Asking Best buy or AT$T to image older rom - AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I see some mention of this as a solution, although it look some it's only for those that downgraded to NB5.
.I am trying to understand what would happen if AT&T or BB try to image an older ROM on to the 4.4 leak that some of us are RUNNING, including me.
Assuming AT&T / BB agree to try, has anyone had success this way?
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ekerbuddyeker said:
I see some mention of this as a solution, although it look some it's only for those that downgraded to NB5.
.I am trying to understand what would happen if AT&T or BB try to image an older ROM on to the 4.4 leak that some of us are RUNNING, including me.
Assuming AT&T / BB agree to try, has anyone had success this way?
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They won't load ROMS.

skyline23 said:
They won't load ROMS.
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he is not talking about custom roms but a stock image a att service center or best buy can do it and will

I took my Note 3 in to BB yesterday. I'm running the Leaked MLG 4.4.2.
The Samsung dudes were unable to get NB4 to load over the leak.
My BB didn't even have the NC2 (official KK release) in their system yet.
Going to try a different BB tomorrow.
AT&T Note 3

TeldenW said:
I took my Note 3 in to BB yesterday. I'm running the Leaked MLG 4.4.2.
The Samsung dudes were unable to get NB4 to load over the leak.
My BB didn't even have the NC2 (official KK release) in their system yet.
Going to try a different BB tomorrow.
AT&T Note 3
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i had the same issue.i restored to mj5 by following the post here at xda then had bb reflash to nb4. no probs updating to kk via ota.

ATT rep told me that if they attempt to restore a 4.3 image over KK it will brick the phone so they won't do it.
Because my phone wouldn't boot when I brought it in they couldn't confirm the OS version. I had to sign a waiver acknowledging my phone might become a brick and releasing them of liability before they would agree to restore my phone.
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Revert back to mj5 first.
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i just come out from bb no help overthere i have before the kitkat leak one and now trying to put the official one and i did the downgrade for mj5 but still not working..

I may wait till they have the official ROM in their system and then go in to get my leaked version updated.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
I may wait till they have the official ROM in their system and then go in to get my leaked version updated.
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there is a working method to get the official OTA to update on your phone, Miata just posted a thread about how to do this after restoring to MJ5 and taking the NB4 updated.
he has a file that you flash and after that the OTA update should not fail anymore. Yall should try it out instead of waiting on BB or Att to do something that you can do.

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[Q] Where will JB upgrade come from? (If there ever is one?)

I purchased my Samsung Galaxy i957 unlocked 8.9 tab on line from a Hong Kong vendor last year. I love the tab and it works great, but I am confused about what happens if a Galaxy 8.9 upgrade is ever released. Since my tab is an i957 - wifi only- and has the ATT brand, would I get the upgrade from AT&T even though I have no data or phone service with them? If they send it out OTA, would I be able to grab it? Or would I have to go to Sammobile or some other place to get it? I'm assuming that I would have to unroot and return to stock, but beyond that??
Thanks,
Sue
You could get it from sammobile and flash it with odin. You would lose root. Did you root the device? If so then it'd be easy to re-root as you've done it before.
OTA won't work since you are rooted.
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jd1639 said:
You could get it from sammobile and flash it with odin. You would lose root. Did you root the device? If so then it'd be easy to re-root as you've done it before.
OTA won't work since you are rooted.
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, I rooted and am currently using Danno_Rom. I don't mind re-rooting so I guess I just need to sit back and wait for somebody to release the upgrade. Thanks again.
heliosue said:
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I rooted and am currently using Danno_Rom. I don't mind re-rooting so I guess I just need to sit back and wait for somebody to release the upgrade. Thanks again.
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Nrvate's rom is cm 10 based if you want jb now. But I've found the stock, rooted ics runs just about as good. You have arm i957, right because nrvates is for the i957.
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Uk back to US rom question

