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Note 3 Update Files

Hello,
After sadly never being able to get the NB4 update for my note 3, I was wondering if anyone could send me there update files? (if its possible to update via recovery like that?) If anyone else has any other ideas on how to get my note 3 updated it would be nice (im on MJ5, not rooted).

zhable said:
Hello,
After sadly never being able to get the NB4 update for my note 3, I was wondering if anyone could send me there update files? (if its possible to update via recovery like that?) If anyone else has any other ideas on how to get my note 3 updated it would be nice (im on MJ5, not rooted).
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search button does amazing things http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51347782&postcount=3

jerrycoffman45 said:
search button does amazing things http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51347782&postcount=3
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Thanks for the sarcasm, I got the file. What do I do with it now?

zhable said:
Thanks for the sarcasm, I got the file. What do I do with it now?
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rename the extintion to zip put it on your sd card and flash in recovery

jerrycoffman45 said:
rename the extintion to zip put it on your sd card and flash in recovery
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That's what I thought, just wasn't sure if updating through recovery made Knox mad

zhable said:
That's what I thought, just wasn't sure if updating through recovery made Knox mad
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nope it is a offical update @zhable here is a link for the kitkat ota also flashing in recovery will wipe your phone
http://www.mediafire.com/download/mb...o2/2400258.zip

jerrycoffman45 said:
nope it is a offical update @zhable here is a link for the kitkat ota also flashing in recovery will wipe your phone
http://www.mediafire.com/download/mb...o2/2400258.zip
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downloading it now. I tried to check ota on NB4 but I keep getting software update interrupted. Hopefully I won't have to keep on relying on others to post the update files in the future. Thanks for the help, wish you would have responded to my first thread on this issue a month ago, but it looks like those update files were recently uploaded.

zhable said:
downloading it now. I tried to check ota on NB4 but I keep getting software update interrupted. Hopefully I won't have to keep on relying on others to post the update files in the future. Thanks for the help, wish you would have responded to my first thread on this issue a month ago, but it looks like those update files were recently uploaded.
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your welcome

jerrycoffman45 said:
your welcome
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A little off topic, but I used kingo in the past for rooting, does it still steal our devices imei number? As I find conflicting answers in every thread I go to.

zhable said:
A little off topic, but I used kingo in the past for rooting, does it still steal our devices imei number? As I find conflicting answers in every thread I go to.
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no if it did it would not be allowded on xda

jerrycoffman45 said:
no if it did it would not be allowded on xda
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I keep getting an install error. I can't remember what to said exactly but the file was like presetup extra contents. Is there a way to get a log?

zhable said:
I keep getting an install error. I can't remember what to said exactly but the file was like presetup extra contents. Is there a way to get a log?
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with kitkat that is because of the kingo root even if you unrooted do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51203967&postcount=1 or if you are near an att service center you can take it to them and they will flash kitkat for you also bestbuy can too

jerrycoffman45 said:
with kitkat that is because of the kingo root even if you unrooted do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51203967&postcount=1 or if you are near an att service center you can take it to them and they will flash kitkat for you also bestbuy can too
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Best Buy (Samsung) doesn't have the KitKat files yet. I went to my local BB store and they told me that didn't have the official file yet. Also, AT&T will not flash your phone either. I tried that one, too.

Has to be a att service center and both can re flash NB4 for you if you flashed the kk leak you need to do the mj5 restore first then go see them
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jerrycoffman45 said:
Has to be a att service center and both can re flash NB4 for you if you flashed the kk leak you need to do the mj5 restore first then go see them
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My best buy Samsung store must be behind times. The guy there couldn't do it. It appears they use kies. And our phone can't be initialized with kies anymore.

440bro said:
My best buy Samsung store must be behind times. The guy there couldn't do it. It appears they use kies. And our phone can't be initialized with kies anymore.
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or they had someone working that did not know what they were doing i followed the instructions in the op of the offical kitkat descusion thread to update mine and fyi it is not kies that they should use but samsung s.m.a.r.t software

Note 4 Lollipop Root?

