Hello all! Does anyone have tips on booting some old note3 (SM-N9505) without a battery? I found it with a bloated one and threw the battery away.

Two years ago, phone was worked fine. One day, I searched something on google and then phone freezed.

When i restarted, phone shut down itself at restarting process for no reason. It restarts over and over till phone becomes hot like a flame.

I tried wipe everyting many times, installed custom ROM but still nothing

Only fix is underclock phone too much. (If i have chance to open phone and underclock with kernel adiutor app)

I've received a used Note 3 from a friend and i performed a factory reset on it and i went through the set up pages but Google account is giving me an issue. when i reach the login page for the google account for the play store etc. I login and it brings me to the add a phone number page. i click yes im in but nothing happens the page stays stuck and the options dont do anything its like unresponsive?

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anyone else have this issue?

Can’t find any good firmware for this phone

Hello everyone... I'm trying to get my phone working as to not lose anything that's on it. When I turn it on it just sticks on the Samsung screen with a blue led it says like that till the battery drains getting hot. I tried using vol up hime and power and I get reboot system now and other options. I've rebooted and it dosen't change anything. I've wiped cache partition and still nothing... is there anything else I can do ? I don't want to wipe data/factory reset because I have pictures that would be heart breaking to lose. If anyone has any insight or suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it.

As the title says, can someone please send me the stock Lollipop files (all 4 seperate ones)? Or send me a link (except sammobile ones) to download these files?

The files on sammobile are only available to premium users, and I am not.

thanks

I used SuperSU unroot to unroot, but did not uninstall supersu and rebooted. Now the note is stuck on the att logo screen.

Please help.

I have tried Odin, Fail everytime.Then tried adb, did not succeed.

What else can I do?

PS: Regained the phone :). Had to use an older version of odin, and the seperate AP, BL etc files, not one file, which I was doing.

As the title says I'm having power issues on the phone. The issues are:

1. Phone powers on by itself without pressing any buttons while shutting the phone down.
2. Phone powers on by itself without pressing any button when the battery is attached.
3. Phone gets warm on the top of the screen (not burning hot, but warm while powering on).
4. Phone sometimes freezes even in Settings.
5. Phone battery dies incredibly fast.

Stock ROM, no modifications. Battery seems to be original (eBay listing. B800BU 3200mAh S/N: AA1K030MS/2-B and a code similar to a QR Code

Because it can do 4g data I always thought the Note 3 was fully 4g capable but in hindsight this was just me being dumb. Now I look for it then of course I can see it switching to 3g every time I make a call. If only this phone came out a few months later it'd have VoLTE like the S5 :(

I'll keep using the Note 3 devices I have. Along with the mountain of spare batteries I've collected.

Music, audiobooks, internet, maps. The camera's not terrible, but that's the part I'll most appreciate replacing. Removable batteries though. Officially supported external battery chargers. Not sure if we will ever see the likes of those again. Not from Samsung anyway.

I had such a good experience with this device over the past few years since figuring out the simple process of installing LineageOS. I will post my 'simple minded' notes on how to do this as a comment in case it helps anyone. There are plenty of better guides elsewhere but maybe it will fill some gaps. It took me a while to get it but LineageOS, plus the support for external batteries has kept this phone alive for me longer than any other mobile device I've used.

This device was ahead of its time and has been surprisingly easy to keep alive. I feel it was after this generation that Samsung realised they needed to introduce a bit more 'planned obsolescence' within their device range.

I can explore using a 2g SIM but it's clear as 3g networks get switched off globally this device's days of use as a 'primary phone' are numbered.

I've been looking at upgrade options and whilst this won't suit everyone, I'm thinking either the Samsung Xcover 6 Pro or Fairphone 5 seem like interesting upgrade options.

If anyone has any suggestions for fun things to do with a phone that can't make calls I'd be open to ideas :)

I want to modify the weight required for the pressure sensitivity on the S-Pen on my Note 3 to start registering, as it takes alot of force to make it register something. Is this a thing with all of the S-Pens or is there a fix i could mayhaps use?

I'm using LineageOS 18, latest version.

Canadian model would be fine as well.

Hi everyone,

It seems like this phone isn't getting much use so I want to pass it on to someone who would have better use for it.

Model SM-9005, originally from Hong Kong (circa 2013). It's been updated to Lineage OS 18.1 (June 2023 patch) and factory resetted.

Overall this phone has been well cared for and is in great condition.

Included with it is: TG screen protector (installed) 32gb micro SD card (inside) 2x aftermarket 4200mAh batteries (purchased July 2022, very little use) External battery charger Original cable, sadly no power brick Extra stylus tips and removal tool

I will provide free shipping to CON US, unfortunately I can't ship internationally.

Please PM me what you will do with this phone if you get it and I will choose the best fit. Again, just want to make sure this phone is loved just towards the end.

Happy 4th of July everyone.

I have my old Note 3 that I am trying to get into to make sure I don't have any photos on it I don't want to forever lose before finally recycling it. It has been years since I have touched this phone. It's not connected to wifi or cellular data. I have fotten my password to get into the phone. Does anyone know any tricks to bypass the lockscreen? I was hoping with how old the phone is I would have found some kind of bypass video but I don't see anything but factory reset.

