Sent a new phone with 4.3....what would you do?

scojosmac · May 9, 2014

So I was having issue with my note 3 ( bluetooth issues ) I upgraded to 4.4.2

AT&T sent me a new / refurb phone and it has 4.3 on it.

So Im curious on what you guys would do?

Upgrade to 4.4.2 and stick with all this stupid bloatware

or

Root, and rom it?

If that latter, does anyone have any links to do that ( I used to do it with my S2, S3 and S4 )

thank s

tpierce89 · May 9, 2014

Root it. It's not worth the grief to upgrade it to 4.4.2.

You can root it and use safestrap to install custom ROMs, or just enjoy the stock setup with root.

Sent from my locked down Note 3 via the tapatalk app

TeldenW · May 9, 2014

ROOT AND ROM it!

I was ROOTED and ROM'd, but I got bit by the OTA Upgrade bug... I went through all the hassle of downgrading, unrooting, resetting, then upgrading.
Now I've got the fresh new bloated OTA official 4.4.2 and NO ROOT.

scojosmac · May 9, 2014

Should I use Kingo? is that still safe for the Note 3 on 4.3?

scojosmac · May 9, 2014

well I rooted it with Kingo, However I'm having issues with SafeStrap.

Downloaded the APK and Busybox.

Installed SafeStrap and installed the recovery. When I manually reboot or reboot into the recovery via the app, it just boot as normal

cputoys · May 9, 2014

Root it!

I rooted with Kingo, no problems, the first day I got the Note 3 and took the Nb4 update. I was so lucky to catch the KK update and froze it mid-download with ttb. I am so glad!! I wouldn't be able to use this thing without root. I have installed safestrap and roms without issue. (staying on 4.3 roms mind you)

posersk8r · May 9, 2014

scojosmac said:
well I rooted it with Kingo, However I'm having issues with SafeStrap.

Downloaded the APK and Busybox.

Installed SafeStrap and installed the recovery. When I manually reboot or reboot into the recovery via the app, it just boot as normal

try uninstalling ss then install it again, make sure it is 3.71 not 3.72. 3.71 doesnt need busybox if im not mistaken.

Krunk83 · May 10, 2014

scojosmac said:
well I rooted it with Kingo, However I'm having issues with SafeStrap.

Downloaded the APK and Busybox.

Installed SafeStrap and installed the recovery. When I manually reboot or reboot into the recovery via the app, it just boot as normal

I am going to use Kingo tomorrow as well I think. How does get root? Will it have superuser on it after it roots or do you have to put it on the phone yourself?

Thanks.

posersk8r · May 10, 2014

Krunk83 said:
I am going to use Kingo tomorrow as well I think. How does get root? Will it have superuser on it after it roots or do you have to put it on the phone yourself?

Thanks.

kingo installs supersu. when supersu installs, click on it and choose disable knox, presto!

markovianmind · May 10, 2014

i upgraded to nc2 and want to downgrade to mj5 now.. any method ?

posersk8r · May 10, 2014

anuragsodhi1 said:
i upgraded to nc2 and want to downgrade to mj5 now.. any method ?

no downgrades from official ota nc2 sir, no root method and no unlocked bootloader.

Krunk83 · May 10, 2014

scojosmac said:
well I rooted it with Kingo, However I'm having issues with SafeStrap.

Downloaded the APK and Busybox.

Installed SafeStrap and installed the recovery. When I manually reboot or reboot into the recovery via the app, it just boot as normal

Did you try rebooting into recovery via a power menu? That is what the tutorial says it should do. Hold power to bring up the menu and it should then have an option to reboot into recovery. I am going to try safestrap too I think.

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