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[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Get a newer PhilZ recovery. 6.48 works good.

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[Galaxy Note II General] Misisiak:
I´ll tried... I would need file, which is not damage.. because all MD5 files from goo.im write the same mistake: MD5 error! Binary is invalid :confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h8ijdw7qncdu482/philz_touch_6.48.4-n7100.tar.md5

Here is a mirror for you

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[Galaxy Note II General] Misisiak:
Thank you very very much. It works ...
[Galaxy Note II General] CJS548:
If Knox warranty void 1

Does your method works the if my Galaxy Note II already have a Knox Warranty Void 1 on the download mode screen?

I really need your help badly...

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Note II General] Wonky7454:
little question

Hello all,

I have a little question. After i root my note 2 4.4.2 and install the cwm. Can I flash DN3 rom without any error?
[Galaxy Note II General] mithundperfect:
Yes you can but twrp is recommended in the thread.
[Galaxy Note II General] Wonky7454:
i downloaded pliz touch isnt it same?
[Galaxy Note II General] mithundperfect:
No not same.. though you can flash through philz too.. if you need twrp recovery here is the twrp v2.7.2.0 link..

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mig1w3s0x6la2un/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.2.0-t03g.zip

Flash through your existing recovery (i.e. philz)
[Galaxy Note II General] tranthanhxhong:
thanks

thanks:good:
[Galaxy Note II General] Utkarsh-ezzo:
Can any one help me out? I am new in Note 2 section,

I have stock 4.4.2 on my note 2, now I want to install custom roms and I dont know whether by installling cwm only I can flash roms or I will have to flash KNOX disabled bootloader??

Just tell me the steps to be done...

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note II General] lechu1976:
Hi, will this metod work on n7105 with latest 4.4.2?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Yes it will, but don't use the recovery file in the OP, for the recovery, download it from goo.im for t0lte and use that and follow the same instructions.

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[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
Do what the OP says.Get the latest philz tar.md5 file flash it via odin (uncheck auto reboot in odin) .remove battery of the phone for a minute.Put the battery back in and right away boot into recovery using home plus volume up plus power.Your newly flashed recovery will load up.Flash the latest superSU zip file via it.Then reboot your phone and open supersu from app it will ask you if you want disable knox select yes.Once that's done reboot back into recovery and make a full system back up of your stock rom along with EFS partition using dr,ketan's tool or mannyvinny's efs back up tool (themes and apps note 2 section).You don't need to flash any KNOX/knox free bootloader cause flashing official stock 4.4.2 you are on the bootloader that is knoxed and rooting such stock rom with knoxed bootloader will trigger knox and void your warranty.Once you are done with backing up your stock rom and efs partition you can flash custom ROM (stock android recovery wont be able to flash any roms/zip files) hence we flash custom recovery such as philz (based off cwm).
[Galaxy Note II General] Ev0d3vil:
Ive got this horrendous battery drain by Android System. Is it a must to root to get rid of it? What services should i zap away using titanium backup?
[Galaxy Note II General] Utkarsh-ezzo:
thank you so much , it was really is to follow.
[Galaxy Note II General] lechu1976:
Thanks for an answer :thumbup: Can u point me directly witch one should I use? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/t0lte/

Here you go, use the latest one in .tar.md5 format

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[Galaxy Note II General] Ev0d3vil:
Btw whats RES OK on ODIN? I hit the power button while I saw RES OK on odin, i unchecked auto reboot though. Will anything be damaged on my phone? But after that I saw a success, without unplugging my phone.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
RES OK means Operation on your phone is over and everything is OK.

Don't worry just chill and follow the process ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] zaga1981:
Tanks :D
[Galaxy Note II General] YK RAJ:
Twrp best or Cwm recovery?please tell me.
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
Both recoveries are good.It's up to an user or sometimes certain custom ROM's don't flash right when using a particular recovery so one got to switch to another one.But first time rooting your phone and getting custom recovery one must use philz touch which is based off CWM.
[Galaxy Note II General] YK RAJ:
For DN3 which recoveries are best?
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
I think it's written in their opening page which recovery is best but at the end of the day it comes down to user's choice and what works best for them.I've been using TWRP recovery 2.7.0.0 for the past 3 months and been able to flash every single ROM for our note II without having to switch recovery.But I've seen people switch to philz or even upgrade their current TWRP version for successful flashing.So best to keep few versions of both philz and twrp on your SD card and switch at will if need arises.
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
Correct!

