Samsung Galaxy Note3 SM-N9005 Android 5.0 - no recovery

Hi All... help...

I have a Note3 SM-N9005 which is rooted. I have been trying to get CWM installed.

I started by using ROM Manager and this just didnt work at all - the recovery partition stayed stock.

So I downloaded the Samsung Note 3 (International) recovery image (6.0.4.6) (non-touch) from https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager.

I used Cygwin to convert to a .tar file and then flashed to PDA using Odin.

All looked OK and Odin passed the install - however when I tried to reboot into recovery my Note3 just gets stuck in a boot loop - the only way I could get it working again was to re-flash using Odin and when it reboots it starts and works normally - but if I reboot into recovery mode it just keeps re-booting!!

Any thoughts on how to fix this or whether the best option is to flash a whole ROM with CWM already packed? Alternatively - any ideas on where I can get a CWM file which will work on my Note3?

Also - now this has started getting messy, any advice on backing up EFS (just in case :rolleyes:)

Thanks in advance

Help - I have bricked my Note 3 sm-n9005

I was given a Samsung galaxy note 3 32gb sm-n9005 (Orange France)
Problem is all the default apps are in French and the signal was rather quirky not really working on TNZ network (Telecom New Zealand)

Me being me decided to downgrade to 4.4.2 from 5.0 to put it on the Telecom (now Spark) network with all the correct settings and apps etc

This is what I have tried installing:
Model SM-N9005
Model name GALAXY Note 3 LTE
Country New Zealand
Version Android 4.4.2
Changelist 1955971
Build date Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:56:29 +0000
Product code TNZ
PDA N9005XXUGNG1
CSC N9005TNZGNI2

It installs to approx 97% and fails on the hidden.img.ext4

I have tried using different pits to no avail just keeps failing

Any suggestions please ? I have read countless threads but can't figure this one out at all....

[THEME] Black Theme Material Design - Galaxy Note 3 LTE SM-N9005

Black Theme Material Design for AryaMod v7.3

I do made a black theme and I want to share with you.
Changed only GUI , the remaining parts are not touched.
Details will not describe the pictures and everything in sight.

Screenshots:

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Credit:
Big thanks @120868 4pda.ru forum for amazing theme.

Installation: via cwm over Rom AryaMod v7.3
Download: AryaMod-v7.3+Black+Theme+Material+Design.zip

Important: To avoid bootloop and all this kind of errors after the installation mode, you must set (in the aroma selected): Hardkey and Gallery Note3

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