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Ouch, the ATT Note 3 Development threads are ghost towns :(

The Development threads for the ATT Note 3, have tumble weeds blowing, and crickets chirping.
Really sucks, that such an awesome device like the Galaxy Note 3, with a locked firmware, just like my ATT S4 on MF3
I was thinking of upgrading to the Note 3, from my S4, since I got screwed being on MF3, but seems the Note 3 is in no better shape than the S4 in that regard ?
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you can still make it sexy even with it locked
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!

My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!

Locked bootloader isn't holding me back lol
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!

Good point. My S4 even though locked, is rooted, and I run Wannam Xposed Framework + Nova Launcher + Axis Icons, and several other .apk's, to really customize it.
But with ROM's, you can get kernels for better battery life, and smoother / faster performance.

A room is pointless on this thing I get around 17 hours or of a charge with 5 hours of media usage watching videos and listening to music and 4 hours of screen on time normal usage is even better and the As far as being smooth I personally haven't experienced any lag really the phone is really smooth and fast right out of the box no need for all of the other stuff
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!

I...need a asop ROM...I do not like touchwiz
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Oh! Any suggestions on what I can add for Xposed?
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dreDrennon1 said:
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!
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This is very nice

dreDrennon1 said:
A room is pointless on this thing I get around 17 hours or of a charge with 5 hours of media usage watching videos and listening to music and 4 hours of screen on time normal usage is even better and the As far as being smooth I personally haven't experienced any lag really the phone is really smooth and fast right out of the box no need for all of the other stuff
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I just went into wanam and had a field day out is all trial and error some stuff works for some but some didn't just go in there and Mrs with stuff lol look thru the themes section
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!

Don't give up hope folks. There are a lot of good devs working on this. They have lives too though so it will take time. If we had a way to guarantee pledges I'm sure that would help.
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dreDrennon1 said:
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How did u theme playstore, notify bar and stuff. I only was able to do what raider man posted
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What? The note 3 is locked? Is this just a temporary thing or will there be a fix soon? I was just about to buy one of these! Looks like I might have to reconsider the Nexus 5.

What? The note 3 is locked? Is this just a temporary thing or will there be a fix soon? I was just about to buy one of these! Looks like I might have to reconsider the Nexus 5.
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Yep, ATT are being real douche bags lately. Just like my S4 running MF3 firmware, making the S4 locked down tight, with no Recovery allowed and little hope someone will break it.
The Note 3, looks to be the same. Doubtful we'll see a real Recovery on it. Maybe Safestrap at best.
So no custom kernels
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Zorachus said:
Yep, ATT are being real douche bags lately. Just like my S4 running MF3 firmware, making the S4 locked down tight, with no Recovery allowed and little hope someone will break it.
The Note 3, looks to be the same. Doubtful we'll see a real Recovery on it. Maybe Safestrap at best.
So no custom kernels
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So just AT&T doing this, not Samsung? So Answer is avoid the carrier not the phone!

sniper-joe said:
So just AT&T doing this, not Samsung? So Answer is avoid the carrier not the phone!
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Seems to be ATT's fault, not Samsung.
I actually like ATT service here in Chicago, good price, better than T-Mobile network for me, but for them to start locking down their phones hard all of a sudden is a new thing. I had the ATT Note 2 last year, and it was rootable, and I had custom Recovery with ROM's. Same with my ATT Galaxy S2, was open to Recoveries.
But now ATT locked the S4 in a firmware update a few months ago, screwed that great phone up, and now out of the box the Note 3 seems to have a hard lock on it, with no true root and no custom Recovery option available, and no idea if anyone will be able to crack it ?

agent929 said:
Don't give up hope folks. There are a lot of good devs working on this. They have lives too though so it will take time. If we had a way to guarantee pledges I'm sure that would help.
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X posed framework, wanam, flash Gordon app, just look thru the themes section of the forum for this device and look through the threads in there you will be surprised as to what you may see hiding in there lol
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Zorachus said:
I actually like ATT service here in Chicago
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I have to agree with you on this. AT&T does have exceptional service. However, them locking these phones is insane. I am almost half tempted to look on CL and buy a T-Mobile one and unlock it to work on AT&T

I just checked the Verizon Note 3 Development threads, and wow, they actually have some nice ROM's going on in there.
Checked the ATT Note 3 Development thread = :crying: Tumble weeds blowing, and crickets chirping, NOTHING going on.
I thought a Verizon phone would more locked down, and harder to crack than an ATT phone ? When did this change, where Verizon is developer friendly over ATT ?

