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[Q] Root counter stuck to 1 and update questions

Hi guys,
I know this may not be the best place to ask this, but I don't have an high enough postcount to reply on the developer section, so... here we go
I've rooted my Note 2 using the procedure 1 shown here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31801060&postcount=2 . The problem is, even after I run Triangle away, my device si marked as "modified" ( aka, I guess the counter is not properly reset).
I've no idea why, and the thing doesn't really bother me that much, if it wasn't for the next question :
Can I update my firmware using keis with a rooted phone, or that means looking for trouble?I'l stuck with the LJ1 firmware and afaik a new version should be avaible ... and again, in case I have to somehow reset the phone to install the update, is it worth it?
Thanks

I guess the counter is not properly reset......
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You should post in Q/A thread
Anyway
Not properly reset means?
counter is 'No' or non zero?
which method you have used? 1 or 2
if counter is zero, you have used method 1 then factory reset, status should turn to 'official'

dr.ketan said:
Not properly reset means?
counter is 'No' or non zero?
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The counter is 1 even after Triangle Away
which method you have used? 1 or 2
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I used method 1 ( I don't plan on using modded firmwares)
if counter is zero, you have used method 1 then factory reset, status should turn to 'official'
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At the moment, the device status is "modified", and yet, as I said, I carefully followed method 1 and I've tried to reset the counter using Triangle Away ( without success)
PS : thanks for your fast reply

You should get your rom from samfirmware.com and flash it using odin. If you're gonna rely on OTA or Kies, then you'll be outdated all the time. Also, counter stuck at 1 usually means you have custom recovery or custom rom installed. Factory resetting will usually remove Modified status, although I don't see the point of it, since like I said you needn't rely on OTA or Kies when there is a much better alternative.

kaharas said:
The counter is 1 even after Triangle Away
I used method 1 ( I don't plan on using modded firmwares)
At the moment, the device status is "modified", and yet, as I said, I carefully followed method 1 and I've tried to reset the counter using Triangle Away ( without success)
PS : thanks for your fast reply
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If you are on stock rom and just rooted with method 1, then just reset counter again. And let boot it normally once before checking counter.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

dr.ketan said:
If you are on stock rom and just rooted with method 1, then just reset counter again. And let boot it normally once before checking counter.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
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Thanks again for your time I am on a stock pre-rooted rom, but I've rooted a month or so ago, and I've already tried to reset the counter multiple times ( and I've restarted a lot of times too). Still, no success in changing my phone status.
MohJee said:
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Thanks for your reply too. Yet, the same questions stand :
1) If I download a newer firmware from the website you linked, can i flash it without bricking the phone, or I need to somehow unroot the phone before flashing
2) I've looked for firmwares of my country ( Italy ), and it looks like not even October's update is here yet -.- Should I just search using a foreign country ( US, UK or whatever) ? and if so ... which one?
PS: I'm sorry for the probably trivial questions, I'm a total noob

kaharas said:
Thanks again for your time I am on a stock pre-rooted rom, but I've rooted a month or so ago, and I've already tried to reset the counter multiple times ( and I've restarted a lot of times too). Still, no success in changing my phone status.
Thanks for your reply too. Yet, the same questions stand :
1) If I download a newer firmware from the website you linked, can i flash it without bricking the phone, or I need to somehow unroot the phone before flashing
2) I've looked for firmwares of my country ( Italy ), and it looks like not even October's update is here yet -.- Should I just search using a foreign country ( US, UK or whatever) ? and if so ... which one?
PS: I'm sorry for the probably trivial questions, I'm a total noob
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You can flash without unrooting. Only adverse thing that will happen is that you'll lose root and will have to root again.
Yes, your country seems to be late to the update cycle. You can wait for the update or if you really want it now you can flash to another countries' rom.. As long as it is an international version rom. So USA is a no-no.

