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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Try again. And make sure you try with all the usb ports and stock undamaged cable.
[Galaxy Note II General] HoZ0:
Oh no, my Knox counter grew up 1. It's take me can't warranty
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Didn't you read the first post correctly? I have mentioned that this method trips knox
[Galaxy Note II General] rajsonic66:
Is it possible to backup 'EFS' without rooting?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
No, It's not.

And don't worry, rooting involves pushing files to /system partition and EFS and /sys/kernel remained untouched so there is no chance of a corrupt EFS after rooting.

However, there are many methods to back up the EFS once you are rooted.

And EFS can only become corrupt if the rom flashing went wrong.

I've been flashing roms since november, and haven't had any problems with EFS yet, but a backup is always handy ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
+1

Never faced any efs problems. Only a bad rom from an unrecognized developer can sometimes corrupt efs.

But I still have 15efs backups made in every possible format.( tar, tar.gz, img, win) and the best of all I just copied the efs folder and pasted it to my sdcard by using root explorer??

Sent from my s5ized Note3 ROM for Note2.
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Haha.....me too. I've made using the tools, terminal emulator and windows utilities and also the copy of folder is saved on my SD card too.

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[Galaxy Note II General] YK RAJ:
Please send a video tutorial for how I root samung galaxy not 2 running android 4.4.2 kitkat?
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
If you follow the instructions in the opening post you don't need a video tutorial Refer to this image http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52975852&postcount=168 and follow the guidelines and you'd be able to successfully root your device.
[Galaxy Note II General] umangsagar:
Thanks, it works fine

1st of All, Thanks Smeet.

I was initially not able to get root access even though trying everything following every step.

Then finally updating SU from Chainfire did the magic, works like charm.

So basically, we have to just connect our phone in download mode, in ODIN untick Reboot, flash the md5 file, reboot into recovery, install the zip file, reboot and update SU from Chainfire in google play....done.

All thanks to Smeet.Somaiya, its people like you who make life so much easier for guys like us :)
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
My pleasure?
[Galaxy Note II General] YK RAJ:
Plese give how to install with video tutorial.I want to root my device.
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
Follow every steps and you won't need a video tutorial ;) be sure to untick auto reboot on Odin!

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[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Wanted to say that your thread has become popular. People all over the G+ Note 2 community are talking abput your guide to root whenever someone wants to. ;)

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[Galaxy Note II General] benb4391:
Does anyone know if the old root method (for 4.3) will still work to root 4.4.2? I dont care at all about tripping knox.
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
I am partly responsible for that, wherever i get a chance i stick smeet's name and this thread to users who want to know how to root 4.4.2.Only if smeet was getting money for this i'd ask for my cut :D (and get zero lemon with that money) LOL
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Actually, even I do the same[emoji16]. And about the cut, even I need a zerolemon [emoji14]

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[Galaxy Note II General] benb4391:
Also I noticed that my mobile network is listed as disconnected. Do I need to do something with the modem..?
[Galaxy Note II General] rajsonic66:
Thanks

YES!!! My Galaxy Note 2 is successfully rooted. And All credit goes to Smeet Bro & Singhpratik87 (not possible without you). Thank you so much for your help. Thanks a lot.

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My phone is rooted now, help me to backup EFS. Please provide easy & safe method.

Thanks buddy.
[Galaxy Note II General] shan_pei:
Thanks a lot for the guide. I (finally) managed to root my phone after a few attempts. However, instead of taking a few seconds to root, I only managed to get a 'pass' after 2.02 minutes. And that made me panic and retry a few times. :silly: Can anyone tell me what happen?
[Galaxy Note II General] singhpratik87:
Use this tool by the great Dr.Ketan to back your EFS

Multi Tool

Good luck.
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2389426

Have a look at this great thread. It enlists all the methods ;)

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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Maybe you didn't use the usb port on the back of ur pc. Or you didn't turn off antivirus or firewall before proceeding with odin. Or maybe you didn't use stock cable.

Good to know that I could help so many people :)

By the way, I would love if my other thread "Root without tripping Knox" becomes popular too :D :P

+1 for 0-Lemon xD
[Galaxy Note II General] terradune:
Download link for recovery not working

I'm unable to download Philz Recovery because the goo.im servers keep timing out. Anyone got mirrors? Would be much appreciated.

Unfortunately, this isn't the first time this has happened as the Goo.im team themselves have admitted they're overwhelmed by the download volume and don't have the funds to expand. From what they're saying, it's highly unlikely the situation is going to improve anytime soon.
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Download it using the flashify app.

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[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
I tried 3 ways too..

[MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION]

hello.. I tried 3 ways too. But still I have a note 2 un-rooted. Pls can u help me?

I upgraded my note 2 from rooted stock rom 4.3 to stock rom 4.4.2 via kies. I see that supersu in App Manager in settings but Link2sd, Xposed Installer, Helium doesnt work.

Pls help me too :)
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Did you try opening SuperSU? What does it say?

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[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
@knight97

i cant run superSU. its in Settings/More/Application manager. But its doesnt work.

Thank u for u replied me
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Does it FC while opening? Or some other dialog box pops out?

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[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
FC ?

Im so sorry i dont know whats FC?

I dnt get any error msg while phone is opening. But i saw that in download mode , knox warranty void was 1. Is this a reason?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
When you tap on superSu, does it say unfortunately SuperSus has stopped/crashed? Or does it open and say no SuperSU binaries found?

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[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
superSU doesnt work.

[MENTION=5697564]KNIGHT97[/MENTION]. Thank u again for u spend time for me.

SuperSU doesnt appear in Apps tab of phone. Its installed like in photo i sent.

do I get my root access again If i install DN3 or slimkat or any different rom?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Don't mention that, it's just the way it's supposed to be. I'll reply to help anyone I can.

If you hava a custom recovery you definitely will be able to flash a custom rom.

And about SuperSU go on play store and search it and see if it is installed and if not do it, and if yes ipen it from there.

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[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
i done 3 fix methods too

I really tried all.

I done update-supersu via philz CWM

I tried delete knox apps with ES File Manager

But no solition yet.
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
then your only way left is a custom, I guess. See the android development section of Note 2 and check which rom you like and then flash it.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Unistalling supersu and installing it again from playstore should get your root access back
[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
i cant uninstall superSu

[MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION]

i cnt uninstall superSu .. no any app icon of supersu in phone. it appears on app manager only.

do u have a way for i uninstall it via cwm or odin?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Are any root apps working for you? And did you try opening SuperSU via playstore or Googke Search?

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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Reading your past posts it seems you are able to get root access on ES file explorer.

So go to /system/app and delete superuser.apk
[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
no changed :(

[MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION]

I found superSu where u said, but ES File didnt delete it. :(

Its pending same like while deleting Knox apps..

I will get mad.. :(

pls look at screen shots.
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Try rooting again. Or search for a pre-rooted stock rom to flash

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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Try with root explorer or root browser.

Also check if you have 'su' in system/xbin/

If you don't have that you will have to root again.
[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
root explorer and system/xbin/

[MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5697564]KNIGHT97[/MENTION]

im sending what u asked me.

i checked found superSu via root explorer. when i clicked it, it start trying install it but its nt installed.

i have system/xbin folder.

what do u recommend me?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Permissions are RW-R-R for SuperSU in your /system/app kr priv-app?

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[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
[MENTION=5697564]KNIGHT97[/MENTION]

Im sorry I didnt understand ur asking :(
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Never mind that, the permissions are correct.

Try reflashing the SuperSU binary and then if it doesn't give root access you'll have to move on to another rom, which is close to stock, so that you can understand what you'll want on it and now, and then go for any heavily modified like phoenix or DN3 or any AOSP.

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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Flash the update supersu zip I have posted in the OP. That will work.
[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
DN3

[MENTION=5697564]KNIGHT97[/MENTION] I follow DN3 rom. Its already updated today. Do u think if i flash it, can i get root access again?

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[MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION]

i already done what u said on post. it didnt work :(
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Okay. Flash Dn3 5.2

It will fix everything
[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
what kind wipe?

[MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION] [MENTION=5697564]KNIGHT97[/MENTION]

friends i will flash a rom at first time in note 2. I done this many times in my Xperia Neo V, but im afraid about flashing DN3 in note 2.

u know that I lost root access.

what kind wipe do u recommend for me?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
"Clean to install a new rom" option in philz recovery.

Use philz 6.41 (latest version)
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Also wipe cache and dalvik cache.

And make a nandroid backup before the wipes

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[Galaxy Note II General] mkpln:
I re-rooted.

[MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5697564]KNIGHT97[/MENTION]

Thank u for ur helping. I done re-root with philiz recovery re-root tool.

...no need flash DN3 for now

Thank u so much
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Great [emoji16][emoji106]
[Galaxy Note II General] dalabu146:
i did everything described in OP and root went smooth.

But, then I noticed that my phone does not have network connection and I can not switch on wi-fi.

Everything else seem to be working fine.

Any idea what went wrong???
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Rooting doesn't break wifi and network. Maybe some other problem. Which bootloader are you on? And what rom? Stock rooted right?
[Galaxy Note II General] kingjoker786:
Video

Hey Sir,

Can u make a video for ur steps please....!!

