forum .
Phone has locked bootloader .
Links to forum or at the bottom of this forum.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574886
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What am I looking for on that post? I have phone rooted.
The AT&T Note 3 sm-n900a has a locked boot loader and can only run custom ROMs created from a stock Samsung lollipop ROM.
Update:
It was my understanding (perhaps wrong) that Safestrap was a way to work around the locked bootloader (ATT) The video on the main topic on this talks about a Verizon phone even though the topic is specific to the ATT note 3. Are they identical with regard to Safestrap etc?
As of now I have Safestrap installed and working. Boots with open lock/Custom on boot screen.
My confusion arises from conflicting videos at YouTube one suggesting Safestrap won't install a custom ROM followed by another that says it will?!?
If it won't exactly what is the purpose of even installing Safestrap if you are still stuck with the exact same android version and all the ATT bloat?
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FYI currently phone no SIM not provisioned but was used on ATT then switched T_Mobile service (consumer cellular so I can switch between those two. ATT and T-Mobile service suck here but at least with T-Mobile I have WiFi calling on my J2 which avoids poor signal issue at home. Hoping to move back to Note 3 if a good update can make it Wifi Calling enabled )
So far the only reply here has been to tell my my bootloader is locked. Since instructions include using Safestrap as a work around that really does not help me.
At the start the guide was to upgrade the phone to Android 7. Things seem to break down for my understanding of all this if the only work around is Safestrap and if that cannot install a custom ROM how do I get from here to 7/Nougat?
SIDE QUESTION but important.
Having downgraded from 5.0 to root device, I am not getting a request to accept update from ATT ( back to 5.0 I assume ) which I deferred for now. The question regarding this is, if I permit the ATT push back to 5.0 on my rooted device will I lose that root access and have to start all over again? (Darn I don't want that)
Sigh...so confused.
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I'm reposting an edit to last because I can't figure out how to get the edit/addition to appear. LOL
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FYI currently phone no SIM not provisioned but was used on ATT then switched T_Mobile service (consumer cellular so I can switch between those two. ATT and T-Mobile service suck here but at least with T-Mobile I have WiFi calling on my J2 which avoids poor signal issue at home. Hoping to move back to Note 3 if a good update can make it Wifi Calling enabled )
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audit13 said:
The AT&T Note 3 sm-n900a has a locked boot loader and can only run custom ROMs created from a stock Samsung lollipop ROM.
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So the whole topic of upgrading Note 3 to V.7 is a dead end? I'm stuck with a phone downgraded to KitKat from 5.0 after having rooted etc? Will a custom ROM for lollipop let me delete bloat then upgrade to Nougat?
The whole topic of upgrade to v.7 for note 3 is confusing because after two days of reading and trying options I seem to get no where and cannot even find a definitive answer regarding actually upgrading this phone?
There are no nougat ROMs for the n900a.
Safestrap is only good for certain roms and twrp can't be installed on an n900a with a locked bootloader.
Useless phone?
audit13 said:
There are no nougat ROMs for the n900a.
Safestrap is only good for certain roms and twrp can't be installed on an n900a with a locked bootloader.
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Okay so I wish the whole topic on installing V7 on Note three just started saying if you have an ATT Note 3
READ NO MORE, all hope is lost!
I read numerous posts on numerous sites telling me I can upgrade this phone and none stated up front ( Does not apply to ATT versions ) leaving me to saving a text file full of instructions, links, a folder of downloaded files etc. all aimed at my N900 phone...none of which is valid.
I guess I will just restore to factory and sell in eBay if it is a useless phone other than to put on ATT or T Mobile as a plain old phone full of bloatware.
That or just load my music library on it and bluetooth it to my stereo as a juke box.
*sigh*
You are on the wrong forum.
Ask your question In the AT&T forum.
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JJEgan said:
You are on the wrong forum.
Ask your question In the AT&T forum.
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Actually I believe I posted this topic under the forum for the phone in question, Note 3? I was inquiring about the actual device not about ATT per-se.
how about a link?
JJEgan said:
You are on the wrong forum.
Ask your question In the AT&T forum.
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How about a link...cannot find such forum.
Search gives me a google result all over the web.
ALL FORMS gives me hundred of specific phone models but did not find a forum for AT&T here?
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Actually I believe I posted this topic under the forum for the phone in question, Note 3? I was inquiring about the actual device not about ATT per-se.
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As AT&T has a locked bootloader it has little relevance to Note 3 International model.
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paulckruger said:
How about a link...cannot find such forum.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3
Bottom of the page or the link i posted earlier .
OR Direct link ,
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att
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JJEgan said:
As AT&T has a locked bootloader it has little relevance to Note 3 International model.
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So if I obtain an international GSM version I should be able to update ROM?
I don't think the international version supports LTE in North America.
"Samsung, as you know, has never made life easy for hackers and modders. With the latest update coming up for its flagship devices, however, it seems they’ve gone a bit too far. KNOX is able to check if your smartphone has ever been unlocked, and then the bootloader is able to prevent changes to the firmware.
With the Galaxy Note 8, the Korean phablet manufacturer seems to not want to surrender in its war on meddling. The update containing the January patches for the company’s three flagships (the S8 and S8+ are the other two models receiving the update) will introduce a new bootloader in addition to bringing patches for Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities.
The first consequence is that you will not be able to return to a previous software version once you have installed the update. The second is that, with this new bootloader, Samsung is able to block the use of one of the most used modder programs and the modified version of Prince Comsy by Odin.
Odin is a program that allows you to install the original Samsung firmware on your home devices and has been exploited for modding several times during the history of Galaxy smartphones. It has been used to earn root permissions on a device and in other cases to install official updates that Samsung was struggling to deploy.
Due to the Korean company’s delays and selectivity in releasing updates (they only issue certain updates in certain regions), the Prince Comsy modder decided to modify the official Samsung Odin software to enable the installation of software not created or approved by Samsung, but intended for devices from other regions (but with the same SoC of course).
Updating the bootloader will block this convenient option. To demonstrate an example, this means that if you have a Canadian device and you want to install American firmware, this will no longer be possible because the model numbers of the devices are different in different countries, despite the fact that the devices are identical. Not only that, if you have a device released by a mobile provider, you will no longer be able to install firmware from an unlocked device (here unlocked means not sold with a mobile carrier).
This will make life difficult not only for hackers but also for those who want to avoid waiting for an update via OTA by manually installing the latest firmware available in a nearby region.
Instead of wasting time blocking useful functions for users, Samsung should speed up the update procedure so that users don't have to use these tricks."
Source : AndroidPit
Seriously I've wanted to switch to pixel 2 so but they haven't reached Samsung's level with the screen and they got ride of the headphones that's the worst thing ever