MohJee said:
You can flash without unrooting. Only adverse thing that will happen is that you'll lose root and will have to root again.
Yes, your country seems to be late to the update cycle. You can wait for the update or if you really want it now you can flash to another countries' rom.. As long as it is an international version rom. So USA is a no-no.
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Any advice about which one is international?
And, while we are at it ... how can I make triangle away work? this whole counter thing is setting a feud between me and my note 2

Read sticky thread by me in android original development section.
You can flash any stock rom.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

I do hope this is relevant here, since I'm having much the same problems. I'm a bit of a noob, but I've done my research, as you may see from the post.
I plan to have stock ROM/Recovery with Mobile Odin and the RedPill kernel. I'm kind of stuck. Let me run you through what I did so far, to clarify:
Rooted with method 2 almost w/o update or modification.
Wanted back in on OTA, so flashed stock recovery from here.
Used TriangleAway, but it told me it couldn't get/set the counter. Told it to reboot and do it, but just powered off the phone and didn't turn into the mentioned "special boot mode".
Can't get into recovery after attempting TriangleAway, that just powers off the phone. Recovery bricked? Download mode works, though.
Here's what I want to do:
Stock recovery/ROM (latest) with OTA and root, and Kies updatability.
Working stock recovery.
RedPill Kernel (optional since don't know how it may react with OTA/Kies)
Mobile Odin
Titanium Backup for preserving my Apps
I'm ready to use Titanium Backup for preserving my Apps, but will it preserve my settings/alarms? Or are those backed up to Samsung/Google?
You can refer me to the rooting post, if needed. Just give me an overview of what needs to be done and I'll do the rest.
EDIT: Came up with a possible solution.
Titanium Backup
Ketan's Thread
Stock ROM
Root: Method 1.
Mobile Odin
Optional
Convert Redpill to *.tar.md5 using Toolkit
Flash using mobile Odin
Titanium Backup (Restore)
What are the chances of this succeeding? Can I do the "optional" ones and not lose OTA?
Thanks a lot to any effort anyone may make to answer.

Thanks again everybody for your replies
I was wondering if anybody else had any idea about how to solve my main problem, that seems to have gone unnoticed for a while now : my counter is still at 1.
I've tried using triangle and restart teh device once before checking the status, but nothing has changed.
As I've already said, I used method one, and flashed a prerooted stock rom, but it looks like the counter is increased from 0 to 1 everytime I reboot.

kaharas said:
Thanks again everybody for your replies
I was wondering if anybody else had any idea about how to solve my main problem, that seems to have gone unnoticed for a while now : my counter is still at 1.
I've tried using triangle and restart teh device once before checking the status, but nothing has changed.
As I've already said, I used method one, and flashed a prerooted stock rom, but it looks like the counter is increased from 0 to 1 everytime I reboot.
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i have the same situation, always shows 1, dr. recommend me flash stock via pc odin and do a full wipe, but i havent try it yet,
currently i just use custom kernel and triangle away set it reset on boot

emprize said:
i have the same situation, always shows 1, dr. recommend me flash stock via pc odin and do a full wipe, but i havent try it yet,
currently i just use custom kernel and triangle away set it reset on boot
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NOTE: I have the LTE version (n7105) but I assume the following also applies to the n7100
I had the very same issue as the OP: I rooted the device using PC Odin with dr.ketan's method #1 but couldn't reset the counter with Triangle Away.
I then downloaded the firmware for my model from samfirmware and flashed it using Mobile Odin Pro with all the EverRoot options and all the wipes selected.
Now the device is rooted and the counter is back to zero
Hope this helps.

[Q]need help unrooting,might have done something terribly wrong

hey guys,
previously i rooted with the first method(the cf-auto-root). which has a stock recovery. however, recently my phone would prompt to check for updates. when it checks, it goes on and on forever, without a result.
since i noticed that the jellybean 4.1.2 is out, i thought that this could be it. but because i rooted, i thought that it might interfere with the OTA update.
therefore i went to superSU>full unroot
does this fully unroot my device? what else should i do if not?
then, i did something terribly stupid. from my previous end point,(the full unroot from superSU), i rerooted my phone using the exynos abuse.
now, seeing that i've done something really wrong, im lost. can you guys shed a light on this? what should i do if i want to unroot and back to stock?
if i want to update my phone to 4.1.2, do i revert back to stock and update? or should i just flash the firmware now from samsung-updates.com?

