Some clarification please over 5.0 root and knox

[Starhero]

I just got my note 3 from a 3rd party. Oddly, it had a t-mobile card in it which assuming is a an ability it has, stock.

My phone reports to me that it is infact n900p. It is 0x0 knox and is NOT rooted.

My concerns: a valuable and intelligent, with personal experience with this same phone but differnt carrier, friend, told me that tripping knox not only voids your warrenty, but prohibits you from flashing modem roms ever again.

From my research: rooting my already ok2 base rom,is possible, but no matter what,will trip knox..or is that only on custom roms? Can i enjoy xsposed?

Apparently,this update dropped recently aswell, so am i boned? Will i have no choice but to trip knox?

Is my friend correct about loosing more then my (non existent ) warrenty?

Honestly, if the samsung warrenty is all i am losing, i am in..cuz sprint doesnt care about knox, i already know that from getting replacement, i have tep.

I hate sounding so noobish, been in the scene since my first htc hero, i am not new to this...

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[Starhero]

No one has a answer? I was for sure thinking l was going to be called noob or something.

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[vtech7634]

You know what I was thinking about the same thing since I just got my SM-N900P the other day from eBay and I rooted it then I put the TWRP recovery. I did a backup of my original stock rom after the rooting process and also I downloaded the stock rom from xda so worse comes to worse anything happens I'm downloading the stockrom and I'll start out fresh.

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[Greaper88]

No one has a answer? I was for sure thinking l was going to be called noob or something.

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Well, I will tell you that my knox was tripped within a week of having my phone. I can also tell you that I have used Odin on at least three occasions to reflash stock so I could get the OTA updates, and have had no issues. Only thing to remember for when you flash back in Odin, you have to enter download from completely powered off. Two or three flashes might be necessary, but it can be done.

Just make sure you get the right ROM for the crrier you want to use (you probably already knew that). Hopefully you have your MSL.

So, the only thing to lose is your Samsung warranty...which is probably void anyways with you not being the original purchaser. Just have a copy of the stock ROM for that phone to Odin if you "send it south" by accident.

Your baseband version under device info is your modem version. I was able to successfully update it to ok2 after I flashed back to stock and got the OTA updates.

Some links for you (the ROM links are all for Sprint):
Stock Odin ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...ck-rom-odin-flashable-stock-firmware-t3306053

My rooting method, trips Knox: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/how-to-root-note-3-lollipop-t3089382

TWRP stock pre-rooted ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/rom-twrp-flash-ok2-n9000p-t3301897