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Hey All, hope this is the right area. I got my Prime and love it, but being an old
computer geek I wanted a better ROM. I let it update to .21 and regretted it of coarse.So I used the stock Asus unlocking tool, then Wolf's ultimate flash and downgrade(worked, took it back to .15) ViperBoy's newly updated PrimeTool 4.6 to root and installed TWRP 2.1. Everything seemed to be fine and I was ready for Android Open Kang
Project - Build 35. Yes it was awhile ago, AOKP looks great and I was drooling to get it in, but recovery didn't work. I have tried to flash different CWM's in, nothing seems to change my problem, I go into recovery and my Android guy is working for just few seconds, then keels over with the dreaded red exclamation mark sign, Dead. Yes my Asus still works with all it's bloatware and plods along but I really want to fix this and am just about desperate to try anything.
My computer has ADB access, and I have a novice's novice level of skills, can anyone,
anywhere help?
06-25-12
Just went through the rooting thing again. My device IS rooted, but NOTHING will get me in the recovery, now have also tried GooManager and ROM toolbox to attempt to install CWM over existing one(?) >sigh< Does anyone think using ADB to push another CWM would be for helpful then dangerous? Help?
I had done the original root/gapps install on this. Then had problems with gapps. So I went back into TWRP and I had a restore called stockunrooted. I restore it, and when I go to reboot it says "Warning, No OS installed". Sure enough, it boots to a little Nabi logo with no motion. And just sits there. I used TWRP file manager and don't see any files in /boot after I do a restore. /boot and /system seem to restore instantly. I'm good with PC's, Networks, and Linux, but not Android hacks. Is there something I can download, push with ADB, then load with TWRP that will fix me up? I think that's how I got the STOCKUNROOTED that is already there though
Got Nabi2
Rooted with jmz?? method and also installed his gapps
Nabi wouldn't power on right without reset hole after a week or 2
Restored stockunrooted, worked fine, no more power on problem, but no root or gapps
Rooted per jmz method, worked, no gapps.
Wanted to install gapps, so restored stockunrooted again, now nothing
At least TWRP works. It's wifes though, and she isn't into just using it for TWRP.
- Joe
JoeLansing said:
I had done the original root/gapps install on this. Then had problems with gapps. So I went back into TWRP and I had a restore called stockunrooted. I restore it, and when I go to reboot it says "Warning, No OS installed". Sure enough, it boots to a little Nabi logo with no motion. And just sits there. I used TWRP file manager and don't see any files in /boot after I do a restore. /boot and /system seem to restore instantly. I'm good with PC's, Networks, and Linux, but not Android hacks. Is there something I can download, push with ADB, then load with TWRP that will fix me up? I think that's how I got the STOCKUNROOTED that is already there though
Got Nabi2
Rooted with jmz?? method and also installed his gapps
Nabi wouldn't power on right without reset hole after a week or 2
Restored stockunrooted, worked fine, no more power on problem, but no root or gapps
Rooted per jmz method, worked, no gapps.
Wanted to install gapps, so restored stockunrooted again, now nothing
At least TWRP works. It's wifes though, and she isn't into just using it for TWRP.
- Joe
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Flash this in twrp:
http://www.androidfiles.org/securekey.php?file=Nabi2/JmzNabi2Stock_OLD.zip
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
GuyIncognito721 said:
Flash this in twrp:
http://www.androidfiles.org/securekey.php?file=Nabi2/JmzNabi2Stock_OLD.zip
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
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Ok, I got that. Having problems getting TWRP to see it. I tried from SD card, tried copying it into sd-ext, sdcard, external_sdcard, sdcard/twrp/backups. No luck. If I click Install from sdcard it shows me /sdcard/root.zip so I tried putting it in there but no luck when I click recovery. I tried setting permissions on the zip to 777. What on earth am I doing wrong. I spent about an hour with google searching before I came back here. I'm on TWRP v2.2.2.1
- Joe
JoeLansing said:
I had done the original root/gapps install on this. Then had problems with gapps. So I went back into TWRP and I had a restore called stockunrooted. I restore it, and when I go to reboot it says "Warning, No OS installed". Sure enough, it boots to a little Nabi logo with no motion. And just sits there. I used TWRP file manager and don't see any files in /boot after I do a restore. /boot and /system seem to restore instantly. I'm good with PC's, Networks, and Linux, but not Android hacks. Is there something I can download, push with ADB, then load with TWRP that will fix me up? I think that's how I got the STOCKUNROOTED that is already there though
Got Nabi2
Rooted with jmz?? method and also installed his gapps
Nabi wouldn't power on right without reset hole after a week or 2
Restored stockunrooted, worked fine, no more power on problem, but no root or gapps
Rooted per jmz method, worked, no gapps.