This is the thing to do, as ROMs may have issues on flashing sometimes. Then if they dont boot up, you cannot transfer a new recovery to the sd card. hence always keep a few versions of the recovery on your phone.
[Galaxy Note II General] kin_e_ngripp:
I think the TWRP is more easier and more intuitive to use

regards
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Depends on user preference. I prefer CWM and its derivatives like PhilZ recovery. Feels easier to me and just that I like it, not that I don't like TWRP, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Recovery won't make much of a difference with things.

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[Galaxy Note II General] kin_e_ngripp:
I agree with you

it was just my opinion

my post was to begin with for me.....

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[Galaxy Note II General] shayonpal:
So, Installed the ROM on my N7100 today. Everything works great as expected. However, I seem to have an update of Google Play Services pending. That one downloads, but refuses to install. The error message says my device is not eligible for the update and that I should contact the device manufacturer to clarify it.

Any idea how to circumvent this one?
[Galaxy Note II General] SIlvRav:
Hi Guys

I cant seem to get my note 2 (GT-N7105 - 4.3 - Build JSS15J.N7105XXUEMKB) to be detected by odin 3.09

the guide i tried to follow : w)w)w (dot) teamandroid (dot) com/2014/04/09/root-xxuenc3-android-43-lte-n7105/2/

But my phone does not get detected by Odin

Here is what I have done:

- Phone into developers mode and activated USB debugging mode

- downlaoded odin 3.09

- uninstalled kies, restarted, installed samsiung USB drivers restarted.

- Put phone into download mode

- try to plug in.

Windows detects it as a gadget serial.

If i start the phone normally I can access the phone via MTP and PTP.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated
[Galaxy Note II General] R3d_Wolf:
Info

Hello,

I need some information please.

If i root my Note 2 (4.4.2) with CF Auto Root tool can i put 4.3 on it after ?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note II General] cristobalite:
rooting with NE1 bootloader

hi, my bootloader is NE1, and i wnt to know if i can safely root without tripping knox?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Not possible.

And its already 2 years old phone(if not considering time of buying) so why care about warranty and Knox, Samsung service centers don't know how to even fix anything, except for a factory reset in most cases

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[Galaxy Note II General] cristobalite:
thanks....will just root then.
[Galaxy Note II General] nicholes:
Thanks! (button presssed today )

i rooted today my note 2, the easiest way to root

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note II General] Mrosenho:
Heya!

Very good guide but somehow I still seem to be unable follow it the right way. After I flash the recovery with Odin, and switch to recovery mode, it's just the normal android-recovery mode. Not Philz. All the steps seem to go well, Odin says PASS! But when I boot to recovery it's not there..? And it's not like I bricked my device either, I can still use it normally. This is really weird.. :silly:
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
Read the OP. It states to uncheck auto reboot in case you still have stock recovery.
[Galaxy Note II General] Mrosenho:
Yes, and of course I did that. I followed every step to the detail. Here's the same root instruction in even more detail: h_ttp://w_ww.ibtimes.co.uk/root-galaxy-note-2-n7100-android-4-4-2-kitkat-install-philz-recovery-1447891. Can you find something wrong in that one? That's the one I used (after cross checking with the OP) since I wanted instructions that a 4yo could follow. But still, I only have normal recovery. My knox is triggered though.. Used to be 0, now it's 1.
[Galaxy Note II General] nicholes:
why dont you try different version of the recovery?
[Galaxy Note II General] Mrosenho:
Thanks!

Well that was an easy fix! :laugh::laugh:

Device rooted! (I used philz_touch_6.48.4-n7100.tar.md5)

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note II General] R3d_Wolf:
Why ?

Hy,

I cant stop wondering why is so difficult to reply to a question?

I post numerous questions and nobody answered....

What is the purpose of this topic then ....

Thanks :(
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
You PM'd everyone and yourself have disabled receiving of PM.

How can anyone be replying you.

And its not a good idea to PM people for petty issues. Threads are meant for the discussion purposes. People might be busy sometimes :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] R3d_Wolf:
:(

God damn setting, i dindt saw that i apologize.

