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Is there a root method for SGH-l317m yet?

Got my canada rogers note 2 today and i know its kinda soon but has anyone tried any of them other methods for example the sprint root, to root their SGH-l317m?
EDIT: Solved root Acquired
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970162

turilo said:
Got my canada rogers note 2 today and i know its kinda soon but has anyone tried any of them other methods for example the sprint root, to root their SGH-l317m?
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Hell yea bro!
Heres a root video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BweCW5ck8&feature=plcp
Heres how to unroot/ unbrick : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZiO8vfrME&feature=plcp
-All variants by the way. the dude happens to be rooting a sprint one xD

Hmm you try it on the sgh-l317m model?
Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk 2

Doesn't look like mskip has added i317 model yet.
I flashed CWM 6 for i317 and installed superSU 0.97 via CWM. It seemed to do the trick.
Be wary that the phone not only counts flash attempts, but also has a flag for whether the phone has been modified. If the phone is flagged you will lose the ability to do OTA updates.

Oogar said:
Doesn't look like mskip has added i317 model yet.
I flashed CWM 6 for i317 and installed superSU 0.97 via CWM. It seemed to do the trick.
Be wary that the phone not only counts flash attempts, but also has a flag for whether the phone has been modified. If the phone is flagged you will lose the ability to do OTA updates.
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Ah nice where may I find these? So your fully rooted now? What phone you have and carrier
Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk 2

could you post your *#1234# ???? i would like to get the firmwares for samsung-updates.com

turilo said:
ah nice where may i find these? So your fully rooted now? What phone you have and carrier
Sent from my sgh-i317m using tapatalk 2
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i'm with Rogers, but from my limited knowledge the big three Canadian carriers are using the i317 model?
You can grab the i317 cwm recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901196 - scroll down to "first upload(2012/09/23)"
you can grab supersu cwm flash zip from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 - third link under download
again i warn you that you can't ota update after this, but getting rid of rogers bloatware through titanium backup was much more worth it for me for the time being :d.
Perhaps you can tell me this, are there any ota updates out of the box? Or is it updated already?
somean said:
could you post your *#1234# ???? I would like to get the firmwares for samsung-updates.com
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ap: I317mvlalj2
cp: I317mvlalj2
csc: I317moyaalj2

Oogar said:
Doesn't look like mskip has added i317 model yet.
I flashed CWM 6 for i317 and installed superSU 0.97 via CWM. It seemed to do the trick.
Be wary that the phone not only counts flash attempts, but also has a flag for whether the phone has been modified. If the phone is flagged you will lose the ability to do OTA updates.
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nice!! looks like we have root for the sgh-l317m also all went well for me m8! im now rooted!:laugh:

Oogar said:
ap: I317mvlalj2
cp: I317mvlalj2
csc: I317moyaalj2
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thanks, weve added all canadian vatiants to the 'monitored' list, as soon as sammy with carriers will push the firmwares to servers we will report and publish them
thanks

SoMean said:
thanks, weve added all canadian vatiants to the 'monitored' list, as soon as sammy with carriers will push the firmwares to servers we will report and publish them
thanks
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Awesome! That's great to hear . Looking forward to it.

turilo said:
nice!! looks like we have root for the sgh-l317m also all went well for me m8! im now rooted!:laugh:
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Would you recommend this root process, or do you think it best to wait for mskip to post an update to add 317 support to his tools? I have rooted many an android tablet, but have never had to deal with a phone before. Why no OTA updates after achieving root? I noticed people passing their #1234# on, does this mean that we are overwriting our EFI partitions which hold some of our unique identifier number, etc. As I said, I'm not used to the phone partition structure, or the use of odin, but have spent quite a bit of time in adb and cwm.
Cheers
EDIT: Sorry, I just reread your post and noticed the quote about the 'modify flag', and then being denied OTA updates. Stupid me, I then decided to go to the source, Triangle Away, and found out it is related to the counter in a hidden boot block. Ignore basically everything I had asked, I know better than to post without searching first. Sorry.

I just got mine from Rogers today. Am with Virgin, and since Virgin is owned by Bell (or Virgin uses Bell network), I took my sim from iphone and put it in GN2 and it worked instantly.
Let me know if you need any info...
Im an anroid noob, so need to do some research before I root. I dont have ANY bloatware, so thats not an issue.

savethehumans said:
I just got mine from Rogers today. Am with Virgin, and since Virgin is owned by Bell (or Virgin uses Bell network), I took my sim from iphone and put it in GN2 and it worked instantly.
Let me know if you need any info...
Im an anroid noob, so need to do some research before I root. I dont have ANY bloatware, so thats not an issue.
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You SIM unlocked your Rogers unit first....right?