Wanted to install gapps, so restored stockunrooted again, now nothing
At least TWRP works. It's wifes though, and she isn't into just using it for TWRP.
- Joe
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i hope ya wasnt using the mic hole on the bottom of the Unit
http://www.nabitablet.com/specs/nabi2
IF i were you i would Search the forum "nabi 2"
you will find a lot of post with downloads and things that people have done to help get their nabi 2 up and running.
HTH
I used the reset hole and I've already downloaded all the jmz files and a few more. I've read about Nabi here for hours. My last try was restoring JMZ_OLD to get back to factory. Still no WiFI. Then I tried installing the WiFI_Fix. Now it just shows a spinning Nabi logo. I rooted my 4th one today using the new Nabi Lab which I really like! My wife's is the only one that is a problem child. Funny thing is the other 3 were bought at Walmart, hers was bought at GameStop. I think from reading the Cannot Turn on WiFi is a version problem between the drivers and the kernel, but not sure. I really want to try Nabi Lab on it but I think it is old Nabi software at this point, and Nabi Lab says I should be fully updated to run it. But I can't update it without WiFi...grrrrrrrrr. Is there anything I can do to restore it to stock including stock kernel and drivers? Who knows, maybe the WiFI has a hardware problem? But I doubt it. If I use JMZ_Old, then the 2 OTA update files, then ??? I'm not sure I've tried that yet. I wipe everything between attempts. 3 more posts and I can go thank the gentelman that made Nabi Lab in that thread and tell him I tested it and it worked fine.
- Joe
I wonder if you have a Different Nabi 2 then i do ?
coz the only hole I have that looks like a reset hole is for the mic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050365&highlight=nabi
has a few different downloads like a striped rom a full untouched version and a full de-odexed version.
maybe try that one
.---UPDATE---
New Rom available.
Completely stock.
Not even De-Odexed.
Update 37.
SHOULD fix WiFi issues.
Flash using directions at top of post substituting this zip for the one used in the directions.
PureStockU37.zip
that is the updated 1.9.37 Current at the time of this post
Ok, I'm a moron. My reset hole is the mic, which is now pretty dead...:crying: The good news is Nabi Lab fixed my WiFi and soft brick problems. I had tried about every image out there including that one you suggested. Using Nabi Lab and flashing the hmm All Original - Won't Boot or something like that fixed it. Since I never use the mic I'm ok. I could probably replace it if I wanted to, but I'll give it a rest before I break it again.. I have 3 Nabi's, and 2 Uniden tablets. I killed one of the Unidens. The screen got worse and worse. I popped it apart and tried to reattach the 2 wires to the screen half. It started smoking and doesn't power on.. Now I might take the battery off it and see if I can solder it into the other Uniden to get longer life. I hope it doesn't get hot.
Eric Karz said:
I wonder if you have a Different Nabi 2 then i do ?
coz the only hole I have that looks like a reset hole is for the mic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050365&highlight=nabi
has a few different downloads like a striped rom a full untouched version and a full de-odexed version.
maybe try that one
.---UPDATE---
New Rom available.
Completely stock.
Not even De-Odexed.
Update 37.
SHOULD fix WiFi issues.
Flash using directions at top of post substituting this zip for the one used in the directions.
PureStockU37.zip
that is the updated 1.9.37 Current at the time of this post
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that's good you got the nabi working
Now that nabi with the bad speaker ... i wonder if you can use the speakers from the dead Uniden in the nabi 2 ?
here is a thread where the nabi 2 was open up
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024105&highlight=nabi
If you try the battery project or the speaker replacement - be neat to see pictres of it....lol
Speaker was a beer typo.. I meant the mic. I'm an old man and have no use for croaking at people over the interweb with a microphone so I'm ok.. I started a thread someplace about the Uniden tablets. I checked back and it's like 9 pages long with geeks installing Ubuntu and everything else on them. I was amazed! I'm going to get real and get an Onda V972 soon I hope. Now that I have enough posts here I will probably start a thread about buying one of them.
