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I just got my Note 3 and the first thing I did was root it. The problem is that I forgot to perform a software update. Now when I try to update the software, I get the message that I can't update because my phone is modified. Is there a way to download and manually install the latest software update?

This should be in Q&A....mods will either delete it or move it for you.
To answer you...depending on your region the stock firmware may or may not be available for you to odin back to stock.
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use triangle away to restore official status. Then update and reroot (from what i heared, ony the international N3 had a firmware update) Usually, if there was one for you, as soon as you would have connected to the internet it would have told you, unless you rooted without first connecting the phone to the internet

polish_pat said:
use triangle away to restore official status. Then update and reroot (from what i heared, ony the international N3 had a firmware update) Usually, if there was one for you, as soon as you would have connected to the internet it would have told you, unless you rooted without first connecting the phone to the internet
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Triangle away is not yet supported on note 3 to my knowledge.im sure CF will get to it though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46237100
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force70 said:
Triangle away is not yet supported on note 3 to my knowledge.im sure CF will get to it though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46237100
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That's not what I read from chain fire. Note 3 could be the death of triangle away
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polish_pat said:
use triangle away to restore official status. Then update and reroot (from what i heared, ony the international N3 had a firmware update) Usually, if there was one for you, as soon as you would have connected to the internet it would have told you, unless you rooted without first connecting the phone to the internet
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Triangle away not yet fully support for note 3
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Illusive Man said:
I just got my Note 3 and the first thing I did was root it. The problem is that I forgot to perform a software update. Now when I try to update the software, I get the message that I can't update because my phone is modified. Is there a way to download and manually install the latest software update?
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You can use kies to restore your phone back to stock. It will change your phone back to original status, without root. However there's nothing you can do on your knox warranty.
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Moved here as this does not belong in the Development Section.....

Thanks, guys. The phone is great the way it is, and I refuse to give up root if I can help it. I have faith in the devs here to overcome all issues!!

[Q] Wi-Fi Function won't toggle

Hello,
Just the other day I decided to root my Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337M). Rooting was successful using CF-Auto-Root. But once I restarted restarted my deceive the phone got stuck on the samsung loading logo. From here I tried many temps to fix it. I tried using CF-Auto-Root again, but that failed. So I downloaded the stock firmware from Samsung's website. It loaded 4.2.2 on and worked. But the Wi-Fi button won't toggle on and whenever I restart the phone it says "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING".
Also, when I update the phone to the most current version though Kies, the phones becomes EXTREMELY slow and the Wi-Fi function still doesn't work.
What is happening? How do I fix it?
Thank you,
InfoPaste

Not sure if this is allowed... but bump..

InfoPaste said:
Not sure if this is allowed... but bump..
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The bump is ok if it's been 24 hours. Don't have a good answer for you but I'd try flashing the firmware in Odin again.
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jd1639 said:
The bump is ok if it's been 24 hours. Don't have a good answer for you but I'd try flashing the firmware in Odin again.
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Thank you, I have done that many times, and cant find any success.

[Q] Verizon OTA update, and towel root

I apologize if this has been covered, but i cannot find another situation like mine.
I have the verizon variant of the Galaxy s5
Currently on version 4.4.2
I rooted using towelroot on 4.4.2 i believe.
The verizon update came through and i completely forgot about root.
I tried to install, and it failed, then i lost root access.
Currently sitting here without root access, running towel root v3 won't work nor will changing the modstrings.
Root checker says no root,
But verizon OTA update won't work either. Get the error at the android open belly screen.
I need some help, i used to be awesome working with motorola phones, and root/unroot/restore/custom roms.
Samsung is a different story.
I need to get on the android 4.4.4 update (without tripping knox) because my bluetooth connectivity is dog ****.
Thanks for the help.
-Nick