I am on the UK rom and thought about going to the US rom, but I am rooted and have null installed and have my gear right how I want it. So the question is If I flash the US rom will I lose my root and all of my stuff and have to do it all over? I am new to this.
cnova said:
I am on the UK rom and thought about going to the US rom, but I am rooted and have null installed and have my gear right how I want it. So the question is If I flash the US rom will I lose my root and all of my stuff and have to do it all over? I am new to this.
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Yes you will be wiping everything when you flash the new firmware. It basically formats and re writes then new firmware. There is no need to switch back to US version. I am still on UK aswell with no plans of redoing to usa version.
almulder1092 said:
Yes you will be wiping everything when you flash the new firmware. It basically formats and re writes then new firmware. There is no need to switch back to US version. I am still on UK aswell with no plans of redoing to usa version.
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Thank you for the info. I don't think I will go back.
+1
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I tried to Odin back to the US ROM and all I get is stuck on the Samsung screen on the gear. I even tried to go back to stock UK and same result. Everything flashes fine just won't get off the Samsung screen. Only way I can get the gear to work again is to Odin the recovery and flash null. Am I missing something?
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sdrewh said:
I tried to Odin back to the US ROM and all I get is stuck on the Samsung screen on the gear. I even tried to go back to stock UK and same result. Everything flashes fine just won't get off the Samsung screen. Only way I can get the gear to work again is to Odin the recovery and flash null. Am I missing something?
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For me battery life's much improved with the US firmware.
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Help Note 3 Kitkat update

When I tried to update it went to 27% and said failed to update...anything I should do so it's successful the next time?
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Mine stopped 25%
Vague much? You rooted?
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well im stock rooted NB4 as per my signature. think ill stay this way until it all get worked out.
Ill be following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2686652
frome901 said:
well im stock rooted NB4 as per my signature. think ill stay this way until it all get worked out.
Ill be following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2686652
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Sorry, I don't read signatures. That's probably why, updates dont like rooted phones.
Mine went to 25%. FAILED TO UPDATE. Iam not rooted. Stock
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Yup mine went to 27 and failed.
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Reports are that anyone that has used to "revert to MJ5" thread, is running into a failure between 25 to 27%.
This is likely the problem.
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Further reports are saying that you will have to take it to an AT&T store or Sammobile in BestBuy to have them flash MJ5. Then you take the NB4 OTA and will be able to grab the KK OTA.
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I had the same problem. After I reset everything to stock and even unrooted I still had the problem.(I think everyone who rooted has this problem) I just went to att device warranty center and swapped out my phone if they ask you whether you rooted your phone just say "no". Updating to Kitkat as we speak on my replaced phone.
nigerson said:
I had the same problem. After I reset everything to stock and even unrooted I still had the problem.(I think everyone who rooted has this problem) I just went to att device warranty center and swapped out my phone if they ask you whether you rooted your phone just say "no". Updating to Kitkat as we speak on my replaced phone.
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They should be able to just flash 4.3 onto it?
Then again, why not just flash a 4.4.2 rom? You'd retain root, and it's basically the exact same hahahaha
Chaplain Dennis said:
Mine went to 25%. FAILED TO UPDATE. Iam not rooted. Stock
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Same here, not rooted and it got to 25% or so
To the people saying "I'm not rooted", WERE you rooted? I read somewhere else that could be the issue. I unrooted so I could update and it failed the same way as everyone else here. Please specify everything when you say you're not rooted. I read that someone who left their device rooted got it to update just fine but they lost root, which is to be expected but it did actually work for the guy. I'm going to reroot and try again.
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I was rooted then unrooted and stil fails at 27% no matter what i try. With all the smarts on this forum i hope somebody can figure this out .ive already softbricked my other note 3 trying to go to kitkat and i dont want to do that to my new one ha ha.
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joe3681 said:
They should be able to just flash 4.3 onto it?
Then again, why not just flash a 4.4.2 rom? You'd retain root, and it's basically the exact same hahahaha
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where is the official att rom to flash?
Just go to best buy and have re flash nb4 and you shall be able to update. Did that last night and I got past the 27% mark and successfully updated kitkat
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I just left best buy and the nb4 reflash failed
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Subscribing. I'm having the same issues. Was rooted, and update failed. Unrooted and update failed.
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FYI I was stock. Kingo root. Then safe strapped. Flashed azure in slot one. Hour later hit back to stock slot then deleted slot 1 azure proceeded to unroot and delete safestrap and wiped data reset so I figured I'd be ok. Update ota kitkat gets 28% fails. So..I'm watching. I decided f it and re rooted and am going to flash a Rom for sake of waiting to see what happens with this failure as I should very been completely stock.
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Also I tried twice
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Failed update at 27%
I would say the issue has to be on AT&T's end. I had issues with my internet so I soft bricked mine during the rooting process b/c the file was corrupted. Used odin to revert back to stock MJ5 and then updated to NB4. I have tried to wipe the data for the download manager within the app manager, wiped cache in recovery, did a factory reset after getting updated to NB4 and tried different working internet sources just to make sure.
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I would say the issue has to be on AT&T's end. I had issues with my internet so I soft bricked mine during the rooting process b/c the file was corrupted. Used odin to revert back to stock MJ5 and then updated to NB4. I have tried to wipe the data for the download manager within the app manager, wiped cache in recovery, did a factory reset after getting updated to NB4 and tried different working internet sources just to make sure.
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It's a device issue. Certain files that should be there are gone and files that shouldn't be there are there.
It's not on AT&T's end. It's local to the device software itself
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How to restore to stock