Still can anyone help me please ?
[Galaxy Note II General] cooljay5:
Since You are on 4.4.2, I think, you cant go back to 4.3 since your bootloader is changed. But someguys have done it using mobile odin. search in this forum, I have seen couple of threads for it, but even if you go back to 4.3, you will still have 4.4.2 bootloader, because of which you will not be able to charge your phone,when it's switched off..that is the only issue reported by user's so far I think....
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
It won't be an issue unless he tries to flash bootkoader, in which case Odin will stop at Sboot verification.

He can still use the ODA tab and ROM only with everything working fine.

And power off charging, its a problem of 4.3 bootloader on KitKat ROM, not the reverse as you mentioned :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] R3d_Wolf:
Hi,

Knight97, you saved me :)

I did like you told me and now i am runnig 4.3 without any problems so far, and without tripping Knox :D

Thanks man !
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Great to hear that :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] josh6025:
Once I'm don unistalling all the useless bloat put on the phone the provider how would I go about unrooting the device as I can't have rooted when I connect to my corprate network.
[Galaxy Note II General] Mr.LOVER:
no link to download recovery?

hi i don't find recovery on the given link in OP. can anyone give me another link?
[Galaxy Note II General] Vaehatiel:
Yup, the link doesn't work anymore. There is no download available there.
[Galaxy Note II General] jayinc11:
Anybody has a working link or maybe upload a GDrive link?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2028103

Sorry for the delays here. We both having exams.

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[Galaxy Note II General] alec5439:
Thank U so much for the tutorial.

And, I rooted successfully with several tricks.

Here are my experience:

01. Samsung original USB cable is necessary for PC(Odin) connection.

This means it's impossible to do above steps successfully with non-original USB cable which bought from third party.

(The 3rd party cable pins are slightly different from Samsung's cable.)

02. For latest Samsung OTA update, I must unchecked "auto reboot" option in Odin before Philz recovery 6.26.6 flashing.

03. Somehow, I couldn't install USB driver successfully from Kies.

So I downloaded an independent Samsung USB driver package as instead.

(Just google "samsung usb driver for mobile phones", then you will find a proper one. It's about 8.5MB.)

If you didn't install USB driver properly, Odin is unable to detect your phone.

04. SuperSU must be placed at phone storage in advance, then you can use Philz to complete the procedures.

Last but not the least,

THIS ROOTING PROCEDURE WILL NOT "WIPE", "Delete" or "RESET" any data, files and apps stored on your phone.

It only causes the Samsung warranty invalid.
[Galaxy Note II General] Notizer:
new firmware failed to root

Dear friends,

I'am not familiar with the rooting technique mentioned in the top answer. I used to root/unroot via KingoRoot, but after last firmware update this program fails to root my phone.

My question is could you please check for me this firmware rooting process before I'll brick my phone as a rooting neophyte.

This is the last firmware I've got to my phone: samsung-updates.com/details/36933/Galaxy_Note_2_International/GT-N7100/ILO/N7100XXUFNJ1.html

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] Notizer:
KingoRoot updated and rooted the device

UPDATE

I contacted KingoRoot developer and got a link to specially updated KingoRoot version which successfully rooted my phone. I should mention that KingoRoot embodies Odin-functionality and is very convenient to everyone who is not a guru in rooting etc.
[Galaxy Note II General] M.Catchit:
Hi,

you don't need cf-autoroot for rooting with stock rom N7100XXUFNI2_N7100EPLFNI1_N7100XXUFNG1_HOME.tar (download from Sammobile.com).

If stock rom above installed, then just flash TWRP (openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-n7100.img). Boot into recovery, unzip download file SU http://download.chainfire.eu/450/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.00.zip, boot into stock rom with your TWRP and SU, update all from Google Play Store and accept binary update from SU app itself.

Voila, your device is rooted.

Best wishes
[Galaxy Note II General] dimitrisioa:
Is this latest firmware available for root? 2 years insurance expired so i want to try new things on my phone..
[Galaxy Note II General] ronnymulani4u@gmail.com:
i waNt to know one thing only.