Solution,
Plug the phone into a windows laptop (may work on mac too) update the drivers. Auto play should pop up and VZW upgrade assistant will be an option. Click on this, it's pretty much automated from this point. You will not be rooted, even though a part of my problem was i wasn't rooted, but the update was failing. So thanks to HGFireHazard. He's the man.
If you have any questions i will try to answer them.
THanks
Nick

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scarinu10 said:
I apologize if this has been covered, but i cannot find another situation like mine.
I have the verizon variant of the Galaxy s5
Currently on version 4.4.2
I rooted using towelroot on 4.4.2 i believe.
The verizon update came through and i completely forgot about root.
I tried to install, and it failed, then i lost root access.
Currently sitting here without root access, running towel root v3 won't work nor will changing the modstrings.
Root checker says no root,
But verizon OTA update won't work either. Get the error at the android open belly screen.
I need some help, i used to be awesome working with motorola phones, and root/unroot/restore/custom roms.
Samsung is a different story.
I need to get on the android 4.4.4 update (without tripping knox) because my bluetooth connectivity is dog ****.
Thanks for the help.
-Nick
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Having the same issue here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did a factory reset and that didn't solve the issue.

I was able to get updated to NI2. If you plug in the phone to a computer (Windows in my case), you can run the VZW Updater that Windows asks if you want to run when you first plug in the phone. From there it pretty much takes care of everything. Although obviously I'm now unrooted and will have to find a way to get that back.

Ni2? What is that.
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scarinu10 said:
Ni2? What is that.
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NI2 is the newest build from Verizon but it's the 4.4.4 you're looking for.

Ok. Thanks didn't realize it was called ni2. It does it all through the updater though on the desktop?
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scarinu10 said:
Ok. Thanks didn't realize it was called ni2. It does it all through the updater though on the desktop?
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Those are just the last 3 digits of it. That's basically how those on the forum have been distinguishing between updates is by the last 3. Yup it did everything. Once I installed the app and told it to update it did everything start to finish without any additional input from me.

How did you install the upgrade assistant. Verizon website says auto play should pop up. But it's not popping for me. USB debugging is enabled. Did you manually download it
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scarinu10 said:
How did you install the upgrade assistant. Verizon website says auto play should pop up. But it's not popping for me. USB debugging is enabled. Did you manually download it
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Are you on Windows 8 or 8.1 by chance? If so, when you plug it in you should get a pop up in the upper right hand corner that will allow you to run it.

No. Windows 7. It goes into installer mode to update drivers and then goes into media mode.
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scarinu10 said:
No. Windows 7. It goes into installer mode to update drivers and then goes into media mode.
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There should be a popup that comes up when you first plug in the device. If there isn't, that's a setting you must have changed in Windows that you will have to modify. I originally tried to find an executable to run myself as it took me a minute to find the location to run it on Windows 8.1 but I wasn't able to locate. Unless someone else can chime in you'll have to get that popup to show.

Just flipped over to my girlfriends windows 8.1 laptop. seems to be installing just fine.
Thanks for all of the help i will report back if this works.
Thanks
Nick

[Q] Note 3 update to note 4 firmware

Hi
The new Note 4 firmware available today from can it be installed on the Note 3?
thanks.

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No you cant install it. That would be like flashing a htc desire rom on your note 3

Note 3
maskerwsk said:
No you cant install it. That would be like flashing a htc desire rom on your note 3
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even though I have a Note 3 LTE SM N9005. it is almost identical?
why not if I may ask.

tomjo11 said:
even though I have a Note 3 LTE SM N9005. it is almost identical?
why not if I may ask.
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Try it yourself if you think it'll work, no one else will do it for you

Hes been sarcastic surely! Or been one of those people who live to wind people up

Guys are you serious ?? The second you flash note 4 rom you will get your phone bricked don't listen to the trolls here

The N4 firmware has unique system drivers that are incompatible with any other phone, it will not work on the N3. It probably won't even flash. I'm sure you could extract the apps and install some of the system apks, but please don't actually try to flash the whole firmware or you will likely brick your phone.