Used S Note app for years, recently updated my Note 3 firmware to Android 10 (via Lineage)

After that, cannot install a single S Note app - tried several versions from different sources, all of them crash or do not start

Only one (!) version of Samsung Notes (not S Note) worked - but it has no "import" feature...

Therefore question: where to migrate from S Note? By migrate I mean - export all existing notes from S Note (currently I can only export them to .pdf or .jpg files)

I do not need any "cloud sync" (honestly prefer to have no clouds or any sync at all), just need to import exported .pdf or .jpg to new app which is similar to S Note and is supported by Android 10

Thanks!!

Hi All,

I get a second Galaxy Note 3 N900 (exynos version) and as the title said, I need help in flashing TWRP. I had go into download mode & flash the TWRP file using odin 3.14.1. The result as below :

<ID:0/004> SetupConnectjon..

<ID:0/004> Initialization..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start! !

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/004> RES OK !!

<ID:0/004> Remain Port 0

<OSM> All threads completed (succeed 1 failed 0)

The device then reboot & then I manually power off & boot into recovery. Well, the TWRP was still not there & still showing default Samsung recovery.

Anybody can help me to point out what did I lack to do or some steps I need to do for samsung devices ?

Hey all,

Can anyone please recommend me a replacement battery from a genuine seller preferably in India? I am still using this marvel from the past (for mixed purposes other than the main driver) but the original battery is now almost kaput. Any help appreciated please!

Thanks!

Hey so today my note 3 (N9005) suddenly died, which sucks since I had it for only 4 days (bought it to use it as a drawing phablet). It was sitting on a table for around 40 minutes at around 40% battery left. When I got home it was dead. It won't turn on in any way, and when charging even the led won't light up. I really think the board is dead, which isn't anything new since I already had it happen in the past. I already found a replacement on ebay for 30 euros, but it's gonna be here in a month. If you have any suggestion PLEASE tell me because I need this phone as soon as possible. Thank you!

Have the problem that GPS has issues locking on to satellites, rarely can lock to one or two, very unreliable and cannot use it for Google maps, for example. Already checked the internal connection pins and replaced the internal middle frame which seems to have fixed the issue for some people, however, still have the problem. Running on standard Android 5. Anyone still have an idea? Seems to be a somewhat common problem. Phone runs great otherwise and its not even too old (bought new in box 3 years ago and did not use too much).

My note 3 finally had a serious issue after owning it for 8 years. Digitizer no longer works properly. What website is recommended for replacements?

My phone has been out of commission since April so now I'm using an Iphone 🤢. Many things I see that Samsung did a lot better even back then btw.

Like Siri on iOS 5-8, S-Voice seems to be dead on android 5 on the note 3. For siri, there's a fix that involves modifying a file with filza. Is there any fix for S-Voice? Preferably no root...

SuperDisplay is an app that makes a phone act as a drawing tablet for Windows PCs. It does have SPen support. I plan to buy a second-hand Note 3 as a backup phone and a "drawing phablet." The app works on stock ROM (Android 6) supporting SPen fully. I plan on installing Lineage OS 18.1 however, I'm curious if pressure sensitivity will still work as expected. I heard SPen is functional on Lineage, but I see no confirmation anywhere if the app still supports SPen pressure sensitivity. Can anyone try this for me? Thank you so much! The app has 3-day trial I think: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kelocube.mirrorclient

Hi everyone, I hope u are doing fine. I have a N9005 flashed with lineage 17.1 but the NFC and wifi keep failing. I would like to know if there are roms that are 100% compatible with these 2 functions, which can be flashed by TWRP. I would prefer android 6.0 up thanks a lot! Ps prefer to be unrooted

Just as the title states, is the N900A note 3 forever bootloader locked or is there a way to unlock it?

Think it was the S2 that got a custom rom for Android 12. Absolutely incredible that it runs on such an old device so I was wondering if anyone in the know has any idea if anyone is developing one for the Note 3!

If not I'm looking forward to it as surely it'll come. This is hands down the best phone out there in terms of unofficial support.

Cannot understand why there is not more demand for a easy access battery that can be replaced on the go without major surgery to your phone. It is one of the biggest features that is keeping me tied to the Note 3 at the moment. Anyone else feel the same way?

I will admit some of my older batteries are pretty tired now. I should label them and pick out the bad ones...

I keep an eye on new models that have removable batteries and have got to admit the Samsung Xcover Pro seems quite attractive. However the lack of 5g support means it doesn't seem quite worth the hassle of an upgrade. Fairphone is so far the only model I have seen with both 5g + removable battery. Not cheap though.

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I can pick up a Note 3 for less than $60 on ebay, load it up with TWRP and Lineage OS and I have a phone that still runs quickly with all the up to date apps I need.

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2022 is the 9th year for the Note 3. I am yet to see a reason why I won't continue to use it into the 10th year and beyond. Less than 2 years life for a phone seems like a huge waste of the resources that went into creating it.