- Joe
Eric Karz said:
that's good you got the nabi working
Now that nabi with the bad speaker ... i wonder if you can use the speakers from the dead Uniden in the nabi 2 ?
here is a thread where the nabi 2 was open up
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024105&highlight=nabi
If you try the battery project or the speaker replacement - be neat to see pictres of it....lol
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Help brick
Sorry my english.
I was trying to install the GAPPS on nabi2 and messed up.
The kernel recovery screen appears with a exclamation android open.
In normal boot the screen is locked in logo nabi.
I do not have TWRP installed.
When I select fastboot protocol recognizes the PdaNet and appears as a device in windows mtp unknown.
Is there any chance to recover? Could guide me the way?
There is some recovery via APX?
RegisRicci said:
Sorry my english.
I was trying to install the GAPPS on nabi2 and messed up.
The kernel recovery screen appears with a exclamation android open.
In normal boot the screen is locked in logo nabi.
I do not have TWRP installed.
When I select fastboot protocol recognizes the PdaNet and appears as a device in windows mtp unknown.
Is there any chance to recover? Could guide me the way?
There is some recovery via APX?
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Need to reinstall TWRP with fastboot.
Download a ROM image and restore it in TWRP.
There is an APX way but so far untested and not needed for where you are at.
Thanks for the help, after a snack could reconfigure.
I'm trying to install Freedom but is difficult. There is not enough system memory.
I updated to 2.1, but I think I'll go back to 2.05.
I have followed the latest guide from Hashcode on xda developers. Everything works according to my feedback from the tablet and what his guide says is supposed to happen. Fastboot worked great, i moved the files over as instructed. My tablet loads into TWRP, I move the files over with adb push from cmd prompt and then when I try to flash the two .zip files it does nothing.
It reports a successful flash of both the cm and gapps. Then I reboot as the guide says, and the Kindle blue logo comes up and sits there. I've left it sitting for 30 minutes to ensure it is not loading slowly. Any ideas on how to get this thing booting up properly?
I've attempted a lot of searches on here as I generally lurk, been around since 2013 10.1 cm using it on my KFire HD. Really want to get rid of the old cm build, but it just won't boot up after a successful flash.
Any help is appreciated!
Dugite said:
I have followed the latest guide from Hashcode on xda developers. Everything works according to my feedback from the tablet and what his guide says is supposed to happen. Fastboot worked great, i moved the files over as instructed. My tablet loads into TWRP, I move the files over with adb push from cmd prompt and then when I try to flash the two .zip files it does nothing.
It reports a successful flash of both the cm and gapps. Then I reboot as the guide says, and the Kindle blue logo comes up and sits there. I've left it sitting for 30 minutes to ensure it is not loading slowly. Any ideas on how to get this thing booting up properly?
I've attempted a lot of searches on here as I generally lurk, been around since 2013 10.1 cm using it on my KFire HD. Really want to get rid of the old cm build, but it just won't boot up after a successful flash.
Any help is appreciated!
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full file names?
twrp version?
there is no 8.9 first gen
volume buttons on the side or back?
0, 1, or 2 cameras? front and/or back?
Sent from my KFFOWI using Tapatalk
Sounds like you're on the wrong forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd
Hi, Followed all the amazing walk through like normal. Not sure what 4.x.x.x I was on, never really check to be honest.
First time this phone has been rooted. (I rooted because I was having problems with the phone, last phone I rooted and was able to fix the problems).
1. Used the download file and instructions by qking...
2. Same with TWRP
3. It rebooted, somehow it screwed up MicroSD card, would no longer read it. Then it rebooted again..
4. Stuck on Sprint screen for last couple hours.
I tried to get back into TWRP and do a factory clean and reset, when it rebooted it, sat at the Sprint Screen for hour or so. Then I searched and a few other people just had to use odin and redo it again and worked fine.
So I did odin again relfashed the file and at reboot it is stuck on Yellow Sprint screen..
