[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] prospect500:
1-19-2014 - ******UPDATE********

I've tried numerous ways of rooting my Note 2 SPH-L900 edition with KNOX pre-loaded and I was only successful with one...

.... Which was renaming the extension of the KNOX files from .apk to .apk.bak using Aroma File Manager and then updating super SU binaries

KNOX was a major PITA!!!! It was blocking EVERY single method of rooting imaginable (super SU... and etc...etc.)

Here are the steps I took to root my phone (in that exact order). It worked for me, it may or may not work for you:

1. Wiped my phone clean using stock factory reset.

2. Downloaded Odin 3.07 and samsung drivers ( I already had them, but figured I should mention it)

3. Installed Samsung Drivers and Odin 3.07

4. Downloaded PhilZ Touch Recovery from the link below (this is specific to sprint samsung note 2 SPH-L900, hence the "l900" label:

FYI..... I downloaded the .md5 file

5. Force Stopped anything to do with KNOX on my phone.... (most likely didn't do anything, but I feel this was all black magic so I'm mentioning it).

6. Loaded .md5 file in Odin 3.07.

7. Booted phone into Download Mode (hold volume down + power + home button simultaneously) Once prompted, press Volume up to enter Download mode.

8. Make sure "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time" are checked off in Odin before flashing of phone.

9. Connect phone to usb cable and click on "start" to begin flash.

10. Downloaded super SU apk file from this link below:

11. Pasted super SU file onto the internal storage of the phone and sd card (in case it was recalling one SD-card and not the other).

12. Disconnected phone and powered down.

13. Powered up into Philz Recovery by pressing and holding volume up + home + power button simultaneously until Philz recovery screen appeared.

14. Chose "install from zip" and picked super SU, installed super SU from zip file located on SD card (I have a feeling this step was not needed but did it anyway) .

15. rebooted from within Philz Recovery Mode.

16. Downloaded DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV5 from the link below:

17. Copied DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV5 tools onto the internal and external sd cards of the phone.

18. Booted back into Philz Recovery Mode

19. Install from zip the "DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV5" file.

20. Executed / flashed DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV5 file within Philz Recovery Mode

21. Proceeded to "Aroma File Manager"

22. Go To System > App > and renamed all KNOX.apk files by adding .bak to the existing extention DO NOT RENAME the .odex files

example: Knox.apk to Knox.apk.bak

23. Save, exit Aroma File Manager and Reboot

24. Boot back up into Philz Recovery Mode.

25. Flash DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV5 again.

26. Proceed and inject root and busybox (now at this step after busybox installed I tried to exit to reboot and my phone froze at some point where I thought I bricked my phone. I unplugged the battery, plugged it back in and the phone booted right up with no problems).

27. Last step, went into the Google Play store and searched super SU. Click update and install.

28. Installed Titanium back up pro version. DONE!!!! The rest was history.

Sorry for the drawn out steps.... I tried to make it as detailed as possible.

Thanks in advance for all the info on this board (I've been a long time lurker). Hope this helps and GOOD LUCK!!!

I had to delete the outside links because of my low post count. I can PM anyone the original post with the links listed.

---------- Post added at 02:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 AM ----------

here is the shorter version originally posted by vickyvc:

1. dwnld and flash philz_touch_5.15.0-n7100.tar from odin.(flashing zip in recovery didnt work)

2. dwnld DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV5 and copy to internal sdcard

3. go to recovery (in philz touch) and flash DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV5 and proceed to "aroma file manager"

4. go to system/app in aroma and find and rename all the knox.apk files to knox.apk.bak(in short add ".bak") and dont touch files tat have .odex names (for ex. KNOX.odex)

5. save and exit aroma and reboot.

6. go to recovery again and flash the multitool and proceed and inject root and busybox and reboot.

7. dont open su now.go to play store and update su.

now u ve fully rooted and gud to go.........hit thanks if i helped.

As I said in my previous post.... Things got hairy at step 6 as my phone froze.