So I just ordered an AT&T Note 3 and from what I'm reading it appears that I should be hoping it does NOT come with KK preinstalled, correct?
Everything I see tells me that if I'm on KK there is no current root method, yes?
Also, if I am able to root am I able to use the custom Roms available? I'm coming from a Nexus 5 so everything seems much more complicated over here ?
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cc16177 said:
So I just ordered an AT&T Note 3 and from what I'm reading it appears that I should be hoping it does NOT come with KK preinstalled, correct?
Everything I see tells me that if I'm on KK there is no current root method, yes?
Also, if I am able to root am I able to use the custom Roms available? I'm coming from a Nexus 5 so everything seems much more complicated over here ?
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Sure you can root KK roms, but KNOX will be triggered to 0x1 and warranty could be voided (depending on where you live). Btw i came from a N5 too
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Sure you can root KK roms, but KNOX will be triggered to 0x1 and warranty could be voided (depending on where you live). Btw i came from a N5 too
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If I don't care about voiding my warranty can I accept the official KK update and still get root?
Also, how do you like it compared to the N5? Did you keep your N5 or sell it?
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cc16177 said:
If I don't care about voiding my warranty can I accept the official KK update and still get root?
Also, how do you like it compared to the N5? Did you keep your N5 or sell it?
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Where do you live? You can download the latest available 4.4.2 rom from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ and flash it with Odin 3.07. After that flash a custom recovery and then flash the latest superSU.zip in recovery and you`re set. You can also flash a prerooted custom rom straight with a custom recovery. I sold my N5 cause i`am excited about the coming OnePlusOne phone and i might just try that one.
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Where do you live? You can download the latest available 4.4.2 rom from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ and flash it with Odin 3.07. After that flash a custom recovery and then flash the latest superSU.zip in recovery and you`re set. You can also flash a prerooted custom rom straight with a custom recovery. I sold my N5 cause i`am excited about the coming OnePlusOne phone and i might just try that one.
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I live in CT. I'm reading online that its not possible to root KK on the ATT version. What carrier are you on?
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cc16177 said:
I live in CT. I'm reading online that its not possible to root KK on the ATT version. What carrier are you on?
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Mine is unlocked, there are no locked phones in the Netherlands thank god. Its best you look around in the ATT Forum, you will get more info and help there, link http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att
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Mine is unlocked, there are no locked phones in the Netherlands thank god.Its best you look around in the ATT Forum, you will get more info and help here
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Yes it appears the att one is locked. When I originally posted this I thought I was in the att thread lol
Thanks anyways
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cc16177 said:
Yes it appears the att one is locked. When I originally posted this I thought I was in the att thread lol
Thanks anyways
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There are custom roms available in the att forum so it must be possible to root it i guess
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There are custom roms available in the att forum so it must be possible to root it i guess
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Yeah as long as the one I bought ships with JB still I can root and then update to KK it seems. If it comes with KK I'm without root for now I guess.
We'll see! Fingers crossed
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cc16177 said:
Yeah as long as the one I bought ships with JB still I can root and then update to KK it seems. If it comes with KK I'm without root for now I guess.
We'll see! Fingers crossed
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KK, good luck
I would like to root my S3, Im from the UK and im on TESCO Mobile. Ive heard that rooting destroys your warranty and ive got a 2 year warranty on my phone that I don't wanna loose. If I root on a stock rom, So stock Touchwiz 4.3 and use triangleaway will it work and successfully set my flash counter back to 0 and not brick my phone?:cyclops:
If i had a 2 year warranty I would not root my phone but that's just me. But it would void your warranty with Samsung. But the loophole in UK law if it is a hardware problem and not software your warranty is still valid.
Maybe this will help you
1.http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/orig-development/2014-01-15-triangleaway-v3-26-t1494114
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847
Ps jump to 1st post
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My Z3 developed some faults but it runs the concept firmware, would Sony still accept it?