As i m a learner i got a note 2 GT-N7105T Vodafone Australia as a gift from my uncle , and i m on android 4.3 & there is no availability of android 4.4.2 for it . so can i flash GT-N7100's Stock rom (India) which i have downloaded from sam mobiles .And yes it is rooted and i have flashed TWRP recover by flashify . but i have not bootunlocked it . socan anyone reply to my ques. that can i flash india stock rom or not ? please
[Galaxy Note II General] Tizio.Qualunque:
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[Galaxy Note II General] WeT-Klb:
How did you contact the developer? Do you have a mail adress?
[Galaxy Note II General] RD274:
Great guide but completely missed the step of mentioning that the phone has to be in Odin mode too. Wasted an hour trying to get Odin to connect to the phone until I found another guide showing how to put the phone in Odin mode.

Please atleast mention about putting the phone in Odin mode too. Not everyone is fluent with Samsung phones.
[Galaxy Note II General] GuccizBud:
Thx very much for this. Perfect info, which worked flawlessly on CAD Rogers SGH-I317M variant. Cheers… :highfive:
[Galaxy Note II General] Copro:
Rooted SGSN2 4.4.2

Thank you for tripping Knox ... rooted my good old SGSN2 with stock recovery and ROM N7100XXUFND3

Now Philz Touch Recovery: philz_touch_6.48.4-n7100.tar.md5

And the latest SU binary: UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.35.zip

Used your instructions and everything worked fine. Disabled the reboot option in Odin and manually entered Philz recovery because when rebooting with Odin the stock recovery would overwrite Philz on the first reboot. Had no idea how to directly go to Recovery from Download mode and just removed battery after flashing was complete.
[Galaxy Note II General] Wout2426:
I just bought an N7100 today.

Been a member on XDA for a long time and flashed many phone's but always get sweaty hands when i want to root, and flash custom recovery, so just to make sure:

I'm on stock 4.4.2 Baseband n7100xxufnd3 Buildnumber KOT49H.N7100XXUFNE1

Wil i be succesfull with this method ?

Hope that somebody is so kind to put me in the right direction.

Edit: it worked, answered my one question :)
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
I want to unroot for latest update to be installed via ota, how to do it please?
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
Jus simply download the fw frm sammobile and flash thats it
[Galaxy Note II General] zoghrob:
Is there any way to root the Note 2 N7100 on firmware kitkat with bootloader ND4 without tripping Knox. ??

If there is a safe method, what is it ...

I tried TR but got that my device is not supported.

My Knox is 0x0

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] mb93:
Thanks for the tutorial, it worked !

I'm on stock 4.4.2 Baseband n7100xxufnd3 Buildnumber KOT49H.N7100XXUFNE1 and CFC=XEF

I used the last version of philz_touch : philz_touch_6.48.4-n7100.tar and the version of SuperSu: UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.35.zip

Of course, the knox became 0x1 but i don't care because the warranty is expired since january.

A special thank to Wout2426 because without his post (which concerns the same firmware version as that i have) and his answers, I would not have done it because I had seen too many failed cases on the web.
[Galaxy Note II General] zoghrob:
Can I use TWRP instead of Philz_touch ? Will there be any change in steps??

Or I should stick to Philz??

I used CWM & TWRP before on Tab 7.7 P6800 & liked TWRP more, but never used Philz.

What should I do??
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Both should work the same way. You can choose anyone. No issues.
[Galaxy Note II General] zoghrob:
Thank you.

I did flash TWRP, installed superSU 2.46 to root then flashed Dr. Ketan's rom V14.

All is well now.
[Galaxy Note II General] moneuil:
help needed root virgin here and can't find a working phil Z link

Hi,

First of all thanks for all the useful info in this thread.

I have never rooted an android device before, jailbroke my ipod/pad etc in the past...

I decided to take the plunge and want to install the DN4 on my N7100.

So I did some research (google) to my best of abilities and landed on your thread.

"What you will need:

1. Odin 3.09

2. Philz recovery 6.26.6 (.tar.md5 required) from non workin link due to goo being down...

3. Update SuperSu v2 from here managed this part

Downloaded Odin and then wanted to proceed to the Phil Z link but that one is down.

Is there any other link where I can get the md5 file or another viable alternative?

Another question I have is I'm interested in checking out the resurrection ROM as well is there a way I could sort of dual boot both ROMs?