WorldIRC said:
You SIM unlocked your Rogers unit first....right?
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****, I meant BELL, not Rogers. No need for the unlock, because virgin is owned by Bell.
Wow cant believe I said Rogers. Sorry!

savethehumans said:
****, I meant BELL, not Rogers. No need for the unlock, because virgin is owned by Bell.
Wow cant believe I said Rogers. Sorry!
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Hello Everyone i would like to know is it best to wait before rooting that Variant of Note 2 device
I got mine from Telus yesterday, an i try to learn a thing or 2 since i come from an Iphone.
If there's a post for newbies i would love to take a look Thanks
Thank You

OK just so im sure....
-Reboot device to download mode
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab (cwm6-recovery-i317.tar.md5)
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
then again
-Reboot device to download mode
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab (cwm6-root-note2.tar.md5)
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
Then that should root and install supersu?
LMAO, I looked at 3 different root methods and now am not sure what you guys did in this thread to root your i317...and im a droid noob.

savethehumans said:
OK just so im sure....
-Reboot device to download mode
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab (cwm6-recovery-i317.tar.md5)
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
then again
-Reboot device to download mode
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab (cwm6-root-note2.tar.md5)
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
Then that should root and install supersu?
LMAO, I looked at 3 different root methods and now am not sure what you guys did in this thread to root your i317...and im a droid noob.
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The second part no! Do the first part you mentioned. But put superuser97.zip in root of phone first! Then reboot into cwm vol up/home and power together then let go at boot screen. Then flash the superuser97.zip via cwm done
I'll post proper instructions tomorrow your right can be confusing for the average noob
Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk 2

turilo said:
The second part no! Do the first part you mentioned. But put superuser97.zip in root of phone first! Then reboot into cwm vol up/home and power together then let go at boot screen. Then flash the superuser97.zip via cwm done
I'll post proper instructions tomorrow your right can be confusing for the average noob
Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks that worked perfect.
I did actually do the second part (before you replied) but just reflashed with recovery and all is well. ...I think.
Is there a good FAQ somewhere? I have looked at a couple but they seem device specific. My questions are regarding the actual root then ROMs. I would imagine that since a ROM changes the entire OS, it must change the root? Or once the stock rom is rooted, they all are? Stupid noob questions, that im sure a FAQ would answer.
Cheers, and thanks again!

amzi said:
Hell yea bro!
Heres a root video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BweCW5ck8&feature=plcp
Heres how to unroot/ unbrick : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZiO8vfrME&feature=plcp
-All variants by the way. the dude happens to be rooting a sprint one xD
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Yea thats mskip great work and tool kit! hes adding our devices into his toolkit as we speak

Hi turilo,
I apologize for the noob questions - I'm new to the Andriod ecosystem and I just got a Note 2 (Rogers) and have a couple of questions.
1. You rooted your device and what exactly did that accomplish? It appears you were able to get rid of the Rogers bloatware. So all the red colored Rogers app icons and software are gone? What else is the benefit of rooting your device in particular? Is it faster and the battery lasts longer? Please be as specific as you can.
2. Did your device retain all the TouchWiz and S-pen funtionality after being rooted? In other words rooting did not make your phone a pure Andriod system? I also have a Google Nexus 7 and can see differences in the OS compared to the Note 2, so I'm assuming the differences are "enhancements" (depending on your perspective ofcourse ) that Samsung put in.
3. As someone else mentioned, now that you will not be able to get updates OTA, does this mean that when Samsung releases the update to allow multi window or any other update for their software, you won't get that automatically? Is this not something to be concerned about? I would want to get any updates to the S-pen or TouchWiz for instance.
4. Does the above also mean that when Android 4.1.2 becomes available, you will have to update your device manually using some archane process? ie, you won't be able to do this simply from the Settings menu and click on update software?
5. Last noob question - for Andriod idiots like me (I'm a little bit techy - I jailbroke my iPhone back in the day, but would rather not root my Andriod phone unless the benefits outweigh the disadvantages - get rid of Rogers bloatware, keep the Touch Wiz and S-Pen functionality, improved battery life, faster processing etc), can you point to a link that explains how to do this for Andriod dummies?
Thanks!