Your asking too many questions at the same time.
If im correct,you want to get back to stock rom. Download the stock rom from your country and flash it via ODIN.
That should do it,
report back.

zeeshanonlyme said:
Your asking too many questions at the same time.
If im correct,you want to get back to stock rom. Download the stock rom from your country and flash it via ODIN.
That should do it,
report back.
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thanks for the reply mate.
sorry for asking too many questions at once lol. disregard those.
i do have a new question now.
i did fully unroot with the superSU->full unroot, and then i rooted again using the exynos abuse.
if i flash the 4.1.2 firmware now, does it remove the patch by the exynos abuse?
my next reply will be late im having an exam at 2.

niekehecv said:
thanks for the reply mate.
sorry for asking too many questions at once lol. disregard those.
i do have a new question now.
i did fully unroot with the superSU->full unroot, and then i rooted again using the exynos abuse.
if i flash the 4.1.2 firmware now, does it remove the patch by the exynos abuse?
my next reply will be late im having an exam at 2.
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To the best of my knowledge, the patch would be removed when you flash 4.1.2 .
Good Luck for the exam

zeeshanonlyme said:
To the best of my knowledge, the patch would be removed when you flash 4.1.2 .
Good Luck for the exam
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thanks sir.
before i flash the 4.1.2, may i know what else am i required to do? do i need to perform any wipes?

niekehecv said:
thanks sir.
before i flash the 4.1.2, may i know what else am i required to do? do i need to perform any wipes?
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If you are flashing via ODIN , do make a backup of contacts and messages if necessary as they will be lost while flashing.
Other than that via ODIN, you dont need to do anything else.

zeeshanonlyme said:
If you are flashing via ODIN , do make a backup of contacts and messages if necessary as they will be lost while flashing.
Other than that via ODIN, you dont need to do anything else.
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one more question lol
my flash counter is always 1, even after reset. i unrooted from superSU and rerooted again using exynos abuse. could it be becasue i rooted using exynos and patched it, therefore the flash counter is 1? my status is custom as well.

Not quoting every post but reply to most post above
1.what easiest way i can say is download ROM you want to flash (see 1st line on my signature post#1) and flash using Odin.
-This won't erase anything, but i recommend backup of your imp data, as anything goes wrong and you may need to wipe.
then use Cf auto root (1st line on my signature post#2) to root, as latest release exynose app won't work
then use triangle away to reset counter.
2.Short way
backup your data, use triangle away to reset counter (provided you dont have custom ROM/Recovery/Kernel)
disable exploit (both place) in exynose application
Unroot from exynose application
reboot to recovery and wipe cache and data
Now you may get OTA, update it and root using CF auto root as link shown you in option1 above
still you didn't get OTA, you can always go with option 1 above.

dr.ketan said:
Not quoting every post but reply to most post above
1.what easiest way i can say is download ROM you want to flash (see 1st line on my signature post#1) and flash using Odin.
-This won't erase anything, but i recommend backup of your imp data, as anything goes wrong and you may need to wipe.
then use Cf auto root (1st line on my signature post#2) to root, as latest release exynose app won't work
then use triangle away to reset counter.
2.Short way
backup your data, use triangle away to reset counter (provided you dont have custom ROM/Recovery/Kernel)
disable exploit (both place) in exynose application
Unroot from exynose application
reboot to recovery and wipe cache and data
Now you may get OTA, update it and root using CF auto root as link shown you in option1 above
still you didn't get OTA, you can always go with option 1 above.
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alrighty, thanks drketan. however i do have a question. how do i wipe cache and data from a stock recovery?

Reboot to recovery with volume up +home +power
Release power once you see samsung logo, but keep pressing rest two
You will see option to wipe cache. And wipe data (factory reset)
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

[Q] Android Red Triangle

Hi all
I have phone Galaxy Nexus and I am having trouble updating ota where it after receiving the update must be recovery is stock and when I tried to retrieve recovery (With Galaxy Nexus ToolKit) does not work with me and show this is Death robot. I've access to Root and Recovery before ( CWM ) and Bootloader is open & I have a Custom Kernel
NOw How To Retrieval The stock recovery ??
sorry for my English
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ahmedsaber20005 said:
Hi all
I have phone Galaxy Nexus and I am having trouble updating ota where it after receiving the update must be recovery is stock and when I tried to retrieve recovery (With Galaxy Nexus ToolKit) does not work with me and show this is Death robot. I've access to Root and Recovery before ( CWM ) and Bootloader is open & I have a Custom Kernel
NOw How To Retrieval The stock recovery ??
sorry for my English
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Manually flash the latest factory image, job done!