I cant seem to find the mf3 full odin tar to load stock on the active exactly as it would if I updated it from pure stock mf1. I found this but this is mf1 and i didn't think those things are downgradable. the reason is is i have corrupted my system and things are going bad fast i just wanna start over fresh.
blu422 said:
I cant seem to find the mf3 full odin tar to load stock on the active exactly as it would if I updated it from pure stock mf1. I found this but this is mf1 and i didn't think those things are downgradable. the reason is is i have corrupted my system and things are going bad fast i just wanna start over fresh.
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Are you on an att device? If so There is no mf3 for us. Its either 4.2.2 mf1 which locks you out of future OTAs and there is also 4.3 ML2 which is rootable and you will be able to receive 4.4 ota if it is ever made available to us. Choose wisely my friend.
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yankeesfan714 said:
Are you on an att device? If so There is no mf3 for us. Its either 4.2.2 mf1 which locks you out of future OTAs and there is also 4.3 ML2 which is rootable and you will be able to receive 4.4 ota if it is ever made available to us. Choose wisely my friend.
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yeah. is 4.2.2 mf1 rootable? can any of these install custom roms or safestrap 4.4 roms?
4.2.2,is probably your best bet for now. Safestrap is fully functional on mf1. Some users are unable to create ROM slots on 4.3 so maybe wait till safestrap is fixed then update to 4.3
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yankeesfan714 said:
4.2.2,is probably your best bet for now. Safestrap is fully functional on mf1. Some users are unable to create ROM slots on 4.3 so maybe wait till safestrap is fixed then update to 4.3
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so i can odin either of those two from mf3 and be fine?
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blu422 said:
so i can odin either of those two from mf3 and be fine?
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blu422 said:
so i can odin either of those two from mf3 and be fine?
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Yes
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need some help

My buddy got a note 3 with jb firmware. We decided to software update it. We were successful with one update. This one....see pic. Well now we are trying to upgrade it to the kk update. But we are stuck with message see the other pic attached. It's been stuck on this for a good hour. Any suggestions?
Second pic.......
If you plan to root the phone, you want to update to a leaked version of kitkat
DK 4.1, GPE Orange, Xposed, xgel, and other great extras
Ok. Well we updated to that version u see right there. How do I go about updating to a leaked version?
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We got the kk update to download but it stopped every time when it booted to the stock recovery? It stopped at 26% don't know y? And we were planning to use towelroot for kk.
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Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701062 and you don't need the leaked version to get root towel root works fine on official kk

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