Update SM-T807A without Service

Hello,
I purchased a Galaxy tab S (SM-T807A) from a friend and wanted to use it just over wifi. Is there a way to get system updates without a carrier service? Or do I need to root it to have that ability? It is currently running 4.4.2 which isn't bad, it would just be nice to get it up to lollipop. Thanks in advance!!

Only way is via odin, but att don't release updates for odin.
However Tmobile do and your device is essentially the same. Whether odin will flash it on your device or refuse or not I don't know.
It's your call.
The only other way is to root via kingroot/Kingoroot then ask someone who is also rooted to pull the system.img from their device and upload it so you can flash back to your device.
However you would also need to flash the bootloader and radio partitions for everything to work properly, something you can only really do with odin.

Ok, that sounds like more effort than it is worth. Thank you for the response. If I get the tablet unlocked by the original owner and take it over to Verizon would it be updatable or would it still look at the AT&T servers?

ksulliv said:
Ok, that sounds like more effort than it is worth. Thank you for the response. If I get the tablet unlocked by the original owner and take it over to Verizon would it be updatable or would it still look at the AT&T servers?
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Odian is much eaiser than kies.
You are lucky, someone in this forum uploded the stock firmware here: drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7ndOWpeCEJ4NFVHZmtvTFN0UFU&usp=sharing
I'm still looking for lollipop stock firmware of T707A.

If you have a Best Buy near you with a Samsung Experience inside, they can update it for you. Make sure you back up everything you need.
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Check if it has CDMA on it first. I know the Verizon Tab S has GSM on it, but don't know about vice versa.

shepliu said:
Odian is much eaiser than kies.
You are lucky, someone in this forum uploded the stock firmware here: drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7ndOWpeCEJ4NFVHZmtvTFN0UFU&usp=sharing
I'm still looking for lollipop stock firmware of T707A.
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You're still on kitkat? Should have received the update by now.

ashyx said:
You're still on kitkat? Should have received the update by now.
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No, I sold the unicorn device

ROOT THREAD! It's here!

Just followed these directions and I have root on my Verizon Galaxy S7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/root-s7-att-g930a-g935a-t3410538
Currently flashing (via flashfire) Xposed framework

What's the update? You get xda on there? I don't trust an att root for my verizon phone.

I never took any OTA's on my phone. This is PB1. I haven't seen any glitches with it yet. YMMV.

Did you get g935 or g930?
title says all

I can confirm successful root on Verizon Galaxy S7 on their most recent/latest OTA G930VVRU2APE1 using these steps. Naturally, you use the G930x file @brandon110 (the G935x is for Edge variants).

psouza4 said:
I can confirm successful root on Verizon Galaxy S7 on their most recent/latest OTA G930VVRU2APE1 using these steps. Naturally, you use the G930x file @brandon110 (the G935x is for Edge variants).
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Question for you....
ODIN sees my phone, drivers are installed, device shows up under CMD adb devices. When I try and run AP file it says failed in ODIN. Is there something IM missing to this process?
Thanks

Are you in download mode?

JAYNO20 said:
Are you in download mode?
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Nope sure wasn't! Thanks, feel like a noob all over for that question.
Still having same issue in DL mode...fails in ODIN even though it is recognized.

jmill75 said:
Question for you....
ODIN sees my phone, drivers are installed, device shows up under CMD adb devices. When I try and run AP file it says failed in ODIN. Is there something IM missing to this process?
Thanks
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You may have the wrong version of ODIN. There's a variant made by PrinceComsy that bypasses the hash check to allow the flash.
Specifically, you want this version:
http://d-h.st/gsDA (Odin3 v3.12/PrinceComsy)
You also want ONE of these rooted boot images:
http://d-h.st/o3hm (any Galaxy S7)
http://d-h.st/kDWz (any Galaxy S7 Edge)
Make sure you grab the right version.

psouza4 said:
You may have the wrong version of ODIN. There's a variant made by PrinceComsy that bypasses the hash check to allow the flash.
Specifically, you want this version:
http://d-h.st/gsDA (Odin3 v3.12/PrinceComsy)
You also want ONE of these rooted boot images:
http://d-h.st/o3hm (any Galaxy S7)
http://d-h.st/kDWz (any Galaxy S7 Edge)
Make sure you grab the right version.
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He shouldn't need that for the Verizon variant. That was only for AT&T and I was able to flash the boot file with the current version of Odin (not the one posted in that thread.)