I'm trying to see if there is a way to root the Note 4 with the Lollipop update. I have looked through the forums, but havent found a post or have skipped it by accident. is there anyone that knows if there is a forum already created? if not, is there a way to root it? Thanks

zxandrewxz said:
I'm trying to see if there is a way to root the Note 4 with the Lollipop update. I have looked through the forums, but havent found a post or have skipped it by accident. is there anyone that knows if there is a forum already created? if not, is there a way to root it? Thanks
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Yes it is very easy to root the Note 4 with CF-AutoRoot. Here is a great guide by @TEKHD you can follow.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n910tuvu1anih-cf-t2903733
You can also look at this guide by @jovy23 and he has all the files you need in one zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56226823&postcount=2
If all you care about it rooting the phone, just follow the guides up to that point. Good Luck!

chipworkz said:
Yes it is very easy to root the Note 4 with CF-AutoRoot. Here is a great guide by @TEKHD you can follow.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n910tuvu1anih-cf-t2903733
You can also look at this guide by @jovy23 and he has all the files you need in one zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56226823&postcount=2
If all you care about it rooting the phone, just follow the guides up to that point. Good Luck!
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Thank you very much!

zxandrewxz said:
Thank you very much!
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Not a problem, take your time the first time and follow the instructions exactly. Once you have done it once, you should get it and it is a breeze after that.

chipworkz said:
Not a problem, take your time the first time and follow the instructions exactly. Once you have done it once, you should get it and it is a breeze after that.
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would you mind If I Pm you a question or two? Haven't done much rom stuff since I got this phone, so a little behind haha

zxandrewxz said:
would you mind If I Pm you a question or two? Haven't done much rom stuff since I got this phone, so a little behind haha
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Sure not a problem.

zxandrewxz said:
would you mind If I Pm you a question or two? Haven't done much rom stuff since I got this phone, so a little behind haha
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Have you tried rooting your Note 4 with these instructions? I've tried another file but it didn't work. If you did, were there any problems ? Thanks

thunderbyrd01 said:
Have you tried rooting your Note 4 with these instructions? I've tried another file but it didn't work. If you did, were there any problems ? Thanks
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I did it this way and it worked perfectly. Had a little mishap though trying to download twrp through pay stpore instead of flashing. But, everything works now

Could you help me? I flashed a stock lollipop rom via odin and it worked flawlessly. I now would like to reroot my device. I downloaded all the correct files and when I go to flash the tar file via Odin I get an error, "security check fail: recovery". It won't flash but luckily didn't brick my device. I've tried plenty of time to no avail
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SkeptiKSZ said:
Could you help me? I flashed a stock lollipop rom via odin and it worked flawlessly. I now would like to reroot my device. I downloaded all the correct files and when I go to flash the tar file via Odin I get an error, "security check fail: recovery". It won't flash but luckily didn't brick my device. I've tried plenty of time to no avail
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Go to settings - security - reactivation unlock (uncheck it). Try flashing again, you should be good to go.

Don't Upgrade to OF1 If You'd Like To Root/Downgrade

It has been confirmed that updating to OF1 includes the downgrade protection we've seen in the T-Mobile builds on 5.1.1... You won't be able to root directly on this build, either, since the exploit was patched by this ROMs build date. I will make a package that will allow users on OE2 to to update to OF1 while maintaining root. If you are on OC3 still you can upgrade to OE2 using my tutorial in Android Development.
Can someone who updated to OF1 successfully please try downgrading back to OC3 using the ODIN image provided within this General Thread? Since no one else has released a OF1 ROM/ODIN package I was going to do it myself, but along the way I noticed a change within this update package-- it now includes a magic string header at the very end of the update process, just like the Lollipop 5.1.1 ROMS for other devices that now incorporate protections against downgrading. I'd rather not bone myself/everyone else out of future development if this mechanism is in fact in place.
Thanks in advance! As soon as I have a confirmation it is still downgradable, I will finish this package.

Odin will not downgrade after OF1. I've tried 5 times using 2 different PCs and Odin failed every time.
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Also tried and it's a no go

ChadH42 said:
Odin will not downgrade after OF1. I've tried 5 times using 2 different PCs and Odin failed every time.
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I like your avatar xD lol.
And thank you for the confirmation. I was hoping that wasn't the case, but it was leaning in that direction... I'm hoping you didn't update just for this, I'd feel rather bad... I'll change the thread title to reflect this.

Crap, I accidentally upgraded to OF1...

why not go ?

lukadertoo said:
why not go ?
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Because you lose root
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And you will be unable to flash any previously issued versions.
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Looking like no 5.1.1 with root??? ... guess I'm staying with the stock build when I first got my phone and rooted it.

