Note 3 ROMs that work on n900p

[xsisbest]

Just wanted to ask if anyone has been successful installing ROMs from other Note 3 devices. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 forum has lots of great options but I've not been able to get data on any of them. Just wondering if anybody has been successful with this and can provide detailed instructions on how you got it to work. I'm familiar with swapping APNs and overall decompiling compiling apks and some theming options so I feel like I can do most things fairly simply but this one I've been unable to figure out. I've swapped build. Prop files as well but I'm still unable to get 3G or LTE to work at all. Thanks for any info for our abandoned device.

 

[darksavior]

I'm using darkera13's 6.0.1 s7 edge port. Works very well on my sprint note 3. Very minor bugs. It did break 3g/lte. Manually setting the APN used to work, and can work for other generic note 3 roms, but in this case, it wouldn't work anymore. It would either work shortly before automatically choosing another apn, or not work at all. Then I found this great app called mvnoslayer. It sets the apn to sprint or any of its mvno's(i'm on ringplus). Even then, I only connected at 3G. I had to edit the apns-conf.xml from the app myself and delete every reference to the number "13" from it (13 refers to 3g and 14 refers to lte). In the end, it connects at LTE(4G icon), and only goes to 3G when LTE is not available.
Here's the link to mvnobuzbee, a modified mvnoslayer, and will still need to edit out the 13, or you'll be stuck at 3G http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65917850&postcount=30
Here's the link to the s7 edge port. It just got updated a few days ago https://samsungvn.com/threads/6-0-1-english-n900x-snapdragon-darklord-s7-edge-full-port.16761/

 

[12gage]

I'm using darkera13's 6.0.1 s7 edge port. Works very well on my sprint note 3. Very minor bugs. It did break 3g/lte. Manually setting the APN used to work, and can work for other generic note 3 roms, but in this case, it wouldn't work anymore. It would either work shortly before automatically choosing another apn, or not work at all. Then I found this great app called mvnoslayer. It sets the apn to sprint or any of its mvno's(i'm on ringplus). Even then, I only connected at 3G. I had to edit the apns-conf.xml from the app myself and delete every reference to the number "13" from it (13 refers to 3g and 14 refers to lte). In the end, it connects at LTE(4G icon), and only goes to 3G when LTE is not available.
Here's the link to mvnobuzbee, a modified mvnoslayer, and will still need to edit out the 13, or you'll be stuck at 3G http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65917850&postcount=30
Here's the link to the s7 edge port. It just got updated a few days ago https://samsungvn.com/threads/6-0-1-english-n900x-snapdragon-darklord-s7-edge-full-port.16761/

Does this ROM work with exfat SD's? I wasn't sure if that's unavoidable if switching to a 6.01 ROM or not. Not wanting to lose my 128 SD is the whole reason I'm still using a Note 3

 

[xsisbest]

Does this ROM work with exfat SD's? I wasn't sure if that's unavoidable if switching to a 6.01 ROM or not. Not wanting to lose my 128 SD is the whole reason I'm still using a Note 3

Why don't you just back it all up to a computer and format then copy back? I have 128gb card too and it doesn't take that long to backup.

Thanks for the info on your work around to install darklord's new port. I actually use do not disturb mode so it's kind of a deal breaker for me. I might give it a shot though. I tried using your method on phronis rom and could never get pass no Sim card no matter what I did. I had data one time then rebooted and it was gone again. Not worth the hassle... I copied a modified sprint apn xml file and changed to all 14 as well still no go. Using Sacs note 5 port atm so it's all good. Just itching to try something new. Can't wait for note 6..as long as they bring sdcard back!

 

[darksavior]

Does this ROM work with exfat SD's? I wasn't sure if that's unavoidable if switching to a 6.01 ROM or not. Not wanting to lose my 128 SD is the whole reason I'm still using a Note 3

S7 port rom does not support exfat so you can use something like guiformat to format your 128GB to fat32 with no problems.

Also, if you want something like sacs note 5 port, you can try music of life note 5 port from the main note 3 forum. It's also based from darkera's note 5 port and more updated.
Oh, and phronesis sucked for me. Not sure why it's popular. I tried it once and didn't detect my sim, felt silly, and never went back to it again. No other rom has given me that issue..

 

[12gage]

Why don't you just back it all up to a computer and format then copy back? I have 128gb card too and it doesn't take that long to backup.

Thanks for the info on your work around to install darklord's new port. I actually use do not disturb mode so it's kind of a deal breaker for me. I might give it a shot though. I tried using your method on phronis rom and could never get pass no Sim card no matter what I did. I had data one time then rebooted and it was gone again. Not worth the hassle... I copied a modified sprint apn xml file and changed to all 14 as well still no go. Using Sacs note 5 port atm so it's all good. Just itching to try something new. Can't wait for note 6..as long as they bring sdcard back!

S7 port rom does not support exfat so you can use something like guiformat to format your 128GB to fat32 with no problems.

Also, if you want something like sacs note 5 port, you can try music of life note 5 port from the main note 3 forum. It's also based from darkera's note 5 port and more updated.
Oh, and phronesis sucked for me. Not sure why it's popular. I tried it once and didn't detect my sim, felt silly, and never went back to it again. No other rom has given me that issue..