Zorachus said:
I just checked the Verizon Note 3 Development threads, and wow, they actually have some nice ROM's going on in there.
Checked the ATT Note 3 Development thread = :crying: Tumble weeds blowing, and crickets chirping, NOTHING going on.
I thought a Verizon phone would more locked down, and harder to crack than an ATT phone ? When did this change, where Verizon is developer friendly over ATT ?
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The only difference between the two is that the ATT model is SElinux enforcing while the Verizon model is not. This means that hashcode has gotten his safestrap recovery working on the Verizon model but is still looking for a way to bypass the enforcements on our model.
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Here give me a sec iv changed a few things here and there too without a bootloader.

dreDrennon1 said:
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It looks good but custom roms aren't always just about aesthetics.
I'm willing to bet that Loki would have been achieved long ago for the ATT Note 3 if the developer didn't retire it.

Possible AT&T N3 Safestrap?

I thought that this video would give some hope to the AT&T N3 community. Looks like the Verizon N3 is going to get (or got) a program called Safestrap which is allowing them to install custom ROMs and other things on their version of the N3. This should be made applicable to the AT&T version soon. It may not be as flexible as a unlocked bootloader but does give some hope of being able to have the phone the way you like it.
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-n...-custom-rom-using-safestrap-on-galaxy-note-3/

Yea it's been a while homie... The creator of it is working on trying to achieve it in our device as well
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Jayster0966 said:
I thought that this video would give some hope to the AT&T N3 community. Looks like the Verizon N3 is going to get (or got) a program called Safestrap which is allowing them to install custom ROMs and other things on their version of the N3. This should be made applicable to the AT&T version soon. It may not be as flexible as a unlocked bootloader but does give some hope of being able to have the phone the way you like it.
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-n...-custom-rom-using-safestrap-on-galaxy-note-3/
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Oh man let's hope for the best. This is all kind of new to me having these issues. Even my One X was a pain in the ass, but not THIS bad with unlocking.

Will safe strap include being able to flash a kernel? That's honestly the #1 reason for an unlocked bootloader for me. I love playing around with cpu and gpu parameters trying to achieve best battery to performance. Plus faux123 has his kernel and coming from it with a nexus 4 I wish I had it on this device.

Safe strap will not allow kernel flashing. Only ROMs. It high-jacks boot up and redirects the device to boot from a secondary partition you create on the internal memory. You will lose space on internal memory to use safestrap. Although the Verizon folks (me included) have been able to overwrite the factory partition to avoid space lose. If you want to flash kernels you need to drop the 700 dollars on development edition of the phone. I can't believe how dead the development thread is for this device I was just looking for some options for a friend of mine who just got his AT&T N3.
I got more jelly beans than jelly belly, on my S3, S4, and both my Notes

Guess I should have stuck with nexus. Oh well ill trade the ability to flash kernels and roms for a removable battery and an sd card and large screen.

I'm pretty sure the DEVS within these forums will eventually find a way to crack the system. It's just a matter of time and patience.
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Jayster0966 said:
I'm pretty sure the DEVS within these forums will eventually find a way to crack the system. It's just a matter of time and patience.
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I don't think that's ever going to happen. This is sad but it looks like the Note 3 (At&t Version) will never have an unlocked bootloader. There is no way around it.
I will never buy another At&t phone again in my life. I will never buy a Samsung device again in my life.
I'm done with them both. I hope their happy. This is what they want.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
I don't think that's ever going to happen. This is sad but it looks like the Note 3 (At&t Version) will never have an unlocked bootloader. There is no way around it.
I will never buy another At&t phone again in my life. I will never buy a Samsung device again in my life.
I'm done with them both. I hope their happy. This is what they want.
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Got to have patience man. It's only been 2 months since the phone launched. I understand it is taking a long time...but it will get done.