I'm waitngs!
[Galaxy Note II General] dalabu146:
It appears that SIM card reader is broken and needs replacement.

So, it is hardware, not software issue. Strange, it worked fine before ROM flash. Maybe it is only coincidence.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
It can happen.

I remember one incident that happened on the DN3 thread. Apparently a user complained of broken wifi after he activated the ported ultra power saving mode from S5, he tried everything including restore of efs and going back to stock rom.

After I asked him about potential droppimg of device, he admitted to have dropped his device 3 months before that, and I told him to get a hardware check in service center, and guess what, they told him his adapter was broken, and fixed it.

Same happened to my NFC chip after 2 months of dropping ny device on its back, and I replaced the back cover and all back.

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[Galaxy Note II General] Paul013:
Best method. +1
[Galaxy Note II General] melting fire:
Hey smeet..

I am currently on rooted 4.3 stock rom.

Can I use this method to re root my dvice after installing 4.4.2 stock rom through odin pc?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Surely go ahead. This method is for 4.4.2 only

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[Galaxy Note II General] melting fire:
Should I unroot first before installing 4.4.2?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
If OTA, yes

if ODIN, no need, it will unroot the device itself

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[Galaxy Note II General] bobiscool07:
is this okay for the Canadian Koodo Note 2?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
I don't think so because yours is a carrier locked device.
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
You can't use this method for rooting if you have a locked bootloader. If not, it is possible, but use the latest version for recovery for the SGH-I317M only other device's won't work.

And if bootloader is locked, use the towelroot.apk by geohot to root your device.

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[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Exactly[emoji106]
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
ota update

after using this method can we get ota updates ? if no then how can we get updates .....if yes then again same how ?.................i want to root ma device but pls tel me after tripping knox ....what are the disadvantages of tripping it .....well newbie so pls ....help me smeet
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
You loose Ota, even if you Fake your status with wanam Xposed. The only way to update/flash a rom is to use odin or flash your rom/update through your recovery

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[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
disadvantages of trippin knox are ?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
I think you mistyped this one.

You can fake your system status to official using wanam xposed. And this will enable OTA updates again.

Loss of warranty.

Inability to use Knox apps.

Thats it.
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
pls buddy are you ?that i will able to get ota update after wanam xposed ? and how to debloat my note 2 after root .......thanx
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
You won't recieve OTA updates if you debloat, becuase/system partition gets modified.

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[Galaxy Note II General] Hyperdmg:
Odin failed on me. I followed the steps on the image. My binary size says 6.6MB. Not sure if that means anything. Anyway I'm not sure what to do next.
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
ok thanx ..but if i do nandroid back up after rooting and then debloat it .....and when i need to do ota update......wil instal my nandroid ......is this method possible ? mainly iam rooting my device to do debloat ..is dere any gud custom rom ?
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Yes, the nandroid way will work.

And for custom roms, DN3, phoenix, Extreme, Phantom, Emotion revolution and many others are there...but you'll need to see for yourself on what you need.

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[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
bro i need battery back up and debloated rom ....so which one is good according to you and stable
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
If you want a light and debloated rom, there is one made by XDA member geekynoob, it's extremely light and has enough battery backup just near to stock (well, all TW roms have this kind of battery backup though)

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[Galaxy Note II General] kingjoker786:
Help Pleze

My flashing process using odin was successful, but my phone booted normally instead of going to recovery mode. When I try to boot to recovery manually (home+power+vol up), it went to normal boot. Can anyone help?﻿
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
Untick auto reboot in ODIN.

Also, try 3-4 times, going into recovery takes a bit of practice but is easy on samsung devices.

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[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
I there any progress in rooting without tripping knox...like in note 3
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yes. There is a method. But I haven't tested it yet.
[Galaxy Note II General] jjtech2:
Removing Philz and Installing TWRP recovery

hi,

I recently rooted my note 2 n7100 (4.4.2) using Philz recovery, i need to flash Ditto note 3 ROM, can anyone tell how to remove Philz and install TWRP recovery as it is preferred for this ROM and various other mods.

Thanks, looking forward to a reply
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Download twrp recovery zip file and flash it from philz recovery
[Galaxy Note II General] kudadai:
flash the twr file with odin. it will overwrite the cwm
[Galaxy Note II General] niceashwin79:
Thank you Mr.smeet.somaiya...

wHATEVER U MENTIONED IS WORKED FOR ME......
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Good to know :)
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
How's the battery back of ditto note 3 rom ?

