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[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
The OP should make a tutorial video for his root , i have not succeeded in rooting my GN2 with his method and there really isn't any information on his post.

No information of whether version Of Odin to use , no information on what "mod" you have to put your phone to root it , no video showing philz recovery or anything.
[Galaxy Note II General] flaviofire:
thanks :)
[Galaxy Note II General] didiu:
hi, can I use clockwork recovery instead of philz_touch recovery? thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yes.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
I think the process is simple and straightforward. You can use any version of odin to flash recovery. Then flash the SuperSU zip from the recovery.

What you are doing is that rebooting the phone after flashing philz. Don't do that. Just boot to recovery directly from the download mode.

P.S I did this process one more time yesterday in under 40secs.. and I was rooted without a single issue.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Never checked with the root checker.

Open SuperSu and see if it says Su binary not installed then do the process again. Or if it runs fine then you are rooted without any issues.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
I have to untick auto reboot in order to stay in download mod after i've flashed the recovery ?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yes. Unticking auto-reboot is must.

P.S I did it without Unticking auto reboot. But I was quick enough to press the three buttons as soon as odin showed RESET.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
I'm going to try that, but your root is still complicated to do for the average noob of Android :P

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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
:D

But that is the only way to root mate. Every other loophole has been patched by samsung

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[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
It worked fine , i was scared of getting the stock android recovery ( that's what i got at my last root try , i had auto reboot ticked that time )

Keep up your work , philz recovery is super comfortable to use compred to ClockWorkMod in my opinion , thanks a lot !
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
:)

After all philz is advanced version of CWM. ;)

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
Nobody ever hard reset or factory reset phone after rooting ever?

Will it erase root access? I want to do it for battery improvement.

If nobody knows than [MENTION=2706236]Smeet[/MENTION] atleast tell is it easy to root again via this method if root is gone after reset?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
No idea mate. Never tried that.

But yes if you do wipe data factory reset from philz recovery you wont lose root access.

And as I mentioned earlier it takes 40 secs to root via this method :P

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] jjtech2:
Rooting 4.4.2 stock kitkat on GTN7100

Hi

This page seems really helpful,

I am Completely a knoob when it comes to rooting, have my note 2 for almost 6 months now i am on stock 4.4.2 (OTA) with knox, can any one tell me how to root and take efs and imei backup ( or can it be done without rooting) as well as to not trip knox and if OTA can still be received.

Questions

1. Will tripping knox harm the phone (physical or brick it forever – where to check knox counter?), i don’t care about warranty as the phone is more than a year old now.

2. Does the WiFi get affected or any other problem.

I would also like to flash Note 3 kitkat (stock) with S5 Mod is there a clear way to do this. By the way i have not done rooting or flashed other ROM’s before ever. I have searched through the forum but very confused as most have already rooted the phones before.

Sorry to post such a big question really like my phone and can’t afford another for some time.

If someone can help me i would really appreciate it. Thanks In advance.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
I think this is the perfect thread for you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51456398

You can use that thread to flash DN3.

And you can take backup of efs folder easily from philz recovery before flashing DN3.

And about the Knox:

If your Knox is 1 then you cannot use en Samsung Knox app.

Rest everything works same as before. You can also get OTA updates as before.

No problems if Knox is 1. Everything works fine.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] jjtech2:
Thanks for the reply, going through the thread you had suggested, can you suggest a link for Philz recovery.

Once again thanks for your effort.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
You can find philz recovery from this thread itself. First post.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Maybe problem of your service provider.

Check if it happens with a different service provider too? Then it would be something related to your phone.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] imrananis:
hello smeet

I am on stock 4.3 rooted with cf autoroot

now I am thinking to update the phone to the latest 4.4.2 kitkat but I am getting "your device has been modified" msg while checking ota

I hope u can guide me in this regard

I want to download indian kitkat ota

I have also read about the xposed framework method

is it safe to go that way?

thanks and regards

imran anis
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
Just download a stock dedoxed deknoxed and debloated rom from here since you are already rooted ,you'd just need to flash the newest supersu app v 1.94 and you are all set.Now if you want to try 4.4 roms which have bit more modifications and tweaks there are few out there in android development that you can take a look at. Xposed framework has nothing to do with upgrading your OS version.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
You can get OTA updates as normal but for that you need to fake system status to official through wanam xposed module on xposed framework :)

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] imrananis:
thankx for prompt reply

ok I will do the xposed way

one more question which is more stable 4.3 or 4.4.2 official?

as I have heard that its very difficult to revert back to 4.3

thankx again

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ya I was also thinking of installing custom rom...but after reading on the roms forums I found none of the rom is bug free...every rom has some bugs...if u can tell me total bug free rom I will bebthankful to you brother.

thanks again for helping

---------- Post added at 09:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:24 AM ----------

ya I was also thinking of installing custom rom...but after reading on the roms forums I found none of the rom is bug free...every rom has some bugs...if u can tell me total bug free rom I will bebthankful to you brother.

thanks again for helping
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
ROM's aren't bug free because no one is a Samsung developer here.

