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SHV-E160S Samsung Galaxy Note

Written by Marvill Web Development Published on 03 August 2012

I recently acquired a galaxy note that was manufactured in korea the specs are similar to the galaxy note manufactured here in the Philippines however 4G LTE Version and has an internal storage of 32GB. What is noteworthy to consider is it comes with the software upgrade from Samsung with Google’s ICS 4.0.4. For those interested in getting the galaxy note version you have to remember that there are slight difference in their software even its developers have a different approach in rooting the device.

The major problem with this device is its SMS service since it is limited to 80 characters only and it automatically converts it to MMS which don’t really use here in the Philippines, even installing Handcent and Go SMS Pro doesn’t support sending with its SMS service. If you can live with sending multiple SMS with 80 characters each then this version is ok for you.

I know a lot of you are asking can it be rooted??? Well the good news for you is it can rooted but you have to follow the steps that I was able to gather from the net. I don’t take credit from any of this development I am just summarizing the research I was able to gather from the net. So not unless you are ready to gamble your device remember that it might take hours for you to recover your device just in case you brick it.

Links required for upgrading and rooting:

Here you will be able to find the download file for Samsung Kies. (Required for Galaxy Note Drivers)

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Samsung/Kies_2.0.3.11082_152_4.exe

Here you will find the list of flashable firmwares for your device.

http://pspmaster.tistory.com/m/post/view/id/179

Here you will find the rooting files that you will need to use to root your Galaxy Note:

http://pspmaster.tistory.com/181

Here you can download the ODIN 1.85. (Required and will be used to flash stock firmware and recovery.

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Samsung/ODIN/Odin3_v1.85.zip

Take Note of the firmwares name when you download the one which has FA09 is the gingerbread firmware and the one which has UF13 is ice cream sandwhich. Please make in downloading the recovery and zip you should match this filename also.

Flashing Stock Firmware:

1. Download your choice of firmware, the file has been split to several parts so you will need 7Zip to extract them in one sing Tar file. Each Split of file amounts to 10MB except the last one.

2. After having downloaded all the files make sure to download Odin 1.85

3. Completely Shut Down your device, once device has been shut down press the following combination Vol Down + Home + Power (You will See a Korean boot logo) Once you see the Logo press up then you will enter Download Mode.

4. Fire up Odin then connect your USB cable with your desktop and device. You will then see in Odin that your device com port filled in yellow that means your devices is detected and ready to be flashed. Click on PDA and select the firmware that you have extracted and press start. Make sure that your device is in a solid state and stable while flashing.

5. Once Success of Update has been made then the device will reboot with your firmware this may take a few minutes in booting up.

For Rooting the device here are the steps:

SPECIAL THANKS TO Jayson Post on Steps how to Root. Ok for those of you who are new to this (like me) i managed to root it; because i can now access system files so im pretty sure i’m rooted (because rooting gives you access to system files! kinda like getting permission for administrator control over your device). i’ll make it as detailed as possible for us noobs make sure you download Odin, the .tar file and the .zip file for your specific model.

1. turn off your korean Galaxy Note (mine is SHV-E160S)

2. connect usb cable to your pc (make sure you have Samsung Kies installed so your phone will be recognized during recovery mode)

3. hold down the ff buttons: volume down + home + power, you will see a warning sign with korean writing…… press volume up

4. go to your desktop/laptop and run Odin v1.85, you should have a yellow “0:[COM10]” at the left side to continue

5. look for a tab that says “PDA” and select the .tar file for your model (in my case i’m using a SHV-E160S model so my file was “Tegrak-Kernel-Build-32-for-SHV-E160S-FA09.recovery.tar”)

6. click “Start” and wait for the reboot

7. next is turn off the device again, once the device is fully turned off… hold the following buttons: volume up + volume down

8. while holding down the volume buttons, turn on the device by pressing the power button

9. you should be in Tegrak’s recovery mode by now, you will be in a black screen with writings saying “Tegrak Kernel Build 32″ highlighted yellow at the top of the screen

10. navigate the menu with the volume buttons and select by pressing the home button…. search for your .zip file (in my case it is “Tegrak-Kernel-Build-32-for-SHV-E160S-FA09.zip”) and select that with the power button

Next thing i did was wait for the device to power back up and went in Google Play store. downloaded “Tegrak Kernel” first then downloaded “Superuser”. opened Tegrak Kernel and tapped “enable rooting”.. with this i was able to access my system files with this method http://dottech.org/android/17673/use-android-mate-free-to-remove-bloatware-from-your-android-phone/

Battery Efficiency:

After a number of test for the Galaxy Note the following things are required to get the best out of its battery usage.

Free Apps to Download:

1. Battery Calibration

2. Tegrak Overclock

3. CPU Spy

4. Temp CPU

Paid Apps Optional

1. Tegrak Overclock Donate (In this app you will be able to adjust voltage of your kernel however please proceed with caution)

2. Rom ToolBox Pro

3. CPU Sleeper

Steps to get the best out of your battery: (Preferred to be done on the evening before you sleep)

1. Charge your device to 100% then start Battery Calibration and Allow Permissions

2. Once you have reached 100% turn off device remove battery for a minute or two and plug it back in then start your device again.

3. Once you have boot your device go to ROM Toolbox and use Auto Start check out the Apps running on startup and disable those you don’t need to run in boot. (Proceed with caution and make sure that you don’t disable system apps which should run on boot).

4. Go to Settings > Apps > and see downloaded apps for some reason ICS starts a lot of applications which you have downloaded Force Close each App that you don’t need to be running in the background.

5. Open Tegrak Overclock and Load Overclock then go to Scaling and choose powersave governor and set min to 192 and the max to 1134 I tested this and it seemed to be able to handle the device properly. (Take Note that ICS applies your current scaling but does not show actual use of CPU this is why you need to download TempCPU which will give you the active scaling of your CPU)

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~ taken from; http://marvill.com/news-events/marvillblog/104-shv-e160s-samsung-galaxy-note

THANKS MARVILL!!!