psouza4 said:
You may have the wrong version of ODIN. There's a variant made by PrinceComsy that bypasses the hash check to allow the flash.
Specifically, you want this version:
http://d-h.st/gsDA (Odin3 v3.12/PrinceComsy)
You also want ONE of these rooted boot images:
http://d-h.st/o3hm (any Galaxy S7)
http://d-h.st/kDWz (any Galaxy S7 Edge)
Make sure you grab the right version.
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working now...although it has been on "setup connection..." for like 5 minutes

jmill75 said:
working now...although it has been on "setup connection..." for like 5 minutes
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Which baseband version do you have?

jayno20 said:
which baseband version do you have?
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g930vvru2ape1
Rebooted device..tried again...success!
Thanks guys

I just flashed the most recent PE1 build just so I'm as up to date as possible and re-rooted it again. Very simple root and it seems to work quite well. I have missed root.

Malicious, malicious ODIN link. Shame on you.
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I tried this and my phone got stuck on the Verizon logo. Held down the buttons to go back into download mode, and powered off. The blue LED is staying on, even when "powered off". I think a lot of these files are bad. There were adware in them.

ironbesterer said:
Malicious, malicious ODIN link. Shame on you.
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I tried this and my phone got stuck on the Verizon logo. Held down the buttons to go back into download mode, and powered off. The blue LED is staying on, even when "powered off". I think a lot of these files are bad. There were adware in them.
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Nope, I downloaded and used every file in the link just fine.
I summarized and re-linked everything in my topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039
Sounds like you've got something else going on :/

psouza4 said:
Nope, I downloaded and used every file in the link just fine.
I summarized and re-linked everything in my topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039
Sounds like you've got something else going on :/
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I got it to work. But those links are full of ads and adware.
Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

ironbesterer said:
I got it to work. But those links are full of ads and adware.
Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
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Glad you good it working. I'd run through Adblock... didn't see any ads here. Maybe the files should be moved to another host.

Anyone else getting a weird VoLTE icon on the status bar?

psouza4 said:
Glad you good it working. I'd run through Adblock... didn't see any ads here. Maybe the files should be moved to another host.
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It tells me to turn off adblock before I can even access the page. dev-host is the worst site to put files on.

New update "N900TUVUFQD2" available.

Just found another update. More proof that T-Mobile hasn't killed the Note 3 yet.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-27648

AndroidHacker99 said:
Just found another update. More proof that T-Mobile hasn't killed the Note 3 yet.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-27648
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Got it last month, but thanks for the heads up in case others have not.

does anyone have this to flash with ODIN? I just need to flash this to get the newer baseband radio from it.
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Okay found all of the stuff OIDN and drivers and the rom along with TWRP 2.8.7.0 to flash with ODIN after the firmware it flashed so that you can go back to a know good working recovery once your done with the baseband update. I'll post a link to my google drive once I have all of that in place. Now what I'd like to know is if you would like it all in part ie. rom zip then the odin zip and the recovery zip and the drivers zip or would you like it in one big zip file? Let me know. That way I can get up to the drive that most of the users want it in. Thanks and glade we still have devs that work on this old but still kick a$$ phone.

michaelcrossland said:
does anyone have this to flash with ODIN? I just need to flash this to get the newer baseband radio from it.
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Okay found all of the stuff OIDN and drivers and the rom along with TWRP 2.8.7.0 to flash with ODIN after the firmware it flashed so that you can go back to a know good working recovery once your done with the baseband update. I'll post a link to my google drive once I have all of that in place. Now what I'd like to know is if you would like it all in part ie. rom zip then the odin zip and the recovery zip and the drivers zip or would you like it in one big zip file? Let me know. That way I can get up to the drive that most of the users want it in. Thanks and glade we still have devs that work on this old but still kick a$$ phone.
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I apologize for the late reply, but here's a download link from SamFirmware.com (a mirror which doesn't throttle downloads to less than 56k dialup speeds).
Link: http://fws02.updato.com/GALAXYNOTE3/SM-N900T/TMB/SM-N900T_1_20170427093713_i57typiagh.zip

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Got it last month, but thanks for the heads up in case others have not.
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No problem, I posted this as a PSA if you will to notify anyone who didn't know about this update.