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@smeet ......tel the method of rooting ..without tripping knox
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52547929
[Galaxy Note II General] Hyperdmg:
Tried this another 3 times today, got all Fails. Can't see what I'm missing here.
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
Which one ?.....without tripping knox method?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Nope. He meant this one
[Galaxy Note II General] Hyperdmg:
Don't care if I trip Knox or not, I just want to root it. I tried 3 different Odin versions, toolroot, 2 different flashes, 2 different computers, formated phone. With Odin I get a "fail" everytime. Followed the OP to a T and tried that 4 times with all "fail". Debug is on, I'm really not sure what else I can do in order to get this to work.
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
hey smeet ....i heard that note 2 is not going to receive any further ota update after 4.4.2............as note 2 has ended its circle on june 2014 as well as s3 ..............is it true ????? :( than what about 4.5 lollipop...........ufffffff
[Galaxy Note II General] Droiderr:
i think key lime pie will come before that.. there has to be a K after J
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yup. Afaik no more updates.

At what point does it fail on Odin? Show me the odin logs which appear while flashing
[Galaxy Note II General] jjtech2:
So does this overwrite Philz?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
OP updated. Please see the first 5 lines everyone.
[Galaxy Note II General] jjtech2:
And does DItto note 3 support FM radio on note 2..
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Obviously
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
Lol my battery is draining very fast after rooting phone .....any1 pls tel me why it is so ?

U
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
not a single reply ??????
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
If on a pc, have a look at ny signature. You'll find many tips to get better battery
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
hey im using setcpu ..........while im not using my cel i put the cpu value to max 500 and min 200 .....is this ok to do ? or it put some bad worse effect on my device chip etc ?.....and when my device is idle which governor to be selected to save power .there is also cfq noob deadline ...whic one to be selected ??.....and i want to debloat my rom ...pls tel me which were the bloated app ....i deletd apks like chaton ..hangout ....email....google search ...playnews,magazines..yahoo stock news .......samsung link ....sam. apps ....pls gv some more info on this ?
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
See the FAQ of DN3 ROM. You will get every answer there. The FAQ is in the first few posts of the ROM thread.
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
hey thanks man ....u make ma day thank you bro
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
Hey guys .I just have one question! My device is rooted and running official 4.4.2. I wanna update my phone to newer release of 4.4.2 that I checked on sammobile.com .how can I do it without loosing any data and of course without loosing root.
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Simple. Via OTA update.
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
Ota won't work man .device is rooted
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
Yeah even when faking status, I've tried to make that update and it failed
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
The update won't install under custom recovery you need to fake system status to download it and flash stock recovery to install it.
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
How to do this? Can u explain step by step? As u eplaining to a 4 year old child :D
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
Download the update (you need to fake the status with wanam Xposed in order to download it) and then(I think) you try to make the update(it fails)and you go into recovery which should be stock(again I'm no sure at all) and you apply the update normally. sorry for the bad phrase syntaxes but it was the only way I could clearly explain my thoughts
[Galaxy Note II General] ho3yn89:
Where does the update file go? So I could flash it through recovery
[Galaxy Note II General] DukeNuggets:
I don't know :S
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
hey my friend rooted his device and he mess up with the system files ....unfortunately he didnt done nandroid back so ..question is this ....after rooting ...knox 1 .....is he can flash orignal stock rom via odin pc ........orignal stock is downloaded from sammobile ...........?????????
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
no reply ????????waiting bro
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yeah you can flash stock rom without any issues.
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
thanx bro .... [MENTION=5686657]smeet.somaiya[/MENTION] .........for helping me.............you are great man....and bro one thing more i tried battery calibration .......its doesnt work for me ...battery is draing fast after rooting ...battery is great before rooting its last long two days ........now even i debloated it ...its draing fast ........help in soughting out this [MENTION=2706236]Smeet[/MENTION]
[Galaxy Note II General] KNIGHT97:
As I told, my signature will help ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
bro i read al ...calibrated by ur method ..wont help ..............thats why posted again .so pls help me .......... [MENTION=274173]knight[/MENTION]

one thing more is it really true that our sumsung note 2 is not receiving any further updates as its stated by only one website
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
Yeah no more updates to Touchwiz. But AOSP is the best way to go. AOSP roms will be built until our hardware gets outdated.
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
bro help me for the draining battery its 7.2% drain per hour what to do........................before rooting its perfect
[Galaxy Note II General] smeet.somaiya:
You on stock rom or dn3?

Send me your battery stats screenshots
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
on stock rooted ...ok will send i installed autostart app to stop some app ...lets see what results gona be
[Galaxy Note II General] sukhwinder89:
its showing 12.4% .......................i uninstalled that app and install again