That is where im stuck at now is Sprint Screen, thanks in advance!
Swaintan said:
Hi, Followed all the amazing walk through like normal. Not sure what 4.x.x.x I was on, never really check to be honest.
First time this phone has been rooted. (I rooted because I was having problems with the phone, last phone I rooted and was able to fix the problems).
1. Used the download file and instructions by qking...
2. Same with TWRP
3. It rebooted, somehow it screwed up MicroSD card, would no longer read it. Then it rebooted again..
4. Stuck on Sprint screen for last couple hours.
I tried to get back into TWRP and do a factory clean and reset, when it rebooted it, sat at the Sprint Screen for hour or so. Then I searched and a few other people just had to use odin and redo it again and worked fine.
So I did odin again relfashed the file and at reboot it is stuck on Yellow Sprint screen..
That is where im stuck at now is Sprint Screen, thanks in advance!
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OK first pull battery, now reinsert bat and hold the power, home, and volume down buttons at the same time, then press the volume up button to get into download mode. Don't bother trying to get back to TWRP your past that. While in download mode check the status of the device. Is it Official or custom? Let me know the status.
Now lets flash a fresh stock OS with Odin, to save me a lot of typing go here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/samsung-note-3-rom-flashin-basics-t2896440
Download the version of odin you want both work fine. Download the version of the KK OS you want to flash, I like NK4. You can follow the steps on my thread listed above to flash an OS with one EXCEPTION!!!
EVEN IF THE DEVICE BOOTS UP AFTER YOU FLASH THE OS THE FIRST TIME, ONCE YOU GET PAST THE SET UP FOR FIRST TIME USE WHICH ( STARTS ABOUT 3-5 MIN AFTER THE SAMSUNG LOGO SCREEN BY THE WAY BE PATIENT ) POWER DOWN THE DEVICE GET BACK INTO DOWNLOAD MODE AND ODIN FLASH THE OS AGAIN !!!
This should get you back to bone stock OS. Once it boots up and get passed first time use set up. Now your ready to root, the way I root is first grab a copy of SuperSU ( latest version is fine its on my thread ) with your PC copy and paste it on the SD card. Next power down completely and boot into download mode, Odin flash a custom recovery TWRP is a good one. The device should boot up after the recovery is flashed on its own, don't try boot up the device yourself to soon, give the recovery a chance to flash completely. Now completely power down the device, hold the power, home, and volume up buttons and boot into recovery. Then flash the SuperSu zip then reboot device you should be off and running . . . .
Here is the first part, im working on the rest now.
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Swaintan said:
Here is the first part, im working on the rest now.
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
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Ok cool, remember that everything has to fit. Meaning depending on what OS you run i.e. KitKat, Lollipop etc everything should updated to match.
Example : If you run KK NC5 OS then Philz CWM recovery 6.9.12 and later works. TWRP 2.8.3.0 or later works.
If you run Lollipop OC5 then Philz CWM recovery 6.48.4 works. ( link is broken I have a copy if you need it ) TWRP 2.8.6.0 or later works.
As for SuperSU you could go all the way back to v 1.94 and still root the binarys will update automatically. The latest (stable ) version is 2.46 from chainfire.
TY Ill keep you updated, file is taking a long time to download, still sitting at 1 hr to finish up download. Once its downloaded ill continue with the rest of the steps and post updates.
Not been very happy with sprint lately, latest update to my Wifes note 2 screwed her phone way up, only way to fix it was root it. So as soon as I saw mine doing the same thing I hurried to root it, but looks like it was to late. Hopefully this fixes it all, I really do appreciate it.
Swaintan said:
Hi, Followed all the amazing walk through like normal. Not sure what 4.x.x.x I was on, never really check to be honest.
First time this phone has been rooted. (I rooted because I was having problems with the phone, last phone I rooted and was able to fix the problems).
1. Used the download file and instructions by qking...
2. Same with TWRP
3. It rebooted, somehow it screwed up MicroSD card, would no longer read it. Then it rebooted again..
4. Stuck on Sprint screen for last couple hours.
I tried to get back into TWRP and do a factory clean and reset, when it rebooted it, sat at the Sprint Screen for hour or so. Then I searched and a few other people just had to use odin and redo it again and worked fine.