Tnkx for the upload , now I have a question , it's there a way to have Xposed working on these last stock lollipop update ?
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA-Developers Legacy app

Take sim card out while flashing.
I tried to flash mine through ota update. Somehow damaged my sim.
I realised a day later that i could not send an sms message. Recieve ok send no. Everything else was fine. Lucky i had my girl's sim to test it.
Had to get a new one at the store. They tried to charge me. Ha!
Better safe than sorry.

S.V.I said:
Take sim card out while flashing.
I tried to flash mine through ota update. Somehow damaged my sim.
I realised a day later that i could not send an sms message. Recieve ok send no. Everything else was fine. Lucky i had my girl's sim to test it.
Had to get a new one at the store. They tried to charge me. Ha!
Better safe than sorry.
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I accepted this update via OTA and had no such problems, I suspect your problems may have been caused by a failed update.

AndroidHacker99 said:
I accepted this update via OTA and had no such problems, I suspect your problems may have been caused by a failed update.
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Yes. it was. The file I downloaded from here (QD2 Update) would not complete flashing. So I ODINed the PL1 firmware and tried to flash again. did not work. blahdiblah.
Eventually I went through the OTA update from PL1. the phone rebooted telling me to insert sim. I managed to restart the phone and get the sim recognized, but the sim was damaged somehow with it not being able to send text messages.
Went to the store. they at first tried to charge me for a new sim.... but then the guy remembered that I had previously called his manager complaining that he was too good of a salesman.... then he told me straight: "we've had a bunch of complaints about that problem" (OTA updates breaking SIM cards)
So, Just to be on the safe side, I take the sim out from now on.

Alright.

S.V.I said:
Yes. it was. The file I downloaded from here (QD2 Update) would not complete flashing. So I ODINed the PL1 firmware and tried to flash again. did not work. blahdiblah.
Eventually I went through the OTA update from PL1. the phone rebooted telling me to insert sim. I managed to restart the phone and get the sim recognized, but the sim was damaged somehow with it not being able to send text messages.
Went to the store. they at first tried to charge me for a new sim.... but then the guy remembered that I had previously called his manager complaining that he was too good of a salesman.... then he told me straight: "we've had a bunch of complaints about that problem" (OTA updates breaking SIM cards)
So, Just to be on the safe side, I take the sim out from now on.
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Okay.

Network Problem
hey. Guys i have a sm-n900t but my sim card wont read. There is a round circle with a line in it and when i try to call some it say "mobile network not available" please help me guys...

I suspect you may have an out of date modem that's not compatible with the latest Lollipop update. My initial questions to you are did you install this update via OTA or using ODIN and what OS did you have prior to installing this update? If your currently installed modem is indeed out of date, the first troubleshooting step would be to re-flash the N900TUVUFQD2 firmware using ODIN.

If I'm on this baseband version, can i flash the Dompop rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...rom-dompop-urv1-tekhd-edition-note-4-t3060175
Or do i need to change baseband version??
Also, to root my note 3 should i follow this guide or something else? https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2672393

modem bootloader
AndroidHacker99 said:
I apologize for the late reply, but here's a download link from SamFirmware.com (a mirror which doesn't throttle downloads to less than 56k dialup speeds).
Link: http://fws02.updato.com/GALAXYNOTE3/SM-N900T/TMB/SM-N900T_1_20170427093713_i57typiagh.zip
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here, i just posted this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...updated-bl-cp-t-mobile-galaxy-note-3-t3651839

ODIN should update the modem partition when you flash the latest firmware, I'm not sure why yours didn't update unless you somehow flashed it incorrectly. I'll record a video on how to do if you'd like.

I have the SM-N900TUVUFQD2 from T Mobile, but not on a major network.
Would like to update to Marshmallow, can someone please post the steps on how to do this or a link if someone has the Marshmallow update file, please.
The link in AndroidHacker99 post is 5.0 Lollipop
Update; I am running Phronesis N5 6.0.1 v3.0 and it is running very well with no problems.

