Bounty for Note 3 bootloader unlock, and more.

[anticloud]

Has anyone offered a bounty for unlocking the boot loader for AT&T and Verizon Note 3? They did it for the S5 (#Demiurge7) "root only", why leave the note 3 in the cold...

I'd be more than happy to throw down a benjamin (or two) for this long-awaited effort. actually, I'd go as far as offering to buy the developer who does it a Note 4 (carrier of choice) (or a device to be named later...) when they land - or is that not a deal, still 700 bennies worth of value...

anyone else want to join the bounty... c'mon!

Bounty total - so far

700.00 (equivalent of a new device of choice) - #anticloud
100.00 - #humdrum2009
50.00 - #mattchenzo
50.00 - #alsgarage
5.00 - #Borderpatrol1987
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905.00 - so far

I will make an official bounty page past 1000.00 smackers...

 

[droidstyle]

Please post a link for the S5 bootloader unlock? All I see is root.

 

[anticloud]

yup, root only, sorry

Please post a link for the S5 bootloader unlock? All I see is root.

sorry bout the mis-information - root only

rob

 

[humdrum2009]

I'm down for a Benjamin if this ever happens. I'll probably be on the note 4 though if or every gets root lol.

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[leyvatron]

I think everybody was satisfied that we got root, safestrap, and Roms. I would love to run a aosp run on my note.

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[mattchenzo]

$50 from me, I want my freedom!

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[anticloud]

one of the reasons I ask to start a bounty for the note 3 (AT&T and Verizon)

Is because I ganked my phone with the NC4 OTA - like a stupid stupid person. I had NC2 on the note 3, liked the option to swing back to 4.3, yet the other day odined my way out of choice -

so in speaking to verizon, who flatly outright refused to do anything about getting 4.3 back - they wont do it...

this upsets me greatly, and figure is some developer was willing to go the distance, take one for the crowd, and figure out how to achieve unlock of the boot loader, then that'd solve a lot of problems -

or whack the white / black list - whatever prevents the NC4 from being overwritten... and so it goes..

but, be that as it may - I think as consumers we should have the following rights.

1. to completely have the freedom to do what we want with a device - i.e. phone / tablet - and not let the carriers / manufacturers run a game against us.

Owning a PC always, always has given us the freedom to do with it what we want, anything, it's an open book, you want windows, linux, etc, it's yours... you can do anything, even build your own OS etc, with no worries about trashing your hardware...

the same should be for a phone / communication device -

I could give a rats butt if a carrier propagates a device as a means to sell services, locking it down and preventing a consumer from modifying a device should be made illegal - i could go on...

but that's why I think it's worth it to offer a bounty for matters such as these -

besides, if someone cracks the bootloader of the Note 3, they've most likely done it for the S5 etc - or close to it; it paves the way for the next gen of hacks etc...

 

[DrPhant0m]

Is because I ganked my phone with the NC4 OTA - like a stupid stupid person. I had NC2 on the note 3, liked the option to swing back to 4.3, yet the other day odined my way out of choice -

Beans put out a method that, after using towelroot to root NC4, is supposed to achieve NC2-like results. Look for it in the development thread.

You might be able to get back to where you want to be, but I'm not sure if you can downgrade, too. I think the SELinux permissive and the kernel modules were the only features mentioned.

Good luck!

 

[anticloud]

thanks, actually, i did the following

Beans put out a method that, after using towelroot to root NC4, is supposed to achieve NC2-like results. Look for it in the development thread.

You might be able to get back to where you want to be, but I'm not sure if you can downgrade, too. I think the SELinux permissive and the kernel modules were the only features mentioned.

Good luck!

Though I cannot flash the NC2 tar directly, did the following:

1. extracted "ALL_VZW_N900VVRUCNC2_N900VVZWCNC2_1014200_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar" using 7zip
2. downloaded a utility that took all the img files within the "ALL_VZW_N900VVRUCNC2_N900VVZWCNC2_1014200_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT" folder and created individual flashable tars ("boot.tar.md5", "modem.tar.md5", "NON-HLOS.tar.md5", and "recovery.tar.md5")
3. flashed the tars to my device using odin -
4. flashed "nc2kernel.tar.md5" using odin - #beanstown106 file

results - well, all flashed no problem, upon reboot, baseband reads "N900VVRUCNC2" - not sure if that is the modem but all seems to run perfect...

what did I do, anything? I was on nc4 previously.

 

[TheGman125]

Someone should update the past with details on how much the bounty is total and each person who is buying a beer

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[alsgarage]

Yep, I'm in for 50 come on people!

 

[Borderpatrol1987]

Ill join in for $5

 

[Branski81]

$100 here! Please!


I'll even ship you a case of Sam Adams!

 

[Ballinrd]

I'll give 10$

 

[HtcOnekid]

I am in for $10

 

[mwebb34]

I'm tired of fighting with Samsung so I guess I'll just get a developer edition.

Respect
To get it..you must give it.

 

[sonkameja]

I'm done with Samsung after a whole year on boring stock, I had more fun on my original galaxy note than this. Moving on to a new more open brand.

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[crhylove]

I'm done with Samsung after a whole year on boring stock, I had more fun on my original galaxy note than this. Moving on to a new more open brand.

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Yep. This is my last Samsung. This Knox bull**** plus no kit Kat for Galaxy nexus, both bad moves.

 

[Gil Smash]

Yep. This is my last Samsung. This Knox bull**** plus no kit Kat for Galaxy nexus, both bad moves.

I had Kit Kat on my Gnex since the day it was released. Why complain about an OTA when it's so open.

 

[SirBindy]

Yep. This is my last Samsung. This Knox bull**** plus no kit Kat for Galaxy nexus, both bad moves.

That's not Samsung's doing. Nexus updates are handled by Google and the carrier.