HELP!
Can someone help me flash a ROM onto this phone somehow? (Verizon Galaxy Note 3 - SM-N900V - Retail )
My phone went through an entire Odyssey last few days. It's now at N900VVRUEOF1, Android 5.0, Rooted with Arabic Tool
(but it WAS at N900VVRSEPL1 at one point)
Highlights:
Started on kit-Kat 4.4.2 a few days ago (was rooted with Towel-root) - so far so good, but then while trying to flash a new ROM, I somehow ended up soft-bricking. (I don't recall exact sequence but along the way I tried CWM and TWRP and Flashify etc.)
So then I used ODIN to flash back to a stock ROM - BUT BIG MISTAKE (in hindsight). I flashed to Lollipop N900VVRSEPL1 accidently before I learned there's no turning back...
Pushing forward I ended up trying to unlock my bootloader with the ADB utility and the unlock_n3 exploit (this thread "[Official] Note 3 Verizon Bootloader Unlock").
I ended up changing my CID (I think) but this didn't lead to any success flashing a new ROM.
FINALLY, I loaded the N900VVRUEOF1 Stock ROM - which you CAN root using the Arabic Tool. Then all kinds of attempts to load BusyBox, Sidestrap, TWRP, etc. in an attempt to flash a new ROM, but couldn't get a new ROM installed. In one instance, ended up soft-bricking again (then back to ODIN -> OF1 -> Arabic Tool) OR I just wouldn't see the recovery mode menus at all (for SideStrap for example)
Any advise? Is my phone F_ _ _ ed?
Thanks!
PS
The Lollipop is actually pretty nice. I'm rooted using the "Arabic Tool" and I've used the play store application "Uninstall" (which required root of course) to remove the most obnoxious bloatware (like "Flipboard" - Ugh!). BUT I'd really like to run Jasmine if at all possible!
Can someone help me flash a ROM onto this phone somehow? (Verizon Galaxy Note 3 - SM-N900V - Retail )
My phone went through an entire Odyssey last few days. It's now at N900VVRUEOF1, Android 5.0, Rooted with Arabic Tool
(but it WAS at N900VVRSEPL1 at one point)
Highlights:
Started on kit-Kat 4.4.2 a few days ago (was rooted with Towel-root) - so far so good, but then while trying to flash a new ROM, I somehow ended up soft-bricking. (I don't recall exact sequence but along the way I tried CWM and TWRP and Flashify etc.)
So then I used ODIN to flash back to a stock ROM - BUT BIG MISTAKE (in hindsight). I flashed to Lollipop N900VVRSEPL1 accidently before I learned there's no turning back...
Pushing forward I ended up trying to unlock my bootloader with the ADB utility and the unlock_n3 exploit (this thread "[Official] Note 3 Verizon Bootloader Unlock").
I ended up changing my CID (I think) but this didn't lead to any success flashing a new ROM.
FINALLY, I loaded the N900VVRUEOF1 Stock ROM - which you CAN root using the Arabic Tool. Then all kinds of attempts to load BusyBox, Sidestrap, TWRP, etc. in an attempt to flash a new ROM, but couldn't get a new ROM installed. In one instance, ended up soft-bricking again (then back to ODIN -> OF1 -> Arabic Tool) OR I just wouldn't see the recovery mode menus at all (for SideStrap for example)
Any advise? Is my phone F_ _ _ ed?
Thanks!
PS
The Lollipop is actually pretty nice. I'm rooted using the "Arabic Tool" and I've used the play store application "Uninstall" (which required root of course) to remove the most obnoxious bloatware (like "Flipboard" - Ugh!). BUT I'd really like to run Jasmine if at all possible!