EddyOS said:
Manually flash the latest factory image, job done!
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This is not a logical solution every time issue a new version of Android will be forced to do so and I have to take copies of the software, games and music and then restored again!!

What is the main reason for this problem?? And what is the solution

ahmedsaber20005 said:
This is not a logical solution every time issue a new version of Android will be forced to do so and I have to take copies of the software, games and music and then restored again!!
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True, but it's always worth making a backup with Titanium to restore if required. That or make sure you keep the stock recovery after each build is released

EddyOS said:
True, but it's always worth making a backup with Titanium to restore if required. That or make sure you keep the stock recovery after each build is released
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I always do that, but sometimes we need cwm formal and sometimes I need to air updates

4 Up

that is the stock recovery. something else on your phone is not stock and therefore it is failing.

ahmedsaber20005 said:
4 Up
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1. Don't bump threads
2. Have you edited/deleted any system files? If so, there's your issue

EddyOS said:
1. Don't bump threads
2. Have you edited/deleted any system files? If so, there's your issue
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No just root

Zepius said:
that is the stock recovery. something else on your phone is not stock and therefore it is failing.
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I am have root&unlock bootloder&custom kernel+Busy box
That all

ahmedsaber20005 said:
I am have root&unlock bootloder&custom kernel+Busy box
That all
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you have a custom kernel and busy box. those 2 things modify system files.
YOU ARE NOT ON A STOCK ROM.
the ota will never work until you return those things to stock (good luck finding all the things busy box changes.)

Zepius said:
you have a custom kernel and busy box. those 2 things modify system files.
YOU ARE NOT ON A STOCK ROM.
the ota will never work until you return those things to stock (good luck finding all the things busy box changes.)
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If I uninstall this kernel and basybox and flash the stock recovery wiil be working ? Or I should to flash a new factory image?

ahmedsaber20005 said:
If I uninstall this kernel and basybox and flash the stock recovery wiil be working ? Or I should to flash a new factory image?
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Just flash a system image, so simple

flash the factory images is the best. busybox is known to update system files and just uninstalling it will not revert the changes.

Thanks All For Help me put I have a little questions
1-Does Root Make Errors With OTA ?
2- If I want to flash image factory with Odin or toolkit?
3-If I install custom recovery and I want to back to stock can I do this with toolkit or other?
Thanks

1. Yes
2. Neither - learn to do it manually
3. Flash manually using the stock recovery in the factory image

EddyOS said:
1. Yes
2. Neither - learn to do it manually
3. Flash manually using the stock recovery in the factory image
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Is there a way combines the powers of Root and ota Together ?? Will the program help on that?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper&hl=en

No, that only masks root so some apps can run. It won't make any difference to the phone with regards to OTAs. Basically, if you're going to unlock the phone just go custom and ignore OTAs

EddyOS said:
No, that only masks root so some apps can run. It won't make any difference to the phone with regards to OTAs. Basically, if you're going to unlock the phone just go custom and ignore OTAs
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please dont spread mis-information.
root alone does not stop you from getting OTAs, as i have root and nothing else and get OTAs just fine and they install just fine.. root does allow you to modify system files which can cause OTAs to fail.
what you did mention about rootkeeper is correct. it just masks root to allow certain apps to run and allow a easy way to return root after an OTA.

[Q] Am I ready for sending my Phone to Sam?

So many of you have encountered my numerous posts here, because I had problems with my phone, and I gave up. so I wanna send it for repairs soon. So is this still eligible for warranty?
Here's what I did:
1-update OTA to 4.1.2
2-Root using the Note 2 Toolkit
3-While Rooted install S3 Rom by mistake. Corrupt EFS (backed up)
4-Install Stock 4.1.2 XEF, same build, Different Modem.
5-Downgrade to 4.1.2 January. XEF.
6-Triangle Away to Reset Stats:
No
Samsung Firmware
Official
7-Odin Pro Flash Stock 4.1.2 June.
8-Status show :Modified.
9-Recovery Mode (VolUp), Reset Data/Cache
10-Status show: Normal
11-IMEI/CP still corrupted. Can't restore.
12-Flash original Modem that came with phone (which Idk why doesn't work) DMF1.
Now I have Root (no busybox), and I'm backing up all my apps, then what I'm gonna do is simply uninstall ODIN Pro (as it became a system app), uninstall all Root Apps. Then SuperSU: Full UnRoot.
hopefully no one can tell it was rooted.
thanks
Just in case I'm gonna provide them with my EFS backup, maybe they can sort stuff out. or maybe they will know that it was rooted?