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If you didn't unlock the bootloader or flash any modifications or modified versions of the Concept ROM - they should. I don't remember seeing anywhere that flashing the Concept ROM voids the warranty.
I gave my Z3 with concept rom installed. There was no problem with warranty
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If you didn't unlock the bootloader or flash any modifications or modified versions of the Concept ROM - they should. I don't remember seeing anywhere that flashing the Concept ROM voids the warranty.
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I gave my Z3 with concept rom installed. There was no problem with warranty
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Thanks guys! They collected it this evening :crying:
I want to root and flash some custom ROM on my phone but I'm afraid of losing year and half warranty.
Can someone from EU and other countries share experience with warranty and tripped knox, somebody say that warranty is still valid. Is it true?
Thanks!
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Edge330 said:
I want to root and flash some custom ROM on my phone but I'm afraid of losing year and half warranty.
Can someone from EU and other countries share experience with warranty and tripped knox, somebody say that warranty is still valid. Is it true?
Thanks!
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if they will check, then no warranty, but they do not check always. In beginning of user manual you can find this information.
Edge330 said:
I want to root and flash some custom ROM on my phone but I'm afraid of losing year and half warranty.
Can someone from EU and other countries share experience with warranty and tripped knox, somebody say that warranty is still valid. Is it true?
Thanks!
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Once knox is tripped your warranty is voided. No saying that, it all depends on if Samsung check this if they carry out a repair, they may or may not depending on what type of fault it is. If it's a software issue that cannot be fixed by yourself, then most likely they will see knox is tripped. But for say a broken screen maybe not so much. It's risky though.
I am late to join galaxy s7, just recently got one on eBay. UK Vodafone locked. I had it unlocked couple of days ago. Expecting it to receive nougat ota. But nothing has happened yet. When will I get that? I want to try out nougat then decide whether to root.
Removing the network lock won't have any affect on which firmware your phone has, only that you can now use it on any network & so as is you would be waiting for Vodafone to release a VOD version of Nougat.
AFAIK There is only a BTU/Samsung generic version of Nougat available in the UK on the S7 right now so if you wanted it sooner you could flash to BTU.
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Thanks, Do I still need to root to flash the generic rom?
The update is available in India now! I have updated my S7 to Nougat VIA OTa
thotwielder said:
Thanks, Do I still need to root to flash the generic rom?
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Root is never needed to flash ROMs
thotwielder said:
Thanks, Do I still need to root to flash the generic rom?
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No, just need to flash the appropriate files with ODIN.
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Just confirmed with someone from work that his unlocked (when bought) phone also hasn't got nougat ota update. Just wondering anyone here from uk who actually got the update?
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Removing the network lock won't have any affect on which firmware your phone has, only that you can now use it on any network & so as is you would be waiting for Vodafone to release a VOD version of Nougat.
AFAIK There is only a BTU/Samsung generic version of Nougat available in the UK on the S7 right now so if you wanted it sooner you could flash to BTU.
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Does flashing to a different rom, albeit a factory one, void warranty, trip knox or stop OTA updates? I recently bought a Galaxy S7 with Vodafone Spain (ATL) firmware (i don't live in Spain btw, I bought it from a store) and I'd like to flash the unlocked UK rom (BTU), so I can get Nougat, but i don't want to void my warranty.
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Just confirmed with someone from work that his unlocked (when bought) phone also hasn't got nougat ota update. Just wondering anyone here from uk who actually got the update?
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Did they buy their phone from Carphone Warehouse? Only if so they're probably on XEU rather than BTU.
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woodmj said:
Did they buy their phone from Carphone Warehouse? Only if so they're probably on XEU rather than BTU.
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It's from giffgaff, what are XUE and BTU? i do see the csc number on it: g930fxeu1bpk3 is this xeu?
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Just confirmed with someone from work that his unlocked (when bought) phone also hasn't got nougat ota update. Just wondering anyone here from uk who actually got the update?