tropazr said:
Got to have patience man. It's only been 2 months since the phone launched. I understand it is taking a long time...but it will get done.
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I would be shocked, but thanks. I hope your right because this sucks. I want to run Jedi bad.

tropazr said:
Got to have patience man. It's only been 2 months since the phone launched. I understand it is taking a long time...but it will get done.
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I have a locked S4 and have been waiting since I got it the wait will be long.
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LuckyColdJohnson said:
I don't think that's ever going to happen. This is sad but it looks like the Note 3 (At&t Version) will never have an unlocked bootloader. There is no way around it.
I will never buy another At&t phone again in my life. I will never buy a Samsung device again in my life.
I'm done with them both. I hope their happy. This is what they want.
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Agreed +1
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Will be a nice xmas gift to have an unlocked bootloader. 3 month mark should be a good gauge as to whether it will ever happen
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C'on where's the faith in our community of developers? :good:

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C'on where's the faith in our community of developers? :good:
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They're still trying to unlock the dx. I had one. I did get used to just flashing roms, it's not that bad.

9wire said:
They're still trying to unlock the dx. I had one. I did get used to just flashing roms, it's not that bad.
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good news...
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/105617-safestrap-for-the-n3-vzw-and-att-testing-started/?p=1567258

Poll! Will VZW Note 4 Retail Ever See ROOT

So this is just a simple Poll Thread. Just wondering if we think the VZW Note 4 will ever see some kind of unlock!
Now a midst allot of the talk going around some say we may HAVE TO have an unlocked bootloader to even consider root.
So this Poll is going to be asking the following question? It is not more so about will we get Unlocked, or will we get root.
The question is:
Do you think we will see any type of unlocking/rooting method for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Retail?

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So this is just a simple Poll Thread. Just wondering if we think the VZW Note 4 will ever see some kind of unlock!
Now a midst allot of the talk going around some say we may HAVE TO have an unlocked bootloader to even consider root.
So this Poll is going to be asking the following question? It is not more so about will we get Unlocked, or will we get root.
The question is:
Do you think we will see any type of unlocking/rooting method for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Retail?
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I say no but with the note 4 you don't need it but TBU and Adway would be nice
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mmw68666 said:
I say no but with the note 4 you don't need it but TBU and Adway would be nice
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Go ahead and put your vote in the top of the OP sir! Id like to see what everyone has to think about this topic!
Granted im very inclined to agree with you on your answer. I dont think its necessary. More or less a habit just to do it and were spoiled with the features! But yes some of the perks would definitely be nice!

I say no. I think every Samsung phone from here on out will be locked down tight on Att and Verizon. Sprint will have root and that will be the only route for rooting in the near future.

I HIGHLY disagree... this device will definitely see root. And although it performs great without it, things like write protection completely diminish the joy of having a capable device. We'll see root, maybe not an unlocked bootloader... but there's always safestrap....Samsung's devs are great, buy ours are better... hence the hiring of Steve.

For 1 just because it is hard to root makes it more tempting for someone to cracking the code and for 2 touchwiz sux it lags freezes and remove all that crap that Verizon and samsung put on our phones.

I mean... the Note 3 was the same.. it had a Root. I'm sure something will pop up

prob have root but no unlock bootloader

Looking back at old devices and seeing where we are now. I think the chances of obtaining a root exploit for this device are like 1 in a million. So I'm going with no on both. But that doesn't take away any value of the phone itself, its still the biggest beast around currently. Its also priced the most among online marketplaces next to the iPhone 6.

Highly unlikely. If it does, it will be some new universal root that happens to work on the Verizon version, but nothing Verizon specific.

Maybe if everyone keeps saying no, someone will look at this thread and be like, "can't? I can't? Lemme show these dudes why I am who I am." Lol

This is the only phone I have ever owned where my keeping it Is not based on root.
Of course I want root, and yes I believe it will happen eventually.

I really hope it will happen. I really have been grinding my teeth using the note 4 without root. I need my per app dpi settings, adaway, and more xposed modules. Honestly I would probably return it if I still could.
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sprintuser1977 said:
This is the only phone I have ever owned where my keeping it Is not based on root.
Of course I want root, and yes I believe it will happen eventually.
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Ditto... love it so far!