As long as the status of your device is modified, then no.
Reseting the binary counter via triangle away is a must, well for me.
I think all you need is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696

laziafbaito said:
As long as the status of your device is modified, then no.
Reseting the binary counter via triangle away is a must, well for me.
I think all you need is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
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I already set that after performing a full wipe my status are normal again.

Do full wipe after uninstalling root app.
And again check status in download mode.
It is advisable to flash stock rom once again after unroot for double verification.
sent from my GT-N7100. Press thanks if I helped..

MBariya said:
Do full wipe after uninstalling root app.
And again check status in download mode.
It is advisable to flash stock rom once again after unroot for double verification.
sent from my GT-N7100. Press thanks if I helped..
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Or simply hard brick it. thats what i did. then tolled them that i installed a Update and the phone went Dead after that they. they replaced the Main board on the phone because they where unable to fix my EFS problem. and now its working perfectly again. so either triangle away or hard brick it.
If you hard brick it they have to prove that you caused the failur of the phone wich the cant and they will just repair it and send it back to you

[Noob] - How can I root this version? Please Help Me...

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Additional info:
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AP: N7100XXUEMK9
CP: N7100XXUEMJ9
CSC:N7100COAEML2
A wonderfull day to all. I've been a member here wayback long ago. I know for myself that I don't contribute here a lot. It's because I'm not a very techie person.
But when my mom gave me her old Galaxy Note 2 and try to lurk around here about this phone. I've read a lot of good things about this phone and it's capabilities. Now I'm really getting interested about some things. But almost all of those Applications, Roms, Custom Roms, Recoveries, and Kernels reqiure root access, which my phone doesn't have. Hehehe. I tried to read a lot of post about rooting, but there's a lot of things and terms that confuses me, like MJ5, MK9, Baseband, Modem, Knox enabled, etc. I know that these things need to be considered when rooting. And I know that if I messed things up, my phone wil turn into an expensive paper weight. Hehehe.
The first thing I want to try is to root my phone, and try installing and uninstall system apps and enjoy rooted capabilities. So I'm hoping for somebody that can guide me how can I root this Model and Version. Hoping for your kind consideration guys. As I'm new about this rooting things.
Note:
AFAIK the Android version of this phone is previously 4.1.2 out from the box (not sure though). Then my mom got it updated to 4.3 and noticed that "Knox" is already in the app drawer. But if i open Knox it says: "You need to download and install this app. Downloading via mobile networks may result in additional charges depending on your payment plan." and there's an "Install" button that can be press. Do I need this app or do I need to install this? Is it safe? The phone doesn't have warrranty anymore. And I'm planning to Root, Install Custom Recovery, and Custom ROM in the futere. But I want to do it gradually.
Thank you very much guys for helping people like me.

asin_punk said:
Additional info:
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AP: N7100XXUEMK9
CP: N7100XXUEMJ9
CSC:N7100COAEML2
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Knox is kinda security for phones which when installed secures it (you can google what KNOX really is,I wont go in detail).Now to answer your main question.You can do two things either root your current 4.3 firmware or update to 4.4.2 and root it.Most of the people rooted 4.4.2 after getting the official stock firmware and flash it through odin. If you want to stick to 4.3 firmware and only root and remove unwanted apps and enjoy root privileges then follow this guide to root your phone and have a custom recovery on it.This will trigger knox which means warranty will be void and knox status will be 0x1 and it cannot be reversed.It doesn't harm the phone at all.If you decide to upgrade to 4.4.2 stock ROM and want to root it follow this guide.Flash SuperSu from here via your custom recovery.

