[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] edsoedso:
Hi! After one month searching I was able to root my 5.5 inch 1GB RAM Note 2 Star N9330 MTK 6577 android Star phone. The technical details of the phone are as follow:

1. model number: e1901_v77_gq2002_9p017_fg

2. Android version: 4.1.1

3.Baseband version: MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V15.2012/10/08

4. Kernel version: 3.4.0 root@abc-desctop)) #1 SMP PREEMPT

5. Build number: e1901_v77_gq2002_9p017_fg_20121126

The guide to root it:

1. Make a stock recovery thanks to StefanMiller method using MTKdroidToolsv230

a) Open MTK droid tools, connect the phone and wait to read the data. Click on "blocks map". Switch to full screen mode and make a shortcut copy of all the shown data or print that page if you could.

b) Close MTK droid tools again.

c) Open Flash_tool.exe from SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1224.01. Load scatter file. You can create it from MTK droid tools or use the one from CWR_Bruno+Boot_N9330. Go to Read back and remove all entries if there are any.

e) click an "add".

f) double-click on entry. Change name "ROM_0" to first entry of you printed list, i.e. "PRELOADER".

click "save"

g) in next window let "HEX" and enter start address and length of the list in HEX format (starts always with 0x...)

i.e. PRELOADER start address 0x0, length 0x40000. Repeat "add" with all entries like DSP_BL, MBR, EBR1, PMT... in my example 19 entries. Take care that all addresses and lengths are correct!

h) at the end push "read back". Turn off the phone, remove the usb cable from PC, put it back and remove and put again the battery.

SP Flash tool will create a backup. It will take 2 hours and 15 minutes to complete the whole process. At the end you may receive a message of error. Do not worry, do not consider it.

2. Continue at the same window of SP flash tool with rooting process thanks to the method of feropont. From Read back move to download section. Uncheck all names except recovery

3. Double click on recovery and load the recovery file from CWR_Bruno+Boot_N9330

4. Click download. Turn off the phone, remove the usb cable from PC, put it back and remove and put again the battery. The yellow line will show up and complete the process in a few seconds.

5.Enter Recovery Mode: power+volume up+

6. Choose zip from sdcard

7. If you have a lot of file then use Volume-Down to go to

Root_Superuser_3.1.3_Busybox_1.20.2-Update1-signed.zip & press the Power button. The zip file should have been placed to the root of sdcard before starting the process at step 1. Otherwise you will make an extra reboot and put it to sdcard.

8. Use Volume-Down to go to Yes – Install Root_Superuser_3.1.3_Busybox_1.20.2-Update1-

signed.zip & press the Power button again

9. Install from sdcard complete. Go Back to the main menu

10. Reboot system now

Enjoy! It may happen that you loose your user data. To avoid it back up your data before starting with the step 1.

I would like to thank StefanMiller and feropont for their useful work and guides to make a stock recovery and root N9330 Note2 5.3". I am very thankful for rooting my phone to yuweng and bigrammy for their time, support and advice during the whole process. Without their advice it would have been impossible for me to root my phone.

Please be careful, this is only my experience with the phone that have the characteristics described at the beginning of this post.

Thank You!