Rooting Process and Custom ROM installation

Custom ROM installation is a three step process, however, if you are only interested in rooting your device and don't want to install custom ROM, you only need to follow step 1 and step 2. These are the steps involved in installing custom ROM:

  1. Installing recovery softwares like TWRP or CF.
  2. Installing the Super Su app.
  3. Flashing the custom ROM to the phone.

Installing recovery softwares

The following are two popular ways to install recovery software like TWRP or CF:

  • Using Odin
  • Using Heimdall

Before we proceed further, we need to download TWRP recovery TAR file and IMG for note 2 from the following URL and save it under Phone Rooting Directory:

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