singhpratik87 said:
Knox is kinda security for phones which when installed secures it (you can google what KNOX really is,I wont go in detail).Now to answer your main question.You can do two things either root your current 4.3 firmware or update to 4.4.2 and root it.Most of the people rooted 4.4.2 after getting the official stock firmware and flash it through odin. If you want to stick to 4.3 firmware and only root and remove unwanted apps and enjoy root privileges then follow this guide to root your phone and have a custom recovery on it.This will trigger knox which means warranty will be void and knox status will be 0x1 and it cannot be reversed.It doesn't harm the phone at all.If you decide to upgrade to 4.4.2 stock ROM and want to root it follow this guide.Flash SuperSu from here via your custom recovery.
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Thanks man. I think i have to start reading those thread now. Once again, Thank you.
Maybe in the future I will just use this thread to ask more questions while I'm on the process of rooting my phone.

singhpratik87 said:
Knox is kinda security for phones which when installed secures it (you can google what KNOX really is,I wont go in detail).Now to answer your main question.You can do two things either root your current 4.3 firmware or update to 4.4.2 and root it.Most of the people rooted 4.4.2 after getting the official stock firmware and flash it through odin. If you want to stick to 4.3 firmware and only root and remove unwanted apps and enjoy root privileges then follow this guide to root your phone and have a custom recovery on it.This will trigger knox which means warranty will be void and knox status will be 0x1 and it cannot be reversed.It doesn't harm the phone at all.If you decide to upgrade to 4.4.2 stock ROM and want to root it follow this guide.Flash SuperSu from here via your custom recovery.
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Hi again. Just followed your instruction. I chose to stick at 4.3 and have it started. I followed the instruction here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531965. But after flashing Philz recovery and checked if its successful by trying the recovery, my stock recovery still appearing. Not the Philz recovery. I tried it twice. But still failed to have Philz recovery. And I checked my custom binary download, it says "Yes (2 counts)" and my knox is 1. After flashing thru odin, odin says "Pass" and my phone reboot automaticaly. But still no Philz recovery. Thanks.

asin_punk said:
Hi again. Just followed your instruction. I chose to stick at 4.3 and have it started. I followed the instruction here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531965. But after flashing Philz recovery and checked if its successful by trying the recovery, my stock recovery still appearing. Not the Philz recovery. I tried it twice. But still failed to have Philz recovery. And I checked my custom binary download, it says "Yes (2 counts)" and my knox is 1. After flashing thru odin, odin says "Pass" and my phone reboot automaticaly. But still no Philz recovery. Thanks.
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I forgot to mention that you need to uncheck "auto reboot" in odin before you flash the recovery file.So once odin says pass the phone will be still in download mode.Unplug the usb cable from laptop ,pull the phone battery out to turn it off then wait for sometime plug the battery back in and then reboot directly into recovery by pressing volume up plus home plus power button.Your newly flashed recovery that is philz should load up.Try it and let me know.If that works then flash supersu from recovery without booting into your ROM.Once superSu is flashed reboot your phone and let it boot into android.

singhpratik87 said:
I forgot to mention that you need to uncheck "auto reboot" in odin before you flash the recovery file.So once odin says pass the phone will be still in download mode.Unplug the usb cable from laptop ,pull the phone battery out to turn it off then wait for sometime plug the battery back in and then reboot directly into recovery by pressing volume up plus home plus power button.Your newly flashed recovery that is philz should load up.Try it and let me know.If that works then flash supersu from recovery without booting into your ROM.Once superSu is flashed reboot your phone and let it boot into android.
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Woah! Thanks for your quick reply. I did what you said... And YES!!! I have a Philz Recovery Version 5.15 .0 now... I just skip the flashing of super su, because i want to use dr.ketan's Multitool Advance Version in rooting and in removing of bloatwares or dr.ketan's "Bloatware Remover"http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440951 to remove desired bloatwares only. Do you think it's fine? Thanks again.
But the sad part is...
Custom Binary Download: Yes (4 counts)
Knox Warranty Void: 1
Any harm with this status?

