[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devinda:
My device - GT-N7100

ROM- N7100XXUEMK4_N7100ODDEMK1_N7100DDEMJ9_HOME.tar http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2536423

Official stock 4.3 knox enabled rom

So today i flashed this rom and and when i wanted to root the rom it was very difficult to find a guide to do it, but somehow i managed to root it by taking instructions from few separate threads and i thought of sharing it with others who are facing the same problem.

It was very hard to find how to manually root after flashing 4.3 stock rom and so i wanted to gather what i've learned from few threads and put em into a 1 thread as a guide. Hope this helps

What you will need

1> philz_touch_5.15.0-n7100.tar.md5

http://d-h.st/OIX

2>[GT-N710x][SHV-E250*] CF-Auto-Root

http://download.chainfire.eu/264/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-t03g-t03gxx-gtn7100.zip

3>DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV6.zip

http://d-h.st/MTB

4>Odin 3.4* (this is the version i have & tested)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703998

5>Samsung device drivers

Step 1

> boot into download mode

start odin3 as administrator and put philz_touch_xxx.md5 into PDA

connect phone in download mode to PC via USB

press start to flash the tar.md5 package

Phone should restart after the process.

Step 2

>Put "DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV6.zip" into external memory and Reboot to Philz recovery

Now flash Multi tool using "instal zip from external sd"

Now go to Aroma file manager>System>App

Now add .bak extension to all knox related apk files Ex-Knox.apk > Knox.apk.bak

NOTE- make sure you don't change anything else you are only supposed to rename knox related apk files

Now exit Aroma and reboot ( don't do anything else)

Step 3

>- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe

- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5

- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button

- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer

- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked

- Click the Start button

- Wait for Android to boot

after your phone boots it will show "Unfortunately super SU stopped working" Ignore it and go to step 4

Step 4

>Reboot to recovery (Philz), [ If CF auto root has activated your stock recovery do the STEP 1 again to get the Philz recovery ]

Now flash "DrKetan_MultiTool_AdvanceV6.zip" again

And this time go to

Proceed with Multi tool > Skip root inject page (do not change system status) > now in the next page you get to select if you want to remove knox from the system so now Select to remove knox from system and then save and reboot. ( This will disable all the knox related stuff in the system)

after your phone boots it will show "Unfortunately super SU stopped working" Ignore it and go to step 5

Step 5

>So now just go to Play store and update your Super SU and open it and it might ask you weather to instal script in NORMAL mode or CWM

i did CWM and it worked, didn't try normal mode so i suggest you to try CWM as well.

That's it you're permanently rooted and Superuser will act as a system app

Now your Super SU should be working

Try downloading Root checker or titanium backup and see if they work, They should work.

I'm not exactly sure if this would work for everyone but this worked for me so i just shared it with everyone hoping this would help others. And i will not be help responsible for any damage that cause, try it at your own risk .. anyway rooting and everything is risky so if you're up for it only try it.

Credits goes to

- Chainfire for his amazing Auto root files http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1933542

- Dr.Ketan for his Awesome Multitool http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45609987&postcount=3&nocache=1&z=3571321067865938

- Phil3759 for his awesome recovery http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2028103

- vickyvc for his quick guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2540761

- zaki847 for his guide to flash stock rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2536423

NOTE- If you factory reset the phone it will show you that "super user stopped working" o something like that, Just hit ok and open PLAYSTORE and update your superSU again and you have a Running superSU again that's it :) Your root is permanent Don't ever worry about that :)