So I did odin again relfashed the file and at reboot it is stuck on Yellow Sprint screen..
That is where im stuck at now is Sprint Screen, thanks in advance!
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Forgot to say why you flash twice, when the device is corrupted or bootloops. 9 times out of 10 its because something was left behind from the previous OS or something didn't flash in from the new OS. Flashing twice I found through ( trial and error pulling my hair out ) solves this problem.
When I get done with a flashaholic binge and need to get back to a daily user, I always flash back to Stock OS twice, install recovery, and root. Then install a custom OS if want run one this way you always start clean. This way if something doesn't work or stops working you right where to start looking for the problem.
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Swaintan said:
TY Ill keep you updated, file is taking a long time to download, still sitting at 1 hr to finish up download. Once its downloaded ill continue with the rest of the steps and post updates.
Not been very happy with sprint lately, latest update to my Wifes note 2 screwed her phone way up, only way to fix it was root it. So as soon as I saw mine doing the same thing I hurried to root it, but looks like it was to late. Hopefully this fixes it all, I really do appreciate it.
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Ya I agree rooting stops the updates. Usually I read up on the update first to see what problems it may be causing. Then decide to unroot and take it, I still run my 4.4.4 NK4 deoexed no knox debloated OS just not a fan of Lollipop to many problems with it, besides there's no themes for it.
You are awesome! Followed your directions and links inside your siggy. So this is where I sit;
I installed (from your siggy)
-SPRINT KK 4.4.4 N900PVPUDNK4
Stock rom : DEODEXED, NO KNOX, and DEBLOATED ( #2 )
Busybox / Zipaligned
Rooted / Superuser
No Knox ( Disabled / Removed )
Volume Mod / 300+ Fonts ( Thanks DevilDog512 )
Custom Kernel ****
-SU 2.46 (it auto updated when I installed)
-TWRP Manager 8.0.1.8
-Recovery TWRP 2.8.7.0
Now I have to start redoing apps etc.. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Edit: Add: Now should be safe to install Wicked Green Theme and get all family n friends to send contact info... that part will be harder then what you had me do, TY again!
Swaintan said:
You are awesome! Followed your directions and links inside your siggy. So this is where I sit;
I installed (from your siggy)
-SPRINT KK 4.4.4 N900PVPUDNK4
Stock rom : DEODEXED, NO KNOX, and DEBLOATED ( #2 )
Busybox / Zipaligned
Rooted / Superuser
No Knox ( Disabled / Removed )
Volume Mod / 300+ Fonts ( Thanks DevilDog512 )
Custom Kernel ****
-SU 2.46 (it auto updated when I installed)
-TWRP Manager 8.0.1.8
-Recovery TWRP 2.8.7.0
Now I have to start redoing apps etc.. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Edit: Add: Now should be safe to install Wicked Green Theme and get all family n friends to send contact info... that part will be harder then what you had me do, TY again!
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Cool, what stock version KK OS did you flash twice before installed my deodexed 4.4.4 NK4 ?
Not sure, i know i followed each one, so it took me to a site where I had to download it specifically for my phone. My dl history says file name was N900PVPUDNK4_SPR it was the bone stock md5, did that one twice.
Swaintan said:
Not sure, i know i followed each one, so it took me to a site where I had to download it specifically for my phone. My dl history says file name was N900PVPUDNK4_SPR it was the bone stock md5, did that one twice.
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Cool, that will work fine.
I thought you guys might find this amusing, and hopefully it will help some people that get into a similar situation as myself. First, a little background - I rooted and installed Alliance Rom years ago back before the bootloader was unlocked. This worked amazing for me for a long time but I've recently had some weird issues with my phone so I decided to do a factory reset.
I went into settings, clicked factory reset, and then my phone got into a boot loop on recovery. I remember from before I had to do a regular boot then click recovery at the prompt instead of doing the factory recovery so I did that.
Instead of doing a normal wipe, I wanted to wipe everything on my phone and start from scratch so I did the full wipe (in what I think was TWRP or safestrap or whatever). When I went to reboot my phone it had a message like "are you sure? there's no OS installed" and I clicked ok. Well now I couldn't get the phone to boot into anything except download mode so at least I can use Odin.