Thank you both, I wouldn't mind backing up and reformatting, it just sounded like I wouldn't be able to, like anything over 32gb had to be exfat and there wasn't another option. Have you noticed any stability issues after converting to fat32? Also I kinda had my eye on [ROM-6.0.1][DarkWolf_FW][Galaxy S7 Edge Port][V2] until I heard about the SD issue with MM, do you have an opinion on that ROM? It sounded pretty stable. And @xsisbest how is Sac's Note5 port? Is there any of the LP lag that most of the other ports had?

 

[darksavior]

Thank you both, I wouldn't mind backing up and reformatting, it just sounded like I wouldn't be able to, like anything over 32gb had to be exfat and there wasn't another option. Have you noticed any stability issues after converting to fat32? Also I kinda had my eye on [ROM-6.0.1][DarkWolf_FW][Galaxy S7 Edge Port][V2] until I heard about the SD issue with MM, do you have an opinion on that ROM? It sounded pretty stable. And @xsisbest how is Sac's Note5 port? Is there any of the LP lag that most of the other ports had?

I haven't noticed any problems with fat32..
I haven't tried darkwolf's rom. I've only used Darkera's since that seems to work for the most part. Whatever problems his rom has usually the rest do as well. The new update fixed the battery life, which was irritating me. It's also smoother than the note 5 lp roms i was using. All s7 ports are a wip from every dev working on it. The first port came out a few weeks ago.

 

[xsisbest]

I tried life rom and aryamod and neither would get data even using the tool you mentioned. I'm sure there is a magic combo but I've yet to find it. I can wait till the note 6. I lasted almost 3 years with the note 3...3 more months will be a piece of cake!

 

[Buslova]

I'm using darkera13's 6.0.1 s7 edge port. Works very well on my sprint note 3. Very minor bugs. It did break 3g/lte. Manually setting the APN used to work, and can work for other generic note 3 roms, but in this case, it wouldn't work anymore. It would either work shortly before automatically choosing another apn, or not work at all. Then I found this great app called mvnoslayer. It sets the apn to sprint or any of its mvno's(i'm on ringplus). Even then, I only connected at 3G. I had to edit the apns-conf.xml from the app myself and delete every reference to the number "13" from it (13 refers to 3g and 14 refers to lte). In the end, it connects at LTE(4G icon), and only goes to 3G when LTE is not available.
Here's the link to mvnobuzbee, a modified mvnoslayer, and will still need to edit out the 13, or you'll be stuck at 3G http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65917850&postcount=30
Here's the link to the s7 edge port. It just got updated a few days ago https://samsungvn.com/threads/6-0-1-english-n900x-snapdragon-darklord-s7-edge-full-port.16761/

man, you had me so excited. I have tried MOL's & Darkwolf's ports but couldn't get any data. I downloaded darkera13's port you linked and the mvno tool and I still can't get service. not even 3g. What CSC did you use in aroma when flashing the rom? Also, I notice in the xml files that option 4 (the sprint one) isn't structured the same as the others at the top so it might not actually be getting selected from the aroma installer.

 

[darksavior]

man, you had me so excited. I have tried MOL's & Darkwolf's ports but couldn't get any data. I downloaded darkera13's port you linked and the mvno tool and I still can't get service. not even 3g. What CSC did you use in aroma when flashing the rom? Also, I notice in the xml files that option 4 (the sprint one) isn't structured the same as the others at the top so it might not actually be getting selected from the aroma installer.

I used the sprint csc SPR. I've only used the ringplus apn setting in mvnoslayer so I'm not sure about the sprint setting. You can try an app called 4g switcher to check if it's on "lte/gsm/CDMA auto prl". That works for me. Having it on "lte/cdma auto prl" would sometimes switch to the verizon network for some odd reason...

Edit: Of course, make sure your bootloader/modem are on latest! I updated mine the slow way, which is by going back to stock and updating that way. I guess you can look around for bl/modem packages around here as well.

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I tried life rom and aryamod and neither would get data even using the tool you mentioned. I'm sure there is a magic combo but I've yet to find it. I can wait till the note 6. I lasted almost 3 years with the note 3...3 more months will be a piece of cake!

I just bought this note 3 in december. Inputting my own apn settings have worked for the most part..until that damn s7 port. Also, make sure your bootloader/modem are on latest, I totally forgot to say that.

 

[xsisbest]

I'm on OK2 which I think is the latest. I've tried every method I know of including this one and still no luck. I've tried life rom, phronis, aryamod, and Norma. No signal on any.

 

[Buslova]

I'm on OK2 which I think is the latest. I've tried every method I know of including this one and still no luck. I've tried life rom, phronis, aryamod, and Norma. No signal on any.

Same here. I used Odin and went to OK2 official. Then flashed TWRP and tried this and a couple other s7 ports. I forgot about good ol' 4G Switcher. Thanx for that. I was then able to at least get 3G but still no LTE. Gonna try XAS CSC (also Sprint) and some other APN edits. I'll keep tinkering and let you know if I finger anything out.