I am on the latest lineageOS 20170822, my phone shows a baseband of N900TUVSFPH3, how can I update to latest modem firmware?

frank3427 said:
I am on the latest lineageOS 20170822, my phone shows a baseband of N900TUVSFPH3, how can I update to latest modem firmware?
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Here is the link to the newest baseband
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298969970

Alright, sounds like there needs to be some clarification here.
#1. I installed the update via ODIN, and IF you flashed the update via ODIN as well, your baseband WILL update (assuming something didn't go wrong, in which case I recommend a re-flash to ensure the process completed successfully).
#2. I never intended this to become an error reporting thread, I was simply posting a notification for those who didn't know about this update. You should go post about this in the Troubleshooting section of this Note 3 (TMO) subsection.
#3. If you want to complain to me saying "This update broke my phone!!"... It's not my software, therefore it's not my problem. All modifications (this includes firmware flashes) are YOUR responsibility and YOU perform it at YOUR OWN RISK.
Go look around on XDA, everyone says "PERFORM AT YOUR OWN RISK".
Hope this cleared most of it up, if not... go re-read it because you probably didn't ACTUALLY read it.

Downgrade S9+ to Oreo

Hi,
I just got an S9+ and I really don't like One UI, and I've seen lots of tutorials on how to downgrade to Oreo, though for me I keep getting stuck at recovery.img in Odin and I don't know why. I have tried both BTU and VOD firmware (not sure if my phone was locked or not and I'm in the UK) and nothing works. Please help.
Thanks,
Marco

what error is Odin kicking up when you do this? something about the binary? what firmware are youstarting with and what are you trying to flash exactly?

youdoofus said:
what error is Odin kicking up when you do this? something about the binary? what firmware are youstarting with and what are you trying to flash exactly?
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So Odin isn't kicking up an error, it just gets stuck on recovery.img every time no matter what I firmware file I try. I am starting with the latest Android Pie One UI firmware and downgrading to Android 8.0 Oreo using firmware from samfrew.

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So Odin isn't kicking up an error, it just gets stuck on recovery.img every time no matter what I firmware file I try. I am starting with the latest Android Pie One UI firmware and downgrading to Android 8.0 Oreo using firmware from samfrew.
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950F or 950U?

youdoofus said:
950F or 950U?
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SM-G965F Galaxy S9+

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SM-G965F Galaxy S9+
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thats why i was asking for the firmware version youre on because it would have told me if it was a U or an F LoL. which is totally different from a F and a U (get it? F U?) bad joke... anyways, the F might be able to roll back, but the U for sure is not. Im not well enough versed to go much past this point as i am of the belief that you cannot downgrade, but i could be wrong and dont want to discourage you. Anyways, the entire firmware version youre on and the one youre trying to go to would be helpful. You cant just say "the most recent" because there are many versions of "the most recent" version. Absolutely not trying to mock you or anything, but trust me when i say to post up entire firmware versions, its helpful to those who come to this thread and would like to help out, but dont have the info they need in order to do so

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thats why i was asking for the firmware version youre on because it would have told me if it was a U or an F LoL. which is totally different from a F and a U (get it? F U?) bad joke... anyways, the F might be able to roll back, but the U for sure is not. Im not well enough versed to go much past this point as i am of the belief that you cannot downgrade, but i could be wrong and dont want to discourage you. Anyways, the entire firmware version youre on and the one youre trying to go to would be helpful. You cant just say "the most recent" because there are many versions of "the most recent" version. Absolutely not trying to mock you or anything, but trust me when i say to post up entire firmware versions, its helpful to those who come to this thread and would like to help out, but dont have the info they need in order to do so
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Ok just did a quick bit of Googling and I'm on the September 2019 Security Update (Android Pie) and I'm trying to downgrade to the November 2018 Update (Android Oreo). Thank you for your patience I'm a complete novice here!
Edit: I've also tried using a patched version of Odin and unfortunately that also hasn't worked

mviscito said:
Ok just did a quick bit of Googling and I'm on the September 2019 Security Update (Android Pie) and I'm trying to downgrade to the November 2018 Update (Android Oreo). Thank you for your patience I'm a complete novice here!
Edit: I've also tried using a patched version of Odin and unfortunately that also hasn't worked
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only way is flash a oreo based custom rom. maybe tgp

mviscito said:
Ok just did a quick bit of Googling and I'm on the September 2019 Security Update (Android Pie) and I'm trying to downgrade to the November 2018 Update (Android Oreo). Thank you for your patience I'm a complete novice here!
Edit: I've also tried using a patched version of Odin and unfortunately that also hasn't worked
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no worries man. grab your phone, go to settings/about phone/software information/baseband version
what is the baseband your phone is currently on and what is the entire alphanumeric of the firmware youre trying to flash?