asin_punk said:
Woah! Thanks for your quick reply. I did what you said... And YES!!! I have a Philz Recovery Version 5.15 .0 now... I just skip the flashing of super su, because i want to use dr.ketan's Multitool Advance Version in rooting and in removing of bloatwares or dr.ketan's "Bloatware Remover"http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440951 to remove desired bloatwares only. Do you think it's fine? Thanks again.
But the sad part is...
Custom Binary Download: Yes (4 counts)
Knox Warranty Void: 1
Any harm with this status?
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Only harm in tripping KNOX is that your warranty is void (so no samsung repair center will fix your phone for free).Regarding custom binary download when you flash official 4.3 or 4.4.2 STOCK ROM that would get reset.Yes you can use dr ketan's multi tool to reoot and deknox and debloat.Also I suggest you upgrade your philz recovery to 6.25.0 or 6.26.0 version just get that corresponding zip file of newer philz and flash it via your philz 5.0 and done.Enjoy your newly rooted note 2

singhpratik87 said:
Only harm in tripping KNOX is that your warranty is void (so no samsung repair center will fix your phone for free).Regarding custom binary download when you flash official 4.3 or 4.4.2 STOCK ROM that would get reset.Yes you can use dr ketan's multi tool to reoot and deknox and debloat.Also I suggest you upgrade your philz recovery to 6.25.0 or 6.26.0 version just get that corresponding zip file of newer philz and flash it via your philz 5.0 and done.Enjoy your newly rooted note 2
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Wahahaha!!! Huhuhu!!! But before anything else I would like to say Thanks again sir.
Im going crazy... Upon learning around with my Newly Rooted Note 2... I came to the point that I need to reset the phone to factory... I made a full back up using Philz Recov. It is created under internal storage... I forgot to copy it to my Ext_SD...Then make a reset under settings menu... And it got stucked to Samsung Logo. I have to pull the battery out... Then I remember that I made a backup... I quickly boot into recovery, then I cant see my backup. Realized that it is also have been erased during hard reset. Waaahahahaha....
Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of my Stock 4.3 N7100XXUEMK9_N7100COAEML2_N7100XXUEMJ9-COA(Romania/Cosmote) ROM. And now I'm having a hard time to search for my 4.3 STOCK ROM that can be really downloaded. There are some links that has a false download file.
Do you have a link for that file? Sorry for wasting too much of your time. But thanks really.

asin_punk said:
Wahahaha!!! Huhuhu!!! But before anything else I would like to say Thanks again sir.
Im going crazy... Upon learning around with my Newly Rooted Note 2... I came to the point that I need to reset the phone to factory... I made a full back up using Philz Recov. It is created under internal storage... I forgot to copy it to my Ext_SD...Then make a reset under settings menu... And it got stucked to Samsung Logo. I have to pull the battery out... Then I remember that I made a backup... I quickly boot into recovery, then I cant see my backup. Realized that it is also have been erased during hard reset. Waaahahahaha....
Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of my Stock 4.3 N7100XXUEMK9_N7100COAEML2_N7100XXUEMJ9-COA(Romania/Cosmote) ROM. And now I'm having a hard time to search for my 4.3 STOCK ROM that can be really downloaded. There are some links that has a false download file.
Do you have a link for that file? Sorry for wasting too much of your time. But thanks really.
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It might be difficult to get 4.3 stock ROM link.I can get you 4.4.2 FNG4 link .You would need to flash it via your existing philz recovery and you are set.
Dedoxed stock FNG4 post # 4
(no need to re root your phone,just follow instructions in post # 5).Or you can use dr ketan's tool to debloat etc.Good luck

singhpratik87 said:
It might be difficult to get 4.3 stock ROM link.I can get you 4.4.2 FNG4 link .You would need to flash it via your existing philz recovery and you are set.
Dedoxed stock FNG4 post # 4
(no need to re root your phone,just follow instructions in post # 5).Or you can use dr ketan's tool to debloat etc.Good luck
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Hi again. The instruction says "Use TWRP", is it ok if I use PhilzTouchReco? Just to inform you, I just downloaded official 4.4.2 (Philippines Openline) from sammonile and my phone is previously Romania (cosmote), and i'm from Philippines. I can use Romania(Cosmote) here in Philippines. Is it ok if I flash 4.4.2 Philippines(Openline)? And once I'm in 4.4.2, can I still use dr.ketan multitool adv in rooting, deknoxed, debloat and etc? Thank you very much sir.