 

[xsisbest]

Same. I'm gonna try Norma rom with this tool. I had the best luck with that rom.

 

[xsisbest]

So I wiped everything but data coming from sacs note 5 rom then flashed Norma rom. I then flashed the zip mentioned in this post and low and behold I have data! I didn't initially until I went to mobile networks and set my apn to sprint CDMA and boom! 4g lit up. Gonna reboot and install xposed. If you don't hear from me all went well!

Edit : after reboot I had to turn mobile data on again but it fired right back up. I also choose lte only as the network mode. Can't believe it's working!

 

[darksavior]

Same here. I used Odin and went to OK2 official. Then flashed TWRP and tried this and a couple other s7 ports. I forgot about good ol' 4G Switcher. Thanx for that. I was then able to at least get 3G but still no LTE. Gonna try XAS CSC (also Sprint) and some other APN edits. I'll keep tinkering and let you know if I finger anything out.

XAS csc was only useful in Music of life LP note5 port since that allowed you to edit/add apn's. The SPR csc wouldnt let you do that for some odd reason. SPR is fine for s7 ports..well at least darkera's. If youre using mvnobuzbee and not getting LTE, read my first post on editing mvnobuzbee to force it on LTE. You don't need mvnobuzbee for note5 ports.

 

[Buslova]

XAS csc was only useful in Music of life LP note5 port since that allowed you to edit/add apn's. The SPR csc wouldnt let you do that for some odd reason. SPR is fine for s7 ports..well at least darkera's. If youre using mvnobuzbee and not getting LTE, read my first post on editing mvnobuzbee to force it on LTE. You don't need mvnobuzbee for note5 ports.

yeah, i had already tried spr AND edited all the 13's out of the sprint xml (#4). last night i tried xas but still only 3G no matter what i do. when opening mobile networks to look at apns, the lte one isn't selected and of course it's all greyed out so i can't switch it either. same on MOL v4 and darkera. oh well. back to CM i suppose. =(

 

[xsisbest]

Update : so it looked like I had data and I do for Internet but I couldn't place a call or text... Back to the drawing board.. ;/

 

[Buslova]

Update : so it looked like I had data and I do for Internet but I couldn't place a call or text... Back to the drawing board.. ;/

Ok, so I just noticed something. In that MVNO aroma installer, in the aroma directory inside the .zip, inside 4.apns-conf.xml (that's the one that gets flashed when you select SPRINT during aroma install, they used the wrong apn on the last line.

it should look like this:
<apn carrier="Sprint LTE" numeric="310120" mcc="310" mnc="120" apn="n.ispsn" user="Sprint" server="" password="*" proxy="null" port="null" mmsproxy="68.28.31.7" mmsport="80" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="http://mms.sprintpcs.com" type="default,supl,mms,fota,dun" bearer_bitmask="13|14" />

once i made that change, i reflashed and 2 different s7 rom ports i had backed up now get LTE. I tried it first with the 13's removed as Dark suggested but after i FINALLY (i feel so stupid now) noticed that one apn was wrong and changed it, everything works fine even with the 13's in there. I put them back in so that it should step down properly to 3G if LTE is not available. It might have still done that with the 13's removed but now it def shouldn't be a prob.

anyway, sorry it took me so long. been working. hope this helps you as well.

oh, and i just tested sms, mms, & calls. no probs here.

 

[xsisbest]

Ok, so I just noticed something. In that MVNO aroma installer, in the aroma directory inside the .zip, inside 4.apns-conf.xml (that's the one that gets flashed when you select SPRINT during aroma install, they used the wrong apn on the last line.

it should look like this:
<apn carrier="Sprint LTE" numeric="310120" mcc="310" mnc="120" apn="n.ispsn" user="Sprint" server="" password="*" proxy="null" port="null" mmsproxy="68.28.31.7" mmsport="80" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="http://mms.sprintpcs.com" type="default,supl,mms,fota,dun" bearer_bitmask="13|14" />

once i made that change, i reflashed and 2 different s7 rom ports i had backed up now get LTE. I tried it first with the 13's removed as Dark suggested but after i FINALLY (i feel so stupid now) noticed that one apn was wrong and changed it, everything works fine even with the 13's in there. I put them back in so that it should step down properly to 3G if LTE is not available. It might have still done that with the 13's removed but now it def shouldn't be a prob.

anyway, sorry it took me so long. been working. hope this helps you as well.

oh, and i just tested sms, mms, & calls. no probs here.

That would make sense why I couldn't use Sprint Lte apn. CDMA worked but again only for Internet and not message and phone calls. I could give it another go but not sure it will do much good. I appreciate you getting us fixed up though!

 

[darksavior]

there are updated versions of mvnobuzbee btw but one of them bricked my note 3 when testing. Youre free to try later versions or ask buzbee himself for something thatll work on our note 3's.

Edit: for me, not removing the 13 would get me stuck on 3g no matter what i'd do. After i removed them, I thought I'd be stuck with LTE but it did switch to 3g where there was no LTE. I'm experimenting just like you guys. Near zero experience with this stuff. Just a desperate guy who wants his damn phone working. If one of you guys gets buzbee to make a special version please paste it in here