But the bugs are easily solveable I can assure you that.

And 4.4.2 is much more stable and fast then 4.3

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] Extreme_R:
philz or TWRP Recovery

Hi,

Plz help me as to which philz or TWRP recovery should be installed on my Stock 4.4.2 (Knox on installed) Note2.

I want to root my device to install DN3 V5 Rom. I am confused wheher the flashing instruction given in DN3 V5 rom apply for updated stock 4.4.2 rom.

To root my note 2 i need 4.3 or higher bootloader or Mj5 bootloader. Will these bootloaders root the upgraded stock 4.4.2 rom

also DN3 Electrom team recommends TWRP recovery. Does the latest version of TWRP 2.7.0.2 support the stock 4.4.2 Rom.

OR

should i follow the Philz recovery,Super Su method.

Plz recomend the one that better support the Electron DN3 rom and whether the Bootloder and TWRP support the 4.4.2 stock rom.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
I think this is the perfect thread for you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51456398

You can use that thread to flash DN3.

You can use any recovery. I recommend TWRP for people having less knowledge of flashing related stuff.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] flaviofire:
nice

:cyclops: thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] mun_tez:
Thanks am going to root my note 2 on stock 4.3 n install DN3 v5. Lets hope everything works out nicely.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Use this thread to flash DN3 or any other ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51456398
[Galaxy Note II General] mun_tez:
Thanks bro for helping out noobs like me in rooting... already hit the thanks button...:good:

one more question will we see any N3 mod for kitkat ? just like its there for MK4.... i would love to have most features of Note 3 in my Note 2 than S5 features... sorry no offence people just personal choice....
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Wrong thread :P

Anyways N3 features are included in DN3. And s5 apps are separately flashable if people want them.

It's DN3 not DS5 ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] mun_tez:
Sorry my mistake. But i have been reading the DN3 page for about a month and after V5 came out decided to take the plunge. If u would agree most of the post were about s5 apps n their problems. Anyways I have read about the v5 it says it has s5 launcher and system ui so can I change them into note 3 launcher and system ui in the settings or I will have to flash them seperately. Sorry to bother u again n again.:p
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
You can change the launcher.

If you change systemui you will lose a lot of features of DN3.

If you don't like blue systemui then use wanam xposed to theme it ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] xastunts:
thank u!

this worked for me after following fix nr1 option. thanks alot ur the man!
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
You're welcome :)
[Galaxy Note II General] hoangfcb:
This is my phone's info. Can I use the method in the first page to root my phone? Thank you very much
[Galaxy Note II General] xastunts:
Actually i got new problem now i couldnt update the damn allshare cast dongle firmware so im trying to install an old rom 4.1.2 to install it and then go back to this rom after.
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
Are you on stock rom? All share was buggy with a certain update, Samsung put up a patch on the play store for this bug, maybe you have that bug

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Yes you can, you have the same as me and I have rooted my phone with this method. Put your phone in download mode, untick auto reboot on odin and flash the recovery . once you've flashed it go into the recover by pressing the home button, the lock button and the volume up. By the way before putting your phone in download mode transfer the super su file to your SD card or your internal memory. Flash super su with the recovery, choose wisely where you put your super su file, put it somewhere you'll find it easily. I wish you luck though you should not have any problem, hope you enjoy my help, good luck in the root world :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Read the header man Root 4.4.2 on All builds

Yes you can use this. ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] xastunts:
Yes i did try the patch first but it said not needed to patch. I can run allshare fine but i cant update the fw for it. I used this official 4.4.2 fw and i used stock recovery as when changing the recovery allshare wont work. But now i cant even downgrade to 4.1.2 perhaps to 4.3 or 4.2 is possible ? Could someone pls tell me so i dont need to download everything and try it one by one. Thanks alot for helping.:good:
[Galaxy Note II General] hoangfcb:
Wow. How great a person you are! Thank you for your detailed advice and great support Sir!
[Galaxy Note II General] cjesse:
RECOVERY flashed successful, but after installed zip from sd card, no supersu installed, no luck to get root. I'm on stock 4.4.2
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
Have you tried downloading super su from the play store?

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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Flash the zip again.

And then install from playstore if you still don't have supersu
[Galaxy Note II General] cjesse:
I upgraded from rooted 4.3 by odin, i can see supersu in application manager, but supersu not show in launcher, shall i uninstall existing supersu before flash zip again!