DrkGhst87 said:
Looking like no 5.1.1 with root??? ... guess I'm staying with the stock build when I first got my phone and rooted it.
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Why do you say this? Is there a reason why you believe if I have root now I won't be able to flash a developer's modified 5.1.1 once it arrives?

ckelly33 said:
Why do you say this? Is there a reason why you believe if I have root now I won't be able to flash a developer's modified 5.1.1 once it arrives?
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Had a few "?'s" on that statement. Purely assumption on my part, so take my previous statement and my next few statements with a grain of salt. Ping Pong root has been patched and unless they find another method there is no root on 5.1.1. Locked Bootloader, with no way around that, so no custom kernel to root (a la this method). Right now in order to upgrade to OE2, you have to use a patched version that keeps root, what happens when it can no longer be "patched" to keep root in further builds? If you've upgraded already to the latest build via OTA, you can no longer downgrade. Trust me, I want to continue to have root for what ever the latest build is out there but Verizon/Samsung have been locking things down tighter and tighter and there is always the possibility that an exploit isn't found and end up with no root on later builds than what we have now. Again, all of this is just my assumption and I hope to end up wrong in the end about everything, 5.1.1 isn't even out yet for us so we'll see when it drops.

I know this is probably not the right place to post this but i would be willing to donate a 100 dollars to someone that gives me root on verizon s6 OF1. I messed up and upgraded. So I sure hope someone can get root. I have tried everything.
Thanks

GhostOKC said:
I know this is probably not the right place to post this but i would be willing to donate a 100 dollars to someone that gives me rooton verizon s6 OF1. I messed up and upgraded. So I sure hope some can get root. I have tried everything.
Thanks
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I know this isn't exactly what you are asking but I'd swap my non-upgraded (OE2) Edge (128GB, Black) for $100! I haven't upgraded or rooted.

ckelly33 said:
I know this isn't exactly what you are asking but I'd swap my non-upgraded (OE2) Edge (128GB, Black) for $100! I haven't upgraded or rooted.
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So I give you my phone plus 100. When did you buy your phone. Is it verizon. And what bugs does it have cause I have heard the edge has some problems.

GhostOKC said:
So I give you my phone plus 100. When did you buy your phone. Is it verizon. And what bugs does it have cause I have heard the edge has some problems.
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Verizon. I've had it a month or so. No bugs. I only want to replace with the same or very similar phone though

zachchen1996 said:
Crap, I accidentally upgraded to OF1...
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These are the times when we wish there was an Undo button...

Is it possible to downgrade with Pit file and reformat the whole thing

jpeps3 said:
Is it possible to downgrade with Pit file and reformat the whole thing
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Hi jpeps3,
Could you give more details about it, and - if there is - a link to a guide on how to do that?
Also, have you done that successfully?

jpeps3 said:
Is it possible to downgrade with Pit file and reformat the whole thing
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no.. once updated you can no longer downgrade.. the pit file would not matter if you updated to of1
Extreme Syndicate

elliwigy said:
no.. once updated you can no longer downgrade.. the pit file would not matter if you updated to of1
Extreme Syndicate
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So what is there to do?! Nothing nothing?!

xt1052 asia retail partitions.mbn file request

I need the partition.mbn file from the system dump of xt1052, as mine is hard bricked. I believe the file can save my phone. So, please help me !!
Guide for extracting the file : connect USB (should be rooted + USB debugging enabled), launch RUN_backup_all.bat, "backup" named folder will appear, find partitions.mbn there
Thank You.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-6H2zjU5-eHTFlCQ2djcXM3Wlk/view
download and run this file !

If anybody can be kind enough and do this ! It's urgent and a final shot at saving my moto X. It's gonna take only 5 minutes of your time.

Ps2811 said:
If anybody can be kind enough and do this ! It's urgent and a final shot at saving my moto X. It's gonna take only 5 minutes of your time.
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my phone is on custom rom. i have to reflash so you have to wait some hours

https://mega.nz/#F!yEtzkTxC!hvpK-3ZcFGcWoIvVTwMK-w

miju12 said:
https://mega.nz/#F!yEtzkTxC!hvpK-3ZcFGcWoIvVTwMK-w
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Thanks a lot buddy !
I assume you are on 5.1.

Ps2811 said:
Thanks a lot buddy !
I assume you are on 5.1.
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yeah I am using 5.1 and welcome

miju12 said:
yeah I am using 5.1 and welcome
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Have you ever hardbricked your phone ? It seems these files are not helping me !

Ps2811 said:
Have you ever hardbricked your phone ? It seems these files are not helping me !
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not yet how did you bricked your device?

tried to flash kitkat from cm12.1..too bad i did not have the lollipop files at that time..device got bricked !

Ps2811 said:
tried to flash kitkat from cm12.1..too bad i did not have the lollipop files at that time..device got bricked !
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okay. so you cant boot into bootloader?

miju12 said:
okay. so you cant boot into bootloader?
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Nope. That's what I am trying to do ! Saw in one of the threads that partition.mbn file from another retail phone may get it to boot. But, that's not working !!

