For rooting, your Samsung Galaxy Note 2 you can use Odin or you can use the CF-Auto-Root pack, but these procedures are complex and you can easily brick your device. Today I will show you a better method for rooting the Galaxy Note 2 N7100, this method comes from those of xda-developers and by using the new ExynosAbuse app you can easily root or unroot the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 device.
With this method, you can root and unroot your Galaxy Note 2, and in this way you can easily re-lock the device’s system. Also, the method which I will show you below, use the ExynosAbuse application and propose you an intuitive root and unroot solution easier than other ones where you are using the Odin software to root your device.
As you probably know, you need root access to have access to the internal file system of your smartphone, when you buy a new Android smartphone it have a locked Operating System and if you want to install some applications that require the root access to be installed then you need to remove the factory restrictions. For that in this section, I will teach you how to root your Note 2 device in the next guide.
With a rooted device you’ll be able to increase the smartphone’s performances, you’ll customize, optimize and improve the speeds and the life battery and other more opportunity to use your smartphone at the maximum potential. An important thing when you root your device is that the possibility to flash a custom recovery image like CWM recovery in your device, and with this CWM you’ll be able to install new custom ROMs firmware available for Note 2 smartphone.
So before to starting the root step by step guide you need to follow some prerequisites that are necessary to be follow, firstly when you gain the root access your warranty will get void, and if you want the warranty back then you have to revoke the root access and to downgrade to the stock ROM or to install an official Android OS available for your device. With this guide if you want to restore your warranty and revoke the root access, during the tutorial you’ll find the steps to do this in the unroot method part.
- Backup all important data (messages, call logs, calendar, EFS, contact list, photos, videos file and other file that you consider are important for you) stored in your Galaxy Note 2 N7100 device before move to the next step. You can use our backup tutorials or other methods to backup that you thick are safe.
- Verify the battery level of charge, make sure the level of charge is more than 70% power left, else your device risk to take a forced shut down in the middle of the rooting/unrooting process and
- This tutorial and all instruction from this section are compatible and must be used only for Samsung Galaxy Note 2, model number N7100. Using this tutorial for other device might brick your smartphone or tablet.
How to Root Galaxy Note 2 N7100 with ExynosAbuse application –guide:
- Firstly on your Samsung Galaxy Note 2 you have to install a file manager app. You can install the ES File Manager from market.
- Download the Exynos Abuse APK app from here directly on your phablet.
- Now open the ES File Manager and search with it the Exynos Abuse APK.
- Now install the Exynos Abuse app and after that launch the same.
- In the Exynos Abuse menu that opens, choose the “Root device” option.
- For SuperSU permission, you need grant it.
- Open SuperSU app and update binary.
- Now your Galaxy Note 2 should be rooted.
How to Un-Root Galaxy Note 2 N7100 with ExynosAbuse tool- guide:
- Open the Exynos Abuse app again.
- From the menu that has opened, uncheck the following “Disable Exploit”, “Disable Exploit on Boot” and “Unroot Device”.
- Reboot your Samsung Galaxy Note 2 N7100 and wait for 10 minutes to complete the unroot operation.
That’s all, now you learnt how to root or unroot the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 N7100 using the ExynosAbuse tool.
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