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It works after i instaled supersu from play store, thank you [MENTION=5852474]DukeNuggets[/MENTION] , [MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION] .
[Galaxy Note II General] cjesse:
I lost root again after reboot, and can't uninstall supersu from application manager, can not install play store again neither. so frustration.
[Galaxy Note II General] cjesse:
After i did Fix No. 1, Fix No. 2 and Fix No. 3, SuperSu 1.9.4 still doesn't work after device reboot, except i reinstall it again through apk.
[Galaxy Note II General] cjesse:
Ok, finally i get it work by Fix No. 1, this fix guide should be go SuperSU Settings -> Reinstall SuperSU from play store.
[Galaxy Note II General] ASHISH21:
complete noob

i m complete noob abt android. after reading for few weeks today i rooted my note 2 with ur method successfully. can u tell me wat precaution should i do after rooting my phone?
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
There is no precaution, personally the only thing I did is buy super su pro to (in theory) keep the OTA updates. Except for that, if you are not gonna flash roms or modify some of the phone files there is nothing else to do. If you really want to protect/preserve your phone do some backups with titanium backup from time to time, that way if you have a problem you won't be worried of having no last chance. Hope you'll enjoy your root as much as we do and if you have more questions you're free to ask them here, I'll be able to answer most of them :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] ASHISH21:
Offtopic ques since my phone is out of warranty I want to try dn3 rom. Can I flash dn3 with nd3 bootloader. My recovery is philz and stock rom rooted.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yes you can flash it.
[Galaxy Note II General] Extreme_R:
DN3

Hi All,

Can I flash the DN3 Rom by copying the zip in phones memory Or is it compulsory to have a Micro SD Card for flashing.

where do the android system files get created, on the SD card or in the Phone memory or on a partitioned drive. Plz add to my knowledge. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
On a different partition.

You can copy the zip to your internal sdcard. Extsd is not compulsory.
[Galaxy Note II General] aristokra:
OTA after ROOT....

love this thread... I can root easily.. but can I get OTA Update after this root? How? And... how to unroot?

thanks mate...
[Galaxy Note II General] Samsung8600:
My phone has never been rooted or something like that and it is using 4.3 (still under warranty). Can someone help me how to root it on 4.4.2

poslato sa Nooootara dvojke
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
First update to stock 4.4.2 and then follow the OP.

Inside the supersu app there is an option for unroot.

To get OTA you can fake device status to official using wanam xposed module on xposed installer.
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[Galaxy Note II General] pqweb:
So anyone here have battery consumption increased after change to kitkat? Mine loss 7% in 30 minutes >_<... 4.3 me can reach 25 hours without charging... Now so sad
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Re flash the ROM. Maybe it will solve this issue
[Galaxy Note II General] CryptKilla:
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[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
Hey guys

I'm facing an error when I want to add recovery to ap it says "md5 error! Binary is invalid " .whats the problem? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Bad download. Re-download the recovery file.
[Galaxy Note II General] rajsonic66:
Help

If you aren't able to flash custom recovery correctly, then untick Auto Reboot on Odin.

Now flash recovery. And now boot the phone into recovery mode.

How can I do this?

"And now boot the phone into recovery mode directly."
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
hold the volume up + home key + power key all together and then as soon as you the samsung note II screen let go of all 3 of them immediately ,within few seconds your new recovery would load,if you hold the buttons for longer after seeing the samsung note II logo screen it will not load the recovery and be in bootloop so just remove the battery and try it again.
[Galaxy Note II General] ashhem:
Custom status

Hello Smeet,

Yaar I have a doubt. Assuming I wont have to go until FIX 3, will I still be able to get OTA even after flashing a custom recovery? Or the device will show custom status?

Regards

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Bro dont worry,

Incase you still havent got it, I had the same issue.. You are probably downloading the zip.md5 file, the last one from the list.. Download the third last file which has same version but is tar.md5 :)

Cheers
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
The system status will be shown custom but you can fake it through wanam xposed module of xposed installer and get OTA updates again
[Galaxy Note II General] ashhem:
Oh cool,

thanks.. And I was wondering, which Recovery would you suggest if M planning to flash DN3 ROM? Presently M planning to go with Philz :)

Also where can I get Xposed installer for Note II?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
So if you are planning to flash DN3 you don't need to do all these things mentioned in the OP.

Just flash philz. Take nandroid backup. Next select clean to install a new rom. Flash DN3. Done :)
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24267797

[FRAMEWORK ONLY!] Xposed - ROM modding without modifying APKs (2.6.1)(20.05.2014)

Here it is. The xposed installer
[Galaxy Note II General] ashhem:
Thanks man,

Actually I am not going to flash the ROM immediately.. And want to check the Stock ROM rooted so I would be following your procedure :)
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Okay then go ahead..
[Galaxy Note II General] ashhem:
Cant find it

Hello Smeet bhai,

I did install the exposed framework and Wanam Xposed module but I cannot fint the option to fake my system status.. A little help please :)

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] PalaTinae:
Thanks this guide is so useful
[Galaxy Note II General] Jacknator:
4.Now click Start and your recovery will be flashed in under 10 seconds.
Now boot into recovery and flash the update superSu v1.94 zip.