youdoofus said:
no worries man. grab your phone, go to settings/about phone/software information/baseband version
what is the baseband your phone is currently on and what is the entire alphanumeric of the firmware youre trying to flash?
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Baseband: G965FXXU6CSGD
BTU ROM: G965FXXS2BRJ6-20181116134320
VOD ROM: G965FXXS2BRK3-20181228140740
Thanks for your help

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Baseband: G965FXXU6CSGD
BTU ROM: G965FXXS2BRJ6-20181116134320
VOD ROM: G965FXXS2BRK3-20181228140740
Thanks for your help
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not a problem
the bootloader you have on your phone is version U6 and the one youre trying to flash is S2, thats 4 revisions back and im sure thats part of the trouble youre having. Im going to have to look at downgrade procedures in order to find out if its even possible. Kinda surprised that someone else hasnt popped in here such as @The Mad Scientist
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here is the thread discussing how to do it, but the examples in the guide show far older bootloaders than what youre running. you said that youve seen tutorials on this, do you have any links?
also, the baseband of your phone is from Germany, have you tried a German 8.0?

youdoofus said:
not a problem
the bootloader you have on your phone is version U6 and the one youre trying to flash is S2, thats 4 revisions back and im sure thats part of the trouble youre having. Im going to have to look at downgrade procedures in order to find out if its even possible. Kinda surprised that someone else hasnt popped in here such as @The Mad Scientist
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here is the thread discussing how to do it, but the examples in the guide show far older bootloaders than what youre running. you said that youve seen tutorials on this, do you have any links?
also, the baseband of your phone is from Germany, have you tried a German 8.0?
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Two things, 1 that link is the exact one I used first and second wow I never knew I will try a German Android 8.0 thank you do you know what code those ade? (E.g. BTU or XEU idk what these codes are called)

here is the most recent German 8.0
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/g...e/SM-G965F/DBT/download/G965FXXS2BRL3/249034/
also, if Odin stalls at initializing, then its probably not interfacing with your phone properly. Does it show a device listed as "COM:#"? that pound sign is going to be a number, doesnt matter what that number is, just as long as Odin says "COM:3" or "COM:733" in that little box below the big one in the upper left hand corner

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Two things, 1 that link is the exact one I used first and second wow I never knew I will try a German Android 8.0 thank you do you know what code those ade? (E.g. BTU or XEU idk what these codes are called)
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these phones are a major learning curve, thats for sure. Ive been rooting and modding phones since the Droid Incredible and HTC Evo (the original evo) days and its just a different world, which makes sense because these phones are asked to do sooooo much more than the old school smartphones ever did. Anyways, those 3 letter codes are called CSC's. "Consumer software Customization" is what they technically call it, but ive ever only heard them referred to as "country specific codes" which makes more sense as theyre bespoke to a country.

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here is the most recent German 8.0
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/g...e/SM-G965F/DBT/download/G965FXXS2BRL3/249034/
also, if Odin stalls at initializing, then its probably not interfacing with your phone properly. Does it show a device listed as "COM:#"? that pound sign is going to be a number, doesnt matter what that number is, just as long as Odin says "COM:3" or "COM:733" in that little box below the big one in the upper left hand corner
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Ok so Odin recognises my device correctly, however the issue then is still it getting stuck at recovery.img, even with the German DBT firmware. Really weird
Edit: Here is exactly where it gets stuck.
https://imgur.com/a/31w8u7V

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Ok so Odin recognises my device correctly, however the issue then is still it getting stuck at recovery.img, even with the German DBT firmware. Really weird
Edit: Here is exactly where it gets stuck.
https://imgur.com/a/31w8u7V
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thats the longest part of the flash, how long does it get stuck there for?

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thats the longest part of the flash, how long does it get stuck there for?
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The longest I've left it was 10 minutes, but unlike when I've done successful flashes the progress bar doesn't move.

boys the bootloader is to high. G960FXXS2BRJ6 oreo & G960FXXU6CSGD pie. bootloader block the downgrade. only chance to get oreo back flash a custom rom! i do the same

Alex192088 said:
boys the bootloader is to high. G960FXXS2BRJ6 oreo & G960FXXU6CSGD pie. bootloader block the downgrade. only chance to get oreo back flash a custom rom! i do the same
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Damn is there any way to downgrade the bootloader or trick it into running Oreo? How else would other people have downgraded as I'm assuming the bootloader version changed between Oreo and Pie.

nope sorry, only way is oreo custom rom. try tgp oero