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Manually Update US Cellular Galaxy Note 3 To Official Android 5.0 Lollipop

May 05, 2015    No comments

Users of Samsung US Cellular Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900R4 in USA has received android 5.0 Lollipop N900R4TYUDOC3 OTA update. Its an OTA update, so you have received the notification but if you haven't received the notification then do not worry because you can update it manually by using ODIN. You should update your Note 3 to this firmware to be able to receive android L 5.0 firmware upgrade.

US Cellular Galaxy Note 3 VPUDNH7 Android 5.0


Before You Start

  • This tutorial can only be applied on US Cellular Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900R4. Other users please stay away if you do not want to brick your phone.
  • After update the root access will be revoked.
  • Enable USB debugging in 'Developer Options'.
  • The custom recovery will reset to stock.
  • The custom rom installed on your US Cellular Galaxy Note 3 will return to stock.
  • Use Helium app to backup android apps data so that later you can restore it.
  • Backup contacts, photos, videos and other important data.
  • Battery should be charged to at least 60%.
  • Use this tutorial at your own risk.
  • You won't loose any data if you running stock ROM but its a wise decision to backup your data before anything wrong happens.
Downloads

Manually Update US Cellular Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900R4 To Official N900R4TYUDOC3 Android 5.0 Lollipop Firmware

  • Download and install Samsung USB drivers.
  • Download the N900R4TYUDOC3 firmware and extract it on desktop. It contains a file with .md5 extension.
  • Enable USB debugging on your Galaxy Note 3 from developer options menu.
  • Open odin.exe on your computer.
  • Switch off your tablet and reboot it in download mode by pressing 'Home', 'Volume down' and 'Power key' at the same time until your phone vibrates. Press the volume up button to enter into odin mode.
  • Now connect tablet to PC via USB cable.
  • Let odin recognize your tab. When it is recognized by odin the field under <ID:COM> in odin will turn blue and you will see a message "<ID:0/016> Added!!".This means that your Galaxy Note 3 is recognized and is ready to be flashed.
odin upgrading US Cellular note 3 to android 5.0

  • Make sure that only "Auto Reboot", and "F.Reset Time" options should be checked. Do not change other settings of ODIN.
  • Now check 'PDA' or 'AP' and click it and select the firmware file from the desktop. Wait for few seconds till ODIN finishes some checks.
  • Click 'Start' to initiate the flashing process.
  • When the process is completed odin will return a message 'PASS'. When your phone first boots to home screen then disconnect it from PC.
Problems After Updating US Cellular Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900R4
If your phone does not boot post the splash screen then it might be stuck in a boot loop. So to resolve this reboot the phone into recovery mode by pressing the volume up, home key and power button at the same time.

  • The device will automatically boot in recovery mode. You can move up and down by pressing volume up and down buttons. Now select “wipe data/factory reset”. This action will wipe all the files and data stored on your phone, make sure that you have made a backup of your data.
  • The device will be wiped and factory reset. Then go back and select “wipe cache partition”.
  • After wiping cache partition go back and select “reboot system now”.
You have successfully updated your US Cellular Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900R4 to N900R4TYUDOC3 android 5.0 Lollipop firmware.



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