Root Galaxy Note 2 N7105 LTE running Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXDMF2 Firmware
Galaxy Note 2 N7105 LTE is is a phablet that should have every right to also get rooted if its owner wants it to.
So in case you wish this kind of procedure, you should try out CF-Auto-Root. But only if your device runs this firmware: XXDMF2 Android 4.1.2.
Requirements
After you’ve made sure that the Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7105 has the firmware update we reported a while back, you should get in touch with the following instructions that functions as requirements:
- get rid of Samsung KIES software installed on your notebook;
- get USB drivers for the phone on your laptop afterwards;
- make sure USB Debugging is turned on;
- make a backup that will make sure the data on your handset can be used again at the end of the rooting;
- charge the phone’s battery;
- turn off every single program that works as an antivirus on your phone and also on your handset;
- download (file name: CF-Auto-Root-t0lte-t0ltexx-gtn7105.zip) for the smartphone on your notebook.
Instructions
- The time is now ripe for the steps that will root your phone. Begin by reading these instructions: after you download Odin tool v3.07 on your PC from this address, you should unzip it along with the CF-Auto-Root.
- Then care care of these guidelines: switch the phone off and enter it in Download Mode; the booting is done by applying the next steps: press and hold Volume Down + Home + Power at the same time.
- At the end of the booting, you should open the Odin on the laptop and then proceed to this operation: plug the smartphone to the notebook.
- Once the Odin finds your handset, the plugging between your two devices will have happened. If not, get the USB drivers and flash them another time or instead use a different USB port.
- Tap on “PDA” after the plugging is done, then locate the CF-Auto-Root-tolte-toltexx-gtn7105.tar.md5, launch the latter in Odin and then deselect Repartition should it be already checked. Then leave the default settings as they are and after that tap “START” to begin with the rooting of the phone.
- The rooting is a process that will take little until it’s done. When you notice the end of the process, you should see a restart of the phone. So make sure to disconnect the devices from each other as soon as the handset displays a boot animation on it.
- [sc name=”banner-jos”]When the phablet enters Normal Mode, you will have to launch Google Play, look for Root Checker app and flash it on the smartphone. With the aid of this tool you will know if the rooting on Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXDMF2 firmware really did happen or not.
When you are made sure of the state your device is in in, and it’s rooted, then you will get free hand to appeal to all the incentives a rooting means. Like the opportunity to install custom ROMs, tweaks, root-only apps and the like. If you’ve heard of custom recovery images, you can get one on your device by first looking for TWRP or for CWM Recovery and installing one of them on the phone.
And that concludes our rooting tutorial for today. Hope you’ll have great fun with your freshly rooted Galaxy Note 2 LTE!