I'm frantically searching google to try and find ways to install some sort of recovery so I could load AllianceRom again since I still had the zip file for it. Eureka, I found TWRP for my phone! I tried to flash TWRP through Odin but that doesn't work because my bootloader wasn't unlocked.... I remember this from last time ... all of the places I found online to install any sort of recovery required the phone to be booted into android.
So I'm clicking around and someone has a recovery randomly posted in a thread so I install it thinking, what the hell, what's the worst that could go wrong. So I install it through Odin and boot into normal recovery and I get this message saying my phone has been tampered with and to go to a verizon store immediately! Oops... upon further investigation (looking at the download screen), I tripped the knox flag... oh well, it's not like my phone is in warranty anymore (I got it on release day).
I search around looking for what I should do next and I found a thread that talked about being on complete stock, rooting, then unlocking the bootloader. I download all the files I need (newest firmware here - https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note3/SM-N900V/ and thread here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...guide-ob6-of1-root-bootloader-unlock-t3439010) to go back to stock and flash in Odin. Actually I didn't download from sammobile.com because it was downloading too slow so I just googled the file name and found it somewhere else faster, go figure.
Everything seems to be going ok then all of a sudden FAIL in Odin... Ahhh what the heck do I do now? Try again obviously! Second try works woo hoo! Phone start booting up, things are looking good!!! hooray!! But wait... it's taking forever to start and it's stuck on the Verizon logo... uh oh... taking way too long to boot up so I pull the battery and try again. Boots right in saying that android is upgrading so I think I'm finally in the home stretch here.
I try to run the ArabicToolApp for Root but I installed the latest firmware which isn't supported DAMN IT! Downloaded the correct firmware (OB6!), flashed in Odin, same problem before where it was stuck on the red verizon screen, pulled battery, rebooted, finally time to get root!
Phone finally boots into OS and I get a popup "unfortunatley com.google.process.gapps has stopped" great... and it keeps coming up over and over again after I hit ok... just my luck! Reboot again to see if that fixes the issue. Seems weird that I didn't have to go through all the initial setup stuff I did on the other version I installed... hmm... or maybe it was because I pulled the battery on the red verizon screen? Whatever. I somehow manage to get to options to do a factory reset and I let the verizon screen stay on a while this time. I'll go take my contacts out and give my wife some love while I wait
Come back and the phone is at the setup wizard, this is good news. Enabled USB debugging, installed root, done! Thank god!
Next I want to unlock the bootloader. I follow the steps here which aren't very clear (I'm guessing on purpose for novice computer users) - https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...l/official-note-3-verizon-bootloader-t3359370
1. I installed eMMC from the play store to make sure my CID started with a 15, it does so I know I'm good to use the hack.
2. I installed both files in the unlock kit (adb and driver setup)
3. Fired up adb, navigated to where I had unlock_n3, and ran through the first part of the code once, reboot my phone, checked that the CID was the developer CID, and then ran the second part of the code three times before it worked
I verified the bootloader was installed correctly by trying to install TWRP through Odin, which worked!
I'm going to try out Jasmine Rom since it's a popular one that is on 5.0. My SD card only showed 30 megs free or something like that, so I formatted it from within android and copied the zip file over and installed the Rom through TWRP. Rom installed just fine, so I did one last factory reset which worked great and I think I'm finally good to go!
If you have any questions or run into any issues feel free to reply here and I'll try to help as much as I can.
Glad it worked out for you in the end.
From making a few mistakes I know that sinking feeling "oh no, what have I done?"
FWIW, the bootloader unlock method (in principle) works from nearly ANY ROM which is rooted - so, you would have saved yourself a bunch of time if you had started with that before you wiped the Alliance ROM. So long as you have root and a CID value that starts with 0x15, you just need root privileges - no need to return to stock and re-root.
(The "in principle" part is that there were several bugs in the "safety checks" portion of the unlocker binary that were sensitive to the OS revision, so you might have to search through the unlock thread to find a version of the unlock binary that is compatible with whatever rooted ROM is on the phone when the unlocking is attempted.)
good luck
PS The AryaMod ROM (w/ phantomOne kernel) is pretty solid - Marshmallow w/ S-Pen apps, too! As with any other dev ROM, there are a few sharp edges, but mostly everything works (except NFC).
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