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Im here waiting too. Unlocked UK and was on Beta updates. Feel like I've been forgot. Question is, can i flash the new BTU files without a wipe?
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It's from giffgaff, what are XUE and BTU? i do see the csc number on it: g930fxeu1bpk3 is this xeu?
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Yes, that is XEU. I read about the XEU firmware on a forum somewhere, he hasn't gotten the update yet. BTU is the unlocked UK firmware and the Nougat update for that is out.
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It's from giffgaff, what are XUE and BTU? i do see the csc number on it: g930fxeu1bpk3 is this xeu?
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Indeed that's XEU (as the previous poster said)
XEU & BTU seem to both be the same but they have different CSCs which would explain why you're not getting the update as it's not out for XEU yet.
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OAL77W said:
Does flashing to a different rom, albeit a factory one, void warranty, trip knox or stop OTA updates? I recently bought a Galaxy S7 with Vodafone Spain (ATL) firmware (i don't live in Spain btw, I bought it from a store) and I'd like to flash the unlocked UK rom (BTU), so I can get Nougat, but i don't want to void my warranty.
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Flashing a stock ROM eg from SamMobile won't trip Knox. Only customs ROMs & rooting do that. OTA updates should work fine if the right flashing procedure is followed.
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Flashing a stock ROM eg from SamMobile won't trip Knox. Only customs ROMs & rooting do that. OTA updates should work fine if the right flashing procedure is followed.
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Thanks a lot, I was getting frustrated because I don't want my firmware to have anything to do with any carrier. Do you happen to know if there is a chance that Samsung's service can see that the BTU CSC is not the phone's original CSC and decline a warranty claim?
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When are we going to get it?! I'm from the UK with an unlocked S7 flat, bought from Carphone. And of course it's with XEU.
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Do you happen to know if there is a chance that Samsung's service can see that the BTU CSC is not the phone's original CSC and decline a warranty claim?
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You could run into problems there if you needed to send the phone in for repair if the firmware is checked by the retailer or whoever they send their phones off for repair to. Personally would just flash it back to the original CSC before sending it off. Both CSCs would need to be on the same Android version though as from what I remember reading flashing an Android downgrade can brick your phone. I did read elsewhere someone managed to flash back to Marshmallow from Nougat as VoLTE wasn't working in Nougat as it turned out both were using the same boat loader but that's the only case like that I recall.
From experience Samsung's Smartswitch software doesn't look your phone up to establish which firmware it should have. It just goes on the current CSC if you were eg. to do an emergency firmware initialisation.
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woodmj said:
You could run into problems there if you needed to send the phone in for repair if the firmware is checked by the retailer or whoever they send their phones off for repair to. Personally would just flash it back to the original CSC before sending it off. Both CSCs would need to be on the same Android version though as from what I remember reading flashing an Android downgrade can brick your phone. I did read elsewhere someone managed to flash back to Marshmallow from Nougat as VoLTE wasn't working in Nougat as it turned out both were using the same boat loader but that's the only case like that I recall.
From experience Samsung's Smartswitch software doesn't look your phone up to establish which firmware it should have. It just goes on the current CSC if you were eg. to do an emergency firmware initialisation.
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Oh, I see. If I flash back to my original CSC before handing it over, albeit both on the same version, is there a chance they might not notice? Thanks a lot btw.
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thotwielder said:
I am late to join galaxy s7, just recently got one on eBay. UK Vodafone locked. I had it unlocked couple of days ago. Expecting it to receive nougat ota. But nothing has happened yet. When will I get that? I want to try out nougat then decide whether to root.
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Flash the firmware from on SamMobile it's probably better than upgrading via OTA as well.
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is there a chance they might not notice? Thanks a lot btw.
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Sorry, I've never been in that situation so I really couldn't say.
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update. i have successfully flash the nougat using the sammobile rom (btu). i followed this video step and step and it's very successful, it even keeps all the apps and data, just like an ota update would do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFV9WkZ9FfY&t=57s