Hard to say, but I'm thinking no.

"No" right now and once L is released, helL no. Sorry, but that is what it seems to me.

Results as of right now
Well it seems like the dial is leaning more towards the side of most people thinking we will or most certainly get root.
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Those who think more than likely not or most certainly not.
Ive got high hopes but like i stated im mighty happy with how the device is performing at this point in time. Of course the added benifit of removing junk would be great if anything that and xposed!
Im keeping my Root Alert set to high! LOL
Thanks for voting it up fellas! :good:

i say 100% on KK and on L 75%
i have read a thread just like this on soooo many devices since the OG Droid and the only thing that has been successful since has been locking the bootloader. N4 just needs the right people with it in their hands and that will eventually happen.
L has already gained root access without a modified kernel which you can read about here.
personally i am not moving from the N3 until there is root and at minimum SafeStrap working. i have most of the N4 software features mixed with some L and some S5 stuff with a great theme and some amazing Xposed apps on my N3 that i am not willing to give up. customization from theme to software tweaks is something i highly value.

No root mark my words

What about the KNOX flag? Does it not really matter? I pay 10$ a month for insurace so does the warranty matter that much?

Samsung s7 and s7edge Update! Is this valid for us and where is ours!?

http://www.androidauthority.com/sam...e-samsung-cloud-security-improvements-709672/
Just came across on the G+ and wanted see others insight. Its bringing Samsung cloud and some fixes.

I don't think ATT has a true cloud service so, they might allow it
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AT&T tends to run almost a month behind on updates. We should get an update soon, but it will remain to be seen what we actually get.

neezy13 said:
AT&T tends to run almost a month behind on updates. We should get an update soon, but it will remain to be seen what we actually get.
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Awsome! Well Nougat will probably be soon to as well. First Sammy phone and I enjoying it. Any you two rooted/

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Awsome! Well Nougat will probably be soon to as well. First Sammy phone and I enjoying it. Any you two rooted/
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Surprisingly I haven't rooted this phone. I'm getting my old oneplus one ready for someone else to use and I'm really missing cyanogenmod... I hope we get nougat before end of the year. I guess we'll never get an unlocked bootloader. I use to have an att galaxy s4 and I hated that thing. Samsung has really improved since then.
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Awsome! Well Nougat will probably be soon to as well. First Sammy phone and I enjoying it. Any you two rooted/
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This is the first phone that I have not rooted. I like using Samsung Pay and Android Pay, so until someone makes those work with root I'll stay stock.

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge running Android 7.0 Nougat Root.

Hi everyone,
AT&T has just released Nougat onto their Samsung Galaxy s7 and s7 edge phones. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there was a root available for this phone (Samsung SM-G935A) on nougat.
Thank you.

Quick answer: NO
- Bootloader still locked
- Leaked Engineer Kernel not working for Nougat
- Exploit not discovered yet

Fantastic
That's the reply I thought that I would get. I wonder how long it's going to be before anyone creates a root.

TomatoesOnBluRay said:
That's the reply I thought that I would get. I wonder how long it's going to be before anyone creates a root.
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Honestly I don't even think anyone is working on it.

muppetmaster916 said:
Honestly I don't even think anyone is working on it.
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That's not a good thing to hear. Well, I guess all that we can do is hope at thus point.

Yeah, that sucks. So does this phone. I can't believe I bought a phone made of all glass, that gets so hot it cracks so easily.
Even bought an expensive case for it. But doesn't matter, cause when it's cold out (Michigan winters), there is no stopping it.
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That's not a good thing to hear. Well, I guess all that we can do is hope at thus point.
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I agree its not good to hear, since the release of the S8 is about a month off, this device will be forgotten as the others have once the " next best thing" comes out. Ive been on here since the windows mobile days, and ive noticed this trend since android started to take a foothold, once a new device comes out the older ones are neglected and fall into silent obscurity.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/root-available-t3411650

Ya as above stated the kernel doesn't work gets stuck in a boot loop, its the same kernel from marshmallow tried a few times its freaking dumb. I regret buying this phone I mean the locked boot loader is b.s. period had I known that there was no way to unlock it I would of waited for the one plus 3t