I love this
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Note 4 firmware can't be flashed on Note 3
kabuk1 said:
The N4 firmware has unique system drivers that are incompatible with any other phone, it will not work on the N3. It probably won't even flash. I'm sure you could extract the apps and install some of the system apks, but please don't actually try to flash the whole firmware or you will likely brick your phone.
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Thanks but I guess to late, I already tried and it didn't work. Reflashed original Note 3 firmware and it works.

tomjo11 said:
Thanks but I guess to late, I already tried and it didn't work. Reflashed original Note 3 firmware and it works.
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Oh really. Good job mate

Thanks

I need your help man. My note 3 works fine on official firmware but the network dissappears when i flash a custom rom , it's was working b4 and i don't know what caused this. Help!
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kumuyi said:
I need your help man. My note 3 works fine on official firmware but the network dissappears when i flash a custom rom , it's was working b4 and i don't know what caused this. Help!
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Reflash the stock firmware via Odin may help.
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Ive done it many times but to no avail..
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The guy asked simple question, a simple answer would have sufficed! People come to ask questions and get help, isn't that the whole purpose of the forums? I'm guessing all you lot giving the guy a hard time were instantly android experts from day 1 hey..

Everything about the Note 4 OS is different. Even the image file extensions in the apps are different. You have a $300 paperweight most likely

Note 3. have you tried a different rom ?

kumuyi said:
Ive done it many times but to no avail..
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try different rom or goto settings mobile networks and search for mobile networks.

kumuyi said:
Ive done it many times but to no avail..
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goto settings more networks under connection tab then mobile networks then network operators and search for them. If that fails try differ rom and if that fails I am assuming you have somehow changed your modem. Find one for your country and flash using odin.
Also try Kies emergency firmware recovery using windows laptop or pc.

sm-n900v note 3 user needing help

Hello all, i have a Verizon note 3 model sm-n900v, im running lollipop v5.0 stock ROM from Verizon update, i have a few questions that i need help with
1. i need root access to use some apps that require root, i know there is no working root method for the v5.0 update right now, i don't care about the Knox counter if i trip it or not, i just want root access,
2. is there any way to flash a rom that has root access ? if so whats a good rom to try ?
3. i want to be able to use my note 3 on straight talk service, i looked at the APN settings and its greyed out, so i cant add any APN's to the list, can this be done with a new rom?
4. how can i tell if my note 3 is locked ? my wife has a galaxy s5 through a different carrier named Appalachian Wireless and i took her sim card out and put it in my phone and made a call to our home phone and
her number was shown on the caller id, so i know i can use sim cards from that company, but what about straight talk?
any help with these questions would be great, thanks in advance

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3090936
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warriorpluto said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3090936
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is android 4.4.4 the lowest FW i can downgrade to ? if i downgrade to 4.4.4 could i then downgrade back to 4.4.2 so i can root the note 3 ?

No. Currently, you cannot root. Sorry.
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i think ill just get a new phone, and give this note 3 to my wife, she would never use any app that needs root access anyway, thanks, i got the note 3 downgraded to 4.4.4 from 5.0 but thats as far back as i can go, verizon needs to unlock the bootloader on these notes

lilkuz2005 said:
i think ill just get a new phone, and give this note 3 to my wife, she would never use any app that needs root access anyway, thanks, i got the note 3 downgraded to 4.4.4 from 5.0 but thats as far back as i can go, verizon needs to unlock the bootloader on these notes
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Won't ever happen.
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lilkuz2005 said:
i think ill just get a new phone, and give this note 3 to my wife, she would never use any app that needs root access anyway, thanks, i got the note 3 downgraded to 4.4.4 from 5.0 but thats as far back as i can go, verizon needs to unlock the bootloader on these notes
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That's what I'm about to do. My note 3 I'd rooted though. I'm keeping it. I just sold my note 4 edge on swappa. That was the worst Samsung phone I have ever had besides the s4. The worst phone I have ever had period.
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