Thanks in advance for helping out :)

P.S: two more questions, I read somewhere that it would work better (DN4) with a bit of overclocking to 1.9 or something, how can this be done and the other question is I probably need to root to get rid of knox and be able to run SU to get some apps working that otherwise won't work on rooted devices?

grr keep getting more questions sorry... I am on K0T49H.N7100XXUFNEI could you point me in the right direction for my stock firmware in case something goes wrong or do I need it anyway to root etc...
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
First of all both resurrection remix and dn4 are great roms but i personally missed dn4 features after 2 weeks of resurrection remix .but if you want a super fast rom go to resurrection remix. Both roms are fast but resurrection remix is smoother. dual boot is not recommended.

About other questions yes if you want to flash a rom you must root and by flashin g dn4 or resurrection remix rom you don't have knox anymore

About overclocking your phone's cpu you can use agni kernel that will flash with dn4 .of course you should update it to latest agni version (you can download it from agni kernel thread) or if you chosen resurrection remix rom you can also flash cm version of agni kernel and overclock it to 1.9 .

in the end don't worry if you do what dev's said in their thread you will not face any problem. Just be carefull and do exactly what they said .and first of all do a nandroid backup first just in case anything goes wrong you could be able to go back to your stock rom

. Good luck bro.
[Galaxy Note II General] moneuil:
Thanks for the speedy reply Ho3yn89 but i'm pulling my hair out here trying to get the nandroid thing right. Nothing I try seems to want to work.

Tied to get Kies to detect my note 2 it just keeps messing up about connection error and debug mode turning off which I have tried with and without...

Tried my hand at using the android sdk to create a backup with an adb command, but don't get a response on my phone.

Starting to think the droids are against me on this one...
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
There is the problem I'm doing this for years and never even used android sdk or kies. Did you flash recovery?? You should take nandroid backup throw recovery
[Galaxy Note II General] moneuil:
I haven't done anything yet as I wanted to make a backup first of my phone before risking anything else.

Alas I seem te fail at even that "simple" task...

unfortunately this sounds like Chinese to me.

I consider myself to be somewhat savvy when it comes to figuring things out but can't make heads nor tails anymore with all the info I have read...

Apparently I need to be rooted in order to use nandroid manager so that one is a showstopper as I am not even rooted.

Half the threads I end up on when reading up on flashing I seem to miss the link to the firmware I need to flash?

Like when I head over to TWRP I can download a Download twrp-2.8.6.0-t03g.zip file, where does this come into play in Odin as I seem to need a .tar file first in the PDA part according to what I read..

The link to the Phil Z thing in the beginning of this thread leads to a dead page so I can't seem to get anywhere to get started even...

What am I missing?

Edit*

Seem to make some progress now, downloaded some other samsung USB drivers and deleted USB debug stuff and re enabled USB debugging and a prompt arrived on my note 2 screen.

Now at least it's communicating with my pc.

Attempting to make a full backup now with adb backup "-apk -shared -all -f C:\Users\NAME\backup.ab" command in the command prompt from within the sdk developer-platform folder.

It seems to be doing something so if that is succesfull I think the nandroid part would be ok?

Then for the next step I'm still in the dark as to what to use to root so I can flash with the DN4 ROM, did I get that right? Think I will try out the CF Auto root thing and pray that will do what has to be done :)
[Galaxy Note II General] moneuil:
Succes rooted with CF went all smooth knox shut down and all.

Thanks a lot :)
[Galaxy Note II General] moneuil:
Hmm seems I just hit another wall...

So now I have a rooted Note 2 with my 4.4.2 thanks to CF but I cant seem to do anything with the bootloader or find the right file for patching the bootloader...

Any more suggestions?
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
Glad to hear you succeeded . I don't know about cf i used this thread 2 years ago and rooted my phone and I'm happy with it ever since. After all if you rooted it means you should have a custom recovery and with custom recovery you can do a nandroid backup . So turn your phone off and press home +power +volume up to go to recovery and you should find backup and restore . Then backup your phone! This is nandroid!! Then you can flash you rom of choice . I suggest to use philz recovery because i see in threads peaple have problems with twrp that i never had with philz. you can flash recovery with flashify app from playstore it's an app for noobs . It's better not to use such apps . But when you find no way around this could help