Easy Steps to Root or Jailbreak Your Samsung Galaxy Note 2

You’re probably asking yourselves “why root a smartphone that already grants me permission to an infinite number of free apps and games?” Well, much like Apple’s iPhone, there are many other advantages and benefits one can get by doing a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Root or Jailbreak. And then, there’s always the great feeling of being the true “master” of your own device.

Jailbreaks and roots are not normally accepted by manufacturing companies; therefore, you must bear in mind that there are great risks involved, as well. You are the only one who is responsible in case your smartphone gets broken during the rooting process. Yet, there would be no gain without pain, so you might as well give it a try.

The GT-N7100 version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is the only one that can be rooted. Just to be on the safe side, press the Settings option on your Galaxy Note 2, go to the section “About Device” and read the information provided at the section “Model Number”. If the two versions match, it means you are the lucky possessor of a “rootable” device. For additional security measures, back up all the information you may have on your smartphone so it wouldn’t get lost during the rooting process.

There are several files you will use in order to root your device, namely, Samsung USB drivers, Odin – the software that will root your smartphone – and finally the rooting code for GT-N7100. These may be found and downloaded on specific websites on the Internet.

Now that your phone is secured and the battery life is running at 70% or more, you may start to make a few Setting changes so you can fully Root Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Enter Settings > go to the Security section > and look for Device Administration. The “Unknown Sources” in the menu of this section should be checked. The other switch is performed from Settings > Developer Options and “USB debugging” under “Debugging”.

You may now begin to run Odin. You must remember to tick the 'Auto Reboot' and 'Reset Time' once the installation program begins. After unzipping the CF-Auto-Root-t03g-gtn7100.zip you must select the file ending in .tar.md5 and add it in the space near the PDA button.

The next step you need to accomplish is to turn your smartphone off and reboot it by pressing the volume down, home and power buttons at the same time. Press the volume up button and continue until a ‘Downloading…’ screen appears on your display. Connect the phone to the PC using the USB and press the Start button in Odin to begin the root. The phone will automatically reboot at the end of the process and if everything goes well, you should be able to download both free and non-free apps at the end of the root.