Ps2811 said:
Nope. That's what I am trying to do ! Saw in one of the threads that partition.mbn file from another retail phone may get it to boot. But, that's not working !!
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As long as you are pretty sure you're stuck and have a useless device, then you may as well try a retail version and re-customize it from there. A quick search showed this as a possible source for you (asia-aust v) http://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto X (2013)/Stock/XT1052/ for 5.1.
RSDLite it and good luck. Don't forget to backup anything you want saved from the /sdcard/* world, if you can still access it. The stock .XML file will blow that stuff away.

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As long as you are pretty sure you're stuck and have a useless device, then you may as well try a retail version and re-customize it from there. A quick search showed this as a possible source for you (asia-aust v) http://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto X (2013)/Stock/XT1052/ for 5.1.
RSDLite it and good luck. Don't forget to backup anything you want saved from the /sdcard/* world, if you can still access it. The stock .XML file will blow that stuff away.
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my phone is hardbricked. so these files are useless until i get to the bootloader.

Ps2811 said:
my phone is hardbricked. so these files are useless until i get to the bootloader.
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I re-read the thread and realized that I'm so used to people mis-using phrases like hard-bricked around here.. I figured that if you were even able to contemplate trying to somehow flash the partitions.fbn , that you must have some way into bootloader. My mistake. Sorry about that.
I've seen a couple of supposed ways (well, the JTAG way probably works if you want to go through that mess) for the moto-x when the bootloader is "gone". Another exploit for that for the Moto-X supposedly is to flash a blank bootloader. If I find any of the old threads on that, I'll post links. OK: For example, here's some old post with working links for the oddball f/w & drivers needed to do it. It's sort of a JTAG method without bothering with the JTAG H/W. It's also for a different model moto-x but I doubt that matters. Here's a link: http://www.usoftsmartphone.com/t300062.html

hachamacha said:
I re-read the thread and realized that I'm so used to people mis-using phrases like hard-bricked around here.. I figured that if you were even able to contemplate trying to somehow flash the partitions.fbn , that you must have some way into bootloader. My mistake. Sorry about that.
I've seen a couple of supposed ways (well, the JTAG way probably works if you want to go through that mess) for the moto-x when the bootloader is "gone". Another exploit for that for the Moto-X supposedly is to flash a blank bootloader. If I find any of the old threads on that, I'll post links. OK: For example, here's some old post with working links for the oddball f/w & drivers needed to do it. It's sort of a JTAG method without bothering with the JTAG H/W. It's also for a different model moto-x but I doubt that matters. Here's a link: http://www.usoftsmartphone.com/t300062.html
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thanks for helping ! I'll look into it.

Downgrade to kitkat from of3/oa1 bootloader?

Title says all, sick of the battery drain from lollipop, will this downgrade work?

Only if you are rooted.

Sgt.CM said:
Only if you are rooted.
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Correct, i am on the G900A_OF3_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM
and i'll be using the G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE file.
So all should work fine?
Thanks

i am rooted can someone PLEASE tell me that it's okay to downgrade to a clean install of kitkat from 5.0 lollipop with oa1 bootloader???

JBriZzeL said:
i am rooted can someone PLEASE tell me that it's okay to downgrade to a clean install of kitkat from 5.0 lollipop with oa1 bootloader???
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Yes, if you are rooted then that file will work. I have used it many times. The only thing to keep in mind is the lag you may start experiencing. There is a thread since where on here that talks about how to fix the lag after the downgrade but i can't find it. If i do i'll post it for you.

dirtydodge said:
Yes, if you are rooted then that file will work. I have used it many times. The only thing to keep in mind is the lag you may start experiencing. There is a thread since where on here that talks about how to fix the lag after the downgrade but i can't find it. If i do i'll post it for you.
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thanks so much for replying i thought this section was dead..
Can i just downgrade the bootloader back so i can avoid the lag and issues all together? because it's laggy and when i try to wake the phone back up it will just still be a black screen and i have to pull the battery out to fix it frequently and it's ever since this oa1 boot loader i installed.

JBriZzeL said:
thanks so much for replying i thought this section was dead..
Can i just downgrade the bootloader back so i can avoid the lag and issues all together? because it's laggy and when i try to wake the phone back up it will just still be a black screen and i have to pull the battery out to fix it frequently and it's ever since this oa1 boot loader i installed.
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I only have used the downgrade file i haven't used the other one to remove the lag. Did you follow the thread i posted to you in the vision X thread that explains how to do everything.

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I only have used the downgrade file i haven't used the other one to remove the lag. Did you follow the thread i posted to you in the vision X thread that explains how to do everything.
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i have not yet but i will copy/paste what you said in here in case someone else has the same issues and needs help in this thread.. thx a lot and i will post back results.

Ever try "Odining" back?