I dont understand the 4th procedure, can u explain with picture ? TQ
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Don't have access to my laptop right now. Maybe this guy can guide you in detail. [MENTION=2935120]singhpratik87[/MENTION] You are invoked here :D
[Galaxy Note II General] Keep_iT_oN:
hi

yes you can any rfile and any rom )

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i installed dn3 rom v5+ but after flashing says no service

emergency only, not registered network

how to fix it.

i from russian location
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
Sorry took me a while to post a picture cause i couldn't get odin to recognize my phone kept trying only to realize I am using the non original usb cable hahaha here's the pic with detailed steps ,smeet add this to your OP so people can get better idea.

Now you should take your battery out so the phone will power off then using the hard ware keys boot into recovery which is press volume up +home + power key together ,you'll see your samsung note II logo let go of all the 3 buttons at once and give it like 10 -15 seconds for recovery to load, then click on install zip , then choose sdcard 1 (external sd card) it will freeze for a moment and boot back to main recovery menu (drawback of philz) then again choose install zip select sd card 1 find the super su zip , click on it , press yes to install and it'll be flashed,press the back keys and go back to main menu and go to power options and click on reboot system and done.
[Galaxy Note II General] ashhem:
Hello,

Doesnt work for me unfortunately :(
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
guys I'm newbie in this, i never rooted samsung devices , and i have few questions

1.i have andorid 4.4.2 france , i wanna know that if knox making me any problem?

2.if i root my device i loose ota updates?

3.after rooting , what happens if i flash official rom with odin ? it will unroot the phone and install stock recovery , right ?
[Galaxy Note II General] Jacknator:
Thanks for the quick respond, but whats the different between 0:[COM7] and COM7 ? Bcz mine is showing COM3 and fail :eek:
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
i believe it's just different name for the usb ports.Where does it show fail?above it where it should say pass in green? Try a different usb port and repeat the steps.
[Galaxy Note II General] ashhem:
Hello,

First I will answer your 2nd and 3rd points.

Yes you will loose the OTA updates

Yes You phone will be unrooted and you will get your stock recovery back HOWEVER your warranty will still be void.. (Unless you tweak it using app like Triangle Away)

Now to your first point,

When I rooted my phone yesterday (first time since KNOX), SuperSU gave me an option to Disable KNOX and it did so successfully! Its very difficult even for Triangle away to reset the Knox count if you have a custom recovery installed (which will not matter if you dont have warranty issues)

If Knox is not disabled, it does keep on popping up annoying notifications and even restrict rooting capacities in some cases..

ALL THIS SAID, REMEMBER, YOU ARE ROOTING AND FLASHING ANY STUFF ON YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU CANNOT HOLD ANYONE ON THE FORUM RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE :)

Good Luck :)
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
i know the risk man :D i did it a lot on my htc devices :D i read these posts about knox causing problem when people trying to root their devices so i freaked out :D
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
You can disable annoying knox notifications through wanam xposed. See the screeshot I posted yesterday
[Galaxy Note II General] domnic79:
I bought my Note 2 in Jan this year. Its been 5 months now that im using this fone. Im a guy who is into Root, Roms & Mods. I've also built some roms in the past(Check my signature). I had Note n7000 before buying Note 2. Used it for almost for 2 years. It ws a good fone. Rooted it in 3 days aftr buyin it. I always prefer a rooted Droid. After i got my Note 2, i came 2 kno about Knox. Felt like samsung took away my freedom. No Root = No customization, No playing wit system, No Custom Roms, No Xposed framework. I wanted to root it last month when i was on 4.3, but thot sum1 would come out with a fix for knox warranty void. Now that im on 4.4.2, i felt dis fone dint feel lik a power house. So i decided 2 root it. So this is how i rooted it.

Downloaded Philz 6.41.6 recovery

Went to download mode(Knox Warranty Void : 0)

Opened Odin v.3.09

Connected my device & selected d recovery in AP

After flashing my fone restarted normally(not in recovery)

I reatrted my fone in revovery after that to c if i got philz kernel, bt to my suprise i had stock recovery

Again i opened Odin, selected philz recovery in AP And Unticked Auto-reboot option

Flashed the recovery

Nw the fone din restart itself. So i went into recovery mode By pressing Vol up+Home+Power key.

It showed Philz recovery now so i flashed SuperSU .zip file

Rebooted & i had root.(Knox Warranty Void : 1)

Nw tym 2 flash some Roms...

Thnks smeet.somaiya for this awsome guide.